New Nation, 25 July 1980

Microfilm: NL10699
Total Pages: 27
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    Masthead
    18 1 NewNation SINGAPORE Friday, July 25, 1980 2934 Price 25 cents M.C.(P) No. 109/1/80 r====^ NEW (£0) NATION COMMENT!
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    Lock icon Howe wins his appeal
    225 1 Reuter London, Friday Defence Minister Howe Yoon Chong yesterday won an appeal to the Privy Council in London against an increase in valuation of his land at Peck Hay Road, Singapore, from |1340 to $26,000. Lord Fraser of Tullybelton said the decision of the Singapore Court
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    CPIB probe
    243 1  -  20 architects questioned By Gerry de Silva Several architects suspected of receiving illegal kickbacks from commercial firms here are now under investigation. Officers from the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau are believed to have questioned about 20 architects. This is the first major investigation into the busi- ness dealings
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    Girl is murdered
    112 1 Parents of schoolgirl Ong Ai Siok left her alone at their Aljunied flat to go out for supper at 1 a.m. today. An hour later, Mr and Mrs Ong Hong Boon, who are in their 50s, returned to find their 16-year-old daughter murdered in bed. Police said
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    Lock icon Power of the wind
    112 1 The power of the wind is shown here in a rare picture of a water spent taken by our photographer, DAVID TAN. It took place off Sentesa at noon yesterday. Meteorological Department officials said a water spent can eecnr when thunderstorm clonds form. Strong wind currents
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      18 1 IN THE OTHER PAGES: Stock Market 5; Stars 17; Moneywords Coupon 17Comics 19; Crossword 12; What's On 27.
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      25 1 Forecast Singapore's weather outlook from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. today: Cloudy with showers in several areas. Sunset today 6.46 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow: 6.36 a.m.
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    Opening advice for firms
    166 2 JTC TO PUBLISH BOOK A booklet to ease the problems of companies planning official opening ceremonies is being prepared by the Jurong Town Corporation. Entitled "How Factory Openings should be Organised," it will be distributed to all firms in Jurong and other JTC industrial estates. It
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    Lock icon Water, water everywhere
    126 2 Temple earetaker Cheng Yam, 74, Is ankle-deep In trouble. His Chinese temple en a plot of land off Leroag 8 la Tea Payeh, Is swrroonded by water the resolt of heavy rains over the past Ave days. Mr Cheng, 74, said: 'Ten day* ag«, many people came
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      102 2 1 830 .-v il What goes on behind the back? The next time you're enjoying a Teacher's, turn the bottle round and look at the back of the label. 1 There you will see a picture of a malt I distillery. X I Remember, all blended brands I contain grain
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      172 3 .</£:'*■ p w'wi'i io' ■iv <\« '$yiM'Y*?'<•'*' CITIZEN QUARTZ CHRONOIOO A Racing Gertainty At only $69" For the man on the move, every second counts. And Gtizen's new quartz Chrono 100 was made for today's fast-moving man. The Chrono 100 tells the hour, minute and second, twice, with dual time
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    Mandarin films to be re-run
    646 4  -  What to expect when SBC extends viewing hours next month By Judith Holmberg Popular Mandarin serials and a top-rate English-language soapopera are among the programmes that viewers can look forward to when Singapore Broadcasting Corporation extends its telecast hours next month. The station has set
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    SBC will film commercials
    327 4 The Singapore Broadcasting Corporation is branching out into the production of TV commercials. The station has begun to recruit staff experienced in this field and plans to set up a commercial production unit to assist low-budget advertisers soon. The unit will produce commercial filmlets or video-tapes
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    Ministry: Please don't tip
    103 4 The Environment Ministry today reminded the public that they need not give tips or ang pows to attendants at tne Mount Vernon crematorium. A spokesman said that if attendants persist in asking for money they should be reported to the authorities. She was commenting on complaints
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    Cultural show
    43 4 The Central Youth People's Section of the National Library will present a cultural show, National Day 1960, at the library's Stamford Road premises on Aug 2 at 4 p.m. Free admission tickets are available from the information desk at the library.
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    Questions on quality of life
    189 5 The MP for Brickworks, Dr Ahmad Mattar, wants to find out how residents' committees can help to improve the "quality of life" in the housing estate. He has sent out questionnaires to residents asking them for feedback. He wants to know whether they are satisfied
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    STOCK MARKET
    270 5 Trading was cautious and slightly easier during the first 45 minutes on the Stock Exchange of Singapore today. After a better opening, share prices were subjected to renewed profit-tak-ing. Among those holding firm were Sim Lim, Tat Lee Bank and Singapore Bus. BUSINESS DONE First Sectton F Merlin
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    Stores get tougher on shoplifters
    337 5 Department stores are getting tougher on shoplifters. Instead of the normal practice of making them pay for the stolen goods, security guards in these establishments are now referring shoplifters to the police. This is reflected In the number of cases that have been brought to
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      110 5 Ride on the ttrfngsW Suzuki SUZUKI XS(GT2CX» Yes... ride on the "wings" of Suzuki. It's quick off the mark, swift and responsive, a joy to control and very fuel-efficient All you want in a bike for work and pleasure. Suzuki PEI System Smoother start and performance at high-speed cruising. "Pointless
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    We will try to place all
    290 6 says Archbishop on third child The Archbishop of Singapore, Monsignor Gregory Yong, has assured Catholic parents that Catholic schools will try to accommodate as many of their children as possible. In a message last Sunday to congregations all over Singapore, he urged them to
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    Piano prodigy never satisfied with her playing
    627 6  -  By Georgina Emmanuel "l'm never lonely when I practise because I have my music," said Russian pianist Eteri Andijaparidze, 23, who is here to perform Rachmaninov's 3rd Piano Concerto with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra tonight and tomorrow evening. This concerto is one of
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      403 6 Draupadi's Wedding Perkahwinan Draupadi TALES FROM THE MAHABHARATHA KISAH KISAH DARI MAHABHARATHA vv L4 m m S(ii5> r 0J m ri i SAY a W4.T S K K I Sift ii i 0P »l E Ns> S m 9 \rz 3 3 i Si I «< si £*&$£;fc£fc News of
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    Lock icon Billy's home is up as tax collateral
    133 7 UPI WiiMii!—, Friday Billy Carter Mi Mb wife have pat ap their Baeaa Vista heme la Geergla as eellateral ea thwiafc «f iellara «f back taxes they ewe the Internal Revenue Service, twe Washington newspapers reported yesterday. The agreemeat hetweea the IBS aad
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    Lock icon Hostages' mock execution ordeal
    216 7 World Focus Queen says he and 11 others were in line-up UPI Washlagtea, Friday: In a mock execution, Iranian militants holding US hostages in Teheran once lined up a dozen American captives along a wall in the US Embassy courtyard and made clicking sounds with their
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    Lock icon Hijacked plane returns to Kuwait
    120 7 Reuter Kuwait. Friday A hijacked Kuwait Airways Boeing 737 with more than 40 people on board, touched down in Kuwait early this morning after being denied permission to land in Dubai, the Kuwait News Agency said. The plane, hijacked by two armed Jordanians on a
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    Lock icon 'Soviets deporting Afghans to USSR'
    183 7 AP New York, Friday Tlje Soviet ynion is deporting Muslim tribesmen from rebel areas, of northern Afghanistan to neighbouring Muslim republics in the Soviet Union, and replacing them with loyal Soviet communists from the Soviet Union, an exiled pretender to the Afghan throne said yesterday.
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    Lock icon Call for UN help
    49 7 UPI London, Friday Iran has asked the United Nations to help solve the crisis with neighbouring Iraq, Tehran Radio reported yesterday. The UN should concern itself with the Iraq matter," Iranian Foreign Minister Sadeq Ghotbzadeh said in a letter to UN secretary-general Kurt Waldheim. UPI
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    Nominee
    22 7 Teheran, Friday Iranian President Abolhassan Bani-Sadr will probably nominate deputy Interior Minister Mostafa MirSalim for premier, an official spokesman said yesterday.
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    Lock icon Odd Corner
    126 7 UPI New OriwiM, Friday Ne mm at the dealership expected a ear U be stelea frem the glassed-Ia seeead sterey steraae ana least of all aa exelle UB9IMM ($128,4##) Mereedes Beaa eeavertlbie. 8e It teek a while fer aayeae te aetlee It was gMM. "Yea eaa defead against
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    Lock icon TODAY
    66 7 UPI TODAY is Friday July 25, the 207 th day of 1900 with 159 to follow. Those born on this date are under the sign of Leo. ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY: In 1952, Puerto Rico became a self-governing US Commonwealth. A THOUGHT FOB THE DAY: American statesman Daniel
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      206 7 %M! $38 Assorted V 3 light i multi pendant LIGHTCRAFT MID VEAR~H sale vj,t.. >_^_£ 4 ~gh| $189 C H •»r1« $89 $179 -IT W S ligh brass chandelier Italy 4" S l»gh! cr,stai < hando .«£*Sfc k s. COC Acr J ,vv OL J I IflfTU) V'<l ViMf ,it
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      8 7 More world news on Pages II ft 11
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      271 7 Jm 24 serf 10 a AX o teroa? «y 2K** «<N' CO-sP oOSOte(l 0> ytth sl oN£H SS?SS^gSSSV TVIB S T^SnGAP° RE spend a apd 1 Viennese Summer at Holiday Inn Hotel Singapore. Experience the fun and gaiety of a Viennese Summer. ceNta GARDEN BALLROOM w 1 Win 2-return air-tickets
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    As the stomach churns...
    305 8 Mrs Singapore (circa 1940) was doing Suite splendidly, thank you, with her Neothic odds and ends. Earthen stove, charcoal, rattan fan, achuan (mould) and tongs. Age-old skills, patience and an eye for detail produce mouth-watering traditional dishes, the culinary value of which even some leading hotels
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    THEIR VIEWS
    130 8 4 The pessimists say that neutralism is already in the air in Europe. That is still, in midsummer 1980, an exaggeration. The neo-neutralists have raised their voices in Britain's Labour Party and in West Germany's Social Democrats, but they have yet to win their parties, let alone their
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  • WHISPERS By ISPY
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      Care for this job?
      29 8 Seen in a classified ad in a British newspaper: "Wanted: Part-time fresh horse droppings picker-upper." A good salary, not pickings, was promised for the job.
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      Radio language
      33 8 It's no longer Alpha, Bravo, Charlie. Here's the new radio language as can be heard in a radio taxi: "Go to Block C as in CPF, Lorong N as in NWC."
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    Lock icon A cheaper way to go
    537 8 Policeman-turned-undertaker offers $1200 funerals with no frills UPI A death In a Chinese family here can cost the bereaved more than just the less of ene of Its members. The cest In financial terms can come to $IMM or more, and this is a conservative
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    DREAMS DON'T DIE, EVEN AT 88
    584 8  -  FRIDAY WITH RICHARD LIM RICHARD LIM Thanks to Ismail Kassim, who's away in Japan, I have this space to share with you some anecdotes about writer Henry Miller which I couldn't put in my "tribute" the last time (NN, June 14), when he died
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    Lock icon Beating drug runners at their own game
    801 9 NYT Miami: The young couple from Denver approached the harried Customs inspector at Miami International Airport and plopped their suitcases on the counter. They were self-assured and confident. They were well dressed. Their luggage was Gucci. The only suspicious item in their luggage
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    Lock icon Autonomy works in some of the factories in China
    301 9 Reuter L»ish«a (Nwth-weat China): Government experiments in allowing more economic and managerial autonomy to the factories are gradually spreading across the country, and the results have been rewarding in some areas. In T3ansu Province, north-west China's main heavy-industrial base, officials said
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    Lock icon 'Labour will derecognise Pol Pot'
    218 10 Reuter Kuala Lumpur, Friday Australian opposition leader Bill Hayden said yesterday that the question of "derecognition" of the Pol Pot regime is expected to be an issue in the coming elections in Australia. Speaking to reporters at a press conference after holding talks with Malaysian
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    Lock icon Observatory to close
    62 10 UPI London, Friday Another slice of England's heritage will be cut away in budget-slashing fever when the Royal Observatory at Kew, built in 1769 and keeper of the longest continuous weather records in the country, closes this year. The meteorological office said it decided to close the
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    Lock icon 75 US jets for Australia
    247 10 AP UPI Washington, Friday The Pentagon announced plans yesterday to sell 75 advanced let fighters to Australia, a key ally in the Indian Ocean area. The administration announced it is willing to sell US$3.l billion ($6.5 billion) worth of F-16 or F-18 fighter aircraft to
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    Lock icon Cops break up strike
    79 10 World Focus AFP Jerusalem, Friday Israeli police moved in yesterday to break up a strike by shopkeepers in the Arab eastern part of this city over the death of a Palestinian political prisoner after a 10-day hunger strike. The prisoner choked to death on Tuesday, according
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    Lock icon Stockpile increase
    69 10 Reuter Tokyo, Friday The Japanese government plans to increase its crude oil stockpile as part of a new comprehensive national security programme envisaged by the cabinet, the International Trade and Industry Ministry said yesterday. The government wants to increase the stockpile, held in 20 idle tankers on the
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    Lock icon Paper challenges govt censorship
    128 10 Reuter Jakarta, Friday An influential Indonesian daily newspaper yesten day challenged the government's policy of controlling the free-flow of information which it said only led to circulation of rumours. Kompas was clearly commenting on the current government practice of censoring newspapers and other publications or banning
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    Lock icon Slap over missed meal may cost $2100
    192 10 UPI Pittsburgh, Friday A slap ever ft missed meal on a flight from Pittsburgh to Miami has toned into a Federal eaae, and a Pittsburgh woman may have to pay UBSIIM ($2111) to United Airlines. A US district mart Jnry deliberated 11 miMtoa
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      48 10 home of stars T*V)PiCa"»4 Theatre* Restaurant Rd J i r > ifi r > r C 5 4 <■£ «r* o o <s Fantastic vocalist of Euro-American tarn© hacked-up by qorqfious dance beauties. rw, r NO COVCR CHARGE FOR DINERS Musical Director Romy Katindig. SALLY CHUA dahli A RESERVATIONS CALL
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    Lock icon Laser way to detect cancer
    196 11 World Focus AFP Tokyo, Friday Japanese researchers have succeeded in developing a unique technique to detect stomach cancer at an early stage through the use of an argon laser beam. The researchers of the state-run Tsukuba University and the electronic research institute of the International
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    Lock icon First of its kind
    85 11 The werid is apparently keeked en fosttnbe kreediag. First, tke West came forth wltk a test-tnke kaky. New, tke Cklaeee have bred tke first teat-take flak. Tke first aeexnallyprednced golden earn, developed (rem a single flak sematlc (kedy) cell and coltnred in a testtake, kaa grown
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      219 11 V* Si ill r mi y s, m L* J MNOW YOUR DINERS CLUB CARD TAKES YOU AND THREE GUESTS INTO STUDIO M FREE! From 15th July to 15th August only! While others are paying $20 cover charge per person on weekends and $15 on weekdays to swing at Studio
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    Lock icon 40 to 50m people vow to leave US...
    687 12  -  Art Buchwald Los Angeles Times Syndicate Washington: Every four years, 40 to 50 million Americans vow that if their man does not win the Presidency, they will move to Canada. This year is no different, and I have heard many of my
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      297 12 r Crossword "V 3 Possessing an advantage over 4 Purse item 5 Silver and gold 6 Woeful word 7 Got off course 8 Verse form 9 Danger colour 10 Love affair 11 Eagerly accept 12 Out of the wind 13 Split 21 Went at once 22 Prank 24 Width times
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    Lock icon Tribal trouble
    852 13 Over the Chico River Project UPI Bngnay, Philippines: On a starry night high in the Cordillera Mountains, tribal youths chant revolutionary songs and vow to spill their blood to block a government dam project. In song and dance before a flickering camp fire, the youths re-enact a six-year
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    Lock icon Police disperse students in Manila
    44 13 Riot police armed with truncheons disperse students protesting tuition fee increases and "US Imperialism" in a demonstration in Manila yesterday in the heavy rain. Seeres of people were hurt when police charged into a crowd of demonstrators. UPI radiophoto
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      German Art-tung
      728 14/15  -  German Painting Between 1800 and 1950 at National Museum Art Gallery The Arts bv 1 Chia Wai Hon We know very little of German art. What we know was picked up from the few exhibitions we saw in the past like the Durer And His Time exhibition in
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      Local breakfasts at nasi padang restaurant
      718 14/15  -  Eating Out by Margaret Chan What a good idea! Local breakfasts like nasi lemak, putu mayam (stringhoppers) and lontong at a nasi padang restaurant! That's what Zarinah Ibrahim (better known as cookbook writer Zarinah Anwar) intends to introduce soon in her new restaurant at
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      Rhapsody it is indeed, in this revue
      386 14/15 Sundown scene by Cynhrr I L. Rhapsody and Rhythm; Belvedere Supper Club; 10.30 p.m. As revne went, Rhapsody mud Rhythm could pass master. It came complete with all the plush details required of an after-dinner show for an elegant sapper clnb. If senses
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      93 14/15 CONTACT LENSES HARU AN[ > S(;f i i NSL S E.K.LIM < >\ 1 i If NS At. T Tlf )NI l-i i HIM > I I !f'l !t C) T 1..1 I V >!t i i f IhiS f l a/.. M-. ~P r v i jHC A■ »AL)
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      146 14/15 worlds finest Scotch.lt still does. In 1824, when The Glenlivet was born, there was but one way to seal a bottle. With a cork. And there was but one Scotch With flavour readily r recognized as the standard by which other Scotches could always be judged. -p. Many bottle caps
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    Lock icon For a little spice in life
    132 16 A BEER PERHAPS OR DOLLAR TO MAKE THE DAY The old man watches with rapt attention the fortunes of the two fighting fish battling In the glass Jar. like many others of his age, he heads for the coffeeshop near Smith Street each day
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      152 16 HARI RA YA NOW ON! Quality textiles and furnishing fabrics Just arrived for this season At specially reduced prices. Please visit us for the best buys. S.A.MAJEED CO., 70, High Street, Singapore 0617. Branches: 139, East Coast Rd„ Singapore 1542 45, Seng Poh Rd., Singapore 0316 [[:+^~$']]@+?!>-]')`".;$.%">"=: Give yourself a
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      8 16 Better technology keeps us ahead f C.ifruxji.' CiKwp
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      392 17 YOUR LUCKY STARS IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY Born today, you are one of those quiet, unassuming persons whose public attitude is a far cry from your intensely private reactions to the world around you. Those who know you as a solid citizen would be surprised to discover the depth and
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      625 17 FRIDAY E i MONEYWORDS i I Cut out and pin with other coupons. I Posting instructions appear below j ge Occupation: Address: N R I.C. No: 1. Go by car ,Cut along dotted CLUES FOR KQ j FILL IN MISSING LETTERS ACROSS USING CLUES BELOW 2. Head-dress of royalty 3.
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    These two lots for sale at Marina Centre
    138 18 j Business News and Views These two sites, land parcels nine sad 11, at Marina Centre are new fer sale nnder the Urban Redevelopment Authority'B ninth land sale. Beth are earmarked for hotels with ancillary shopping facilities. Cinemas will also be bollt
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    Last day
    32 18 City Developments has informed the Stock Exchange of Singapore that the last day for splitting its proposed two-for-three rights issue at $1.60 per new snare is Aug 29, 4 p.m.
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    Lock icon Labour-union call for import curbs
    331 18 Cure for UK's economic problems Reuter London, Friday Britain's opposition Labour Party and trade union movement joined yesterday in urging import controls as part of a cure for the country's economic problems. Labour leader and former prime minister James Callaghan said a new economic summit
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    'Over 25 pc from equities'
    192 18 Slightly over 25 per cent of the $450 million needed for the two downstream plastic-making plants in Pulau Ayer Merbau will be from equity capital. This was stated by Mr Hiroshi Sasaki, senior managing director of Sumitomo Chemical, the major shareholder of The Polyolefin Company
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    Lock icon Money Market
    77 18 AP London, Friday The dollar fell against most major European currencies yesterday, while the price of gold rose sharply in Zurich and London to U*****.50 and US$642. Frankfurt dealers attributed the dollar's decline to new prime rate cuts in the US and to the announcement that Deutsche Bundesbank's
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  • In Brief
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      Margins shaved at King's
      100 18 King's Hotel has reported unaudited pre-tax profits of $915,400 for the half year ended June 1980. This is a 44.3 per cent better showing over the same period last year. However, profit margins appear to have been pared as turnover at the hotel had advanced 64.7
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      'Explain rumours'
      44 18 The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange has queried Supreme Corporation on "market rumours that Supreme is again on the acquisition trail". The report appeared in an article In Malaysian Business Times. Supreme shares closed at |3.54 yesterday after scaling a high of $3.66.
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      49 18 The Stock Exchange of Singapore has further queried Cold Storage Holdings how it derived the value of A 55.50 for an ordinary share of Foodland Holdings. Cold Storage is making a cash bid amounting to nearly $22 million for the total paidup capital of Foodland Holdings.
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      18 18 Khong Guan Holdings (Malaysia) has increased its authorised capital from $10 million to $20 million.
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    195 18 AP Stock prices dipped yesterday as some major banks cut their prime lending rates to 10.75 per cent ana more oil companies reported big quarterly profits. Signs of further declines in interest rates came from Chase Manhattan Bank, which cut its {Mime rate to 10.75 per cent
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    32 18 AP Closing averages on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday: 30 industrial 926.11 (down 2.47); 20 transport 308.50 (down 1.21); 15 utilities 113.36 (down 0.11); 65 stocks 336.94 (down 0.93).
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      331 19 j^^jpfennis AP UPI Washington, Friday Unseeded Pascal Portes of France yesterday defeated topseeded Jimmy Connors in the U*****,000 (about $367,500) Washington Star tennis tournament here. Connors, the third-rank-ed player in the world, lost 6-4, 7-5 in the round of 16 and was ousted from the tournament. Connors,
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      460 20  -  jSfOntfie track By FREDDIE KEE Kuala Lumpur Friday Comb Darling underlined her chances in Class 4 Division 1 1800 m event on Sunday with a sparking workout here this morning. With jockey K. C. Ng astride, the four-year-old English mare by Murrayfield, strode out
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      832 21  -  TEE-DP I Private tournaments may blossom into... with Lim Kee Chan Call them private tournaments if you wish. But the results of the two Pro-Am tournaments at two different clubs last week certainly were encouraging. The tournaments provided local professionals as well as home club amateurs a good
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      170 21 HBTMtef pairs will to»4t tm the HNppin lataad Caaatry dak Mr Ansli PiM—■ Oil Ohmmhm itnke mapci ■fart the Istaad Cnim Starting times: 1.01 p.m. George S. H. Tan (12) and Mahlnder Singh (14): 1.07 K. Kawasaki (ll) and T. Kido (16)- Graham Ellis (2) and H.
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      407 21 (l>Hl MM limj jelttlM will be pbyM m Baa--7 a. m. Dominic Oh (24) Richard Wong (23) Larry Koh (24); 7.07 Can Eng Oon (21) Peter Tan (20) Fred Boey (21); 7.14 Koh Khek Yeow (24) Ho Khyun Sean (24) Lim Kim Chuan (24);
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      628 22  -  *1 am not going to appeal over disqualification' BOWLING by Brian Miller The Singapore Tenpin Bowling Congress, who have hardly recovered from the criticism levelled at them (or their shoddy handling of the recently-concluded National championships, seem headed for another crisis. And, once again, the trouble
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      657 23  -  Passing Shots By Desmond Oon Innovative tennis coaches in the United States are telling their students: If you want to improve your backhand, go and throw a frisbee! What stunning advice! Overnight, great interest has been generated and the plastic flying disc has become
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      54 23 K3 Soccer AP Moscow, Friday The Soviet Union swamped Cuba 8-0 yesterday, but both teams qualified (or the quarter-finals of the Olympic soccer tournament. Sergey Andreyev netted a hattrick for the Soviets, whose other goals came from Oleg Romantsev, Sergey Shavlo, Vladimir Bessonov, Yuri
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      338 24  -  Easy does it Basketball By MAURICE NEO The Indonesian team in the Asean Schools basketball championships, currently going on at the Gay World Stadium, nave not fared well at all to date. All the other teams participating in the tournament, except the Philippines, have beaten
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      712 25  -  Frustrated fans hurl paper 'frisbees' as the tired Young Lions fall K3 Soccer SINGAPORE HITACHI 1 By SURESH NAIR Here's one match the Young Lions had wished they would not lose after proudly marching in with the Malaysia Cup for its first public viewing since
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      138 25 H°°" AFP Amsterdam, FYiday —I Severiano Ballesteros of Spain, hoping to boost his flagging confidence after his disappointing 19 th place in the British Open championship at Muirfield last week, shared first place in the 35,000 (about $175,000) Dutch Open after yesterday's first round with
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      447 25  -  E3 Athletics By SHIRLEY TAN Philippines sport, backed at last by the Marcos government, will see a rise in athletics reputation at next year's South East Asia Games in Manila. That's because they have the material to work on, and may result in more gold
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      651 26 Australians upset powerful Soviets in relay OLYMPICS *80 Reuter Moscow, Friday A stunning record on the track and a startling upset in the pool yesterday gave the Moscow Olympics a break from the relentless Soviet and East German assault on the medals standings. In the athletics, Nadezhda Tkachenko
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      361 26 Sebastian Coe and Steve Ovett, Britain's two celebrated middle distance runners, breezed into the semi-finals of the men's 800-metre event yesterday in the Moscow Olympics. It was the first time in two years that the two star Britons had run in the same event, but
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      624 27 says artist who wants to change the world By Zaki Hong Kong artist Lee Wai On, here to exhibit his paintings, lectures at the University of Hong Kong's Architecture Faculty. Mr Lee claims that medieval and Renaissance architecture is so
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      85 22 Everywhere the men who get ahead in business read The Asian Wall Street Journal Mr. O. Rettig does. He was recently named Passenger Sales Marketing Manager of Lufthansa German Airlines, Hong Kong. Shouldn't you subscribe today? THE ISIAN WALL STREET JOIRNAL. Times Publishing Bhd. AWSJ Subscription Department Times House, River
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      70 24 Sports diary 80CCER: Div One Toa Payoh United v Geylang International (Jurong Stadium, 8 p.m.)* Friendly Singapore Recreaction Club v Old Josephians FC (Padang); Singapore Cricket Club Padantiques v Credit Corporation (Padang), both at 5.15 p.m. SWIMMING: National Schools championships Final day (Anglo-Chinese School pool, Barker Road, 2 p.m.). BASKETBALL:
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      120 26 SEEING IS BELIEVING PREVIEW ORCHARD: TOMORROW at 11am Admission: DOWNST/URS $1.50 UPSTMRS $2.50 Boa Plan Now Opon Cooh Booking* No Froo List ere. the only authentic film of nhki lauda's oct DEVASTATING CRASH THE DEATH OF TOM PRYCE AND A TRACK SEE: ASSISTANT HIT BY HIS CAR SPEEDING AT OVER
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      1120 27 What's On A page that tells you what's happening on TV and in town iw•T k W''• 11' '*i v« i 'Jn At the cinema WHATEVER THE WEATHER, readings compiled by Elaine Bain and assisted by Sandy Phillips read by the Raffles Group, Regency Last day tomorrow. SWEET SYMPHONY, an
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    37 28 AH FOOK: Good news! Now I can read Luk Siu Fung at the National Library. MEI LIN: Oh dear! With all that trash in the library, who is going to read the analects of Confucius?
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      170 28 TEACHER'S ROYAL HIGHLAND 12 VKAR OLD SCOTCH WHISKY Lv y.Mutr m HOYAI H( MI 12 >:.v M.4 *<■ v> II Hi <>\ N'P ■i111 I IK Hi ■x 4 an KI r U ■> Fisher-Price Toys keep their promises We m.tke sure lh.it the onk parts that come oil are
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      760 28 TV AND RADIO SBC ITELEFUNKEN qreat looks' Colour g rea t features' TV great performance' S.M OPENING ANNOIJNCEMK NTS followed by HOUSEWIVES' MATINEE: The Blue Blue Sea (r) Mandarin movie. 4.45 INTERMISSION. I II OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed by IN THE WILD WITH HARRY BUTLER: Drowned Land. S.M NEWS IN BRIEF
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      275 28 Today's top shows THE SINGAPORE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. (Ch 8, 7 p.m. in colour). This film looks at the SSO's first 18 months of existence. The orchestra was formed in response to a felt need of the public for a professional symphony orchestra. Without the necessary backup in experienced management, it
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