New Nation, 1 August 1980

Microfilm: NL10732
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    Masthead
    19 1 NewNation SINGAPORE Fridoy, August 1, 1980 2940 Price 25 cents M.C.(P) No. 109/1/80 j NEW Qj) NATION COMMENT I
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    Lock icon Bayi is beaten
    38 1 Poland's Bronlslaw Mallnowskl hits the water as he leads Tanzania's Filbert Bavi, In the background, to win to gold medal In the SMt-metre steeplechase. Bayl won the silver medal. AP radio picture. AP radio picture
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    Crash girl's ambition
    162 1 Miss Chan Sui Keng thought she was on her way to fulfilling her ambition to become a doctor when she was admitted to the medical faculty of the National University of Singapore last year. But fate yesterday ensured that Sui Keng would never complete her studies. She
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    STOCK MARKET
    237 1 Share prices opened higher on a wide front during the first 45 minutes of active trading on the Stock Exchange of Singapore today. Profit-taking took place at the higher levels, however, trimming counters off the morning s high. BUSINESS DONE First BectlMi F Merlin (1) 1.44 (75) 1.43
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    Lock icon Soviets smash a plot
    287 1 Bid to topple Karmal govt UPI New Delhi, Friday Soviet forces smashed a plot by rebellious Afghan army units to top61e the staunchly proloscow government of President Babrak Karmal, a diplomatic source said today. "The army coup was planned by the two units stationed at Pul-i-Charki
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    Lock icon Second time
    28 1 UPI Vienna, Friday Austria expelled a second Iraqi diplomat yesterday, saying he was involved in an attempt to plant a bomb in the Iranian embassy. UPI
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      24 1 Forecast Singapore's weather outlook from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. today: Thundery showers in several areas. Sunset today: 6.46 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow: 6.36 a.m.
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  • Article
    Govt studying culture report
    193 2  -  HK expert suggests ways to improve state of S'pore arts By Teo Lian Huay The Ministry of Culture is studying a report prepared by a Hong Kong consultant on the integration and promotion of Singapore cultures. The report, which runs into several volumes, covers the entire
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    Party for children
    43 2 The Bukit Paniang Zone A Residents' Committee will hold a children's party on the basketball court between Blocks 2 and 5, Marsiling Drive, tomorrow at 4 p.m. Tickets at $2 are available at Marsiling Educational Centre, Block 30, Marsiling Drive.
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    Project
    35 2 The Deputy Speaker of Parliament and MP for Chua Chu Kane, Mr Tang See Chim, will launch a gotong royong project to metal Lorong Ayam Betina in his constituency on Sunday at 8.30 a.m.
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    Perm sees get power to approve costlier tenders
    138 2 Permanent secretaries can now approve more expensive tenders (or stores, services or works required by their departments. They need to refer to the Tenders Board only those tenders for stores and services above $10,000 and works above $20,000. The ruling was announced
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    Religious leader thinks we're courteous enough
    200 2 Singapore does not need a courtesy campaign to promote courtesy. It only needs one to maintain present standards, according to a visiting Indian religious leader. Mr Pulavar Keeran, thoroughly pleased with the courteous Singaporean, said he had in two visits here so far never
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    Honesty has always been Goh's policy
    228 2 For Mr Ricky CM Khal Hack, 28, honesty has always been a peltry. Ia the course of Ida work aa head supervisor of a hotel laundry, he haa built for hlmaeif a repotatloa for h—usly by recovering and returning numerous Items belonpng to the
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      66 2 AS Thokral emporium (S) PTE LTD AGENT FOR CHANGE OF TELEPHONE NUMBERS Please be informed that with effect from 1 st August, 1980 our new telephone numbers will be as follows: WHOLESALE: > G-6, High Street Plaza, Singapore 0617 Tel: *****38 (8 Lines) RETAIL: G-2, High Street Plaza, Singapore 0617
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    'Newsy' project for former dept head
    120 3 The former head of the now defunct Nanyang University's Mass Communications Department has been appointed a visiting fellow at the Institute of South-east Asian Studies. He will undertake a one-year project on local newspapers. Dr Wong Soon Chonc, a senior lecturer at the National
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    Fitness
    36 3 The Singapore Sports Council will hold its next National Aerobic Fitness Award test at National Stadium tomorrow at 4.30 &m. Late registration will accepted between 3.30 and 4.30 p.m. on the day of the test.
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    Night-soil workers for retraining
    275 3 Workers in the night-soil trade have become the first group of daily-rated workers to be retrained for skilled jobs. About 10 of them are now working as greasers in the Environment Ministry's Sewerage Department. "They have lust completed six months' training and are under probation as
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    Tenants get more time
    198 3 Tenants of a pre-war two-storey building belonging to the Port of Singapore Authority nave been given a second reprieve. They have been given anomer mree months to find alternative accommodation. The building, in Wishart Road near Telok Blangah, consists of seven shopnouses of which six are
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    Tamil wedding
    58 3 In New Nation's feature on Wednesday on the National Day Parade tableau, it was reported that the Central Council of Malay Cultural Organisations will stage the Malay and Tamil weading entourages. This is incorrect. The Council will only stage the Malay wedding and the Singapore Tamil Movement will
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    Dinner
    33 3 The Minister for National Development, Mr Teh Cheang Wan, will attend a National Day dinner and variety show at the open space next to Block 53, Nile Road, tomorrow at 7.30 p.m.
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      82 3 i t m "r m Wm&. 7$ rr m apV *3 > K The naked truth about Teacher s. Every popular whisky is made from blending pure malt whiskies and less expensive grain whiskies. Malt costs at least twice as much as grain. And more malt means more character, a
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    That chicken drumstick may be dearer
    389 4  -  Take a close look before you sink your teeth into your favourite chicken part By Agatha Koh Before you sink your teeth into that chicken drumstick, take a better look at it. Chances are that it is smaller and more expensive. This is because
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    Pool resources, writers told
    248 4 Aspiring writers should pool resources to get their works published and make their dreams a reality. Professor Malcolm Bosse of the English department of The City University of New York gave this advice in an interview yesterday. "Young writers must get together and form co-operatives, get
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    'More girls than boys wear glasses'
    108 4 More teenage girls than teenage boys wear classes. This is one of the findings of a survey conducted by Survey Research Singapore and published in the June issue of Survey Research News, a quarterly bulletin. The survey found that 28 per cent of girls
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    Three cholera cases
    54 4 Three eases «f cholera were detected and treated In June. The first ease was a 23-year-old housewife staving In York mil Estate. The other two eases were a it-year-old fitter from Tlong Bahrn and an 18-year-old national serviceman from Church Street. All cases were sporadic and the
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      236 4 J SANYO AI2IHFL Automatic Iron Easy-to-manage automatic control system with aluminium base and flourine coating for extra smooth /j ironing. Built-in safety features. Weight: 2.56 kg. m 1 -V^sco** 0 ONt^ PRO SKI26AB Automatic Pop-Up Toaster Migh-luster automatic pop-up toaster with browning control slide level for selecting any shade from
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    Follow-up begins today
    299 5 Speak Your School Languages campaign involves all schools A campaign to encourage school children to speak the official languages begins today as a follow-up to a pilot project carried out in 12 schools last year. The Speak Your School Languages campaign will involve all schools and last
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    Lock icon If all buildings had ramps .. .
    177 5 If all buildings had ramps One after the other they came some on wheelchairs, some on crutches. Slowly but steadily, they made their way up the ramp and into the Singapore Science Centre. Once inside, they looked back at the ramp and sighed: "If only more buildings had such facilities..."
    PICTURE BY STEVEN LEE  -  177 words
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      151 5 Isnt this really why youchoose Dunlop Whether it's tennis, squash, badminton or golf that you play, you can be sure that Dunlop has the best equipment for you. Because Dunlop knows, in the exacting world of sports, every detail counts. From the tension of the badminton rackets, the weight of
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    Lock icon Husbands doing more housework
    192 6 UPI San Francisco, Friday Husbands are doing more housework these days. A new survey of 1,000 married men and their role in domestic chores shows that a sizeable number of husbands do more than just take out the garbage they share in all of the household
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    Lock icon TODAY
    78 6 UPI TODAY is Aug 1, the 214 th day of 1960 with 152 to follow. ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY: In 1975, the US, Russia and 33 other nations signed in Helsinki a broad charter for peace and human progress throughout Europe. THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: In the US
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    Lock icon America before parents
    114 6 Walter Polevchnk, the bey frem Ukraine, whe said he preferred te stay in the US than return with his parents te the Soviet Union, Is trailed by his sister (rear) Nathalie, 17. She alse defied her parents' decision. Their purents are seeking te regain custody of waiter,
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    Lock icon Refugees to move to safer place?
    181 6 World Focus AP Bangkok, Friday United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim may ask Thailand to move tens of thousands of Kampucheans straddling the Thai-Kampuchea border to a safer area, a senior relief agency official said yesterday. The official, who asked not to be identified, said
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    Lock icon Odd Corner
    101 6 UPI Bmlm, Friday A wife eaa mm her hasbaad far lajsrtes she received tram slipping en the aidewalk, V her spease's sloppy Jefc at tthoveiling BMW aad lee eaased the aceldeat, the state sapreme Jadlclal has ruled. Jssttee Bebert Brancher raled ea Wednesday that Mrs Shirley Brewa sheald
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      379 6 Duryodhana's Jealousy Sikap Irihati Duryodhana. TALES FROM THE MAHABHARATHA KISAH KISAH DARI MAHABHARATHA m mi 2S mVI m m m 5 Kr m 3 SB a i a i ft K iff a m 3 54 R I !k B I »«RI*WltK*« *§S« "»ig* IfcS^ftltteaeBiWlD* ««(n i* e«mssstt?xit»e > #sta»«
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    Lock icon PLO element in women's action plan
    184 7 World Focus Reuter Copenhagen, Friday A world conference of women ended here early yesterday with the adoption of a 186-point plan of action but most of Europe abstained and the United States, Canada, Israel and Australia voted against it. The plan includes controversial paragraphs
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    Lock icon Vitamin C to prevent cancer claim
    322 7 AFP L*ndM, Friday Massive daily doses of vitamin C can prevent the development of cancer, twice Nobel Prize winner Onus Pauling said here on Wednesday. Professor Pauling said he regretted many doctors' reluctance to accept his thesis simply because of its apparent simplicity. Vitamin
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    Lock icon 'Deng report fabricated'
    235 7 AFP Tokyo, Friday A Chinese official yesterday denied a report as "a press fabrication" that he had conveyed here a message that Chinese vicepremier Deng Xiaoping will become China's head of state after resigning from his government post in August. Quoting a "very reliable source", the newspaper
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    Lock icon Control base for N-war
    176 7 UPI Omaha (Nebraska), Friday The joint chiefs of staff has established a high-level military organisation near Omaha to deal with command communications during a nuclear war, it was reported yesterday. Creation of the unit, military officials said, reflects the increasing concern over the ability of the
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    Lock icon Cosmonauts return
    47 7 Reuter Moscow, Friday A Soviet and a Vietnamese cosmonaut landed safely in Central Asia yesterday after a week-long space mission to the orbiting station Salyut-4, Moscow Radio reported. The two men, Viktor Gorbatko and Pham Tuan, landed in Soviet Kazakhstan after conducting experiments in space.
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      140 7 I LOWREX Organ Recital by Mr. Dave Smith Mr. Dave Smith, an exceptionally gifted musician. Started playing piano at 4 years old. At 14 years old, formed his own band The Dave Smith Sound.' Among his many achievements were full time resident keyboard artist at London's most famous Blackpool Tower
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      192 7 TUFFOAM RUBIER POWERED AIRPLANES AND GLIDERS W1 2960 FLIGHT HANGAR 6 1/6 Dozen Assorted A proven assortment of best selling foam oi'rplanes and gliders. Packed in our attractive new display of rugged tuffoom and corrugated board. 24 pieces....*. Drifter Glider 18 pieces Chuck'r Gilder 18 pieces Sky Flyer Airplone 14
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    Driving is a privilege
    315 8 The heart-aching journey to safer roads continues. Even as Mr Ong Teng Cheong spoke on Wednesday night of a possible road safety course for learner drivers, this year's 164 th fatal accident victim had his last sleep. The unfortunate victim, a 45-year-old motorcyclist, was killed yesterday
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    THEIR VIEWS
    125 8 41 have thought of something that is not part of my speech and I'm worried over whether I should do it. Can we doubt that only a divine providence placed this land, this island of freedom, here as a refuge for all those people in the world who
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    Unique ceremony
    102 8 Returning from a visit to India, a colleague told of a unique wedding ceremony she attended in which the bridegroom was represented only by a photograph of himself. Due to arrive for the wedding from Norway, the Indian groom had to cancel his trip because of an urgent
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    Lock icon Engineer your way to the top
    1004 8  -  By Atsuko Chiba Asian Wall Street Journal Traditionally, the captains of Industry are men well-versed In financial, marketing and administrative know-how. Engineers, viewed as nothing more than technical experts, are often overlooked. But in Japan, with an increasing accent on technological innovation, a new
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    Engineers make good managers too
    786 8  -  by Teresa Ooi You can count on your fingers the number of engineers occupying the top slots in Singapore's big industrial establishments. They are the engineer-chair-man and engineer-managing directors who have entered traditional management and climbed the corporate ladder to the top. But while they
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    Lock icon 'Soviet troops pouring in from E Europe, Asia'
    254 10 Rebel activity on the rise in Afghanistan World Focus Reuter New Delhi, Friday Soviet forces in Afghanistan are being reinforced by Soviet troops from East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Vietnam and other parts to cope with increased rebel activity, a western traveller arriving from
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    Egyptian minister wants talks to go on
    161 10 Paris, Friday Egyptian Foreign Minister Boutros Ghali yesterday said "despite the obstacles that the present Israeli government is placing on the road towards peace, it is important to pursue the dialogue with Tel Aviv." Mr Ghali was referring to Wednesday's adoption by Israel's
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    Lock icon Ditched, but no one was hurt
    62 10 A British Airways Sikorsky helicopter floats In calm seas yesterday after splashing down In an emergency with 12 oil platform workers and two crewmen abroad. All were rescued without injuries and the helicopter was later taken In tow. It was on a Xto Scotland
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    Anderson: I will drop out for Kennedy
    73 10 Washington, Friday Congressman John Anderson suggested yesterday he will be ready to abandon his IndeCdent challenge (or presidency If Senator Edward Kennedy defeats President Carter for the Democratic nomination. Bnt political experts give Senator Kennedy little chance of defeating Mr Carter for the
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      Right step for Chinese dance
      669 12/13  -  The Arts By Khng Eu Meng While many of us would rather spend Sunday taking it easy at home, 30 young men and women, dedicated to the art of dance, are sweating it out rehearsing Chinese dance at the National Theatre practice room. They are
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      French and Austrian sweets for you
      816 12/13  -  Eating Out by Margaret Chan If your idea of luxury is sipping tiny cups of fragrant tea and picking at delicate rich pastries while watching the rest of the world go by. you can indulge in it this week. The Goodwood Hotel has just
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      Lock icon All right, folks, here are some bulls
      514 12/13 Sundown scene by Zaki My conception of popular Austrian mus'c spanned the rather limited gamut from Strauss waltzes to the choral singing of the Vienna Boys Cnolr. But last week, at the BoUday Inn Austrian Festival called "Summer in Vienna," I had my
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      179 12/13 v <. A ul? 0 4. Vch >- m KSfft feiM" s** ■"<- 154 years ago, it sealed the world s finest Scotch. It still does. In 1824, when The Glenlivet was born, there was but one way to seal a bottle. With a cork. MM And there was but
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    Worry over standard of morality
    305 14 The Philippines' image as a swinging country may be luring many tourists but the government and church are far from happy about the disturbing spread of smut in the country. Parents and school officials have joined in the drive against permissiveness spearheaded by Jaime Cardinal
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    Campbell's gourmet row resited
    86 14  -  ASEAN ASIDES By Judith Hale Visitors to Kuala Lumpur may have been wondering what beeame of the famous Jalan Campbell food stalls. Well, they will soon re-appear, not as a brightly-lit gourmet row in the street but resited in a modern complex a "stone's throw away"
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      154 14 Slip into style. Gym K&s by Kickers. Get the French flair for style. Slip into Gym Kicks by Kickers the all-purpose sports shoes. Stylish. Comfortable. Tough. Whether you're pounding the tracks, playing the courts or just taking a lazy ramble Gym Kicks lets you do it with much more style.
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      94 15 0 Ml >± f A r i A CHANCE TO EXPERIENCE AN AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN TOUR FREE!! 3AUG. See our latest Six-Projector 3-Screen Audio-Visual Presentation of our American and European Festival Tour 1980. It's a must if you intend to visit Europe or America this year. It's so real, it's
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      386 15 YOUR LUCKY STARS IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY Born today, you are highly original, deeply sentimental and wise. You are easy with others, forming close relationships quickly. You are generous with your time, your talent, your material Soods. Gracious when on le receiving end of a favour, you are tactful when
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    Lock icon Falling oil demand leads to price cut
    334 16 Reuter New York, Friday The law of supply and demand is again being enforced in the US oil industry, which for the past decade has seen prices rise with little regard for falling demand. At least four major US oil companies Standard Oil
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    People in business
    199 16 Mr Geerge Onniwtoran, a former security officer, has been promoted personnel manager of Bethlehem Shipyard. Mr Gunasekaran started his career as a constable with the then Sembawang Naval Police in 1989. After 12 years, by which time he had become a corporal, he joined the shipyard as
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    Lock icon New York Exchange
    169 16 AP Stock prices dropped sharply yesterday and then recovered a large part of the loss at the close. The DJ industrial average closed at 935.32 points, down 6ist 0.96 point for the day. eclines outnumbered advances three to two. AP Yesterday's prices followed by the difference on
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    Lock icon Dow Jones
    32 16 AP Closing averages on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday: 30 industrial 935.32 (down 0.86); 20 transport 312.01 (down 2.46); 15 utilities 111.39 (down 0.62): 65 stocks 338.97 (down 1.24).
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    Lock icon Money Market
    75 16 AP London, Friday For the second straight day, the dollar rose against most major European currencies yesterday while gold prices slipped back to mid-July figures. In Frankfurt, the dollar improved by almost two pfennigs against the mark. Behind the strong showing, dealers said, was Wednesday's report of a
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    Yeo Hiap Seng is making a saucy comeback
    192 16 7 Business News and Views 4 Soft-drink bottler and food eauer Yeo Hbp Sens la making ft comebftcE as ft major sauce manufacturer. From tomorrow, It will be launching chilli, tomftto, and chilli ana garlic sauces. They are the fruits of ft
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    Lock icon China's first
    51 16 AP Washington, Friday China has replaced the Soviet Union as America's leading communist trading partner, the US Internal iVade Commission said yesterday. The main reason is President Carter's decision to cat off shipments of grain and other commodities to the Soviet Union because of Russia's intervention in Afghanistan.
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      92 16 Everywhere the men who get ahead in business read The Asian Wall Street Journal Mr. R.J. Moreland does. He was recently named Vice President and Manager Money Markets at the Singapore Branch of Harris Bank. Shouldn't you subscribe today? THE ASIAN WALL STREET JOURNAL. I Times I'ublishinn Hhd. I AWSJ
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      266 16 ACROSS 1 Show hosts 4 Crippled 9 Fiddle or drum 13 Oldtime actress Montez 14 Quick-witted 15 This: Sp. 16 Blundered mightily 19 Going on stage 20 Strangers 21 Orderly: abbr. 22 o'clock scholar" 23 Gaucho's milieu 27 Tip 28 "Be Prepared" org. 31 Lincoln's goal 32 Neighbour of Fr.
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      'Half court' catches on
      660 17  -  Passing Shots By Desmond Oon In July last year, this column unveiled a new racquet sport called half court tennis. It was predicted then that the game would be a hit in land-scarce Singapore. Now it looks as if the Srediction has come true. Hth hardly
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      Western Union shows form in trial
      462 18  -  On the track By FREDDIE KEE Kula Lumpur, Friday Several Gold Cup candidates were given their winding-up gallops here this morning. But none were more impressive than Western Unian m. Paced by stablemate La Prairie, (David Kwong) the pair reeled off 600 m in
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      KUALA LUMPUR CARD AND FORM GUIDE FOR TOMORROW
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      SELECTIONS
      122 18 EX. CHAN BRIAN MILLER STAR BOY lUce 1 Dmrt Terrar Hoyeah Trymebeat Desert Terror Trymebeat Mighty Grey Haaey Dip Hoyeah Baee t PNtagNM Our Heart's Desire rrtiigi-iii Our Heart's Desire PratagaaM Celebrity Itce S Ceatary Mm Repulse Bay (Mag Great Bold Decree Jim Jaada Going Great Gab* Great Tiger
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      NZ will be without 2 key players
      446 19  -  I Rug by I By MAURICE NEO The New Zealand Forces will miss the services of two key players in their defence of the Malaysian Rugby Union Magnolia Open Invitation Cup tournament which begins on Sept 27. They are top scorer Richard Wixon
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      Giants versus dwarfs
      428 19  -  It will be a test of strength for S'pore Soccer "3L SURESH NAIR Eintract Frankfurt Youth Football Club are considered "giants" by local junior soccer standards but are comparable in physique, if not bigger, than most of our First Division League players. The build of these West
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      New incentive for woman players
      858 20  -  TEE-UP with Lim Kee Chan The 54-hole Singapore women's Open and Intermediate championships at the New Course from Aug 5 to 7 will, for the first time, include a team event. This will be in line with what the other countries like Thailand, Indonesia, Hong
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      Draw for the Open and Intermediate
      680 20 First raud Opes (Aag. 5): 11.45 a.m.— Lily Phua (14) (K), Art Muladi (6) (JGC); 11.51 Wayong (17) (JGC), E Tuckwell (16) (ABGC), J French (18) (IV; 11.57 J Stockbridge (17) (Panaga), I Herfien (5) (JGC), C Hill (10) (LKD); 12.03 S Fryett (5)
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      Martha takes SICC 'A' medal
      111 20 Martha Young, former Singapore tennis champion, won the "A" Division of the Singapore Island Country Club women's bogey competition with a minus-2 at the Sime Course yesterday. Martha also won the first nine ballsweep on plus-1. The second nine went to B. G. Pang with
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      401 21 BUT REF PLAYS HERO'S ROLE FARRER PARK 2 GEYLANG I'NTL 2 Referee Major John Ong, whose term of office as Fifa referee ended last night (he turns 50 tomorrow and Fifa rules stipulate that he must go), stole the show with an examplary performance during the National Football
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      Shame!
      352 21  -  Tampines fans cheer as goalkeeper Edmund turns bully Soccei By MAURICE NEO The Tampines fans cheered when they should have bowed their heads in shame. Yes. They worked themselves into a (it of ecstasy when their goalie Edmund Wee turned attacker with his fists. Edmund, a Malaysia Cup stalwart
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      Lock icon Set for No 2 showdown
      899 22 As Ovett and Coe win their semi-finals easily OLYMPICS '80 AP Moscow, Friday Animated Steve Ovett and calm Sebastian Coe set up their anxiously awaited first-ever showdown in the 1500-metre race and Bronislaw Malinowski wore down Filbert Bayi in the 3000metre steeplechase yesterday at the
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      191 22 Reuter Moscow, Friday Cuban boxers yesterday triumphed in eight of their semi-finals as star heavyweight, Teofilo Stevenson won a bout but lost his record of never letting an Olympic opponent go the full three rounds. The two-time Olympic champion fought a lacklustre bout against Hungary's
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      43 21 SOCCER: Div 1 Changi United v Toa Payoh United (Jalan Besar Stadium); Kaki Bukit v Armed Forces (Jurong Stadium), both matches at 8 p.m. IMjXING: National championships (Gay World Stadium, 7.30 p.mj. GYMNASTICS: National Schools championships finals (SBA Hall, Guillemard Road, 2 p.m.).
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      600 21 FRIDAY r< £3] MONIYWORDS t Cut out and pin with other coupons, i Posting instructions appear below j Occupation: Address: FILL IN MISSING LETTERS ACROSS USING CLUES BELOW along dotted lines CLUES FOR KR 5 1. Up-to-date in style 2. Eat ravanously 3. A woman may ba only too conscious
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      History depicted in dance
      432 23  -  By Judith Holmberg Singapore's history is the subject of a number of programmes that will be telecast during the National Day period. The first of the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation's own productions, A Century of Dance, will be telecast on Aug 8 at 8.55 P-m. over Channel
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      Funny Girl on N-Day morning
      506 23 Foreign shows.. Barbra Streisand's Oscar-winning performance in the movie Funny Girl is one of a number of musical shows and feature films lined up for National Day. It was Streisand's film debut and an Oscar-win-ner first time out. The song Don't Rain On My Parade
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      213 23 In and around ARTS AND CRAFT, an exhibition at the National Museum Art Gallery at 5.30 p.m. IDEAL RESIDENT BLOCK CONTEST at the Boon Teck constituency starting from today. On till Aug 14. PRET-A-PORTER DERNIER CRI, a series of nine poolside barbeque fashion shows featuring clothes created by nine designers.
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      602 23 i i T'-MX T K'-4 i I TOM HORN: Steve McQueen returns as the last of the frontier cowboys who resists futilely the change that is inevitable. Co-starring Linda 1.45, 4, 6.30 and 9.15. GOLDEN GIRL: Exma wards Higher Technology which will be presented in Chinese at 9.20 p.m. over
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    43 24 ME3 LIN: I see the Labour Ministry is cracking down on illegal women barbers. AH FOOK: Those poor male barbers simply can't win. First they lost their clientele to unisex salons, and now they have to compete with foreign women too.
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      160 24 Ergcylife to- with WINCARNIS r O* Hi WINGABNIS I 'J I Another quality product from Sime Darby Fisher-Price Toys keep their promises We make sure that the only parts that come off are the parts that are supposed to. And you can expect the works to keep working, too. Because
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      839 24 TV AND RADIO SBC 5 ITELEFUNKEN qreat looks' UOlOUr q fea features' TV great performance' S.N OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed byHOU8EWTVE8' MATINEE: The Swordsman Of All Swordsmen. iv* y w *4,' i fc-cj cuci 9.99 OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed by IN THE WILD WITH HARRY BUTLER: Scars on the Landscape. (See Top
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      227 24 Today's top shows IN THE WILD WITH HARRY BUTLER: Scars on the Landscape. (Ch 5, 6 p.m. In colour). Butler examines the pollution control of mines In northwest Queensland and shows how the erosion of wind and rain have returned old machinery and even concrete, to the soil. TV MOVIE:
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