New Nation, 9 September 1980

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  • 20 1 New Nation SINGAPORE Tuesday, September 9, 1980 2972 Price 25 cents M.C.(P) No. 109/1/80 r j NEW (|0) NATION COMMENT
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  • 447 1  -  By Julie Liau Twelve top government specialist doctors have been upgraded in the Health Ministry's latest merit promotion exercise from this month. This move is aimed at checking the brain drain to the private sector. Last month it was reported that at least 10 specialists including three
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  • Briefs
    • 40 1 RICHARD LIM takes a trip up Singapore River and captures some moments from its past and present. He also looks into goverment plans for its future to introduce some blue into the waters by 1990.
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    • 37 1 Li To-Hung, the villain in Man in the Net, answers to the name of Fritz. And that's not the only thing different about this Hong Kong actor. See Page 23 for the story.
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    • 33 1 Borg I will return Eight times he tried; eight times he failed. But Bjorn Borg says he will be back to try for the US Open championship next year. Interview in Page 18.
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    • 25 1 The woman who stabbed a fellow passenger on board the Concorde last month tells a London court what really happened. See Page 5.
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    • 34 1 The Soviet Union is expected to renew its request for naval bases in Vietnam when the Vietnamese Foreign Minister goes to Moscow on Sunday. Details in Page 7.
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    • 195 1 Light buying support appeared after a gulet and cautious opening (luring the first 45 minutes of trading on the Stock Exchange of Singapore today. Short-covering and bargain hunting were believed to be behind this morning's steady trading following yesterday's bear raid. Khong Guan Holdings gained 44 cents to $3.90
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  • 60 1 The death toll on the roads so far this year rose to 189 when motorcyclist Lee Keng Wah, 30, lost control of his machine along Toh Tuck Road and hit an oncoming car at about 9.10 a.m. yesterday. He was thrown off the machine and suffered head and arm
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  • 104 1 Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew returned home late last night after attending the Commonwealth Heads of Government Regional Meeting in New Delhi. Mr Lee, who was accompanied by his wife, flew in with his Australian counterpart, Mr Malcolm Fraser. Mr Fraser is staying at
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

  • 196 2 The Labour Ministry has ordered a construction firm to stop work at the Seletar Sewerage Treatment Works site after a scaffolding in a water-fill-ed sewage tank collapsed last week. One worker was killed and three were injured in the mishap. A Labour Ministry spokesman, who
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  • 283 2 The entry requirement for the proposed Singapore-French Institute of Technology will be higher than that required by other such training centres. This is because the courses are of a higher level. The institute will only admit those with the GCE "A" level or higher qualification to pursue
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  • 187 2 Singaporeans who are keen to try their hand at lawn bowling may soon be able to learn the rudiments of the game by viewing films. The Lawn Bowl Section of the Singapore Cricket Club (SOC) Is trying to ?;et films on the game rom Australia
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  • 230 2 Good news may come for exercise-conscious residents in West Coast area. The Environment Ministry hopes to extend the jogging track it recently completed between North Buona Vista Road and Clementi Road. It is considering the feasibility of extending the track from Clementi to West
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 129 2 Secretaries' favourites Smart, Silent Types... Clean, crisp office workers are also the boss's favorites. This new generation of printing calculators will be popular with everyone in the office for their silent efficiency and errorless results There's a double check via the clear totalling print-oyi, and big, screen-style display. It's a
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    • 90 2 X *V A r K value. AH tociis start on the continent instead of "London to London". This Delights for example. You start from Rome and travel northwards to London all in 19 days very leisurely, not-rushed for 553,490 only inclusive of meals, accommodation and flight. Buy the most popular
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  • 176 3 Road courtesy Is not always a one-way traffic with policemen giving help to pedestrians, particularly tourists. The situation can be reversed too, as this Mobile Squad rider foond ont when his machine broke down along Orchard Road near Lucky Plaza last week. A Japanese tourist,
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  • 220 3  -  By Teo Lian Huay A group of Singapore farmers are joining hands with a foreign company to set up a food processing factory here. The group, under the banner of Singapore Animal Husbandry Enterprises, is negotiating with a foreign firm to start the joint venture. The
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  • 276 3 The five Asean partners were yesterday urged to "take the plunge" by dismantling trade barriers among themselves and setting up a customs union. These moves will create a bigger market and encourage investment, said a senior executive of the' Dutch multinational NV Philips. The
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  • 46 3 The permanent secretary, Education Ministry, Mr Goh Kim Leong, will attend the Geography Teachers' Association of Singapore's third annual geography teachers' morning at the Monk's Hill Secondary School on Saturday at 9 a.m. There will also be an exhibition and panel discussion on fieldwork.
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  • 34 3 The MP for Jurong, Mr Ho Kah Leong, will open the calligraphy exhibition by Gan Kee Leong at the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Hill Street, on Thursday at 5.30 p.m.
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  • 24 3 The Board of Directors of Jack Chia-MPH Ltd will hold its annual general meeting at the Shangri-la Hotel on Sept 27 at noon.
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 71 3 m W 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 more distinctive taste. Teacher's contains an exceptionally high proportion of expensive malts.
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  • 388 4  -  Cost is too high despite good results By Douglas Chan At least one shopping complex has not had a break-in since it used dogs to guard its premises two years ago. But not many are keen to make use of these canine guards. And the main
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  • 184 4 A Chinese doctor has a simple formula to help solve your diarrhoea problems. Dr Wu Chaosu, 38, from the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences in Beijing, prescribed three regular meals a day, free of fatty foods and acids and lots of exercise. He also recommended that workers take
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  • 39 4 The Public Utilities Board has stopped issuing receipts to consumers who use cheques to pay their utility bills. Instead, the bills are stamped to acknowledge receipt of the cheques and returned to them, a PUB spokesman said.
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  • 110 5 Ratansha B Vakil, 19, always accompanied his parents to charitable organisations when he was young. He toured several charitable homes. But what touched him most was the plight of underprivileged children. At that time he made a promise to help them. The opportunity came in this
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  • 60 5 AFP Baghdad, Tuesday Mr S. Rajaratnam, Singapore Second Deputy Premier (Foreign Affairs) met the Iraqi First Deputy Prime Minister, Mr Tahayassin Ramadhan, yesterday, the Iraqi news agency reported. The two discussed bilateral relations as well as other questions of mutual interest. Mr Rajaratnam, who is heading a
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  • 135 5 AFP London, Tuesday A middle-aged woman Concorde passenger sat picking her teeth with an army knife and then suddenly stabbed a complete stranger in the head during a London-Singapore flight, a court was told yesterday. The tip of the knife broke off in the skull of
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  • 29 5 The Singapore Boys' Brigade will hold a dinner on Oct 18 and a walkathon later in the year to raise funds for its new $1 million head office.
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  • 232 6 Crew escape unhurt from blazing F-18 World Focus UPI London, Tuesday A top secret American F-18 fighter aircraft burst into flames and crashed yesterday near a British air force base west of London but the two crewmen parachuted to safety. The plane, on loan from the
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  • 153 6 AP Jakarta, Tuesday Visiting Indian special envoy Sardar Swaran Singh yesterday said India will continue to support Asean. He told newsmen after talks with President Suharto that Asean "is really needed for the stability and security of the region." He said he had conveyed a message
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  • 44 6 Palish strike supporter Ewa Knllk shows a tee-shirt to be made by the dissident group KOR (Committee for Social Self-defence) urging Polish workers to back the move for "solidarity" following the gains of the Gdansk strikers. UPI picture UPI picture
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  • 65 6 UPI TODAY is Tuesday, Sept 9, the 253 rd day of 1960 with 113 to follow. ON THIS DATE IN HISTORY: In 1976, Chinese Communist Party Chairman Mao Zedong died at the age of 82. THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: Massachusetts Governor Calvin Coolidge, who later became the 31st President
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  • 111 6 UPI Ostersund (Sweden), Tuesday There were no hemes en the moontain, M Why, nearby residents asked, were helicopters ferrying thousands of litres <3 paint to the meant near the city of Valadalen. What was there to point? The answer was simple: the menntaln. Swedish artist Bengt Lindstrem,
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  • 101 6 Reuter Moscow, Tuesday Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko yesterday accused the US of seeking to spur Asean into becoming a military-po-litical alliance. Speaking at a dinner in honour of visiting Vietnamese Foreign Minister Nguyen Co Thach, Mr Gromyko said tensions in South-east Asia
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 510 6 Bheeshma is Mortally Wounded Bheeshma Luka Parah THE MAHABHARATHA KISAH KISAH DARI MAHABHARATHA TALES FROM m Hk w. a €p <* 4 ffl! Jfe K a (I S3 •SsS 1 K88S s V" H WM Hi c SB jggj m H i 8 i /i C74 HflJKt±A%4eflri£H-. tfig "j*&c fa
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  • 220 7 AP Moscow, Tuesday The Soviet Union is expected to request permission to install naval bases in Vietnam when Vietnamese Foreign Minister Nguyen Co Thach visits Moscow on Sunday, observers here said yesterday. Hanoi is believed to have rejected an earlier proposal to the
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  • 243 7 New Delhi, Tuesday Heads of 16 Asian and Pacific Commonwealth nations yesterday criticised protectionism by advanced countries, particularly against lower cost goods produced by cheap labour of poor countries. They found that a "world economic crisis" has been brought about by inflation, falling production, trade
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  • 108 7 UPI Beverly Hills, Tuesday Michelle Triola Marvin, the former live-in girlfriend of actor Lee Marvin who sought half his estate in a landmark "palimony" trial, was arrested for shoplifting on Friday, police said yesterday. Miss Marvin, 47, was charged with trying to shoplift three sweaters
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  • 118 7 World Focus AFP Cairo, Tuesday An epidemic that has claimed the lives of 300 Egyptians working in Iraq in the past eight months has been officially identified as rift valley fever, a Health Ministry spokesman said yesterday. The spokesman was commenting on a report
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  • 348 8 Officially and unromantically lumped as one of the country's "mostly short and sluggish" rivers, the Singapore River was once a national disgrace. There is a 10-year scheme, ordered by the Prime Minister in 1977, to have it cleaned up, similar to one for London's polluted
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  • 102 8 6 We (in the West) seem to have drawn the conclusion that for us to give assistance against some gang of anti-western bandits would be reprehensible in exactly the same degree as Soviet internventions (in East Europe and Afghanistan). This is absurd as a principle. And as a
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  • WHISPERS By ISPY
    • 30 8 This thoughtful obituary notice appeared in a New York newspaper: "Members of the family request mourners not to send floral tributes. The deceased was allergic to flowers."
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    • 34 8 A parcel containing radioactive isotopes, lost last year while in transit between two cities in India, has just been found by accident safe and sound In a Bombay railway parcel depot.
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  • 738 8 Remember that Singapore Sweep ticket yen bought and folded It awav In your parse or handbag until the results were announced In the newspapers. Well, If yen want to feel the excitement ef the crowds who gather whenever the Singapore Peels Pte Ltd holds
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous

  • 702 9 And cement its military alliance with the US Christian Science Monitor Canberra: Australia is moving to build up its military forces and cement its military alliance with the United States. These moves, if carried through, will make Australia a more intimate part
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  • 372 9  -  By Irene Hoe If there is a Third World War, it will most likely start in the Third World. That was the dismal news which noted political analyst Peter Lyon presented to members of the Singapore Institute of International Affairs after lunch last
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 219 9 MALAYSIA ROUND-UP 5 days by coach FRI $169 MALAYSIAN SPLENDOURS^ 5 days SAT by air coach $260 ay rail coach $194 BEST OF GENTING 6 PENANG 4 days SAT by air, coach air $351 0y rail, coach air $285 LANGKAWI PENANG HIGHLIGHTS 5 days by air coach SAT $366 GENTING
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    • 187 9 Electronic Engineering and Support Specialists: The 2nd Presentation Vou we tmlted to attend So h Asia's mo* Elec<ron cs /Senilcoi»ductor i """"feOurtng exposition International Electronic Production Conference ID 11-13 SEFIEMBER 1980 EXHIBITS: World Trade Centre, Hall 2, CONFERENCE: PSA Towers, 11th floor, 11.00-19.00 daily 09.00-12.30 daily To serve the electronics/semiconductor
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  • 232 10 Commission to revamp admin AP Warsaw, Tuesday A deputy premier yesterday unveiled plans for decentralising control of Poland's economy as local strikes continued in at least five areas, including one where strikers were demanding the ouster of a local communist chief. New Communist
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  • 61 10 UPI Miami, Tuesday A man waving a bottle with a rag wick diverted a Florida-bound iet with 82 passengers and a crew of six to Cuba yesterday. The Eastern Airlines jet was the 11th American passenger plane to be hijacked to Cuba this year. Seven planes were
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  • 247 10 UPI Beijing, Tuesday Mr William Perry, America's top weapons development expert held talks yesterday with military officials to figure out how to modernise China's vast military machine as cheaply as possible. "China is determined to carry out the modernisation of its national defence by
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  • 84 10 World Focus UPI Pawtucket (Rhode Island), Tuesday Lions, yaks, bears and ravenous carnivores are being traded for compact vegetarians in an economy drive at the Slater Park Zoo. A US$l.2 million ($2540 million) renovation project is under way at the zoo and the keepers decided
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  • 187 11 AP UPI Precious metals stocks shot upward in active trading yesterday as gold prices rose by more than US$2O an ounce on major bullion markets. Most other sectors were lower, extending the losing streak into a third consecutive session. The Dow Jones industrial average closed down 12.38
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  • 33 11 AP Closing averages on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday: 30 industrial 928.58 (down 12.38); 20 transport 321.05 (down 4.38); 15 utilities 111.72 (down 1.06); 65 stocks 340.61 (down 4.37). AP
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  • 144 11 AP London, Tuesday Gold prices shot up by more than US$2O an ounce yesterday, probably because of next week's meeting of oil exporting nations. Gold closed in Zurich at U*****.50, up US$2l up from Friday's closing price. In London, the price jumped by U5521.75 to U*****.75. Zurich dealers
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  • 270 11 Mr James Holland Is the new manager of Barold Far East based here. In addition to his managerial duties, he will be Involved In planning and strategy development for Barold's operations In the Pacific. He Joined NL Industries In 1175 as a planner for the chemical group.
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  • 332 11 Global recession possible IMF r Business News and Views J* Reuter Washington, Tuesday The International Monetary Fund has painted a grim picture of world economic conditions and says a global recession is possible. The IMF's annual report, to be presented at its annual meeting later this month, says that although
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  • In Brief
    • 91 11 AP Detroit, Tuesday A Japanese buying mission for car parts warned US manufacturers yesterday that Americans must improve quality if they hope to crack tne Japanese market. The deputy leader of the mission, Mr Hiroyasu Ono, who is also managing director of Toyota Motor
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    • 41 11 AP Beirut, Tuesday The president of the Organisation Of Petroleum Exporting Countries was quoted yesterday as saying ne believes Saudi Arabia will raise its oil prices by about 17 per cent to the ceiling price of US$32 a barrel.
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  • 365 12/13  - Target 1990 believe it or not Terry Ang The wind fills the sails and the slim bows of the yachts cut V-shaped waves across the blue expanse of water. Tongkangs, which once used to ferry gunny sacks of rice, wheat, rubber or other goods, are filled with pleasureseeking tourists busily
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  • 1145 12/13  -  The Singapore River, which for decades has been an essential element In Singapore's entrepot trade, Is now undergoing a transition as plans are drawn up to clean It up and Introduce some blue Into Its murky waters. A New Nation team took a nostalgic trip up the
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  • Page 12/13 Miscellaneous
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  • trend 1 EDITED BY SYLVIA LEOW
    • 490 14 ...NEXT CHANGE. As promised, this is the start of Next Change, our weekly forecast of fashion trends compiled by Dick Lee, a student-de-signer in London. We kick off the series with Dick's view of the coming silhouettes, colours and prints as seen at the last Paris couture
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    • Dear Ros
      • 244 15 > VPROBLEMSOLVERS I have known him for six months and we are going to get engaged soon. However, his exgirlfriend keeps ringing him up to ask him to talk things over. He recently celebrated his birthday and she sent him a very loving card. I was
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      • 354 15 My fiancee and I intend to marry next year, after five years of courtship. However, we have already registered our marriage. Recently, I discovered that she has been going out regularly with someone else. When I asked her about him, she told me it was piatonic. She
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      • 153 15 We were very happy together and my parents approved of the friendship. But when they found out that we had the same surname, they told me to break off with her. I want to marry her. What are the consequences of marrying someone with the same surname? Should
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    • 785 15 NYT Los Angeles: More than 20,000 people from the United States and 48 other countries gathered at the University of Southern California campus recently to proclaim that marriage is alive and well. Dressed in brightly coloured shirts emblazoned with slogans such as Couple Power and
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    • 328 15 Private practitioner Dr Victor Wee, his wife Vivien, and Father Be nit of the Catholic Church of the Holy Spirit, were Invited to represent Singapore at the above convention. Dr Wee came back very Impressed with the Cseedfhgs and said It Is very Inspiring to
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 248 15 At Metro tomorrow UriJPJi Ladies, if you find cooking a hassle sometimes, come t0 our ladies' Afternoon at Metro Golden Mile where our guest cook will show you fast, easy ways to cook appetising local dishes! Dates: Sept 17 and 24. Time: 2.30 4.30 pm. Seating is by invitation only,
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  • SHOPPING
    • 353 16 l A twice weekly advertisement feature j In ancient times, it was believed that a mountain spring was converted into ginseng when struck by lightning, thereby capturing the "essence of heavenly fire". One folk tale recalls the ginseng root as the source of a loud,
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 265 16 Let your dream come true this festive season Our invitation is extended to all military personnel/public statutory board employees to our SAFE HOME FURNISHING CENTRE GAY WORLD AMUSEMENT PARK showroom, Exclusively yours! SAFE CREDIT INSTALMENT SCHEME/ f LOWEST INITIAL DOWN PAYMENT j I Come 8t see a wide range ot
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    • 74 16 WELCOME 1 TO OUR NEW SHOWROOM with more than 30 sets of furniture display Tel. *****71. *****88. Only 100 00 downpayment to own a kitchen cabinet worth $1.000 00 Special Offer for whole interior decoration of your home Showroom: Gay World Amutimant Park, Ist Showroom, (Next to Silver City Cinema),
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    • 187 16 p now m in Singapore the finest Szechuan and Cantonese kfrilv The famous Pik Wah Restaurant chain opens up in Singapore at the Hotel Royal. The Pik Wah Restaurant chain has been delighting with its finest cuisine in Tokyo, Kuala Lumpur and Petaling Jaya. Savour all the flavours at the
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  • Page 17 Advertisements
    • 151 17 Stereo King on the road now available in Singapore PA-1 50M AM f M tli«i-in-rlooi AM'f'W ielt-CtO' 1 F Eject button Volutin cnnlro' Continuously v.tnabif ton#' ntiol FMsi«.*ih(.> indicator L ocai Distance AM. f M >ni)K.<ttor CAR STEREO by |-A, Sr eZt£ O PA-121M Reverse 15W ,c al power Stereo
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    • 211 17 -a Ivoitfifiil u\{i{ to liv/h v// tlx 1 1\ vtf Ik 1 J* I 4<fc II M ,f -;>;;t„ il «<*( t<*» 'it sr. H m 1 #Ji |j il iJ J* .s jiflSai SEE FEEL the New natural handcrafted woven wood shades. Unique, exciting and classy. For homes, offices,
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  • Page 17 Miscellaneous
    • 414 17 Your lucky stars IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you are one of those persons who will work hard for peace but who will jump into the midst of any fray that is doing battle on behalf of justice and honour. You work best with others. Indeed when you are
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  • SPORT STARTS HERE
    • 734 18 |^jpfennis AP New York, Tuesday Eight times he has tried, and eight times he has failed. The US Open championship remains the most prominent jewel that is missing from tennis king Bjorn Borg's crown. Borg, the five-time Wimbledon and French Open champion, was denied his
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    • 354 19 KJ Soccer THANKS TO REAL AFP London, Tuesday Laurie Cunningham flew into London yesterday to resume an England career he must have felt was over. Just three months ago, wingers and Cunningham looked to have no place in Ron Greenwood's plans. The former West Bromwich
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    • 179 19 j^Boodng AFP Nairobi, Tuesday South Korea's Kwang HoSon knocked out Zambia's Harry Chada in the second round of the flyweight division on the second day of the 25-nation Kenya Golden Cup international amateur boxing tournament here yesterday. Quang joins his light flyweight team-mate lnchang
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    • 358 19  -  j^^Rugby By MAURICE NEO Two police rugby players, internationals Tay Huai Eng and Lim Khoon Huat, will leave for Cardiff tonight for the Welsh Centenary celebrations from Sept 11 to Sept 21 at the invitation of the Wales Rugby Union. The duo's air fares are being
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    • 293 19 AFP Leeds, Tuesday Three English soccer clubs parted company with their managers in a variety of ways yesterday. First Division Leeds United accepted the resignation of Jimmy Adamson after a disastrous start to their season in which they have lost six of their seven games. They are last
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    • 122 19 AFP Tokyo, Tuesday The Washington Diplomats, led by Dutch superstar Johan Cruyff, will tour Japan in November to play five exhibition matches with the national side and other Japanese teams, it was announced yesterday. The Japan Football Association said they had invited the Diplomats, who
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    • 56 19 UPI Madrid, Tuesday Real Madrid, winner of the Spanish First Division for the past two years, defeated lowly Almeria 2-1 on Sunday in the first match of the season. Real led 2-0 at halftime, with goals from Francisco Garcia Hernandez and Laurie Cunningham. Almeria's goal came
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    • 660 20  -  E^VOvTthe C9 track By K. L. CHAN I poh, Tuesday Golden Arrow stable's Bellas Domina, winner of the Sultan's Gold Vase Trial last week, is bent on adding the $80,000 race proper over the 1100 m straight on Sunday. Owner Peter Wong, announced
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    • 194 20 1 Recapture 2 Disco Kid 3 Willheventure 11. Won by: 5, 1. Time: 1:15. Tote: $216, $47, $18, $8. 1 Cameron Highlands 2 Laugh A Bit 3 Umpire. Won by: 3, nk, 3 A. Time: 1:14.8. Tote: $99, $20, $7, $13. J -T 7* 1 Risky Boy
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    • 358 20 Reuter London, Tuesday St. Leger week the last major meeting of the British flat-racing season starts here today with trainer Dick Hern looking forward to another rewarding dip into the prizemoney pot. Hern-trained horses have already scooped more than £800,000 (about $4200,00) this year
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    • 613 21  -  |r3 Athletics By SHIRLEY TAN Rabuan Pit, Malaysia's top sprint hope in the Jakarta Asean track and field championships on Sept 28-29, can take heart that the only challenge from Singapore will be the exciting new 100 m find, former decathlete Tang Nagi
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    • 323 21 ...to face formidable Koreans tonight Soccer Three regular absentees have been included in the Singapore squad of 19 to meet South Korea in a friendly international at the National Stadium tonight (kick-off: 7.30 p.m.). The three, whose training attendance under caretaker coach Ibrahim Awang has
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    • 104 21 AFP Ipoh, Tuesday Perak want the second-leg semifinal match against Singapore in the Sultans Gold Cup soccer tournament to be held at the Stadium Sultan Yusuf in Taiping instead of the Stadium Perak here. Perak team manager Encik Daud Ibrahim said the request has been
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    • 204 21  -  Atlas the favourite in Anchor Open Squash B y MAURICE NEO Eight top Pakistani squash players will head the foreign challenge from five countries in the 11th Anchor Open squash championships at Kallang from Sept 28 to Oct 5. Pakistan's Atlas Khan and the Gul brothers,
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    • 113 21 |^3Tsoccer AFP New York, Tuesday New York Cosmos and San Diego qualified for the semi-finals of the North American Soccer League championship, but only after a hard fight in the quarter-finals yesterday. Both ties had to be decided on penalty kicks. Cosmos drew with
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    • 135 18 LOVER MARRIAGE-AM) BUREAU helps you to get suitable friends, marriage partners confidentially. Guaranteed personal genuine Introductions to Doctor, Lawyers. Secretaries, Nurses, Engineers, Executives, Architects, Civil Servants. Technicians, Businessmen, Teachers, Clerks, etc. All professions, nationalities, races, ages. Call personally: 202, 2nd floor, People's Park Centre, S'pore 1. Tel: *****7, 981M6. JULIE
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    • 226 18 BUILDING PRODUCTS TO BRIGHTEN YOUR HOME Come to our showroom today and see the wide attractive choice of building products on display. Tiles from Japan, Italy MIIH&Il' and Germany fiDf ■Jfi. Latest bathroom jL accessories from England, j. Luxurious corpets Quality wallpapers, We also provide 'package deal' and undertake interior
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    • 126 18 A twice weekly advertisement feature EZ f Specialise in all types of renovation work Executive Interior Decor Bh Pr».*S«'Jen» H< Corr piM. '8' Kit( verier W -»h.j S-n 08?0 Tel *****16, *****16 Sun.ldv < 10 A M 00 PM rniiromTTHTTn No Fuss, just ask for our painless H.P. schema. You'll
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  • Page 19 Advertisements
    • 55 19 k Get the genuine taste aroma of authentic Indonesian dishes deliciously prepared by Chefs flown in direct from Indonesia. A gourmet experience that you won't forget for a long time. Ambassador Restaurant 6th Floor, Ambassador Hotel 42/46. Meyer Road [opp. Katong Park] Tel: *****20.*****73. FREE PARKING Better technology keeps us
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  • Page 20 Advertisements
    • 59 20 WELCOME TO PENANG FOR COMFORT CONVENIENCE STAY AT UNITED HOTEL itu nuitL Wismo Fortuno, 101, Mocalister Rood, PENANG Tel *****-***** Coble EURO TRAVEL RATES Single occupancy $28 00 Double occupancy $32 00 (Inclusive ol Continental breakfast) FACILITIES M All rooms or* luiuriously furnished B 24 hour service coHee house Vs
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 249 20 Crossword ACROSS 1 —it up (emote) 4 Symbol of power 8 Dude 12 Mr Hotter 14 Sew quickly 15 German dam 16 Guy, gal and another 19 Tolerance 20 In drastic fashion 21 To a great degree 22 "The Way We 23 I'll you in..." 26 Tie-ups 27 Musical notes
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    • 92 21 ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY 1 1 i I 9Modal V435A Model V425A The New Super Series "A" Fully Automatic Washing Machines Features: Economy Switch Energy Control to save water and electricity. Stainless steel drum tub —for long-lasting tub life. New oleopneumatic shock abxorbers (motor-car type) —to minimize vibration for longer machine life.
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  • Page 21 Miscellaneous
    • 54 21 (T« SOCCER: Friendly international Singapore v South Korea (National Stadium, 7.30 p.m.). Business Houses Div Three Hitachi Consumer v Beecham (5.15 p.m.); Inchape Group v Mobil (6.30 p.m.), both at Jalan Besar Stadium. Singapore Airlines interdepartment Leauge (Tanglin and Mountbatten pitches, 5.15 D.m.J. SQUASH: Anchor Business House Plate tournament (St
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  • What's On 1 two pages that tell you what's happening on TV and in town
    • 555 22  -  By Teo Lian Huay Li To-Hung, the villain in the Hong Kong TV serial Man In the Net, answers to a German first name Fritz. "The name's short for Frederick. It was given to me by my father, who was brought
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    • 249 22 At the cinema AND JUSTICE FOR ALL: An attempt to take the wig off the United States legal system which goes beyond the theatre of absurd. A1 Pacino holds it up gallantly Orchard: 1, 3.45, 6.30 and 9.15 p.m. SCAVENGER HUNT: Comedy starring Richard Benjamin, Tony Randall, Cloris Leachman and
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    • 225 22 Rediffusion 12.00 Noon The Fabulous 240...Redifussion's afternoon entertainment package with the tops in pops and your requests 1.30 News and Share Market Report 1.45 The Fabulous 240. 3.00 Star Watch... your horoscope 3.02 Did Your Know?...a revealing series about things around us 3.04 The Fabulous 240 3.30 Powerline...a selection of
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  • What's On 2
    • 321 23 A delicately perforated bowl with a lacy effect, an extra-large etc and a Jar with a are lost three of the "Doien Different Ways" that Australian potters exress their craft. In an on usual pottery exhibition of the same name at the National
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    • 316 23  -  Glitter Chatter by Teo Lian Huay Actress Lin Chin Hsia got engaged secretly to Hong Kong actor Charles Chin Hsiang Lin in the United States last Wednesday. Both stars, when contacted by a Hong Kong newspaper, confirmed the engagement, but declined to say when the wedding
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  • Page 23 Advertisements
    • 202 23 AN ANSWER FOR ANYONE WHO DISLIKES LOOKING BALD J|W 41 s Mr. Khaw of Penang had been growing more and more unhappy about the way he was losing his hair and decided that looking bald wasn t tor him. He d often seen advertisements put out by the SVENSON HAIR
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  • Page 23 Miscellaneous
    • 290 23 BUSINESS STUDY: Two faculty members of the Graduate School of Chicago conduct a course in business study and strategy planning in the 80s for executives at the Hyatt Hotel. On till tomorrow. EXHIBITION OF CHINESE PAINTINGS by Zhuang Sheng-tao at the Alliance Francaise from 9 a.m. to 12 noon and
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    • 259 23 Tides Today: 4.49 p.m. (0.8 m), 10.55 p.m. (2.7 m). Tomorrow: 5.26 a.m. (0.4 m), 11.44 a.m. (2.5 m), 5.22 p.m. (0.7 m), 11.30 p.m. (2.8 m). Thursday: 5.54 a.m. (0.4 m), 12.07 p.m. (2.5 m), 5.54 p.m. (0.6 m). Friday: 12.04 a.m. (2.7 m), 6.21 a.m. (0.5 m), 12.31
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  • 43 24 AH FOOK: You'U soon be able to buy fresh farm produce in an air-conditioned market at cheaper prices than in a market. That should make you happy. ME1 LING: I'm not so sure about cheaper f>rices. Air-conditioning costs money, doesn't t?
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  • Page 24 Advertisements
    • 91 24 BLUE NUN... A reflection of good taste V* <? Eastern Agencies H/»ium Electric goes fully automatic with correction tape ta& n mt "V-1 The New HANIMEX REGAL 8800 is portable fully automatic with built-in correction ribbon giving you swift, effortless typing. Features: Automatic tabulation Power return Return half space key
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  • Page 24 Miscellaneous
    • 961 24 TV AND RADIO 3.M OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS, followed by THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS. Stuart Brooks comes home to find his daughters making last minute arrangements for their parents' first night at home. Not at all certain of his own emotions, Stuart is at a loss both to console his daughters
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