New Nation, 15 September 1980

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  • 19 1 New Nation SINGAPORE Monday, September 15, 1980 2977 Price 25 cents M.C.(P) No. 109/1/80 NEW &0) NATION COMMENT -J
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  • 476 1 Dr Mattar gives details A Commercial and Service Polytechnic is to be set up soon to conduct courses in business, hotel and tourism, applied arts and computer studies. The new institution, Singapore's third polytechnic, will have an enrolment of 5200, Dr Ahmad Mattar, acting Social Affairs Minister
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  • Briefs
    • 31 1 No one submitted an all-correct entry for the last Moneywords contest. The jackpot has therefore shot up to $6500. Join the fun contest. Entry form on Page 21.
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    • 33 1 The presence of four policemen in a residents' committee is making a world of difference in solving problems faced by residents. Find out how on Page 6.
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    • 32 1 Four top officers with the Public Utilities Board have resigned or sent in their resignations and their grouses are not mainly over pay. Details on Page 2.
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    • 34 1 President Carter's reelection campaign suffered a setback when one of his key men yesterday decided to take "leave of absence" over reports of an investigation against him. Details on Page 10.
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    • 25 1 Motoring columnist Roderick Pestana testdrives two cars that will make a big impact in Singapore. See Page 16.
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    • 49 1 Fashion looks to the jungles today for inspiration. Try some of the leopard and tiger "skins" that are shown on our centre pages. They might just suit the concrete jungle image Singapore has got for itself. More pictures on Pages 12 and 13.
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  • 54 1 UPI Washington, Monday The Soviet Union is building a new radar facility near Moscow, apparently designed to direct interceptor rockets being installed around the Soviet capital, the Washington Post reported yesterday. The newspaper quoted US intelligence sources as saying the project is a "significant" modernisation of Russia's
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  • 31 1 Reuter Cairo, Monday Egyptian Minister of State (Foreign Affairs) Boutros Boutros Ghali left yesterday for New York with proposals on the revival of the stalled negotiations on Palestinian autonomy.
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  • 261 1 Selected blue-chips advanced significantly on renewed buying support during the first 45 minutes of trading on the Stock Exchange of Singapore today. Magnum Corporation, Gentings, Perlis Plantations, Pan Malaysia Cement and Tan Chong were the top scorers. They gained between 20 and 60 cents each. Elsewhere, traders adopted a
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 17 1 IN THE OTHER PAGES: Moneywords Coupon 21; What's On 22, 23; Crossword 16; Stars 18; Comics 22.
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 26 1 Forecast Singapore's weather outlook from lp-m. to 6 p.m. today: Thundery showers in many areas in early afternoon. Sunset today: 6.33 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow: 6.26 a.m.
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  • 97 2 Set on the fringe of Ang Mo Kio New Town Is this Buddhist temple complex In Sin Mln Drive. Built at a cost of about $4 million, this temple called Tse Tho Aum will be officially opened on Sept 23. Ten monks from
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  • 28 2 The Kim Keat community centre management committee will hold a lantern festival moonlight cruise on the Sea Hawk on Sept 27 from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.
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  • 31 2 The Kim Keat community centre youth group will hold a Dancing Paradise at the centre's Toa Payoh premises on Oct 4 at 8 p.m. The closing date is Sept 30.
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  • 26 2 Fourteen countries will take part in the Fifth Festival of Asian Arts to be held in Hong Kong from Oct 16 to Nov 1.
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  • 23 2 The People's Association adventure club will hold its 10th anniversary sea carnival at Changi point on Sunday from 9 a.m. to noon.
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  • 428 2  -  By Douglas Chan The Public Utilities Board is being hit by a brain drain. Since the beginning of this year, four superscale officers have resigned. Sources said the departure of these four officers would be sorely felt as they are or were holding key posts. Two
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  • 289 2 More than 6200 workers of Keppel Shipyard have been allotted 1000 shares each a move the management hopes will create a sense of belonging to the company. To make it possible for every worker to own the shares, valued at $3.30 each, the management
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 265 2 GURO SHOE SHOP Another winner from BALLY of Switzerland newest collection of leisure shoes for men. Soft rich suede with ultra lightweight sole. "BOBBY M" Available in six beautiful colours Brown, Navy, White, Camel, Grey, Taupe Suede €URO SHOE SHOP THE MARCO POLO HOTEL. SHOP 5, TANGLIN ROAD SINGAPORE 1024
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 195 3 CITIZEN QUARTZ CHRONOIOO A Racing Certainty. At only $691 A Unique 5 Year Battery Life. For the man on the move, every second counts. And Citizen'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 as
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  • 420 4 Encik Monil has been at it for more than 20 yrs Nothing is a handicap unless you make it one, and this motto makes Encik Monil bin Rahmat's world a satisfying one. For Encik Monil, affectionately referred to as Cik by his neighbours, is a handicraftsman with a
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  • 178 4 To be set up in Punggol Several livestock farmers plan to pool their resources to apply for the new intensive pig farms which will be set up in Punggol. The farmers, all shareholders of the Singapore Animal Husbandry Enterf>rises, plan to operate the arms under a
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 289 4 RUN ON AIR xs>m I i r n 11 tVifr X£L m ->3 Wfe •St t. 4% Va tu xm r. <' ■'v.* ife *vAir travel for the runner is finally here. The Tailwind lets you do what no other shoe has ever done before Run on Air. It's the
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    • 97 4 REDITUNE THE REAL BACKGROUND MUSIC 'Music may influence not only attention and vigilance, but also feelings of tvellbeing, and job satisfaction. These effects could be reflected by drops in absenteeism, bad timekeeping, and labour turnover.' Dr. J. G FOX. Director brgonomics Information Analysis C entre. University of Birmingham the common
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  • 362 5 It's a way of life in Bukit Timah Some residents in Bukit Timah are resigned to the fact that they will have to live with the perpetual flood problem in the area. They accepted, with barely a shrug, the news that the Ministry of the Environment
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  • 67 5 A 27-year-old man, Thomas Seet, was charged in a Magistrate's Court this morning with robbing a Cisco constable of his revolver and ammunition at the Change Alley on Sept 3. He also (aces another charge of illegal possession of firearm and ammunition. Seet is alleged to have robbed
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 151 5 Korean Air Lines welcomes all delegates to the 12th Asian Advertising Congress. We hope to welcome you to Korea one day soon. Coming on board Korean Air Lines all, we can fly you to our home. is like coming to Korea. YouTl be treated to a warm, natural style of
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  • 432 6 Two women neighbours always quarrelled, hurling abuse at each other whenever they met along the corridor. The police stepped in and and the matter was resolved. The men in blue who settled the dispute were not going about the normal course of their duties. They
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 580 6 Death of Abhimanyu Kematian Abhimanyu TALES FROM THE MAHABHARATHA jml KISAH KISAH DARI MAHABHARATHA I m m 4 O ft; I M 9 «/tnv i n W'iN N m wHi Si 1 9 i Wi s i 3 11 is 41 I? ll. K 9 M m K m mm
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  • 247 7 For students taking Primary 3 and 6 exams The Singapore Teachers' Union will launch a pilot project to coach students taking the Primary Three and Six examinations. The Special Tutorial and Enrichment Programme (Step) is mainly for children of STU members. It involves a programme
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  • 34 7 Send-off parties for youths called up for national service will be held at the Kreta Ayer, Leng Kee, Marine Parade, Pasir Panjang and Paya Lebar community centres on Sept 24 at 9 a.m.
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  • 151 7 Telecoms' records of telex and private leased telegraph circuit customers will be computerised by next year. A Telecoms spokesman said an on-line computer system will be installed at its Exeter Road headquarters. The Automatic Customer Service Information System (ACSIS) is to cope with the steadily increasing number
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 39 7 World news on pages 10,11 S3 mm ■f Mia corona. The Thinnest Quartz Lighter Company logo can be engraved Sole Agent: Jeco (Ptel LTD Unit 2102 nd Floor Tan Boon Liat Building 315 Outram Road Singapore 0316 Tel: *****36
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    • 92 7 Dine in old world charm i i I i A a 3 a For a quiet and intimate dinner, come to The Stables grillroom. Where the atmosphere's warm and private and the service unobtrusive. With etchings and prints of famous British horses against a backdrop of natural brick, hardwood and
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  • 358 8 All it took was one telephone call. One public-spirited man made that call to the police last month and it helped them arrest a gang of burglars. But on Thursday night, in Block 45 at Telok Blangah, no one made that vital telephone call and
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  • 108 8 4 Publicity of building projects in the mass media by registered architects is currently restricted. This restriction in recent years has resulted in the misconception that local architects are inferior in design projects when compared with the works of foreign architects. Yet the changing face in our Republic
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  • WHISPERS By ISPY
    • 50 8 A taxi-driver leaving a friend's wedding reception in a hotel restaurant was approached by another taxi-driver who mistook him for a Japanese tourist. After politely declining offers to be taken on various "sightseeing" tours, he shocked the other driver by walking to his own taxi and driving off.
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    • 34 8 Overheard in a large downtown office from one busybody secretary to another: "I've been watching that girl at her desk for the last 30 minutes and she hasn't done a stroke of work."
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  • 731 8 Depthnews Manila: In Asia, they are known by a variety of names. They are called kampong bidan in Malaysia, nilot or mananabang in the Philippines, shan sheng ma in Taiwan, mo tarn yae in Thailand, dukun baji in Indonesia, dai in Bangladesh, India and Pakistan,
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  • 252 8 Depthnews Tokyo: People of Nio, Japan are no strangers to the sun's power, making salt from seawater. Ten years ago, however, the century-old practice gave way to the use of chemicals in the manufacture of salt. But a huge m us hr o o m s h
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  • 562 8  -  MONDAY WITH GLORIA CHANDY GLORIA CHANDY Giggles, blushes, red faces and anxious parents. Protests, complaints, teachers taking umbrage, perplexed students. And the cause of the uproar? An educational film about human childbirth. As the director of the Science Centre (the exhibitors of this film which so
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  • 329 9  -  Booklet to be revised every four months Time Off"" by Judith Hale The shopping guide that the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board (STPB) has been compiling for more than a year is finally ready. It is called Where To Buy and What To Pay but its modest
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  • 365 9 This winsome threesome have landed themselves plum Jobs How wonld yon like to visit 131 cities In 48 countries within two years and be paid for performing once in each city? Diana Heinsius, Monlqne Verbruggen and Karin Philips are in a sense,
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  • 185 9 The Mandarin SingaK ore's convention team as grown bigger with the appointments of Miss Virginia Sipiere as convention sales manager and Mr Dave Goh as convention services officer. Miss Sipiere, 26, is a business administration graduate from the University of Hawaii and the American Graduate School for
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 67 9 Revox tangential.... simply ingenious! Ingenious, because the traditional forearm has been replaced. H\ 1./AATRACA. A revolutionary tracking system developed by Revox. This sophisticated and highly refined electronic servosystein ensures that your records are played just the way they were cut. with [perfect tangential tracking. IH m m m V .1
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  • 255 10 World Focus AP Washington, Monday Mr Tim Kraft, President Jimmy Carter's national campaign manager, yesterday said he is taking "leave of absence" amid reports he is being investigated for alleged use of cocaine. Mr Kraft said he is "completely innocent of the charges." He added: "I
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  • 239 10 Moscow, Monday In the first official Soviet reaction to the week-old retirement of Chinese premier Hua Guofeng and his replacement by Zhao Ziyang, Pravda, the Soviet Communist Party daily, said it hopes that friendship between China and the socialist community may be revived". Soviet
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  • 103 10 Reuter New Delhi, Monday The Chief Minister of the key north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh has offered to resign following riots in the state which have left more than 170 people dead since last month, the Press Trust of India (PTI) reported last night. in
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  • 47 10 DJ A bra and an widerslip stolen tram a washing line at Mansfield, England, holds a hidden danger for the thief, police warned. The owner has received deep radiation treatment for cancer. Doctors believe the thief could contract a mild form of radiation sickness DJ.
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 192 10 Malaysia's Premier Hotel for the best of everything The distinguished Federal Hotel Kuala Lumpur proudly holds the honour of being Malaysia's first international-class hotel. Renowned through the years for its unmatchable service, cuisine, entertainment and accommodation Offering all the luxuries of a resort hotel In the day you'll swim, sun,
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  • 140 11 Reuter Beirut, Monday Iraqi forces have taken over a chunk of territory close to Iran's southern oil-produc-ing district and captured large quantities of Iranian weapons in a week of fighting, a Baghdad newspaper reported yesterday. The official Iraqi news agency quoted Al-Thawra, a publication of the ruling Baath
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  • 64 11 AP Karachi, Monday Pakistan inducted a new submarine into its naval force on Saturday to replace the navy's only fleet submarine which was sunk during the nation's 1971 war with India, the navy announced yesterday. The navy said the Agosta class submarine, named Hurmat, was bought from
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  • 52 11 AP Bangkok, Monday Kampuchea's Phnom Penh regime has announced It will hold a general election early next year, the Vietnamese News Agency reported yesterday. The agency, quoting an announcement by the National United Front for the Salvation of Kampuchea and the People's Revolutionary Council, gave no other
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  • 53 11 UPI TODAY is Monday, Sept 15, the 259 th day of 1980 with 107 to follow. Those born on this date are under the sign of Virgo. THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: English author John Ruskin said: "That country is the richest which nourishes the greatest number of noble and
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  • 44 11 This is the mangled remains of a helicopter which crashed in a soccer stadinm in Imola, Italy, on Friday. Six men were injured In the incident. The SA-359 C Dauphin helicopter crashed when its engine malfunctioned. UPI UPI picture
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  • 249 11 —say four out of 10 Americans World Focus Reuter Tokyo, Monday Four out of 10 Americans regard China as being more important than Japan for the future development of stability in the AsiaPacific region. This was revealed in a survey covering 1389 people in opinion-moulaing positions.
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
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    • 103 11 5 f 1 xl Enjoy Gordon's Dry Gin or Black&White scotch whisky and win a hotiday trip! 5 first prizes A single return air ticket to Bangkok plus accommodation and meals for five days. OR A single return air ticket to Madras. 50 bottles of Gordon's Gin; 50 bottles of
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  • trend EDITED BY SYLVIA LEOW
    • 213 12/13  -  Text by Deborah Chia Just unleashed wild, wild jungle prints. Leopard spots that look like the real skin and zebra stripes which are not only in black and white. Yes, we're going back to the wilds for inspiration in our fabrics. And why not? When Woman and
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    • Column 7
      • 225 12/13 So this is the face behind those startling white masks or fantasy faces created by photographer extraordinaire, Serge Lutens. He had created the various Christian Dior looks in make-up and for two years, model Anne Rohart was the personification of CD beauty. We caught an interview
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      • 70 12/13 Expertisse is Wella s new promise of double protection for your hair. It provides a treatment for hair that's dry and under-nourished, damaged and that which has been permed or coloured. There is a separate shampoo and conditioner for each problem and Wella promises to return the moisture
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    • 203 12/13  -  F.S. Besides my CPF, I would like to plan for some form of retirement savings at the end of 10 years. How best do I go about it? It Is difficult to advise you without knowing how much retirement savings you desire and how much you
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    • 150 12/13  -  L.L.H. What is an overdraft facility? Please explain. One of the ways to borrow money from a bank Is by overdraft. When the customer applies for this facility and the bank approves It, this means that the customer Is new allowed to withdraw money from his account up
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    • 188 12/13  -  O.K.L. The Housing and Urban Development Company recently announced in the newspapers that it intends to make it compulsory for future purchasers of HUDC apartments to take up a mortgage reducing policy, in addition to a mortgage of the property. What is this policy and is it
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  • Page 12/13 Advertisements
    • 143 12/13 Sankyo MUSICAL TOYS SAFE, SIMPLE. USEFULLY ENTERTAINING Tuneful mushroom FP-081 Pull siring with loop to wind Music befins and heads and arms ot the tifures will move with the music 3 months 7 years Color l Desifn Rabbit family or bear and dwart Sole Agent LEE TECK COMPANY W 216,
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    • 169 12/13 PROBLEMSOLVERS Dollars Sense by PMG Write l«i Dollars and Svnsc, Nation. I «>< k«<l Bay 1!», Maxut-il Himil h>sl Offic•*. S'porv 'JOfil New Junior Tampax Tampons. Making it all so much easier for growing-up girls. It no longer matters if you're only in your first few years of menstruation, the
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  • 398 14 Business News and Views Reuter Vienna, Monday Saudi Arabia might agree this week to cut its oil output and charge more for it, but in return would seek a narrower Opec price gap for different grades of oil, sources at the Opec meeting
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  • 332 14 The advertising industry of South-east Asia was today urged to harness the products of modern science and technology to cope with an anticipated increase of interest in the region by the Western world. Tun Tan Siew Sin, chairman of Sime Darby Berhad of
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  • 131 14 This Is how the new 41-storey Chartered Bank will look when it Is completed in 1984. The building, which will come up at Battery Road, will have an area of ahont 4€,H# sq m. According to a 1981 standard Chartered Bank Report recently released
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  • In Brief...
    • 152 14 Reuter London, Monday Third World coffeeproducing countries and western consuming nations appear to be on the brink of an agreement to prevent the wild price fluctuations the commodity has suffered in recent years. Delegate sources at the International Coffee Organisation (ICO) said chances of clinching
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    • 69 14 Reuter London, Monday Britain has cut its dependence on imported food from 50 to 42 per cent since 1970, Agriculture Minister Peter Walker said yesterday. But he said Britain was still spending some £3 billion (about $14.7 billion) on buying food abroad that can be grown
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  • 71 14 This new aircraft, the XV-15A, Lb on its Initial test flight In Texas. By tilting its wingtip mounted engines and propellers, the plane can take off like a hell-copter and cruise like a conventional aircraft. The aircraft was delivered to the National Aeronautical
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 36 14 HIGH POWER CAR STEREO mi i J t V 3 50\NM^ s I rt* 93 The Goethe-lnstitut and the National Library jointly present CHILDREN'S Exhibition: PICTURE ROOKS 23rd 30th Sept 1980 Venue: National Library Lecture Hall
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  • 662 15 Reuter Tokyo: Japanese banks are fighting a government plan to prevent tax evasion which they fear will channel even more private deposits into Post Office accounts. The banks claim that the so-called green card system, to be started in 1984, will favour the
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  • 295 15 Beijing: China will launch a locally developed and bnilt experimental communications satellite next year. Plans also call for a weather satellite up in space by 1982. Both satellites will be launched using the Long March S, a three-stage rocket using liquid hydrogen and
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 102 15 JY at *> s r 30% Dis^ Genti^ on hotels ,hla ■nn 2 ani v ?S interna 00 A ll^T>irbY^ndP lodUC f Kual 8 b_; F igW s) oW n atf^, for 2 i sHi# landS vir rt tic Fh#s n heir »«»»':2.3 s uck i and da' eS 3
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  • 611 16  -  What's the difference? Motoring I» V Roderick Pestana Last week I had a sneak preview of two cars that are destined to make a big impact when they are launched in Singapore very soon. One is the Ford Laser 1.3 hatchback, which
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  • 461 16  -  P A Motorcycling L Lee Chiu San After the recent controversy over the relative merits of different brands of petrol, the average motorcyclist must be wondering whether the products advertised actually do any good for the engine? I do not seek to
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 66 16 Blaupunkt Paris Stereo CR/ Equalizer Booster 1 J* Park Stereo< H Autoreverse System I oudness IK Wall dh (Hand Noise Suppression) f- rcqiency Response CR 4<) 15.000 H/ ■r l-qualim Booater BKB 60 Stereo Amplifier 4*15 waits Controllable frequency ranges AO 12.000 Hj Tone control range: 112 dB BLAUPUNKT •OSCHOrmp
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 190 16 Crossword ACROSS 1 Metropolis 5 Beat it! 10 Sawbill duck 14 Land unit 15 Move upward 16 Baseball team 17 Avoid 20 Ethnic ending 21 Flexible shoot 22 Outcry 23 Gloom 24 Silvers or Harris 25 Levy 28 Votes in favour 29 Hope 32 Actor Nick 33 Yule stamp 34
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  • 293 17 Boxing New York, Monday Shelly Finkel, better known for promoting singing stars, has offered welterweight champion Roberto Duran of Panama US$lO million (about $21 million) the largest purse in boxing history to defend his world title against former champion Sugar Ray Leonard in November. Finkel, who
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  • 390 17 Golf AP Sapporo, Monday Teruo Sugihara, a veteran Japanese professional, shot a 69 for a five-under-par 283 and a one-stroke victory in a U*****,000 (about *****,000) International Open golf tournament. The victory was Sugihara's second this year. Kikuo Arai, the overnight leader, was alone in second spot with
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  • 23 17 Tampines Rovers will meet the Hong Kong Caroline Hill in a friendly soccer match at the National Stadium tonight (kick-off 8 p.m.).
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  • Page 17 Advertisements
    • 669 17 LASSIFIE ADS Telepfceae Service:--a *M^ 830 m m s( B JOtim -3 ot 1. < Huhlii llitlnl.tw AT I. 900 am lOk 4-***** Co«M«r Mr> S GARDENING 0 WE SPECIALISE IN turfing carpets and cow grass Supply all kinds of grasses, trees, grass cutting. rock garden, garden maintenance and also
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  • Page 17 Miscellaneous
    • 565 17 Moneywords results No entrant submitted a solution which corresponded in all respects with the set of answers held by the judges to be most apt and accurate in the New Nation Moneywords "KW". Nine entrants each submitted a solution which differed at two points from the solution which the judges
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  • 417 18  -  I Rugby By MAURICE NEO The match between the Singapore Rugby Union President's XV and the New Zealand Forces Commander's XV yesterday was billed as an exhibition game to kick off the season with both teams having a cross-section of the best players in Singapore.
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  • 474 18 Tennis Agencies Tokyo, Monday Topseeded Billie Jean King outplayed fellow American Terry Holladay 7-5, 64 to win the U*****,000 (about $368,000) women tennis tournament here yesterday. It was King's third victory in the Toray Sillook tournament since 1973. Holladay had trouble with her serves. In a
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  • 307 18 Motorracing Reuter Imola (Italy), Monday Nelson Piquet, who six months ago had never won a Formula One race, jumped into the lead in the world drivers' championship in his Brabham yesterday with a commanding victorv in the Italian Grand Prix. The 28-year-old Brazilian went
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  • 101 18 Soccer Reuter Rome, Monday Italian soccer champions Inter Milan began the League season on a convincing note with a 4-1 away win over Udinese. But Juventus, runnersup last season, had to settle for a point in a 1-1 draw with Cagliari. Ireland international Liam Brady, who
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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous
    • 373 18 YOUR LUCKY STARS IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you are one of those extremely energetic persons who is inclined to squander his talents in a fruitless effort to keep busy at all costs. Your first duty to yourself if success is your goal is to learn to relax, for
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  • 672 19  - SICC's title by stroke of luck WEEKEND GOLF by LIM KEE CHAN Singapore Island Country Club retained the Premier League title yesterday thanks to their Sembawang counterparts who, playing at home, beat Seletar in their tie. SICC were held to a draw in their home match at the New Course
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  • 729 19 Ong Ah Loh, winner of the best gross for the fourth time at Changi nine days ago, proved last Saturday that his previous wins were not the result of knowing his home course well but because of his ability. Ah Loh, who is also a member of
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  • Page 19 Advertisements
    • 152 19 SPECIAL OFFER Discounts up to 50% on certain Golf Sets vn, UNIGOLF B-8 Orchard Towers, Orchard Road, Singapore 0923 Tel: *****78 G-39 High Street Centre Ground Floor, North Bridge Road Tel: 33/0026, *****48 M«)M» VXUHAO MQ«t CXS'ANCf the most perfectly-balanced golf ball with extra 10m in carry! AUTHENTICATED DRIVING TEST
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  • 379 20  -  They shine... but only for 10 minutes S'PORE MALAYS 1 PERAK MALAYS Tale of 2 misses By MAURICE NEO Soccer pundits have often come down from their pedestals to concede that, as "the ball is round" anything can happen in a match. Hamzah Hakim, coach
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  • 535 21  -  Now in Texas to undergo four-year scholarship Swimming By BRIAN MILLER In the absence of Junie Sng who left for Australia with her family early this year, Singapore have come up with another ace in Ang Peng Siong. Arguably the fastest swimmer in Asia
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  • 378 21 Soccer Reuter Kuwait, Monday Triple champions Iran face fierce opposition from South Korea, Kuwait, and possibly China, in the finals of the Seventh Asian soccer tournament opening here today, but are confident of retaining the trophy. South Korea won the tournament in
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  • 53 21 AFP Dakar, Monday Union of Douala, African champions, beat the Senegal Police team 3-0 here yesterday in a first leg match in the quarterfinals of the African Club Champions Cup. The Cameroun team led at half-time 1-0. Their goals were scored by Yerima (38th), Ekoule (68th) and
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  • Page 21 Advertisements
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  • Page 21 Miscellaneous
    • 620 21 MONDAY* r^3j i MONEYWORDS i Cut out and pin with other coupons. I Posting instructions appear below f Occupation: Address: N R.I.C. No:. FILL IN MISSING LETTERS ACROSS USING CLUES BELOW HMMaa Cut along dotted lines HaBBaBB J CLUEB FOR KY -1 1. Tsks one's clothes off 2. Rather than
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  • What's On 1 two pages that tell you what's happening on TV and in town
    • 287 22 New TV series for Englishlanguage learners A new television instructional series for beginners in English began yesterday. Follow Me comes after the Sadrina Project, which was also a programmefor English language learners shown on TV recently. The new series, meant for Chinese-speaking viewers, is accompanied by
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  • Page 22 Advertisements
  • Page 22 Miscellaneous
    • 574 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. A 1 Pacino holds it up gallantly. Orchard: 1, 3.45, 6.30 and 9.15 p.m. CUBA: Action-adven-ture starring Sean Connery, Jack Weston, Brooke Adams and
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    • 116 22 Rediffusion 12 noon The American Top 40 Casey Kasem from the United States with a repeat of Saturday's top 40 report 1.30 News and Share Market Report 1.40 the American Top 40 3.00 Star Watch your horoscope reading 3.02 Did You Know a "revealing" series on things around you 3.04
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  • What's On 2
    • 406 23 Her heritage includes a mixture of Cherokee Indian and Southern White, which perhaps accounts for the tanned, sultry looks. The lady in question? Rita Coolldge, due to perform in Singapore early next month. She's the one who gave yon (Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher and
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