New Nation, 4 August 1981

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    23 1 New Nation SINGAPORE Tuesday, August 4, 1981 3243 Price 30 Cents M.C.(P) No. 103/1/81 NEW fcj) NATION COMMENT' L 'A TUESDAY, AUGUST 4,1981
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    Lock icon Planes almost collide in mid-air
    191 1 Agencies New Y«rk: Twe mlrttaera Mwhr kit (Mh la wktair yesterday seea alter a natleawlde strike by the air traffic eeatrallera becaa. A Federal Ariatlea Admlalstratlea spekesmaa said the twe dam leak eff a few nuaatea apart tram La Gaardla Airport here aad seea afterwaida
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    Big leap for schools
    270 1  -  Gymnastics to be part of PE programme in all schools By Rav Dhaliwal Gymnatics, the Cinderella of local sports, may well tarn into a fairy princess under the Education Ministry's plans. Every student from primary one to secondary level will be exposed to the grace and
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    Lock icon Harun asks Musa for exemption from Act
    209 1 NST Kaala Lam par: Datuk Harun Idris has verbally requested to be exempted from the Societies Act to enable him to hold office. The request was made when he visited Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Musa Hitam (or Hari Raya on Sunday. Datuk Harun
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      148 1 Mordaunt-Short Ltd HiQf i fiLiWitv Lout lspe;i*t »rs Sole Agent; (Atlas Sound (Pte) Ltd Chasing a record at eight I Thai's Filipm.i Hiviirix Lnroro uh>) is hero for the Asean schools' gymnastics championships. Story on Payo 1 J. Bomb blasts In Iran Page 5 Walesa: We won't back down Page
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    PSA sets up a Changi station
    197 2 To regulate air and sea traffic The Port of Singapore Authority has set up a station in Changi airport to ensure that aircraft and ships do not cross each other. Called the Sembawang Control and Lorads Centre, it is in the air traffic control
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    Lock icon Afghan mission
    81 2 AP United Nations: Secretary-General Kurt Waldhelm's personal representative on the Afghan crisis is on a second trip to the area involved and will report to him next week. Spokesman Francois Giuliani told reporters that the personal representative, Mr Javier Perez de Cue Liar, would visit Islambad, Pakistan, for
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    Third child care centre for Geylang
    247 2 A new child care centre opens today at the Geylang branch of the Metropolitan Young Men's Christian Association. The centre, the second to be opened by the Metropolitan YMCA, ac-" cepts children (ran two to sixyears old. There are two other child care centres,
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    Lock icon Right to strike
    73 2 Reuter Manila: The Philippine national assembly yesterday discussed a bill restoring the right to strike to workers wnich was criticised by labour leaders as "dishonest and deceptive." About 1000 workers of the May 1 Movement staged a peaceful demonstration outside the assembly last night demanding the unconditional
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    Lock icon When junk didn't stop arriving...
    216 2 UPI Gadfrey (IlttMla): It's not quite like ■booting at the neighbours, but as far as feuds go it was effective in its own way. Kenoeth Gibbons was getting mail lots of mail every day. Most of it was Junk mall pornographic magazines, collector plates, offers
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    No abuse of retirement plan
    387 3  -  unionist on PSA's Golden Handshake By Ivan Lim Some port workers are accusing the Port of Singapore Authority of unfairly using its Golden Handshake, a voluntary retirement scheme, to get rid of workers. However, the executive secretary of the Singapore Port workers union (SPWU), Mr
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      Metric fish today
      37 3 Fishmongers will have to sell their ware in metric from today. Five teams of officers from the Metrication Board were visiting markets this morning to make sure that fishmongers complied with the new ruling.
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      Lock icon Sinai pact signed
      51 3 Reuter Wuktaftoa: The United States, Egypt and Israel signed a Sinai peacekeeping force agreement yesterday and hailed it as a sign of hope for future peace in the Middle East. Tne agreement sets up a 2500-man multi-national peace-keeping force, for Sinai that will be nearly half American.
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      Lock icon Australia cut off
      52 3 UPI Sydney: Australia today moved towards a total blackout of its international communications as a result of a ban on telecommunications equipment repairs by about 500 technicians, members of the Professional Radio and Electronics Institute who are employed by the Overseas Telecommunications Commission, in support of wage
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      Lock icon Warship threat
      57 3 AP Waahtagtsa: The Soviet Union yesterday delivered a 2300-tonne Koni-class frigate to Cuba and immediately drew fire from the United States. The US State Department said the move was a demonstration of "Cuban and Soviet disregard fpr stability in the Caribbean," and tnat the vessel would pose a
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      Lock icon All set for launch
      47 3 AP 11*—t—: Astronauts Joe Engle and Richard Truly, who will become the first space travellers in history to fly in a used spaceship, yesterday said all systems are go for the launch of America's second space shuttle flight, scheduled for Sept 30. AP
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      Lock icon Soviets' edge
      46 3 Reuter Brussels: The Soviet Union has a four-to-one advantage over Nato in nuclear weapons in Europe, a US official told reporters yesterday after a meeting of a, Nato study group to prepare for the coming US-Soviet talks on limiting European-based, medium-range nuclear missiles. Reuter
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    Lock icon Senate okays tax cut bill
    147 3 Reuter Washington: The Senate gave final approval yesterday to the tax cut bill presented by President Reagan as a way of revitalising the country's economy. The US$749 billion ($1647.8 billion) tax cut for individuals and business was approved on a 67-8 vote after a last
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    Lock icon No ban
    31 3 UPI Bsaa: Justice Minister Juergen Schmude yesterday said Adolf Hitler's book, Mein Kampf, will not be banned. He said a ban would be like "shooting sparrows with a cannon.
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    Lock icon US dollar highest in 10 years
    258 5 AP New Yark: The US deUar seared to Ita hlgheat level la ■early II years yeaterday. setting recerda agalast the Preach fraac aad Itailaa Bra and elealag la aa a reeard agalast the Caaadlaa daiiar. As the US earreaey Barged, geld fell to Its
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    PUB staff upset over rent hikes
    142 5 Public Utilities Board employees staying in quarters in Ityng Ching Road in Taman Jurong are upaet over the proposed rent increases which they feel are hefty. The increases, together with higher service charges, means that senior officers occupying the four-room and two-hall flat have
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    Lock icon Bomb blasts as Rajai is sworn in
    291 5 20 people reportedly killed Reuter London: Bombs exploded near the presidential offices* in Tehran and at a market place in western Iran yesterday, and first reports said a total of 20 people had been killed. The bomb blasts went off a few hours
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    Stock market
    278 5 Tone of the market during the first 30 minutes of trading this morning: BUSINESS DONE First SectlM Allied Choc (1) 2.66 (1) 2.63 (1) 2.62 (1) 2.60 B Raya (1) 7.45 (1) 7.40 U) 7.35 (2) 7.30 City Dev (1) 4.98 (1) 4.96 (5) 4.94 (2) 4.92 (3)
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    Lock icon Gold down
    33 5 UPI lUng Kmc: Gold opened at U*****.20 an ounce today on the Chinese gold and silver exchange, down from Saturday's closing price of US$4O4 00 The market was closed yesterday. UPI
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    Jailed
    29 5 HMg Kong: A provincial court of Vietnam has Jailed an unspecified number of former Saigon army officers and Vietnamese involved in an escape bid on a stolen boat.
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    Lock icon No accord
    27 5 AFP Leedee: Railroad union workers announced they will probably call a nationwide strike because of the breakdown in negotiations with British Rail last night. AFP
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      63 5 v>> The Painter Who Preserves Malaysia's Past Raised along the Fenang waterfront he sees giving way to re- x development, 38-year-old painter Tan Peng Hooi yearns to capture in his paintings the colour and beauty of the village life of Malaysian farmers and fishermen. Read the aspirations of this promising
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    Lock icon Solidarity: We will not give in
    311 6 Reuter Warsaw: Solidarity trade union leader Lecn Walesa told the communist authorities last night that the union would not back down on its economic demands or call off a protest motorcade which has been blockaded by police in central Warsaw. "We are masters of
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    Lock icon New York Exchange
    231 6 UPI Stock prices fell yesterday, losing half the ground gained last week, as investors worried that the government may have to pay record interest rates when it borrows nearly US$22 billion ($44.2 billion) this week. A large part of the Treasury borrowing is for its quarterly refinancing,
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    When to return books...
    91 6 This sign spelt disap? pointment for many people who turned up at the National Library yesterday. Three sections the central children, young people and adult sections are closed (or the installation of air-condition-ing system until Nov 30. The airconditioning has been held back since 1978 because
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    Lock icon Begin faces snags
    55 6 Reuter Jerusalem: Late snags in negotiations with religious leaders yesterday upset the time-table (or Prime Minister Menachem Begin's formation of a new Israeli government. They dashed his hopes of presenting a government to the Knesset (Parliament) today but sources close to Mr Begin forecast that he would
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    Lock icon Dow Jones
    33 6 UPI Closing averages on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday: 30 industrial 946.25 down (6.09); 20 transport 403.03 (down 3.65); 15 utilities 109.62 (up 0.03): 65 stocks 369.33 (down 2.30). UPI
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    Lock icon Peace team
    33 6 AP Nicest*: A four-man non-aligned peace commission is scheduled to arrive in Tehran on Thursday to study the latest developments in the war, the official Iranian news agency, Pars, reported. AP
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    Easy way to pay more govt bills
    398 7 The Multi-Revenue Collection system (MRC) will be expanded to handle the payment of more government bills under its second phase of operations. An MRC official yesterday said that its decentralised payment centres will very likely accept payment of such bills as ambulance fees,
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    Lock icon TODAY
    58 7 UPI TODAY is Tuesday, Aug 4, the 216 th day of 1981 with 149 to follow. Those born on this day in history are under the sign of Leo. A THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:. Scottish comic Sir Harry Lauder said, "Oh, it's nice to get up in the morning,
    UPI  -  58 words
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    Grain sales talks
    31 7 Vleaaa: US and Soviet delegations yesterday began discussing a new five-year pact on American grain sales to Moscow but American officials said there would be no quick accord.
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    Lock icon The Odd Corner
    127 7 UPI Denver: _An Inmate In the Denver county Jail has received conn permission to have his toupee tightened every two months. Wayne Jj. n, is serving eight years on a conviction of criminal solicitation for hiring a hit man In an unsuccessful attempt to kill his ex-glrlfriend.
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      441 7 fit-. J. 1 M veto > cT Vv Wk Attention all jewellery retailers, boutiques, natch dealers, shoe stores, gift shops, galleries and cosmetics retailers Now is the time to rent space in Goldhill Square— and benefit from its professional, on-going promotion programme Goldhill Square's fashion floor, the Taipan Terrace on
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    China and progress
    286 8/9 Let a hundred thousand (and more) small-scale businesses grow. Apparently, like the much celebrated wilted cultural flowers, these businesses have failed to find roots in China, that is, according to an agency report in this morning's The Straits Times. Despite a Radio Beijing claim two months ago
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    THEIR VIEWS
    122 8/9 6 The promise of Nikita Khrushchev in his 20-year plan that the Soviet living standard would surpass the West by 1980 now seems like a bad joke to Russians. The hope that attended the new economic plan of 1965, which was supposed to decentralise decision-making and introduce the
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  • WHISPERS
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      Reassuring sign
      25 8/9 Contractors are getting more PR conscious. A signboard at a construction site in Raffles Place says: This site is constantly sprayed against mosquitos.
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      Exit
      39 8/9 A friend bought a blouse as a parting souvenir for a colleague who had resigned. After examining it, the colleague's face suddenly fell. Guess why? The tag on the blouse reads Exit. Her benefactor swore it wasn't intentional.
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    Lock icon Beginning of a new Harun saga?
    1682 8/9  -  Regional correspondent ISMAIL KASSIM traces the 4 Ups and downs oT Datuk Harun's career ISMAIL KASSIM Datuk Harun Idris walked out of prison a free man on Saturday morning, seven months before he was scheduled to be released on probation and after serving 40
    Pictures from New Straits Time  -  1,682 words
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      54 8/9 The French are still creating the best impressions. >•* >% v r.i Vv.* sr. .r,. Ipr' < Tua 'A i",f™ i l* Hi??- «> lyjCT— fl^L ii 1 .s* SWf'f^ LE CELLIER Lil.lc u int's Y«>Hll !>«• imprrssnl f 'V iT, r' > -V m v. r iwfcs>■•***"J^v W2*' tfr
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  • trend 1 EDITED BY MARGARET CHAN
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      Lock icon Somehow it seems more daring
      652 10 Popular romantic novels available in Malay NST KuaJa Lumpur: The hero is always tall, dark and handsome and maybe mysterious but always in a highly attractive way. He may be arrogant but always with a superiority that is Justified, never pompous or big-headed. He may
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      Stunning high fashion clothes displayed
      763 10 "Haute couture" is a precious term, an endearing word that is used to describe the works of master couturiers in the fashion capitals of Paris or Milan. Seldom, sadly, is it used in connection with Singapore designers. At the fourth weekly fashion show displaying styles
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      Lock icon 81-year-old running for 100
      730 11 He jogs daily, goes out dancing and even runs marathons Copley 8m Diege: Don't try to tell Mr Noel Johnson that infirmity and ageing go hand in hand. And don't try to tell him to slow down and take it easy. Mr Johnson, who will soon
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  • Dear Ros
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      She tells others I'm weak
      247 11  -  S. F. I thought she was my best friend. I always confided In her. Now I have found out that she tells other people I am weak and she has to stand by me. This hurts me very much. She has been down too but
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      170 11 The Better Place To Eat Indonesian Style That's right. At Top Continental Restaurant you get genuine Indonesian food at its best. And prepared by our own chef from Indonesia. The delicious food, friendly service and cosy atmosphere make each lunch or dinner an unforgettable experience. Come and entertain your business
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    Lock icon Go catch your dinner
    747 12/13  -  Crabs for the asking: Enough on Sentosa beach to fill all the barbecue pits on the island resort Words: WEE BENG HUAT Group photo editor The next time you are at Sentosa and run out of food, do not fret. Just do what the people on
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      476 14 by Art Serwom THE BORN LOSER I CM JT evevj' MFCRP StXJi m 72 w m m 7t NORBERT by George Fett r*A ecetO.uiXlE CLYDE, MflU-VOO PIAV WTH &OCUKE HooBSELE i <!V*v -r-u Si ANDY CAPP "SMiir KiS ti^^wyii.;rCTpi lid u nr ffiirSn js» biasr. MbriE .A Flash Gordon m
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      Wallpaper house for various moods
      331 15 A twice weekly advertisement feature Some peope prefer wallpaper to painting. If you pick the right one to blend in with your furniture, wallpaper can make your house interior very attractive. An otherwise plain room may even be enhanced by wallpaper. It can create moods
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      Hindi video tapes for movie fans
      373 16 A twice weekly advertisenient feature k A Those who complain about the dearth of Indian films on television can now watch them on video. There is a video tape library In town which deals exclusively in Indian, and particularly Hindu, film productions dating from
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      5 17 A twice weekly advertisement feature
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  • SPORT STARTS HERE
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      Grandmother's Day?
      197 18  -  3 Racing By CAVALIER A lot of grandmothers must have been sick In Singapore yesterday the final day of the Saltan of Selangor Gold Cnp meeting In Koala Lumpur. Because, though Monday Is hardly the best day to attract the racing fans, some 13, m still set the
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      Boycott by KL, Ipoh horses?
      338 18  -  DISPUTE OVER SYCES' ALLOWANCE a On the track By K. L. CHAN Penang: Only the Penang and Singapore-based horses were seen on the track here this morning. It was learnt from reliable sources that horses from, the other two centres Kuala Lumpur and Ipoh might
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      YESTERDAY'S RACE RESULTS
      664 18 The figure before the horse's name is the saddle cloth number, while the three figures after it in the professional races are the positions at the BMm, 4Hm and post respectively. In the case of amateur results, only the barrier and post positions are given. CI 4
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      Chasing a record at eight
      393 19  -  Filipina in town for Asean meet Kd3 Gymnastics By SHIRLEY TAN Gymnast Nadia Comaneci, of Rumania, stunned the sports world in 1976 when, at the age of only 14, she won three gold medals with seven perfect scores in the Montreal Olympic Games. Filipina Beatrix
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      Lock icon Ovett for US road run
      167 19 |mu Athletics Reuter New Ysrk: World record holder Steve Ovett of Britain will be one of the participants in the first Fifth Avenue Mile here on Sept 27, Fred Lebow, president of the New Yoric Road Runners Club, announced yesterday. Ovett, who is also the
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      Lock icon 'Confident' Clerc wins
      207 19 jf^^T^nnis UPI Nerth Conway (New Hampshire): Jose-Luis Clerc, the hottest star in tennis, extended his winning streak to 19 matches yesterday, downing Argentine rival Guillermo Vilas, 6-3, 6-2, in the final of the US$2OO,OOO (about $420,000) Volvo international tournament. The 22-year-old thirdseeded Clerc picked up US$2B,OOO for
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      Zainal a notch above the rest
      509 19  -  By TAY CHENG KHOON It will be some time before Zainal Abidin can be dislodged from his lofty perch on the local scene. For, judging by his performances in last weekend's Oval tine graded championships, he is now a notch above his local rivals.
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      Four stalwarts miss training
      216 20  -  Soccer By SHIRLEY TAN Four stalwarts did not show up for training at the Farrer Park Athletic Centre this morning when National managercoach Jita Singh conducted his first session in preparation for the Merdeka Cup soccer tournament. Three of them skip- per Samad Allapitchay, first-choice goalkeeper
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      Lock icon Pole vault record
      60 20 Reuter Nwmw: Konstantin Volkov of the Soviet Union set a world record in the pole vault yesterday when he cleared 5.84 metres in a competition to mark Soviet Railway Workers' day in his native city of Irkutsk. He beat by three centimetres the previous record of 5.81
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      Lock icon Two stars disqualified
      214 20 88°°" UPI Dmvmi (Maanefeiimeti): Two of the LPGA tour's most well-known golfers, Kathy Young and Kathy Whltworth, were disquali- fied on Sunday from a LPGA tournament for filling out incorrect scorecards. Officials said Young illegally moved a branch on the 10th hole during the third round at
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      Lock icon Misbun vs Harry
      129 20 gj^jjjßadminton Reuter Hamilton (New Zealand): National badminton champions of Malaysia and Australia, Misbun Sidek and Mark Harry, will clash in the opening match of a Thomas Cup tie between the two countries. Two singles and two doubles matches will also be played tonight, with the remaining three
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      348 21  -  Soccer Simgapcre Ynth 2 Unlvemdty af Mudeh 1 By MAURICE NEO NatUoal Stadium: Singapore Under 20 coaches Mat Ariff and Seak Poh Leong would be the first to admit that, had the Youth team, preparing for the Tun Razak Cup in Kota Kinabalu from Aug 1116,
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      278 20 NOTICES OFFICIAL NOTICE PROPOSAL TO CHANCE I SHIP'S NAME We, PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES (PTE) LTD., of PIL Building, 03-00, 140 Cecil Street, Singapore 0106, hereby give notice that In consequence of our Intended purchase, we have applied to the registrar of Singapore Ships, under Section 417 of the Merchant Shipping
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      243 20 TUESDAY MS-2 T 1 T -',TAT.Y $10,000 PLUS Cut out ond pin with other coupons Posting instructions appear below. Name: Occupation: Address: N R I.C. No: CLUES BELOW Cut along here */»«/> CLUES FOR MS-2 Morse, for example Due to this, waiter could have an embarrassing accident with a tray
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      243 21 ACROSS 1 Kismet 5 Affectation 9 Small ihoot 14 Send out 15 Rodent 16 Biblical pronoun 17 Thought transference 19 Aerie occupant 20 Induction 21 Liquidates 22 Close by, to poets 23 Artist's board 24 Slave 27 Charter 28 Authentic 29 Norwegian discoverer 35 Seed appendage 36 Self-love 37. Evergreen
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      354 22 "Throughout his primary school, his Chinese was not very good and we were worried he would not be able to cope with his CL I (Chinese as a First Language) We were worried that he might not reach the proficiency that's required at O
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      416 22 When baby girl made three for singer Rahimah Rahim and her footballer husband, Mohamad Noh, she had to take time off from her hectic nightclub schedule. "That was during my pregnancy and confinement period," recalled the petite 25-year-old entertainer in an interview recently. "I
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      169 22 At the cinema THE GODS MUST BE CRAZY: A Robert Uys presentation Cathay: 1.30, 4, 6.30 and 9.15 p.m. Gate: 1.30, 3.30, 7 and 9.15 p.m. DEATH HUNT: Lee Marvin and Charles Bronson star in this thriller baaed on a true story. Also stars Angle Policewoman) Dickinson. Orchard: 1.30, 4,
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      157 22 9.15 p.m. Last day. In Mandarin at Liberty: 1.15, 3.45 t 6.15 and 9 p.m. Oriental: 1, 3.15, 7 and 9.15 p.m. PrwMwt: 1.45, 4, 6.45 and 9.15 p.m. Chaagl: 1.45, 4.15, 6.45 and 9.30 p.m. Savay: 1.45, 4, 6.45 and 9.15 p.m. Last day. DARNA AJAI: The Cobra Woman.
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      200 22 Tides Taday: 1.56 p.m. (2.3 m); 7.30 p.m. (0.7 m), Tinrww: 1.28 a.m (2.6 m); 8.00 a.m. (0.3 m); 2.24 p>m. (2.3 m); 8.07 p.m. (0.7 m). llaraday: 2.09 a.m.(2.5m); 8.41 a.m. (0.4 m); 2.56 p.m. (2.2 m); 8.46 p.m. (0.7 m). Friday: 2.52 a.m. (2.3 m); 9.14 a.m. (0.6
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      634 23  -  By Khng Eu Meng They were two martial arts experts meeting. to decide whose discipline was superior. It wu to be a no-holds barred fight. Standing 1.8 metres tall and weighing all of 90 kg, the ShaoUa kung-fu expert charged at the comparatively smaller,
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      198 23 In and around town IBETAN SINGAPORE FAIR 1M1: Highlights for the day are local silverware demonstration at the home furnishing department of Isetan Orchard from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.; oilskin umbrella/wooden clogs painting at gifts dei>artment of isetan Havelock from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. and at Orchard from
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      1343 24 TELEFUNKEN VCR sor EJECT SIMPLE OPERATION 3.00 OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed by THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS. Brook tells his mother, Kay, that he will deliver the eulogy at Bill's funeral. Kay finally decides to accompany Brook to the funeral. 3.25 SUNDAY SELECTIONS (C/ r). A Mandarin musical variety show hasted
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