New Nation, 8 August 1981

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  • 15 1 NewNation m«SJH^ASRE Saturday, August 8, 1981 3247 Price 30 Cents 'M.C.(P) No. 103/1/81 )\c%4 \aiioia
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  • 43 1 New Nuttem will art be paWiM oa Monday beeuae of the National Day holiday. We will be back aa Taesday. Until we oee yaa thea, here Is a me—ge (rem the editor and staff: Have a long, alee weekead.
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  • Article, Illustration
    223 1 The inquisitive hand reaching out as if to touch the moon. T-shirts that say "I am very fond of sports" and 'Tm a smart shopper." The carnival mood. The urge to know more. Schoolboy Lau Tin Sing captured all these traits erf the typical Singaporean in one rare
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    • 57 1 As we celebrate National Day, one picture that candidly captures S'pore and her people More pictures in our N-Day pullout special INSIDE V Airport security: Big 3 meet Page 6 HDB estates to n smell of flowers o JUttfC'S IICW VfiCOlfd %m cl2 Page 24 IN THE OTHER PAGES: Crossword
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    • 21 1 picks up dirt like magic Agents Atlas s >urxj< Ptc) I tri Take to MIZUNO. It's footwear for the complete §pMv
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  • 306 2 From today, New Nation's editorials (or "leaders" in journalistic Jargon) will be on Page 2. So, in an uncannily and unintentionally prophetic manner, the headline of the newspaper's very first editorial, which appeared on Jan 18, 1971, has come true: "So here
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  • 100 2 4 The rulers of today in both the East and the West are people who were shaped by the last great war. Even those newly arrived in power, like Francois Mitterrand and Ronald Reagan, first made their names in the years before and during that epic struggle. They
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  • WHISPERS By ISPY
    • 91 2 While waiting for a taxi at Scotts Road one morning, an Australian tourist was pleasantly surprised when a car with three girls stooped ana one of them asked where she was heading. When she said "Shenton Way," she was invited to take a lift. Praising them
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    • 64 2 We all know that the neutron bomb has the capacity to destroy all living things while leaving buildings intact. Now San Francisco's Ecology Centre is offering a 5550,000 reward for someoone to invent its opposite, what it calls the vivatron bomb. It must be able to
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  • 206 2  -  Exotic flowers will be planted in new town centres By Gan Soh Eng First it was green trees, then it was colourful plants and fruit trees. Now, every new Housing Board estate will soon be wafting with the fragrance of exotic flowers. The Housing Board has
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  • 168 2 It's not often that you get a chance to get this close to a goat in Singapore so Chia Chen Liang, 13, of St Joseph's Institution, made the most of the opportunity. He was just thrilled at being able to touch and fondle the kid
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  • 76 2 AP 52» *.\£SMS ISth eeatary Mi Mim Pito teak hm recipe U Rirapr, a Cllaeie ■ewiptper laid yeeterday. Bat the Gmtmgmtag nMprfae, «M MM|*l Emperer Kektai Khaa (1?A-I2H> gave Ike recipe le Maree Peto whe la tan gave It to Italy's reyal eeari. Aa ItaUaa ktag pa—ed the
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    • 94 4 See listen to the one and only: w;J the? PRODUCED BY: Jh Channel 5 9th August '81, National Day 7.50 pm SPONSORED BY World's leading Audio Video Recording Tape Specialist j V 4 V V ULm Wm M Sole Agents Singapore. Malaysia Brunei HOCK CHEONG ft CO 96 97 Tras
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  • 109 5 Reuter Billlsh Airways ye»rtrar ssn mllNea) la Ms last flaaaetel year aai mU It ■aay dr»p mm nates. Ike gm tii lees, attar a £21 mllltoa preflt last year, nMiaed the areUeasß af lateraatteaal alrilaes la the faee sf letacet passeager leads dae te receeriea aad
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  • 283 5 Air men meet to decide Reuter f Foreign air traffic controllers generally sympathised with their striking American colleagues, but a call by their international union to witnhold clearance for planes to the United States met a patchy response yesterday. The Geneva-based International Federation of Air
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  • Briefs
    • 47 5 Reuter London: Thirty-eight more people were shot by firing squads in Iran yesterday in one of the biggest mass executions in recent months, sources at the official Pars news agency said. More than 360 people have been executed in the past two months. Reuter
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    • 36 5 UPI Washington: The State Department yesterday denied a New York Times report that the Reagan administration has sought private talks with the Soviet Union on a solution to its occupation of Afghanistan. UPI
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    • 41 5 Reuter WssMngtont Police arrested a man on suspicion or shooting one of 24 anti-Khoniei-ny demonstrators who held him and about five other workers hostage for about an hour yesterday in the Iranian section of the Algerian embassy. Reuter
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    • 37 5 Reuter Belfast: Britain yesterday rejected the latest demand by 420 jailed Irish Repupublican guerillas in Northern Ireland for changes in their prison life for which eight of them have already died on hunger strikes.
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    • 46 5 Reuter WasMnsftM: US trade reoresentative Bill Brock will make a month-long visit of 10 Pacific and Asian nations, inc hiding Singapore, starting next Tuesday, his office announced yesterday. Hie tour is Ms Srst to the region since hit, appointment fey President Reagan. Reuter
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  • 133 5 With pliers in hands, Miss Fong Siew Wah, a Metrication Board officier, deftly snipped off the official seal from this 'obsolete' weighing machine. The scale was one of the several machines found unsuitable for use by a team of officers from the board during
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  • 40 5 AP Bangkek: Two children and their pregnant mother were killed when one of the youngsters ignited a hand grenade in their home in the southern province of Nakhon Si Thammarat, a provincial police officer said yesterday. AP
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
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  • 222 6 Three police forces Singapore Police, Singapore Airport Terminal Services and Changi International Airport Services aux 11iary police are to meet shortly to Improve security at Changi Airport. Although no date has been fixed, the meeting is likely to be held by the end of next
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  • 134 6 The Red Cross society wants to expand its ambulance service although response to this new service has been alow. The chairman of the ambulance service, Dr George Khoo, said moat of the calls have been to ferry patients from homes and tne airport to hospital. Although the
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  • 30 6 AFP New Delhi: India will raiae observation towers at all vulnerable points to fight "continued infiltration and smuggling" along the Indo-Bangladesh border, PTI news agency reports said. AFP
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  • 38 6 A quiz for Junior colleges and pre-university centres will be organised by the students' council and the Literary, Debating and Dramatic Society of Hwa Chong Junior College on Aug 15 at 2.30 p.m. at the college.
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  • 326 6 Reuter Ummw MWOvW Soviet television last night spelled out details of Poland turmoil of the past few days far the first time to Soviet citizens and condemned the Solidarity free trade union for carrying out "dangerous demonstrations." Soviet TV reporter Dmitry Biryukov told viewers
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  • 26 6 UPI Jakarta: Local authorities In Sumatra foiled an attempt by ttro students to smuggle armaments aboard a domestic Garuda airways flight, police said yesterday. UPI
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  • 371 7 The radioactivity from the chimney of a coal-fired power station is more than that from a nuclear power station of the same electrical capaciS, said a visiting nuclear scientist at e National University of Singapore. The pollution to the water and air Is
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  • 250 7 Reuter New York: Egyptian President Sadat yesterday urged the United States to adopt a twin policy of supporting liberation movements everywhere and arming its Third World friends in order to deter Soviet intervention abroad. In a speech prepared for delivery to the Council on Foreign Relations,
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  • 159 7 UPI The stock market retreated yesterday amid new uncertainty about the economic outlook. The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials fell 10.37 points to 942.54, closing out the week with a net loss of 9.80 points. Yesterday's prices followed by the difference on the previous session's close
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  • 32 7 AP Closing averages on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday: 30 .industrials 942.54 (down 10.37); 20 transport 405.55 (down 3.26); 15 utilities 110.00 (up 0.12); 65 stocks 369.50 (down 3.02).
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 140 7 i s Workfs No.l Presents 2 outstanding models... Zanussi washing machines meanmorethan just a clean wash. They are fully automatic, economical, safe and efficient with al I the prestige and elegance of Italian styJing. Zanussi models CN 764 and Z 814 as illustrated, are strongly recommended. They come with a
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  • 857 8  -  Although it's still' 9 months away Comment By Ismail Kassim our regional corrospondont Though the third general election under the New Order in Indonesia is not scheduled until next May, talk is going around about an unofficial campaign to ask voters not to go to
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    • 100 8 Feast mi the flavours of Singapore 6-15 August You don't have to go further than the Orchard Cafe to feast on the flavours of Singapore. Because from 6 15 August we're putting on a buffet with all those dishes Singaporeans love. There's Gaao Gado, Char Siew, Udang Sambal, Curries, Nasi
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous

  • 407 9 Watch this You've Just checked in for your (light. Tucking your passport and ticket into your handbag, you are just about to zip it up when suddenly a friend calls you. Distracted, you walk towards her, quite forgetting about the unzipped bag. When
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  • 221 9  -  Time Oft" by Judith Hale lien mj be s m>i rive air traffic eeatrallers' strike la the Üb! ted State* bat discard Magapereaa ahead 7 with their travel Twa gr*apa left this week far the Weet Ceast aad at least Ml ethers
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  • 50 9 Mr Herbert Mitterboeck has Joined Century Park Sheraton as director of food and beverage. The hotel's new banquet manager is Mr Bernard S.K. Tan who was previously attached to the Atlantis Sheraton in Zurich. Mr Lawrence Leong has been appointed chief engineer. Mr Mttterlweek Mr Tm
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    • 164 9 s&vi THE FIRST RECORDING by the SINGAPORE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA KipuLir C hincsr Khotul Mini I king I In Violin Conarto Fiinr;is\ on ,i Sinki.iixj I oik Soncj f< II l! lint .Hill >K fWl.l SjiK|«i|)( lie S\mphon\ ()iUn'sn,i (HOOIK)I V (tmiliicror l\k \k()\lM 11/ \KI h till I H KM
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  • 720 10  -  Motoring A silent and smooth 1600 cc engine that runs beautifully (u Roderick Pestana Although the fourdoor Accord sedan is a popular seller here, there are many Honda enthusiasts who feel that the three-door Accord hatchback is the more attractive and better designed model. For one, it
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  • 635 10  -  Motor* yt ling Khng Eu Meng The competition in the 1M to l» ee sector ef the motorcycle market is terrlMy keen. Saccess er (all are la this sector eaa make er break a brand. Never miad that big glamear bikes attract all
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  • 102 11 A peom by Mrs Jlllian Scully, the former principal of Hwi Yoh Secondary school who died last week, which was to have been read over TV tomorrow has been cancelled. But the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation said that the rest of the programme Artivity, a 45minute fortnightly
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  • 167 11 This unlearn to not a figment of your imagination, neither is It a reproduction taken out from a Greek mythology. He la a real, living and breathing animal called Lancelot the prond creation of two northern California naturalists. The world's first unicorn In modern times, Lancelot Is
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  • 257 11 Cooperative takes a look at itself After setting up a chain of 15 supermarkets, NTUC Welcome is now taking a breather to decide on suitable locations for more stores. The cooperative is now studying various factors to see if it is justified to set up Welcome supermarkets in
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  • 272 11 AP NleMla: Iranian President Mohammad Ali Rajai told a four-man non-aligned peace commission trying to end the Iran-Iraq war that its "comings and goings" were "fruitless", and that Iran will decide the fate of the war on«the battlefield, Tehran radio reported yesterday. The commission,
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  • 60 11 AP Warsaw: Polish communist leader Stanislaw Kania has been ill and is recovering at his home, a Polish press agency said yesterday. Rumours had circulated that the 54-year-old party chief had been hospitalised. Informed Polish sources said that Mr Kania was ill, but denied reports and
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  • 168 11 The Kaki Bukit constituency is out to encourage the use of the bicycle as a way of saving energy through a cyclethon. The cyclethon, to be held on Dec 13, Is one of the first major activities 1 organised by the newlyformed Kaki Bukit CCC
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  • 54 11 UPI TODAY is Saturday, August Bth, the 220 th day of 1961 with 145 to follow. Those born on this date are under the sign of Leo. A THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: German novelist Thomas Mann said: "Time cools, time clarifies. No mood can be maintained unaltered through the
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    • 142 12/13 B XL ENERGY DRINK faWp&Ql /TV VI/ VIDED ATvsentielh Centuy Fck Co presents The Great Movie Ori^nab Magnetic Video is the world's largest manufacturer and dstrfeutor of the largest range of origiial mcvies on videotape. A range that includes everything from today's box office greats to yesterday's legendary classics. Al
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  • Page 12/13 Miscellaneous
    • 1087 12/13 [YOUR WEEKEND ENTERTAINMENT GUIDE 700 miwn people in 43 countries can't be wrong. VPI CCIIillf Eil PALcoior, Invented and owned by I E LE UII HE II. K SBC Saturday 12.45 OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed by SESAME STREET. 1.45 CARTOON SELECTIONS. 1.55 SATURDAY MATINEE: Half A Sixpence. Boisterous musical based on
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    • 737 12/13 [t Saturday 12.00 Musical Tribute 1.00 The SBC Orchestra I.30 News followed by Weather Forecast 1.45 Music A La Carte 2.00 Programme Summary followed by Daily Serial: The Quiet Stranger 3.00 News in Brief followed by Today's Diary and Interlude 3.15 Star Chart 4.00 SBC Road Show 4.45 Tea Break
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    • 1008 12/13 Top Shows of the Weekend GRAMMY HALL OF FAME (Ch 8, 4.20 p.m.) Andy Williams hosts this gathering of stars, the first annual special which salutes greats in the music world who have been voted for places in the Hall of Fame. The programme pays tribute to Nat King Cole,
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  • 526 14  -  Stories by Gilbert Cheah "Convention city, Singapore. Where the world gets together is one of the slogans that the Tourist Promotion Board uses to sell Singapore as the exhibition and convention centre of the region. Hardly a month passes without an exhibition being held.
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 136 14 u:v K LIVER n L I rSX7S*OF TH^ LIBERTY FILM DISTRIBUTORS Sponsored by CydctCrmagi KETS AT $9.00, Stt.oo $30.(1 tes: HOIS. LIRR Tol:*****18 9nH 'action* WEEK! ORCHARD: Tomorrow/Monday Extra Show 11am BRONBON Vs. MARVIN TWO GIANTS CLASH AS ENEMIES ft TRIUMPH AS HEROES! BASED ON A TRUE STORY CHARLES i
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 322 14 In and around 1 «Ui YOUTH CHOIR: The Singapore Youth Choir conducted by David Lim will perform at the Victoria Concert Hall at 8 p.m. The programme consists of popular music spanning from 1930 to the present day. The choir will be accompanied by the Singapore Armed Forces Music and
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  • 560 15 Most of these are held at the World Trade Centre but look out for smaller exhibitions In shopping centres like Lucky Plaza, Plaza Singapura and People's Park Centre. These places do not have a calendar planned in advance, but exhibitions are usually advertised
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
    • 292 15 the cinema PRIVATE BENJAMIN: Comedy starring Goldie Hawn. liM: 1.45, 4, 6.45 and 9.15 p.m. THE GODS MUST BE CBAZY: Comedy. Cathay: 1.30, 4, 6.30 and 9.15 p.m. Gala: 1.30, 3.30, 7 and 9.15 p.m. DEATH HUNT: Lee Marvin and Charles Branson star in this thriller based on a true
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    • 437 15 Tides T#d»y: 4.11 p.m. (2.1 m); 10.43 p.m. (0.8 m). Tmdmtvw: 4.48 a.m (1.8 m); 10.39 a.m. (1.1 m); 5.01 p.m. (2.1 m). Maaday: 12.09 a.m. (0.8 m); 6.43 a.m. (1.7 m); 12 noon (1.2 m); 6.11 p.m. (2.1 m). Taeaday: 1.30 a.m. (0.7 m); 8.39 a.m. (1.7 m); 1.24
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 428 16 > I Sbu AR£) MOT A N MOWUUUSUM. oR*«*Rr!y THAT IS FORIra I fi 1 c m •JZ SE 1 S S5 IKK W m -r. mMtni ft ANDY CAPP Pal SMI 0 £1 iVw* B SI! mmmm iZrt\ M H (Ti THERE'S A FIVER GONE F*OM THEfI RENT/mXY-ONW -iOUMMt
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  • Page 17 Advertisements
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    • 342 17 Visit our new Showroom A You Ve the ideas WeVe the tiles You'nr arc wclcumc to hnrwM /7VOyA\ in our shovvnKjm Take (Cvfjla) a ckwcr kxik at our 9L*kvtkm trf l\7vrt-wMA unK f*'tkxuratKvtilers Think of the cfluNS you can urate v. v ill J! hir)%iur home ur officv Or the
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  • SHOPPING
    • 218 17 L A twice weekly advertisement feature Chandeliers are huge, elegant and stately. Tney are often tl They are often the centrepiece In ballrooms, halls and hotel foyers quite a sight to behold. Chandeliers, when placed at a strategic spot to blend in subtly with the rest
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  • SHOPPING
    • 617 18 k A tu/ice weeklv advertisement feature i "Why not ask my customers?" said Mr Anthony Say, manager of Jack's Place, when asked about the response to his outside catering service which started recently. "Very good! The food was fantastic. Everybody complimented the totfet. especially the
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  • SPORT STARTS HERE
    • 121 20 Soccer Reuter Leeds: England international winger, Peter Barnes yesterday moved from West Bromwich Albion to Leeds United for a Leeds club record of £930,000 (about Ss3 million). A Leeds club official confirmed the transfer after it had looked in doubt earlier in the day
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    • 370 20 Golf Reuter Atlaata: Americans Larry Nelson, Dan Pohl and Bob Eastwood moved into the lead in the United States golf championship with four-under-par totals of 136 yesterday as Tom Watson struggled to make the cut. Nelson shot a 66 on a warm, humid day
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    • 686 21  -  R9 Bowling By BRIAN MILLER The Singapore Tenpin Bowling Congress yesterday confirmed that a team of six men and six women will be selected to represent the Republic at December's South East Asia Games in Manila. And, to ensure that nothing less than the best
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    • 277 21 E9Booting AP New Yerk: Gerrie Coetzee of South Africa believes he has answered questions concerning his endurance in the ring. Coetzee, known as a knockout artist, faces Ren&klo Snipes tomorrow in a scheduled 10-rounder, crucial to both fighters' chances of a future heavyweight title bout. For Coetzee, a
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    • 434 22  -  K9 Bating By 1 TAY CHENG KHOON Former Singapore flyweight boxing champion Tan Cheng Joo will attempt to regain his title after a lapse of three years. Cheng Joo will be competing in the National Open championships starting on Aug II at the Gay World Stadium
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    • 79 22 AFP Myt: Former World Boxing Association (WBA) Junior flyweight champion Toko Gnishiken has set his mind on retiring. "It's sad but I know my limitations/' said the 26 year-old southpaw who had defended the WBA crown 13 times before losing it to Pedro Flore* at Mexico by
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    • 489 23  -  Gymnastics By SHIRLEY TAN Beatriz Lucero came to Singapore last Sunday as the Philippines' youngest competitor in the first Asean Schools' gymnastics championships and possibly the world's youngest international. Though she (ailed to win a medal in the competition held at the Singapore Badminton
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    • 254 23 New move will improve standards There la hope that Ike gymnastics rtidirfi la "IT" will Improve m» that the Nport will be part of physical education lessens In There b hepe that Mine time In the aear fa tare, that Btagapere aehaala' rymaaete will
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    • 622 23  -  Squash ■y TAY CHENG KHOON Zainal Abidin should easily make it a treble by adding the PIA Singapore Closed squash title to the other two the Milo National and the Ovaltine Agrade titles he has already won this year. Never before has anyone achieved this Grand Slam
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    • 346 23 HBlennfe AP .ladlaaapeMa: Top-seeded Andrea Jaeger, runner-up a year ago, beat Mima Jausovec 6-3, 6-1 yesterday to advance to today's nationally televised final against No 2-seeded Virginia Ruzi ci of Rumania in the US Open clay court tennis championships. Ruzicl outplayed Czechoslovakia's Regina Marsikova 7-6
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    • 355 24  -  Tm tremendously pleased' Swimming Byl BRIAN MILLER Singapore 'sswimming star, Junie Sng, who is expected to spearhead the Republic's medal hunt at December's South East Asia Games in Manila, showed immaculate form in an international swimming meet in Brisbane yesterday. Competing against the best
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    • 140 24  -  By MAURICE NEO Singapore's national soccer team four stalwarts Samad Allapitchay, Mohammed Noh, Edmund Wee and Quah Kim Song skipped training again this morning. For skippper Samad it was his ftrni time in as many sessions Mat Noh, who is holidaying in Bangkok Ims
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    • 173 24 Soccer UPI Hamburg: Paul Breitner, captain of West German league champions Bay em Munich, scored an overwhelming victory among sports experts who voted him this year's "Footballer of the Year." In a poll carried out by the soccer weekly Kicker, Breitner, who made
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    • 311 20 NOTICES NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, I Mdm Lie TJiok Nlo of No. 3 Jalan Jin tan, Singapore 0022, have applied for a Beer House Second Class licence In respect of premises No. 20, Tanglln Rd Singapore 1024, and that this application will be heard In Court No. 5,
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 383 20 YOUR LUCKY STARS IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY yntoocAut&stg m Good judgement is reBORN today, you are a warded; poor Judgment reat person to have brings unexpected loss, round in an emergency. Think before you take any aim, efficient, quick to action today, et to the heart of any IHB A
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    • 232 20 N.R.I.C. No; man ■OQQ -in j.i Cut along here CLUES FOR MS vn#CNi sno unrutthkj 2* Pbraaaa that rMNy nuy mmi to oomm naturaMy to tho born orator I, Tho four of fhiN. for Inrtincc 4. Such a Hfo to bottor than an oxtromoty tadioua c a (kkAiMklAl 9* M
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    • 376 22 NOTICES NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, I Chung Sin Sin q Teo Sin Sin of No. 336N Blk 6, Bedok South Ave 2, Singapore, have applied for a Public House Second Class licence In respect of premises at Changl Oolf Club, Netheravon Road, Changl Singapore, and that this application
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    • 341 22 NOTICES NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, I Kwee Tong Klat of No. 3, Jalan Jin tan, Singapore 0922, have applied for a Beer House Second Class licence In respect of premises No. 02-12 Orchard Plaza, 150 Orchard Road Singapore 0923, and that this application will be heard In Court
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    • 78 24 Sports diary (rfaif (SBA hall, 2J0). Optm (Jackie's 8ysfrow 10 a m QkW 5C4 senior fawi ouittmmJ: SCC 1st Xlv CSC A (Padaag. 2.30). Dkrti Mi Sukaa meet (8m VWw Hotel). NFL D/v. 2: Brickworks v Pulr Pinjing CSC (Gloucester), Se Tribe wang SC v Baktter Utd PC (Deptford Rd),
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  • 16th NATIONAL DAY NEW NATION SUPPLEMENT
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      729 25 The best of plans can go astray and bring results more revealing than those originally planned. A month ago, the editor of New Nation called up some of his staff members to brief them on plans for this National Day supplement. He wanted to find out what other
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    • 266 26 The Wnp<wi Brwi eutlac Cimrittw will far»e First ■wt u ve ktlteaali sf Nftttasl Day pmta at ALL atx ceatres. There will be two fcw I—g live telecasts, the lint stertlag at 8M a.m. Mri the ether at 4it p.m., each (••■lute io|B«>ti from three
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    • 994 28  -  TERESA 001 talks to student Susan Ang TERESA OOI SUSAN ANG is a non-conformist. Unlike many 16-year-olds, she is Just not interested in pop music, lipstick, clothes or boyfriends. "My younger sister is a pop fan. But I think rock music ana its lyrics are nuts.
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    • 726 29  -  An undergrad speaks his mind By Michael Chiang FOR a long time, Ajit Nair was content being just an observer. While his schoolmates busied themselves with extracurricular activities, he stood in the wings. All he looked forward to was "a career which allowed the individual
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    • 1183 30  -  You must have a feeling for your roots before you can feel pride By Margaret Chan I approached economist Dr Linda Lim with some apprehension. I confess the stereotype of a brilliant academic with a mind like a steel trap worried me. How would I
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    • 668 31  -  IVAN LIM talks to a blue-collar worker who came up the hard way IVAN LIM FACTORY worker Lim Chwee Lye would rather be skilled than rich that is, if he were asked to choose between going (or further training and receiving a pay increase. For he
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    • 488 32/33 BNG HOCK TIONG, 18, a Pre-U Two student ef Raffle* Institution, firmly believes that nothing Is mere important thai keeping our utlMuu flag flying. Per aimest ft week, he went round looking for the oppropriftte scene to capture. He oonldnt dad Anything significant. Then eftme Iris
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    • 298 32/33 SINGAPORE'S Chinatown has always meant more than just a buzzing market place to Ang Guat Lan, 16, a secondary four pupil of Kim Seng Technical School. She was born near Chinatown and she spends nearly all her weekends shopping there. On the eve of the last Chinese
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    • 947 34  -  JUDITH HOLMBERG meets a special senior citizen with a love for life JUDITH HOLMBERG WHEN Mrs May Wonghad her first meal in a Singapore restaurant, she was mistaken (or the tight-rope walker from a visiting Chinese circus because of her daring behaviour. That was 52
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    • 123 36 When the sun's bright rays Cheer the golden days And our hearts are full and free We will all gate with love At the flag above With Its song of liberty When we take our part With good stout heart In the work we have
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    • 93 37 LIKE the Viaduct (see picture on front page), Singaporeans were enchanted by Chang] Airport, when it was opened in July. The large terminal building was like a city within the city and sightseers from all over the island streamed through it to explore its wonders. They
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    • 1005 38/39  -  Compiled by Gloria Gloria Chandy Aug 8: a.m. S p.m.: Exhibition of photographs of Asean costumes, musical instruments, customs and religious traditions at the National Library. a.m. Ml f.m.: Youth Festival Exhibition: An arts and crafts exhibition featuring 671 works by students based' on our cultural
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    • 221 40 WHAT was until a few years ago a vast stretch of reclaimed wasteland has now turned into beautiful seaside parkland as can be seen from this panoramic aerial picture taken recently by a New Nation cameraman. The scene covers almost the entire length
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    • 205 25 Curiosity didn't kill Christopher Columbus Once upon a time, the belief was that the Earth was flat and that if you went too close, you'd fall over the edge. Some bright spark even went so far as to suggest the sun revolved around the Earth. Others scoffed at the idea
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    • 173 28 sss Congratulations and Best Wishes to the Government and People of Singapore on the occasion of the 16TH ANNIVERSARY of the Republic from SINGAPORE SOVIET SHIPPING CO. PRIVATE LTD. GENERAL AGENTS FOR ALL SOVIET VESSELS SINSOV BUILDING 55 MARKET STREET SINGAPORE 0104 Cable: SINSOV SINGAPORE Tel: *****3 (15 Lines) TELEX:
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    • 91 30 i&S. aw W* ■L^iJfy 5.' x <.;< Wk Vi'. y v-; "'VjV J' ,J V .tW'- /i*< -jwvf «S> .'s *1'- }v* >>•'•, s s .>\y.i' >■ Ji TOTHEPEOFLEAND _JGWERMiENTOFSINGAPORE i$} > v'' v *<V iv v X!• v >', Time has shown, a nation is what itspeople make it
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    • 106 34 Congratulations EUROPE A si" MOSCOV r kCmmar *0? A/rwtwDefn London Aeroflot operates 3-weekly flights from Singapore to Europe on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays via Delhi and Moscow one of the shortest possible routes. So, if you are on business and every minute counts, you can rely on us. m z
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    • 86 34 TELECALL Ll* f#i K. ■< «VA s\ -1 f,vl B WK It VtT I r m *cf- A m •<>;. Compact and innovated design To talk with a visitor and to see his image For security and prevention of crime i* Outside scene can be monitored With electric door lock
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    • 134 35 We rejoice with the Government and People of Singapore in celebrating the 16th National Day Complete cleaning and maintenance programmes for hotels, factories, buildings, shopping centres private residences. Reconditioning of all types of floorings. Catering to hot/cold beverage supply-offices Refuse removal Pest control services. Industrial cleaning services. Professional carpet care
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    • 42 36 Heartiest Congratulations to the People Government of Singapore on the Occasion ol their National Day SINGAPORE (PTE) LTD. OMoc RedhHl Industrial Estate. 8/10, Jaian Kllang Barat, Singapore 0315 Congratulations to the People Government of Singapore on the Occasion of their National Day
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    • 71 36 /d lAe &eofUe wncl c/ the (fte/uMic $Mya/io*e on ti&e occasion 146/ A, Q)wy FIXED DEPOSITS SAVINGS DEPOSITS HOUSING LOANS MORTGAGE LOANS GIFT VOUCHERS TRAVELLERS' CHEQUES SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES Please contact > I mi m K i HEAD OFFICE: 24-25, SOUTH CANAL ROAD, STORE 0104. TEL *****4 BRANCHES: 27, TAI
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  • Page 37 Advertisements
    • 64 37 In joyous celebration with the people and government of Singapore on its 16th National Day. n "ißiSiS*! 4/ GOTICA ceramiche Tip fi.i A m WaWFloor, Extruded ceramic kllnker tiles, proven and teeted with German Test DIN ***** pavement, swimmlnQ pool and Industrial usee. *****34 (5 lloes) Branch: Unit 110, Thomson
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    • 64 37 V V■ V 4 >:• Heartiest Congratulations to the People Government of Singapore on the Occasion of their National Day BMKATM STORES (Pit) LTD. 2nd Floor. Soon Hk> Bkfe. Na 601. S4ma Spore 1438 Congratulations to the People Government of Singapore on the Occasion outlet National Day I W. ijJ,.
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  • Page 38/39 Advertisements
    • 206 38/39 Congratulations Best Wishes to our Government of Singapore on the occasion of our 16th National Day H c,v.^ JEWELLERY OF DISTINCTION Platinum Jewellery With Diamonds Precious Stones Jade Gold Ornaments SING GOLDSMITHS (PTE) LTD 215-217, Soutfi Bridge Road. SINGAPORE 0105. Telephone: *****81 ft *****69 COLOR FILM BEE UOH PHOTO SUPPUERS
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    • 40 38/39 Congratulations v Best Wishes to the Government People of Singapore on the 16th National Day. HEAD OFFICE: 4TH FLR. 6D GOLDEN WALL FLATTED FTY., JLN RAJAH '•> SINGAPORE 1232. TEL: *****44, *****28 *> BRANCH: 113, MOULMEM RD, SINGAPORE 1130. TEL: *****79, *****38
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    • 44 38/39 With Compliments from Mr. Tan Chee Lim (Optometrist Optician) TATUNG OPTICAL CO. 538, sth Floor, Katong Shopping Centre Mountbatten Road Singapore 1543 Tel: *****18 DaHv: 9.00 mm. 5.00 ».m. Sniaf: 1.00 u. 1 00 $m. Plmm taN tor n »yfilitf I (10m ta ]pm)
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    • 143 38/39 Congratulates the People and Government of Singapore on its 16th National Day Anniversary We are happy to be actively associated in her growth and development success as our kaleidoscope of tiles continues to keep Singapore young and beautiful. Our tiles have helped to beautify some renowned buildings of the nation,
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  • WEEKEND RACING Four-page pullout on the Penang racing
    • 296 41 By CAVALIER Amusement X should easily account for his rivals in Race 5 (or Class 2 Division 3 horses to be run over 1400 m at Penang today. The five-year-old horse by Ardistaan opened winning account by scoring last August at the Singapore meeting and
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    • 267 41  -  By K. L. CHAN In view of the Impending boycott bv Malaysian syces of the Singapore races starting on Aug 22, the local committee nave invited Singapore-based trainers to submit entries for Class 4 horses. A Singapore Turf Club source confirmed this yesterday,
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    • 183 41 Today's Longshot: 1 Tiger Boy (Race 2) Tomorrow's Longshot: 1 Tycoon's Theme (Race 7) K. L. CHAN TURF RAY 23 CAVALIER Ram 1 1 Caakfle 5 Consolidation 2 Cmliattt— 1 Cashflo 1 Caakfle 5 Consideration t CsastiaiUsa 5 Consolidation Rarnt 2 Keep Akead 7 Sea Horse S It's
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    • 133 41 Upal Statee ke*e teapv4 fear Slafapere-trafaei EtßiihrfhHMte ru la the Bert Srt Lutat vmb ef ta|«M Ihrtittnii it the Niwan KHy» 1M Chb ea Aag. ZL Ike lev, ell Ivea-Alfaw-traM kereee were, Kudo«aa, Cerewell flute, Kh« ef Kale eai Yeaag MllHeaelre. J A Ctmm
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    • PENANG CARD AND FORM GUIDE...
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        2001 42/43 KEY TO RACKCARD: la farm flgares desalts scratching; flgarea within brackets (81) after bane's hum renreaeat rattags fatlawed by weight, awaer, tralaer, age aad deacrlpdaa «f bsrse. Psr example ag Is Autrallaa geidlag, ef Eagllsh Oily, Inn Irish mare, asc New Zeaiaad r.lt, mg Malayslaa geidlag, fb Preach bsrse.
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        2382 42/43 BLANC SUB BLANC.. Jb Baee C LUCKY VAOAMNDJiIMei p Apr 1 2.15 CLASS 5 Div 4 1,200M A (Rating® 48-40) ($10,500 $7,350 to winner) 1 *996 Well CMIOIM (48) 56.5 W A P Ng 4 mg dc -0.5 (1300m) Hall t 888*0*0 Hutoi (47) 56 Pengerang Bougoure 4 m
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    • 477 44  -  By K. L. CHAN Peiumg: Kindred is back in winning form, and should make a good bet in the main sprint for Class 2 Division 1 horses over 1400 m (Race 5) here tomorrow. The five-year-old Australian gelding by Assertive is a useful galloper with one
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    • 128 44 1st 2nd 3rd 1 G. Donnelly 33 25 27 2 A. Tweedie 30 29 29 3 I. Pateman 27 21 19 5 W. Sharp 26 28 16 4 J. Murray 26 20 16 6 A. K. Cheam 22 17 23 7 G. Podmore 20 17 24 8 L.
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    • 122 44 1st 2nd 3rd Teh Choon Beng 42 36 29 Ivan Allan 39' 28 28 y* Lee Seng Hup 28 24 27 Vi Samsuri A. Rahman 27 23 21 George West 26 23 26 Garnet Bougoure 26 22 24 Ahmad Samad 26 20 20 E. Van Breukelen 25 34
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    • 119 44 KX. CHAN TURPBAY CAVA1JKB Race 1 1 Tyciw'i Trait 1 Well Contented 4 Era Ti 7 Alpa Wanderer Hi Ifcrf^g Btee! 11 Je'Talaae 3 Song Song S8«|8M« 6 Balinafagh I Saag 8aag 9 Fu Mei 3 Song Song BaeeS 4 Beaa MM 9 Raise A Hope flkVlHMl 9
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