New Nation, 23 September 1981

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  • 14 1 New Nation SINGAPORE Wednesday, September 23, 1981 3285 Price 30 Cents M.C.(P) No. 103/1/81
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  • 241 1  -  More annual leave for longer service By Ivan Lim A new system of progressive annual leave is being proposed under the Employment Act. This will be directly linked to a worker's number of years up to a maximum of 10 in a company. The proposal, which is
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  • Article, Illustration
    157 1 Touching story o£ the bubble baby j-I y jh* i n'" t *A 11[ ji 'f 'iiis. ;j. i 4Whca he retuied, be cemplalaed sf hanger Mi 9B fiii rubbtoK his stemaeh, that we talk aver laack at a Vietnamese feataaraat barely 4M me tree away (ma Lee
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    38 1 Our reporter TEO UAN HI JA Y returns from Hong Kong with a candid Interview with superstar Chow Yuen Fatt. Tne first of her 10-take aeries on the soap opera industry in the colony starts tomorrow
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    • 44 1 INSIDE Solidarity backs down Page 7 Reagan writes to Brez Page 4 Robbers caught on film Pages 8/9 3rd meet "iwpdMtl three 22\r»r.e the third time la twe week* te Amm the termtlw ef eealttlea gevenuneat te liberate their hmHul frem Vletaamese-haehed rale. Beater <
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    • 105 1 Rowo Jeans EAilSiLvl I "T TT T-~i J "-Aw 1 T~T*-*L x ~4* H K N! rs ft That's squash For ivore than 'TO Cv t, c 1 h-'i»c spec iflt'-f*!i in quality sp< 1 s 'tqu'pnrvnt The rar.q j'.*t tn'innQ tfiis nam<? >s ,tv*K *oi'd inV' nationally 'of {V!t-t»ntaiK»';
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 28 1 Forecast Singapore's weather outlook from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. today: Showers in a few areas In the late afternoon. Sunset today: 6.30 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow: 6.23 a.m.
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  • 295 2 The South East Asia Games came into being in 1977 when the former South East Asia Peninsular Games was expanded to include Brunei, Indonesia and the Philippines. That was the reason. But the cause? Even sports fans with little interest in regional politics should know that
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  • 123 2 4 Any host not anxious for the safety as well as the satisfaction of his guests is hardly worth the name. And for a week from September 30 this city will be host to the Commonwealth as never before. Two points for those over-concerned for the convenience of
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  • 63 2 T By WHISPERS £g> Isp y Y A friend hit the roof when a runway lorry crashed into his parked car. But the Joke is now on him. Reason? He was the one who put up a sign in the car park which said: "The company is not
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  • 296 2  -  May be extended from one year to two years By Gan Soh Eng The National University of Singapore plans to introduce an honours course and extend the present one-year computer programming and applications course to two years. It also wants to increase the intake of
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  • 208 2 The Public Utilities Board's appeal to toe excessive water user to red see ceasumptlea Is expected te succeed If toe tolttol res p* me Is aay ladleatlea. Since Monday, barely three days sifter the PUB seat sat letters sf appeal, mere thaa 71 appreciative aad
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  • 173 2 UPI Pittsburgh: A sixth-grade teacher charged with raping two teenage boys was arraigned yesterday and authorities set a pre-trial conference for Oct 26 to begin a possible test of whether the state's statutory rape law applies to female defendants. Mrs Kathleen Harden, 31, a teacher
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  • 288 2 AP Belrat: Seventy thousand Iranian teenagers have been barred from returning to school today because of a government crackdown on dissenters, according to reliable sources in Iran. These sources, who insisted on anyonymity, said that some teenagers have been shot by firing squads as Ayatollah
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  • 43 2 Minister of State (Education) and MP for River Valley, Dr Tay Eng Soon, will give away the prizes at the finals of the River Valley Constituency Sports Club s intra-constit-uency badminton championship at the Delta Sports Complex on Sunday at 3 p.m.
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  • 266 4 On the eve of the Gromyko-Haig meeting Reuter United Natteas: President Reagan has written to Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev affirming US willingness to discuss the full range of issues between the two countries, the State Department announced yesterday. Spokesman Dean Fischer said the letter was
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  • 301 4  -  By Judith Hale The Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) has asked the two ground handling companies at Changi Airport to pay a franchise fee for the right to service airlines. Singapore Airport Terminal Services (Sats) was paying such a fee at Paya Lebar on
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  • 172 4 The Coronary Club is to include recreational programmes as part of its activities. Details of the scheme is expected to be announced at the opening of the National Heart week on Nov 14. At the moment there are only plans to hold friendly
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  • 64 4 Reuter Niimi (Bahamas): President Reagan's hardline approach to Third World aid and his tight credit policies came under attack yesterday at the opening of the annual meeting of Commonwealth finance ministers. Commonwealth secretary-general Shridath Ramphal of Guyana described the Reagan administration's complaints that the World Bank is subsidising
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  • 59 4 UPI TODAY is Wednesday, Sept 23, the 266 th day of 1981 with 99 to follow. Those born on this date are under the sign of Libra. THOUGHT FOB THE DAY: American naval hero John Paul Jones declared, when asked to surrender during a battle with British forces in
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  • In Brief
    • 39 4 AFP New Y«rk: The first soft bifocal contact lenses for long-sighted people will soon be available to the American public, the manufacturer. Bauch and Lomb, said. There are about 34 million such people in the US. AFP
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    • 40 4 UPI Waafetagtea: President Reagan will give a nationally televised address on the economy tomorrow but he refused to say if he will pursue a proposal to defer cost-of-living increases In social security and eight other benefit programmes.
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    • 43 4 AFP liebee: Guinea-Bissau has refused the Soviet Union naval facilities in the Geba River estuary. The Soviet Union had requested the facilities during Guinea-Bissau defence minister Paulo Correta's recent visit to Moscow to negotiate the purchase of military equipment. AFP
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    • 40 4 Reuter New York: US interest rates continued to decline yesterday when the federal funds rate, an important rate charged on overnight loans between hanks, fell below 15 per cent for the first time in several months. Reuter
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    • 45 4 UPI Hambarg: The US army in Europe is better prepared for war than any American army in peacetime, the Commander-in-Chief of US forces in Europe, General Frederick Kroesen, said yesterday. The army Is better equipped and trained than before, he said. UPI
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    • 41 4 AFP Tel Aviv: Syria was behind a plot to remove Yasser Arafat from the leadership of the Palestine Liberation Organisation, Arab sources said. The plot involved a plan to ambush Mr Arafat's car between Damascus and Beirut. AFP
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  • 194 5 UPI New Delhi: A three-week Sovietbacked Afghan government campaign to gain control of the strategic Panjshlr valley from Islamic Insurgents seems to have (ailed, Western diplomatic sources said. Their report contradicted a broadcast from the official Radio Kabul yesterday which said Afghan government forces
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  • 237 5  -  VIPs from 14 Pacific countries to attend By Gerry do Silva A group of leading public figures from the Pacific region will attend the 11th Williamsburg Conference here soon. Likely to bead the VIP list are Mr Cyrus Vance, former United States Secretary of
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  • 90 5 A man who is believed to have Jammed the radiophone system of 200 taxi drivers will be called up by the Registry of Vehicles today for queries. ROV officials' suspicion was aroused when they heard the operator at the Toa Payoh Radio service station
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  • 21 5 UPI Heag Keag: Gold opened at U5H62.00 per ounce here this morning, down slightly from yesterday's close of U5M62.40.
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  • 66 5 Kachlag. A Jealaas wife miwJ Mid 4mwb the tkmt «f her ilwidM kukuU at their Tebeii heme, 78km fren Kaehlag, last Batartay. A Beraama repert nU the bum, BattMk Pl|i, 4i, hu bees wuM at the bemltal la Serlaa. Hfc eiddiß la serleaa. SBrBWBh pellee believe
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  • 111 5 BUSINESS DONE First Secttea Gentlng (1) 5.50 (1) 5.45 (1)5.4^ B Raya (16) 6.10 (1) 6.05 C Sugars (1) 12.80 (2) 13.00 Apollo (2) 3.50 Sel Prop (1) 6.80 OUE (1) 7.80 C A C (1) 2.86 NOL (1) 3.86 Perils Plant (1) 4.60 Talplng Textile (5) 3.14
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  • 54 5 Reuter Takye: Japan agreed to extend loans to the Soviet Union to finance a natural gas pipeline project and a processing plant, the semiofficial export-Import bank of Japan add yesterday. It said the agreement was signed here oy bank president Mr Michio Takeucbi and Soviet Deputy Trade Minister
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  • 136 6 Cameras, a guitar, jewellery, keys and odds and ends. These items are not from a flea market but are among the thousands of dollars worth of belongings left behind by passengers in public transport. The Investigation Unit of the Registry of Vehicles receives
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  • 358 6  -  Poser for union, ministry By L. E. Prema Whose opinion matters? The psychiatrist who recommends that his patient is fit for work or the government doctors who certify him as medically unfit? This poser is the cause of a dispute between the Ministry of Health and
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  • 156 6 UPI An 18-month-old boy who suffered brain damage at birth brrsn— of alleged negligence by United States army doctors could receive up to US$6O million (about $127 million) in damages under the largest medical malpractice settlement ever reached by the army. "Some of the money's
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  • 81 7 AP laserphoto US Air Feree laveetlgaten March thmgfe the wreckage «f thla C-199 military traaepert ptue which eruM tm ladlaa Sprigs, Nevada, n Mwriajf mMriag. Of the 18 air (me per—aael m abeard, eevea are mladag aad presomeddead. The hiveetlgaten are trying le piece together elaee
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  • 303 7 Willing to compromise demands UPI Reuter Vam«: The Solidarity union yesterday proposed a compromise plan on worker sell-manage-ment in factories, pulling back from its demand that workers elect their own plant managers without state or party interference. At the Mtme time, Polish leaden opened negotiations with
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  • 164 7 Commuters can look forward to more efficient bus frhtfdniing when Singapore Bus Service computerises this aspect of its operations by the end of this year. This is because with the computerised system, schedules can be adjusted faster in response to any change in passenger load. At
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    • 8 7 Ha V eyouanvitiea u hat attracted eve's eves.'
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    • 141 7 SOMEONE, SOMEWHERE\ IS AL WA YS DISCOVERING GAkkIANO Liquore Galliano Always original. Any way you mix it. Prize-winning entries in the Galliano International Bar-Tenders' competition, organised by the Singapore Hotel Restaurant Association. "long Drink" 2nd Runner4Jp Douglas Cbew Mandarin Hotel Name of recipe: SunUn 22 ml Galliano !2 ml Myer's
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  • 336 8/9  -  First time robbery in progress is filmed Story by Douglas Chan Silently, at lunchtime one September afternoon, a camera rolled as three men were in a Jewellery shop in Tanglin. Every minute detail of each action that followed in the next few minutes was
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  • 176 8/9 AP UPI The stock market was almost unchanged yesterday, showing no strong response to continuing declines in some interest rates. The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials, up 10.37 on Monday, slipped back 0.86 to close at 845.70 yesterday. Declines slightly outnumbered advances. Volume totalled 46.83 million
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  • 33 8/9 AP Closing averages on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday: 30 industrials 845.70 (down 0.86)* 20 transport 350.62 (up 3.78); 15 utilities 105.10 (up 0.19); 65 stocks 330.98 (up 1.03). AP
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  • 65 8/9 UPI Aairewi Air Fsree Bur (Marytaad): An air force Judge yesterday ordered a young nuclear missile officer to face a general courtmartial on charges of passing secrets to the Soviet Union. Lt COl David Orser rejected a defence motion that charges against 2nd Lt Christopher Cooke, 26, be
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  • 201 8/9 Reuter Waaktagtaa: The International Monetary Fund yesterday said it had approved a US$2lB- (about J457.8-mil-lion) loan to Malaysia, which has been hurt by a decline In sales of its major exports. Funding is being made through the IMF's compensatory financing facility, which
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 522 10 OSER 1 r m w W w IV SSs m m 1 mn PS xma ■Ute3 IfiU! if *>JjS «ai S JH 1 m w. kJV£TW»O^ rr^r P >. •*>" it L_J Flash Gordon <E> By Dan Barry «Kfe<; i U FIB d%) w.iiff BEES 1 /> jr > 'V—
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  • FEATURE
    • 556 11  -  Why the US is selling super snoop planes to the Saudis Humour with Art Buchwald Los Angeles Times Las Ai|«lm: I know most people are having difficulty deciding whether we should give Awacs (Airborne Warning and Command System aircraft) to the Saudi Arabians
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    • 737 11 A party of six Australian sporting expert® hat just rsturnsd from sn extensive visit to China whors they witnssssd aoma phenomenal davalopments in sport. John Shatarlina talks to tha party laadar, Professor John Bloom field. Western Australian Newspapers Perth: It is s
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 210 11 N.R I.C. No: 8 FILL IN IkvILLM LETTERS ACROSS USING CLUES BELOW Cut along here CLUES FOR MZ 3 1. Acthrsty tngigMl in doing work 2. PHkMldlWl I Mors*, for sxsmpis 4. It floats in the water 5. A accusation might ba followed by an inalncara apology 6. Horaaa might
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  • TREND 1
    • 2691 12/13  -  After months in a sterile tent, Amanda is now free to touch and feel Story by Jenny Rees Daily Express LmJM: For the tiny patients in the Gomer Berry Ward of the Westminster Children's Hospital, it was a normal morning. They were
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  • 478 15  -  CjB On the track By K. L. CHAN Kulft Lunpir: Pilm Ttemaa IV has regained -form after a short break and will be hard to beat in the Class 3 Division 1 2000 m race on Sunday. An out and out stayer the four-year-old New Zealand gelding by
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  • 95 15 1 Concentration, 2 Play The Game, 3 Ada Nasib. 1 Better Mark, 2 El Toro 11, 3 Dr No. 1 Neptune Topaz, 2 Proctor n, 3 Fabulous Find. 1 Cosmic Boom, 2 Argentina m, 3 Gulf Falcon. 1 Atlaatto Gold, 2 Quiet
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  • 58 15 B9 Bating AP Takyt: World Boxing Council bantamweight champion Lupe Pin tor successfully defended his title last night with a 15th round knockout over Shinzo "Hurricane" Teru of Japan at Ailchi Prefectural Gymnasium in central Japan. The champion was ahead on all three ring official score
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  • 324 15 iff 7 7 Kaala limpw Thailand's Archin Sopon fired a sizzling five-under-par 66 in the opening round of the New Straits Times Invitation golf tournament at the Royal Selangor Golf Club course yesterday. Sopon, a regular In the Local Circuit the past 10 years, also
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  • 504 16/17 Slow Watt Soon is a spritely veteran with a mischievous glint in his eyes. "I'm 54 well, almost 55!," says Mr Siow, the Singapore Anti-Narcotics Association programme co-ordi-nator, who is one of the four founder-members of Morning Glow Tennis Club. "The club have moved
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  • 1302 16/17 Singapore tennis' poor man's club celebrate their 21st birthday with a clean sweep of the 1981 inter-club titles Where never is heard a discouraging word... Where seniors turn up early, play a few rounds and then sit in the pavilion to talk about the good
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  • 227 16/17 Victor Pereira, 18, is one of Morning Glow Tennis Club's newest members. But he is also one of their best having already achieved national status as Singapore's top Junior when he Joined the club at the beginning of the year. Victor, a good badminton player at
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  • Article, Illustration
    635 18 10 years ago it was a case of friendship first, competition second. Now the situation has changed Reuter Peking: If you thought of Chinese sportsmen as emotionless and robot-like, talk to Sun Yongshun, head coach of China's national football team, and ask him what his players' main problem is.
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  • 404 18 Soccer AFP Paul Goddard scored hi* second hattrick for West Ham United since his £1 million (about $4 million) transfer from Queen's Park Rangers 13 months ago, to maintain their position at the top of the English League football division one last night.
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  • 701 18 Reuter Nag«y»: Japan's economic stability and success in staging past games are seen as the most positive reasons why Nagoya hopes to be chosen this month as the site of the 1968 summer Olympics. The International Olympic Committee will choose for the first time
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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous
    • 348 18 YOUR LUCKY IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you possess enough charm for two people and enough wisdom as to how to use it for half a dozen. Your outgoing personality and your Interest in other people places you automatically at the centre of any group in which you become
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  • 376 19 India's Padukone also gets through |rjfl Badminton Reuter I abuIAW LMiNU China's top two players wasted no time establishing themsleves as favourites for the singles titles when the third Masters badminton tournament began at the Royal Albert hall here last night. Han Jian, the 25-year-old men's
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  • 295 19 1 AMiIAA* IvVUUVII. Gillian Gilks, England's leading badminton player for more than a decade, aims to prove she is an outstanding substitute for some of the world's top stars when she features in the World Blasters championship at the Royal Albert Hall this week. Gilks
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  • 264 19  -  Top club can't raise team Rugby By SUMADI SARKAWI Blacks, one of the leading local rugby clubs, have pulled out of the Singapore Rugby Union Second Division League, starting this weekend. The club failed to raise a team for the League as most of their players will represent the
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  • 143 19 Sairi Osman, international lockforward, will be out of action (or a tew months because be dislocated his left shoulder In a friendly match against New Zealand Forces last Saturday. He will not play for the Singapore Malays in the Cobra 10-a-side tournament in
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  • 286 19 Basketball If any of the national junior basketball players can make the grade for Singapore's team to December's South East Asia Games in Manila, they'll most likely be Chong Yew Heng, Goh Kim Huat, Lai Nee Khong and Tan KweeChiew. At least that'* what
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 229 19 ACROSS 1 Strike viciously 5 Baby trouble 1 Strike-breaker 14 Lake city 15 Dispatch boat 16 Indian weight 17 Amonasro's daughter 18 Discredited French 19 Giant of Norse myth 20 Billy Budd's creator 22 Thrashed 24 Places for insignia 25 IJmhPB 26 Actor Beatty 27 Wind and rain 30 Recasts
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  • 118 20 13 Boxing AP Detratt: A re-match between Sugar Ray Leonard and Thomas Hearns probably will be held next August, but could come about as early as May, Hearns' manager and trainer Emanuel Steward said on Monday. Steward, the man who has become almost a
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  • 518 20  -  By TAY CHENG KHOON Jsnkoping: The final of the International Squash Rackets Federation individual championships here yesterday turned out to be 66 minutes of boring squash. Perhaps, after having come to Sweden direct from the Asian championships, in which Jehagir Khan and Qamar Zaman battled out a
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  • 330 20 Singapore's last hope (or a medal In the International Squash Rackets Federation individual championship ended when Stewart Ballard lost to Canadian Doug Wittaker in the play-off for third placing in the Plate event yesterday. Stewart started the game as the underdog (or Doug had beaten him 9-2, 9-3,
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  • 227 20 pEjjpfennis Agencies GeMTt: Bjorn Borg put his United States Open blues behind him and signalled his revival by defeating young compatriot Mats Wilander 6-1, 6-1 in the first round of the men's Grand Prix tennis championships yesterday. In other matches played, Victor Peed of
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  • 112 20 Reuter New Yerk: Vitas Gerulaltis has been suspended (or 21 days because fines be accumulated for bad court behaviour exceeded US$5OOO (about S$14,000) in a 12-month period, the International Professional Tennis Council announced today. Council administrator, Marshall Happer said the ban was automatic under IPTC
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  • 329 21  -  Fandi, Razali lead Civil Service Soccer By SHIRLEY TAN Singapore's deadly twin attack of Fandi Ahmad and Razali Alias, fresh from last Saturday's Sultans' Gold Cup victory, will spearhead the Republic's challenge in the Thai Queen's Cup tournament in Bangkok from Oct 1-20. The two
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  • 192 21 Slufaptre'i ■•eeer darling, Faadl Ahmad, has IMI d«wn Kflu tu*i lavltatiea to reproseat Am in a —eeer frleadly agalast Ba* PaaJs sf Brasll la Kate Bahra temerrew alght, reparte SHIRLEY TAN. He said tela maralag: "I've gat a leagae match agalaat Tarnpteea Raven tamarraw Bight."
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  • 268 21 Top Selangor club, Hong Chin, are looking for friendlies with good Singapore teams to help them prepare for the Football Association of Malaysia Cup tournament which starts on Oct 20. And they've sent their top-scorer George Lee, once a Singapore international midfielder, to Singapore in
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  • 104 21 The postponed First Division match between leaders Armed Forces and holders Tampines Rovers will be played at the Jalan Besar Stadium tomorrow (kick-off: 8 p.m.). Forces, unbeaten with eight wins and a draw, have scored 26 goals so far, conceding only six. Tampines, occupying fourth position
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  • Page 21 Miscellaneous
  • 202 21  -  Perfect for Sea Games, says Steven S.TAN. The United Arab Emirates have invited Singapore to play two friendly internationals in Dubai before the end of the year. The all-expenses paid cabled invitation was sent by Quassim Sultan, secretary-general of the UAfeFC last week. And, at tonight's Football Association
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  • WHAT'S ON 1
    • 514 22  -  Cinema by Khng Eu Meng THE STORY OF WOO VIET. Starring Chow Yiea Fatt, Lo I Jeh aid Chug Chu Hong. Now showing at Capitol and Savoy. The story of a Vietnamese refugee is usually tearful, but there are no tears in The Story
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    • 402 22  -  Review Si B»agkok Tmnjang Puteri By Kairiah Tamin A traditional Malay wedding in full ceremony making a grand entrance from the rear of the theatre to the sound of kompang (drum) playing. That, and not the acting, despite several experienced TV players
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    • 222 22 You have seen robots talking to each other in Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back. Now watch them fall in love in Heartheeps. Andy Kaufman and Bernadette Peters costar in this fresh, funny fantasy about a pair of romantic robots who fall for each
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  • WHAT'S ON 2
    • 604 23  -  New serial is all too familiar Review Cracadlle Tetuv On Ch 8 at IJS p.m. By Michael Chiang The Hong Kong soap opera, like the mythical hydra, has the ability to sprout new heads, or series in this case, each time one is chopped
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    • 302 23 Charaeterlsatlea, stage nMvemMt aid vocal teehnlqae. These are botwi that wtU Mis which sf the 148 aeten sad actresses la the eagelag 1181 Drama Festival will receive the first-ever Best PfHirtDcr Awards. IMs was agreed an at a receat mrfttat betweea the
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  • Page 23 Miscellaneous
    • 368 23 cinema SHOO UN: Love story starring Richard Chamberlain and Yoko Shi mada. Ja.de: 2.15, 5.30 and 9 p.m. YOUNO FRANKENSTEIN: Comedy starring Gene Wilder and Marty Feldman make sure you'll' die laughing. Orchard: 1.30, 4, 6.30 and 9.15 p.m. Last day. THE GODS MUST BE CRAZY: An African bushman proves
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    • 83 23 IGaM Taday: 12.41 o.m. (1.5 m); 6.22 p.m. (2.2 m). Tmdmtvw: 1.39 a.m. (0.4 m); 9.01 a.m. (2.2 m); 2.11 p.m. (1.3 m); 8 p.m. (2.3 m). Friday: 2.50 a.m. (0.3 m); 9.52 a.m. (2.3 m); 3.13 p.m. (1.1 m); 9.U3 p.m. (2.5 m). Saftarday: 3.45 a.m. (0.3 m); 10.30
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    • 218 23 MIME WORKSHOP: By New Zealand mime artistes Robert and Jane Bennett at the Drama Centre, 2.30 p.m. and 7.30 p.m. The workshops offer an opportunity to learn the techniques of mime. Registration fee is $5 and application forms are available from the Drama Centre, Canning Rise, and the Cultural Affairs
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    • 162 24 c£ oX \\3^ The frseh, tingllno taste of mint crearm smothered in chocolate. Sensational! Just Mints. English chocolates by AmMM at mdhg wpamaiMli and JapaViMi it Mowi Trade enquiries: Preleived Products INe. Ltd. Tel: *****57. Fisher-Price Toys keep their promises V\ c inakr Mile thill Ihe <ml*, p. itls lhat
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    • 1443 24 |f/»n SOFf tJfcO I VvKm <. i VH4.V SIMPLE OPERATION 3.00 OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed by THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS. Lane* and Lorie, who are still on honeymoon, are now in Japan. Chris goes to the state mental hospital to see Nancy, who is undergoing shock treatment. The nurse tells
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  • New Nation SUPPLEMENT Holiday Guide
    • 1484 25 The chances are better if you have booked your tour with a well-known firm New York Times NEW YORK Little In the travel business is as murky as the question of what you are entitled to when a vacation package or tour is cancelled or substantially changed
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    • 388 26 HAVE yea jut ewne tome frem MU«y lacking like a Christmas tree, ladea with clegs ud enrbelli Md Mrtweti made hi Taiwan? We've been threagh all that eersclvee and maeh aa it waa part ef the hellday fan, wouldn't yea prefer seavealrs that are
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    • 482 27 BANGKOK the fabulous city will be 200 years old next year, and that will be a very good time to come visiting this pride and glory of Thailand. Founded when Immanuel Kant's Critique of Pure Reason first appeared on the scene, the city has
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    • 208 27 Before yn p, yea might like to Wae ap m mr VimUm Deettaatlea, if saly m ytaH lean Ml to ift toe cleee fee cemfert to nmel they htto aid mm appaUag disease! Bead ea: Hitch Hiker's Galde Te Earepe Eea Watt Paa. If yea're seeiag
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    • 768 28 Neglected destination now on tour route IN their rush to the major capitals of Europe and America, most local tour operators have neglected a very promising market in the Mediterranean Sea Greece, southern Italy and the numerous little islands on the lonian and Tyrrhenian Seas. The
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    • 733 29 Copley New Service IF visiting Hawaii during the western hemisphere's summer months sounds like a silly idea, think again. Fact Is, it'B the wise who pack their suitcases during summer and head for this tropical paradise. They will be visiting the Islands when the
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    • 54 30 This Is lovely Green Island, situated right on the Great Barrier Reef. The Islaad has a special underwater observatory frem which yea can see nature's living coral gardens in a variety ef colour, shape aad form that Is teeming with colourful fish. Green Island Is a
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    • 546 30 AUSTRALIA the largest island in the world as big as USA or Europe has many attractions all within one country. Natural beauty, commercial attractions, entertainment and night life, fauna, flora, friendly people, good food, fashion, sports, four seasons, city highlights, cultural interests, wide beaches, mountains and deserts.
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    • 285 30 Taipeh which blends the best of old and modern China, is the site of many E laces of outstanding iterest, among them the National Palace Museum which houses the world's largest and most priceless individual collection of Chinese art treasures. There's also one of the most impressive monuments
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    • 765 31 Good fishing, fjord cruises and mountain air A BATH in mineral waters, a chance to milk a cow and receive a certificate (or it, and a search (or gold dust! These await the tourist on a specially packaged American Express 'Travel/Air New Zealand tour starting in October.
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    • 304 31 YOUR ehltdrea have heea stadylag tbNt Aoatralla, they have werked h»rd ea their "Australian pnjMsti" the cattle fadaatry, the weal ladaatry and they have aat seea a real Hve sheep er a eaw or a harael Travelmare kas came ap with The Hal May Difference far
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    • 790 32 ONCE known by the Dutch as "a belt of bright emeralds strewn across tropical seas", the Indonesian islands then called the East Indies were sought after for their spices. While spices are now no longer their main lure, the islands now entice the travellers
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    • 401 32 SNOW-COVERED mountain peaks rising to 4500 m above sea level Palm trees and a subtropical, mediterranean climate in the Ticino Blue lakes, rivers and rugged gorges as well as the Rhine Falls. Nowhere, but in Switzerland, a small country of 41,000 sq. km, has nature crammed
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    • 133 25 I S ON THIS PAQE: Advice on what you should do whin those travel plant go awry PAQE TWO: How not to coma homo with a suitcase full of souvenirs you'd rather forget PAQE THREE: Bangkok celebratee Ita 200 th birthday next year Join the next yi PAQE FOUR: The
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    • 106 29 VACATIONLAND I ADA 11 Sample the beauty and visit the best of Java, Bali, Sumatra and Sulawesi and take home a thousand memories. iitiim POM "••tllli "'••l| ""Hill m K vf,r i *> A N a w Wl <; V *4 ll: 2* 4 KM «V For information contact: Indonesia
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