New Nation, 9 December 1981

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  • 17 1 New Nation City Edition SINGAPORE Wednesday, December 9, 1981 3350 Price 30 Cents M.C.(P) No. 103/1/81 ijNewNailon
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  • 131 1 NTUC Welcome has reduced the price of rice by five cents a kilogram at its supermarkets and Fairprice shops from today. The new price of Thai 100 per cent fragrant rice (supergrade) is now $1.38 per kg while that of Thai 100 per
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  • 420 1  -  That misunderstanding over proposal By John Lim Foreign Minister S Dhanabalan today said there has been a misunderstanding over Singapore's involvement in the proposed coalition among the three antiVietnamese factions of Cambodia. Mr Dhanabalan was speaking to reporters at the airport before he left for Thailand to attend
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  • 33 1 Danish Prime Minister Anker Joergensen said last night his Social Democratic minority government would resign today to pave the way for a new administration reflecting results of the general election.
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  • 84 1 6 We've dene II! Yes, we've dene It! Yea gays pat as dewa. Yea gays said we were a washed-oat team. Yea gays said we had no chance at all. Yea gays were silently hoping yon were right. Well, von gays are wrong. We're now In the
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  • 126 1 The National University of Singapore has removed six direct dialling telephones in four nostels after it was faced with a $5000 bill from calls made by students. NUS has identified the students responsible for making the calls and has given them up to Dec 15
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  • 97 1 Two men one a former NTUC central council member Uriahlummy i/o Seevasamy were charged In mAglitnte'i court this morning with conspiracy to use acid to nurt Mrs Lynn Perelra. Krlshnasamy and Arldas s/o Sunderajoo were accused of conspiring with Mary Jer Perelra between June 22 and July
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

  • 317 2 Mr S. Rajaratnam is one unhappy (imaginative) man who may one day run out of animals and birds for his speeches. May that day never come for his mini oratorical zoo has always provided Singaporeans with food for thought. The Second Deputy Prime Minister (Foreign Affairs) has
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  • 120 2 Very exciting. Here I was, a wife. Now I had to find out what my husband was really like. It was a thrilling new beginning, a new dawn. We went for long, long walks together, hand in hand. We talked about our future together, our ambitions, the countries
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  • 59 2 [whispers Overheard in a men's toilet in a hotel: A man was combing his very well-groomed hair when a stranger came up to mm and said rather innocuously: "I say, you have a very nice wig." Not knowing whether to feel flattered or Insulted, the man
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  • 280 2  -  By Agatha Koh,Gan Soh Eng The unionist described by Minister wthout Portfolio Lim Chee Onn yesterday as spreading lies about Singapore in Australia is believed to be in Europe. A member of Mr Ma Wei Pin's family said that if Mr Ma is abroad, it would probably
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  • 280 2 Reuter Warsaw The Roman Catholic church yesterday announced that it has intervened to avoid serious conflict as relations between the Solidarity tree trade union and Poland's ruling communists plunged to a new low. The official Polish press branded Solidarity leader Lech Walesa as a liar
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  • 263 2 The Primary Industries Enterprise (PIE) scheme of selling cheaper fresh pork in wet markets is not getting the expected response from housewives. Of the 10 housewives interviewed at three markets yesterday, some did not know which stalls were under the scheme while
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  • 57 2 AP Nicest* (Cyprus): Iranian forces shot down one of their own US-made Phantom jets yesterday during fighting between Iraqi and Iranian forces in the southern Iranian province of Khuzistan, the Iraqi news agency said. It said Iraqi forces "watched the enemy firing on one of its
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 291 3 World-famous Citizen now presents a new line of quartz watches with a host of features, and at really affordable prices. Here are the 7 reasons why Citizen 7 is unbeatable. Pleasing price. For those who demand quality at a reasonable price, Citizen 7 is it. Never before has Citizen quality
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  • 195 4 TREND: Mixed BUSINESS DONE First Section Inchcape (5) 2.00 (1) 2.01 (1) 2.02 (1) 2.05 (1) 2.06 (2 2.07 (1) 2.08 (1) 2.10 (1) 2.09 (1) 2.11 (1) 2.15 (2) 2.18 (1) 2.20 (1) 2.19 (1) 2.22 OCBC (10) 11.20 (16 (11.10 UOF (1) 3.50 (6) 3.48 UMW
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  • 57 4 AP Geneva: The child labour force in the third world may total as many as 75 million children up to the age of 15, according to a new study compiled by the International Labour Organisation. The study, published yesterday, said barring radical reforms in the developing
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  • 55 4 UPI Albers (Nevada): A Western Pacific train was derailed early yesterday, rupturing a tanker car which spilled 37,854 litres of toxic hydrochloric acid. Authorities said five crewmen from the 70-car train were exposed to the chemical and were placed aboard a special train to be transported to Salt
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  • 20 4 UPI Hong Kong: Gold opened at US$4lO.BO per ounce here today, down from yesterday's close of U*****.50. UPI
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  • 225 4  -  Company deducted cash from workers By Ivan Lim A union has won a dispute with a company which attempted to make its workers bear half of the tax liability for mileage claims. The Singapore Manual and Mercantile Workers' Union referred the dispute to the Labour
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  • 292 4 AP Washington: The United States government yesterday said the Soviet Union and its allies have carried out a systematic campaign to undercut American foreign policy in Europe through dissemination of forgea documents. State Department officials said a number of false documents have surfaced in
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  • 91 4 Reuter Louden: Hungarian mathematics professor Erno Rubik went as red as the squares of his Rubik cube puzzle when he failed to solve it in 60 seconds. He told shoppers at Harrods department store in London on Monday that he could do it in a minute
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  • 84 4 Reuter Beljng: A British businesswoman who has been held in China (or more than three weeks over a trade dispute yesterday said she was confident she would be allowed to leave in a few days. German-born Danuta Hocker said in a telephone interview from Canton that her
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  • 38 4 Reuter Paris: France has rejected claims of increased radioactivity at its nuclear centre on Mururoa Atoll in the South Pacific and is planning more nuclear tests despite trade union criticism, French government officials said yesterday. Reuter
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  • 317 5 Reuter UPI Havana: Three Venezuelan airliners hijacked by heavily-armed leftists landed here yesterday and airport sources said the hijackers appeared to have been removed from the planes which carried about 150 hostages. The three airliners, hijacked simultaneously on Monday during domestic flights in Venezuela, originally carried
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  • 225 5 The Institute of Continuing Occupational Development (IOCD) to be set up Jointly by the Japanese and Singapore governments will provide training (or workers in almost every occupation. Among them will be clerks, factory operators, supervisors, teachers and nurses right up to high
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    • 152 5 SOMEONE; SOMEWHERE\ IS ALWAYS DISCOVERING 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" "Short Drink' lsl Runner-Up Merit Award M* Raymond Tan T^ v Anthony Tan JL W Sioh Hock V Wai
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  • 130 6 Standing in rows facing one another, these children clap their hands and tap their feet in time to the strains of guitars at the Pasir Ris holiday complex on Monday. They were taking part in a sing-along at a threeday camp organised by the People's Association.
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  • 287 6 After losing court action Reuter Moscow: Police yesterday arrested a man who brought the first known civil action for compensation against the KGB security police, his wife said. Mrs Lena Tomachinsky said police officers came to their flat two hours after the Moscow city court
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  • 122 6 Enthusiastic students have put up banners at the new Raffles Junior College in Paterson Road. The banners are to attract pre-universlty students to the new college. The college spokesman said the banners were put up to show the college's friendly atmosphere. The college has 800 S
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  • 170 6 Reuter Islamabad: The Soviet Union is sending more advanced military Jets to Afghanistan in a move that could be linked to neighbouring Pakistan's purchase of US F-16 fighters, western diplomats said here yesterday. The diplomats said one squadron of MiG-23's was being sent to the
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  • 47 6 UPI TODAY is Wednesday, Dec 9th, the 343 rd day of 1961 with 22 to follow. Those bom on this date are under the sign of Sagittarius. THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: English poet John Milton said: "Peace has her victories no less renowned than war." UPI
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    • 100 7 Pan Am offers more services to more cities in the U.S. daily than any other airiine of course N' Daily, we fly to San Francisco, Los Angeles, Honolulu, and New York. With connecting flights to all major U.S. cities all within the same day. It's more than any other airline
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  • 282 9  -  Duty roster will be flexible By Douglas Chan Volunteers in the Special Constabulary can now decide for themselves the number of hours per month and on which day of the week they wish to offer their services. Since part-time SC and Vigilante Corps national
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  • 96 9 Reuter UldM! Left-wing militant Arthur Scar gill, 43, became leader of Britain's 240,000 coal miners on Monday. Immediately after his landslide victory he Indicated a showdown with the government over pay. Mr Scargill won 70.3 per cent of the vote against three moderate candidates to become
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  • Briefs
    • 43 9 Reuter Laid—i Britain's Finance Minister Sir Geoffrey Howe said yesterday that signs of economic recovery were beginning to multiply. "Even in today's hostile world, the prospect of a reversal in Britain's humiliating economic decline is now before us," he told Parliament.
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    • 33 9 AFP Wasklagtea: The Columbia space shuttle's third test flight, scheduled for March next year, would last a full week, an American National Aeronautics and Space Administration official said yesterday. AFP
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    • 62 9 AP Beljtag: Members of China's National People's Congress have warned of opposition and a possible chain reaction from high vegetable prices, the official Xinhua news agency reported yesterday. Xinhua said deputies to the congress' annual session complained that vegetable supplies in state shops were too small and
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    • 67 9 UPI New Ysrk: US Steel, cleared of legal obstacles to proceed with its takeover drive for Marathon Oil, announced yesterday it had attracted 90 per cent of Marathon's shares under its US$6.3 billion ($12.6 billion) offer. It said that as of midnight on Friday, 54 million of Marathon's
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    • 63 9 Reuter Madrid: Defence Minister Alberto Oliart yesterday implicitly warned Spain's restive military against taking the law into their own hands by force. He told troops at the army's main tank division barracks outside Madrid that respect for the legitimate government, reverence for the democratic constitution and permanent loyalty
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  • 110 9 UPI St. Austell (England): It just wasn't the burglar's night. While on a raid in a mansion, he dropped one of the pictures and awoke one of tne two octogenarian brothers who lived there. Then the owner, 83, a retired colonel, went downstairs and fought with the
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  • 289 10 Reuter United Nations: Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim and Mr Salim Ahmed Salim of Tanzania, who would like to succeed him, were both out of the race for the succession yesterday, freeing the Security Council to consider new candidates. Council members scheduled consultations to review the potential
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  • 142 10 Pesple are seeing mere ef Hong Kong actir Ktmii Ttm. Literally. A Hong Kong TV pubUcatiou. K-M, which Is tvilUhie here, shews the actor In the flesh mad la colour. There are fear pictares ef him ea a ted with nothing ea. The pletares are
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  • 265 10 An appeal (or volunteers by an old folk's day care centre in Bukit Merah View has so far attracted only one volunteer and six telephone calls. The lone volunteer is a 24-year-old housewife who was an air stewardess. She is helping the old folks with
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  • 171 10 UPI Stock prices slumped again yesterday, continuing the decline that began on Monday. Interest rates, which have been falling steadily for the past two months, turned upwards on Monday. One factor In that upswing and In the stock market's accompanying weakness was a bleak estimate from the
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  • 29 10 UPI Closing Dow Jones averages yesterday: 30 industrials 881.75 (off 5.24); 20 transports 393.17 (off 0.28); 15 utilities 112.13 (up 0.22); 65 stocks 354.51 (off 1.05). UPI
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  • FEATURE 1
    • 629 12  -  Humour with Art Buchwald Los Angeles Times Los Angeles: The big news for Christmas is that video games are hotter than ever. This means more people will be shooting down more asteroids, space invaders, UFOs and unfriendly missiles than ever before. The video games are home
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    • 535 12 NYT New York: About a year ago, on the fifth floor of what was then a run down Humanities and Science building on the campus of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), two 22-year-old former RPI research associates started a computer graphics company called
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  • TREND
    • 1015 14/15  -  By Michael Chiang She's a superstar. She's mean. And she means business. And Miss Piggy is big, big business today. That famous figure in lavender satin gloves adorns everything from bedsheets and bathtowels to Hallmark greeting cards. There's even a Miss Piggy-bank with the slot in the
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    • 307 14/15 This little pig went to market, This little pig stayed at home, But Miss Piggy went into showbiz, v And made a pile. First came the Miss Piggy doll in every shape and size (usually large). And then buttons, posters, greeting cards and more. A weekend shopping
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    • 206 14/15 Need a shoulder (of ham?) to cry on? Turn to Your Questions Answered, Miss Piggy's advice column in her Guide To Life. Choice samplings from the pen (no pun intended): Dear Miss Piggy, When I cook spaghetti, it always gets all tangled up into clumps. What am
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    • 15 14/15 l or the woman who has everything. Another diamond Wtvablc inve%uncni\ ai »h<4esak prices Ir
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 70 16 0 it ir 1 Lookout, Singapore!! It's the Singapore Poster! Tom Briggs has drawn Singapore like you've never seen it before. He's drawn Mosques, Food Stalls, Cable Cars, Change Alley and even a highway that goes nowhere! It's all on a colourful giantsized poster. Buy one today for your favourite
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 152 16 BOMOULPHDUtIM OOTWGtReMt? by Jim Henson mOWIWUKI *>6oroAiwie.? piiwii >iiiiinl Villi A 'iiii i. a K e S3 m I m m Y.i ;<*a 7 ueFTOgERTA^^ PO6! x f. m \2 e» M i srr k» => T i I S3 r?t a il YOUVE BEEN fWHUNATE WITH NOUR ANbV -A
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    • 224 16 Cut out and pin with other coupons. Posting instructions oppeor below. Agt Occupation Address ID FILL IN MISSING LETTERS ACROSS USING CLUES BELOW CUT HERE CLUEB FOR NK 3 1. Iron is a common one 2. A standard mixture, perhaps 3. Dacoration for bravery, etc 4. Held in greet affection
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  • SPORT STARTS HERE
    • 300 18 Weaver next Ali I will beat him and then retire Kj^Tmrfnj AFP UPI Nassau (Bahamas): Muhammad Ali, soundly beaten by Larry Holmes in a bid for the World Boxing Council heavyweight title last year, said yesterday he would challenge Mike Weaver (the World Boxing Association champion) after beating Trevor Berbick
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    • 343 19  -  G2B~OfTthe~ track By K. L. CHAN Koala Lumpur: King Candy 11, back in action after a twomonth break, has regained form, and should be hard to beat in the Class 2 Division 2 1200 m sprint on Sunday. The four-year-old Irish gelding by Prince
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    • 90 19 1 Rich Mountain 2 Win Daisy Win 3 Plastic Queen 1 Malaysia m 2 Nam Ann 3 Antasena 1 Joy Up 2 Ada Cantik 3 Don't Ask Me 1 Sovereign Count II 2 Generous Bid IV 3 Stormy Des 1 Maharaj 2 Warranty
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    • 73 19 1 Sound of Sensation n 2 Raise A Hope 3 Chimpanzee. 1 Authenticity 2 Ironwill n 3 Battle of Shiloh 1 The Little Angel 2 La Mer 3 Losanges Bleu 1 Straight Draw 2 Pocketful 3 Poker Player 1 Vaiva 2 Alpha Man 3 Picket
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    • 510 20  -  Rjj Squash By TAY CHENG KHOON The world's best Under 19 players have been entered for the World junior team squash tournament to be held here from Feb 6-14. Top favourites Pakistan have entered a star-stud-ded team, who, like their senior team in the recent ISRF championships
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    • 296 20 GROUPINGS CONFIRMED Singapore received both good and bad news from the International Squash Rackets Federation yesterday. The good news is that the tentative draw and groupings for the world junior championships here in February, which placed Singapore In a relatively easy group with New Zealand, Thailand
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    • 827 20 Can Seok Hui be another Paton or Andrews? MIJLKIT SINGH on Squash Expat women players like Bette King, Muriel Hocking, Annette Andrews, and, more recently, Sue Paton, have always dominated the local squash scene. They have been a class above our local girls. Even Tracey Oh, the most
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    • 283 21 Agencies Aaeklaad: New Zealand's soccer squad yesterday embarked on a Middle East mission with the aim of becoming the 24th and final nation to secure a place in the World Cup finals in Spain next year. Twenty-three countries have now qualified, the most recent being
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    • 464 21 Only a supporting role from us, says manager Soccer Santiago: Chilean coach Luis Santibanez, will never qualify for the title of "the Muhammad Ali of Soccer". Santibanez and his players may have caused a surprise by knocking out more-fancied Paraguay in their World Cup qualifying
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    • 573 22  -  A pale Khoo jets in for a splash Manila '81 DAY THREE: TENG CHEONG SHOWS UP AT LAST.. .TRACK STAR HEARS WEDDING BELLS.. Swimming Stories by Brian Miller, Shirley Tan Manila: Khoo Teng Cheong arrived at the Games Village after a 17hour flight from London, looking
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    • 613 22 Athletics The quitting bug has been passed on. And wedding bells seem to be the reason for its spread. First, Thailand's woman sprint champion Usanee Wongsalangkarn who was married last year announced her retirement so that she can spend more time looking after her
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    • 526 23 THE FASTEST WOMEN START WAR OF WORDS.. .HARD LUCK STORY OF STORE BOWLER IN3 Athletics All three said it in an almost similar tone at three separate occasions: "I want to win the gold medal." And the trio are none other than womeg sprinters Henny
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    • 603 23 KdBowling For a fleeting moment, tenpin bowler Ronnie Ng looked like having the honour of bagging Singapore's first gold medal at the 11th South East Asia Games. But, in a last-ditch show of striking prowess, Ollie Ongtawco for the Philippines came through to rob
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    • 599 24  -  DAY THREE: S'PORE TENNIS HAS ARRIVED... REPUBLIC'S INJURY LIST GROWS.. Manila *81 Stories by Brian Miller, Shirley Tan In a rare show of emotion that would have brought tears to even the most hardened critic, Singapore assistant team manager Paek Tu Hyun and his Korean counterpart, coach
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    • 419 24 The overall view UPI Favourites Indonesia added four medals to their list of gold honours yesterday but saw Thailand and the Philippines gather a greater number of medals overall. Indonesia won four more golds all in weightlifting to raise their total to 15
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    • 110 24 7 Athletics One of Singapore's medal hopes faded away yesterday when national long jump record-holder Ng Yee Ming twisted his ankle during training. He was jogging at the Rizal Stadium when, suddenly, he fell to the ground in pain. His twisted right ankle was still
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    • 267 25 TAKRAW MEN BEAT THE STRONGEST REGU.. .FOOTBALLERS KNOW IT'S D-DAY TONIGHT HSepak takrau/ It took the Singapore sepak takraw team 14 nerve-wrecking service exchanges before they won the last set of their third regu against champions Malaysia last night. And when they did, the arena turned
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    • 478 25 Win or else .1981 will really be a disastrous year for S'pore soccer Soccer The Philippines look an easy team to beat but Singapore coach Jita Singh isn't taking any chances. Loud and lasting reprimands would probably be on the tray for any Singapore player who doesn't play till he
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 416 19 Your lucky stars IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you have a gloomy side to your nature that others seldom, if ever, see. The (ace you show to the world is sunny, outgoing, optimistic; the (ace you know to be yours is inclined to be cloudy, inward-looking and pessimistic. Your
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  • Page 22 Miscellaneous
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  • WHAT'S ON 1
    • 267 26  -  By Michael Chiang Alan Tam (right) this year's Golden Horse winner for Best Actor, rides into town early next month for his firstever solo concert. A former member of the Wynners, a popular Hong Kong group, he will stage a show at the
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    • 648 26 IPS Hollywood: Clint Eastwood is all set to join the long line of comic strip heroes who have been transferred to celluloid. He is planning to shed his lean, mean image to take on the role of supersleuth Dick Tracy In a
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    • 99 26 Rediffusion 12 noon The Fabulous 240 1.00 The Weekly Top 30 1.30 News and Share Market Report 1.40 Miniads 1.45 The Weekly Top 30 3.00 Star Watch. Jay Michael with your horoscope reading 3.02 Did You Know. A revealing series on things around us 3.04 The Weekly Top 30 4.00
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    • 106 26 Tides Taday: 3.13 p.m. (0.5 m); 9.35 p.m. (2.6 m). Tamarraw: 3.24 a.m. (lm); 9.11 a.m. (2.9 m); 3.56 p.m. (0.3 m); 10.35 p.m. (2.7 m). Friday: 4.11 p.m. (1.1 m); 9.50 p.m. (3m); 4.39 p.m. (0.1 m); 11.35 p.m. (2.8 m). Saturday: 4.56 a.m. (1.2 m); 10.33 a.m. (3.1
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    • 546 27  -  Dietrich at her best in classical femme fatale role Cinema by Khng Eu Meng THE BLUE ANGEL (IISI). Starring Mar tone Dietrich, Emll J»nnings and Hans Albera. In German with English subtitles. Tenight and tomorrow night only at the Geethe Instltut anditerlnm. Helen of Troy's
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    • 269 27 REDS Is a film with a difference. It is about a romance hetween American radicals set against the backdrop of the Russian Revolution of 1917. It took years to make and represents a huge gamble for producer/director/star Warren Beatty. Diane Keaton and Jack Nicholson co-star. JANE FONDA was
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    • 336 27 At the cinema BAIDEBS OF THE LOST ARK: Adventure film about an archaeologist's search for the Ark. Starring Harrison Ford and Karen Allen. Jade: 1.30, 4, 6.90 and 9 p.m. CLASH OF THE TITANS: The Greek gods and goddesses of Mount Olympia are resurrected in this (airy tale which stars
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    • 238 27 In and around town DER BLAUE ENGEL (lie Bine Angel): See review on this page. DE DREIOROSCHENOPER (The Tkree Penny Opera): Based on the 18th century English Beggar's Opera by John Gay. Starring Rudolf Forster, Fritz Rasp and Carola Neher. With English subtitles. At the Goethe Institut at 8.30 p.m.
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    • 412 30 Behind the mass of brands stand the Big Three incompatible and unyielding Behind the plethora of brand names, video cassette recorders actually come in three main technical formats VHS, Betamax and the Video 2000 systems. If you want to be quite particular,
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    • 1007 32 Before you fall victim to the electronic enchantment of video and rush out to buy a video cassette recorder, you should be clear as to what you want out of your machine. Working out your reasons for owning a video will make shopping through the
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    • 739 34 Contrary to popular belief, a video recorder does not record a TV programme off a TV set. In fact, the recorder is quite independent of the TV set in this aspect, and the TV is used merely for screening pictures and
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    • 665 36/37 Blank video cassette tapes come in all the lengths available in audio cassette tapes, and more. The VHS and Beta tapes can each record a maximum of three to four hours of material. Philips has even come up with a flip-over cassette
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    • 929 36/37 You don't just listen to a video disc, you also see what's recorded on it. The video disc looks very much like a gramophone record; it is the same size but silver in colour and can contain more material than a video cassette. Each
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    • 887 39 Is it legal to tape TV programmes? Few home video owners consider this because the main purpose and advantage of owning video cassette recorders is that the machines allow them to watch TV programmes when it is convenient to them which may not be the time
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    • 628 40 Memories in colour, sound "Push me!" says the sign outside the store, indicating the "play" button on a video recorder. If you take up the invitation, a small green frog appears on the TV screen saying "thank you. I needed that" before launching into a sales pitch, at the end
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    • 485 43 Both tapes and recorder have to be cared for regularly to prolong their life and increase their reliability. Here are a few rules. The recorder: 1. Keep it covered when not in use as dust particles affect picture quality and damage the parts. For
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    • 554 44 Fend off the invaders be a space war hero The popularity of computer games in amusement arcades prompted manufacturers to make miniature copies of them. The result is video games which you play on your TV set. There are two types of game sets.
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    • 680 44 Rent or buy? This question crops up every time an expensive electronic luxury is introduced, and the video cassette recorder forces the same decision. At present, the most basic reasons why a home recorder should be rented are not really valid. These are cost and
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    • 167 39 You pay only the rental fee Al I me rest conies Free. That's the best thing about renting a video recorder from Visionhire. We provide you with up-todate machines the products of advanced technology. And we take care of any problems that might arise. Like repair bills and breakdowns. Alt
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