The Straits Times, 16 August 1981

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    13 1 The Sunday Times No. 2359 AUGUST 16, 1981 40 CENTS M.C.(P) No. 102/1/81
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    ROUGH FLOORS FOR NEW HDB FLATS
    322 1  -  WENDY YANG Those who want smooth finish may ask for it and there will be no extra charge By THE HOUSING Board has decided to stop providing a smooth floor finish in the living rooms and bedrooms of its flats and, it says, most
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    Lock icon Riots erupt again in Sri Lanka
    245 1 COLOMBO, Sat SHOPS and vehicles were set on fire m south central Sri Lanka yesterday as communal violence continued m the country. The disturbances between the island's majority Sinhalese community and the minority Tamils were mainly m the rich gem-mining and rubber district of
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    Lock icon 500 treated
    18 1 BANGKOK. Sat About 500 people were admitted to hospitals here today after breathing chlorinated gas. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Pak amnesty
    31 1 ISLAMApAD, Sat. The military authorities m Pakistan have freed a number of social- ist and leftist political prisoners under an amnesty marking the 34th anniversary of independence yesterday. AFP.
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    Lock icon Assault on heroin factory in Thai jungle
    73 1 THAI border police, supported by helicopter, moved In on a heroin factory In a jungle area of Chiang Rat In northern Thailand on Friday. The factory was taken after a gun battle with guards who retreat- Ed Into the Jangle. No casualties on
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    Lock icon Iran blames the CIA
    52 1 MADRID, Sat. Iran today accused the US Central Intelligence Agency of helping antiKhomeiny commandos hijack an Iranian torpedo boat. The 249-tonne high-speed attack vessel was seized by an assault force m a raid on an Iranian convoy of three ships m the Straits of Gibraltar on
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    Lock icon Strip union of rights: Judge
    685 1 NEW TWIST TO CONTROLLERS' STRIKE WASHINGTON, Sat. TWO new developments have emerged from the air traffic controllers' strike in the United States a US administrative law judge recommended that their union be stripped of its bargaining rights while Portuguese air controllers reduced their proposed seven-day
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    GOOD WISHES TO INDONESIA
    120 1 CONGRATULATORY messages from the acting President, Dr Yeoh Ghim Seng, Mr Lee Kuan Yew, Second Deputy Prime Minister (Foreign Affairs) S. Rajaratnam and Foreign Affairs Minister S. Dhanabalan were sent to Indonesian leaders on the occasion of the country's Independence Day. The acting President sent his
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    Lock icon A creature like the satyr...
    56 1 ACCRA, Sat. A creature that was half-human, half-goat, has been born dead here. The creature, brought to a veterinary laboratory on Wednesday, had a human face, goat's ears and four legs. The animal, which conjured up images of the satyr from Greek mythology, was being
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    Lock icon Zia's airport
    30 1 DACCA, Sat. The Bangladesh Government yesterday renamed Dacca International Airport Zia International Airport m memory of late President Ziaur Rahman, assassinated last month m an army mutiny. AP.
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    POLICE PLAN TO TAP NS MEN'S 'BRAIN POWER'
    436 1  -  MAY HO By THE Police Force will make better use of the "brain power" among its full-time national servicemen by taking better-educated reservists off patrol duties and assigning them other jobs that will tap their talents. A Home Affairs Ministry statement issued
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    Lock icon Japan hails amnesty
    59 1 TOKYO, Sat. The Japanese Foreign Ministry said today the release of Korean residents of Japan from prison m South Korea will contribute to friendly relations between the two neighbouring countries. The South Korean Government earlier announced a special amnesty for about 1,000 people m commemoration of Independence
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    Lock icon Bomb delays three trains
    59 1 NEW DELHI. Sat A bomb explosion damaged a railway line and three trains were held up by agitators m a 24-hour general strike m Assam today, the Press Trust of India reported. The strike, which began yesterday, was called by students and local politicians to support
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    Lock icon PRINT SHOP SHUT DOWN
    61 1 WARSAW, Sat. Polish authority today skit d«wn a printing stop In Katowice where tiey •aid the Independent oalan Solidarity was turning oat "antf-vSovict, anti-state material," PAP Dews agency said. An Investigation Into' thr pabUshlag office before the shut down order was given had sparked off a
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    Lock icon Solidarity heads for another showdown
    284 1 WARSAW, Sat. A new round of confrontation between the independent free trade union. Solidarity, and the Polish government was shaping up today as the union celebrated the first anniversary of its formation. In the next four days, the government faces a nationwide newspaper strike, protest
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      170 1 Nostalgia's call for the preservation of St. Joseph's Institution has evoked response m the form of ideas that go beyond the sentiments for just physical conservation. See Dialogue on Page 11. L fl *3a^L^BL f^n^fl On the eve of a new soccer season, Europe's most prolific player, Kevin Keegan, finds
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      Lock icon Burning N-waste to cut radiation
      401 2 'Experiment a success' LOS ALAMOS (New Mexico), Saturday A METHOD of reducing the volume of lowradiation nuclear power plant waste and cancer-causing industrial wastes by incineration has been successfully demonstrated, according to the Los Alamos national laboratory. Mr Lee Borduin, Los Alamos project manager, said
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      Leningrad shows up in the Baltic Sea
      62 2 THE n^M-tonne Soviet helicopter carrier, Leningrad, entered the Baltic Sea on Friday. Observers say it is likely to join the Soviet amphibious fleet now on manoeuvres off the Soviet coast. This picture of the Leningrad steaming towards the fleet was taken from a
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      Lock icon Soviet party 'not out to be the vanguard'
      195 2 MOSCOW, Sat. The Soviet Communist Party said it does not seek to be the "vanguard" or "centre" of the international communist movement, Tass reported yesterday. However, in a letter to their Japanese Communist Party comrades, Soviet communists said that progressive forces "have
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      Worrying number of British nurses joining euthanasia society
      322 2 LONDON, Saturday THE British euthanasia society, Exit, has an estimated 700 nurses among its 11,000 members, according to a study of its supporters released yesterday. The Royal College of Nursing, the professional body to which most nurses belong, said the report was
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    • WORLD BRIEFS
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        Lock icon Six rebels killed
        49 2 GOVERNMENT soldiers killed six communist rebels m three separate encounters m southern and central Philippine provinces, military authorities m Manila said yesterday. They included two ranking field commanders of the New People's Army, the military arm of the outlawed Communist Party of the Philippines. UP I
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        Lock icon Buckley visits guerillas
        61 2 AMERICAN Undersecretary of State for Security Assistance James Buckley yesterday visited an anti-corrynunist guerilla camp along the Thai-Kampuchean border and met the leader of the Khmer People's National Liberation Front (KPNLP). He was briefed by the unidentified leader on the Kampuchean situation. The KPNLF is the largest
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        Lock icon Chun hits out at North
        56 2 SOUTH Korean President Chun Doo-Hwan yesterday denounced North .Korea for rejecting his proposal for talks on reunification of the divided country. Addressing the nation on television on the 36th anniversary of Korea's independence from Japanese rule, he accused Pyongyang of still trying to communise the
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        Lock icon 'It's not just numbers'
        63 2 THE new United States chief arms negotiator said today that the concept of balance m strategic weapons did not merely mean equal numbers but also equality m destructive power. Retired army general Edward Rowny said he would stress that point m future talks with the Soviet
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        Lock icon Hijacked plane returns
        50 2 AN IRANIAN navy plane, hijacked to Oman on Thursday, has arrived back m Iran with Jl of its original 13 occupants aboard, Iran's armed forces chief of joint staff was quoted yesterday as saying. Omani authorities arrested two crew members who hijacked the plane to Muscat. Reuter.
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        Lock icon Police defuse bombs
        59 2 BRITISH police said yesterday they had defused 360 kg of explosives discovered m a Londonderry apartment which they described as an Irish Republican Army bomb factory. The explosives, packed into beer kegs, would have been used m an IRA bomb blitz o.' the business district m Londonderry,
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      Lock icon Front's appeal
      35 2 UNITED NATIONS. Sat. The Polisario Liberation Front fighting Morocco for western Sahara wants UN troops to be stationed m the region, its UN envoy Abdullah Majid told the decolonisation committee here yesterday. AFP.
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      Lock icon Indonesia chalks up a 9.6pc growth rate
      371 3 JAKARTA, Saturday PRESIDENT Suharto said today Indonesia last year recorded a 9.6 per cent donfestic growth rate one of the world's highest. A figure of 7 per cent previously issued for the increase in last year's gross domestic product (GDP) had been a
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      Lock icon Plan for Thailand to be top tourist centre
      159 3 BANGKOK, Sat. *A Thai businessman has announced a plan to launch Thailand into "bigleague" Asian tourism, rivalling Hongkong and Singapore. "The key is shopping, said Mr Paul Sitti-Amn-uay, who heads the PSA manufacturing and publishing gronp, the largest m Thailand. Mr Sitti
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      Lock icon Indira warns Indians of arms pile-up by neighbours
      324 3 NEW DELHI, Sat. Prime Minister Indira Gandhi warned Indians today that they would have to be extra vigi-' lant because of what she called the piling up of arms m the country's neighbourhood. Mrs Gandhi was speaking from the ramparts of Delhi's
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      Lock icon BANGKOK CONFIRMS BAN ON 'BOAT PEOPLE'
      139 3 BANGKOK, Sat. A military officer attached to Supreme Command Headquarters today confirmed a policy of banning resettlement of Vietnamese "beat people" from Thailand Is In effect. "Boat-people" m In Thalland, about 13, III them, wtll ke eUglhte for mwttlemeat, bat aay titan arrivals wtll
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      Lock icon Waldheim's hopes for new term dim
      238 3 UNITED NATIONS, Saturday DR Kurt Waldheim 's prospects of getting a third term as UN secretary-general were clouded yesterday when non-aligned countries m the United Nations were asked to join the African states m backing Tanzania n Foreign Minister Salim Ahmed Salim to succeed
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      Bani-Sadr: Iran will break up if..
      294 3 LONDON, Sat. Iran will break up and become "the next Lebanon" if the Islamic revolution fails to stabilise before the 81-year-old Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeiny dies, former President Abolhassan Bani-Sadr said m an interview. "Iran is already torn between two armed forces the opposition and
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      Racism — the fourth 'R'
      175 3  - Racism the fourth 'R' LIM SAY BOON By Our Melbourne Reporter MELBOURNE, S»t. Many Australian children learnt racism along with the three R's, accenting to Australia's Commissioner f*r Community Relations AI Grass by. Opening a conference m Melbourne on the teaching of Asian art and culture recently, he said this
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      Lock icon $46 poorer after hold-up bid...
      109 3 YOKOSUKA, Sat. A man who tried to hold up a gas station attendant at knife point here today ended up running off with a 5,000 yen (5546.50) loss. Michio Kobayashi, 48, allegedly handed over a 10,000 yen note to the attendant, Mr Kensaku Kato, 50,
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      Lock icon Directive should apply to all, says Mahathir
      253 4 MALACCA, Sat. Datok Serf Dr Mahathir Mohamad saM today the reeeat directive for government employees and ministers to be punctual should apply to everyone. The Prime Minister said even factory workers should give their best so that Malaysia could be a productive and
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      SCENES OF MALAYSIAN LIFE
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      Lock icon Chamber offers to help mend rift
      169 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. The Associated Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Malaysia (ACCCIM) has offered to be the mediator m settling the differences of the three major Chinese-based political parties. ACCCIM leaders said at a business seminar today that as outsiders and performance-oriented
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      Chinese groups shift to new role
      383 4  -  CHUA LEONG KIAN By reporting from Kuala Lumpur KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. Chinese associations in Malaysia have moved into economic activities. As many as 30 of them have been incorporated or are forming holding companies, to run big enterprises this year. These 30 Chinese associations
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      Lock icon $113m owing to Telecoms at end of 1977
      186 4 $11 3m owing to Telecoms at end of 1977 KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday A WHOPPING Msll3 million that was the amount due to Telecoms at the end of 1977 but somehow nevercollected Auditor-General Tan Sri Ahmad Noordin Zakaria said m his 1977 report on the department that MJ113.9 million was due
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      Lock icon Heart fund to be set up
      98 4 KOTA KINABALU, Sat. Some 206 heart patients m Sabah, 80 of whom are said to require surgery urgently, will get help soon when the Sabah Yang Dipertua Negeri, Tun Haji Adnan Robert, launches the Sabah Heart Fund here next Saturday. It is expected that
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      Complaints bureau goes all out to serve public
      157 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. Members of the public who are frustrated by* incompetent, indifferent or rude civil servants will soon find it easier to seek redress. The Public Complaints Bureau is going "truly public" to find out the grouses of the people, Datuk
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      Lock icon Ghaz: Red party links a bigger threat
      171 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. Malaysia sees the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) link with the communist parties m- South-east Asian countries as posing a greater danger than that coming from the Soviets, Foreign Minister Tan Sri Ghazali Shafie said today. He said South-east Asia was
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    'Volunteer as a VPO' plea to teachers
    389 5  -  EVELYN NG By TEACHERS are being approached by the Probation and Aftercare Service to help with probationers who are still in school. This is because 117 (12.7 per cent) of the PAS' 919 probationers are students. The department has sent out letters, urging
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    Kids' party
    34 5 THE MP for Telok Blangah, Mr Rohan bin Kamis, will attend the constituency's Zone E residents'commlttee children's party at the void deck of Block 75. Telok Blangah Drive at 2.30 p.m. today.
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    Confusion over recruiting housewives for govt jobs
    477 5  -  S.M. MUTHU MINISTRIES NOT SURE HOW MANY THEY CAN EMPLOY AND FOR WHAT TYPE OF WORK By RECRUITING housewives as part-time civil servants may be official policy but checks on its implementation so far suggest that the right hand of the bureaucracy does
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    Police probe death of commando captain
    174 5 POLICE are investigating the death of Captain Chew Choo Peng, 23, ove) who was found hanged at the Changi commando unit's bathroom, last Tuesday. Capt Chew, who received the prestigious Sword of Honour at the Istana, last month, was described as a good sportsman
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    Seoul tourism team due on Thursday
    91 5 A SOUTH Korean tourist mission will be here next Thursday for a four-day visit to attract more Singaporeans to visit Korea. Singapore Is the third stop m the Korea National Tourism Corporation mission's two-week tour of Asean nations, Hongkong and Taiwan. The 26-member mission
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    Officers took away my things: Pusher
    140 5 A 25- YEAR-OLD man, sentenced to three years' jail and three strokes of the cane (or drug trafficking, yesterday alleged that his bag, $50 ana a pawn ticket were seized from him. Mohamed Tahir bin Jaffar asked that his belongings be returned by the
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    Dr Tay's formula to good grades in schools
    182 5 SCHOOLS, here'* a chance U tr> tni Dr T»y Eag Soon's neat little formula to get good grades. All It takes, said the Minister of State for Edacatfaa, Is to strive for excellence la sae area «f activity. This eaa he la
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    Shippers out to break 'monopoly of conferences'
    344 5 THE Singapore National Shippers Council (SNSC)and its members must give greater support to non-conference lines to "break the monopoly" of the shipping conferences. Making this point, the chairman of the SNSC, Mr Sia Yong, added that the council will continue to resist unjustified
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    Old folk raise funds for home
    108 6 AGE was no handicap for scores of senior citizens, who sold flags today to raise funds for their old folks home, the Sree Narayana Miss. on Home for the Aged Sick. The inmates, both men and women wearing badges that said "Buy a flag
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    'KEEP THE PUBLIC IN THE KNOW ABOUT SCIENTIFIC ADVANCES'
    247 6 SCIENTISTS here should Inform the public of the latest scientific discoveries and advances, senior physics lecturer Dr Bernard Tan said yesterday. He felt this is Important if Singapore Is to succeed la the drive towards higher technol°*fre said although scientists are
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    Days of 'boring and dull' textbooks will be over soon
    493 6  -  FILOMINA D'CRUZ SEMINAR ON SCIENCE WRITING IN SINGAPORE By SCIENCE textbooks are boring and dull, and crammed with facts, definitions and formulaes which have to be learned by heart, say students. But not for long, says the Education Ministry's Curriculum
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    Papua New Guinea invites S'pore investors
    259 6 THE PAPUA New Guinea door for investment from Singapore is wide open, said an 11-member delegation from the country yesterday. And some areas where investment could take place include the fields of Industrial and scientific expertise, engineering and finance. The delegation of Parliamentarians arrived
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    Three fined for gambling
    49 6 THREE men were yesterday fined |70 each by a magistrate for gambling m a shed off Island Club Road on Aug 14. Tan Guan Tee, 31, Poh Eng Chye, 23, and Lim Cheng Guan, 47, pleaded guilty to playing gin rummy using cash as stakes.
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    Chief guest
    48 6 THE Minister for Health and Second Defence Minister, Mr Got) Chok Tone, who is also MP for Marine Parade, will be the guest-of-honour at the Seventh Moon Festival celebration on Aug 25 at 7.30 p.m. at the car park between blocks 5 and 7. Marine Terrace.
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    Foreign experts may help SBS study
    219 7  -  EDMUND TEO TRANSFER TICKETS FOR BUS COMMUTERS By THE Singapore Bus Service may engage foreign consultants to study the feasibility of introducing transfer tickets to m.ake travel easier and less expensive. Although SBS officials are carrying out feasibility studies on their own, foreign consultants
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    Probation and Aftercare bulletin takes on a new look
    206 7 A NEW look has been given to the news bulletin published by the Ministry of Social Affairs' Probation and Aftercare Service for reformative trainees and probationers. Previously la cyclostyled sbeeto. the bulletin Is now printed as an attractive newsletter. It has
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    Girl helped in theft
    156 7 A CONTRACT worker who broke into a house with a 13-year-old girl was yesterday sentenced to eight months' Jail. Lee Kwong Lim, 20. pleaded guilty to stealing a $700 radio-cassette recorder and $15 from housewife Mariya d/o Sivagam Israel, 24, at her Chong Kuo Road home,
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    UP AND AWAY TO 'A-WOOING'
    160 7 A TRISHAW is hardly what a modern day suitor would use to woo his heart's desire. But dancer-singer-compere Philip Fernandez had no difficulty yesterday m persuading two women to accept a ride from him. With, the tune of Di Tanjong Katong m the background, they
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    Seminar to help develop convention awareness
    124 7 THE Singapore Convention Bureau will hold Assovention 81, a seminar aimed at developing "convention awareness" among tourist-related bodies, m late September. This will be the fifth such seminar and about 40 participants from associations, government departments and statutory bodies are expected to attend it
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    Ang Mo Kio Central is best kept post office
    259 7 THE magic formula that won Ang Mo Kio Central Post Office the Best Kept Post Office trophy is teamwork. Postmaster Joseph Ong Leong Bee said everyone, from the sweeper to clerical staff and postmen and postwomen, was cooperative. "I told them
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    Dearer fish last week
    144 7 PRICES of fish went up last week while those of pork, beef, mutton and eggs remained stable, according to Trade Department figures. Prices of Spanish mackerel increased by 40 cents to $7 a kg, while mackerel and horse mackerel increased by 80 cents and $1.25 respectively
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    Hon urges a caring society for prosperity
    197 7 SINGAPORE will thrive and prosper if it develops socially as well as economically. The Finance Minister and MP for Havelock, Mr Hon Sui Sen, said this yesterday at his constituency's National Day dinner. To create a caring society, fellow citizens must work actively
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    Photo show
    60 7 A NATIONAL Day Photo competition and exhibition will be held at the Jalan Kayu community centre on Sept 8 from 2.30 p.m. to 10.30 p.m. Entry forms are available from the centre at 16 km Yio Chu Kane Road or Jalan Kayu South community centre m Block 548,
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    'Give the young more ways to express views'
    174 7 PARENTS most realise that every child can grow op, earn a decent living and contribute to society "without necessarily passing through the mill of prestigious academic institutions," the MP for Leng Kee, Dr Ow Chin Hock, said last night He felt the
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    Top-rung non-grads will not get raise
    107 8 THE paymeato that will be made to n«igradaate teachers, who have •htalned distinctions »t Senior Cambridge or 'O' level English, English Llteratare »nd P'lementary Maiiiematira, will not apply to these who are already at the top of their salary scales. Designed to encourage teachers
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    Hearing of $1m tax evasion case adjourned
    120 8 THE case against South China Import and Export Corporation, charged with tax evasion on goods worth more than $1 million, was yesterday adjourned to Sept 12. The firm m North Bridge Road is alleged to have deliberately omitted $1 16 million worth of
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    Bus fare hike
    59 8 THE fare for Singapoi p-Johore Express (Pte) Ltd bus services between Sembawang Gate and Johore Baru has been increased 10 cents since yesterday. The journey net-veen the gate and Marsiling Instate will now cost commuter. 30 cents and that between tho gate and Johore Baru will cost
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    Tay's date
    37 8 MINISTER of Sta c (Education) and MP for R ver Valley. Dr Tay Eng Soon, will speai: at the River Valley Nation; 1 Day Dinner at the River Valley community centre tom<Trow at 8 p.m.
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    'PUB can save millions in fuel bill'
    399 8 LOYAL WORKERS AND HIGHER EFFICIENCY THE Public Utilities Board can save $30 million a year on fuel each time its generators' efficiency increase by 1 per cent, Trade and Industry Minister Dr Tony Tan said last night. As the ?UB exDects to spend
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    Stole T-shirt from store
    50 8 YEO GEK LAY, 18, was tailed for one day and fined $400 for stealing a T-shirt worth $93 from Metro Grand on Aug 14. She hid the shirt m her pants and left the store without paying for it. Yeo, jobless, pleaded guilty to the charge.
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    Tipsy fine
    31 8 CHUA KIANG ENG. 28, was fined $20 by a magistrate yesterday for being drunk and incapable m Lorong 6 Geylang on Aug 13 at 11.53 p.m. He pleaded guilty.
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    Steinway story that began in a kitchen
    382 8  -  LIM PH AY-LING By THE first Steinway piano was painstakingly built In a Mtehra m Germany In 18M. Master cabinet-maker Henry E. Steinway had It beautifully inlaid and engraved bat the Instrument couldn't play very well. Today, nearly 15t years and several Atlantic
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    Easier divorce may be more humane or Just an albatross
    1060 8 LEGAL BRIEF k j WE hate to bring down the uplifting mood of the Royal Wedding, but divorce remains sadly part and parcel of too many lives and today, we shall consider the subject in the light of recent amendments
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    K. AVER'S TOP CRIMES
    99 8 THE Senior Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Defence, Mr Phua Bah Lee, said that the common crimes m Kreta Ayer constituency are housebreaking, robbery, motor vehicle thefts and snatch thefts. "Housebreaking and theft of property are the most frequent thefts. "Police research clearly indicates that many of
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  • Article
    $1 million computer m new c-centre will be a 'first'
    274 9 A COMMUNITY centre wUl break new ground by becoming the first to Instal a $1 million malntruie etoNter U train prefeasleaal computer programmers to achieve certification. The new Kampeng thai Cher community centre, officially opened yesterday, will have an SEC
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    Fong: Iron will and spirit of the soul are what matters
    313 9 IT IS the Japanese people, their cultural heritage and sheer will to overcome a stark environment that has made their work ethos a success, not the much-tout-ed "Japanese management system." Giving a new perspective of the learn-from-the-Japanese wave here,
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    Claim remains call to next-of-kin
    95 9 NEXT-OF-KIN and descendants of deceased relatives buried m ancestral graves at Kwang Wai Siew Peck San Teng Cemetary at Karnpong San Teng, off Upper Thomson Road, are advised to submit their claims of the remains. The cemetary has been acquired by the Housing and Development
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    Jobs galore for workers trained at EDB centres
    306 9 SKILLED workers trained at the Economic Development Board's joint-indus-try training centres can afford to be choosy when looking for jobs. Every one of them gets at least four job offers upon graduation. EDB chairman Ngiam Tong Dow said this is "a proud
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    South Korea's 36th year
    62 9 THE Acting Minister for Social Affairs, Dr Ahmad Mattar, was among 250 guests at the Republic of Korea's Independance Day reception at Century Park Sheraton Hotel yesterday^ The function, hosted by Korean Ambassador Lee Sang Ock, was m honour of his country's 36th National Day. Among
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    'Workers must act against others who err'
    114 9 A WORKER should not only contribute his best, but also ensure that others do their best as well. The Minister without Portfolio, Mr Lim Chee Onn, said workers tend to depend on the management or the unions to discipline those who do not
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    Mauled bulls may play the market up after recent crash Bull's eye
    524 9 ALTHOUGH the market has regained its former vigour, we don't seem to have learnt much from the recent crash in prices. Foreign brokers and buyers came out of the market Intact but a number of Singaporeans seem to
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  • The Sunday Times SUNDAY, AUGUST 16, 1981
    • Article
      A trustworthy alternative
      504 10 THE Chinese physician or sinseh has provided a seemingly safe and trustworthy alternative to Western-style medicine for many generations of Singaporeans. The appeal for Chinese medicine m fact transcends racial barriers, with even non-Chinese resorting to it for cure. The herbal preparations, the pills, the use of
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  • 50 years ago
    • Article
      Ex-German spy now a Buddhist monk
      165 10 ONCE known as I. T. Trebitsch-Lincoln, now the Buddhist monk Chao Kung, one of the most remarkable adventurers of modern times, is m Singapore today on his way from Europe. He has been a clergyman of the Anglican Church and he has been a
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    • Article
      Flying planters missing
      52 10 A MESSAGE from Rangoon states that the two Malayan planters Messrs. F. B. Taylor and G. W. Salt have disappeared, no news having been received concerning them since they left Moulmein on the way to Rangoon. They left Kuala Lumpur on Sunday, July 3. Sunday Times, August
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      For the 'smart' shopper
      70 10 FOR wispy and feminine creations at equally wispy prices, go to the Smart Shop at 67, Stamford Road, who advertised thus: "Lovely chiffon georgette and crepe de chine dresses. Smart for the races. To be cleared at $20 each to make room for new stocks for
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  • Focus The HDB
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      HDB's 'guess-timates' on the cost of housing
      1343 10  -  LILLIAN CHEW LILLIAN CHEW of Business Times THE possibility of an HDB flat costing a quarter of a million dollars isn't so far-fetched anymore, a thought fuelled by the recent price rises. And yet m the eyes of many, the Public Accounts Committee
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      Better to slog at work than shake legs at home
      646 10  -  CHRIS YAP By PLEASE forgive your boss if he is demanding. Tolerate back-stabbing colleagues. Learn to live with your measly salary and those long hours. Why? Because nonworking life is the pits. Believe me, I know. It's easier working than
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      37 10 LOEWE founded 1846 FINE SUEDE AND LEATHER GOODS, BOUTIQUE AND GIFT ITEMS 1 12 Shaw Centre. Ground Floor. Singapore 0923 Tel: *****58 1 1 S Pla/a Smgapura. First Floor. Singapore 0923 Tel: *****29 (also open on Sunday)
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  • DIALOGUE
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      A case for keeping a sense of history
      671 11 THERE can and must be no excuse now for not establishing preservation policies for Singapore. The town is alive with interest and the mood is right. There has been a veritable mushrooming of concern during the last year from many quarters, culminating
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    • Article
      If nothing else, let's keep its face
      593 11 Copy of a letter from Mr George Thla-Peng Heok to the chairman of the Preservation of Monuments Board. OVER the last four weeks I have been driving along Bras Basah Road unusually frequently. Each time I have passed St Joseph's Institution (SJI), I
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      Why not a new role 'for SJI?
      429 11 PRESERVING SJI would help to "quieten" our already megalithic cityscape (as can be seen along Shenton Way and Orchard Road). In other words, the psychology of a low-rise building or group of buildings rather in the heart of the city would tend to
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      School landmark of effort for formal education
      226 11 IP St Jwwph's Institution is found lacking In architectural values, the school building Is by no means a small and unlmpoitant landmark In the history of education In Singapore. Although the school was founded la 1852, Initial groundwork was laid as early as
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    When next you blow your top think of your arteries
    743 12 Life would be frightfully bor- ing, if there weren't some ups and downs, some calamities, some sins of omission and commission and some indigna- m tion now and again. 4 Take it or leave it the legend read. I decided
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  • Article
    Sore over sour roots
    346 12 NO DOUBT like many others, I often enioy Peng's English for its humourous and whimsical depiction of word origins. But I wish he would refrain from statements like "Sour has its root m the Sanskrit word sura (brandy)." This gives the quite erroneous Impression that Sanskrit
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    Peng's English
    118 12 WOK WOK Is borrowed from the Cantoaeae "wok" (cooking paa). The age-oM Chinese wok (Malay "kaall") wat made simply by hammering out a flat piece of Iron Into a shallow halfsphere aad fitted with two handles. Its unique shape makes It Ideal for all-porpooe cooking stir-frying, deep4rytag, stewlag
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      599 13 YAMAHA ORGAN B2OCR for sale. New $*****0 selling $2,400 0.n.0.. good condition Tel: *****86, Othman. ALMOST NEW SPIO MXII with original base, AR, Thorens TDI6O Super turntables. Ring *****17. KAWAI ORGAN ElOO. 1 year old. like new condition. Contact Mr Teo *****85 ONE YEAR OLD German Action Piano. Brand new
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      400 13 I PWSMlflf SsWaTMS aY Mill li am ai uliS I I*"* I 111 M Bfeaw- -^eftfaTal THE ORIENTAL ANTIQUES EXHIBITION SALE of antique oriental porcelain, blackwood furniture. Buddha Figures and other curios. Venue: JASMINE ROOM, 2nd floor of the Hyatt Hotel Time: 10.00 am to 9.00pm Date: 15th Aug. '81
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      448 13 ORCHARD SAUNA ET Massage. Mandarin Hotel. 3rd floor. Massage/ Sauna/ Steambath Facial *****38/ *****82 Spore. Opens dally from 10.00 am 12.00 midnight SPECIALIST HEALTH SALON 2nd floor, next to Robinson's 229/230 Specialist Cem.re Tel: *****39. *****66 ext 145 Massage Sauna Bath. Opens dally from Ham to 11pm OREAT EASTERN HEALTH
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      507 13 w^H ißmi Jl e|B^^^Sn rsMM^p4*aaaJje*»« 71 Officw Equipment ONE 1 1/1 YEAR old electric typewriter for sale. Qood condition Please ring *****81. SO Industrial Supplies SURPLUS EXCAVATED SPOIL for general filling available at construction site. Interested, please contact Mr. David Shooter at *****57/8. 88 Business Opportunities ANiNVESTMENT^^ IN GEMOLOGY IS
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      346 13 w Efnptoyntont Aqmv ctot/Twnpowy KWp WORKERS AVAILABLE FROM SRI LANKA 1) Welders 2) Brick Layers 3) Fitters 4) Drivers 5) General Helpers 6) Female Factory Workers etc. ABIA RECRUITING CO LTD 18, ULLJE ST. UNION PLACE, COLOMBO 2 SRI LANKA PHONE: ***** TELEX -***** TXBUREA'JCE ATTN-EXECimVE (OUR SERVICES TO YOU
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      1065 13 II Employment If* A leading Marina Trading Company is looking lor an efficient and reliable SECRETARY to work with minimum supervision. Qualifications: c Should be 'A' level or equivalent. c Must have at least a distinction In English. c Possess Initiative. Successful applicant will be trained to use the latest
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      209 13 II sTsTeOnsirsmßßsej I I fWI JBL it trnfuoyment |i|^ I 1 _J BT: TOOLROOM DRAUGHTSWOMAN c Relevant qualifications: ITC or equivalent. c Experience not necessary. c Preparing assembly and detail drawings for Injection and dlecastlng moulds. Appty with full particulars to: The Oeneral Manager ASTEC TOOLCRAFT PTE LTD No 8
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      349 13 W% MUSTAD A Norwegian manufacturing company m Juroog requires PART-TIME FEMALE PACKERS We are opening the above vacancies for housewives and those who are not working or those who wish to earn additional Income to work at your choice of time between 3 30p m and 10 30p m but
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      815 14 II Enytoymetit fjjl^ I II Llj 46 Situations Vacant I) Miscellaneous VAN DRIVER CUM DELIVERY WANTED BY A Sportswear agency company GueWicettone: Class 3 driving licence c Secondary 2 education c Starting salary $350 to $450 plus fringe benefits miereeted eppfceant* pleeea M or SB) SB. EXCELSIOR SPORT (S) PTE
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      947 14 A TRAVEL AGENCY requires a Despatch Clerk with motorbike it town area Interested, please call *****6 for interview g) Tatorlal WANTED EXPERIENCED LADY Tutor to coach Malay as a Second Language at Primary level Please call *****20 A TUITION CENTRE requires' 30 tutors for Immediate assignments Oood Incentives *****0 WANTED
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      957 14 HI VaMdas Boats MSB. TS FORO Cortina 1.60 L. 2nd private owner, with alrcond. cassette, turf-koted. beautiful condition. $***** *****6. 1972 ESCORT MSI c.c In excellent condition, with aircon. sellIng $2,900 on.o Non-PARF Tel Lawrence. *****03 1974 FORD CORTBiA 2000 c.c. NonPARF Aircon $4,600 0.n.0. Can loan $2,000 Phone *****40.
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      910 14 I) MltawaUM IMMACULATE CONDITION. OCTOBER 1978 Colt Galant Sigma OLX. Automatic, full accessories, sports rims, tyres. Ten radio, cassette with equaliser, must see to appreciate. Price; $16,500 negotiable. Interested please call Connie *****38 1975 LANCER 14SS c.c. 2-door coupe. In perfect condlUon. 2 owners. Alrcond. radio/ cassette. New tyres, battery,
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      1787 14 I 1 1 tH VfJMtos A Boats 6-C IS7S TOYOTA CORONA 1800 Atrcon Cassette. 2 owners. Metallic paint Beautiful condlUon. Tel: *****90. I*7B TOYOTA STARLET 2 owners, alrcond, cassette, blue, new tyres. View: 123. Tanjong Katong Road IS7S TOYOTA CRESSIOA 2000, 1 company owner. Aircon, cassette Showroom condition. Asking $24
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      1519 14 I 1 1 A IV Accommodation 4 Propartias amam I l^ m 59 touting Loans HOUSB4G LOUIS/ FBtANCBfO up to $450,000 available. For enquiries, tel: *****3/ *****95 Kather me Teng Lee. 00 Accommodation Vacant CAREHOME Otfer* the toftowmg nouees: Hong Leong Garden dlst J $2,300 Kheam Hock Road distil $3,200
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      742 14 1 lhiiMaß\»a^ir..,».lai [A! DIST. 14, LUXURIOUS CORNER walk-up apartment, groundfloor for sale at No: 464. Sims Avenue (main road). Opposite Community Centre, near Geylang. Lorong 31. (Commercial area). Built-in I JOO sq.ft freehold, vacant possession. 3 bedrooms. 3 halls. Italian Ceramic flooring New renovations. Free carpark Assessments fee: $110 for
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      660 14 3-ROOM HOB flat at Ohlm Moh Estate. Well renovated. Call *****41. 4 BEDROOMS GROUNDFLOOR JTC Flat at Taman Jurong Selling $67,000 0.n.0 Ring: *****47 5 ROOMED HDB beautifully renovated Toa Payoh. Lorong 8. Tel: *****79 5-ROOMED HDB POMT Block at Ohlm Moh. high-floor with built-in cabinets (Tel: *****69). c) Land
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      420 15 r Vt Etfocatton 4 Instrucbon j^j I ATT language centre SCHOOL OF LINGUISTIC SKILLS Lonquoge courses and privatt tuition for school examinations and for business, travel pleasure SPOKEN JAPANESE LANGUAGE CLASSES Courses for beginners m the correct use of the spoken language. The written language may be learned as a
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      772 15 VI Esteatton A InstructkM M Eg ST. COLUMBA COLLEGE rjg^ TORONTO -CANADA ST. COLUWA COII 808 invites applications for orjur«eeingrßdel3(Pro-LJ»forBtuJentBwtriQCEyKlCE •O level intendng to enter CanarJan and US Univeratttaß. For more Information and tree counselling. Please contact our local representative HW KUAH PH. LTD. Una 316. 3rd Floor, Orchard Towot
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  • SUNDAY TIMES SPORT 1
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      SOCCER SUPERSTAR IN SEARCH OF A WINNER
      1280 16 Keegan's aim is to take England into World Cup finals SOCCER superstar Kevin Keegan wUI be embarking on the most crucial ac— a of Us career when the English League kicks off on Ait. In this article, columnist ALAN HUBBARO tells as why..4unldst
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      Lock icon BRIEFS
      471 16 MONTREAL, Sat. Defend ing champion Ivan Lend], of Czechoslovakia, whipped Brian Teacher, of the United States, 6-1, 6-1 yesterday to advance to the semi-finals of the Canadian Open men's tennis championship. Other results: Men's singles: Shlomo Glickstein (Isr) bt Ramesh Krishnan (Ind) 3-6. 6-3, 6-4; Eliot Teltscher (US) bt
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      Cole nets seven in Aussies' 10-0 triumph
      166 16 MELBOURNE, Sat. Australia scored a record 10-0 win m a World Cup qualifying soccer match against Fiji last night but by an irony may have wrecked any chance they still had of reaching the finals. To win the Oceania qualifying group, Australia need
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      Lock icon Chaos reigns at soccer match
      61 16 JAKARTA, Sat. A soccer match between the Philippines and the Indonesian club PSSI Ulama suddenly stopped m chaos here last night when the lights went off. The stadium became completely dark with children screaming and the crowd booing for about 20 minutes before the lights
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      Sentosa monthly medal to Koo
      61 16 KOO KOK WING (handicap 18) won the Sentosa A Division golf monthly medal with a net 56 yesterday. Runner-up was K. Shi mini (12) with a net 57. Scores: B Div.: 1 T. Nishikiori (21) net 63; 2 N. Karifjane (22) net 65. Ladle*: 1
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      Lock icon Aztecs 3-1
      20 16 NEW YORK, Sat. Los Angeles Aztecs beat California Surf 3-1 m the North American Soccer League yesterday. Renter
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      Lock icon JAN BREAKS COURSE RECORD
      346 16 DALLAS, Sat. Jan Stephenson, of Australia, broke her own course record with a seven-under-par 65 yesterday to take a two-stroke lead after the first round of a US$150,000 ($325,500) Ladies Professional Golf Association tournament in Texas. Her round knocked a stroke off the record she set
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      Lock icon Barcelona penalised, so Leeds enter final
      133 16 TORONTO, Sat. English club Leeds United advanced to the final of the second annual Toronto international soccer tournament when they were awarded a victory against Barcelona, of Ecuador, in a match abandoned yesterday after the referee was kicked by a player. Barcelona forward Carlos
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      Lock icon Beckenbauer ordered to rest
      75 16 HAMBURG, Sat. Franz Beckenbauer, the legendary soccer star, who returned to Germany from New York Cosmos last year, may be out of the game for at least a month after an injury received m Brussels two days ago. Beckenbauer, 35, who injured his groin while taking
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      Lock icon Spurs bid for Clemence
      50 16 LONDON, Sat. Tottenham Hotspur manager Keith Bur kinshaw yesterday made a £300.000 ($1,158,000) bid tor Liverpool's transfer listed England international goalkeeper Ray Clemence. Clemence has spent 14 years with Liverpool and made over 600 appearances, but has now been replaced by Zimbabwe international Bruce Grobbelaar. AP.
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  • SUNDAY TIMES SPORT 2
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      Lock icon New danger lurks in US baseball for play-off berths
      203 17 CHICAGO, Sat. United States Major League baseball, already racked by a Players' strike that erased the middle of the season, faced the possibility that some teams may Intentionally lose late season games to keep their world series chances alive. la a
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      Nightmarish start for Ruth in Masters' meet
      444 17  -  JANICE SEAH By AUSTRALIAN bowler Ruth Guerster, five times Singapore's women's Open Masters' champion and world champion for the mixed doubles tournament held at Santa Clara last month, suffered a nightmarish start to this year's Singapore's women's Masters' tournament at the Orchard Bowl
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      Dhanabalans give children their full support
      421 17 By HAKIKAT RAI IF you believe m the saying that politics and sports never mix, then you should have been at the Kallang Squash Complex yesterday afternoon. Singapore's Foreign Minister, Mr. 8. LMianaoalan, proved that the loads of his political office did not m
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      Star-studded Kallang are the favourites
      287 17  -  R. MANOR A J By KALLANG seem the most formidable of the 36 teams taking part m the inaugural inter-constituency six-a-side hockey tournament, jointly-organised by the Singapore Sports Council and Singapore Hockey Association, to be played on the Padang starting this morning at 9. In
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      SHE FINISHES IN 21st SPOT, WHILE PORNTIP TAKES LEAD
      259 17 lar recovery when she finished m fourth place, after being No. 23 after the fourth game. She said: "I had such a lousy first six games. My timing was off, I wasn t coordinated everything went wrong. "But then I thought
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      Lock icon Demos mar All-Blacks Test triumph
      352 17 CHRISTCHURCH, Sat. The New Zealand AllBlacks rugby team beat South Africa 14-9 today in a heavily-fortified ground guarded from anti-apar-theid protests by lines of riot police. About 6,000 demonstrators, kept back by police and coils of barbed wire, stood chanting outside the Lancaster Park ground
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      TODAY'S EVENTS
      181 17 ATHLETICS Asics Tiger All-Comers meet (National Stadium, 2). SAAA Race Walking League Final (National Stadium, 4). ARCHERY Pesta Sukan shoot (Gloucester. 10). BADMINTON Onam finals (SBA hall, 5). BASKETBALL SEIRA men's/women's competition (Thomson School. 3.45). BOWLING Spore international Open (Jackie's System 460 Plaza, 10 am). CRICKET Sr.League: SAFSA
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  • IX OBITUARIES
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      205 17 Paaaad away peacefully on 12.8.81 loavinc, behind SONS: DAUGHTERS-IN-LAW LUM CHIN PENG TERESA LEE LUM CHIN WAH GRACE CHUNG LUM CHIN WENG BETTY LOO DAUGHTERS: SONS-#HJU* LUM SUET HAH HARRYSNQ LUM SUET CHING HARRY SNCJ LUM SUET MENG GRANDCHILDREN: LUM YEW MUN LUM LAI KWONG LUM KWONG HOE SNG TIAM
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      IN LOVING MEMORY OF
      39 17 FONDLY REMEMBERED BY LOVED ONES. Mass today, 18th August 1961 at 10.00 a.m. at tha Church of Our Lady of Lourdas, 50 Ophir Road, Singapore. IS.V.S. MUTHU DEPARTED 16.8.71 MARY MAGDALENE MUTHU DEPARTED 15.2.54. I
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      120 Deaths
      205 17 The late Mdm Ong Chwel Ping, aged 77 years, called to rest by the Lord on 15.8.81 (Saturday). Mourned by: aiMßhand: Hsu Chuln Hwel San Alexander J Hsu (In USA) OauQtitar Hsu Chi Chen li Son-in-law: Lee Yueh Ylan (In China) Orandaon: Lee Sher Kwang Orand-tfauoMar Lee Wei
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      123 Acknowledgements
      49 17 Tha Family Of Tit* Late LAWRENCE LEE LAV GHEE Departed 10 August IMI WMm lo thank lit* stafl nf Coranary unit SGM. Catholic pnaat*. prayar group*, offic* coMaapuaa, rrianda and r.l.tiv.. lor thwr attandanc*, kind assistance, pray*ra, night visits, msssagsi of condolanc*, wi aaltiß and donation* dor-
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      25 17 Departed IMb August 1963 Memories of you will be cherished forever and always be remembered by: FAMILY A LOVED ONES NADESAN VEERAPPAN
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  • SUNDAY TIMES SPORT 3 Racing special
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      Don't look beyond Sri Johor in opening race
      258 18  -  TIPTOP By DO not look beyond Sri J*h«r in the opening race today. The four-year-old-Young Emperor gelding has been striding out well during morning trackwork. Last week, be bolted on the way to the starting stalls and was withdrawn. Ignore his previous
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      Justinian bright each-way prospect
      266 18  -  EPSOM JEEP By JUSTINIAN looks a bright each-way prospect m Race 4 at Penang today. This St. Puckle six-year-old can develop into a useful stayer. A winner over the Penang 1,700 m earlier m the season, Justinian came from nearly last to win a Div 2
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      Damien should break the ice
      310 18  -  TONTO By DAMIEN, a four year-old New Zealand eeldine by Battle-Waggon, who finished fourth to Tycoon's Trust last week m Class 5 Div 4 I,2oom, has an excellent chance to open winning accounts m Race 1. That was a fair display considering he missed the
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      Naseebawar for a double
      262 18  -  EQUESTRIENNE B» NASEEBAWAK, who won convincingly last week, should complete a double m Race 4. The bay /brown New Zealand gelding had seven outings this year for three wins. He first scored at Bukit Timah m March when he won easily over 1,850 m m a
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      The mudlarks
      54 18 WATCH tfceae banes If tkrreUrau: Race 2: Alps Wanderer Race S: Sftt Payong 11, Malaysian Glary A, Raad Ta Glary. Raw 4: Spaataa Geaerai, Elegant, Naaeekcwar. Race I: Be Krleads, Tnxeda, Tweaty Five. Baee I: Ueaeraas BU IV, Saverelga Caut D, Tycaan's Theme. Race 7: Buck Opal, He's
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      SELECTIONS
      114 18 RACE EPSOM JEEP vmo* RACING ED Indian Rabat Damien Estarlita Sri Jonof Damien Consolidation DMnten Indian Rebel Alrtrust Man Jura Proof In Hand A. Wanderer A* Wa>od#f #r Proof In Hand Mandura riOOi m ncna Sweet Sunday A. Wanderer M-Qlery Road To Glory Saya Raja Tn9 Mocn#t M Glory
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      3950 18 RACF 1 2.15 CLASS 5 DIV 4 1,200 m X (Ratings 47-35) ($10,500 $7,350 to winner) 1 o*oo** Bstarttte (47) 57 (I. Oralltta U) Star Lita-G. Breukelen semg d 2 1.5 still a maiden; last ran at Pg May 23 finishing last m Div 2 1400 m Tweeafe
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  • SUNDAY TIMES SPORT 4 Racing special
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      Lock icon Queens of the turf
      1045 19  -  STEVEN CRIST By Racing is everything to these women trainers m New York NEW YORK, Sat. Sally Bailie, 44, leaned back against the dusty wooden plank that stretches across the entrance to Barn M at Belmont Park. She totted down the tag shed raw at the
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      Local jockeys take six of seven races
      1857 19  -  TIPTOP MOSES LEE AND CHEAM BOOT HOME A DOUBLE EACH By Another winner for Aga Khan PENANG, Sat. Local jockeys won six of the seven races here today, and it was Bill Sharp who broke the "stranglehold" when he brought Beau Moss with
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      Ngiow warned for shifting ground
      541 19 PENANG. Sat Jockey Patrick Ngiow was questioned by the stewards for shifting ground during Race 6 today. He was warned that action would be taken against him should he offend again. The Stipendiary Steward's report on today's races: Baec 1: Kita Suka IV (H.H. Chan)
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      Singapore must sharpen attack
      138 20 WITH a settled midfield and tenacity from the strikers, Singapore's second stringers can hold their own m tire 10-nation Lion City Cup under-16 soccer tournament starting at the National Stadium on Aug. 31, reports JOE DORAI. In their final warm-up match at the Jalan Besar Stadium
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      Lock icon England on top, thanks to Botham
      182 20 MANCHESTER, Sat. Lan Botham put faltering England back on top m the Fifth cricket Test against Australia with a thunderous half-century on the third day at Old Trafford today. England, 101 ahead on first Innings, slumped to 104 for five, but Botham reached 50
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      Lock icon 'Scandal' mansion up for sale
      181 20 CHARLOTTESVILLE (Virginia), Sat. Author Rite Mac Brown and tennis star Martina Navratilova (above), their romance at an end, are selling the Joroom mansion they shared for one-and-a-half years years, their real estate agent said yesterday. Martina disclosed earlier this month that she had been Involved
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      Lock icon Imran scores 88-minute century
      338 20 LONDON, Sat. Imran Khan, the Pakistan Test all-rounder, hit an 88minute century to snatch an improbable five-wicket victory for Sussex over Derbyshire m the English county cricket championship yesterday. Imran scored an unbeaten 107 as Sussex, who slumped to 102-5 m pursuit of a 234-run target
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      Portmen hold Undergrads
      74 20 NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE were held to a 00 draw by Port Authority Recreation Club m a Singapore Hockey Association Division One League match at Balestier Road yesterday. Other results: My. One Indian Association 0 Seletar SC 0. Ceylon Sports Club 0 Singapore Armed Forces Sports Association
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      Lock icon Malaysia thrashed
      26 20 JAKARTA, Sat. Mexico defeated Malaysia 6-0 m the Jakarta anniversary soccer tournament here last night after taking a 34 lead at half time. AFP.
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      Postponed
      26 20 TWO NaUonal Football League Division One matches Armed Forces v Police and Farrer Park United v Mount batten scheduled for this evening have been postponed.
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      ANNUAL LIABILITY!
      330 20  -  JOE DORAI By ...but FAS will continue staging the Lion City Cup THE Lion City Cup under-16 tournament is an annual liability for the Football Association of Singapore. But the FAS are happy to organise the tournament each year because it has proved to beneficial m the development
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      Three score 'doubles'
      151 20 THREE competitors Chris Ho, Hassan Lamri and Christina Law did a "Robin Hood" m the Pesta Sukan archery shoot at Gloucester Barracks yesterday. Ho finished first m the men's A class m the 90 and 70 metres events with 242 and 289 points respectively. But both Hassan
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      Lock icon OOPS! There's no stopping 'warrior' Tang
      295 20  -  R. MANORAJ By SINGAPORE JUDO CLUB'S Tang Soon Onn, battling like an accomplished Nippon warrior from the Land of the Rising Sun, won the 60 kilogrammes-and-below category of the Pesta Sukan judo championship at Portsdown Road yesterday. And what made him superior and different
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      Lock icon Eastern Suburbs triumph 17-5
      236 20 SYDNEY, Sat. Eastern Suburbs beat St. George 17-5 m a Sydney rugby league match today. Other results: Sydney ragby ulm: Wallaby trials: Australian XV 32 The Rest 10, Possibles 26 Probables 22. Aajtr-UaniMtb.U: VTL: Hawthorn 10.17 (77) bt St Kilda 9.14 (68), Fitzroy 22.15 (147) bt
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      Cairnhill hold Dynamos 0-0
      43 20 CAIRNHILL held Farrer Park Dynamos to a 0-0 draw m the Ovaltine National Football League Division Two match at the Farrer Park Athletic Centre yesterday. In another match, at Jurong Stadium, Jurong Town held Brickworks to a 1-1 draw.
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    110 20 PETE* THARMAJMTNAM beloved son of Mr and Mrs D.T. Perlathamby passed away peacefully 10.8.81 leaving behind beloved parents, sisters Elizabeth Rosabella Pachymuthu (School for Blind. Singapore). Reglna, brother Dr Samuel, brother-in-law Ronald Pachymuthu (Shell Pulau Bukum. Singapore), niece Davlda. nephew Luke, grandmother, aunts and cousins, remains burled
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      182 20 UP TO 1 p.m. TODAY: Fair and mostly sonny. TEMP. (C) up to 6 a.m. tomorrow: 33 max., 2t mln. SUNSET today: 6.43 p.m.; SUNRISE tomorrow: S.33 a.m. GLOBAL WEATHER Amsterdam 14/Z7C Oar UiAigelM 21/30C Clear Ataoa* 25/31C dew MaarM 18/34C Clear Baarala 32/40C dear MaaiU 23/30C Goudy Baagtok 27
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      5 20 SPORTING SAM by Reg Wootton
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      118 1 I CONCRETE PLEASURE I GARDENS... P. FOUR, TEN I Giant imposing statues of gods aad I demons, emperors and peasants tower over hordes of camera-toting 1 visitors to Haw Par Villa m Pasir Paajaag. PETER KEYS infolds the i history and the mystery of the Gar- dens and explains
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      The man they call...
      1301 1  - The man they call MM PHA Y-LING -Those were the days WHAT wot it like back m those days when foreigners thought of us as slant-eyed Orientals or natives living next door to jungle beasts? How did we sell Singapore as a tourist spot then, long before the STPB was
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        A gentle lion of the desert and a butcher
        393 2  -  WALTER SEOW LION OF THE DESERT (showing at the Odeon and Gala) THE FUNHOUSE (showing at the Prince and Republic) Reviewed by LION OP THE DESERT recounts a recent but not so well known chapter m the history of Libya its
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        If you want a good scare
        447 2 THE FUNHOUSE is any 1 thing but fun. But ii i you're looking for a gooc scare, it will give yoi I value for money. The blurb for the film taunts: Pay to get m pray to get out That's rust what happens to
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        Kind of role which Goldie excels in
        361 2  -  ROGER YUE PRIVATE BENJAMIN (showing at Lido) Reviewed by GOLDIE HAWN has come a long way since winning the Oscar for best supporting actress m her very first movie, Cactou Flower, 11 years ago. In what is her biggest film to date, PRIVATE
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        Psychopathic film director
        339 2  -  HONGKONG movie director Allan Fung's debut for the big screen, A GRAND STATEMENT, created a stir among film critics and cinemagoers m the colony when it was first shown there earlier this year. An American film school graduate, director Fung was criticised for putting up a hurriedlymade
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        Existential fiction of the elusive 'novelist of ideas'
        910 3  -  DOREEN D'CRUZ THE work of Iris Murdoch undoubtedly one of the most significant novelists of our time has been variously interpreted. On this page, her fiction is discussed from an existential viewpoint, resulting m some interesting observations. By In Murdoch's fiction the
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        The mindless among us... and those who have stopped thinking
        806 3 INSECTS Cockroaches and spiders, beetles and praying mantis some or us have become agrand metamorphosis of our metropolis! These are the insects who are living fat on this land of green. They forage for food outside our homes, losing the
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    • WEEKENDER nostalgia
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        The gardens with many a tale to tell
        1564 4  -  PETER KEYS Ugly or colourful, grotesque or fantastic, these are By JPC^I IN strung contrast with the Botanic Gardens which I discussed on these pages last week, the Tiger Balm Gardens m Pasir Panjang Road, somewhat proudly, and certainly blatantly, asserts its
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        Like it or loathe it
        43 4 6 There mast be some of as who find the whole thing grosteqae, with Its strangely life-like figures m fantastic contortions of didactic representation. There most be some of a* who find it agly and even downright embarrassing.
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        Picturesque, popular and surely most photographed
        92 9 61 have never seen so many photographers In one confined space, except perhaps for Trafalgar or Plceadlly Square In London, or St Mark's Piazza m Venice, where, If you're lucky enough to dodge the pigeons and other photographers, you may he able to take
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        The tiger that used to roar down the street
        284 9 THE "tiger" used to tear along Singapore roads, roaring now and then to scatter people from its paths. It rolled as fast as -80 km hour and when caught m the dark, its menacing green eyes lit the way. It had
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    • WEEKENDER Sight & Sound
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        TODAY
        473 5 WKBP IN CINCINNATI (Ch 5, I p.m.): The radio station maniacs, led by Herb Tarlek this week, manage to spin some strange theme into the episode. Herb buys a $100 painting at Mr Carlson's big church auction. It is done with an ulterior motive, of course. He wants to
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        TOMORROW
        243 5 BIOLOGY: IT'S MORE LIFE (Ch 5, CSS p.m.): David Bellamy is back with yet more biological jargon and wriggling things. Today he tries to explain the meaning of life ai.d explains the characteristics of living things. DALLAS NEW BEGINNING (Ch 5, 8.45 p.m.): The soap keeps pouring out as
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        TUESDAY
        166 5 PREEBIE AND THE BEAN HEALTH NUTS (Ch 5, 8.45 p.m.): With a million dollars m coins, Lt Mick Grady and another police officer head back to the police station. But they are waylaid on the way by a pair of masked robbers who make off with the loot. TALES
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        WEDNESDAY
        163 5 CHARLIE'S ANGELS CHORUS LINE ANGESLS (Ch 5, 8.45 p.m.): Ruth Traina has invested $150,000 m a musical show. Two of her dancers mysteriously vanish. Kelly auditions and gets a job as a dancer, so that she can show off more leg than usual; Julie is her manager, who makes
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        THURSDAY
        177 5 ANGIE (Ch 5, 4.SI p.m.): Vinnie is back in town. Vinnie is Angie's ex-boyfriend. His aim: simply, ANGIE. Everyone thinks Vinnie will get his prize and head for hills with it. All except Angie. THE MUPPET SHOW (Ch 5, 7 p.m.): I say but this is rather a seagoing
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        FRIDAY
        140 5 MAGNUM NO NEED TO KNOW (CH 5, 8.45 p.m.): Magnum is approached by two agents from the Intelligence Agency who ask for his cooperation m guarding a British Army Brigadier from threats by a terrorist group. But when the attempt is made, Higgins is m the way. THE LITTLEST
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        SATURDAY
        156 5 FAMILY PRELUDE (Ch S, CSS p.m.): Nostalgia reigns supreme as Kate and Buddy yearn for different periods m time. Kate wants the past, and Buddy the future. Buddy falls m love with a swimming coach while Kate has her finger on the dial, ready to call her first beau.
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        PICK OF THE WEEK New shows, some returns and a documentary
        432 5  -  KANNAN CHANDRAN \L What's new m TVland this week? There are some new programmes, some returns and a new documentary. Tigris The Swneriaii Vayage Of Tfcer Heyerdafcl (Part On*) (Ted»y, Ch 5, 5.M p.m.) takes you back 5000 years.
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        Mysterious body afloat in the Ewing pool
        563 8 i,, MYSTERIOUS body Ewtafg swimming Pool sometime this a* lumn. rtunng a recent on lo?^ an n shS^ y ew But that s During the writers' ftnke, Mill PHnclp»l launched a recording career, releasing l7 A]l I Want To Do Is Drvam" under
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        Not a one hit wonder
        324 8 RANDY VANWARMER: BEAT OF LOVE Bears vl lie): POP has a long history of one-hit wonders; the Scott McKeules who ■ever survive longer than their one claim to fame. Bat Randy Vanwarm er, who recently scored his first hit with "Just Wkem I Needed You
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        Not so inspiring Grappelli and Grisman team-up
        393 8 STEPHANE GRAPPELLI DAVID GRISMAN: LIVE (Warner Bros Records); Staphane Grappelli v; David Griamao md; Mike Marshall g; Mark O'Connor v; Rob Waterman db; Tiny Moor elec md; HYBRIDS seem to be flooding our lives these days. We've got a National Flower m Vanda
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        Trio takes up challenge at the Jade Lounge
        425 8  -  PETE By GONE are the strains of Oscar Peterson, George Shearing, Louis Armstrong or Count Basic at the Jade Lounge, Ming Court Hotel. The great sounds of jazz has disappeared together with David Ng. Now the Jade Lounge may be quieter and
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        Performance exhibits a flawless touch
        234 8 THE balk of Chopin's music is for solo puuio. This album contains two of Chopin's more expressive works namely: Scheno No. t In B flat minor op SI; and Piano Sonata No. 3 In B minor, op. 58. Chopin deployed a unique range of touch
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        Happy tone in sad songs
        207 8 ZI WEI: SELECTIONS FROM ZI WEI NO. z (Toay): NOT only the cover design of the album, even the songs inside may not be appealing to the younger listeners of today. Perhaps only the middle age could remember Zi Wei as a popular singer m
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        Show a leg
        487 10  -  Kick off m split skirts or culottes, or let shorts do the trick LIM PHAY-LING mfft^SSSSiSMtM PANTS dressing is the latest direction in the feminine art of wearing trousers. Not just strictly tailored long pants but also voluminous ones cropped neatly at the knee or even higher.
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        Get 'em into shape
        392 11 Dare to bare with these aids for fancy footwork LEGS are back m the limelight now that skirts and shorts are getting higher and higher. No more hiding behind flesh-coloured pantyhose now. So you have to shape up those limbs before you bare them. Pay more
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        Lock icon Girls-only jeans that go snugly round the bend
        686 11  -  SHIRLEY GOTT By DON'T look now, girls, but your bottoms are getting bigger. Well, that's what one of the leading manufacturers of jeans thinks anyway. Mr Rajni Shah, managing director of Second Image Jeans, says: "Two years ago our biggest-selling ieans to
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        Where the true blue Cantonese will dare
        864 12 POT LUCK NEWS of Singapore's latest Chinese restaurant, the Happy Valley, had been filtering down to me for the past few weeks. Comments ranged from "exhorbitant irices" to "genuine -longkong style elegant Cantonese cooking.' A friend-about-town enticed me with further words: "If you
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        Chef 'extraordinaire' is back
        261 12 GOURMET mastermind Willy Mark and two Hongkong chefs from the famed Sun Tung Lok Restaurant will be cooking up a storm for a maximum of six tables per evening at the Ming Palace Restvorant from August 17 to 21. The specially planned menus, the Golden Dragon
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    • 36th Anniversary Of Indonesia Independence Day
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        Halfway to goal
        583 1 Message from the Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia to Singapore H.E. Mr Sudjatmiko THIS year's 36th Anniversary of Indonesia's Proclamation of Independence on Aug. 17, 1981, is commemorated m which the Indonesian people are halfway through the implementation of the third Repelita (Five-year Development Plan) within
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        INDONESIA
        53 1 LAND AREA: 1,5 M,558 so. km. POPULATION: 147.5 million LANGUAGE: Bahasa Indonesia CURRENCY: Rupiah RELIGION: Freedom of religion (94 per Muslims) NATIONAL DAY: 17 August NATIONAL FLOWER: Jasmin (widely used as a symbol of sincerity, parity and coming generation) NATIONAL SONG: Indonesia Raya HEAD OF STATE: President Suharto PARTY
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        Agreement between Indonesia and S'pore
        78 1 Minister of Communication and Tourism Riwmin Nuryadln (left) and Singapore's Minister of Communlcadon, Ong Teng Cheong, signing the Memorandum of Understanding between Indonesia and Singapore on Medan-Slngapore Submarine Cable and the use of Indonesia's Palapa Satellite on May 23, 1981 Ambassador Sndjatmiko (left) mad Singapore's
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        Foreign trade plays vital role in Indonesian economy
        779 1 FOREIGN trade plays a vital role in Indonesia's economy and economic development. In the five years ended December 31, 1978, exports of goods averaged 24.5 per cent of GDP and imports averaged 14.6 per cent. Though petroleum products are the most significant
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        Agriculture dominates the Indonesian economy
        1162 3 AGRICULTURE is the dominant sector m the Indonesian economy. Of Indonesia's total land area of 1,176,000 square metres, approximately 144,000 square metres, or 12 percent, are under cultivation. This sector has accounted for roughly one third of GDP m recent years, and has employed approximately
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        Chemical industry expands rapidly
        621 3 THE chemical sector comprising chemical, fibres, fertilisers, petrochemicals, pharmaceuticals, plastics and cement is a rapidly expanding sector of the economy. Total production of chemical industries reached $1.1 billion m 1978, an increase of some 25 per cent over the previous year. During the current Five- Year
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        Bright future for tourist trade
        1045 4 FROM a mere 14.8 per cent share of tourist arrivals to Indonesia m 1976, Asean nationals to this country increased at an average annual rate of 21.2 per cent to contribute 22.4 per cent of arrivals m 1960, or 125,901 visitors within the short span
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        95 1 from Fonvaid Shipping Co. (Pte) Ltd Hudson Co. (Pte) Ltd. Shenton Pte Ltd. Suite 1501-1505, Shenton House, 15th Floor, A Shenton Way, Singapore 0106. A V^^Tcl: *****66 C lines) We rejoice with the People Government of the Republic of INDONESIA m celebrating their 36th Independence Day n. from rmr\ PT.
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        141 1 gjk We reioice with the 1^ I People Government of Indonesia m celebrating their INDEPENDENCE DAY I Unit 109/110, Hong Lim Shopping Centre, 100, South Bridge Road, Singapore 0 1 05 I Tel: *****4, *****23 9 1 7 1 86 I STEVEDORIN6 CONTRACTORS OF PELNI LINES SIN6APORE W*f y /[Congratulations
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        43 1 S IK JrlrTlCL 18S jb PRIM A 1 g GROUP OF COMPANIES g jl extend their very best wishes to J| the Government People of ft I THE REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA H on the occasion of their I INDEPENDENCE 1 s riAv 9
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      Developing the financial system
      1235 2 Bank Indonesia lends a hand 6 COMMERCIAL banking is dominated by five state banks owned by the Government. There are 77 private national commercial banks owned and operated by Indonesians. Nine of these private banks are licensed to deal m foreign exchange. Expansion of private commercial
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      319 2 NEARLY all refining of petroleum products m Indonesia is carried out by Pertamina, which owns and operates eight refineries throughout the country. One 4,000-barrel-per-day refinery is owned by Lemigas, the petroleum research and training institute. Pertamina 's refineries have a total design capacity
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        293 2 ■■^■■H Garuda and the people of Indonesia are proud to celebrate their 36th Independence Day. I I DIRGAHAYU. Fly m comfort with Garuda to Europe, Middle East, Asia and Australia. Garuda Indonesian Airways nnnillln Thr National Airline of Indonesia II il I UU il «ITT? »»-*»> arwv; See your travel
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        161 3 CONGRATULATIONS <£ BEST WISHES to the People and Government of the Republic of INDONESIA on the occasion of their 36th Independence Day I 17th August 1981 iK V^T~\ Eagle Engineering 5 i J^Ej^Co.,(PteHtd. 63, Jalan Benaan Kapal, Kallang Marine Industrial Estate, v Singapore 1439 Te1 .•'*****55, *****43, *****67 Cable Address:
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        278 3 &PTO~^ I m INDONESIAN RESTAURANT Jf 6th Floof, Plaza Singapura, Orchard Road, Singapore 0923. Tel: *****7 MENGUCAPKAN SELAMAT HARI ULANG TAHUN KEMERDEKAAN kREPUBLIK INDONESIA A YANG KE 36 ScQ I I|^^^__ Half a dozen Reasons "-^B^QS^* 'J-^iSfc- Indonesia's Convention City Ml'§£^'^KB^■"'-**M l '§£^'^K8^ **k __m^l 12 leadin 9 notels and
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        292 4 pjffi Our Heartiest Ut^ Congratulations to the Government and people of the Republic of Indonesia on their National Day CEMENT CEMENT r~^KIN YUEN CO. PTE. LTD. J Suite Bos. Bth Fir., Ocean Building Co«ver Quay Spore 0104 j£j^M M Tel: *****7 Telex: RS ***** KYC Cable Add KINYUENCO'Vf- We. idoicE
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        12 4 Editorial material for this supplement was supplied by the Indonesian Embassy, Singapore
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