The Straits Times, 24 December 1976

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    13 1 The Straits Times KsWL 1845 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1976 25 CENTS M.C.(P) 426/76
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    69 TO NOTHING
    477 1  -  LESLIE FONG. By News Editor 4 pier cent drop in protest votes THE People's Action Party made it 69 to nothing in the general election yesterday— its third clean sweep in successive elections. It also reduced the so-called "protest votes" from the near 29 per cent in
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    Now to fight the real foes: Raja
    193 1 Now to fight the real foes: Raja THE PAP Is more In touch with the ground than the opposition thought, Foreltn Minister S. Raja ratnam «aid last night. In his victory speech at the Singapore Polytechnic, he said he made three predictions before the elections: that the opposition would not
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    Some changes soon, says Toh
    725 1 T»HE .chairman of People's Action Party, Dr. Toh Chin Chye, last night an- nounced that there would be a "little change" In the style of the new Government so that Issues at stake coulu be more Intensely debated In Parliament. He, also said that In
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    BUSINESS
    61 1 Today's highlights... MEPtttANT BANKS petition the Monetary Authority of Singapore for help to get Into the secondary bond market HOW DBS FINANCE Is edging Itself Into the housing loan market, much to the chagrin of the NW ELECTIONS: Big business reaction. Mr. J. B. Jevaretnain 's complaint and what
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    Hard core against all but Reds...
    799 1  -  CHIA POTEIK LEE ON THE ANTI-VOTES... By SPEAKING of the reject votes early this morning Mr. Lee Kuan Yew said that there is a hard core of between 10 and 12 per cent which are "antivotes." They are anti any government other than a
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    SUNDAY TIMES COMICS
    74 1 SUNDAY TIMES COMICS fViKRE will be no pub 1 lication of the SUNDAY TIMES during the Christmas holiday. The regular Sunday Times comics and film reviews will, however, be published in ton orrow's Straits Times, which will also carry the weekend TV programmes. SUNDAY NATION wIU bt published as usual
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    Lock icon Dow Jones
    47 1 NEW YORK. Thur»— Dow Jones itreragn. bated on Ant hour ol trading on the New York Htock Exchange 30 Indus )»6 54, up 2 00; 20 transp 233 66. down 207 IS utlU 10!. 00. up 007; 65 stocti lit 23. down 0 32 UPI
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      Accord with insurgents
      41 1 TRIPOU, m The Philippine (iomuml »n4 rebel MuUa ln»«r--fenta Mtctißf brr* haf* re»eh«4 m tcttlrmrnt ■tiimni'Bt. tbc Arab B>Tvlatlon New* Afucj *t Uhr» rrportej Ud.y The «4iwu>«nt Is nprrird to be tlfned her* M« la the day.— Beater.
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      Lock icon Indira bid to form govt in Gujarat
      279 2 NEW DELHI. Thurs. Prime Minister Mrs. Indira Gandhi last nlßht reshuffled her Cabinet, upgraded the role of the Commerce Ministry, and at the same time moved to form a new government in the western state of Gujarat. Mr. Hltendra Etfsal. president of the
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      Lock icon Oil spill sets three vessels on fire
      99 2 Oil spill sets three vessels on fire MANILA. Thurs. Petrol which spilled Into the sea from a depot caught fire today, burning three vessels docked nearby In Lapu-Lapu cltv 592 km south-east of here, police said. Ma; Efren Arnejo. station commander of the Integrated National Police, said a 30--year-old labourer
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      Chase lowers lending rate
      78 2 NEW YORK, Thurs. Chase Manhattan, the nations thtid largest bonk, yesterday lowered the prime lending rat.- it charges its most creditworthy corporate customers a quarter point to six per cent the lowest since December 1972. Chase became the third major bank to make the move in
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      Burmese editor seeks asylum in Thailand
      207 2 BANGKOK. Thursday THE editor of Burmese President Ne Wins official party newspaper, the Working People's Daily, has fled to Thailand and is seeking political asylum here. U Soe Mln. due to retire this year, has written to the Thai Government from the border province
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      Lock icon Clashes in Mindanao as peace talks -go on
      116 2 Clashes in Mindanao as peace talks -go on- VI AMU, Thurs. Ml- litarv sources ti lav reported fresh clashes In the southern Philippines as talks continue in the Libyan capital of Tripoli between the Philippines Government and Muslim rebels from the south. The sources said in o*-.e clash yesterday a
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      Lock icon Thais rush crack sky troops to southern province
      382 2 BANGKOK. Thursday Thai army luis rushed crack paratroops lo the southern province of Surat Thani where a deputy provincial governor was killed in a recent upsurge of communist gucrilh\ activity. The par a troops flew into Surat Thanl town yesterday only a
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      Lock icon 30 to 50pc death rate among smokers
      122 2 30 to 50pc death rate among smokers LONDON. Wed. A 20--year study into the smoking habits of British doctors suggests that between a half and a third of all cigarette smokers will die because of thelx smoking The report, published today in the British Medical Journal, also Indicates that doctors
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      Lock icon Loan pledge
      35 2 PARIS. Wed Britain's leading allies pledged today to provide UB»3 2 billion (BtS billion) towards an emergency loan of USS3 8 million aimed at balling the British out of their economic crkt*. -UPI
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      Lock icon China 'happy' over HK
      57 2 HONGKONG. Thurs. Gcv Mvi ray MacLehose .■aid today relations between China and Britain over Hongkong ore excellent and he foresees no change. The governor of this British UrrHory on the South China coast also said Labour limMatlon was a field In which Hongkong was clearly laßging
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      Lock icon Head of Spanish Red party arrested
      184 2 Head of Spanish Red party arrested MADRID. Thurs. Police held veteran Spanish Communist Party leader Santiago Carrlllo under arrest today in a swoop that spar ked international criticism and presented the government with a major political dilemma. Protests against Mr. Carrillo's arrest by police last night flooded in from French
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      Lock icon Fukuda chosen new chief of the LDP
      182 2 Fukuda chosen new chief of the LDP rKYO. Thurs. Veteran conservative politician Mr. Takeo Fukuda today was elected president of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), the first step in the transfer of power from retiring Prime Minister Takeo Miki. Mr. Fukuda. 71, Is scheduled to be named Premier formally
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      Lock icon Bribes from dirty book dealers: 5 'tecs jailed
      190 2 LONDON. Thurs. Five former Scotland Yard detectives were jailed to day (or wholesale extor tlon of bribes from the dirty book dealers they were assigned to stamu out. "The scale of It was quite staggering." said Judge Sir William Mars Jones after
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      Lock icon Move to register Thai brothels
      114 2 BANGKOK. Thurs. A committee set up to draft a law on prostitution in Thailand has recommended that brothels be registered, an Interior Ministry spokesman said today. The committee rejected suggestions that the prostitutes themselves be registered but •aid registration of brothels would help control venereal
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      Lock icon 'Entebbe hostage strangled by Amin police'
      307 3 LOB ANOELES, Thurs. —Mrs. Dora Bloch, the 75-year-old hijack hostage who vanished from an Uganda hospital during an Israeli raid at Entebbe airport, was strangled by Ugandan secret police, the Los Angeles Times reported yesterday. "Her body was then taken to Namanve forest, a
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      Lock icon Arafat hails Syrian-Egyptian L alliance
      132 3 Arafat hails SyrianEgyptian L alliance- CAIRO, Thurs. Mr. Yasser Arafat, chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organisation 'PLO). said here today that the new Syrian Egyptian alliance was an Important element In Arab struggle for the achievement ol a Just and permanent peace in the Middle East. Mr. Arafat was quoted
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      Child labour
      24 3 HONOKONO. Thurs. The Labour Department will prosecute the owners of 31 factories found employing child labour, a government spokesman said today— UPl.
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      Lock icon Oil slick threat to rich fishing grounds
      340 3 Oil slick threat to rich fishing grounds NANTUCKET (Massachusetts), Thurs A 160 km wide slick of crude oil from the stricken tanker Argo Merchant today drifted towards rich fishing grounds and scientists said they feared it could devastate the grounds for years to come The bow of the wreck ed
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      Lock icon Lebanon: Premier seeks new powers
      163 3 Lebanon: Premier seeks new powers BEIRI'T. Than. The Lebanese Government today asked parliament for special powers to hcip it tackle the problems created by 19 months of civil war. Prime Minister Selim AlHoss submitted a Bill to enable the Cabinet to decree abolition or existing laws and to make new
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      Lock icon Compromise on oil?
      76 3 BiusKls, Thurs. The Common Market should offer Britain guaranteed market for its oil in exchange for participation in oil cxplomtion. said Mr. Henn Slmonet. outgoing Common Market energy commissioner. Mr. Slmonet. who Is leaving the commission In the next few day*, said at his last news conference
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      Lock icon A 'hanging9 lesson
      97 3 A 'hanging 9 lesson MATSUMOTO. Thurs A schoolteacher ha need 14 schoolboys by their feet from a second floor classroom window to discipline them because they did not do their homework, authorities said today. The 40-v-ar-old teacher, not identified, reportedly tied the ank'es of the boys to window silb "for
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      Recess for UN Assembly after 'quiet' session
      251 3 Recess for UN Assembly after 'quiet' session UNITED NATIONS Thurs. The 31st General Assembly of the United Nations recessed last nieht until next year in an atmosphere of cautious optimism after a session rated the calmest for many years. Speaking for the host country, the chief United States delegate. Mr.
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      353 3 HONGKONG. Thurs 'J'lrK ousted former presirienldiredor of the financially troubled Indonesian state oil company Pei tamina had admitted serious personal wrongdoings and arso accused exassociales of trying to defraud the firm, the Asian Wall Street Journal reported today. The newspaper said
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      Lock icon Britain's major trade partners to pay $7 b of IMF loan
      283 4 Britain's major trade partners to pay $7 b of IMF loan PARIS. Thurs Britain's major trading partners agreed yesterday to put up about US$3 billion (557.4 billion) of the 'money needed by the International Monetary Fund 'IMFi to meet a British request for a US$39 billion loan. The balance will
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      36 4 VIENTIANE. Thurs A Cuban delegation led by Interior Minister Begio del v i lit Jlnwnej arrived here ycftcrday for a visit which will last ssveral days, acccrdlng to the official Sleng Prasasone dally. Reuter.
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      -ADELE WEDS PREMIER
      48 4 THE Premier of South Australia. Mr. Dun Dustin, 50, is seen here with his new bride. Miss Adele Kub. in a private ceremony in Adelaide after tneir marriafe on Wednesday. Miis Koh, 33. an Australian national of Malaysian-Chinese descent, was nis research assistant. IPI picture.
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      Lock icon 296 killed in Ulster violence this year
      100 4 296 killed in Ulster violence this year BELFAST. Thurs This year's death toll 296 in Northern Ire Und was the second highest annual figure since civil strlte broke out in the British- ruler) province seven years a<<o. According to British army figures published yesterday, civilian deaths jumped trom 216 in
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      Lock icon Film on Mao
      34 4 PEKINO. Thurs China has produced a full-length documentary film In memory of former Chairman Mao Tse-tung Including scenes from his early life and the mourning after his death last September. Reuter.
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      Lock icon Saudis won't abandon Opec, says Deputy PM
      438 4 BEIKIT. Thursday gAI'DI Arabia would nol abandon the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) despite its decision to opt for an oil price rise lower than agreed by 11 of its Opec partners. Saudi Deputy Premier Prince Fahd Ilm Abduteril said in an
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      Lock icon Rail strike in Sri Lanka
      45 4 COLOMBO. Thurs—lUll--wiynwri In Si I Lankt went on strike yesterday, paralysing train service* to and (rum Colombo. They demanded a 500--tupee advance of their salary to enable them to buy books lor (heir chlldmi f<» Hrn nrw .rhool mi AP
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      Lock icon Revenge killing: Four jailed
      155 4 LONDON. Thurs.— Four Chinese were jailed today (or a total of 39 years for manslaughter alter the Judge had told them It was a clear case of revenge and a family vendetta. Several women screamed in the public gal'.ery of London's Old Bailey court as Mr.
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      Lock icon ROUND THE WORLD-ALL ALONE
      41 5 Lone Polish woman sailor Krystyne Chojnowskellskkienwics who arrived unheralded in Sydney last week at the halfway mark of a single-handed round-the-world cruise. Picture shows her rowing ashore on Wednesday from her sloop "Mazurek" (in background). UPI picture.
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      Lock icon Police seal off two black towns
      148 5 Police seal off two black towns CAPE TOWN. Thurs. A force of about 500 police swooped on two black townships here today following renewed arson and unrest. The townships. Guguleto and Nyanga. scenes of repeated violence in recent months. were sealed off and police began a house to-house search for
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      Lock icon Increase in schoolgirl prostitution
      66 5 Increase in schoolgirl prostitution TOKYO. Thurs. Prostitution among high school girls in Japan is increasing, police reported today. A survey for the first 11 months of the year showed 176 girls were arrested for piostitution. 38 more than for the same period in 1975. It said 4.000 schoolgirls were given
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      Lock icon The generous robber
      42 5 AUCKLAND. Thurs A bank robber was overpowered in a tavern here last night after he gave himself away by throwing NZ$2O notes to Christmas revellers. Suspicions were aroused when it was seen that he was carrying a knife -Reuter.
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      Corn mission
      34 5 TOKYO. Thurs Japan will send a private business mission to Hanoi in February (or talks on Japanese aid in development of a vast corn growing project in Vietnam, business sources disclosed today—UPl
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      Lock icon Canada acts to curb nuclear shipments
      117 5 OTTAWA. Thurs. External Affairs Minister Don Jamieson said today Canada would stow nuclear shipments to any nonnuclear weapon state which exploded a nuclear device. He told Parliament that future shipments to non-nuclear weapon countries would be restricted to those which ratified the Non-proli-feration Treaty
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      Park a threat to US: Ex-CIA official
      404 5 WASHINGTON. Thursday THK former station chief of the United States Central Intelligence Agency in South Korea, Mr. Donald (iregg, has asserted that the government of President > aik Chung-Hee is inherently unstable iikl therefore jeopardises American inwho heard Mr. Gregg address a class
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      Lock icon J Britain's four ways to run Rhodesian ministries
      242 5 J Britain's four ways to run Rhodesian ministries WASHINGTON. Thurs Britain U considering four methods of administering Rhodesia's defence and Justice ministries as the country moves towards blackmajor. ty rule, the British chairman of the Geneva negotiations said today. The alternatives, outlined by Mr. Ivor Richard at a news conference
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      38 5 HONOKONO. Thurs. The government has appointed a British consultant firm to carry out an economic and technical feasibility study of the Kcwloon-Canton railway's US$2BO million (S*7oo million) modernisation and expansion programme, a spokesman said today. AP.
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      144 5 Sorenson tipped to be named CIA chief PLAINS (Georgia). Thurs.— Mr. Theodore Soreneon. special assistant to the late President Kennedy, is widely tipped to be named today by President-elect Jimmy Carter as the new head of the Central Intelligence Agency CIA>. Mr. Borenson testified at the 1975 senate hearings Into
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  • ELECTION SPECIAL 1
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      There's a load of kindness as votes are cast...
      124 6 from the law for Madam 800 (irk KM, 68. who is semi-paralysed, when she went to cast her vote at the Singapore Girls' Vocational -High School jrestrrday. Her son and daughter-in-law took her to the Kirn Keat polling station and from
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      Some came jogging to join early crowds
      1329 6 CINGAPORE ANS went to the polls yesterday bnskly and without fuss. Most of them voted early eager to take part in the political process that was their right, and then get home to friends and family and spend the rest of the sunny
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      Jeya face-to-face with 'rat-catcher' Fong
      115 6 MR. Fong Sip Chee, the PAP candidate tor Kampong Chal Chee. came face to face with his rival yesterday and was immediately engaged In a friendly street corner banter. The Workers' Party secretary general. Mr. J.B. Jeyaretnam. was making his final rounds in the constituency
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      —and then final results
      57 7 IT'S THE FIRST TIME FOR WEI LING THE Prime Minister's daugh ter, Wei Ling, who has just turned 21, cast her vote for the first time yesterday. An elections officer at the Singapore Polytechnic is seen checking her polling card while Mr. and Mrs. Lee wait
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      ALL THE RESULTS...
      2184 8 ALL THE RESULTS KEY: PAP (People's Action Party), \VP (Workers' Party), BS (Barisan Sosialis), IF (United Front), UPF (United People's Front), PKMS (Singapore Malay National Organisation), IND (Independent) ALEXANDRA (17,367) Tan Soo Khoon (PAP) 12,413 Chua Boon Eng, Edward (WP) 3,941 Votes cast 16,611; Spoilt 257 Percentage 95.6; Majority 8,472
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      THE 16 WHO WERE RETURNED UNOPPOSED...
      406 8 mHE following candiL dates were returned unopposed on Nomination Day: ANG MO KIO <M,2«4 Yeo Toon Chla (PAP). New constituency. ANSON (12.755): P. Govindaswamjr (PAP). 1972: P. Oovlndaswamy IPAP) 5.027; Paul Kunjuraman (UNF> 444; Tay Kirn Oh (WP) 1.291. Votes cast 8399; spoilt 137;
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      Confrontation at Selegie
      186 9 A TENSE MOMENT AS TWO OLD POLITICAL RIVALS MEET... A TENSE moment A as two old political rivals run into each other at Selegie Primary School. The PA* chairman. Dr. Toh Thin thye. went on the offensive when he saw the Barisan Sadalis leader. Dr. Lee Sieir
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      NITA: MY FATHER WAS GETTING POOR RESPONSE
      192 9 NITA: MY FATHER WAS GETTING POOR RESPONSE IifISS Jagjit "Nita" IT Kaur, 19-year-old daughter of Mr. Harbans Singh, has foreseen her father's defeat at the polls and accepted It even before he did. "I dent think my father will win. but I have never told him that." she told the
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      100-metre 'limit' for those with cars
      153 9 100-metre 'limit' for those with cars VOTERS who went to polling booths In their cars yesterday found that they had better be good at Judging distances. As soon as the first voters began arriving at various centres, special police teams from the Police Driver Training School swim? into action to
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      Photo show
      33 9 MR Phua Bah Lee will open a photographic exhibition at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce today at 730 p.m. It will be ooen till Sunday irom 10 am to 530 p.m.
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      Yeo's 'thank you' tour
      43 9 THE PAP candidate for Ang Mo J{lo. Mr. Yeo Toon Chla. win tour his constituency today from 2 p.m. to thank his voters. He was one of the 16 who were returned unopposed on Nomination Day on Dec 13.
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      Minister and the polls official who did his job
      203 9 Minister and the polls official who did his job lilß. S. Rajaratnam yesterday had an unexpected encounter with bureaucracy during a tour of the polling stations in his Kampung Olam constituency. This happened at the Chong Pun Girls' School In Aliwal Street at about 12.30 p.m. The Foreign Minister, who
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      Priest one of oldest
      67 9 ONE of the oldest to vote yesterday was an 86-year-old priest from a Chinese temple In Devonshire Road. Walking with difficulty and with the help of an Indian neighbour, he arrived at River Valley Government Chinese Middle School In the morning only to find that he
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      134 9 |jW)WAPPINESS\^^| f-555 AND XSt) h~)J GOOD [gs] \}fc^jfa CHEER FOR ||g? CHRISTMAS g|| 2™!^ AND THE Tmr 6 MEW YFAR /(moqikW llfcff I k#^l%« I) \Y BMCTRD Singapore Excellence In Secretarial Skills STAMFORD SECRETARIES TOP INTERNATIONAL P.S.C. EXAMS of the LONDON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Three Years In Succession 1974 1976.
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      296 9 tovecjoGy' The good cheer begins on Christmas Eve with the Harbour Grill Gala Dinner. Non-stop dance music (sso)*. Or feast on the splendid International Buffet at Hin's Heavenly Cookhouse and catch ttie Four Kinsmen's floor show at the same time ($3O). Or if you prefer to be under the stars
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      312 9 Straits Times Crossword A^ B< c»"y one— ludicrous' (10) 9 Get this right. Dads 6 Heavenly team? True! Inside, of course (9> .8 10 Hand-out adhering to one 7 Desert fault (8) 11 Ii n lp c w Iru rt P° und bit of 11 Lie In a furrow hemmed
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    89 10 Factory fire: Machines damaged FIRE broke out at a processing plant In Jurong yesterday and damaged several imported machines for making cushions, pillows and mattresses. It took two fire engines about an hour to bring the blaze, which broke jut inside the Northern Feather iS> Limited In Neythal Road, under
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    Jaycee dinner
    23 10 THE Singapore Jaycees will hold its 27:h annual Installation dinner and* dance ■t Tropiemnn Theatre Restaurant on Sunday at 7.30 pm.
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    THE BIG XMAS EXODUS STARTS...
    116 10 THE Cnristtmas rush by holiday-makers from Singapore to Malaysia is now on as snowii by this traffic jam at the Causeway yesterday. About 60.000 people are expected to cross over today and tomor- row. Singapore Bus Service buses to Johore and four coacnes to nortu
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    407 10 $198 mil boost for metal industry my TIIK Economic Development Board (KDIi) lias received investments worth move than $1!)K.4 million lor the expansion of Singapore's metal engineer* iii,U industry which recorded a total output of $1,070 million last year. According to the EDB's bulletin, Singapore Investment News, the projects involve
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    Lawyer Hill off to take up new job in London
    300 10 A PROMINENT law- A yer, Mr. Graham Starforth Hill, has left Singapore to take up a senior executive post In a i leading merchant banking house in London next month. Mr Hill has resigned from his position as a senior
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    The stranger-than-fiction story of drug trial wife—by QC
    1534 11  - The stranger-than-fiction story of drug trial wife by QC CHRISTINA WORKED UNDERCOVER IN CLUB TO TRACK DOWN FATHER'S KILLERS... By RODRIGUES LONDON, Thurs. After the brutal murder of her father a bullion dealer and merchant in Singapore a well-educated, beautiful Malaysian woman left her husband and children to work under
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    GOLD BARS CASE VICTIM WAS BEATEN UP AND STRANGLED
    282 11 WONG S H I N G MOOI'i father, Ngo Cbenr Fob, 55, was robbed of 120 cold bars and brutally murdered by 19 men In a house at Chepstow Close, Serancoon Garden Estate, on Dec 29. 1971. He was beaten by
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    Beauty quest
    41 11 THX heat* for the Mlm aiiifjipura contest. organlMd by the Apex Club of Tan<un in aid of the Little Sisters of the Poor, will be held In the Crystal Ballroom. Hyatt Hotel al 4 p m m Jan J
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    Follow-up care at all 27 outpatient -centres
    216 11 Follow-up care at all 27 outpatient -centres- ALL 27 outpatient dispensaries throughout Singapore will provide follow-up treatment for "stabilised" psychiatric patients and those discharged from Woodbridge Hospital from next month. The two categories of mentally ill patients now receive treatment at only five outpatient dispensaries —in Maxwell. Kallang. Queenstown. Buklt
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      136 11 Merry Christmas and jjJL A Happy New Year fipjit a^^^^ k ng j r sing M W< SUN YUAN LI ISA W^^M •T/ftWAN* TAIWAN* I™r BTE?^ FW if I < S WANG I I Ml 1 W shiow j^^v m. J^^K pß^k BB^ ißFyr w _^Bpß BBBv m m^± m
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      THE RESULTS
      416 12 THE high voter turn-out at polling stations Indicates at least two things: the vast majority of Singaporeans tafce their politics seriously, and they are trying to say something to the world. The PAPs total victory, carrying 72.4 per cent of the electorate, has by and large been expected
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      NO ARMS PACT
      239 12 A FTER Thai Premier Thanin Kralvichien left Manila, President Marcos has found it prudent to clarify his position that "there is no intention to establish a military alliance" between Thailand and the Philippines. President Marcos has simply reaffirmed what has been agreed to in the Thai-Filipino joint
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      Advice if you go out furniture-chasing...
      571 12 Advice if you go out furniture-chasing RECENTLY, many furniture shops have opened, occupying part or whole of large buildings all over the town. Many people visit these places to buy furniture, especially during this festive season. I would like to relate my experience, as a word of caution to them
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    2218 12  - 1976 a year of the scandals and disasters MARK WOOD By In LONDON THK ilcmitura of Chairman Mao Tse-tuns and the arrival of Mr. Jimmy Carter dominated the world stage in 1976 against a sombre barkdrop of deepening economic gloom. China repeatedly caught the headlines as first Mr. Chou Enla
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      9 12 The first Quartz /flj j| Chronograph. SEIKO Tradrteni "technology
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      378 12 |20branchesS colour! i^mppHoioi I PC 81l AUV TRAINED lib KM ANY technicians m rCDMALUV COMPUTERISED UtnIYiANY machines SINGAPORE COLOUR CENTRE (II 1374. taranaoon Road. 2M mil««tonw gfc 12) 1532. JO; 133,Jalan Bukit Marah K (3) (3-L. MiJß.Oppar Thornton Road. 141 B 121, Ground Floor. »VjhHupCompl«E M lOoWan Milt Shopping Cantr«<
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    Device to locate cables: 'No need for it'
    268 13 Device to locate cables: 'No need for it' A PUB proposal that contractors should u§e electronic devlcei to locate underground cables to avoid damage hat been questioned by some building contractors. A PUB statement on Tuesday said electronic cable detecting, devices were available In the market and should be used
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    ; SIA-BA pact on interchange of air -tickets^
    172 13 SIA-BA pact on interchange of air -tickets^ SINGAPORE Airlines and British Airways have agreed to Interchange tickets on their Singapore-London route without endorse me n t I from May 1. In addition. BABS and KRISCOM. the computer systems of BA and SIA. will provide passengers flight Information of either airline,
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    Lock icon Surgery exam Part II in April
    151 13 Surgery exam Part II in April THE Royal Australasian College of Surgeons will conduct a Part II Examination in Oeneral Surgery in South-east 1 Asia in April next year. The written section for all centres will be on April 12 and orals and cllnlcals In Singapore will tentatively start on
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    M-cyclist's fatal skid
    55 13 MOTORCYCLIST Neo Hl»n Chwee. 18. died at To* P»yoh Host- ul at 11 SO p.m. on Wednesday after hi» motorcycle skidded at the 13 km Upper Buklt Tlman Road. Those who saw the Incident should contact Sepoy Lines police station. There were M road accidents, one fatal
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    Plans for better bus service
    532 13  - Plans for better bus service S. M. MUTHU By DOUBLE-DECKERS, construction of more depots, new feeder services, new bus guide and a planned programme for commuter education are expected to be some of the projects of the Singapore Bus Service next year. Most of the groundwork for important changes In
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    200 iespond
    27 13 TWO hundred peope have responded to the Housing and Urban Development Company's offer to tell 42 twostorey penthouses In Laguna Park. Braddell Apartments and Lakeview.
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    The idyllic honeymoon that soon turned sour...
    247 13  -  RAYMOND JANSEN B* I)AVE and Annette Olsen's honeymoon began like a honeymoon should tne newly-weds dining alone and sipping champagne in a posh candle-lit restaurant in Paris. Little did the couple, both 24, realise tnat weeks later they would be penniless, surviving on
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      949 13 Water WATER consumption on Wednesday was 605.004 cubic metres (133.1 million jallons). a drop of 8.000 cubic metres (1.7 million gallons) from Tuesday. On your TV SINGAPORE 5 3.00 PM Opemni and CmUmsi Dram Tli I Mi Serbamka (Malay) rj ih or A 8 25 Sports Pinli (Eiflish) 1.55 Fiwtty
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      247 15 B^sV^Va^e^el^eKm T I ion bar I Wide awake to 2 am. with X'mas Programmes J Christmas Eve Dance at the m Mercury Room dsthßooD 1 .^^a| 8 pm 2 am The Addition' to sing you a joyous Christmas I Guest Bands Sonny Bala The New Moor.glows tj^M The Thunder Birds
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      132 15 Sj 8111 K 1 ?J M DINNER M N (IK I I CHAMPAGNE) JpH pdine like a v Iking for $25 U [J5 9 > TOMLINSON ROAD, |*5 M (behind Ming Court Hotel) fiJ| .iMimcamimniltMiHimti^ IN CONCERT by S TOP BANDS OF JAPAN I TUCS. 28 12 76 6 00
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      249 15 e 7Lf'ikf* Attractive gifts and Cy r 143AC7 pr j zes t0 j^e gj yen avva y B QSIC With j 'Moon-light' bowling StSLtbOWl OH from Bpmto 2 am, at GY'TUfAGI $90.00 per lane. nPTrn STARBOWLwish Vrt friends and patrons a Happy F»sf/Ve Holiday Come and spend sthtloor ChriStmaS With
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      1115 16 BID Mi Bttm prices officially iistrd and business in nid reported to the Kuala Lumpur Btock Exchange yr.sttrdav with the number ul shares traded shown In br.ickelx In lols of 1 000 unit* unless otherwise uprclin Id IKDUIHULI A,.f>.mo|. I '.Mill Am M.ia A Ch.t a m
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      65 16 'an-Elect Tobacco 108. icnt ing J Banking )C.B.C. :en Sugars ■.irl.-i»Ti! )utrh Buby \E. L'ston iM» irl C'nuts k.P.I Cables fong Meng A Cont. 12 10 $525 $3 58 $304 $045 $805 tl 29 $3 22 $0 80 $280 $0.58 $140 «0 52 $0 85 $0 40 $104 ♦16
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      20 16 Kampar id Malacca K Rice I.E. i MI luff »200 18 52.2S —OS ■082 —.02 tOM —.02 Sl2O —02
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        261 16 HONOKONO. Thurs —The market closed higher In fairly active trading, boosted by firmness on oversews markets, dealers said Hongkong Bank and Honikonc Land each gained 20 rents to HKS2O 00 and $8 00 res|>ectively. Jardinr Matheaon 10 to $18.40 and Wheelock Mardeo 7'j to $2 65 llulrhisun was unchanged
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        149 16 CYDNEY. .Thur.s The •^market clu.-pd generally tirniir with mine* Ruining and indiL-tnal.x .steady in thin tr.iduiß. dcajara said 111 l Sou 111 ri'*r four 10 ASI 10. and MIM. North BH. I'rko UalUrnd. H nd Western Mining c.uh gained a few Bill- rase 10 to $7 44 and .mi
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        92 16 aMSITRDAM Wed. The market closed mostly firmer aller a quiet leaaon. cl« aid- a*M Aksa frll 030 guilders after announcing It ill omM an toUrkU payment and aayina; it may pass final payment lloofovrn* mm unchanged, but other Dutch internationals iiimrri :t» were higher. bul KNSM fell 250 Banks
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        50 16 7URICH. Wed The Mock m.uket movtd MlKhlly 1 artive dealings. Mime support from w.iii Btntfa iccovery and Ji.-m (lie latest Olass N.itioiial Bank monthly suruy .lraleis said. Lr.ulini; bank\ and financial* centrally roec moderately »lth lloldrrbank Brarrr. (••rhkTi.Hurhrle .uid Pirelli in.ukrill> lusher re* vrii- mi' -mlv tntvd Quod iim-inictil
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        564 16 -TOKYO. Thurs The 1 market closed mixed with an easier undertone »s leadIng stock-, met pi oflt- taking and liquidation due to an Increase In outstanding balance of buying In margin trading, dealers said. Trie Dow Jones average lost 235 to 4.909.48 points with a volume of 400 million
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        326 16 XjEW YORK. Wed. I^ l Stocks, feeding partly on carry-over demand from Tuesday. moved ahead smartly In heavy trading. Analysts said many traders were encouraged by the rebound in glamours and bluj chips late <n the previous session, and by the fact that more US banks have Joined
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        Indices
        102 16 FINANCIAL TIMES INOr.STRIALS Wcdnewlay 344 5 Tue day 337.8 Week ago 325.0 TINS Wednesday 1 J7.71 Tuesday 126.59 Week ago 11*90 BIBBERS Wednesday 497.M Tuesday 488.01 Week age 477.17 OILS Wednesday 417.75 Tuesday 410.61 Week ago 387 84 DOW JONES AVERAGE INDUSTRIALS Wednesday 984 50 Tuesday 978 39 Week
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      Steady with firm spots
      404 16 riAIRLY steady condiF tions with a few distinctly firm spots characterised trading on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange yesterday. But buying sentiment was cautious, with most dabblers evidently preoccupied with the long stretch of ChristmasNew Year holidays ahead. An additional factor was the closure of the
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        TIN
        216 16 THE Straits tin price rose $5,371 to $1,241.--ll\ per picul in Penang yesterday on an official ottering down three tonnes to 188 tonnes. The overniKht London market closed barely steady with forward buyers gaining £35 to £5.100 per tonne. LONDON: Tin rcse by £40 for Cash and about £25
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        CLOSING PRICES
        24 16 Rubber: Dec 23. Singapore: Closed. Malaysia: 198.00 cU (down 0.50 ct). Tin: $1,241.12} (up 55.37.1). Official offering: 188 tonnes (down 3 tonnes).
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        69 16 Wednesday Tustday UM u>« Melbourne ill 124 HS 124 22 London i:i.i ;\,n ljj jiU 134 >«is fM us Zurich U3 .-.,11 i.v jjh 134 008 l.n ma Paris in ,< ijjw T"i'i»ir Wednesday KM UM Honickoni: 133 2UB IJJ jliu 1.1 i 134 ii« Spore (21 Closed
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        37 16 LONDON rnp|ier prices on Wrdiimduy l|ircvioua in bracket*!. Wirtkar m«t buyers t7«2 (£777 04JI. -rllcr* nvi JU 11,7-1 Three Month buyers ills iimii aellera isu so l(s|| mi, Marktl kMMi Barely steady alts: i. tonnes
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        342 16 rfHE Malaysian rubber market yesterday opened a half cent lower following lower overseas advices but turn steadier In the a Her noon. The market closed sllßhtly steadier with January RSS One buyers quoted at 198.00 cents per kilo, down 0.50 cent on Tuesday's close. LONDON: Terminal rubber closed uncertain
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        91 16 »-vAXY BMR prices at noon yesterday: W Jan Ft* M R t.L.B. irarrrnt Mih) (Forward Mth) Bayers Sellers Bayer* Sellers (eentaperk*) |c«lipcrk|) SMR SCV (1 ton pallet) 216.00 217.00N 218 50 230 SON SMR 5L (1 ton pallet I 205.00 307.00N 207.50 209 50 N SMR 5 (1
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        Money and exchanges
        158 16 KUALA I.IMPI R: The US dollar continued to firm yesterday closing at 12.5210 20 against the Malaysian dollar. LONDON: The dollar closed mixed in Europe on Wednesday, after evidence of furth' Central Banking support for the US unit and news of a $106 billion U8 balance of
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      652 16 EXPORT CREDIT INSURANCE CORPORATION OF SINGAPORE LTD has a vacancy for the position of ECONOMIST Responsibilities The successful candidate will be responsible for the organisation and direction of the Country Policy Branch which Is requlred to study and evaluate the economic trends In various countries and the impact of political
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      57 16 m.v. "VUhva Ambar" Voy: 7 arrived Ifi December. 1976. at P.S.A. Godown Noa. IVI6. General Survey of damaged cargo ex the above vessel will be held on Monday 27 December. 1978. as from 9 00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. No further survey win be held after this date Agaals:R. JUMABHOY
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      656 16 HgTT.I J r aj e7^flfl renders will be received <n the Ministry of Defence (Logistics Division). Tanglln. Singapore 10 for the undermentioned items up to 11.00 am on date shown against the Items: I 1. RECTIFICKR. CHARGING STATIC FOR VEHICLE BATTERY. Tender No: MINDEF(LOO) 301/78 (3) Closing Date: 7 1.77
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    49 19 PENTECOSTAL CHURCH 39 St Michael's Rd. Singapore 12 Phone *****6 Christmas Service 9 15 a m followed by child dedication and Immersion baptism lor tielievers Stindav Service 9 15 11 m Waiting Meetings 25.28.29.30 dally 630 pm 31st Watch Night Service starts 9 30 p m
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    69 19 MDM. ANQAMAH aged 70 passed Mraj n 12 76. leaving behind sons, daughters, sons-in-law, daughters-in-law, grandchildren Cortege leaves 2 00pm Block C Room 7. PWD Quarters Yio Chu Kang Road 24 12/76 for Ml Vernon Crematorium A MUTHU (RADIO MUTHU 'lull) 23 12 76. leaving behind wife, children.
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    98 19 Ik MEMORY OF my beloved husban Dr Edward Lav Chew Seng passed away suddenly. 24 12 68 "Those peaceful hours we once enjoyed, how sweet their memories still, but they have left an aching void the world can never fill r Ella TAN KM CHENG i Peang
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    47 22 THE Public Works Department has banned two firms from contractIng for PWD work. One was barred for three years from August and the other for a year from September. Contractors may be suspended by the PWD for poor workmanship cr non-performance of contracts.
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    191 22 LARGE prawns are expected to cost slightly more on Christmas Day and New Year's Day due to increase In demand by housewives and restaurants, fishmongers said yesterday The price of fish has remained stable over the last two weeks, fluctuating only by
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    35 22 ABOUT 100 inmates of the Singapore Cheshire Home will be enteitalned to a Chrlrtnuu and New Year party on Jan 2 11 U. organised by the Inturance Institute of Singapore and Project Club.
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    36 22 FREE legal advtce to available to Pailr Panjan« rnldenta at the PAP branch at 3. Alexandra Lane, on the >tcond and fourth Mondays of each month between 130 p m And 1:10 pm
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    288 22  - Armed terror gang suspects held PAUL WEE They preyed an factory girls By pOLICE have arrested two men believed to be armed robbers who have been terrorising women and unescorted factory girls in the Kallang district for the past few weeks. Detectives believe at least a dozen women have been
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    127 22 137 travel agents seek STPB -licence- ONE hundred and thirty-seven inbound and outbound travel operators have applied for licences from the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board. They represent less than half the travel agents In Singapore, and with eight days more to go before applications close, many are still looking for
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    197 22 LCNDON. Thurs. A heavy fine on a Sin gapore woman and the impounding of Jewellery she carried when she arrived at Heathrow airport recently underlines the need for visitors to this country from Singaoore and Malaysia to know the laws about bringing In dutiable
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    93 22 THE commandant of the Special Constabulary, art. ii(f Supt. E.J. Walker, wl'.l retire In February after a 29-year career in the Police Force. Mr. Walker, whose retirement was announced In the latest issue of Roll Call, the SC's bi-monthly bulletin, first joined the
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      223 23 IPOH, Thursday BLAST AT PEOPLE WHO 'RUN AWAY' TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES pEOPLE who run away to foreign countries such as Australia and Canada when Malaysians are fighting "life and death" against the communist terrorists were called traitors in the State Assembly today. "I consider these people, be they
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      191 23 IPOH. Thurs— A businessman and Industrialist. Ng Kuok Thai, has challenged Perak assemblyman Mr. Phung Telk Hua cDAP-Pangkon to repeat his allegations nade In the State Assembly meeting on Dec 17. "He made certain very serious allegations regarding money against the Mentrl
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      57 23 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs Deputy Finance Minister Richard Ho said yesterday that smuggling at the Ma-laysia-Thai border from Kuala Perils to Changloon was "very rampant." "This Is because there Is no natural boundary like a river or mountain along that stretch of border. he added. He had just returned
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      443 23 IPOH, Thurs. The 1 Mentri Besar. Tan Sri Haji Ghazali Jawi, denied in the State Assembly today that he had been involved in a land deal with a certain Mr. Ng Kuok Thai. Winding up the debate on the State Budget, he said
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      165 23 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. Malayan Railway's alr-condltloned coaches will be put Into service tomorrow. .nitlally, three coaches each will be added to the popular People's Express between Butterworth and Singapore and vice versa. The fares will be the ordinary second-class fare plus express train charge of
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      33 23 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs Olllcials from Malaysia. Indonesia and Singapore will meet In Jakarta soon to discuss the use of the Straits of Malacca, acting Communications Minister All Shariff said today. AP.
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      158 23 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. The Securities Industry Act 1973 and the Securities Industry Regulations 1976 will be enforced as from Monday, it was announced today. A Treasury statement said the enforcement date of the two Acts had been fixed by the Finance Minister. Tengku
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      35 23 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— The owners of the Sungel Kuyoh mine have agreed to donate $30,000 to a welfare fund for the families of the victims of a landslip at the mine last week
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      321 23 Fish dealers told: Find more sources of supply KUALA LUMPUR. Thursday MAJUIKAN (the Fisheries Development Corp.) today urged fish dealers in Johore Baru to help overcome the shortage by finding more sources of supply. The martcetlnp director of Majulkan. Mr. Tan Cheng Eng. said there was no regulation to prevent
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      81 23 IPOH. Thurs The price o( toddy In Perak will rema.n at 40 cent* > half lure. However, the State Government may reconsider the price should the cost of toddy go down. The Mentrl Besar. Tan Sri Hajl Oharall Jawl. said this in the State Assembly in
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      35 23 MALACCA. Thurs. The Minister Without Portfolio at the Prime Minister! Department Tan Brl Chong Hon Nyan. was told today that Tunjong Kllng Jetty now under construction would be In operation in 1978
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    652 24  - Country Lord should score on track gallop BLUE PETER By PENANG, Thurs. Country Lord worked with gusto in yielding going here today. Ridden by M.C. Urn, the four -year -old by Con vamore was full of running at the end of a 600 m workout in 38.6 seconds. Country Lord
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    225 24 PORT-AU-PRINCE (Haiti), Thurs— All the popularity soccer received in the United States with the transfer of Brazilian star Pele to the New York Cosmos was not enough for the Americans to make it on the international scene. The United States were beaten 3-0
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    135 24 Otago lose match by 80 runs DUNEDIN. (New Zealand). Thurs. The Indian women cricketers beat Otago by 80 runs in a match cut by rain to 3S-overs here today. The Indian girls, shrugging off five run-outs, hustled to 143 but were all out after 33 overs, with captain Shanta Rangaswamy
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    287 24 MOSCOW. Thurs. Nelll Kirn Is dropping the floor exercises that gave her a perfect 10 out of 10 score at the Montreal Olympics. Bhe Is replacing them with an even more difficult combination of exercises, which she will perform to fast Greek music
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    21 24 BUENOS AIRES. ThUTJ. Boca Juniors yesterday defeated River Plate 1-0 to win the national soccer championship of Argentina. UPI.
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    66 24 HONOKONO, Thurs. Hongkong beat tour Asian countries to win the Women's Junior International horse show trials. Miss Jutta Klueber of the Philippines was Judged the best individual performer. The four-member Hongkong team won the event with only 394 penalty points followed by the Philippines with 340
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    28 24 TOKYO. Thurs. Yoko Oushlken. the World Boxing Association WBAi Junior Tywelght champion, iv -lected today by Japanese iporuwrlters as Japan's "Boxer of the year" AP.
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    225 24 LIEW Khal Yeong played the wrong ball at the third hole and lost the chance to win the Jurong Oolf Club's first challenge trophy, reports DHARSAN SINGH. Llew (handicap 23) started the match on a blight note but going on the green of the third hole
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    170 24 lOC MUST HAVE POWERS TO BAR NATIONS rpOKYO. Thurs. Japan will ask that the International Olympic Committee be empowered to bar certain member countries from Olympic participation for security reasons, the Japan Olympic Committee said today. The request will be made In a proposal at the lOC meeting in Abidjan.
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    206 24 MANILA, Thurs.— The Philippine Charity Sweepstakes, sponsor of the Philippine Masters Invitational golf championship scheduled for Feb. 10 to Feb. 13. Is donating a total of US$4O,OOO < $100.--000) In prize money double that of last February's purse the tournament organisers announced. Top cash prize
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    244 24 MOSCOW. Thurs. Oleg Blokhin. top scorer In the Soviet league for the past seasons, Is unlikely to retain that position this year. Because of the problems that his club. Kiev Dynamo Is facing, Blokhln has been forced to change his position. He Is now
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    42 24 THX MacPhcraon C.C. will be organising an Intra- constituency table tennii tournament at Its premises at Circuit Road from Dec 27. Entry forms arc available at th* centre. WATERPOLO Open championship: Queenstown v BAFBA A' (Toa Payoh Sl5 p m >
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    228 24 ONOON. Thun. For- mer England soccer captain Alan Ball was yesterday transferred from Aistnal to Southampton for 160.M0 $240,000). Ball. 31. was a member ef England's World C«p winning team In 19t>« and Joined Arsenal fire yean ago from Everton for 1225.000 (SIMv.Mt). Southampton, who won the
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