The Straits Times, 1 March 1978

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    14 1 The Straits Times Efitd. 1845 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1, 1978 25 CENTS M.C.(P) No. 214/1/78
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    Lock icon POLICE SET FOR ARREST
    592 1 Units near Harun home beefed up KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday POLICE last night beefed up their units surrounding Datuk Harun Idris palatial home in Taman Duta in apparent readiness to move in, probably early this morning, to arrest the former Selangor Chief Minister. As a tense Federal
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    Lock icon 'We came to kill Sibai'
    87 1 NICOSIA. Tues One of two Arab gunmen charred with muiJer admitted kllfina Mr \ussrt abal a prominent Bmrtlan iwijJ>pei editor, "became he was a frtend of UrmeL" a wltnew told a Nlooala court of toque* today "We are Palestinian*. We wti*^ gfif riallr for that
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    15 killed
    28 1 OABOROME (Botswana;. Tim. Fifteen Botswana sokUsrs were killed and debt otben wounded in a clash laat nl(ht with Rhortsston troops, in official apotennan announced today. APT*.
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    Lock icon Thai Muslims set up liberation army
    159 1 QUOTE DESPITE this (the Privy Council's ■fc rejection of his application for leave to appeal) Datuk Harun says he is not guilty and will not ask for a pardon. So he manipulates the ignorant kampung folk and immature people to take his side so
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    Leaders back
    39 1 PEKING. Tun. Reman CWbotlc and Prote»Unt leaden reappeared in Petto* recently for the lint time In It jean on the nmarton o( the Hurting of the nation*] committee of the Chinese People. Political Cooeultetlve Oooferenoe cCPPOC). ATP.
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    Lock icon Fukuda to meet Carter on May 3
    214 1 TOKYO. Tuesday JAPANESE Prime Minister Takeo Fukuda will meet President Carter in Washington on May 3 for a summit expected to centre on world economic recovery and Asian security, it was announced here today. Agreement on a date the summit, sought by Mr.
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    Lock icon DR. GOH TO VISIT NEW ZEALAND
    98 1 ijjELLINaTON, Tues.— TT Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister, Dr. Goh Keng Swee, will arrive In Auckland on Thursday on a five-day visit to New Zealand. Dr. Goh, who is also the Defence Minister, will be accompanied by his wife. New Zealand's Defence Minister, Mr. Alan
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    Lock icon Dow Jones
    28 1 NEW YORK, Tues. The Dow Jones Industrial average, which slipped yesterday after a two-day pick-up, was off 3.80 to 744.55 ihortJy before 11 s-m today. UPI-
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    Top award goes to Junie
    122 1 JUNIE BNO. Singapore's "Golden Girl" of the 1a t South-east Asia Oames at Kuala Lumpur was unanimously elected Sportswoman of the Tear by the panel of judges headed by Mr. E. W. Barker yesterday. Junle had further food new* yesterday. She has been lnrtted by
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    Thai PM's rice pledge
    975 1  -  CHI A POTEIK By SINGAPORE and Thailand have agreed on long-term arrangements for the preferential supply and purchase of rice and maize in times of glut and shortage. This was disclosed yesterday In a Joint communique issued at the end of Thai Prime Minister General Kriangsak
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    Lock icon Indira gets more support
    610 1 N"W DELHI, Tutl. IJTOESH results In the r Indian state elections here today confirmed the erosion of support for the official Congress Party and firmly established former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi as the main opposition to the Janata Party government. Mrs. Gandhi's faction of the Congress
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    Lock icon English Bible
    30 1 VATICAN CITY, Tues. A 14-year-old lnter-fsith project to translate the Bible Into Engllih easily understood by the average reader has brcn completed, it was announced here today. AP.
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    LATEST All quiet
    32 1 NO police action yet at Datuk Harun's home at 1.34 a.na. All was quiet, report New Straits Times reporters stationed outside the former Mentri Beaafs residence. See this page.
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      97 1 JAPAN TO INVEST MORE IN SINGAPORE Page 9 OECD to go for Joint action to boost growth 2 'GUNMEN lived it up the night before' 3 'LEFT win will push France from EEC 4 The Budget what the people say Pages 5. 6 MALAY pass ruling for teachers likely to
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  • AROUND THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Vance: We won't impose barriers
      227 2 WASHINGTON, Tues AMERICAN SecreA tary of State Cyrus Vance told state governors yesterday that the Carter Administration will seek a better break for United States businesses and workers in world trade but will not resort to protectionism. "Protectionism is a dangerous gamble in which everybody
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      Lock icon Students leave
      25 2 MOSCOW, Tues. Another 80 Somali students were leaving Moscow for home today after being recalled by Mogadishu, Somali diplomatic sources here said. AFP.
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      Firebombing, shooting in Italy
      74 2 ROME, Tues. Terrorists struck with pistols and firebombs in Rome and Bologna today, underlining Premier-De-signate Giulio Andreottl's warning that extremist violence Is getting dangerously out of hand. In Home, three rlghtwlng youths shot and wour.ded three leftist studenU In the legs while the leftists were putting
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      More exports is the aim
      188 2 TOKYO, Tuesday DANISH Foreign Minister Knud Andersen said today the European Economic Community wants to Increase Its exports to Japan rather than place a restriction on Japanese Imports. During an hour-long meeting in the Foreign Ministry with Japanese External Economic Affairs Minister Nobuhlko Ushlba, a
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      Lock icon BRANIFF FLIGHTS: U.S. THREAT TO HIT BACK
      93 2 WASHINGTON. Tues. The United States Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) said yesterday It was preparing to take retaliatory action If Britain does not allow Branlff Airways to start low-fare flights from Texas to London tomorrow. The CAB also said It had decided not to
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      Lock icon Surgical facelift to look like Elvis
      43 2 DENNIS Wise of Ocala, Florida, (right) on ABC-TV "Good Morning America" show on Monday to display his face after undergoing cosmetic surgery to look like late rock-and-roll singer Elvis Presley. At left: Presley in 1975.— AP picture.
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      Lock icon OECD to go for joint action to boost growth
      405 2 PARIS, Tues A CONSENSUS seems to be emerging among the non-communist industrial nations that joint and coordinated reflationary action, even though moderate, is the best way of achieving a higher and non-inflation-ary growth in the world economy as a whole. This
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      Lock icon 'Opec will set new borrowing records
      133 2 PBIS, Tups. Oil exporting countries will set new records In their medium-term borrowing- over five to 10 yean on the international capital market this 'year, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECL» forecast today. The OECD said total loans oould reach between US$B
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      Lock icon Consumer prices up
      69 2 WASHINGTON, Tues. Consumer prices in the United States rose 0.8 per cent last month, the largest Increase in nearly a year, because of sharp increases in food and housing costs, the US Labour Department said today. The consumer price index for all urban consumers rose 08 per
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      Lock icon RISE IN U.S TRADE DEFICIT FORECAST
      130 2 NEW YORK. Tues. The US trade deficit for January will be US$2 billion to US$2.5 billion <S$4.6 billion to S$5 8 billion), up from US$2.03 billion In December, bankers and economists forecast yesterday. The January figures have been tentatively scheduled for release by the
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  • AROUND THE WORLD 2
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      Lock icon 'Gunmen lived it up the night before'
      404 3 Trial of two accused of killing editor NICOSIA, Tues.— A cabaret performer yesterday told a court she spent a night in a hotel with two Arab men accused of murdering Egyptian newspaper editor Youssei Sibai. The brunette wearing a black ski Jacket and
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      Lock icon Canada props up its $
      67 3 Canada props up its OTTAWA, Tues. The Canadian Government said last night it war. borrowing US$200 million (S$494 million) from domestic banks in r-n effort to prop up its sinking dollar on foreign exchange markets. Flnr.r.ce Minister Jean Chretien said the money W3S the "first of a sequence" of drawings
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      Lock icon AFTERMATH OF BOILER BLAST
      54 3 RESCUE workers pull the body of a victim from the wreckage of a boiler after an explosion in a plywood factory in Bangkok on Monday. The factory was demolished in the blast, which killed at least 15 workers and injured 30. The cause of the explosion
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      Lock icon Rescue bid
      39 3 ZAMEOANOA CITY, Tues. Themllltary were today considering mounting an operation to rescue Senior French Culture Ministry official Pierre Huguet, kidnapped two days ago by Muslim rebels while holidaying with his wife In this southern port city. Reuter.
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      Lock icon 250 held after Zaire coup bid
      158 3 BRUSSELS, Tues. Zaire security forces have arrested 250 army officers following an abortive coup attempt against President Mobutu Sese Seko. an exiled antl Mobutu organisation said here yesterday. The Belgian -based Zaire committee, which claimed last week that 2.000 villagers had been massacred in
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      LEGITIMACY OF PLO QUERIED BY EGYPT PREMIER
      363 3 CAIRO, Tuesday A SPEECH yesterday by Prime Minister Mamduh Salem Is seen by observers here as further Indication that Egypt has moved sharply away from the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO). For the first time, Mr. Salem questioned the legitimacy of the present PLO
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      Lock icon Begin rejects two key proposals
      223 3 JERUSALEM, Tuesday PRIME Minister Menachem Begin told the top US envoy to the Middle East yesterday that Israel refuses to commit Itself to a total pullout from occupied territory or to create a Palestinian state. Mr. Begins message to Assistant Secretary of State Alfred Atherton
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      Lock icon Last of big drug ring members held
      192 3 A MSTERDAM, Tues. A Dutch police yesterday announced they had arrested the last members of an international narcotics cang that smuggled 17 kr Of heroin from the Far East to Europe and the United States. Two Surinamese brothers were arrested last Thursday In
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      26 die in railcarbus crash
      72 3 LAHORE. Tues. At least 26 people were killed and 70 Injured In a level-crossing smash yesterday between a luxury railcar and a bus crowded with passengers riding on the roof. Thirty-seven of the Injured were reported <n critical condition after the crash. 15 km outside
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      Lock icon Riots: 12 die
      34 3 MANAGUA. Tuea.— Twelve people were killed and 40 Injured In fierce anti-govern-ment rioting- during which Nlcaraguan national guardsmen used armoured can, machine-guns and helicopters, the opposition newspaper Prensa said yesterday. Reuter.
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      New healing therapy
      57 3 DALLAS. Tue«. A new type of electromagnetic therapy has healed leg bonet that failed to unite after surgery. Dr. C. Andrew Bassett of the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons said the new therapy, which stimulates bone growth by pulsing electromagnetic fields, averted amputation In leg
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      Trains crash
      28 3 arnhem (Netherlands), Tues A Dutch dleiel train collided with the Munlch-to-Amaterdam express train today near the railroad bridge across the IJsiel River near Weatervoort town. UPL
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      Lock icon New order a threat to Bhutto's party
      126 3 RAWALPINDI, Tuei. Pakistan's military government yesterday Issued a martial law order that threatened political activities of the former Prime Minister Zulflkar All Bhutto's People's Party. The order by Oen. Mohammad Zla-ul-Haq stipulated that any politician whose case had been referred to a disqualification
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  • AROUND THE WORLD 3
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      Lock icon 'Judas' cry by Hayden on Kerr's posting
      176 4 /CANBERRA. Tuei.— The \j Labour opposition today charged that Australia's former governorgeneral sir John Kerr. had been rewarded with a p«y-off of an AJ140.000 doilar (S$37 1,000) a year diplomatic sinecure In Parts by Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser. Labour mounted a full-scale attack
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      Lock icon Bus drivers fight police
      41 4 TEL AVIV. Tues. About 600 striking bu driven fought police yesterday and tried to paralyse the country's bus service. Sixteen drivers were arrested, and one policeman was slightly lnjvred In the melee, a police spokesman amid. AP.
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      Korean dissidents are arrested
      123 4 SEOUL. Tues. At least 32 noted political dissidents have been placed u n d r r house arrest or police custody in an apparent precautionary action arainst political disturbances timed with a national holiday tomorrow, their f am ly members said today. In a statement issued
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      Lock icon For want of the Pill
      41 4 BANGKOK, Tuea. Thirty girl students who took to the jungle following the Oct 6 military coup have become pregnant because the Pill Is not available in their hideout, the governor of Petchabun province said today. AFP.
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      Lock icon LEFT WIN WILL PUSH FRANCE FROM EEC
      393 4 BRUSSELS. Tues pREXCH Prime Minister Raymond Barre said in an interview to a Belgian newspaper yesterday that the economic chaos that would follow a victory of the Left in next month's general elections would push France out of the European Common Market. "It
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      Lock icon 'Less politics, more science for students'
      294 4 PEKING, Tuesday /"<HINESE school children will spend more time studying science and less time discussing politics, according to new syllabuses applicable for the first time throughout the country. In a recent Interview with a reporter of the Peking Kwangming Dally, an Education Ministry official
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      Lock icon Tongsun freed
      37 4 WASHINGTON, Tue«. Millionaire rtoe dealer Tonglun Pmrk wu freed without tmU yesterday but kept under cloee guard on the eve of appearing before Congre*tUmml panel investigating alleged South Korean lnflutnceburlng In the US Congress. Reuter.
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      Lock icon Now Cubans fight rebels
      50 4 ROME. Tues. Cuban boldlers have enle:ed combat for the first time against rebels In Ethiopia's northern Eritrea province, the insurgents said yesterday. Cubans already had been reported fighting alongside Ethiopian troops in their Ogaden war against Somali secessionists at the other end of the country. AP.
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      305 4 Straits Times Crossword ACROSS (7). 1 Stubs toe very badly in 3gg artlc U P u ass ss^s* to go ffl£ B^raa. s. wrong 17). 5 Unlashlonable shoe supS Some uranium the nu- p,,,, t() surv i v c' (7) man race extract from 6 Mourn* the crew coming co*l?
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  • THE BUDGET-WHAT THE PEOPLE SAY
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      Business circles hail Hon's tax package
      1012 5  -  WONG MOH-KEED GEORGE JOSEPH 'IMAGINATIVE, PRAGMATIC AND APPROPRIATE' By I and •pHE business community here yesterday hailed Finance Minister Hon Sui Sen's Budget as "imaginative, pragmatic and appropriate" under the economic conditions to be expected in the next few years. But while tax incentives,
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      New phone numbers
      65 5 OFTICERS at the Land Dealings (Approval) Ontt, RcfUUT Of Title*. In Orange Road can be contacted from today onwards at the following new telephone numbers Deputy Controller of Residential Property at 3M0737; Senior Assistant Controller of Itasfclentisl Property at *****06; and AssUUnt Controller of ReddenUal Property and
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      The new tax rates and you...
      110 5 CirarinMe iaroiM OMratt New «»«<%)••< mpi<lMf First $2,500 $2,501—5.000 $5,001—7.500 $7,501 10.000 6 ($150) 9 (5225) 1 2 ($300) 1 5 (5375) 5 (5125) 8 ($200) 10 ($250) 1 2 ($300) rir* $10,000 $1,050 ST7S $10,001 15.000 $15,001—20.000 $20,001—25.000 20 ($1,000) 23 (51. 150)
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      Showmen more concerned than the patrons
      334 5 /MNEMA operators, impresarios and entertainment promoters appeared more concerned yesterday about the hike in entertainment duty than patrons. The latter felt that an extra five or more cents was not unreasonable and would not stop them from enjoying a good film show, play or
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      Fears of slump in market for new cars with price hikes
      1039 6  -  LAI YEW KONG AIR OF RESIGNATION AFTER THE INITIAL SHOCK By '...but sales may pick up after a few months' rpHE 25 per cent in- crease In the Additional Registration Fee (ARF) for private cars will push prices up
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      'Scrapping of 5pc tax on these bills a concession'
      447 6 r VANCE Minister Hon Sul Sen's decision to scrap the five per cent tax on PUB bills of between $35 and $50 was yesterday read as a concession to the very vocal opposition against the levy. MPs had constantly expressed their
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    Malay pass ruling for teachers likely to be waived...
    870 7 seeking confirmation in service f\lli requirement that teachers must pass Malay Standard One it they want to heron finned in the teaching service on l>c waived. Minister for Home Affairs and Education. MK. CHUA SIAN CHIN told Parliament on Monday. This
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    Bureau received 592 complaints
    591 7 mHE Central Complaints X Bureau received 592 complaints, requests or Inquiries last year, actIng Social Affairs Minister PR. AHMAD MATTAR disclosed In a written reply to a question tabled In Parliament. Of these, 77 were complaints against civil servants on discourtesy, misconduct, petty bureaucracy, delays and
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    Shipping pages
    88 7 -THE Singapore ShlpX owners Association and the Singapore Shipping Association, In agreement with the Straits Times and Business Times, have decided to transfer the dally shipping pages from the Straits Times to Business Times from March 1 1978. From today, therefore, those pages will cease to appear In
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    Istana expenses to be increased
    138 7 PARLIAMENT on MonI day approved increased provisions for the Privy Purse (Class It bj $10,400 to meet the 1977 NWC wace supplement for staff at the Istana. In moving the Civil List. Finance Minister, MR. HON Sl'I SEN, said an increase of $9,390 was also
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    Noise levels and the tension of urban living
    314 7 THS acting Social Affairs Minister. DR. AHMAD MATTAK told Parliament on Monday that the government's policy on s >und amplification affected not onlv mosques, but also Chinese wayangs. Chinese temples. Hindu temples, churches and all public gatherings where sound amplification systems were
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  • ACROSS THE CAUSEWAY
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    BRITISH ENVOY'S NEW POSTING
    83 9 BRITAIN'S High Commissioner to Singapore, Mr. John Peter Trlpp, will complete his last day of duty here on March 17. He will take up his new post as ambassador to Thailand. Mr. Ttlpp, 5«, was ambassador in Trl p o 11, Libya, before he took over
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    'Judge got his sums wrong'
    422 9 THAT RECORD DAMAGES AWARD LONDON, Tuos FE High Court Judge who awarded record damages of £251,000 (S$l, 129.500) to a Malaysian woman psychiatrist, Dr. Llm Poh Choc, was accused In the Court of Appeal here yesterday of getting his sums wrong when he assessed the
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    More Japan investments in S'pore -new envoy
    572 9 JAPAN has overtaken the Netherlands to become Singapore's second largest investor next to the United States, the new Japanese ambassador to Singapore, Mr. Kiyoaki Kikuchi, disclosed at his first press conferefence yesterday. United States investments in Singapore amount to about 33 per per
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    Support for trade council plan
    191 9 rE executive committee of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry has In principle supported the- government's proposal to set up a Trade Development Council as a statutory body to promote exports from Singapore. The chamber president, Mr. Wee Cho Yaw. told Its management
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    Flat hold-up: Two suspects caught
    125 9 TWO hocus detectives, who raided m flat In Jurong early yesterday and seised money from five men, found them selves arrested moments later hy real police officers. The two had entered the flat of a fisherman, lim Chai Kirn, 41, m Block MS. Boon Lay
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    More Viet fruit and veg likely
    208 10 A THREE-MAN delegation from the Vietnam National Vegetable and Fruit Import and Export Corporation has discussed prospects of more exports of vegetables and fruits to Singapore with local businessmen The Vietnamese mission flew In from Kuala Lumpur on Friday on a week-long survey of
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    900 to pass the word: Thanks for not smoking
    460 10 you for not smoking" this is the courtebus message more than 900 students will spread this month in the first nationwide campaign organised by pupils with the aim of improving life in Singapore. They will do this through the sale of
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    Kicking that habit...
    52 10 YOUNGBERG Memorial Adventist Hospital will begin another of Its five-day programmes for those who wish to quit smoking. The free course will be held In the hospital auditorium from Sunday to March 9 from 7.30 to 9 nightly. Those Interested should contact the hospital, by phoning *****1
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    Morphine man escapes the gallows
    319 10 LEE Chiow Hock, 50, escaped the gallows yesterday for allegedly trafficking 419.7 grams of morphine when the High Court ruled that the mere fact that he was caught walking along Rochore Road and North Bridge Road with the drug did not constitute "transporting" within the
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    Tanker saves 20 drifting Taiwan sailors
    295 10 TWENTY Taiwanese sailors from a freighter that sank in the China Sea 180 nautical miles northeast of Slngaoore on Monday reached here safely yesterday after being rescued by an oil tanker. They had drifted in two lifeboats lor some seven hoars beforr they were
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    Course at Toa Payoh CC
    35 10 THE Department o( Extramural Studies of the University of Singapore will hold a course on Communication through Public Speaking at Toa Payoh community centre from Friday. For details telephone *****6.
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      206 10 Bringing Up Father By BUI Kavimghtf. Hal Camp /NOT VET \f WELL DON'T f INSECT/ I WARNED >OU "N FthANKS FOR KUMQUAtA UNCLE* )l I WAIT TOO 1 NOT TO PUT YOU(? I l TELLIN© ME ABOUT HAVEVOU^y V J\Q&S- J\ V LON©/ J~ v. ,o/>L FEET Tf ls_^-<\ THE
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    Smiles that say 'we are top fund raisers'
    251 11 FLASHING winners' smiles are these top tund-ralsers from Australia Diana Bettlol. 23 (above lett) and Merisa Bortolotto, 19 who each raised AJ10.0O0 ($26,300) for the spastlcs back home in Melbourne. The two girls were among the top three winners of the Italian
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    Yong trial put off
    76 11 LONDON, Tues. Hearing of a case Involving Malaysian businesxman Francis Yong Chool Hock, 36, and his secretary Wendy Goh Book Peng, 26, was postponed to Thursday as the trial judge was Indisposed. Yong and Wendy are charged with six counts of deception. Yong also faces another
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    Chamber's dispute with lift firm settled
    197 11 A DISPUTE over the "arrogant" attitude shown by a Japanese lift servicing company In switching off a small service lift behind the 10-storey Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry Building has been amicably settled. The chamber bad been furious about what it called
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    Woman wins claim for refund
    333 11 A WOMAN who bought three offices at Goldhill Plaza In Thomson Road. In 1971 yesterday won her full claim In the High Court for a refund, with interest, of hef property tax deposits, totalling $7,500. Mrs. Margaret McKenzle Smith, wife of a businessman, had made
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    Lock icon Privy Council upholds death sentence
    297 11 LONDON, Tuesday DEATH sentence for drug trafficking offences on Teo Hook Seng, confirmed by the Singapore Criminal Appeal Court on Jan. 17 last year, was upheld by the Privy Council here today. Lord Keith of Kinkel said that on Jan. 9, 1976, Teo was stopped
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    Tontine wife fined
    63 11 A house wipe ni Tatar o*7 nned m.OOO by a dlatrict jttdn when aba pleaded tullty to two charges of promottaf a tontine Utanltr. Un» Poh Choo, A. 'waa fined $3,000 for each of the oflencee onrntnlrtfi In a flat In Tba Payoh on June 1, 1974,
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    Took morphine
    32 11 MO Foofc Kiwa. n. tu ywtarday jailad (or Uvee montha by a dlitrtct Judce when be ximtttwfl conauminf morphine on Dae v laat jmx. He bad two ctmUar prerloua coqylcUoo*.
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    Defame claim against relative rejected
    572 13 A DISTRICT court yesterday threw out a libel suit, in which an ex-medical attendant claimed that he was defamed in a police rejK>rt made by a woman relative. Mr. A. Thanabal, 53, who was suing his daughter-in-law's sister, Miss Elizabeth Anthonysamy, 20, for an unstated
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    Aussie flautist with flawless technique
    352 13 MATTERS turned out very surprisingly at the DBS Auditorium on Monday night when the well known Australian "Ensemble I" was scheduled for performance In the Music For Everyone series. Only flautist Thomas Plnschof. out of the whole quintet of players, turned up. with the rest
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    Breach of contract $167,000 award against sawmill
    164 13 rE Chief Justice. Mr. Wee Chont Jin, yesterday awarded judgment for $167,460 and coats against Khiam Kee SawmlU (Pte) Ltd. hi a breach of contract suit. The award is for the plaintiff. Borneo Overseas Marine Pte. Ltd., represented by Mr. C.H. Smith, at
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    WO DANGER IN SWILL FOR PIGS'
    258 13 THE Primary Production Department yesterday dismissed a warning against feeding pigs with swill. A spokesman said swill had been used since time immemorial as feed for pigs. i As it was a cheap source of animal feed, 11 was stn; used not only in
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    Two varsity courses
    75 13 THE University of Singapore's Department of Extramural Studies will hold two 10-lecture courses, Shakespeare for Pre-U Students and Company Law from this week. The literature course by English Tutor Lai Nam Chen, will be at Nlssen Hut 10A every Wednesday between 7.30 and 9 p.m. while the
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    The Straits Times WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1, 1978 CLIMBING BACK
    661 14 ONE of the more immediate consequences of Mrs. Indira Gandhi's stunning electoral successes In South India Is the resignation of Mr. Brahmananda Reddy the president of the official Congress Party. But the Implications of the victories of the breakaway faction of
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  • REPLIES TO READERS
    • Letter
      Three-minute limit on phone booth calls to stay
      131 14 WE would like to thank AMK1020 (ST, Feb. 4) for his Interest and we appreciate his views on our public telephone service. The 3-mlnute limitation on calls made from our public coin-phones was Initiated In 1974 after repeated complaints from the public
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      Untitled
      71 14 YOUR report •'Narco Dogs to check on drugs by post" (ST. Feb 20) states 1 that the new Jalan Eunos postal complex Is scheduled to be ready within the next two years. I wish to point out that the proposed new postal complex Is not yet In the building stage.
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      73 14 WE thank "S'porean" (ST, Feb 14) for the Information regarding beggars In Victoria Street and Bugls Street. Informatfon such as this can be given to the Police or the Social Welfare Department and Is of help to determine the places to carry out patrols for beggars. The Social Welfare Department
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      71 14 I REFER to Bigger buses wanted on Bedok route" (ST. Feb. 14) by "307 Riders." Your correspondent would be pleased to know that certain changes and improvements will be made to bus services In Bedok and Chat Chee when the internal service plan Is implemented In April. The request for
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      50 14 PLEASE refer to the letter by "Puzzled" (ST, Feb. 4). In order to enable this Ministry to Investigate into the matter, your writer Is kindly requested to contact Mr. Lai Yat Yuen, labour officer of Labour Inspectorate at Tel. No. *****1 ext. 130. WONG KIN PONG. PRO. Ministry of Labour.
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      153 14 WE refer to the letter from Account No. *****5B (ST. Feb 20). An outstanding amount of $65.44 has been due from your correspondent .since Nov. 19 1977 Reminders were sent on Dec. 8 1977, Dec. 15 1977 and Jan. 5 1978. As your correspondent did not respond to our bill
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    All the major powers have constructive roles to play in region—Kriangsak
    2395 14 All the major powers have constructive roles to play in region— Kriangsak THAI PREMIER ON SECURING STABILITY IN S.E. ASIA THE Thai Prime Minister, General Kriangsak Chomanan, was interviewed by Goh Kian Chee and Seah Chiang Nee of the Straits Times on Monday. In the interview, Gen. Kriangsak discussed Thai
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      356 14 ZEROSTAT For the scientific treatment jM| of static 1 H This is theZerosfaf anti-static pistol, which resembles a toy pistol and is aimed at the record surface from about a foot away Pressing the trigger gently creates positive ions, and releasing it produces negative ions These ions are attracted to
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      Opinion panel to discuss 'rojak' English
      447 15 SPORADICALLY over the past few years, heated discussions have copped up on the brand ot English which is slowly but surely being evolved In Singapore. The young cheerfully and naturally mouth: "This is my one". "This Is your one. 1 ind "He Is one
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      30-MINUTE RECITAL BY DENNIS LEE
      87 15 KEYBOARD maestro Dennis Lee (above) will be featured In a 30-minute programme, Piano Recital, tomorrow over Channel 8 at 7.40 p.m. (Colour). The 30 year old Malaysian pianist, who has given many overseas performances, has the distinction of having taken part in several international piano
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      Colour TV: Relief at only $18 rise in fee
      343 15 SOME owners of colour TV sets heaved a sigh of relief yesterday upon learning that the licence fee for their sets would go up by only 50 per cent and not double or triple as they had feared. Finance Minister Hon
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      RTS to show step-bystep making of a play?
      429 15 RTS to show step-by-step making of a play? RTS is exploring the possibility of making a documentary showing the step-by- step development ot a musical play. Starting from the Inception ot the Idea, it will trace the various creative processes and chain of events that take place before a show
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      128 15 LE CHALET INTRODUCES EUROPEAN SPECIALITIES m w&m fir &ta For lunch daily Featuring the European classics, cooked traditionally to bring out the best flavours. For example: Tournedos Schwarzi Kanne German in origin. Polio Alia Pizzaiola Italian. Tournedos Farci Aux Huitres French, of course. And many mort There's also a Lunch
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      33 15 1 WATER WATER consumption on Monday was 642.0 M cubic metres (141.3 million gallons), an increase of (37.9 M cubic metre* (8-2 million gallons) as compared to Sunday. THIS is the metre afe.
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      303 15 Come r\ Slim J\ with me f Even if you think you have a weighty problem, Come to us But don't tell everybody we give you less weight for your money. On second thought, for less money too! 3 TIMES WEEKLY CLASSES SLIMMING. KEEP-FIT FIGURE DEVELOPMENT LADY CLUB COURSES TEMPORARY
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      20 15 1 I SiSSI I KpIiJUMMNiiiH Iff slPl*4t2rS5 l Pl*4t2rS 1 MmufKiured by LEUNG KAI FOOK MEDICAL CO Singapore ft Malaysia.
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      822 15 Today's TV and Radio SINGAPORE 5 3.00 PM Opening and Star Performance A 7.00 Ranpaian Sakan Matter of Advice 7.30 News »d Newsreel (Malay) 3.30 Diary of Events (Malay) 7 55 P™ l 3.35 Bonanza-Abner Willoughby's Return "0 Nit Wanted— PvllutMß 4.25 Intermission 8-35 Most Wanted-Tht Wolfpack Killer in S.f
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  • TIMES CITY DESK
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      CLOSING PRICES
      1199 16 THE last transacted ready sale at the close of business on the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday compared with the previous day's prices together with 1977/78 high and low. I'Adjusted for script/ rights Issue) warm INDUSTRIALS IJ7H Lm, Hi«h Low lompm. S»«l» OT 158 132 Acma 155 +1
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      Unit trusts
      331 16 Closing Tone: Barely steady. TURNOVER: Official figures supplied by the Stock Exchange of Singapore including odd lots 'Ready' totalled: 1.744:000 units valued at $2,625,000 Industrials accounted for 1,196,000, finance 60.000, hotels 235,000. properties 77,000. debenture, loan and bond nil, oil palms 1,000, tins 100,000, and rubbers 75.000 'Settlement
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      BUSINESS DONE (SINGAPORE)
      1425 16 BID and offer prices officially listed and business In and reported to the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday with the number of shares traded shown In brackets In lots of 1 .000 units unless otherwise specified. All Time Settlement Contracts are quoted after the word "set." Big
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      Options
      116 16 STRIKING prices of the stock options officially listed on the Stock Exchange of Singapore, the periods bid and offer prices and business done yesterday, with the number of options traded shown In brackets. Cold Storage (March $1.70) (0.248 0.288) (June $1 .70) (0.2580.325) C and C (June $2.20) (0.548)
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      Government and corporate bonds
      168 16 4 3/4% 1/5/7* (250.000) 1 100 808 100 90S) 5 1/4% 15/10/7* (250.000) (101.258 101 455) 6 3/4% 15/6/80 (250.000) (103 70B) 4 3/4% 15/S/80 (250.000) (99.708 99.855) 6 3/4% 1/12/80 (250.000) (103.708) 5% T F 15/4/81 (250.000) (101.608) 5% T F 15/10/81 (250.000) (101 .568)
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      KUALA LUMPUR
      1484 16 BID and offer prices officially listed and business In and reported to the Kuala Lumpur Slock Exchange yesterday with the number of shares traded shown In brackets In lots of 1.000 units unless otherwise specified. INDUSTRIALS Aetna (1 568 1.688). Ajinamete (2 11B). Aleem (2 618 2 638)
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      Lock icon GSA sales
      37 16 WASHINGTON: The General services Administration (OSA) said It sold 45 tons of grade "B" tin from stockpile at US$5 41 i per ton. Buyers were Primary Industries 25 tons and Mlmemet Metals 20 tons. —Reuter.
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        Rises
        45 16 JIC louttrad )CBC iST Uhman Hyd loutteadco I Ray* lea View >unlop Ind 'AN IBS lime Uarby •MC 243 231 MO 505 312 165 ISO 76 414 350 332 328 308 +7 +7 +5 +5 +4 3 +3 +2* +2 +2 +2 +2 +2
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        36 16 n Hour Mcom liUnd Pen Sth Mm. Ind CAC 'i CVramic* Krtnpti M H«nkin« Mich A Low 314 260 222 136 269 239 396 306 227 -B -4 -4 -4 -3 -3 -2 -2 -2
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        Most active stocks
        24 16 '■her Merlin lPI '•hm| oni ;.«m. Mrl.l louilead IRaya lea View 'an Chong 158.000 1S7.000 117,000 83.000 43.000 35.000 34.000 34.000
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        INDICES
        39 16 9.T. Index: Industrials: Finance: Hotels: Properties: rins: (rubbers: D.C.B.C: 3.E.S. Ind: 548 44 555 65 298 05 267 99 ***** 439 36 178.90 179.02 164 19 164.11 142.04 142.13 437.44 438.44 235 70 235 96 228 56 *****
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        Hongkong
        403 16 HONGKONG. Blue chips eased, led by Hongkong Bank on some selling ahead of Its 1977 nonconsolidated results due later today, dealers said. They said there was general profit-taking amid caution ahead of the bank figures and tomorrow's budget speech. Hongkong Bank lost 10 to HK517.40. and Hongkong Land five
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        Tokyo
        395 16 TOKYO: Share prices closed slightly higher In active trading although early gains were pared, dealers said. The Dow Jones average rose 0 54 to 5.222.66 points, with a volume of 460 million shares The New Index was up 0 88 to 391 48 points. Export-orientated shares, such as Pioneer
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        Sydney
        312 16 SYDNEY: The market closed weaker on balance In the absence of encouraging economic news, dealers said. BHP closed steady at A 55.20 after earlier dipping to $5.18. while ACI eased three cents to $1 56 The Bank of NSW added two cents to $5.14 In otherwise easier banks. Tne
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        COPPER
        34 16 LONDON: Copper price* oo Monday (prevloua IB brackeu). Wlrefcar Sport bujrera 1618 50 (£611 50i. aeller* i«l« (1612 50): Three Month buyera <*32 (£•2450). Hllen <U3 (i«25). Market tane: Firmer liln 33.2UO tonoet.
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        New York
        297 17 NEW YORK, Mon. Investor concern over rising inflation and that striking coal miners may reject a proposed contract settlement pusked stock prices broadly lower across the board In active trading today. Before trading began, the govtrnment said the consumer price Index for urban workers ros* 0.8 per cent,
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        Zurich
        101 17 yuaiCH, Mon. Shares gained -over a fairly wide front In moderately active turnover following measures announced by the government and the Swiss National Bank to stem the franc's rise. Swtaalr firmed on Its January results. Banks moved generally higher while small gains predominated In financial*. Export oriented companies generally
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        Amsterdam
        74 17 AMSTERDAM. Mon Share prices cloaod generally higher, following the recovery of the dollar and higher Wall Street price*. However, trading wu very quiet. Akio and Philip* lost nme ground In otherwise firmer Dutch International*. Higher shares Included Van O— i mi. Bois, GkMMB-De Noord and WtnUksn. ABN and TMhlitnMtsr***-
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        Indices
        280 17 Closing prices In Dutch .Tuilden with dlff*nßC* oa Uw previous ■•uloo'i pnws P INDUSTRIALS Monday 441.8 Friday 444.2 Week Ago 458.0 DOW JONES AVERAGE INDUSTRIALS Monday 748.35 Friday 750.24 Week Ago closed LONDON DOLLAR PREMIUM Monday 86* to 87% Friday 83* to 84% H.K. HANG SENG Tuesday 413.03 Monday
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        TIN
        157 16 rE Straits tin price rose another $10 to $1,657 per picul in Penang yesterday on an official offering up 170 tonnes to 380 tonnes. The overnight London market was steady, quiet with forward buyers gaining £80 to £6.045 per tonne LONDON: Tin on the day rose £130 for Cash
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        GOLD
        62 16 Mtnday Friday Melbourne (1) 159 So 161.25 London 18O.8OB ISO. SOB 181. 208 1M ..us Zurich lso SOB ihu 75B 181. 258 181. 508 Parli 190.34 191.97 Tuttdiy Mond«» Hongkong 181. 60B 181.90B 181. 80S 182.208 Spore (2) 182.31B 181.98B 182.938 182 598 Export price* In non-nttrlinn re»» In
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        RUBBER
        470 16 OPENING prices in the Singapore rubber market yesterday were marked up slightly following higher London advices, dealers said. Prices later retreated slightly on lack of follow-through and some long liquidation of March R88 One. Volume was light. The morning session closed quiet. Ine afternoon session was a shade steadier
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        SSR and SMR
        103 16 [LV SSR and SMR price* at noon yfMerday: Max Apr ULS. (Carreat Mlk) (Forward Mtb) Buyen Sellera Baycn SeUen 30 (1 ton paUet) 164.00 196 00N 195 00 197.00N 60 (1 ton pallet) 192.00 194 CON 193.00 193.00N 8L8.E.L3. .5 CV (1 ton pallet) 215 25 *****N
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        PRODUCE PRICES
        120 16 MIMIH M0OU1I IX CHANCI, tlNCAPOIII NOON CLOIINC PRICII PER riCUL VISTIIIDAV. Ceeam* •<!: Bulk »79 Milan, old drum «M >cllen, new drum M» Hlltn. Cri: Mixed (loom) UK/Cool. »55 buy.n. r»mv: Muatok AST* »hnt fob 100« NLW (410 Mllcra. aanwak while fob. t*% NLW *3»Tt Mllen. larawak tpeclal
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      CLOSING PRICES
      30 16 Rubber: Feb 28. Singapore: Mar 205.75 cts (up 1.25 cts). Malaysia: Mar 208.75 cts (up 1.25 Cts). Tin: $1,657 (up $10). Official offering: 380 tonnes (up 170 tonnes).
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      Bullish trend greets budget
      474 16 SELECTIVE counters en joyed bullish support in a I barely steady Stock Kxchange of Singapore yesler- day. One outstanding case in point was Boustead, an export-oriented company. Opening one cent higher at $2.25. it raced ahead to $2.33, its new high in two years, before easing
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      K. LUMPUR
      327 16 SHARE prices Initially hovered quietly steady on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange yesterday before weakening slightly towards the close. On balance, the market closed mixed to slightly steadier with the Business Times Index finishing 5.19 pints higher at 783.02. The New Straits Times Industrial ordinary share Index moved
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      Money and exchanges
      192 16 "THE US dollar opened at i $2.3165/85 in the Singapore forex market yesterday, and was traded to a low of $2.3145/55. The weakness of the US unit was partly due to the high local Singapore dollar interest rate. The US dollar closed at $2 3145/55 in active
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      NOMINAL RATES
      145 16 Currenciei US dollar Sterling i<oiud Hongkong dollar M slan dollar lust schilling Bel franc (com) Danish kroner franc Italian lire Meth guilder tfor kroner Swedish kroner Swiss franc >ut mark lapanese yen dollar MZ dollar ;anadian dollar Nominal rate* Smlthionlan PercenUf* quoted yr rttrday (cross) parity chanf e
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      ASIAN CURRENCY RATES
      200 16 a 81 AN currency deposit ln- terbar.k rates as at close on Feb 28. NOTE: These rates may differ slightly from those quoted by banks to their customers. un uoiura istpoi' Offer Bid 7 days 7 6 7 8 1 mth 7 1/16 6 15/ 16 2
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      Money market
      38 16 Closing interbank rates on Suigapor« dollars on Feb 28. Offer Bid Chernight 9 8 1 mtii 5 1/16 5 2 mths 5 18 5 1 10 3 mths 5 3 16 5 18 Source: AiUej Pearce.
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      51 16 nA.Niji. or raici offtrtd by dneount houi«j on Feb 2«. Overnight 3 1/4*. Call dcpoalt 3 1/4*. CUlktf Buy ttii 3-Month Treasury bill 3 1/4 3 1/1 3-Month Bank billi 15/16 4 1316 3-Month CD S 3/1* .1 1 l« (Month CO S 1/2 5 3/S Iwm: NltlMUl Ultount
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      74 16 THE AVERAGE prime rate of banks in Singapore stands around 7 per cent, with the range running between fi 1. per cent and 7. per cent. Oversea-Chineae Banking Corporation is at the lower end of the range while a number of banks, including Citibank and Development Bank
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      393 17 AN anticipated slowdown In logging activities In Malaysia and the continuing sluggish state of the private construction Industry In Singapore will restrain growth at Tractors Malaysia In the current financial year. International brokers James Capel and Company, In their analysis of I prospects for this
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      314 17 SOUTH-EAST Asia Development Corporation (Seacorp) has taken over full control of Singapore Unit Trusts (SUT) from Its erstwhile partner. Singapore International Merchant Bankers (SIMBL) In a statement released by Seacorp on Monday, the directors say the company has bought back the 49 per cent In SUT
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    40 17 PATH BHOG For the soul of SARDAR BASSAN SINGH who passed away peacefully on 23 2 1977 Relatives and friends are invited to attend the ceremony on Mh. March 1978 at 10 a m at the Sikh temple Teluk Anson
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    49 17 rREASUREO MEMORIES OF YOl still linger on saolv misse[ jut forever remembered b roum loving husbano ;hiloren sons-in-law MUGB'ERS IN l<* ANC >RANOCH!L3REN AOOATHIVASAM WAS CON >UCTED ACCORDING TO MINCH. :USTOM ON 16 2 71 IBXovx) Wit* OI N K PiU.r Mu*>> D«pa>l«d tnii"
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      635 17 HOSPITAL UNIVERSITI KUALA LUMPUR Permohonan-permohonan adalah dipeiawa daripada WARGANEGARA MALAYSIA yang memillki kelayakan perubatan yang boleh mendapat pendaftaran penuh dengan Majlis Perubatan Malaysia untuk mengisi jawatan yang tersebut seiama 4 tahun sebagai Pegawai Perubatan (Medical Officer) didalam disiplin1 Anaesthesioiogi 2. Mikrobiologi Perubatan 3. Perubatan 4. Surgen Orthopedik 5 Perubatan Jiwa
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      579 17 ■jm i Tff^am^ The PALM OIL REFINERS ASSOCIATION OF MALAYSIA (PORAM) invites applications for the position of an:EXECUTIVE SECRETARY This is a senior position and the successful candidate will be a Malaysian citizen (preferably Bumiputra). Persons with 5-10 years experience in a secretarial position, and having a working knowledge of
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      781 17 STATE OF SABAH, MALAYSIA SABAH LAND DEVELOPMENT BERHAD The Government of Malaysia is planning to build a Palm Oil Mill at Langkon. Sabah. of 13 tons FFB hr. capacity in the first instance with provision for expansion to 43 tons FFB hr. in the future. The proposed mill is situated
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      768 17 IN THE HIGH COl RT IN M M AVA AT HI ALA IIMPIH COMPANIES (WINDING IP' no si or wn IN the matter 'f the" Companlea Art IMS And IN the Matter of Manaor Abbott P K Associates Sdn Bhd ADVERTISEMENT <<f PETITION NOTICE ii hereby given that a petition
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      796 18 Put yourself in her place. Cathay Pacific Airways invites applications from young ladies to be trained as Flight Hostesses for their international jet services. Successful candidates will be permanently BASED IN Hong Kong during their employment. Candidates must be single and have the following qualifications: Height between 53" (158 cm.)
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      649 18 FINANCIAL CONTROLLER COMPANY SECRETARY (Salary 54.000 $5,000 p.m. bonus) Our client is a well established Singapore based Company with interests in property development, hotels and other investments. The company has substantial financial backing and an aggressive performance oriented top management. They now wish to appoint an outstanding Accountant to the
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      451 18 Hjtc TENDER NOTICE TENDER FOR THE SUPPLY OF CRANES AT THE JURONG MARINE BASE AND THE BASE ANNEXES Tenders are invited from established and experienced contractors for the supply of cranes at the Jurong Marine Base and the Base Annexes Tender forms are obtainable from the office of the Manager,
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      128 18 IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE Companies Winding-l'p No. 6 of 197 H. In thr Matter or the lompi.nn Act (Cap. 185. 1970 Edition). And In thr Matter of Sorrento Printtr Limited. NOTICE OF WINDING-UP ORDER In the Matter of Sorrento Private Lmlted. Wlndlng-Up Order made the
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      621 19 A i T^ SATS, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SIA, invites appli- wy cations for appointment as "a Legal Manager. a Candidates must be a barrister, solicitor or holder of a JJSI recognised law degree and have at least 4 years' ex- A jjfo perience in a legal firm dealing principally
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      217 19 SINGAPORE POLYTECHNIC TENDER NOTICE Tenders are Invited for the following: 1 Tender No A 321/78 SHIFTING AND REINSTALLATION OF EXISTING BLACKBOARDS AND PLATFORMS AND SUPPLY AND INSTALLATION OF NEW BLACKBOARDS AND PLATFORMS 2 Tender No A 322/78 DISMANTLING, SHIFTING, AND REINSTALLATION OF COMPRESSOR, AIR VESSEL AND COMPRESSED AIR PIPEWORK FOR
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      649 19 A fc HOUSING URBAN DEVELOPMENT CO WW (PTE) LTD I invites applications from Singapore I I Citizens for the appointment of ASSISTANT ACCOUNTANT I Qualification and Expwtenc* I An accounting degree from a recognised I I university or an acceptable professional I I qualification such as AC. A. with 1—
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      572 19 En beuga LkuL I nBUC|9 announces the appointment of M B Trading Pte. Ltd., (effective from Ist March) as sole agents for heuga Broadloom (wall to wall) heuga Carpet Tiles heiiga Design Rugs See them at the SIBEX Exhibition (March 15th to 18th) and thereafter at the Decorative Carpet Centre
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      675 19 THE BANKRI PTCY ACT (CHAPTER IH. 1970 mnuwi TAKE NOTICE that (a) Receiving and Adjudication Orders were made against the following debtors on 17th February 1978. in tnllMVfll I nos 714 77 Ho Hal Heng t/a Plaza Travel Service of Unit 221. 2nd Fir. People's Park Centre. Singapore 1. Solr-
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      645 20 CLASSIFIED ADS AT TOUR SERVICE x^ Telephone Service:- *W I^. Weekdays AXIA 8 30 a.m. 5 00 p m. V Saturdays <K> 8.30 a.m. 3.00 pm l« Public Holidays CA.T.S. 9.00 a.m. 100 pm |a3S-+»77| Counter Service Regular office hours Ansafone Service After office hours RATES Per word 60 cts
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      610 20 SPECIAL OFFER ELECTRIC storage water heater available at 6 gallon. 12 gallon. 17 gallon. Call for details tel *****8 GEC SUPER SPEED water heater 7'i gallon used for longbath at $150 Tel: *****00 or office *****44. SPECIAL OFFERSI ALL types of alrcondltloners. locally constructed commercial refrigerators, cold rooms, containers Rental,
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      622 20 I FOR SALE I SHOPPING GUIDE II EMPLOYMENT 111 1 II EMPLOYMENT II EMPLOYMENT I FOR SALE A SHOPPING GUIDE CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT FOR SALE 1) 1 unit P8352 matching plant including accessories 2) 6 units Isuzu concrete mixer truck 3) 1 unit 100 kva 3-phase 50 cycle 415 watts generator
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      562 20 ANIMAL EXPORTERS OF Australia For Information regarding Importing dogs and cats, contact B Bywaters this week only staying at Marco Polo Hotel, next week only Borobodur Hotel In Jakarta Further enquiries, write to PO Box 176. Melville WA. 6156 Phone *****56 MALE DOBERMANN PUPPY for sale. 2 months Interested call
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      865 20 II EMPLOYMENT ACCOUNTS CLERK WITH minimum OCE 'O' Level and preferably LCC Book-keeping Accounting experience preferred. Apply with particulars. Including salary expected. a non-returnable photograph and contact tel. to: S.T Box A ***** FEMALE BOOK-KEEPER WANTED. Secondary four. English. Mathematics, typing Apply personally: 46 Idrls Road Spore 12 at 2
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      783 20 AUDIT AND BOOK-KEEPING staff I required Immediately by Chartered Accountants Firm Please write enclosing a non-return-able passport size photograph to Kong Partners 48C 52C. 3rd floor. 320 Serangoon Road. Spore 8 STORE CLERK REQUIRED. OCE. O' Level 3 4 years store experience Salary $400 p m Please tel: *****69 for
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      742 20 II EMPLOYMENT (A division of Mm Harpers Group) Invites applications from suitably qualified Singapore citizens for the posts of (1) SENIOR SALESMAN OR SALES SUPERVISOR for photocopying machines Applicants should possess a good Secondary education with at least 3 years experience In selling of photocopiers Must have completed N S
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      786 20 ADVERTISING CANVASSERS RE- OUIRED. Salary and commission Preferably tho*. "h own tran- 9 sport Apply to The Advertiser, m 8 T Box A ***** Spore COUNTER SALESGIRLS AND M helpers wanted for stationery H shop Call personally at Ming V Yew Stationery. 053. Inter- vt national Plaza after 400 p
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      613 20 II EMPLOYMENT I A Leading PLASTIC INJECTION MOLDING FACTORY i Invites applicants tor the follow- J ing vacancies a) PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR (Shift) Minimum 4 years' experience In a similar environment Able to control Production Operators and meet production targets b) SET-UP MAN Minimum 2 years' experience In a similar position
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      620 20 CC RON* MANUFACTURERS PTE LTD. A.i AMH»to of SCM Corporation USA.. ini.iiuf.il turing electric typ- vnter-. requires (1) SETUP MEN Screw MkNm Auto-Lathe) Tei'hnirul education In m. ehanlcal ma rime shop practice At least 2-3 years screw in v nine auto lathe setup experience and some ki 0« ledge of
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      647 21 II EMPLOYMENT all T4>4tf»islaa)l A leading Manufacturing Company requires INSTALLATION SUPERVISORS Tha Jos) To supervise workers and sub-contractors In the installation of Architectural Aluminium Products To plan and co-ordinate installation work with contractors and architects at worksites To ensure continuous compliance with stringent quality standards Male Singapore Citizen between 25
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      491 21 LIVE-IN AMAH REOUIRFO for family with small baby o do cooking general housework and occasional babysitting Dlst 10 Must have references Tel 3721 1 1 Room 532 after 6 00 p m WANTED INDIAN OENERAL liveIn Amah Dlst 28 Call *****88 LIVE-IN ENGLISH SPEAKING Amah with experience and references required
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      545 21 II EMPLOYMENT SANYO ELECTRONICS (S) PTE LTO FEMALE PRODUCTION OPERATORS Wt tw faWt vipondtfty And ••kofnt you to join IMq comp#ny if you OQtvPAOft 19 to 25 rears <A age Working hours: 8 am to 5 40 p m (Monday to Friday only) No microscopic work and no shift duties
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      581 21 PHILIPS requires I) TECHNICIANS OualMcattone/ experience: Trade 2 or Trade 1 In Mechanical/ Electronic stream with 2 years related experience Durlee: Carry out technical measurements, as part of a quality control reporting system Operate, run. maintain and overhaul coin winding machines I) MECHANICS OueUflcattone/ experience: Trade 1 or private certificate
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      663 21 II EMPLOYMENT THE CROWN CORK CO. (M) LTD requires 1. MAINTENANCE FITTERS Applicants should possess a Trade Certificate in maintenance fitting/ mechanical engineering, preferably with 2 or 3 years working experience 2. MALE FACTORY GENERAL WORKERS have completed their N S Please apply personally or write lo: THE CROWN CORK
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      818 21 JOB OPPORTUNITIES In trio mod Industry Wt n##Q tri# "oHowKij foe #fnp4oymant. 1) ABATTOIR ATTENDANTS 2) MALE WORKERS (DAY) 3) MESSENGER 4) VAN DRIVERS 1 able to withstand night duty. Non Muslims preferred. Malaysians acceptable. Salary $300 plus, plus Incentives and transport (2) read simple English, completed N.S. Jurong residents
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      833 21 II EMPLOYMENT WANTEO FEMALE PART-TIME workers residing In Katong or 1 Geylang to handle paper I materials Attractive terms offered. Apply personally at the 3rd floor. Room 301. Katong Shopping Centre. Singapore 15 WORKER CUM DELIVERY required, rt-eferably staying near district 14. 15. 16. Please call personally at 445. Joo
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      865 21 reimplement Our Expanalon PrOoTw)fTCfl# t we Invite sppitc ationa from auttaMy quaWtod persona with initiative and drhre to 'ill the following poamone:1) COLDROOM WORKERS (MALES ONLY) Age: 20 and above Qualifications: Primary education necessary Experience Preferably experienced In refrigeration work Salary $315 per month ($390 per month after training) 1)
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      787 21 II EMPLOYMENT URGENTLY REQUIRED SECURITY Officers Applicants should have a minimum education of Secondary Two and below the age of 45 years old Interested applicants must be Singapore Citizen and be prepared to perform shift duties Those Interested please supply your personal particulars and enclose a recent passport size photograph
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      661 21 Motor company raquiraa STORE ASSISTANT tor Spare Parts Department Applicants must have completed Secondary education and National service They should also have previous experience In a similar post The duties of the successful applicant will include counter sales, arranging and maintaining of stock, and packing unpacking of spare parti Apply
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      723 22 II EMPLOYMENT JURONG BIRO PARK PTE LTD requires ASSISTANT KEEPER QusMlccMona*' 4V #Ep#cwoc#'Primary Six or Its equivalent with some experience on bird-keep-ing Salary Seal*: $170 x A 7 50 $200 $207 50 x A 7 50 $222 50 Starting GroM Salary: $254 38 p m Apply In writing to JURONG
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      800 22 SOC SINGAPORE OILSEAL COMPANY PTE LTD A subsidiary of a leading international oilseals manufacturing Company invites applications for its new factory in Jurong for the following post MALE FACTORY OPERATIVES (Singaporean or Malaysian) Requirements a Secondary Education b Completed full time National Service (Males) c Must be prepared to do
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      985 22 111 VEHICLES I BOATS 1977 MERCEDES 250/ 1976 Mercedes 280S/ 1975 Mercedes 280S automatic Contact *****7 Mr Llm Trade-In welcome •72 PEUGEOT 504, accident free. first class original condition One owner, low mileage, alrcond radio cassette 5 new Mlchelln tyres Taxed 5/78 $13,200 *****54' *****5 V'ew 18 Wilkinson Road (15)
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      1008 22 74 REGISTRATION JAGUAR XJ6 Manual 2 8 with overdrive alrcond 4-channel cartridge, radio Original paint Excellent condition $22,500 ono Ring *****.10. Allan after 10 00 am ■71 DATSUN STATIONWAGON 1200 c c Console box. cassette, road tax $6,900 Ring Watt Tel: *****7 1970 FORD CORTINA Stationwagon 2 owners. Good condition
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      566 22 111 VEHICLES A BOATS VINTAGE. SUBARU. RENAULT 12 TL. Mini Clubman. Escort. Datsun. wanted Tel: *****0 HIGH PRICE OFFERED for all good used cars Any make and model Contact Tal Thong Lee Trading Pte. Ltd 17/18. Nankin Street. *****5/ ***** MAZDA. OATSUN. TOYOTA or any good used car required for
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      529 22 PROBLEMS SELLING YOUR secondhand/ scrap cars. We pay high price for any make/ capacity *****44 WE PAY GOOD price for PARF scrap cars Any model and capacity Call *****98 Richard 0000 PRICE OFFERED to PARF scrap cars Any model and capacity Please conuct: *****66 Allan LEEDON PARK SINGLE-STOREY SEMI-COLO-NIAL DETACHED
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      815 22 IV ACCOMMODATION A PROPERTIES DIST. 10 ASTRID PARK Executlve Bungalow on acre matured grounds 3 bedrooms/ study Spacious living area/ separate dining Servant's/ driver's quarters. Ideal for those who entertain Available Ist April 78 Rental on application DIST. 11 ORIOLE CRESCENT Single-storey detached 3 bedrooms/ separate servant's amenities Partially furnished
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      828 22 I apartments in I I Districts 9 10.1 I.TAMANSERASI (Opp Botanic gardens) I 2. RIVER VALLEY CLOSE (Opp Mat) Road) 3.GRANGEROAD I /JLNARNAP I (Near Marco Polo Hotel) 4.JALANJINTAN I (Behind Fil/pauiiVs) I S.OXLEYGDNS (Behind CiKkpu Hntcllßj provimm loOuhjrJ Koad I FofdeuaVcoexaa: uni t\ iicisi. <>. PIC. lld Ihfsaks I
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      1227 22 I IV ACCOMMODATION I PROPERTIES LIBERTY HOUSING AOENCV MM ready clients staying In Hotels urgently require houses/ apartPEACE MANSION fists 9. 10. 11. 21 Com pain lease, good deposit assured Luxurious 3 and 4-bedroom split- (Mease call *****72/ *****83 level apartments Partially fur- nish*>rl tl inn n m imwnpHt AIRLINES
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      641 23 IV ACCOMMODATION A PROPERTIES SUPREME HOUSE Office epece Air -conditioned t»rrh eiceWant service* ample perking racMrHee Available at laaaenabls rente* Enojuklee. Supreme HoMlnge Limned Supreme Houee Tat Me M24-M V J LIAN HUAT BUILDING OFFICES TO LET Situated In city erea corner of Enggor Street and Tn»« Street next to
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      811 23 DIST. 1$ SOLIDLY BUILT single store> semi-detached house on 6.0005q ft of land Large living dining area and inner courtyard Please call *****9 Mr Tan DIST. 21 CLEMENTI PARK bungalow type F 3 bedrooms. tenant's room area 7.000 sq ft price $230,000 Dlst 10 Oarden double-storey semi-detached tenanted till end
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      1499 23 IV ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES GENUINE BUYERS REQUIRE I PEACE CtNTM semi-detached houses and apartments (huf"' 1 J130 000 IHOM ?e 2^°%n"Mr n 'v^T^S Pr l flO r 28 m (30 *> GENUINE BUYER URGENTLY KMMto wanted to purchase houses/ 2nd floor-4 units each 20 sq apartments In dlsts 5. 9. 10.
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      629 23 V SERVICES A BUSINESS j DO YOU HAVE DIFFICULTY in locatlofl supplier or potentiel cuelemers In the United Kingdom? We can help with names, contacts, status reports, background I information and initial negoj nations and Introductions P.J. Wllllameon a Co., 3/9. Lee Lane. Horwtch. Lancashire. England Telephones *****7/ *****5 Telen
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      671 23 I CALL QOLDFINOER Ml4O/ *****54/ ***** Provides body massage by pretty young qua- lifted experienced masseuses 7 00am 11 00pm LET LIZA'S VOUNO and qualified masseuses/ masseurs soothe away your days tiredness. Tel: *****5/ *****88 JEUNESSE ET BEAUTE for your scientific relaxing massage: sauna baths, spotreduclng. Men's Department 22 Ngee
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      465 23 VI EDUCATION TRAINING CAR. LORRY DRIVINO school Lorry guarantee pass JlOO 00 Koonlek Driving School 94 Crass Street *****55 Our Secretarial Courvs (LCCI Pitman's ISC (for both Part (ime and Full timr vudrmv be^in 6th March Low fees, outstanding value! Only ISC give* you: 9 FREE Supplementary Courses worth $1,0001
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      652 23 Mngua School Of Languages LANGUAGE COURSES COMMENCING SOON NO CLASS HAS MORE THAN 12 STUDENTS ENGLISH day classet 10-week courses Elementary 1 Daily Mon-Fri from 13 Mar > 10.40 12 45 All levels Elementary, Intermediate, Advanced Daily Mon-Fri from 13 Mar 12 50 2.55 FRENCH j day classes 10-week courses
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      682 23 VI EDUCATION A TRAINING So PART-TIME PRIVATE SECRETARIAL COURSE You Cdn now take i part time evenings only, private secretarial course at Singapore's elite Private Secretarial School 1 Our next one year part time course starts TODAY! Call our Pnncpai for further information toiljy International Training Centre Supreme Horn* P*>n*nq
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      768 23 CITY SCHOOL OF COMMERCE 21* QUEEN STREET SINGAPORE 7 Book-keeping (Elementary) 1) Tuesday Thursday/ Saturday 800 am 900 a m Course commencing on 9th March. 1978 2) Tuesday 615 p m BIS p m Thursday 6 15 p m 7 15 p m. Course commencing on 9th March. 1978 Shorthand
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      1557 24 VI EDUCATION m TRAINING tTt^ m f^M mm Jf m MM V^B^^aßaaßaiHaaaaHajaaß^aißK Individual Oroup Tuition mj m J" I available at our centres or your I M^l J P*< mi home for Science, art and comW\ I t 1 BM 1 I f II mrrnal subjects at all levels Baaa^^B^B^BJJP^^—^^
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      875 24 j VII TRAVEL RESTAURANTS j BfWfpjWMfMwjaWttlMJUfli Ik WORLD CHARTERS A mmmmm Wm\\ ORGANISATION maym ay for the most economical reliable airfares to- B MM London Europa USA/Canada Parth Sydnav Melbourne Adelaide Bn.b.ne Auckland Jaddah Bahrain Dubai Kuwait Tehran Delhi S^i^i^Br^Bßf^Bf^Bl^H Bombay Madraa Colombo Jakarta Ball Manila M^MMKMMMMMMMMi Bangkok Hongkong Tokyo
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      1069 24 VII TRAVEL A RESTAURANTS exciting eunope ~fi~ ■bbbSliibS I^b LONDON TO LONDON riVC CAPITALS !Sm 7 a,,. From SSSSS 00 Depts Every Sun (28 May) mm^^ SCENIC SCANDINAVIA NOW- T WEOIAN FIORDSII dayt SgEUm* Mon ,29 May, T"^^T EUROPEAN RANGER 7 S'JJ I 511.215.00 XtH ftlß Depts Fortnightly Sat (27
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      554 24 P^K^^^^b^^^^bb^b^^^E"J^^b^bTs jmmm TECHNICAL |M| SALES EXECUTIVE |M| H An international Company, m the Biomedical II field, requires a technical Sales Executive. He or She would be a Malaysian, m the late 20s. with considerable experience in the Sales and Services of Biomedical Products preferably with some tertiary education, m a
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      398 24 SIN6APORE TECHNICAL INSTITUTE SINGAPORE VOCATIONAL INSTITUTE APRIL 1978 INTAKE INTO FlkL-TIME COURSES Applications are invited from Singapore Citizens or Permanent Residents for admission to the following Industrial Technician Certificate Full Time Courses commencing 10 April 1978 1 Air-conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering (Singapore Technical Institute) 2 Automotive Engineering (Singapore Vocational Institute)
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      Lock icon Standing ovation for Blyth
      269 25 LONDON, Tues.— A 2-1 defeat by Wrexham yesterday ended the stirring run of minor League club Blyth Spartans In the English Football Association Cup. But they pat up such a good fljht in tbc fifth round replay at Newcastle that the crowd of 42,267, outnumbering the
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      90 25 Liverpool LONDON, Tues. John Toshack, Liverpool's Welsh international striker, Is leaving the English First Division club to become playermanager of Fourth Division Swansea City. Toshack, who made nearly 250 appearances and scored 94 goals for the European champions, has failed to gain a regular first team place this
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      363 25 LONDON, Tues.— Europe's top soccer clubs turn from national to international rivalries tomorrow when the three main continental competitions resume after a midwinter break. Contenders for the two main tournaments, the European Cup and the European Cup-Winners Cup, have had to pause for nearly four months
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      108 25 OORT OF SPAIN. Tues. 1 A sensational collapse after tea by Trinidad put Australia in a commanding position alter the third day or the four-day cricket match here yeaterday. Scores: Trinidad 164 and 297 Australia 283 and 37-1. The Trlnldadians, 119 in arrears on
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      182 25 /^HRISTCHURCH, Tues.— Controversy surrounded the fourth day of the second cricket Test between England and New Zealand at Lancaster Park here today. By stumps England, after dismissing New Zealand for 235 in their first innings earlier In the day, were 96 for four wickets In their
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      162 25 ENGLAND Ist Inns 411 NZ Ist Inns: J. WrigM c and b Edmonds 4 R. Anderson b Edmonds 82 G. Howarth c Edmonds b Willis ft M Bargees c Roope b Botham 39 B. Cong-tea lbw Botham 30 J. Parker not out 61 W. Lees c Miller b Botham
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      203 25 IVf DtPH IB. Tues —Unseeded EngUr nman Mark Cox beat dfhth-aeeded Roicoe Tanner 6-4, 6-1, and Tin Oulllkaon of the United Sutai eliminated veteran AnMrallan John Newcombt 6-4. 7-6. In the fint round of the DStaU.000 (8*617.500) OS national Indoor tennli champtonahlp. Second geeded Cwmne Ooo1mqo« beat
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      676 25 THE SINGAPORE TRACTION COMPANY (1964) LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Sinfapore) NOTICE OF MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Thirteenth Annual General Meeting of THE SINGAPORE TRACTION COMPANY (1964) LIMITED will be held at the Registered Office of the Company. Nos 2203-5 High Street Centre (22nd Floor). North
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      65 26 ATHLETICS N a t i 0 nal schools cross-country prelimlminary (Macrltchle Reservoir 3.30 p.m.i. BASKET BALL 8AOE championships: Choong Yl v Thomson, 8AOE v Loke Yew (Maud* Road C.C. 7.15 pin.). BOCCEB— BBHFL: Dlv. 3: Bethslng v Cockpit Hotel (Toa Payoh stadium), Holiday Inn v Metal Box (TangUn 1),
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      Borussia-Cologne tour offer to FAS
      385 26  -  JOE DORAI By gORUSSIA Moenc h e n g 1 adbach, last year's European Cup runnersup, and F.C. Cologne, the current West German League Division One leaders, may play each other in an exhibition match at the National Stadium in May. The Football Association of
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      Paine gets green light to resume training
      230 26 URIC PAINE, Sln■Ci gapore's former first -choice goalkeeper, has been given medical clearance to resume training with the Malaysia Cup squad, reports JOE DORAI. Paine withdrew from the party two weeks ago with suspected pneumonia. But, on Monday, he turned up at the
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      Aussie bowlers to come in full force
      274 26  -  WILFRED YEO By A MASS Influx of Australian bowlers can be expected at the 14th Singapore international bowling championships, scheduled for Aug. 4—13 at the Starbowl. Wee Thiam Bock, the tournament chair man, said yesterday that he had received a letter from Jack
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      Malaysia-based horses to move to Singapore?
      733 26  -  BLUE PETER By TPOH, Tues.— There Is likely to be an exodus of Malaysian-based horses to Singapore If the syces and farriers' dispute is not settled soon. The syces, who are members of the Racecourse General Employees Union, have asked for an Increase of
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      Naval Base set for final round
      303 26 NAVAL Base School look set to qualify In all four divisions for the National Schools hockey championships, which begin later this month. In the lower-secondary boys and secondary girls divisions, they only need a draw against Swiss Cottage to ensure a berth In the
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      $10 million loss
      87 26 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Malaysia's three turf clubs In Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh and Penang stand to lose about $10 million by the cancellation of the three racing days at Penang and Perak. This is according to a statement by the treasurers for the Selangor Turf Club, Messrs. Hanaflah,
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      American is keen to coach in Singapore
      249 26 AMERICAN Jim Kam- pen, who has had more than a decade of basketball coaching experience, Is keen to work in Singapore. Kampen. currently chief coach of the Bahrain national team, offered his services in a recent letter to the Basketball Association of Singapore.
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      Ten booked and one is ordered off
      413 26 WINDY weather was obviously no cooling agent last night at the Jalau Besar Stadium, where 10 players including Malaysia Cup trainee Sashl Kumar were booked and another sent off in the Business Houses Football League Div. One and Two semi-finals, reports WILFBED YEQ.
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        385 27 4 NUMBER of local swimming fans seem to regard Junie Snr with more awe than they would a yeti brewing himself a cup of tea in a Himalayan ravine, reports PERCY SENEVIRATNE. And why not? She was only five when she used to swim 1,500 metres
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        Canada invite gives Sportswoman double joy
        424 27  -  PERCY SENEVIRATNE By THE 1977 AWARDS Sportsman Chua Koon Siong; Sportswoman Junie Sng Coach Choo Sen; Quee Meritorious Sam Tan, Sankaran Gawade, Jamil Mohammed, Lam Yin Koi, Son; Koon Poh. Team Water-polo. yyEIGHTLIFTER Chua Koon Siong and swimmer Junie Sng were voted the 1977
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        178 27  -  ERNEST FRIDA By fHOO Seng Quee, 64, was almost In tears when I broke the news that he was elected the Coach of the Year. The overjoyed Seng Quee said: "I am happy but I would be happier if the national
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        A GREAT FEELING, SAYS KOON SIONG
        150 27 WEIOHTLIFTER Chua Koon Siong was delirious when told that he had been named Sportsman of the Year, reports ERNEST FRIDA. The 29-year-old security officer at a leading hotel asked in disbelief: Are you sure, I'm the too sportsman of 1977? I can't believe it."
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        Pat on the back from coach
        122 27 i ATER-POLO coach TT Tan Eng Bock described the Team of the Year award as a "fitting tribute" to the collective efforts of the players. Said Tan: "This will spur the players to train harder and prove themselves as worthy recipients of the coveted
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        Gopal beaten
        44 27 V. GOPAL, Singapore's first choice player for the East Asia squash championships at Kallang later this month, suffered a shock 2-3 defeat against Malaysia's number two player Nik Din In the annual match at Oentlng Highlands Singapore, however, won the contest 4-1.
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      WHEN WILL WE SEE THIS AGAIN?
      70 27 FLASHBACK: Singapore weighUifters Tan Howe LUng (second from right) and Cb.ua Phu.ii Kirn (extreme right), receive a hero's welcome on their, return from the IM2 Commonwealth Games In Perth, where they both won gold medals. Tan boasted a recordbreaking lift of 8M pounds for
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      Only 3 deserve to go
      832 27  -  PETER SIOW WHAT WILL SINGAPORE'S STRENGTH BE AT THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES IN EDMONTON? By AS Aug. 3 draws near, excitement and tension mount in Edmonton Canada, where the 11th Commonwealth Games will unfold in a pageantry of pomp and colour. For 10 days after that.
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      553 27 The story of a victim of poor health who jp-— !4 —^fc-riF^ pedalled a whole tradition which is now the r==k largest bicycle manufacturer /^"^n in the world c~ b qJ*^ IftL r^^^^/lf/f%^\, J A Ralei 9 h bicycles and each l/^^l— jjftft* 1 1 J^ri^ and every individual component
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    Lock icon JAPAN TO CUT CAR EXPORTS TO BRITAIN
    197 28 mOKYO, Tues. As 1 warnings were repeated today of a possible trade war against Japan, the government promised to control car exports to Britain and an Industry chlel was reported saying Japan was ready to discuss restraints of steel exported to the United
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    239 28 JAKARTA, Tuesday A "Week of Tranquillity" is to be lmposed here next week and no political activities will be allowed before the meeting of the People's Congress which is expected to re-elect President Suharto. National security chief Admiral Sudomo told reporters after attending the
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    Afghan head's
    37 28 visit ISLAMABAD. Tuei. Afghanistan President Mohammad Daoud will pay a four-day state visit to Pakistan next month, official spoke-men said. The visit Is being made at the Invitation of Pakistan's President Pazal Hani Cbaudry. DPI.
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    35 28 TRIPOLI, Tues. The Organisation of African Unity (OAU) Council of Ministers has pledged to Increase financial, diplomatic and material assistance to guerillas fighting against the South African administration In Nambia iSouth-West Africa). Reuter.
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    36 28 BONN. Tues. Scores or police blocked an attempt by Iranian student demonstrators today to enter communist East Germany's Bonn permanent mission to protest the arrest of fellow-demonstrators In East Berlin the previous day. AP.
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    Lock icon Laser sight gun stolen
    57 28 LONDON. Tues. A special anti-terrorist rifle mounted with a laser beam sight has been stolen from an exhibition at the London Science Museum, Scotland Yard said today. Police said the gun could not be made to fire but the laser sight could be easily nttrd to
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    285 28 TEL AVIV, Toea. A leading newspaper quoted British Foreign Secretary David Owen today as saying he cannot stand listening to Israeli Prime Minister -Menachem Begin. Or. Owen declined to talk to reporters on his departure for London, but a spokesman for the British Embassy said:
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    75 28 TOKYO. Turn. Japan's Kokusal Denahln D e n w t Company (KDD), an International telegraph and telephone corporation here, said today It would Inaugurate an International facsimile telegram service between Japan and the United States from torn cr row. The service will transmit and receive the facsimile
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    Peacock for Escap meet
    73 28 CANBERRA. Tuea. Australian Foreign Affairs Minister Andrew Peacock will visit Bangkok next week for the yearly talks of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific lEscap). government aourcee said here today. The talks are expected to cover a wide range of economic and
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    Lock icon Tito to visit Britain
    69 28 BTLORADE. Tue». Yugoslav President J o 1 p Bros Tito will make a twodty vl«lt to Britain In March at the Invitation of the BrltUh Government it WM officially confirmed here today The vUlt, during which Manhal Tito to to meet Queen Ettmbeth and Prime Minuter
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    LONDON STOCKS
    698 28 LONDON. Tues. Stock prlcei closed higher today but were oft the top In generally quiet trading dealers said At 3 pm the Financial Times Index was up 2 7 at 444 5. Government bonds reacted to a recommendation by the executive committee of British engineering unions for strike
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    79 28 SEOUL. Tues. Sixty US soldiers arrived by air at the port city of Puaan from Hawaii today a* an advance party of. American personnel to tak* part In a major USKorean Joint war game from March 7. The men, from the 25th US Infantry Division, arrived
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    Lock icon Cosmos 991 in orbit
    54 28 MOSCOW, TIMS, -r The Soviet Union launched another In lv Cosmos sarioa of satellite* into orMt today, the Tin news afency reported. Tan aaid Ooamoa Wl was orbiting the earth every 104 s minute* at an Inclination of S3 dcsjTMs and dWancei ranging between 972 km
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    125 28 MILAN, Tues.— Dozens of Italian industrialists and businessmen have taken kidnap insurances and are under investigation on possible currency violations, police announced today. Mr. Enrico Alessandrini, this northern Italian city's deputy state attorney, said Italian brokers were the link to unnamed foreign based companies Issuing
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