The Straits Times, 16 March 1978

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    15 1 The Strait s Times Estd. 1845 THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 1978 25 CENTS M.C.(P) No. 214/1/78
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    Lock icon ISRAELIS OVERRUN STRONGHOLDS
    1295 1 ISRAELIS OVERRUN STRONGHOLDS 20,000 troops invade Lebanon BEIRUT, Wednesday PALESTINIAN c o m m a n dos, outnumbered and outgunned by thousands of Israeli invaders, lost five major strongholds today in trying to fend off an attack spreading from southern Lebanon to within 24 km of Beirut. In the biggest
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    Couple's joyous reunion
    22 1 A man hostage, rescued by marines from the besieged building, races tc embrace his overjoyed wife. -U PI picture.
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    Lock icon Thai embassy in Hanoi
    47 1 BANGKOK. Wed. A five-member Thai mission left here today for Hanoi to open rhallands first embassy In Vietnam, Informed sources said. The mission Is headed by Mr. Sanaa Plangprayoon. who will be Charge d'AfTalre* of the new Thai embassy there, they said. Rruter.
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    RAMAN TO BECOME TAX OFFICER
    176 1 RAMAN TO BECOME TAX OFFICER pORMER political del1l 1 talnee G. Raman U joining the civil service as an assessment officer In the Inland Revenue Department. The lawyer, who was conditionally released from the Whltley Road holding centre on Peb 25, is awaiting a letter from the public Service Commission
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    Dow Jones
    29 1 NEW YORK. Wed. Tt* Dow Jones Industrial average, which rallied, to gain 260 points yesterday, was off 3.46 points to 759.10 shortly before 11 a.m. today. UPL
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    Moluccans condemn siege...
    526 1 Moluccans condemn siege... THE HAGUE. Wednesday T EADERS of the South Moluccan community have condemned the "suicide commando" unit which held 70 people hostage and gave tacit approval to the government's decision to use force to free them. A 29-hour siege by three Moluccan gunmen ended without a bloodbath yesterday
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    Lock icon HK landmark sold
    150 1 HONGKONG. Wad rIE Tiger Balm Oardens, a maior tourist attraction here built by the late Singapore businessman Aw Boon Haw. has been sold to a Hongkong property group for redevelopment. The deputy general manager of Cheung Kong Holdings, Mr. George Zang, said today the gardens full of
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    Lock icon UN urged to get Israel to pull out
    113 1 UN urged to get Israel to pull out CAIRO. Wed THE Arab League today demanded immediate United Nations action to end Israel's invasion of southern Lebanon and ensure the withdrawal of its forces. In a message to I.N. Secretary General Kurt Waldheim. Arab League secretary general Mahm o v d
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    Lock icon Arafat 'underground'
    78 1 BEIRUT, Wed.—Yasser Arafat, head of Hie Palestine Liberation Organ! sation (PLO), and bis military leaders were today in an underground bunker command post In a Palestinian camp near Sabra, outside Beirut, as Israeli forces mounted a massive attack in southern Lebanon. One of their main preoccupations was bitter
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    Lock icon Carter not informed
    50 1 WASHINGTON, Wed —The Carter Administration was not informed in advance of the Israeli sweep into southern Lebanon. White House and State Department sources said here. Although there had been no official White House statement on the raid, the sources said President Carter was following developments closely. AFP.
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    Lock icon Syria to give air support
    66 1 WASHINGTON. Wed. Syria has agreed to provide air support against possible Israeli artillery attacks in Lebanon, Damascus Radio, monitored here, announced today. In CAIRO, Egypt today condemned Israel's invasion of south Lebanon to strike at Palestinian guerillas as a "spectacular aggression" but said Cairo will
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    Lock icon No war over islands: Peking
    234 1 No war over islands: Peking PEKING. Wednesday piIILIITINK President Marcos disclosed today China has agreed that conflicting claims over the Spratley islands in the South China Sea should lie settled through diplomatic negotiations. He said the agreement was made In 1975 with Chinese Vice-Premier Teng Hsiao-ping. He also hinted that
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    Lock icon Russia backs Ethiopia
    65 1 MOSCOW, Wed. The Soviet Union today made clear that it saw Ideological and political grounds (or backing the Ethiopian government against rebels In Its northern province of Eritrea. A commentary In the communist party dally Pravda said Western and Arab support for the secessionists were aimed at
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      86 1 CJ: AT LEAST FIVE-YEAR BAN ON HELL-RIDERS Page 13 PLO activities in US to be reviewed 3 CONGRESS rebuff for Carter 5 LONG-TERM trade deals: Russian advice 6 "HIGH price" scrap iron racket 7 MYSTERY odour placurs two estates 10 OPIUM: Driver gets 20 years and cane 11 BUILDERS told
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      Lock icon Police not told of engineer's fly to China demand
      267 2 Police not told of engineer's fly to China demand HONGKONG, Wed. A senior Hongkong police officer said today, crew members of a China Airlines 737 Boe ing, whose flight engineer allegedly tried to hijack the plane, did not tell him that the engineer demanded the pilot fly the plane to
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      Lock icon 70 hostages rescued in the nick of time
      456 2 Marines foil planned massacre THE Dutch marines who yesterday freed 7U hostages threat ened with death by South Moluccan guerillas burst in on the gunmen only a minute before the first two captives were due to be killed, accordin" to one of
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      Lock icon Too many chickens, so a watery solution
      114 2 BANGKOK, Wed— At least two million chickens will be dumped into the Gulf of Siam this week in a move to solve an oversupply problem, the Nation Review daily reported today. Quoting an informed source, the paper said the chickens would be thrown
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      Lock icon UN: Salisbury accord illegal
      251 2 UNITED NATIONS, Wednesday rE Security Council approved yesterday a resolution declaring any Internal settlement of the Rhodesia question made under the auspices of the present Salisbury Government tc be illegal and unacceptable. Britain, ihe US, France. Canada and West Germany which tried In vain to obtain
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      Lock icon US ready for ties but not under Hanoi's terms
      249 2 WASHINGTON. Wednesday A TOP State Department official said yesrL terday the United States remains "unequivocally ready" to establish diplomatic and trade relations with Vietnam but not under the conditions imposed by Hanoi. The Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and
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      Lock icon $345,000 FORGED SHARES: TRADER HELD
      123 2 BANGKOK, Wed. A Hongkong business man has been arrested on charges of forging shares worth more than US$l5O,OOO (.*****.000 1. an official of the Securities Exchange of Thailand said today. Liang Kirn Hze. who runs an import export firm here, denied the charges stating that
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      Lock icon China visit
      40 2 TOKYO. Wed. The opposition Japan Socialist Party said today Its r.ew chairman Ichio Asukata would visit China frcm March 22 to 27 to exchange views with Chinese leaders on the proposed bilateral treaty of peace and friendship. Reuter.
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      Lock icon PPP bent on upsetting moves for China ties
      275 3 PPP bent on upsetting moves for China ties JAKARTA, Wednesday INDONESIA'S minority Muslim party seem* 1 determined to stop government moves towards resumption of diplomatic relations with China. There are Indications that the strictly Is'.amicorlented Develop ment Party (PPP) might have the tacit support of sections of the army which
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      Lock icon China to narrow science gap
      257 3 China to narrow science gap PEKING. Wed— A top Chinese nuclear scientist said today that China was 10 to 20 years behind advanced world levels in science, but was confident the gap would be narrowed. Professor Chlen Sanchlang better known abroad as Tsien Santslang, the French version oT his name
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      Lock icon Now Saudis condemn Palestinian raid
      148 3 WASHINGTON. Wed. Saudi Arabia yesterday joined President Sadat of Egypt In condemning the Palestine terrorist raid in Israel last weekend. A statement by the Saudi Arabian Government in Riyadh was made available at the Saudi Embassy here. It conflicts with a commentary on Sunday on
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      Lock icon Vance orders review of PLO's US activities
      392 3 WASHINGTON, Wed. pIE United States said it would review the Palestine Liberation Organisation's activities in this country following Saturday's guerilla raid in Israel. Secretary of State Cyrus Vance ordered the review after receiving a request from Israeli Ambassador Slmcha Dlnitz. The review is
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      Saudis press US on jets
      69 3 WASHINGTON. Wed. Saudi Arabia has told the United states It Is prepared to go elsewhere for warplanee If its proposed purchase of 60 P-15 jet flghters Is bogged down In Congress, a State Department official said yesterday. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Brian Mwood said
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      Lock icon China trade record?
      56 3 TOKYO, wed. spurred by mounting sales of oil. China's foreign trade rose sharply In 1577 and may set an all-time record in 1978 the Japan External Trade Organisation (Jetro) reported today. It said that China's twoday trade with 45 known partner countries 'ait year amounted to about
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      Lock icon LI-MARCOS TALKS ON YACHT
      56 3 Visiting Chinese Vice Premier Li Hsiennien (lelt) and Philippine President Marcos held their first round of official talks in Manila on Tuesday. Tuo t..e..wng was held on board the Presidential yacht Ang Panitulo. Mr. Li is in the Ph.uppines on a four-day visit. In the centre
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      Lock icon Murtopo: Why Suharto should be President again
      253 3 Murtopo: Why Suharto should be President again JAKARTA. Wed.—lnfluential Indonesian Lt.Gen. All Murtopo said the re-appointment of President Suharto for the third term during the present Congress sessions "Is the basic capital" for tackling problems of the next five years, the Antara news agency said today. Gen. Murtopo, who is
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      Lock icon Election pledge by People's Power coalition
      147 3 Election pledge by People's Power coalition MANILA. Wed. -The Philippines' opposition Feople's Power coailtion today pledged to work for the scrapping of "dictatorship" and the "total lifting" of martial law imposed by President Marcos in September 1972. The coalition's 21-mem-ber slate In Metro Manila to the April 7 parliamentary elections
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      Lock icon Talks warning
      30 3 OENEVA. Wed. Britain today warned the Soviet Union against turning the ao-nation Oeneva Disarmament Conference Into a "political circus" through onesided propaganda for outlawing the neutron bomb. Reuter.
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      Lock icon Death penalty rebel asks for clemency
      141 3 Death penalty rebel asks for clemency JAKARTA. Wed—Defence counsel for a Muslim extremist sentenced to death for subversion has appealed for clemency to President Suharto, Antara news acency reported today. Timsar Zubil alias Sudlrman, 27, an In-tellit-ence officer in the underground "Jihad (Holy Wail) Command," was sentenced to death by
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      Lock icon UNIVERSITY DEGREE BECOMING 'TICKET TO NOWHERE'
      148 4 UNIVERSITY DEGREE BECOMING 'TICKET TO NOWHERE' GENEVA. Wed. A university degree Is fast becoming "a ticket to nowhere." an International labour organisation (ILO) report said today. No longer Is It a guarantee to the good life and a prosperous career, as Job dissatisfaction and long periods of unemployment face thousands
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      Lock icon 'French Reds have blank cheque'
      412 4 Chirac claim as polls drive hots up: PARIS. Wednesday pRANCE's Communist Party now has a blank cheque from its leftwing allies. Gaullist leader Jacques Chirac charged as the campaign for Sunday's decisive general election run-off moved into top gear. Speaking on television. Mr. Chirac said
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      Lock icon Cuba: We sent troops to fight in Ogaden
      236 4 Cuba: We sent troops to fight in Ogaden HAVANA, Mon. Cuba has announced for the first time that it sent pilots, tank crews, artillerymen and armoured infantry battalions to fight with Ethiopian forces against Somalia. The paper also said Ethiopian assurances that it would not invade Somalia should depend on
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      Lock icon Call to cut US trade deficit
      50 4 WASHDJOTON, Wed. Treasury Secretary Michael BlumenUial haa called (or vigorous action to cut the United States big trade deficit. Testifying before a Senate finance sulvcommlttee yesterday, hi- said the deficit, which totalled nearly U3»27 billion < (S|6;U billion) in 1977, was a serious matter.
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      Lock icon COALITION LEADERS SEAL PACT
      53 4 FRENCH Government coalition leaders shake hands after a meeting at the RPR (Rally for the Republic) party headquarters in Paris on Tuesday. They agreed to cooperate on Sunday. From left: CDS (Christian Democrats) party leader Jean Lecanuet, CNIP (Independents) leader Betrand Motte and RPR leader Jacques
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      Lock icon More Bhutto men held
      48 4 ISLAMABAD. Wed. Twenty-one more members of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) of aeposed prime minister Zulflkar All Bhutto, Including former senator Ahmed Waid Aktar, were arrested today, officials said. They weie arrested to prevent them from planning and staging anti-government demonstrations, officials said. AP.
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      Lock icon Somalia- Ethiopia war over: US
      227 4 WASHINGTON, Wed. rpHE war between 1 Ethiopia and Somali forces in the Horn of Africa appears to be over, US State Department officials said. They said fighting in the Ogaden desert region had effectively ceased. State Department spokesman Hoddlng Carter told reporters Ethiopia and supporting
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      Lock icon Jakarta orders destroyer
      58 4 JAKARTA. Wed Indonesia has ordeied a cestroyer escort vessel from Yugoslavia, the official Antura news agency reported today. The destroyer, to be built by a Yugoslav shipyard, is expected to be completed by 1980. The Indonesian Navy chief-of-staff. Admiral Waluyo Sugoto signed the purchase contract with Mr.
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      $49m drugs: Two plead guilty
      164 4 SYDNEY, Wett.— Two elderly American women pleaded riiilty in Sydney federal court today to charges of possessing Asl9 million (Ss49 5 million) worth of hashish found In a camper van. It was the bluest single drugs seUnre ever made In Australia. Florence May Bestder, tl,
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      Lock icon Labour unrest spreads in West Germany
      175 5 Labour unrest spreads in West Germany BONN, Wed. West Germany s labour trouDles mounted today when more than 90 per cent of the country's newspapers failed to appear and thousands of metalworKers downed tools. A lockout 5y publishers was In e fleet at 327 of West Ger m a n
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      Lock icon Rat sausage to be the rage?
      104 5 Rat sausage to be the rage? MANILA. Wed. Food researchers in the Philip- pines have come up with a new source of protein rat sausage. Experts at the University of Philippines College of Agriculture used 400 rlcefleld rats In an experiment, mincing the rat meat The experts then came up
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      Miners' strike: Hope over new contract
      232 5 Miners' strike: Hope over new contract WASHINGTON, Wednesday A NEW tentative contract agreement work- ed out on the 99th day of Americas longest coal strike has a good chance of winning approval from the 160,000 striking miners, according to both union and ma- nagement sources. The agreement, announced yesterday afternoon,
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      Park: I gave $46,000 to US senators
      126 5 WASHINGTON. Wed. Opening the Senate phase of his secret ethics testimony, Tong sun Park said yesterday he gave about US$2O,OOO <5t46,000) In legal campaign contributions to "less than half a dozen" senators in his days as a Washington socialite. Park, a millionaire rice
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      Lock icon CONGRESS PANEL REBUFFS CARTER...
      410 5 CONGRESS PANEL REBUFFS CARTER... Vote to raise import duties W A S H I N G TON, Wed. A congressional pan c I yesterday dealt a sharp rebuff to President Carter's free trade policies by voting to raise import duties on nuts, screws and bolts used in every facet of
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      Lock icon BIGGEST TRADE SURPLUS IN FOUR MONTHS
      157 5 BIGGEST TRADE SURPLUS IN FOUR MONTHS LONDON, Wed. Britain's trade figures bounced back into the black last month with the biggest surplus for four months and a record £3 billion (5513.2 billion) in exports. Government figures showed the balance of payments for February with a current account surplus of £184
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      Lock icon Big postal pile-up
      48 5 SYDNEY. Wed. More than five million letters and parcels piled up In post offices throughout New South Wales and Canberra today after a strike by mall van drivers. About 350 drivers voted to strike Indefinitely In protest against the use of private mall contractors. Reuter.
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      Lock icon Britain breaking GATT rules: S. Korea
      168 5 Britain breaking GATT rules: S. Korea pENEVA, Wed. South I* Korea complained here yesterday that Britain was breaking international trade rules by imposing selective restrictions on Imports of black-and-white television sets from the East Asian republic. South Korean Ambassador Shin Yong Lho told the council of permanent representatives of the
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      35 5 PEKING. Wed—Hundreds of earthquake shelters have disappeared from Peking streets In the last few days reflecting the belief that the capital Is not in Une for major tremors In the immediate future. Reuter.
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      Lock icon Japan bank rate cut from today
      207 5 rKYO, Wed. The Bank ol Japan said today Us official discount rate would be cut by 0.75 per cent to 3.50 per cent from tomorrow. The move, following three previous reductions from 6.5 per cent in March last year, I* seen here as part
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    Long-term deals: Russian advice to traders
    439 6 Long-term deals: Russian advice to traders T OCAL businessmen who want to trade with Russia on a stable and long-term basis should study its five-year economic development plans, said the Soviet trade representative here, Mr. Igor Dokuchaev. While the plans did not list Soviet import requirements, the shrewd businessman would
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    Jail, cane for pusher
    76 6 AFFANDI bin Setok, 22, was yesterday jailed for five years with five strokes of the cane for trafficking in 0.05 gram, of heroin in Henderson Road on Feb 14. Affanrti was also jailed for a year for having 0.51 gram of heroin at the same time
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    Emergency landing at Paya Lebar by 12 US fighters
    294 6 Emergency landing at Paya Lebar by 12 US fighters ASQI'ADRON of 12 IS fighter planes, including missilrcarryine Jets, made an emergency landing at Paya Lebar airport last Sunday night after they encountered difficulties in landIng on the aircraftcarrier, USS Kitty Hawk in the South China Sea, it was learned yesterday.
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    Ong: Why tariff barriers hurt poor nations
    594 6 Ong: Why tariff barriers hurt poor nations PROTECTIONISM transfers the burden of unemployment to developing countries and encourages governments to light each other to preserve inefficient industries, the Labour Minister, Mr. Ong Pang Boon, said yesterday. He was addressing the* seventh Conference of Asian and Pacific Labour Ministers in Wellington,
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    $40,000 FROM APEXIANS
    91 6 $40,000 FROM APEXIANS THE Apex Clubs of Tanglin and Singapore will present $40,229 to the Association (or Educ a t i o n a 1 ly Subnormal Children at a combined dinner meeting with the Apex Clubs of Buklt Timah and Radln Vas on March 27. District governor Mr. Henry
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    Kamala Club officials
    47 6 MRS J Hamid has been elected president of the Kamala Club. Mrs. M. Emmanuel was elected first vicepresident and Mrs. MPD Nalr second vice-president. Other officials are Miss S. Kamala (general secretary). Mrs N. Oopal (assistant secretary), and Mrs. V. P. Kumaran (.treasurer;. x
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      232 6 Bringing Up Father By Bill Kavanagh tfc Hal Camp /WUAI^S lIT TEACHES V T 1/ WHO ASKED M3U FORK ||LXI STILL SAY V HERE'S A /IT ALL MX) HOW WOULD >OUR OPINION I'LL > MAG&E WOULD B£ J piece about about to assert /be V thank >txj to keep J
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    Lock icon Accused: I didn't know I had piece of wood in hand
    488 7 A HAWKER, accused of fatally stabb ng another hawker and his mother at the Margaret Drive hawkers centre, said in his defence yesterday that he did not know that he had a sharp-pointed piece of wood In his hand
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    'High price' scrap iron racket
    418 7 'High price' scrap iron racket ARTIFICIALLY high prices are being offered for scrap iron from shipyards and construction firms by dealers operating a cheating racket in Singapore. While the normal price of No. 1 scrap ts from $90 to $100 a tonne, these dealers are offering up to $150. According
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    Call for full-time professional aftercare service for addicts
    306 7 Call for full-time professional aftercare service for addicts npHE MP for Telok Blangah, Mr. Ahmad x Haleem, last night called for a full-time professional aftercare service for drug addicts here. "The problem of aftercare Is a crucial one. It is of such magnitude that it cannot be left mainly to
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    Sana needs 600 more volunteer officers
    256 7 Sana needs 600 more volunteer officers rpHE Singapore Antl1 Narcotics Association (Sana) will need another 600 voluntary aftercare officers if it Is to cope with the 5.000 drug addicts expected to be under supervision by June. As It is, the association Is already acutely short of volunteers, Sana vice-president Mr.
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    Record profit despite slump
    76 7 Record profit despite slump VO SP E R Singapore shipyard In Tanjong Rhu made $5 million in pre-tax profits In 1977 a record achieved despite the slump in the shipbuilding and repairing industry. A Vosper statement said yesterday that the excellent results reflected Increased activity In military craft. It added:
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    LITTLE MARJOLEIN LAUNCHES A GIANT DREDGER
    169 7 LITTLE MARJOLEIN LAUNCHES A GIANT DREDGER tiOUR YEAR-OLD Marjolein Van der Pot kept twiddling her thumbs and biting her fingernails as she sat waiting to be invited to iaunch a $60 million dredger at Jurong Shipyard yesterday. When her name was called she forgot her anxiety, rushed up the dais
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    Welfare officials trace boy's mother
    185 7 Welfare officials trace boy's mother rpHE Social Welfare DeX partment has traced eight-year-old Lee Kok Khoon's mother, who disappeared after she fostered him out in 1973. Social Welfare officers have brought the boy to meet his mother, Madam Eng Sar Nlah, who is understood to be having some "personal problems."
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    Making music
    22 7 THE Par Eastern Academy Band will perform at MacRitchie Reservoir Park on Sunday from 530 p.m. to 6.30 p m
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      Don't stress only demerit side of collective pacts SAYS SIA
      1573 8 Don't stress only demerit side of collective pacts SAYS SIA pMPLOYERS should not emphasise only the demerit aspect of the merl t-demerit clause in collective agreements, the acting Minister for Labour, Mr. Sla Kah Hul, said in Parliament yesterday. Replying to points Used by MR. TAN CHHNG SAN (Paya Lebari
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      Why is rising trend of work place accidents not halted?
      445 8 Why is rising trend of work place accidents not halted? should be all-embracing to cover everything," he said. On delay of payment of compensation, Mr. Fong said this was due to the time required for medical assessment and was not an administrative delay. However, his ministry would liaise with the
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      The pain and suffering of next of kin 'can never be compensated'
      1915 8 would only serve to negate all tneir efforts. He said industrial acciuents rose trom 3.82 1 in 1 J.3 to 4.2i>2 in 19.6 and 4,075 In l»<7. It was little consolation that the number ot latalities had decreased
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      Abortion leave to be made official?
      483 8 THE government will consider Introducing official medical leave for those undergoing abortion or sterilisation, the Minister of State (Labour), Mr. Sia Kah Hui, told Parliament yesterday. He said this after his statement that bosses could not refuse medical leave to workers who had undergone
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      Review of work permit policy
      489 8 iTHE work permit pom. .icy is under re\iew by the government, the acting Labour Minister, MR. SIA KAH HI I. said in Parliament yesterday. Replying to MR IVAN BAPTIST (Potong Pasir). be said it was premature to reveal details of the review programme. The policy
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      IS THIS AN ANSWER TO THAT STENCH IN THE LIFTS?
      400 9 HHHE Housing Board has been asked to build public urinals near children's play areas to stop them from urinating in HDB lifts. i The suggestion came from HAJI SHA'ARI TADIN (Bedok) during a Budget sitting in Parliament yesterday. He said
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      Parliament House renovation
      124 9 Parliament House renovation PARLIAMENT House is to be renovated at a cost of $559,^90 this year. Confirming this yesterday, a spokesman cf Parliament House said more than half of this would be spent on replacing the alr-conai-tloning plant which Is more than 20 years old. The rest of the money
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      THE WASTE CAUSED BY RENOVATION OF HUDC FLATS
      459 9 ENCIK Ahmad Haleem (Telok Blancah) pointed out In Parliament yesterday the considerable wastage of building materials brought about by owners who did extensive renovations to their HUDC flats. He suggested that the National Development Ministry should introduce ways to reduce this wastage
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      HDB asked to review policy on flats to let
      1250 9 rpHE Housing and Development Board has been asked to review its rules on the acceptance of applications for rental of flats so as not to impose hardship on the working class. Making the call during the debate on the estimates lor
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      Income ceiling for flats may go up slightly
      965 9 from spending tco much money on renovation. However, minor repairs were allowed. On a complaint that people who wanted to bay HDB flats were unable to do so because the $i.300 celling bar on Incomes, he said it had been found on
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    A royal 'thank you' for police escorts
    147 10 A royal 'thank you' for police escorts SMILING Duke of Kent did not forget to say "thank you and rood-bye" to his police escorts at Paya Lebar Airport yesterday morning just before he flew off to Kuala Lumpur after a four-day visit here. Earlier, he bad a 10minutr Informal farewell
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    Aussie destroyer due
    67 10 mHE 2,750-tonne Aus1 trallan destroyer HMAS Derwent will arrive here tomorrow for a week's visit. It will be the first of a series of visits that the destroyer under Commander Eri Mentz. will make to Singapore dur- ing a deployment period in Asian waters lasting five or
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    Quality control seminar
    40 10 THE NationaJ Productivily Beard will hold a Quality Control seminar for the food proce sing Industry at Hotel Equatorial on Maxch 27 F.es for the seminar are $40 for National Productivity Association membeis and $50 for others.
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    Mystery odour plagues two estates
    419 10  - Mystery odour plagues two estates SAW PUAY LIM By JT's an ill odour that blows nobody any good at two posh housing estates outside Jurong. The repulsive smell attacks residents of Hong Leong Gardens and Faber Hills Estates every now and then. But apparently nobody knows where it comes from
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    First aid
    20 10 THB Singapore Red CroM Society will hold lectures in Pint Aid and Nursing every Sunday from April 9.
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    Bullets in ang pow packets: Man gets 10 years and cane
    290 10 TWO ang pow packets found In a Oeylang home In Deceit ber last year contained not the traditional offering of money but bul.ets, the Hlght Court he rd yesterday. In the dock was a former farm sslstant, who admitted
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    Unclean stall: $250 fine
    39 10 POOD seller KM. Bhaul Hamld was yesterday fined $250 by a magistrate for not keeping his stall at 41 Telok Ayer food centre clean on Peb 16 Hamld. who had one previous conviction, pleaded guilty.
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    Prison warder case: PP wins appeal
    184 10 rpHE Public Prosecutor X yesterday successfully appealed against a magisterial decision in a case where a prison warder, Omar bin Abdullah, was acquitted of a charge under the Prisons Act without his defence being called. The Chief Justice, Mr. Wee Chong Jin, allowing the
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      270 10 Straits Times Crossword F I 2 I i» I I* ht> I n r ACBOSS rites perhaps (7). 1 Right to present account 4 Men that sail In a novel to clergyman (6). way <3. 8). 5 Cable was twisted In her 6 Ran a mag? Yes! (7). grasp (6j
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    Ache in knee? Don't put off seeing doctor
    273 11 Ache in knee? Don't put off seeing doctor pEOPLE in the East are prone to arthritis of the knee and should not delay seeing a doctor if they are troubled by aches and pains of the joints in that area or. for that matter. In any other areas. This piece
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    TAKING TIME OFF FROM NURSING CHORES...
    138 11 TAKING TIME OFF FROM NURSING CHORES... A HOSPITAL scene with a difference! Nurses tending to their own needs instead cf the patients. Visitors to Kandang Kerbau Hospital during lunchtimc on Tuesdays might find this "mini bazaar" a familar sight staff browsing through items from cosmetics to sundry and household goods.
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    Air-con for bus drivers plan scrapped
    231 11 Air-con for bus drivers plan scrapped rE Singapore Bus Service has abandoned plans to air-condition the driver's compartment of its fleet of buses, but Is studying other alternatives to enhance the working environment of drivers. Among these other alternatives are: INSTALLATION of a blowing fan in the drlv er's compartment;
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    Surgeons assn officials
    32 11 MR. Wong Kum Leng has been elected president of the Singapore Association of Plastic Surgeons. Other officials are: Mr. S. T. Lee, secretary and Mr. Chua Keng Chok, treasurer.
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    Cheating: Man wins appeal
    98 11 Cheating: Man wins appeal MERCHANT Ng Kirn Hor. who originally was convicted by a lower court on five counts of cheating an alleged pirate taxi-man of sums totalling $650, yesterday won his appeal In the High Court. His counsel, Mr. J.B. Jeyaretnam. successfully submitted that the legal Ingredients In each
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    Opium: Driver gets 20 years and cane
    665 11 MOHAMED Xoor bin Majid, 38, a Malaysian tourist bus driver, was yesterday jailed for 20 years, and ordered to be given lf» strokes of the rotan by a district judge for trafficking in nearly 80 kilograms of raw opium. He was found guilty
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      255 11 Keeping up-to-date Students on our Private Secretary's Course recently visited an exhibition of modern office equipment. Here Mrs Bridget Williams (right), President of the Singapore Association of Personal and Executive Secretaries, is seen talking to Mrs Cecilia Chan, a teacher at Secretarius, the school X I 'Jl^^^ of secretarial skills.
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    ENGLISH AT NANTAH TO BE AT THREE LEVELS
    207 13 ENGLISH AT NANTAH TO BE AT THREE LEVELS NANYANO University will Introduce compulsory English courses at three levels lor its first, second and third year student* In the next academic year 1978-79. This move Is to prepare students In tnelr written and spoken Eng llsh when they leave the university
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    Talentime
    19 13 SINOAPORE Pools will hold its 10th anr.lversary talentlmc at the Redlffuslon auditorium today at 5 45 p m
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    A death trap when it rains...
    202 13 EVEN in dry weath-r. this yawning chasm of a monsoon drain stretching several hundred metres along Alexandra Road is forbidding enough to school children who could lose their foothold while walking along the pavement. But when rain turns th: drain into a 1. 5-metre
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    STUDENTS SOUGHT FOR LABOUR SURVEY
    100 13 STUDENTS SOUGHT FOR LABOUR SURVEY TH E Ministry of Labour will recruit some 120 vacationing undergrads as temporary Interviewers and supervisors for its 1978 Labour Force Survey to be held from May. The University of Singapore's public relations office has sent out application forms for these temporary posts to students
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    Hindu assn officials
    47 13 MR. Bhawanl Dayal Pandey has bern elected president of the North Indian Hindu Association. Other nmri*]<i are: Mr. Chandl Persad Gupta, vicepresident: Mr. Ram Sanehi Ral. general secretary; Mr. Uma Srmnker Dube. asst. secretary; Mr. Shtlnath Ral, treasurer; and Mr. Ramasls Ral, asst. treasurer.
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    At least 5-year ban on hellriders — SAYS THE CJ
    281 13 At least 5-year ban on hellriders SAYS THE CJ MOTORCYCLISTS who are hell-riders should on conviction be banned from the roads for at least five years besides being fined or jailed, the Chief Justice, Mr. Wee Chong Jin, said yesterday. The Chief Justice, hearing an appeal by the Public Prosecutor,
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    Viola recital by Hillyer
    59 13 THE Singapore Musical Society, In association with the United States m formation Service, will present a viola recital by Raphael Hlllyer at the DBS auditorium on March 25 at 6.30 pjn. Tickets at U. ti and S3 to non-members and $8 and (4 to members are
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    China troupe
    41 13 THE National Theatre Trust will present the 50nwtnbw Kwaogtung Youth Acrobatic Troupe at the National Theatre at 830 Sjn. each day from April 1 > 18 except on April 3.. T, 13 and 13. when there will be no showi.
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    Talk at club
    27 13 The Indian High Commissioner In Singapore. Mr. V. Slddharthacharry. will talk on "Tradition" at the Kamala Club In Moulmein Road at O.IS p.m. today.
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    Sentosa youth hostel
    58 13 A $110,000 Youth Hostel has been set up at Sentosa to encourage more organised youth groups to stay In the Island. The two-storey hostel, which opened yesterday, Is near the roller skating rink. Consisting of 20 units which can accommodate 92 people it was formerly the head
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    Prize-giving
    38 13 SENIOR Par llamentary Secretary (Social Affairs), Mr Chan Chee Seng wUI present prizes at the first Singapore Action Group ot Elders (SAOE) basketball championship tour nament 1978 at Gay World Stadium on Saturday at 7 p m.
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    Lock icon Work hard or die...
    738 14  -  PAUL WEDEL: By A rsnyajprajthot (Thailand) First of a three-part series on life in Cambodia pAMBODIA v^today is a vast forced labour camp, refugees say, where work begins at dawn and continues by torchlight until 11 p.m. Politics, threat of death, education and even the border
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    The Straits Times THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 1978
    355 14 The StraitsTimes THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 1978 ABSENTEE MPs? ffIHE Senior Minister of State for X Fc-elgn Affairs, Mr. Rahlm Ishak, has given a Very lame reply to a parliamentary question from Mr. Yeo Choo Kok about MPs appointed to head overseas missions. Mr. Yeo made two perfectly valid points, first
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    BOOST FOR LABOUR
    355 14 JUST in the nick of time for the budget planning of Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Denis Healey, Britain's trade figures have bounced back into the black with the biggest trade surplus since last September and a record £3 billion In exports. The figures will give
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    Lock icon Canadian Parliament goes on television
    484 14  -  JONATHAN SHARP: By Ottawa TN Ottawa, It Is I slotted In the miud'e of the early afternoon soap operas. In Toronto it is aired late at night, alongside the chat shows and old movies. But the new "show" televised coverage of the Canadian Parliament Is
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    BUREAUCRATS AGAINST REFORM PROPOSALS
    1265 14  -  MILTON CHASE: By Waahlngton (XN army of 2.8 \J million "headless nails" has mounted the barricades, determined to give members of Congress no peace until Congress turns down, or at least modifies, President Carter's proposal for sweeping reforms In the US civil service. The. army of
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      696 14 Now you can be a decision maker. All you have to do* mate ire hrst decison start a Home Study programme with Collier Macmillan Schools vk if you want to be a success it s really up to Taffl f you You re the one who has to make up
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      Vital role of teachers in shaping young
      196 15 I REFER to your report on the big drive to recruit "quality" teachers (ST, March 13) In which the principal of Temasek Junior College. Mr. Wee Heng Tin was reported to have said: ■Teaching Is not the thing for those who want a
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      Double white lines 'that are not there'
      223 15 I RECENTLY received a notice from the Traffic Police for allegedly having "crossed doublewhite lines at the junction of Eng Neo Avenue and Dunearn Road." This surprised me because, as any regular user of this stretch of the road will know, the double
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      Praise for nurses
      111 15 I WOULD like to make use of this opportunity to say a word of thanks to all the nurses on duty In Ward 10 of Tan Tock Seng Hospital, of which my grandmother Is a patient. Never before have I seen a more dedicated bunch of nurses.
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      'Impose stricter conditions for dog licences'
      152 15 'Impose stricter conditions for dog licences' A PAGE OF YOUR LETTERS HHIHa WELL done Timothy Din! (ST, March 9). At present a dog 11cence Is a "hcence to annoy." In Singapore, with Sr tl^issu^oTa X getner, tne issue of a dog licence is a serious matsn r ould MM b
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      Quality of survey depends on respondents
      498 15 I REFER to the comments made by "Business admin grads," which were based on press reports on the 1877 employment survey of University of Singapore graduates. The points they raised on the starting pay of graduates and the reliability of the survey are fully
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      CALL FOR A QUEUING SYSTEM AT CAR PARK
      91 15 CALL FOR A QUEUING SYSTEM AT CAR PARK WONDER why It Is that no one has thought of Introducing some kind of queuing system at the National Stadium fringe car park. It would eliminate a great deal of hassle and rush besides being a lot fairer especially to a motorist
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      Dilemma of a JTC flat owner
      183 15 Dilemma of a JTC flat owner I AM a resident of Boon Lay Garden. I am in a difncult situation because once a person becomes a resident here, he would have lost the opportunity of moving oui from this area. Let me quote my own case to prove my point.
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      Poser over tourist who decides to stay indefinitely
      144 15 FE computers used at various points of entry and exit In Singapore have been successful in Identifying tourists who overstay In the country, and recently some of these offenders have been detected and serialised. I would like the authorities concerned to clarify
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      PLEA FOR TAXI STANDS
      60 15 AFFICE workers and \J shoppers in High Street and North Bridge Road areas find It a problem daily trying to get a taxi. At times It takes as long as half-an-hour try- Ing to get one. A taxi stand at High Street Centre and Peninsular Hotel
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      Failures first, passes last?
      156 15 Failures first, passes last? ris with profound regret that I learned that candidates who failed their general paper In the GCE "A" level examination, but with good results In other relevant subjects could be admitted to the University of Singapore. This Is ridiculous, for such candidates have In fact failed
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      824 15 On your TV SINGAPORE 5 3.00 PM Opening and the Beverly Hillbillies The Thanksgiving Spirit (repeat) 3.30 Diary of Events (Chinese) 3.35 Eight Heroes of Shou Lin (Mandarin drama serial repeat) 4.20 Intermission 6.00 Opening and Lassie The Homeless 6.30 News in Brief 6.35 Warna Warni (Malay -repeat) 7.05 Candid
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      178 16 The first time ever: opens 5 new branches in a single day Damansara Utama: Selangor >— 138 th branch. 42, 44 46, Jalan SS2I/33, V Damansara Utama, Petaling Jaya. Tel: *****5 m Manager: Cik Badariah Mohamed Basir J&Kt, M WakafSiku, t^^B Kota Bharu: Kelantan 139 th branch. 2002 C 2002
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    More than just a secretary
    1032 18  -  Mci Lin Chew The promising career of Man Friday... By QXCE a secretary was someone who opened the boss's mail, fetched his daily cuppa, told fibs for him over the telephone and took dictation at his beck and call. And, of course, !oo k ed
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    Workshop on 'teen problems'
    103 18 THE adolescent years are a time of physical and emotional adjustment for both the youngsters and their parents. How does a family cope with the problems of the turbulent teens? To further delve Into this topic, the Young Women's Christian Association In conjunction with the Singapore
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    125 18 Now for a touch of the gypsy BACK and forth, the fashion yo-yo swings, yo-yoing from knee-length to below the-knee, from pants to dresses, from ethnic to classic feminity, from the elegant to the put-together look. And ever so often there is a touch of the gypsy surfacing in the
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    Karen markets 'lift and live' portable houses
    797 18 Karen markets 'lift and live' portable houses ¥F Karen Steele were to appear on teleL vision's What's My Line? one would be hard put to hazard a guess just what line she is reeling out. She sells. Not sea-shells by the sea-shore, mind. Neither pots of cream that promise youth
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      245 18 B»- X -Jo^H3« Now you don't have to wear more than you need to! New Kotex Mini Rads. All you'll feel is nice. Th. shortMt, nMtMt. adhMiv* Hl^l^l^l^l^HH ShortMt. Smart little Kotex Mini B Pads are shorter than any other napkin l^^^^^^J *^^H NnHtt Kotex Mini Pads tit in [^Vl
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    DISTRICT 15 PARENTS WILL BE FIRST TO BENEFIT
    113 19 EXPECTANT mothers E< and new parents in District 15 will be the first to benefit from an education programme on breastfeeding and infant care started by the Singapore Breastfeeding Mothers Group. In announcing the series of discussions and slide shows, the group
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    Reserve Unit PC fined
    49 19 A RESERVE Unit constable of the Jalan Bahar base. Nk Quan San. 30. was yesterday fined $5,000 by a magistrate when he pleaded guilty to assisting In the management of a common gaming house In Lorong Klsmls from Nov 30 last year until Jan 14.
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    Builders told to take advantage of govt support
    452 19 'Way to boost Spore industries' THE Senior Minister of State (National Development), Dr. Tan Eng Liang, yesterday urged participants attending an international bu i 1 ding exhibition here to take advantage of government support and aid for joint ventures and build up
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    'Pollution of water means greater spending'
    300 19 'Pollution of water means greater spending' rE pollution of water will mean extra expenditure to the country and this would directly or indirectly affect the citizens of the country, a Public Utilities Board official warned last night. Addressing members of the Lions Ciud of Singapore Tanglin. PUB's head of the
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    Trafficking charge
    48 19 SA'AD bin Abu Yaman, 30, was yesterday charged in a magistrate's court with trafficking 3 81 gm of heroin in Redhill Close and far consuming morphine on the same day. His case will be heard on June 38. Ball was allowed at 110.000 In one surety.
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    124 19 PORIS Spassky of the ■D Soviet Union remained in the lead of the International chess tournament at Bugojno. Yugoslavia, after the 13th round played on Monday. Spassky scored 8V 2 points while Anatoly Karpov, the world champion. Ljubojevlc of Yugoslavia and Timman of
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    207 19 Dr Tan saves the day for Stephanie CtTEPHANIE BINI, eifht, had an important assignment at the exhibition she was to hand o\ rr a pair of scissors to Italy's ambassador here. Dr. L. Otteri. to cut the ribbon to open (he Italian stand at the show. Her eyes shining with
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    Pleasure boat team off to Tokyo
    97 19 Pleasure boat team off to Tokyo A FOUR-MAN team of local pleasure-boat builders left for Tokyo yesterday to take part in the 17th Tokyo International Boat Show from tomorrow to Tuesday. The team, led by the president of American Marine. Robert Livingston, is organised and sponsored by the Trade Department
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      CLOSING PRICES
      1231 20 fTlHE last transacted ready sale at the X close of business on the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday compared with the previous day's prices together with 1977/78 high and low. ('Adjusted for script/ rights Issue). SECTION ONE INDUSTRIALS High Low Company Sal* +or185 132 Aetna 162 +2 f165
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      325 20 SINGAPORE UNIT TRUST IMuim' prtew for M.r I*) The Commerce 1.(1 l.W The Saving Fund 1.03 1 OOxd Spore Prog Fund 0.M 0.91 Spore Security Fund l.tt 1.7$ Spore Invest Fund 103 l.Ot ASIA UNIT TRUST INwim 1 prtoM far Mar It) Mai Invest Fund 1.74 185 Mai
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      BUSINESS DONE (SINGAPORE)
      1498 20 - •WIU and offer prices officially O 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."
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      Government and corporate bonds
      375 20 4 3/4% 1/5/7* (250.000) (100.80B 10U.95S) 5 1/4% IS/10/7* (250.000) (101. 30B 101.45S) 5 1/4% IVIO/79 (300.000) (1) 101.40 5 3/4% 1/6/78-80 (250.000) (101. 15B) 4 3/4% 15/9/80 (250.000) (99 80B 99 958) 5% T F 15/4/81 (250.000) (101.80B) 5% T F 15/10/81 (250.000) (101.70B) 5%
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      KUALA LUMPUR
      1382 20 BID and offer prices officially listed and Business in and reported to the .Kuala Lumpur Stock Ex,.eh*nge yesterday with the .number of shares traded •town In brackets In lots of •1000 units unless otherwise specified INDJITRIAL* tm« (1.63B 1.70B) mmmU I2.UB 2.478) (1) 2 42. •MM (2.7SB 2.768)
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        Rises
        34 20 Ro*y Elact 208 +37 AEaterpriM* 275 +23 Kcmaym 188 +22 < Su««ri 285 +13 M.lakoff 232 +13 Ialaad Pm 242 +8 MalayawaU 204 +7 Alcom 267 +5 STP1S75 500 +4 Nat Iron 3«2 +4
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        39 20 Tronoh Mine* MO -10 StraiU Trading 580 -5 <<>ni Plant 520 -S Spore Land 130 -5 DBS 336-4 Goodwood Park 200 -4 (old Storage 208 -4 Sin Chew 208 -4 Lien Hoc 168 -4 Balu LinUnf 150 -4
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        30 20 Sim* Darby 741.000 Fiber Merlin 138.000 API 129.000 CoaiPUil 115.000 Ninyinc PreM 111.000 UOL 66.090 G Lumber 66.000 C Su«.r. 59.000 K I. Krponc 54.000 HumeFE 50.000
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        38 20 Mar 14 Mar 15 BT Index: 628.17 628 23 Industrials: 273.82 273. 50 Finance: 444.78 444.40 Hotels: 180.79 179.73 Properties: 163.40 162.73 Tins: 140.77 140.54 rubbers: 450.31 450 84 0.C.8.C: ***** 242 89 S.E.S. Ind: 242.35 242.32
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        Hongkong
        345 20 HONOKONO: The market closed slightly easier In dull and feature-less trading, dealers said. The Hang Seng Index fell 2.23 to 418.42 points, on a combined total turnover volume valued at $28.74 million MAR IJ HKS Amal Rubber 1MB *0 01 Associated Hol*ls 2.75 •0 05 Bowaters Cheong Kong 5.M
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        396 20 TOKYO: Share prices, rose, led by big capitals, to this year's high on reports that the Bank of Japan would lower Its official discount rate from tomorrow, dealers said. The Dow Jones average rose 9.75 to close at 5.278.95 points, with a volume of 430 million shares. The New
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        280 20 SYDNEY: The market closed quietly mixed with most trading confined to the afternoon session, dealers said. The Sydney All-Ordlnarles rose 0 39 to 446.66 points, on a total turnover volume of 2 54 million shares. MAR 15 Cents IMIIMHUIA C I 160 +4 A N I 135 unch A
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        152 20 From col five KliMni (l.TOB 2.108). K.L. Ka» I13IB 1 598) (27) l.M (44) 1.58. MalakafT (2S3B 2.S88) (S) 2 27 (1) 121 (4) >.H (5) 2.M (T) 2.30 (S) 2 32 Mtntakab (2.30B). Kullm (1 SOB 1318) (1?) l.M (I) 1.27 (8) 1 28 (6) l.M (2)
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        49 20 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 bracket*. Sime Darby (March $3.40} (0.408) (5) 0.43 (4) 0.38. St. Steamihip (June 12. 10) (0.22B).
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        33 20 LONDON: COPIMr pTICM OO Tyday (prrvKMU la brmckati) Wlntt, Spot buym f*M UUti. iilltn <W7 (UN Ml. Thr»« Month buj«n £670 <1«T2). Mllcn M70.M ((«73> MirkH tMta: Banly ittady. lalM: 8,000 toonca.
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        TIN
        147 20 rE Straits tin price was unchanged at $1,5801 per plcul In Penang yesterday on an official offering down 30 tonnes to 251 tonnes. The overnight London market was steady with forward buyers slipping £5 to £5,970 per tonne. LONDON: Tin on the day rose £32 for Cash and £12
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        RUBBER
        427 20 OPENING values in the Singapore rubber market yesterday were marked down 0.75 cent at the outset on continued easier London advices, dealers said. Later the market rallied on reports of the tentative US coal strike settlement. The rally, however, was short-lived as sellers predominated and the market lost about
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        SSR and SMR
        107 20 DAILY BSR and SMR prlca at noon yesterday: Apr May EJi.B. (Cwrcat Mth) (Forward MUII Bayers Sellers Boyen Sellen SSR 20 (1 ton pallet' 105.00 197.00 N 196.00 198.00N S6R 50 (1 ton pallet) 193.00 185.00N 194.00 196.00N MR.ELB. I SMR SCV (1 ton pallet) 214.00 216.00N
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        121 20 C MINIM PROOUCI [I CHANGI, IINCAPORE MOOM CLO1INC PHICli HI PICUL TCtTinOAT. CmwH .11: Bulk US Mile™. oM drum ISO HUin, new drum |M wllen Cwn: MOt (loeu) UK/Coot. »7 buym. rmv: Muotok abt a wbiu fob 1001 NL.W «412i Ml.'en. Barmwak wblU f.o.b. M« NLW tK2i Mlitn.
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        29 20 Rubber: Mar 15. Singapore: Apr 205.25 cts (down 0.50 ct). Malaysia: Apr ***** cts (down 1.00 ct). Tin: $1,580 (unchanged). Official offering: 251 tonnes (down 30 tonnes).
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        GOLD
        63 20 Tuetday Monday Melbourne (.1) 16S 00 Unav. London 1XN 00B 137 OOB IS- SOS 187. SOS Zurich 187. 7&B 186. 2SB I-- VIS 187.008 Parla 18S.47 l»«05 WadfMiday Tuatday Hongkonu 184.S0B iss OOB 186.208 IS*. 408 Spore |2) 1K39NB 1S« 42B 18« 5»S 189.088 Export prices in non-uerllng areaa
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      Barely steady and hesitant
      409 20 HKSITANT trading across the board made for a barelysteady and moderatrly active Singapore stock market yesterday. Several counters recorded modest advances but these were few and far between. Blue chips were generally phlegmatic with the notable exception of market leader Sime Darby which was the day's
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      387 20 SELECTIVE trading ruled at the Kuala Lumpur stock market yesterday with prices closing on a mixed to slightly steady note. Traders appeared cautious and generally stayed clear of fresh commitments following Tuesday's bout of profittaking which left behind a trail of losses In speculative Industrial lower-liners. There was,
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      Money and exchanges
      180 20 ttHE US dollar continued 1 to open firm at $2.3135 50 In the Singapore forex market yesterday. Trading was active with the US unit being traded upwards to $2.3160 on some buying support before closing steady at $2.3145 55. Interbank forward rates at 3.00 p.m. 1-month 2.3115
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      NOMINAL RATES
      149 20 Interbank rates at 3 00 pm Currencies Nominal rates Smithsonian percrnUfe quoted yesterday (cross) parity chance US dollar 2 3145 2 3155 2 8196 17.91 Sterling pound 4.4039 4.4092 7.3469 —40 05 Hongkong dollar 50.11 50.17 50.51 0.79 Mslan collar 98.14 9824 100.00 1 86 Aust schilling 15.6455
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      195 20 A SIAN currency deposit interbonk rates as at close on Mar IS. L'S Dollars (Spot) Offer H'<l 7 days 7 6 7/8 1 mth 6 11/16 6 8/16 2 mths 7 6 7/8 3 mths 7 1/8 7 6 mths 7 9/16 7 7/16 t mths 7:
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      Money market
      38 20 Closing Interbank rates on Singapore dollars on Mar IS. Oner Hid Overnight —1 —2 1 mth 4 11/16 4 9/16 2 mths 4 7 8 4 13/16 3 mths S 4 7/8 Source: Astle? A Pearce.
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      DISCOUNT
      56 20 RANOE of rates offered bj discount houara on March 18. Overnight i to] 1/4%. Call deposit 3 Clolnt ■ur tm 3-Month Treasury bills 3 3/16 S 1/1* 3- Month Bank bills 7/8 4 3/4 3 Month CD S 11% 6-Month CD S T/lt s 5/l« «urct Hatiwul OiMtunt C*.
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      Perlis to depend on MSM results
      372 21 JUDGINO by the trends so far In the current year. Perils Plantations will have to depend heavily on the performance of Its subsidiary, Malayan Sugar Manufacturing (MSM) to maintain the 22'/i per cent dividend it paid In the year Just ended. Output from the
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      UE(M) to pay $300,000 fine
      238 21 UNITED Engineers (Malaysia) has to pay a M 5300.000 fine imposed by the Kuala Lumpur sessions court for possessing 180 units of Rltespeed geared motors valued at $204,754. They were prohibited goods under the Customs Order 1975. UE (M) has Informed the Kuala Lumpur Stock
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      SJA serves 9 writs
      134 21 SOUTH Johore Amalgamated Holdings has served writs on nine defen- dants in connection with an action to set aside purported liability to a loan from a merchant bank. The nine defendants named are: Choh Yet, Roy I im Meng Ah, Amos William Dawe, Mahking Hock, Dato
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        New York
        184 21 TW'EW YORK. Tues. A 111 settlement by coal strike negotiators to end the 14week old strike helped stocks reverse early weakness as prices ended higher In another active session. The Dow Jones Industrial average (ell more than four points In the morning. Improved In the afternoon on reports
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        Zurich
        89 21 ZURICH. Tues Prices closed sharply higher after a fteady opening, though below the day's highs due to some late profit-taking dealer* said The Credit Susste Index rose S3 to 342 7 points. Cloalng prirn In Iwm fraoci with ihr difference on the prevtoua iniimi prices. P Swlualr Br 805
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        128 21 AMSTERDAM. Tue*. Prices were generally lower with only Bi)onkoH— following publication of 1877 78 ngures— and Deli slightly higher against the trend, dealers said. State loans were firm. rioiinic prim in Dutch cuIMm with tbe dlfrcrrac* on pr«vlou» I'Uloni prlcta Akio 21 SO —1.00 Kon Hoocovnu 24 50 M
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        Indices
        256 21 FINANCIAL TIMES INDUSTRIALS Tuesday 460.4 Monday 459.6 Week Ago 444.1 IX'W JONES AVERAGE INDUSTRIALS Tuesday 782.56 Monday 759 96 Week Ago 746.79 LONDON DOLLAR I'KKMII M Tuesday 94*. to 95'«. Monday 95 to 95'i H.K. HANG SENG Wednesday 418.42 Thursday 420 65 Week Ago 420.51 SYDNEY INDUSTRIALS Wednesday 394.05
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      74 20 Minimum lending rates THE AVERAGE prime rale of bank* in Singapore stand* around 7 per cent, with the range running between 8V« per cent and 7'< per cent. Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation it at the lower end of the range while a number of banks, including Citibank and Development Bank of
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      775 21 invites applications from suitably qualified Malaysians for the following positions in two of our large subsidiary companies: SALES MANAGER THE JOB The successful candidate will report to the General Manager and will be responsible for the sales, product promotion, pricing and market research of several established industrial products in the
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      936 21 i H view of the progress and expansion in our Company in the field of heavy equipment, farm machinery and materials handling equipment, we have the following vacancies:SALES MANAGER Materials Handling Department (Petaling Jaya) Should possess a degree/ diploma in Mechanical Engineering from a recognised institution, with 3 to 5
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      819 21 An established TRAVEL AGENT In Singapore, Wfth associate office in Kuala Lumpur and OSA for «n international airline requires:- mm SALES EXECUTIVE 7* for its Singapore office. Suitable candidates must possess the following qualifications a) 3 years selling experience within travel industry with proven sales records; b) Must be able
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      503 22 A well established Engineering Company requires the services oH an experienced and dynamic EXECUTIVE to head its newly established organisation at Kuala Lumpur THE MAN He should preferably be a Malaysian with a tertiary education and should have considerable experience in technical admimstra tion in a responsible position THE 108
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      273 22 if' SKRETABT^I The newly established Shipping Agents and Brokers Association of Singapore (SAB AS requires a full-time Secretary to organise and head its Secretariat. Applications are invited from Singapore citizens with a few years background experience in shipping business. Candidates should have a mature personality and be above 35 years
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      497 22 F A I R C H I L D "1 SINGAPORE PTE. LTD. invites suitobly quolified condidotes tor challenging careers as (I) PROCESS TECHNICIANS Condidotes should possess a Diploma ITC certiticate in Electronic Engineering with at least 2 years' working experience in the servicing and repairing of logic control equipment
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      568 22 International Company Seeking I Stockist/Dealer I for competitively priced Centrifugal Pumps in all states in East and West I Malaysia. Interested Company please I write in giving details on I I their Company's operation, j experience in selling of I pumps and the Malaysian I states they are interested in
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      897 22 *™™SHERiFpnALr""^! IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE REPUBLIC OF I SINGAPORE IN THE CAUSE OF Admiralty in Rem No 504 of 1077 Warrant of Arrest No 595 of 1 977 Admiralty action in rem ogainst the ship "VIOLETTA" 1 VEREINS-UND WESTBANK AG 2 VEREINS-UND WESTBANK INTERNATIONALE S A. Plaintiffs Versus
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      1093 23 CLASSIFIED ADS AT TOUR SERVICE x^ Teleplione Service:- U*V H Weekdays JRk *flfc 830 a.m. 5.00 pm W Saturdays /T$ 8.30 a.m. 3.00 pm Public Holidays C.A.T.S. 9.00 a.m. 100 pm |a>S«4+77| Counter Service Regular office hours Ansafone Service After office hours RATES Per word 60 cts (Mm. $9.00) Per
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      1363 23 I FOR SALE k SHOPPING GUIDE M> >^ > ONE CUTE ft playful Female •BaBMaHjEjMMB Siamese Kitten Contact Helena ***** between 9am and 12 noon DOBERMANN ***** WITH PRICED ITEMS IN bacUtTac and transfer papers CLASSIFIEDS |1M M K'xid home 21. Jalan BB TTaTR BOIMM K.impai Tel *****5 »dL ■CTTKW
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      1602 23 II EMPLOYMENT SHIPPING ASSISTANT WANTED Minimum HSC with 2 years' experience In commercial firm, preferably in shipping/ export department Knowledge of Chinese an advantage Please apply In both English and Chinese stating qualifications, experience and salary expected together with a recent photo (non-returnable) to: S.T Box A***** WeN eetabWehad trading
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      652 23 II EMPLOYMENT J etoleM EFFICIENT, COMPETENT MALE/ FEMALE SALES EXECUTIVES required ARE YOU AMBITIOUS AND ENERGETIC? DO YOU WANT TO EARN FOUR FIGURES A MONTH EASILY? DO YOU WANT TO HAVE SUCCESS IN LIFE? Than we otter you the OPPORTUNITY to am tor yaw geel. QUALIFICATIONS: a Must speak fluentS
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      905 23 FEMALE BALES REPRESENTATIVB We want a lady to handle calculators and cash registers Must have experience In this field A monthly Income of at least tl 200 00 (from an attractive salary and commission) awaits the successful candidate In addition, a generous transport allowance, free medical benefits and an annual
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      570 23 II EMPLOYMENT CHARTERED INDUSTRIES OF SINGAPORE PTE. LTD. requires (a) MACHINE OPERATORS MALE FOR JURONG (b)PROCESS OPERATORS MALE FOR BUKIT TIMAH (c)GENERAL FACTORY WORKERS MALE FOR JURONG 1 BUKIT TIMAH Requirements Po« (A) (B) HTronrta.ni Two or Vocational School Certificate or Primary education with two years relevant experience For Pb*i
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      621 23 3S ■s«9EsaS0 1 EUROPEAN STANDARD ELECTRONICS PTE LTD requires ELECTROMECHANICAL TICMHICIAN Must possess a Technljaal Certificate In Electromechanical Engineering Have good background -el physics and mathematics* Must have 2-3 years' prfrtlcal experience In the |A( line Successful candidate will be acquired to set up automatic machine using cold and reflation
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      380 24 II EMPLOYMENT I easa»sas»ss»«s»seaaeaeaeae»»»»»»ae»ae» a^ir, T An established Company SEBhnbawang has the following vacancy for MALE TRAINEE SUPERVISOR mm 111 a^BcE or HSC Level preferred ■JTirith some working experlence in supervising a l.ltam of labourers, painters blasters •>**n an applications detelllng dusimcallons snd experience together with c telephone contact number
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      620 24 MALE STOREKEEPER O Minimum -1 veur penence working as Storekeeper and having being in charge ol al 1> isi rd ICE O' level or -•liiivalent a possess good knowledge ol M.uns and English O Ahle to speak English and Mandarin and 9 few other liwal <1; O Able to control
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      391 24 II EMPLOYMENT ACCOUNTS ASSISTANT Applications are invited from Singapore Indians, male/female for an Immediate vacancy of an ACCOUNTS ASSISTANT with LCC qualifications, preferably Higher with minimum 2 years practical experience Some knowledge of typing Is desirable TYPIST Applications are Invited from Singapore Chinese (Bilingual English Chinese) male/female for an Immediate
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      646 24 SOC SINGAPORE OILSEAL COMPANY PTE LTD A subsidiary of a !»at|n» International oilseals manufacturing Cotup^ny invites applications for its nevi Factory in Jurong for the following post MALE FACTORY OPERATIVES (Singaporean jr Malaysian) Requirement^ a Secondary Education t) < 'ompleted full time National Service (Males) C Must be prepared to
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      816 24 II EMPLOYMENT A WELL ESTABLISHED factory requires trainee machine operators' assistant machine operators general helpers Only applicants with secondary education, completed national service need apply Call 6 Chin Bee Road. Jurong Town. .Spore 22 for interview Tel R***** GENERAL ELECTRIC (USA) CONTROLS PTE. LTD. (1) MALE CLEAKER CUM GARDENER To
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      745 24 wanted 1) FEMALE SENIOR CLERK 1 Ito 2 years relevant working experience 2) Knowledge of Import and export documentation 3) Able to handle correspondence Independently 4) Knowledge of book-keeping 5) Typing speed 45 wpm 2) OFFICE BOY 1 Ability to type 2) Valid Class 2 driving licence Please submit full
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      674 24 II EMPLOYMENT SIN BEE TECK COMPANY SEWING EMBROIDERY FACTORY 202. 2nd floor Upo Factory 821 Allumed Road Tel: *****42 1) FEMALE EMBROIDERY MACHINE OPERATORS 2nd shift 3 p m to 11 p m Rates $7 00 per day 2) SEWING GIRLS $6 00 per day experienced $5 00 per day
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      627 24 MERLIN RESTAURANT AT Stamford Road requires waitresses Interested applicants please contact Mr Leong Tel *****5 for details Established depertmentsl Store requires (A) EXPERIENCED INDOOR SALES PERSONNEL with knowledge of cameras, hl-fl and Jewellery (B) STOCK CLERK Salary negotiable, depending on experience Please write to HOUSE OF HUNG FAR EAST SHOPPING
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      1580 24 I 111 VEHICLES I BOATS TUG BOAT FOR SALE Reg. Paneme Built 1974 Hong Kong GRT 195.34 LOA «5 Depth '.Z Draft 9 Breedth 25 1 B a W Alpha Marine Engine 900 HP. et 400RPM For more nVtails please nn« Fok/ Barrett Tel: *****11 «e£>N®»*v£>t»<^<««d«<a» f EVERFINE RENT A
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      1203 25 111 VEHICLES k BOATS ■HB»_i>^aKißa« 1971 AUSTIN MINI Special. Excellent condition $4,900 View Blk 115. 273 Buklt Merah View, after 1 30 pm 1970 MAZDA ISOOSS 4 gear Aircond Beautiful condition $5,300 Contact *****89 'END 1973, MORRIS 1275 OT Sports rims, cassette, new paint, tyres Tax/ Insurance 7/78. $7,000 *****5
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      747 25 117$ MERCEDES 2BOS Manual Tip-top condition, many extras Selling $46,000 Tel: *****1. 1171 JAGUAR XJI 4 2 manual gear Very good condition Chauffeur driven. Ring *****54 1172 MERCEDES 2SOS Manual Oood condition, one owner. sellIng $16,500 on o Tel *****4 1973. MERCEDES 230. Tip-top condition 1 owner Radio/ cassette Company
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      531 25 111 VEHICLES k BOATS ENGINEER REQUIRES 1 Datsun. Toyota. Mazda. Colt or other cars. 1000- 1800 c c Tel. *****92 HIGH PRICE OFFEREO to all used or scrap vehicles of any make Tel *****5' *****9. SCRAP (PARF) VEHICLES or scrap metals wanted Stall 7. Chltty Road Spore 8 Tel *****72
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      540 25 OLD AND SECONDHAND cars wanted Tel *****80 Ah Kwee (900 am 600 p.m.) WANTED TO BUY good used cars from 1969 onwards Call 245. Middle Road *****1/ *****1. FORD CORTINA GXL 2000 wanted urgently Will make good cash offer Call *****2 DIST. 1 COSY 3-BEDROOM house, perched on hillside right
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      563 25 IV ACCOMMODATION k PROPERTIES CLEMENTI PARK $1,200; Ponggol $1,100: Hong Leong $900: Faber Terrace $1,100: Ming Teck Park $1,000; Chestnut Cresent $700 *****3/ *****9 DIST 21 CHUN TIN Road 3bedroom 2-storey terrace Servant's room. 2 bathrooms, telephone. 1 alrcondltloner. Furnished $660 *****5 BUNGALOW:- THOMSON $150. Slglap $550. Jurong Kechll $600
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      615 25 DIST. 1 PHOENIX COURT 3 bedrooms, for rent/ sale Call ***** during office hours DIST. 11 LUXURIOUS APARTMENT In a small and quiet exclusive residential complex. 5 mlns 10 Orchard Road. 3 large bedrooms, attached bathrooms, spacious living/ dining and balcony, huge modern kitchen and servant's amenities, centrally alrcondltioned. fully
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      678 25 lIVI IV ACCOMMODATION k PROPERTIES I DIST. 11 LUXURIOUS APARTMENT off Ooldhlll Avenue 3 spacious bedrooms carpeted Living/ dining marble slab Fully furnished, only $2,700 Inclusive Services Call S A M CO *****7/ ***** CAIRNHILL PLAZA (OIST. 9) high floor luxurious apartment with swimming pool/ 24-hour security, central alrcondltioned. close
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      600 25 ORCHARD ROAD AIRCON/ nonalrcon rooms for working girls Cooking allowed Tel *****60 UNFURNISHED ROOMS TO let In dlst I for working girls students Rent $150/- Call *****67 a) Houses Executive of large rndustflel corporenon requires SEVERAL BUNGALOWS. APARTMENTS AND SEMI-DETACHEO in qm»t r.sidantlsl location Excellent term of pay"*"' ;I nd
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      386 27 VI EDUCATION TRAINING GIRLS! Jobs are becoming harder to get you need better qualifications Enrol now at the ITC and quality tor the London Chamber ot Commerce Private Secretary s Certificate and the iTC s Private Secretary's Diploma the region s leading qualification lor a Private Secretary Our next lull
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      624 27 VI EDUCATION TRAINING TELEPHONE OPERATOR TWO MONTHS (Practical Court*) uainfl PABX a PMBX Switchboard* Wednesday: 8 00 9 30 p m Commencing 15th March 1978 Thursday 11 00 12 30 p m Commencing 16th March 1978 PREMIER COMMERCIAL SCHOOL 20*. Oueeneway Shopping Centre. S.ng.por* 3 Tel: «34*M/*27(12. CITY 4 GUILDS
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  • IX OBITUARIES
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      140 Acknowledgements
      68 27 140 Acknowledgements MR. YEO KIM MOW and family wish to thank friends and relatives for their kind assistance, wreaths, donations and condolences on the loss of his wife Madam Theresa Ooh Hong Neo Also sincere gratitude to doctors and staff of Ward 9. T.T.8.H., priests and members of the Sodality
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      131 27 MRS KATHARINE LOUISE WOOD PMMd <w*y March 14th. 197* at Mount Alvarnii Hospital Special thanks to Docton and (tan lor lh»it many attentions. A devoted mother and wlta. aha laavaa behind her hueWlillam and Craig and 1 daughter! Allane It Is her wish that no (lowers be sent
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      25 27 In loving memory et de*re*t FRANCIS WANQ. Deperted 1*3.77. Always remembered by Mom. brothers, brothers-in-law, sisters, sisters-in-law, nephews and nleres In prayers
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      Strategy to meet challenges of the '80s
      493 28 KUALA LUMPUR. Wednesday HUSSEIN CALL TO ISLAMIC WORLD J)ATUK Hussein Onn today called for the formulation of an Islamic world development strategy to meet the challenges of the 1980s. The Prime Minister said the strategy should map out the policy to contribute positively
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      150 28 LONDON, Wed— British Foreign Office minister Lord GoronwyRoberts ls expected to discuss with Malaysian ministers In Kuala Lumpur next week the controversial question of flyIng rights over Malaysia for the Anglo-French Concorde supersonic airliner. British officials said today. The otlclals said they had every hope
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      Banking group's bid to raise $460 m in W Asia
      200 28 Banking group's bid to raise $460 m in W Asia KUALA LITMPUB, Wed. A group of merchant banners has launched a programme to brin« West Asian funds Into the Asean region. It seeks to float about $460 million In bills, bonds and negotiable deposits from Asean countries in the next
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      Johore rings behind illegal migrant racket
      449 28 Johore rings behind illegal migrant racket JOHORE BARU, Wed Several syndicates here are believed to be Involved in the smuggling of thousands of illegal Indonesian immigrants Into the country via Johore. The immigrants, in eluding women and children, become victims of unscrupulous racketeers who bring them into the country as
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      Picnic girl feared abducted
      84 28 Picnic girl feared abducted KULIM, Wed. A 14-year-old schoolgirl has reportedly been abducted from here three days ago. The girl's father told police yesterday his daughter left the house last Sunday saying she was going for a picnic. She had not returned home since and the worried father contacted police
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      142 29 T ONDON, Wed. The Board of Millwall Footle ball Club, whose ;>ome Cup quaiter- final against Ipswich last Saturday was marred by crovd violence, yesterday issued a statement in which they said they regarded such behaviour as a social problem. The club's general manager, Graham Hortop, issued
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      414 29 LONDON, Wed. Second j Division Orient reached the semi-finals of the English Football Association Cup for the first time in their history > when they beat Middles- brough 2-1 in a quarter-final replay here last night. They now meet London neighbours Arsenal, the bookmakers'
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      143 29 17URICH. Wed. Grass£j hoppers Zurich of Switzerland beat Eintracht Frankfurt of West Germany 1-0 in the second leg of their UEFA 'European Football Union Cup quarterfinal soccer tie here last night. Ponte scored the only goal from a penalty. Away goals Tne aggregate score for the home-and-away
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        180 29 Dr K to head US soccer league T^EW YORK. Wed. Henry Kissinger is to be the next chairman of the North American Soccer League, the New York Dally News reported yesterday. TENNIS Chris Evert. rusty after her three-month winter vacation, struggled through three sets last night before beating Joanne Russell
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        293 29 Aussies held to a draw by Barbados THE Barbados tall-enders exposed the weakness of Australia's bowling here yesterday to force a draw in their four-day cricket match. Australia, with a first Innings lead ol 220, were in the driving seat for most of the aay. They had Barbados reeling at
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        234 29 BUENOS AIRES, Wed Argentina defeated Poland 3-0 yesterday In a warm-up match for the World Cup hockey finals which start here on Saturday. EJuardo Barrelros scored after 22 minutes of play to give Argentina a 1-0 half time lead, and Daniel Danly dribbled past Poland's defence to score
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      998 29 tidL OPPORTUNITIES FOR APPRENTICESHIP Applications are invited for apprenticeship under the Joint Government Industry Training Scheme, commencing in July 1978 The apprentice;hip prepares young male and female Singapore citizens with good mechanical aptitude and technical interest for highly skilled jobs in industry Training will be conducted by specialist instructors in
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      567 29 VO/PER PRIVATE LTD. Vosper Private Limited engaged in the design and construction of commercial and naval vessels and repairs of same has the following vacancy: WOODWORK SUPERVISOR This position reports to the Woodwork Manager and will be responsible for the supervision of all types of joinery work, fitting out on
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      402 29 SB p> m^ INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION M SINGAPORE PRESCHOOL TEACHER EDUCATION COURSE (STAGE I BASIC) 1 Applications are invited tor admission to the above course to be conducted in Chinese and English in July 1978 2 The course is open to those currently teaching in or ottoched to kindergartens but
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      438 29 NOTICK OK CREDITORS' PETITION THE BANKRITTCY ACT. CAP. 18 1970 EDITION IN THE HIGH COURT Of SINGAPORE In Bankruptcy No. 1264 of 1977 Re: Ng Kwah Chwee Ex parte: Fujitsu (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. Creditors In the matter ot a Creditors' Petition filed the 30th day of December, 1977 To: Ng
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      DAIRY
      47 30 BADStIVTOV— Junior individual championships < Singapore Badminton Hall 7pm). SFPAK T/.KRAW- Intrrconstltuency tournament (Duxton Plain CC, Tanglln CC, Kota Rajah CC. Alexan- dra CC. Kampong Eunos CC (7.30 pm). SOCCER SOSFL division 2 semi-finals (Parrcr Park spm). TABLE TENNIS STTA age group Individual chantplonshlps (Tanjong Katonj 9am)
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      Bid to enjoy best of both worlds?
      278 30  -  PERCY SENEVIRATNE Comment by i 1 DOHMAT JiKAI v Mi's bodybuilding credentials are probably as glittering as the crown jewels. Sixth placing in the lightweight category of last year's Mr. I'nlverse competition, winner of the overall Mr. Asia title in 1973 and the
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      Taiwan case may sink judo meet
      305 30  -  PATRICK BASTIANS By THE Asian Judo championships scheduled for Jakarta in October, may not materialise if Taiwan insist on taking part. The issue arose at the managers' meeting at the SEA Games in Kuala Lumpur last November, and Y. Hirose, secretarygeneral of the Asian
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      Stylish Arctic Call
      407 30  -  BLUE PETER By ARCTIC CALL, who has been running some fair races, should score his long overdue win in the Class 4 Div 2 1,200 metres event on Sunday. The Recalled four-your-old showed promise In Kuala Lumpur last August when beaten by a short head by Blonlc
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      Marinas sevens
      40 30 EAST Coast Marinas will be staging a seven-a-slde soccer tournament on Mar. 26 at Mountbatten grounds from 8 am to 6 pm Teams Interested In taking part should contact Rejiib Ismail at *****4. Closing date is Mar. 20.
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      Three in quest for sailing honours
      181 30  - Three in quest for sailing honours PETER SIOW By rREE Singapore boats the Pink Panther. Whiteba't and Halcyon will sail In the South China Sea race, starting this Sunday in Hongkong. The race which ends in Manila, wll take the sailors over 804 kilometres and test their navigational skills to
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      Prisons lose
      32 30 KATONG District beat Pr.sons 3-0 to qualify for the semi-finals of the Singapore Government Beivlces football league at Tna Payoh stadium yesterday. Zaiman (two> and M. Noor scor»d for Katong.
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      Twenty-six entered for Derby
      1389 30 rpWENTY-six of. the X top stayers In trainIng have been entered lor the Singapore Derby to be run over 2400 m at Buk.lt Tlmah on April 2. They are: Air Marshal 11, Amusement IX, Batu Karang, Charles Street Lad, General Trong IV, Grand Memory, Joy of
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      Little Nauman looks ready to take it from where his father left off
      337 30  -  BERNARD PEREIRA By pOR a 15-year- old. Nauman Qamar seems to have a surprisingly mature outlook on Singapore hockey. And why not? After all. he is the eldest son of former Pakistan international Qamar Ali Khan, and
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      Filipinos are the dark horses
      278 30 rpHE Philippines seem likely to be the dark horses of the four-day East Asia squash championship, which begins next Thursday at the Kallang Centre, reports PATRICK BASTIANS. The Filipinos appear to be grossly underestimated when one considers that they have come up as the only
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      Injured Mr Lu to skip the Open
      349 30  -  ERNEST FRIDA By J^U Liang Huan, of Taiwan, is a shock withdrawal from the $106,000 Singapore Open golf championship, starting next Thursday at the Bukit Course. "Mr Lu." as he is affectionately known throughout the golfIn? world, following his dazzling performance in the
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      Special race for sports writers
      252 31 Special race for sports writers THE Singapore Amateur Swimming Association have Included a special event— the 4x50 metres freestyle relay for sports writers to mark their first ".rasters' meet at the Toa Payoh pool on April 17, lit and 21. reports AUStCT JGitNSON The meet will have Individual and relay
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      Plans for a 10-day soccer tour of India
      301 31  -  WILFRED YEO By 'pifE Singapore soccer team will make a 10-day tour of India in August if negotiations between the Football Association of Singapore and a local businessman go through. Karthy Dharan, managing director of Choice Books Pte. Ltd., who are underwriting
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      Players fail to answer SBA call
      275 31 Players fail to answer SBA call DISAPPOINTING that sums up the response of aspiring players lor selection to the national badminton squad, reports BERNARD FERERA. The 39 players 26 men and M women largely compiling Fra=er and Neave badminton scheme trainees, were called up for two Interviews by the Singapore
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      Forces' Lieow upsets Tan
      358 31  -  BERNARD PEREIRA By A RMED Forces' A Lieow Shing Wui scored an upset 6-15, 15-5, 15-2 win over eighth seeded Tan Kheng Guan In the third round of the men's singles in the Junior individual badminton championships at Guillemard Road last night, Lleow, a trainee at
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      LET'S WISH THIS BADMINTON BABE WELL
      589 31 I FEEL I must put into print my strong disagreement with the criticism of the secretary of the All-Indonesian Badminton Federation. Mr. Soemarsono, regarding the "untimely and hasty" formation of the World Badminton Federation, and the criticisms by others about their formation. For the
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      Musa's goal paves way for HK Bank's win
      167 31 HONGKONG Bank thanks to the equaliser by Musa Hussein 10 seconds (rom fulUlme went on to beat Banque de Paris 4-2 on penalty kicks alter a 1-1 deadlock at full-time In the Singapore Business Houses Football League knockout match at Jalan Besar
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      YAP FEELS IT'S TIME TO BANK ON ERIC AGAIN
      259 31  -  JOE OORAI By SINGAPORE soccer coach Sebastian Tap has told former first-choice goalkeeper Eric Paine to step up his training for the Malaysia Cup compett lon. This follows the poor performance of reserve 'keeper Koh Lhuan Hwee In Tuesday's match against
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      Chong takes 15 minutes to beat Lee
      376 31  - Chong takes 15 minutes to beat Lee PETER SIOW By CHONG YUNG MIN scored the fastest win on the opening day of the Singapore Table Tennis Association individual age-group championships at Tanjong Katong yesterday, beat tng Lee Llm Keng 21 3, 21-5 in only 15 minutes. Playing :n ;ne boys'
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      54 31 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Kazunan Tafcahashl of Japan and Dr. P.T. Arasu won the 17th Malaysian Open pro am golf championship played here today. They won on a countbark from Baldevlno Dassu of Italy and Tan Eng Sim. The pro Individual title went to Taiwan's Ho Ming
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      47 31 Ticket puzzle solved READERS might have been puisled by the Singapore Sports Council's announcement in yesterday's Straits Times that the 34,137 tickets for Sunday's North Zone Malaysia Cup-tie between Singapore and Malaysian Armed Forces had all been sold in a matter of four hours. After all. Sinja-
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      71 31 pore's National Stadium has a known capacity of around 60,000. "Where did the other 25,000-plus tickets fo?" fans might have wondered. Breakdown So. to pui would-be spectators' minds at rest, we asked the SSC, who cave us the following breakdown: A p p a r e ntly, the Football Association
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      73 31 another 5,293 (73 at $5, 220 at $3 and 5.000 at $1). With another 10.000 tickets going to the schools, plus the usual batch of complimentaries, etc., being handed out. it Is obvious just why Slnrapore's Malaysia Cup-ties are always sell-outs. It will not be much of a consolation to
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    142 32 DOLLAR RALLIES AGAINST YEN rpOKTO, Wed. ■I Spurred by the report of a lower discount rate, the US dollar rallied against the Japanese yen and closed at 234.50 In brisk trading in Tokyo's foreign exchange market today. The American enrency gained 1.50 yen over yesterday's closing of 233, the lowest
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    Lock icon Nasution: Too much army influence
    327 32 Nasution: Too much army influence JAKARTA. Wednesday JNDOXESIA's former armed forces commander said today that the military had too much influence and that dissenting students had noble ideals. Retlred Gen. Abdul Haris Nasutlon, also a former defence minister, told a Dutch radio reporter: "I personally think that the present situation
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    Bread and butter issues dominate debate
    393 32 Bread and butter issues dominate debate PARLIAMENT yesteri day turned Its attention to "oread and butter" issues like work permits and urinals lor children alter Tuesday's deli Derations on headier matters of the state, like national security and building a better society. Kicking oil the debate on estimates for the
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    Aussie pledge
    27 32 TOKYO, Wed. Aujtr»Uan Deputy Prime Minister Douf Anthony today pledged hli country* cooperation with Japan In effort* to head off protecUonisjn In world trade. Iteuter.
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    LONDON STOCKS
    720 32 LONDON. Wed The stock marrloMd quietly mixed today with the Knell action In southern Lebanon weighing on sentiment dealers said At 3 pm the Financial Times index was down five points at 455 4 Oovernment bonds met fresh Interest and gained up to 1/4 point Yesterday's trade figures
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