The Straits Times, 3 May 1978

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    14 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 1978 25 CENTS M.C.(P) No. 214/1/78
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    Lock icon 'WAR TALK' SPARKS ROW
    598 1 Sack British defence chief demand LONDON, Tuesday AN embarrassed British Labour Government today faced an onslaught in Parliament from its own leftwing demanding the dismissal of defence chief Sir Neil Cameron for remarks that Britain and China had a common enemy in Moscow. labour Party viiT-duiiim.in,
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    Papua awaits Jakarta reply on diplomat
    186 1 PPUA New Guineas's Foreign Ministry today waited for a response to a request made to the Indonesian Embassy asking it to repost a diplomat who was critical of Papua New Guineas attitude to Ruerillas groups flrhting in the Indonesian province of Irian Jaya. Foreign
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    Lock icon Cousins: We saved parents
    628 1  - Cousins: We saved parents PAUL WEE By ■pWO brave cousins, yesterday recalled life of a parent eacl boat ferrying them tc on Seletar Island sar The tragedy one of the worst boating mishaps here In recent years claimed six lives. The body of one ot the victims, Miss Goh Lee
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    Lock icon Thai ban on rice exports
    80 1 BANGKOK, Tues. The Thai Government has Imposed a temporary ban on rice exports pending the outcome of a survey on rice stocks in the country, Commerce Minister Mr. Nam Poonvathu said today. The move will allow an assessment of the amount of rice available for
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    Lock icon Dow Jones
    44 1 NEW YORK. Tues. Dow Jones averages, based on first hour of trading on the New York Stock Exchange: 30 Indus 837.23. otl 7 10; 20 transp 225.17. off 0.34; 15 Utlls 106.22. on* 0.21; 65 :tocks 288 60, off 1 57. UPI.
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    Devan slams NZ unions
    947 1  -  GEORGE JOSEPH By gINGAPORE trade union leader, Mr. C.V. Devan Nair, yesterday accused the president of the New Zealand Federation of Labour (NZFOL), Sir Thomas Skinner, of being a "bully" manipulated by communists. Mr. Nair, speaking in his capf.city as tiie president of the Asian Regiona'
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    Lock icon 37 held hostage by rebels
    214 1 37 held hostage by rebels I ZAMBOANGA CITY, Tues \fUSLJM rebels are holding 37 crew and passengers of an inter -Island ferry they seized off this southern port city on Sunday night, military sources disclosed today. The coast guard said the 37 were taken by armed men to a hideaway
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    Lock icon 'No' to call to sack Sir Neil
    57 1 LONDON. Tues. The British Government today brushed aside demands that its defence chief Sir Neil Cameron be dismissed for making an antiSoviet speech In China. Defence Minister fred Mailer told the House of Commons that Sir Nell had done "nothing to diminish my
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    Lock icon UN troops hurt
    41 1 BEIRUT. Tnes. An unspecified number of French troops In the United Nations peacekeeping force In the Tyre tone are reported to have been wounded today when their barracks were shelled. Informed sources said here.— AFP. See Pate 3
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      87 1 WHEN SBS CONCESSION PASSES ARE LOST... Page 9 MONDALE: US will play role in Asia 2 ARAFAT: Guarantees by big powers only way to Mid-east peace 3 BREAKTHROUGH in hunt for Moro kidnappers? 4 Nixon's Memoirs -Page 6 WIND UP order on Wei UUp 7 FARMERS misled, says Thai croup
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  • AROUND THE WORLD
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      Lock icon 'Beware foreign diseases' warning
      88 2 'Beware foreign diseases' warning pHICAGO, Tues— AmeV* rlcan doctors yesterday were warned to beware of exotic Infectious diseases that may be carried by refugees from South-east Asia and Americans who served in that area. Plague, leprosy and tuberculosis have already been found imported to the United States. Dr. Elizaoeth Barrett
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      Lock icon MONDALE: U.S. WILL PLAY ROLE IN ASIA
      448 2 MANILA, Tues. US Vicepresident Walter Mondaie arrived today on the first stop of a five-nation tour and pledged "positive and forward-looking participation" by the United States in Asian-Pacific affairs. Mr. Mondale's Air Force Two je. liner touched down at the Manila International airport
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      Lock icon Longer visas for tourists proposed
      89 2 Longer visas for tourists proposed BANGKOK, Tues. Cabinet will today consider proposed amendments in the Immigration Act calling for longer-term visas for foreign businessmen and tourists, informed sources reported today. The proposal, put fcrward by the Police Department, calls for tourist to be allowed to stay up to 90 days,
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      White House intruder
      71 2 WASHINGTON. Tues. A young man carrying Swiss passport who said he ]ust wanted to 'see the President" got into the White House today and was stopped just before entering a hallway leading to President Carter's Oval Office, the Secict Service announced. The Intruder was identified as Didier
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      Lock icon 'Give Korea more arms before troop pullout'
      359 2 'Give Korea more arms before troop pullout' WASHINGTON, Tuesday THE acting chairman of the US Joint chiefs of staff said yesterday that the joint chiefs have opposed the withdrawal of any US forces from South Korea without Congressional approval of a major package of arms aid to the Koreans. But
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      Lock icon Death for eight who tried to topple govt
      181 2 Death for eight who tried to topple govt VIENTIANE, Tues. Eight Laotians, arrested last year on charges of attempting to overthrow the country's communist government, have been sentenced to death, it was announced here today. The official Sieng Prasasone newspaper said among those given the death sentences was Khambou Sihalath,
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      Leading poet arrested
      53 2 JAKARTA. Tues. One of Indonesia's fortwiost contemporary writers, W.S. Rendra. has been arrested because his poems were considered discrediting to the government, an army spokesman said here today. The spokesman said Mr Rendra. a leading civil right; campaigner, was taken frorr. his home yesterday and was still
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      Lock icon Plan to hijack cruise liner: Four charged
      239 2 T^EW YORK, Tues. A Four men were charged here yesterday with planning to hijack a cruise liner and hold its passengers and crew ransom for US$6 million (5513.9 million). The plot was apparently based on the novel. Assault on a Quern. Government officials
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      Lock icon Trade surplus on agenda of Fukuda-Carter talks
      128 2 Trade surplus on agenda of FukudaCarter talks WASHINGTON, Tues Japan's large trade surplus with the I'nitrd States and the is dollar will be major topics in two days of talks opening here today between Japanese Primr Minister Takeo Fukuda and IS officials. The continued presence of strong IS military forces
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      Lock icon Heaviest losses for UN troops in Lebanon
      168 3 Heaviest losses for UN troops in Lebanon BEIRUT, Tues rIE UN peace-keeping force in south Lebanon has suffered its heaviest casualties so far in twin mine explosions following a clash between French UN troops and radical guerillas. The French, some five kilometres inland from he port of Tyre, early yi'ilrrJay
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      Lock icon Starving dogs eat body of owner
      112 3 SYDNEY. Tues. I Fifteen starving dogs trapped in a sub- urban house for a week after the death of their recluse owner ate his body, police said today. Police, who broke into the house after a postman reported he had not seen 53-year-old Mervyn
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      Lock icon Guarantees by big powers the only way, says Arafat
      403 3 Guarantees by big powers the only way, says Arafat PLQ LEADER: ISRAEL HAS NOTHING TO FEAR BEIRUT, Tuesday PALESTINIAN Libe1 ration Organisation leader Yasser Arafat said yesterday that "the only possible solution" to the Middle East problem was for the United States and the Soviet Union to provide guarantees for
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      Lock icon INFLATION MAY HIT BRITAIN'S ECONOMY: FORECASTS
      171 3 INFLATION MAY HIT BRITAIN'S ECONOMY: FORECASTS LONDON, Tues. The British economy could be hit later this year by rising Inflation, increasing unemployment and a weakening in its balance of payments position, according to two private economic forecasts issued today. One of the country's leading banks, National Westminster, said the British
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      Lock icon Graft trial reopens
      45 3 ROME. Tue&. Two former defence minister* went back in the dock here today lacing charges of corruption ln the Lockheed brides scandal. The trial of tl>e ministers, Christian Democrat Lulgi Oui and Social Democrat Mario Tanassi. reopened at the Constitutional Court. Reuter.
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      Lock icon POSTPONE SALE OF PLANES CALL
      83 3 POSTPONE SALE OF PLANES CALL WASHINGTON, Tues The Senate foreign relations committee has urged the administration to withdraw temporarily its proposed sale of USS4.B billion (5511.2 billion) worth of advanced aircraft to Israel, Egypt and Saudi Aratia. In the House. 3peaker Thomas O'Neille supported President Carter's plan to sell military
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      Sadat orders reshuffle
      237 3 PRESIDENT Anwar r Sadat said today he was ordering an immediate reshuffle of the Egyptian cabinet. "I am calling on the Prime Minister (Mr. Mamdouh Salem) to make a reshuffle immediately," he told a mass rally in a Cairo suburb. The estimated 20.000 workers attending the rally
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      Lock icon U.S. INDEX ON TRENDS FALLS AGAIN
      91 3 U.S. INDEX ON TRENDS FALLS AGAIN WASHINGTON, Tues. —Government figures used to predict United States economic trends declined slightly in March, the second fall in three months. The Commerce Department said its composite index of leading economic indicators slid 0.1 per cent in March and 0 4 per cent fcr
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      168 3 Tomorrow at 8 pm An Introductory lecture on the TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION program as taught by Maharlshl Mahesh Yogi BpMkar Mr Anthony Hall. B.A. Special Guest Speaker: Dr. Peter Heilerich West Germany Vi'iuic Conference Room C. Ist floor X ReKional English Language Centre X^ 30. Orange Grove Road. Singapore. 10. f
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      Lock icon Coup leader gets defence portfolio
      193 4 Coup leader gets defence portfolio NEW DELHI, Tuesday 'THE communist-led Revolutionary Council, x which seized power in Afghanistan in a bloody military coup last Thursday, has named the man who spearheaded the coup against President Mohammed Daoud as defence minister, Kabul Radio said today. -i He is Colonel Abdul Khadlr,
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      TROOPS OUT AFTER AGRA STUDENT RIOTS
      125 4 TROOPS OUT AFTER AGRA STUDENT RIOTS >TEW DELHI. Tues. Army troops guarded key government installations and railways in the city of the Taj Mahal today after student riots yesterday during which three people were killed and 34 others injured, officials said. The city magistrate of Agra city, 192 km southeast
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      Lock icon Sri Lanka's main aim
      76 4 COLOMBO. Tues. President J.R. Jayewardene said yesterday his government's chief goal is to transform Sri Lanka's welfare state Into a productive society and reduce the nation's massive unemployment, "Welfare Is good but we cant afford It here," the 71-year-old President said in an Interview with the
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      Lock icon A big break in the hunt for Moro kidnappers?
      604 4 Red Brigades man among three arrested by police pOLICE hunting the Red Brigades gang which kidnapped ionner Prime Minister Aldo Moro may have achieved its first breakthrough today with the arrest of three men, including one member of the teriorist gang.
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      Lock icon MODERATES NOW LEAD UNION OF 900,000
      117 4 MODERATES NOW LEAD UNION OF 900,000 WORTHING, Tues. Political moderates today routed leftist extremists in elections here deciding who controls Britain's second biggest trade union, the 900,000member Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers (AUEW). The results boosted the government's chances of persuading unions to accent another year of wages restraint, probably
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      Lock icon Barricades go up
      55 4 LEFTIST demonstrators go on the rampage in Paris on Monday, setting up barricades by overturning cart and ripping wooden sheets off shops along the Boulevard Poissonniere. They attacked police, who responded by firing off teargas cannUteri. Six police officers and a dosen of the demonstrators were injured
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      Lock icon Mob violence in Paris workers' rally
      262 4 TVSMONSTRATORS smashed shop windows and wrecked cars in Paris last night in one ol the worst outbreaks of violence during May Day parades staged by workers throughout the world. Clashes also erupted In Italy and In Spain, where May Day marches were allowed for
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      Lock icon Facts an Burn distorted'
      71 4 JAKARTA, Tue«. An army general has alleged that some foreign journalists were used by element.' abroad to discredit the Indonesian Government by publUhlng "distorted news" about communist prisoners. The semi-official newspaper Suara Kirya today quoted Major-Oen. Wadli Prawlrasupradju. head of the prisoner resettlement project, as sayIng
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      Lock icon Boy killer sues TV networks
      145 4 MIAMI, Tues. A lawyer for a 15-year-old boy convicted of murder yesterday filed a LSS2S million (5558.2 million) lawsuit against the three is television networks claiming they incited his client to kill. The suit was field here on behalf of Ronny Zamora, convicted on Oct
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      Lock icon Smoking ban
      42 4 TOKYO, Tues. Japans millions of smokers, already hit by growing civic antismoking campaigns, suffered another knock today when the Health and Welfare Ministry announced lor the first time a ban on smoking at all national hospitals and medical Institutions. AFP.
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      Lock icon Rhodesia four meet again
      160 4 SALISBURY, Tues. The four leaders of Rhodesia's Interim government met again today against the background of a threat by Bishop Abel Muzorewa's United African National Council (UANC) to leave the coalition. The UANC Is demandIng the reinstatement of black Justice Minister Byron Hove. Mr. Hove was
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    Bombing Hanoi back to the negotiating table...
    371 6 Bombing Hanoi back to the negotiating table NIXON'S MEMOIRS: THE VIETNAM TALKS EDITOR'S NOTE: Conclusion of the Vietnam War was one of the three cardinal objectives of Richard Nixon's administration. But peace did not come easily. Henry Kissinger had secret talks with the North Vietnamese for three years. Formal negotiations
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    My most difficult decision of the entire war...
    2734 6 My most difficult decision of the entire war Laos. My Intuition was that something far more extensive was required. When I checked and found that the area south of the 2Cth Parallel was largely rice paddies and Jungle, I told Kissinger, "We'll take the same heat for big blows as
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    Wei Giap (owing $3m) told to wind up
    571 7 \yKI GIAP Construction Pte. Ltd.. said to have liabilities totalling $3,006,492, was ordered to be wound up on insolvency grounds by Mr. Justice D'Cotta in the High Court yesterday. Wei Oiap, represented by Mr. Ooh Aik Chew, had with the support of
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    Economics seminar THE Minister of State
    42 7 Economics seminar THE Minister of State (Labour). Mr. Sia Kah Hui. will open a seminar on Economics Education (or Workers and their Representatives today at Apollo Hotel. The seminar is jointly organised by NTUC. International Labour Congress, and Danish International Development Authority
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    TYPEWRITERS FOR SPASTICS
    163 7 SPASTIC children who have difficulty communicating with people because of their speech problems can now turn to four new electric typewriters at its Oilstead Road centre. Those who cannot write because they are unable to control their movements can now use the Adler typewriters to do their
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    M-cyclist banned from riding for six years
    264 7 M-cyclist banned from riding for six years A "HELL-RIDER," Tan Kee Chye. 22, was disqualified from riding Class 2 vehicles motorcycles and scooters for six years and fined $1,400 by a district court yesterday. He pleaded guilty to four traffic charges against him. Hie court was told that on Jan
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    Champions to dance
    63 7 SINGAPORE ball room dancing champions, Jeffrey Tang and his wife. Estelle. will give a demonstration at a dinner to be held by the Singapore Ballroom Dancers Association at the Northern Palace Restaurant. Colombo Court, on Saturday at 7.30 pjn. Tickets for the dinner at $18 each, are
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    MAN DIES AFTER BEING HIT BY CYCLIST
    161 7 MAN DIES AFTER BEING HIT BY CYCLIST AN elderly nan died in hospital on Monday night soon after he was hit by a bicycle. Police said the mishap occurred In Upper Cross Street at about 7.30 p.m. The dead man, identified as Mr. Heng Tat Koon. 68. of Block 53.
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    Get-together
    43 7 ROSYTH School, off Yio Chu Kang Road, will held a get-together for all former students and teachers at the French Ballroom. Hotel Equatorial, on May 14 at 7.30 urn. Tickets are at $16 per head. For details: ring Miss Leo at *****39.
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    Motorists baffled by T-shaped road sign
    196 7 Motorists baffled by T-shaped road sign A NEW "T" shap- ed sign (above), on the approach to Moonstone Lane has been baffling motorists for the past few weeks. And motorists from Serangoon Road, who usually take the lane as a short-cut to Jalan Toa Payoh, find themselves at a dead
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    OUT OF CASH, SO TWO STOLE COINAFON
    141 7 TWO men, after spending all their money on drinks in a coffeehouse, decided to get more cash by breaking open a colnafon and removing Its contents, a court heard yesterday. Mohamed Hamdi bin Radln Ahmad, 26, and his unidentified accomplice, pulled the telephone
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    Singapore may be picked as site for computer plant
    284 7 Singapore may be picked as site for computer plant SINGAPORE Is one of three to four sites being considered by a major American computer company for the setting up of a computer assembly and test plant later this year, the visiting chairman of Pertee Computer Corporation of Los Angeles. Mr.
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    Mattar heads science assn
    52 7 DR. Ahmad Mattar, acting Minister for Social Affairs, has been elected president of the Singapore Association for the Advancement of Science. Other officials are Prof. Ang Kok Peng. Dr. Saw Swee Hock and Mr. Stephen Sim. vice-presidents; Dr. R 8. Bathal. secretary; and Mr. Ng Kok
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    No accord yet on plan to up air fares to Europe
    418 7 No accord yet on plan to up air fares to Europe TRAVELLERS going to Europe from here during the current peak season will, most likely, not have to pay higher air fares. This Is because 15 airlines operating between Europe and the Far East cannot carry out their plan to
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    Man didn't get $500, so took weed-killer
    151 7 riARMER'S son Ang Kirn Hock, 28, drank weedkiller shortly after he had asked his mother for money to learn driving, but did not receive the full sum he requested. Yesterday his mother, Madam Ong Nam, 64, told a coroner's inquiry into his death
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    Minister on moulding mind of the young
    270 8 Minister on moulding mind of the young THE Senior Minister of Slate (Foreign Affairs) Mr. Lee Klioon Chop said yesterday the surroundings of the family, society and nation would mould the mind of the young. All these, together with the surroundings of the school, would have an Impact on their
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    Boosting trade links
    97 8 rE joint representative office of two Belgian banks in Singapore will strive to increase both financial and industrial links between countries in the EEC and this region, including Asean, two officials of the banks said yesterday. The managing director of Banque Internationale a Luxembourg, Mr. Albert Dondellnger
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    SIA MA? MAKE $34m PROFIT THIS YEAR
    188 8 SIA MA? MAKE $34m PROFIT THIS YEAR OINOAPORE Airlines expects to make an after-tax profit of $34.6 million in the current financial year, according to the latest Issue of Outlook, the gr o v d's house newspaper. It says operating revenue Is projected to increase by 23.6 per cent over
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    Bird-singing contest
    39 8 THE Lowland Road community centre will hold a blrd-slrging competition, on May 28 from 8 a.m. to 11 am. Application forms are obtainable from the coirmunity centre. For details ring *****37 between 2 p.m. to 10 p.m.
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    Farmers misled, says Thai group
    376 8 Farmers misled, says Thai group Thai Marketing Organisation for Farmers has denied an allegation that its joint venture with Singapore, SingThai Grains Pte. Ltd., is henefiting Singapore at the expense of Thai maize farmers. The denial came from MOF's acting director, Mr. Teerawlt Koonsap, who told the New Nation In
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    13th bid undoing of man who cheated shops with dud cheques
    317 8 13th bid undoing of man who cheated shops with dud cheques IT WAS 13th time unlucky for Chin Sin 1 Liong, who cheated up to $19,878 within two months when he left his identity-card behind in his hurry to get away from a shop proprietor who suspected him. Chin was
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    RESHUFFLE OF TOP GOVT POSTS COMING
    227 8 RESHUFFLE OF TOP GOVT POSTS COMING A NUMBER of top government posts will be reshuffled when the Registrar of Vehicles, Mr. Lai Weng Cbeong. takes up his new appointment as a deputy secretary in the Home Affairs Ministry Informed sources said yesterday that Mr. Lai will take over the duties
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    Ex-addicts satisfied with jobs, family life
    168 8 Ex-addicts satisfied with jobs, family life A SAMPLE survey on former drug addicts who have successfully completed their probation has shown that they are generally satisfied with their family life and work. Out of 23 ex-addicts Interviewed. 18 are employed and four are serving national service. The remaining one is
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    Thunderstorms next week?
    37 8 SINGAPORE is likely to have Isolated afternoon Of evening thunderstorms for three or four days next week due to the south-* ett monsoon. This may be followed by a period of eariy morning showers.
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    Views split on call for handicaps9 committee under PMO
    633 9 Views split on call for handicaps 9 committee under PMO agencies yesterday appeared split in their views on a suggestion that a committee for the handicapped be set up under the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) to study the needs of the disabled in Singapore. v nose who nailed tn< suggestion
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    Check on pawnshops for stolen watches
    244 9 Check on pawnshops for stolen watches POLICE, in an operation JT code-named Harvest. are checking pawnshops for watches which may have been stolen over the last four months. The operation is being conducted by officers from all right land divisions, and involvei going through thousands of names and studying frequency
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    $10,000 break-in at watch shop
    109 9 rpHIEVES broke into a A watch company in North Bridge Road early yesterday and stole cash and 16 watches worth a total of $10,000. The theft at the Nanyang Watch Company was discovered at about 8.30 a.m. yesterday when one of the owners went to
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    $1,000 for rice theft
    53 9 A 23 YEAR-OLD man was yesterday jailed for a day and fined $1,000 by a magistrate for stealing a packet of rice from a provision shop. Abu Kasslm bin Abdullah pleaded guilty to stealing the rice worth $6 from Ho Peng provision store In Marine Terrace
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    On manpower
    34 9 THE Singapore Training and Development Association and the Institute of Banking and Finance will hold a three-day seminar on manpower planning and development at Ming Court Hotel from May 25 to 27.
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    When SBS passes are lost...
    391 9 When SBS passes are lost... gINUAPORE Bus Service shareholders who lose their concession bus passes more than three times may have them withheld by the company. In addition, they for a replacement whi after the shareholder months. The first replacement will cost $10 and a onemonth waiting period and the
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    Woman: Hubby drove me out for 'bringing him bad luck'
    289 9 Woman: Hubby drove me out for 'bringing him bad luck' A CLERK yesterday told the High Court that her husband, a habitual gambler, blamed her for bringing him bad luck and drove her out of the house. Van Why Kee, 31, said her husband, Lee Kee Meow, 45, a delivery
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    CHANGI AND JOO CHIAT MARTS TO BE DEMOLISHED
    239 9 RESIDENTS in Katong, Siglap, Geylang and Changi, will soon lose their favourite shopping haunts at the Changl and Joo Chlat markets. Already gazetted are plans for the acquisition of the land on which the two markets are sited. A Housing and Development
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    Doctors keen on two new eye surgery inventions
    316 10 Doctors keen on two new eye surgery inventions TWO inventions, considered major breakthroughs in the optical world and widely in use in America and Australia, have aroused the interest of Singapore doctors. Local doctors are f planning to acquire these instruments, the vitreous catter and Olrard Phaco fragmentor, for patients
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    Doctor passes exam
    71 10 Doctor passes exam DR. N.V. Prasßd. a lecturer with the University of Singapore, was the only doctor this year to pan an examination for admission to the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists held recently in, Singapore. Five doctors sat 'or thr examination leading to the higher degree In obstetrics
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    Nantah grads blast pay report
    538 10 Nantah grads blast pay report gOMK English-educated Xanyang I'nivtTsity graduates yesterday came to the defence of the Chinese-educated NU graduates, who were found by a recent campus employment survey to be getting considerably lower starting salaries than their University of Singapore counterparts. The survey prepared by the Economic Research Centre
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    Association issues fair price list
    138 10 rE Singapore Provision Shop Friendly Association yesterday Issued a "fair price" list to guide Its members and consumers. It said its aim was to conduct business in a fair and honest manner and make a profit. Price cutting among the association's members would not last,
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    DEATH FALL: POLICE SUSPECT MURDER
    92 10 DEATH FALL: POLICE SUSPECT MURDER T>OLICE are Investigati ing a suspected murder of a middle-aged man who died in hospital after he fell from the stairs during a quarrel with a man in his home in Albert Street on April 23. The dead man was identified as Mr. Chong Look
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    Health certs centre
    68 10 JURONO Port Health Office will be another centre for obtaining vaccination against smallpox and cholera from today onwards. Health certificates for International travel are also available from the health office which will be open from 8.30 a.m. to 12 30 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 4.30 p.m
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    Problem walls plague residents of estate
    209 10 Problem walls plague residents of estate ITtOR some time, resir dents of Thomson Hill Estate have been plagued by problems with their retaining walls. They are having difficulty retaining their walls. Picture shows a house at the cul- de sac of Thomson Hill where the ground had collapsed and the
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    Early lights: Time switch defective
    68 10 Early lights: Time switch defective THE Housing and Development Board yesterday said that the lights at the car park near Block 90, Henderson Road, have been coming on early because of a defective time switch. It added that the switch would be changed to remedy the defect. Residents complained to
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    Assn meeting
    31 10 THE Tan long Rhu Housing Estate Flat-Owners' Association will hold Its sixth annual meeting and a tea party at the Katong community centre on Sunday at S p m.
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  • ACROSS THE CAUSEWAY
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      'Caning in jails not according to law of Islam'
      232 11 I^UALA LUMPUR, Tues. Caning sentences carried out in prisons in Malaysia and Singapore do not follow Islamic '"W. pccorriing to the Dean of the University of Malaya Law Faculty, Prof. Ahmad Ibrahim. He said the main purpose of imposing caning under
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      Safety belts
      48 11 PCTALINO JAVA, Tues.— Brltax Sdn. Bhd. will stock between 500.000 and 700,000 safety bt-lts to meet the demand before the second phase of the safety belt law comes into force on June 1, the company's financial and marketing director, Hajl Mohamed Zaln bin Hajl Ibrahim said.
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      Shoot-out with the Sea King
      454 11 Shoot -out with the Sea King One dead, three wounded MAX w:is shot dead and three others, including a police coiporul, were wounded in an exchange of fire between the police and the notorious "Hai Ong" or "Hoi Wong" (Sea King) at a mangrove swamp near Port Weld, about 16
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      Big Lifter downs shed
      153 11 K. LUMPUR, Tue«. A ZINC-ROOFED shed sheltering about 40 spectators at a helicopter demonstration here collapsed this morning, injuring ere spectator slightly. The shed was blown I down when a Bell 2148 helicopter was lowering a 2,041 kg lorry. The demon stration was for armed forces
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      LONELY ARE THOSE WHO DIE EARLIER
      172 11 IPOH Tues. People die much faster because of loneliness and idleness, according to Dr. Mahinder Singh, president of the Ipoh Rotary Club. He said this has been proved medically and borne out by statistics. "If the people suddenly have nothing to do, their end
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      Clearing the backlog
      63 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. The Registration Department is taking steps to reduce the time lag In the renewal and replacement of Identity cards from about 10 months to one month. Deputy Home Affairs Minister Enclk Rals Yatlm said the organisation of the department would be restructured so that
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      King is back
      33 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The Yang Dlpertuan Agung and the Raja Permalsurl Agung returned today alter a 76-day tour of various cities in East and South-east Asia. United States and Europe.
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      Girl, 11, saves brother from flames
      272 11 Girl, 11, saves brother from flames BIKIT MERTAJAM. Tues. A plucky 11-year-old girl saved her four-year-old brother from a fiery death at Kampung Baru here yesterday afternoon. Teoh L-e Choon dashed into a burning bedroom and emerged with her brother, Choon Seng, in her arms. She and her brother were
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      26 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. Twenty-two cholera cases were reported In Peninsular Malaysia hospitals In the part 24 hours, a Health Ministry spokesman said today. AP.
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      'A nobledeed' but it's against govt policy
      275 11 'A nobledeed' but it's against govt policy KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The High Court dismissed today an appeal by the Public Prosecutor to enhance the sentence imposed on the proprietor of a motor company for employing a non-citizen at his shop in January last year. Mr. Justice Mohamed Azmi, in upholding
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      NEB secures $50m loan
      49 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The National Electricity Board today secured a $50 million term loan to finance Its general capital expenditure programme. The 15-year fixed rate loan was arranged by AmanahChase Merchant Bank Berhaci and provided by a consortium of 18 local banks and financial Institutions.
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      PREPARING FOR THE POLLS
      137 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. All state Umno liaison committees are now making preparations for the general election, the Umno sec-retary-general, Dat v k Senu Abdul Rahman, said today. Among the preparations are the setting up of operations rooms at state Umno headquarters and in constituencies. Assessment of
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      Lock icon Booby traps slow border operations
      304 11 Booby traps slow border operations BETONG, Tues. Malaysian and Thai troops pursuing communist guerillas in joint operations in the Betong salient have been hampered by the presence of booby traps, Informed sources here said today. The sources said the soldiers sweeping dense Jungle in the salient, a large wedge of
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      102 11 A m. Your Thursday Boutique W h C 3asliion2 X A weekly fashion show series featuring current styles and accessories available in 1 J Singapore. Jk ISLANDER RESTAURANT I Showtime: 12.45 p.m. sjr«v Chinese Lunch Buffet: r j \_V^^k $15 per person mmgm (Or order a la carte) I^W. s.jjP
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      202 11 The latest sunglasses designed exclusively for men. Comfortable, safe and reliable. And a quality perfected through 100 years of experience. Rodenstock GERMAN OPTICAL TECHNOLOGY i]C AT ITS BEST M^&tf Thdi CATHAY PAC,P,C^> pr^n Q^r^Q^flZ^i FASHION PRESENTATION FEATURING Lunch Shows LOVELY THAI MODELS IN MODERN OUTFITS May 3 May 5 from
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      152 11 Straits Times Crossword ACROSS 4 Glass tall? (6). 6 Driven tack from Peru trip by sled— odd! (8). 9 Girl appears ill-disposed to Sect (8). 10 The batsman's attitude (or example (8). 11 American nhyslcist sees British autnor about retiring (11). IS Bloomers made In books? (7). 17 Suffer to
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      83 11 calm 7 Has taken notes notes on rearing antelopes (4>. 8 Poet put In the shade? (4). 12 German city possibly the last one to supply necessities (10). 13 Work before stopping tralng? (S). 14 N. African dish leader gets us two of them (8). 16 Jack's stopped reading Conrad
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    The Straits Times WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 1978 STRONG PLEDGE
    645 12 The Straits Times WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 1978 STRONG PLEDGE /GODFATHERS are nice to have around, VJ especially If they are as benevolent as President Carter has been to Prime Minister Begin. So long as the basic relationship between the United States and Israel remains as It Is, with the former
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    Lock icon Last of a dynasty of Afghan autocrats toppled
    492 12 Last of a dynasty of Afghan autocrats toppled THE Afghan Army rebels who overthrew President Mohammed Daoud in Kabul on Thursday toppled the last of a dynasty of chieftains and nationalistic kings who imposed authoritarian rule on Afghanistan for over two centuries. Under the title of President. Sardar (Prince) Daoud
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  • Ensure stringent quality inspection of HDB flats
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      153 12 THE Senior Minister of State (National Development), Dr. Tan Eng Llan, has called on the public not to be choosy over the selection of HDB flats. As far as location is concerned, It is agreed that we cannot all obtain the site we want. But certainly In respect of quality
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      160 12 that the main structure of all flats was guaranteed for one year. Based on this, we met the officials of the area office for an explanation and were told that guaranteed maintenance period for a rejected flat depended on the time the flat was accepted This is because a block
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      85 12 RECENTLY I received a letter from the Public Utilities Board stating that my average monthly utilities consumption had increased and that arrangements were underway to Increase my deposit In the following months' bills. I understand that having meters checked Involves a charge of S3O. and this sum Is forfeited If
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      70 12 I REGRET there was a typographical error In my letter which you kindly published on April 18 The date should be Sept. 15 1963. and not Sept. 15 1965, as stated therein. It will be a matter for regret If anyone was misled as a result of that unintentional Inaccurate
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      67 12 SINCE the beginning of April, Radio Singapore FM Stereo Service has introduced numerous new classical music programmes. These changes have not satisfied popular music lovers. Can RTS introduce another FM Service for English programmes, for the present AM programmes at night? We have now switched over to AM service as
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    Lock icon Refugees tell of an all-out bid to end private commerce
    822 12 BERNARD MELUNSKY reports from Locm Sing (Thoilond) VIETNAMESE refugees arriving at this camp in south-east Thailand paint a picture of a determined official bid to end private commerce in southern provinces of Vietnam. Communist cadres are described by these recent
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    Lock icon Hanoi pushes its communist goals
    755 12  -  ALAN DAWSON By In BANGKOK IN its fourth year of nation-wide communism, Vietnam's leadership appears determined to ram through its socialist programmes with no more nonsense. Already well into a campaign which Is turning Saigon into Ho Chi Mlnh City at Incredible speed, the Vietnamese
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      314 12 I MULTI-STOREY I COMPLEX Pnn «r*ii« NVV hc. \^Bbß $w&itis& tr»mport.tion. X^/^^Lil \i*\'i^d^^ ,mport/«poM. X/ -C^fir s^ Z&2^r gjmwm/textile. N/W^^^^/^ fZ^W^ •lectnc*l/eltctfonia, X^C^Bi^Fj g>naral trading compm* md m«ny ottitn N j^ M Why not join th«m now' .^fl PLEASE CONTACT «^t TRAFFIC MANAGER WarXKXiung S»"»«n OatxricrwM N. *y^*^* Poft o*
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      Bringing back the oldies and the folksies
      202 13 rERE are three musical programmes tonight on television offering songs ranging from old evergreen folks to pops. The second episode of the BBC series, SONGS ALIVE, on Channel sat 7.55 p.m. reaiures an American folk song from the 1890s called Frankle and Johnny.
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      COURTESY FORUM SPEAKERS
      81 13 COURTESY FORUM SPEAKERS FOUR speakers represcntating various trade sectors discuss the topic, Courtesy is Our Way of Life, in the Chinese FORUM tomorrow night on Channel 8 at 7.55. They are Mr. Chui Seng Wan, head of the marketing department, Singapore Tourist Promotlon Board, Mr. Ngiam Tong Fatt, a hotel
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      Focus on the five common diseases
      361 13 Focus on the five common diseases STARTING on Sun- day, TV Singapore will screen the first of a new series of medical documentaries, MEDICASE, on Channel 5 at 9 p.m. The programme in colour and approved by the Health Ministry is produced by Miss Pun Slu Kay and comes In
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      Two movies on tomorrow
      171 13 POM HELL TO TEXAS, the Western Feature Special tomorrow on Channel 5 at 10.25. p.m., sees a man killed when he falls on his own knife during a fight But his opponent Is being hunted by his father and brothers who all thought he is the
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    KEEPING THEM SHORT AND TO THE POINT
    190 13 KEEPING THEM SHORT AND TO THE POINT LONG documentaries may be boring to some, but when made short to last for about 15 minutes or half an hour they can be quite entertaining besides being informative. There are three short ones which I think, will be worth watching. WILD. WILD
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    Yvonne goes 'blind' for Wait Until Dark
    492 13 WHEN you drop a wallet, a pocket diary and a comb on the floor, you don't have to be down on your knees fumbling and groping painfully in broad daylight for them like what she Is doing. Certainly not, when your eyes can
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    Society's plan to sustain young artists' interest
    286 13 Society's plan to sustain young artists' interest r:E Young Artists Society plans to organise art and crafts exhibitions In and outside Singapore to encourage members Dy displaying their works. The society Is also planning to provide trainIng and scholarships to deserving members and to create opportunities for them to meet
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    SWIMMING TIMES
    56 13 TOUT: Si*f*«i 7.54 a.m. (2.3 m). 8.56 p.m. (2.4 m). Mill Ktchil 6.11 i.m. (1.6 m), 6.46 p.m. (2m). hrt MdUM 4.03 p.m. (2.4 m). TOMORROW: Siif*tri 858 i.m. (2.4 m), 931 fi.m. (2.5 m). Stfili Kitkil 7.35 am. (1.8 m). 7.30 p.m. (2m) rVt Dicksw 4139 a.m.
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    WATER
    24 13 WATER consumption on Monday was 641,000 cubic metres (141 million gallons), 1 2.000 cubic metres (2.6 million gallons) more than' the previous day.
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    Use metric
    7 13 Think, talk and use metric.
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      184 13 LwL. Ut Bagatelle Shoppe and Escalade at Cheetah Enterprises The very best of Spring/Summer '78 ready- to-wear and high fashion collections featuring: Anne Tyrell for John Marks Ossie Clarke for ftadley Louis Caring/Jump Stitches Petals Gay Girl Cinnamon Plus an exciting and versatile selection of exclusively imported French, Italian and
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      788 13 TV and Radio SINGAPORE 5 3.00 PM Opening aid Serbanika (Malay-repeat, 7.30 News and Newsreal (Malay) .«£Lv£i u i 7 55s j iive! 3.30 Diary of Events Malay T 3.35 Bnaut-TIi Desperade 8 15 Art Techni 1 ues 4.25 Intermission 8.30 Most Waited— The Tunnel Killer 6.00 Opening and December
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      246 15 With a hatful of tricks. The Shrinking Trick f^^^tM/^^^M The Xerox 3107 copies large originals and reduces them to a wT •\Y>> 1 c m Hp/Ssf <^M J^m handy and convenient A4 size 210 mm by 297 mm. An lEv 0^ \,M K(^ \P*tism easier size to file. Also saves
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  • TIMES CITY DESK
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      CLOSING PRICES
      1499 16 THE last transacted ready sale at the close of business on the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday compared with the previous day's prices together with 1978 high and low. 'Adjusted for script/rights Issue). Closing Tone: Very steady Turnover: Official figures supplied by the Stock Exchange of Singapore Including
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      BUSINESS DONE (SINGAPORE)
      1771 16 BID and offer prices officially j listed and business In and reported to the Stock Exchange <>l 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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      Stock options
      41 16 STRIKING prices of the stock options officially listed on the Stock Exchange of Singapore, the periods, bid and offer prices and business done yesterday, with the number of options traded shown In brackets Inchcape (June 51. 90) (0.07 B).
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      Government and corporate bonds
      99 16 5 1/4% IS/10/7* (250.000) (101 308 101 80S) 4 3/4% 15/4780 (250.000) (100.308 100 40S) 7^ 81 <a».ooo)«ioo.6SB 5 V4%^! F IS/6/81-84 (250 000) (102 MS) VV U5O.0O0) TJ, IV4/KS (250,000)0) 101.12 S 3/4% T F IS/7/87 (250.000) (101 955) S 3/4% T F IVB/88 (250.000)
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      KUALA LUMPUR
      1844 16 BID and offer prices officially listed aqd business In and reported to the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange yesterday with the number of shares traded shown In brackets In lots of 1.000 units unless otherwise specified. industrials A|ir»moto i 2.268 t 32h) (3) 2.30 \TiZ "*IB I9M> (I) in
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        44 16 kpl facaClMm 'aaCboaf IPPL l.gm. Metal Jtd Malacca IportLand M W ipia« Textile law Par '*N JOB Propvrtie* 271 1M 308 US 153 430 180 183 118 100 404 292 13S •v +31 J! i: +i n n +i ♦i ■f +i +i +<
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        16 16 '•ft lone Leone irm«y«n > M Hide Itil Ric* 380 460 330 184 185 187 -I
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        22 16 U» P.r IPPL Ipore Land ItyDev liaClww Icn lPI 1e«« Chcm 399 308 293 224 09 97 97 M
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        37 16 3 T. Index: ndustrtals. finance. -lotels: Properties fins: i rubbers: 3.C.B.C.: >E.S. Ind: 887 32 948 85 304.48 305 IB 489 28 489 19 ***** ***** ***** 181.44 ***** ***** 487.97 487.55 289.61 ***** 271.18 272.12
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        Hongkong
        358 16 HONGKONG T.,e market closed generally lower with blue chips easier on profit-taking, dealers said Hongkong Land fell 10 cents to HKS7.9O. Hutchiwo-Whampoa 2", to $4.42',. Jardine Mathe»on 10 to 113 60. Swirt Pacific five to »7.loand Wheelock 2', to $2 42", while Hongkong Bank was steady. The Hang Seng
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        Tokyo
        369 16 TOKYO: Share prices closed higher, led by popularsand blue chips, dealers said. The Dow Jones average rose X 17 to close at 5.Ml 10 points. with a volume of 320 million shares The New Index closed at 4 12 25. up 2.07 points MAY 1 AJInomoto Ami Asahi Chem
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        252 16 SYDNEY: Leading slocks eased, although some partly recovered during the afternoon, dealers said. The Sydney All-Ordlnarles rose 0.07 to 480.33 points, on a total turnover volume of 3 56 million shares. MAY (2 Cent* A C I A N I A P M AmpolPet B H P Bank NSW
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        64 16 C C Bintang pays 7 pc KUALA LUMPUR: Cycle and Carriage Bintang announced an unaudited pre-tax profit of M 58.99 million ($6.74 million) for the half year ended March 31, on a turnover of $76.14 million '$56.86 million). An Interim dividend of seven per cent (six per cent) less tax,
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        GOLD
        50 16 artaa In U8 dollar per ounce. (1) Australian dollar per ounce. (1) Averaae price Irlbourne 11) x>ndoo lunch •»n« lonickonf pore (2) 151 05 ***** Cloeed 170 JOB Clued 171 DOS Ckxcd 170.258 ClOMd *****8 Closed 172.30 TiMidiy Mxtdar IM.eoS IMMfl 1M.30B l«f) 70B 1W MB Closed 170.278 CkMed
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        293 17 NEW YORK. Mon. Despite some bearish news on the economy, the stock market finished broadly nigher today In heavy trading. Early In the day. the Commerce Department reported that the leading economic Indicator, which often signals changes In the economy, declined 0.1 per cent in. March following a
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        72 17 HNANCIAL TtMES INDUSTRIALS Monday doted Friday M 5.7 Week Ago W. 4 DOW JONES AVERAGE INDUSTRIALS Monday 844.33 Friday «37.52 Week Ago 82S.M LONDON DOLLAR PREMIUM Monday closed Friday 100* to 110 H.K. HANG SENG Tuesday 459.38 Monday 441.83 Week Ago ***** SYDNEY INDUSTRIALS Tuesday 419.21 Monday 419.73 Week
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        51 16 THE Straits tin price fell $3.50 to $1,550 per picul in Penang yesterday on an official offering up 11 tonnes to 269 tonnes. NEW YORK: Spot tin prices weakened slightly to 505 00 to 513.300 US cents per lb on Monday. Major tin traders said that demand was
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        RUBBER
        325 16 OPENING quotations in the Singapore rubber market yesterday were marked up one cent on higher London advices, dealers said. Prices advanced further on covering demand for the current month, which moved to a slightly higher premium over June RSS One. Equiries for forwards also aided sentiment, with prom-taking and
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        CLOSING PRICES
        93 16 Rubber May 2. Singapore: May 210.00 cts (up 3.25 cts). Malaysia: May 215.25 cts (up 3.75 cts). Tin: $1,550 (down $3.50). Official offering: 269 tonnes (up 11 tonnes). i KUALA LUMPUR: OpenIng higher on London advices, the Malaysian rubber market yesterday ruled steady to close 3.75 cents up.
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        111 16 r-vAII V SSR and SMR prices at noon yesterday: May June R.A.B. (Current Mthl (Forward Mth I Bayers Sellers Bayers Stller* iSR 20 (1 ton pallet) 199.00 201 DON 200 00 202.00N «R 50 (1 ton pallet) 197.00 199.00N 198 00 200.00N M.R.E.L.B. iMR SCV (1 ton
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        PRODUCE PRICES
        117 16 (•HINEIE PRODUCE IX CLOSING PRICES PER PICUL YESTERD »Y. Caaonut oil: Bulk (82 aellrra. old drum 187 tellera. new drum *»2 tellert. Copra: Mixed (looted) IK Com 537 buyer. Poppot: Muntok ASTA white fob 1004 NLW |3»O aellera. Sarawak white fob. 9«<* NLW (370 oellera. Sarawak tpcclal black
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        Lower-liners in demand
        510 16 I.OWKK PRICED (hare* dominated trading on the Stock Exchange of Singapore veaterday with faint extending beyond 20 per cent at the height of activity. Leading the pack was Aaaociated Plaitici Industries (API) which climbed iteadily to a high of $2.72 before cloting at $2.71 for a net
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        446 16 VOLATILE Associated Plastics Industries and Mega Chemicals featured bulllshly In fairly selective conditions at the Kuala Lumpur stock market yesterday. Both these counters were keenly sought right from the start to finish with very substantial gains over the day's trading. Associated Plastic Industries advanced strongly to a high
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        Money and exchanges
        89 16 rE US dollar opened lower at $***** 00 In the Singapore forex market yesterday. Trading was fairly active with the U8 dollar Strongly bad? up to $2.3340 50 before heavy selling forced it "> c'°se easler at $2.3320 30. Interbank forward rates at 3.00 p.m. 1-Mcnth 2.3275,2
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        280 16 ■S$ 4.2615 4.2645 8* M* 97.fl 97.68 HK US 4 6340 4 6350 US Can. 88.88 88 91 US Fi fr 4.6190 4 6210 US yen 225.40 225 50 Money market Closing Interbank rates on Singapore dollars or May 2. Offer Rid Overnight 1/3 4 j mths
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        149 16 ir.teitaiik ral ites at 3.00 p.m. Currencies US dollar Sterling pound Hongkong dollar M'Man dollar Kusl schilling Jel franc (com) Danish kroner French franc .(alian lire M<Uh guilder <cr kroner Swedish kroner jwiss franc 3cut mark lapanese yen *ust dollai SZ dollar ;anadian dollai Nominal ratea Smithsonian percentage
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      Cash or loan stock offer by Jardines
      430 17 Cash or loan stock offer by Jardines JARDINE Matheson (South East Asia) Ltd and Jardlne Mathesor: and Co. Ltd (Jardines) announced on Monday some of the terms for the reconstruction of JM (SEA). ruder a scheme of arrangement to be announced later, minority shareholders of JM (SEA) will be offered
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      Perak Carbide to revamp
      193 17 PERAK Carbide intends, durlng the period of its cessation of manufiicturing. to modify and improve on the existing production facilities, and to examine the possibility of other products using the hpat of the electric furnace. I The company stated this in a reply to a KLSE
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      KLSE queries bonus issue
      180 17 NEGRI Sembllan Oil Palms has proposed a one-for-two bonus issue and a final dividend of 10 per cent for the year ended Dec. 31. NSOP's announcement of the bonus and dividend ahead of its results for tne year has drawn a list of questions from the
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      Malayan Flour Mills
      106 17 MALAYAN Flour Mills has Informed the KLSE that, barring unforeseen circumstances, they anticipate no substantial changes in the trading results for the first half of this year in comparison with the preceding half-year. The company states, however, that the directors have not yet made a decision about
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    Back on the scene— the cash bookies
    213 17 Back on the scene— the cash bookies CASH bookies they take bets in cash and pay out on the »pot after every race have reappeared after having disappeared from the scene for the last 10 yean. According to a New Nation report, they now operate openly In coffeeshopa and food
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    Man gets 8 years for fatal stabbing
    265 17 AN UNEMPLOYED man was jailed eight years by the High Court yesterday for fatally stabbing a police supervisee who had wrongly accused him of giving information to the police. Ng Choo Soon, 32, then also a police supervisee, pleaded guilty to a lesser
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    Komoto: We shall heed Asean wish on market
    518 17 THE Japanese Minister of International Trade and Industry, Mr. Toshio Komoto, yesterday pledged that Japan would pay due attention to Asean's desire for greater access to the Japanese market. He said that japan hoped the current multilateral trade negotiations (MTN) In Geneva
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  • Obituary
    IX OBITUARIES
    93 23 MR. 0. OOVINDARAJOO ot SIA passed away on 2/5/78 leaving behind beloved wife and 2 children. Cortege leaves Block 102, No. 1114. Lower Delta Road. S pore 3 on 4/5/78 at 2.00 pm for Ml Vernon Crematorium Deeply mourned by A.N. Reddy, O Ramadas^ndfamllljj^^^^^ MR. t. SINIVASAN of
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    144 in Memoriam IN MEMORIAM
    66 23 144 in Memoriam IN MEMORIAM Doreen Tan Geok Miuy "Three years today we had to part. To be with you in the same old way Would be our dearest wish today Alwavi rrmrmbtrrd by beloved husband and all loved ones. ELSIE OAN Departed 4 y«ar< ag* J.S.74 SWEET MEMORIES OF
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      140 Acknowledgements
      78 23 140 Acknowledgements The family of the late MR. SEE QUEE SENG, aged 55 who passed away peacefully on 28/4/78, wish lo thank the Church Of Singapore, friends and relatives for their donations, wreaths, assistance and attendance during their recent bereavement Thf Family of the late MB BARTHOLOMEW CHEW THENQ HIN
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      142 Deaths
      68 23 MM. LEE HOCK SAN NEE (MARY QUEK KIM HIANO) aged <3 passed away peacefully 2/5/78 leaving behind husband Stephen Lee Hock San, 2 sons Robert Lee Soon Heng. Richard Lee Soon Chye. 4 daughters Eileen. Monica, AnneMarie, Helen, 2 daughters-in-law Eileen and Doris 1 grandson. 1 grand-daughter Cortege
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      Lock icon Woodcock out of England under-21 team
      203 24 LONDON, Tues. ENGLAND will be without Nottingham Forest striker Tony Woodcock when they play Yugoslavia in the second leg of the European under-21 soccer championship semi-final at Manchester tonight. woodcook was lnjurjured in Forest's LngHsh First Division mfttch against Birmingham last Saturday and his
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      Lock icon Mighty liverpool finish second
      235 24 LONDON, Tues. Liverpool, who reliquished their English First Division soccer crown to Nottingham Forest last month, made sure of second place last night when they crushed Manchester City 4-0. Kenny Dalglish, a key member of Scotland's World Cup team, hammered in three goals in the 24th,
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      TABLES
      49 24 P W O C T A PI THIRD D I V I SOO N 1 p fi n i P W D L F rt ■iiK|i I i FOURTH DIVISION P W D L F PI l\ I" I Ih 111 1 ~<IU II i I 1 1,1
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      Lock icon Tueart injured
      81 24 EAST RUTHERFORD (New Jersey i, Tues. Manchester City striker Denis Tueart, who suffered a shoulder Injury in the game against Tampa Ba>. u expected to miss at least two games for the New York Cosmos, It was announced yesterday by the North American Soccer League club. Tueart's right
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      SWEET REVENGE FOR BRAZIL
      390 24 former pupils were Included in last night's line-up. Striker Munante missed a clear chance to score for the visitors in the dying minutes of the first half, but otherwise goalkeeper Leao was hardly troubled. Peru are regarded as outsiders in Group Four which Include? Holland, Scotland,
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      Lock icon Holland's squad
      63 24 AMSTERDAM, Tues. Hollands national team trainer Ernst Happel has cut back his original selection of players for the World Cup soccer finals in Argentina next month from 40 to 28. Happel said the 26 would report at a special training camp at Zeist on May 8, with the
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      Lock icon Mexico disappoint
      108 24 STTTTGART, (West Germany), Tues. Mexico, drawn in the same group as West Germany, Poland and Tunisia in the World Cup soccer finals in Argentina next month, were held to a 0-0 draw by West German First Division side VFB Stuttgart here last night. Mexico looked shaky at the
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      Out of Danger shows dash in faultless run
      871 24 Out of Danger shows dash in faultless run By BLUE PETER rjUT of Danger did v a dashing work-out in yielding going at Bukit Timah yesterday. With a riding boy astride, the Green God four-year-old strode out faultlessly over 600 metres in 37.8. Out of Danger found his form on
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      Solomon's gold mine
      441 24 T AS VEOAS, Tues. Italian Corrado Bara/zuttl retired from the final of the Alan Kin? tennis classic on Sunday giving the title and the US$50,000 <S$1 16.665) first prlre to American Harold Solomon. Chilean brothers Jaime and Alvaro Fillol defeated Ramirez and South African Bob Hewitt 6-3,
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      Lock icon Malaysia enter the final
      173 25 BANGKOK, Tues. Malaysia outplayed South Korea 3-0 today to enter the final of the King's Cup soccer tournament. Malaysia led 1-0 at half-time. Singapore and Thailand will meet tomorrow to decide the other finalist. Korea dominated the firsthalf exchanges, maintaining a steady barrage on the Malaysian
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      STBC seek FIQ help to include bowling in SEA Games
      94 25  -  WILFRED YEO By rpHE Singapore Ten- pin Bowling Congress have written to the Federation Internationale des Quilleurs (Asian Zone) the controlling body for Asia to assist in getting the sport included in next year's South-east Asian Games in Jakarta. Wee
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      Coach Yap takes Zainal back
      407 25  -  JOE DORAI 7AINAL Abiddin, dropped from the Singapore soccer team on Friday for his irregular appearances at training, was last night taken back into the national squad. His "recall" followed a 30-mlnute meeting with team manager Chia Boon Leong, coach Sebastian Yap and FAS officials
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      Unlucky Sembawang
      347 25 Tampines Rovers 2 Sembawang 1; Geylang 6 Chang* Constituency 2. nute, he was beaten by a well-placed shot by Bahrain Othman, who scored off a cross by Yusoff Amat. But as Sembawang pressed for a second goal without success. Aziz made his mistake to give Tamplnes their winning
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      Support
      97 25 "We have obtained official support from Malaysia and the Philippines plus Indication of such support from Thailand and have channeled them to the FIQ Asia, who are the proper authorities to lodge the appeal." The 8TBC efforts are. any way one looks at It, admirable. But sadly, bowling's chances
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      Hussein gets new task
      127 25 HUSSEIN Aljunied, the former Singapore men's coach, is now preparing the national women's squad for their defence of the Malaysia Cup, reports JOE DORAI. Hussein was appointed by the Singapore Women's Football Association following the resignation of their former coach, Idros Albar. Said an SWFA official
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      Rampaging Arshad nets four
      252 25 STUNG by a challenge that Oeylang Internationals could not win by more than two goals— Arshad Khamis, the 1976 top goalscorer, went on the rampage to hammer in four fine goals and give the defending champions a 6-2 win over Changi Constituency in a National Football
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      DIARY
      80 25 HOCKEY National schools tournament Finals (Jalan Besar Stadium 3 p.m.). RUGBY— National schools tournament Post-secondary Catholic Junior College Anglo-Chinese Junior College. SOCCER NFL Div. 1: Queenstown PC v Calrnhill Constituency (Jurong 8 p.m.); FAS uncer-ld tournament: Geylang West CSC v East Coast Marinas. Farrer Park United v Changl United.
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      Queenstown A have chance
      42 25 Queenstown A kept their hopes alive when they beat Armed Forces B 7-2 In the Singapore Amateur Swimming Association's under-20 water-polo tournament at the Toa Payoh pool yesterday. In another match, lowlyplaced Police beat Chinese Swimming Club 11-7.
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      TEENAGERS ARE COMING
      348 25 AFTER a five-year wait, V. Gopal won the national squash title. But the writing is on the wall: The teenagers are coming. The youngsters a r fast, fit and ambitious. They know the angles, and like bean sprouts, they will be bean stalks betore one knows it.
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      Benny sparks Saints' win over Raffles
      307 25  -  By ALBERT JOHNSON A 55th minute try by Benny Muntono enabled Saint Andrew's to beat defending champion Ruffles Institution b-0 (a goal) in the semi-flnals of the National school post secondary rugby tournament at Willow Avenue yesterday. The Saints will meet Sang Nlla Utama
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      Lau steers teachers to second win
      150 25  -  PETER SIOW By INTERNATIONAL Lau Meow Kiat guided the Singapore Chinese Middle School Teachers 1 Union to their second consecutive victory in the Basketball Association of Singapore Cup women's championship at Chung Hwa School. The SCMSTU forwarc top-scored with 23 points to help her
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      Seow's record double
      472 25  -  ERNEST FRIDA By 3 Paul Wong 26.20m. Javelin: 1 Paul Wong 2 M Rawl 3 Fu Sing Yam 37.19m. Shot: 1 Teo Sung Mia 2 James Rajah 3 Patrick Wei 8 84m LOWER SECONDARY 100m: 1 Ang Peng Wee 2 Kenneth Llm 3 Lee Mun Tat 128.
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    Lock icon Israel-US policy discord remains
    384 26 IsraelUS policy discord remains WASHINGTON, Tuesday gTROXG policy differences remain be tween Israel and the United States de spite a noticeably warmer welcome accorded by President Carter to Israel Prime Minister Menacfaem Begin on his second visit here in two months. Mr. Carter said yesterday the United Slates and Israel
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    Lock icon TWO TO BE TRIED FOR SPYING
    63 26 TWO TO BE TRIED FOR SPYING RONALD Louis Humphrey, a former State Department employee (left) and David Truong, a young Vietnamese expatriate (with glasses) arrive at the US District Court at Alexandria, Virginia on Monday to stand trial on charges of spying for the Vietnamese Government. If convicted of the
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    Lock icon 12 killed in Lagos riots
    48 26 ACCRA. Tims Three government buildings were destroyed and mere than 60 vehicles burned when students rioted In Lagos at the weekend, the Ohana news agency reported today. The agency said 12 people have died In student riots, In Nigeria since April 17. Reuter.
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    Lock icon $287 million pay-offs
    40 26 JAKARTA, Tues. Known cases of corruption alone have cost the Indonesian Government 50.000 million ruplahs (about S$287 million) In lost revenue In the last five years, according to Deputy Attorney-General S a d 1 1 Sastrawldjaja. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Reds seize 19, burn station
    153 26 BANGKOK, Tuesday pOMMUNIST insurgents raided a poiice station In north-eastern Thailand early yesterday, temporarily seizing 19 policemen and their families and burning down the station, witnesses said. More than 50 Insurgents armed with rockets, grenade launchers and automatic weapons opened nre on the Ban Jan
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    Lock icon Burma visit
    33 26 BANGKOK. Tues. Thai Prime Minister Kriangsak Chomanan is expected to visit Burma next week during which he will discuss several bilateral Issues, a senior Thai military officer said here today. Reuter.
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    LONDON STOCKS
    723 26 LONDON. Tun Prices closed lower today In dull trading with activity restrained by fears of a possible rise In short-term Interest rates, dealers said At 3 pm the Financial Times Index was down 1 3 at M4.4 Short-dated government bonds closed a net 1/8 point easier after being
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    61 26 BRUSSELS. Tues. West German Economic Affairs Minister Otto Lamadorff today warned the European Common Market not to resort to protectionism to Insulate outmoded industries from the effects of foreign competition. He told a meeting of EEC foreign ministers that protectionist policies would lead to retaliation from the Community's
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