The Straits Times, 4 May 1978

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    14 1 The Straits Times THURSDAY, MAY 4, 1978 25 CENTS M.C.(P) No. 214/1/78 Estd. 1845
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    NEW RULES ON N.S. DEFERMENT
    511 1  -  AHMAD OSMAN Medical, dental students affected By THE government will stop automatic deferment of national service for medical and dental university students from the new academic year beginning from July Such deferment will be granted only to holders of scholarships and bursaries awarded by the
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    Lock icon S'pore in final
    730 1 SINGAPORE last night reached the final of the King's Cup soccer tournament In Bangkok, beating Thailand In their semi-final. The national Intermediate team won 4-3 on penalties after the match had ended In a 2-2 draw after half-an-hour's extra time. Singapore now meet Malaysia In tomorrow night's
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    Lock icon Tangshan 2 years later
    75 1 r'O years after a giant earthquake hit the town of Tangshan in northern China in 1976, killing 700,000 people, much of the devastation still remains today as shown in this picture. Taken recen'ly by Japan's Kyodo News Agency, it shows bricks of collapsed houses covering a
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    Lock icon U.S. SEEKS TALKS WITH ASEAN
    312 1 U.S. SEEKS TALKS WITH ASEAN I ]t| ANILA, Wed.— US Vice President Walter Mondale confirmed today that his government sought ministerial level discussions with Asean in Washington later this year to help boost regional cooperation. Speaking to newsmen after meeting President Marcos earlier today, the visiting American leader said he
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    Devan: If democratic Asia fails...
    850 1 NTUC Secre taryGeneral Mr. C.V. Devan Nair warned yesterday that the remaining noncommunist countries in Asia could become captive to the blandishments of totalitarian ideologies if democratic countries floundered in economic failure while communist ones scored significant achievements. An example He cited the example of
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    Lock icon Reds slain in clashes
    146 1 BETONG, Wed /COMMUNIST guerillas v/ are believed to have carried away several dead and Injured comrades after a series of clashes with Malaysian and Thai troops in dense jungles north of here, Thai army sources said today. The troops, taking part in joint anti-communist operations, engaged
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    Lock icon Dow Jones
    42 1 NEW YORK. Wed. Dow Jones averages based on first hcur of trading on the New York Stock Exchange: 30 Indus 838.36. off 1.82; 20 transp 221.44. cfl 0.34; 15 t tils 106.16. ofl 0.17; 6b sleeks 288.53. off 0.55. UPI
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    Lock icon Troops on 'red alert' in Lebanon
    396 1 Troops on 'red alert' in Lebanon TYRE, Wednesday JJNITKI) Nations peacekeeping forces went on "red alert" in south Lebanon today, a day after guerilla assaults left two French paratroopers and one Senegalese soldier dead and 12 others wounded. Capt. Jean Menegeux, the press officer of the French contingent, told reporters
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    LATEST
    70 1 Nkomo rejects amnesty offer LUSAKA. Wed. Black guerilla leader Joshua Nkomo tonifht rejected the Rbodesian Government's offer of unconduonal amnesty for hU men in the field and pledged to keep on fighting. The Zambia-based head of the Zimbabwe African Peoples' Union declared that the four leaders of Rhodesia's bi-racial
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    Lock icon Hua to make first overseas visit
    244 1 Hua to make first overseas visit PEKING, Wed /CHINESE Communist v Party leader and Premier Hua Kuofeng will make his first trip outside China with a visit to North Korea soon, the official New China News Agency (NCNA) announced today. Diplomatic observers believe Mr. Hua will most likely leave for
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      195 1 JAPANESE ON 'BUY STORE' MISSION Page 11 MONDALE'S warning to Marcos 2 CHINA beefing up its forces? 3 RHODESIA'S "lay down arms" appeal to rebels 4 DOCTOR mistook piece of fat for appendix, court told 8 Help train workers, firms told Page 20 FILIAL niet? drive call by Sage 9
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      Lock icon Mondale's warning to Marcos
      492 2 Mondale's warning to Marcos MANILA, Wednesday YJS V ice-President Walter Mondale warned Philippine President Marcos today that alleged human rights violations in the Philippines could affect relations between the I'nited States and its former colony. Mr. Mondale told reporters "a candid discussion" of the human rights issue occupied more than
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      Lock icon Why S'pore bypassed
      75 2 KUALA LUMPCR, Wed. US Vice-Presi-dent Mondale had to bypass Malaysia and Singapore on his current tour of the o'her Asean countries, Australia and New Zealand, because of a "very tight itinerary," the US embassy said here today. Furthermore, a visit to these two Asean countries was not
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      Lock icon Romulo: Full sovereignty over bases
      254 2 MANILA, Wednesday -THE Philippines wants substantive "and A not a cosmetic sovereignty" over American military bases in this country and this is not negotiable, Foreign Secretary Carlos Romulo declared today. Speaking on government television. Dr. Romulo said the Philippines wanted not merely the flying 01
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      Lock icon Concern in HK over big rise in migrants
      179 2 Concern in HK over big rise in migrants HONGKONG, Wed. Hongkong Is concerned about a sharp rise recently in the number of immigrants from China and fears the flow might hamper social welfare programmes here, an Immigration Department spokesman said today. In reply to a radio station query, he said:
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      Lock icon 47 students freed
      52 2 JAKARTA. Wed. The west Java military command has released 47 of the more than 100 students arrested earlier this year, a region military spokesman said In the city of Bandung today. Li:ut Co!. Abdul Salam Dasukl said the students wcr* :fieaed In three stages ;ince last April
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      Lock icon Two held
      33 2 JAKARTA. Wed. Police have arrested two Indonesian* Chinese here on charges of distributing a Hongkongbased Chinese language magazine, Seventies, which attacked the Indonesian Govtinmrnt. the Independent dally. Merdeka. said today. AP
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      Lock icon Food poisoning: A big check
      225 2 LANSING (Michigan), Wednesday MEDICAL experts yesterday began one of the most comprehensive health checks ever carried out In an American state in their effort to determine the effects o: accidental poisoning of Michigan's food supplies. Experts will check a random sample of 6.000 of the
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      Lock icon 'Restore image of Sukarno'
      206 2 JAKARTA, Wednesday A MUSLIM MP has called on the Indonesian Government to restore the Image of the late President Sukarno, a local newspaper reported today. Sukarno died In military confinement eight years ago after being accused of complicity In an abortive communist coup. He died before
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      Lock icon A Fukuda pledge to cut surplus
      225 2 WASHINGTON, Wednesday JAPANESE Prime Minister Takeo Fukuda J called at the White House today to see President Carter after making a strong commKment to reduce Japan's huge trade surplus with the United States. Th© three-hour meeting, Including lunch, was expected to focus on Japan's
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      Lock icon 600 ill after ice-cream
      40 2 WARSAW. Wed. Six hundred people were taken to hospital with food poisoning In the last few days after eating Ice cream In the town of Ok. north-east Poland, the evening newspaper Express Wiecaorny reported yesterday. Reuter.
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      Lock icon SHELVED: PLAN FOR NEW AIRPORT
      100 2 SHELVED: PLAN FOR NEW AIRPORT BANGKOK. Wed— The government has shelved long-debated plans to build a second airport at Nong Ngu Hao, about 30 km east of Bangkok, in favour of improving iacilities at the existing Don Muang airport. A government spo':esman said the cabinet at its regular weekly meeting
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      299 2 EAST COAST HILL Nut to Katong Scavww Palace /Upper East Coast Road Located on elevated land in Katong Luxurious split-level houses facing the sea With individual front and rear gardens EAST COAST HILL stands on a 20-acre site off Upper East Coast Road which is about 195 feet above sea-level...
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      Lock icon Amin takes over two more ministries
      171 3 Amin takes over two more ministries KAMPALA, Wed—President Idi Amin of Uganda took control of two more ministries today and purged another key police official In what appeared to be an attempt to consolidate power and give his regime a clean image. Marshal Amin, who last week took charge of
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      Brez hits at that 'myth'
      84 3 MOSCOW. Wtd. Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev ■aid In an interview published yesterday that the West Is trying to promote the myth of a "Soviet menace" In an attempt to maintain an unequal balance of forces, but warned such tactics could lead to a new arms
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      Lock icon 3 camps seized
      65 3 I BANGKOK, Wed. Thai marines netted three large communist headquarters during last week's insurgent suppression operations In Surat province. 540 km south of Bangkok, the Bangkok World said today. Electric generators, livestock, and radio transmitters were seized _ln the sweep, but all the camps were found abandoned.
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      Lock icon Off-course pilot 'in the dark'
      253 3 Off -course pilot 'in the dark' SEOUL, Wednesday THE captain and navigator of a South Korean Boeing 707 jetliner forced down over the Soviet Union on April 20 returned home today but shed little light on precisely what made their plane wander into Soviet territory. Captain Kirn Changkyu and navigator
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      Lock icon 'Few' Fretilin rebels left
      49 3 JAKARTA. Wed— Defence Minister Gen. Mohammad Yusuf said here today that there were only "a small number" of Fretilin guerillas left in the former Portuguese colony of East Timor and that "great progress" had been made :n stepping up the prosperity of the people. AFP
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      Lock icon A May Day pedal
      41 3 GIVING this unique hospital bicycle-cum-stretcher carrier a try was Ugandan President Idl Amin during May Day celebrations In the northern Ugandan town of Kitgum. He is seen here pedalling away with a patient in tow.— UPI picture.
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      Lock icon PEKING BEEFING UP ARMED FORCES?
      469 3 PLA has talks with visiting military groups PEKING, Wednesday AT least s'x military delegations r from four countries have been in China over the past week, underlining growing contacts between the People's Liberation Army (PLA) and the military of "friendly" countries as part of the
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      Lock icon Owen trying to smooth over furore, says Tass
      141 3 Owen trying to smooth over furore, says Tass MOSCOW, Wed. The official Soviet news agency Tass last night accused British Foreign Secretary David Owen of trying to smooth over a furore over remarks by defence staff chief Sir Neil Cameron that Britain and China shared a common enemy in Moscow.
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      Lock icon Another refugee boat stopped
      155 3 DARWIN, Wed. Australian corncern about Vietnamese refugee boats reaching its northern coast from South-east Asia mounted today when a navy patrol boat intercepted another yesMN carrying 39 refugees. Immigration officials said the latest boat carried 16 men. eight women and 15 children. It was the 36th
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      Lock icon Boycott against Nixon's memoirs
      60 4 ORGANISING a nationwide boycott against the sale of ex-President Richard Nixon's memoirs are Tom FUnlgan (left) and Bill Bolsyn. seen here with the posters that would be used in the campaign. The pair said they have raised U5539,000 (;iSBS,7OOi to finance a T-shirt, bumper sticker and
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      Lock icon Khmers, Thais in new clash
      179 4 BANGKOK, Wed. Thai and Cambodian troops tought a twohour battle today In a border district of eastern Thailand, police said. They said the clash took place at Nonmakmoon village of Taphraya district when a number of Cambodian soldiers crossed into Thai territory. No casualty figures
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      Lock icon 'Lay down arms' plea to rebels
      424 4 'Lay down arms' plea to rebels rßhodesia: Time to end strife SALISBURY, Wednesday jJHODKSIA's interim government today appealed to guerillas to lay down their anus and announced plans to lift a longstanding ban on the Zanu and Zapu nationalist movements "The time has now come to bring an end to
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      Lock icon Visit ends
      40 4 TOKYO. Wed. Emperor Bokaisa of the Central Africa Empire yesteruay wound up a four-day visit to North Korea during which the two countries signed a treaty of friendship and cooperation. the Korean Central News Agency reported today. UPI.
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      Lock icon $9 million drug smuggle by air: Pusher jailed
      272 4 $9 million drug smuggle by air: Pusher jailed DARWIN, Wed— Aerial drug runner Donald Roy Tait was jailed for nearly seven years here today after he pleaded guilty to smuggling A53.5 million (SS9.I million) worth of marijuana into Australia last January. The marijuana was found in a twin-en-gined light aircraft
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      Lock icon More troops for Chad
      62 4 PARIS. Wed New French reinforcement have been sent to Chad to support the military government against rebels of the Chad National Liberation Front (Follnati, informed sources said here today. A squadron of light AMX armoured cars and 120 men were flown out last night, the sources
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      Bombs seized
      33 4 NARITA. Wed. One hundred petrol bombs have been seized just outside a golf course near the new Tokyo airport which is scheduled to open on May 20. police said today. Htuter.
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      Lock icon Begin hint of Middle East breakthrough
      247 4 Begin hint of Middle East breakthrough LOS ANGELES, Wednesday ISRAELI Prime Mm*- ist c r Menachem Begin hinted at v breakthrough in Middle East peace negotiations as he began a tour of the United States yesterday amid signs of improved Israeli relations with Washington. Before making a speech here before
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      Brigadier takes over command of West Bank
      250 4 Brigadier takes over command of West Bank TEL AVIV, Wad A NEW man took over the politically sensitive military command of the occupied West Bank of Jordan today following the apparent cover-up of an incident near Bethlehem in which soldiers lobbed tear gas grenades into a school full of children.
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      Lock icon US chamber team for Hanoi
      103 4 US chamber team for Hanoi HONGKONG. Wed. The American Chamber of Commerce in Hongkong plans to send a fiveman delegation next month to Vietnam, which Is eager to rebuild Its war-battered economy with hefty foreign aid and import huge food stocks. A spokesman for the chamber said today the delegation
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      Armed rebels detained
      46 4 DURBAN. Wed Severe urban guerillas, some armec with Soviet assault rifles anc explcsives. have been detained here, police said today. A spokesman said large quantities of ammunition arms and explosives had alsc *>e*n ftiteii by security police much of it in Durban suburbs
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      Lock icon Fewer are jobless
      52 4 mjREVBUHO. Wed. Unemployment in West Germany fell last month to one million, oi 4 4 per cent of the labour force, from 1.1 million In March, the Federal Labour Office sala today. In April last year unemployment totalled 1.04 million. 4 6 per cent of the labour
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      Lock icon Jets sale plan: New setback
      155 4 WASHINGTON. Wed. President Carter's plan to sell L'Ss4.B bilUon (SSII.I billion) worth of fighter planes to' Israel, Egypt and Saudi Arabia received a freah setback today when more than half the members of a key congressional committee said they wanted it thrown oat. Twenty-two members
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    Lock icon Events that led to the takeover of Cambodia and conquest of South Vietnam...
    166 6 NIXON'S MEMOIRS: VIETNAM (2) CALLEY'S crime was inexcusable. But I felt that many of the commentators V and congressmen who professed moral outrage about My Lai were not really as interested in the moral questions raised by
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    THE MEMOIRS OF RICHARD NIXON
    286 6 THE MEMOIRS OF RICHARD NIXON IN the summer of VJI'A, Henry Kissinger held one of his regular lunt: he 0 n meetings with Soviet Ainbassa d o r A n at o I y Dobrynin. When Kissinger raised the Question 01 communist violations in Cambodia ot the Vietnam ceasefire, the
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    Red terror offensive
    1228 6 leader Mike Mansfield's response was typical: he offered his "sympathies" but nothing more. In short order, two separate Senate committees voted to cut off funds for combat activities. The cut-off Bill passed on June iv. x vetoed lt. and in my veto statement I said: "After more
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    Wave after wave of campus disturbances
    730 6 Wave after wave of campus disturbances ALL through the spring of 1970 the country had faced wave after wave of viqient campus unrest. As with the disturbances the beginning of 1969, the issues were largely campus-oriented, dealing with disciplinary regulations, campus administration, and minority admissions. What distinguished many of the
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    Asian $ market gets $3.4b boost
    151 8 Asian market gets $3.4 b boost THE Asian dollar market grew significantly by U551,450 million (553.407 million) in March to reach US$22.B blllicn after an expansion of US$5O5 million in February According to the latest issue of MAS's monthly statistical release, most of the increases resulted from transactions with banks
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    Art contest
    31 8 AN on-the-ypot nature drawing compet.tlon for children will be held by the Ohlm Moh community centre at the Chinese and Japanese Gardens In Juroi.g on Sunday at 8 a.m.
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    ANOTHER 154 PROVISION SHOPS JOIN FAIR PRICE SCHEME
    119 8 ANOTHER 154 PROVISION SHOPS JOIN FAIR PRICE SCHEME ANOTHER 154 provision shops have joined the NTLC Welcome's fair price scheme, bringing the total to 322, the cooperative's chairman, Mr. Baey Lian Peck, said yesterday. There were only 168 fair price shops under the scheme a month a?o. Mr. Baey said
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    Association's officials
    38 8 DR. Dixie Tan has been re-elected president of the Singapore Association for Educationally Subnormal Children. Others officials are: Mr. M. K. Wong and Mrs. Rosemary Yeap, vice-presidents; Mr. V. Francis, secretary: and Mr. Alexander Amos, treasurer.
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    For youths
    19 8 THF Prlnress Elizabeth Community Centre will hold a youth guidance course on May 6 at 7.30 p.m
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    Doctor who mistook piece of fat for appendix
    527 8 A WELL-known artist and former school principal, Mr. (Mien Jen Hao, 68, underwent an appendicitis operation but never had his appendix removed, a coi oner's court heard yesterday. The reason, the court was told, was that the operating surgeon had mistaken a
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    Factory for the disabled: Aid of 'think-tank' is sought
    400 8 Factory for the disabled: Aid of 'think-tank' is sought npHE Society for Aid to the Paralysed (Sap) has asked the government think-tank, Applied Research Corporation, to look into practical means of implementing a more technologically-intensive factory for the disabled. Disclosing this yesterday. Sap's vice-president, Dr. John Ching, said the ARC
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    Ex-airport man held
    64 8 A FORMER airport officer of the Department of Civil Aviation was arrested yesterday for alleged corrupt activities involving more than $10,001' over a year. The officer was arrested by officers from the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau and referred to Central Police Station where police bail of $10,000
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    STPB plan to upgrade standard of its guides
    436 8 STPB plan to upgrade standard of its guides •pHK Singapore Tourist Promotion Board (STPB) is to upgrade its tourist guides, partly at the request of the guides themselves. A recent survey conducted by the facilitations department of the board, showed that many guides were keen on refresher courses to keep
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    Firms' joint container service
    81 8 Firms' joint container service Two shipping lines, Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) and Jeuro Container Line, will launch a joint container service to Par East West Asia from July. The ports of call will be Yokohama, Kobe. Hongkong. Kctlung. Kaohriung. Singapore, Bandarshapour, Damman and Dubai. Korea and Kuwait will be
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    SINGAPORE PICKED AS AVIATION TRAINING CENTRE
    177 9 SINGAPORE PICKED AS AVIATION TRAINING CENTRE SINGAPORE has been selected as one of icur centres in Southeast Asia to provide specialised aviation training for the region. The centres, including Thailand, the Philippines and Indonesia, were selected by the International Civil Aviation Organisation after a survey to determine which South-east Asian
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    STPB drive in Europe
    90 9 STPB drive in Europe rIE Singapore Tourist Promotion Board Is to sponsor a convention promotion In Europe this month. The 10-day promotion from May 13 will centre on four major cities and is aimed at attracting more conference businessmen to the Republic. participants will leave Singapore on May 13 and
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    Tax Bill
    16 9 THE Income Tax (Amendment) Bill will be introduced In Parliament when It next sits.
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    Five mourners hurt in attack by armed gang
    231 9 Five mourners hurt in attack by armed gang A GANG of about 20 armed thugs attacked a funeral wake near Block 220, Boon Lay Avenue in Jurong on Tuesday and injured five of the mourners. The assault, at 1.45 a.m. has been classified by police as rioting with deadly weapons.
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    Firemen save shophouses
    58 9 Firemen save shophouses THE prompt arrival of a flrj engine from the Port Authority's Fire Department saved a -cw of shop'iouses In Anson Road frcm certain damage ytsterdav after one of the premises caught fire. The 630 p.m. bla» which dertroyad a vacant shophouse was put out soon after the
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    CC ceremony
    19 9 THE Kallang community centre will hold a lion dance troupe Inauguration ceremony on Saturday at 8 p.m.
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    7 m-cyclists charged with rash riding
    137 9 SEVEN motorcyclists were yesterday charged in a magistrate's court with riding their machines so rashly as to endanger life 1 n Stadium Road in the early hours of April 23. They are Lee Theng Kwee. 18; Low Hock Hai. 1.3; Tan Chye Hock, 22;
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    For postgrads
    40 9 DR. J. E. Riding, dean or the Faculty of Anaesthetists. Royal College of Surgeons. England, will lecture on Postgraduate Examination In Anaesthesia at the postgraduate lecture room. University of Singapore. Sepoy Lines, on May 12 at 5 p.m.
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    It's $5
    33 9 THE Singapore Bus Service shareholder's concession bus pass, which will be Introduced from Aug 1. will cost $5 and not $15 v reported in yesterday's Straits Times The error is regretted
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    Sea tragedy: Man may be charged
    190 9 INVESTIGATIONS in1 to the death of six people who were drowned when their boat capsized in the sea off Tanjong Irau, Sembawang. on Monday are at an advanced stage and polite said yesterday that a man may be charged in court in connection with
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    Filial piety drive urged by Sage
    341 9 J^ NATIONWIDE campaign to inculcate filial piety and care of the aged among the young of Singapore should be launched by the government in association with other community bodies. Dr. Lim Chan Yong, president of the Singapore Action Group of Elders (Sage), making the
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    Fire station to shift
    39 9 THE Port Authoiity fire station at Tanjong Pauar is to shift soon to the new warehousing complex at Alexandra Road. The building where the station is now tiled is to be demolished for port development.
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    DPP quits
    30 9 STATE Counsel and Deputy Public Proseci'tor. Mr. Lee Bi m Tlan ha* resigned after being in the legal service for six years. He intends to enter private practice.
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    Jail term on trader cut to $5,000 fine
    572 9 Jail term on trader cut to $5,000 fine A BUSINESSMAN, who wa3 jailed for a year by a district judge for criminal breach of trust of a timber-transporting vehicle worth $50,000, had his sentence reduced to a day's jail and $5,000 fine by the High Court yesterday. Nk Soo How.
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      239 9 Straits Times Crossword ACROSS an occult one, perhaps (13) 10 French version of 25. much 8 S^"*? a < 5 d i M J? heigHtened? 14. 5). *>","* ln c nons of dram 11 BuUng clique takes a taxi 1 lor a ould (5) Have a game with the 12
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      268 10 PAGE IP ODEON ORCHARD*"-! i JURONG DRIVE-IN CINEMA j I 'MS T^) P Ay s I S 0DE0N:11am,1.30,4,7&9.15pm. ORCHARD: 1.30,4.00,7.00 &9.15p«. CASH BOOKINGS ONLY! JURONG: 2showrs nightly 7.00 9.30pm. NO FREE LIST I BRUCE A lee (mi) |i i Jr^y CBIHEjI I A *3I\DEHTH| F i' m IN MANDARIN 1
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      669 10 OPENS REX TODAY'; 1 (Phone *****) 11am, 1.45, 4.00, 6.30, 9.15 -No Free List The FIRST ORIGINAL "HUM" He Was On The Side Of Law And Order. J He Was On The Side Of J I^3 W a^v Crime And Chaos. 1 3 He Was On Any side 3k^r HfiS^^^H
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      923 10 THE jSTRAITS TIMES. THURSDAY, MAY 4. 1978 I H H H W B B* B W V BT B* B B B V B B ff B IfIBBVBBBB B ft JADE A NOW SHOWING! :E ®P£nn 11am, 1.30, 4, 6.30 9.00 NO FREE LIST B B nXJTgfi'iJ; A 1 WANTED!!!
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    Japan team on 'buy S'pore' mission
    506 11  -  AHMAD OSMAN By JAPAN is to send an economic mission to Singapore this month to study the possibility of increasing Japanese imports of local products. The mission which will also visit the other Asean countries, is part of the Japanese effort to reduce the
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    Kneip to take over from Holdridge?
    104 11 PRESIDENT Carter I has nominated Mr. Richard Kneip. Governor of South Dakota, as the next American Ambassador to Singapore. Mr. Knein, 45. will replace Mr. John Holdridge. who took up his post here in July 1975. While Mr. Kneip's nomination is subject to a
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    Adultery by wife: Man gets divorce
    276 11 Adultery by wife: Man gets divorce A TECHNICIAN, A employed in Jeddah, was granted a aivorce by the High Court yesterday because of his wife's adultery wiiii another man. Mr. David Llm Eng Lian. 34. married here seven years ago. named Mr. Kang Tiong Lit. who was not in court,
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    Two PCs charged with 90 counts of graft
    226 11 Two PCs charged with 90 counts of graft TWO police constables were yesterday chaiged in a magistrate's court with :i total of 00 counts of corruption. They are PC Tay Kirn Hoe alias Tay Kirn Hock, 36. and PC Lim Teng Sui 25, both from the Force Transport Branch of
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    Jazz master's award
    46 11 MR. Iskandar Ismail bin Ismail Kasslm of Lorong Melayu Oeylang. has won the John Lewis Jazz Master's Award at Berkley College of Music In Boston, Massachusetts. The award Is awarded annually to a student musician for outstanding participation In the college's concert series.
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    AQUARIUM FOR AIRPORT ARRIVAL BUILDING
    122 11 AQUARIUM FOR AIRPORT ARRIVAL BUILDING THE Singapore Tourist Promotion Board will finance the building of a wall aquarium rock garden and mural at the new Singapore Airport Building at Paya Lebar. The project, costing $90,000, is to start soon and work is expected to take six to eight months. The
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    Blood donors needed
    83 11 BLOOD donors can give their blood today at Ycunxberg Memorial Adventtst Hospital from 9.30 a.m. to 4 p.m.; on Friday at Kuo Chuan community centre between 3 p.m. and 9 p.m.; un Monday at Upper Sercngoon remmunity centre from 10 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. and from 10
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    Rotary talk
    32 11 THE New Zealand High Commissioner. Mr. O. C. Hensley. will speak on The Role of the Commonwealth In South-east Asia at a Rotary Club lunch meeting at Mandarin Hotel tomorrow.
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    Weekend show
    30 11 THE MP for Paya I.ebar. Mr. Tan Cheng San, will attend a weekend show, organised by four community centres, in Lorong Llew Lian on Saturday at 5.30 p.m.
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    EXECS FROM U.S. PRAISE STORE
    183 11 EXECS FROM U.S. PRAISE STORE AGROtiP of American business executives, all of whom became presidents of their companies before reaching 40 years of age, praised Singapore's ability to create foreign investment op portunities. Mr. Shelly Woolf, leader of 40 members from the Young Presidents Organisation (YPOi, also said that the
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      104 11 DROP EVERYTHING! IT'S WEIGHT WATCHERS Ist ANNIVERSARY rtTy>) Todays (^TtSjG&f**) WEIGHT WATCHERS c£2l A ry? program teaches you /^\~J^\ to enjoy foods you I never thought you J /^/V~]\ could eat and still i j£^~^~—X\ lose weight J So drop everything. -OT^ Join Weight Watchers I J today and celebrate
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      485 11 »^l Vv.-vm nH ?^^^^^^^^^^Hs offer until J 10th MAY 1978 1 BUTTER COOKIES service with a welcome smile' HrIBERHUS 908g 8.50 4TH LUCKY DRAW 1 (WITH FREE DR. WEST I PLUS 3 TOOTHBRUSH) Dorothy loh I/CNO. *****24 j B Govindaumy Letchmee I/C NO *****73/ C I TAIPIIM PfIWnPR Robert Lee
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      242 11 Bringing Up Father By Bill Kavanagh tfc Hal Camp u< vz-ui uAvr BuT WH> Nar^\ WHAT MAKES > \/'t DON'T 111 1 THE LAST TIME Sj^V^-t>, ooL-5-o %r,~, HAVE IT FILLEP I DOJBT >OU THiMK A THINK J I \V4<SGIE WENT IN this POCTORS PRESCRIfTiON/ AT THAT PLACE /IC THAT
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  • The Straits Times THURSDAY, MAY 4, 1978 FUKUDA'S TASK
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      658 12 THE Japanese Prime Minister's second visit to Washington in 14 months comes at a time when a great deal needs to be done to strengthen the poor shape of the world economy and to restore a sense of mutual confidence In American-Japa-nese relations. Some may think that Mr. Fukuda's trip
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    Asean trade fair: Manila lays out red welcome mat
    830 12  -  B. Ronquillo By in MANILA MANILA'S international trade centre built on land reclaimed from the sea in the 1950s has in the past two years become an effective instrument in promoting the products of Philippine industry. From this weekend It will
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    Lock icon New turn in black struggle to topple Vorster govt
    509 12  -  LARRY HEINZERLINQ By In JOHANNESBURG REPORTED incursions by Soviet armed black nationalist guerillas confirmed yesterday by security police clearly marks a new turn in the black struggle to topple white rule in South Africa. South African security police partially revealed the
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    HOW TO SELL GOODS TO CHINA
    1336 12  -  MILTON CHASE By in WASHINGTON US firms urged to go after business now using techniques borrowed from an old best seller IN the *****, an American advertising executive based in Shanghai, Mr. Carl Crow, wrote a sparkling best seller entitled 400 Million Customers. Mr.
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      44 12 ICI PAN-WEST I'i'l PRIVATE LIMITED Designed for powerful straight y^l and deadly accurate shots yf M LYNX Predator' j^^i^^_ Sf makes par-golf <^^^^^"' 4^T seems so easy! UMT 228/230. 2ND FLOOR. PLAZA SINGAPURA TEL *****6/6 13 LOWER GBOUNO. UtC BUILDING SHENTON WAV TEL *****14 J
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      463 12 BLESSING I Piano W OnITX, V JL $1,750T The least W i expensive^^ H piano Excellent Tone and Touch Various Choice of Colours 3 Free Tuning, Piano Heater, Piano Stool KIMBALL y— Organ T discount I A off usual price I PP^^^^ for a limited I period only! Features Swinger
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  • FORUM
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      Nearly five years gone and still waiting for refund
      191 13 Nearly five years gone and still waiting for refund WHAT is happening inside the Singapore Government Officers Coope rat i v c Housing Society? I have resigned from the society since September 1973. and after a lapse of nearly five years and atter having written numerous letters to the society
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      Reserved bus seats for mums
      37 13 1 WOULD like to request the SBS to reserve some seats in bus (or women, who are pregnant, who are carrying children in their arms, or are old. S.K. CHAKRAVATI, Singapore 20.
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      Let TV viewers see kick-off at Wembley
      213 13 A FAGE OF YOUR LETTERS NOW that RTS is telocastlng live again this year the F.A. Cup final in Wembley between Arsenal and Ipswich Town on May 6, all soccer fans will be glad If RTS will take us over Wembley as soon
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      Buses won't stop for son
      89 13 EVERY Thursday morning my 12-year-old son has to go to another school at Bukit Timah Road, taking a No. 182 bus from a stop near Asia Hotel in Scotts Road. Often these buses will not stop to pick up my son, when he Is the
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      Re-route SBS service 85 call
      83 13 WILL SBS reconsider its move to re-route Service 85 in Kallang Basin via Jalan Kolam Ayer? This narrow road Is being used by three services. Presently no SBS buses are plying along Oeylang Bahru which was constructed with provision for bus bays. SBS should re-route
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      U-turn that exposes motorists to danger
      214 13 AS a resident of Faber Hills, I would like to draw the attention of the government to the difficult and dangerous position resident motorists are exposed to during the peak traffic hours, especially in the evenIngs, when returning to the estate from the city.
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      Is an extra on Hawaii Five-0 set entitled to CPF benefits?
      226 13 I WAS Introduced by a friend of mine to a woman who works for the Hawaii Five-0 film unit now in Singapore. Being one of thousands who saw a chance to see myself on TV one of these days,
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      EXPLOITING SEX ON THE SCREEN
      121 13 IHAVE noticed recently that there's been quite a bit of censoring of English TV programmes as well as movies. But, not so much in Chinese movies. Why is this so? Most Chinese films are filled with sex and violence (sword fighting and gangland clashes). I've
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      Puffed right in front of no-smoking sign
      125 13 WHEN bus No. SBS *****. operating in Service No. 16 along Henderson Road, was returning to the Telok Blangah Drive terminus, three sections or stops before the bus reached the terminus, the conductor began to smoke In the presence of more than 50
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      HDB URGED TO BE MORE FLEXIBLE
      170 13 I WORK as a messenger while my wife works in a factory. Some time ago I had made an application to rent a oneroom HDB flat, but later was told I would have to accept a 3-room flat as our combined salaries totalled more
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      Where does board expect her to go?
      99 13 ONE of my friends who is a resident ot a one-room HDB flat at Tea Payoh has been asked by the HDB to move out as she is at the moment residing alone. The board seems to have forgotten the fact that when
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      SWIMMING TIMES
      56 13 TODAY: Siuatwi 8.58 a.m. (2.4 m), 931 p.m. (2.5 m). Sriili Ktthil 7.35 am (1.8 m), 7.30 p.m. (2m). rtrt Neks* 456 p.m. (2.6 m). TQMQIMW: Siigapwe 9.50 a.m. (2.5 m), 9.59 p.m. (2.6 m). Stfili Kttktl 8.41 a.m. (19m), 8.09 p.m. (1.9 m). Pwt Oicktsi 5.22 a.m.
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      WATER
      23 13 WATER consumption on Tuesday was 674,0*0 cubic metres (148.3 million gallons), 33,000 cuMc metres (7.3 million rations) more than the previous day.
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      Use metric
      16 13 THE kilogram is for The metre la for length. The litre is for volume.
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      More than a fair share of traffic jams
      147 13 GEYLANG Road has had more than its fair share of traffic Jams in the last few months ever since the TAS and PWD ben an a series or road diggings. The road has been dug up in so many places that it
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      TAS phones
      55 13 rpHE TAS is doing a X great public service by installing coin-operated telephones at various HDB estates. However, the phone booths are not evenly distributed. At Bedok South Avenue 3, for Instance, there are three telephones at Blk 66. one at Blk. 67, and none at Blk 68.
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      133 13 MAY BTH ISSUE CALVIN KLEINS SOFT, SEXY LOOK: While his friends were out playing ball little Calvin Klein was at home sketching dresses. He is now a millionaire several times over. PLUS: THE UN. MEANS BUSINESS and FUKUDA TALKS TRADE. rSwt j*^wjß^r^^F^^^Br^^^6j Get a copy from your nearest newsstand M^P^Kx^f^W
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      126 13 4/srfe~/-2pH fit fffdt6~fr*'i*«t**fy $&biM fit*** faAfte. Z, /hunmy. UfM- 3&45., Stfe&U-ft&i. AttteAtpH frvKMeMPHCeei: 30*4:. dresffsa suie, afruc pwt fetstit* "The*, Cmc a«c(t*i&>4, SeAt&fo*,, jtydtlM \i T make it part of your life I CADBURVS ARE NUTS They're selling these for only 51.70 Delicious chocolate coated nuts and raisins in new
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      833 13 On your TV SINGAPORE 5 3.00 PM Opening and Riral Htattk Wtrkers 7 45 TIN Bitiiic Wenian-Deadly Music 3-25 Diary of Events (Chinese) 8.45 Whit Makes Millie Run 3.30 Eight Heroes ef Stien Lin (repeat) 9.00 The Good/Life— Home Sweet Home 4.20 Intermission 130 Ntws ail Newsreel 6.00 Opening and
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  • TIMES CITY DESK
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        50 14 mew servnaan ■iyn RmIiu SEAL Mag* Chan C K Tana r«.pin« Tr.tik Pr rak Carbide Seriunui Erl rf ar.u Drv DBS Detroit 4 P Textile 4MI 138 131 185 161 124 64 70S 270 155 348 19S 120 17 +9 +7 ♦7 ♦5 5 5 4 4 +3 +3
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        17 14 Ions Leon( lime Darby 'an Chong Vearnet 320 216 300 278 9«n -10 -9 -8 -7
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        22 14 U-P.r kPI ttmCktm 3tyD»v S IPPL ,MH Hu»t hmUi4 IICnuMaUl 424.000 323,000 255.000 244.000 213,000 210.000 193.000 181.000 135.000
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        INDICES
        44 14 3 T Index: industrials: Finance: Hotels: Properties: rins: I rubbers: 3.C.B.C.: 5.E.S Ind: May i. iuay j ***** 936 58 305 19 303.29 489 19 488.05 195 93 195 69 181.44 180.34 ***** ***** 487.55 487.29 270.66 269 98 272.12 268.48 y j
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        Hongkong
        329 14 HONGKONO The market closed easier In fairly quiet trading with activity confined to profit-taking, dealers said. The Hang Seng Index fell 3.14 to 456 25 points, on a combined total turnover volume valued at HK$37 38 million. HK* Amal Rubber Associated Hotels Bowalers Che ong Konf China Engj China
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        Tokyo
        13 14 TOKYO: The stock market was closed yesterday for Constitution Memorial Day holiday.
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        Sydney
        282 14 SYDNEY: The market was mixed, with interest centring on uraniums, dealers said. Pancontinenlal rose 30 cents to AS12.20 and Queensland Mine* two to $2 20. while Kathleen Investment! was steady at $1.67. The Sydney All-Ordlnarles shed 0.85 to 478.48 points, on a total turnover volume of 4.08 million shares.
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        Treasury Bill tender
        61 14 THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) Invites banks and discount houses to tender for a total of $40 million Treasury Bills. The Bills are (a) $30 million 91-day TreasuryBills to be Issued from May 8 to 12 and, (b) $10 million 182-day Treasury Bills to be Issued
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        Lock icon M. Weaving dividend
        47 14 KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Weaving Enterprise announced a group 1977 pre-tax profit of M *****88 ($l.ll million) A first and final dividend of 10 per cent (six per cent) less tax, payable on July 1, to shareholders registered on June 17, has been declared. Reuter.
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        KL prices
        182 14 From col five S Klnta 1920S 5 4381 (S> 333 (2) 5.40. S Malayan (9.008) S| Bill (S«SB 5.858) (1) 875 (S) 3. D0 Suprsme (2.078 2.128) Tranah 15.708 5.758). DOLLAR RUBBERS B LlnUns (1.708). Duff (1 «9B 1.728) Dunles) Sit. (3 448) 342 ,7) 3.44 XD. 0
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        Stock options
        40 14 STRIKINO 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. lacheap* (Ju«« II. »0> <O.MB>.
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        COPPER
        34 14 LONDON: Copper prices on Tuesday (previous In brackets! Wlrtkar Spot buyers iMI lIIMi, sellers £602 <£*»<): Three month! buyera i7M (£*****) Mller. C 709.50 (£711.80) Markat tint Very »tas4y. SSSM I 13 000 tonnel.
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        New York
        158 15 T^EW YORK. Tues—Pront- talcing turned stock prices lower In heavy trading today. The pullback had been expected after the market's big surge In the past few weeks, analysts said. They said the profit-taking probably was triggered by a rash of recent negative news. Including yesterday's government report of
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        Zurich
        75 15 VURICH. Tues— The mar- ket closed slightly lower in very quiet dealings. Flnanclals and Insurances fluctuated slightly while Indus t r 1 a 1 s generally lost ground. In the foreign sector, dollar stocks firmed on strong demand Dutch Internationals i edced higher while Germans firmed slightly In light
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        Amsterdam
        146 15 A MSTERDAM. Tues Share fa prlcrs closed firmer In quiet trading, led by Akao and Hoocoreni In Dutch International!. Elsewhere firm shares Included Nedlloyd. ABN. KLM. Ahold and Bijenkorf. Lower shares were lea by Heinefcen, Fokkrr and Glst-Brocadea. Cioilnt pncn in Dutch Kuildrra *ith Ihr dittrrtnct oo tbv prtvioua
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        Indices
        275 15 INDUSTRIALS Tuesday 489.8 Monday 485.7 Week Ago 460.7 DOW JONES AVERAGE INDUSTRIALS Tuesday 840 18 Monday 844.33 Week Ago 833 59 LONDON DOLLAR PREMIUM Tuesday 110'< to 110>« Monday 109 1 to 110 H.K. HANG SENG Wednesday 456 25 Tuesday 459.39 Week Ago 459.91 SYDNEY INDUSTRIALS Wednesday 419.15 Tuesday
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        TIN
        160 14 rE Straits tin price jumped $46 to $1,596 per plcul in Penang yesterday on an official offering down 46 tonnes to 223 tonnes. The overnight London market was very steady with forward buyers gaining £25 to £6.100 per tonne. LONDON: Tin on the day rose £72 for Cash and
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        CLOSING PRICES
        30 14 Rubber May 3. Singapore: May 208.25 cts (down 1.75 cts). Malaysia: May 213.25 cts (down 2.00 cts). Tin: $1,596 (up $46). Official offering: 223 tonnes (down 46 tones).
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        GOLD
        56 14 Tuesday Mtndiy Melbourne (1) ***** ***** London 168 908 Cloied 16».3O8 Cloaed Zurich 1M.788 Cloaed 189 908 Cloaed Parla 173.43 Cloaed wtdn.miy Tuesday Hongkong 170 408 1W.308 170.706 189 608 Spore (2) 170.888 169 MB 171.498 170.278 Export prlcea in non-sterling arras In US dollar per ounce. (1) Australian
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      RUBBER
      489 14 OPENING quo tationr In the Singapore rubber market yesterday were marked down one cent on lack of followthrough in London to the rise here on Tuesday, dealers said. Prices later fluctuated narrowly in quiet and uncertain trading conditions. In Physicals, light covering of May RSS One (or Russia lound
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      SSR and SMR
      110 14 q.-\ii i (scut and huh p MAM, W3R 20 (1 ton pallet) iSR M (1 ton pallet) M.R.E.I..B. MR SCV (1 ton pallet) MR SL (1 ton pallet) 'MR S (1 ton pallet) iMR 10 (1 ton pallet) MR 20 (1 ton pallet) MR 60 (1 ton
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      PRODUCE PRICES
      116 14 (-HINEBE PRODUCE IX- CMANCt. SINCAPORE NOON CLOSING PRICES PER PICUL Caaenut ail: Bulk 182 atllan. oil drum $87 sellera, new drum *»2 leileri. Ces»a: Mixed (loose) UK/Coot. 137 buyera. Paawar: Muntok ASTA *blte fob. ***** NLW »380 itlltn. Sarawak white fob NLW $370 asOtts. Sarawak special black f
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      Profit-taking trims prices
      441 14 Profit -taking trims prices THE Singapore stock market opened on a steady to firm note yesterday on a combination of shortcovering and buying support among second-liners. This all-round rally during the early session was brief however, and it fizzled out towards the afternoon to close on a slightly easier bias.
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      365 14 VOLATILE second and thlrd-llners continued to dominate In very active trading at the Kuala Lumpur stock market yesterday. Prices, on balance, closed on a mixed to easier note. Trading was characterised by wide fluctuations with the market Initially showing a firm uptrend. A sharp dip followed later In
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      Money and exchanges
      210 14 THE US dollar opened higher at $2.3335/55 and was traded upwards to $2.3360/70 in the Singapore for c x market yesterday, boosted by increase in US prime rate to 8i per cent from eight per cent by major US banks. The US unit, however, weakened under large
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      NOMINAL RATES
      144 14 Interbank rates at 3.00 p.m. Currenclea Nominal ritn Smithsonian p<-rctnm» quoted yesterday (crou) parity chance US dollar 2 3350 2.3360 ***** —17 18 Sterling pound 4.2608 4.2660 7.3469 —42 00 Hongkong dollar 5031 50.37 50.51 0.39 M'slan dollar 97.58 97.68 100.00 2.42 Aust schilling 15.5739 15 6283 12.1012
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        Minimum lending rates
        28 14 I THE average rate at which Singapore banks are I currently prepared to lend to their best customer* I I is 7 per cent. 1
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        FOREIGN EXCHANGE SPOT PRICES
        64 14 JO i. 1 8294 US Sw Fr 1 9635 J8, Dm 2.0800 US/Belg. 3234 US Guilder 2.2200 31 US 2 3350 U» US 2 3920 1.8299 1.9650 2.0610 32.37 2.2225 2.3360 2.3930 SS. 3» I 3$ Mt UK US JS Ca.n LJS Fr fr JS ytn
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        Money market
        41 14 Closing Interbank rates on Singapore dollars on May 3 Oder Bid Overnight 6 5 1 mth 4 3 4 4 11/16 2 mths 4 7 8 4 13 16 3 mths 4 15 16 4 7/8 Source: Astlry Purer.
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        DISCOUNT
        50 14 RA.NOE of ratti offered by discount houses on May 3. Ovrr 3>4%. Call depoilt 3",S Clttlnc Bu» (til 3-Moom Tr«tury bills 3 1/4 a 1/8 3-Month Bank bill. 4 7/j 4 3/ 3 Month CD ft 4 T/% -Month CD S 1/4 5 1 S J.orc. Nallwial Ductunt C.
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      CLOSING PRICES
      1181 14 FltyE 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 1978 high and low. 'Adjusted for script/rights Issue). INDUSTRIALS U78 Lut 4ifh Low Company 8«te +or1 hi 132 Acma ITS +2 213
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      Unit trusts
      324 14 Closing Tone: Easy TURNOVER: Official figures supplied by the Stock Exchange of Singapore Including odd lots 'Ready' totalled: 6.456.000 units valued at $10,322,000 Industrials accounted for 4.774.000 finance 138.000. hotels 603,000. properties 626.000. debentures, loans and bonds 4,000. oil palms 135,000. tins 48.000. and rubbers 128,000 'Settlement Contracts'
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      BUSINESS DONE (SINGAPORE)
      1867 14 BI and offer prices officially listed and business In and n ported to the Stock Excnange Di Singapore yesterday with the number ol shares traded shown in hrarkets In lots of 1,000 units unless otherwise specified. All Time Settlement Contracts are limited iifter the word 'set" Kit,
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      131 14 S 1/4% '5/10/7* (250.000) (101.458 101.008) 5 3/4% 71/78-80 (250.000) (101 85B> 4 3/4% 15/S/80 (250,000) (100.308 100.408) 5% IV4/8I (250.000) 100.558 100.758) 5% T F 16/10/8.1 (250.000) (102 708 5% T F 1/5/83 (250.000) (100 458 100.558) 7% IV4/8I (250,000) (100.058 101 058) 7 1/4%
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      KUALA LUMPUR
      1572 14 BID and offer price* officially luted and basinets In and reported to the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange yesterday with the number of shares traded shown in bracket* In lot* of 1.000 unit* unless otherwise specified. PNDUSTAIAL* Allntmtl. il.JTl) (1) 1*0 XA1X. Alttm (3) 1 SI XALL. A ChM
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      Group profit at C & C doubles
      385 15 Group profit at C C doubles CONTINUING very strongly on Its growth path, Cycle and Carriage yesterday unveiled bumper results with group pre-tax profit more than doubled at the halfway mark. Group pre-tax earnings for the first six months ended March 31, 1978 came to $27 91 million a 110
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      CCB turns in 34pc more
      264 15 CYCLE and Carnaue Binlang'l prospects for the current year endin« September 1978 promise to be excitiriK The company. In Its second year as a pubhclyiiuoted concern, looks set lor Significant growth helped along by the continued buoyant motor market In Malaysia Heralding this is the
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      Longer trading hours
      103 15 THE STOCK Exchange of Singapore will extend Its daily trading sessions by one hour to 4\ hours from Monday. The new trading hours will be from 9.30 a.m. to 11 a.m.. 11.15 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. The current trading hours are
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    THE PADDLE BOAT THAT POLY STUDENT BUILT
    181 15 AWAY from water, this object is not easy to recognise. But it is a paddle boat made from a combination of flbreglass. unsaturated polyester, polyurethane foam and PVC. And putting the finishing touches to it is its creator, Singapore Polytechnic student Phang Slew
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    New officials of ORA
    51 15 MR. Tan Huck Chye has been elecUd president of the Old Raftlcsians' Association management committee. The others are Dr. Chan Peng Mun. Mr. 8. Balasundram and Miss Tan LI Clioo (vice-presidents); Mr Chan Shelt Tsong (jjcrctnry); Mr. William Chua (asst. secretary) and Mr. Lee Slew Weng
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    Lecturer on book theft charge discharged
    380 15 Lecturer on book theft charge discharged APART-TIME teacher and lecturer, who was jailed for a day and fined 5u by a magistrate's court for stealing a book worth $28 from MPH Ltd. was given an absolute discharge by the Chief Justice yesterday after submissions from his lawyer that he was
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    GDP ROSE TO $16 BILLION IN 1977
    286 15 GDP ROSE TO $16 BILLION IN 1977 SINGAPORE'S Gross Domestic Product increased from $4,315 million in 1968 to $16,091.3 million last year at current market prices, according to the Statistics Department's Singapore Annual Key Indicators 1968-1977. The department says the annual series of key Indicators is prepared with the aim
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    All 48 mosques to get copy of Act
    74 15 rE Singapore Muslim Religious Coun c 11 will send copies of the Muslim Administration Act (Mosques Management) to all the 48 mosque? in Singapore this week. The Act requires the mosque management committees to organise functions beneficial to Muslims In the areas
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    $2,000 FINE FOR BIGAMY
    126 15 $2,000 FINE FOR BIGAMY A BUS driver, Neo Ah King, 35, was yesterday jailed for a day and fined $2,000 for bigamy. He was fined another $1,000 when he pleaded guilty to making a false declaration at the Registry of Marriages on July 1, last year, for the purpose of
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    114 more Viet refugees in UN care
    207 15 114 more Viet refugees in UN care THE 114 Vietnamese refugees, who arrived in Singapore on Tuesday night in the oil tanker Esso Yokohama, are now In the care of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. The 21.000 deadweight tonne tanker, enroute from Japan to Singapore for loading, spotted
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    Why young couples prefer to be on their own
    499 15 THE dread of mothers-in-law is the main reason why most young people choose not to live with parents after marriage, according to a recent survey on youth and social attitudes. Only about 30 per cent of young couples Interviewed by a
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    Top official quits
    64 15 ATOP Education Ministry official Mr. N. K. Hazra, has resigned to join a private publishing firm. Mr. Hazra. who has been in the civil service (or the past 12 years, had been director of the ministry's Finance Branch (or the past two years. His duties have been
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      506 16 I FOR SALE I SHOPPING GUIDE CHINA AC. ARC WELDERS BX6-120-1 BX3-SERIES P^W*lfUJlttfiHߣS ■s>wL_i»SM ■JMajsK-f-l «*"t ssi anssmiisi <■! Singapore *****5 Petaung jaya W359 onor Banru 3339*' Buttenronn *****3 FULLY RECONDITIONED CAT D 346 Engine. VB. Turbocharged. 500 h.p at 1900 r.p.m.. complete from fan to flywheel. Available at Singapore
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      607 16 OUR COMPANY SPECIALISES IN NEW AND SECONDHAND FORKLIFTS. Import/export, repair snd oorvtco. Please call GOLDEN TRANS FORKLIFT CO. TEL: *****5/2357H7 BRITISH PIANO 1 year old. Owner leaving. Bought $3800/- Selling $3250/- Phone Miss Naseemah *****9 SOVIET PIANOS, marvellous tone. hiKh quality and reasonable price Agents. Climax International Pte Ltd Tel:
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      780 16 II EMPLOYMENT MAERSK LINE SPORE PTE LTD has a vacancy tor ACCOUNTS CLERK (MALE) Applicants should have 1. O.C.E. 'O' Level In English and Mathematics 2. L.C.C. Intermediate Bookkeeping Certificate 3. 2 years experience in preparation of Ships' Disbursements Accounts Interested applicants should apply with pssaport size photograph and contact
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      818 16 TYPIST REOUIRED BY established legal firm Apply with full particulars to 8 T Box A***** SECRETARY REQUIRED FOR Immediate employment. Applicant must have initiative, good typing speed and be fluent In English Starting salary $500 p m Send brief resume, telephone contact, address and photograph A915M c Advmlser s T
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      696 16 II EMPLOYMENT A CrwUemgeng Marketing Career (DYESTUFFS ORGANIC PIGMENTS) The South-East-Asian Representative Office of a World's Leading Chemical Oroup of Companies Is lookIng tor a dynamic psrsan to promote and supervise the sale of their full range of dyestuff and pigment products for the textile, leather, plastic and coating industries.
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      863 16 WANTED SALES REPRESENTATIVES. OCE level or equivalent. Must possess own car. Able to speak Mandarin and local dialects Call personally at 448A. Public Mansion. Balestler Road. Singapore 12 between 2 30 p.m. 5 00 p.m. Tel: *****1. WANTED INDOOR SALESGIRLS. Apply personally to Sweet Home Furniture. Queenstown Japanese Garden Spore
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      636 16 II EMPLOYMENT SALES PERSONNEL REOUIRED. Only those interested In sales career need appl> For interview, call at 248-C6. Orchard Road SALESGIRLS WANTED. EXPERIENCE not necessary Call personally 168. Blk 177. Toa Payoh Central. Singapore 12 SALES REPRESENTATIVES Our Company markets a last selling line of mi*r nationally known products snd
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      789 16 TECHNICIAN Applicants must have experience In operation and maintenance of chilled-water system alrcondltlonlng plant with a minimum of 2 years experience In technician field refrigeration services. Salary: Comn anauraM wttt< quakY fICCtIOnS 800 •Bp#f»sJOC#. TECHNICAL APPRENTICE Applicant, preferably completed National Service with minimum Secondary 2 education Experience In electrical, aircdndltlonlnf
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      288 17 II EMPLOYMENT I) ««M»Mal SCIENCE CENTRE BOARD invites applications for the posts of: (a) TEMPORARY TECHNICIANS (WOODWORK) (b) TEMPORARY TECHNICIANS (METAL WORK) (C) TEMPORARY ARTISTS Qroes Salary $310 930 For (a) (b) Trade Certificate from a level passes with techi. Jects woodwork or metalwork i prefTatil> with experience in carpentry
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      611 17 A MANUFACTURER OF AUDIO PRODUCTS WELCOMES YOU TO A LONG-TERM and STABILIZED CAREER We Require: FEMALE PRODUCTION OPERATORS Requirements a Age between 16 and 35 a Primary education a Experience not necessary a Singapore Itlzens a Malaysian Itlzens We Offer: X No shift work (normal 8 00 a m to
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      628 17 II EMPLOYMENT CORONA MANUFACTURERS PTE LTO An AH,l,»i» ol SCM Corporation USA mani»f»rtu<ing atactric rvpawriwis requires: FEMALE PRODUCTION OPERATORS If you ar* a 1 6 years of age and above a Having a minimum of Primary 6 Education (any medium). a Prepared to work on 2 or 3 rotating shifts
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      550 17 JOIN THE HAPPY PEOPLE at TEXAS INSTRUMENTS SINGAPORE PTE LTO as a PRODUCTION OPERATOR Requirements Femele Singapore Cituens Secondary II a above Ability to understand simple English Age between 1 6 a3O Wilting to work on 3 rotating shifts Starting salary at si per hour Increments will be granted on
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      574 17 II EMPLOYMENT SINGATRONICS PTE. LTD. VACANCIES FOR: FEMALE PRODUCTION OPERATORS We are fast expanding and we Welcome You to Join our company. If you are above 16 years of age and have completed Primary education. WE OFFER: c Attractive Incentive payment* c No scop* work c Permanent first shift a
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      678 17 SANYO INDUSTRIES (S) PTE LTD leojiikee urgently (1) Production Foreman a Minimum secondary level of education, preferably In the Vocational/ Technical Institute. a Should have few years of working experience in similar capacity. a With a good working knowledge In the production process of home appliances (2) Assistant Storekaapar a
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      779 17 II EMPLOYMENT ORDNANCE DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING COMPANY OF SINGAPORE (PTC) LTD Invites applications from Singapore citizens for the following posts: 1) STENOGRAPHER Requirements 1) OCE 'O' Level with good credit In English. II) Possess LCCI Private Secretary Certificate. III) Minimum 2 years working experience in similar capacity. 2) CLERK/TYPIST Requirements:
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      846 17 SUMIDEN SPORE PTE LTD 15 Qul Way Jurong Singapore 22 has the following vacancies FACTORY OPERATIVES (Male Female) a Minimum Primary 6 level of education (completed National Service) a Age 16 —30 years a Citizenship: Singaporean a Must be prepared to work on shirts (3 shirts by rotation) Provision*: a
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      848 17 II EMPLOYMENT A manufacturing company requires immediately 20 FEMALE PRODUCTION WORKERS a No experience required a No shin •ork (hSU week a Aircon environment c Malaysian cltltem accepted a Job satisfaction PART-TIME FEMALE PRODUCTION WORKERS required a Working hours from Monday Frtda) hi in Bp m c llourl> paid c
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      850 17 TOKYO BYOKANE (S) PTI LTO 10, Firm Lokyang Road. Juroofl Town, Singapore. 22 invites applicants for (A) MALE FURNANCI OPERA TOR (SMR Work) (B) MALE GENERAL WORKERS (SMR Work) (C) FEMALE PACKERS (No ShMt Work) Minlinunt toucsttooett itQolr#fti9Nto for (A) Secondary 3 (B) (C) Primary Six Salary for (A) a
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      783 18 II EMPLOYMENT *****5555 I) General A well established Jewellery Company requires Immediately: SALES ASSISTANT GENERAL CLERK PEON Knowledge of English and Chinese an advantage Must be willing to work hard Male applicants should have completed National Service Please apply giving relevant personal particulars together with a passport size photograph (nonreturnable)
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      447 18 SUGAR INDUSTRY OF SINGAPORE LTD requires MACHINE OPERATORS QUALIFICATIONS: Completed N.S. Secondary education Prepared to work shift Salary approi $21$ p.m. Frtnoo Dononts: Incentive payment Annual wage supplement Medical benefit and annual leave Apply in own handwriting with full particulars and photograph (non-returnable) to THE PERSONNEL OFFICER. SUGAR INDUSTRY OF
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      799 18 111 VEHICLES ft BOATS TIONO CHOON CO (PTE) LTO Spore Secondhand Car* Centre plot B, Kampong Java (Oppoerte Jepanasi Club) Spore Tel: *****5/ ******/ 23*1*4* MODEL MAKE OF VEHICLES Private Cac* 1(77/7( Toyota Corona 1600 aircon 1(77 Ford Cortina 1.6 OL aircon Ford Escort 1.6 Ohla aircon (automatic) K7* Honda
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      988 18 1*74 SUNNY OX Coupe Air-Con. Rims. Very Oood Condition $12,500/-. 1974 Datsun Pick-up. Owner. Oood Condition $6,000/Tel: *****3 Stephen 1973 DATSUN 14OJ. 2 owners, excellent condition Selling $8,500 0.n.0. Tel: Mr Tan *****6 office hours 71 FORD CAPRI 1600 Alrcond. Rims. (Imported model) $5700 0.n.0. Tel: *****3 Raymond I*7o AUSTIN
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      1014 18 111 VEHICLES ft BOATS I*7o MORRIS 1300 c.c Console box. good condition $5,000 on o Telephone *****76. 124. Jalan Jurone. Kechil. Singapore 21. 75 PEUGEOT 204. 1130 c.c. One owner, cassette Showroom condition $11,500 Tel: *****2 1*74 DATSUN 12«Y with alrcond good condition Price $10,800 Tel *****09. Mr Ang BEAUTIFUL
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      987 18 IS7I FORD CAPRI 1600 OTL. Sport-Rims New Tyres, Cartridge. Excellent condition $5,800/- 0.n.0. *****1 BEAUTIFUL COLT OALANT OTO 1700 c.c, 1972 MX IV air-con sporls rims Excellent engine $8950 0.n.0. Ring *****51 No dealers please. CHRYSLER t*o IS7J cassette Aircon very good condition Tel: *****06 Rose. LATE 74 COLT GALANT
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      751 18 111 VEHICLES ft BOATS WANTED TO BUY good used cars from 1969 onwards Call 245 Middle Road *****1/ *****1 PROBLEMS SELLING YOUR secondhand scrap cars' We pay hip. h price lor any make/ capicity *****44 OATSUN 2402 OR Alfa Romeo QXV 74 onwards Good condition. Please phone *****3 9 a.m.
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      827 18 ATTENTION CAR SELLERSI Oood used cars required urgently High price oliered Call *****23' nvmt residence PARF/ DEREGISTEREO VEHICLES/ Scrap metals wanted. Stall 7. Clulty Hnad Spore 8 *****72/ 2M3D975 I night) Tan SECRETARY REQUIRES ANY in. ike M sport cars or Mercedes 200 irom 1971 onwards. Please 'all 44b-t:<K7 Miss
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      752 18 |IV ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES ONE TREE HILL beautiful doublestorey semi-detached Furnished $1,300 Serangoon Oarden singlestorey corner Unfurnished $450 *****92 OFF HOLLAND ROAD 2-storey colonial bungalow on 'i acre ground. 4 spacious rooms, partially furnished with pool Details b) Flats kk v .h.jK)ftml'l H^ Property Services Pie Ltd. Tel: 433*40/ 433*41 3-BEDROOMED
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      770 18 DIST. HIGH CLASS luxurious apar'ment with central airconditiomng. sauna bath and tennis court 3 or 4 carpeted bedrooms with modern bathroom attached, large living dining room with marble flooring leading to balcony and modern kitchen Good security service Furnished or unfurnished considered Rental $1.400 upwards For viewing please phone: *****77/
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      792 19 lIVI IV ACCOMMODATION ft PROPERTIES Houses URGENTLY REQUIRED HOUSES/ apartments in various districts between $400 $4,000 (furnished/ unfurnished) Call: D.U.I *****00 SWEDISH COUPLE WITH 1 child presently In hotel requires urgently large bungalow/ apartment In central districts Owners call OEH, *****5 ext. 2. WANTED BUNGALOWS IN dlsts 9, 10 or
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      640 19 OFFICE SPACE AVAILABLE for rent Malayan Bank Chambers, Fullerton Square from 90.7 123.3 m 2 (976 1327 sq.ft.) at SI 30 per 0 08 m 2 (per sq.ft. Contact ***** Ext 48. FULLY FURNISHED OFFICE about 350 sq ft. In District 2. Interested please telephone *****28 800 SQ.FT. OFFICE for
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      655 19 IV ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES SELETAR HILLS ESTATE neighbourhood double-storey splitlevel semi-detached dwelling 4.000 sq.rt freehold. $138 006 J.L Chen Associates 349B«/ ***** NEWLY COMPLETED 1 storey Bungalow at Sixth Avenue for Sale Land Area over ***** sq ft (300,000/- Call *****5. SERANGOON GARDEN ESTATE extensively renovated slnglei storey semi-detached 4.400 sq.ft
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      702 19 BEAUTIFUU.Y FURNISHED FLAT In Dalvey Court, Buklt Tlmah Road for sale. Price $250,000 0.n.0. Principals only. Tel: *****11 for appointment. JALAN JINTAN OIST. 2/3 bedroomed apartments behind Hyatt Hotel and within CBD for sale from $107,000/- to $120,000/Call *****5. 3 BEDROOMED, 2-BATHROOMED FLAT Upper Paya Lebar Road $80,000 0.n.0 Low
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      653 19 V SERVICES BUSINESS We^pecialiielnprintinflvljiiin^l cards, letterheads, invoices and I all kinds of stationery items for Crmtirt. Quality. Hitittol* I Efficitnt Urgtnt Printing Call us today at 245. 2nd Fl. People's Park Centre I Telephone: SB 1032/***** 210. 2nd Fl. Shenton Houas Telephone. *****07 4 23 4th Fl Lucky Piaia. """^^^»^^J
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      769 19 CAPITAL AVAILABLE Funds available Internationally for viable projects $300,000.00 Minimum Venture Capital Conaultanta ***** Ventura Blvd.. Suite SWA Sherman Oaks. California ***** USA. (213-759-0422) Telei *****5 VENCAP LSA PRIVATE LIMITED COMPANY with luxurious office and ready contacts Including shipping requires financiers. For appointment please write to S.T. Box A915% WANTED
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      627 19 V SERVICES A BUSINESS TRY US. ELIZABETH HEALTH service massage by qualified fc experienced masseuses/ masseurs. Call *****2 now! MARTINA'S SALON 11-A Calrnhlll Circle massage/ saunabath/ barber, complete gentlemen grooming by trained attendants Ring (Spore) *****1/ *****8. MELATI-OESA PROVIDES Good Service. Skilful Massage By Experienced Masseuses/ Masseurs. Tel: *****1 (7.30
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      231 19 CALL ANGEL NMII to relieve you of all bodily aches by Kirn Visiting Massage Service. FLEMINOO MASSAGE STUOIO A name to remember (opposite Mandarin Hotel) Tel: *****1. MADE TO-MEASURE SUITS, trousers, safari, suits, shirts, military uniforms, ladies costumes, dresses, slacks latest fabrics. High Class workmanship. Nath Tailors. 4 Tanglln Road
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      473 19 VI EDUCATION TRAINING NEW BEGINNERS' SOCIAL Dancing Class commencing 7 00p.m. tonight. Contact Sunny Low Pohsan Dance Studio *****3 £*ssK2r» «xsM2r» <*&*<gr ABIA DRIVING f SCHOOL 1» SalaoH Road C Tel: M2Tt7/J***** 1 8) *****8 A ■Brand new Dalsun. dual-]f! ■controlled p MANAGER: C.H. KOH v«®»XsVv®»XsV^©«(sV ENROL WITH GAYNWEHL Enterprise
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      610 19 GIRLS! Jobs are becom ig harder to get you need better qualifications Enrol now at trie ITC and qualify for the London Chamber ol Commerce Private Secretary s Certificate and the ITC's Pnvate Secretary's Diploma the region s leading qualification for a Pnvate Secretary Our next full lime and pan:
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      144 In Memoriam
      87 20 In loving Memory of MR. CHAN BOP. TECK D«p«r1»d 4th May 1»76 Two years have gone by Your love and affection for us we never forget. Until this day we still cherish sweet memories of you. Intoned by your b*tov*d Wlt«. Son*, Daughter. Daughtar-ln-law and Qr«ndchll<lf»n IN
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      140 Acknowledgements
      98 20 140 Acknowledgements Th* Family ot th« lal* LTA STEPHEN LEE HOCK BOON wishes to express their thanks and gratitude to PASTOR NAOMI, DOWDY. MINISTERS AND MEMBERS OF THE TRINITY CHRISTIAN CENTRE, OFFICERS AND MEN OF MINDEF, PDF BEACH ROAD CAMP. OTHER OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE SINGAPORE ARMED FORCES. RELATIVES.
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      142 Deaths
      73 20 MR. TNG POH KIAN of International Food Products, aged 64. passed away peacefully on 2/5/78 leaving behind 2 wives. 7 sons. 8 daughters. 4 daughters-in-law, 4 sons-in-law and 17 grandchildren. Cortege leaves No. 82, Jin. Senang on 6/S/78 at I.oopm forM^VernonCrematorlun^^ MR. KOH SANQ VINO 38. of I.T.B
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    Call to firms: Help train workers
    404 20 Call to firms: Help train workers Till-: Minister of State (Labour), Mr. Sia Kiih Hui, yesterday called on employers to play their role in the economic education of workers by helping to defray the training costs involved and »iving paid leave to union members selected to attend the courses. Speaking
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    Ex-addicts to get more sporting facilities
    263 20 Ex-addicts to get more sporting facilities SPORTS and recreational facilities for former drug addicts on a national scale are being: planned by the I Singapore Anti NarI cotics Association. Disclosing this yesterday, Sana president Mr. Baey Lian Peck said community centres 1 and club* are expected to be used by
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    STORE BASE TO BOOST INDIAN GOODS
    284 20 STORE BASE TO BOOST INDIAN GOODS SINGAPORE is to be base for the promotion of Indian precision and heavy engineering products iv the Asean region, sales of which are expected to exceed $233 million annually. In the next two years. This was stated by the chairman of the Engineering Export
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      398 20 VI EDUCATION TRAINING SPECIAL SATURDAY SUNDAY CLAIMS SOOK-KEEPINO (Beginners) 1) Sunday 11. 00- 1.00 p.m. commencing 6/5/78 2) Saturday 2 00-4 00pm commencing 13/5/78 3) Sunday 00- 1 1 00a m commencing 14/5/78 BOOK-KEIPING (Inter) 1) Sunday 9.00- 11 00a m 2) Sunday 2.00-4 00pm commencing 7 5/78 SHORTHAND i
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      474 20 SYSTEMATIC BUSINESS TRAINING CENTRE Part I November 78 Eiama 306 3rd floor Peninsula Complei Tel: *****5/ *****5/ *****2 SINGAPORE INSTITUTE OF M-A Serangoon Road i:.;> *****). Physical Sclei. I'rc 0 II Enrol now for 1978 COMPANY SECRETARIAL PRACTICE 11 sessions commencing 6.5.78. Based on local Companies A-l Cap 185. For
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      249 20 VI EDUCATION A TRAINING GUARANTEED TIHTION INTENSIVE COACHING i EXPERIENCED TUTOR? BEGINNERS SOCIAL DANCING AT STUDENT'S HOME or our lard! Tel *****3. ••«NO TUITION GIVEN by experience,, teacher Inquiries tel: *****5 illan 4 00pm) VII TRAVEL RESTAURANTS OXLI V TRAVEL SERVICE (PTE) LTD. *v lII.V 111 I'ri-iilenl Hotel Shopping nmpli
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      290 20 GENERAL PAPER MONDAY nenclni ENGLISH LANGUAGE (SEC. 4) "Op in coinui Commercial I! Kirn Tian Road (near Tel: *****36 TUITION IN ALL subjects at i nrt secondary levels, preferably in Buklt Tlmah, riementl districts Tel: *****22 Miss Ho PROGRESSIVE HOME TUITION h> Qualified Experienced Tutors: Primary Pre V levels ("treasonable
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      932 20 VII TRAVEL RESTAURANTS MING TRAVEL ij^V SIKIAL HOLIDAY OFFERS T 2D/3N Gentmg Highland* LaF?«TTl7a!a^^nr?3afl Stay at (iemmu.s Meals enroute. I»p. 12 5 78*19.5/78 I 2D/3N K.L./ Gentlng route ,78 $65 00 BLsy^*|L MING TRAVEL aaaf*llWP[tal^^S 5123 Woh Hup Complei VVkjbvaWaMfcLMfUUl Golden Mile Shpg Ctr Sl*l L»I»] M 1 1 iT'VasH
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      110 20 'JLSL *IiVT i af4 i aB *Jl LJ~ Lj PA m) «L^l PI jLjBl r9m^ maas VBh^_ C 3 ,4^J B^BA j% f9^ P^BT BraY i JBMj bbl aß> fl B aW bbvlL *B A \^Jf~ Law* V Classified Ads In The Straits Times reach Into homes of people all
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      166 21 You can trust Mqzola, the largest-selling pure corn oil p> a Because X Mazola, the largest-selling pure corn oil in Malaysia and < yy l Ql Singapore today, is low in saturated fats and high in polyunsatu- 'Js*/* rates to help reduce cholesterol. AyA v i Jj*m < f "%j^^
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    IN MEMORIAM
    26 22 MRS. LKELAVATHY h AM Al.A Rl'BEN Born 15-3-1941 Departed 4-8-1977 One year has passed But sweet memories forever Kemembercd by husband, daughter Sharmini and
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    22 22 IN MEMORIAM (Tenth Anniversary) MrTTTcnbRNALINGAM A tender thought. A silent tear. A constant wish that you were here. Inserted by loved ones.
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    IN MEMORIAM
    40 22 MR. T.A. MENON It i» one year today since you left us so suddenly dear father Tender thoughts. stle.it tears, our constant wish that you are near. Cherished memories linger amongst your loving wife, sons, daughters and in-laws
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  • ACROSS THE CAUSEWAY
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      CODE NUMBERS FOR BABIES
      226 22 KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday THE government will i^sue cods numbers to babies born from Jan 1. 1980 following the setting up of a national data centre that year, the Home Affairs Minister. Tan Sri Ghazali Shalie, said tonieht. The numbers allocated to them will appear on all
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      Datuk Ali gets new post
      96 22 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Datuk All Abdullah has taken cvtr as deputy secretarygeneral (political i in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, succeeding Datuk Ahmad Zalnal Abldin. who Is Malaysia's new High Commissioner to Canada. Datuk All's former post of deputy Kcrctary-gtneral itconcmio has b-en filled by
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      989 22 Group capt. asked for pc payoff, court told F-5Es CORRUPTION TRIAL K. LUMPUR, Wed rjROUP Captain Ahmad Shah bin Hashim, 54, asked for a one per cent commission in conneciion with the purchase of 16 Northrop F-5 type aircraft vaiued at more than US$39 million (5589.7 million), the High Court
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      143 22 rIPING, Wed. The man shot dead during the gun battle between the police and the notorious "Sea-King" near Port Weld has been Identified as the kepala (headman) of a Bakau kongsl on the Island where the incident took place on Monday. The body of Chew Liang
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      66 22 KUALA TRENGGANU, Wed. Two of the five Thai trawlers seized by police here In March for illegal fishing will be auctioned off by the Fisheries Department on May 11. The two boats, of 70 tonnes each had a 480 and 180 hp engines. The trawler with the bigger
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      228 22 llliclt sex: Call for public caning A LOR STAR, Wed. The Federal Government has been urged to create provision In the law to allow public caning of those guilty of "zina" or illicit intercourse. This Is one of the 52 resolutions passed at the three day seminar on the administration
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      109 22 BANTING, Wed. The Mentri Besar of Selangor. Datuk Hormat Rafie. said here today the National Front was confident of making a clean sweep of all 33 seats in the state assembly in the coming elections. Datuk Hormat said that the election machinery of the Front. dominated
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      219 22 Three in family killed in smash-up SEREMBAN, Wednesday rrHREE members of a family returning from a funeral were killed and three others seriously injured when their car collided with a packed bus at the 6i km Seremban Port Dickson road near Mambau this afternoon. Forty passengers in the bus, including
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      173 22 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Petronas' fl rs t shipment of crude from the Pulai and Tapis fields off the Trengganu coast was exported to the United States yesterday. A statement from Petronas today said that 460,000 barrels of crude oil were loaded on the
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      41 22 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Tan Bee Llm. 64. trashed through the Iron covers of a septic tank when he fell from the 11th floor of the Jalan Pckililinf? f.ats here yesterday. Residents found his body half-submerged in the tank.
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    437 23  -  CHRISTINA RODRIGUES By "NINETEEN Housing and Urban Development Company (HUDC) flat owners in Amberville estate whose view of the sea will be cut off when the company puts up a new highrise block in the neighbourhood want it to foot all extra costs
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    452 23 By CHRISTINA RODRIGUES and LEE THIAN SOO THE use of private security guard services in Housing Board estates is catching on judging from the increasing number of HDB residents who have got together to employ security gu:;rds. Many other HDB blocks whlrh
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    220 23 Salesgirl's jail term and conviction quashed A SALESGIRL, who was jailed six months for allegedly misappropriating nearly $16,000 from a boutique, had her conI viction quashed by the 1 High Court yesterday. The Chief Justice. Mr. Wee Chong Jin. concurred with the submission of her counsel, Mr. J.S. Khosa, that
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    128 23 SINGAPORE Bus Service Ltd. consented before Mr. Justice Chua in the High Court yesterday to pay $25,000 all-in damages and costs to a lighterman who was injured in a bus accident two years ago. The judgment order is for Veera Pillai Oovindasamy Pillai, now
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    62 23 Art show by Peking-born painter AN exhibition of paintings by Mrs. Stephanie Rung Stryker will be held at her residence in 25. Ridout Road from May 13 to 16. The rxhibltlon will be opsn from 10 30 a.m. to 6.30 p.m. Peklng-bcrn Mrs. Stryker Id n 010 exhibition of paintings
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    221 23 20 SET THEIR SIGHTS ON BEAUTY TITLE ONE of these lucky girls will be chosen Miss Singapore Universe at the finals to be held at Cockpit Hotel on Saturday. The winner will represent Singapore at the Miss Universe beauty pageant to be held in Mexico City in July. The 20
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    91 23 SHIPYARD apprentice Rosali Afandi. whe fell from a block of flaU while trying to help a housewife get her keys, was yesterday given a $100 reward for his good deed. The money was giver to the 17-year-old boy by a men's wear company at his
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      99 24 'INVASION' BY FANS: CELTIC FINED GLASGOW. Wed The referees committee of the Scottish Football Associat i o n announced yesterday that they had fined Glasgow Celtic 1 ,000 about $4,300) because of a pitch invasion by their fans in an away match. The fine was imposed because Celtic lans ran
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      37 24 TEHERAN. Wed. Iran will send more than 150 athletes to comp;te in nine events at the Asian Games it; Bangkok in December, the secrc:ary general cl Iran's Olympic Committee All Ayghai Payravi, announced yesterday. R«uter
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      29 24 CUENCA. Wed. Domlngc F.rurena yesterday won ih« seventh stage of the Tour of Spain cycle race Belgium's Fcrdl Van Den Haute however kept the overall load AFP
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      255 24 BONN, Wed. The West German Soccer Association (DFB) said today they had ordered an official inquiry into last Saturday's dramatic finish to the country's First Division championship. Borussia Moe n c heng'adbach narrowly failed to retain their title after beating Borussia Dortmund 12-0, the
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      255 24 T EICESTER (England). Wed. Rain washed out play on the final day of the Pakistani Cricketers' threeday match against Leicestershire here yesterday. Pakistan, chasing Leicester's total of 269, were 90 for [our when the match was abandoned. In a match restricted to 10 ivers. Yorkshire beat
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      526 24 VICTORY SAVES WOLVERHAMPTON LONDON, Wed.— West Ham are relegated to Division Two of the English Football League as the result of Wolverh ampton's 3-1 win over Aston Villa last nic h t. Only a Wolves' failure could have prolonged West Ham's hope of survival.
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      241 24 I^INGSTON, Wed. Australia, paced by a superb 180-run partnership between Peter Toohey and Graeme Wood, set West Indies a daunting victory target of 369 on the fourth day of the fifth cricket Test here yesterday. When Australia captain Bob Simpson declared his second innings at 305
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      182 24 Al STRALIA M Inns: 343 WKST INDIKS Ist Inns (Overnight 276-8 > L. Gomes b Thomson 115 V. Holder lbw Laughlin 24 Jumadeen not out 4 Extras (t Total 280 Wkts fell at: 13. 28. 41. 47. 63. 159. 173. 219. 276. Bowline Thomson 22-4-61-2; Laughlin 254-4-101-5. Yardley 14-4-27-0;
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      482 24 Attractive run by Wing Commander RACING with BLUE PETER ILTING Commander, a three-length winner in a Class 3 Division 1 1,850-metre race on this course last month, has made further progress and, despite a promotion, should make his presence felt at this meeting. The well bred ftve-year-old by Prince Re
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      186 24 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Sepak Takraw and hockey were almost dropped from the sports to be contested at the next South-east Asian Games in Jakarta. Olympic Council of Malaysia secretary-general Thong Poh Nyen said yesterday. He said the Malaysian delegation speke strongly tor the inclusion ol
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      27 24 if Dragon Command if Jack Robinson if Bridie it Gala Display if Patriarch if Three Bell Saas Fee X. E. if Tong Hong if Endeavour
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      101 25 QUEENSTOWN scored their first National Football League Division One victory of the season last night through a controversial penalty two minutes from time at the Jurong Stadium reports JOE DORAI. They beat Cairnhlll 2-1 after trailing 1-0 at half-time. The winning goal came from a Subashu spot kick.
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      35 25 BUENOS AIRES. Wed. A special consulate will be set up in the city of Mendoza during the World Cup soccer garr.es to help Scottish tans, a British Embassy official said yesterday. UPI.
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      215 25 ACJC brawl completes a hat-trick ANGLO CHINESE SCHOOL, whose lower secondary and secondary teams were involved in abandoned matches last month, completed a disgraceful hat-trick yesterday when their Junior College side figured in another brawl— this time with a supporter of their opponents, Catholic Junior College, reports WILFRED YEO. The
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      123 25 RUGBY—National schools tournament: Lower-secon-dary—Monks Hill v Jalan Teck Whye. Tlong Bahru v Sang Nila Utama (Monk's Hill 8 15 ami. Raffles Institution v Chung Cheng High. WiUow Avenue v Dunearn Technical (Willow Avenue B.IS a.m i SOCCER NFL Div 1: Farrer Park United v Kaki Buklt i Jalan Besar
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      53 25 KUALA LUATPUR. Wed. National Electricity Board shipped the touring ,'nnsenltts of Singapore 6-0 in a friendly hockey encounter at the Fantal ground, in Kuala Lumpur, yesterday For Jan.'enites. this was their biggest deleat or their tour of Selangjr. They lost 1-0 to the Armed Forces and 2-0 to
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      252 25  -  WILFRED YEO By WHAMPOA CSC and Realty Park Rangers, two of the teams taking part in the Football Association of Singapore's under-16 tournament, face a two-year suspension from the competition unless they can provide valid reasons for having handed opponents walk-overs. Whampoa conceded I a walk-over
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      Victoria's titleby one save
      199 25 Victoria's titleby one save HARJIT SINGH. Victoria School's gifted goalkeeper, brought oil one of the finest saves of his young life to help his team retain the boys' post-secondary schools' hockey title at the Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday, reports ERNEST FRIDA. Victoria pipped Raffles Institution 3-2 on penalty flicks after
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      27 25 TAS Artisans edeed out Unlve:sltv of SinfiaponJunior Staff 2-1 and Customs Marines beat DCA 4-2 In tinAUPF. double knockout soccer competition at Mountbatten Road yzsterday.
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      338 25  -  BERNARD PEREIRA By MONEY is the biggest i obstacle confronting Singapore's decision to join the Asian Invitational tennis circuit. The Singapore Lawn Tennis Association have until July 16 the last day of the Singapore Open grasscourt championships to raise about $25,000 to host one of the eight
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      Most welcome black mark from Kim
      264 25  - Most welcome black mark from Kim PETER SLOW By SINCE 1973. Kirn Un Yung has left his mark In the home of every tae-kwon-do black belt exponent, stretching over the five continents of the world For Kirn. president of the World Tae-Kwon-Do Federation since their formation five years ago, Is
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      320 25  -  JOE DORAI By SINGAPORE have a real chance of winning the King's Cup in Bangkok tomorrow night. At least, that is the confident opinion of Joe David, their team manager. He told me on the telephone last night: "We already have a phsycological
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      243 25  -  ERNEST FRIDA By INA.VID MILNE, 24, the Keppel Golf Club professional, is making a name for himself In Australia. He put up a creditable performance in finishing only II strokes behind David Galloway, winner of the Western Australia Open championship, in Perth
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      222 25  - Business Houses to form own team By ALBERT JOHNSON |7<OR the first time in F their history, the Singapore Business Houses' Football League are to form their own representative team. A pool of 33 SBHFL players has already been selected, and League secretary K.S. Manickam says that this will be
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    51 26 LONDON, Wed. Bntain today announced the blggesiever monthly drop in Its cold and foreign currency reserves which dipped US$3.2B billion (557.6 billion) last month to US$l7.4 billion. The previous b!gg c sts t monthly fall was of US$l.l2 billion In March 1976. accordIng to the British Treasury.
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    40 26 DACCA. Wed. Bangladesh President and chief martial law administrator Zulaur Rahman has Issued a proclamation which will allow him to contest the June 3 presidential elections while remaining the country's defence forces chief, lt was announced today Reuter.
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    34 26 WASHINGTON. Wed In a victory for President Carter. the International Relations Committee of the US House of Representatives voted today to lift Congress. 1 three-year-old US military aid embargo against Turkey. AP
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    104 26 Getting set for Venus ENGINEERS at Hughes Aircraft at El Secundo. California, finalise work on the two Nasa Pioneer spacecraft that will make the Arst detailed survey of Venus' atmosphere, map its surface and measure Its global shape. Pioneer -Venus is the first project devoted primarily to studyin 1! the
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    70 26 VIENNA. Wrd. The Soviet Union may be unable to meet East European energy needs In the 1980s, forcing Its allies to turn to woild markets for crude oil. Austrian researchers raid yesterday. The Vienna Institute for Comparative Economic Studies -«ald the Soviet Union was already unable
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    35 26 MOSCOW, Wed. A Soviet seciet polio IKGBI chief has been lelleveti of his pest In the Republic of Georgia where disturbances weie reported last month, according to a report reachIng Moscow touay. Reuter.
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    455 26 TOKYO, Wed. MANY Chinese residents in Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon) were killed in a clash with Vietnamese troops who made a surprise raid late last month on a Chinese business quarter, the daily Sankei Shimhun reported today, quoting merchant sources. According
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    77 26 LONO BEACH (California). Wed. Farmer US Federal Reserve Board chalin an Aithur Burns says the US Inflation rate will continue to rise In 1978 and the US dollar will continue to drop lr. foreign exchange. He predicted In a seminar that Inflation would rise b>>cau i
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    699 26 LONDON. Wfd The stock market closed firm today after a quiet session, and at 3 pm the Financial Times Index was up 2.8 at 1724 Britain's reserve figures made little Impact with the record fall of US$3 2» billion largely discounted But equity leaders were slightly below the
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    1250 29  -  MILTON CHASE By in WASHINGTON IN RECENT weeks, 1 wire services have been reporting angry protests by Chlcanos Mexican- Americans against the light sentences Imposed on three former Houston, Texas, city policemen for the death of a MexicanAmerican. The protests spurred the Federal Government
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    670 29  -  RICHARD WALLIS By in London rpHE advertisement shows a boy ol 16 dumped in a rubbish bin. The message is equally stark "Is this the best future we can offer our school leavers?" The boy Is one of Britain's 1.4 million jobless.
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      71 30 CLASSIC elegance takes a backseat while casual chic takes the fashion front. This is the new three-piece suit comprising loose blouse, softly gathered skirt and a matching over-skirt, striped for ityle. The cream suit by Alma was among 42 outfits recently featured at one of the Goodwood
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      920 30 GTAMFORI), Con necticut Mike reported having a pretty good week and said he had struck up conversations with some of the waitresses where he worked. Ben said he had made some progress, but "sort of struck out" in trying
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      475 30 WASHINGTON Electronic fetal monitor- inj? during childbirth is routinely used on a majority of maternity patients in a nationwide sample of hospitals surveyed by the staff of a senate health subcommittee. The subcommittee, chaired by Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, held
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    878 31  -  By PAUL EOLDING in LONDON CiRANCE, victim of the world s worst oil pollution ditaster when the tanker Amoco Cadiz was wrecked lv March, has pressed for measures to stop it happening again. Calling (or new safety measures at the Londonbased United Nations Maritime
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    415 31 TITO'S VANITY HURT ELLGRADE, Wednesday THE hottest reading matter among top Yugoslav communists is a banned book by President Tito's former com-rade-in-arms and purged Vice-Presldent, Milovan Djilas. Tito himself may have set the craze going. He is said to have ordered his own Serbo-Croat under- ground copy, chanting "lies, lies,
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      404 33 SINGAPORE EIDAI CORPORATION LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Extraordinary General Meeting of SINGAPORE EIDAI CORPORATION LIMITED will be held at the Registered Office of the Company, 8 Jalan Papan, Jurong Town, Singapore 22 on Friday, 26th May.
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      447 33 IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE Companiea Winding Up No. 47 of 1978 In the Matter of the Companiea Act (Chapter 185) And In the Matter of Tenders A Contracts <S) Pte. Ltd. ADVERTISEMENT OF PETITION Notice is hereby given that a Petition for the winding up
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      847 33 |H^^ CYCLE CARRIAGE LIMITED (Incorporated In Singapore) INTERIM REPORT TO SHAREHOLDERS for the six months ended 31st March 1978 The Board of Directors wish to onnounce that the unaudited results of the Group and Holding Company for the half year ended 3 1 st March 1 978 are as follows:
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