The Straits Times, 5 May 1978

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    14 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 FRIDAY, MAY 5, 1978 25 CENTS M.C.(P) No. 214/1/78
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    Lock icon Rebel leader among 13 killed in clash
    251 1 Rebel leader among 13 killed in clash ZAMBOANGA CITY, Thurs PHILIPPINE navy vessel sank a Muslim rebel boat and shot dead 13 guerillas, including their commander, in a fierce battle in the Sulu Sea last week, the military announced today. A Southern Command (Southcom) communique said eight other rebels fled
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    Lock icon ONE CURRENCY FOR VIETNAM
    405 1 New bid to regulate nation's economy BANGKOK, Thursday VIETNAMESE lined up throughout the nation to receive no more than US$50 (S$1 16) worth of new currency each in Hanoi's latest attempt to regulate the economy, Radio Hanoi said today. A limit of US$100 per couple and
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    Lock icon Dow Jones
    43 1 NEW YORK. Thurs. Dow Jones averages, based. on first hour of trading on the New York Stock Exchange: 30 Indus 818.08. off 10.74: M transp *****. ofl 2.44; IS utlls 104.77, OS 1 35; «5 stocks 283 10, OS 3.54. UPI.
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    'Castles' in the sky?
    63 1 1?0R many hoars on V Wednesday people in OHM buildings in Sydney would have felt like living in "castles" in the sky. Actually, it was nothinf more than a heavy foe whim covered parts of Australia's largest city. Only the tops of the tallest buildinfs were
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    Lock icon Japan's wage hike lower
    67 1 TOKYO, Thurs. Workers at more than 200 major Japanese companies have received wage Increases averaging 5.9 per cent for the year ending next March, compared with that of nearly nine per cent last year. It was announced here today. The Japanese Federation of Employers Association said
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    Lock icon Rail station bombed
    46 1 BELFAST, Thurs. Provisional Irish Republican Army guerillas damaged Londonderry's main railway station In a multiple bomb attack early today, police ■aid. Four bombs exploded Inside the station shortly after midnight, destroying a dlesel engine, the toilets, the booking office and magazine stands. UPI.
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    Lock icon Wholesale prices soar in US
    124 1 WASHINGTON. Thurs. Wholesale prices In the United States soared 13 per cent in April for their biggest gain In three-and-a-half years the Labour Department said today. On an annual basis, that Is a 15.6 per cent advance more than double the Administration's 6.75 to seven
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    Marine base to watch Reds
    101 1 Marine base to watch Reds IPOH, Thursday pOLICE will set up a marine base in Perak to block communist guerillas infiltrating into the country from Thailand across a man-made lake, InspectorGeneral of Police Tan Sri Haniff Omar said here today Taji Sri Haniff, who inspected police posts along Perak's border
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    Lock icon 'ME on brink of danger'
    51 1 ALEXANDRIA (Egypt). Thurs. Sudanese Fresident Jaalar Numelry said today that the situation in the Middle East was on the brink of danger. He Icld reporters efter talks with Egypt's President Anwar Sadat that he expected an Arab summit meeting to be held within eight weeks.
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    Lock icon Target
    92 1 Malaysia's nor them states are the target for infiltration by guerillas of the Communist Party Of Malaya (CPM) based in the Betong salient, a large wedge of Thai territory Jutting into Malaysia. Tan Sri Hanlff said the base, the first Inland marine base of the police, would be manned
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    2 sections
    17 1 THE Straits Times today is 36 pages in two sections. Make •are you get both.
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    Lock icon Plot to kill Brez: Two held
    283 1 Plot to kill Brez: Two held BONN, Thurs A UKRAINIAN sturv dents' organisation said yesterday two of its members had been arrested on suspicion of planning to assassinate Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev, shortly before he arrived here today for a fourday visit. Police declined to confirm or deny the claim
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    Lock icon $5.3 b Japan aid budget
    58 1 TOKYO, Thurs. Japan's Official Development Aid (ODA) will total US$229 billion (815.3 billion) next year following Prime Minister Takeo Fukuda's plan to double the amount In three yean rather thun five, the Foreign Ministry said here today. Mr. Pukuda disclosed the plan during his summit
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    Jo'burg arrests
    26 1 JOHANNESBURG. Thurs South African police today arrested the leaders of the black anil-apartheid group. Azanian People's Organisation (Axapoi, Informed sources said here today. ATP.
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    Lock icon Wall collapses in stadium: 15 die
    63 1 ACCRA, Thar*.— Fifteen people were killed today and 35 others Injured, aome of them critically. In the central Ghana city of Kumasi when part of a wall in a soccer stadium collapsed on them, the Ghana new* afency, GNA, reported. Few detail* of the
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      129 1 EXPORTS OF ELECTRONIC GOODS JUMP 24pc Page 17 JAPAN to cut bif surplus with the US 2 ARAFAT orders crackdown on radicals 4 NIXON'S MEMOIRS Page 6 "REMOVE tax relief but start child benefit plan" 7 TOP 29 chosen for gourmet centre 9 S'pore Sweep results Page 7 COMICS 7
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      Lock icon Oldtimer on show
      60 2 DURING it* hey-day, it was the fastest thing on wheels but now the oldtimer. The Blue Flame, is but a relic. The gas-turbine powered racer clocked world speed records of more than 1,000 km h before the "youngsters" took over. It was put on show at the
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      Lock icon 'Carter is eroding US might'
      237 2 'Carter is eroding US might' WASHINGTON., Thursday OEPUBLJCAN senators said yesterday that x% President Career is undermining America's military strength while the Russians "unrelentingly continue their arms build- up." The Republican politicians, criticising the halt to Bl bomber production and decisions on other military programmes, said the Carter administration's "inex
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      Lock icon Hua off to N. Korea
      56 2 PEKING, Thurs. Chinese Communist Party Chairman and Prime Minister Hua Kuo-feng left Peking by special train today for North Korea for his first trip outside the country. The New China News Agency said he had left on an official friendly visit to Pyongyang at the
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      Heiress leaps to death
      125 2 SPOLETO (Italy), Thurs— .Lady Henrietta Guinness Slnnesson, the AngloIrish brewery fortune heiress who forsook high society for a quiet family life in this Italian country town, plunged to her death from a bridge yesterday in what police said was a suicide leap. The 35-year-old forrner London
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      Lock icon Japan to cut big surplus with the US
      278 2 FUKUDA PROMISES TO BUY MORE WASHINGTON, Thursday JAPANESE Prime Minister Takeo Fukuda promised President Carter before ending two days of meetings with US officials that he will take steps to cut Japan's large trade surplus with the US BUT IN TOKYO Mr.
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      Lock icon Trade gap will remain, says bank
      204 2 Trade gap will remain, says bank TOKYO, Thursday E*UJI Bank, one of Japan's largest commerr cial banks, said today it expected the yen would surge to fresh post-war record heights against the US dollar within the next 1 couple of months. In a report, the bank said the yen would
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      Lock icon BOOS AND CHEERS MARK A HOLIDAY
      72 2 BOOS AND CHEERS MARK A HOLIDAY mOKYO, Thurs. The L democratic constitution that Japan got under American occupation after World War Two was the object of scattered boos and cheers on its 31st anniversary yesterday. Foremer Prime Minister Nobusuke Klshl. a power in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and a
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      Lock icon Sino-Soviet border talks resume
      72 2 Sino-Soviet border talks resume PEKING, Thurs. Sino-Soviet border negotiations formally reopened In Peking today after a 14-month Interruption, a reliable diplomatic source said today. A two-hour plenary session was held this morning under the Joint chairmanship of Vice-Foreign Ministers Leonid Olychev and Yu Chan. The same source reported the session
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      Lock icon Warning by Amin
      74 2 Warning by Amin TORONTO, Thurs. President Idl Amln of Uganda If angry at not being welcome at the Commonwealth Games In Canada and sayi African nation* may stage a boycott over the line, a Canadian newspaper reported today. In a report from Kampala, the Toronto Sun quoted President Amln as
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      Lock icon Afghan Govt not Red, says Taraki
      294 3 Afghan Govt not Red, says Taraki KABUL, Thurs AFGHANISTAN'S new president Nur Mohammad Taraki came on the radio last night for the first time and denied reports by foreign journalists that the new government was communist. In a speech to the people, Mr. Taraki, who was named both president and
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      58 3 Solar tantrums' THE riery Sun brows its "tantrums" n a series of illuminaine solar flares as leen in this observaory picture. The bright ipot at the upper left s thousands of times larrer than the Earth. Scientists say the 1.388.864 km wide orb will triple in size during the next
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      Lock icon Mondale's pledge to defend the Pacific
      370 3 Mondale's pledge to defend the Pacific MANILA, Thursday yiCE-PRESIDENT Walter Mon- dale ended his visit in Manila today with a pledge of United States' determination to defend the Pacific and an agreement tor unhampered American military operations irom bases in the Philippines. The agreement, sealed in talks with President Marcos
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      Lock icon US backing for Asean
      117 3 MANILA, Thurs.— The United States has offered backing for Asean as a significant and positive force for good in the region. Speaking at a state dinner given him in the Philippines last night, US \ii President Walter Mondale declared the entire Asian region would benefit from
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      Lock icon VIETNAM ACCUSES U.S. OF 'NEW PLOTS'
      185 3 VIETNAM ACCUSES U.S. OF 'NEW PLOTS' HONGKONG, Thurs. Vietnam, saying the United States failed to learn from its defeat In the Indochina war, yesterday charged Washington with formulating "new plots" against the people of South-east Asia, the Vietnam news agency reported. The official news agency report, quoting a commentary by
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      Lock icon 6 a day held for graft
      55 3 JAKARTA. Thuri. Indonesia's drive to establish clean government Is netting an average six corrupt officials at all levels of administration each day. "Operation Order" commander Admiral Sudonio told newsmen yesterday. The admiral waa replying to questions whether allegations were true that "Operation Order" was
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      CRACKDOWN ORDERED ON ATTACKERS
      33 4 CRACKDOWN ORDERED ON ATTACKERS A French UN trooper (top) peers into the shattered armoured personnel carrier attacked by the Palestinian guerillas. Bottom picture shows a wounded French soldier being evacuated. I PI pictures.
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      Lock icon Court martial for those who shot at UN troops
      359 4 BEIRUT. Thursday PALESTINIAN guerilla leader Yasser Arafat today ordered a crackdown on radical elements responsible for assaults that left two UN peace-keeping French paratroopers killed and 12 wounded in south Lebanon on Tuesday, reliable Palestinian sources reported. They said Mr. Arafat
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      Lock icon 230 million short of food
      117 4 ROME, Thurs. Twenty-six developing countries with a total population of 230 million are suffering "abnormal" food shortages, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said yesterday. Most of the countries are in Africa and South-east Asia. The situation was described as particularly serious in Laos
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      Lock icon Begin: We won't accept those two demands
      214 4 Begin: We won't accept those two demands CHICAGO. Thurs. Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin stressed here that he would not accept two key Arab demands in a Middle East peace settlement. "Nobody will dictate to us demands that are unacceptable," Mr. Begin told Jewish leaders yesterday in Chicago. He Is
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      Lock icon Sonoda plans double tour
      61 4 TOKYO. Thurs Japanese Foreign Minister Sunao Sonoda hopes to visit Southeast Asia twice within the next few months to strengthen relations between Tokyo and the region, a government spokesman said here today. The Foreign Ministry said it was sounding- out the possibility of Mr. Sonoda meeting
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      Lock icon 'F-15s are necessary for Saudi defence'
      153 4 'F-15s are necessary for Saudi defence WASHINGTON, ThurS. —The Carter administration is making a strong defence of its plan to sell warplanes to Saudi Arabia and Egypt as well as Israel, amid talk of behind-the-scenes efforts for a compromise with hostile congressmen. Saudi Arabia's part of the US$5 billion (5511.7
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      Lock icon 'Yes' to envoy
      45 4 PEKING. Ttiun. The United States haa told the Peking Government that It agrees to the appointment of the present Chinese ambassador to Thailand. Mr. Chal Tse-mln. as the new head of the Chinese liaison office In Washington, lnlormed sources said today Reuter.
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      Lock icon Swapo attacks Namibia hydro plants
      185 5 Swapo attacks Namibia hydro plants WINDHOEK (Namibia), Thurs. South-West African nationalists have launched co-ordinated attacks on hydro-electric installations in north-west Namibia, near the border 'with Angola, it was announced here today, v A spokesman for South African military authorities said last night's attacks, the latest In a Series that have
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      NEW DRUG TO FIGHT HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
      125 5 NEW DRUG TO FIGHT HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE IJOSTON, Thurs. A new drug that eases high blood pressure without unpleasant side effects has been successfully tested by doctors who call it one of the most promising breakthroughs in treating this Illness in two decades. The researchers say the medicine, called 5Q*****.
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      33 5 PARIS. Thurs. Chinese vice-premlpr Ku Mu yesterday met French Prime Minister Raymond Barre to discuss the possible use of French technology by China, Including the construction of nucter power plants. Reuter.
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      Lock icon Ruling party leaders may soften tough policy
      310 5 THE MORO KIDNAP ROME, Thursday "JMIK ruling Christian Democratic Party wavered yesterday in its hardline nodeals stance towards the Hed Brigades kidnappers of former premier Aldo Moro hut were immediately criticised by the powerful communists. The Christian Democratic Parly leadership suggested that the
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      Lock icon A NARROW SHAVE...
      94 5 SALISBURY. Thurs—Rhodesian white leader lan Smith and his wife were involved in a near miss when their airliner bad to bank steeply to avoid a light plane while landing at Bulawayo, yesterday, he told reporters. Mr. Smith was on his way from Salisbury to a trade fair
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      Thai killed
      37 5 BANOKOK. Thurs One volunteer was killed and two others wounded In clashes between Thai and Cambodian troops In Prachin Burl Province on the Cambodian border over the past two days. Informed sources reported today. ATP.
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      Lock icon Ford signs a shirt
      53 5 FORMER President Gerald Ford autographs the back of a ballboy's shirt on Tuesday after a tennis match in Houston. Mr. Ford teamed with John Newcombe to defeat professional Dick Stockton and Jim Baker, Mr. Ford's former campaign manager who is running for the Texas Attorney General's
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      192 5 MANILA, Thur« THE five Asean countries were urged today to consider new approaches to generating foreign investment as the next phase in increasing trade and economic cooperation among themselves. The theme of streamlined Investment policies ran through several speeches on the opening day of a
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    Praise for police from Swiss chief inspector
    298 7 CHIEF Inspector William Mueller from Switzerland a country with one of the lowest crime rates In the world was yesterday full of praise for the Singapore police and the prison system. In an interview at the Marco Polo Hotel, he said: I am
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    Donors' date
    31 7 BLOOD donors may give blood at Upper Serangoon community oentre on Sunday between 10 a.m. and 12.30 pm and not on Monday as announced by the Blood Bank earlier.
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    Man will have to pay that $332 phone bill
    242 7 Man will have to pay that $332 phone bill A TELEPHONE subscriber who complained that he was being made to pay $332.13 for trunk calls he never made has apparently to foot the bill after aU. For the Telecommunication Authority of Sinrapore (TAS) has told him that the subscriber trunk
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    'Remove tax relief but start child benefit plan'
    571 7  -  EVELYN NG Proposal to help the poor.., By rp H E government x could do away with income tax relief for children and instead give mothers an allowance to spend on their children, the Students' Care Service suggested yesterday. Such a scheme,
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    Fatal tiff over lunch break
    145 7 rvo hospital workers who could not agree on when to stop work for lunch exchanged blows during a heated argument, a coroner's court heard yesterday. When the fight was stopped, attendant Yap Thiari Soo collapsed, hitting his forehead against the sharp edge of a drain.
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    DCA airport manager faces 15 graft charges
    307 9 DCA airport manager faces 15 graft charges AN airport manager of the Department of Civil Aviation, Chan Wah Yian, 31, was Charged with 15 counts of corruption injolving $10,639.50 in a magistrate's court Jesterday. •He claimed trial on •»c grounds that he Ranted counsel and was •ranted bail of $15,000.
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    Accused of murder
    70 9 A BOATMAN was yes terday committed to stand trial in the High Court for the murder of a bargirl in a Housing Board flat in Sims Place. Kan Poo Kirn alias Kan Lai Kirn. 29. was alleged to have murdered Ang Poh Choo last Dec 30. Statements
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    Chamber officials
    60 9 MR. J.M Jumabhoy has been elected president of the Singapore Indian Chamber of Commerce. Other officials are: vicepresident. Mr. Tlkam R. Mulanl; treasurer, Mr. O. G. Shah: chairman of textiles section. Mr. X.M.A. Abdul Rahlm; chairman of exports section. Mr. Kantilal J. Shah; chairman of Imports section. Mr.
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    Prices of fish go up 35 pc over six days
    206 9 Prices of fish go up 35 pc over six days rE prices of fish have gone up by between 25 per cent and 35 per cent due to poor catches over the last six dtys, the deputy chairman of the Singapore Fish Merchants' Federation, Mr. Tan Jooi Teck, said yesterday.
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    Handicaps' assn hits out at 'mental block'
    414 9 rpHE Handicaps' WelX fare Association has hit out at society's "mental block" when dpalinK with the handicapped. "There are various proposals for services far the handicapped," it fdjt the handicapped," It says in the latest issue o^ Its publication. Handicaps Monthly. ♦•But these
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    Worker killed by lightning
    78 9 A MALAYSIAN construction worker died and two others were Injured when they were struck by lightning during a heavy downpour at their worksite In Bah Soon Pah Road, off Sembawang Road, yesterday. The dead man was Identified as Radron bin Simok, 28. He was resting with
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    It's murder say police
    47 9 POLICE have classified the case of a car broker who (ell down a staircase during a quarrel In his home on April 33 as murder. They have questioned an acquaintance of Chong Lock Seng. 53 of Albert Street. No arrest has been made.
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    Museum show
    30 9 THE National Muteum will screen two colour Aims. Building For Peace and Security and Gvmna&tics In Japan, at its premises on Saturday at 10.45 a.m. Admission i> tree.
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    TOP 29 FOR THE GOURMET CENTRE
    317 9  -  SUSIE SOH By TH E Singapore Tourist Promotion Board has selected the 29 food stalls earmarked for the Rasa Singapura Food Centre near the Handicraft Centre, due to open next month. Most of the chosen stalls are operated by well-known vendors specialising in 29
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    $60,000 award for crash victim
    157 9 A PLANT operator with the Singapore Sports Council who was seriously injured in an acci dent involving a Ministry of Defence truck, wa3 yesterday awarded a total of $60,500 damages in an assessment made by an assistant registrar of the High Court. Salleh bin Man,
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    Maximum fine for queue jumpers
    157 9 Maximum fine for queue jumpers rO youths who jumped a long queue to buy tickets for a football match yesterday paid the maximum fine for being a public nuisance. Mm Kirn San, 16, and Tan Peng Soon, 19, were each fined $200 in different magistrate's courts for cutting an orderly
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    New US envoy good friend of Carter
    235 10 New US envoy good friend of Carter THE man President Carter has nominated as the next American ambassador to Singapore is currently the elected chairman of the Democratic Governors' Conference—an association of state governors in the Democratic Party. Mr. Kneip will succeed Mr. John Holuridge, who took up his post
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    SINGAPORE IS THE BIGGEST IMPORTER IN ASEAN
    153 10 SINGAPORE IS THE BIGGEST IMPORTER IN ASEAN SINGAPORE is the largest importer among the Ase a n countries with total Imports in 1976 worth $9 billion. It is also the largest consumer of Ase an foods with total purchases amounting to $1.5 billion for the same year. This was disclosed
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    Volunteer guards keep crime away
    466 10  -  CHRISTINA RODRIGUES and LEE THIAN SOO By lIOUSING and De- velopment Board residents at Block 43. Marine Parade estate, have formed their own "brigade" of volunteer watchmen to keep out loiterers and prevent orime in their block. Unlike residents in other HDB estates, who pool
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    Missing travellers cheques: S'pore alerted
    360 10 Missing travellers cheques: S'pore alerted TNTERPOL has informed M. Singapore police to keep a look-out for $789,870 worth of American Express travellers cheques stolen from an office in Melbourne recently. Australian authorities reported to Interpol that the cheques weie taken from an American Express company office some time between March
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    DEPOSITS FOR CRATES, BOTTLES 'CHEAPEST'
    208 10 DEPOSITS FOR CRATES, BOTTLES 'CHEAPEST' DEPOSITS for soft drink bottles and plastic crates ln Singapore are the cheapest compared with those In other countries ln ihe region, according to a sort drink company here. The deposit for a case of 24 bottles of soft drinks ln Singapore Is $2.70 isl
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    Majority of parents still insist on English stream schools
    1378 12  - Majority of parents still insist on English stream schools NGIAM TONG HAI, JUNE TAN, LEONG WENG KAM and TAN BAN HUAT By f HE trend of increasing enrolment in English stream schools seems inexorable for at least the next decade or so, if the considered views of parents are any
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    Uniform rate for these workers
    85 12 NON-teaching school staff who open, close and clean school faclllties for use by outside organisations are now paid a uniform rate for thpir <;prvicp<! their services. A flat rate of $1.50 a day or night plus 10 cents a classroom or 40 cents a hall
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      Hold polls before June 22: Umno Youth
      379 13 Proposal for supreme council K. LUMPUR. Thurs THK national Umno Youth wants the general election to be held before the Umno general assembly which is scheduled for June 22, its acting president Haji Suhaimi bin Datuk Haji Kamaruddin, said today. The decision, taken
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      Tun Tan: Set up Asean MNCs
      190 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Asean countries were today urged to consider setting up multinational corporations as a "best vehicle" to speed up Industrialisation <n the region. Making the call at the Asean Trade Fair International Business Forum In Manila today, Tun Tan Slew Sin, financial
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      FALSE PAPERS CHARGE: MAJOR CONVICTED
      257 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs— Major Salleh bin Hussein of the Ordinance Corps, was convicted by a court martial today on a charge of signing 44 sets of issue vouchers knowing they were false documents. The court president, Col. Adam bin Abu Bakar. who sat with five
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      Crash boy dies
      59 13 SERBMBAN. Thurs. Two-year-old Mohamad Salful bin Mohamad Amln, one of three Singaporeans seriously injured in a cararmy truck collision in the Seremban-Tampln road yesterday, has died in hospital His father, Mohamad Am'n Hassan, a waiter, and his mother. Hasnah blnti Ahmad. 27. who were taken to hospital
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      Joint owners of bank
      52 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurt. Pleetprint Sdn Bhd (PP) and Morgan Guaranty International Finance Corporation iMOIFCi have agreed to a joint ownership of Btan Chi ing Bank Bhd Under the loint ventrre schema, MOIPC will acqulie 30 per cent Interest in the bank which is a wholly-owned subsidiary
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      Fleeing Aussie arrested
      40 13 PENANO, Thurs. A 24-year-old Australian alleged to have eight packets suspected to contain heroin, was detained by two detectives after a chase In Chulia Street here today. An Australian woman who was with the arrested man escaped.
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      Highway robber jailed four years and fined
      258 13 Highway robber jailed four years and fined KUALA PILAU. Thurs. The owner of a car spray painting shop. Low Cheng Huat, 25. of Batu Pahat. was today sentenced to four years' jail and fined $1,000. in default onr year's imprisonment, in the Sessions Court here today for committing tang robbery.
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      Payroll grab: Three held
      38 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. Po'Jce detained three men In connection with last Tuesday's $11,700 payroll grab in Lee Rubber Building in Jalan Bandar here. Th.?y also recovered $9,700. believed to be part of the loot.
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      Mine hold-up
      37 13 IPOH. Thurs. A gang ot about 10 men held up the wckeis of a tin mine at Jalan Jelapang here this morning and escaped with watches, ore and a water pump valued at about $2,000.
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      Lock icon Signing of $210 m yen credit soon
      85 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Malaysia and Japan will sign the fourth yen credit amountIng to MS2IO million soon, Prime Minister Datuk Hussein Onn said today. Various development projects to be financed by the loan had been identified, he said. The fifth yen credit of
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      Graft case witness: was asked to help open an account
      812 13 Graft case witness: was asked to help open an account K. LUMPUR, Thurs HPHE High Court was toid today that retired 1 RMAF Group Captain Ahmad Shah approach an executive officer of the Air Staff Division in 1972 to help set up an overseas bank account to arrange for the
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      265 13 IP^4-» MR* N 'jflk i ttmk I *"W E^AyyY jjs wbf j' wws|F^^ v£^n S 2imß A icA^H IK v! I 1 fl^Kfi v^v Premier K^K^\t I^l I Knits P;jm%. »\w*j st ye &BlWa iB 3 Also ps*7!jw r UJ I JM P^j available SmPv >»» %j^P I^^Pl Young or
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      314 13 Straits Times Crossword ACROSS 4 Bestows a blessing, in1 Prefeiences ..shown by eluding a shiny fur coat child, nothing taking pre- (6). cedence over sweets (7). 5 Period of absence :ut 6 Screen, short one. at short In prisons, causing home (7). splits (9). 8 Grow beet— a marvel e
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    The Straits Times FRIDAY, MAY 5, 1978 OPENING JAPAN
    602 14 The Straits Times FRIDAY, MAY 5, 1978 OPENING JAPAN ASEAN countries will probably find that the Japanese Minister of International Trade and Industry, Mr. Toshlo Komoto, Is visiting them at the right time, when Japan Is psychologically receptive to serious efforts at liberalisation. After prolonged and bitter criticism by the
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      Now a police probe into cinema incident
      51 14 THE Police have started an investigation into the incident reported by Miss Francesca J. Orantham In her letter "Under threat of arrest Just for changing .-lnema seats" (ST. April 29). We would like to thank Miss Orantham for bringing the matter to our
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      131 14 TEO HAN Wl'E. Head, Public Relations Division. Singapore Police Force. IN 1975. the Housing Board participated in a national campaign "Better Food for Better Health aimed at educating hawkers In the proper handling of food. We would like to Inform Sam Yuet Meng (ST. April 4) that since the campaign
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      125 14 NG HIM; TANG (MRS.) PRO National Library WE would like to advise •Imprisoned'" that there are notices on the notice board at the main entrance and elsewhere in the Botanic Gardens to Inform the public that the park Is open dally from 5 am to 10 pm. A warning "gong"
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      11 14 NG JWEE PHUAN (MRS) for Permanent Secretary Ministry of National Development
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      LETTER TO THE EDITOR
      128 14 LIFT A' of Block 174, Tou Pay oh. has had many, breakdowns. In spite of undergoing several major repairs Only recently, the lift underwent one of those so-called major repair Joes, vhlch took 10 days. bu. the lift was operational for Just over a week before
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    Brzezinski's Peking visit fuels speculation
    1312 14  - Brzezinski 's Peking visit fuels speculation MILTON CHASE By in WASHINGTON THE White House announcement that National Security Adviser Mr. Zblgniew Brzezlnski wllfbe going to Peking, May 20-23, for discussions with Chinese leaders has raised more questions than It has answered. While the barring of American newsmen from accompanying Mr.
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    Lock icon New regime in Kabul makes neighbouring nations uneasy
    887 14  -  LESLIE MURPHY By in KABUL THE sudden emergence of a communist government in the traditionally neutral buffer state of Afghanistan raises disturbing new political and strategic questions in the South Asia region. The Afghan Communist Party Is staunchly proSoviet and Is backed
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      254 14 BLa^^ToxS^ You can learn to service Radio, Transistor, TV Colour TV right at your own home, why not build a career in Electronics For details send this coupon to: UNIVERSAL RADIO INSTITUTE P 0 Box 42 Owen Road Singapore -8 I Name Address I In 1969 there was only one
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      Take your pick from six films this weekend
      442 15 f\F the six movies to be shown this weekend, three sound interesting and they come as matinees tomorrow and on Sunday. HOT MILLIONS, tomorrow's matinee at 2 on Channel 5, Is a daffy comedy made in 1968 and featuring two familiar television
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      JASON MAKES IT FROM TV MODEL TO FIVE-O
      395 15 THIS Singapore martial arts exponent with his mop hair-cut, slant eyes and halfsneering smile that made him look like an Oriental villain may be a familiar face to some. And if you have seen the film, They Call Her Cleopatra Wont, you
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      WATER
      24 15 WATER consumption on Wednesday w a a 687,000 cubic metres (1512 million gallons). 13,000 cubic metres (2.9 million gallons) more than on Tuesday.
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      Foul play?
      63 15 COULD It be A Case Of Murder when an old man Is found dead In the bathroom of an old folk's home? Watch lonignt s episode of CROWN COURT at 945 on Channel S and find out for yourself whether the owners of the home are really guilty
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      B and W Minstrel Show replaces D and M Show
      276 15 B and W Minstrel Show replaces D and M Show TOHE entertaining duo, M. Donny and Marie, are out but you're not losing anything because replacing this slot Is another popular musical, THE BLACK AND WHITE MINSTREL SHOW. The show has been rated as one of the longestrunning musicals in
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      Use metric
      11 15 METRIC is here to stay, so learn metric now.
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      267 15 S SINGAPORE r4Q yyl CONTACT LENS V*^/ SOCIETY The following members are: CONTACT LENS PRACTITIONERS OPHTHALMIC OPTICIANS OPTOMETRISTS U. BENJAMIN EDWARD I BENJAMIN PTE LTD FAAO FACIP 104 Tanghn Shopping Centre. Tanghn Road. (9) Tel 3 *****' *****56 PHFN V!ti FO.OK D*H SIN OPT CO •n i rip G46 Hl
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      837 15 TV and Radio SINGAPORE 5 3.00 H. Opening and Housewives' Matinee-Tel! 7.30 News and Newsreel (Malaly) Me Why (Mandarin Film, Repeat) 755 tf i i Parade 4.40 Intermission !T^ J 6.05 Opening and Exercise With Gloria tM Wir f '«<"" CoB$tM 6.30 News in Brief -Penguins (Repeat) 6.35 The Tiny
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      52 15 SWIMMING TIMES TODAY: Siniftrt 950 a.m. (2.5m). 9.59 p.m. (2.6m). Sttfli KKkil 841 a.m. (1.9m), 8.09 p.m. (19m). Pirt DickSN 5.22 a.m. (2.4m). 5.41 p.m. (2.7m). T0M0IIOW: SiifiHrt 1034 a.m. (2.6m). 10.27 p.m. (2.7m). Mill Keckil 935 a.m. (2m), 8.43 p.m. (1.9m). Ptrt OicksM 6.01 a.m. (2.5m), 6.20 p.m. (2.8m)
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    *****53 wins $400,000 in S'pore Sweep
    288 17 *****53 wins $400,000 in S'pore Sweep rCKET number *****53 won the first prize of $400,000 in the Singapore Sweep (No. 5/78) drawn yesterday. The second prize of $150,000 went to ticket number *****47. The third prize of $75,000 went to ticket number *****44. JACKPOT NUMBERS (Each $10,000) *****00 *****50 *****62
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    Mosquito breeding in fish tanks, not pool
    181 17 Mosquito breeding in fish tanks, not pool rE Environment Ministry has found that disused fish tanks and not a stagnant pool were the breeding spots for mosquitoes infesting Faber Heights. A ministry spokesman said the mosquito breeding tanks had been destroyed and the owner told to take remedial measures. A
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    Inauguration of federation
    40 17 THE Finance Minister. Mr. Hon Sui E;n. will inaugurate the Singapore Federation of Commerce and Industry at the Shangri-La Hotel today at 6 p.m. The federation comprises the Singapore Manufacturers Association and the various chambers of commerce.
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    New school
    25 17 THE MP for G;ylang West. Mr. Yc.ig Nyuk Ltn, will open Boon Keng Primary School. Upper Boon Keng Road, today at 5.30 p.m.
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    Teen talent
    22 17 SERANOOON Garden community centre will hold a Teenage Talentime contest at the Serangoon Garden Technical School tomorrow at 7.30 p.m.
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    Computer link for 42 branches of four banks
    286 17 Computer link for 42 branches of four banks FUR Singapore banks yesterday launched a computer company which will operate a central computer linking each bank's computer terminals to provide on-line services for the four banks' network of 42 branches. The company, Associated Data Processing Pte. Ltd, with a paid-up capital
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    SUPERMARKETS COURTESY
    82 17 TTHE Multi-Purpose Connorntlvc <!np<pttp<: of Qitn^mminhnM SILO and PIEU will hold a courtesy campaign at all their 14 supermarkets from today. The month-long campaign is to Instil In the stafl the lmportancj of count ?y and in thelr ser. yjces t0 custon-^u. During the campaign, tome 14 model
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    24 pc rise in exports of electronic goods
    281 17 24 pc rise in exports of electronic goods TIIH progressive growth rate that has been achieved by the electronics industry was maintained last year with exports estimated at $1.8 billion an increase of 24.6 per cent over the previous year. Last year's growth could be attributed to the bouyant worldwide
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    Contractor fined for taking part in affray
    215 17 A CONTRACTOR, Han Hen* Kuang, 34, originally charged with rioting with three others, pleaded guilty yesterday to an amended charge of taking part in an atfray. He was lined $700 or two months' jail by a magistrate. The other three, Pathmanaban s o
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    Belgian fair
    59 17 A SECOND Beiglan textile exhibition will be held this month following the increased interest shown by local businessmen in Belgian textile goods. About 20 leading Belgian firms will stage the exhibition to be held on May 23 at the Hyatt Hotel A Belgian Embassy statement said Singapore bought
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      CLOSING PRICES
      1525 18 nHHK last transacted ready sale at the 2 I clo« of business on the Stock Ex- 1 change of Singapore yesterday com- 2 pared with the previous day's prices 8 together with 1978 high and low. j 'Adjusted for script/tights Issue). SECTION ONK 2 INDUSTRIALS Itn La* Closing
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      BUSINESS DONE (SINGAPORE)
      1897 18 BID and offer prices officially listed and business In ana. reported to the Stock Exchange at Singapore yesterday with the number of shares traded shown in brackets In lots of 1,000 units unless otherwise specified. All Time Settlement Contracts are quoted after the word "set". Big Board
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      417 18 Aualralian D B 8 1/4% 1982 (100.000) (95.8 96',S> Australian D B 10% 19X2 (100.000) (98.8 99.5) B OT 8 1/2% IMI (100.000) (100' iB 100' aS) B O T 7 VB% I*B4 (100.000) (95'aB9TaS) B O T Floating 1984 100.000) (99' iB 100'~iS) C Itoh
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      1274 18 HID uid offer prices of0 f. daily listed and business In and reported to the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange yesterday with the number of shares traded shown In brackets In lots of 1.000 units unless otherwise specified INDUSTRIAL* A|mom«to (228B) (1) 2 28 (1) 2.30 XALL. AjMm (1»ZB
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        30 18 Sim' Darby Haw Par Leonf Hual MacaChem Sin Chew Wearnn 8PPL Tganu Drv Com Plant City Drv 481 442 273 254 183 162 158 ISO 150, 137,
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        52 18 ivrr Hium Tin >or»r Kent IRaya :*c icgtChem '|uu Dev '•n Electric IEAL -ronr Hull Vcanm lime Darby In. Rioc ITPI»75 om Plant soo 186 175 352 177 165 185 138 119 282 222 170 615 157 50 42 15 12 12 10 8 8 +7 +6 +6 +6
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        44 18 B T Index: Industrials: Finance: Hotels: Properties: Tins: t rubbers: O.C.B.C: S.ES. Ind: 93fl 58 303 29 488 05 195 69 180 34 139 64 487.28 269 98 268.48 957 4! 302.71 487 21 195.7: 180.41 140.5: 487 51 269 41 269 2!
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        22 18 'rrln Plant K Tim Su««n '■•ck Omrnt Lemayan < Bankin( 236 149 282 285 IT! 364 -12 -12 -8 -7 -7 -6
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        967 18 HONOKONO: The market cloaed slightly easier In leu active trading than yesterday, after recovering rrom a weak opening, dealer! said JaHix MaifcMM firmed 20 cents to HKI13 40 and Wknlock 2'i to »2 52'i while Houkou Land 'ell five to $7 80 Swire Padflc, HulchlMB Whaaipoa and Hoofkoac Bank
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        48 18 TOKYO. Share prices closed slightly higher In limited trading, although late profittaking pared early gains, dealers said The Dow Jones average rose 0.99 to close at 5.542 09 points, with a volume of 270 million shares The New Index closed at 412 82 up 0 57 point.
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        31 18 SYDNEY: Prices generally eased, although Isolated Issues were higher, dealers said. BHP fell 10 cents to AS6 54. while In uraniums. Pancontinenul fell 30 to $1 1 .90 on profittaking.
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        605 18 From col five luurt <5 OOB) CD. U 0 Bank (2MB 3.008) (IT) 2.95 (1) 2.94 (2) 2.93 (1) 296 (1) 297. HOTIL* F M«rlm (0.95B) (4) 0.90 (6) 0 90| (23) 0.92 (29) 0 921 (90) 0.93 (35) 0.931 (51) 0 94 (39) 094| (43) 0.93. 0
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        64 18 W*dna*day Tuwday Melbourne (1) 14» 83 151.20 London 171 008 148 SOB 171. 406 IN 308 Zurich *****8 1« 758 171.008 1M SOB P»Tll 174.52 ***** Thursday Wadnaaday Hongkong 172.708 170 408 173.208 170 708 Spor* (2) 172 MB 170 HUB 173 538 171 4»B E»port prices in noniterling
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        188 19 XjEW YORK. Wed. The stock market was hammered down hard today in one of Its worst setbacks of 1978. Analysts said the decline was primarily the result of profit-taking following the market's big rise In recent weeks. They said rising Interest rates also made Investors neivous. A number
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        135 19 AMSTERDAM. Wed. Prices clewed mixed In quirt trading Among Dutch International* Hoofo»eni and Akso flrmed and the latter closed almost one guilder higher on the announcement the company will redeem Its 60 million franc 5 5 per cent Swiss bonds early Shippings and transports mostly firmed except for KNSH.
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        Indices
        279 19 FINANCIAL TIMKS INDUSTRIALS Wednesday 471.9 Tuesday 4898 Week Ago 457.8 DOW JONES AVERAGE INDUSTRIALS Wednesday 828.83 Tuesday 840.18 Week Ago 836.97 LONDON DOLLAR PREMIUM Wednesday 110 to 110* Tuesday HO'-.to 110* H.K. HANG SENG Thursday 458.10 Wednesday 456.25 Week Ago 456 02 SYDNEY INDUSTRIALS Thursday 418.08 Wednesday 419.15 Week
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        96 19 22 U RICH. Wed stock prices clo-t?d barely steady, ahead of tomorrow's Ascension Day holiday Leading banks, financlals and Insurances were little changed. In the foreign sector, dollar stock tumid slightly Irregular to lower in fairly active turnover Dutch lnte; nationals closed little changed while Germans firmed slightly The
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        30 18 Rubber: May 4. Singapore: May 210.25 cts (up 2.00 cts). Malaysia: May 215.25 cts (up 2.00 cts). Tin: $1,598 (up $2). Official offering: 245 tonnes (up 22 tonnes).
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        RUBBER
        385 18 /OPENING prices in the vf Singapore rubber market yesterday were marked up Iractionally following higher London advices, dealer* said. The market later fluctuated narrowly in quiet trading. May demand and some forward activity was noted. The afternoon session was very steady, advancing 1.50 cents In most positions chiefly on
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        TIN
        68 18 THE Straits tin price edged another $2 higher to $1,598 per picul in Fenang yesterday on an official offering up 22 tonnes to 245 tonnes. LONDON: Tin on the day rose £115 for Cash and £98 for Three Months standard while High Grade gained £115 and £96 respectively on
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        SSR and SMR
        116 18 DAILY 8SR »nd SMR prices at noon yesterday: May Jane KJi.S. (Current Mth) IFuwird Mth) Bayers Seller* Buyer* Seller* SSR 30 (1 ton pallet! ***** 201 CON 200 00 2020>N SSR 50 (1 ton pallet) 197.00 199 00N 198 00 200 .00 N M.R.E.L.B. SMR 5CV (1
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      Second-liners move ahead
      454 18 SKI.rX TKD second-linen and blue chips moved ahead on buying support while prices of other counters fluctuated within limit* of IU cents on the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday. industrial and property shares were the centre of attraction with gains ranging up to 10 per cent while
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      K. LUMPUR
      382 18 SUSTAINED buying support among selective towerpriced shares made for a fairly steady close on the Kuala Lumpur stock market yesterday. Trading was fairly active. Despite the suspension of trading In the shares of Associated Plastics Industries yesterday, market sentiment remained fairly bouyant. The fairly steady Initial conditions, gave
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      Money and exchanges
      195 18 THE US dollar opened lower at $2.3335 50 and continued to weaken under heavy commercial selling in the Singapore forex market yesterday. It was tiadeo. downwards to elite at $2.3303 15. Interbank forward rales at 3.00 p.m. 1-month 2.3260 2.3280 2-months 2.3218 2.3243 3-mcnths 2.3180 2.3205 6-months
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      NOMINAL RATES
      136 18 Interbank rotes at 3.00 p.m. Currencies Nominal raUi Smithsonian perccntaf (juoud jresterdir (croas) parity chance US dollar 2.3305 2.3315 2.8196 —17.34 SUrling ***** 4.2631 7.3469 42.U4 Hongkong dollar 50.23 50.28 50.51 0.55 Msian dollar 97.56 97.70 100.00 2.44 Aust schilling 15.5439 15 5982 12.1012 +28.44 Bel franc (com)
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      ASIAN CURRENCY RATES
      289 18 S$ 4.2.5C6 4 2587 S$ M$ 97 55 97 63 HK US 4 .6380 4.6400 US Can. 88.81 88 85 US Fr fr 4.6070 4.5100 US/ yen 225.45 225 60 Money market Closing Interbank rates on Singapore dollars on May 4. Offer Bid Overnight 4 1/4 4
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      Minimum lending rates
      29 18 I THE average rate at which Singapore bank* are I I currently prepared to lend to their beat customer* I I ii 7 per cent. V
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      Loan income at DBS up marginally
      495 19 THE group net earnings growth of 1 1 .6 per cent seen at the Development Bank of Singapore last year came mainly from wholesale banking and property rather than from traditional loan activities. Interest earned from the group loan portfolio of $1.01 billion for
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      Seacorp earnings up 39 per cent
      236 19 TRUE to its Interim forecast. South-East Asia Development Corporation (Seacorp) has come up with a set of bumper results for the year ended Jan. 31 this year with group pre-tax profits moving up 39 per cent to an all-time high of $4 6 million
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      C AND C
      29 19 THE forecast of Cycle and Carriage's full year profit appearing In this column yesterday should have read more than $50 million lnstead of "about $45 million".
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  • IX OBITUARIES
    • Obituary, Illustration
      140 Acknowledgements
      53 24 MDM. LEE YUEN CHAN MR. Anthony Llm Kok Wah. son or the late Mdm Lee Yuen Chan wtshea to express his thanks and gratitude to his colleagues from the Oreat Eastern Lite Assurance Company Limited, relatives. neighbours and friends for their condolences, wreaths, contrlbu- tlons and attendance during
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      142 Deaths
      129 24 MR. KENNETH KOK AH TMIM M ex-Keppel Weng Chan, was called home to the Lord on 3/5/78 leaving behind beloved wife,, daughters Margaret and Adeline, and sons Capt. Tony Kok Pak Thong of N.0.L.. Patrick and Ranald Cortaga laavat Singapore C««k«l »l 3.10 p.m on Sal. 6/5/7* tar
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      144 In Memoriam
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      IN MEMORIAM
      58 24 MR. OUEK JOO KHIANO DEPARTED 5.5.77 Seems only yesterday you were still around Realising you're gone kept us astound And yet you're gone a year today Sadly, we recall memories of you till last May. Father, Mum and all of us at home miss you dearly. nMrtad by:
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      IN MEMORIUM
      40 24 MISt THILAK AH AMI KRISHNAPILLAI D*part«j 5 5. Two years have passed but treasured memories of you still linger In our hearts. Sadly miss»d but forever remembered by beloved father, brothers, sisters, sisters-in-law, nephews, niece and loved ones.
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      IN MEMORIAM
      53 24 In loving Memory of Madam Llm Sxw Yuan who left us one year ago. Always remembered and sadly missed by Mr Ang Ah Cheu L Family. JAMES NO FOOK LIN died 28th April 1076. Two years have passed. Dearly remembered by lad. "In Mamoriam" >• for th» lovad
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    Narco dog detected danger drug
    364 25 THE Customs canine naicotic detector squad scored its first reported sue cess against ilunitrazepan a depressant drug when a "narco" dog, Angus, tracked down a hidden bottle of the drug in a bus at the Woodlands Customs checkpoint last month. A magistrate's court heard yesterday
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    Wife who became suspicious soon after her wedding
    359 25 ABEAMSTRESS. who became suspicious of her optician husband 1 activities Just day! after their honeymoon, trailed him one day an* caught him going to t film show and the* having dinner with an« other woman, the HlglJ Court heard yesterday. Madam Urn
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    WOMAN ROBBED AND MOLESTED IN LIFT
    208 25 A WOMAN was robbed and then molested by an armed man in a lift in a Henderson Road Housing Board block on Tuesday. The incident took place in Block 103 at about 5 p.m. The woman, a clerk in her early thirties, was returning
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    Genetics film
    29 25 A QUESTION and answer film on genetics, titled The Threads of Life wIU be screened at the Singapore Science Centre's lecture hall on Sunday at 3 pm.
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    Plea to court by firm with a $12m tax bill
    695 25 A COMPANY, disputing it owes $12 million in tax arrears plus penalties, yesterday urged the Hißh Court to stay till any further order. proceedings in court against the company by the Comptroller of Income Tax. The plea was made before
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      161 25 TENDER NOTICE Tender is invited for SUPPLIES Tender No. PT 68 78 (Z) Supply of BPO 706 Telephone Spore* Eligibility: Registered Contractors Class C D Non- Registered Contractors Deposit S$ 1 ,0007Closing Date 16 June 1978 Tender Documents may be obtained during office hours upon presentation of the relevant Contractors
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    `Contact lenses better than specs'
    263 26 fONTACT lenses and intraocular lens Implants (lenses fitted inside the eye) are better than spectacles In helping a person to see after a cataract operation. This was stated by a local ophthalmologist. Dr. Robert Loh, yesterday at the Royal Australian College of Ophthalmologists 10th annual
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    Prof urges: Check newborns for cataract
    468 26  -  SHEILA CHEONG By SHEILA CHEONG AMERICAN ophthalmologist yesterday urged paediatricians to examine newborns for eye cataracts, as early correction could help prevent blindness in those with the disease. Describing cataract? as one of the most common causes of blindness in children, professor Gunter von
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    Working closely with eye specialists
    239 26 ABOUT 40 orthoptlsts are holdinc a mrrtinf here now but not one delegate is from the Republic simply because there is no one in this paramedical profession here. Only one Singaporean is known to have studied orthoptics, a discipline dealint generally with training and exercising
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    Asean undersea cable: The last lap
    257 26 Asean undersea cable: The last lap rE second and final stage of laying the joint multi-million dollar Asean PhilippinesSingapore sub m a r lne cable at the bottom ol the South China Sea began this week. The project started with the arrival here of the cableshlp, CS Cable Venture, from
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    Children's art
    28 26 GHIM Moh ccmir.unlty centre will hold an On The Spot Nature Drawing competition (or children at the Chinese and Japanese gardens on Sunday from 8 a.m.
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      The decision that started it all....
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      Lock icon Angry fans halt Test
      435 28 AUSSIES NEED JUST ONE WICKET TO WIN KINGSTON (Jamaica), Thurs Police fired over the heads of angry spectators who invaded the pitch here and stopped play for the day just before the end of the fifth Test match between the West Indies and Australia. When the
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      Lock icon SCOREBOARD
      119 28 AUSTRALIA Ist hins 343 WEST IM-lES Ist Inns 380 AUSTRALIA 2nd Inns 3053 dec. WEST INDIES 2nd Inns. B. William c Wood b Yardley l» F. Bacchus c Simpson b Thomson 21 L. Gomes c Rtxon b Hlggs 1 M. Foster run out 6 A. Kailicliamn lbw HlggS 126
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      Lock icon Pakistanis hit again
      65 28 LONDON, Thurs —The Pakistan! cricketers had to fight a losing battle again with the English weather on the opening day of their tniee-day match against Nottinghamshire at Nottingham yesterday. Only two hours play was possible In which time the touring team, having won the tcss, moved slowly
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      Lock icon Tampled
      71 28 BALTIMORE (Maryland) Thurs. Robert Pineda, a 25-year-old Mexican -born Jockey, died from rrultlple Internal Injuries after being trampled In a four-horse fall at the Pimllco race track here yesterday Pineda, whose brother Aivaro died In a similar race accident several years ago, rode 270 winners In the last four
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      Lock icon Dinamo win
      19 28 MOSCOW, Thurs. Dlnnmo Mo-cow beat Epnrtak Moscow 2-1 in a Soviet •occer championship match here yesterday. Reuter.
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        Lock icon Anderlecht champions
        290 28 PARIS, Thurs. RSC Anderlecht, of Belgium, won the European Cup-Winners' Cup for the second time when they crushed Austria Wien 4-0 here last night. The Austrlans' hopes were ended by a burst just before and after half-time, during which Anderlecht scored two goals. Dutch star Rob Rensenbrink and
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        Lock icon Charlton earn vital point
        169 28 T ONDON, Thurs. One of the last questions of the English League soccer season who goes down from Division Two? moved close to an answer last night when two threatened London clubs, Orient and Charlton, played to a goalless draw. Charlton's point takes them clear of
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        Lock icon ALONSO MAKES FINE DEBUT
        289 28 BUENOS AIRES, Thurs Argentina's World Cup soccer team won an easy 3-0 victory against Uruguay here last night, boosting their morale after a disastrous 0-2 defeat against the same side last week. The game was marked by the debut of First Division River Plate ace Norberto
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        BRIEFS
        271 28 Japan and Panamanian challenger Jaime Rios pasted their pre-flght physical examination yesterday foi Sunday's title bout In Hiroshima, western Japan. Upset TORONTO. Thun— World champion Oeoff Hunt of Australia beat Bruce Brcwnlee o! New Zealand 9-1. 9-3. 5-9. 9-5 last night to advance to the semi-finals of an international
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        Lock icon Banks loses
        38 28 LONDON, Thurs. Millionaire gambler and bookmaker John Banks yesterday lost a high court appeal against a three-year Wn from horse racing Imposed on him last week by the Jockey Club. Britain* hora 'horttv Reutcr racing au
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      King's Cup shock: Hero Lim out
      444 29  -  JOE DORAI JITTA: WE'LL HAVE TO KEEP MOKHTAR IN CLOSE CHECK REPORT by T IM CHIEW PENG, goalkeeper hero of Wednesday's fabulous semi-final victory over Thailand, is out of Singapore's line-up for tonight's King's Cup final against Malaysia. This shock news comes from Bangkok,
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      Selangor clear one headache for another
      465 29  -  H.K. PNG By H.K. PNG KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The Football Association of Selangor are finally getting down to serious preparations for the Malaysia Cup soccer semi-finals with the episode of the "problem six" behind them. The FAS have now taken a conciliatory stand towards
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      Jubilee SA fined $100 for officials' misconduct
      200 29 JUBILEE Sports Association, the National Football League Division Three club, have been fined $100 for the misconduct of their officials, reports JOE DORAI. The Football Association of Singapore disciplinary committee's fine follows offences In the 3-3 draw against Brickworks at Tanglin last month.
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      Singapore's line-up
      31 29 Goalkeeper: David Lee. Defenders: Lim Tang Boon, R. Seenivasan, Jai Prakash, Abdul Ghani. Midfteld: R. Surlamoorthy, Leong Kok Farm, S. Manoharan. Forwards: Abdul Hallm, Rahim Hussein, Wong Kok Choy.
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      Lucifer' turns `The Saint'
      479 29  -  ERNEST FRIDA By ERNEST FRIDA Serjit converts wayward boys into champion athletes SE R J I T Singh's name was received with as much enthusiasm as Lucifer's less than a yeiir ago, but now th€ijr're calling him The Saint. Serjit, 25, Singapore's top middledistance runner, was
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      Best prepared team leave for Tour
      191 29  - Best prepared team leave for Tour PATRICK BASTIANS By PATRICK BASTIANS by the Sultan of Perak tonight. To maintain the momentum at home, the Singapore Amateur Cycling Association have got Lion Tyres to sponsor a students novices race this Sunday at Marine Parade. But SACA officials and the cyclists refused
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      DIARY
      99 29 ATHLETICS Serangoon Gardens Secondary School meet (Toa Payon A.C. 2.16 pmi Raffles Institution meet (Orange Road 2 la pmi. SOCCER King's Cup: Singapore v Malaysia (Bangkok 8 pmi; Police Junior ln-ter-divlslon league: Jet Rangers H v Srisst.rs D (Tnomson Road :pmi; Frlendlles: Arsenal Veterans v Singapore Cricket Club Veterans
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      Merdeka: Iraq 'yes'
      76 29 ■TUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Iraq, last year's runners-up, have confirmed that they will be taking part in the Merdeka Cup soccer tournament, starting here on July 12. They are tne sixth foreign team to accept the Football Association of Malaysia's invitation to take part, and their presence will
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      Sportsletter
      104 29 I REFER to your report in yef.eruay's Straits Times, headlined: "ACJC Brawl completes a hattrick." Although we all deplore bad play and ungentlemanly conduct on and off the sports field, I .should have thought that the words in black type in the statement, "AngloChinese School, whose lower secondary and
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      Tae-kwon-do Open tourney in September
      160 29  -  PETER SIOW By PETER SIOW I»HE Singapore Tae-kwon-do Federation will hoiu an open invitation championship in September to enhance interest in this The champlo nship, originally scheduled for June, has been postponed to attract participants returning from the Third Asian tae kwondo championships In Hongkong
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      ACS teams are not to be blamed
      164 29 I now have the subcommittee's minutes, relevant to the lower secondary and secondary incidents, which exonerate the ACS teams, and which I am prepared to show you in my office. As things stand, the story not only puts the school in poor light,
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      Daljit sets two records
      119 29 T\AUIT Singh set two meet lJ record* 11.5 seconds for the 100 metres and 56 4 sec for 400 m at the New Town Secondary Schools athletic meet yesterday. Results Secondary boys 100 m 1 DaUU Singh 2 Ng Alk Huan 3 Mohammed Salnla (11.6. rec):
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      SPORTS EDITOR'S REPLY
      115 29 SPORTS EDITORS NOTE: We are pleased to learn, at this late stage, that Anglo-Chi-nese School were exonerated in the case* of the two previous brawls mentioned in our report. It .is unfortunate that, despite our ef- forts to try and find out what action the schools' rugby
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      MARINE PARADE BEATEN
      186 29 BEDOK beat Marine Parade 21-13 In a first round match In this years Inter constituency netball tournament. Results of other flrst-round matches played over U* weekend: Alexandra 34 Qeylang West 9. Slglap 23 Jalan Kuku 11. Ang Mo Kio 40 Buklt Ho Swee 14. River Valley 39
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      RI triumph
      29 29 RAFFLES Institution beat Chung Cheng High 18-6 (one goal and three tries against two tries) In a national schools' lower secondary rugby tournament at Willow Avenue yesterday.
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    Lock icon Egyptian Red shot dead in Paris
    195 30 PARIS. Thurs A POUNDER of the Egyptian Communist Party, Mr. Henri Curlel, \?as assassinated at his home here today and an extreme rightist group claimed responsibility. police said. Mr. Curlel, 62. had been placed under house arrest and ordered expelled from France last October.
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    US aid pledge for Vietnam refugees
    472 30 BANGKOK, Thursday ITS Vice-President Walter Mondale today told Thai leaders the US was willing to take the lead in financing a long-range study to resettle Indochinese refugees, a IS spokesman said. Mr. Mondale, who arrived here today from Manila on the second-stage of a
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    Lock icon Later launch
    36 30 CAPE CANAVERAL. Thurs. Pear that lightning might strike the launch rocket forced postponement yesterday of the launch of the European Space Agency's troubled orbital test satellite from today until Saturday at the earliest. UPI.
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    Lock icon Cloudburst puts Carter in trouble
    299 30 DENVER, Thursday PRESIDENT Carlcr, looking to the sun to help halt his plunge in popularity, hit trouble when he announced an extra l'Ssloo million (Ss2.'t() million) would he spent on solar energy research. A cloudburst drenched his outdoor rally at Golden, Colorado, and Mr. Carter,
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    Lock icon BID TO STOP STYLAB FALL TO EARTH
    143 30 WASHINGTON, Ihurv— US space officials said today there was only a 50-50 chance of reactivating the orbiting Skylab space station to stop its premature and possibly dangerous return to earth. The 85-tonne Skylab. shot into space in 1974, was supposed to have a
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    Lock icon Bus bombs
    29 30 HAIFA (Urael). Thurs. Arab terrorists planted bombs In two Israeli buses today, and one of them exploded while being dismantled, slightly wounding four people, police said. AP.
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    Lock icon Talks resume on test ban
    73 30 GENEVA. Thurs. US. Soviet and British experts resumed negotiations today on a total nuclear test ban. hoping to get some kind of agreement to present to the special disarmament session 01 Qm UN Omeial As embly opening later trus month. Western diplomatic sources said there
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    Lock icon Gold price shoots up after IMF auction
    351 30 LONDON, Thursday THHE price of gold shot up today on the London bullion market and in the Far Fast in the wake of last night's successful auction by International Monetary Fund (IMF) where bids were received for six times the amount on sale.
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    Lock icon Man's fiery protest
    85 30 TEL AVIV. Thurs. A lone demonstrator set himself on fire In iront of the Wea German Embassy today as the naticn commemorated millions of Jews who died during the Nazi occupation of Europe in World War 11. Witnesses saia Pol'.sh-born aitist Andre KUrzinski doused the back of
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    Lock icon China team for Asean fair
    52 30 HONGKONG, Thur». A Chinese trade delegation left Peking today for the Philippines to attend the Asean Trade Fair, the New China News Agency reported. The agency said the delegation was led by Mr. Wang Yao-tlng chairman of the China Council for the promotion of International
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    LONDON STOCKS
    725 30 LONDON. Thurs An upward trend In prices was hulled lixlay when the Bank of England signalled it would not oppose any Increase in the minimum lending rule dealers said Overall trading m >!""■' and at 3pm Financial Times index was up 5 9 at 447 8 Government bonds
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    Lock icon Discharge for commander?
    73 30 TEL AVIV, Thurs. The military commander of the occupied West Bank of Jordan who was dismissed because of an alleged coverup of excessive force used to quell a demonstration by Arab students may be discharged from the army. military sources said today. The Jerusalem Post quoted a
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    Late CLASSIFIEDS DEATH
    51 30 Late CLASSIFIEDS DEATH MARY IMIIL GOMCZ (AN JINCO>. wife of Joorph Oomex. paaaed away peacefully on UK leaving behind three »onj, Peter. Spencer and Walter Corteg* leavea 54. boron* Samak. off Jalan Kayu. on »'5.7'* at 10 am for st Vincent de Paul Cnurih and Ihrn to Chua Ctiu Kan»
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    A SPACE CITY IS NO PIPE DREAM
    1658 31  -  NIGEL HAWKES By NIGEL HAWKES in LONDON in LONDON Inside a generation man could be living in huge rotating colonies... npHE future home of man lies out In space, according to an Idea which is fast gaining a grudging respect in scientific circles.
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    Possibilities
    426 31 If space colonies make engineering sense, the process of establishing them Is going to be an expensive operation lastIng many decades before they can show a return on Investment. O'Neill Identifies two motivations to Justify the Investment The first Is the need for energy on Earth, which he believes
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    Lock icon Why American liberals are backing Nazi right to free speech
    804 32  -  LAURENCE MARKS By in WASHINGTON gKOKIE is a suburb of Chicago that has reluctantly become the setting for a major constitutional battle. During the past year, its efforts to prevent the tiny American Nazi Party from holding a uniformed march
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    Lock icon Looking for a spouse in `wanted' columns
    693 32  -  SUNANDA DATTA-RAY By SUNANDA DATTA-RAY in CALCUTTA in CALCUTTA A 27 YEAR OLD bachelor who works as a house servant in Calcutta took a fortnight off to attend to the harvesting of his family paddy fields. He stayed away a month and returned
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      Humour The blind man with a lantern
      345 33 The three winners of Chinese crosiword puzzle No. 38 are: 1. MiM Lam Choui Foung (&*<£) of 38-G, Blk. 12A, Ghim Moh Road. Singapore 10. 2. Mr. Lim Boon Gim (ft Xft) of M-H, Blk. 231, Lorong 8, Toa Payoh, Singapore 12. 3.
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      Old horses know the way
      354 33 HIM-X.s-M*.£tii Every Tuesday and Friday Proverbial anecdotes we use them to find our way home?" Humi-gong felt there was nothing to lose In try11 ik this and thus ordered Otnml Hu Er-ban from the state of Wu Zhun to try it out. It worked and
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      characters
      64 33 1 Ttie Illustrated word Is pronounced wel, meaning false or unreal or pretend It has been reduced to only six strokes from its regular form, In brackets of 14. Here are some common combinations of the word: welt)) counterfeit currencies. tti BE wftzhrng perjury. w&Junzt hypocrite. For example, you
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      Chinese Without Tours
      78 33 J6KJ Bkoqlan Regrets ¥:i^w(*t*£)#£siJTo Qlnu yuiuiliiiiiK uluibuql) wo chfduo le A: Forgive mr for being to late. MplruTTmxi B: That* all right. fv V NI dciiKic hfiijui bu A: Have you been wuiling for long? Mil dun |iv B: Not too long. Dulbuqf. l^i iifjiudeiiK le A:
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      Bilingual street names
      176 33 Chinese sayings ying bil kui yu tTun. W*"tt FA ffl bti tub yil r/11 To have no cause for ihamr before Heaven or men. *hT bhl shi ctn'iiK gBnK zhT mS. Kailun- in (he mother of ■ucreu. /JMNJ- lEIS**tt« Xluu shl /liriigjTnii iSolal Kual Saint* when young
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      QUOTATIONS
      52 33 He who ha. health ha* hope, and he who ha. hope, has everything. Arabic proverb Health U like money, we never have a true idea of it* value until we loae it. Btllings if ♦♦*>*ft*rt Envy lurki at the bottom of the human heart, like a viper in iu
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