The Straits Times, 22 May 1978

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    15 1 The Straits Times I Estd. 1845 MONDAY, MAY 22, 1978 25 CENTS M.C.(P) No. 214/1/78
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    Lock icon Ties: US pledge to China
    402 1 Ties: US pledge to China HONGKONG, Sun MR. Zbigniew Brzezlnskl, President Carter's national security adviser, began three days of talks In Peking yesterday and said that the United States had "made up Its mind" to move towards full diplomatic relations with China. At a banquet given by China's Foreign Minister
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    Lock icon REBELS KILL 150 WHITES
    683 1 Zaire troops slay 34 KOLWEZI (Zaire), Sunday FRENCH and Belgian military sources said today that at least 150 Europeans were executed here by Katangese rebels in one of the worst massacres of whites in recent African history. Refugees arriving in BRUSSELS today claimed that Zaire Government
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    Lock icon 'Fighting masterminded by East Germans'
    265 1 'Fighting masterminded by East Germans' LONDON, Sun EABT Germany master minded the fighting In Zaire, apparently to stop tests of a new West German rocket to launch spy satellites, the newspaper Observer said today. A front page report by Colin Legum, the paper's Commonwealth correspondent.o ndent. said "East Germans. not
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    $3 mil paint factory blaze
    375 1  - $3 mil paint factory blaze LEE THIAN SOO By A PREDAWN fire in Jurong yesterday destroyed a double-storey paint factory and most of its combustible stock with damages estimated at $3 million. The blaze started at 4.15 am at Kansai United Paints Pte. Ltd. in Tanjong Penjuru following two explosions.
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    $5m DRUGS FOUND IN SUITCASE ON PLANE FROM KL
    113 1 $5m DRUGS FOUND IN SUITCASE ON PLANE FROM KL SYDNEY, Sun. Police seised heroin with a street value of about As 2 million (5J5.2 million) today after It was sniffed out by a specially trained dog at Sydney airport. A police spokesman said the drug was in a suitcase on
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    Lock icon OPM kidnaps officials
    57 1 AMBON (Indonesia), Sun. Separatist rebels In the remote Indonesian province of Irian Jaya have seized three senior government officials and are demanding a US$4OO,OOO i *****.000) ransom for their release, a provincial administration spokesman said here today. He said the rebels of the outlawed Free Papua Movement
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    Guards save Amy from runaway elephant
    241 1 WASHINGTON. Sun A secret service agent was slightly injured yesterday when he and another agent saved Amy Carter from a runaway elephant at the home of Ethel Kennedy. The 10 -year-old daughter of President Carter twice had to be thrown from one agent to
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    Lock icon Planes land safely at Narita
    441 1 NARITA, Sun AIRCRAFT landed safely at Tokyo's battle scarred new airport here today despite a desperate, last-ditch effort by leftwlng radicals to disrupt their landing. The safe touchdowns came after 12 bitter years of often-violent confrontations between the airport's radical and farmer opponents and the
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    65 1 Palestinian 'no' to summit DAMASCUS, San. Palestinian leaders today announced their firm rejection of any move to hold an Arab inmmit as long as Egypt persisted In Its peace Initiative with Israel, and instead called for an Arab hardliners' conference soon. This was contained In a statement Issued here
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  • AROUND THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Israelis plan total pullout in June
      137 2 TEL AVIV. Sun. The Israeli Defence Ministry has decided on a total withdrawal of Israeli troops from south Lebanon, by the middle of next month, the state television reported yesterday. Israel TV said the withdrawal was conditional on UN peacekeeping forces completing their deployment
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      Lock icon ANGER OVER 'ANTI-CRITIC' REFERENDUM
      380 2 ANGER OVER 'ANTI-CRITIC' REFERENDUM CAIRO, Sun TODAY'S national referendum aimed at giving President Sadat a mandate to eliminate his critics from political life has created a mood of anger and apprehension among many educated Egyptians who have generally supported his proclaimed policies of peace, democracy and economic opportunity. The referendum
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      Lock icon 'Hussein trying to revive merger'
      122 2 'Hussein trying to revive merger' KUWAIT, Sun. King Hussein of Jordan la trying to revive a seven-year-old plan to establish a federation between Jordan and the Israeli-occupied West Bank of the Jordan River, a Kuwaiti newspaper reported today. The Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) and Syria were expected to renew their
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      'GAMES WILL SET BACK ARGENTINIAN OUTPUT'
      101 2 BUENOS ABRES, Sun. Labour productivity In Argentina will drop 30 per cent during the World Cup game* here in June, economists predict. While the output of distracted football fans wUI fall drastlcaUy. prices In Argentina will rise even faster than usual during the game*,
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      Lock icon Minister was passenger on terrorists' target plane
      524 2 PARIS, Sunday J^S ISRAELI Cabinet minister was one of the passengers of the Israeli airliner which was the target of a terrorist attack at Orly Airport last night. The attack was foiled by French police and Israeli security agents at the airport's Customs
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      Lock icon 27 surrender
      36 2 JAKARTA, Sun. Twenty-seven West Irlancse rebels have surrendered to Indonesian military authorities at Übrub. In the Jayapura regency near the border of Irian Jaya and Papua New Guinea, It was reported here today. Reuter.
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      Lock icon Party to challenge Swiss banking secrecy
      232 2 Party to challenge Swiss banking secrecy BASLE, Sun. Switzerland's Social Democratic Party yesterday voted to challenge the secrecy of Swiss banking laws. The annual congress of the party, one of four In the centre-left coalition government, approved plans to force a national referendum seeking relaxation of the laws In cases
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      Lock icon Five burrow out of jail
      66 2 TIJUANA (Mexico). Sun. Five American citizens burrowed through a 11.08-metre-long tunnel and escaped from jail on Friday In this town on the border with the Un'ted States. Mexican police sale 1 today they caught three of The fugitives two hours after their jallbreak. but the
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  • AROUND THE WORLD 2
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      Lock icon B'desh tribe flees to India
      139 3 B'desh tribe flees to India CALCUTTA, Bun. \j About 3.000 tribesmen from Bangladesh have crossed into India's far eastern state of Trlpura. afraid they would be forcibly sent to Burma in exchange for Burmese Muslim refugees now in Bangladesh, according to Tripura's Chief Minister Nrlpen Chakraborty. Thousands of Burmese, mostly
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      Lock icon Grandmother's marathon
      57 3 NEW YORK. Sun. A South African grandmother arrived in New York today after running across the United States from Los Angeles in 69 days Not even out of breath, Mrs. Mavis Hutchison. 63. said she felt "great". After covering 4.680 kilometres she said she felt like she had
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      Lock icon Viet Chinese made to fight Khmers, say refugees
      312 3 OONGKONG, Sun.— The Chinese communist press here today attacked the Vietnamese authorities for forcing Chinese to act as "can-non-fodder in the Vietnam X a m p uchean border conflicts." In frontpage reports, the Ta Kung Pao and Wen Wei Po charged that
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      Senkaku claim is untenable: Teng
      222 3 PEKING, Sunday fHINESE Vice-Premier Teng Hsiao-ping told a group of American editors he leels that Japan's position in the dispute over the Seiikaku islands is untenable. Mr. Teng covered a wide range of world affairs in an interview on Friday with 25 editors and publishers
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      Lock icon Two tried to rob store with banana
      128 3 Two tried to rob store with banana PITTSBURGH, Sun. 1 Two men were arrested on Friday after they tried to rob a clothing store with a banana. Police Identified the suspects as Harold McCaU, 27, and Sidney Williams, 26, both of Pittsburgh. Two men walked Into Gat a s i
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      Lock icon Kreisky again
      25 3 VIENNA. Sun Chancellor Bruno Krelsky was reelected chairman of Austria's ruling Socialist Party yesterday at the end of a threeday party congress. Reutar,
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      Lock icon Ram's visit
      40 3 MOSCOW. Sun. Indian Defence Minister Jagjlvan Ram arrives In Moscow tomorrow as the guest of Soviet Defence Minister Dmitri Ustinov, the army newspaper Red Star announced today. Mr. Ram was last In the Soviet Union In 1973.— AP.
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      Lock icon Zins and Huang in talks
      68 3 Zins and Huang in talks UNITED States Presidential Srourity Advisor Z b 1 g n 1 c w Brzezinski (third from left) and Ch 1 n a's Foreign Minister Huang Hua (third from right) conferring during their first round of talks In Peking on Saturday. The presidential advisor, who arrived
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      Lock icon Labour loses ground with MP's death
      122 3 Labour loses ground with MP's death LONDON. Sun. The minority position of Britain's governing Labour Party in the House ot Commons worsened yesterday frorr. 10 to nine with the death of a leftwing member, Mr. John Mendelson. Labour now has 305 members, the main opposition Conservatives 282, the Liberal Party
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      Lock icon End of 8-day ordeal in blood city
      591 3 End of 8-day ordeal in blood city Tales of terror by refugees KOLWEZI, Sunday IT MARKED the end to an eight-day nightmare of naked terror for hundreds of foreigners as they were evacuated from blood-soaked Kolwezi, now turned into an eerie ghost town. Everything was deathly quiet except for the
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      261 3 Straits Times Crossword ACSOSB 1 Oame in wnlch bootmaker enter* an expansive season (•>. t Oo and kick the bottom out ot 4 (C). 10 Prcofa of RNLI posting air-letters (S, 6i. 11 Underworld lock cipher: a beginner might cry for help (S. 6>. 14 See 1 down. 15 The
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      Lock icon Sithole: I will order ceasefire soon
      344 4 Sithole: I will order ceasefire soon SALISBURY, Sun. Claiming considerable control over nationalist guerillas, black leader Rev. Ndabanlngl SI thole declared yesterday he would shor t ly order a ceasefire in the six-year war. Rev. Slthole, one of three moderate nationalist leaders now joined with white minority leader lan Smith
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      Lock icon Copter shot down in Angola: 13 Cubans killed
      206 4 Copter shot down in Angola: 13 Cubans killed BELGRADE, Sun. Thirteen Cuban sol dlers died In northern Angola when their helicopter was shot down by antl govern ment forces, the Bel grade dally newspaper Polltlka reported yes terday. Polltlka's correspondent In Luanda quoted reliable sources close to the Angolan military
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      Lock icon Refugee ship intercepted
      53 4 DARWIN. Sun. An Australian navy patrol boat Intercepted a Vietnamese refugee boat carrying 30 people about 160 km north-east of here today, an Immigration Department spokesman reported. The spokesman said the patrol boat was escorting the 16-metre boat to Darwin. Aboard are 12 men. seven women and
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      Handling it with care
      80 4 Handling it with care NEVER have bones been treated with more tender, loving care. Under the watchful eye of Russel King, paleontologist at the US Dinosaur National Monument, his colleague Jim Adams gingerly chips away at sandstone In which is embedded a bone from a prehistoric stegosaurus, a type of
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      Lock icon Security clamp
      23 4 HONOKONO. Sun. China has tightened security to guard against a possible leak of Its military secrets. Radio Peking reported today. —Reuter.
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      Lock icon Kidnap girl freed: Five arrested
      193 4 MILAN, Sunday nnHE national police raided a Milan apart- ment at dawn today and freed Erika Ratti, 25, daughter of an Italian textile industrialist kidnapped 48 days ago, and arrested five men, authorities said. Officials said two men acting as guards of the kidnapped woman
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      Lock icon Suharto's new secretary
      48 4 JAKARTA. Sun. President Suharto has appointed Major General IsmalJ Salleh. general manager of Antara news agency, as his cabinet secretary, according to An tara. Re takes over the portfolio which was concurrently held by the Minister of State and State Secretary Lieutenant General Sudharmono. Reuter.
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      Seoul's stance
      48 4 SEOUL. Sun Ftorelgn MlnUter Park Tong-jln Indicated In a published Interview today that South Korea U prepared to head oft any US congrewlonal attempt to have former Korean amba*lador to Washington Kirn Dong-Jo testify under oath In connection with alleged Influence buying on Capitol Hill.— VPl.
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      Lock icon World leaders to meet on disarmament
      294 4 World leaders to meet on disarmament UNITED NATIONS. Sun. The General Assembly meets on Tuesday for what UN Secre-tary-General Kurt Wai dhelm calls the largest and most representative gathering ever convened to discuss disarmament. Nearly 20 Heads of state or government and scores of foreign ministers will take part in
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      Lock icon Crisis rule
      32 4 LIMA. Sun. Peru's military government clamped the country under a state of emergency today to quell a growing wave of food price riots In which 12 people have dlefl— Reuter.
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      Lock icon Moro split blocking govt bid to resume talks: Marcos
      220 6 MANILA, Sun. President Marcos said today a power struggle in the Muslim rebel leadership is blocking government efforts to resume peace talks with the insurgents. Mr. Marcos made the statement in response to a call by Indonesian President Suharto and Malaysian
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      Lock icon Israeli move
      31 6 JERUSALEM, Sun. The Israeli Cabinet today deplored the sale of American war- planes to Saudi Arabia and Egypt and agreed to "take steps to counter this emerging threat." Reuter.
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      Lock icon Former officer arrested on drug charge
      131 6 Former officer arrested on drug charge BANGKOK, Sun. The Bangkok Post reported yesterday that a former ranking Thai military officer was arrested by German police last Wednesday in Frankfurt, West Germany, and charged with having two kilograms of No. 3 heroin. Quoting a highly authoritativr police source the daily said
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      Lock icon Skateboard death
      50 6 DEIDESHEIM (West Germany). Sun. A 17-year-old boy riding a skateboard crashed to his death yesterday after passing a car at high speed down a steep road, police said today. After passing the car. he lost control of the skateboard and collided with an oncoming car, police said. UPI.
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      Lock icon CALL FOR REVIVAL OF STUDENT ACTIVITIES
      100 6 JAKARTA, Sun—Student bodies throughout Indonesia are expected to resume their activities shortly but under Increased control of their respective rectors (presidents). The Antara news agency today carried an instruction from the government director-gene-ral of higher learning, calling on all universities to revive student activi-
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      Lock icon Few deals at Asean fair but traders want 'repeat'
      501 6 MANILA. Sun. rpHE first Asean Trade Fair, which opened amid great fanfare two weeks ago, faded to a quiet end tonight with traders and officials assessing its strengths and weaknesses. Actual business generated does not appear to have been huge about
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      Lock icon Journalist to be deported
      61 6 CAIRO, Sun. The At-torney-General yesterday ordered the release and deportation of a Swiss Journalist and his wife, arrested last month on suspicion of belonging to a Palestinian-European terrorist group. Attorney-General Ibrahim Al-Kalyoubl said Investigation had not turned up evidence to incriminate Mr. Gianni Bachetta. 37. and
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      Lock icon Boycott by scientists
      48 6 WASHINOTON. Sun. Nineteen American scientists have cancelled plans to fly to Moscow for a scientific symposium next week In protest against the jailing of dissident Soviet physicist Yury Arlov. The delegation from the US National Academy of Sciences voted unanimously to abandon the trip. Reuter.
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      406 6 How much do you know about dates? There's more to them than meets the eye. Test yourself! IRAQ iDo you know that Iraq is the world's largest producer and exporter protein s of dates? It's true Iraq has the most ideal climatic and soil conditions for growing dates. carbohydrates fats
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    Sex study among top topics chosen by youth in survey
    310 7 SEX education, social diseases, grooming and personal hygiene, physical fitness and drug problems were among the top choices of young people requesting programmes to be organised by the National Library and its branches. A survey, carried out by the library
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    The fans who waited in vain for soccer tickets
    289 7 Report: CHOO WAI HONG Pictures: TAN SUAN ANN rIS was the morning after at the quirt and deserted Na 1 1 on a 1 Stadium grounds yesterday. Soccer fans had camped overnight on Saturday and snapped up 24,004 tickets seven hours
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    Ex-addicts who don't report will be arrested
    281 7 Ex- addicts who don't report will be arrested A JOINT operation to round up exdrug addicts who abscond from reporting to their supervisors while under statutory after-care will be launched in July. The operation will be executed under a step-ped-up enforcement programme by Central Narcotics Bureau officers and the police,
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    SIM course on planning
    63 7 THE Singapore Institute of Management will hold a course on a systems approach to project planning. Implementation and control at Thong Teck Building from June 7 to 9 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. The course, costing 1265 for members and 1285 for non-members, will
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    2 collectors
    18 7 MR. Chang Kwang Sen and Mr. Lim Khee Boon have been appointed collectors of land revenue.
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    Woman alleges she was threatened
    160 7 A FORMER accounts clerk In a law firm has complained to the Law Society that she was threatened with dismissal If she filed a summons against a chlel clerk who punched hei last week. The woman, In het early 20s, alleged In a letter written
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    PA diary
    147 7 TOURNAMENT: Chinese chew tor the Chua BUn Chin Cup at MacPherson community centre at 8 tonight. CULTURAL SHOWS: Fund-raising perl or mance by Shochlku Revue from japan at National Theatre tomorrow at 8 p.m. proceeds to go to the new Boon Lay community centre. Performance by the PA
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    Creepers to add touch of beauty: Ministry's pilot scheme
    346 7 SIDE- WALLS of Housing Board blocks, retaining walls and pillars of flyovers may soon be covered by luxuriant creepers to break the monotony of the concrete structures Disclosing this last night the Minister for National Development and Communications, Mr. Lim Kirn
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    Exercises by SAF
    69 7 THE Singapore Armed Forced will conduct military exercises in the following areas from today till Sunday: Lim Chu Kang irom 8 a.m. till midnight on Wednesday and Friday: Chua Chu Kang from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. tomorrow and Thursday Marsiling and Mandal from today till Sunday,
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      939 7 In Singapore, a great Chinese dinner is never far away Singapore offers you a which they claim to be the is Chinese tidbits served in subtle dishes found nowhere golden opportunity to sample best available in Singapore, the bamboo sieves they're else in Singapore, the rich variety of food that
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      177 7 L^" jßmbbLilJ v2>r^v>-fi«r7^Qi Xafci^ V/jCS \CJ^J PUBLIC AUCTION PERSIANTURKISH, AFGHAN, PAKISTAN CHINESE CARPETS A RUGS An exceptional collection offered due to a warehouse liquidation. AUCTION Monday 22nd May 1978. at 2.00 p.m. precisely in the Jurong Room, Shangri-La Hotel, Orange Grove Road. Singapore 10 VIEWING from 10.00 a.m. VICTOR MORRIS
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    THE GHOST OF OUR GREAT FOUNDING FATHER
    770 8 PHILIP LEE finds it all a bit too much LONDON. Mon THE ghost of Sir Stamford Raffles, It appears, has been with us all the time. This phantom of our great founding father, the BBC would want its TV viewers to believe, has
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    Warning on working in the heat
    211 8 Warning on working in the heat EXPOSURE to very hot working con1 ditions can cause ill i health and in the case of a heat stroke, can be fat-U within 24 hours, warns an article in the New Worker, a monthly publication of the Labour Ministry. Workers doing heavy manual
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    Dressmaking
    27 8 RAM PUNG Kembangan community centre will start a three- month course on dressmaking at Its premises next month on Mondays from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.
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    Jakarta's close watch on returning shoppers
    170 8 SOME Indonesian women, malnly_ housewives, who spend an average $280,000 a week on frequent shopping trips to Singapore, are now watched closely by Indonesian Customs officers on their return home. This Is because the women, operating as free-lance traders, known to Indonesian Customs officers
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    3,000 to take part in SAF display at Changi
    270 8 MO R h tnan 3.000 Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) personnel will take part In this year's SAF static and mobile display at Changi Air Base on June 24 and 25. The display will give the public an Insight Into the workings
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    Baby show at Bukit Timah
    38 8 HE Women Sub-com-mittee of Buklt Tlmah community centre will hold a baby show for the residents of the constituency on June 18. Entry forms are obtainable from the centre's organising .secretary, tel. *****2.
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      236 8 Bringing Up Father By BUI Kavanagh tfc Hal Camp V T STEPPED I I'M NOT SORRY FOR I LJ^Lfl/^ /7 if XUMQUAT GOT THE WHAT \/ONMVSK>\TE YOU -THIS IS WHAT I I MESSAGE ,R4I?IJN'- YOU J HAPPENED V AND I PELL HAPPENS WHEN YOU (&\e2tU^> o s 7 P'DN'T HAVE
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      166 9 WELCOME TO SINGAPORE Mr. Herbert Horowitz vice-president TELEDYNE ACOUSTIC RESEARCH W 1 B^afl a^^^B Members of the public 1 are cordially invited to m IHSiH listen to the 1978 .^.^.^.K IHH prestige line of AR at I ■T^^H the exhibition held in Pearls Centre by I flB Public Radio Pte.
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    Rule favours the richer ones, say housewives
    682 10  -  ELENA CHONG and BENG TAN That $10,000 deposit.*. By MANY housewives ATI and working mothers here yesterday criticised the government's new foreign domestic servant scheme and said it favoured the richer people. They said that these were the people who could afford the
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    Word wizards in Scrabble contest finals tonight
    298 10 Word wizards in Scrabble contest finals tonight TNSURANCE salesman 1 Tan Suan Bin, 23, and police Inspector Roger Yeo, 29, will vie for the title of National Scrabble Champion at the Mandarin Hotel today. They were selected after outscoring 18 other semi-finalists during three rounds of the English word game
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    $15,000 DOSE OF SOCCER FOR VISITORS TO EXHIBITION
    299 10 rESE visitors to the Sight and Sound exhibition at Pearl's Centre got a bigger dose of football than what they would have had if they had stayed at home. They saw yesterday's telecast of the West Germany-Braiil game on a colour TV
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    Linguistics MA course soon
    172 10 Linguistics MA course soon rpHE university of SlnJL gapore will take in the flm batch of graduates for the degree of Master of Arts (Applied Linguistics) when the new academic year starts in July. This will be a joint course of the university and the South-east Asian Ministers of Education
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    Health warning on cigarette packs?
    144 10 rpHE MP for Thomson, 1 Mr. Ang Nam Plau, wiU ask the Minister for Health at the next parliamentary sitting whether he will consider legislating compulsory health warning statements to be printed on cigarette packs to more effectively discourage Singaporeans from smoking. This is in
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    Hitches in STPB courtesy competition
    304 11 WHILE the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board's courtesy campaign appears to have gone into full swing, its courtesy competition has met with some hitches. For some hotels and department stores which have rountiid up their in-house courtesy cam paigns are now unenthuslastic about sprucing up their
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    27,000 more people
    53 11 THERE were about 27.000 more people in Singapore at thi end of last year than there were during the same period In 1»76. The population stood at 2.295.000 at the end of December in 1976 compared to 2.322.000 last year, according to the March itsue of the
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    CC classes
    35 11 MOUNTBATTEN community centre will hold yoga and swimming classes on Sundays and guitar classes on Thursdays from next month. Application forms are obtainable at the centre from 3 p.m. to 10 p.m. daily.
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    Hotels to cash in on World Cup fever
    211 11 Hotels to cash in on World Cup fever MANY hotels will be putting up colour TV lets in their entertainment areas just for the World Cap matches next month. This move is twofold to enhance the hotels' image of better service for patrons, and at the same time to increase
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    Founder's Day
    28 11 THE Senior Minister of State (National Development) Dr. Tan Eng Liang, will be guest-of -honour at Raffles Institution's 155 th Foundtr'i Day m Friday at p.m.
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    Overweight people more prone to heart attacks
    553 11 Overweight people more prone to heart attacks A PERSON who weighs 30 per cent more than his Ideal weight is more prone to heart attack. Coronary heart disease also begins in childhood when overfeeding of the child may cause changes In the arteries which show up later in life. These
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    Antibiotics causing rise in diarrhoea cases
    218 11 THE widespread use of antibiotics is causing an increase in a certain type of diarrhoea among patients on the drug, according to an Australian gastroenterologlst. Ps c v d o membranous colitis, a more serious form of diarrhoea which can even result In death
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      487 11 When you own the apartment you live in, why live as though youYejust tenting it? In our climate, the most comfortable move you can make is to install a central aircon system. In an apartment? Sure. The Carrier 38GK is designed specially for apartments. Like any individual aircon, it can
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    Exports of garments may double to $1.8 b
    491 12  -  NGIAM TONG HAI By PROSPECTS for Singapore's garment industry are good with the value of its exports expected to double from last year to more than $1.8 billion this year. According to an RTS documentary on the Business of Clothes, the value
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    Retarded kids still waiting for places
    203 12 Retarded kids still waiting for places SINGAPORE'S retarded children are still facing the problem of having to wait for places at the various centres for the re- < tarded. Last year, 265 children were on the waiting list for the five Singapore Association for Retarded Children centres, according to the
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    Labour force survey
    51 12 A TOTAL of 25,000 households have been picked lor the mid- 1978 labour force survey for May and June, to be conducted by the Labour Ministry. The survey Is to update data on employment and unemployment for policy formulation. Information given will be used only for statistical
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    Walkarun
    28 12 THE MP for Kampung Chal Chee, Mr. Pong Sip Chee, will open the Kampung Chal Chee walkarun at the community centre on June 1 at 8 a.m.
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    Lock icon The charm that is Vesak...
    211 13 BY the light of the full moon, hundreds of devout Buddhists turned up to celebrate Lord Buddha's birthday at Kancanaram Temple last night. Bearing orchids, young and old devotees came with thanksgiving for last year's wishes come true and hopes for new ones this year.
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    Victoria School wins
    112 13 Victoria School wins inCTORIA School deT feated the National Junior College in the finals of the first series of economic debates for Singapore schools. The topic was: The ups and downs of the traditional business cycles are less Important objects of study today than the level of unemployment and the
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    Compensation to squatters rises to $40m
    199 13 Compensation to squatters rises to $40 m MORE than $40 million in enhanced compensation rates was paid to squatters in 1976-77 to speed up their clearance from sites needed for development by the government and statutory authorities. Under the 1975 revised resettlement policy, farmers who used to get compensation of
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    Let children work at their own pace: Expert
    419 13  -  EVELYN NG 3y COMPETITION among children in early childhood and all through primary school must be avoided totally, according to a visiting child educationist. "Every child works at his own pace without any competitive inclination," said Mr. R. Karunairajan, who is attached
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    Family camp
    24 13 KAMPONO Kapor community centre will hold a family camp at the Kampong Tengah holiday camp on June 2 starting at 3 p.m.
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    FATAL CRASH
    44 13 A MOTORIST was killed yesterday when his car was involved In an accident with a Singapore Bus Service bus along East Coast Road. Soon Cheng Chyun, an 18 year old national serviceman, of Taman Bedok, who was driving the car, died instantly.
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    The Straits Times MONDAY, MAY 22, 1978 PEKING PARLEY
    363 14 The Straits Times MONDAY, MAY 22, 1978 PEKING PARLEY TTs national security adviser Zbigniew U Brzezinski's trip to Peking with top Asia experts from his National Security Council staff and the State Department has set the political mill humming. Because of its timing at a time when there is growing
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    AWAITING HIS FATE
    322 14 FEW politicians excite such extreme emotions among his countrymen as Pakistan's brilliant but not unblemished ex-premier Zulfikar All Bhutto. Imprisoned since his conviction last October for ordering the murder of a political opponent four years ago, Bhutto still commands widespread support in the country. Such is his
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      So sad to see ice skating die out
      215 14 IT is so sad and disappointing to see the fine sport of Ice skating go down the drain. Ice skating is not being Sven a chance to survive Singapore. It is regrettable that the Kallang Ice Palace management has decided to close
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      138 14 DUE to numerous break-ins In our block of rented one-room Improved flats, my family decided to Install a metal gate similar to those found In purchased flats. I Informed the HDB of our Intention, and was shocked when I was told that I had to pay $30 and also to
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    Sea Law talks: Compromise meets most of our essential needs
    1358 14  - Sea Law talks: Compromise meets most of our essential needs ZARINE MERCHANT Original concept has been all but dropped By A MERICAN ambassador ■"•Elliot Richardson said: "I would give this session a B Minus for Its results." An African delegate added: "I would rate its record thus far as D
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      278 14 I (£)SAHK JOIN THE SANA 1978 CHARITY QUEST CONTEST PRIZES INCLUDE DOUBLE RETURN TICKETS TO LONDON, AUCKLAND, AND BANGKOK! ALSO THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF METRO VOUCHERS, TRAVELLERS CHEQUES AND JEWELLERY. RULES AND REGULATIONS AVAILABLE AT ALL LEADING SUPERMARKETS FROM 27TH MA Y. \\wswv Cfl/H Jy immo 4 SIOOO 1
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      The problem of the latch-key children
      362 15 GIVING latch-keys to children years before they come of age Is a practice growing out of necessity in Singapore. This Is because the youngsters, usually still of school-going age. come from either households where both parents need to work or one-parent families. The plight
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      KAYE-RAZY ANDREW
      262 15 rwNE of the best-loved \J clowns of our time, Danny Kaye. finds himself In what must be his natural surroundings in the film MERRY ANDREW, to be shown as a Vesak Day special today over Channel 5 at 10.50 a.m. Where else? But a circus, of course. He
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      Two new Chinese serials start this week
      165 15 Two new Chinese serials start this week rr r 0 new Chinese drama serials will be shown this week. The Loyal Judge, a 60 episode Mandarin serial, will be on the screen on Wednesday at 9.10 p.m. on Channel 8 in colour, follow inf the conclusion of the popular serial.
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      Telebuster follows the book closely
      666 15 Telebuster follows the book closely AFTER watching A the first Instalment of the mini-TV series, THE MONEYCHANGERS, last Friday, I can bank my last dollar that view ers will begin to look on high finance and the people in it in a brand-new light. The world of banking Is usually
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      Kwantung acrobats
      57 15 REMARKABLE feaU by the Kwanglung Youth Acrobatic Troupe, which recently performed at the National Theatre, will be featured In a 45-minute programme over Channel 8 at 4.40 p.m. Some of the Items included In the programme are aerial tableaux, acrobatic* on palanquin, hand-stands on wooden blocks and piled
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      THREE DEGREES IN VARIETY SPECIAL
      177 15 THREE DEGREES IN VARIETY SPECIAL THE Three Degrees, the American pop group, which left Singapore under a cloud two years ago after performing here, will be featured In a variety special, Ml SIC FROM STUDIO B, over Channel 5 at 1.3S p.m. today. Just to recap, the group, consisting of
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      Lock icon Nick sued by his ex for share of property
      194 15 LOS ANGELES. Sun. Another Hollywood dim star Is being sued for division of Joint property by his ex-glrlfrlend, following a precedent set two years ago by a case Involving actor Lee Marvin. The latest court action involves Nick Nolte, star of
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      838 15 TV and Radio SINGAPORE 5 10.00 AM Opcrms foHowri by Fin Weeks in i 5.40 Wmaf is E»erytiint 10.50 HoMay Matnwe— Merry Andrew, starring: Daily Kaye, Pier Aiged, Robert Coite U8 12.30 PM toffey UMR-Eiflaoi is Wads/Sett- 7.00 Dii't Ask Me la* N France 730 News (Malay) 1.41 Music from
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  • TIMES CITY DESK
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      WEEKLY SHARE ANALYSIS
      2297 16 A 8 a swrvior to mien, Straits Times publishes weekly a detailed analys.i of sham on the Stock Exchange of Singapore The year high and low, are followed by the week's movement in prices, the dividend yield, the net price earnings ratio and the volume of business.
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    • Money and exchanges
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        Domestic
        198 16 T"HE US dollar extended its gains mainly boosted by President Carter's acceptance of a reduction in his tax cut proposal when the dollar opened last week at $2.1170 firming to a peak of $2 1350 against the marks. High US interest rate was another contributing factor to dollar firmness.
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        Overseas
        205 16 ►j-HE US currency early last 1 week recovered further (to as high as Deutche mark 2 132S and Swiss franc 1 »Bsoi but fell back considerably In the last two days. On Thursday Bundesbank President Bnmlnger stated that the dollar's recent recovery may have been exaggerated, while at the
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        DISCOUNT
        292 16 t AST Monday being base day (or banks, the money market witnessed er..«y conditions with Interbank overnight rates ranging from H per cent to par at th» opening to a close the week at two per cent. The money market continued to remain fairly easy throughout the entire week.
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        ASIAN CURRENCY RATES
        234 16 a SIAN currency average deposits rate* for the week ended Friday. May 19. IS| (Bid Prieci) High Low 7 Days 7 7/16 7 3 8 1 Mth 8 7 1/8 2 Mths 7 3/4 7 1/2 3 Mths 7 15/16 7 11/16 6 Mths 8 1/4 8
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        LOCAL MONEY MARKET
        99 16 THE interbank market for Overnight funds was easy throughout last week and closed at 14 1 per cent. A drop of i per cent was seen in the Ones. Twos and Three to close at 4 3/8 J. 4J— 3/8 and 4| i respectively. Overall, transactions were
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        Minimum lending rates
        26 16 THE average rate at which Singapore banks are I currently prepared to lend to their best customers I is 7 per cent. I
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        TOP TEN STOCKS
        110 16 THE followsnjr list of stocks gives the 16 most traded In on the Stocks Exchange of Singapore last week. It fives the turnover an thousands of units, clasang prices on Friday aad the high and low for r97S. CwnpuiT Tonwwr Prices Hifh Law Fahanf Coo 2,113 Fabcr
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      New York
      212 16 NBVV YORK. Fri— A c°nt'mmtlcn of proflt-takm? drove prices lower again in active trading but the market nni-hei wi.h a gain for tn» week. Firmness in the dollar and a report that House Energy conferees reached a tentative accord to phase cut natural gas prices spurred <» Dr
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      Zurich
      200 16 ZURICH. Frl. Share prices closed steady in moderate trading, dealers said. Bank finished nan owly mixed Oerlikon Uurhrl* Bearer continued higher on strong demand, while other flnancials were little changed. Insurances gained slightly, while small gains predominated in leading industrials with BBC Bearer steady ahead of its results due
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      Indices
      219 16 FINANCIAL TIMES INDUSTRIALS Friday 470.6 Thursday 480 9 Week Ago 488.3 DOW JONES AVERAGE INDUSTRIALS Friday 846.85 Thursday 850 95 Week Ago 840.70 LONDON DOLLAR PREMIUM Friday uij to II2J Wednesday 110} to 1111 U.K. HANG SENG Friday 452.15 Thursday 458 82 Week Ago 450.42 SYDNEY INDUSTRIALS Friday 426.82
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      BT industrial group indices
      134 16 1977 78 Week's Action Point High Low Industrial Group nth 19th thanfe 306.01 145.90 Automotive 291.84 306 01 14.20 496.57 328.67 Banks, Insurance, Finance and Trustees 385 47 403.71 18.24 192.16 135.80 Chemical!.. Rubber Products. Refining and Smelting 183.92 192.16 -I- 6.21 244.81 181.16 Conglomerate 241.31
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        SINGAPORE
        69 16 May 15 May 16 May 17 May in may I! B.T. Index: 1,113.75 1,1*3.47 1.113.06 1.115.07 1.112.8: Industrials: 311.17 311.48 312.78 314.59 315.21 Finance: 528.69 528.69 528.98 529.17 529.31 Hotels: 203.22 2*6.44 217.82 218.44 220.41 Properties: 186.89 187.37 188.31 190.13 190.5: Tins: 147.98 148.23 148.13 149.73 149.5) I rubbers:
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        MALAYSIA
        90 16 May 15 May 16 May 17 May 18 May 19 t+ B.T. Index: 1,550.04 1,538.61 1,565 "7 1.567.01 1,596.94 Industrials: 350.62 350.40 351.87 354 60 356.38 Finance: 447.14 44S.7S 448.92 449.97 450.60 < Hot.Ls: 198.08 198.82 202.27 203 50 203.01 rropertiea: 188.60 187.98 190.5U 192.63 193.46 t Tins: 163.83
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        DIVIDEND ANNOUNCED
        40 16 Current Date Total for Total for payment payable thr >ear previous yei Hone Lee nr 12', Ib) NYA 12<?r 12'; Ib) M Flour C%TE NYA lS'r(q) 10%TE (b) First and final Iql Includrs 6% TE TE Tax rxampUd
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      S'pore produce
      497 16 •yRADERS In the Singapore produce market remained generally idle last week in the absence of consistent buying support from western countries. The volume of business conducted was low and generally confined mainly to nearby countries on consumer account and book-squaring among dealers. The degree of Inactivity varied In
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      Amsterdam
      154 16 AMSTERDAM. PM. The market closed mixed with the main movement in KIM, down five guilders on profit -taking after recent major gains, dealers said. Main gains were recorded by shipping stocks KNSM and Onunerra. both up 3 50 guilders. ABN up 2.50 and Hoof ovens up 1.30 following first
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      COMPANY MEETINGS
      139 16 Far-East Livingston Shipbuilding Ltd: AGM to be held at No. 31, Shipyard Road. Jurong Town. Singapore 22. at 10.30 a.m. on May 25. SeUngor Properties Bhd: AGM to be held at WLsma Socfin, Jalan Semantan. Damansara Heights. Kuala Lumpur, at 10.00 a.m. on May 26. Apollo Enterprises Ltd:
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      Lock icon M Containers pays 22 pc
      63 16 KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Containers announced a group net profit of M 52.02 million ($1.76 million) for the year ended March 31. The parent company's net profit was $0.95 million ($0.62 million). A first and final dividend of 22 per cent gross (20 per cent), payable
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      Treasury Bill tender
      61 16 THE average discount rate on Singapore Government 91-day Treasury Bills rose to 3.195 per cent at the latest tender from 3.180 per cent previously, the Monetary Authority of SingaDore (MAS) said. Applications totalled $68 million for the $30 million of Bills on offer and about 43 per
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      GOLD
      56 16 Friday Thiwsdiy Melbourne il) 151.05 157.83 London 17D.758 177 JOB 179.238 17H 008 Zurich 175.508 177 738 179. 25S 17H.508 Paris 179.93 178.27 Saturday Friday HonxkonK 17X.608 170.908 178.908 179.208 Spore (2) 17K.9N8 179. 738 ISU.3OS 180.308 Export prices In non-sterling areas In US dollar per ounce. (1) Australian
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      COPPER
      33 16 LONDON: Copper prices on Friday (previous In brackets). Wlrebsr Spot buyers £720 ({712). sellers £721 ((712 50); Three Month buyers £740 (£732). selle-s £740.30 (£732.50) Market tens: Very steady. Salst: 12,100 tonnes.
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      Short term
      43 16 I,"OR the week ended Saturday 1 May 20 the range of call rate received from short Deposits (M) Berhad was as follow: BANK FUND: 3 to 5 per cent CENTRAL FUND: 2\ to i per Movements of fund totalled $152 million.
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      S'pore exchange
      519 16 SENTIMENT continued to rule fairly strong at the Singapore stock market last week as speculators vied with investors for whatever situation stocks they could lay their hands on. Prices were generally up on the week. Throughout the period trading was characterised by alternating bouts of buying and profit-tak-ing.
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      K. LUMPUR
      508 16 ¥\ESPITE fairly heavy profit-taking, the Kuala Lumpur stock market continued to make good progress last week. Volumes were stepped up considerably while prices of a number of volatile counters were buoyed up to fresh levels for the year. Reflecting the market's improved trend, the volatile Business Times index
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      Overseas markets
      517 16 Stock prices stood at their highest level in eight months and trading volume In recent weeks had been the busiest in big board history. It was a continuation of the spectacular spring rally, fed by institutions and individuals, both at home and abroad. A few skeptics on Wall
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        Prices hit new high
        331 16 pOINTS which construed bullishly permeated markets last week to bnng about a rise of six cents and the high point of trading for the year, before profit-taking set In to pare the gain marginally. Better London advices and talk of a Rumanian order Initially upped levels,
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        Rubber eases
        175 16 Rubber eases T ONDON: Terminal rubber eased on Friday afternoon from around new 1978 contract highs to close down from yesterday by 0.60 to O.lOp per kilo. Final levela were near the day's lows. Dealers attributed the after* noon downturn to weekend profit-taking and general Book-fquarlng In front of Monday's
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        Tin price rises
        175 16 T ONDON: Tin on the day gained £10 for Cash and lost £7 for Three Months In both contracts on Friday. The afternoon market slipped back under light pro-fit-taking down to {6.370 for Three Months standard on the late Kerb. Tracing was slow. Prices eased on the
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      620 17 new Chemical Plant wishes to employ the^^ following personnel B IA) SHIFT-IN-CHARGE Will be responsible for the entire plont during shift Controlling, operation ond coordinating activities with the utilities and maintenance deportments. Experience At least 3-5 years experience in a chemical plant in related capacity. B) CHEMICAL PLANT OPERATORS Will
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      1121 17 I MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS I Singapore Salary Negotiable Turquands Management Consultants is an international firm of management consultants operating throughout South East Asia and offering a wide range of management services to industry, commerce and government. In addition, the firm has close working relationships with its associates in the United Kingdom.
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      654 17 Beecham Pharmaceuticals kj Our modarn pharmaceutical plant in Jurong producing Bacchant's ranga ol semi-synthetic penicillins hss tha following vacancias In tha Engineering M Services Department ENGINEERING SUPERVISOR Candidates must have recognised technical qualifications and substantial maintenance experience, of which, a minimum of 1 year would have been at supervisory /foreman
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      670 17 THE BANKRUPTCY ACT (CHAPTER 18) IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE IN BANKRUPTCY No. 24( of IS7B Re: NG KA KAY EX PARTE: FAR EASTERN BANK LIMITED Creditors NOTICE OF ADVERTISEMENT To: NG KA KAY. No. IS, Lorong 24. Geylang. Singapore. TAKE NOTICE that a Bankruptcy Notice
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  • IX OBITUARIES
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      140 Acknowledgements
      48 20 140 Acknowledgements THE FAMILY OF THE LATE MR. CHUA WAN HIM thank Pastor Danny Chla. all relatives and friends for their condo:ences. donations, wreaths and assistance during their recent bereavement Many thanks to doctors, nurses and staff of Ward 11 Toa Payoh Hospital for their care and assistance.
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      22 20 kind sincere and honest. You will always be missed by your men. HO 7SIB BkJ Cer SOT V.K. KANESAN
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      142 Deaths
      37 20 Age 18 passed away suddenly on 21st May 1978 In motor accident Cortege leaves Mt Vernon Funeral Parlour No 1 on 22nd May 1978 at 11.30 a.m. for Ml. Vernon Crematorium. PATRICK BOOM SHIN CHVUAN
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      33 20 passed away peacefully on 16-5-78 In Kuala Lumpur and funeral took place at Semenylh on 17-5-78. Sadly missed by wile, children, relsllves. Many thanks tor all those donated. KHALID BIN* AHMAD
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      52 20 IN LOVING MEMORY OF 4 years have passed since you left us suddenly and sllenty But the memories of you will linger on endlessly Sadly missed by mother, wits, eon Beng Kwee and daughters Peck Choo. Peck Khlm. Peck Hua and Pock Ling. MR. ANG BOON GHEE
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      IN MEMORIAM
      21 20 Sadly missed but always remembered by wife children, daughters-in-law, grandchildren MO rOVQQ OflM. T.K.RAMAN 3rd ANNIVERSARY TODAY 23 MAY
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      55 20 Remember your loved one* "In Memoriam" formerly Principal of Chin Chun School) passed away on 20.5.78 leaving behind beloved wife. Chen Cheong Hlng. son. King Choon and daughters. Sect Mul and Blng Mul Cortege will leave 49. Llchl Avenue Spore 13 for Mount Vernon Crematorium on 24 5.78 at 1.00
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  • ACROSS THE CAUSEWAY
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      Yasmin beats them all
      191 21 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Yasmin Yusu f f who was crowned Miss Malaysia Universe 1978 at Hotel Merlin here last night, is a beauty who has brains as well. Yasmin, 22, a sales promotion officer who had been studying at Bradford University in Britain, said she would
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      'Malaysia used as transit route for drugs'
      281 21 'Malaysia used as transit route for drugs' PENANG. Sunday •THERE Is evidence to indicate that Malayx sia is being used as a transit route for the trafficking of illicit drugs, Deputy Minister of Home Affairs, Encik Rais Yatim said here yesterday. As a consequence, he added, illicit drugs were easily
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      MENTRI: DON'T CHALLENGE PARTY TRADITIONS
      154 21 MENTRI: DON'T CHALLENGE PARTY TRADITIONS KAJANG. Sun SELANOOR Mentri Besar L ato Hormat Rafel said "oday Umno members should think hard before deciding doing away with cherished traditions ir. the party. He said there were certain quarters *vho were out to chalk nge traditional practices and testing the democ atic
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      Jail inmates took drugs
      72 21 KUALA LCMI JR. Sun Two female lnm. tes of Pudu Jail. Tan Eng. M. and Chia Ook Bee. 24. were each sentenced to eight months jail yesterday when t.iey pleaded guilty to possessing morphine on March 20. Chief Inspector Helen Loh. prosecuting, sail the two were
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      Crafts centre
      35 21 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun The Malaysian Handicraft Board will open a handicraft display and sales centre here next month to help export of Malaysian handicraft products MHB director Wan Cik bin Ismail, said today.
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      Seven hurt as roof collapses at Grand Prix
      132 21 Seven hurt as roof collapses at Grand Prix DENANG, Sun. At least seven spectators were injured when the asbestos roof of a car park near the Dewan Sri Pin a n g collapsed during the Penang Grand Prix this afternoon. Two of them broke their arms and were admit ted
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      McNamara's visit
      55 21 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. The president of the World Bank. Mr. Robert McNamara. will visit Kelantan on June 11 as a personal guest of Finance Minister Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah. Mr. McNamara. who was Secretary of Defence in the Kennedy Administration, will be In Kuala Lumpur on June 10 to
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      Woman's body in river
      41 21 JOHORE BARU. Sun. The body of a 21-year-old woman with her feet tied together was found floating in the Johore River at Kota Tlnggl yesterday. Police said the body was clad in only a shirt and underwear
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      Klang lines
      32 21 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. The Telecoms opened an electronic telephone exchange In Klang today the sixth In the country so tar. The new exchange win have a capacity of 20.000 lines.
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      'No moves to rob others of rights'
      114 21 GRIK (Perak), Sun I Foreign Mlnls t c r Tengku Ahmad Rlthauddeen has stressed that Malaysia had no intention of taking away the rights of others In Implementing its policy to narrow the gap between the "haves" and the "have-nots." He refuted allegations
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      460 22 CHAMPION Jockey George Podmore was fined $300 and warned that if he caused Interference In future, he would be suspended. The fine ar.d warning followed a stewards' Inquiry en the Interference suffered by Sovereign Escort II (L. Khooi and Burst Thru <L. Francis) at the 800 m In
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      Podmore fined and warned
      335 22 awkwardly, shifting ground slightly onto Jimmy The One (Podmore), who in turn rolled In onto Pokolliln (Raiooi. RACE 5: As Jockey Hutchinson failed to make the weight on Yangtse Klang 111, M. Sng was allowed to replace him. Eye Opener (P. Lee) was restless before the
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      OOI IS SUSPENDED TWO DAYS
      732 22 STIPENDIARY steward's report on Saturday's races: RACE 1: Both Naauute (A. Ismail) and Natasha iT. S. Chlam were slow Into stride. Ad Valorem II (D. Kwong) was rtstless In his stali before the start. Kun-.lng to the 800 metres, C. H. Oof allowed his horse
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      Lock icon Ballesteros in command
      324 23 ■pPSOM (Surray), Sun. Severiano Balleste- ros, of Spain, forged further ahead in the RAC Martini golf open here yesterday when he shot his third consecutive round of 67. The 21-year-old Spaniard is now seven stroke* clear of his closest challengers on 201 and only a major upset
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      Tokuda stars in Japan's Über Cup win
      224 23 Tokuda stars in Japan's Über Cup win AUCKLAND. Sun. A A balanced Japanese women's badminton team yesterday regained the Über Cup by beating Indonesia 5-2 here. Japan's heroine was Atsuko Tokuda, who not only won her singles match but was associated with Miklko Takada In winning two doubles for her
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      Lock icon Orantes' bad luck
      149 23 HAMBURG. Sun. A back Injury yesterday robbed Spain's Manuel Orantes of a seemingly-certain place In the final of the West German International tennis championships here After winning the first set 6-0 against top-seed-ed Ouillermo Vllas of Argentina, Orantes Immediately broke his opponent's serve to lead 1-0 In
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      Lock icon Cauthen set for 'Triple' triumph
      362 23 BALTIMORE, Sun.— Favoured Affirmed took a second leg on racing's Triple Crown yesterday by winning the 103 rd Preakness Stakes by a head over his arch rival, Alydar. Affirmed, taking the lead shortly after the start, led the rest of the way and held off
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      768 23 YEO HIAP SENG (MALAYSIA) BERHAD (Incorporated In Malaysia) 1 COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT The Directors are pleased to announce the unaudited results of the Company and the Group for the first six-month period ended 31st March, 1978. 1971 1977 GROUP COMPANY GROUP COMPANY $000 $'000 Sales 24,730 21,598 19,702 15,992 Unaudited Profit
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      357 23 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, 1965 AND IN THE MATTER OF TRENGGANU MINERALS SDK. BHD. (In Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE OF FINAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Sections 272 and 284(3) of the Companies Act, 1 965 that a General Meeting of the members of the abovenamed
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      270 23 Baft I Mr. Cheng Chwee Huat I I (Aged 75 years) I Founder and Chairman of the Lion Teck Chiang Group I passed away peacefully on 19th May 1978 Mr. Cheng is survived by his wives I Mdm MIA AH CHENG I Mdm Lav Siew Kien Seven sons CHENG THENG
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      Lock icon CUEVAS KEEPS CROWN
      110 24 CUEVAS KEEPS CROWN LOS ANGELES, San. Jose "Pe-pino" Caevas of Mexico stopped Billy Backus of Syracuse, New York after one round to retain his World Boxing Association welterweight championship here yesterday Cuevas, 20, pummelled Backus, a former world welterweight champion, throughout the round, dropping him to the canvas at one
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      640 24 CUBA REGAIN THE No 1 SPOT WITH FIVE TITLES BELGRADE. Sun. Teofilo Stevenson casually retained his heavyweight title to complete a tally of five gold medals for Cuba at the world amateur boxing championships here yesterday. Stevenson, who has now won two world and two Olympic titles, stopped Dragomlr Vujkovlc
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      Poland are out to restore morale
      274 24 WARSAW, Sun. Poland, rattled by their defeat by French soccer club, Sochaux, three days ago, will be out to restore their morale when they meet Hercules Alicante of Spain today in their last match before setting off for the World Cup finals in Argentina.
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      264 24 r-*ORVAIXIB (Oregon), Sun. Mike Tully of the United States set a new world record In the pole vault here on Friday, clearing 5.71 metres. This bests the old mark, set by another American, Dave Roberts, at Eugene. Oregon two years ago by one centimetre Tully. a 21 Mr-old student
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      Lock icon Stiff task for Pakistanis
      347 24 pHESTERFIELD. (Eng\j land), Sun. The Pakistani cricketers, eager to get some bowling practice, had more than they bargained for as Derbyshire slammed 333 for three declared on the opening day of their three day match here yesterday. At the close, the Pakistanis had replied with 28
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      Lock icon IOC to share that TV fund cake
      450 24 ATHENS, Sun. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has made a tentative start in distributing some of the bank balance which has accumulated from Olympic television rights since the 1972 Munich Games. The lOC will not disclose how much is now locked in the
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      249 24 LOB ANGELES, Sun I Mayor Tom Bradley, back home yesterday from meetings with the International Olympic Committee in Athens, said that Los Angeles will give up trying to get the 1984 Games if it cannot obtain financial protection for them. "I'll be the first to say you'll
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      545 24 B^pn fjpf l %k| M I June is World Cup month. Sixteen teams, having gone through gruelling tests P^l CJ^ ICf I#\ 1 to reach Argentina, will then battle for the most prestigious award in world soccer. RTS will telecast live some of the most important matches, including Wk Kk
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      CC TAN TROPHY RETURNS TO S'PORE
      156 25 CC TAN TROPHY RETURNS TO S'PORE STRAITS Times Singapore regained the C.C. Tan challenge trophy when they edged out the New Straits Times of Malaysia by 6-5 In the annual Inter-com-pany games series In Singapore yesterday. Singapore won the tenpin bowling, hockey, soccer, veterans' soccer, golf and women's netball events.
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      Fitter team—aim of coach Yap
      467 25  - Fitter team aim of coach Yap JOE DORAI By f|OACH Sebastian Yap wi'l begin tonight his task of perfecting: a new strategy and getting his players fitter for the second leg match of the Malaysia Cup semi-final against Pahang at ♦h e National Stadium on Sunday. Thoußh happy with Saturday's
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      Mokhtar back at his best
      350 25  -  PNG HONG KVVANG By SELANGOR 3 PENANG 0 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. The sc o r e l l n c should read Mokhfar 3 Penang 0, so thoroughly did Selangor's superstriker dominate this Malaysia Cup soccer first-leg semifinal match at Merdeka Stadium tonight. Thanks to
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      INTERMEDIATES CRASH TO INDIA'S CHAMPIONS
      454 25  -  WILFRED YEO By MOHCN BAGAN 4 INTERMEDIATE 1 SINGAPORE'S celebrated intermediate soccer squad were last night brought down to earth from the loftiness of the King's Cup final by the visiting Mohun Bagan side, who beat them 4-1 in a friendly at the National Stadium.
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      56 25 SOCCER Friendly: Ang Moh Kio v Sembawung Shipyard (Depthford Road 5 p.m.). BASKETBALL National League: I>lok Ayer v Hardware 6 45. Lam Teck v Police 8. Asia Electric v Fcurseas f .15 all at Oay World. CRICKET Young Singapore v Jim Whyte team (Balmier Road). GO-KART Singapore 00-kart championship
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      Specials chalk up their first win
      264 25  -  BERNARD PEREIRA By CPECIAL Constabulary scored their first win In the National Basketball league when they beat Telok Ayer 75-68 at .the Oay World Stadium last night. And the men they had to thank were topscorer Loh Slew Hlan, who amassed 20 points, and
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      A FRIGHT FOR BOSLEY
      375 25  -  ERNEST FRIDA By rUNO Sydney KyleLtttle gave Bill Bosley, the favourite for the Singapore Island Country Club championship, a fright when he stretched him to the 19th hole at the Buklt course yesterday. Kyle-Little, who was one down after the 17th hole, drew level with a
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      Young Singapore get chance to be in top 10
      364 25  -  PATRICK BASTIANS By KARACHI, Sun. Singapore have been granted a reprieve of sorts with the creation of a plate event for losers, and being one of the favourites, the Republic could still be among the top 10 squash playing nations should
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    264 26 2 Russians who work for UN charged with spying WASHINGTON, Sun. Two Soviets working for the United Nations were arrested near Woodbridge. New Jersey, yesterday and charged with spying. A Soviet diplomat was also Involved but was not arrested because he had diplomatic Immunity, the Peoeral Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
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    51 26 NEW DELHI. Sun More than 60 people have died from sunstroke or lack of water In a fierce heatwave gripping India from north to south. The temperature hit 45 degrees Cen:.-gra<je In New Delhi yesterday and was even higher In some other part of the country.
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    62 26 MANILA, Sun. Flames leapt 200 m from the rumbling Mayon volcano in the Philippines today sending thick smoke 1.500 up and showering sulphurous ash over nearby town. But volcanologists expressed optimism that the valcano. which came alive three weeks ago, could now be settling into
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    1310 26  -  ROLAND DALLAS ROME, Sunday By POLICE today were investigating a new communique issued in the name of the Red Brigades urban guerillas saying the murder of ex-premier Aldo Moro was only the beginning of a campaign to destroy the state. Police did not
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    267 26 Bhutto on hunger strike in prison RAWALPINDI, Sun. Pakistan s deposed premier Zulnkar All Bhutto, who is under a sentence of oeam for ordering a political assassination, nas been on hunger strike in his condemned cell for the past four days, his lawyer said yesterday. Mr. Bhutto, 50, began refusing
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