The Straits Times, 25 May 1978

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    14 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 THURSDAY, MAY 25, 1978 25 CENTS M.C.(P) No. 214/1/78
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    NO-WIG JUDGE TICKED OFF
    801 1 Don't get involved in public controversies, says Suf f ian KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday LORD President of the Malaysian High Court, Tun i Mohamed Suffian, in an obvious rebuke of Ipoh High Court judge Justice Hashim bin Yeop Abdullah, who yesterday discarded his wig and wore a
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    Lock icon Red Army 'spy' held at Narita
    271 1 TOKYO, Wednesday J^ MAN listed by police as a member of the terrorist Japanese Red Army appeared at Narita international airport yesterday in an apparent preliminary examination attempt for future guerilla attacks on the new airport, it was learn- ed today. According to the
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    17 1 UP TO NOON TODAY: Isolated showers in late morning according to the Singapore Meteorological Service.
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    Seflangor Umno pays that $250,000
    157 1 Seflangor Umno pays that $250,000 K. LUMPUR, Wed TMNO Selangor paid In U the High Court today the $250,000 "penalty" which the Federal Court ordered Datuk Harun Idris, Its former chairman, last June to pay to the Federal Government In connection with the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank corruption case. A
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    44 1 NEW YORK, Wed. Dow Jones averages, based on first hour of trading on the New York Stock Exchange: 30 Indus 835 33 off 8 96, 20 transp 226.12, off 2.88 IB utlls 104 18. off 0.17- 66 stocks 2«7.M, off 2.80. UPI
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    Lock icon Mariel, a genius at 12
    143 1 LOS ANGELES, Wed. Like many lintyear university students, Mariel Aragon (above) hasn't decided what she wants to specialise in, but she has plenty of time. "I'm Just retting my BA, MD, and Ph.D. says Mariel, who is just 12. She was admitted to the University
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    Lock icon Longer term for Haig
    52 1 MONS (Belgium) Wed. President Carter has ordered the extension of Oen. Alexander Haigs term of office as North Atlantic allied com: mander-ln-chief and commander of US forces In Europe, sources close to Nato headquarters here said today. Both offices were due to terminate on Dec 31
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    Lock icon Kriangsak ends power strikfe
    137 1 Kriangsak ends power strikfe BANGKOK, W.d DRIME Minister Kriang--l sak Chomanan. exercising his martial law powers, tonight ordered an end to a strike by state power workers. Acting In his capacity as Interior Minister and Director of the National Peacekeeping Command, he said the two-day strike by employees of the
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    Lock icon Italian Reds hit out
    76 1 ROUE. Wed. The Italian communist newspaper LUnlta today sharply critlcUed the Jail sentence on Soviet dlaaldent Yuri Orlov In what appeared to be a hardening of the party's attitude to the Soviet Union. L'Unitas front-page criticism came six days after the newspaper opposed aid given by
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    Lock icon Moscow gun battle
    329 1 SOVIET police today fought a gunbattle In central Moscow with a hooded man who took two hostages In the Finnish Airline office and demanded a plane to take him abroad. The man, whose nationality was not Immediately known, fired several shots through the window of the streetlevel
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    Lock icon LATEST Red Brigades kidnap scare
    51 1 LATEST Red Brigades kidnap scare ROME, Wed. Primary schools at the Roman beach resort of Ottta were almost completely deserted today after rumours swept the town thut Red Brigades terrorists wen about to seine up to 50 children aa hostages. Police said the rumours began last night and continued today.
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    Lock icon Peking blast at Hanoi
    146 1 Peking blast at Hanoi TOKYO, Wed. fHINA accused Vletnam today of discrimination, ostracism and persecution of Chinese residents, and said more than 70.000 had been driven out since April. This number included only those who had crossed the border into China, and not those "compelled to leave Vietnam and seek
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      174 1 SEVEN PERM SECS MOVE UP Page 6 OECD plan to fight trade protectionism 2 ZBIG: Long-term common Interests with Peking 4 JET SET 1,700 In "Hunt the bomb" 5 NEW bus system for Jurong 7 Britons told to tap Asean market -Page 11 SINGAPORE not that poor, says US 8
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      Lock icon 'Industrial activity in EEC will be mediocre' forecast
      245 2 'Industrial activity in EEC will be mediocre' forecast BRUSSELS, Wed. Industrial activity will be mediocre In the European Common Market over the next few months, the EEC's executive commission said today. Reporting on latest surveys In the nine-nation Community, the commission said the business climate Improved In the first quarter
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      Lock icon NO SALARY HIKE FOR CARTER
      104 2 NO SALARY HIKE FOR CARTER WASHINGTON, Wed. The House of Representatives Appropriations Committee voted 22-8 yesterday to deny wage Increases for toplevel government officials Including Judges, congressmen and The President in the next fiscal year. An amendment to the Legislative Branch Appropriations BUI for fiscal 1079, which begins Oct 1,
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      Lock icon OECD plan to fight trade protection
      418 2 TOKYO, Wed. secretarygeneral of the 24-nation Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said yesterday he would shortly propose a programme of concerted action by OECD members to combat trade protectionism, speed up economic growth, and reduce balance of payments disequilibria. Favourable Mr. Emile
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      Lock icon COUPLE IN ABORTION WRANGLE
      72 2 COUPLE IN ABORTION WRANGLE MRS. Joan Paton, 29, and her 32-year-old husband Bill of Liverpool in an old photograph. Her husband made legal history by seeking a court order to stop his wife from having an abortion. Mr. Paton. a steel worker, said he wanted to make the point that
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      Lock icon Steel: New laws against dumping sought
      170 2 Steel: New laws against dumping sought NEW YORK. Wed. The US steel industry intends to press for changes in domestic laws to increase its protection against imports dumped in this country, the head of a specialty steel company said yesterday. Mr. William Knoell. president of Cyclops Corporation, told a press
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      Rail strike
      30 2 ROME. Wed. More than 200.000 Italian railway workers began a 34-hour strike for higher wages yesterday, totally paralysing the nation's train services and stranding thousands of tourists— UPl
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      Lock icon $126 m raised at US gold auction
      211 2 $126 m raised at US gold auction WASHINGTON, Wad. T»HE United States raised US$54 million ($126 million) towards improving its trade balance when it held its first gold auction in almost three years. The money was earned yesterday when the Treasury sold 300,000 ounces of gold In the first of
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      Lock icon When Fraser has had a drink...
      147 2 SYDNEY, Wed A favourite practical joke of Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Prater is to stuff pickled onion* and Ice cubes Into people's pockets, according to a book published today. The humorous side of the Conservative Prime Minister was revealed in a controversial book written
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      Lock icon Indonesia setsout terms for resuming China ties
      217 3 Indonesia setsout terms for resuming China ties JAKARTA, Wednesday MUCH will depend on China's "eagerness and motivation" for having diplomatic relations with Indonesia before this country will take positive steps to normalise ties suspended since 1967, Information Minister Gen. All Murtopo announced here today. Speaking to the press after a
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      Lock icon POLICE BREAK UP TWO BIG DRUG RINGS
      130 3 POLICE BREAK UP TWO BIG DRUG RINGS LONDON. Wed— British police claimed yesterday they have broken up two major drug smuggling rings and seized heroin, cocaine, marijuana and amphetamines worth £500,000 <s»2 million) at street level. Police reported 78 people in southern England were rounded up for questioning in one
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      Lock icon Less than 10 in 1,200 trained
      53 3 HONOKONO. Wed. Lew than 10 of Hongkong's 1.300 opticians have attended trainIng courses, says an official survey by medical authorities. It also showed that almost SO per cent of them bad received no secondary education and had less than a year's experience In fitting
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      Lock icon Bleak outlook
      25 3 SUVA. Wed. Fiji's Central Monetary Authority forecast today a deepening of the country's economic recession with unemployment at a very critical level. Reuter.
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      Lock icon Lunch to end royal visit
      101 3 Lunch to end royal visit ASTEEL-HELMETED officer of the Federal border troops presents arms as Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip arrive yesterday at Palais Schaumburg in Bonn for a luncheon given by Chancellor Helmut Schmidt and his wife, Loki. Speaking at the lunch to end her state visit to West
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      Lock icon Margaret gets a quickie divorce
      103 3 T ONDON. Wed. PrinJu cess Margaret's 18year marriage to Lord Snowdon, the former Tony Armstrong- Jones, ended today in brief divorce proceedings In a London court. Her special quickie divorce, one o a batch of 27, went without a hitch. It took Judge John Willis
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      MOVE TO GIVE WORKERS MORE SAY
      510 3 MOVE TO GIVE WORKERS MORE SAY Labour plan goes to Parliament T ONDON, Wed. The British Labour Government has announced plans to give workers a bigger say in running the companies they work for. However In a major retreat from an earlier "Industrial democracy" blueprint there would be no actual
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      Lock icon Asean to review dialogue with US and Japan
      232 3 BANGKOK, Wed rvHE three-day Asean ministerial meeting x next month will review its dialogue with the United States and Japan, an official source said today. He said the meeting, scheduled for June 14-16 at the Pattaya seaside resort south-east of here, would
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      Lock icon Godfather dies of heart attack
      119 3 Godfather dies of heart attack NEWBUROH (New York). Wed.— A reputed Mafia godfather who barely survived an assassination attempt seven years ago died of a heart attack last night. A medical spokesman said today that Joseph Colombo, 54, founder of the Italian American Civil Rights League, was admitted to St.
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      Lock icon Hearings off
      49 3 N*W YORK. Wed. Important Senate hearings on a »11 to provide loan guaran. tecs for New York City bare been put off until early next month following a breakdown In talks between the city and 1U municipal workers on a wage agreement, city officials wld yesterday. Beuter.
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      Lock icon Bhutto ends jail protest fast
      190 3 RAWALPINDI, Wed. Former Prime Minister Zulfikar All Bhutto today broke his protest fast after eight days. This foUowed Improvement of conditions in his prison cell, big couniel Yahjra Bakhtlar told newsmen today. Mr. BakhtUr met him for an hour after Supreme Court proceedings on his
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      Lock icon 'Plenty of oil for future but dearer'
      123 3 WASHINGTON, Wed. Estimates of the world's oil reserves have Increased sharply in recent years, raising the hope that there will be plenty of oil for the future, although prices may be high, an official of the World Bank said yesterday. "The new numbers
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      Lock icon Bid to spread terror: 11 more held
      205 3 Bid to spread terror: 11 more held JAKARTA, Wed.— Eleven youths have been arrested here and charged with planning to spread terror In the capital, a military spokesman said today. The youths, whose ages range between 20 and 24, were rounded up in a raid by security men over the
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      Lock icon Rebel attack new threat to Zaire's economy
      276 4 Rebel attack new threat to Zaire's economy KINSHASA, Wed fTHE rebel attack on Kolwezl Is expected to L plunge Zaire's already battered economy into new crisis, Western economic sources said here. Kolwezl Is the nerve centre of the economy, producing 75 per cent of the copper and cobalt which bring
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      Lock icon 'Son of Sam' to be sentenced
      81 4 NEW YORK. Wed. "Son of Sam" David Berk iwitz. who murdered six young women In a year of terror across New York City, will be sentenced on June 2— even If he has to be tied to a chair and gagged. Two of the
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      32 4 MANILA. Wed. A group of 83 more Vietnamese refugees landed on Philippines shores yesterday after crossIng the South China Sea from Cam Ranh Bay. military sources said here today. Reuter.
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      65 4 AFRICAN HEADS FETED PRESIDENT Glsrard d'Estmlng of France (centre) attending the gala luncheon given at Chateau de Versailles in Paris yesterday in honour of the African chiefs of state attending the Franco- African summit. From left are Mauretania's President Moktar Ould Daddah chatting with Ivory Coast's President Houphouet Boijny, Mr.
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      Lock icon Zbig: Longterm common interests with Peking
      383 4 Zbig: Longterm common interests with Peking TOKYO, Wednesday PRESIDENTIAL security adviser Zbig n i c w Brzezinski said today the United States and China share "certain fundamental longterm common interests" although his trip to Peking did not bring about normalisation of relations between the two nations Before leaving for South
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      Lock icon Fukuda almost assured of backing for talks
      181 4 Fukuda almost assured of backing for talks rpOKYO, Wed. JapaX nese Prime Minister Takeo Fukuda was virtually assured today of gaining consensus from his ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) for resuming talks with China on a peace and friendship treaty. The party's two foreign affairs committees unanimously supported his plan
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      Lock icon Begin wins
      32 4 JERUSALEM. Wed. Prime Minister Menachem Begins Likud Government today easily defeated a leftist no-confldence motion In the Knesset (Parliament) after a slanging match between government supporter* and the opposition. Reuter
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      Lock icon Waldheim formula to curb arms spending
      100 4 Waldheim formula to curb arms spending fTNITED NATIONS, U Wed. SecretaryGeneral Kurt Waldhelm proposed yesterday that US$l million (8*2.34 million) should be used to promote international disarmament for every US$l billion spent on arms. He also recommended the appointment of a special board of eminent people to study arms control
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      Lock icon Ethiopia war hots up
      59 4 DAMASCUS, Wed. Eritrean rebels today said fierce fighting til going on west of Asmara, capital of Ethiopia's war-torn northern province. The Damascus-based Erltrean News Agency, run by the Ert trean Liberation Front-Revolutionary Council (ELF-RC> said the fighting had continued (or 10 days and that the Ethiopians
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      Lock icon Breast-feeding: WHO call
      40 4 OENEVA, Wed. The World Health Organisation today urged developing nation* to itep up the use of breast-feed-ing for bablea and reduce promotion of prepared baby food*. The resolution was adopted by the annual WHO assembly here.— AP.
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      3 hijackers of school bus shot in gun battle with guards
      244 4 3 hijackers of school bus shot in gun battle with guards MUNICH, Wed. r<ZECHOSLOVAK border guards stopped three gunmen who had commandeered a school bus with 45 children today when they tried to force their way across the Czechoslovak border Into West Oermany, officials said. Czechoslovak soldiers, assisted by at
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      181 4 WASHINGTON. W*d. rnHE United States X Government yesterday proposed a new International air policy which it said would benefit travellers and shippers. The proposed policy would do this by promoting competition between US and foreign airlines. It is a guide for US negotiators in seeking
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      Lock icon Jet set 1,700 in 'Hunt the bomb'
      359 5 LONDON, Wednesday COMK 1,700 wealthy passengers on a Caribbean cruise relaxed amid the tinkle of martini glasses and polite conversation today alter discovering a new deck game hunt the bomb. A parachute team of bomb disposal experts flew to the British cruise liner
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      27 5 PRAGUE. Wed. Soviet President and Communist Party leader Leonid Brezhnev will arrive in Prague for an official visit next Tuesday, officials sources said yesterday. Reuter.
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      137 5 BEIRUT. Wed. Radical guerillas are callinr for the Palesti n c Liberation Organisation* leadership to be revamped in order to limit the power of Mr. Yasser Arafat's Fatah organisation, the independent daily An Nahar said today. The newspaper said a joint note had been presented
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      Lock icon Russians trying to topple me, says Sadat
      259 5 Russians trying to topple me, says Sadat BEIRUT, Wed. President Sadat of Egypt believes the Soviet Union will try to overthrow him in an Afgha-nistan-style coup, the An Nahar newspaper said today. The paper, quoting "Arab and international quarters," said Mr. Sadat blames Moscow for blocking moves to reconcile Egypt
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      14 5 Mr. Sadat stresses a point during his press ccnference in Cairo yesterday. -AP photo.
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      67 5 UNITED NATIONS. Wed. President Anwar Sadat of Egypt was yesterday named Statesman of the Year by the Diplomatic World Bulletin, a newspaper circulating within the United Nations community. "By his bold and fearless international actions. President Sac it has performed a service which has brought the
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      234 5 ECONOMIC BRIEFS HONGKONG, Wednesday IJONGKONG, traditionally a bastion of 11 laissez faire capitalism, has tightened its business code on takeover bids to protect shareholders and curtail the possibility of murky dealings. A spokesman at the watchdog Securities Commission office said the code "lays down
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      TWO TOP CUBAN ENVOYS KICKED OUT: REPORTS
      218 5 TWO TOP CUBAN ENVOYS KICKED OUT: REPORTS NAIROBI, Wed. Reports circulating in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa said the top two Cuban diplomats in tru country have been expelled, diplomatic sources reported today. The sources said the reports also Indicated that the minister of the embassy of Southern Yemen,
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    Three-tiered scheme to help the multiple handicapped
    447 6 Three-tiered scheme to help the multiple handicapped By •pHE Singapore Association for the Blind has drawn up a three tiered programme to service the needs of its multiple-handicapped members. This move, believed to be the first taken to help this sector of the blind population, is part of the association's
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    $100,000 HAUL BY BREAK-IN GANG
    131 6 $100,000 HAUL BY BREAK-IN GANG BURGLARS escaped with more than $100,000 after breaking Into an electrical appliances shop at Block 2. Geylanr Serai, on Tuesday. To enter the premises of Jong Nah Radio and Television Company, the thieves sawed through an iron padlock and drilled a hole In the shop's
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    MOVED UP: SEVEN PERM SECS
    252 6  - MOVED UP: SEVEN PERM SECS LEE KIM CHEW By EVELYN NG gEVEN permanent secretaries from six ministries are among those from the administrative service prom oted recently. Heading the civil service promotions list is Mr. Sim Kee Boon (Communications) followed by Mr. Nglam Tong Dow (Finance development) and Mr. J.
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    'Nursery best for child of working parents'
    750 6 LENDING a child of working parents to a nursery centre is the best of three options, according to a mother featured in the television documentary What About The Children. In the film, which was telecast on Tuesday night, the mother, Mrs. Moey-Khoo Hsiao
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    Interested in acting?
    53 6 THOSE Interested In acting may join the Theatre World Association's audition (or their forthcoming production at B Balmoral Road, on Sunday at 8 p.m. Detail* may be obtained from Margaret, the association's assistant secretary at tel. 33S74S after T p.m. or from Mrs. Oracla Tay-Chee. the president,
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    2 STORE JUDGES FOR SURABAYA DOG SHOW
    112 6 mWO officials from the X Singapore Kennel Club (8KC) have been Invited by the Kennel Club of Indonesia (Perkumpulan Kynologl Indonesia) to Judge an open show In Surabaya, on Sunday. Mrs. Edith Cbo Is a licensed all-breeds Judge of the SKC who Is
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    $19,300 raised
    13 7 THE YWCA collected $19,371 on its flag day on April 1.
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    Man who brought in illegal migrants jailed
    220 7 BADRUN bin Hajl Ridwan, 34. unemployed, was Jailed for a year by a district judge yesterday after he admitted trafficking illegal Indonesian immigrants into Singapore twice In 1972. Immigration prosecutor Mr. PA. Nisar told the court that on the first occasion in early
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    CAR IN FLAMES AFTER CRASH...
    140 7 A FORD Cortina above burst into flames shortly after it was involved in an accident with another car in Nicoll Highway on Tuesday night. The drivers of both vehicles are believed to have been slightly injured. The Cortina, driven by Mr. Tan Hua N'gee. 19.
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    Keep Leng Kee clean drive
    53 7 THE Parliamentary Secretary (Culture) and MP for Leng Kee. Dr. Ow Chin Hock, will lead a mont'ilong Keep Leng Kee Clean campaign (rum Sunuay at 3 p.m. It is organised by the Lent; Kee constituency citizens' consultative committee and the Housing Board's Bukit Merah and
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    Conscience got the better of this student
    213 7 /CONSCIENCE had been \j pricking an American student here for days all because of a few cakes of soap and some paper towels. The boy, who prefers to remain anonymous, had taken the toilet accessories on board Pakis tan International aircraft during his
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    'Hands' drive
    27 7 MP lor Anson Mr. P. Govindaswamy will take part in a Use Your Hands campaign at Peck Scan Primary School on Sunday at 11 a.m.
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    Scheme to upgrade Jurong bus service
    990 7  -  S.M. MUTHU By JURONG housing and industrial estate will have a new bus system under a rationalisation scheme to upgrade the present network from June 1. Under this scheme, a set of 14 internal or feeder services will provide comprehensive coverage of the residen
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    Re-elected president of assn
    71 7 Re-elected president of assn MR. Llm Ewe Huat has been re-elected president of the Singapore Association for Retarted Children. Other officials are: Mr. Wong Man Kee (vice-presi-dent). Mr. Nfc Fook Kan (secretary i. Miss Betty Llm (asst. secretary). Mr. Alwyn Llm (treasurer) and Mr. P. Boopalan (asst. treasurer). Committee members
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      247 7 Bringing Op By BUI K v n »t» Hal Camp 7^T7~I~r~rTT~n |«JS. WHEN ARE "\f I'LL I I MAGGIE, I COT \f*E TOO \NB WERE A i^VjA rl eS/ >OU 6OINS TO PAY J* FI&HT CLOBBERED By I WALKING TOGETHER TiU WAeeiE I GOT BACK THAT -7-^ you FOR A
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    S'pore not that poor, says US
    616 8  - S'pore not that poor, says US AHMAD OSMAN By A BID by Singapore to be classified as a developing nation qualifying for unconditional insurance protection of American investments has been headed off by the US Government. It "was aimed at securing inclusion within a programme providing such protection against war,
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    Minister due
    26 8 THE Indian Minister of Commerce, Civil Supplies and Co-operation. Mr. Mohan Dharla. will arrive far a three-day visit at the end of the month.
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    Language courses take lion's share of funds
    202 8 Language courses take lion's share of funds LANGUAGE teachinc courses under the Education MI n istry's In-service training programmes took the Uon's share of the money spent on local in-ser-vice education last year. English, Chinese and I Malay language courses accounted for nearly 36 per cent of the total amount
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    Ministry produces bulletin for its staff
    216 8 Ministry produces bulletin for its staff rE Education Ministry, in an effort to forge better communication links with the 20,000 teachers and officers on Its payroll, has just come out with a publication on staff and training matters. Called the Staff and Training Bulletin, it will be a monthly and
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    Three-point plan by SMA to push exports this year
    324 8 Three-point plan by SMA to push exports this year THE Singapore Manufacturers Association has drawn up a three-point programme to increase exports of Singapore-made products this year. Under the programme announced by SMA chairman, Mr. Michael Yeo yesterday, the SMA will: Work closely with the Trade Department to Increase and
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    Warning against those who could ruin S'pore
    273 8 Warning against those who could ruin S'pore TilE Speaker, Dr. Yeoh Ohlm Seng, has warned that selfish, irresponsible, idle and undisciplined citizens could ruin Singapore Just as surely as an enemy attack. Speaking at the commissioning ceremony of Singapore Armed Forces officers at the Lstana yesterday, he said: "We have
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      498 8 THE ACMA CHALLENGE Now! The new Acma 185— a strong challenger to Singapore's Top Selling refrigerator, the Acma 130D. I ACMA 130D VS ACMA 185 THE TOP SELLER THE CHALLENGER SS3 71 per litre Cost S$2 99 per hire 19.4% LESS COST I27utres TotalCapacity i75Litres 38% MORE STORAGE SPACE -3°iq
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    Students upset by killing of pigeons
    522 9  -  WONG MOH-KEED By niGEONS at Bart- ley Second ary School have always been referred to fondly by students there as the pride of their school. They have been nesting there for 15 years and each day the canteen kachanc putrh seller would feed them,
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    Worker electrocuted
    56 9 A WORKER was electrocuted while working on board a ship In the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries shipyard In Gul Road, off Jurong. yesterday. Police said Miswan bin Mtswadi, 26, was thrown Into the sea by the electric shock. Workers Immediately went to his aid but he was dead by
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    Air terminal
    32 9 SENIOR Minister of State (Communications) Mr. Ong Teng Cheong will open the Changi International Airport Services Pte. Ltd (CIAS) Air Cargo Terminal at Paya Lebar Airport at in a.m. tomorrow.
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    Programme by youth groups
    59 9 A WEEK-LONO programme of youth activities will be held from June 18 by Tiong Bahru and Kirn Tlan youth groups. The activities Include a children's handle! aft exhlHltlcn and a wheelchair basketball match to be held at the Tiong Bahru and Kirn llan community centres. The
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    Prof's medical lecture
    57 9 PROF. Priscilla KlncaldSmlth. professor of medicine at the University of Melbourne, will lecture on Urinary Tract Infection at the Allen lecture theatre, University of Singapore Faculty of Medicine building on June 5 at S p.m. The talk is organised by the University of Singapore School of Postgraduate
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    SCSS meeting
    23 9 THE Singapore Council of Social Service will hold lv annual meeting at Its premises in Penang Lane tomorrow at 5.30 p.m.
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    TAIKONG DROWNS AFTER CRASH
    119 9 ATAIKONO disappeared In the Singapore River yesterday after his bumboat collided with a tongkang near Elgin Bridge. He has been Identified as Tay Klat Ho, 51, of Boon Tat Street. The mishap occurred at about 7 a.m. when Tay's bumboat and the tongkang rammed each other.
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    2,500 START COURSES AT POLYTECHNIC
    95 9 A TOTAL of 2,525 new students will start classes at the Singapore Polytechnic when the 1978 academic session starts on Monday. Of these. 1,800 will be full-time students while 725 have enrolled for part-time day-release and evenings-only courses. One of Poly's board of governors, Mr.
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    Computer to link finance firm's branches
    220 10 Computer to link finance firm's branches HONG Leong Finance intends to build its own credit bureau with the help of a $1 million computer which will connect all its branches to its headquarters within two years. Managing director, Mr. Kwek Leng Beng told a press conference: "This is one of
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    Two NS men died in running tests, coroner told
    1315 10 TWO separate inquiries yesterday, a coroner heard how two national servicemen of the Jurong camp died on two successive days while they were undergoing Army group running tests for physical fitness. Both were attached to the Third Signal Battalion Jurong Camp
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    Heroin man fined
    51 10 A JOBLESS man was yesterday fined tt.ooo by a magistrate's court on each of two charge* of having heroin and consuming the drug. Munlappan Panxhanlsamy. 36. pleaded guilty to having 0.46 grains of heroin ana consuming the drug at a flat In New Chang! Road on Apr
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    For trial in High Court
    64 10 TWO young men. Llm Soon Hlng. 24, and Pang Phang Kok. 21. were yesterday committed by a magistrate to stand trial In the High Court ror armed robbery. They were alleged to have committed the offence at the Capitol Theatre manager's office in North Bridge
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      287 10 Straits Times Crossword p f I I* i I* I I* i fc I ACROSS 7 Very French— spears shat1 Matthews verse* ham- tered Intruder (10) mer out duties (10). Book to tpye: It gives 8 Vestment. returned to ins tructlon (5. 5) York (4) 1* Tracet. rest of broken10
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    Hydrofoil goes through its paces
    262 11 rE first hydrofoil to be built here skimmed over Singapore waters yesterday on Kb first demo nstration run with a boatload of prospective buyers. There was much talk about starling hydrofoil services to the holiday resort of Pulau Tioman and Batam Island. The experience for
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    VC absentee fined
    51 11 VIGILANTE Corps member L!m Thlam Huat, 25, a wilder, was yesterday fined $100 on each of three charges of absenting from VC training. Lim pleaded guilty to skipping duty at the Maju Secondary School centre on Jan 17 and Nov 22 last year and Jan 20 this
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    Marital woes after only three months
    260 11 Marital woes after only three months A HOUSEWIFE told the High Court yesterday that her husband refused to set up a matrimonial home and told her Just three months after their registry wedding last July that he did not want her anymore. Madam Leong Kwai Yook, whose marriage to Mr.
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    EX-DIVER AWARDED $145,000 DAMAGES
    140 11 EX-DIVER AWARDED $145,000 DAMAGES rjTHE High Court award1 ert $140,549 damages last Friday to a former Singapore Armed Forces diver who had to give up his job as a result of severe injuries to his right shoulder and arm suffered in a road accident nearly four years ago. The award
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    Art show
    25 11 MR. Yong Nyuk Lin. MP for Oeylang West, will open an art exhibition at the Oeylang West community centre tomorrow at 8 p.m.
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    Tenancy suit: Appeal by landlord dismissed
    269 11 Tenancy suit: Appeal by landlord dismissed A CIVIL appeal in a landlord/tenancy suit by businessman S. Clemens Borensen against the decision of Mr. Jus tice D'Cotta was dismissed by the Court of Appeal yesterday. The dismissal followed negotiations reached by counsel for the parties during an adjournment granted by the
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    British call to set up fund to tap Asean mart
    585 11  -  PHILIP LEE: 'Don't wait for govt to act' By London, Wednesday A BRITISH market- ing expert has suggested that private commercial and Industrial organisations here establish a fund to help tap the Asean market instead of waiting for a tightfisted
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    Promet builds sixth vessel for Indonesia
    87 11 A SINGAPORE shipyard has built another vessel for the Indonesian Department of Sea Communications the sixth of its type. Promet Shipyard in Pandan Road built the multi-purpose vessel In about seven months. The 28.7-metre long vessel, Selat Durian, can be used for coastal patrols
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    Judge rebukes youths who robbed taximan
    283 11 Judge rebukes youths who robbed taximan r'O youths, who directed a taxi driver to a deserted spot and robbed him, were yesterday chicled by a district Judge for behaving like thugs. Inspector Savinder Singh, prosecuting, told the court that Mr. Yeong Slew Pong, 63, was driving along Orchard Road on
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      361 12 opens CtDd Today (Phone *****4) 11am, 1.45, 4.00, 6.45 9.15 No Free List FROM THE SAME PRODUCER WHO GAVE YOU "BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE I ROXY NEXTWANGE~\ -if N 9Bl!aT^ 8888 "t M fi/ »VM Ml^^^ 1 aV^K^BB^^BH i a n W^Mjffti- iic 1011 Free"Finr Peoy If "STICKERS BAJ6KtoaH!« I OPENS REX
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      646 12 »W6*nijSATIOM p^ypt>rs»BWTTffrßl NOW SHOWINGNo Free Lilt Horn, I 30, 400 6 45. 915 "The tre»e Archer" Port 2 i MANDARIN in Scope-Color SATURDAY MIDNIGHT Sundoy Morning Showi PRINCEREXSKYJURONG Hue Lucn "The WINNIR MANDARIN m Scope-Co' NOW SHOWING' R*publicSkyPre»ident I lom J I 45. 4 00, 6 45, 915 1 Or.
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      172 12 2«d SMASHING WIIK! Pfaaaa Nata Rarf»W Sh«» Timaa: JShewt Start: 10 30 1 15. 4.00, 6 45. 30am STAR WARS' Starts: 10 50 1 35, 4.20 70S. 9 50pm Cot^ Book,ng» No Fr«e Lut ijurenf Dt.v. In Cinama Oaaan'Cattiar'Orchard: Soturdoy ot Midnight' HI'GRtIN MOUNTAIN^iMond OPENS TODAY! 4 Show, at 1
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    Seven-day trip to Malaysia for 30 ESN children
    275 13 Seven-day trip to Malaysia for 30 ESN children TH E Association for Educationally Subnormal Children (ESN) Is holding, for the first time, a seven-day trip to Peninsular Malaysia for Its students at St. Peter's Church School at the end of the month. An association spokesman said the tour alms to
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    Big jam after ninevehicle crash
    140 13 TWO people were injured in a ninevehicle accident at 14.5 km Old Juronc Road yesterday. The multiple crash caused a traffic jam and several hours elapsed before police managed to get the traffic flow back to normal. A police spokesman said yesterday the multi-mishap occurred
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    Holiday film shows at museum
    109 13 Holiday film shows at museum THE National Museum will screen a series of films at its premises for students during the June school holidays. The films are Table Tennis and Singapore Grand Prix 1973. on May 29 and 31: In- troduclng Australian Football and Crocodile on June 5. 7 and
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    Tong appeal: High Court rejects two grounds
    706 13 npHE High Court yesterday dismissed two of 15 grounds of appeal pleaded by former Police Inspector Tong Keng Wan against his conviction, on a charge of criminal breach of trust of his service revolver and 12 bullets. Mr. Justice Chua only dealt with
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    Aussie orchestra with fine touch of its own
    315 13 Aussie orchestra with fine touch of its own rE Training Orchestra of the Australian Broadcasting Commission was presented by the Ministry of Culture at the DBS Auditorium on Tuesday night. A feeder orchestra to the six state orchestra in Australia, it has about 30 members led by conductor Robert Miller.
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    Armed robber who got life fails in appeal
    265 13 Armed robber who got life fails in appeal rpHE Court of Criminal X Appeal yesterday dismissed an appeal by Ang Chiang Ang, 32. of Pontlan, Johore, who was convicted here a year ago of using a pistol in the robbery of a car. Conducting his own appeal, Ang also failed
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      The Samsui Por
      1544 14  -  MEI-LIN CHEW By A dying breed of woman labourers CHE is the last of the woman immigrants from China. Her leather} ana< tanned face, etched with rivulets of lines, tells of a life of labour that is bereft of the smallest luxury. A tiny figure in usually
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      402 14 ,<^^Efl Bt\ J t viit" AT K^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^i^B^^^^^ Unique A Self Cleaning Oven 1 A Cooker Hood that tells you when it needs cleaning I The Electrolux Cooker I Unique Feature r^ A Self Cleaning Oven specially panelled with micro- porous grease-proof enamel that absorbs _.^«^^C2^*j^jfl^ *V"^^^k^^M and eliminates grease splashes
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      125 14 T^JT Housewife W!c&4 HIIUWw. it is difficult to prepa-e a meal which retains all the important lj »m1 Vitamins and Minerals. LtjT She shops for GUARDIAN r MULTIVITAMIN Cap- Jj^ sules which will supple- w| ment all her family's diets with the essential Vitamins and Minerals, all in a IT/
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      Cool silk suit
      115 15 T»HLR£s a new and lazy way to wear a scarf wear it like the Indonesian wear their "selendang" over the "baju." Pick up a great big scarf, fold it in half lengthwise, and throw over one shoulder with nonchalance. Stella wears a huge silky scarf with a
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      A chance to show designing talent
      177 15 A chance to show designing talent r bring out the best local talent, Her World magazine Is organizing a Young Designers Contest "78 which Is open to all amateur and professional Sing apore designers. You could be a designer working in the garment Industry or Just a student with a
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      What children think of woman drivers...
      845 15  - What children think of woman drivers Stella Bruce By ASK a child who is the best driver in the world and, if he's over ten, he will probably say James Hunt or Niki Lauda. If he's under ten he'll say: "My dad Ask him who Is the world's worst driver
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      205 15 IJRAGOMHL4CI RESTALR4M THURSDAYS FASHION The latest ideas in clothes and 9 accessories from our local fashion houses swirl before you, while A delicious Cantonese fare is served tor lunch. Special Lunch: $8.00 per person Showtime: 1.15 p.m. 0 Sponsors for May 25, 1978 a W Crazy Tracy Woltz Itattana Cosmetics
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      270 15 1 V&I v Tie a ribbon in your hair. Take a breath of sweet fresh air. Estee Lauder says it's time for ;\< on lips, cheeks, eyes and fingertips Iff Here are Estee Lauder's tea-dipped TEA GARDEN COLORS tf(\KjLJPP*jj A softer-than-soft confection of lipsticks, blushers and shadows A whole tea-table's
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    Lock icon Moving into the climactic stages of search for new arms pact
    700 16  - Moving into the climactic stages of search for new arms pact ROBERT CULIEN By i in WASHINGTON NEARLY five years after they started, the United States and the Soviet Union appear to be moving into the climactic stages of the search for a second strategic arms limitation treaty. US Secretary
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  • The Straits Times THURSDAY, MAY 25, 1978
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      SLOW PROGRESS
      338 16 INDONESIA by any reckoning Is a country with enormous economic potential. Its varied and vastly rich natural resources have made It a prize much sought after by other states. And since the beginning of the New Order over a decade ago, with Its stress on development priorities, many
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      A RUNNING SORE
      300 16 DESPITE expressions of friendship between their leaders early in the year and an agreement to forget the past by normalising relations, there appears to have been no let-up In the bloody skirmishes along the tense Thal-Kampu-chean border. Thai army reports say there have been more than 100
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    Lock icon Arabs make a widening range of armaments
    492 16  -  NICHOLAS TATRO By in CAIRO THE Arabs have gone Into the arms business in the Middle East and the fledgling industry already is selling Its Western-designed military hardware in a half-dozen countries. The Cairo-based consortium Is welding Egyptian manpower and factories. Western technology
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    Lock icon Zbig makes a good impression on his hosts
    621 16  - Zbig makes a good impression on his hosts FOX BUTTERFIELD By in HONGKONG WHEN Mr. Zbignlew Brzezlnskl, the White House national security adviser, made his mandatory visit to the Great Wall of China on Monday during three days of talks in Peking, he jested with his Chinese hosts that the
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    Lock icon China's new man in Washington at talks
    490 16 China's new man in Washington at talks THE Chinese Ambassador to Thailand was preparing to leave his post last week, three years after opening the Embassy there. He was lavishly wined and dined by senior Thai leaders. When he departed from Bangkok, officials and army generals were on hand to
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      399 16 Study in Oxford. England to become a complete COMPUTER PROFESSIONAL acquire the single qualification that gives access to every worthwhile opportunity in the fascinating world of computers The coveted Certificate of the Institute of Dala Processing The Institute is a professional body in the UK which has introduced now a
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      The 'trial and error' way of treatment
      190 17 MY mother had a minor eye operation In the General Hospital after a recommendation from an out-patient doctor. Now her eye condition Is bothering her and she needs further specialist treatment put was told by the nurse that she must get a "r
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      'Unfair' policy in settling claims
      242 17 I WOULD like to complain about the attitude adopted by SBS with regard to road accidents Involving its buses. I speak from personal experience as I was Involved in such an accident recently at Tanglln Road. It is my contention that SBS adopts an unfair
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      ONLY HUMAN FOR THE VICTORS TO EXPRESS JOY
      283 17 A PAGE OF YCUR LETTERS I AM surprised at Mr. Tan Hock Eng's remarks about the reactions of members of some of the winning and losing bands at the recent school competition. To say that members of the winning bands were "a
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      Upset over hawker resettlement scheme
      125 17 fTNTIL recently, we tne L> residents of Kandahar Street were told that the hawkers In our area were going to be resettled at food centres near the Golden Mile at Bedok. Now we are astonished to learn of the Ministry of Environment's plans to resettle
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      Recording our aviation progress for posterity
      358 17 SINGAPORE a v 1 a 1 1 on has come a long way —from the -rly pioneering flights in the 1910s, through two world wars, to the present time where SIA now operates Boeing 747s and Inaugurated the first supersonic flight with British Airways
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      Use language lab for those Japanese classes
      366 17 Use language lab for those Japanese classes LAST year when I applied for my daughter to take up Japanese as one of the subjects In the curriculum, I had learnt irom the Straits Times dated May 26, 1977 that there were three centres for learning Japanese and that one of
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      REMEDIAL COURSE IN ENGLISH ISN'T THE SOLUTION
      253 17 REMEDIAL COURSE IN ENGLISH ISN'T THE SOLUTION A UNIVERSITY Is not utie piace nor has it me time to teach proficiency In English to undergraduates who are not taking the subject as a course. Recruiting highly paid lecturers for the purpose Is a wasteful exercise. Once upon a time, a
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      Put right within hours
      161 17 AS a motorist residing at Mount Elizabeth I put up with the dally inconvenience of trying to find my way into my road what with the bus lane and can trying to get Into the adjacent Lucky Plaza car park, whilst risking being summoned for entering
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      184 17 Fresh Seafood Restaurant 3 '/a m/s Dunearn Road. Singapore 11 (Opp. Bukit Timah Road) Tel *****2. A SPECIAL TREAT BARBEQUE SEAFOOD Lunch, Dinner Supper Live fish to your choice. Varieties of Fresh Seafood: Yolk Crab, Lobster, King Prawn, Pomfret, Garoupa, Frog's Leg, Baby Cuttle Fish (Sotong) *k free forking facilities
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      17 17 1AM Mail mi mmw l 4fc m V T 1 I.I, M ,iJl l l/JI U J
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      186 17 David Ng sings his goodbyes at Jade Lounge Ming Court Hotel David, that keyboard wizard who has performed with Frank Sinatra, Jane Russell, Catherine Valente ends his engagement at Ming Court soon. Catch him before he goes. Do not pass up this opportunity of listening to one of Singapore's best
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      301 17 On your TV 3.00 PM Opening and The Beverly Hillbillies Jane finds Elly a Mm (Repeat) 3.25 Diary if Events (Chinese) 3.30 Eifit Heries if Snot Lin (Reseat) 4.15 Intermission 6.00 OpeiMi an* Lassie CluJleife if tke NMtaia (PL 2) 6.30 News in Brief 6.35 Twang Tinggi Tinggi (Malay Repeat)
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      262 17 1 SINGAPORE 5 7.30 News (Malay) 7.45 TlM liMk Wo«a»-«ancbe Ofttajt (last JMtf 8.45 WwM Cip Pr»file 9.30 News and NewtfNl 10.00 RMa 10.30 Western Featare Spicat-Tle Uirfefeatei Starraf: kfci Wiyoa, Rick Huisai, Bract Cabit, Rmm Gabriel 12J0 AM Close SINGAPORE 8 Cbiiesc) 1.10 Tnic if the Week-BiliRpaliui (Chinese) 8.45
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      204 17 Public Anncts MS Daily Digest 120 Sunset Serenade 1.44 Financial and Share Market Report 7.00 News 7.1$ The Violin Examination Series Grade. Seven List A (Stereo) 7.45 Science Report I.M On Feminine lines 0.00 News 1.10 Prog Summary followed by Strictly Instrumental 1.30 Ring a Request 11.15 On the Road
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      Share prices end mixed
      436 18 IN THE absence of new development* to Ignite trrth interest in the market, •hare prices slipped lower on the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday. However, a late surge pu«he<V ielected counters highel Tor the market to close mixed. Overall, declines matched advances. Rubber stocks remained relatively
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        32 18 il Proportio* IVOTTtoW ItauDcv nlu Tridinf rooohMiBM •a Ho* IIMChoc rtoaul H Wf wo 216 170 1M 185 690 830 S0S 228 180 404 318 1 V 1 1 1 +1
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        27 18 Haw Par Paaaaf Com FabOTMarllB BRaya Allied Choc Bov,. J C MPH Jirdinri Si(ma Metal 297.000 252.000 232.000 193.000 135.000 132.000 129.000 121.000 117.000
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        38 18 B.T. Index: Industrials: Finance: Hotels: Properties: Tins: S rubbers. O.C.B.C.: 8.E.8. Ind: 1088 28 314.02 $26.07 218 52 192 81 148.80 ***** 284.22 ***** 1092.11 314.18 529 27 210.31 195.07 150 23 505 39 284 22 281.71
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        151 18 rE Straits tin price fell $16 to $1,635 per picul in Penang yesterday on an official offering down 21 tonnes to 264 tonnes. The overnight London market was barely steady with forward buyers falling £60 to £6.370 per lonne. LONDON: T n on the day was down £100 for
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        CLOSING PRICES
        30 18 Rubber: May 24. Singapore: June 215.75 cts (down 1.25 cts). Malaysia: June 221.50 cts (down 1.25 cts). Tin: $1,635 (down $16). Official offering: 264 tonnes (down 21 tonnes).
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        GOLD
        58 18 Tuilday Mondiy Melbourne 1 1> 1S9 53 159.20 London 181.00B 179 oob 181.408 170.403 Zurich 179 73B 179.OOB 180.308 179 738 P«ru 181.00 179.46 WtfintiD., Tu«trt»y Honkong 179.7OB ISO 3UB 1S0.008 180.558 Sport (2) 181.84B MH-ll 182 448 181.128 Export pricvn In non-stcrllng areas in US dollar per ounce,
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        RUBBER
        455 18 THE Singapore rubber market yesterday opened unchanged despite higher overeas advices, dealers said. Uncertain conditions later pie vailed as short-covering alternated with profit-talcing in lairly active trading. June RSS One rose to 218.00 cents before increased selling towards the morning close brought prices lower. Turnover was moderate but physicals
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        COPPER
        39 18 I LONDON: Copper prlcea on Tuesday iprevioua in bracket!) Wlnca.r Spot buyers (740 (£731 Ml, eellera iTll ii 732 30); Three Month buyers £7«O M I <«752>. aellers (7«l u732.M11. I Market tana: steady. »»lw 11 25u tonoei.
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        114 18 pvAlLY 8SR and 8MB prices at noon yesterday: Jane July H.A.S. (Carrent Mth) (Forward Mlh) Buyer* Sellen Buyer* Seller* SSR 20 (1 ton pallet) 204.50 206 50N 205.50 207 50N SSR 50 (1 ton pallet) 202.50 204 50N 203.50 205 SON MJt.E.L.8. SMR 5CV (1 ton pallet)
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        PRODUCE PRICES
        114 18 /HIHEIE PRODUCE EX VISTIROAV. Caaanut all: Bulk (85 aellera. old drum (90 aellera. new drum (95 aellera Cepra: Mixed (looaei UK Cool (58 buyer. Paptier: Muntok AST A white fob 100«( NLW (393 aellera. Sarawak white fob 96* NLW (375 aellera. Sarawak apcclal olack f.o b 96* NLW
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        Hongkong
        350 18 HONokonq The market remained firm on selective demand in active trading, with the Hang Seng index up 4.77 points to 471.M. dealers said. Among leaders. HonfkonBank rose 40 cent* to HKJ15 80 on strong demand. Jardlne MalhMon 30 to 113.30. Hutchl-•on-Whampoa and Wh««lock Mtrden five each to »4.85 and
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        374 18 TOKYO: Share prices rose sharply In moderately active trading, on selective buying spread over Pharmaceuticals, blue chips and export-orien-tated Issues dealers said. The Dow Jones average added 37.83 to 5.445 31 points, with a volume of 280 million shares. The New Index gained 2 85 to 409 56 points
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        278 19 SYDNEY. Wed. Price* generally Improved. Several areas came under ■oiling pressure In the afternoon but this was well absorbed. Mining and speculative stocks igaln provided most Interest and activity with uraniums showing signs of recovery early but closing mixed. INDUSTRIALS CnU AC 1 1« unch A.N.I MS A.P.M
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        315 19 NEW YO.1K. Tues Inflation worries and profit-taking combined today to push stocks sharply tower ID active trading. Analyfts aald there was growing concern about how high Inflation and Interest rates could go before they would begin to pinch profits. Inflation fears were heightened by comments from President
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        Indices
        64 19 FINANCIAL TIMES INDUSTRIALS Tuesday 470.6 Monday 468.8 Week Ago 481.6 DOW JONES AVERAGE INDUSTRIALS Tuesday 845.29 Monday 855 34 Week Ago 854.30 LONDON DOLLAR PREMIUM Tuesday 111% to 111% Monday HIM to 111 H.K. HANG SENG Wednesday 471.14 Tuesday 466 37 Week Ago 460 85 SYDNEY INDUSTRIALS Wednesday 425.65
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        141 19 A MS 1 CKUAM. lUeS. Price* closed firm with major demand from foreign Investors. and the main Indices all touched a new high (or the year. KLM led sains, adding 14.60 guilders. International! were all substantially higher led by Hoocovns, which gained two guilders. Banks were firm. Ogam*
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        Zurich stable
        198 19 ZURICH. Tuei. Prloo. were Irregular with a firmer undertone. Banks and financial* clewed narrowly mixed, while Insurances finned In the foreign sector dollar ■lock? were active and cloted allghtly higher Dutch Internationals were generally steady, while Ocrmam were barely stable. Clwini pneaa in B«iu fraa<* with Um tiftmtt
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      Treasury Bill tender
      62 18 THE Monetary Authority of SlngaDore Invites banks and discount houses to tender for a total of $50 million Treasury Bills. The Bills are; (a) $35 million 91-day Treasury Bills to be Issued from May 29 to June 2: (b) $15 million 182-day Treasury Bills to be Issued
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      K. LUMPUR
      374 18 PRICES staged a strong comeback In the afternoon to close generally steadier at the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange yesterday. After Tuesday's bout of profit-taking across a broad front, traders yesterday were hesitant and cautious at the beginning. Under such conditions the New Straits Times industrlal ordinary share Indcx
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      Money and exchanges
      220 18 THE US dollar opened firm at $2.3430/40 In the Singapore forex market yesterday, mainly bolstered by expectations that the House conferees will approve the natural gas prices deregulation bill. Trading was slack in a thin market with the US unit drifting slightly to $2.3420 on some commercial
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      NOMINAL RATES
      142 18 Interbank rate* at 3.00 p.m. Currencies Nominal rates Smithsonian PrrcenUce quoted ytUcrday icro*»j parity chanfe US dollar 2 3422 2.3428 2.819G 16«J Stirling pound 4.2286 4 2433 7.3469 42.M Hongkong dollar 50.20 50.26 50.51 (T61 Msian dollar 97.27 97.36 100.00 2 73 Aust schilling 15.2472 15.2989 12.1012 25J3
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      ASIAN CURRENCY RATES
      192 18 I NOTE: These rates, may dlSer slightly from those quoted by banks to their customers. A SIAN currency deposit Interbank rates as at closeon May 24. US Dollars (Spot) Offer Bid 7 days 7 5/8 7 12 1 mth 7 5/16 7 3/16 2 mths 7 11/16
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      Money market
      37 18 Closing interbank rates m Singapore dollar on May 24 Offer BM Overnight 6 S 1 mth 4 1/4 4 1/8 2 mths 4 3/8 4 1/4 3 mths 4 5/8 4 12 Source: Aatley Purer.
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      DISCOUNT
      47 18 RANGE of rat., offered V 1 amount houaei on Hay 24. OvernlKhT Call dfpo.il 3'.<<. Cl.nm 3-Month Tr«*»ury bill. 3 1,4 3 ti% J- Month Bank, bill! 4 II 1« 4 Q/j« 3-Month CD 4 11/18 4 »/M 9- Month CD ft kmi Natlanal Oneaunt 6*.
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      Minimum lending rates
      26 18 lending THE avcM-BKe rate at which Singapore bantu are currently prepared to lend to their beat customers I is 7 per cent. V.
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      Singapore Glass performs better than forecast
      614 19 Singapore Glass performs better than forecast VERY different recovery rates are noted for the two successors of the former Malayan Containers group Singapore Olass (1974) and Malaysian Containers (1*74) for their common financial year ended March 31. 1978. A strong secondhalf spurt pushed group pre-tax earnings at Singapore Olass up
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      Malaysia Rice's purchase approved in principle
      313 19 Malaysia Rice's purchase approved in principle MALAYSIA Rice Industries Berhad (MRI) yesterday announced that a proposal to acquire the entire issued capital of Perumahan Berjaya Sdn Berhad (PB) has been approved in principle by the Foreign Investment Committee. This announcement followed a request by directors of MRI to suspend trading
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      Dah Yung Steel setback
      131 19 Dah Yung Steel setback INTENSE competition In the Industrial gas market apparently took Its toll on Dah Yung Steel's performance for the 12 months ended Dec 31, 1977. Group pre-tax profit plunged to $1.09 million, nearly half the previous period's $2 14 million, while group turnover was down by 6.6
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      CLOSING PRICES
      1554 18 THE last transacted ready tale at the clow of business on the Stock ExChange of Singapore yesterday compared with the previous day's prices 'together with 1978 high and low, 'Adjusted for script/rights Issue). ncnoNONi (NDUSTMALB IfTt Lait Hick Ln Company 8*la +«r187 132 Acma 186 +11 213 123*
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      BUSINESS DONE (SINGAPORE)
      1733 18 J"""JJID and offer prices offl- Ij dally listed and business In and reported to the Stock a Exchange of Singapore yester- day with the number of shares traded shown In brackets In lots of 1,000 units unless otherwise specified All Time Settlement Contracts are 1 quoted after
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      Stock options
      145 18 STRIKING prices of the stock options officially listed on the Stock Exchange of Singapore, the periods, bid and offer prices and business done yesterday, with the number of options traded shown In brackets. (old Storage (June $1.70) (0.5SB O.MS). (Sept $1.70) (0.57B 0.72S) i us"* C <June t2M)
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      KUALA LUMPUR
      1950 18 BID and offer prices officially 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! Aamt (1MB) Ajlnamata I2.4OB) AImri (2.14B) (21 2 15 (3) 2 14.
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      Rises
      48 18 Bedford Peuhng B Raya Oriental Bel Prop Sg Besi Mega Lien Hoe PMC .Rahman Hyd S Kinta OCBC 280 C30 233 4 30 220 6 IS 1 55 2.32 3 50 440 6 10 7.50 .66 .60 .18 .16 .15 15 11 .11 .10 .10 .10 10
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      14 18 Bata DBS Mont Lfoi >ng 2 58 3 88 394 08 08 0«
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    IN EVERLOVING MEMORY OF
    44 19 ANNAU'XMI NALLIAH DEPARTED M-S-78 Two years have passed Your sweet memories are treasured none can steal. Our loss is heartache none can heal. A longing sight a silent tear lor one we love so very dear. By husband k children.
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      636 19 COMPONENTS SDN. BHD. Bata Bawodasi Jr— Trad* Zomt Malacca. W«l Malaysia Invites applications from suitable candidates In view ot a further expansion in the:— OPTO-ELECTRONIC DIVISION 1 PROCESS CONTROL ENGINEER 2. PROCESS TECHNIC ENGINEER 3. PRODUCTION ENGINEER 4. ASSEMBLY ENGINEER 5. TESTING ENGINEER 6. QUALITY CONTROL ENGINEER QUALIFICATIONS:— Degree in
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      1048 19 Notice of Meeting I NOTICE is hereby given that the Fifteenth Annual General Meeting of SOUTH EAST ASIA DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BERHAD will be held at the Registered Office of the Company, 9th Floor, Bangunan Hong Leong, 117 Jalan Bandar, Kuala Lumpur on June 14. 1978 at 12.00 noon. BUSINESS: 1
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      738 19 Permohonan-permohonan adalah dipelaws dari Warganegara Malaysia dan Pegawai-pegawai Kerajaan yang sedang berkhidmat untuk mengisl Jawatan yang berikut dalam Perkhidmatan Parlimen: 41 Xl TEKNIK PERTANIAN TINGKATAN BIASA 1 Tetap dan Berpencen) 1 Ktimpulan C 2. Tunf lagajl $295 X 25 345 395 X 25 645 X 30 705 765 X 40
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      562 20 STRAITS PROPERTIES LTD A member of The Straits Group requires SALES MANAGER (PROPERTY) Salary between $25,006 and S30.000 per annum We are a well established group of companies and have created a new position for a dynamic, high energy Sales Manager to strengthen our Sales Team. We are currently involved
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      569 20 The Happy Family! has immediate vacancies for the following positions SALES ENGINEER Applicants should possess a Diploma or Degree in Physics. Electrical or Electronic Engineering with 3 to 5 years' experience with similar responsibilities. PRODUCTION SUPERVISORS Applicants should possess a Diploma in Production Management with supervisory experience or a good
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      919 20 fiTS) CAMELPAINT I Ifffl ORGANISATION I invitpc CAMELPAINT IllVlieb Applications from suitably qualified candidates for the position of:- CHEMIST I The Job To assist in the formulation of products and also in the products development and quality controls. I Tht Person Holder of a Degree in Chemistry from a recognised
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      1066 20 i NOTICE j 2 THIS IS TO INFORM FRIENDS AND BUSINESS ASSOCIATES THAT WE 3 j Victor Tan Kian Guan Derrick Tan Hiok Meng i James Tan Gark Siew Steven Lim Siang Huat HAVE RESIGNED FROM DATA PRINTERS PTE LTD ON OUR OWN J ACCORD WE CAN NOW BE CONTACTED
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      463 21 AT YOUR SERVICE SECTION INDEX f«s CIaASSIFIED ADS iffeis^i erties LSA?I'?; Per word: 60 cts (Mln. $8.00) VIII ANNOUNCEMENTS PERSONAL »*M-44ZZ per co umn cm: $10 75 (M m $32.25) IX OBITUARIES I FOR SALE SHOPPING GUIDE g us any old broken down camera or projector. Well give you $100/-
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      681 21 I" MODERN OFFICE AND home furniture to clear at special discounts Teak bedrooms suite $395. kitchen cabinet $93. dln- ing set $128. hall sette from $180. double-decker $80 and others at special discounts. HP. arrangeable Henderson Furniture. Block 95. 70, Henderson Road Tel: *****07 Dally 10.00 am 900 p.m. 1
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      1130 21 I FOR SALE A SHOPPING GUIDE I SPECIALISED IN GROWING al I types of carpet grass Supplier o: black earth Call Manlarr *****14 TROPICAL FRUIT PLANTS Centn Exhibition Sale You nami It. we have It Tel *****1 AKAI STEREO LEAVING Singapore and must sell Akal Custom Deck X165-D Akal Tape
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      1496 21 M WIOYWOtT AN ENOINCERINQ COMPANY at Jurong Invites applicants to fill the post of a general clerk cum telephone operator Minimum qualification: Must possess OCE O' level. Preferably those residing In Jurong. Interested applicants kindly telephone for appointment *****44 Linda/ write P.O. Box 326. Jurong Post Office. GENERAL CLERK/ TYPIST.
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      1331 21 II EMPIOYMCHT invites applications from Spore V citizens male and female for the posts of •ALES ASSISTANTS a^aw tor promoting our range of Health J J f f Foods, cosmetics of nstursl InKjkJ p^aniL"* M h iC ne# Experience In sales line with established contacts with supermarkets, pharmacies, drug stores
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      1117 21 II EMPLOYMENT EUROPEAN HOUSEWIFE REOUIRED to work selling and promoting wines. No previous experience needed. Part-time with flexible hours or days Required outgoing personality and some knowledge of french wines necessary Please contact Irene Tay *****64 for more details. WANTEO DYNAMIC AND pleasant counter sales promotion girls by established cosmetic
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      679 22 II EMPLOYMENT d) TaaliniTl GENERAL ELECTRIC USA GENERAL ELECTRIC (USA) APPLIANCE COMPONENTS PTE LTO. Invites suitably qualifier; candidates to fill the poM of SET-UP TECHNICIAN Experience/ Ouelrncerlon Minimum of Secondary If Education from a Technlca' School Must be able to read t'jeprtnts and perform simple m ichanlcal adjustments. Ex-National Servicemen
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      680 22 INDUSTRIAL ELECTRICAL FOREMEN with experience In site supervision and management required Apply S.T Box A*****. Major International Service Company requires Immediately an ELECTRICAL TECHNICIAN (Certificate of Polytechnic or Interested please contact ImmedlatelyTEL: 22M411 MRS. A. PEREIRA EXPERIENCED PART-TIME TV. mechanic required Must possess class 111 driving licence Tel: *****7 c)
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      622 22 II EMPLOYMENT 1 A MANUFACTURER OF I AUDIO PRODUCTS WELCOMES YOU TO A LONG-TERM and I J STABILIZED I'l CAREER I i We Require: FEMALE 1 PRODUCTION OPERATORS Requirements: a Age between 16 and 35 a Primary education a Experience not necesa Singapore citizens a M il.iysi in citizens Wa
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      581 22 f i iMr 1 a >. OBEROI IMPERIAL HOTEL 1 I I y requires y I 1) COFFEE SHOP I 1 WAITRESSES f 2) RESTAURANT WAITERS/ 1 r WAITRESSES 4 ■3) KITCHEN UTILITY til 1 WORKER J 4) CHAMBERMAIDS 4 S) SECURITY GUARO I I 6) RECEPTIONIST I '1 7)
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      516 22 II EMPLOYMENT PHILIPS requires FEMALE PRODUCTION OPERATORS Applicant, thould b*: II In age 18 —35 years I in education Prl. 4 Sec. 4 (any language stream) Non-cttUen* cm also apply I W« offer the following benefits: Good pay I 5-day work week II No shift work I No microscopic work
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      646 22 I MATSUSHITA PRECISION MOTOR requires (a) ASBISTANT LINE LEADERS ITC from Poly or Vocational Institute In electrical Electronics 25 years and below Completed National Service Preferably l 2 years experience In similar manufacturing Industry. (b) PRODUCTION OPERATORS (FEMALE) Primary or Secondary education Singapore citizens Between 16-25 years old Staying at
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      720 22 II EMPLOYMENT WANTED SECURITY GUARDS 10 High-rise Building Applicant should be able to read and writ English Age below 45 years Eight hours shift-duties Starting pay $230 per month, oi three months probation to »2* per month Apply personally ti 808. Bth floor. Internationa Plaza GENERAL ELECTRIC (U.SJk.) HOUSEWARES PTC.
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      766 22 PRIM ANY INDUSTRIES ENTERPRISE (PTE) LTD. (Garden Imtna Division) offer Job Opportunity A. SECURITY WATCHMAN ($240) B MALE WORKERS ($2OO $230) JOB SPECIFICATIONS: Position A. routine patrol of a worksite at 9. m.s.. Buklt Tlinah Road. Accommodation available. Suitable for retired security personnel. Position B. Independently working at a fertilizer
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      752 22 II EMPLOYMENT REQUIRED 4 BOYS to work at Ka- long area from 6 00 p.m. 11.00 p m Preference given to those 1 residing In Katong area. < Completed N S. and not working I during day-time Only Malays/ 1 Indians need apply Those Inte- i rested apply personally at
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      710 22 WAITRESSES WANTED CMmm or Matey Age 17 to 14 (Kit Total Income: M300.00 p m. Free meals and drinks nd fringe benefits Must willingly to perform split-shift duties. Interested applicant please call personally together with recent photograph at Indonesia Ca*> Reetatrent, (Far Eaet Shopping rantre) 4th Floor, Far tt»l Shopping
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      487 23 II EMPLOYMENT aS S^ooooooooq i i i 1 > requires 1. MALE I PRODUCTION OPERATORS I Completed N f. Minimum Sec 2| I education I Must be prepared to work on 3 shifts by J I weekly rotation Preferably living lr\| District 12. 13 or 14 2. MALE SHIPPING I
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      636 23 m We ere looking lor active young men to loin our group o) Professional Field InterOnly those with the following may apply Holder of O.C.E. O1O 1 Level Certificate or Its equivalent Able to converse fluently In the English language. Bilingual prefered Must be above 18 years of age Above
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      659 23 111 VEHICLES BOATS FOR SALE/CHARTER BRAND Nl- a DECK CARGO FUEL/ OIL BARGES 140' x 40' x 10-ABS NEW FLAT TOP STEEL BARGES IJ|< in if ABS Pleas* contact Tel BHW MH.UMi EVINRUOE OUTBOAROS. PARTS. •ire now backed by Spotradlos over 50 years experience In After Mid M'tnre. specializing In
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      882 23 MINI 1000. 1(70. $4,600 0.n.0 70E. Lorong M. Telok Kurau (after 4pm) 2-MONTH OLD MAZDA 323 Lady owners, sports rims and Ten cassette Including tuffkote Asking $15,000 on o Call: *****1. I(7s YAMAHA ROSSO. Oood condition $1 600 Tel: ***** 11 ext 2521 Jalll (during office hours) 1(73 CORTINA 1(L
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      969 23 111 VEHICLES BOATS LATE 7» FORO Cortina 160 owner, alrcon. sports rims radio cassette, very good condition $9,600 0.n.0 Tel *****77 I(7s YAMAHA 1000 c c good running condition Selling $880 Call *****22 Mr Yeo after 600 p m 1(71 TOVOTA 1200. One owner Very good condition $7,900 Ring Wong
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      924 23 1970 OATSUN PICKUP Rotd lax' insurance till August Ooo<l condition Tel *****71 '73 CORTINA ISOO OT alrcond cassette, nood condition Selling: $7,500 o no. 6. Duku Lane. *****2 END 72 MAZDA 808. 2 owners, tax 6 months, engine, bodywork tip top. Tel *****9 YAMAHA 70 C.C. 4 months old. Downpayment
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      703 23 111 VEHICLES A BOATS 1(71 MAZOA 1(00 cc Saloon Alrcond tax June, good condition $6800 Tel *****2' *****89 1(73 MAZDA REI2 excellent condition 2 owners, alrcond. radio/ cassette, sports rims. Call Gilbert *****66 1(77 FEBRUARY DATSUN 100A Tax Jan '79 One owner, beautiful condition. $12,800 on o Thomas Yeo *****3
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      818 23 GOOD PRICE OFFERED for -i. itood u--?d rarv any make and model Contact Tanglln Used Can Q .69 Kllliney Road Tel: :!721IU 375 1 i69. WANTED TO BUY good used cars from 1969 onwards. Call 245. Mldi *****1 *****1. HIGH PRICE OFFERED to all used wlmlts Tal Chong Lee Tradlns
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      728 23 IV ACCOMMODATION k PtOPEKTIit DONT DESPAIR! R.T.C. *****72 *****16 *****11 The Houslni Specialist can help solve youi housing problems DIST 10. QREENLEAF VIEW. 2 storey semi-detached I bedrooms. 3 bathrooms fullj furnished Rental $1 250 Tel *****8/9 EXPENSIVELY FURNISHED DOU BLE-STOREY seml-detachec bungalow 3 bedrooms and 8 study, split-level living
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      575 23 OIST 9 HILLTOPS. LAM# 3 bedroomed apartment/**aflfeh floor, furnished Available 1.7.78 $1,600 Call *****22' *****14/ *****11 m DIST. 10 NEAR BOTANIC Gardens apartment with 3 bedrooms, servant's $1,300 fully furnished Ace Housing *****22 DIST. WELL APPOINTED 3-fted-roomed apart ment with garden close to Japan Club and downtown facilities Rental $1,600
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      754 24 IV ACCOMMODATION A PROPERTIES *JJ a^Bv^peaaei «EOOK NORTH ROOM to let for couple No cooking Tel Mrs .fTan *****24 I OUIET ROOMS near Junction Orange Paterson Road FurVilshed Ladles only Ring *****5 OlfT 11 UNFURNISHED BED ROOM Suitable Single' Couple. Cooking/ Telephone 3-B Jalan -Xurwia (Norfolk Circus) After ■S 30
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      814 24 WANTED URGENTLY WAREHOUSE Space by International company 10.000 sq.fl 20.000 sq ft Alexandra/ Pasir Panjang area Preferably sale or rental Send details to The Advertiser. 1416. International Plaza. Anson Road. Spore Z MACPHERBON AREA SINGLESTOREY warehouse for rent Height clearance 35' Area 4.800 sq ft. Ready for Immediate occupation Details:
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      538 24 IV ACCOMMODATION t PROPERTIES FULLY CARPETED OFFICE space with partition units available outside CBD. Inclusive PUB maintenance. Contact *****28 J3SO. WOM HUP Complex corner unit with glass on 3 »Xl« 4 »4 sq ft Enquiries *****43. *****82 OFFICE SPACE AT 16-A. Beach Road for rental Inclusive ofPUB charges. Enquiries ring
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      622 24 DISTRICT 11: OFF THOMSON Road Well renovated conveniently located 2 Storey 5-bed-roomed bungalow. Area: approx 6 000 sq ft Beautiful condition throughout Price: $215,000/Further details Tel: Oreenacres *****8 MONT BLANC PTE LTO Offer*: DIST. 10 SINGLE-STOREY DETACHED BUNGALOW in choice Split-level living/ dining terra/zo flooring. 5 bedrooms. 4 h.iths with
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      582 24 IV ACCOMMODATION I PROPERTIES TAMAN JURONG JTC 10th fir Mat 3 bedrooms. 2 toilets. 1 dlnlni. hall. 1 sitting room with al terrazzo flooring and all walls resmoolhen. windows are tlntefJ glass aluminium sliding with 1 aircond room price $35,000 negotiable Tel: SS4SSI (etnc* hour*) FULLY FURNISHED 4-ROOMED flat Dlst.
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      721 24 BUNGALOWS WANTED RAFFLES Park; apartments Balmoral Park. Calrnhlll Mansion, other estates considered j L.J Associates *****2/ *****4 GENUINE BUYER REQUIRES I Semi-detached or Link BungaI low with 4 bedrooms and 1 servant's room In Dlsts 9. 10 or 11. Budpt price $160,000 Principals only, please call Nancy *****5 DOUBLE-STOREY SEMIDETACHED
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      734 24 V SERVICES t BUSINESS REPUTABLE OFFICE ADDRESS and efficient telephone answerIng services for only $20 p m Contact Inco Secretarial and Management Services. Tel: *****51 FOR SOCIABLE AND charming lady escorts, contact Aphrodite 809 Bth fir Far East Shopping Centre. Orchard Road Tel: *****97 *****08 FOR CHARMING AND Sociable Lady
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      747 24 LORRIES FOR REMOVALS household office furnitures' packlm (xtcry delivery serfontact Tan *****52/ *****82 Anytime HOUSEHOLD/ OFFICE REMOVALS, freight forwarding, factory delivery service Jurong area, packing Contact Devan tel: *****69 DATSUN PICKUP AVAILABLE to transport your small articles/ goods reasonable rate Ring *****5 DAIHATSU LORRY/ DATSUN Pick-up for your delivery service
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  • IX OBITUARIES
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      140 Acknowledgements
      107 25 140 Acknowledgements The family of late CHNG KIAN SIENG. TERENCE. wish to thank doctors, nurses and staff of wards 25. 26 4 31 of Spore General Hospital for services and assistance rendered during his stay there. The family of the late MR. PATRICK SOON SHEN CHYUAN express their thanks to
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      119 25 LOKt YUEN CHEW aged 68 Beloved uncle of Loke Lai Tong, Loke Lai Chong. Loke Lai Seng. June Loke and beloved grand uncle of Loke Fay Hoong. Loke Fay Yin Loke Kin Onn was called to rest by the Lord on 24/5/78 Corlag* !••<•• Cpora CMkat at 10.30
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  • ACROSS THE CAUSEWAY
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      Malaysia woos foreign capital
      505 26 FRANKFURT, Wednesday ffcVTUK Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamad spelled out last night the bright econ o m i c future of Malaysia and reiterated the need for foreign capital in her development efforts. The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Trade and Industry was speaking on the
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      'He asked: What other companies can we clobber?'
      1009 26 AHMAD SHAH CONTINUES DEFENCE GROUP Capt. Ahmad Shah bin Hashlm (now retired) told the High Court today that he quit the RMAF in 1973 because his boss, acting Chief of Air Stall Datuk Mohamed Taib, was a ruthless and corrupt man. He
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      'Common' Asean driving licence
      153 26 BANGKOK. Wed. Motorists from the Asean countries will no longer require an international driving licence to drive in any Asean country beginning from next year. according to a New Straits Times report quoting Bernama. This has been made possible by an agreement reached recently among the
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      High Court gives ruling on land titles
      360 26 High Court gives ruling on land titles KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The High Court ruled today that the Federal Territory Land Executive Committee had no power to direct a company to surrender its perpetuity title on a piece of land in exchange lor 99-year leases. Mr. Justice Harun Hashim said in
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      Worker buried alive
      82 26 IPOH, Wed. A monitor attendant was buried alive while three others escaped unhurt in a landslip in a tin mine, off the four km point Gopeng Road here yesterday evening. Tang Seng. 45. was working at the Choong Sam mines at about 6.10 p.m. when a section
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      Lock icon 'RAAF in Malaysia still relevant'
      102 26 CANBERRA. Wed. The Defence Minister, Mr. Jim Klllen, told Parliament today that the presence of Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) aircraft in Malaysia had not lost their relevance. "Though changes have occurred In both the global and regional situations since 1971," he said. "Neither of
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      546 26 TENDER NOTICE CORPORATE SERVICES DEPARTMENT (Bth Floor. |Pl'B Building, Someriet Road. Singapore 9) (1) Supply of 450 Nos Galvanlshed Iron 'L' Brackets. (2) Supply of Envelopes (6 Items) for Twelve Months. (3) Supplyof 2040 Nos Heat Shrinkable Cable Caps (3 items). (4) Supply of Papers (21 Items) for Twelve Months.
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      2376 27 ANNOUNCEMENT -^—^T^J SINGAPORE BUS SERVICE (1978) LTD. m^^^ RATIONALIZATION OF JURONG TOWN BUS SERVICES I OUTLINE OF THE CHANGES On Thursday 1st June 1978, Jurong Town bus services other equally important competing needs. The ever in- coverage will be taken over by the proposed set of From surveys it was
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  • TIMESPORT PAGE ONE
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      Lock icon 20 teams for 1982 finals?
      236 29 gUENOS AIRES, Wed. Joao Havelange, president of the International Federation of Football Associations, said yesterday that the number of teams for the next World Cup play-offs might be raised to 20. Havelange, who arrived here yesterday for the 16-nation World Cup finals starting next Thursday,
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      Lock icon FOILED – kidnap bid on manager Hidalgo
      254 29 FOILED kidnap bid on manager Hidalgo BORDEAUX, (France), Wed— Michel Hidalgo, the manager of Prance's World Cup soccer squad, yesterday foiled a bid by armed attackers to kidnap him on the eve of his team's departure for Argentina. The attack, apparently by amateurs, was seen as a violent climax to
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      23 29 car and grappled with Hidalgo before giving up and fleeing in their car. Police said lildalgo managed to grab one of the pistols.
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      Lock icon Hovenkamp fails test
      50 29 ZEIST (Holland), Wed. Defender Hugo Hovenkamp failed a fitness test today and dropped out of Holland's I World Cup soccer squad. Team doctor Frits Kessel examined Hovenkamp's knee and found it too heavy with fluid to risk sending him to Argentina with the squad on Friday. Reuter.
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      141 29 World Cup scene CHINA'S future membership of the International Football Federation may be raised at the FIFA Congress in Buenos Aires at the end oi this month, a South American Football Confederation spokesman said at Lima yesterday. The Protestant Church of West Germany Sent a letter yesterday to Journalists going
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      ARGENTINES STAY CALM
      281 29 BUENO6 AIRES, Wed With eight days left to the start of the 11th World Cup soccer final, this city of nine million persons is taking the whole thing in a nonLatin way calmly. There are blue and white national flags around the capital. A few signs say
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      Hutchinson will partner Aylmer Road
      703 29  -  BLUE PETER By fPOH, Wed. Bang1 in-form Jockey Ron Hutchlnson has elected to ride Aylmer Road in the $80,000 Perak Derby (Class 1 2,400 metres race) here on Sunday. "I wiii ride Aylmer Road In the big race, rain or shine. He won very well
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      PENANG RACE ENTRIES
      1120 29 A TOTAL of 362 horses 84 Class 2. 160 Class 4 and 118 Class 6 have been entered lor me penang Turf Club's meeting on June 3. 4. 10 and 11. The entries: CLASS TWO First run: 1.200 (a) or 1,700m (b); Second run. 1.400m (c) or
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      Lock icon Ali—Athlete of the Decade
      386 30 Ali Athlete of the Decade NEW YORK, Wed.— Muhammad Ali, voted Athlete of the Decade, yesterday announced, one more flght that's all. "Then I will retire," he said. The former heavyweight champion was picked in a poll of nationally known sports writers and broadcasters for having been the outstanding sports
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      117 30 Move to form society r«ANNES. Wed. ForVj mer world heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad All breezed through the Cannes film festival to discuss plans for a new movie and do one of the things at which he Is the greatest: Talk. "I am founding a society," Ali announced. "It's name Is
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      Castro approves fight with pride of Cuba
      211 30 Castro approves fight with pride of Cuba IIAVANA, Wed. Cuban President Fidel 11 Castro says he approves a suggestion that former world heavyweight boxing champion Mohammed All fight Cuba's world amateur champion Teofilo Stevenson In one or more three-round exhibition fights if All regains the professional title. Castro made the
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      300 30 MANCHESTER, Wed.— Oeoff Boycott passed a fitness test on his injured back yesterday and will lead England in the first of this week's two one-day cricket internationals against Pakistan at Old Trafford here today. Boycott is deputising for Mike Brearley, who misses both games because of
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      SASA recommend third place times
      133 30 rK Singapore Amateur Swimming Association will recommend the 1974 Asian Oames thirdplace times as the qualifying marks for this year's Oames in Bangkok this December, reports ALBERT JOHNSON. MEN IN metres free (56 31 sec), tttaa free '2:02.61), 400 m free (4:2344). 1,500 m free
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      COLOURFUL MASTERS
      263 30  -  ERNEST FRIDA By THE inaugural Singapore Masters Track and Field Association Open meet at the National Stadium on Aug. 27, will have an international flavour with competitors from the United States, Australia, New Zealand and ASEAN countries. Invitations have also been sent to two West German clubs, ASV
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      Caltex meet to serve as trial
      200 30 NEXT month's Caltex age-group track and field championships will serve as trials for those aspiring to participate in the ASEAN schools' meet In Kuala Lumpur In August, reports ERNEST FRIDA. The Caltex championships the fourth are organised by the Singapore Amateur Athletic Association and
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      Unseeded Amaya triumphs
      320 30 Unseeded Amaya triumphs DOME. Wed. Unseeded American Victor Amaya yesterday upset Corrado Barazzuttl of Italy in sraight sets in the Italian Open tennis tournament. Australian John Newcombe and Americans Arthur Ashe, Harold Solomon and Brian Gottfried also won their matches. i Amaya, who stands about two metres beat seventh seeded
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      Khe Bong meet
      44 31 KHE BONO Constituency Sports Club are inviting residents to take part In their lnter-constltuency badminton tournament, which begins on June 10. They require competitors for the men's singles and doubles, women's singles and veterans' singles. Those Interested should contact Shutor (*****7).
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      Tengah lodge complaint against SICC
      367 31  - Tengah lodge complaint against SICC ERNEST FRIDA By rpSNGAH Golf Club are upset with the 1 Singapore Island Country Club. For the SICC staged their club championship during the same weekend as the Tengah Open tournament, on May 13 and 14. And Terry Kneebone, captain of the Tengah club, has
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      SIA hockey team get tour reward
      109 31  - SIA hockey team get tour reward GODFREY ROBERT By THREE national players are In the 18 member Singapore Airlines hockey squad who leave tonight for a week's tour of New Zealand. The three players are defenders Lam Yin Kol and Azlan Khalll and winger Syed Abdul Kadlr. The other players
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      Penalties to decide if it's a deadlock
      318 31  - Penalties to decide if it's a deadlock JOE DORAI By THERE will be no replay to decide the finalists if the Singapore versus Pa hang Malaysia Cup second leg semi-final at the National Stadium on Sunday ends in a draw. In the event of a draw at full-time, a 30-minute
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      NO LIVE TELECAST
      58 31 rERE will be no live telecast of Sunday's second-leg Malaysia Cup semi- final between Singapore and Pahang at the National Stadium. A Radio and Television Sini»a- yoie spokesman said .his yesterday. A delayed telecast, however, will be shown at II p.m., after the news and newsreel. There
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      INTERMEDIATES FUMBLE
      314 31 -By Singapore Intermediate 1 (Peter Llm, 40th mm) Jobore Govt. Services WILFRED YEO— JOHORE Government Services came to the National Stadium as sacrificial lambs for the egos of the Singapore intermediate team, but they returned home boosting their own egos. Except for the first half hour or so
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      24 31 9 JOHORE Government Services' goalkeeper Som Abidin punches the ball away from the charting Wonj Kwok Choy (No. 10). Tlmetpic by TAN WEE HIM.
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      More gloom for the women bowlers
      282 31 SINGAPORE'S wobowlers, whose participation In the Asian Games was last week reported to be dependent on their performances In the FIQ Asian Zone tournament in Bangkok from July 30 Aug. 6, may now not even be taking part In the latter, reports WIL- FRED
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      Asia continue winning run
      259 31  -  PETER SIOW By ASIA ELECTRIC, the National basketball league champions lor the past three years, made no bones about their Intention "of retaining the title again at the Gay World Stadium last night. The defending champions sank hard-fighting Police 91-77 to chalk their ninth straight win
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      A boost for softball
      198 31  -  BERNARD PEREIRA By SINGAPORE Armed Forces' recent affiliation with the Singapore Softball Association has given a tremendous boost to the sport In the Republic. In the words of Rajaslngham, the SSA secretary: "It has finally I helped to bridge the gap between the schools and the
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      CAPTION ERROR
      53 31 A CAPTION on the ■ports pates of yesterday 'a Straits Tlntes Inadvertently described the Hl*h Commissioner for Canada as the Australian High Commissioner. We apologise for the error and for any etnbaxrasamrnt It might have caused Mr. HE. Key Thomson, the Canadian High Commissioner, or Mr. Geoffrey Price,
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      AUSSIES THROUGH
      163 31  -  PATRICK BASTIANS By KARACHI. Wed— Third seeds Australia, the only non-Paklstanl team rated a chance In the Hashlm Khan World team squash championj ships here, won through to the semi-finals with a tough but clear-cut 3-0 win over New Zealand here yesterday. Dean Williams, this year's seml-flnallst In
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      Only one Lim left
      131 31 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. —Malaysia's 20-strong national soccer squad (or next month's Jakarta Anniversary tournament Included three Llm brothers when the names of the players were announced on May 11. But, when the squad reported for centralised training at the Football Association of Malaysia's headquarters here on
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      DIARY
      59 31 ATHLETICS Victoria School track and field c'ahlpa (National Stadium. 3.30). BASKETBALL: National League: Lam Teclt v Telok Aver; BAFBA A V Combined Schools Special Constabulary v Hardware (Oay World Stadium, a. 45. 8.00. 8.15). DIVING: BAFSAI first clinic (Toa Payoh. 8.30 a.m.). GOLF: SICC women's match-play (Buklt Old Course.
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    Lock icon Midnight crash near Times House
    77 32 fRIMACING in pain, driver Lim Sic Huat, 24, of an overturned Datsun pick-up is comforted by pas- sen -by moments after he was pulled out of the vehicle early this morning. The mishap occurred shortly after midnight at the junction of Irwell Bank Road and
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    Late CLASSIFIED DEATHS
    40 32 Late CLASSIFIED DEATHS MR. I IAMIMATHAM patMd away on 24-5 Ts leaving behind beloved wife, daunhtrr Mn. C. Katnaubapatny ton KulaslnKham, four (randchildren and alx (reat srmndchlldrrn. Cortege leavta No 2 Frankel Walk a.1 2.00 p m for crematorium today.
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    50 32 HONOKONO. Wed. The government has expressed concern to China at the number of legal and illegal immigrants arriving In Hongkong, acting Chief Secretary Mr. Philip Haddon-Cave said here today. Mr. Haddon-Cave told the Legislative Council that so far this year. 30.000 people had arrived legally and Illegally.—AFP.
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    Lock icon $5.3b deal
    36 32 $5.3 b deal TOKYO. Wed. British Nuclear Fuels Ltd. and the Japanese electric power industry today signed contracts totalling 520.000 million yen (SSS 356 million) lor transporting and reprocessing Japanese spent nuclear fuel in Britain. AFP.
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    Lock icon Summit fails in bid for Africa force...
    251 32 PARIS, Wednesday pRAXCE and 20 African nations agreed after a two-day summit to strengthen their military cooperation but failed to approve plans for an all-African military force designed to put down recurrent revolts across Africa. Participants at the summit announced they will still
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    French troops in chase to save hostages
    145 32 French troops in chase to save hostages KOLWEZI. Wed. Four hundred French foreign legionnaires chased retreating rebel force* into the rolling buahland of Zaire's southern Shaba province today in their search for 60 French hostages believed held by the insurgents. Western diplomatic sources in Kinshasa, the capital of the former
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    Lock icon We back independence for Brunei: Murtopo
    145 32 JAKARTA, Wednesday nrvHE Indonesian OovJ. ernment supports Independence for Brunei. Information Minister All Murtopo said today. Mr. Murtopo told reporters that Indonesia's policy on Brunei was discussed by President Suharto with Malaysian Prime Minister Hussein Onn last week at their informal meeting in Sabah.
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    Lock icon 10 Thais killed in border ambush
    142 32 10 Thais killed in border ambush BANGKOK. Wed. rpEN people were A killed and 13 others wounded in an ambush by Kampuchean soldiers in eastern Thailand yesterday, boroer police said today. They said the Khmer Rouge troops opened fire from their side of the frontier at a bus operating between
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    714 32 LONDON. Wed. Today's share price movements were mixed In a quiet session dealers said At 3 pm the Financial Times Index was down 0 3 at 470.3 arter a low of 4M 8 Trading In government bonds was slack with operators expecting some sort of credit control measures
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