The Straits Times, 27 May 1978

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    14 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 SATURDAY, MAY 27, 1978 25 CENTS M.C.(P) No. 214/1/78
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  • YOUR WEEKEND READING
    • The Sunday Times
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        5-page World Cup special
        157 1 LESS than a week to go before the kickoff of the World Cup finals in Argentina Which nation will win the most coveted trophy in sports? Who will be the stars that will dazzle the millions watching the games over TV all over the world? The
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        Nalla on the toopolite Singaporeans
        99 1 NALLA TAN writes another column just for YOU. This week she says that too many Singaporeans tend to put up with anything without making a fuss even if they are served with bad cooking, faced with poor service and confronted with sulky waiters and waitresses.
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        No bed of roses in Rose Villa...
        74 1 rpHE place Is called Rose Villa... but Inside the 1 rambling building there Is nothing to suggest that those who live there lie on beds of roses. On the contrary... it is the drug rehabilitation centre for women. What is life like Inside
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    • Sunday Nation
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        Fairytale Princess who lived unhappily ever after...
        126 1 HER sister fell In love at 14 and lived happily ever after. She lost her heart at 13 and happiness was to keep eluding her. Yet Princess Margaret was the prettiest English princess born this century, a girl who could invest the most
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        Rosmaini, Pahangs danger man...
        61 1 ROSMAIM SHAH, the lethal Pahang striker who almost singlehandledly destroyed Penang In two pre-seml-final Malaysia Cup matches. Is the danger man Singapore mutt shackle If they want to beat Pahang in tomorrow's second-leg semi-final. What is Rcsmaini Shah the player and private man like? SUNDAY NATION
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        A father's anguish
        110 1 4 The more Cheng Huat thought about the baby, the more resentful he became. He cursed the baby for (ringing him such shame. It was lucky both hit parents and In-laws had passed away, but what would the neighbours say?. "My son will be a healthy, normal
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        Other highlights
        37 1 WRITER'S CRAMP, or reading between Arabian lines. IT STUNS YOU WITH THE GLITTER like Ubermce the electric peacock. ACT NOW AGAINST HOOLIGANISM ON 1 THE BASKETBALL COURTS, Inside Track urges the Basketball Association of Singapore.
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        Asia Magazine
        21 1 THE EYES HAVE IT a Western photographer's assessment of what makes Asian beauties rivettlng In your FREE Asia Magazine.
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    Lock icon CHINA BEEFS UP BORDER FORCES
    522 1 As row with Hanoi hots up... WASHINGTON, Friday CHINA was today reported to have reinforced troops along its border with Vietnam and cancelled all its aid projects in that country. The Washington Post, quoting diplomatic sources in Hongkong, said the Chinese had reinforced their frontier
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    25 1 A CRIPPLE being carried across the Nanshi river one of several pictures of Chinese refugees fleeing from Vietnam released by the official Hsinhua news agency.
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    Lock icon 11 HURT BY RED BOOBY TRAPS
    97 1 BETONO, Frl. Eleven soldiers taking part In a joint Thal-Malay-slan military -operation against communist guerillas In the Betong salient In Southern Thailand were seriously wounded by booby traps a few days ago, Thai sources here said today. They said nine Thais and two Malaysians
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    Lock icon Scientist flees mainland
    65 1 Scientist flees mainland TAIPEH, Frl. A Chinese scientist recently fled the mainland and has left for an undisclosed country after a short stay here, the chief military spokesman for the Taiwan government said here today. The scientist, identified only by his surname Wang, fled China with the assistance of Taiwanese
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    Marshall to be our envoy in Paris?
    286 1  -  CORINNE THAM By LAWYER David Marshall is to retire from his practice soon and is expected to be appointed ambassador to a West European country. It is understood that he will be posted to Paris although this could not be confirmed by either
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    Lock icon Entebbe bomb blamed for air crash
    179 1 Entebbe bomb blamed for air crash NAIROBI. Friday rpHE Kenyan Govern- ment said today a plane crash which killed one of Kenya's leading whites on Wednesday was caused by a bomb planted in the aircraft at Uganda's Entebbe airport. Bruce McKenzle, a former minister, and all three others aboard the
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    Lock icon Treaty talks to resume
    54 1 Treaty talks to resume TOKYO. Frl. The Japanese Government of Prime Minister Takeo Fukuda today decided to reopen talks on Its long-delayed peace treaty with China next month. The decision came when the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) today .endorsed Mr. Fukuda 's plan to resume the .Tokyo-Peking negotiations an
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    Lock icon Tilt at govt inaction?
    44 1 PISA. Ftl. A group of angry out-of-work Italians today took over the Leaning Tower of Pisa. From the top of the familiar tourist attraction they unfurled banners explaining their problems In several languages, watched by crowds of visitors below. AFP.
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    Lock icon Dow Jones
    41 1 NEW YORK, PW.— DO« Jones averages, based on first hour of trading on the New York Stock Exchange: 30 Indus 832.9. off 3.12; 20 transp 223.61. off 0.53; 15 UtlU 104.36. up 0.03; 6S Stocks 288.21. off 0.77. UPI.
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    Lock icon The weather
    14 1 UP TO NOON TODAY: Mainly fair, according to the Singapore Meteorological 3erviee.
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    LATEST 289 STILL MISSING
    49 1 BRUSSELS, Fit Belj Jan CoojMratlen Minister Lucien Oaten Mid today 7M whites ll»ln f In KohrMri. Z*lre, were itUl UaUd ai mlMinf Tb« b^UM 1 M whlUa bad bMM found k> far, be said. Thirtytwo of the dead had been identified. AFT. (See Pate 3)
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      144 1 BEWARE OF 'BARGAIN PRICE' COSMETICS -Pag. 7 CARTER warns Russia on Africa 2 A FREE-FIRE area alone Zaire border 3 AUSSIE govt to consider 40pc tariff cats proposal 4 "CUBA'S top two In Ethiopia expelled" 5 DOCTORS' dilemma: Babies born of atnblrnous sex 6 THAT sporting spirit a poor loser
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  • AROUND THE WORLD
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      Invasion of Zaire: Cubans accused
      209 2 CHICAGO, Frl. President Carter yesterday accused the Cubans of doing nothing to prevent the bloody invasion of Zaire by Katangan rebels. In a news conference at the start of a two-day political trip, Mr. Carter said the Cubans played "a key role In training and
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      Lock icon Carter warns Russia to show restraint
      408 2 Carter warns Russia to show restraint 'SALT HOPES JEOPARDISED^ CHICAGO. Friday WE try to address w the critical issues of our nation without being fearful of the political consequences I could very well make every decision I have confronting me on the basis of how it would affect me in
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      Total five-year ban?
      207 2 NEW YORK, Fri. President Carter is to ask the Soviet Union to agree to a virtual total fiveyear ban on nuclear tests, the New York Times reported today. The paper said Mr. Carter made the decision on May 20 in the face of strong opposition from the
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      Lock icon Jail sentence 'too severe'
      58 2 SYDNEY. PTt. Two American women jailed for 14 years each for importing drugs into Australia worth US$l3.7 million (Ss32 million) yesterday lodged appeals against the severity of the sentence. Vera Todd Hays, 62. and Florlce Marie Bessire. 59, both of La Pine, Oregon, lodged notice of
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      Lock icon Setback for plan to ban drinking
      174 2 Setback for plan to ban drinking NEW DELHI, Fri. Indian Prime Minister Morarjl Desal's plan to impose total prohibition In the country within four years suffered a setback today when a High Court In the northern state of Uttar Pradesh quashed a government order banning drinking in seven districts In
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      32 2 HONOKONO. Frt. More than SO biologists Irom 10 countries will take part In a Slno-Australlan plant tissue culture symposium opening In Peking today, the New China News Agency reported. Reuter.
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      17 2 With the monsoon season due to start soon, Muslim refugees in Bangladesh await with apprehension. -AP picture.
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      Lock icon '100,000 child refugees in jungle'
      360 2 '100,000 child refugees in jungle' LONDON, Friday A RED Cross official returned to London from Bangladesh yesterday with reports of almost 100,000 child refugees under the age of 12 huddled together In Jungle clearings, hungry and thirsty, some already dead, some awaiting rfogth Mr. David Bedford told reporters they are
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      Lock icon Charged with trying to murder Indira
      102 2 MADRAS, Fri.— A former Chief Minister of the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu has been charged with attempting to murder exPremler Indira Gandhi during her visit here last October. A charge-sheet, filed by police in the chief metropolitan magistrate's court on Thursday, accused
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      Lock icon Man: I was raped by two women
      126 2 WASHINGTON, Fri A mull complained to police that two women raped him at gunpoint in the back seat of their car. They pretended it had broken down at tile road-aide in suburban Maryland, he •aid. Hla chivalry In stopping to help was rewarded
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      Lock icon WORLD'S ARMS SPENDING DOUBLES IN EIGHT YEARS
      328 3 WORLD'S ARMS SPENDING DOUBLES IN EIGHT YEARS PARIS, Frl. The world's annual military spending has doubled since the United Nations proclaimed eight yean ago that the 1970s would be a "decade of disarmament." This year the world is spending US$4OO billion (***** billion) on arms. As reckoned by the Stockholm
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      Lock icon A free-fire zone along Zaire border
      377 3 PARIS, Friday PRESIDENT Mobutu Sese Seko of Zaire has ordered his troops to clear civilians from a 104 km stretch of Shaba province and create a free-fire zone to block further infiltration of rebels from bases in Angola. After yesterday's announcement by the French
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      Lock icon Pullout: Zaire govt not told
      205 3 PARIS, Friday PRESIDENT Mobutu Sese Seko of Zaire said yesterday he was not told in advance that French paratroopers would be withdrawn from Kolwezi. The Zaire leader told a crowded news conference he first heard of the French decision in a radio broadcast earlier in
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      Lock icon Minister to enforce new Lanka law
      100 3 COLOMBO, Frl. Sri Lankan President Juntas Jayewardene has appointed a minister to enforce a new law banning all organisations advocating the use of violence, the Defence Ministry announced today. Deputy Defence Minister Tlklrl Banda Wearapltlya will be In charge of certain aspects of the
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      Lock icon 'No' to oil barter
      59 3 JAKARTA. Frl. Indonesia has rejected reported Taiwanese offer to barter 1U surplus kerosene with Indonesian fuel oil. the progovernment newspaper Suara Karya reported today. The report quoted Dr. Subroto, Minister of Mines and Energy, as saying that In principle Indonesia does not want to be engaged
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      Lock icon Carters host party for Bob Hope
      104 3 Carters host party for Bob Hope rE President and Mrs. Carter hosted a 75th birthday party at the White House on Thursday for Bob Hope, and naturally everyone laughed, including the First Family. Congress also saluted Mr. Hope in a carni-val-life atmosphere marked by jokes, offkey songs and special awards
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      Lock icon Oman sets up diplomatic ties with China
      130 3 Oman sets up diplomatic ties with China MU8CAT, Frl. The Sultanate of Oman and China have established diplomatic relations at ambassadorial level and will soon exchange envoys, it was officially announced here today. A communique Issued by the Foreign Ministry here said the Government of Oman "recognises the Government of
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      Lock icon 'Cavemen should be free to decide own future'
      262 3 'Cavemen should be free to decide own future' MANILA, Frl. A tribe of peaceful cavemen living in Palawan Island should be left free to decide for themselves whether to remain as they are or move into modern times, Philippines anthropologists say. "They know what's good for them What will they
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      Lock icon Crackdown on Reds in Iraq
      65 3 BEIRUT. Pri A Lebanese news digest reported today that at least 14 members of the Iraqi Communist Party (ICP) have been executed In Iraq In the past month. The Middle East reporter, quoting travellers from Baghdad, said many party members had been arrested in the
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      Lock icon Euro-China flight 'first'
      62 3 TURSN (iuiy). Pri. The first direct tourist charter flight between Europe and C.lna took off from Caselle Airport In Turin yesterday, the group's organisers announced. About 140 tourists were aboard the Boeing 707 jet airliner, which Inaugurated a regular tourist charter service between Italy and Peking. The
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      Lock icon Cruelty to a rat
      56 3 HONGKONG. Fri. A Chinese hotel cleaner has learned the hard way how not to be cruel to animals even rats. Tsal Kam Wing, 39, was placed on a one-year food behaviour bond when he pleaded guilty in court here yesterday to tying a rat by its
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      585 3 r a INTENSIVE <A. 5 DAY COURSE ON jMk PRODUCT PLANNING A 2^** DEVELOPMENT Date a Time: 12* 16th June. 1978 9.00 a.m. -4.00 pm Venue NPC (National Productivity Centre), Petaling Java Co-ordinator Mr. Akimasa Inoue. NPC Training Adviser/Colombo Plan Expert Main Contents New Product Planning Development Product Mix Strategy
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      Lock icon Jakarta to ban: unauthorised gatherings
      249 4 Jakarta to ban: unauthorised gatherings JAKARTA, Fri. The powerful Indonesian national security agency Kopkamtlb will shortly issue a decree banning the unauthorised meeting of more than five people In an apparent bid to clamp down on political meetings under the disguise of religious congregations, it was announced here today. Kopkamtlb
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      Lock icon Voting age lowered
      34 4 COPENHAGEN. Fri—Denmark's Parliament today voted 131-21 to lower the country's polling age from 20 to There will now be a referendum, probably on Sept 19. to approve today's Parliamentary decision. AFP.
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      Lock icon Red cruisers off Japan
      77 4 TOKYO, Pri. Three Soviet cruisers. Including a 6.000-tonne Kresta 2 class helicopter carrier cruiser, were spotted today by a Japanese self-defence navy patrol plane In the East China Sea navigating southwards The Defence Agency said that the three Soviet naval ships will be closely watched by
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      Trade talks
      37 4 CANBERRA. Fri. Japanese and Australian ministers will meet In Canberra on June 26 and 27 to continue regular consultations on trade relations and other topics of mutual Interest, Foreign Minister Andrew Peacock said today.— UPl.
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      Lock icon Aussie govt to consider 40 pc tariff cut proposal
      386 4 CANBERRA, Friday THE Australian Government is to consider next week a proposal to cut tariffs across the board by 40 per cent within a period of eight years, official sources said here today. The proposal before the government is for an
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      Lock icon Smith: I'll retire before election
      139 4 Smith: I'll retire before election /CAPETOWN, Fri. Vj White Rhodfsian leader Ian Smith said today he would retire from politics before one-man, one-v o t e elections leading to majority rule in his country. "I have no Intention of standing in the next election. By then my task will have
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      Lock icon The $42,000 wine...
      54 4 The $42,000 wine ATLANTA (Georgia), Prl. A single bottle of French Bordeaux wine sold for a record US$18,000 (SS42.0O0) at the Heublein national auction of rare wines today. John A. Grisantl. a restaurateur from Memphis, Tennessee, paid the price for a Jeroboam (equal to five regular bottles of wine) of
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      Lock icon Krlangsak to tour border and review defence
      241 4 Krlangsak to tour border and review defence DANGKOK, Fit Thai Premier Kriangsak Chomanan Is expected to make an inspection tour soon of the eastern provinces bordering on Kampuchea to review the strength of government forces. Informed sources reported today. Gen Kriangsak, who la also supreme commander and Interior Minister, is
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      Lock icon Howling pets foiled suicide bid
      125 4 HONGKONG, Fri. A 67-year-old woman who tried to commit suicide was saved when her pet dog and cat howled so loudly that her neighbours were alerted. Police said the woman tried to commit suicide yesterday by strangling herself with a piece of cloth. But her
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      Lock icon 'TOP TWO CUBANS IN ETHIOPIA EXPELLED'
      259 5 NAIROBI, Friday ri'BA'S top two men in Ethiopia have J been expelled because the Cubans are reluctant to commit their troops to another war in Eritrea, analysts said here yesterday. The Cuban Ambassador, Mr. Jose Perez Novoa, and counsellor Frank Rodriguez, are also alleged
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      Lock icon Aussie consuls strained by drug arrests
      186 5 Aussie consuls strained by drug arrests pANBERRA. Fri. V> Foreign Minister Andrew Peacock said here today that Increased arrests of Australians for drug offences In countries like Indonesia and Malaysia were taxing the resources of Australian consuls. In a statement to the House of Representatives (Lower House) on Australian consular
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      PFLP rejects Arafat's bid for Lebanon peace
      290 5 BEIRUT, Frl. Radical Palestinian guerillas have rejected the moderate Palestine Libe ration Organisation's proposal to lower Its military profile in Lebanon. The PLO proposed a fivepoint accord for cooperation with the Lebanese Government yesterday that met almost immediate rejection from the radical Popular
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      Lock icon HK economy expanding faster than forecasts
      103 5 HK economy expanding faster than forecasts HONGKONG, Frl. Hongkong's economy Is expanding faster than the government forecasts for 1978, Financial Secretary Philip HaddonCave said today. In his March budget speech he forecast a nine per cent rise In gross domestic product for 1978, a healthy prediction for an exportdependent economy
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      Lock icon Second death
      43 5 PARIS. Frl A second French policeman died yesterday as a result of wounds suffered In the Palestinian terrorist attack on the El Al departure lounge at Orly airport last Saturday, the Interior Ministry announced. AP. COL. MENGISTI visited Havana last month
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      Lock icon Indonesia says 'no' to oil cut
      105 5 AKARTA, Fri. IndoJ nesia has no intention of cutting its oil production despite an appeal by the Organisation of Oil Exporting Countries (OPEC) that Its members reduce vheir oil output, according to Mining Minister Mr. Soebroto. "The OPEC appeal that Its members reduce their
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      Lock icon Stop work on Arab land, court orders
      268 5 JERUSALEM. Fri rE Israeli Supreme Court Issued a temporary Injunction yesterday ordering the Defence Ministry to stop development of seized Arab land on the occupied West Bank of Jordan. The state-run radio network reported the Defence Ministry ordered five bulldozers out of the
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    Lights out. at two blocks of flats
    142 6 TWO Housing Board blocks of flats In Holland Close were plungged Into darkness last night soon after a series of explosions were heard coming irom a lift shaft In one of the buildings. Two fire engines raced to Blocks 7 and 8 after
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    SKATEBOARD RIDERS STAY OFF ROADS
    115 6 SKATEBOARD RIDERS STAY OFF ROADS MANY skateboard enthusiasts stayed oft public roads yesterday after a police warning that they would be prosecuted in court for obstructing traffic. The police have also cautioned those who ride their skateboards in other places. They could face similar action for being a nuisance if
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    Doctors' dilemma —babies born of ambiguous sex
    603 6  - Doctors' dilemma babies born of ambiguous sex SHEILA CHEONG By ABOUT once every month, doctors in Singapore .are faced with the dilemma of deciding the fate of a baby born of "ambiguous" sex. These are infants whose external sex organs are part male and part female. Once their condition Is
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    BANK'S $10,000 CLAIM AGAINST BROTHERS ADJOURNED
    258 6 BANK'S $10,000 CLAIM AGAINST BROTHERS ADJOURNED A $10,000 claim by Aaia Commercial Banking Corp. Ltd. against two former directors of a now defunct firm was adjourned by the High Court yesterday to enable both parties to clarify the principal issues involved in the case. The ciaim against the directors, Mr.
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    Morphine fine
    23 6 ANO Poh Lan. 24. wu yesterday fined SI. OOO by a magistrate for consuming morphine in Havelock Road on March 4
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    Cripple found guilty of begging
    259 6 Cripple found guilty of begging A CRIPPLE who chose to beg after he turned down assistance from the Social Welfare Department was yesterday found guilty under the Minor Offences Act. Inspector Kaka Singh, prosecuting, urged the court to pass a deterrent sentence on Tan Chee Heong (above), 28, whom he
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    Malaysian lawyers: 'No change in policy'
    152 7 Malaysian lawyers: 'No change in policy' fHE Controller of Im- migration, Mr. Lim Ek Hong yesterday squashed speculation that Malaysian lawyers were being discouraged from practising In Sin gapore. Re said that as far as he was concerned, there was no change in policy relating to such lawyers. "We will
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    Blood donation
    30 7 THE Singapore Blood Transfusion Service will hold a blood donation session at the Christ Methodist Church In East Coast Road tomorrow from 845 a.m. to 11. 45 a.m.
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    PICKUP CRASH DRIVER HOSPITAL
    180 7 PICKUP CRASH DRIVER HOSPITAL THE driver of a motor pickup. Lim Sie Huat. 24. died in the Singapore General Hospital on Thursday morning, two hours after his vehicle skidded and overturned in Kim Seng Road. Lim was travelling from Irwell Bank Road towards Kkm Seng Road at 12.30 a.m. that
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    Ship firm, $875,000 in debt, to be wound up
    349 7 XI E Hock Shipping (1971) Pte. Ltd. was ordered to be wound up yesterday for Insolvency on the High Court petition of a creditor, supported by 22 other creditors. The petitioning creditor was Eastern Lloyd Trading Pte. Ltd. of Singapore, to
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    Beware of 'bargain price' cosmetics
    263 7 pENNY PINCHING consumers were warned yesterday to be wary of buying cosmetics at "rock bottom" prices as these products could be pirated "old stocks" or sales samples. The warning came from a sole agent company of a leading brand of cosmetics. He said old cosmetic
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    Direct to Miami?
    77 7 SINGAPORE may have a direct air service to Florida if a proposal by Pan American Airways is approved by the United States Civil Aeronautics Board. Pan-Am has petitioned the CAB to consider Pan-Am's implementation of special low fares for non-stop service on the Miami-Los Angeles route and
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    Gold forms
    34 7 BIDDING forms for the International Monetary Fund's monthly gold auction, to be conducted on June 7, are now available at the reception counter of the Monetary Authority of Singapore in Robinson Road
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    Phey elected president
    69 7 MR Phey Yew Kok has been elected president of the Singapore Mercantile Cooperative Thrift and Loan Society for 1978- 1979. Other officials are: Mr. A. Ramanujan and Mr. Peter Tan Chiew Wah. vice-presi-dents; Mr. Tan Cheng San. chairman; Mr. Rosslee vicechairman; Mr. Yap Teong Chuan, secretary; Mr.
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    Library talk
    43 7 A TEACHEh from Dunman Government Chinese Middle School. Mr. Loon Poong Hlng. will give a talk In Mandarin on how to study English as a second language at the Toa Payoh branch library on Friday at 3 p.m. Admission Is free.
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    Transfers of teachers to promote bilingualism
    411 8 •pHE posting of English stream teachers to Chinese medium schools accounted for more of the 1,567 teacher transfers this year than any other single factor. Some 235 teachers have been posted to Chinese schools since the start of this school year "to improve the
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    Clerks blamed for poor English in legal papers
    380 8  - Clerks blamed for poor English in legal papers SAW PUAY LIM By OHODDY drafting by lawyers' clerks was yesterday pinpointed as the chief culprit behind the poor standard of English in Singapore court documents. The poor standard of English had moved Chief Justice Mr. Wee Chong Jin to remark on
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    100 from NZ apply for teaching jobs
    179 8 100 from NZ apply for teaching jobs MORE than 100 New Zralandrrs have applied for teaching jobs 4n Singapore through the Singapore High Commission there. They responded to advertisements published In New Zealand newspapers since April 29 for English language teachers with at least three years' experience to teach In
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    Seminar for Inchcape
    65 8 INCHCAPE Berhad hu commissioned the National Productivity Board to conduct a live-day seminar for its directors and senior managers at the Orchid Room. Shangri-la Hotel, from Monday to June 3. The main aim of this seminar is to present the directors and senior managers of Inchcape group
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    Zoo tour
    30 8 MARINE Parade community centre's youth group will organise an educational tour to the Mandal zoo for children under the age of seven from 8 a.m. to noon tomorrow.
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    Language training top priority in next five years
    357 8 Language training top priority in next five years LANGUAGE teach 1n language skills and upllftment wUI receive the most attention in the Education Ministry's master plan for ln-servlce training for the next five years. Next In emphasis will be mathmatlcs and science, to be followed by retraining programmes to meet
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    Thief fined
    40 8 KWANO Eng Choo. 31. was yesterday fined $750 and Jailed for a day by a magistrate for stealing a bottle of Nescafe, a freezer box, two water Jugs and some sweets from Toa Payoh Plaza Supermarket on Thursday.
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    Indonesian boys talk their way into the finals
    333 9 |?K)l'R Indonesian V boys who came to study in English here have brought their school honour by "talking" themselves into the Anals of a Malay debating contest. Being native speakers of their national language, they did well in their second language, Malay,
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    Canoe camp
    33 9 THE People's Association I will hold a youth canoe camp at Paslr Rib holiday camp. Including an overnight camp at Pulau Tekong. from today to Monday. Those interested can phone *****22
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    That sporting spirit a poor loser in rat race
    372 9 That sporting spirit a poor loser in rat race pOOTBALL hooliganism among student supporters at school football matches has shown that the intrinsic qualities of true sportsmanship has not been harnessed. This undesirable behaviour, according to the Senior Minister of State (National Development), Dr. Tan Eng Liang, could be curbed
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    SPACE-AGE SPORTS AT INNMATCH
    89 9 A JOURNEY Into space will be the theme of Holiday Inn's '78 Innmatch Invitational on New Town Secondary School's playing field this afternoon. For the fun. thrills and spills will all take place In a series of laugh-a-mlnute events with such > out-of-space names as moon
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    Query on hawker centres
    115 9 rE MP for Geylang Serai, Haji Rahmat bin Kenap. will pose questions on hawker centres and markets to the Minister for National Development and Communications at the next parliamentary sitting on June 14. Hajl Rahmat will ask the minister whether the Housing Board will consider: SWITCHING
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    Lock icon Bangkok Bank branch
    48 9 BANGKOK. Frl Bangkok Bank chairman Chin Scphonpanich will open the bank'i new branch office In Singapore on Monday, informed sources reported toThe S$7 A million branch office Kill be opened on the 21st anniversary of the bank's operations In the republic, ttu sources said. AFP.
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    Museum film shows
    39 9 The Nation*! UuKiun will ■creen three (Unu Lift from the Sea 11. Volley Ball and Traditional Handicraft* In Modern Living at Its premises today at 10 45 am Admission Is free on a firstrame first-servrd basis
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    'Schools miss out on the main objective'
    230 9 OCHOOLS fall short of J5 achieving the main oojecUve of education because they regard skills and knowledge more hignly tnan character lormation, said the asst. director of education (primary schools), Mr. Anarew Ng Lian Timn, yesterday. "Althougn the main objective of educe tlon
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    Boy drowned
    27 9 SCHOOLBOY Han Ohee Juan. 13. was found drowned at the Big Splash In East Coast Parkway on Vesak Day. Police do not suspect foul play.
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      508 9 Buy an ariston washing machine and get this exquisite gift! fIH I This elegant, dress watch, B^^^ I specially imported by B I Ariston, is yours FREE, B **w^^^ I when you buy an Ariston B I washing machine Model LB 102, LB 150, or LB 160. Now s your
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    Plan for British synthetic rubber industry shelved
    269 10  - Plan for British synthetic rubber industry shelved PHILIP LEE By LONDON, Fri. Proposals made In 1976 for the setting up of a synthetic rubber production Industry In Britain—a move vigorously opposed by natural rubber growers have been temporarily shelved. This Is partly because of a submission made by the Rubber
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    Malaysia to allay palm oil scare in us
    265 10 Malaysia to allay palm oil scare in us LONDON, Frl. The Malaysian Government U gathering factual data from Its palm oil industry to counter a US "scare" propaganda against the use of palm oil on health grounds. According to the annmal report for 1977 of the Rubber Growers' Association published
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    Study of the needs of families in HDB estates
    610 10 THE Singapore Council of Social Service will launch a study next month to assess the social and welfare needs of families living in various Housing Board estates, its chairman. Dr. Ee Peng Liang, disclosed at its annual meeting in Penane Lane
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    $11,800 break-in at farmer's house
    143 10 rpHIEVES broke into the JL house of a farmer In Neo Tlew Lane, off Urn Chu Kang Road and escaped with $8,300 and jewellery worth $3,500 on Thursday. The farmer, Mr. Pek Kok Eng, 27, and his family were working In a nearby chicken farm
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    Sacking too severe: Union
    133 11 Sacking too severe: Union rE Food, Drinks and Allied Workers' Union felt that the Holiday Inn would be taking too severe an action If it sacked one of its workers for not recording a $100 note he found in the hotel's coffee house. An official of the union said yesterday
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    It's suicide
    35 11 A CORONER yesterday recorded a verdict of suicide In the death of Ng Hwee Chew. 39. who was found hanged In his room In Lowland Road on April 29 at about 7 p.m.
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    Did fatal fall girl change her mind at last moment?
    516 11  -  BENG TAN By T>EFORE recording a suicide verdict in the death fall of a bad -temper ed spinster bank clerk, Coroner Bernard Doray yesterday added a rider to suggest that she might have changed her mind while in the very
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    Two QCs are admitted to the Bar to defend Cho and Khoo
    369 11 TWO Queen's Counsel, of England, were admitted to the Singapore Bar yesterday O ne as defence counsel for lawyer Khoo Hhi Hlong and the other for Cho Jock Kirn, managing director or Far Eastern Hotels Development Ltd. Mr.
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    'CUTE' STICKERS FOR THE CABS BUT DRIVERS ARE BREAKING LAW
    177 11  -  LEE THIAN SOO By HHAXI drivers may 1 find sticker, (like the one at the top) on their windscreens de~g arts rthMt,. This warninr. comes from the Registry of Vehicles, whjch ha. asked some of the offending drivers to remove
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    Chinese art exhibition
    54 11 CHINESE porcelain, scroll*, brush and finger paintings. Ink and water colours, high quality art prints, posters and photowalla will be exhibited at the Victoria Memorial Hall on next Saturday from 11 a.m. to T pjn. The exhibition, organised by the Centre of Pine Arts Pte. Ltd, Is
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    DBS concert by quartet
    57 11 THE Japanese vocal quartet, the Duke Acea. formed 33 years afo, will perform it the DBS Auditorium on June 34 at 8.30 p.m. The concert, presented by the National Theatre Trust, will ace the group (Ins jas, popular, folk and children's songs m well v their
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      243 11 Bringing Up Father By Bill Kavantgh tfc Hal Camp <T" r'w j I'm mot in the 'jiees is exhausted- I [and jie©s~isT> o EXHAUSTED- f MOOD TO MEET >> HE'S &OIN© RK3HT y^T J'M DISAPPOINTED WrY eOIN<S ONE OP THOSE 7 >« fi*^TD BED/ 1 DISAPPOIWTHJ NOT TO MEET IN-S^E^NTS
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    SHIPYARD OFFICERS GET SFB CERTS TODAY
    174 12 SHIPYARD OFFICERS GET SFB CERTS TODAY NINETEEN ship yard flrc and safety officers, who nave completed a four-week flre-flghting course conducted by the Singapore Fire Brigade, will receive certificates of attendance from the Chief Fire Officer at a ceremony at the Jurong Fire Station today. The course.on fighting fires and
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    Clean-up of toilets at shopping complexes
    430 12 Clean-up of toilets at shopping complexes gHOPPING complexes have spring-cleaned their toilets following the recent crackdown on dirty toilets by the Environment Ministry. This Is borne out by surprise checks carried out by ministry officers during the past three days at 156 shopping centres. During this period, the officers inspected
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    Taxmen send new questionnaire to cabbies
    244 12 Taxmen send new questionnaire to cabbies T»HE Income Tax Department has sent out a second set of questionnaires to driving Instructors and taxi drivers seeking more details to determine their income for last year. The latest questionnaires ask them to explain how they had arrived at income figures declared In
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    Supervisee jailed
    112 12 POLICE super vlsee Chua Chee Seng, 26, was jailed (or a year yesterday for being absent when police checked on him at his home one night. He pleaded guilty to breaching a supervision order under the Criminal Law prohibiting him from leaving his house In Ball Lane during
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    PUB mobile centre at Chai Chee
    89 12 THE Public Utilities Board will operate a mobile collection centre at Chal Chee Estate for consumers in that area. The collection van will be parked at car park No. fl. In front of Chal Chee Post Office, for two days a month from next
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    Jackson are distributors
    49 12 THE name of the distributors mentioned In an article In connection with certain machine* being Introduced In the Singapore Ocneral Hospital should read Jackton and Ob. (S> Pte. Ltd. and not Jacka and Co. as reported In the Straits Tlmrs on Tuesday. The error Is regretted.
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    Women's tour
    33 12 THT Allan WouMn'i Welfare AMOcUtlon will organise a 10-day tour to Bangkok. Hongkong and Manila, flatting on June 6. Those who are Interested In the trip should ring iao*l6 before TuewUy.
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    Ex-PoW seeks trader who helped hint during the war...
    259 12 Ex-PoW seeks trader who helped hint during the war... A FORMES prisoner of war here, Mr. A. Van Hulssteden, has returned after 32 years In search of a Singapore businessman who fed and sheltered him during the bleak days after the Japanese Occupation. Mr. Huissteden, a Dutchman, Is looking for
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    On hairdos
    33 12 LONDON-tralned hairstylist. Mr. David Pang, will give a demonstration and talk on halrstyllng at the Asian Women's Welfare Association monthly get-together at the Goodwood Park Hotel, on Wednesday at 4 p.m.
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      470 12 "Two-tones will be the order of the day/ says Guy Fleury, Guy Fleury Casual elegance from Paris. Brilliantly conceived, beautifully designed and delicately stitched shirts. Now at A X M Zakaria C X Tang Isetan Melwam s Robinson The London Shop Tigress guy fleury X*^ SOLE AGENTS I ll^UCC^nuln *****66
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    Cias and Sats told to handle ground services at Changi
    377 13 rS Changl International Airport Services (Clas) and the Singapore Airport Terminal Services (Sats) have been asked to provide ground handling services at the Changl Airport when it is operational in late 1980 or early 1981. Mr. Ong Teng Cheong. Senior
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    Spastic kids' day of joy
    125 13 Spastic kids' day of joy A PICTURE of happy children immersed in a game of waterpolo. But who would have guessed that they are spastic children? Watched by their Instructress, Mrs. E. Sorenson (right) and egged on by parents and teachers, the children, with outstretched hands, craning necks and a
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    Many rows in industry caused by language gap
    430 13 MANY indostrial disputes have aiisen because of a breakdown in communication due to language barrier between supervisory staff and their subordinates, the chairman of the Singapore Polytechnic board of governors, Mr. Low Guan Onn, said yesterday. Mr. Low, who is also managing
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    'Technicians also need computer training'
    440 13 'Technicians also need computer training' rpHE principal of Ngee Ann Technical ColA lege, Mr. Khong Kit Soon, said yesterday that adequate computer training must be provided not only In the universities but also at technician education level. Speaking at the col- lege's seventh graduation ceremony, he said a further Innovation
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    Ngee Ann grads told: Remember Teochews
    253 13 Ngee Ann grads told: Remember Teochews rE chairman of the Ngee Ann Technical College Council, Mr. C C. Kee, last night urged graduates of the college to remember the foresight and determination of the Teochew community, which established the Ngee Ann Kongsl to promote education. Speaking at a graduation dinner
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    MAN WHO HAD BLUE FILMS IN CAR FINED
    76 13 AM A G I 8 TBATE'i coori yesterday heard how police cheeked a motorist at a roadblock: and found flvF reels of obscene film* in the boot of his ear. The police had stop- Ped 81a Ban Hock 31. at the Junction
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      Umno Youth: New blood taking over
      222 14 Umno Youth: New blood taking over KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. About 30 per cent of divisional Umno Youth heads elected recently are new faces, an informed party source said today. He said the results of the current party elections being held by Umno's 114 divisions seemed to Indicate that many newcomers
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      Lock icon AIR TALKS END WITH NO FIRM DECISIONS
      77 14 AIR TALKS END WITH NO FIRM DECISIONS LONDON, Frl MALAYSIAN and British officials today ended talks which covered the controversial Issue of Concorde overflights to Singapore and apparently no firm decisions were taken. A British Trade Department spokesman described the two days of discussion here as exploratory and said they
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      Thai fish
      18 14 BUKIT MERTAJAM, Frt. Firti agents here today dispelled rumours that fish Imported from 'Thailand were contaminated.
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      Lock icon Pirates open fire at ship
      350 14 SANDAKAN (Sabah), Friday piRATES, armed 1 with automatic weapons, struck another ship, the 3,500 tonne LJberian registered freighter Pine Star, in Sabah waters last Tuesday. The ships captain, Mr. Yun Sac, told newsmen today that the incident occurred while the vessel was anchored 28 km
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      Closer ties the aim
      60 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Frl. About 25 Japanese families here have taken In 27 students to live with them for four days beginning today as part of the Japanese efforts here to promote closer relations between Japanese and Malaysians. The students are from the Mara Institute of Technology
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      'We slept on the same bed but I'm not his mistress'
      255 14 'We slept on the same bed but I'm not his mistress' IPOH, Frl. A domestic servant, Teyw Yu Kau, 33. claimed In the Magistrate's Court here today that she was neither the wife nor mistress of the man accused with threatening her with injury. "It is true that he and
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      Lock icon Dirty Kota Baru —by Razaleigh
      163 14 ITOTA BARU, Fri. *V Minister of Finance Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah today criticised the condition of Kota Baru town, describing it as dirty, filled with squatter houses and unemployed people hanging around and congested with traffic caused by. improper planning. He made the remark when opening
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      Lock icon TROOPS BLOCK RED ESCAPE ROUTES
      99 14 BENTONO (Pahang), Fri. Security forces hunting down 35 communist terrorists in Pahang have started probing tunnels and caves in the hills where they might be seeking refuge, informed sources here said yesterday, The sources said the terrorists, split Into two groups, were looking for shelter
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      327 14 Congratulations and Best Wishes to moddhs" boutique on their official opening today from EASTLOGS PTE LTD KAYU 6EDONG (S) PTE LTD HEXAPOOL (S) PTE LTD HEXAPOOL (M) SDN BHD I £*BnF*^^MW^\>><tf?Z' RT-3838H I V m V% World's Only Microprocessor MW y>% Ml W\ (THEBRAIN) Tape Deck mm. W V with
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      287 14 Straits Times Crossword ACROSS eat In Leicestershire <«>• 1 Doctor got out of bed 6 Convulsive type teiorU to on the wrong side? (6). doctor In charge about 4 One among multitudes of damaged head ptople given htu (6). 7 In a way. like flity chop* 9 Powertul mtwcrk? (4).
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      Air chief: I knew of graft and blackmail charges against me
      1120 15 THE NORTHROP TRIAL KUALA LUMPUR, Friday fHE Chief of Air Staff, Datuk Mohamed Taib, told the High Court here today that he had kncwn about the allegations of corruption, threat and blackmail made against him by retired RMAF Group
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      Recruitment of Malaysians: A govt ruling
      205 15 Recruitment of Malaysians: A govt ruling KUALA LUMPUR, Friday THE Manpower Department will only help bona fide overseas employers to recruit Malaysian workers if it did not entail the outflow of skilled labour needed in the country, a spokesman of the department said today. "If a foreign employer enlists our
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      Lock icon Aussie visit
      37 15 CANBERRA. m Lt Oen Dato Mohamad Ohasall bin Datuk Mohamad Seth. Chief o( the General Staff of the Malaysian Army will vUlt Canberra, Melbourne and Sydney next week, the Australian Defence Department announced today. AP
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      Drivers who watch TV while at the wheel
      231 15 Drivers who watch TV while at the wheel KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Many tourists are afraid to travel In tour or express buses with TV sets installed In them they complain that the drivers spend more time glued to the sets rather than concentrate on the road. Said one passenger today:
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      $80,000 loss in blaze
      50 15 BEREMBAN, Fri.— Sponge sheets, factory machinery and chemicals worth more than 180.000 were destroyed when fire destroyed a unit of the two-block Cosmo trading factory at Mambau about nine km from here last night. The fire was believed to have ben caused by a short circuit.
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      Lock icon King leaves
      24 15 PENANO. Fri. King Blrendra and Queen Alshwar- ya of Nepal left for home to- day after a four-day visit to Malaysia. AP
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      NEW FORUM
      247 16 IT seems incongruous that a call for an increase in defence budgets should be made at the special UN session aimed at exploring measures to curb the world's ever burgeoning arms arsenal. But US Vice-Presldent Walter Mondale's plea to its Western allies for a moderate hike in their
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      WORKERS' DEMOCRACY
      345 16 THE Callaghan government has unveiled plans outlined In a White Paper to give British workers a much bigger say in running industry. Although watered down from an earlier blueprint for industrial democracy the proposals are radical enough to have been called "destructive meddling" by some industrialists. The Institute
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    T. F. Hwang takes you down memory lane
    484 16 Go ye forth. IN goodly company. To where the day enjoins, the heart pleases. This precisely was what the Just-over Vesak holidays afforded. A free weekend afternoon stretching Into Monday. "Go ye forth" Is the message In a recent USBS (University of
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    Lock icon A new influx of immigrants upsets Hongkong
    638 16  -  PAUL MAJENDIE By in Hongkong HONGKONG, which for decades has absorbed successive waves of Chinese immigrants, is anxious about a new upsurge in arrivals and has told China so. The numbers 30,000 in five months may appear insignificant to a nation of 900
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    Lock icon The travel woes of Narita's passengers
    585 16  -  ANDREW HORVAT By In Tokyo AN absence of English language signs on transportation facilities and a shortage of limousines are proving to be a headache for travellers using Tokyo's newly inaugurated Narita international airport. At the Tokyo City Air Terminal (TCAT), the downtown link
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      201 16 Congratulations Best Wishes to Singapore Agency House Pte Ltd. on the official opening of their showroom. SMITH/ Quality IN* Ballpens mf£ ff Svergreen <2soo£ &ntn f wf Head OffUe If/ 407. 3rd Fl Shaw Cer tre 231, lit Fl. Shaw Centre. Scotts Rood. 0 Singapore 9. Tel: 378-218 379-7't4. Cable
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      Man of vast knowledge —tribute to a nature lover
      357 17 rE recent death of Mr. W A. Fleming at his home at Bulrit Rotan. Selangor, will have saddened many naturelovers In Malaysia and Singapore. Mr. Fleming iWlcky to his friends) wan a Scotsman who worked as a rubber planter In Selangor
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      Not a word of thank you from SBS
      306 17 mHE final Insult in the 1 whole SBS affair came when unsuccessful applicants received their application forms and cheques back by post without so much as an acknowledgement. The very least potential shareholders could have expected was a circular thanking unsuccessful applicants
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      When savings hit $200,000
      140 17 A PAGE OF YOUR LETTERS ris interesting to note that a 25 year old person drawing a salary of $2,000 and above, at the present rate of 154 per cent contribution to the CPF, will on retirement have accumulated a considerable sum If he has not
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      Problem of noise from playgrounds
      256 17 ALTHOUGH a recent x\ surrey shows that a lot of noise comes from children playing In concrete playgrounds In HDB estates, there ha« been no let-up in the erection of this type of playground. In Telok Blangah Heights Estate, for example, it's a case of
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      Making it safe for passengers
      71 17 Making it safe for passengers MY friends have related how they have been pinned sideways by SBS bus automatic doors when trying to alight from buses. I had a similar experience recently when stepping down from a bus at Supreme House. One solution to this problem is to make sure
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      'Reconsider role of special English paper'
      216 17 AS English Is the main language of instruction at the University of Singapore, a Special English Language (SEL) course has been provided for undergraduates who failed the language test set for them on their entering the university. The purpose of the course was to
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      128 17 Need for 'no parking' signs RECENTLY I received a letter of composition of $20 from the Car Parks Division, Urban Redevelopment Authority, for parkfrs my broken dowp car in Keong Slak Roau where it joins Sago Street and Sago Lane. There are no white lines or yellow lines drawn on
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      207 17 'CHANGE FLAT DESIGN' CALL DURING recent visits to my friends' new HDB homes, I have observed most of them carrying out similar kinds of renovation. The rectangular hall of the 3-room Improved type Is spoilt by the Inappropriate location of the storeroom at one corner. Much though they want the
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      203 17 ANNUAL SALE Fron 26th May to 4th June 78 GREAT REDUCTION! 15% 60% OFF! on all Italian and French Products. ITjJ he boutique "for the man and lady with good tatrt!" 117 Tanglin Shopping Centre, Tanglin Rd., Spore 10. Tel: *****5 Opens 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to
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      551 17 at 3-oo pna S(o£**J ck t)^vrlet7JivbbiVK3L £vp\ vouches Ga#v& $>0.6 b fir OKYnetics, &V 'fauity GeMbv&aJL We*Uw ?la^, 'freaoUbe ene dress -£n9<^ f/Jefoo f^W. Seriet XK )\cfWi€. Diaeet *Wi«."a* 3-30pm lei Iffli* 7 Su MaA tjee Chuio a^^~ make it part of your life For oil your shopping need s
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      623 17 On vour TV SINGAPORE 5 12.50 PM Opening and Sesame Street 1.50 Saturday Matinee Up From The Beach, starring: Cliff Robertson, Irina Demick, Menus Goring 3.25 Police Surgeon Borrowed Trouble 3.50 Soccer Malaysia Cop '78 Singapore vs Perlis (repeat) 4.50 Sandiwara Kemusnahan (Malay Orama) 5.40 Jer ilwrit Park 6.30 News
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      181 17 1.15 Keyboard Music FourHands 115 At our Invitation {re?eat) featuring the Mendlessorin rio Jan Van Der Meer (piano). Richard Kilmer (violin) and Elias An/curen (cello) 11.15 Ballet Highlights The Miraculous Mandarin (Bartok) London Symphony Orch/Solti and The Wise Virgins (Bach) London Philharmonic Orch/Boult 11.10 Close. (Stereo) 4.N The 1978 Piano
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      294 18 CAPITOL ROXY Both ThwtrM 5 ahowa dally-No Ft— List (CAPITOL *****9) 11, 1.45, 4.00, 6.30, 9.15 S (ROXY *****9) 11am, 1.45, 4.00, fe.45 9.1 mßjKmlilijM JADE 3rd WEEK! 5 5 Shows daily: 11am, 1.30, 4, 6.30 9.00 all it takes is a little Confidence WINNER oF7Lg3ti^vii ACADEMY AWARDS I MX
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      361 18 KOLAM AVER COMMUNITY CENTRE BUILDING FUND COMMITTEE Presents A GRAND FILM PREMIERE under the distinguished Patronage of the SENIOR MINISTER for FOREIGN AFFAIRS Mr. S. RAJARATNAM in aid of Kolam Ayer Community Centre Building Fund PRINCE 31st May 9.15pm Admissions: $5, $10 $20 $50 Sponsored by Mr. ANG KEONG LAN
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      363 18 a» aT >>ia a a n|T jpvai|rfßM M AlaW aft llAtAilaU* t ••MT^r7^Tssl*BßP "OW SHOWING! < ;IJ ***** 1 [111 1 ■BWJWff^ Ham, 1.30, 4, 7, 9.30pm 1 BEATEN! HUMIUATED! ABUSED! i What thiy did t» tim twt MNMflt cirii i COULD HAPPEN TO YOU!!! I R < DEBORAH RAf
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      399 18 JCATHAY ORGANISATION ANNOUNCEMENT J With effect from TODAY ONWARDS THE ADMISSION PRICES FOR JURONG DRIVE-IN CINEMA WILL BE REVISED AS FOLLOWS ADULTS; $2.50 CHILDREN $1.50 iJTllllrC MIVE-h CINEMA: \M SHIW IW! S2A. I Majestic*odeon-K3toni«Ruby«Silver City Tonight Midnight (Odeon-Kg/Ruby 11.45pm) Also Tomorrow Extra Morning Show. I Jade Lionjy^ l£r JrKUESTIC-ODEON-MTONG-RUBY.SILVERCITY i
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      635 18 PlaaMNata m Rarltad Shaw Tlmn: A Shawi Start: w 10 30 1 15. 4 00, 6 45, 9 3*>m m STAR WARS" Start! 10.S0, 1.35. 4.20, 70S, t.Mkm w| Cotri Bookingi *No Frtt y» 9 BPaESSIS-vXfi-al 9 Jurana Driva-ln Cinatna A Od.on'Coth.»- Orchard TONIGHT AT MIDNIGHT' 9 "Gr»«n Mountain!" (Mand)
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      220 19 CHINON 60 SMXL Mfc^^^^^^_*^»«»^ Zoom lens F/1. 2 848 mm. Minimum Wlßßßfc focusing distance in macro of 5 cm aBriBlHlHBl 88l Mike mixing facility using boom mike g'^w^^. and standard mike .^^jl Memo-lock for back-light control. |hV Fully automatic TTL exposure system Ibß^ with exposure compensation control. wM JH B—
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      198 19 TlGHT'plastic container I TEABAGS S S^fl (WHILE STOCKS LAST) '•***"'»**^bl bß' BJP^^ t^-'' -a 'X'X-x-x x|x;x;x; k 'SSSt^^ Q :x>:::Ss: I I i'i*^ x':'x'x':' •x*X'X*x .>^ v jj BOH' TEABAGS MAKE BETTER TEA FASTER OO 1111 I—"71 "7 In English Our English courses will enable you to I gain mastery
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      26 19 ■i»* Ba^ B—^ B—^"^ B B B *Compl«tion of ord«r» 2 w*«kt' duration. (bl^b^S^ M 99. MEZZANINE FLOOR. LUCKY PLAZA ORCHARD ROAD. SINGAPORE 9 TEL *****09
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      CLOSING PRICES
      1524 20 HiHE last transacted ready sale at the JL close of business on the Stock ExUi*np of Singapore yesterday compared with the previous day's prices "totelher with 1978 high and low. •■'Adjusted for scrtpt/rlghU Issue). KCTIONONI INDUVnUALS Jilt* Ln Company Sale +or389 133 Aetna 183 -I 314 123* Aleom
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      BUSINESS DONE (SINGAPORE)
      1887 20 ,¥Jir and offer prices offi..D daily listed and business t In and reported to the Stock 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 "quoted after the word
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      1856 20 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 INDUSTRIALS Ainu (1808) A|intm»U (243B 2 508 1 AIM* (2 2OB 2
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      170 20 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 Cold Storaie (June $1.70) (0 58B 0.86S): (Sept $1.70) (0.65B 0.758): C and C (June
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        28 20 )rient*l Hldgi >r«Biun Hides Uhm.nHvd •MHIdfi Juthri. ItrmlU Trading lungaiBMl ISambawuc iatlron rPropartla* 400 130 444 197 140 705 625 270 188 478 418 159 II 1
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        24 20 •12 i«i PropartlM hitch Baby >MC IRaya .imtioe Iff C hem 219 183 322 229 220 154 -8 -7 -6 -5 -S -5
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        25 20 Pan Electric got CityD»v Fabv Merlin Pahang Com Sim* Darby AlliadCboc BFUya 841,000 172,000 169.000 150,000 134,000 12S.000 117,000 101,000 98.000 94.000
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        36 20 May 25 May 26 B.T. Index: Industrials Finance: Hotels: Properties: Tins: f rubbers: O.C.B.C.: S.E.S.Ind: 1007.06 1109.57 314.69 315.70 532.04 535.67 220 64 221.19 201.42 202.05 191.91 152 35 ***** 509.30 288.18 287.22 283.17 283.92
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        320 20 HONOKONQ: The market closed mixed on renewed selective demand after an easier opening due mainly to profittaking, dealers said. The Hang Seng Index fell 1.49 to 468.70 points, on a combined total turnover volume valued at $43.67 million. MAY M HK» Amal Rubber 2.20B unch Auoclated Hoteli 3.00 -0
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        412 20 TOKYO: Share prices closed lower after late proft-taklng and liquidations In leading Issues pared early gains, dealers said. The Dow Jones average fell 18.53 to close at 5.439.40 points. with a volume of 240 million shares Tbe New index closed at 407.70, down 1.63 points Share prices rose initially
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        36 20 LONDON! Copper pr.c«« oo Thundar (previom 1b brmckMj) Wlratir Spot buy«r« (741 50 (£7441. fUen {742. SO (C74S): Three Month buyen f?«2 l£7M). •«ller« 1762 90 UTMMl Market twit: Btwdlcr afttr «*jt«r. laltt: 17.830 tonntl
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        288 21 SYDNEY, m— The market close with speculative stocks showing big gains, a strong mining sector and some rises (or selected Industrials. Central Pacific rose $1.60 to 18 80 while Southern Pacific rose twenty cents to $3 05. The Sydney All-Ordinaries index rose 3.98 points to 499.63. INDUSTRIAL*
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        253 21 ItfEW YORK. Thurs. Stock prices weakened today (or the third consecutive session. reflecting Investor concerns about Inflation and tighter credit conditions. Federal Reserve Board Chairman William Miller warned that unless inflation 8 checked it will have a serious Impact on the United States and the rest ofthe
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        65 21 FINANCIAL TIMES INDUSTRIALS Thursday 477.5 Wednesday 474.0 Week Ago 480 9 DOW JONES AVERAGE INDUSTRIALS Thursday 835.41 Wednesday 837.92 Week Ago 850 95 LONDON DOLLAR PREMIUM Thursday 110 to 110'. Wednesday Ill 1 to 111 1 H.K. HANG SENG Friday 468.70 Thursday 470.19 Week Ago 482.15 SYDNEY INDUSTRIALS Friday
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        145 21 AMSTERDAM. Thurs. Price* closed mixed, with the transport sector making the main gains, led by KLM which gained 0.60 guilders following heavy US demand. in Internationals. Akao, IMlever and Royal Dutch all gained 0.10. but Hoorovea* and Philip* were down. Bankings were steady. Ciodnf pncfi In Dutch guilder*
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        215 21 5TURICH. Thur». Prices were narrowly mixed In llfht trading. Small losses predominated among leading Industrial* although the bearer share* of BBC. Nestle and HobsUff were firmer. Dollar itocks closed generally barely steady, while Dutch Internationals edged lowar German and French shares were mixed. The Credit Sulase Index fell
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        CLOSING PRICES
        30 20 CLOSING PRICES Rubber: May 26. Singapore June 218.25 cts (up 3.00 cts.) Malaysia Jane 225.25 cts (up 4.00 cts.) Tin: Sl.658.62} (up $13.62}). Official offering: 270 tonne* (up 63 tonnes).
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        58 20 Thursday wmrimiy Melbourne <1) 1M.59 161 40 London 17K.308 180.108 178.808 180.108 Zurich 171. 508 179 508 178.238 180 23S ParU 178.94 180.35 Friday Thursday Hongkon* 178.208 179 808 178.408 180.208 Spore (21 179. 728 179 138 180.308 178.728 Export prices In non-sterling inu In US dollar per ouncr
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        156 20 rE Straits tin price -ose another $13.62 y> to $1,658 62' 2 per plcul in Penang yesterday on an official offering up 63 tonnes to 270 tonnes. The overnight Uondon market was very steady with forward buyers rising £30 to £6.375 per tonne. LONDON: Tin on the day gained
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        RUBBER
        518 20 OPENING quotations in the Singapore rub ber market yesterday were marked up 2.50 cents following higher London advices and after hours firmness here on Thursday, dealers said. Upcountry trade buying With Intermittent profittaking well absorbed. Washington reports that the Senate Armed Services Committee had approved a stockpile sales and
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        SSR and SMR
        110 20 rvAILY 86R and SMH prices at noon yesterday: June July B.A.8. (Corrent Mtb) (Forward Mth) Buytrt StUen Bnyrrs Sdlera «R 20 (1 ton pallet) 205.00 207 00N 206.00 204 00N ISR 50 (1 ton pallet) 203.00 205.00N 304.00 206.00N M.R.E.L.B. tMR 5CV (1 ton pallet) 232.00 234
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        122 20 CHIMEII PRODUCE EX CHAHQI tiNTipnar moon CLOIING PRICES PER PICUL VIITIRDAY. C.t.rHit Ml Bulk IV, uUera. old drum 190 icllen, new drum *»5 itlltn. katl Mixed (loon) VK Coot 13" buyer*. PiWir: Muntok AST A wbltt fob 100<t NLW »3»7l Hllen. Sarawak white fob NLW I3TTI .fllerj Sarawak
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      Shares finish firm, active
      423 20 STOCKS generally firmed across the board in active trading at the opening bell on the Stork Exchange of Singapore yesterday. Volume, however, slackened during the day but built up again towards j the close in a repeat of the trading pattern this week. The more hectic
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      410 20 SELLING pressure forced prices to close mixed to slightly easier at the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange yesterday. Trading was Irregular with prices generally fluctuating between fairly wide margins. Towards the close of trading, a wave of selling swept across the board and E rices, especially lowernes, closed at
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      Money and exchanges
      217 20 -pHE US dollar continued to weaken against most currencies In the Singapore forex market yesterday, ahead ot the US trade figures tor April, expected to be released tonight. It opened easier at the $2 3335 55 level. Trading was quiet with business around $2.3340 50. The US
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      NOMINAL RATES
      124 20 Curronctei US dollar Sterling pound Hongkong dollar M'slan dollar Aust schilling Bel franc (com) Danish kroner French franc Italian lire Neth guilder Nor kroner Swedish kroner Swiss franc Deut mark Japanese yen Aust dollar NZ dollar Canadian dollar Nominal rate* Smithsonian rvonun quoted jcotrrday (orwa) parity ebaac* 2.3345
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      182 20 NOTE: These rate* may differ slightly from thoM quoted by banks to Uietr customers ASIAN currency deposit Interbank rates ai at cloae on May 26. US Dollar* (Spot) Offer Bid 7 days 7 11/16 7 8/16 1 mth 8 1/4 8 1/8 2 mths 7 15/16 7
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      Minimum lending rates
      27 20 THE average rate at which Singapore bantu arc I currently prepared to lend to their best customer* I 1 it 7 per cent. I
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      50 20 RANGE of rmtti ott%na to dlacount tom.i on May M. Overnight 3%<n Call depo.lt 3S4«( ClMlnt •uy 3-UoBtb Tnuury bllli t 1/4 3 1/S 3-liOOth Bank bill* 4 13 14 4 11/M 3 Month CD 4 U/U 4 ll/lt Month CD 6 1/16 4 13/19 (Mint: NltlMMI Dll—K 0».
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      38 20 Closing Interbank rate* on Singapore dollar on May 36. Offer Bid Overnight 3 1/4 S 1 mth 4 7,18 4 8/18 2 mtha 4 5/8 4 1/2 3 mtha 4 9/4 4 6/8 Source: Aatlrr Fcarc*.
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      Bullish interest in BMW(M) shares seems unjustified
      610 21 Bullish interest in BMW(M) shares seems unjustified STRANGE are the ways of I the market, and the current I strong interest seen in the j shares of United Motor I works (Malaysia) Is a easel In point. 9tnce an announcement ort April 17 that the group's pretax profits amounted to
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      Bovis in dire need of cash injection
      316 21 Bovis in dire need of cash injection UNLESS Bovls (South East Asia) is able to obtain a speedy solution to its heavy financial burden. It will continue to wallow in the mire of losses. The company has reported further group attributable losses of MsB.3 million for the year ended Dec
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      Negara's forecast way out
      143 21 HOTEL Negara has sunk deeper into the mire with its results for the 12 months ended Dec 31, 1977. The pre-tax loss of $223,255. almost doubled that of 1976, may come as an even greater disappointment since the company had forecast a loss of $100,000 for
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      747 21 Subsidiary Companies of KEJORA Invites application from suitably qualified Malaysian Citizen for the following posts:a) Secretarial Assistant. b) Estate Chief Clerk c) Book-keeper d) Accounts Clerks c) Steno-typlst f) Typist. Qualifications for the respective post:a) Holder of MARA Diploma in Business Studies or other equivalent qualifications. However, candidates with minimum
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      677 21 ri-Jy^ Malaysia Vegetable Oil Refinery Sdn Bhd. ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGER Applicants are Invited from Malaysian Citizens for the above position to be based In Kuala Lumpur office. REQUIREMENTS: (I) Preferably graduate In Business Admin. (II) Aged around 35 years. (ill) Minimum 3 years administrative experience. (Iv) Knowledge of shipping, exports, custom
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      455 21 SHARP-ROXY CORPORATION (M) SDN. BHD. Lot 202, Bakar Arsrtg Industrial Estate, Sungei Petani, Kedah, West Malaysia. We are expanding our business into more sophisticated products and therefore have more vacancies for the following positions:— 1. Production Supervision Possess MCE HSC or equivalent Certificates from any Technical Institute will have advantages.
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      523 22 f| CLASSIFIED ADS 1254-4422 I FOR SALE A SHOPPING GUIDE jector. We'll give you $100/- for it! Yes $100/when you buy any Minolta Sound camera or projector. Who else can make such a fantastic offer.uonci Normal For your 'You should UUKL Nett Prtce old Item only psy Minolta XL-660 sound
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      658 22 YOUR OWN BAR at home for Just $250 ($6OO when new) and a Kenwood automatic dishwasher for $450 so your wife can Join you for that drink too $600 If you take both articles Mrs. Tan *****3 SECONDHAND TYPEWRITERS. HARMON/ Harden. Sanyo rassette decks. 4 in 1 2 in 1
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      3868 22 AT YOUR SERVICE SECTION INDEX Telephone Service:- t FOR SALE SHOPPING GUIDE Weekdays 8.30 a.m. 5.00 p.m. n EMPLOYMENT Public Holidays 9.00 a.m. 700 p.m. m VEHICLES BOATS Saturdays 8.30 a.m. 3.00 p.m. IV ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES Counter Service Regular office hours v SERVICES BUSINESS Ansafone Service After office hours VI
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      642 22 INDUSTRIAL SALESMAN An International Company wMh a small, but growing Industrial Department Is looking for an develop me salss of en ealabllehed range of Industrial equipment. The successful applicant should be at least 25 years of age and must have a good record of sales of a speciality product Ideally
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      640 22 SALES REPRESENTATIVtS MALE md female, full-time or part-time required by Well-esta> Wished Company. Direct sales ITi consumer goods. Oood prospects with shares holding as Incentive Apply S.T. Box AMOS* REOUIRED INDOOR/ OUTDOOR Salesman Salesgirl Preferably wilh Jewellery experience. Appb personally with photographs to 329. 3rd fir. Far East Shopping Centre.
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      559 23 II EMPLOYMENT PROMET GROUP OF COMPANIES We Invite applications for the poet of a DRAUGHTSMAN Qualifications A Enpertanca: a Preference will be given lo holders ol s Technician Certmcate or Dlpiome In c technical sub|act a Applicants should have at least 3 year* ot Draughting tabliahed shipyard or consulting company
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      654 23 SANYO ELECTRONICS <S) PTE LTD MALE TECHNICIAN a Pom*** ITC In Elactrlcal Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or Electronic Engineering a Muet heve technical background In Engineering line. O.C. line or Production a Knowledge ol radio and caeeette parts will be an advantage a Age: below 28 year* a Muat have completed
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      791 23 II EMPLOYMENT Expanding ELECTRONIC COMPANY haa vacancies lor RADIO/CASSETTE LINE FOREMEN Dutlee: a Control of Radio/ Cassette and Line Operators a Responsible for quality and quantity aspects of products a Training of subordinates Quallflcatlona t Able to motivate Workers under his control t Able to Interact well with subordinates and
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      563 23 A MANUFACTURER OF AUDIO PRODUCTS WELCOMES YOU TO A LONG-TERM and STABILIZED CAREER We Require: FEMALE PRODUCTION OPERATORS Requirement* a Age between 16 and 35 years a Primary education a Experience not necessary a Singapore citizens a M u.iyslan citizens We Offer: t No shift work (normal 8.00 a in
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      521 23 II EMPLOYMENT ■afiWfWsa^iT^asl SIN KOON SENG PTE LTD (SHIPBUILDING) requires I A) FEMALE TELEPHONE I OPERATOR CUM TYPIST I (Singaporean) f Applicants should have J OCE certificate and I experience In operating PABX switchboard Ability to type essential j IB) NIGHT SHIFT WATCHMAN (MALE) Must be physically fit and able
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      516 23 f 1 Weii-eetabllehed Tyre Manufacturer with good growth potsnttw f#Quif*j# PRODUCTION OPERATORS (Male) 1) Age: 16 40 years old 2) Must work 3 shifts. Weekly change 3) Starting pay: $8.40 per day $9.40 per day (If completed N S) 4) Shift allowance: 2nd shift $2.00 per shift. 3rd shift $3.00
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      695 23 II EMPLOYMENT MARATHON LETOURNEAU OFFSHORE PTE LTO requires SECURITY GUARDS Applicants must: 1 Be physically fit and be prepared to work shifts 2. Be 25 -40 years of age 3. Secondary Two education or equivalent 4 Mln 3 years relevant experience 5 Previous police or military training an advantage Minimum
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      746 23 FEMALE FACTORY WOKKERS wanted by well-established modern factory. Attractive salary from $200 00 per month. Interested call personally 11 00 am 1 p.m. at 514 People's Park Centre 1 MALAYSIAN TOURIST GUIDES. full-time/ part-time and reservation clerk required by Travel Agency. Please write details, salary expected and enclosed photograph to
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      879 23 II EMPLOYMENT SILO/ PIEU SUPERMARKET S EMPORIUM requires (1) FEMALE SALES ASSISTANT a At least with Secondary 2 Education. a Knowledge of English li Chinese and at least with one Chinese dialect a Able to work shift hours. a Working experience In Supermarket Emporium would be an advantage (2) HOUSE
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      804 23 WANTED WHARF CLERK preSJTably able to drive: Labourer*, must be hardworking, a*' l *****0 WANTED OREABERS. C3R washers and day-time Pu»P Attendants Please call at Alk Mcc Service Station (Shell). 4t» Serangoon Road. Spore 8 (HBar New World back door) REQUIRED 1 DRIVER for comrArclal vehicle. 2 Storehands arß 1
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      853 24 111 VEHICLES BOATS For VtfckW* look up "Tims Saturday Car Hart" today M M i CONNELLY SKIS. FIBREGLASS or •W^M B IBHH*JIK9H*] B a V a V| wood, ex-stock in Spore. AccesIkWiUHgUjißmH sorles like ski covers and skier ■I wetsult shorts, available too bsbMbWIIbMH H Contact Chay Hal. Tel *****82.
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      638 24 NEAT AND CLEAN double-storey terrace, near Buklt Tlmah. Spaclous master bedroom, fully furnished. Immediate occupation. $950 negotiable. Lai Housing *****6 I MODERN SEMI-DETACHED LIN- DEN Moonbeam Namly Hlllcrest Holland Mt. Slnal Oreenleaf beautifully furnished $1,000 $1,500 *****9 DIST 21 JALAN JURONG Kechll 3bedroomed 2-storey terrace. Servant's room, 3 alrcondltloners. telephone,
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      879 24 IV ACCOMMODAT ORCHARD TOWERS EXECUTIVE apartment 3 bedrooms. 3 bathrooms, centrally alrcond. partly furnished $1,500 Fully furnished $1 800 Call *****24 FURNISHED APARTMENT WITH amenities dlst 10 off Stevens Road. Principals only, tel Immediately *****0/ *****2 Kwong. NEPTUNE COURT DIST 11-3 bedrooms. 2 bathrooms, utility, well furnished Including aircondltloner. washing
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      638 24 lON A PROPERTIES Regional Director/ EiecuMve* of large International require the following properties: I 4 UNITS OF DETACHED OR I SEMI-DETACHED BUNGALOWS 2 UNITS OF EXECUTIVE i APARTMENTS Rental budget $1,000 $4,000 CONTINENTAL HOUSING PTE. LTD. I Tel. S3STSS. ESTABLISHED SINGAPORE SERVICE COMPANY requires applications from residential hotel' boarding house
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      559 24 IV ACCOMMODATION A PROPERTIES I I laEeV^syglJß D 44T T^S|B>a> Built-in aru over ?000so 1 Garden area over 4000 sq II Economic pricing Luxurious fillings Freehold Land Book Now' INSTALMENTS AVAILABLE. PROMPT DELIVERY f-3' enquiry and Dookinqs Thomson Hill Ltd. 15th Fir. Far East Shopping Centre. Orchard Road. Singapore 9
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  • IX OBITUARIES
    • Obituary
      140 Acknowledgements
      138 25 THE FAMILY OF the late Mrs. Teo Ah Kee (Nee Rosa Yee) thank all friends and relatives for their assistance, donations, wreaths and condolences Special thanks are due to Rev. Frs. Johnson Fernandez. Vincent Chee and Bata and The Sodality of the Holy Souls. Church of St. Teresa,
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      142 Deaths
      211 25 ANTHONY PONNUSAMY, aged 88 ex-Straits Times employee, passed away peacefully on 26/5/78 leaving behind beloved daughter Mary Pushpam. son-in-law Francis Doral. 9 grandchildren and 9 great grandchildren to mourn his loss. Cortege leaves Blk 72. 57-B. Oanges Avenue at 2 30pm TODAY for St. Bernadetle Church, thence to
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      38 25 DENHOLM YOUNG BRIGADIER E.J. departed 12 years today. It broke our hearts to lose you, bul you did not go alone, part of u< went with you. when Ood callec you home from grace, Diana.
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    Soccer tickets: Accused guilty of theft, says judge
    322 27 A FORMER production planner who yesterday pleaded guilty to two cnarges of dishonestly retaining stolen football tickets for the National Stadium was told that the facts against him showed that he had committed theft. District Judge Mr. Richard Magnus pointed this out
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    US ensemble to perform
    45 27 ONE of the best-known American bands, the Eastman Wind Ensemble, will perform at the Victoria Theatre on June 16 and 17 at 8.30 pm. The 40 musicians will present two different programmes ranging from music from the Renaissance to contemporary period.
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    Muslim women here use wigs of nylon
    290 27 Muslim women here use wigs of nylon Religious ruling on human hair MUSLIM women here are well aware that wigs made from human hair are "haram" (sinful) and are not wearing them, in compliance with their religious belief. They were commenting on a statement made by the Speaker of the
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    Egging Arabs to buy
    36 27 NEGOTIATIONS are still on for the export of one million to two million eggs to West Asia a month. Egg exporters said yesterday the prices offered by the Arabs were too low.
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    MP's call to parents
    113 27 THE role of nationbuilding through education is the responsibility of all and parents should help to mould the character of their children for the roles ahead, the MP for Kuo Chuan, Mr. P. Selvadurai, said yesterday. Speak inj at the opening of Westlake Primary School In
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    Art contest
    35 27 THE Foreign Minister. Mr. S. Rajaratnam. will attend an on-the-spot art competition at Elizabeth Walk from 9 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. tomorrow. The competition is organised by Bras Basah community centre's art club.
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    'Rubber mart held up remarkably well last year'
    220 27 THE chairman of the Rubber Association of Singapore, Mr. Tan Eng Joo, told Its annual meeting yesterday the Singapore rubber market held up remarkably well last year despite slow growth in the industrialised co v n tries, threats of protectionism and the
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    Dental health services not fully used
    183 27 Dental health services not fully used TkENTAL health services mJ in Singapore are not being utilised fully In spite of the advanced care available, the Parliamentary Secre tary (Culture), Dr. Ow Chin Hock, said yesterday. In addition, many peo.ple do not take personal preventive measures which may assist in the
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    Doctor hanged himself in his bedroom
    220 27 A CORONER yesterday recorded a verdict of suicide on the death of a Marine Parade doctor, who hanged himself from a celling fan In his bedroom. Or. Kong Kam Leng testified that the deceased, Dr. Tan Klan, 30, was his friend. Some time in
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    $3,700 CBT charge against driver
    102 27 $3,700 CBT charge against driver A COMPANY driver and delivery clerk, John Seah, 23, was charged in court on Thursday with committing criminal breach of trust of a car worth $3,700 belonging to Mr. Aloyslus Gregory Hendricks at Engtek Pte. Ltd. on March 7. Seah is also charged with misappropriating
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      Lock icon Borg's touch of class...
      410 28 Borg's touch of class... DOME, Fri. As other favourites stumble along: the way, Bjorn Borg of Sweden is demonstrating at the Italian Open just why he is number one in world tennis. Top seed Borg, worried by a hand infection that has plagued him this spring, destroyed big-serv-ing American Roscoe
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      Lock icon Greenidge and Richards shine
      192 28 f ONDON, Fri. South African Barry Richards and Gordon Greenidge of Barbados, .the top opening pair in English cricket, produced another first-wicket century stand for Hampshire in a county championship match at Portsmouth yesterday. iney put on 1&4, Richards hitting 14 fours in an innings of
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      116 28 Lanes fined $2,500 LONDON. Pri. Lancashire have been fined £600 ($2,520) by the English Test and County Cricket Board and have had six championship bonus points they won against Sussex taken away from them. Lancashire played their two West Indian stars Cllve Lloyd and Collrr Croft In three early season
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      Mercury—a good bet in Race 3
      1517 29  - Mercury a good bet in Race 3 BLUE PETER By MERCURY II can be backed with confidence in Race Three in Ipoh today. The Hotfoot t h r e e- year -old showed ability in his debut at Bukit Timah last month when fifth to Assassin over 1,200 metres. He
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      SELECTIONS
      107 29 MAC! LUI PITIR TIT CKUTINIIR TrimmlH Lumber Jack 8pore» •■•rax Trtmcnlco K. Chief TrxmnlM Lumber Jack 8por«x 1 K. ValMy NT. Wonr 8ra Cnarm K. Valley Oo Alom 8»a Charm M.T. Warrr K. Valley Sea Charm J [mpoiitlon M.T. Miller Mercury Money Talk Mtnury Imposition M.T. Miller auiu PahlawMn
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      1022 29 ■irJJB 2.30 CLA88 5, DIV 3 1,250m ■iUSuUi ($9,000 $6,300 to winner) 1 8000 Kentucky CM*) (Peng Onn) Chon j 6 67 (dd +2) 9 P Lm 2 1 2493 Ttwwilco a (Oood Friend) King 6 55 5 (ud-2) M CMmh 3 1 0000 What A Friend g
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      TERELLO DOES IMPRESSIVE 600 m GALLOP
      449 29 TERELLO DOES IMPRESSIVE 600 m GALLOP IPOH, Frl. Terello, one of the top fancies in the $80,000 Perak Derby in Race Four on Sunday, drew attention to his chances with a dashing work out In good going here today, reports BLIE PETER. With George Podmore astride, the Copsale four-year-old was
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      Lock icon Now for the Triple Crown
      58 29 JOCKEY Steve Cauthen, 18, winner of the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes, enjoys the compay of two Japanese hostesses during his recent visit to a Japanese restaurant In New York recently. Cauthen, with Harbor View Farm's Affirmed, will try for the Triple Crown In
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      Lock icon Ex-convict boxer shot in store
      146 29 NEW YORK, Fri. Bobby Halpern. the ex-convict whose comeback attempt as a professional boxer at the age of 44 received wide publicity, was shot and seriously wounded In a Bronx clothing store yesterday, police reported. A police spokesman said Halpern was shot four times with
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      ASEAN motor rally
      258 29 KUALA LUMPUR, Prl. Castrol Oil la to organUe a 5.000-kllometre ASEAN motor reny from Jan. 6-14, next year. A Castrol spokesman said here today the 5.000 km rally would start from PaUAya In Thailand move up to Butterworth and then turn back to the north eattern border
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      Lock icon 12-YEAR VETERAN SHATTERS COURSE RECORD
      213 29 12-YEAR VETERAN SHATTERS COURSE RECORD ATLANTA (Georgia), A Frl— Dave Eichelberger shattered the Atlanta classic tournament record yesterday with a 10-under-par 62 to take a twostroke first-round lead over Bob Murphy, who equalled the previous record. Elchelbercer, a 12year veteran of the tour, had eight birdies and an eagle on
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      Lock icon PERUVIANS IN ROW OVER UNLUCKY 13
      467 30 RUENOS AIRES, Fri. The World Cup soccer tempo speeded up yesterday with the naming of final squads and game officials, and the arrival of the fifth of the 16 finalists. A Cordoba zippermaker offered free zips to Scottish fans because "with all their skirts
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      Lock icon Brazil the favourites
      168 30 LONDON, Fri. English football fans are determined to take an interest in next month's World Cap In Argentina even though England will not be competing. One London firm of bookmakers yesterday estimated that around £5 million ($2l million) will be wagered on the tournament in British betting
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      Lock icon Austria stroll to 2-0 triumph
      184 30 Austria stroll to 2-0 triumph LINZ, (Austria), Frl.— Austria wound up their World Cup preparations by defeating highly-rated E3ntracht Frankfurt of West Gets. many 2-0 in a friendly match here. The Austrians, slated to play their first match; of the World Cup flna£ In Buenos Aires against Spain next Saturday^
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      Lock icon The pros are through
      130 30 rpOKYO, Frl. Four professional footA ball clubs from Britain, West Germany and Brazil, as expected, advanced Into the semi-finals of the Japan Cup international soccer tournament yesterday. Britain's First Division club Coventry, West German champions FC Cologne and runners-up Borussla Moenchengladbach and Brazil's Palmelras I qualified
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      Chua Cup shock: Singapore are seeded third
      360 30  - Chua Cup shock: Singapore are seeded third BERNARD PEREIRA By WILL Singapore retain TT the Chua Choon Leong Cup this year? That Is the question Singapore tennis fans are asking. And they have a right to alter the way In which Singapore so rousingly won the Cup last year, after
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      CHIN AND LEE TAKE HONOURS
      140 30 SIMON Chin and Lee Lai Kheng took the POM secondary boys and girls Individual championship titles respectively In the Outram Secondary School's track and field meet at the Farrer Park Athletic Centre yesterday. Simon scored four wins— In the 100 metres (11.7 sec) and 300m
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      A STRANGER IN THE HOUSE
      427 31 PS on sport WHEN Sebastian Yap took over as coach of the S 1 n f a pore soccer team early this year, he never realised that it would be a completely new experience that would some times make him feel like a sailor thrown
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      Raja, Kim Song will be Yap's trump cards
      306 31  -  JOE DORAI By QUAH Kirn Song may play in midfield, with S. Rajagopal moving up to the left flank, for Singapore against Pahang in tomorrow's return-leg Malaysia Cup semifinal at the National Stadium (7.30). At least, that is the "secret" strategy coach
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      Lock icon FAP DECIDE TO DELA Y ISSUE
      365 31 PE^ban FAF As So7laUon of Penang will get to terms with the current showdown between team manager Tan Cheng Hoe and players Isa Bakar and N. Baskaran once the Malaysia Cup season H over. FAP president Loh Hoot Yeang said yesterday that a council
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      ADVICE TO FANS
      50 31 SOCCER fans attending tomorrow's Malaysia Cup second leg semi-final match between Singapore and Pahang at the National Stadium are advised to be early and to use car pools and public transport, as far as possible. Owing to limited seating capacity, children without tickets will not be admitted.
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      ...THE MAN BEHIND THE VOICE
      542 31  -  WILFRED YEO PROFILE By gRIAN Richmond, whose voice has launched a thousand sports commentaries, commercials, record programmes and private run ct ions, failed an audition by Radio And Television Singapore ln 1969. It was the nervousness of the first-timer that caused the RTS door to
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      SBHFL to make coaching choice soon
      191 31 SBHFL to make coaching choice soon HTHE Singapore Bus ness Houses' Fool ball League will dc cide soon on the sei vices of one or tw i coaches to train thel representative soc cer team, report i ALBERT JOHNSON. Says SBHFL secretart K. S. Manickam: "We'vl received assurances frc.if three
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      Grand Prix is on
      74 31 THE Shah Alam Grand Prix will be held today and tomorrow at Batu Tlga. In Kuala Lumpur, as scheduled. Confirming this yesterday. Or. Winston Lee. president of the Singapore Motor Sports Club, said that over the past Few days a number of motor sports fan had
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      Bowling trials
      40 31 THE newly-formed Plaza Bowlers' Club will be conducting a selection trial at Plaza Bowl from today till June 10 to pick five representatives to the Malaysian Tenpln Bowling Congress championships in Kuala Lumpur from June 9 to 16.
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      DIARY
      121 31 ATHLETICB Special Constabulary meet iToa Payoh track. 2.30 p.m.). GOLF SICC match play championship (Buklt Course). RUGBY National schools post secondary (third and fourth placing, Police Academy. 6 p.m.i SOCCER NFL Dl» 1: K. Buklt v Changl Const (Jalan Besar. 4 JO p.m.).. Dhr. I: FDoggol v Telok Blangah
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      Invite to Germans
      91 31 A GERMAN basketball A team from Cologne have been Invited to compete In the Pesta Sukan championship at Singapore's Gay World j, Stadium from Sept. 110. reports PETER SIOW It wIU be the Germans' first appearance in Singapore if they agree to take part In the compeUUon.
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      Lam Teck overwhelm Schools
      218 31  - Lam Teck overwhelm Schools BERNARD PEREIRA By EXPERIENCE once Ju again triumphed over youth when Lam Teck celebrated their 89 68 win over Combined Schools In a National Basketball League match at the Gay World Stadium last night. For Lam Teck. it was their seventh win in 11 matches, wnile
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      Bee Khim set for her eighth straight win
      246 31 IT EE BEE KHIM, chasing the Singapore Island Country Club women's golf championship for a record eighth year in succession, yesterday stormed into the final again. She easily beat Mary Moffa seven and six In the semi-finals over the Island Course and
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      SASA decide on sixth place times
      251 31  - SASA decide on sixth place times ALBERT JOHNSON By rpHE Singapore Amateur Swimming Asso- elation will recommend the 1974 Commonwealth Games sixth-prace times as the qualifying marks for this years Games, in Edmonton, from Aug. 3 12. The SASA's swimming sub-committee met yesterday and decided that the 1974 sixth-place times
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      Hill, Yeo start training
      249 31  -  PATRICK BASTIANS By KARACHI, Frl— As the Hashlm Khan world team squash championships wind to an end here, with the finals today, Singapore's 14 year- olds Peter Hill and Jeremy Yeo, move off to the YMCA grounds, near the Pakistan International Airlines' squash complex —their new
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    512 32 ROME, Friday HE chained the kidnapped girl in a small wooden cage for 75 days, pocketed his share of her father's million dollar ransom and then sent her red roses and love letters signed "Gym Sneakers." "Gym Sneakers, that was my pet
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    160 32 Careless chef gets 8-year sentence KYOTO, Friday A CHEF was sentenced to prison today following the agonising death of a famous Japanese actor who ate ••fugu," a lethal nsh unless certain organs are removed, at his restaurant. Tadatoshl Kasaoka, 38-year-old chef at Masa's Restaurant here, received a suspended eightyear sentence
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    299 32 A GENERAL election in Britain this October looked almost certain today after Liberal MPs announced they were withdrawing support for the mjnoority Labour Government. The Liberal Party's 13 MPs helped Prime Minister James Callaghan survive crucial parliamentary votes for the past lb months. Labour
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    682 32 LONDON. Frl Stock prices were generally easier today but above the day's lows, and at 3 pm the Financial Times Index was down 3.3 at 474.2. This trend reflected political uncertainties created by news that the Labour Government's pact with the Liberal Party Is to end. dealers said
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    378 32 Soviet call for total ban on that bomb UNITE.D NATIONS, Friday gO VIET Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko proposed at the United Nations today a total ban on the neutron bomb. Addressing the UN general assembly on the third day of the disarmament special session, he said the Soviet Union did
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      208 36 I CaNGRATULATIOSIS CONGRArULATO^S 1 aMdoeSLwisbesto and best widyesto sincnpoßEHCEncv I sincnpoßE bceiicv I I HOUSE PTELTD. HOUSE PTELTD. g ontbeojfkwopemig ontheojfidaiopem^ g i of their dxjw room H of their show room P g 1 g SUMARCO COMPANY LIMITED |g 5? Jakarta, Indonesia. ■oj P.T. ASABA MR L SUJIPTO g
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    476 37  -  MARK MURRAY By in TOKYO Rapidly narrowing gap between two economies AN authoritative warning has been issued here that the economies of Japan and South Korea are on a collision course that can best be avoided by a division of labour and a sharing of
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      208 37 LATEST LIGHTINGS FOR 1978 IMPORTED FROM MANY WELL-KNOWN MANUFACTURERS IN EUROPE AND WESTERN COUNTRIES. New stock of Crystal Lamps, Wall-Lamps, adjustable Lamps, Gate Lamps, Modern Chandeliers and Lightings, etc. suitable for HDB, HUDC, Private Houses and Flats, Offices, Night Clubs and Restaurants. Comprehensive range of designs, colours and high qualities
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      178 38 rDAY is indeed an i auspicious occasion lor the Singapore Shipping Association (6SA) as it commemorates its Silver Jubilee year. Since its inception in 1953, its member lines have contributed substantially to the development of regional trade by providing dependable shipping and handling services. I
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      97 38 El'A PHEK LONG General Secretary (Singapore Shipping Agen cits Pte Ltd) D. R. MOODY Deputy General Secretary i Asiatic Navigation Ltd) CHAN KIM LIM Treasurer lUni-Ocean Lines Pie Ltd S. T. THIO Liaison Officer i Sin Chiao Shipping Pte ltd) LI I YONG HOCK (Guan
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      199 38 Firms that are members of the SSA Asiatic Navigation Ltd. Chinpo Shipping Co (Pte) Ltd. Chip Seng Co (Pte) Ltd. Chuan Hap Marine Pte Ltd. Eastern Ship ping and Trading Co Pie Ltd Guan Guan Shipping Pte Ltd. Heap Seng Trading and Shipping Pte Ltd. Heng Leong Shipping Co Pte
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      505 38 Getting together to help a common cause MESSAGE FROM CHAIRMAN MR. TONG OJOE rlS association has been established for 25 years since Its Inception In 1953. During those colonial days, the shipping industry was monopolised by foreigners. Local shipping activities were confined to a small sphere and, therefore, could not
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      352 38  -  MR. Y.C. CHANG By DEPUTY CHAIRMAN SHIPPING industry Is like swimming against the tide. If one does not progress, one will move backward. If we want to survive we must plan »or development. We cannot tolerate old-fashioned styles anymore. I share the following ideal
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      663 39 TWENTY-FIVE years ago today, a significant event took place in local shipping when the Singapore Chinese Shipping Association was registered with the Registrar of Trade Unions. This was the forerunner of the Singapore Shipping Association (SSA), which is the de facto local shipowners' association.
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      883 39 Ho Chiang, Far East Corporation, Chek Guan, Soe Hal Guan and Hong Line. Together they have contributed significantly towards the welfare of the association Personality-wise, n o other person seems to have done more for the well-being of the association than Mr. Y.
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      45 38 I Congratulations I I Best Wishes I Singapore Shipping Association I I on their I I 25th Anniversary I I \&lnol I NEPTUNE ORIENT LINES LTD Neptune Building 13 Trafalgar Street Si ngapore 2 Tel *****1 1 *****1 1 Telex: Neptune RS ***** Cable: NEPORIENT
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      157 39 Congratulations to SINGAPORE SHIPPING ASSOCIATION on their 25th Anniversary Fnow Kapal Management Private Limited 325. TELOK BLANQAH ROAD SINGAPORE 4. TEL: *****55/7 TANJONO PAOAR P.O. BOX 61 TELEX: RS ***** CABLE ADD: 'KAPAMAN 1 TELEX CODE: "KAPAMAN" jiiiiiiiiiitJiiiiMiiiiiKJHNiiiiniiciiiiiiiiiHiiciiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiuuciiiiiiim CONGRA TULA TIONS to SINGAPORE SHIPPING ASSOCIATION on the occasion of their
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      202 39 HEARTIEST CONGRATULATIONS SINGAPORE SHIPPING ASSOCIATION ON YOUR 25TH ANNIVERSARY H ft fl i l iv s] X m 'rt B] Yick Fung Shipping Enterprises Co., Ltd. Singapore Branch IROOM 2515. 25TH FLOOR, INTERNATIONAL PLAZA. 10. ANSON ROAD. SINGAPORE 2. Congratulations to SINGAPORE SHIPPING ASSOCIATION on their 25TH ANNIVERSARY from I
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      114 39 CONGRATULATIONS TO SINGAPORE SHIPPING ASSOCIATION ON THE OCCASION OF THEIR SILVER JUBILEE FROM SINGAPORE COSMOS SHIPPING CO. (PTE.) LTD. 110- A, Robinson Rood, Singapore 1. Tel: *****33. Cable Address: 'COSMOSHIP' AND CKIN PO SHIPPING CO (PTE.) LTD. Congratulations Best Wishes to SINGAPORE SHIPPING ASSOCIATION on its 25th Anniversary L J
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      660 40 The SGV Group Management Consulting Services Our client is an established financial institution in Singapore which is expanding its base of lending activities in Southeast Asia. It is looking for an experienced and highly capable young man to assume the post of: ASSISTANT MANAGERcredit 530.000- $35,000 p.a. The selected candidate
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      1187 40 W FINANCIAL SERVICE MANAGER I INTERNATIONAL OIL EXPLORATION COMPANY (Up to $45,000 per annum car) Our client, an expanding US oil exploration company operating in Indonesia, wishes to recruit a Financial Service Manager to be based in their regional office in Singapore. The successful candidate will report to the General
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      665 41 mmwm FFI SEMBAWANG SHIPYARD LIMITED A fully intergroted ship-repair orgonisotion with the most comprehensive focilities in South East Asia. E£ SEMBAWANG ENGINEERING (PTE) LIMITED An international enterprise serving primarily the offshore oil industry with high quolity engineering and construction capabilities OFFER (A) TRAINEESHIP In the Steelwork (Welding) Trade to Reservists
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      570 41 EXECUTIVE SINGAPORE For our client which is principally involved in the distribution of a well-known brand of automobiles. The Marketing Executive who will report to a Director, will assist in the formulation and implementation of market strategies and programmes in line with the organisation overall corporate policy. This position offers
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      1063 41 ■I MANAGEMENT AND FINANCIAL 111 I ACCOUNTANTS I Kuala Lumpur Salary Circa $34,000 Per Annum Our Client is a major international company which is well established in Malaysia. Applications are invited from mature and dynamic Malaysians for the positions of Management and Financial Accountants. The positions require persons who are
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      676 42 I A multi-national marine engineering and construction company dealing with the fabrication of marine equipment, offshore production platforms ond ocean-going vessels invites applications for the position of SENIOR ACCOUNTANT THE POSITION The successful opplicant will be responsible for the financial ond management occounting functions. Duties will include the preparation and
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      588 42 foJPerstorp A Swedish owned International Company with a Representative office in Singapore covering South East Asia invites applications from suitable candidates to fill the post of SALES EXECUTIVE The Job: To promote the sales of Perstorp Industrial Grade Laminates to endusers in Singapore. Malaysia. Hongkong and Taiwan The suitable candidate
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      1095 42 I WALLINS SINGAPORE PTE LTD I PREQUALIFICATION OF CONTRACTORS I PROPOSED OFFICE, FACILITIES WORKERS QUARTERS BUILDINGS SAUDI ARABIA (MIDDLE EAST) I Tenders will be called shortly for the construction, I I completion and maintenance of the following steel frame I I buildings6 Units 2- Storey Workers Quarters 40' x 160'
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      185 42 IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE SUIT NO. 3320 of 1977 Between LIAN PANG IRON WORKS (Suing as a firm) Plaintiffs and SENTAS CONSTRUCTION CO. (Sued as a firm) Defendants FORM OF ADVERTISEMENT To: Sentas Construction Company (Sued as a firm) of No. 603, 6th floor Maxwell
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      720 42 IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE Suit No. 1823 at 1977 LOH AH LUM Plaintiff And 1. JATINDER SINGH IPPAL i/o GURBAHSH 2. HI-FI ELECTRONICS PTE. LTD Defendant! NOTICE OF ADVERTISEMENT To: JATINDER SINGH UPPAL i/o GURBAHSH now or late of No. 9, Upper Wilkle Road, Singapore.
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      558 43 abU&dUku)duJLUsl PHILIPS We are looking for motivated, dynamic and resourceful persons to fill the following positions. 1. PHYSICAL DISTRIBUTION MANAGER This man will head the Physical Distribution Department which will be responsible for supplying TV and Radio components to other factories In overseas countries. His responsibilities will Include planning, coordinating,
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      995 43 Development Our client which is a large and well established publicly quoted group of companies in South East Asia seeks to make two new key appointments which reflect the expansion and development plans that the group has in the region. A successful term in either of these appointments could lead
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      158 43 I ANNOUNCEMENT I Shell Companies in Malaysia based in Kuala Lumpur will move to the new BANGUNAN SHELL MALAYSIA on the dates indicated below. Friday to Sunday, 19 21 May 1978 The Kuala Lumpur Sales Office Shell Chemicals Supply and Distribution Department Special Products (Bitumen, LPG, Lubricants) Marketing Engineering Monday
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    1007 44  -  B. RONQUILLO REGIONAL COMPLEMENTATION SCHEME ENDORSED By in MANILA A UTOMOTIVE manufacturing in any one of the Asean countries will probably never become viable unless it can compete in the world market. That is not likely in the foreseeable future unless it
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      51 44 iHt -<S?g&3S-r, H tf*e.- 9*""'"....-'""" H Gim Lin Gallery Re. Ltd. 2.59. Second floor. Lucky Plaza 304. Orchard Road. Singapore 9. Tel: *****4. Specialist in blackwood, mother-of-pearl carved furnitures, Nonya porcelain ware, Straits Chinese embroidery and beaded works. We also have a wide collection of antiquity, items for collectors and^
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