The Straits Times, 30 August 1978

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    14 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30, 1978 25 CENTS M.C.(P) No. 214/1/78
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    Lock icon CHANGE SDF LAW: GENERALS
    349 1 CHANGE SDF LAW: GENERALS Armed forces must act quickly to foil sneak attack, Japan told TOKYO, Tuesday JAPAN'S three top military _l chiefs yesterday called for rew vision of the country's law to enable the armed forces to cope effectively with a surprise attack. They maintained thai current laws hampered
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    Lock icon A plea to stop the stones
    109 1 TM1E phalanx of M. shield wielding nut policemen looks formidable enough to withstand the bombardment of bricks and stones but this West Indian youth bravely irnores the barrage to implore the .stone throwers to stop during rioting at the annual carnival in London's racially
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    Lock icon China-Vietnam tension grows
    483 1 China- Vietnam tension grows BANGKOK, Tuesday £lIINA and Vietnam today appeared to be closer than ever to actual warfareOflkial news media in both countries announced the i abrupt departure from Hanoi of Chinese negotiator Cluing Hsi-tung, a d c p v t y foreign minister who in four weeks of
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    Lock icon Prices drop in US
    79 1 WASHINGTON Tues The US Government had the first Kcx,d rews for inflation-weuiy Ar. ;i<ans in months today, reporting that consumer prices Mere held to an O.S pei cent increase in July ao grocer? prices declined lor Ctx tint time in a year. ,'hr July Increase compared
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    The weather
    17 1 IP TO NOON TODAY: Isolated showers in late morning, according to the Singapore Meteorological Service.
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    Lock icon RUSSIA MAY SEEK DIALOUGE WITH ASEAN
    149 1 RUSSIA MAY SEEK DIALOUGE WITH ASEAN BANGKOK. Tues. The Soviet Union is expected to make an official approach next month on the possibilities of holding a dialogue with Asean. the Bangkok Post reported today. Quoting a diplomatic source here, the paper said the approach would be made by Soviet Foreign
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    Lock icon Big Soviet N-blast
    63 1 STOCKHOLM. Tues. The Soviet Union today set off Its strongest underground nuclear explosion so far this year, recording f 9 on the Rlchter scale at the Uppsala Selsmologlcal Institute. The explosion at the Semlpalatlnsk test site In western Siberia occurred at 337 a.m. (10.07 am. Singapore timei
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    Varsity gets power to hold back degrees
    484 1 Varsity gets power to hold back degrees By CHOO WAI HONG TMIK University of Singapore has amended its statute, empowering it to withhold degrees from medical and dental students who fail to sii>n ;i bond to servo the government. In a new ruling, the University Senate has named the signing
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    43 1 NEW YORK. Tues. Dow Jones, averages., based on first hour ol trading on the New York Stock Exchange 30 indust 883.23 off 1.65. 20 tramp 248 30 of! 0.48. 15 utlls 106.26 up 0 17. 65 stocks 305.27 off 0.40. UPI.
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    Lock icon Call for new definition of human rights
    218 1 Call for new definition of human rights MANILA. Tues. Britain's senior Law Lord, Lord Richard Wllberforce. today urged a redefinition of human rights, saying the 1948 Unlver sal Declaration was proving divisive and a source of recrimination In remarks to delegates to the International Law Association of which he Is
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    Lock icon Israelis nab 2 guerillas
    63 1 TEL AVIV. Tues The Israeli navy Intercepted two armed guerilla* Leading toward- Israel In a small boat. a military kpokeunan said yesterday. The guerillas were carryInn .Mbotage •■qulpment the spokf.vman said Thej were caught *hen i naval vessel on a rouuue patrol on Saturday night stopped
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    Lock icon Carter death threat
    75 1 IDAHO FALLS, Tues. A motel maid told police she found a death threat against President Carter scrawled on a mirror and that the man in the room pistol-whip-ped her and fled, authorities said today. The Secret Service said it was looking for a man whose description was
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      Lock icon US forces in M-E plan 'being studied'
      154 2 US forces in M-E plan 'being studied' AMMAN. Tues A Jordanian newspaper said today President Carter was seriously thinking of an American military presence in the Middle East as part ot his proposals lor a peaceful settlement. In a report from its correspondent in New York, the Arabic-lan-guage daily Al-Destour
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      Lock icon Syrian peace troops disarm militia
      412 2 Syrian peace troops disarm militia Assad warns Israel against interfering BEIRUT. Tuesday gYHIAN peace-keep armed Christian crn and eastern 1 President Hafez A a<>;iiiist intervention ing forces today <lis militiamen in northLebanon ;is Syrian asm! warned Israel i on behalf of the Christians. The three-day operation brought one-third of the
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      Lock icon At mission control
      74 2 lUX scene in the Moscow flight control centre during the recent mission to the Salyut 6-Soyuz 29 orbital space station by a Soyuz 31 space ferry, crewed by East German Lt. Col. Sigmund Jaehn and veteran So- viet cosmonaut Col. Valery Kykovsky. It was the third mission
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      Lock icon Advance tax plan to avert NY deficit
      323 2 Advance tax plan to avert NY deficit NEW YORK, Tues. I Faced with a cash shortage of US$243 mil- j lion '***** milliom by Sept 29, the city plans to avert the projected deficit through persuading major property j owners to pay real estate taxes in advance. Last June, the
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      Lock icon RUSSIA SHIFTS STAND OVER ISLANDS
      217 2 RUSSIA SHIFTS STAND OVER ISLANDS TOKYO, Tuesday A SOVIET Foreign Ministry official has toid a Japanese business delegation in Moscow that territorial issues were among unsettled problems between the two countries. Mr. Taro Aso, president of the Japan Junior I Chamber of Commerce, said yesterday that Mr Nicolai Solovyov, director
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      Lock icon Outer space motion likely to be passed
      159 2 MANILA, Tues. A resolution designating the area 100 kilometres above sea level as outer space to be observed by all countries is expected to be approved by the current International Law Association (ILA) conference here. Prof. O. Goedhuis of thr Netherlands, chairman of
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      Lock icon Opposition rift gives govt party the edge
      103 2 Opposition rift gives govt party the edge SEOUL, Tues Bickering among opposition parties may provide the government with a one-horse race in Decem b c r elections to South Korea's National Assembly. President Park Chung Hee's firm control over the ruling Democratic Republican Party has placed it in a strong
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      Lock icon Telecoms dispute to cost Aussie Govt $51 m in lost revenue
      410 2 CANUERRA, Tues. THE crippling 29day maintenance work ban by Australia's telecommunica- i tion technicians will j cost the government As2o million (5551.6 miliion) in lost revenue. officials said today as Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser came under heavy rritirism nvpr
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      Lock icon S. Korea plans $l.1b worth of imports
      112 2 SEOUL. Tues. South Korea plans to import goods worth US$5OO million (551.13 billion) by the end of March 1979 in an emergency measure to stabllse the nation's economy, Economic Planning Minister Nam Duck Woo said today. In a report lo President Park Chunij
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      Lock icon A bad year for Indonesia minerals
      182 3 A bad year for Indonesia minerals JAKARTA. Tuev The bepii ne for mlneiitig to the report by the US Emral important and there was an new Interest rs. New projects were nowhere lound. the report ncluded the ihird generation contract with Rio Tlnto liidon< ment expected r I on tho
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      Lock icon Hijacker's disguise
      114 3 TIIK wi(t, 'Jark classes and false beard above belonged to thr hijacker that disappeared. Geneva police found them in the toilet of a Trans-World Airlines plane purportedly hijacked while on its way thrre from New York on Friday. A torn, chequered cape was also found. The "hijacker" handed
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      Lock icon Thailand's four big problems
      161 3 BANGKOK. Tue s Thai Deputy Interior Minister Prem Tinsulanond has described corruption, illegal logging, narcotics and communist insurgency as major problems threatening Thailand's security. Speaking on Guidelines to Solve the Nation's Problems, Gen. Prem said corruption could be solved by senior <>!ticial.s setting good examples to
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      Lock icon Janata Govt suffers setback over Bill
      176 3 Janata Govt suffers setback over Bill DELHI. Tues. I India's ruling Janata Party government suffered a setback yesterday when it hastily withdrew an anti-defec-tion Bill it had tabled in Parliament because of protests from party members. Several Janata Party Members of Parliament including general secretary Madhu Limaye attacked the government
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      Lock icon Billy Graham for Russia?
      51 3 MONTREAT (North CaroI Una i Tut.-- Evartielist Billy I Grarnm. who pleached in I Hungary last year and plans a cru.satit in Poland this autumn, may pregch in the Soviet Union .ater this year or early In 1979. accordinn nesmen for the Billy Graham EianjjeliiUc Association.
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      Lock icon Bichai: Viet plan will destroy Asean unity
      253 3 BANGKOK, Tues. FORMER Thai Foreign Minister Bichai H:itl;iknl warned today Vietnam's proposal for a South-east Asian zone of peace was aimed at destroying Asean unity and sowing suspicion among members of the regional grouping. Mr. Bichai, who was Foreign Minister when Thailand normalised
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      Lock icon Hanoi betrays urgency for normalising ties with the US
      233 3 Hanoi betrays urgency for normalising ties with the US WASHINGTON, Tuesday VIETNAM, betraying its urgency for nor- maiisation of ties of with the US, has indicated that it hopes for results on the issue by November, a team of congressmen reported on their return from Hanoi today. The leader of
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      Lock icon Korchnoi puts off 18th game
      133 3 Korchnoi puts off 18th game MANILA. Tues. Challenger Viktor Korchnoi, trailing 1-4 in the world chess championship match, postponed the 18th game today and went into seclusion in Manila. Korchnoi, 47. who threatened on Saturday to beat up a Soviet parapsyc hologist he claims has been trying to hypnotise him
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      Lock icon The only answer to Indian crisis
      141 3 The only answer to Indian crisis WOODSTOCK, (Ontario i, Tues. The president of India's Family Planning Association said here compulsory sterilisation was the only answer to his country's population crisis. India's population, now 650 million, was increasing by 20 million a year. Dr. Narayan Bhatnagar told members of a local
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      Lock icon Rebels bomb stations
      67 3 MADRID. Tues. Guerillas bombed two police stations and set police cars ablaze today In a continuation of yesterday violence in which four policemen were tbot dead In separate attacks. In the central Spanish city of Sorla. where 25 alleged members of the extreme leftwing guerilla organisation Grapo
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      Lock icon Entire township boycotts rally by govt ministers
      337 4 'One-man, one-vote elections in jeopardy' 7WIMISA TOWNSHIP. Tin Transitional i^<> v eminent ministers cain pa igning lot the Rhodesian infiin a I settlement ugreemeni were itnl today ;il Zwimba l>\ Ihousands of African tribes people whose hacking the coalition sorely needs. No one
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      Lock icon TOP GUERILLA KILLED IN GUN BATTLE
      79 4 ISBIKY. Tues Rhodesia's most wanted black nationalist guerilla was killed in the township of Highfield outside Salisbury last night aftir a series of kuii battles in which a white police officer and two black civilians also died, puller said today. He was the sole
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      Lock icon 'Annul bases pact' call
      67 4 MANILA, Tues. More than 500 Filipino youth leaders lwl by jMJss In cc Marcos, daughter of President Marcos, nave called for the annulment of the US nnd Philippine military bases agreement and denrninced all other forms of foreign intervention here, theli secretariat sild uxlay It said
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      Lock icon Rhodesia: Scatter bombs killed 60
      184 4 SALISBURY, Tues. Rhodesian pla n es dropped fragmentation bonibi on suspected guerilla positions in a tribal recently, reportedly killing 60 people most of them civilians. A military communique said Rhode s i an troops have killed an additional 28 terrorists, 10 terrorist collaborators and nine
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      Lock icon Kenyatta body on show
      101 4 Kenyatta body on show NAIROBI. Tues. The body of Kenya's Jomo Kenyatta will go on permanent display in a specially built mausoleum In the centre of Nairobi after his state funeral on Thursday. Official sources said the body of the late pre sident. in r. sealed oak casket with a
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      Lock icon S. Africa still bombing Zambia: Swapo
      250 4 S. Africa still bombing Zambia: Swapo LUSAKA. Tues South West Africa People's Organisation (Swapo) leader Sam Nujoma said last night that South African war planes were still bombing parts of Zambia's western province after a cross-border raid last week from Namibia in reprisal for a Swapo attack. In a television
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      Lock icon Findings shake the art world
      141 4 Findings shake the art world LONDON. Tues. Claims yesterday by two eminent British art historians regarding paintings by one of Britain's most reputed landscape artists have shaken the art world. Leslie Parrts, deputy keeper of London's prestigious Tate Gallery, and its art historian, lan Fleming-Williams, have claimed that at least
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      Lock icon Somoza crushes coup attempt
      270 4 MANAGUA, Tues. The Nicaraguan Government last night crushed a coup attempt by soldiers and civilians, but today faced a national strike and outbreaks of violence In several towns. Nicaragua's only security force, the National Guard, announced the crushing of the coup In a terse statement last
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      120 4 JOHANNESBURG. Tues Foodstuffs irradiated with gamma rays to prolong their shelf life will go on sa,e in South Africa in the next few weeks, it was announced last night. Health Minister Schalk Van Dpr Merwe stressed that the process did not make the food
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      Journey's end
      61 4 JAPANESE explorer and adventurer Naomi I'emura shortly after arriving at the former IS air force base at Narssarssuaq in southwrsi Greenland on Saturday after crossing the Greenland ice cap lengthwise alone. Naomi, who travelled with 16 sledge dofs. took four months to complete the trip. During the journey
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      183 4 Hongkong disturbed by rise in Viet refugees HONGKONG. Tues. The arrival of increasing numbers of Vietnamese refugees in Hongkong has become a matter of concern to the authorities here, a highranking government source revealed today. He said that In view of the situation the Hongkong Government Intended to approach several
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      372 5 Buying a turntable has never been an easy task. Since the debute of the first manual turntable in our grandfather's days down to the present we have been, and are still disputing over the pros and cons of having belt or direct drive; the different varieties of turntable arms S-shape,
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      'Super Vet' Jerry
      122 6 "SL'PER Vet" Jerry Benson runs with an artificial leg which he helped design. Jerry, 28, was in training on Sunday for the Mayor Daley Marathon, which begins in Chicago on Sept 24. Nine years ago, Jerry was a Marine Corps private on patrol in Vietnam when a
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      Lock icon Kennedy killing inquiry: Cuba helping
      150 6 Kennedy killing inquiry: Cuba helping HAVANA, Tues. Cuban authorities are collaborating with the United States in an inquiry connected with the assassination of President John Kennedy in Dallas in 1963 it was learned here today. Mr. Richardson Preyer, a Democratic member of the House of Representatives for North Carolina who
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      11th hour talks avert US postal strike
      241 6 11th hour talks avert US postal strike WASHINGTON, Tues. The possibility of an immediate and potentially crippling national strike by most of America's 550,000 postal workers was averted last night in last-minute negotiations. Postal unions has threatened to stage an illegal strike if the Post Office did not reopen pay
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      418 6 LONDON. Tues. fIKWS thai the United States had run up the fourth biggest monthly trade deficit in IS history hist month today wiped out the IS dollar's earlier on the world's foreign exchange markets. The dollar lost over four centimes to trade at
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      Lock icon Sea law talks: US, Third World nations clash over mining rights
      385 6 Sea law talks: US, Third World nations clash over mining rights UNITED NATIONS, Tuesday. TME United States and the Third World clashed in the Law of the Sea conference yesterday over planned US moves to permit private companies to begin mining minerals on deep ocean floors. The Soviet Union and
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      31 6 NEW DELHI. Tues Indian Vice-President Bkshppa Danappa Jattl today refused to appoint a patilamentiry committee to probe allegations of corruptions against Prime Minister Morarji Desal's son, Kar.ti. Reuter.
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      127 6 Book on lighter side of a pope ROME, Tues. A book of whimsical letters by the new Pope John Paul to long-dead authors like Charles Dickens and Mark Twain has become an overnight best-seller since the papal election on Saturday. The letters were written for an ecclesiastical magazine in Padua
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      155 6 QL'ANTICO (Virginia), Tues. Mrs. Laurie Gleen Jacobson, 25, is (ive-and-a-baK months pregnant yet she roes joffinc several kilometres nearly every day. shouldering a machine tun tripod and carrying 400 rounds of ammunition. She takes obstacle courses and mock battles in her stride. For Mrs. Jacobson 's
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    Call to revise textbooks for bilingualism
    233 8 SCHOOL textbooks in the various language streams should be re- bring their conand stan;er acg to the president of the Singapore Chlnrse Middle School Teachers' Union. Mr Ho Kah Leong. This would en.ible the pfTectlve learning of two languages by students. iid at an
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    Crash driver escapes with minor injuries
    75 8 THE driver of this car was slightly injured when it skidded and landed on its side in Queenswa.v at about 1.45 a.m. yesterday. The driver crawled out of his car as onlookers called an ambulance. Onlookers said he had slight cuts on his face
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    Hong Leong ahead in finance firm takeover bid
    328 8  -  LEE KIM CHEW By JJONG Leong Finance yesterday announced further purchase of 2,838,000 shares of $1 each in Singapore Finance for cash at $2.00 per share in its takeover bid. With this purchase, Hong Leong Finance now has 4.1 million shares of
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    Man fell from ex-girl friend's flat
    260 8 Man fell from ex-girl friend's flat A MAN climbed out of the kitchen window of bis former girl friend's flat wben he saw her husband coming home, a <<>- roner's court heard yesterday. But unlike on a previous occasion wben he climbed safely down to the flat below and got
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    30,411 applied for govt jobs last year
    255 8 30,411 applied for govt jobs last year npHE Public Service Commission received a total of 30,411 applications for various Jobs in the civil service last year, 2,887 fewer than in 1976. These Included 5 893 from serving officers, according to the PSC annual report for 1977 released yesterday. The report
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    Telecoms names 150 agents to care for public telephones
    272 8 Telecoms names 150 agents to care for public telephones TELECOMS has apA pointed about 150 shop keepers and stallholders in various parts of the island to look after its public telephones under its Agency Phone Services scheme. The scheme is aimed at combatting vandalism of public telephones, which costs Telecoms
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    YMCA sports festival
    47 8 THE National Council of YMCAs of Singapore will hold the eighth YMCA Frstlval Of Sports on Sept 2 end 3. The Jakarta YMCA Till take part In the games for the first Urr.e. Participants from Penan*. Ipoh and Kuala Lumpur will also take part.
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    On corporate planning
    44 8 A TWO-DAY course on corporate planning growth and survival will be held at the Jasmine Room. ShangriLa Hotel on Sept 18 at 9 am Mr. Joshua I. Owen will lead the course, which Is organised by the Singapore bvtltute of Management.
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    Under-used, abused taxi stands to be removed
    339 9 pill-: Registry of Vehicles is doing away with taxi hinds in certain areas i'ollowng complaints that the stands ire not only being abused by ante taxi drivers, but are also inder utilised. Instead, it plans to replace hem with taxi stops. According to
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    Two-prong approach to mould concerned Singaporeans
    647 9 Two-prong approach to mould concerned Singaporeans rpRANSFORMATION of the Singaporean into a more enlightened and concerned citizen requires a two-prong approach, said the chairman of Khe Bong community centres management committee. Mr. Goh Kian Chee, last ni«ht. There must be cons- tant dialogue between political leaders and those at grassroots
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    PORT KLANG DRY, SO SHIPS CALL HERE
    80 9 SHIPS which previously called at Port Klang for fresh water are now filling up in Singapore because of a dry spell in Selangor. A Port of Singapore Authority spokesman said about 15 ships had been calling daily at the Keppel Wharves for fresh
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    Khe Bong may skip dinner to donate to defence
    229 9 Khe Bong may skip dinner to donate to defence INSTEAD of spending money on a feast to celebrate National.pay. Khe Bong constituency may from next year forgo the dinner and donate the amount that would be spent on it towards Singapore's defence. The MP for Khe Bong. Mr. Ho See
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    Cabbies hail move on lighter PDS penalties
    286 9 Cabbies hail move on lighter PDS penalties rXI drivers yesterday hailed the government's recent revision of the points demerit system to mete out lighter pem>iti?s for motorists who commit minor traffic offences. The president of the Singapore Taxi Drivers Association <STDA>, Mr. Ko n Ting Kuan. said It was a
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    Talk on Malay novel
    64 9 THE principal of Tanah M-rah Besjr Malay School. Mr. S N. Masur!. will talk on Badan Bcrtuah, a noval by Ismail Alfalah. at the Queenstown Library's lecture room, on Sept 1 at 3 pm. The talk in Malay. U organised by th» Younii People's Section of
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    On square dancing
    45 9 METROPOLITAN YMCA will hold a three-month course on American square dancing conducted by a professional instructor from the United States at its Palmer Road premises on Thursdays. ;rom 7 45 p.m. to 10 p.m. from Sept 14. For further details, ring *****66
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    S'pore KL air talks: Mr Sim responds
    148 10 THE Hermann,tary 'CommunicaMr Sim Kef rs about the •s between Singapore and Malaysia. He said In a stateI have carefully read newspaper reports 'erviews re-K-iven by Hajl Mohamad Noor, Secretary- in the Malaysian Ministry, con- air services ne:.s between Maand Singapore. articular. I
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    Man charged with having scraper
    71 10 Man charged with having scraper MOHAMED Sidek bin Ahmad, 21, was charged in court yesterday with having a bearing scraper while driving a taxi in Bukit Timah Road (15 km i on Aug 20 i also .illei-ed to have 'ie taxi when he did I tonal driving < drhmg >r
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    Lions' job
    26 10 Fn<c Ah Koon has ><:ted director of the itkinal Association of "iubs at the World li Id in Tokyo 'lire 20 to June 24
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    367 10  -  K. S SIDHU By FIVE-YEAR OLD girl, Wu Kwan Ying, was burnt to death and 80 people made homeless in Monday's fire in a row of shophouses at the junction of Noordin Lane and Waterloo Street. Her charred body was found by firemen under
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    Council picks three books for subsidy
    125 10 rpHREE books by local I writers have been selected by the National Book Development Council from a total of II submitted, for the subs; '.y under its translation project. They are: When Singapore Was Syonan-To by N.i. Low for translation Into Chinese; Short Stories
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    New police post
    51 10 A NEW police post at Block 206. Avenue One, Ann; Mo Kio Estate, will be fully operational from Friday. The Ang Mo Kio police post will remain open round-the-clock and will be manned by two officers at any one time. The telephone number of the post is
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    The speakers
    51 10 MRS. J. Netto and Mr. Ong Ho lie Him (and not Mr. J. N.tto and Mr. Ong Heng Him as reported In the Straits Times last Saturday) will b? among the speakers at a seminar on Motivating Correct Work Altitudes at Apollo Hotel on Oct 14 at 9
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    Woman saw husband with their ex-amah pregnant
    350 10 A MOTHER of six was with all her children In a Jurong public park one evening when she saw her husband in the company of a pregnant woman who was their former amah, the High Court heard yesterday. Madam Ng Slew Bee said
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    Fine and 3-year ban for rider on five charges
    310 11 A 19-YEAR-OLD motor- i rvclist who committed nve traffic offences was fined a total of $1,370 and disqualified from drivire for three years by a district judge yesterday. Lim Tze Khoon pleaded guilty to a!! the five trafnr summonses The court
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    School reunion dinner
    49 11 GEYLANG Metnodist Girls School will hold a reunion dinner for former students at the Cathay Restaurant on Nov 10 at 7.30 p.m. Those interested In attending the dinner, organised for students to meet their teachers, should contact Mrs. Son Hock Kee. through the school (telephone *****6 >
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    Cholera-free
    14 11 SINGAPORE has been declared cholera-free, according to a government gazette released on Monday.
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    'Ensure food prices stay same' call to govt
    554 11 Move to tax hawkers NUMBER of consumers have urged the government to ensure that food prices will remain the same when all hawkers arc made to pay income tax. Interviewed yesterday, they said that without government control, hawkers probably would increase prices
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    On cooking
    39 11 CAIRNHILI commu ni ty centre will organise a vegetarian cooking class on Sunday from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.. from Sept 10 and a Chinese cooking class on Mondays from Sept 11 between 7 p.m 10 p.m.
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    Henderson courses
    38 11 Henderson courses HENDERSON Crescent community centre will organise courses on dressmaking, tun sum. Yoga, swimming for ladies, jelly-making, knitting and cooking curry padang at its premises next month For details ring *****6 between 3 p.m. and 10 p.m.
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    MAS employees get new deal
    209 11 ABOUT 220 Malaysian Airline Sy s tern (MAS) graded employees will each receive $250 in ex-gratia payment under a new collective agreement to be signed between the Singapore Air Transport Workers' Union and the airline tomorrow. In addition, thej will receive a $50 wage increase
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    BOGUS OFFICIAL CHEATED TWO
    160 11 A DISTRICT court heard yesterday how a shop assistant Induced two men Into giving him $35 by claiming he was a "government man." Goh Chlow Lim. 23. came across Dong Chin Kwang. a coffee-shop assistant, and his friend Toh Chong in Geylang Road on July 8
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    $15,000 award for crash m-cyclist
    152 11 A FORMER despatch rider was yesterday awarded $15,000 damages plus costs for leg injuries he suffered in a 1975 road accident. Mr Zalnle bin Jamal. 40. was granted a con- j sent judgment on terms stated in an out-of-court settlement with j the defendant. Koh
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    HUGHES TOOL TO DOUBLE OUTPUT
    110 11 HIT.HES Tool Company (Far East) will more than double its production capacity because of heavy orders. The firm's managing director. Mr. C.K. Hay, said it had received "unexpectedly large orders" up to the last three months of next year. The $21 million American plant in
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    Planter found fame in Kota China finds
    418 11 A CHANCE meeting with a sweet vendor in north Sumatra set British rubber planter Mr. E.P. Edwards McKinnon on a trail which brought him fame and an exciting switch of career. The vendor took him to a village where broken ancient ceramic, coins
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    Latest in hi-fi show in October
    127 11 Latest in hi-fi show in October MORE than half a million dollars worth of the latest in nl-fl equipment. Including a new mini component system described as ideal for Housing Board flat owners, will be on display at the Singapore Conference Hall from Oct 9 to 12 The four -day
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      Lock icon Sulaimani and Harun among candidates for supreme council
      508 12 K. LUMPUR, Tues. "PORMER Umno Ma- laysia publicity chief, Haji Sulaiman Palestin, who will challenge Datuk Hussein Onn for the post of president at the movement's general assembly next month, has also been nominated to the supreme council. He Is among 75
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      Ministry " probes banned religious group
      168 12 Ministry probes banned religious group A LOR STAR, Tues. The Ministry of Home Affairs is looking into the activities of the so-called "Tenterm Sabilullah" (an extremist rel i g ious grouping) which is trying to spread its Influence, according to a New Straits Times report quoting Bernama. Deputy Minister Datuk
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      Missing pair's bodies found in sacks
      329 12 IPOH, Tues. 'pHK bodies of Wong Ah Seng alias Ah Wai, 22, and his sister Yoke Lin alias Ah Moi, 20, who were reported missing near Ayer Kala in Upper Perak since last Tuesday, have been recovered from the Perak River tied up in
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      Lock icon Negligence, so bank ordered to pay $2,200
      332 12 JOHORE BARU, Tuesday. A SENIOR accounts examiner with the Audit Department who sued the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation here for not honouring a $300 cheque was awarded $2,200 and costs by the Sessions Court yesterday. In awarding Mr. Law Ah Cheng $200
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      Charges will be refuted
      61 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Tim Tb« Malay Man Governmeat Is ready to refute charges by a large American textile union that tt 1; sub■ktlslnff the local tortile indtutry. Th.i deputy secretarygenerai of the Trade and Industry Ministry. Eruik Ahmad Sa»dl. said the government Is waiting for a visit
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      Customs' reshuffle
      90 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. The Customs and Excise Department is undergoing a major reshuffle which has so far caused the transfer of 68 officers, the upgrading of 25 officers and the creation of 13 senior posts. The first phase of the reshuffle began on July 15, the outgoing direc-tor-general
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      Survey to detect addiction among teachers
      249 12 Survey to detect addiction among teachers KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. The Education Ministry has launched a nationwide survey to detect drug addiction among teachers and other school staff. According to a ministry spokesman, the survey is aimed at helping teachers to get rid of their habits before they became serious. All
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      Plan to check smuggling at border
      105 12 Plan to check smuggling at border KANGAR, Tues. Jeep tracks and walch towers will be constructed along the security fence at the MalaysianThai border to facilitate anti-smuggling operations, Mentrl Besar Datuk Haji Jaafar Hassan told the State Assembly today. He said with such tracks and towers, members of the special
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      Tighter police discipline
      57 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Tue». The disciplinary section of the Police Force will be strengthened. Inspector-Oene-ral of Police Tan Sri Mohamed Hanlff Omar said today. This Is in view of the expansion of the force. Under Its expansion the sectioti will get more manpower and there will be changes
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    Open verdict on woman who took 'wrong medicine'
    190 13 AN OPEN verdii-t was recorded by the coroners court yesterday on the death of Madam Ong Bow, 80, who told her son she had I the wrong medicine. Taxi-driver Lim Teck San testified that on the evening of Ma" 11 he wat
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    NEW POSTAL AGENCIES
    50 13 GEYLANG Square postal agency at Block 8. Upper Boon Keng Road, and the Sims Place postal agency at Block 47. Sims Place, will open for business on Friday and next Thursday respectively. The agencies will sell postage stamps, stamped stationary. Singapore postal orders and handle registered articles.
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    Japanese stay for very brief periods
    129 13 Japanese stay for very brief periods JAPANESE visitors to Singapore stay for very brief periods, usually averaging slightly more than two days, according to statlsitcs compiled by the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board. In May and June, the vi-rage stay cf a Japanese tottot was 27 I days, as ?«rainst the
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    19 more blocks to be affected
    197 13 FLAN TO BETTER OLD ESTATES •pHK Housing Board has ear-marked 1!) more blocks of one-room flats for conversion, improvement and demolition under its programme to improve old housing estates. Residents of the af- I fected blocks at Jalan I Rumah Tlnggi. Lengkok Bahru, Hoy
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    New members sought
    44 13 THE Music Unit of the Extra-Currlcular Activities Centre will be recruiting new inembe.s Into the Singapore Teachers' Choir, expanding Its strength tram 60 to 120 Application forms are available at the ECA centre in Northumberland Road. Closing date Is Sept 11.
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    Absentee fined
    35 13 VIGILANTE Corps mem- ber Quah Ming Huat. 26. was fined $450 by a court yesterday when he pleaded guilty to being absent from training on five occasions between March 28 and June 13.
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    100 accidents
    11 13 THERE were 100 road accidents, eight serious, or. Monday.
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    Drinks seller fined for sleeping in market
    167 13 Drinks seller fined for sleeping in market A DRINKS seller who was caught taking forty winks at a market was fined $40 by a magistrate yesterday for violating the Environmental Public Health (markets) Regulations Housing and Development Board prosecutor Mrs. Latha Nair said that on June 14, Nome hawker liaison
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    Closing date extended
    41 13 THE closing date for entries to the Lyric Writing Competition organised by the National Theatre Trust and Radio and Television Singapore has been extended to Sept 16. Entry forms are obtainable frum the National Theatre or frcm RTS.
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    Blood giving sessions for the week
    123 13 BLOOD donation sesslons for the week are: Today from p.m. to 9 p.m. at Swiss Cottage Secondary School; from 10.30 a.m. to 2.30 p.m. at Jubilee Primary School; Friday, from 9.30 a.m. to 4 p,m, at Slnga p o re Teachers' Union; Sunday. 9.30
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      248 13 Straits Times Crossword ACROSS 11. Fish Ella's cookea gre* 7 Apainst many grotesque to doctor and writer (7 displays (I). 4). 8 Some poetry about late 13. Was quick to take Nick eccentric artist (9). up (S) 9 Ellas mother? (5). 14. Wrinkle* of use to flier*? 10 Gives title
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    How Chinese literature can have a bright future
    319 14 THK long-term future of Chinese literature in Singapore would he bright if writing skills are improved and literary works brought to a large number of English school students through letter marketing methods. This is the consensus of publishers, education ists, book distributors
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    JB Customs
    24 14 THE Royal Customs and Excise Department. Johor* Bam. will be closed (or business (or Hart Raya Puasa on Sept 4 and 6.
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    Woman helps police in theft probe
    150 14 A 23-YEAR-OLD clerk is assisting police in their investigation of stolen goods wo.tb $16,300 recovered from a house in Jurong on Monday. Police believed the woman, a former stock clerk with a department store in People's Park, during the last eight months can help
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    Gravel in land worth $356,000, says witness
    310 14 Gravel in land worth $356,000, says witness A PROPERTY consultant and valuer, testifying in a $2 million land acquisition appeal, said yesterday that the land in Tampines Bedok area, subject of the appeal, had gravel deposits which alone could be worth $356,895. Mr. Willy Shee Ping Yah was testifying for
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    'Motor repair men need not fear loss of business after shift'
    321 14 'Motor repair men need not fear loss of business after shift' ]t| OTOR repair workshop operators who will be relocated at the proposed $5 million vehicle repair centre in Woodlands next year need not worry about losing business as the new centre is near the trunk road. A National Develop-
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    Haig Girls' School joy
    42 14 HAIO GirU, 1 School will hold their anniversary day celebrations on Sept 12 between 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. An exhibition will be held at the school in Jalan Barlngin in conjuction with the celebrations on that day.
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    SHIPYARDS URGED TO MONITOR CONFINED JOB SITES
    161 14 THE Advisory Committee on Accident Prevention in the Shipbuilding and Repairing Industry has urged all shipyards to take Immediate action to thoroughly tut and monitor all confined spaces in which wnrk is being carried out. The committee hns asked shipyards to ensure that
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    Aftercare training course
    79 14 Aftercare training course THE Probation and Aftercare Service of the Ministry of Social Affairs will conduct a training course for those who wish to become volunteer probation officers from Sept 12 to Oct 12. The course to be conducted twice weekly .will provide an rpportunlty for volunteers v, ith no
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      440 14 'Everybody capable of thinking should, if they are not to be mistaken for cabbages, hold s^^ opinions. 9 jOTjS^ V' Read all f m •aoiiA y^""^) opinions in Published by F^ FEDERAL PUBLICATIONS l^f^J 1 New Industrial Road, Singapore 1 9 wt^ L Aft?. 7«A ft?. 7« Jalan 222, Petaling
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      237 14 Bringing Up Father By Bill Kavanagh tfc Hal Camp """■"xF r'M IN THE THATfe NO PROBLEM I I INSECT.' YOU OOPS.' ILL GET^v/' AND BE > WHATfe V DOGHOUSE -I HAD -BUY HER SOME DIDNT SHOW YOU SOMETHING SURE IT THE OATE WrTH MY J THIN© MCE LIKE UP FOR
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    JURONG BREAK-IN GANG SUSPECTS ARRESTED
    301 15 A NOTORIOUS fiveman gang believed to be responsible for about 30 factory break-ins in Jurong was arrested in a police ambush early yesterday. The gang walked into the police ambush at about S a.m. near a bus terminus in Jalan Ahmad Ibrahim in Jurong. Police
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    Only one list to choose secondary school from
    555 15 rpHE Education Mm*- istry, in its annual Secondary 1 admission exercise, has done away with grouping secondary schools under two categories List A for the "b el l er" schools and List B connoting the less popular schools. One objective of having
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    Selfish. smug youths are rapped
    192 15 Selfish. smug youths are rapped MANY of today's youths are complacent, apathetic, selfish, narrow-minded and anti-social and even worse, they have failed to appreciate traditional values, many of them relevant to society here, the Parliamentary secretary (Culture), Dr. Ow Chin Hock, said yesterday. Speaking at the first speech and prize-giving
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    'Use education to develop our roots' call
    295 15 'Use education to develop our roots' call EDUCATION should be used to grow our roots in our young country, an Education Ministry official suggested yesterday. This entailed learning to be and developing Into a Singaporean imbibed with a strong moral sense and a work ethic, In short, a Singaporean value
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    Brazil artists offer works to aid Sana
    116 15 ro artists from Brazil hava offered 72 paintings for sale in aid of th? Singapore AntiNarcoUcs Association (Sana). They are Prof. Lin Sheng Yang and his wife, Prof. Teng Kwee Choo, both professors of art In Brazil Prof, lin Is atuched to the
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    The Straits Times WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30, 1978 FRONTIER HEAT
    310 16 The Straits Times WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30, 1978 FRONTIER HEAT THE shaky situation along the SinoVietnamese frontier has taken a turn for the worse, with both countries stressing more and more on military preparedThe tension was aggravated by the sudden departure from Hanoi of the Chinese chief delegate to the talks
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    PLACATING OPPOSITION
    312 16 /CHAIRMAN Hua Kuo-feng, on the last \j leg of his three-nation tour, arrives In an Iran wracked by the throes of political unrest. A new government under Mr. Jaafar Sharif-Emami, has been hurriedly put together to replace that of the urbane Mr. Jamshid Amouzegar, in an obvious effort
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    Safety measures already adopted for HDB lifts
    664 16 WE THANK B.K. Chakrav.uiiST June 20) for his inn-em about security In HDB lilts For his information, the Board has already adopted -.ilety measures like the removal of the emergency stop button, locking up of lift trap md more recently the Installation of
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    US reacts warily towards Hanoi's conciliatory moves
    1364 16  -  MILTON CHASE, By Straits Times correspondent in Washington Little chance at this time of Washington terminating trade embargo DESPITE a series of conciliatory Vietnamese gestures and positive American signs, Hanoi's hopes that the US will terminate its trade embargo appear quite dim at
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    Lock icon Fukuda increases lead over rival in the premiership race
    533 16  -  Y. NAKAMIKADO By in Tokyo PRIME Minister Takeo Fukuda is moving into top gear in an effort to retain the leadership of his ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and thus the premiership in a presidential election next December. Several months ago
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      353 16 I Conventional I &OSG~o\recU Reflecting I I Speaker Systems I Speaker Systems Physical Acoustics I Ptychoacoustlcs 1 Ideal laboratory conditions I 1 Listening room conditions 2 Meter readings I 2 Psychology or hearing 3 Anechoic chambers I 3 Living room environments 4 Standard teitboofc approach I < DID relating to
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      Bernstein at 60: I have only begun to write music
      336 17 WASHINOTON, Tups Leonard Bernstein, eternal Boy Wonder of American music, turns 60 on Friday with the feeling that "I have only begun to write music." The composer-conduc-tor is observing the occasion by doing what he has done for 3d years
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      Tuan Mong versus Nan Chiau
      90 17 Tuan Mong versus Nan Chiau THE debaten of Tuun Mong High School and Nan Cbiau Girls' High School engage in verbal combat tonight at 7.40 over Channel 8. For those viewers who have been following the 1978 InterSchool Debate, in Chinese, don't miss tonight's final battle b<tween the two schools.
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      On Feminine Lines
      48 17 ARE you Interested In making "yew char kuah"? Tune in tomorrow night then to thr programme On Feminine Lines on radio at 8. Anr.ther topic discussed will be Correcting Squints. Mrs. Hedwig Anuar from the National Library will also talk about funds for book development.
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      Angel in love
      47 17 ANGEL" Sabrlna has a very earthly feeling In tonight's episode of CHARLIE'S ANGLES entitled "Angel In Love.' While investigating a murder ht a mountain reMrt, Sabiira falls for a mail who Kris and Kelly suspect to be a murderer. On Channel 5 at 8.30.
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      Peyton Place all over again -in Cantonese
      960 17 DACK in the D Thirties, a mean and drunken man raped his stepdaughter. The girl, Selena Cross, 16, became pregnant. That as you may recognise, was Peyton Place. Mathew Swain, the town's doctor, was in a dilemma. Strict abortion laws in those days
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      Rhoda gets a job
      44 17 BHODA mutters up her lut Mt of courage and talks the owner of a rundown oottume rental company Into giving ber Job. See her tomorrow night on Channel S at 9.M pm. in the situation comedy Rhoda. starring Valeric Harper.
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      On the trail of gang of hijackers
      203 17 On the trail of gang of hijackers r MORROW nI g h t's Western Feature Special on Channel 5 at 10.25 Is POWDER KEG. It is set In the West at the turn of the century. Two hard-fisted soldiers of fortune are engaged by the Federal Government to recapture a
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      264 17 10th Fe/tivol of Book/ 26th Aug 4th Sept 78 CRYSTAL BALLROOM ANNEX HYATT HOTEL from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Daily A grand book exhibition where 80,000 titles by 1000 publishers in more than 12 languages are featured Today's Special Events 3 00 pm 6 .00 pm Samson Delilah (2
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      305 17 New Fashions. The new mood. The new look. Catch it all at Le Gril. Ming Court Hotel. The fresh new look from Charlie. With super new colours. The new mood. Romantic and gay. An ambience created by the new rich velvet and damask furnishings in tones of gold and red.
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      722 17 TV and Radio I SINGAPORE 5 3.00 PM Opening fallowed by the Beverly Hill- 7.30 News and Newsreel (Malay) billies Shorty Spits the Hook (repeat) 7.55 Capriccn Guitar 3.30 Diary of rivents (Maiay) J-JJ 8.30 Charlie s Angels Angel n Levi 3.35 Brnoa-ilt Pnswers 930 Mews (U|WlJ 4.25 Intermission 9.45
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      685 18 JOPEON:OPE1 TOMORROW! t:PRJ MCE OPENS TOMORROW i PrflTF^BTTTrWHrTWrS I (PHONE *****38) 5 SHOWS DAILY: 11am, 1.30. 4.00, 6 45 9.15pm NO FREE LIST PWfl vtZtTTotTkiiI Ml N B CIRCLE BACK STALL TICKETS ARE CASH B00KABLE UP T0 3 DAYS IN ADVANCE I EJBJbP MPH^^I 1 j. DANCES HE ALSO SINGS!
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      399 18 I > Bob Dylan •ON STAGE! Bob Dylan is in The Last Waltz J with the greatest line-up in the most exciting rock concert B T United Artists CQLOR VAN MORRISON- JONI MITCHELL-NEIL DIAMOND ERIC CLAPTON NEIL YOUNG RING O STARR m bj Original Sound Track Available On a B
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      445 18 I A CATHAY gg^OKANIMTIM Bukil Tim.h Shopp.n, Centr. I Upper Bull it Timah Road I LAST DAY' 4 Shoo l .1 1 30 3 30. 7 00. 9 15pm f I Moodocw CokxScope I GALA MAJESTIC RUBY j OOEON KATONG S CITY I DREAM OF THE RED 1 CHAMBER LAST
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      152 19 ay HpH aT*^* la?-. la\ Special lunch time fashion shows sponsored by NANYANG SIANG PAU MARIA BOUTIQUE PEARL CITY REST.& NITECLUB at 1 00 2 00 pm on 30/8 6/9 (Wednesdays) Pl«* H Hf j a^lak UM A 'aal I v as aatftl 1 s a ECKO WALL SHELVING I
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      576 19 241, 2 ND FLOOR, HIGH STREET CENTRE, I •"■■■■■■•l gpjpjß. SINGAPORE 6. TEL *****1 *****9 UU y X LMiyc WIHJH GOOD LUNCH jPPVi^H] >tTMODER4TE ■L 9«^jl aaattal SJ That's precisely what you'll get. Baaaati at "«l Rtk *^al At Cafe Sultana. Good food at X Hi 1 economical cost. Enjoy
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      239 19 PUBLISHED W $4.80 M Available at the I BOOK FAIR A L^ and at leading JM bookshops, aW^ialtfad t"' fiSa' OurAfljurIt is more than just l||f|f|^ Total Service hairdressing at the I 111 I 12m!. Next > we provide you Hair Affair. We style with the complete hair to suit
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  • TIMES CITY DESK
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      CLOSING PRICES
      1100 20 Tii ip d ready salt at the the Slock Ex vesterday coinis day's prices i«h and low. nhU Issue) ■Brrio\f)N-K IM)l STRIALS Mi I.mi High I <m lompin> s.k orV2 132 Arms 205 -2 138 123* Al 234 nt 112 AllledChoc 175 unrh 119 1« BAT 202 -7
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      335 20 SINGAPORE INIT I HI I (Managm' prim for Au( Ml The lommtrcf 2 43 2 58 Thr Saving Fund 152 1 01 Spore Prog Fund 1.17 124 Spore Security Fund 2 04 2 17xd Spore Invest Fund 145 154 ASIA INIT TRUST (Managers' prim for Au( Ml Mai
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      BUSINESS DONE (SINGAPORE)
      1817 20 BID .nd offer prices offi- 1 .itirt business yester- ;lifd All Time Settle- quoted filter the word 'sett" Big -000 unlined .itter the letters MCTWM ()NF. INDUSTRIALS Acma (2 66S- (1)2 69 ill 2 68 1 1 2 66 1 2 65 Allied Choc (I 755) (17)
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      81 20 4 1/2^ 1/K/HO (250.0001(99 608 99 655) 4 3/4% 15/9/K0 (250.000) (100 008 100 10S) 5% IV4VBI 1250.000) (100 208 100 30S) 7 1/4% IS/4/M (250.000) (100 758) 7 1/4% 15/10/KS (250.000) i 100 758) 7 1/4% l/S/87 (250.000) (100.70B) 1/4% T F IV4/SI (250.000) (100
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      2149 20 BID at.d olttr prices officially listed and business in and renorled to the Kuala Lumpur tiock Exchange yesteraay »ith the numoer of spares trader? shown In brack«U in int> i>! 1.000 units therwise specified IHOUITRIAU »,.nomol. MM A CMC l>> •ta ■in inn Co III U I ■i
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        50 20 BFlMBet 436 +181 CklaTack 275 +122 8B8 230 +26 OdMin 729 +25 MBS 344 +24 CXTuf 233 +23 OUT 241 +21 FAN US +20 HOB 482 +20 I'OF 362 +18 OUB 414 +16 TaaCkoM 3M +16 KuaUSMla 2M +16 FihrHMIi 13S +16 Caaaptaat WrU 535 +15 CarWtearc 600 +10
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        16 20 RothnuBt MO -30 MTC 940 -10 B Ka v. 244 10 NanytBf Prm 382 -8
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        Most active stocks
        28 20 Haw Par 1.178.000 Fabar Martin 982.000 t'OB 522.000 Sin Urn 4&4.0OO SFi»i.« 334.000 I'Ol 324.000 Leone Hual 288.000 Harimau 244.000 Sim* Darby 241.000 JC-MPH 219.000
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        44 20 Aug 28 Aug 29 BT Index: 2072.17 2131 27 Industrials: 404 94 405 69 Finance. 882.76 712 07 Hotels: 278.20 280.73 Properties: 262.57 261 75 Tins: 174.07 174.11 rubbers: 570.93 572 06 O.C.B.C: 383 75 385 99 S.E.3. Ind: 389 67 390 24
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        407 20 HONGKONG The market closed mlxec* with a "rmer bias In moderately active trading, dealers said Hongkong Land advanced 20 cents to HKSI2 80 while .Jardine Mulheson gained io to $16 80 but Hongkong Bank and Swire Pacific both lost 10 to $20.80 and $9 75 respectively Hongkong Wharf climbed
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        395 20 TOKYO: Share prices closed higher, led by Pharmaceuticals and public works Issues, dealers said. The [tow Jones average rose 21 65 points to 5.527.77. while the New Index closed at 421 94 up 1.15 points. Buying Interest revived on optimism that Japan's Cabinet Economic Council will decide on Increased
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        77 20 KUALA LUMPUR: Public Bank Berhad announced an unaudited group net profit of M$1.74 million ($1.10 million), for the six months ended June 30. The parent company's net proflflt was $1.14 million ($764,363). The company said its wholly-owned subsidiary. Public Finance Bhd. achieved satisfactory progress and contributed significantly
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        90 20 KUALA LUMPUR: Sharikat Harper Gilflllan announced an unaudited group pre-tax profit of M$4.09 million ($2.81 million), for the six months ended June 30. on a turnover of $223.55 million ($210.49 million'. The parent company's pre-tax loss was $685,000 (loss $154.0004. An interim dividend of five per
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        GOLD
        61 20 Melbourne (1) 171 35 177 IS London Closed 1»8.00B Closed 1118 S08 Zuricb 1M.0OB 1»D OUB 1W.7SS 1»S.7SS PUU 201 17 301 11 Tuesday Mends y .sow kon« ISO SUB Cinx. 1»» 008 CloMd Spore (2) IMOiB 1W0SU IM 778 1W IW8 Kxporl prleea in nonaterllnic are«j in US
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        312 21 CYDNTY. Tues —Diamonds led the market to a flve-yesu* high »lth CRA rinsing 10 cents higher at S3 43 on speculation ibout the Ashton diamond venture ahead of results, dealers said. Recently active urt nlums lost moirentum with Peao falUng 10 to $616 after results, and EZ Infantries
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        255 21 T^rw YORK Mon— «l»tn< interest rates and trouble with the natural faa compromise pushed ks broadly lower In moderate trading despite specUatl'e ir.terast In Raining issues Analysts said 'nvesfors are also conceited tbout *.he poaslbltlty of a pos'al strike and >ray ha\e gron-n cautious In advance of
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        Indices
        68 21 KINAM lAI. TIMES INIH STRIALS Monday closed Friday 513 4 Wppk AX" 519 2 IXIW -KINKS AVKKAGE INDISTRIAI.S 884 88 Frirlay 885.53 Week Ago 888 95 LOrmOfi DOLLAR mmmm Monday closed Friday 95 to 95. H.K UM Tuesday 964.51 Monday closed Week Ago 834 42 ■VBHBI IM)l STRIALS *****
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        184 21 A KHDAM. Mon ts closed mo»;h turner, led b> Akio whicn rose 1 10 guilders I nilrvrr edged lower, while lU>al Dutch rlosed unchanged Most shippings and transports were very firm with Nedllotd and KNSM 140 and 330 guilders higher respectively Bijrnkorf Aimed 4 50 guilders on the
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        206 21 ZURICH. Mon The stock market closed steady in nencmllv quiet setiay trading Nevt marke' facto:- wee lacking but the bourse may have d'swn some support from the relative stability of the .'ollar dealer.- said Tii- Credit Suliie Index nose OS point to 258 1 OwiK prices la a»tu
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        STRAITS TIN
        76 20 THE Straits tin price fell another $5 to $1,765 per picul in Penang yesterday on an official offering up 36 tonnes to 237 tonnes, i NEW YORK: Spot tin prices were quot- I ed at 590.00 to 600.00 US cents per lb on j Monday, top traders reported
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        RUBBER
        416 20 OPENING prices In the Singapore rubber market yesterday were unchanged and later gained some ground on short-covering Interest and speculative buying stimulated by reports of an Impending east European order, dealers said. Profit-taking emerged at the highs and the gain was pared slightly. The morning session closed quiet. China
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        30 20 Rubber: Aug 29. Singapore: Sept 239.00 cts (up 0.25 ct). Malaysia: Sept 244.50 cts (down 0.75 ct). Tin: $1,765 (down $5). Official offering: 237 tonnes (up 36 tonnes).
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        114 20 T-vAILY SSR and SMR prices at noon yesterday: Srp« Oct 1-A.S. K'vrrnt Mth) (Forward MUD Bajen Sellers bujm Sellers SSR 30 (1 ton pallet! 216 00 218.00N 317 00 219 OON SSR 50 (1 toil pallet) 214 00 216 00N 215.00 217.00N M.R.E.L.B. SMR 5CV (1 ton
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        121 20 /-MiNiti moouci ■>. CMANCI (IMOAPOni NOOK CLOIINO PIICII HI PICUL YKTCnOAV. Ccunut HI: Bulk »87» Milan, old drum $921 fellera. »ew drum W7I Mllcn. C^ri: Mixed (IOOH) UK/Coat MO buyers reetwr: liuntok ART A wblU lob. 100% N1.W H22t HUtn. Sarawak whin f o b NLW (306 KUtn.
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      Strong run-up in prices
      498 20 TAKEOVm talk pervaded I the Singapore share market yesterday and »et off yet another buying ipree reminiscent of the 1972/73 big bull run. The day's turnover was an all-time high at 18.74 million units. Knd-of-the month cover- n k and profit- ta ki n« caused only
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      374 20 THE Kuala Lumpur stock market turned out another record breaking performance yesterday when total turnover soared to a new all-time high of 12.14 million units worth MS30.27. The hectic trading broke Monday's record of 11.63 million units worth $30.34 million. Conditions, although very active, were mixed and prices
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      Money and exchanges
      121 20 THE US dollar jumped sharply higher In the Singapore forex market yesterday, on news that the Fed Reserve Bank of US was cutting reserve requirement of foreign borrowings to zero from four per cent. The US/Sing dollar ODened at $2.2670/90 and was traded upwards in thin trading
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      NOMINAL RATES
      172 20 Interbank rates at 3.00 p.m. Currencies Nominal rates Smithsonian Percenta(c quoted yesterday (erou) parity chanf* US dollar 2 28CC 2.2870 2 8196 —18 91 lliig pound 4.3714 4.3766 7.3469 —40 50 Hongkong dollar 48.20 48 24 50 jl 3 97 Msian dollar 98.01 98.12 100 00 199 Aim
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      ASIAN CURRENCY RATES
      214 20 currency deposit interbank rates as at close on Auk 29 IS Dollar, (Spot) Offer Bid 7 days 8 7, 15 8 5 16 1 m<h 9 8 7 8 2 ir.ths S 11/16 8 9 18 3 mths 8 1316 8 11 lfl 6 mths 9 3
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      Money market
      42 20 Closing Interbank rate* on Singapore dolllar on Aug 28. Offer BM Overnight 3 14 3 1 mth 6 16 6 3 18 2 mths 6 7 16 6 5 16 3 mths 6 12 6 3 8 Source: Astley Pearcc.
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      DISCOUNT
      53 20 RANGE of rate* offered by di Count houses on Au h 29. Overnight 2 to Call deposit 3 3S to Clttini Trtajury bllla 3 J7/l» 3-Month Bank bills 3/ie 6 1/lt 3 Month CD »l/2 I]/, •i Month CD 5/8 b 1 t t*un«: H«t,.n,l Uiicmhi c«. Ifler slwhUy
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      OCBC clocks a good pace at half-time
      488 21 OCBC clocks a good pace at half-time I RSK A CHINESE king Corporation has at and Verted in the good earning*, growth at the half-way mark rur the first six months M June 30. 1978. this seklng group In Malaysia and Singapore after Malayan Banking M per cent rise in
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      Another setback at Rothmans due to rising costs
      531 21 Another setback at Rothmans due to rising costs SHRINKING markets and escalating raw material i usts have continued to put the brakes on a speedy recovery at Rothmans of Pall Mall (Malaysia). Consequently the company has now moved into Its second consecutive year of decline with its reported group pre-tax
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      840 21 IN THE HIGH COURT IN MALAYA AT KUALA LUMPUR COMPANIES WINDING UP NO: 29 OF 1978 In the matter of Hong Gwan Electronics (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd AND In the matter of the Companiea Act IMS ADVERTISEMENT OF PETITION NOTICE is hereby given that a petition for the winding-tip of the
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      885 21 1 1 E .Y|f^ 1 1 Lever Brothers Malaysia Sdn.Bhd. are seeking to recruit experienced BRAND MANAGERS I Applicants should (i) have a recognised university degree or its I equivalent. (ii) have had about 5 years experience in the I marketing of fast moving consumer prod- I ucts. (iii) be
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      744 21 MALAYAN RAILWAY ADMINISTRATION TENDER NOTICE Tenders are invited from experienced manufacturers/ suppliers for the supply of:"3,000 units Non-Alloy Steel Tyres and 10,000 feet Gibson Tyre Fastening Bar". Tender documents can be obtained at M 5 150.00 per set during normal working hours from the:Stores Superintendent, Malayan Railway Administration, P.O. Box
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  • IX OBITUARIES
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      IN MEMORIAM
      16 21 IK. KATHIRASU Bom 26 8.1900 Departed 30.8.1975 I Always remembered I by loved ones
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      IN MEMORIAM
      41 21 In ever loving memory of SAMMY CHIN YANG PAH Departed 21 5 78 In London TO LIVE IN THE HEARTS YOU LEFT BEHIND IS NOT TO DIE Fondly remembered by beloved wife Cynthia Chew Kwee Tin. brothers and sisters
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      IN MEMORIAM
      37 21 In ever loving memory ol MICHAEL LOKE HO THONG Departed 30 8 75 Is been three years today sm:e you left us. But memories ol ou are always cherished by vile daughters and loved ones
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      141 Condolences
      36 28 ALL STAFF OF Line plant opera- tlons. Telecoms, send their deepest sympathies and condolences to the family of Mr. Tan Chet. whose father. Mr. Tan Llan Soon, passed away peacefully on 28th August 1978.
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      106 28 In Evar Loving Mamory Of MR. VELUPPILLAI SIVAPRAOABAM Da part ad 30-6-74. Vary udly mlaaad but navar (orgottan by ah your MR. SIMON LEE KWONO WAH departed on 28-7-1976 ICMnm CX.nd.r) i Treasured forever are memories of you. Today, everyday and all life through. A longing sight,
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      142 Death
      199 28 MDM YAP AH TIE Agad S6. paaaad away on 2Sth Auguat '76. Laavlng bahlnd huaband ANQ QEE SENG 2 SONS: Boon Wha Boon Chya 3 DAUGHTERS: (Lata Slaw Mua) Baa Hlang Francaa 2 OAUQHTERS-IN-LAW: Panay Koh Chan Kuan Kuan 2 SONS-IN-LAW: Yap Sin Poh Qoh Tang Chya 4
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      506 22 ARCHITECTS (Aj Project Architect An experienced qualified Architect is required to fill the post of a Project Architect in charge of design and documentation of a shopping centre and high rise apartments development overseas Applicant should have a minimum 5 years working experience on major prolects, capable of taking charge
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      1690 22 Our Client, a financial institution, has challenging opportunities for the following posts CORPORATE FINANCE OFFICER The successful candidate will assist In evaluating, develop- h^| ing and implementing projects within o full range of corporate financing ar.d banking activities Applicants should oe Singapore males, aged between 25 30 with a University
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      371 22 ■WV999H THK BANKRUPTCY ACT (CAP. IS 1970 Kill IN THK UGH COI'RT OK SINGAPORE IN BANKRI'PTCY NO. 125fi OK \VT, Rr. MKHABL SKAH SIOW CHKR Kx-p.rtr: K.K. AAUJQ (TRADINC.) PRIVATE I.IMITKI) a Creditor In the mutter of a Bankrupt < ■> Petition Tiled on the 29th da> of June. 1978.
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      2428 23 ggtftll^llk'ila^lKl T ne jv^ straits Times Press aciam nrun aducmt bank °f Mala y sia looking for a M3IMH utVLLurmtni D*nr\ Singapore citizen, either male Th« Asian Development Bank is an international development finance institution based in Manila. Philippines, and established for the purpose of lending funds, promoting in r\y
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      1501 23 THE REPUBLIC OF (CHAPTER 18. I*7o SINGAPORE EDITION) Companies Winding Up No. IN THE HIGH COURT OF 1» of 1»78 THE REPUBLIC OF In the Matter of the Co»- SINGAPORE paniea Act. Chapter 185 IN BANKRUPTCY NO. 1 159 OF 1t77 I. the Matte, of lUinsnine RE: LI y E
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      4841 24 AT YOUR SERVICE SECTION INDEX ./*f a ccFinrir_n adc^ i~ i 284 4422 nVMort: 60 cts ,M,n $9 00, V 111 ANNOUNCEMENTS PERSONAL I 1 Per column cm $10 75 (Mln $32 25) lIX OBITUARIES II EMPLOYMENT RECEPTIONIST REOUIRED BY a ENGINEERING FIRM REQUIRES public accounting firm Female Clerk typist
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      1189 24 II EMPLOYMENT #Our eipanding manufacturing f)rm has immediate vacancies for the A) MAINTENANCE FOREMAN B) ELECTRICAL FOREMAN C) ELECTRICIAN ELECTRICAL TECHNICIAN p o»l>ion (A) Al least .1 M-ars -AorklriK r-x HELL invites suitably qualified perlence In workshop nanite inuapore cttlMM 10 apply lot nance duties for an industrial ie .i>>.ne
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      810 25 II EMPLOYMENT %i* Mmmmt tamMimM natiorjal^l I Dossi*>*Ttle) i We invite applicaticns for the following posit ons CW *!r^^ l^^tr AW PRODUCTION I'jtpweee becnetor* TECHNICIANS SaUn t.TOO per m Pletely paid by Age under 2b years old I T C m Electronic En- lowers h Road (near gmeering Completed National
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      1739 25 II EMPLOYMENT II EMPLOYMENT ml -METRO PTE LTO •^■^■^■^■^■^■^■^■^■^Bes^aw rjue to our expansion proMATSUSHITA '< gramme we have Immediate PRECISION MOTOR openings for r 'Wif" urgently (A) SALES ASSISTANTS 100 MALE (FEMALE) iwu m«i_t Above 18 years of age A FEMALE Completed secondary educaOPERATORS M°u n ,t be able to
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      1235 25 II EMPLOYMENT TIGERS POLYMER SINGAPORE PTE. LTD. CAREER OPPORTUNITIES We are me only high quattty pleatk PREFABRICATE PTE LTO due to our eipenelon programme bms vacancies for: we Inirrto applicant* of the foMowlni post*:MALE PRODUCTION (1) MALE ASST. SUPERVISORS OPERATORS Minimum one year worklni (Assembly Process) experience after Poly Requirements:
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      1478 25 II EMPLOYMENT I HOLIDAY INN HOTEL SINGAPORE INCOM SINOAPoJjIPTI LTO D (1) CHAMBERMAIDS Loolllll tor Hl Income? J (2, CLEANEHS (MALE) .•^•fcoSßw Requtremenl* lor Post (1) and (If. Peoote Secondary education A« Experience preferred but not FEMALE PPJOOUCTIOH OPERATORS i (3) WAITRESS/WAITERS Requirements: Secondary education Age 18 years and above
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      1113 26 II EMPLOYMENT a~i A^a&^Maftl FACTORY CLERK Wa m»ite hardworking and amb4 tiout a*#t)tcanta loc lt*a abo»a poat materials intarattad ptaaaa write to THE MANAGING DIRECTOR TECHNOMER PTE LTD UNIT 17-I*. BLK 5* AVER RAJAH INDUSTRIAL ESTATE SINGAPORE 5 ENGLISH SPEAK MALE WITH KNOWLEDGE U I ent Tel VACANCY LEADING LOCAL
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      927 26 111 VEHICLES I MATS RENT-A-TRUCK/ aircon car from Hoe Hong Trading Co 1 Dunlop Street (81 *****01 *****51 *****73 RENT-A-DATSUN Pick-up from HMO Hoe Motor Tel *****15 Y***** (night) At RENT A TRUCK from Paml International 577-A Balestler Road. Spore 12 Tel *****8 *****11 (24-hour service) RENT-A-TRUCK From Kee Ouan
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      922 26 YAMAHA 350 C.C PAINT and engine In tip-top condition $1,100 negotiable Interested parties, tel 270*965 HIAP HUAT CO.. 245-Mlddle Rd *****1 *****1 1977 Mlt Colt Galant Sigma GS (air-con). 1976 Datsun 160J (air-con iportnmi Datsun 100A. Toyota Corolla 1200 (air-con). Colt Galant 1600SL. 1975 Datsun 120Y alrcon Colt Lancer 1400SL
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      1006 26 111 VEHICLES I BOATS 72 FORD CORTINA 1600 GT silver colour, hard top. tip top condition $6,500 *****2 FOR EXPORT ONLY Volkswagen excellent condition $800 00 negotiable Phone *****0 I**7 VOLKSWAGEN 1300 for PARF or use Superb running condition $4,500 ono Phone *****0 '72 MERCEDES 230 radio one owner. Denso
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      992 26 END '70. TOYOTA Corona 1700 c c New paint, lyres, alrcond. sports rims. $6,600. Can loan $5,000 PARF eligible *****5 BELOW I*oo C.C. i unit scrap car available Price $4,200 Interested, please contact *****5 I*T(, COLT LANCER 1200 c.c. Alrcond. sports rims, radio, cassette Very beautiful condition $14,000 o no.
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      652 26 111 VEHICLES 1 BOATS GOOO PRICE OFFERED TO PARF WE PAY OOOD Price for PARF scrap cars Any model and cam- scrap cars Any make and capacity ('.ill HNM Richard AHan URGENTLY WANTEO MOTORPROBLEMS SELLING YOUR CYCLES, scooters, any make and secondhand car 0 We pay attrac- model Call *****35
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      673 26 DIST. 21 HOOVER PARK 2-storey terrace unfurnished $530 Dlst. 11 Hlllcrest 2-storey semi-detached furnished, alrcond. $1,200 *****2 TERRACE/SEMI-DETACHED HOUSES/ flats available Thomson. Holland Road. Katong Orchard and Boon Lay Calf *****1 DIST. 20: FULLY FURNISHED bungalow near Island Country Club. 4 alrcondltioned bedrooms $1,500/- p.m General Properties *****8/ *****5 DIST.
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      1694 26 |IV ACCOMMODATION 4 PtOPEKTIES NEAR INTERNATIONAL/ AMERICAN School dist 10 off Holland Road. 2-slorey semi-de-tached. 4 bedrooms, servant's amenities Fully furnished $1,000 Dist 11 Watten Estate house Fully furnished $1,500 For viewing please phone: *****77' *****9' *****42 DIST. 11 WATTEN ESTATE Istorey terrace 3 bedrooms, servant's, fully furnished $1,000 (0.n.0.)
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      991 27 lIVI IV ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES > Ml M WE MUST SELL 726 V 9! s a V B MV*PP* r *PPf s JP^H 1M755 1) GEVLANG ROAO NEWLY ARRIVED JAPANESE Bridce Road' P**""' building, each > ng" a^s i B9-' T P' l o^' 4 SEARCHING TENANTS? DONT despair RTC *****72
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      223 29 SHEFFIELD, Tucs. Liverpool, European soccer champions for the past two seasons, were knocked out of the English League <up 1-0 by Second Division Sheffield Vnited in a major upset here last night. Unlted's new signing from Argentina Alex Sabella set up the goal eight minutes from
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      380 29 Cosmos to assess their true strength on big tour EAST RUTHER FORD, Tues. —"There is nothing: left in the United States for us to conquer," says Giorgio Chinaglia of the American professional soccer champions, the Cosmos. "But the world is vast and there is plenty left there." With their second
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      207 29 HONGKONG. Tues. China's national soccer team beat Hongkong 2-0 while another Chinese side from Peking defeated the Dutch national amateur team by the same score In the Peking International football tournament last night. In Buer.os Aires, results of the Argentine soccer League were: Argentlnos Juniors 0 Newell's
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      288 29 Rhodesia beat US team in historic match SALISBURY, Tues. Rhodesia yesterday defeated a visiting US rugby union team 32-15 In a matcn hailed in the local press as historic. The Herald newspaper said it was the first time that Rhodesia had met an American team in an international rugby game.
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      Port win
      18 29 PORT AUTHORITY beet New Zealand Regiment 3-2 In a friendly soccer match at Bukit Chermln yesterday.
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      CLEAN SWEEP BY RUSSIA
      750 29 BRIEFS wEXICO CDV. Tues. The Soviet Unio.i swept the woild .'ree-styte wresting championships which eroed here last nigh* taking six eolo medals, three til.'er and one bronze. Repealing O elr performance in the Oret-o-Roman rhampior. ships earlier in the week, the Ruffians won a medal in
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      Cressida set to complete easy double
      725 30  -  FAIRWAY By ITUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Last-start win- ncr Cressida is keeping his form and should easily complete a winning double at the meeting here. The Red Pixie four-year-old gave notice of his chances here yesterday when he reeled off 600 metres smartly in 39.6
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      Lock icon Explosive finish to world swim meet
      591 30 BERLIN, Tues. Whoever scripted the end to the World Swimming Championships yesterday did not bank on a double barrage of fireworks. The first set was for real as dozens of rockets flared and fiasned over the Olympic pool in what the US team might
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      293 30 FINA plan a series of World Cups WEST BERLIN, Tues. The International Amateur Swimming Federation (FINA) yesterday announced plans for World Cups in swimming, water polo, diving and synchronised swimming to be held for the first time next year. The president of the organising committee at the third world swimming
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      Medal tally
      65 30 G S B Inited States 23 II Russia 6 4 6 Canada 3 15 Australia 2 0 0 E. Germany 1 10 4 W. Germany 12 4 Italy 1 0 1 Japan 0 2 1 Hungary 0 12 YuKrslaWa Oil Norway 0 10 N. Zealand 0 10 liiit.im
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      Louganis earns US another diving gold
      160 30 Louganis earns US another diving gold WEST BERLIN, Tues Greg Louganis won the world men's highboard diving title here yesterday to give the Americans their iilst gold medal of the world swimming championships. It was the second diving gold for the Americans. Phil Bogtfs having won the springboard. Soviet girl
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      482 30 SHADOW OVER OLYMPICS LAUSANNE, Tues A NEW political threat in the form of a "mass boycott of the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games has cast a shadow over the Olympic mnvpmpnt The threatened boycott, which has Its origins in the United States, is already causing concern amon X the members of
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      Asian Games: FAS want to compete
      290 31  -  JOE DORAI By THE Football Association of Singapore have recommended the national team for inclusion in the Singapore contingent tor the Asian Games in Bangkok from Dec. 9—20. The SNOC selection committee comprising E. W Barker. Chan Chee Seng. Shaari Tadin. Milton Tan. Fung
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      Toa Payoh again show their fighting qualities
      339 31 Toa Payoh again show their fighting qualities SCORING three t;oals in 14 inspired minutes. Toa Payoh United broke a 3-3 deadlock to beat Kaki Bukit 6-3 In a thrilling National Football League Division One match at Jalan Besar Stadium las' ninht, reports lOC DORAI. This is me second time in
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      German cagers herald a new era
      553 31  - German cagers herald a new era PETER SIOW By THEY HAVE SUPERIOR HEIGHT ADVANTAGE THE participation of West Ger- j many's Cologne team heralds a new era in the Pesta Sukan basketball invitation championship, starting this Friday at the (Jay World Stadium. For tnis is UM first time that a
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      Seeded Le Lievre gets a big scare
      423 31  -  ALBERT JOHNSON By DENNY See, runner-up in this year's Singa- pore Squash Rackets Association individual graded tournament, gave Britain's John Le Lievre a big scare in the first round of the Anchor Singapore Open squash championships at the Kallang courts yesterday. Though See
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      Anchor squash results
      236 31 RtSILTS In the Anchor Singapore Open Squa&h Championships yeiterday: Mrns first round Rahim Gul (PaKi bt S. X Gan 9-3. 9-6. 9-0: Llm Hoim Kang bt IA. Nanakorn .Thai. 4-9, 9-2. 9-3. 9-5: Jahan^lr Khan iPaki bt Ross Bell 9-2. 9-0. 9-2. H. C. Van bt Desmond
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      HK policemen to test new men
      271 31 HK policemen to test new men THE Hongkong Police table tennis team have been invited to play a few matches here to test some of the national trainees, reports PE11 X mow The visitors, who meet Singapore Police In their opening match tomorrow, will play against Selection on Friday and
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      RALLYCROSS TITLE GOES TO OEI
      206 31 > T ICK Van Nugteren. I the hot favourite, lost control of his car in the second lap of last Sunday's rallycross which was won by Peter Oel at Senoko. Nugteren. starting in the third grid, quickly overtook Andrew Bryson in the first lap and
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      Khalsa lose to Jansenites
      66 31 JANSENITES. currently lying at the bottom of the Singapore Hockey Association Premier League table, on Monday salvaged two valuable points when they beat a strong Khalsa Association team 4-2. Scorers for Jansenites were: Surencttan. Prakash and Balaknshan (2). Ong Kirn Seng replied with two goals, one
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      TODAY'S EVENTS
      31 31 TODAY'S EVENTS SOCCEJI: NFL Dlv 1 Changl CSC v Tamplne* j Rovers (Jin Be-ar Bpm 1. Friendly PARC veteran! v Paciang Tigers (Bkt Chermin fell). SQt'ASH: Anchor Squash Open championship iKallang
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      SWSF will send team to Jakarta meet
      217 31 rpHE Singapore Water- Ski Federation will hold their selection trials soon to name the team for next month's Southeast Asian tournament at, Jakarta, reports ALBERT JOHNSON. SWSF president Aw Toke Soon said that the performances at last Sunday's Pesta Sukan tournament will t«
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      Ngo Hock, SILO through
      123 31 Ngo Hock, SILO through NGO HOCK and Singapore Industrla Labour Organisation booked a berth in the third round of the Basketball Association of Singapore youth tournament when they won their respective matches at the People's Association last night, report* PrTKR SIOVV. Ngo Hock beat Marine Parade 51-46 while SILO whipped
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    Elite commando unit guards airport
    127 32 LONDON, Tues —An elite British commando unit was assigned yesterday to guard London's Heathrow Airport against possible attacks by Palestinian extremists. These security measures followed recent reports from Western intelligence agencies on possible Palestinian terrorist attack plans durIng the Carter-Begin-Sadat summit talks to be held
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    111 32 NICAR AO r AN strongman Anustasio Somoia flexed his military muscles as he sent National Guard armoured units and Infantry to safeguard cities throughout the nation following an abortive coup on Monday. Picture shows an armoured pc r s onnel carrier taking a strategic position in
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    347 32 Go-slow men: Pilots risk disaster PARIS, Tuesday pRKXCH and foreign pilots are risking disaster by flying over France without radar guidance to beat the current air controllers' go-slow movement, the controllers warned today. Members of the regional air control centre at A 1 x-en Provence, southern France, said that a
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    New security law for Indonesia
    98 32 JAKARTA, Tues. The government today announced a new national security law to replace an old emergency anti subversion decree that has been in effect since 1963. Politicians have criticised the emergenc) law often as unconstitutional. Political and Security Affairs Coordi- nator Gen. Panggabean announced the
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    Lock icon China relents on flights
    80 32 BANGKOK, Tues. Chintse authorities have granted the Thai national carrier. Thai International, flying rights to both Peking and Talpeh. the National Review dally reported today. The paper quoted Deputy Communications Minister Praslt Narongdej as saying that China's change of stand on the Issue was expressed during
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    708 32 LONDON Tups Prices drifted lower in slack trading today. unsettled by continuing election worries dealers mtt Leading industrials lost up vi lOp. but many closed above the day's lows. At .1 pm the Financial Times index •in 6 Sat 506 9 rernmenl itoeki »ere little changed in idle
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    525 32 Reforms fail to halt riots in Iran TEHERAN, Tuesday |RAN'S major government reshuffle and religious reforms aimed at placating Islamic opposition today failed to curtail violence that has plagued the country for months. Renewed street riots were reported in the holy city of Qom today. An unspecified number of the
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    60 32 LONDON. Tues. A British stunt motorcyclist trying to leap a row of 10 cars on his machine died yesterday when he crashed Into the last car. He was Michael John Hlllaby. 22. who had been making such jumps (or three years and planned to become a
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    Hotel talks
    35 32 HONOKONQ. Tue». Hongkong businessmen are holding preliminary talks in Pekir.g on their possible participation In hotel building schemes In several major Chinese cities, the local dally South China Morning Post reported today. AIT.
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    40 32 NEW DELHI. TUes. A Paris-bound Air India 747 Boeing with 346 passengers and a crew of eight bogged down today In soft earth at New Delhi's Palam Airport, airline officials said No Injuries were Immediately r*porteri. UPI.
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