The Straits Times, 7 February 1979

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    14 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1979 25 CENTS M.C.(P) No. 142/1/79
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    Lock icon MALAYSIA-THAI BORDER THRUST
    362 1 Hunt for guerillas hiding m jungle HAADYAI, Tuesday SOME 4,000 combined Thai and Malaysian troops supported by Thai Air Force planes have launched two new operations against communist guerillas m southern Thailand along the Malaysian border. Joint overall commanders, Thai Lt.(ien. Pin Thammasri and Malaysian Hal-Gen. Datuk
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    Lock icon Bhutto death sentence confirmed on split 4-3 decision
    802 1 RAWALPINDI, Turn. PAKISTAN'S Supreme Court today decided by the narrowest margin to confirm the death sentence on ex-Prime Minister Zullikar All Bhutto (above) lor ordering a political assassination four years ago and thus plunged the nation into a grave political crisis. The
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    Lock icon Aliens held
    28 1 MANILA. Tues— Philippine immigriuon authorities today arrested 31 iventaying Chinese m separate places liere m a con'tnuing drive against aliens who overstay m the country Reuter
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    Lock icon Soviet nuclear proposal
    47 1 GENEVA. Tues. The Soviet Union and six of Its allies today proposed negotiations to stop production of all nuclear weapons and gradually eliminate stockpiles. Soviet representative Viktor Issraelyan Introduced the proposal on behalf of the group of the new 40-natlon Geneva Disarmament Committee. Reuter.
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    Singapore Cultural Foundation gets its own logo
    182 1 THIS is the logo of the Singapore Cultural Foundation (SCF) designed by graphic designer William Lee. The logo, which Incorporates the letters S, C and F, was commended by the acting Culture Minister, Mr Ong Teng Cheong, who described It "attractive" during the
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    Lock icon Drugs: Four jailed
    71 1 BANGKOK. Tues. Four Malaysians were Riven long Jail sentences today by a criminal court for possessing 19.196 grammes of heroin. 1.730 grammes of morphine and 1.395 grammes of opium for sale at a house here m December 1977. Tan Hock Guan. 59, was sentenced to 48 years
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    QANTAS OFFERS TWO DEALS
    125 1 QANTAS OFFERS TWO DEALS AUSTRALIA has put lorward proposals tor Qanuts to enter into •tenements with 'Ihaiistnd and .HaiaysU m an attempt to settle tne di»>me over its cheap laic scheme. Rauio Australia reported yesterday. ihe report, monitored by RTS, said that part of the plan Is tor Qanta* to
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    Lock icon China's first woman envoy
    49 1 China's first woman envoy HONGKONG. Tues. China's first woman ambassador. Miss Ting Hsueh-sunK has left Peking for the Hague to become China's new envoy to the Netherlands, Hslnhua news agency repented today. Miss Ting is a former vicepresident of the Chinese's People's Association for Friendship With Foreign Countries. AFP.
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    Lock icon Kriangsak's talks with Carter
    182 1 WASHINGTON, Tues. Thai Prime Minister Krlangsak Chomanan today met President Carter for discussions on Thailand's security problems and the Indochina refugee issue. Gen. Kriangsak's visit to the United States comes at a time when Thailand is confronted by pro- Vietnamese troops on its borders following last
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    Lock icon Mochtar coming for talks on refugees
    85 1 JAKARTA. Tuea. Indonesia's Foreign Minister, Dr Mochtar Kusumaatmaja, said today he would be visiting Singapore and the Philippines next week to discuss the Indochinese refugee problem. He told reporters he would arlve tn Singapore on Feb 13 and would fly to Manila on Feb
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    Dial a code number plan to set off burglar alarm
    421 1  -  EDMUND TEO By THE Telecommunication Authority of Singapore (Telecoms) is studying a plan to use the telephone network to activate burglar or fire alarms and home appliances by remote dialling. For Instance, under the plan, the working housewife can dial
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    Lock icon Indonesia to double armed forces
    442 1 Indonesia to double armed forces JAKARTA, Tuesday INDONESIA'S ha 1f- a million strong armed forces are expected to double when Parliament passes a defence bill under which every youth of 18 will be recruited into military service this year, a military spokesman said today. He quoted Defence Minister Gen. Mohammad
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    IRANIAN AIR BASE ALERT
    41 1 TEHERAN. Tuw—Lavtsan air base, north of the Iranian capital, has been put on alert and troops ordered to don combat uniforms, reliable sources said today. Planes were readied for take off, they added.— AFT. SEE BACK PAGE
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      Japan will say 'no' to anti-Viet front
      447 2 Japan will say 'no' to antiViet front NO INTENTION TO LET TIES WITH HANOI DETERIORIATE' TOKYO, Tuesday CHINESE Senior VicePremier Teng Hsiaoping. who arrived m Tokyo today, will be told by the government that Japan will not join China m a united front against Vietnam, New Nation reported yesterday. The
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      Lock icon Rice imports
      30 2 COLOMBO. Tues. Sri Lanka will buy 80.000 tonnes of rice from China and 30.000 tonnes from Pakistan this year. Trade and Shipping Minister I.alith Alhulalhmudali announced yesterday. AP
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      Lock icon Taiwan's security and China ties...
      129 2 Taiwan's security and China ties... WASHINGTON, Tues. The Carter administration warned Congress today that the President would not approve action to guarantee Taiwan's security if it conflicted with Washington's new relationship with Peking. At a hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations committee, the administration was repeatedly attacked for omitting the
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      Lock icon SELLING KHOMEINY PORTRAITS...
      26 2 SELLING KHOMEINY PORTRAITS. IRANIAN women selling decorative plates with the portrait of their religions leader Ayatollah Khomeiny on a street m Teheran on Monday. AP picture.
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      Lock icon Another mauling for US dollar in Tokyo
      222 2 TOKYO, Tues. The American dollar suffered one of its worst maulings m several months m Tokyo today following political unrest m Iran and plans to ease Japan's tight foreign exchange control laws. The dollar closed at a rate of 198.95 yen on the
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      Lock icon The Bard stages comeback in China
      93 2 The Bard stages comeback in China HONGKONG, Tues. Wil liam Shakespeare has made a comeback m China with his play, Much Ado About Nothing, now staged m Shanghai, Hsinhua news agency reported today. This is the first foreign play performed publicly m China since the cultural revolution of 1966-69-The comedy's
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      Lock icon Zbig's Viet ex-student seeks his aid
      345 2 Zbig's Viet ex-student seeks his aid MANILA, Tuesday ONE of 604 Vietnamese refugees stranded on a remote Philippine island has written to President Carter's national security adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski his former professor for help, informed sources said today. They said the refugee, Mr Pham Dang Bao, the son of a
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      Lock icon MISSILE TESTS ON DESPITE JAPANS PROTEST
      192 2 MISSILE TESTS ON DESPITE JAPANS PROTEST SAPPORO, Taes. The Soviet Union has brushed aside a Japanese protest and gone ahead with missile tests near disputed Pacific Islands northeast of here, senior Japanese military sources said today. They said ships of the TJS-vessel Soviet Pacific fleet were firing the antiship missiles
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      Lock icon Govt's call
      36 2 SALISBURY. Tues. Rhodesia's transitional government yesterday invited the Patriotic Front guerilla movement leaders, Joshua Nkomo and Robert Mugabe, to return from exile and take part m the planned April 20 majority rule election. AFP.
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      Lock icon Oust Khmer loyalists, Kampucheans urged
      317 2 BANGKOK, Tues THE Vietnamese-backed People's Revolutionary Council m Phnom Penh today urged its followers to wipe out Khmer Rouge loyalists still "stubbornly opposing the revolution" m Kampuchea. The directive appeared to be the new administration's first public admission that resistance against its rule was continuing
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      Lock icon British Leyland faces strike by 100,000
      213 3 British Leyland faces strike by 100,000 COVENTRY. Tues. A STRIkK by British Leyland's IM.Mt c*r worker. loAfiwd yrstrrdm) after the state-*wa*d rampany said it rould Ml pay a productivity rise. The srnior sh»pfl..r reprr srntatives \nU-d to pr*e a strike. Thry will meet here next Mond»> to take a final
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      Road mishap
      44 3 MEW DELHI, lurs Kighi travellers were killed and injured »hi-n I hurst lyre sent a truck i-areeninK into another truck I'iaikNl with §m cylindors. UiR ■rial M explosion <m a north Indian highway, the I niled News i>[ India reported yesterday. AC
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      Lock icon Govt's 16.9pc pay offer rejected
      387 3 LONDON, Tues PAY talks with union leaders representing 33,000 water workers broke down early today and the unions said they would consult their members whether to call a strike that would cripple the country's water and sewerage services. The negotiations, which had been going on
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      Lock icon 'Lack of troops, tanks precludes longer war'
      243 3 'Lack of troops, tanks precludes longer war' WASHINGTON, Tues. The US Army's present reserves of infantrymen and tank personnel would not be enough for a war of more than 30 days. Secretary of the Army Clifford Alexander and army Chief of Staff, General Bernard Rogers warned here yesterday. They were
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      Lock icon Army called to quell riots
      84 3 NEW DELHI. Tues. The army was railed out today to help restore order m the north Indian border town of Poonch after five people were killed m an exchange of fire between rioters and police The Press Trust of India (PTI) reported thai a defiant
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      Lock icon Woman jailed for bid on Ford escapes
      302 3 Woman jailed for bid on Ford escapes ALDERSON (W. Virginia), Tues SARA Jane Moore, who was convicted of an assassination attempt m 1975 against then US President Gerald Ford, has escaped from the federal reformatory for women here, authorities said yesterday Ms Marguerite Gardette, associate warden at the prison, said
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      Lock icon Cuban Govt lost $19 m in coffee swindle: Report
      187 3 NEW YORK, Tims. THE Cuban Government has been cheated out of US$B.7 million (Ssl9 million) m a "cut-price coffee" swindle, Time magazine said here yesterday. United States authorities have arrested a West German entrepreneur, Karl Fessler. who fled to Miami when
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      Lock icon British hopes for sale of ships to China
      412 3 British hopes for sale of ships to China Bid to pep up ailing shipbuilding trade LONDON, Tuesday BRITAIN is quietly checking chances of selling naval and merchant ships to China after agreeing to supply Peking with Harrier iump- jet warplanes. This is another attempt to pep up business, an official
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      Lock icon AMIN: WE HAVE ARRESTED BOMB SABOTEURS
      145 3 AMIN: WE HAVE ARRESTED BOMB SABOTEURS NAIROBI, Tues. Ugandan President Idi Amin said last night that his security forces have arrested the saboteurs whose bombs damaged a fuel storage depot m Kampala and cut off electricity and water to large sections of the Ugandan capital. The official Uganda Radio, monitored
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      122 3 Waldheim warns of trouble if... UNITED NATIONS. Tues. United Nations SecretaryGeneral Kurt Waldheim predicted yesterday that "violence will inevitably spread" through southern Africa if majority rule does not come quickly and peacefully to Rhodesia and Namibia. He said partial steps Rhodesia's refusal to deal with the guerilla-led Patriotic Front, South
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      Lock icon Swedes kick out 3 Iraqi diplomats
      177 4 STOCKHOLM, Tuesday SWEDEN yesterday ordered three Iraqi diplomats out of the country after a security police raid on a group suspected of working with Iraqi and East German intelligence. In Sunday night's raid m central Stockholm, security police said they burst into an apartment
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      Lock icon Bid to ease sectarian hostility in Lebanon
      116 4 BEIRUT, Tues. The government moved yesterday to ease seeta-ian hostility m Lebanon by ordering the listing of religious affiliation to be removed from new identity cards issued to citizens. The national news agency said Interior Minister Salah Salman ordered the deletion m a
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      Lock icon TRACTOR FIRE SETS POSER
      62 4 TRACTOR FIRE SETS POSER A TRACTOR ablaze outside the Agricultural Department m Washington on Monday as protesting farmers look on. It Is not known how the tractor caught (Ire. Thousands of farmers, driving their trucks and tractors choked up Washington's major reads on Monday as they marched up to the
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      Lock icon Vance: US to get Israel, Egypt to meet
      361 4 WASHINGTON, Tuesday SECRETARY of State Cyrus Vance said today the US will invite Israel and Egypt to a ministerial-level meeting soon, aimed at breaking the deadlock m their peace treaty talks. The meeting wouffl probably be held m Washington, he said. Mr
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      Lock icon Liz walks out of party after joke
      121 4 NEW YORK, Tues. After a comic joked about Elizabeth Taylor's string of marriages during a party m her honour, the audience booed and Miss Taylor left early, the Daily News reported. The News gave this account of the incident: "Comic Larry Best, addressing
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      Lock icon Sadat's offer on 'sensitive' arms in Iran
      154 4 WASHINGTON, Tuesday PRESIDENT Sadat sensitive weapons sue supplied to Iran by t transferred to Egypi Washington Post said has offered to allow :h as F-14 fighter planes the United States to be t for safekeeping, the today. The newspaper quoted the Carter Administration
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      Lock icon 24 Ulstermen 3 charged
      69 4 AISLEY (Scotland). Tu.-s Twenty-lour men. four from Northern Ireland, were charged yesterday with plotting terrorist artiviiies believed to include smuggling weapons and explosives to Protestant guerillas m Northern Ireland The men were among 39 peo pie rourded up by police m Scolnsh (it ••<> last week
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      30 4 ROTORL'A (New Zealand). Tuev Buyers have paid oul a record NZ5320.000 *****.800 > for 210 wild deer al an auction m New Zea- lands fastest growing export industry AFP
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      203 4 BABIES should have sexual stimulation starting at the age of five months, a British psychiatrist has suggested. Her new book, Sex Without Sham%, has stirred up a storm m Parliament. One MP called it "obsceVe filth." Dr Alayne Yates says m the book: "A baby feels sexy m much
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      Lock icon We aim for an overall treaty: Begin
      281 4 JERUSALEM, Tues. Prime Minister Menachem Begin said yesterday that signing a peace treaty i with Egypt should not de- J pend on the opening of talks with other Arab states but Israel does want it to be the seed of an overall Middle
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      104 4 s^, *^^>3BPII Who flies jumbos to the most cities m Australia? I Only Qantas fly jumbos from fl I Singapore to Sydney, Melbourne, fl Brisbane, Perth and Darwin. I Sydney leaving at 8.40 pm, plus J extra flights on Monday, Thursday, I^MmMy J fl £Q Saturday and Sunday. f 1
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    Raja to open labour meeting on Monday
    175 5 Raja to open labour meeting on Monday FOREIGN Minister S. Rajaratnam will open the Second Asian Labour Summit at the Hotel Merlin on Monday. Top trade unionists from non-communist countries In Asia will attend the summit, which will end on Feb 14. The theme will be The World Economic Situation
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    Board opening
    32 5 THE Indonesian Ambassador. Mr Sudjatmiko, and his wife will attend the opening of the Indonesian Tourist Promotion Board. South-East Asian office m Singapore tomorrow at Shangri-La hotel at 7 p.m.
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    Reluctant ticket buyer who hit jackpot
    191 5 Reluctant ticket buyer who hit jackpot FIRST prize winner of the Singapore AntiTuberculosis Association 1978 donation draw, Mr Jason Tan (above) 38, did not want to bay Sata's lucky draw tickets bat was forced to when no one else would buy thr remaining- t'.ckets m his book. After 'ii v
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    Folk dancing course
    43 5 Folk dancing course A THREE-MONTH course on international folk dancing will be held at the Metropolitan YMCA. Palmer Road I premises from Sunday The 12-sesslon course will cover 18 dances from 13 I countries. Pee is $5 for memtvrs and 18 for others
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    'Land far airport reclaimed ahead of schedule'
    156 5 'Land far airport reclaimed ahead of schedule' THE Port of Singapore Authority has completed the reclamation of 700 hectares of land for the construction of Changl International airport seven months ahead of schedule. A PSA statement said a $11.6 million soil improvement project is now m progress. A record runway
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    Italian trade team due
    53 5 A GROUP of 24 Italian manufacturers of leather goods will arrive In Singapore on 3unday lor a four-day visit to promote their latest collection of leather products. The collection will be on display at the Mandarin Hotel on Feb 12 and Feb 13 letween 9.30 a.m.
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    'Concorde complaints no coincidence'
    158 5 LONDON, Tues. The renewed complaints about the sonic boom from the Concorde Jets overflying Malaysia during the recent resumption of flights between London and Singapore was described m a report m the Daily Telegraph today as being a development which "can scarcely be considered as coincidental."
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    Two super schools want to use RGPS
    443 5  -  JUKE TAN Sy ...for luiglish programmes ivvu ot the nine super Chinese-me-dium schools have asked the Education Ministry for use of the former Raffles Girls' Primary School for supp lemen t ary English 1a n guage programmes (SELP). This Is because the two
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    Ministry's bid to boost teaching force
    211 5 Ministry's bid to boost teaching force THE Education Ministry, m a bid to boost the teaching force, has sent the Director of Education, Mr Chan Kai Yau, to Britain to interview applicants and, m addition, is to produce a career guidance film this year. Mr Chan will spend two weeks
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    Man's body found under jetty
    88 5 Man's body found under jetty THE body of an unidentified Chinese clad only m a pyjama top, was found under a jetty near the beach In Tanjong Rhu on Monday. The dead man. aged about 70. had very short hair and was described as slim. Police, who do not suspect
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    RASA SAYANG LEASED TO DUTCH FIRM
    107 5 THE former cruise ship, Rasa Sayang, will be chartered to a Dutch U ro CA fr m Rotterdam from May 18, according to Fairplay Internatlonal shipping weekly of Britain. Nederlands Cruise Maatschappij Bestevaer has completed negotiations for the chartering of the 18,595 tonnes ship,
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      164 5 bearly <X _tf_o_L begun and already we need more shops A W require further outlets and sites for the expansion of their chain of fast-food restaurants m Singapore. Rent or purchase considered. Requirements: Shop units Drive-in sites Minimum area 1 50 m 2.m 2 Minimum area 2,000 m\ Adjoining busy
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      326 5 Straits Times Crossword _B hY* bY H _H~ 1H _HT _B ACROSS Rue '6> 8 Carry artist m front of 4 Oo at 9 (7). Italian picture (8). 5 Breakfast dish taken out l 9 Lure ol apprenticeship («>. by British intellectual (8). 10 Murphy's Little Christ- 6 Whereiiy star
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      100 5 FILM SHOWS for the public at National Museum at 8 p.m.: A Bird's Eye View of the Yorth of France, Cultural and Touristic Aspects of Normandy and Paris From A Helicopter. ?Yee admission. EIGHT INTEKNAriONAL FESTIVAL OF UtTS at United World College of South-east \sia till Feb 17. Admlstion: $3.
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      100 5 TKT EXHIBITION at Tlong Bahru community centre from 3 p.m. to 10 p.m. Last day. GRAPHICS FROM SCHOOLS EXHIBITION at National Museum Young People's Gallery from 10.30 am. to 7 p.m. On till Feb 28. THE PUPPETS, featuring a display of scenes from the Chinese classic. The Romance of the
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    Students fail to register with mission
    542 6  -  PHILIP LEE '1,000 run risk of losing citizenship 9 By our reporter IN London MORE than 1,000 Singapore students of an estimated 2,000 studying m Britain have failed to register their names and addresses with the Singapore High Commission heie although they were instructed
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    Why trees at Mount Faber must stay
    179 6 Why trees at Mount Faber must stay THIS piccure Illustrates what a Straits Times reader meant when he complained that shrubs and tall trees planted on the slopes of Mount Faber have marred "the beautiful harbour view." The reader, "Hoi Pollol" m a letter published m the Forum page yesterday,
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    SALE OF STAMPS ON METRICATION
    48 6 THESE three postage stamps on metrication will be sold at all post offices on Feb 24. The 10-cent stamp features a distance marker m kilometres. The 35-cent stamp shows a measuring tape m centimetres and the 75-cent stamp a weighing scale m kilograms.
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    Holiday camp: Foundation to make study
    276 6 Holiday camp: Foundation to make study THE Singapore Labour Foundation will take the first step towards setting up a holiday camp on one of the islands off Singapore, by sending a representative to Europe and Britain to study how such camps are run Making me point. Mr C.V. Devan Nalr,
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    $20 price hike for gold
    67 6 $20 price hike for gold THE Singapore Chinese Gold and Silver Merchants Association yesterday announced an increase of $20 for all three types of gold. The new prices for the metal are $740 for 24 carat, $700 for 22 carat and $660 for pound gold. A spokesman for the association
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    Accident man gets $7,250
    72 6 A MAINTENANCE supervisor, who suffered serious Injuries on his right leg and hip as a result of a road accident over four years ago, was awarded $7,250 damages by the Hlßh Court yesterday. Mr Loot Beng Hoe's original claim was for $29,000 but the Chief Justice,
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    Chua tours market to promote metric message
    173 6 Chua tours market to promote metric message THE Minister for Home Affairs and Education and MP for MacPherson, Mr Chua Slan Chin, yesterday toured the Circuit Road Second Market to drive the metrication message home to the people. The tour was held ln conjunction with the Metrication Boar d's zonal
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    On Chinese painting
    76 6 A HONOKONO artist. Mr Cheng Ming, will give an Illustrated talk ln Mandarin on Traditional Chinese Painting and ita Influence on Contemporary Chinese Painting at the National Museum theabette tomorrow at 8 pm Mr Cheng, a lecturer ln the fine arts department ol the Chinese University of
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    More give quit notice to the CPIB
    242 6 More give quit notice to the CPIB THE Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) has been plagued by more resignations following a lull of two months. Three officers have handed m their resignation letters since last month, while another has resigned. Their services range from three to 10 years. Among the
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    *****95 wins $400,000 in Singapore Sweep
    226 7 *****95 wins $400,000 in Singapore Sweep TICKET No *****95 won the first prize of $400,000 In the Singapore Sweep »No 2 79) drawn yesterday The second prize of $150,000 went to ticket No *****89. The third prize of $75,000 went to ticket No *****38. (each S1MH) 233 1153 *****87 *****90
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    Minister on music in schools
    91 7 Minister on music in schools THE Minister for Communications and acting Minister for Culture. Mr Ong Teng Cheong, last night rapped some schools which have cancelled music lessons from their timetables. Speaking at a Chinese New Year get-together at Kirn Keat community centre he said: "The best time to inculcate
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    Snapped lift cable led to mishap
    152 7 Snapped lift cable led to mishap I YESTERDAY 6 I AN import arm worker, who was trapped for more than an hour between tnc carriage of a goods lift and the wall In a Jnrong cold storage room died recently, bringing the industrial accident toll so lar this year to
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    Police plea to next-of-kin
    50 7 AN 80-year-old patient died at Toa Payoh General Hospital last Friday. The Chinese woman, whose name and address are unknown, had been an Inmate of Woodbridge Hospital since 1967. Police are appealing to the ntxt-of-kin and friends of the woman to contact Paya Lebar police station.
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    Talk at CC
    26 7 A TALK on Industrial Training and Your Future m Mandarin, will be held at Kampung Glam community centre on Friday at 8 p.m.
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    EDB MISSION TO U.S. LEAVES SATURDAY
    159 7 THE Economic Development Board mission, which will spearhead a visit to the United States by a group of Singapore industrialists, will leave on Saturday on a promotion tour of various parts of the US for about two months or more. The top executives of
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    Thieves held but tourist loses bag
    75 7 Thieves held but tourist loses bag AUSTRALIAN tourist, Miss Nola Joy Paterson who chased and helped to detain one of the two thieves who snatched her handbag outside Shangri-La Hotel on Dec 22, has returned home without her bag. Confirming this yesterday, police said the handbag contained $836 worth of
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    Council seeks firms' help for scheme
    456 7 Home-based work plan for aged THE Singapore Council of Social Service is seeking the help of manufacturers in implementing a home-based work scheme for the aged in welfare institutions, the disabled and other groups Under the scheme, the council hopes to get manufacturers farm
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    Outrage on widow: Bomoh fined $500
    263 7 Outrage on widow: Bomoh fined $500 A WIDOW allowed a bomoh to massage her leg after he told her about his dream foretelling a misfortune befalling her. Sup Ann bin Gahjes, 50, a neighbour of Madam Aminah binti All. 48, then took advantage of the situation and put his right
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    Delay in opening of embassy in Riyadh
    143 7 Delay in opening of embassy in Riyadh SINGAPORE has delated opening its embassy m Saudi Arabia because of the lack of a suitable person to head it and this has led to a delay In setting up a trade office there The embassy was scheduled to open early last year.
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    Suspension of surface, parcel mail
    72 7 Suspension of surface, parcel mail THE Postal Senices Department yesterday suspended the surface letter and parcel mail services to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam because of lack of service outlets. All surface letter and parcel mails to the country posted before the susnraslon of services will be delayed or may
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    Colour films
    29 7 TUX National Museum will screen two colour films entitled Elwood Mead Salvage B4S and Dunlin A. at Its pretaiam on Saturday at 10.45 am Admuuon U free.
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    Marine firms urged to set up base here
    269 7 INTERNATIONAL marine firms were yesterday Invited to take advantage of faculties here to set up an operating base for support industries for the shipbuilding Industry. The Minister for Communications, Mr Ong Teng Cheong, said these firms can use Singapore not only for
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  • BY-ELECTION SPECIAL
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      Workers Party on the 'selfish ones'
      297 8 MOST Singaporeans scarcely bother to try to understand politics or take their voting rights seriously, according to a Workers' Party study. Some selfish ones are satisfied with their present standard of living and have no thought for the future, or for those who are
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      TONIGHTS RALLIES
      86 8 THREE by-election rallies will be held m Potong Paslr. Mountbatten and Telok Blangah tonight The Independent candidate for Potong Paslr. Mr Chlam See Tong, will hold his rally (7.30 to 10 p.m.) at the car park between Blocks 213 and 214, Lorong 8, Toa Payoh. A United Front
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      The way to hit back at Aussies by Devan
      497 8  -  AHMAD OSMAN By RETALIATION agains Australia over its pro tectionist inlernationa civil aviation polic must be organised un< should be carried ou by Singapore joint I with its Asean partners according to Mr Devan Nair. The organised retaliation should be directed
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      Yap lists the woes of Mountbatten residents for action
      483 8  -  NGIAM TONG HAI By SPEEDIER allocation of larger flats for one room flat dwellers m Mountbatten ranks among the top In a list of things which the PAP candidate for the area, Mr Eugene Yap, said he would work on upon
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      Where to cast your votes
      301 8 Where to cast your votes POLLING m the byelections on Saturday will be carried out at 23 voting stations for the 15 districts m the five constituencies. Voting Is compulsory. Voters mast bring alone their poll cards. Polling will be from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. The pciiint stations, names
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      Driving home a point – in fable and verse
      473 8 Driving home a point in fable and verse MR Devan Nair resorted to fable and verse at an election rally on Monday night to drive home the point that Singaporeans should not tane things for granted and that the opposition candidates were men of straw. He began with a story
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      People who can't be seen around after polls by Dr Tan
      580 8  -  S.M. MUTHU By THE People's Action Party's candidate for Sembawang, Dr Tony Tan, said last night that the opposition candidates were a self-caring lot who could not be seen around after an election. He said they cared only for
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      In the crowd
      947 8  -  YESTERDAY was Dr Tony Tan's fifth day of house-to-house canvassing. By morning, he had covered some 80 per cent of his territory and when I saw him m the afternoon, he was on the campaign trail again. Looking almost indecently fresh. His fellow-canvassers from the branch committee
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      PAP should draw clear line between party and govt: Chiam
      738 9  -  IRENE NGOO By INDEPENDENT candidate Chiam See Tong yesterday said the line between the PAP and the government should be clearly drawn especially during election times. He maintained that the ruling party should not be synonymous with the government, and
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      Harbans' blast at 'unfit' Dr Tan
      171 9 MR Harbans Singh last night lashed out at his opponent m Sembawang, PAP candidate, Dr Tony Tan, who, he said, was unfit to represent the interest and welfare of the people there. Speaking at a rally after a slight drizzle, Mr Singh, the United
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      6 officers promoted to rank of deputy supt
      286 9 6 officers promoted to rank of deputy supt POLICE have promoted six assistant superintendents to deputy superintendent*: and it otners to tne same rank on a trial period of a year. The six new deputy inperl ntendento are Messrs M. Puvanendram and Bakar Mossa, both of the ClD's Commercial Crime
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      Re-surfacing of roads
      51 9 THE Public Works Depa:tnient Will re-surface Ayer Rajah Road, Nlcoll Highway. JaUn Toa Payoh. Brartdell Road and Paya Lebar Road during this month. Traffic signs will be put up to guide motorists, who are also advised to be careful when approaching these roads and to follow the
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      I didn't overstate value of gems
      463 9 I didn't overstate value of gems -SAYS SHIPOWNER A VIETNAMESE shipowner denied m the High Coort yesterday that he had "grossly exaggerated" the value of jewellery lost by his wife m his $610,000 claim on this item, against the owners of Mandarin Hotel here. Mr and Mrs Paul Bui Van
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      175 8 The Bank that just keeps growing steadily each day TAT LEE BANK In 1974. Tat Lee Bank commenced operation m Singapore. Today, its account holders have manifolds. Its service has become faster, more efficient. And we understand the needs of the customers better. Today. Tat Lee Bank has four branches
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      143 9 P^HII||||llllll|||llilllHlllllll|||U>lll|||lll!ll|||IIIUi|||lUllh|«)UQ#illlHi f [mj THE GOETHE INSTITUT and 1 f 1 THE NATIONAL MUSEUM present FESTIVAL OF GERMAN OPERA f at the National Museum, g f Theatrette S Feb 10: The Mastersingers of Nuremberg Feb 11: Czar and Carpenter s J Feb 12: Fidelio M M Feb 13: The Magic Flute
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      241 9 Bringing Up Father By Bill Kavanagh U Hal Camp WMY SIT IN THAT STRAIGHT OH, DEAR LOOK V" OOPS 'I vf OON'T WORRY, LOOK" WHAT I DID A CHAIR, BIMAAV SIT HERE, WHAT YOU DID I MOPE YOU DEAR ILL TELL WITH MY SHOES- RBST YOUR FEET TO My COFFEE
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  • The Straits Times WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1979
    • Article
      ZIA'S DILEMMA
      387 10 PAKISTAN'S Supreme Court has at last handed down its judgment on former prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. The case, pending since last May, was supposed to have been disposed of on three separate occasions, but each time action was postponed. The procrastination is telling, indicating less the authorities'
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      TWO CHEERS, JEYA
      392 10 BECAUSE of the dearth of intelligent opposition argument during the present by-election campaigns, there is reason to cheer when a plausible point is made. Thus Mr J.B. Jeyaretnam of the Workers' Party, contesting m Telok Blangah. deserves special mention for arguing that the PAP government is selling
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    Lock icon A bore, says man who spent 20 years in a Chinese prison
    790 10  -  JAMES HEALION in Hartford, Connecticut By THE 20 years John Downey spent m Chinese prisons was a "pretty boring interlude stretches of uneventful humdrum time," but the Korean War spy says most people couJd manage it and not
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    Lock icon The outspoken bishop who is raising hackles in Holland
    606 10  -  BARRY JAMES in The Hague By BISHOP Jan Gijsen is the key man m Holland's current Roman Catholic Church Tims as he attempts to turn back a flood of liberal reforms and win the support of Pope John Paul II for
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    Headaches that face students who go abroad
    1131 10  -  PHILIP LEE our reporter in London Plight aggravated by attitude of institutions By STUDENTS from developing countries studying m Britain have not only to grapple with academic problems but also have to go through a tough time adjusting themselves to the social environment,
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      290 10 I Rogers REFERENCE MONITOR SYSTEM T-75/2 Tuner 550.00 A-75/2 Amplifier ***** £filfi? LS3/5A Speakers ***** XA-75 Crossover L 358 Bass Units 2750.00 4745.00 fflj British High Fidelity I Lm /V^ ■Rosewood Furniture For those who appreciate Hie finest, irfi ttffcWTE Also available Rosewood rectangular conference table with two leaves for
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  • FORUM
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      Comments an injustice to McGarrett
      272 11 I HAVE been reading and hearing an extensive number of negative comments since the showing of the "Year of the Horse" episode of Hawaii Five-O. I must admit that for the first time I am extremely disappointed m the attitude of the Singaporeans Doesn't anyone
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      This issue is just as bad
      74 11 TO MY dismay I have noticed that the second issue of the silver ingot commemorative set is no better than the first. Impossible fitting between the plastic tabloid and stand still exists and I wonder whether the Currency Board is doing anything about this
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      Need for more privacy in funeral parlours
      272 11 WITH ALL our advancement and progress, I am disappointed to have to say from my observations that Singapore has given hardly any thought to well-planned, modern and attractive funeral parlours. One Undertakers firm m Singapore, though giving invaluable services, assistance and counselling to
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      They have a right too
      157 11 I REFER to the complaint by "Deprived Swimmer" (ST, Feb 3). The water poloists referred to are also paying members of the public. They form part of the water polo training scheme which uses the Buona Vista swimming pool on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays
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    Lock icon `Six of the best' on the way out in British schools?
    793 11  - Six of the best' on the way out in British schools? STEPHEN WEEKS in London By THOUSANDS of British schoolchildren are beaten by' their teachers each year despite objections by parents who say such punishment is immoral and ineffective. But the coming year 1 promises a sharp clash between those
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    Lock icon Beirut is starting to come alive
    673 11  - Beirut is starting to come alive ALANCOWELL in Beirut By AMID its photograpfu of Beirut at play, a Lebanese weekly magazine recently devoted a double-page spread to a children's fashion show called "Hello Baby." Young children were pictured modelling the latest creations of a Beirut boutique specialising m children's wear:
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      381 12 p AUCTION SALE TODAY at the Lecture Room, Ground Floor Chinese Chamber of Commerce 47 Hill Street, Singapore 6 at 2.30 p.m. 1. 115 WHITLEY ROAD 2. LOT 2095 MUKIM IV GARLICK AVENUE 3. 171 MIDDLE ROAD 4. 90 LORONGG TELOK KURAU 5. 61 LORONG H TELOK KURAU NOTICE IS
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      273 12 UNITED WORLD COLLEGE OF SOUTH EAST ASIA TENDER NOTICE Tenders are invited from Catering Contractors for the supply of meals and tuckshop services to the cafeteria and boarding houses of the College. Tender forms and full details of the tender may. upon the payment of a tender deposit of SSlOO'-
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      535 12 I RADIOCOMMUNICATION ||m^||||K|i||fc^ I OPERATOR'S EXAMINATION |^^^™™^^N S| I U A well-known local construction firm in-^A §f The Telecommunication Authority of Singapore (Telecoms) will be H ■vites application for the following conducting the following examinations- I vacancies:DATE OF FEES II 11 SITE FOREMAN EXAMINATION EXAMINATION PAYABLE I a) RADIOCOMMUNICATION 19th
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      76 12 Agents Beauticians Carpenters Cleaners Contractors Decorators Electricians Hairdressers Mechanics Movers Packers Plumbers Printers Tailors are oil at your service m Section V Look up Classifieds C.A.T.S. 284-4422 >jfc SEUVOUR PROPfRTIES FATTER By mentioning m your AD Location neighbourhood View Sixe of lond built-up area I Proximity to shops, schools Possession
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      587 13 Large and weM-estabhshed organisation invites suitably qualified Male Malaysian Muslim for its Saudi Arabian Proiect PAYROLL CLERK MCE or equivalent Minimum 2-3 years experience m handling payroll independently, computation of overtime hours and posting of poyroll records TYREMEN At least 2 years experience m fixing and changing tyres of heavy
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      620 13 I Famco-Asia pte ltd. 1 invites applications for the following positions; FEMALE RECEPTIONIST CUM CLERK-TYPIST Requirement* Singapore citizens, aged below 30 GCE 3 "O" level passes Cheerful and pleasant disposition Good telephone manners Ability to type accurately and neatly at 40 wpm Ability to operate PMBX switchboard and knowledge of
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      460 13 SERVICE ENGINEER REQUIRED Qualifications: A Diploma m Marine/ Mechanical Engineering/ MOT 2nd Class OR completed 5 years appren- ticeship m shipyards. Experience: Minimum 3 years m supervisory level m ship- building and shiprepoirmg The successful candidate will be sent overseas for 3-4 months training after which he is required to
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      514 13 A large, reputable, Singapore-based Construction Company with several decades of business successes m the building industry is seeking bona fide qualified and experienced persons as ENGINEERS (for Civil and Building Construction Works) We seek candidates who have at least five years relevant working experience; and, who posses an appropriate professional
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      618 13 INJTHK lIK.II COI XT OK THK KKPI BU( OK SIM.APOKK Salt N». tm •f lfH. MM OMprktlß ACi Plaintiffs And M«k Kirn Khoon trading an Climax International Suppliers Ca. Drfrndanl NOTICE OF Al)\ KRTISKMKNT To Mok Kirn Khoon tradIng as Climax International Suppliers Co. late of No. 2D. Apartment 6.
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  • TIMES CITY DESK
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      CLOSING PRICES
      1730 14 THF last transacted ready sale at the close of business on the Slock Exchange or Singapore yesterday compared with the previous day'» price* together with 1978 high and low Adjusted for v np rights issue) Closing Tone: Easier Turnover: Official figures supplied by the Stock Exchange of Singapore
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      BUSINESS DONE (SINGAPORE)
      1725 14 Ml) and offer prices officially lifted and business In and reported to the Stock ExrhunK<* <>f Singapore yesterday with the number of shares' traded shown In brackets In lots of 1.000 units unless citherwise specified All Times Settlement Contracts are quoted after the word "sett Rig Hoard
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      Govt and corporate bonds
      129 14 4 1'2'7, 1/8/80 (250.000) (99 22B) (4) 99.30 4 3/4% 15/9/80 (250.000) (MB) 15/4/81 (250.000) (99.75S) T F 1/5/83 (250.000) (100.10B 100.20S) 5 3/41 T F IS/6/81-84 (250.000) (HUB) 13/11/84 (250.000) (100.00B 100 OSS) T. 15/4/85 (250.000) (100 80B 100 95S) 7V. 1/8/85 (250.000) (100 70B
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      KUALA LUMPUR
      1734 14 BID and offer prices officially listed and business m and reported to the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange yeslerrta> with the number of i shares traded shown In brackets In lots of 1.000 units i unless otherwise specified INDUSTRIAL* Altam ,194 B) ll) 1.95 121, I.tB Alas Hold il
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    • CHIEF PRICE CHANGES
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        Falls
        53 14 >nental Hldgs J O B it c iin Chew }entlngs Pronoh Mines fat Iron A Banking N Ugh It Low O F J O L 'ahang Cons letro Hldgs 610 348 3M 352 348 735 855 640 545 368 219 152 149 380 -a -ii -li -ii -l( -ii
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        Rises
        26 14 Malayan Tin > Keramat lerjaya Kawal mif Dev lume M ractors irand Central 1290 1080 195 193 206 US 173 30 10 10 8 5 4
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        Most active stocks
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        INDICES
        35 14 B.T. Index: Industrials: Finance: Hotels: Properties: Tins: rubbers: OC.B.C: S.E.8. Ind: 1968 52 1915 22 371 51 368 26 658.34 650.81 286 14 288.10 227.13 225.34 166.02 166.12 ***** -.46.16 345.57 340.21 ***** *****
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        TIN
        171 14 i THE Straits tin price edged another $10 higher to $1,886 per picul m Penang yesterday on an official oHering up five tonnes to 195 tonnes. The overnight London market was very steady with forward buyers rising £80 to £7.215 per tonne. LONDON: Tin on the day was up
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        COPPER
        33 14 LONDON: Copper prices on Monday (previous In brackets) Wlrtkar Spot buyert £992 (£944). sellers £994 (£946); Three Month buyert £1.001 UW6 50). tellers £1.002 (£957. 50). Market tana: Firm. Salts: 22.000 tonnes.
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        CLOSING PRICES
        30 14 Rubber Feb 6. Singapore Feb 243.00 cis. (up 3.25 cU.) Malaysia Mar 248.25 ets. (up 325 cU.) Tin: SI.BBS (up $10). Official offering 195 tonnes (up 5 tonnes).
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        PRODUCE PRICES
        112 14 lINCAPORI NCON CLOIIMO PRICES HI PICUL YESTERDAY. Cacanut 0>l: Bulk (121 aelltrs, old drum SI2T sellers, new drum (132 sellers Caara: Mixed (looae) UK/Coot. J77t buyers P.opvr: MuntOk ART A white fob 100", NL.W (340 sellers, Sarawak white fob. 96% NLW (322» »elltr», Sarawak apecial black fob. »6%
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        RUBBER
        465 14 THE Singapore rubber market yesterday opened 1.25 cents higher, dealers said. Tne market was later taken to a high of 242.50 cents for March, on steady London advices and speculative .nu trade buying with pronttaking wt.ll absorbed. The morning session closed cuietly steady. V rices mt about 1.50 cents
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        SSR and SMR
        121 14 DAILY SSR and SMR prices at noon yesterday: Feb Mar KJi.S. (Carreat Nik) IForwua MUD Bajen Selen Bujen ScU«n SSR 20 (1 ton pallet! 239.50 237 SON 236.00 238.0UN SSR 50 (1 ton pallet; 232.50 234.50N 233.00 235.0JN MRI.LB. Mar Apr SMR CV (1 ton pallet) 248
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      Rising PLR sparks selling
      450 14 NEWS THAT the prime lending rate has been raised to as high as eight and a quarter per cent set off a wave of selling at the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday. Losses, m some cases quite sharp, were recorded across a wide front. Kising interest
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      K. LUMPUR
      357 14 MODERATE selling pressure forced share prices broadly lower on the Kuala Lumpur stock market yesterday. Reflecting the deterioration m sentiment, the blue chip indicator, the New Straits Times Industrial ordinary share Index fell 4.11 points to 400.79. The volatile Business Times Index also plunged 65.35 points to 2.639.76.
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      Money and exchanges
      192 14 THE US dollar eased m the Singapore forex market yesterday, probably as a reaction to its recent gains. Opening at $2.1710/30 compared with $2 1815 25 at Monday's close, it was traded up to $2.1720/30 where it hovered till late afternoon before closing at $2.1730/40. Interbank forward
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      NOMINAL RATES
      154 14 Interbank rates at 3.00 p m. C urrrnclci Nominal rate* Smith* nlan Percentage quoted yesterday (croa) parity chance US dollar 2.1730 2.1740 2.8196 —22.33 Sterling pound 4.3230 4 .3275 7 3469 —41 16 Hongkong collar 45.26 45.35 50.51 10.41 M'sian dollar 98.50 98.65 100 U0 1 50 Aust
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      ASIAN CURRENCY RATES
      285 14 NOTE: These rate* may differ slightly from those quoted by banks to their customers. ISIAN currency deposit inerbenk rates as at close on ?eb 6. US Dollars (Spot) Offer Bid 7 days 10 3/8 10 1/4 1 mth 10 11/16 10 8/16 2 inths 10 13/16 10
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      Minimum lending rates
      24 14 THE average rate at which Singapore banks are currently prepared to lend to I their best customers is 7.75 per cent.
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        Hongkong
        276 14 HONGKONG: The market closed lower after profittaking emerged m active trading with most Interest from local Investors, dealers said. The Hang Seng Index fell 6.68 to 562.22 points, on a combined total turnover volume valued at $125.39 million. KEB M HKI •mil Rubber 3.10 unch Associated Hotels 310 ■mm
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        Tokyo
        394 14 TOKYO: The market closed sharply lower, led by large capital issues and populars, on increased concern over the political unrest m Iran, dealers said. The Dow Jones average fell 53.68 to close at 6,095. 18 points, with a volume of 410 million shares. The New Index closed at 453.89,
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        KL prices
        269 14 From Column 5 S Klnta 15.058 5 70S) I Malayan (11.208). I> Btti (7.108) (5) 7 10 (1) 7.03. Talam I1.08B). Tanakari 13.268) (4) 3 20 TrantO (7.408 7 338) (2) 7.30 <2> 7.45. A Mslta (220 B) XD. B Linlana (9) 2.08 (3) 2.07 Btdftrd (3.388). OLnlep
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        Stock options
        85 14 Striking prices of the options officially listed on the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday, the period, bids and offered prices and business done, if any, with the number of options traded shown m brackets. Hame P E (March $1.80) (0.4880.575). larhcape (March $130) (0.408 0.495). Serab Skip (March
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        GOLD
        136 14 THE Kilobar market opened at $17,217 and closeu at $17,098 m Singapore yesterday. m the Par East, gold opened at US$245 00,245 50 Oood proflt-Uking saw gold move lower to close the morning session at $244.00/244.40. In the afternoon, early European interest saw gold firm to $244 90/*****. However,
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        Sydney market strong
        248 15 SYDNEY, Mon. The market rose sharply, led by copper and gold stocks on the strength of international metal markets, dealers said. INDUSTRIALS Ml Ml *mp<>l Hm M mmi. iT« *NZ B»nk 427 ■\I'M I2H Hank NSW 3M Bramble* HHP 992 Koral 240 IKA 28.1 ISK .170 I
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        New York falls sharply
        246 15 NEW YORK, Mon. Growing concerns about the impact on the US economy of the Iranian oil export cut-off drove prices broadly and sharply lower m moderate trading The stock market was also burdened by a sharp drop m the dollar and a surge of about US$l6
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        Zurich weaker
        170 15 ZURICH, Mon Prices drifted lower over a broad front, reflecting a weaker dollar and sustained profit-taking, dealers said. The Credit Suisse index fell to 268.0. CLOSING PRICES Swissair Br 840 -5 ÜBSBr 3265 -50 ÜBS Reg 610 -6 Swiss Bank Br 390 -9 Swiss Bank Reg 312 -1
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        Amsterdam easier
        148 15 AMSTERDAM, Mon. Share prices closed weaker over a broad front following the weakness on Wall Street last Friday and lack of buying interest, dealers said. Royal Dutch lost 2 20 guilders. Unilever 0.90 and AKZO 060 among Dutch internationals XI.M fell 5 50 guilders. Van Ommeren 4.50 and
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        London stock prices close lower Selected indices
        654 15 London stock prices close lower Selected indices LONDON. Mon Share prices closed lower in nervous trading ahead of news from the meeting between government ministers and trade union leaders over pay, dealers said At 3pm the Financial Times index was down 7.7 points at 4596 FINANCIAL TIMES INDUSTRIALS Monday 460.7.
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      Folex Industries may be relisted after 4 1/2 years
      501 15 FOLEX Industries may be relisted by May if official approval can be obtained m time for the company's proposed capital reconstruction scheme. It would mean an end of nearly 4 12 years of voluntary suspension on both the Kuala Lumpur and
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      Profit at Pertanian Baring Sanwa more than halved
      394 15 Profit at Pertanian Baring Sanwa more than halved PRE-TAX profits «f PertaoUa Baring S»o»i Brrhmd (PSB), > joint venture between Bank IVrUnian Malaysia, BarIng Brothers Sanwa Bank, wen more than halved from $442,5 M previously U rm,TM for the yemr ended May it, Ifti. The profit tor the yemr under
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      Temerloh
      66 15 TEMERLOH Rubber Estates' estimated pre-tax profit for the first half-year ended last October rose 28 per cent to $1.29 million on a 26 per cent increase m sales to $2.66 million. After tax of $510,000 ($410,000 previously), net profit stood at $780,000 up 31 per cent. Directors have raised
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      149 15 My husband, I Bhupatrai, also known as B»b, whose photograph appears above, left home on 28th December, 1978 without leaving any word, and since then has not contacted me or any other member of the family. My children, all family members and I are very worried and miss him, and
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  • IX OBITUARIES
    • Obituary
      140 Acknowledgements
      113 21 The family of the late Dr. Tow Keng Kee thanks all friends and relatives for their messages of condolence, flowers and wreaths, donations to the Far Eastern Bible College, Chin Lien Bible Seminary, and Anglo-Chinese Junior College: for their day and night visits and other acts of kindness
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      142 Deaths
      44 21 Ag*d67 P—«td away peacefully on «-2-79. Leaving behind 7 mm, 4 daughters, •ont-m-liw. daughters-in-law and grand-children. Cortege leaves Blk IS. Rm 9-C, Ghim Moh Road on 7-2- j 79 at 1.30 p.m. to Chu. Chu Kang Hindu Cemetery. ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■I MADAM M. GOVINDAMAL
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      144 In Memoriam
      228 21 IN LOVING MEMORY who disappeared In the sta Off Kemaman 9 years ago. Alwaya remambarad by mum, dad. brother, •man and lovad on*. IN LOVING MEMORY OF Two years have passed but sweet memories and love remain deep down In our hearts Sadty m»Md and atway* ramambarad
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    IN MEMORIAM
    28 22 V. AHGORAM. KLANO I Departed 1.MM6 Fourteen yean have passed 1 but loving memories remain In] our hearts. Sadly missed by I beloved wife, children and
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      Lock icon Rely less on West's news agencies, urges Russia
      293 22 KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday THE Soviet Union today called on countries In Asia to rid themselves of their present heavy dependence on news agencies of the developed world, the national news agency Bernama reported. The Soviet Vice-Minister of Publishing, Mr V.A. Slastenenko, who
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      Man fell in love again after separation
      295 22 Man fell in love again after separation AN ENGINEER, who was granted a divorce on the grounds of separation, wrote to his daughter over two years ago that tt was beyond his control as he had fallen In love with anothe:- won-.an, the High Court heard yesterday. Mr Fong Wee
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      Yoga classes
      48 22 THE Metropolitan YMCA will hold yoga courses (or beginners and those at the Intermediate Etage from tomorrow at Its premises at International Centre. Palmer Road on every Tuesday and Thursday between 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. For more details, ring the physical education department, tel. *****66.
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      Lock icon College to set up branch campus at Johore
      308 22 College to set up branch campus at Johore KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday THE Tunku Abdul Rahman (TAR) Co:.ege will set up a branch campus In Johore Bar v the chairman of the TAR college council, Datuk Lew Sip Hon, said today at a press conference on the college's tenth anniversary celebrations.
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      Cheating rap: King's sister, niece to be tried
      200 22 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The King's younger sister, Tengku Petri blnte Sultan Ibrahim, 51, and her daughter, Tengku Nazlan blnte Raja Azhan, 28, will be tried on May 21 by the Sessions Court here on a charge of attempted cheating. They will also
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      Lock icon students held, for khalwat
      45 22 KUALA TRENGOAND. Tues. A Form Three schoolgirl and her Form Five boyfriend were arrested on Saturday night for alleged khalwat at a house :n Manlr near here. The young couple were caught by villagers and handed over to the police.— NST.
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      Court told: Accused justified in hurting her lover
      405 22 A FORMER dance hostess, accused of cutting her lover's scrotum, was justified m inflicting the injury to defend herself against his "unnatural lust," defence counsel submitted yesterda\ Tan Slew Hong, 43? now unemployed, faces two charges of causing hurt to businessman Teo
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      Nee Scon do
      32 22 COMMUNITY centres and citizens' consultative committees m the Nee Soon constituency will hold a lunar new year gathering at the Nee Soon community centre on Friday at 8 p.m.
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      Customs seize fire crackers worth $3,000
      136 22 Customs seize fire crackers worth $3,000 CUSTOMS seized more than 40,000 packets of fire crackers and sparklers worth over 53.000 m a series of raids just before the Chinese New Year. Fourteen people were caught by customs and paid compositions totalling $5,500 for possessing the prohibited goods. The raids, by
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      Co-ops set up health centre
      57 22 PIEU. Satu Si Silo Multipurpose Co-operative societies have set up a health centre at the Big Splash. The centre, with health equipment costing $15,900, will be open to membeis dally from Sunday between 1 p.m. and 7 pm. on weekdr.j.v and between 9 a.m and
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      FINED $5,000 FOR TWO GRAFT OFFENCES
      141 22 A FORMER Cold Storage employee was fined a total of $5,000 by a district Judge yesterday on two corruption charges. Phay Teng Nam. 53, pleaded guilty to committing the offences while he was a transport officer at Cold Storage's vehicle workshop In Teck Ouan
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      485 22 PERSONNEL MANAGER A large international manufacturing company, located m Selangor, employing some 3000 people is seeking to appoint a high level executive to head its personnel department. The successful candidate will have at least 5 years experience as head of the personnel function m a large, preferably, manufacturing organisation, practising
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      92 22 Do you see what Rod Stewart's giving away m this issue? Never mind Rod, look at this High Tra voltage spread on John! And if you want to danoe like John, here's how on page 14. They even tell you the food to eat for your feet on pagel6! I
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      NZ pay dearly for dropping Miandad
      299 23 CHRISTCHURCH, Tues JAVED MIANDAD made New Zealand pay dearly for dropping him, when he had scored only five, m Pakistan's second innings m the first cricket Test here. Miandad, 21. went on to score a brilliant unbeaten 160 out of his side's 323 for
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      117 23 PAKISTAN Ist bun: Til NOT ZEALAND Ist bus: ZM PAKISTAN tm4 bun: MmUwiar ir-t hurt) 4 TmlMt c Coney b Hadlee 61 Mohsln lbw b Coney Javed not out 160 HftrMa b Cairns 35 WaNlm R*J» c Hadlee b Coney 17 Mashtas; c Burgess b Hadlee 12 Sarf rai
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      Ligier praised for remarkable start
      369 23 PARIS. Tues. The tough and uncompromising world of Formula One Grand Prix motor racing gave it's unanimous praise yesterday to the remarkable Frenchman whose cars have got the world drivers' championship off to its most surprising start m years. But Guy Ligier, the 48-year-old racing
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      43 23 caught most Grand Prix experts offguard. It was expected that last season's allconquering Lotus team, led by world champion Mario Andretti. of the United States, would again set the pace. Ferrari, Tyrrell, Brabham and McLaren were tipped as the best outsiders and no-
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      Lock icon FBI look for race fixing suspects
      102 23 FBI look for race fixing suspects BOSTON (Masachusetts), Tues. The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation agents were today hunting for more than one dozen suspects m a US$l.3 million (S2.B2m> race-fixing scheme involving horse tracks m five eastern states. A federal grand jury here yesterday indicted 21 persons, including
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      Lock icon Sparkling Bacchus is 204 n.o.
      196 23 Sparkling Bacchus is 204 n.o. KANPUR, Tues. Guyanese batsman Faoud Bacchus hit a sparkling double century, bringing the West Indies close to averting a follow-on against India on the fourth day of the sixth and final Test here today. Bacchus, the fifth West Indian to score a double century against
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      Lock icon SCOREBOARD
      62 23 INDIA lit Inns: M 4-7 dec WEST INDIES Ist Imw: GrecnMge lbw Ghavri 20 Karrhus not out 204 Jarmuleea b Kapil Dcv 56 Gmims c Vengsarkar b Chandrasekhar .17 Kallk-harnui c Kirmani b Ghavri 4 Murray not out Extras 17 Total (for 4 wkts) 373 Wkto fell at: 37.
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      Lock icon Children halt one-day game
      88 23 CEELONG. (Victoria). Tues. An England XI beat Geelong and Districts by 48 runs m a one-day limited overs cricket match which was ended early by a pitch invasion here today. The match was to have been 40 overs a side but it was reduced to 38.6
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      Newcomer Bold Gift has won two races
      921 23 RACING ...with FAIRWAY FOURTEEN newcomers will make their debut at the Penang Turf Club February meeting beginning this Saturday. Bold Gift (Class 2), a three-year-old grey New Zealand ridgeling by Rich Gift out of Anker Fair, has come with a record of two
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      Task Master looks set for his first triumph
      466 23 PENANG. Tues. Task Master has trained on nicely since his two initial runs and looks set to get off the mark m the Class 3, Division 5 1,200 m race on Saturday, reports FAIRWAY. The four-year-old by Biscay (sire also of Clair
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      Joint tourney
      59 23 CHUA CHU KANG Constituency Sports Cub and Keat Hong Community Centre will jointly organise the second Chua Chu Kang constituency badminton tournai.ient at the Jalan Teck Whye Secondary School hall from March 4-28. Residents m the constituency are asked to contact Keat Hong C.C -tel *****94- between 3pm
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      Spurs' Ardiles is named Player of the Month
      282 23 LONDON. Tues. Argentine World Cup soccer star Osvaldo Ardiles. kingpin of the English First Division club Tottenham Hotspur, was yesterday named Player of the Month by the Evening Standard. Results of English Football Association Cup fourth-round matches played last night: Bristol Rovers
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      24 23 everlOVing memory Of MR NG HOONG HEE (A(j. dreSS. 11, Jalan Murai, Ipoh Garden, Ipoh) who passed away on b.Z./o. Forever remembered by Wlfe^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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      296 23 stiiiiiiiiiK]iiiiiiiiimc]iiiiiiiiiiiic]iiiiiiiiiiiic]iiiiiiiiiiiiE]iiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiic]iiiiii(iiiiinuiiiiic CONGRATULATIONS to I FOTO CHINA STUDIO I winner of 5 1 st and 2nd Positions, i j and the following finalists whose work were accepted: 56 copies Lee Weng Sun Photo j Beauty Colour Studio 6 copies Studio 2 copies rS 1 0^ «<*. 0«»-"W. 2 copies I I
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      783 23 liSWall UN| VERSITI PERTANIAN MALAYSIA |ifp| MEMASUKi PROGRAM DIPLOMA DAN yU PENDAHULUAN BAGI TAHUN PENGAJIAN 1979/80 Permohonan-Permohonan adalah dipelawa dari calon-calon vanjj berkelayakan untuk memasuki Universiti Pertanian Malaysia di Kampus Serdanjr (Selanjror) dan Sarawak bajji mengikuti salah satu dari program -program di bawah mi. A. Program Lama Kampus (i) DIPLOMA
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  • TIMESPORT PAGE TWO
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      SSRA decide to retain coach Gul
      257 24  - SSRA decide to retain coach Gul KEN JALLEH Jr By THE Singapore Squash Rackets Association have decided to retain the services of Pakistani professional Rahim Gul if he accepts their conditions and returns after he completes playing on the the British circuit. Richard Evans, the president, said yesterday: "We have
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      Zainal upsets the rankings
      568 24  -  PATRICK BASTIANS By A BOUNDING darkhorse named Zainal Abidin, 21, upset all the rankings m Singapore when he defeated Stewart Ballard, 15, 10-8, 10-8, 4-9, 9-7 m a 60-minute high voltage round-robin match at the Kallang complex yesterday. The win sees Zainal as virtually Singapore's currentbest,
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      Cathay Pacific sound out offer to SSRA
      206 24 Cathay Pacific sound out offer to SSRA J^^K^^fl^ \|^Kij^»^C?T ri| T^Lj-j THE SINGAPORE Squash Rackets Association left stranded m the widening rift between the Pakistan International Airlines, who employ top Pakistani squash professionals, and the International Management Group who run world tournaments, have found an ally m Cathay Pacific Airways,
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      SNOC awards for sports officials are most welcome
      517 24  -  WILFRED YEO By THE recent announcement by the Singapore National Olympic Sports Council of their plans to make annual awards to voluntary sports officials certificates, actually, but a rose by any other name smells as sweet is a welcome one. Recognition for
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      Lock icon Maitimu is best
      126 24 JAKARTA, Tues. Indonesia's light-flyweight Harry Maiiimu. though losing his match against Russian Sabirov Shamil, was declared the best boxer of the President's Cup tournament for the second time here. The Soviet Union, however, collected the most gold medals. All the final results: Light-fly: Sabirov Shamil (USSR) bt
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      Jurong hand Seletar a surprise
      105 24  - Jurong hand Seletar a surprise ERNEST FRIDA By I JURONG Country Club, newcomers to the Singapore Golf Association's women's handicap league, sprang a surprise when they beat Seletar 51.-'5 1 at the Warren course yesterday. Warren, the defending champions, were beaten 3'.'-2'i by the combined Tengah-Changi team, while Keppel edged
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      RAFON CONFIRMS HIS ENTRY
      191 24  -  BERNARD PEREIRA By ROMEO Rafon, the Philippines' top-ranked professional, is the last of the eight contenders to confirm participation m the Emporium Holdings' Tennis Classic at the Singapore Tennis Centre from March 2-4. Rafon, who won the Singapore Open claycourt title last year, was also a
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      Lock icon Awad defeats enraged Atlas
      164 24 LONDON, Tues. Topseeded Carnal Awad, of Egypt, defeated secondseeded Atlas Khan, of Pakistan 9-5, 2-9, 9-7, 9-7 m a 70-minute final, marred by arguments, here last night. Atlas lost his edge m the third game after unsuccessfully attempting to claim several penalty points for alleged obstruction
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      Study of form gives SAGA the confidence
      326 24 Study of form gives SAGA the confidence AN analytical study of the other countries taking part in September's South-east Asian Games in Jakarta, has given the Singapore Amateur Gymnastics Association cause to be confident of winning a few medals in Indonesia. Gymnastics is being included in the SEA Games for
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      Indonesia change rules
      140 24 Indonesia change rules INDONESIA were reported to have set themselves up nicely to sweep the board m badminton, table tennis and tennis m the 10th South-east Asian Games m Jakarta from Sept. 21-30. A New Straits Times report from Kuala Lumpur said that the Indonesians have revised the rules for
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      739 24 GULA PADANG TERAP BERHAD We are a large sugar manufacturing concern prMenOy looking for th« right psople to fill the following vacandM:(DEngtoMrlngAMtotant Diploma m Mechanical Engineering from recognised Institute of Technology with at least 5 years experience In Mechanical Englneerng works. (2) tensor DrsugrHatnen MVSC/SPVM or Mechanical Certificate from Pollteknm
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      674 24 GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF KEDAH PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT RURAL ROADS CONSTRUCTION PACKAGE NO. 2 FOR THE STATE OF KEDAH IN PENINSULAR MALAYSIA. NOTICE OF PREQUALIFICATION 1 .0 The Government of the State of KEDAH plant to invite bids m May. 1979, for the construction of a number of rural
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      318 24 IN THE HIGH COURT IN MALAYA AT KUALA LUMPUR COMPANIES (WINDINQ-UP) NO. 1 OF 1979 In the Matter of Kumpulan Pembenaan Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. And In the Matter of Section 217(1) (b) of the Companies Act. 1965. Between Tractors Malaysia Berhad Petitioner And Kumpulan Pembenaan Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. Respondent NOTICE
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      Shocking FA results in coaching course
      309 25  - Shocking FA results in coaching course lOE DORAI By. ONLY 11 of the 38 candidates passed Trevor Hartley's last Football Association of Singapore preliminary coaching course. This shattering statistic was revealed to me yesterday by Hartley, Singapore's Director of Coaching, who ran his course from Jan. 15Feb. 2. However, there
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      Kelantan have a strong case for 'sacked' player
      420 25  -  SHUKOR RAHMAN By THE Kelantan Football Association believe they can put up a strong defence for striker Wan Yusoff Zain, who was sent off during the Kelantan- Perlis Malaysia Cup match last Saturday. Kelantan team manager Nik Kazjm bin Nik Abdul Rahman
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      It's best to forget the ugly incident
      305 25 It's best to forget the ugly incident I WAS shocked to read the news that Sabah soccer fans had gone wild after Singapore had scored a surprise winning goal m their Malaysia Cup soccer encounter. This was the second time that Singapore soccer players had been assaulted. In a past
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      Daud the star
      170 25 A LAST minute goal by striker Robert Chang saved Singapore Airlines from plunging to their first defeat m the Singapore Business Houses League Division One match at the Jalan Besar Stadium last night. Banque de Paris held SIA to a 2-2 draw. SIA did not deserve the
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      Nee Soon beaten
      66 25 QUEENSTOWN beat Nee Soon 32 m the inter-constituency table tennis tournament at Gay World last night. Results: Tanjong Pagar 3 Kampong Glam 2; Telok Ayer 3 Bukit Batok 2; Queenstown 3 Nee Soon 2; Geylang West 3 Marine Parade 0; Geylang East 3 Kirn Keat 0; Thomson
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      NZ Forces too strong
      404 25  -  PETER SIOW By SINGAPORE were beaten 50-12 (six goals, two tries, one penalty goal and one dropped goal to two goals) by the Royal New Zealand Forces m a friendly rugby match at Dieppe Barracks yesterday, but coach Natahar Bava remained smiling. Explained Bava: "I didn't
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      Ong to swim for charity
      130 25 FORMER Singapore inter- I national water-polo goal- I keeper Alan Ong will take part m a charity 10-hour swimmathon at the Mount Emily Swimming Pool on Feb. 24. Says Ong. a programme executive with the physical education and sports department of the Young Men's Christian
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      Three players to appear before Board
      148 25 THREE players sent off for misconduct m Singapore Business Houses' Football League matches will appear before the Disciplinary Board at the Sports House tonight, reports JOE DORAI. They are As'ad Malik, of Singapura Forum, Masod Buang, of Hume Industries, and Ismail Ahmad, of Rheem
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      Lock icon Tour talks
      35 25 CHRISTCHURCH,(New Zealand), Tues A possible New Zealand under-25 tour of Pakistan later this year, follows a meeting yesterday between the manager of the Pakistan cricket team and the New Zealand Cricket Council.— AFP
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      TABLE
      185 25 MVBMNONK GROUP A PtDIF APt UMW 4 3 10 9 2 7 SIA *****36 Bnde Paris 4 112 6 9 3 Imperial 3 10 2 5 7 2 HK Bank 3 0 0 3 I*o GROUP B H Orient 4 1 3 0 6 4 5 Cutluie 3 2
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      A good show for SCC's tour team
      416 25 A good show for SCC's tour team SINGAPORE CRICKET CLUB, the first club side from the Republic to visit New Zealand, won five of their nine cricket matches during their 18-day tour, reports ERNEST FRIDA. The SCC side, who included 10 past and present Singapore and Malaysia internationals, were honoured
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      Sepak takraw
      53 25 ENTRIES (or this year's InterConstituency Sepak Takraw tournament, beginning March 6. wiU close on Thursday week at 5 p.m. and the draw will be held on Saturday week at 11 a.m. The four top teams will win trophies and cash awards of $1,000 (champions), $750 (runners-up). $500 (third),
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      122 25 SOCCEB 8BHFL taana- meat DIvWm I: Hongkong Bank v Oberoi Imperial Hotel Jalan [Besar Stadium); MvMm III: Hyatt Hotel v GECON (Toa Payoh Stadium). Hitachi Zoaen v Tien Wah Press (Fairer Park Athletic Centre), Peninsula Hotel v Harper Gilfillan (TangUn 1). Nestle v Premier Milk (TangUn 2), matches at 5.15.
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    Lock icon Dawe: Another two charges may be dropped
    376 26 Dawe: Another two charges may be dropped SAN FRANCISCO. Tues. The US attorney moved yesterday to dismiss the two remaining bank fraud charges against Singapore financier Amos Da we. A federal Judge last Friday dismissed the other two counts stemming from Dawe's purchase of three California banks In 1974 and
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    Lock icon Russia rapped for islands build-up
    248 26 Russia rapped for islands build-up HONCKONO Tues. China today launched a fierce attack on the Soviet military build up on the four Japanese northern island* as Senior Vice-Premier Tenp: Hsiao- ping ar rived m Tokyo for a two-dry stopover on his way home after an unprecedented visit to the United
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    69 26 PEKING. Tues. Commercial advertising, banned m China as "bourgeois and capitalist" far over 30 years, has reappeared m Shanghai and promises to spread shortly to the rest of the country. Shanghai Television has already shown spot commercials for medicines while the city's newspaper Liberation, a veritable pioneer
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    Lock icon 14 hurt in blast
    60 26 BANGKOK. Tues. Fourteen people were seriously wounded m a hand grenade explosion at a gas station m the southern province of Yala last night, the Bangkok World reported today. The newspaper said the hand grenade was believed to have been thrown by Muslim separatist guerillas operating
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    Lock icon Exhausted Teng opts out of Tokyo dinner
    210 26 Exhausted Teng opts out of Tokyo dinner TOKYO, Tues Chinese Senior Vice-Pre-mier Teng Hsiao-ping arrived here today after an exhausting tour of the United States and immediately opted out of a dinner m his honour because of fatigue. Mr Tenc had flown into Haneda airport amid Mr ht security from
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    Lock icon Cholera toll
    27 26 JAKARTA. Tue«. Fifteen people were today reported to have died of cholera m the past two weeks at Sigala O»la district m north Sumatra. AFP.
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    Lock icon Double show of force in Iran
    412 26 ...on ground and m the air TEHERAN. Tuesday TENS of thousands of demonstrators marched today m support of Ayatollah Khomeiny while air force jets buzzed the city at the same time m a show of force for Prime Minister Shapur Baktiar. Dr Baktiar said
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    Lock icon RSAF C.O. HOPES FOR MORE JOINT TRAINING
    169 26 SYDNEY, Tues. The commander of the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) detachment at the Royal Australian Air Force base at Wllliamtown, near Newcastle 160 km north of here, hopes for more joint training exercises m Australia. Capt Wong Hee Jit heads a
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    Late CLASSIFIED DEATHS
    69 26 Late CLASSIFIED DEATHS MR. VIC AM LO«M, m«4 TB. puMd away peacefully on 6/2/79 at T.R.Q.B. toavlnc behind 5 ■MM. 5 daiurhttn-ln-law. daughter* and 40 grandchildren. Cortere leave* Blk. 17. Holland Drive on a/2/79 Jot cremation at alt. Vemoa Crematorium. MM. C. TMAMOAVILU pa a* ad away peacefully 6 2/7».
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    55 26 Airline lays off 727 JAKARTA. Tues The gov-ernment-owned domestic carrier. Merpatl Airlines, has dismissed 727 of its employees In an effort to cut down its losses, according to acting director, R. A. J. Lumenta. Mr Lumenta told a press conference last night that Merpatis losses this year could reach three
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      5 1 The Straits Times SECTION TWO
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        Good translation must be faithful, effective and elegant
        512 1  -  TAN BAN HUAT By FAITHFULNESS, effectiveness and elegance the three basic elements for good translation advocated by Van Fu, the great master of translation m modern China, remain the indisputable criteria of translation skill. Mr. John Yen Suan, 73, the fourth son
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        Chinese without tears
        38 1 Chinese without tears qucoi acquire material (for writing) qudai replace qua* obtain quo*! prohibit I quxiao cancel quxioo make fun of qu'e'rdoizh7 replace For example, you may aay, Ta quxiao yTge yanhiii meaning, "Me /us cance/led a dinner.-
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        144 1 daoyu large and small islands bandao a peninsula qundao archipelago For example, you may say, XTnjiapo shi yi ge 'J>& xiaodao. It means, "Singapore is a small island." THE illustrated word is pronounced mfng, meaning a sound. It can also mean the cry of a bird or animal
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        Fun with Chinese Characters
        60 1 MmwAt m take; select; seize T» aeeare a firm haM perm the haad 9. Is laM m 0* ear S, A kaai m the ear, tfcea, to take k«M •f, to nieet setae: H% Pletaresl bete are vartoas eaaraetect extearftag a aelplat aaa i to imi—hato
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        72 1 the big value family magazine. m^^^^ x lo^B^C^fe^^B^B^BV to success agam **\\2r&ffi9R^^ How to hear what the one k^W yOLJ love IS rea y ss an 8y |n 8 i^ud f r >.4« «^E^Bw^^^i^B^^ When young girls wou d A rather die than eat '//*f- WC^ r j^^* The Five-Minute
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        247 1 Enjoy your favourite programmes could edit the tape from your WITH A SANYO on any day of the week at any seat and during playback, this RPTAPOPnX/mpn time of the day. Or those unit stops the tape for perfect JLvlVlzlllJr lliF telecasts you desperately still shots of the action. The
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        A two-minute programme that has inspired many
        250 2 "QUOTE for the Day", a two-minute radio programme that comes after the Dally Digest, has been a source of inspiration to many listeners. In fact, on one occasion, the particular morning "pearl" of wisdom was so inspiring that an executive friend of mine
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        Talk on planning
        55 2 PROFESSOR Joseph Georg Haj.lu will talk on Inner City Planning Conflicts m Present-day Germany at the Singapore Professional Centre. Block 23, 129-B. Outram Park tonight at 6 p.m. Prof Hajdu has been, since 1975, the senior lecturer and head of the Geography Section, Department of Environmental Studies,
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        Lock icon Cruelty to rats in film
        93 2 LONDON, Tues. A British film company was recently fined for a rat-baiting scene m a film starring Scan Connery m which the rate were torn to pieces by a dog. The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) prosecuted Starling Productions which
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        Under-12 art series to mark Year of the Child
        631 2  - Under- 12 art series to mark Year of the Child LING POON W AH By WITH adult artists enjoying so much attention these days, the artistic creativity of children has hardly any chance to be seen, let alone heard. But m this International Year of the Child (IYC), we owe
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        Artists here still do not accept art mosaic
        567 2 Artists here still do not accept art mosaic WITH visual arts coming into full bloom m Singapore, the potential for growth of the embryonic art of mosaic has yet to be fully recognised by the community of artists here. This sorry state of affairs that local mosaic artists are facing
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        Post-hypnotic murders
        43 2 A POST-HYPNOTIC suggestion triggers off three murders and Steve McGarrett finds himself m cloak and dagger activities on Hawaii Five-O tonight at 8.30 p.m. on Channel 5. This episode IV Steeper features guest stars Andrew Duggan. Steve Kanaly and Maria Perschy.
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        137 2 CHINESE NEW YEAR SPECIAL DRAWS ADDITIONAL PRIZES TO BE WON Ist 25th FEB 197< DRAW Nos. 8 15/79 w LI H 51cm I JACKPOT PRIZE FOR TOMORROW'S DRAW 10/79 $100,000 TO WINNERS WITH 5 NUMBERS CORRECT DRAW AT HIGH STREET CENTRE AT 5.15 P.M. IN TOTO DRAW 9/79 COUPON NO
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        296 2 I SELL j I in Australia and New Zealand j I f u I Selling Organisation seeks new agencies for variety of I and New Zealand Where required, technically qualified I stall are available to provide efficient and ellective sales and service I Exclusive arrangements preferred I I Market potential
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        924 2 TV and Radio SINGAPORE 5 3.00 PM Openm* and The Beverly Hibil- i 7.30 News and Newsreel (Malay) ies Lib and Let Li) (repeat) j 7.55 Classical Masterpieces Mozart: 3.25 Diary of Events (Malay) Concerto for Flute and Orchestra in G Ma|or, KV. 313 i?^ 8.30 Hawaii Five-0 The Sleeper
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        Lock icon What a way to beat the heat
        92 3 THIS IS the latest way to beat the heat on a warm summer night. With a strapless top that's flgurr-hngglng, sashed at the waist and with thigh-high slit to show plenty of leg. This white and blue silk dress, reminiscent of the Sooth
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        Let's get to know the five types of Chinese cuisine
        963 3  -  Tan Lee Leng Spice of Life^f By COMMUNICATION m China had always been difficult, so much so that many regions became quite isolated. The people m these areas adopted different habits and developed a cuisine which adapted to the climate
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        'More needs to be done before women can find their feet in society'
        483 3  - 'More needs to be done before women can find their feet in society' DANA LAM By VANESSA HALLSMITH, 27, trained Barrister. Profession: Secretary, International Law Association, London. In person, Vanessa, a good 45 cm taller than the average Singaporean woman, is striking m an almost mannish sort of way. She
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        Good – Buys
        113 3 Good Buys IK YOU'RE mew mwtbrr aid d««bt the "dip la eib*w" trohnlqar far correct bath tempentuc, here's m aeieattflc device to help pat yew mlad at eaae aad keep the baby sale. Jut dip the CUaitemp hath tkeraMmeler (It's a pretty pietare *f a smillag frag) late tke bata
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        1302 4 ORCHARD: 12th (BIG HIT) DAY! iitsSPpEDH! LIDO Tonight 9.15pm iofSS i<boFnTiinTr/^KMiKT^ 0^ 18T r. I H^ I season fromtomorrow :"^S": $250 MILLION IN GOLD I |f^ mm I ngotho Christie: Queen of I The Germans hid it. The Russians want it. The Americans stole it. V< 2 academy awards f7LiV7KL
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