The Straits Times, 20 March 1979

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    14 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 1979 25 CENTS M.C.(P) No. 142/1/79
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    The Goh way to lower failure rates in schools
    633 1  -  JUNE TAN By THE present rigid education system with a common and heavy workload for fast and slow learners alike, and the lack of specific objectives in bilLngualism policy, contribute to the existi n g problems In education. This Is the
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    Lock icon MORE MAY QUALIFY FOR HDB HOMES
    451 1 Income ceilings to go up? By LAI YEW KONG MORE people will qualify for the home ownership scheme of the Housing and Development Board if the government accepts a proposal by the board to raise the current income ceilings for eligibility to buy HDB
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    Nixon flies in with package deal for Asean
    759 1  -  LEE KIM CHEW and SUSIE SOH Jakarta air talks By Straits Times reporters: Jakarta, Monday AUSTRALIAN Transport Minister Peter Nixon today said that the Canberra Government has worked out a package of "iirni proposals" which would solve the AseanAustralian controversy over Australia's
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    Lock icon $332,250 bail for Boxall
    60 1 LONDON, Mon. Walter Boxall. a iormer chief Inspector In the Hongkong Police, was rt [.landed on £75.000 (8*332.250 > ball today during extradition proceedings stemming from allegations of fraud In Hongkong. Boxall 52. Is warned In Hongkong oil a charge of conspiracy to defraud the Hongkong
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    Lock icon First Viet 'official' refugees to leave today
    298 1 First Viet 'official' refugees to leave today BANGKOK. Mon VIETNAM will allow 124 people to leave the country tomorrow in trie first test of its new emigration policy, United Nations sources here said. Among the passengers expected aboard the night irom ho Chi Minh City to Bangkok will be 45
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    Lock icon Bases treaty 'significant'
    76 1 MANILA. Mon Ptorelfin Minuter Carlo* Romuk> his said the amended U8Phlllopines military baas* agreement has become itaniflcar.t because of the armed conflict* In South-east AsU and the Middle East. In an Interview with «oremment television, broadcast over the weekend. Oenerai Momuto said "The Involvement of other external
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    Piny in from today
    54 1 STARTING today, the Straits Times will adopt the Pinyin system far spelling; Romanised Chinese names of people and place*. We publish on Pare IS easy-to follow raides to the new system, including a pronunciation table and floaaaries a* both the old and new spellinf styles for
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    Spyros: Shipyard fined $20,000
    139 1 Spyros: Shipyard fined $20,000 JURONG Shipyard and its machinery repairs manager, Sekido. were fined a total of $30,000 by a district court yesterday after they admitted to three charges. under the Factories Act resulting from the disastrous explosion and Are on board the tanker Sypros last October. The shipyard was
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    Lock icon Soviet plane crash
    53 1 MOSCOW. Mon. A Soviet TU-104 airliner crashed near Moscow on Saturday and there axe casualties." the Soviet news agency Tass said yesterday In a rare disclosure of a domestic air disaster. No details of the crash were available. The TU-104 jet has a maximum capacity of about
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    Lock icon The weather
    16 1 UP TO NOON TODAY: Isolated showers around mid-day, according to the Singapore Meteorological Service.
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    Unions to start own soft drinks company
    455 1  - Unions to start own soft drinks company J.D. INDRAN By TWO major industrial unions in Singapore, with a combined membership of almost ih">,000, yesterday announced plans to go into the soft drinks business in a bid to break what they described as the "strangehold" of soft drinks manufacturers and coffee
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    Lock icon Formal 'yes' by Israeli cabinet
    573 1 Formal 'yes' by Israeli cabinet JERUSALEM, Mon THE Israeli cabinet Rave formal approval today to the proposed peace treaty with Egypt and related documents. The approval came after a five-hour cabinet meeting that ratified the treaty provisions as a whole. The cabinet had already approved the provisions piecemeal Immediately after
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    Lock icon 3-month halt
    45 1 TOliz>.. Von. Japan n Mitsui lnuuj'-.)RI group sai>l here today It hid decided to fusper.d foi three uk nOn building of a USS3 25 billion (Bs7 billion) petrochemical complex at Bandar Bhapur In Iran because of the unstable political situation there. Reuier. /iFP.
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    95,000 back
    38 1 RANGOON. Mon. Burmese Prime Minister U Maung Maung JCha said today 95.000 people who n>d from Burma Into neighbouring Bangladesh nearly a yim ago have been repatriated under an agreement reached between the two countries Kcuier.
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    Lock icon West Bank curfews
    77 1 TEL AVIV. Mon. Israeli troops held two Palestinian towns in the occupied West Bank of the Jordan River under strict curfews today, and military spokesmen reported scattered demonstrations against the Israel Egypt pea c treaty. The number ot demonstrations diminished from the high level of a week
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  • AROUND THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Refugees from Afghan: Pak may seek aid
      206 2 Refugees from Afghan: Pak may seek aid RAWALPINDI. Monday Pakistan may ask the United Nations and other international agencies for help in the relief of Afghanistan refugees fleeing a government "reign of terror," a spokesman said yesterday. About 35,000 Afghan refugees are being given food and shelter by the South
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      Lock icon 78-year-old stabs teenage robber
      118 2 78-year-old stabs teenage robber NEW YORK, Mon. A 78-year-old man grabbed a butcher knife from a teenager who was trying to rob him and stabbed the youth to death, police said yesterday. David Chandler was having dinner with a friend in a neighbourhood near his home on Saturday night. Chandler
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      Iran troops sent over border, says Kabul
      453 2 Iran troops sent over border, says Kabul AFGHANISTAN today accused neighbouring Iran of sending several !u OUH n<i tr ?°P^. °V- er the border in disguise and of trying to create trouble for the pro-Sovi-et government in Kabul. The accusations on Afghan Radio, monitored in Islamabad, followed unconfirmed reports of
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      Lock icon Leftist groups oppose text of referendum
      336 2 Leftist groups oppose text of referendum TEHERAN, Monday TWO KEY Iranian leftist groups expressed opposition today to the wording of the scheduled March 30 referendum on setting up an Islamic republic here. The wording calls for a simple yes or no vote on whether the overthrown monarchy should be replaced
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      Lock icon Fifth meeting
      50 2 RABAT, Mon. The fifth ministerial conference o( members of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA). will be held here from March 30 to 28, to lay the groundwork for a new cooperation accord between the European Common Market and African. Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Nation* AFP
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      Lock icon Villa blast
      29 2 PORTO-VECCHIO (Corsica). Moo. Coniran separatists tonight blew up the holiday villa of Frwch Foreign Minister. Jean Fraacoto-Poocet. causing extensive damage, police said Mo one was injure! Reuter
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      Lock icon Snow deaths
      35 2 ALTODORF (Switzerland), Mon. Two students were swej I to death by an avalanche while climbing the Spilauerstock Mountain today, police said. They did not disclose the indentity or nationality of the victims. Reuter.
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      Science films Science films
      31 2 Science films Science films HONGKONG, Mon. China, eager lo disseminate knowledge (X science in its industrialisatton drive, plans to screen more science and educational films, Hsinhua news agency reported rodav. Rputpr
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  • AROUND THE WORLD 2
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      Lock icon Marcos 'yes' to plan for refugee islands
      188 3 MANILA, Mon President Marcos has approved a plan by Indonesia and the Philippines to offer each an island as processing cantres for Indochinese refugees waiting to find new homes abroad, Foreign Minister Carlos Romulo says. Dr Romulo, who was shaking in an interview
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      Lock icon Dissident's wife is turned
      76 3 Dissident's wife is turned away AVITAL BfcefcanMky, wife lmprisMM* Scviet Jewtok Activist AMtoly Shrharaasky, Iwldlig b»\ ccaUlnlnK her wedding ring v she talks U rabbi Avraham Weto «rislde the S»viet misstoa In New York M Sunday. Mm Shoharaasky said the KGB (Savlet secret police) U*k her husband's ring when he
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      Lock icon 'Need to build up stocks'
      71 3 'Need to build up stocks' ROME. Mon. There is an "urgent" need to build up the world's stocks of grain and other foods to counter future shortages, the Director General of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (PAO), Mr Edouard Saouma has warned. Another world food crisis like that of 1972-73.
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      Lock icon Skull find
      38 3 HONGKONG. Mon. A fairly well-preserved human skull estimated at 100.000 to 200.000 years old was found in March last year in Dali County of central China's Shaanxi (Shensi) province. Xinhua (Hsinhua) news agency reported today. AFP.
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      Lock icon Sea law talks: Call to drop some demands
      330 3 GENEVA, Mon WESTERN nations have sounded a clear warning that any breakthrough at the UN Conference on the Law of the Sea, starting a new session today, is impossible unless developing countries back off from some of their more sweeping demands. Lasting
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      Lock icon Recapture of Kompong Speu claimed
      203 3 Recapture of Kompong Speu claimed BANGKOK, Monday FORCES loyal to ousted Premier Pol Pot claimed today to have recaptured the provincial capital of Kompong Speu, 45 km southwest of Phnom Penh. It was the first provincial seat claimed retaken in the guerilla war. The Voice of Democratic Kampuchea radio said
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      Lock icon 'Satisfactory'
      27 3 LOS ANGELES. Mon Singer songwriter Neil Diamond was reported in "satisfactory" condition today following nine hours of bark surgery to remove a portion of vertebra. UPI.
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      Lock icon New ideas to rock the world?
      178 3 NEW YORK, Mon. When Mr George Coakley financed and marketed a little gunmick known as (he 'pet rock" a few years ago, that bit of absurdity brought in US$2 million for his adver tising and marketing agency in California. So when Mr Coakley came
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      In other Words...
      33 3 In other Words... 6 The trie liberation of mankind. .is the liberation from the mere appearances of freedom, from the appearances of freedom that are not true A freedom. Pope John Paul n.
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      Air crash: 6 die
      60 3 AUCKLAND, Mon. Six peopJe died today when a light plane crashed beside the desert road near Taurangi in the central North Island, police reported. The single-engined Cessna, owned by Taupo Air Services, was on a flight from Paulmerston north to Taupo when it crashed in low
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      Lock icon Trade talks
      30 3 TOKYO. Mon. Japan and China started negotiations today on a five-year extension o( their present long-term trade agreement and an expansion on trade between the two countries. AP.
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      Lock icon University in mass cheating scandal
      313 3 NEW DELHI, Monday MASS cheating at a well-known Indian university has shocked and amused newspaper readers in recent weeks, led to a citizens' inquiry committee and drawn sharp reaction from Prime Minister Desai's Government. The students of the staterun Meerut University, about 80 km northeast
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      Lock icon American, Germans held on drug charges
      173 3 American, Germans held on drug charges BANGKOK, Mon. Police said today they arrested an American girl, her Thai boyfriend and two West Germans in separate places in Thailand on charges of possessing narcotics. Karen Roberts, 19, from Los Angles, was arrested yesterday with her Thai boyfriend, Pradith Choowong in a
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      Lock icon $86m drugs seizure
      71 3 NEW YORK, Mon. Twenty tonnes of hashish worth US$4O million (SJBe.B million) the largest seizure of the drug in US history was discovered aboard a ship being towod into New York harbour, federal officials said on Sunday. A coast guard spokesman said the seizure resulted from a
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      Lock icon Thais to cut duty on films by half
      161 3 BANGKOK, Mon. Thai Premier Kriangsak Chomanan has ordered the import duty on foreign films to be halved, raising hopes that competitive foreign films will return to the local cinema circuit. The move came 27 months after former Premier Thanin Kraivichien, in a
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      Lock icon Japan's water problems a way of life?
      320 4 TOKYO. Monday WATER shortages may become a way of life even in the metroploitan areas of Tokyo and Osaka if water resources are not developed in the next decade, the Japanese National Land Agency warned today. More than 20 Japanese cities are already
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        Lock icon 'Let him have thy cloak'
        67 4 MANCHESTER: A bishop appealing to fellow dignitaries for the return of his new cloak that disappeared at his consecration ceremony is getting nothing but the bible in answer. "And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him
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        Lock icon 'Sex shops' on the rise
        46 4 Jakarta: A number of "sex shops" have quietly emerged in Jakarta, the newspaper Suara Karya reported. It quoted some shop keepers as saying that those buying the sexual paraphernalia were generally middle aged men. No women ever entered the shops. AFP.
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        Lock icon $1.3 m robbery: 3 cops held
        39 4 BUENOS AIRES: Five men arrested in connection with a bank robbery last week included three policemen, Buenos Aires police said. Banknotes worth almost US$600,000 (S$1.3O2,0O0) were stolen in the robbery, police added. Reuter.
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      Shanghai welcome for US ship
      65 4 A group of Shanghai citizens lining up near the city's docks to give a warm welcome to the American freighter Letitin Lykes as the ship sails Into port on Sunday. China's Hslnhua news agency said the ship was the first US vessel to call at
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      Lock icon Soviet carrier out in show of force
      440 4 Soviet carrier out in show of force TOKYO, Mon A SOVIET aircraft carrier is steaming towards the Arabian Sea apparently to neutralise the effects of an American task force deployed in the same area. President Carter earlier this month sent the task force, centred on the Seventh Fleet supei carrier
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      Lock icon 'Opec will raise prices by about 15 pc' forecast
      293 4 TOKYO, Mon. A private Japanese economic research group today predicted that the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, (Opec), will raise oil prices by about 15 pe r cent in the financial year starting next month. The price increases will help Japan,
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      Lock icon Gains in 2 polls for Schmidt and allies
      156 5 Gains in 2 polls for Schmidt and allies BONN, Mon. Chancellor Helmut Schmidt's leftliberal coalition enhanced its prestige hi West Germany by making gains in two key regional elections last night. The two coalition partners unexpectedly increased their share of the vote in the largely Catholic Rhineland Palatinate where they
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      Lock icon Sonoda meets US adviser
      75 5 TOKYO. Mon. Foreign Minister Sunao Sonoda (old a US Presidential representative here today that Japan did not want the current trade (notion between Tokyo and Washington to develop into a political issue. Foreign Ministry sources said. Mr Sonoda spoke at a meeting »ith Mr Henry Owne.
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      New twist to S. Africa scandal
      268 5 New twist to S. Africa scandal JOHANNESBURG, Monday SOUTH Africa's festering Information Department scandal today took a dramatic turn with allegations that government funds were paid to influence key political and labour union figures in both Africa and the West to support South Africa's apartheid policies. The claims were made
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      Lock icon Leftists in France gaining in elections
      104 5 Leftists in France gaining in elections PARIS, Mon. France's leftist parties, reaping political benefits from the country's serious economic difficulties, were scoring moderate gains today in nationwide local flections. With only partial but highly irdicative returns available to the Interior Ministry, the communist and socialist factions and their extreme or
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      44 5 6 When one person sticks his neck oat, the police can chop off his head. In Poland, many, many people are sticking their necks oat and the authorities can do nothing m about It. 7 Polish sociologist and dissident, Jacek Kuron.
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      Lock icon Saudis to put off troop withdrawal
      106 5 BEIRUT, Mon. Saudi Arabia has decided to put off until March 24 the withdrawal of its contingent within the Arab Deterrence Force (ADF) following a request by Lebanese authorities, an AFF source said LM nigfai the cowuninder of the Saudi ADF contingent aid hi»
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    TWO CPIB OFFICERS PROMOTED TO ASST
    127 6 TWO CPIB OFFICERS PROMOTED TO ASST DIRECTORS NINE officers of the Corn;pt Practice* Investigation llureau (CPIB) ha/c been promoted to higher grades in a recent Public Service Commisrion promotion exercise Heading the list ar Mr Yong Ser Hiong and M Tan Ah Leak, both chief special investigators, who have been
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    Body found at sea
    41 6 POLK! have recovei.-d the body n( Sallen bin Long. 19. who disappeared on Sunday will* swim mmg with friends «ff Changi Beach, off Nk-011 Driv.. His body was fouml at sea off Nk-011 Drive at 11 am
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    Man jailed 5 years for break-ins, thefts
    179 6 Man jailed 5 years for break-ins, thefts A T. YEAR-OLD man who pleaded guilty to eight charges of housebreaking and theft of goods and cash totalling 583.962, was yesterday jailed for five years by a district court. When Ong Lav Soi alias Ong Lav Swee was arrested I on March
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    Youth woes
    31 6 MR Tan Siah Kwee. a teacher, will speak in Mandarin on Youth 1~l nlitiim Money and Marriage, at the Bukit Ho Swee community centre at 8 p.m. on Saturday.
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    Applications open for awards
    76 6 Applications open for awards APPLICATIONS for the Singapore Paediatric Society research fund awards are now open. Applicants need not be doctors but mint be qualified person such u nurses, laboratory technicians and medical social workers engaged in paediatric research. Two grants of up to $3,000 each will be awarded this
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    Two fined $4,000 for Sex With minor
    207 6 Two fined $4,000 for Sex With minor TWO construction workers were fined a total of $4000 by a district court yesterday for having sex with an under-aged girl who had run away from home. Mohamed Sidek. 19, was fined $2,500 for having sex with her on three occasions, while Ali
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    Goodwill visit by Philippine navy ships
    72 6 TWO Philippine Navy ships. RPS Ralantiaw and RPS Rajah, with 160 cadets wUl arrive on March 29 on a goodwill visit. The two destroyer escorts, led by the Philippine Military Academy superintendent, Brigadier General Angel Kanapi, will dock at Sembawang Naval Basin. During its
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    Chinese trade minister calls on Lee
    335 6 THE visiting Chinese Foreign Trade Minister, Mr Li Qiang (Li Chiang) called on the Prime Minister, Mr Lee Kuan Yew, at the Cabinet Office in the Istana yesterday. He was accompanied by the departmental director of the Chinese Ministry for Foreign Trade, Mr Xi
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    Van Kleef fish catch Madam Wei's eye
    230 6 Van Kleef fish catch Madam Wei's eye THE wife of the Chinese Foreign Trade Minister, Madam Wei Huantu, now in Singapore for a four-day visit, yesterday toured the Van Kteef Aquarium. She was accompanied by her country's deputy departmental director of the Forti*A n V a ci c St J
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    Export of old cars to Lanka wilt be hit by ban
    210 6 Export of old cars to Lanka wilt be hit by ban ihk Business baem la the sale «f second hand ears to Sri Lanka I* expected to take a tamble because of a baa by the Colombo Government on the import of can which are mere than six years old.
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    PTA officials elected at School
    93 6 PTA officials elected at School MR Charles C. W Syn w M elected president ol the Gan En* Seng School p«ren'-™eh«- *>**"■ *k annual meeting recently. with Mr Mak Chew Tong and Mr Teo Lye Huat elected as vice-presidents. chMl« Wei Nien was elect- *creUry T hUe Mr S,' dney
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    On training
    32 6 MR Teo Slang Koon, a vocational institute training officer, will speak in Mandarin on Industrial Training and Your Future at the Jurong Town community centre at 8 p.m. next Monday.
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    Asst supt starts work as PRO
    151 6 Asst supt starts work as PRO ASST Supt Ting Tuck Sing, started his new job as police public relations officer yesterday. He was introduced to newspapermen at a press conference by the head of public relations department, Mr Teo Han Wue. Mr Teo said the addition of Asst Supt Ting,
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    Study unit has moved
    33 6 THE Mass Transit Study Unit of Ihe Public Works Department has moved to the third floor at the former NAAFI Building in Grange Road The telephone number is *****21.
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    Lawyer's suicide note tells of work pressures
    435 6 Lawyer's suicide note tells of work pressures A LAWYER, in a handwritten suicide note to his wife, indicated that "pressures of work" was one of the reasons for taking his life. In his findings, Coroner Chang Kok Ming said the letter Chan Kim Chye, 49, left for his wife. Madam
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    Hospital's 'stop smoking plan
    88 6 Hospital's 'stop smoking plan THE health education service of the Youngberg Memorial Adventist Hospital will hold its 23rd five-day "Stop Siooking Plan," starting from Sunday. According lo Mr E J HHsler. the hospital's administrator about 60 people have already registered (or the course, which is tree. Participants will be shown
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    On youth
    33 6 MRS Either Tan. an instructor from the Adult Education Board and the Industrial Training Board will speak on Youth problem* at the Marine Parade community centre at 8 p.m. on Saturday.
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    The Spyros disaster: JSL, exec fined $30,000
    985 7  -  MAUREEN CHUA By DISTRICT Judge Mr Syed Alwee yesterday meted out the maxii mum fine of $10,000 for each of the three offences under the Factories Act committed by Jurong Shipyard Limited and its machinery repairs manager which resulted in the I explosion
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    Judge: Why maximum fines were imposed
    676 7 Judge: Why maximum fines were imposed persons employed in factories and other work places. He said: "The Factories Act was repealed and reenacted with several substantive amendments in 1973. "Several more amendments were passed in 1978 to provide for more safety measures to those persons and also to provide for
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      481 9 Malaysia Plan: Hussein assurance X LUMPUR, Mon THE Prime Minister, Datuk Hussein Onn, today presented in the Dewan Rakyat the midterm review of the Third Malaysia Plan which seeks to step up the nation's economic growth, eradication of poverty and restructuring of society Under the review's proposals, an additional $13.5
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      42 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon The constitution for the proposed Asean Stock Exchange Federation will be debated at the forthcoming meeting of Asean stock exchanges next month. The meeting was originally scheduled for March 8, but the Philippines requested a postponement. NST.
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      35 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Deputy Finance Minister. Dr Neo Vee Pan, said today that the Custon.* Department was now working closely with its American, Australian and West German counterparts to check drug trafficking. NST.
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      Kulim MIC polls end in quarrel
      287 9 brought some calm to the meeting but Mr Thannimalai decided that the situation was no longer conducive for the elections to go on. Earlier, the branch chairman, Mr K. S. Annamalai, was re-elected to his post. He received 420 votes to Mr A. Appalasamy's
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      The mock raid was too reel for these two
      200 9 PENANG, Monday A STAGED police "rai Quay, held for the be Television Malaysia fi arrest of two men at t id" at a jetty in Weld enefit of a Radio and 'ilm crew, led to the the weekend, the Echo newspaper
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      Lock icon Guilty plea by Tengku
      91 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Moo. Ten«ku Abdul Aziz Ibni Almarhum Sultan Sir Abu Bakar. 33, was today bound over for {5.000 in two years by the Sessions Court here today, when he pleaded Kuilty to an alternative charge of using as genuine, a letter from the Pahang Forestry
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      33 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. Marine police will be given •'more punch" when six new "long range" gunboats join their fleet next year. Asst Commissioner. Haji ZulkiTli Abdul Rahman, said today NST
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      Lock icon Rampaging elephants cause $10 m damage
      176 9 Rampaging elephants cause $10 m damage JOHOKK BARI Mm. Nine regae elephants have eaas ed more than $11 mllHaa warth of damage to 15 gaventment rabber aad «U palm schemes U Jahare. Pelda Mreetor of Operations Mr AUil Gkaal Saratman aMed that thr elepkaato were ranttnaiiiK to eaaae damage to
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      Chef fined
      31 9 PENANG, Mod. Friel Shayle Michael d'Arcy. a former chef from New Zealand was fined $600 by the magistrate's court today for having 2.13 g of gan]a. He pleaded guilty.
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      376 9 ITF plans to 'fight' in US KUALA LUMPUR, Monday THE North American branch of the International Transport-work-ers Federation (ITF) plans to oppose the granting of landing rights in the United States which the Malaysian Airline System is said to be interested in. Its secretary, Mr J. F. (Hero has written
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      188 9 Straits Times Crossword ACROSS charge to keep a dog 11 Something wrong with 12. J""] the wrong number In the Sw* '"A »i.h wronz DUce is> 9 oo 1 due with 13 gsf ;#r mutt te ftfi-ii'b!.- tor J 16 Egg* when brown are awa w JJ»' I: refule one
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    Policies that contribute to existing problems
    857 10 CHAPTER Three has identified three main shortcomings in the existing education system. They are: Education wastage; Low literacy of many school-leavers; and Non-attainment of effective bilingualism. This chapter describes the major education policies which contribute to these shortcomings. The first part of this chapter
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    Existing education system
    113 10 Existing education system IN the present 6-4-2 education system (i.e. six years of primary, four years of secondary and two years of pre-university education), pupils in all schools follow a common curriculum. There are three common examinations, namely the PSLE. GCE O' and GCE A', which are conducted at the
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    Increased workload for pupils
    135 10 Our study on "Balancing of Curriculum" (MINDEF 4-0 24-5-16 SUPP -C dated 27 Oct 78) shows that pupils' workload has increased over the last 10 years. The main factors which contribute to this increase are outlined below: Prlaury Sekmb Pol'cies of LET (language exposure time) and
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    Promotion and retention policy
    355 10 Promotion and retention policy Only about 22,000 out of 41,000 pupils who enter secondary schools each year manage to obtain three or more GCE 'O' level passes. The high attrition rate is partly due to: The lack of an absolute standard at Primary Six to sieve the pupils going to
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    Poor reading habits of pupils
    155 10 The Institute of Education's '•Survey of Reading Interests and Habits" (written by Professor Heaton, and yet to be published) shows that. generally, pupils did little reading. Poor reading habits were partly due to inadequate support at home. The school environment was also not conducive to
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    Bilingual policy
    67 10 THE objective of bilingualism as spelt out by the ministry is to build a cohesive multi-racial society. This is a very broad and general statement. There is no specific definition of "effective bilingualism" in terms of functional usage (e.g. the abilities to read the newspapers and to converse)
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    Weak and confusing directives from the ministry
    190 10 The concept and policy of LET were introduced in 1966, with the aim of facilitating the learning of the second language, e.g. mathematics was taught in the English language in some Chinese-medium schools. Even now, 12 years afterwards, issues on LET are still
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    Failure to cater for children from different home backgrounds
    44 10 The majority of the pupils are taught in two languages, English and Mandarin. About 85 per cent of these pupils do not speak these languages at home. When they are at home, they speak dialects.
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    Graham struck by the wealth in S'pore
    163 10 Graham struck by the wealth in S'pore THE wealth in Singapore is "tremendous" and filters out to even the humblest people, American evangelist Dr Billy Graham told a New York TV station over the weekend. Dr Graham said he was struck by the affluence in the Republic. He said: "It's
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    Meeting here for Sai Baba devotees
    108 10 Meeting here for Sai Baba devotees DEVOTEES of Sai Baba, an Indian religious teacher or "guru" living at Puttaparti, near Bangalore in India, will come from all over the region (or a "mini-confer-ence" at the University of Singapore's lecture theatre tomorrow and Thursday. Members ot (he public, who are welcome
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    Rigidity and the lack of specific objectives
    140 10 As a result, most of what they have learnt in school is not reinforced. In the past, no attempt was made to provide flexible LET and LIT (language instruction time) to cater for the differences in home support (such as encouragement by parents
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    Emphasis on the English language
    174 10 As Singapore industrialises, the English language becomes more important relative to the other languages. The main emphasis of the ministry has been on the improvement of proficiency in the English language in the non-Erglish-medium schools. Little assistance to improve proficiency in the English language has
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    Lack of a conducive environment for the learning of languages
    104 10 "The most profound influences on the child's acquisition of language skills are the home and the school" Professor Heaton, Institute of Education. While it is difficult to influence the home environment, it is possible to create a conducive environment in
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    Conclusion
    55 10 THE contributing factors to the existing problems in the education system, as far as education policies are concerned, aie: The present rigid education system with a common and heavy curriculum, which does not recognise the differences in pupils' home support and absorption capacity: and The lack of specific objectives
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      74 10 Tomorrow CHAPTER FIVE, which examines the organisation of the Ministry of Education as well as all its deficiencies and shortcomings, will be published in fall tomorrow This will be followed by the publication on Thursday of the recommendations made by Dr (Jon and his team on how the present system
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      130 10 Bringing Up Father By Bill Kavanagh H Hal Camp A «ejs N r HAVE A HEART- TD- _rtf ■L> 60/A/fi HAVE THAT HAD A ASREE ON \*S HE AQT TALK WITH/ U J wt9&*>* HEART- TD- )meAD-TD-Blondle By Chic Young "TL 2T*S ji]|J> C'MON. 06A R ...vtxi- v€ M ETP
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    Lawyers back pre-paid legal service scheme
    881 11  - Lawyers back pre-paid legal service scheme MAUREEN CHUA By SINGAPORE lawyers, in principle, support the introduction of a legal insurance scheme similar to the one recently implemented in the United States to make legal services within the financial reach of the middle and lower income groups. As the president of
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    Japan films
    36 11 THE National Museum will screen three films at Its premises tomorrow at 8 p.m. They are The Scroll of Times a visual history of Japan, The Faces of Japan and Energy Problems in Japan.
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    Prosecution drops four charges
    149 11 HE public prosecutor yes terday withdrew four charges against Moses Khoo KnR Kew. 30, involving abetting one man to forge and another to make use of forged documents to cheat. He is currently serving a three-year jail term after he admitted using forged Development Bank of
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    Residents duped into buying 'virility' pills
    245 11 Residents duped into buying 'virility' pills A LARGE ■amber M >—« wives and "«Mer gaUMe" rMWcata la Th.ms.n, Bakit Tlfjuli m 4 Aag M* Xl« »re»t have been daped iato baylag cerUia teaieta which tw* saleomea claim eaatala Vltamia C sad eaa •verccme lmp*teacy. The men, desert bed as a
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    CC courses
    29 11 BUKIT Merah community centre will hold courses on dressmaking, flower arrangement, lantern making, fruit and vegetable carving, beauty culture and rug making soon. For details, telephone *****7.
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    Identified
    28 11 POLICE have identified the body of an elderly woman found in the Kallang River on Saturday as Madam Lee Ah Mui. 65. of Block 63. Havelock Road.
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    House is told of the threats hawker inspectors face
    1299 12 House is told of the threats hawker inspectors face Reporter*: CHI A POTEIK. CHRISTINA RCDRIGUES. S.M. MUTHU, ELENA CHONG and EDMUND TEO THERE were 21 ca* s of assault against hawker lia'son inspcc tors in 1975 and since ther ported DR LAU TEIK SOON ported, L#t Lau Teik Soon (Serangoon
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    CHU to move to Toa Payoh
    339 12 THE Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus is expected to move to Lorong 1, Toa Payoh, in a few years, the Law Minister MR E. W. BARKER told Parliament yesterday. Mr Barker, who Is also Minister for Science and Technology, was replying to MR
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    Work on Ang Mo Kio Poly in mid-year
    804 12 CONSTRUCTION Of the Ang Mo Klo Polyclinic will begin In the middle of this year, and when completed in two years, it will provide outpatient curative, maternal, child health, family planning, dental and psychiatric services. Health Minister DR TOH CHIN CHYE said
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    Hawkers and the CPF
    281 12 THE Central Provident Fund Board Is studying the desirability and feasibility of requiring hawkers to make CPF contributions, the Minister of State (Labour), MR SIA KAH HUI, told Parliament yesterday. Mr Sla said a hawker's income fluctuates from month to month. Hence, It Is difficult to
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    37 active triad societies
    311 12 THERE are 37 active secret societies comprising 110 gangs operating In various parts of Singapore, Home Affairs Minister ME CHUA SUN cHIN told the House yesterday. He was replying to MR YEO CHOO KOK cDelta) who queried how many societies are still active, and in which
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    Resiting street hawkers
    177 12 Resiting street hawkers ABOUT 5.000 of the total 6 600 licensed street hawkers will be reslted by 1981, and the rest In various stages, Parlia ment was told yesterday MR CHOE YEOK EN(5, Parliamentary Secretary (Environment), said the 6,500 Include 4«5 itinerant and 86 "showcase" hawkers. Thirteen markets and food
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      A new contest?
      276 12 SINGAPORE may just see a new kind of competition soon, one between government ministries to see which has the best safety record on the road «w» It n V l aS b llqUe^ su S* ested M HWANG SOO JIN (Jalan Kayu) who told the Defence Minister
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      Light moments
      255 12 MR HO, who had been speaking in Mandarin, protested in English that the minister had not understood his point again. The stalls he had in mind, he said, have been vacant since he became MP for Khe Bong. Ah, but the minister had not misunderstood. These things take
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      Lack of legroom
      320 12 POSTSCRIPT: In Saturday's column. I suggested that MPs complaining about working conditions In the House should come up to the press gallery. Several readers now want to know what's wrong with the gallery. In a single word, cramped. Each reporter has about 65 cm of writing space,
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    Driving circuit far SAF
    671 12 THE Minister for Defence. MB HOWE YOON CHONG, told Parliament yesterday that a special driving circuit is expected to be ready at Keat Hong by the middle of the year to Improve the training facilities for Singapore Armed Forces drivers. MakLig his maiden reply in Parliament
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    Why cycle tracks discontinued
    114 12 THE provision of cycle tracks along major roads has been discontinued because such tracks are poorly used by cyclists, the National Development Minister MB TEH CHEANG WAN told Parliament yesterday. Provision of cycle tracks will not reduce road accident* unless cyclist use the cycle tracks and
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    Rohan top spender in byelections
    429 13 THE highest expenses for campaigning in the February byflections were made by Mr Rohan Kamis, who stood against Workers' Party secretary general, Mr J.B. Jeyaretnam, and won the battle for votes in Telok B 1 a n g a h constituency. Mr Rohan spent $7,121
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    AUPE course
    35 13 THE educational projects committee of the Amalgamated Union of Public Employees will hold a weekly course on simple electronic construction from Sunday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Those Interested should phone *****3
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    4 SOLDIERS IN MISHAP STILL WARDED
    112 13 POUR of the 27 soldiers Injured In Sunday's army lorry mishap In Hill View Avenue, off Upper Buklt Timah Road, are still warded at two hospitals. At the Singapore General Hospital are Satahu Rahman bin Balum and Manjeet Singh, both 18, and Leong Kok
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    229 13 National banking and finance essay contest THE Institute of BankIng and Finance and the Association of Banks in Singapore have jointly organised B national banking and finance essay competition. The competition is divided Into three sections: Open section (for public and staff of ABS and IBF member institutions), tertiary section
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    Fall in accident figure
    319 13 THE number of accldents Involving Environ ment Ministry vehicles had fallen from 356 in 1976 to 268 last rear, Parliament was told yesterday The Environment Minlster Mr Lim Kirn San lng,£,™™nG *^5 11f ,J£ 8? \i^ ti2r l9 ui t, he, mnl?, tr i' had 567
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    Estimates for ministry approved
    99 13 Estimates for ministry approved THE estimates for the Ministry of Science and Technology were promptly approved after the Political Secretary to the ministry. MR LIM CHEE ONN. had replied to a question by MR EUGENE TAP (Mountbatten). Mr Yap wanted to know why a substantial sum had been allotted to
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    What Toh said
    76 13 THE Straits Times reported on Saturday that Health Minister Dr Toh Chin Chye had told Parliament during the Budget debate la.it Friday that one reason why the government wanted to cut down the intake of women Into the medical faculty of the University of Singapore was that
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    Ministry offers bursaries to its education officers
    283 13 Ministry offers bursaries to its education officers THE Ministry of Education is offering bursaries for serving education officers (Group 3) who wish to pursue undergraduate degree courses relevant to the Education Service, at Nanyang University or the University of Singapore. Candidates must possess a full Higher School Certificate or OCE
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    Silver jubilee celebrations
    66 13 THE Singapore Kalralte Kala Nllayam will stage a Malayalam drama. Tbeeram Thedunna Thlrakal (Wave* that Search tor the Shore*) at Cultural Centre Theatre. Canning Rise on Saturday and Sunday at 7.30 p.m to celebrate Its silver jubilee. Other programmes to mark the occasion Include a variety show
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    'Schools must resist use of gimmicks'
    292 13 'Schools must resist use of gimmicks' PRINCIPALS and vice-principals must resist the temptation to employ various gimmicks to impress Education Ministry officials, says the Singapore Teachers' Union. The union also says they must decide In consultation with the teachers, on the extent to which they can implement directives without adversely
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    It's NSC now
    43 13 THE National Salety First Council of Singapore is now known as the National Safety Council of Singapore (NBC». This change is necessary because of a similar set-up of national safety councils all over the world, a council statement said yesterday.
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    Rotary talk
    35 13 THE Director of Civil Aviation, Mr Tan Kwang Hung, will speak on Changi Insight into the Next Decade at the Rotary Club of Singapore's lunch meeting at Mandarin Hotel tomorrow at 1 pjn.
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    Ministry 'no' to ban on flour imports
    133 13 THE Ministry of Trade and Industry has rejected the re«uest by food manufacturer* to restrict or ban Import* of floor to protect the local Soar industry. Making the request, the Singapore Food Manufacturers Association said the Industry not only face* gloomy prospects In
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    Unscathed by fire but they now live in darkness...
    305 13 IT HAS been candles for lighting and water at $1 a day from a nearby shop for Mr U. M. David, 54, a small-time business man and his family in Aljun >d Road since early last month. Their life style in
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    Piano recital
    29 13 THE National Theatre Trust and the French Embassy will present a recital by French pianist Bernard RlngeLssen at the DBS Auditorium on March 29 at 8.30 p.m.
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  • The Straits Times TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 1979
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      RICHER JOBS
      407 14 THE PICTURE of workers slaving away under Dickensian conditions is happily a thing of the past. But despite the modern physical conditions under which today's workers work, for large numbers especially in the assembly line, work remains a drudgery and a grind. It is no doubt with this
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      COMING TOGETHER
      311 14 MR LIM KEE MING, president of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry, gave a thoughtful speech at the weekend, which deserved serious consideration for the constructive suggestions it made. His proposal that Singapore traders should set up conglomerate companies to handle foreign trade to compete more
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    Lock icon Case against separating solicitors and barristers
    901 14  -  ROBERT HERSHEY By in London ONE OF Britain's strongest bastions of privilege and tradition, its ancient, close-knit legal establishment, is under siege. Except perhaps for the monarchy, no British institution has been so adept as the legal profession in protecting rights accumulated over centuries
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    Writers in war of words
    749 14  -  MICHAEL MALLOY By SHE SAYS he shows signs of "infantile feelings of omnipotence." He counters "That when aging women throw tantrums it's a sign of menopause. She says his newspaper columns are "syndicated claptrap." He says her newpaper is undermining the government. She is Kerima
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    Lock icon Cheap air fares move not catching on
    669 14  - Cheap air fares move not catching on MARGARET GORDY By in London THEY SAID it couldn't be done, but Freddie Laker did it. Then they said everyone would do it, but hardly anybody did. "It" is low-cost air travel, pioneered by Sir Freddie and his Skytrain same-day-purchase US$200 (SJ430) round
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      767 14 "I had a job that paid more money than any of my friends." When I left school I thought I was smart. But now I realise the truth. I had B^. no future, and by the time l was 25 1 was Aw, at a dead end There are a
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      641 15 THE Chinese Government recently adapted the Ptnyln system for spelling Romanised Chinese place and personal names. The system is aim being used by the United Nations and international news agencies while mast major newsfmpers are making the switch. Starting today, the Straits Times will begin using
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      Pronunciation
      259 15 THK FX)LU)WING is the Pinyin system alphabet showing the pronunciation with approximate English equivalents. In parentheses, for reference, are t he corresponding charactiTs that were used in a modified Wade-<Jiles system. a(a) vowei as in far. hi pi consonant as in be. c(ts) consonant as in its chd'h) consonant
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      196 15 FOLLOWING air main at mualrlpalities, pr»viaees, MUMmm regiaas and well-ka«wa cities spelled la tke Ptayia system. la parentkesw, f«r refereaee, are the rMvrntlwul f»rms. MINHIFAUTIFX BeijlBK (Pekiag). SkaaKkai (Skaagkal). Tlaajbi (TleaUln). PROVINCES AND SELECTED CITIES Anhal (Aaawei). Befei (Hafei). Brnfcba (Peagpa). PaJUa (Faklea). FaihM (Ftwlww). Xlamea (Am«y).
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      178 15 FOLLOWING are names of leading Chinese political figures spelled in the Pinyin system. In parentheses, for reference, are the spellings in a modified Wade-Giles system. Chairman of the central committee of the Chinese Communist Party: Hua Guofeng (Hua Kuo-feng) Deputy Chairmen: Chen Yun (Chen Yun), Deng Xiaoping (Teng
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      Restriction that will encourage mediocrity
      749 15 Restriction that will encourage mediocrity Curbs on medical intake WITH ONE stroke of the pen the government has dashed the hopes of many a bright young boy or girl who has striven so hard for 12 long years in the hope that at the end of it, he or she
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      All treated equally
      64 15 I REFER to the letter from Discriminated ST Feb 17). I wish to assure the writer that the policy governing the issue of Reentry Permits to permanent residents has been applied uniformly to all permanent residents. I invite the writer to call at my office so that
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      Clippies who are too busy for their jobs
      198 15 I REFER to "Bus Conductors who do not know their jobs' by Observer (ST Feb 3) and "More details please" by PRO, SBS (ST Mar 3). The job of a bus conductor is to collect fares, issue tickets and to signal the
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      53 15 THE children of Mayflower and Ang Mo Kio primary schools are badly in need of a patrolman to help them cross Avenue 3 which is a major road and where the traffic is heavy and fast. Will the relevant authorities do something as soon as possible. WORRIED
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      1356 16 THt i an i transacted ready smle at Um rice* of business on th» Stock Exchanc* of Singapore yesterday compared with tM prrvlou* day's prices together with ina hich and low Adjiuted for »enprtfnu usuc) wnn* i« Ml«k L.- <«•»••• tab SICTION ONI INDtfTftlALS 7B IS ACM 214
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      1509 16 BID and offer prices officially listed and business In and reported to the Stock Exrtiangf of Singapore yesterday with the number of shares Haded shown In brackets In lets of 1.000 units unless otherwise specified All Times Settlement Contracts are quoted after the word "sett" Big Board
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      1702 16 BID and offer prices officially listed and business in and reported to the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange yester<i»> with the number of shares traded shown In brackets In lots of 1 .000 units unless otherwise specified. INIMSTBMUi A«M<212B) AMmbiIKSI (1)1» Al«» H«M (120SI A k D(0(OS) (2 506
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        29 16 THE STRAITS tin price continued its uptrend yesterday, adding another $5 to $1,990 per picul in Penang on an official offering up 22 tonnes to 180 tonnes.
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        RUBBER
        464 16 OPENING quotations in the Singapore rubber market yesterday were marked down 1.25 cents following easier London advices and last Friday's after hours' weakness here, dealers said. The market later fluctuated narrowly throughout the morning session in quiet trading. The morning session closed very quiet. The afternoon was very quiet
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        75 16 iSRJO iSRU 4RELB II umpaiko <l unpalko AprU Ma> ICimU Mlk) lf.r««ri MU] B«r«rs g«U«r> Buy.r. S.I1.M 244S0 24U0N 24SM 247 50N ***** 24J5ON ***** 244 SON IMRCV 1MRU. .MR(.P w. .MH» iMR.U) 1 1 -to* p«A*ti II u» p^ktl II b»|Mdt<l HtH 2MS0N IS700 23»gON 2MS0
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        Closing prices
        30 16 Rubber: March 19 Singapore: April: 252.00 cents (down 0.75 cent) Malaysia: April 255.50 cents (down 0.50 cent) Tin: $1,990 (up $5) Official offering: 180 tonnes (up 22 tonnes)
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        74 16 B Sriabawaai 376 +42 Kuchai IV T Harbour 410 +30 A Kotrrpri.e. 322 +3* OCBC «S0 +25 Malayawata 2S8 +21 Ajrpr Hitam Tin 1250 +20 Island A Pea 350 +20 Sunfti BmI 80S +lt Berjuatai 775 +15 Stan Kinta «0 +15 Apollo 270 +15 Y H S 350 +14
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        13 16 161 .3 ?Trf^? r*' 306 -2 Time. Pub -2 Robfaaon m "2
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        33 16 Haw Par 320.000 Setron 288.000 X L Kepong 215.000 t'OL 175.000 B Sembawang 145.000 Kulim Msia 128.000 Coaa Plant 119.000 Setroa A 100.000 I' O B 108.000 Sime Darby 104.000
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        36 16 Mar 16 Mar 19 B.T.lndex 1938.42 *****5 Industrials: 362 35 366 55 Finance 644.86 650.16 Holels: 273.27 274.78 Properties: 230.05 236.11 Tins: 175.17 177.20 rubbers: 560.36 565.24 0.C.8.C: 337.29 343.17 S.E.S.Ind: 327 69 333 81
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        345 16 I Whttlock 1-329 »002J Whfflort Marll A 3.90 Wine On Co Win| On Liff Wlnw 2.72S -007S Wyncof Zung Fu OJS 0.01 HONGKONG:- The market closed firmer yesterday after active trading in selected stocks, and the Hang Seng index gained 4 86 to 555 92 points, dealers said. After
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        343 16 SYDNEY:- Resources stocks continued to dominate market activity with selected coals, uraniums and base metal in most demand yesterday, dealers said. CmU aad Allied rose 20 cents to AJ5.50. Itak 15 to $5, White ladastrlM 10 to $3.60, Q»ee» laad Mteca five to $3.45 and PMOMrttaeatal 15 to $14.10.
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        434 16 Share prices closed mixed in thin trading with both buyers and sellers awaiting fresh factors, dealers said. The Dow Jones average rose 4.10 to close at 6,029.85 points, with a volume of 140 million shares, the lowest turnover since December 1977. the New index was 446.46. down 0.13 point.
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        PRODUCE PRICES
        119 16 CHINESE PRODUCE EXCHANGE, SINGAPORE, NOON CLOSING PRICES PER PICUL YESTERDAY: Cinaal atl: Bulk $125 sellers, old drum Si3o sellers new drum 1135 seller* Caara: Mixed (looae) UK/Cont (79.00 buyers. Pepper: Muntok ASTA white fob 10f. NLW {312.50 sellers. Sarawak white lob 96. NLW $297.50 sellers. Sarawak special black
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        GOLD
        176 16 THE KILOBAR market yesterday opened al $17.1« and closed about unchanged from the opening. In the Far East. (Old opened at US $243 SO 244 00 Alter dipping a little al noon to $243 50 90. gold moved back to a high of $244 10 50 In the afternoon
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      Trading turns steady, firm
      341 16 STEADY rrniJlttMis ralrd in wlectlvf rating at thr Stork ExrkMge af SJnp;»porr yesterday. Thr omrket Appeared te be K*lnx f»r 1u»ti»n stacks (•lUwtng tke r«cmi spate *f Ukr«.rr> by listed rtfflpMlei «f *Uwr rompaaies. Steadlag cat anton* these was Bakit Sembawaag which mcvrd within M-cent ratge
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      Kuala Lumpur
      294 16 STRONG buying interest in the afternoon took the Kuala Lumpur stock market to a very steady finish yesterday. Trading was brisk and there were good gains in virtually every sector. The New Straits Times industrial ordinary share index, reflecting the strong run-up, advanced 5.77 points to 402 while
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      Money and exchanges
      93 16 THE US dollar opened higher at $2.1780/00 in the Singapore forex market yesterday, compared with 8.1765/75 at last Friday's close. It was soon taken to $2.1800 10 where it fluctuated very narrowly in quiet trading, to close slightly easier at $2.1790 00. Interbank rates at 3 p.m.
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      NOMINAL RATES
      154 16 Curraoct** Nominal rat** Smithsonian Parcantaga quoted y**t*rday (crots)parity ch«ng. l>oral dollars to mar unit af fcreiga currency: US dollar 2.1790 2.1800 2.8196 -22.72 Sterling pound 4.4190 4.4235 7.3469 -39.85 Australian dollar 2.4350 2.4475 3.4286 -28.98 MZ dollar 2.2825 2.3055 3.4286 -33.27 Canadian dollar 1.8595 1.8615 Local dollars to
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      ASIAN CURRENCY RATES
      281 16 ASIAN currency deposit interbank rates as at close on March 19: Closing Asian dollar certificates of deposit for prime names: Source: Merrill Lynch International (Asia) Co. Money market Closing Interbank rates for Singapore dollars on March 19 Offer Bid Overnight 4 4 1 month 6 11/16 8
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      Minimum lending rates
      25 16 THE average rate at wnlch Singapore banks are currently prepared to lend to V their beat easterners to 8 per cent. I
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      Hold your shares as good times are ahead says Guthrie
      896 17 Hold your shares as good times are ahead says Guthrie IT IS jam today and caviar tomorrow for UK based Guthrie Corporations. This seems to be the message the Cuthrie board is trying to convey to its shareholders before the offer by Sime Darby draws to a close. With Simes
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      Sime counting on F.E. friends
      451 17 SIMK DABBY aad Its Landan tasking advisers, kleinuart Bengali, are quietly confident that their litest ud final US3million <S$*T8 rnllU.n) bM far Gathrie Carparatian will secure them effective control. Slme's managing director, Mr Jim Soett, nM: "Kither we end up with U per cent and
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      Wilkinson Rubber profit reaches new high
      262 17 Wilkinson Rubber profit reaches new high EARNINGS at Wilkinson Process Rubber Company continued to improve last year but at a much slower rate after the strong recovery in the 1976/77 period. Group pre-tax profits for the year ended Sept 30, 1978 increased 5.4 per cent to $3.74 million, surpassing the
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      Bousteadco offer for HCB looks attractive
      551 17 Bousteadco offer for HCB looks attractive IT IS ALMOST certain that ;i liNuling rubber broking firm. Holiday. Cutler. Bath and Company (HCB), will he taken into the fold of Bousteadoo Singapore. IJousteadeo has made an offer to purchase the en' ire shift-holding in HCB at a price too attractive to
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      KLI SKIPS 1978 DIVIDEND
      188 17 A BETTER performan<v in the second half year he.ped narrow Kuala Luirpur Industries- losses in the financial year ended Oct 31. 1978 The group reported tl at it managed to recover fr*n a pre-tax loss ut $237.6*13 in the interim stage to a pretax loss of
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    Delegates say 'aye' to plans of two unions
    513 24  -  GEORGE JOSEPH By THE Singapore Industrial Labour Organisation (Silo) and the Pioneer Industries Employees Union (PIEU) yesterday proposed significant changes to the Employment Act and resolved to step up membership campaigns to recruit another 323,350 workers into their fold. Winding up the
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    Grandma was strangled, inquiry told
    350 24 ikBUS conductress, told that her 66-year-old Ither-in-law had fallen in the bathroom, ij*hed home to change her clothes to visit Itef in hospital. j^ut when Madam Goh Lee Kiaw arrived tome, she could not find the key to her wardrobe. aaaaiB^VHBBHB >fifter she had forced
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    Photography officials
    32 24 MR Ang Chwee Chai was elected president of the Photographic Society of Singapore at its recent annual meeting. The vice-presidents are Mr Kouo Shang Wei and Mr Ho Cheong Yeong.
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    Gang clash
    27 24 TWO people were injured in a gang clash outside the PIEU restaurant in Juroog shortly after 11 p.m. Police said they were given outpatient treatment.
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    Ex-OCBC man who took 'rewards' fined $ 18,OOO
    256 24 Ex-OCBC man who took 'rewards' fined 18,OOO A FORMER employee of the Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation, Tan Kay Swee, was yesterday fined $18,000 by a district court for corruption. He was also ordered to pay a penalty of $2.591 80 the amount mentioned in three charges which he admitted. Another 44
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    On aircons
    51 24 THE University of Singapore's Department of Extramural Studies will hold a 14- lecture course on Air-conditioning Systems Designing at the botany museum, Bukit Timah campus, on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7 p.m. to 9.30 p.m., starting today. Ngee Ann Technical College lecturer, Mr Ahmadul Ameen will lead the
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    Mystery paw prints in Lim Chu Kang
    92 24 VILLAGERS ftt the »km IJm( hu kang Road have been puzzled by a series •I paw marks tonnd on I vacant land on the forest fringe. dJjJT T^' i-. Ti «!T i tint discovered on Sanday by the villagers, who Immediately called the
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    Office to serve the Asian travellers
    147 24 THE British Tourist Authority plans to open an office here next year to serve South-east Asian travellers. In a British travel workshop at the Mandarin Hotel which ended on Thursday, the BTA deputy directorgeneral,Mr Frank Kelly, said a clear pattern indicating the adventurous spirit
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    Ex-CPF chairman joins SEF
    119 24 Ex-CPF chairman joins SEF THE Singapore Employers' Federation has appointed Mr William Cheng, 50, former Chairman of the Central Provident Fund Board, as its consultant. A spokesman for SEF confirmed that Mr Cheng will act as consultant in matters relating to industrial relations, since he has had wide experience in
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    On the lookout for love-bites
    426 24 THE High Court yesterday heard how a flight steward, who claimed his house was virtually i like a prisoner-of-war I camp, was made to strip by his wife whenever he returned from a flight so that she could check whether he had any love-bites. Mr
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    Courses at PAP branch
    75 24 THE PAP Tele* Ayer branch will hold English, painting and tim sum classes at its new premises at Block 538, Upper Hokien Street, (or young men and women. The three-month elementary English course will be held on Mondays, the three-and-a-half-month Chinese brush painting course on Frtdays
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    On novel writing
    52 24 FOUR members of the Singapore Association of Writers Mr Chong Fan Lian, Mr Chew Kok Chang, Mr Wong Meng Woon and Madam Lee Sai Yong will give a talk in Chinese on The Art of Writing a Novel at the Queenstown branch library on March 31 at
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      No half measures...
      343 26  -  PETER SIOW By XTO 4-U^v ,-.—4&S maSteri-J\|(jr the ait f I,n--n4-*\ Timm.,' n m«m ot Karate is Jimmy s aim AS a youngster, he had always wanted to do the spectacular, such as climbing the tallest tree and outrunmng the dogs in his kampong at Yio Chu
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      Lock icon McCumber hits the big times
      242 26 MIAMI (Florida), Mon. Mark McCumber, a long-shot rookie, who won right to compete on the Professional Golfers' Association tour only after six attempts, stroked home the two-metre bogey putt he needed on the final hole to preserve a round of par-72 for an upset one-stroke
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      Zainal wins
      70 26 ZAINAL ABIDIN virtually secured himself a place in Singapore's team to the East Asia squash championship in Bangkok early next month with a 9-4, 8-10, 9*. 9-1 win over Jeremy Yeo in a round-robin tie at the Kallang Complex yesterday. In other ties. Ranjodh Singh beat Benny See
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      Lock icon Kenyan Open to Bembridge
      218 26 Kenyan Open to Bembridge NAIROBI, Mon. Maurice Bembridge won the Kenyan Open golf championship here yesterday when Bernard Gallacher missed a one-metre putt in a suddendeath play-off between the two Britons. They had tied on a fourround total of 271 after Gallacher shot a 65 in the final round to
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      Lock icon Aussies reel, but game still in balance
      214 26 PORT OF SPAIN, Mon. The Australians reeled to 155 for six in their second innings in the third World Series Cricket Supertest here yesterday, but the West Indians will need quick wickets this morning if they are to hold the initiative. Australia, who
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      Joanne takes the title as Sandra flops
      428 26  - Joanne takes the title as Sandra flops ERNEST FRIDA Ny 1 ijrOrl WlllS TTO 1 C I Cf(\ I T -L±k_7 gV/IJ. 4-,-fl/-w TTrlfV* LlXl(3 WlLll n» /">/-» Q tl Tl P hr> J-i-AIV/ \J\J SAN DIEGO, Mon. Joanne Carner sank three birdie-putts for a seven-under-par 281 total and a
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      Arsenal's Brady voted 'Player of the Year'
      500 26 LONDON, Mon. Arsenal and Irish international midfield player Liam Brady has been voted "Player of the Year" by his colleagues in English League soccer. Brady received the award last night at the Professional Footballers' Association annual dinner. Five players were named as joint
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      Dianne scores season's first triumph
      750 26 Dianne scores season's first triumph BOSTON (Massachusetts), Mon. Australia's Dianne Fromholtz yesterday scored her first major tournament victory of the season with a 6-2. 7-6 triumph against an ailing Sue Barker, of Britain, to win the US$l5O,OOO ($325,000) women's tennis competition here yesterday. Besides reeling in a US$3O,OOO ($65,000 1
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      212 26 PIBLJC WORKS DEPARTMENT MINISTRY OF NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUI. 1)1 V. MAXWELL ROAD SINGAPORE NOTICE OF EXHUMATION Notice Is hereby given that the Public Works De- partment will exhume 30 or so graves near Track 28, Jurong Rd belonging to Bulim Rubber Estate Ltd on Lot 348 Mukim 9 which are
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      Tang steps nearer to achieving his dreams
      221 27  - Tang steps nearer to achieving his dreams ERNEST FRIDA By TANG Ngai Kin, Singapore's top decathlete has moved nearer towards accomplishing his. dream winning a gold medal at the South-east Asia Games in Jakarta in September. Tang, who has the potential of doing well in the gruelling 10- event sport,
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      Nestle upset Forum
      118 27  - Nestle upset Forum WILFRED YEO By ihk urantjnqwd \estie showed thai they were (.11 from being green \i'sii'iil;i> uh-n lh<"> upset I. l\. mii iif, Sinq.i|M>n' Korum 1 11 in a Singapore liusiness H(HJ.ses Koolhall I^'ague jun ioi knoc-kiHit (|iiai lei final m;ii< h at the Jalan Besar Si,i()uim Nestle
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      Lock icon Davis named new coach
      42 27 LONDON, Mon Former inln national luck forward Mike Davis i day named as Ihe new Kngland i-ugby roach D.iMes. 31. has been coaching Kngland jumoi teams for thr Ivinl |MM «'.i x>n.N He mii ntils IVtet Colston AP
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      Keep the regular players together...
      534 27 JOE DORAI puts forward a suggestion to soccer coach Hartley WHAT has happened to Singapore? After a surprisingly promising start to this year's Malaysia Cup campaign, they sank right to the bottom of the barrel in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday. Forget the 4-0 scoreline Singapore
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      No more shuttling for W-Cup squad
      268 27  - No more shuttling for W-Cup squad GODFREY ROBERT By SINGAPORE'S Junior World Cup hockey squad, who have been shuttling between the Balestier and Padang grounds, sometimes in vain, have finally found a permanent training field. Thanks to the Singapore Sports Council, the 46-mem-ber squad, will train three times a week,
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      Katong are now the joint leaders
      152 27 JACKIE'S BOWL KATONG. I for too long overshadowed by i heir pedigreed kindred from Jackie's Bowl System 460. may well reverse the roles this year, reports WILKRKII YKO. After three weeks of the Intoi -commercial centre bowling league, the men and women of Katong
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      Azman double
      62 27 Mi'MAMMKI) A/man. IS. fMM iaj pimeml his mm 10 the j men's singles and doubles lilies I in the Singapore l«i»n Tennis Asvk i.nion s n»\n rs champion- ship* ,il K.iiHM I'aik Kesuli> Singles: A/m.in bt Ng Menc Smik 6-4. 6-4. Doubles A/man ;in<l MuMa((.i I'mar bl 1
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      Korean cagers ground SIA
      179 27  - Korean cagers ground SIA PETER SIOW By HYUNDAI, the South Korean National League Division One basketball champions, soiled Singapore Airlines' clean record this season at the Ngee Ann Technical College last night. With seven world-class players, Sun Woo Shin, Chui Hyung Park, Sang Chun Kirn, Soo Kyo Park, Myung Soo
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      Top scorer
      39 27 A HATTRICK by ex-international T. Ramachandran enabled Indian Association XI to beat Seasons XI 4-0 in a friendly soccer match at Balestier Road yesterday. Ramachandran scored three goals. The fourth was scored by Rajamanickam off a penalty.
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    116 28 Thais kill 11 Reds in the south BANGKOK. Mon ELEVEN communist Insurgents were killed and 34 others surrendered In suppression operations in two southern Thailand provinces over the past three weeks, a military source reported today. The operations In Nakhon SI Thammarat and Surat Thani provinces employed tactics of bombing
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    43 28 JAKARTA, Mon. The Indonesian Government has banned leading poet W 8 Rer.dra from reading hi* poems In the Jakarta cultural ctntre of Tarr.an Ismail Mariukl. his secretary said today. No reason was given for the ban. he said. AFP.
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    43 28 PRESIDENT Suharto of Indonesia welcoming Thai Prime Minister KrUngsak Chomanan at Polonia Airport in Medan on Saturday. The two leaders later held a three-hour closed door meeting on bilateral relations and security matters with emphasis on the Indochina conflict. UPI picture.
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    91 28 Reporter has to start jail term first RICHMOND. (Virginia). Man. Pulltlier prize-win-ning importer David Chandler Is due to go to Jail tomorrow, and a state Supreme Court Justice has put oil until Wednesday a hearing that could have kept him free. The Norfolk Ledger-Star reporter was handed an Indeterminate jail
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        462 3 IT USED to be the men who said: "See you later, darling, I'm off to the club tonight." Now the boot will be put on the other foot by womenfolk of Marine Parade constituency. This is because an exclusive
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