The Straits Times, 5 May 1979

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    14 1 The Straits Times 25 CENTS M.C.(P) No. 142/1/79 Estd. 1845 SATURDAY, MAY 5, 1979
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  • The Sunday Times
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      INSIDE STORY OF THE IRON LADY
      85 1 MRS Margaret Thatcher has just been elected Britain's first woman Prime Minister. Her election to that high political office will have consequences far beyond the shores of Britain. For she is a woman of determined views on women's role in society, human rights, the
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      GREAT MYSTERIES OF THE CENTURY
      117 1 THEY'RE Ike greatest mysteriea of the eeatary... aad to eaea oae, wan, aaaiimauu, as* the answer. That* Ike UitriKmlaK startlag-patat to a faartaaMag mr weekly fe«tw« wMch tar Baaday Timee la starting tomorrow. LOST UTTHOIT TRACE reaaeaa the Olea aa the wtrM'i mast aaffllag ajuaawaraaeea.
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  • Sunday Nation SENTOSA, ISLAND OF PROMISES
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      NEW COLUMN FOR TRAVELLERS
      73 1 WE'RE r J "-*-c a aew »i— It's far traveller* aad yaa daat have to write. What yea da aeed Is aa eye far the aaaaaal. Meat af as aever ge away wltheat aepee af eaatarlag the memarablc. Well, kere'i year ehaaee to see If ether*
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      OTHER HIGHLIGHTS
      60 1 a The Big Switch-off TV viewers turn off their sets. RJ produces the figures a All the President's miens an insider view of Jimmy Carter a Does the shop sign, "Lovely to look at, Nice to hold, If you break it. We consider it sold," hold legal water?
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      IN SPORTS NATION
      62 1 a Jeffrey Law previews Wags pare* ekaaeea agaiast Sri Laaka aa Meaday la tke prcatlgtoas Asiaa Cap taaraa- Baghy: TV Srramaalvea exptoia haw all af as faas, affMaai aad players gat takea far a ride last Saaday Tcaaas: Haw the balls are made a Athletics: Taa Uai
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    Lock icon HANOI REJECTS PEACE MOVES
    927 1 Harsh words over 'precondition' HANOI, Friday HANOI today rejected a Chinese peace proposal and claimed that Beijing (Peking) had made the withdrawal of Vietnamese troops from Kampuchea a precondition For the normalisation of bilateral relations. But Chinese negotiator Han Nianlong (Han Nien-lung) denied here that Hhina
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    Profile of the new worker
    121 1 Profile of the new worker A NEW breed of workers, technically educated and skill-competent yet versatile and adaptable, will be developed through a "total training" programme by the Vocational and Industrial Training Board. The "total worker" will also be good corporate employees and efficient team workers and be progressive in
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    Tories sweep into power
    146 1 Tories sweep into power LONDON, Friday CONSERVATIVE Party leader Margaret Thatcher today took office as the first woman Prime Minister in the history of Britain and the Western industrialised world. She was summoned by Queen Elizabeth to Buckingham Palace following the decisive defeat of Mr James Callaghan's Labour Party in
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    Lock icon POUND JUMPS ON FOREIGN MARKETS
    169 1 POUND JUMPS ON FOREIGN MARKETS LONDON, Prl. The paand jamped tm werM ferciga exeaaage markets aad ittkarakeri wearlag Mac Tary raaettea cheered hi Laadaa teday as Mrs Margaret Thatcher*! Caawrvattve Party waa tae British geaeral aleeBat sterttag drapped aack aaarpiy after Us Htlal kaast. Operate!-* m«ved la to take praflts
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    Lock icon Hussein's at-all-costs pledge
    407 1 BEIJING (PEKING), Friday MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Datuk Hussein Onn has pledged that Asean will try at all costs to avert an escalation of the Indochina war. Speaking at a banquet here given by Chinese Senior Vice-Premier Deng Xiaoping (Teng Hsiao-ping) last night, Datuk Hussein said: "We in
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    Lock icon FIRST FOR RUMANIA
    55 1 BUDAPEST, Fri. Rumania will for the first time in nine years take part in Warsaw Pact manoeuvres in Hungary later this month, the official MTT news agency reported today. The agency said the other four countries scheduled to participate in the war games are Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary
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    Lock icon Over to No. 10
    480 1 Accompanied by her husband Denis and their children, Mrs Thatcher went straight from Bucking ham Palace to 10 Downing Street. She told a television interviewer on the steps of the Prime Minister's office that she felt ''very excited, very aware of my responsibilities. This is the
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    Scats won Gam Losses
    34 1 j Conservative 339 Labour 268 Liberal 11 Scottish N. P 2 Plaid Cymru (Welsh P.) 2 Others 13 61 11 0 0 0 2 6 51 3 9 1 4
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    Lock icon LATEST NUCLEAR PLANT LEAKAGE
    61 1 LATEST NUCLEAR PLANT LEAKAGE SAN ONOPRE (CaUfemimJM. 8m Oaefre, CaaV faraU's aaly operating dear pewer plant today rtparted leakage af radleaetfve mlitl water frefln eacraalev pipes. T*e re part eajne a 4ay after the Federal Naelear Begalatory f'»mmlari»a wane* that Saa Oaafre Is •a* af five pawer pUau hi the
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      Lock icon Ohira tells of new liberal trade measures
      441 2 AFTER STORMY CONFRONTATION IN U. S. JAPANESE Prime Minister Masayoshi Ohira announced new trade liberalisation measures yesterday after a stormy confrontation with United States Congressional leaders over Japanese restrictions on US exports. Addressing a national Press Club luncheon, Mr Ohira said he will
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      Thailand orders cuts in TV air time to help conserve fuel
      166 2 Thailand orders cuts in TV air time to help conserve fuel BANGKOK, Friday. Thailand has ordered its three television stations to cut their broadcasting hours in a move to conserve fuel, the Bangle ok Post reported. It said the decision had been made even before the Fuel Conservation Committee had
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      'Hitch-hike to save fueF
      21 2 NOVATO (California) In another attempt to pry Americans out of their gasguzzling ways, an experimental programme started
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      Lock icon US, France agree on cut-rate flights
      138 2 US, France agree on cut-rate flights PARIS, Fri. The US OvU Aeronautics Board has agreed after months of tough negotiations to allow Air France to operate cutrate flights between Paris and New York, French civil aviation director Claude Abraham said yesterday. In exchange, the French have agreed to similar facilities
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      Lock icon Bank strike
      31 2 BOMBAY. Fri About 2,500 employee* of the reacrve Bank of India went on indefinite strike today against the ln»UlUtion of a computer In the Bank'i headquarter* in Bombay. Reuter
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      Lock icon THE ENERGY SQUEEZE
      82 2 THE ENERGY SQUEEZE here this week to encourage commuters from this small suburban community to hitch-hike to and from their jobs in San Francisco. The Commuter Connection is being financed and closely watched by local, state and federal transportation experts, who hope the idea can be successfully transplanted into communities
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      Lock icon 54pc say it's all a hoax
      85 2 NEW YORK: A majority of the American public does not agree there is an energy crisis, according to an Associated Press-NBC nationwide television news poll and some (54 per cent) even say energy shortages are a hoax and that they don't like President Carter's
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      56 2 HONGKONG, Fri.- Hongkong's Media magazine, which makes a monthly award for the best Asian press blooper, today singled out for praise the souvenir programme for a recent seven-a-side rugby tournament here. A note from the airline and cigarette companies which funded the tournament was carried under the banner
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      'Not a base'
      47 2 TOKYO, Fri. North Korea has categorically denied a report carried by a British newspaper the daily telegraph last week that the Soviet Union was using Na Zin Port on the Western Coast of North Korea near the North-Korea Soviet border as a naval base.
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      Lock icon 'Russians cannot move into new embassy unless...'
      260 2 'Russians cannot move into new embassy unless...' WASHINGTON, Fri. The United States has reportedly warned the Soviet Union that it cannot move into its huge new embassy-apartment complex in Washington until a contract is signed to build a US counterpart in Moscow. The Soviets' new quarters, including six apartment buildings
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      JOGGERS CANT TURN DOWN THIS OFFER
      118 2 PHOENIX (ArlsMa), Fri. A new range M life Utsoraaee policies aftertax dIMMUts M ap U IS per cent for peapie wh« Jag or take ather aer*Mc exercises regmbuiy and have regular medical eheekaps w»s >■— lacud by Manhattan Ufe Inswmaee C«. M New Ywfc
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  • AROUND THE WORLD 2
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      Lock icon Election snippets
      193 3 s DURING the final week before Britain's election, the Daily Mirror newspaper, in an unprecedented self-sacri-fice, stopped printing its daily picture of a girl naked above the waist. "Now," cried the newspaper today over a shot of a nude Lorraine Paul, "It's back to the Mirror's gorgeous girls."
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      Impacat
      39 3 WHAT wUI a CBSWrvHx pnr—lt mm far Britain aad Urn mat af Ok* warld? As tfca trmamm— tafcat placa 10 Dirnlii esSHt^£SSSs?sr?£ world aow can oaly alt back aad wait for Mrs Margaret Taatcaar te deal a«r cards.
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      A lonely time for loser and victor
      704 3  - A lonely time for loser and victor HARRY MILLER, THE MORNING AFTER By Bureau chief, Friday our London MR JAMES Callaghan returned to his official home in Downing Street this morning from a victory in his own constituency of Cardiff, knowing that within hours he will have to leave again
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      Lock icon Bonn signals delay in its N-energy programme
      249 3 Bonn signals delay in its N-energy programme BONN, Friday THE government signalled a delay in its ambitious nuclear energy programme yesterday in an apparent bid to defuse criticism in the wake of the American nuclear accident at Three Mile Island. Government sources confirmed reports that plans for the country's proposed
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      Lock icon Taking legal action against union men
      139 3 FRANKFURT, Fri. The Hessen newspaper publishers' federation said yesterday it was taking legal action against three printers' union officials for stopping the London Times from being printed in Frankfurt last weekend. Federation secretary Gebhard Ohnesorge said the publishers' group, together with the printing plant,
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      Lock icon Labour talks
      36 3 WASHINGTON Fri. Ministers of labour from 11 Industrial countries were attending a meeting here to diaai International fair labour standards, what to do about declining industries and lob policies during times of Inflation. AP.
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      Inquest on aborted foetus which Kved
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      812 3 m Steamship HUHV Company Limited GROUP PERSONNEL ADVISER j Around $95,000 per annum plus car plus benefits, but could be more for an outsandii.g applicant The Straits Steamship Group is a diverse organisation comprising over 50 active subsidiary and associate companies and employing approximately 3,800 people. The Group Personnel Adviser
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      OTHER DEVELOPMENTS
      155 4 CHINA has set yet made aay formal er laf »rmal approach to Jan the ADB, Its prafaVaat, Mr Tantehl YeafcMa, said today. laformei searees have said that China made Inquiries about the bank through talrd parties, lnrladlmg the Uftted States, daring Hiea— l— oa the poadMßty of JstaJag
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      Lock icon Hanoi man walks out from talks
      483 4 MANILA, Fri. THE Vietnamese delegate to the current meeting of the Asian Development Bank, Mr Le Hoang, walked out of the conference here today when Hongkong's Financial Secretary Philip Haddon-Cave appealed to the ADB to apply pressure on the international community to speed up
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      Lock icon ADB rethinks priorities in its loan policy
      283 4 ADB rethinks priorities in its loan policy MANILA, Friday The Asian Development Bank (ADB) today readjusted its lending priorities to help Asia's poorer nations to lift themselves above world economic hardships feared in the 1980s. But, ending its 12th annual meeting, the 43-nation bank left unresolved controversy about whether it
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      Lock icon Pilots' bodies given back
      61 4 GENEVA, Fri. Angola will hand over the remains of 12 pilots and crewmen of six South African warplanes shot down last month, it waa announced here yesterday. The handover would take place here under International Red Croat Committee (ICRC) auspices at a date to be fixed,
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      Lock icon Virginia's $I.Bm smile
      90 4 MRS VIRGINIA O' Hue smiling happily after New York Jury •warded her U8$8M,•M (S$1.8 million) on Wednesday tor as offcentre navel. In her suit, Mrs O'Hare claimed that an Internationally known plastic surgeon batched as operation to tighten her stomach and left her belly button 5* mm
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      Lock icon Sanjay and supporters out on bail
      103 4 NEW DELHI, Fri. Mr Sanjay Gandhi, son of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, was released from jail on bail last night with ISO of his supporters who were arrested and charged with rioting, assault, damaging property and attempted murder during a violent anti-government demonstration
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      Bid to include 'poppy clauses' in loans
      135 4 Bid to include 'poppy clauses' in loans WASHINGTON, Fri. US officials will seek so-called "poppy clauses" in loans made by international banks to poor countries in an effort to reduce the flow of narcotics into the United States under a new Carter Administration policy agreement. "The United States and other
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      Lock icon Rejected
      81 4 Meanwhile, the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee on yesterday rejected President Jimmy Carter's request for an emergency US$5O million (5J110.5 million) grant to help Turkey modernise its military forces. But the committee did convert the funds into a US$5O million military sales credit at concessional terms and balanced it
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      Lock icon Man kills parents
      67 4 SAN ANTONIO (Texas), Fri. A man who claimed he was the son of Adolf Hitler subbed his parents to death after after torturing them with a screwdriver wired to an electrical cord, police charged yesterday. Patrick Obrien, 36, was ordered jailed without bond by Justice of The
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      207 4 PUBLIC AUCTION Thursday. May. 17 at 10 AM ktecMnary a Equtpmanl on Bia premitM of NEW JAPAN CAST IRON CO. Mo. 2085, Ohta, Sakura-Shi, Chiba Pref., Japan 42 km east of Tokyo Ultra Modern foundry In use an unusually short time! Layout, design and construction based on feasibility study made
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      Lock icon Big summit may be off due to Brezhnev's health
      291 5 Big summit may be off due to Brezhnev's health WASHINGTON, Fri. Laiest reports of Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev's deteriorating health have raised the prospect that his impending big summit meeting with US President Jimmy Carter may be curtailed At 72, Mr Brezhnev was said to be mentally alert in his
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        Lock icon Lip bitten off during kiss
        74 5 CLEVELAND: Cuyahoga County jail inmate William Harris bit off his wife's lower lip while kissing her after she told him she was divorcing him, sheriff's deputies said on Thursday. Mrs Regina Harris, 21, was in fair condition at Lutheran Medical Centre, where she was rushed
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        Lock icon He made $4m last year
        77 5 NEW YORK: Mr David Mahoney, chairman of the Norton Simon Inc. conglomerate, led the American executive pay sweepstakes last year with salary and other compensation totaling US$2O37 million <*****1 million), Business Week magazine reported on Thursday Business Week said in its May 14 issue that
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        Lock icon The age of consent
        71 5 The age of consent CKKNTON (New Jersey): ,Jjew Jersey legislators who -Inadvertently reduced the 'age of sexual consent in the State to 13 in a legal oversight are correcting their frror to put it back to 16 The reduced age of consent, which would have been "the lowest in the
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      60 5 WASHINGTON, Fri. The White House has prepared a list of friends and supporters willing to speak out on behaif of the administration on controversial issues, an aide said yesterday. Compilation of the list began about a month ago in the office of Mr Gerald Raf shoon, president
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      Lock icon 'China counting on the West in the event of war'
      117 5 BEIJING (PEKING), Fri. CUu appears to have limited amUttou f*r the mcdermtoatteß Ita army asd to routing mi the West for mppsrt in the eveat «f rwrfUct with the Ssvlet Untea. Geaeral Aatfre Marty, hmi af a IK-memher delegation (ram
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      Lock icon Viet army revamped for fresh conflict
      360 5 TWELVE million Vietnamese have been organised into fighting units in preparation for possible renewed armed conflict with China early next year, according to a Vietnamese document recently received here. The Vietnamese national defence programme has been entirely restructured following the recent conflict I with
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      Lock icon Kreps due in Beijing
      66 5 WASHINGTON, Frl. US Commerce Secretary Juanita Kreps left today for two weeks in China during which officials hope to find out if the Beijing (Peking) leadership plans to slow down its modernisation programmes. The Kreps party will be seeking at least the broad outlines of a
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      Lock icon Waldheim to be mediator in Korean issue?
      202 5 Waldheim to be mediator in Korean issue? SEOUL, Friday UNITED Nation Secretary-general Kurt Waldheim arrived in here today amid indications that he would seek a mediator's role in easing the long-standing dispute between North and South Korea. Soon after his arrival, Mi Waldheim held a meeting with the South Korean
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      Lock icon Flags are so handy in danger areas
      170 5 Patriotism aside, nags come in handy sometimes as these reports from •1»o warfront countries, •Kampuchea and Rhodesia. '•Khmer Rouge forces of the •deposed Pol Pot regime are "using Thai flags to deceive Vietnamese-backed rebels Sunder Heng Samrin. the *Siam Rath daily reported in
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      Lock icon Russians first to send team to discuss aid for Iran
      394 6 since Shah was ousted in February THE Soviet Union today became the first country to send an official mission to discuss economic aid for Iran since the revolution which toppled the Shah last February. The Voice of the Islamic TEHERAN,
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      Rhodesia's parliament to make way -for new—
      151 6 Rhodesia's parliament to make way -for new— SALISBURY, Prl. RhadraU'i acting president today praclaimed the whlt<HJ«ml>ated Parllameat dissolved, making way far mi enlarged assembly with a majority •f Hacks. Tbe BTTlamaM— la the Government Gaiette, rig— i by aetteg-prwliMt LteateaaaWGeaenl Hewy Everard, cads 54 years tt white rapremaelgt Ififlllt ttoa
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      Lock icon 'Soviet official to visit Israel next week'
      200 6 CAIRO, Fri. A high level Soviet personality will visit Israel next week to attend independence anniversary celebrations in what could be the prelude to a restoration of diplomatic relations between Moscow and Israel, the Middle East news agency said yesterdau. In a dispatch
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      15 held for gang rape
      71 6 JAKARTA, Fri. Police in Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan, have detained 15 youths in connection with the gang rape of a young mother, Antara news agency reported today. The 19-year-old girl, who has one child, was en route to visit her family in another village when 17
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      Lock icon Great elephant safari is called off
      199 6 Great elephant safari is called off NEW YORK, Fri. The great Brooklyn elephant safari has been called off. The hunt for the errant beast in the borough's Bay Ridge section where city officials insisted an elephant had been sighted was halted after the search failed to turn up any solid
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      Lock icon Egypt: Talks must cover Jerusalem
      370 6 CAIRO, Friday EGYPT today called for an Islamic summit to discuss ways to liberate the Arab sector of Jerusalem annexed by Israel after its capture in 1967. In a Foreign Ministry statement, Egypt consented to attend the conference of foreign ministers of 43 Islamic countries
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      252 6 CHILDREN'S ART HOLIDAY INTENSIVE COURSE Open to oil children between 5 to 12 years One month course (8 Lessons) Twice o week, Mondays Wednesdays Commencing on 28th May '79. ot 10.30- 12 00 noon or 1.30— 3.00 p.m. Lessons in Crayon Drawing Imaginative Drawing Handicraft Design t OTHER COURSES AVAILABLE
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    Cane, jail for bringing in illegal migrants
    197 7 Cane, jail for bringing in illegal migrants AN INDONESIAN was yesterday jailed for three years and ordered to be given four nrokes of the rotan by a district court for trafficking in prohibited immigrants. Goh Ah Koon. alias Ariffln. 40. pleaded guilty to two charges of illegally bringing in two
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    Sisir course on ultrasonic testing
    84 7 Sisir course on ultrasonic testing THE Singapore Institute of Standards and Industrial Research will conduct a course on "ultrasonic testing of materials" at its premises in River Valley Road from June 27 to July 14. The roune, which is suitable (or pei'ioantl engaged In material testing, will cover material testing
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    For novices
    31 7 THE YMCA of Singapore will conduct leaaoui in badminton for beginners at Its premises at Orchard Road every Tuesday and Thursday from next week Those interested should ring *****8
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    S'pore the firmest on refugees: US report
    514 7  -  MILTON CHASE Our Washington correspondent By SINGAPORE has the "most firm policy of all Arian states with respect to the growing exodus of Indochinese refugees" the US Controller General reported to Congress yesterday but at the same time noted Singapore's reasons for its
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    Photostats: 10 cts now at library
    176 7 THE National Library yesterday halved its photostating charge to 10 cents a copy. The new rate was approved more than four months ago after members of the public complained to the Straits Times that it was unfair for the National Library and its branches
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    Prison warder charged with bribery
    116 7 Prison warder charged with bribery PRISON warder AMmJ Raa■aa Ma Meaaiaad, M, wu yesterday rtair|ii< wttk tw» eeaati ef rwrrivlag MkM totality |1N tor bayla* mmI "■■gg tt -g eigarettH aad drags liU the J«1m Awaa Dng RckftMHtattai Ccatn. Tfce thargra alleged tkat ea l^tk ffldiMi k« la. a!. MUHhaiBU
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    HOTEL FIRM ORDERED TO BE WOUND UP
    134 7 SAN Hotels Ltd, incorporated 11 years ago, was yesterday ordered to be wound up by the High Court on a petition by one of its directors, Mr Yu Ching Po, moved by Mr Phang Sin Kat. The petition said the decision to seek
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    197 victims of food poisoning in March
    246 7 197 victims of food poisoning in March SOME 197 people came down with food poisoning in March, according to the latest government epidemiological news bulletin. They are the victims of five outbreaks between March 12 and 18. In the first outbreak, 20 people in an institution at Seletar fell ill
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    Sportsweek
    30 7 THE MP for Toa Payoh. Mr Eric Cheong Yuen Cbee, will open the International Sportsweek for Seamen, 19T9, at the Toa Payoh Athletic Centre next Saturday at 3 p.m.
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      132 7 at Le Gril May 6 Sunday Singapore Special is an extravaganza of food and batik fashions. On the buffet table is a spread of nonya, Malay, Chinese and European dishes including a Silver Wagon Special. i Fashions are from destgru WtV* j See the latest range of very fashionable ji
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      414 7 I EASY CAR CARE HINTS NO. 1 S TOPPING-UPOIL -I Every week I^T^^ check the ji^py* I/«^^^v t3 Take dip-stick out. 'yt*ni^^^^^« wipe with a clean cloth. wm IVas^»" replace fully, re-withdraw u^ /Jr and take a note of llf the oil level is below the /fll B^ F (Max.
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      225 7 AST IN ACTION, featuring batik artist Jaafar Latiff at National Museum Art Gallery at 11 a.m. today and 3 p.m. tomorrow. This is the eighth demonstration-cum display in the series. Free admission. FILM SHOWS for students at National Museum at 10.45 a.m.: A Hard Course, Safety on the Sea and
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    ' All-round workers via total training'
    524 8 All-round workers via total training THE Vocational and Industrial Training Board aims to cultivate a new breed of all-round workers through a "total training" programme. They will be technically educated and skill-compe-tent yet versatile and adaptable. They will also be good corporate employees and efficient team workers and progressive in
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    Satisfied with economic result
    202 8 DELEGATES at the annual meeting of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in Manila have expressed satisfaction over the economic performance of developing member countries last year, the Minister for Trade and Industry, Mr Goh Chok Tong, said yesterday. Speaking at the airport on his return from
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    CHILDHOOD GAMES TO BE MUSEUM DISPLAY
    80 8 CHILDHOOD GAMES TO BE MUSEUM DISPLAY THE National Museum will host a special exhibition of some forgotten childhood games, at the Young People's Gallery from May 12 to May 31 between 10.30 a.m. and 7 p.m. The exhibition, held in conjunction with International Museums Day, 1979, is aimed at re-introducing
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    Workshop
    81 8 Those who are interested in testing their skills in in such games Including as congkak, Rasing (top-spin-ning), capteh, five-stones and cat's cradle are invited to contact the National Museum. There are prizs for winners. A children's workshop on the art of capteh and kitemaking will be held from May
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    Trainees to go up hope
    318 8 THE Vocational and Industrial Training Board (vTTB) expects more to join its institutes in all its courses. It also hopes to attract more youths into apprenticeship schemes as it believes this hones skills very effectively. Announcing this at a ceremony yesterday to mark the start
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    Start of complex
    52 8 THE American Club is holding a ground breaking ceremony today at 10 a.m. to begin construction of its new sports complex on its adjoining premises in Scotts Road. The complex will house four tennis courts, three squash courts, two handball courts, a bowling alley shell and a
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    Telecoms staff can choose souvenir
    126 8 Telecoms staff can choose souvenir TELECOMS staff will be able to choose their souvenir from a range of six different items to commemorate the Hello-Centennial Each of these items an electronic calculator, a pocket transistor radio, a traveller's clock, a set of glasses, jug and coasters, a pen/pencil set with
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    Three films
    45 8 THE Adult and Young People's sections of Toa Payoh branch library will organise three films Ten Major Projects of Taiwan, Tea in Taiwan and Youth's Holiday to be screened at the library's lecture hall on May 11 at 7.30 p.m. Admission is tne.
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    Worker's death: Court hits at lack of care
    343 8 Worker's death: Court hits at lack of care COBONER Mr Chang Kek Ming yesterday crWelaed tkc sapervtsen af a l»bwer, wha M wkea a DMMSffVlC fMf MllftpSM Ml Urn, far leartag Ike wwkrite bi ft "stele af eeafastoa." He made (Ms rrtttch— kefare reeerdmg m apen verdict aa tke deatk
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    Rowling holds talks with Lee
    161 8 Rowling holds talks with Lee MR BILL Rowling, (above) leader of the opposition Labour Party and former Premier of New Zealand, held discussions yesterday with Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew on a wide range of Issues including Indochina and Middle East developments. They also discussed bilateral ties between Singapore and
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    rChan on his faith in charitable S'poreans
    206 8 rChan on his faith in charitable S'poreans SINGAPOREANS are charitable by nature, the Parliamentary Secretary (Social Affairs) and adviser to the Singapore Action Group of Elders (Sage), Mr Chan Chee Seng, said yesterday. It was this belief which fueled his faith in the Jalan Besar citizens' consultative committee (CCC) when
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    Ex-Services Assn chief
    63 8 MAJOR D. J. Coupland, OBE, has been re-elected president of the Ex-Services Association of Singapore. Other official* are: vice-presi-dent, Lt A. G. Sheriff; secretary. Mr W. R. Solomon; treasurer, Mr Koh Baba; and committee members Major Chool Leong Fye, Major Can Hock Hye, Capt T. S. Frederick,
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    PRICE UP FOR THREE TYPES OF GOLD
    72 8 THE Singapore Chinese Gold and Silver Merchants Association yesterday announced an increase in prices for three types of gold. The new prices for the metal are $760 for 24 carat (up by $20), $710 for 22 carat and $680 for pot'nd gold, both
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    Immersion students want same exam load
    418 9 STUDENTS attending immersion classes have rejected a suggestion that they take fewer examination subjects as they want to do the same number as nonimmersion students. The Director of Education, Mr Chan Kai Yau, told a group of Rotarians yesterday that the suggestion was made
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    lAC ruling on NWC awards
    353 9 lAC ruling on NWC awards THE Industrial Arbitration Court (lAC) president, Mr Tan Boon Chiang, yesterday ruled that Fairchild Singapore Pte Ltd should not incorporate National Wages Council wage increases to the basic wages of employees. Consequent to this ruling, Mr Tan ordered that the company pay in full increments
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    Maths is fund raising at T. Kurau East
    217 9 Maths is fund raising at T. Kurau East TELOK Kurau East School yesterday again took the lead in using an unconventional method of fund-rais-ing when its pupils held a Maths-O-Rama in aid of the school hall-building fund. In preparation for the big event a mathematics quiz the 1,900 primary pupils
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    That Silo-Lam Soon dispute
    96 9 That SiloLam Soon dispute THE Industrial Arbitration Court has pointed out that, in an industrial dispute involving Silo and Lam Soon Cannery Pte Ltd, both parties reached an agreement during an adjournment of the court hearing on April 30. The agreement was reached after the court accepted Silo's contention that
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    Body fished from river mouth
    46 9 Body fished from river mouth POLICE yesterday fished out the body of Tan Tian Ton, 37, from the mouth of the Singapore River at about 4.30 p.m. Police satd Tan of Redoill Road had some injury marks on nil body. Foul play has not been ruled
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    Secretarial practice
    67 9 THE University o» Singapore's Department of Extramural Studies will hold a 15-lecture course on Company Secretarial Practice at the YWCA. Block 80. Marine Parade Centre every Tuesday and Thursday from May IS between 7 30 and 930 p.m. The fee is IB and applications forms can be obtainded
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    New works managers officials
    69 9 New works managers officials MR Tan Hui Seng has been elected chairman oi the Singapore branch of the Institution of Wo.ks Managers. The other officials are Mean Tan Tlan Chye, deputy chairman; Chang Soong Juan, atcetary. Dicky Scan, asst secretary and Chan Slew Leong, treasurer Messrs Eric Kuan, membership officer;
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    'Spore may set up technology institute'
    268 9  - 'Spore may set up technology institute' SOH TIANG KENG By SINGAPORE is studying the possibility of setting up an institute of technology with help from the French Government. This was disclosed last night by the French Economic Minister, Mr Rene Monory during a cocktail reception held in his honour at
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    Why the accident rate stays high
    112 9 Why the accident rate stays high SAFETY rules and regulations at construction sites are constantly being violated despite the many safety campaigns by the Labour Ministry, according to the ministry's monthly publication. New Worker. The number of accidents and deaths at construction worksites is high, it says. "Both employers and
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      Supply to 'boat people': Malpractice charge
      109 10 Supply to 'boat people Malpractice charge KUALA LUMPUB, Fri. Several pMyie. uwlwU** •fltrtais, will be chain** wttk alleged ■ttlpmrtfc** to aapfiytog f«»d •Ukt aeeeMiitM to n»re thai Ujm VtetmiMM refmgee* to TreaggaM, It waa ■■■■■■ricii here yeatoriay. The bead «f Nattoml Barrsa «f toveatigmtt**, DaUk AMaltok Ngah, toM ■ewHMSi the
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      Lock icon 8,000 Viets landed in past month
      400 10 ABOUT 8,000 Vietnamese refugees landed in Malaysia in the past month, increasing the burden of the government which has now to accomodate 65,000 "boat people,"according a survey conducted by the Malaysian Red Crescent Society (MRCS). An MRCS spokesman told reporters today the survey showed
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      Lock icon Pilot killed
      54 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. A Royal Malaysian Air Force Tebuan Jet crashed Into the sea killing one of its two pilots, a military spokesman said today. The spokesman said the jet was on a routine flight from the air base at Kuantan, when it developed engine trouble and crashed
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      Lock icon $400 m fall in 1978 trade surplus
      229 10 $400 m fall in 1978 trade surplus KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Malaysia registered a lower trade surplus of $3.4 billion last year compared with nearly $3.8 billion in 1977 showing a (all of about $400 million. Preliminary statistics released here today show that exports totalled $17.09 billion and imports $13.69 billion
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      Lock icon Tin talks
      28 10 JAKARTA, Fri. Malaysian Primary Industries Minister Paul Leong arrived here yesterday for talks witii Indonesian officials on the current tin situation in the international market. AFP.
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      Lock icon Only 7 reinstated
      122 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Only seven of the 19 Malaysian Airlines System (MAS) employees detained under the Internal Security Act have been reinstated, a MAS spokesman said today. The spokesman said the other 12 had been dismissed. However, he stressed that they could still appeal to the Board
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      Lock icon Mastermind among 6 held for kidnappings
      366 10 IPOH, Friday PERAK police have arrested six people in connection with their investigations into the activities of a gang specialising in kidnapping school children. The Perak Chief Police Officer, Deputy Commissioner Datuk Yuen Yuet Leng, told a press conference yesterday that one of the
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      Lock icon Schoolboys robbed
      72 10 TAIPING, Fri. Two schoolboys from Singapore were robbed of about $1,106 in cash and other items by two men armed with a dagger each outside a cinema here last night. Deputy OCPD (Crime). ASP Abdul Shukor bin Abdul Kaiim. said the two schoolboys were here on vacation and
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      199 10 SAUE. All Must Go! In this affluent society specialised service in retailing trade is becoming more demanding. To meet this demand, we have now decided that some departments must be closed and entire stock must be cleared. So we con have a fresh start of operating fewer departments with concentration
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      171 10 Bringing Up Father By Bill Kavanagh Hal Camp T WISH T COULD I I DINTY. HAVE YOU SEEN LEN I YOU ALWAYS SEEM 111 T MOPED TD FIND 'YOU J\ CATCH UP TO SOME AAFCASH, BILL ZOVEROUE TO MISS THEM- j HERE. JISOS.' NOW, HOW AI PI4 P Z? A
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    Speculative, says Ford on tariff abolition
    487 11 Speculative, says Ford on tariff abolition FORD Motor Company yesterday described as speculative a report that the government plans to remove tariff protection for locally assembled cars, New Nation reported. Mr Donald Collis, managing director of Ford, said the issue of import duty on locally assembled passenger cars has been
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    PARENTS SOUGHT
    76 11 TIE Sacaml Weatere DepMfirt hi kees) to tnee the panata er gmaHhws •f m Malay h»y (aheve), wh» ealhi hlsisrK AM—. The bay, aged ahsat 1< piss, was faud Mtertag by the Qaee—tsw piMee •a April H. He ni aaa,We to give BBsre bstvrsMttoa ahMt Us htoatlty. He
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    Closer ties forecast
    269 11 THE West German Ambassador to Singapore, Dr H. Feilner, yesterday predicted closer economic cooperation between her country and Singapore in the next few years. Opening the extension of Deutz Far East Service and Spareparts Centre in Jurong, she said: "The extension of this centre is Just one
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    Accused 'confessed' to part in murder. court is told
    342 11 Accused 'confessed' to part in murder. court is told ONE OF the three accused in the Mount Vernon double-murder In which a national serviceman and a taxi-driver were fatally stabbed surrendered the same day and "confessed" his involvement, the High Court heard yesterday. Ong Chin Hock, 21, a labourer, made
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    Films
    26 11 THE Singapore Science Centre will screen two (Oms, The Unknown Continent and 2 ccm Life, at its lecture hall at 3 p.m. on May 13.
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      ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION (PUB)
      78 11 THURSDAY'S electricity ri— —inptlea sh*t ap by 4.0 per eeat ever the avenge the first tan ereaae glace last last Friday. Tetal reawmptiea wu ll.n natlttM utts, *r 1.78 milUMl Mite mere taaa Ike TtunxUy avenge mi 18.44 millie* nnlta. Pi— imptlei had bee* •a a iUwb
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      Peon kept money meant for bank
      137 11 Peon kept money meant for bank OFFICE boy Ahmad bin Shariff. 21, was Jailed three months by a district court yesterday for criminal breach of trust of 1706. Asst Supt T.S. Zain, prosecuting, told the court that on Feb 27, Miss Yeo Cheng Ngoh, manageress of Pan Supreme Pte Ltd,
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      Essay contest prizes
      47 11 THE MP for Farm- Park, Dr Lee Chiaw Meng, will give away the prizes to winners of an essaywriting contest at the Rangoon Road Secondary School today at 2.30 p.m. The contest was held In conjunction with Pek Kio community centre's 16th anniversary celebrations.
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      Pop film
      36 11 THE National MiMeum will show a video film on the work of four leading American pop artistes Roy Uchtenstetn, Class Oldenburg, James Rosenquist and Andy Warhol at its theatrette at 8 p.m.on May 11.
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    Lock icon Views of Asean begin to be noticed
    992 12 Members start to speak with one voice THEIR collective name, Asean, still looks more like a misspelled word than an acronym. Their professed goal of achieving regional economic integration has gone virtually nowhere. But after 12 years of espousing cooperation and avoiding confrontation,
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    No more need for permits at these display halls
    238 12 No more need for permits at these display halls ORGANISERS holding exhibitions at five halls, recently designated permanent exhibition areas, are now exempted from seeking the approval of the Building Control Division (BCD). They need no longer apply (or permits from the BCD to erect exhibition stalls and to display
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    Federal Hotel may set up shop here
    83 12 Federal Hotel may set up shop here FEDERAL Hotel of Kuala Lumpur hopes to build a hotel on its piece of property in Scotts Road here, a New Nation report said yesterday. If approval is granted, the hotel wU] be put up over the next three yean and Is expected
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    Developer warns residents of more rationing
    576 13 Developer warns residents of more rationing ROW OVER PAYMENT OF MAINTENANCE FEES RESIDENTS of Hilton Towers at Leonie Hill who had their water and electricity supplies rationed on Tuesday and Wednesday will face the threat of further rationing if they fail to pay up their maintenance fees to the developer
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    Military exercises
    60 13 will conduct military exercises in the following areas: Marsiling/Chua Chu Rang Pulau Tekong from Monday to May 12 between 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. daily; Mandai. from Monday to Thursday between 8 a.m. to 6.30 p.m. daily: and Urn Chu Kang from Monday to Frtlay between 8 a.m.
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    Keep clear of this range
    40 13 POLICE will conduct live firing exercises at the Southern Island live firing range on Pulau Senang on May 12 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The public is warned to keep clear of the range.
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    Live firing
    34 13 RSAF aircraft will conduct live firing exercises at the Southern Island live firing range on Pulau Pawai from Monday to Wednesday daily, and on May 11 between 9 a.m. to i p.m
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    Siew Loon quits job as SSO chief
    156 13  - Siew Loon quits job as SSO chief BAILYNE SUNG By MR TAN SIEW LOON (above) has resigned as general manager of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, six months after his appointment last November. Taking his place is Mr Henry Lav, the Singapore Symphonia Company's secretary, who was an administrative officer with
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    Instant Asia
    44 13 MORE than 100 French dealers of Rollei products were last night i treated to a cultural show, InI slant Asia, at the Hyatt Hotel. They are here on a three-day incentive tour given by Rollei Singapore for having met certain sales quotas.
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    Top brains for Aspen seminar here next week
    303 13 AN august assembly of philosophers, scientists and statesmen including Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew will meet in Singapore next week under the auspices of the Aspen Institute of Humanistic Studies. The Aspen seminar, as it is commonly known, will be chaired by
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    Vesak Day services
    41 13 THE U Teck Oman Cm Tong Buddhist Institute In Lorong 102. Changi Road, will conduct religious services to celebrate Vesak Day on May 10 from 8 a.m. The celebration will include chanting of prayers and a "purifying" ceremony.
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    Bullet hole found on temple of blaze gunman
    210 13 A BULLET bole has been found on the right temple of a man whose charred body was recovered from a burntout hut in West Coast Road after he had a shoot-out with the police on Wednesday, it was learnt yesterday. The pathologist
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    Course on effective management
    55 13 Course on effective management THE Palmer Road YMCA will hold a two-day course on effective management for executives at its premises on Saturday. The course is designed for mid-management and executives who wish to communicate effectively with their staff. The fees are 160 for members and $65 for non members.
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    On skin-care, makeup
    70 13 BEAUTICIAN Mrs Alice Ho will conduct a six-session course on personal skin-care and makeup at the YMCA, Orchard Road, on Saturdays from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and a similar course on Wednesdays from 2.30 p.m. to 4 p.m. Fee for the course is {25 for members
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      285 13 Straits Times Crossword ACBOBB 6 Same singers can become so 1 Chill evoked by medicines rich! smell (7) 7 Space in front we keep (or the I 5 Me derides a greedy eater (7). Oriental. Woo (t). 10 One county can be reversed 8 Delight in French antiques (7) 4)
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    Why clan assns' request disallowed
    255 14 Noise factor, says BCD THE Ministry of National Development yesterday said its Building Control Division has to protoct the environment for resi•Jents and cannot allow Chinese clan associations to operate near flatted, residential areas. A spokesman for the ministry explained that because of this, the
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    Now located atWTC
    46 14 THE Sentosa reservation office has shifted from Jardine Steps to the World Trade Centre in Pasir Panjang. The public can make advance bookings for admission tickets to Sentosa and for the use of the various recreational facilities there by ringing *****88 or *****89.
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    PA plans for art appreciation course at CC
    197 14 The People's Association is organising an art appreciation course for the first time The illustrated talks on Art in Singapore Today will be held at Joo Chiat community centre on five consecutive Wednesdays, starting from May 16, from 7 p.m. to 9
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    Tanglin club to restrict local membership
    81 14 TANGLIN Club plans to restrict local membership to 50 per cent. Under a proposal, to be brought up (or discussion at its annual meeting on May 14, citizens of any one country should not make up more than SO per cent of the membership,
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    Show of legs to help mark Year of Child
    159 14 Show of legs to help mark Year of Child WITH haads rriMfl aad leg* hlgk UUki^lii daaee r*attae, these sevea Klrta rr»m the it ChUt rcmmnnlty centre are part *f graap of about M KtrU tacit* part 1b the (orthramlßß Ciltiral Shew for the Peaple. It will be dedicated to
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    Sheares to open convention on today's children
    330 14 THE Singapore Paediatric Society will hold a convention Today's Children, Tomorrow's Nation at the RELC auditorium, from May 18 to 20. The convention will be opened by President Sheares on May 18 at 5.45 p.m. Prof. Wong Hock Boon, senior professor of paediatrics
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    Appeal to witnesses of these accidents
    119 14 Appeal to witnesses of these accidents POLICE yesterday appealed for eye-witnesses to two fatal accidents involving motorcyclists. Toh Chee Huah, 22, of Lorong Gembas, was involved in an accident with a motor pickup at the 18km Sembawang Road, on Thursday at 7.05 p.m. He died on the way to the
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    Courses by AUPE
    41 14 THE Amalgamated Union of Public Employees Educational Projects Committee will conduct courses on Impart and Export Procedure and Documentation and Repair of Household Appliances at its premises in Upper Paya Lebar Road soon. For further details call *****3.
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    $ImCC to be built at Telok Blangah
    139 14 PLANS for the one-million-dollar new community centre for Telok Blangah has been finalised. The three-storey centre to be built at Telok Blangah Drive will include a multipurpose hall, two badminton courts, two squash courts, tennis court, basketball court, kindergarten classes, function rooms and
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    Warning to mariners
    34 14 GEOPHYSICAL surveys and soil investigation will be carried out near Sakeng buoy in Selat Sinki off Pulau Ayer Chawan until June. Mariners should keep clear of this area during this period.
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    Technology accord by S'pore and Bonn
    287 14 Technology accord by S'pore and Bonn SINGAPORE and West Germany will sign a technical cooperation agreement which will enable Singapore to embark on research and development in electrical product testing and evaluation, industrial water treatment, and solar energy research and application. These projects will be carried out in collaboration with
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    Hanged himself for his own reasons
    202 14 Hanged himself for his own reasons RECORDING a suicide verdict on Mr Sailani bin Sudar, 24, State Coroner, Mr Chanf Kok Ming yesterday added the rider that the Malay pipe fitter had hanged himself for reasons best known to himself. His wife Madam Rosi Dah binti Yuen, 20, told the
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    Telephone courtesy
    33 14 THE YMCA of Singapore will conduct a two-day seminar on Telephone Techniques and Courtesy today and next Saturday at Its premises in Orchard Road. For further Information and registration call *****8.
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      134 14 I THE WORLD OF HAPPY FACES IS AT I *V RIDG6WOOD a? saw V> V The Most Talked About Condominium In Singapore I l^aaaaaaaaaamM^ taaaaaaaaaaaV I saaav M tT'f IF* Ridgewood is a work of vision created in the image of mellow Hawaii. Blending into an exclusive residential area, this
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    Mosques hold tuition classes for Malays
    276 15 TAKING taitten le»•ms In the MitaJridln Masque la Qaeeasttwn has an advantage caly the Malay papib* and teachers appreciate. Far they da aat have te warry ahaat fladlag a cleaa alar* hi which to aay their prayers. After all. a meaa.ae 18 the beat
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    Threat to disfigure me: Wife
    277 15 Threat to disfigure me: Wife MINUTES after a hawker got home from a dinner appointment, her husband confronted her with a kitchen knife and threatened to disfigure her, the High Court heard yesterday. Madam Shirley Tay said that when she pleaded with her husband. Mr Tan Keng Chye, not to
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    Chess meet
    21 15 THE National Cbesa Championship starts today at Sports House, Rutland Road. Competitors are requested to report by 6.45 p.m.
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    Forged letter bid to get licence
    257 15 A LABOUR contractor, who used a forged letter to apply for a driving licence, was fined $1,200 by a district court yesterday. Tiong Chin Tian, 44, pleaded guilty to "fradulently using as genuine" a forged letter, purportedly written by the Johore Baru Immigration authorities,
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    Drug man jailed
    81 15 SIOW Koi Un, 21, was yesterday tailed for five years with five strokes of the rotan tor trafficking In 0.04 grams of heroin in Paya Lebar Way on March 7 at 9 30 p.m. He was jailed another six months for having additional 0.29 grams of the
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    School to put up statue of its founder
    308 15 10LD boys of Chung Cheng High School have decided to erect a bronz statue of the late Dr Chuang Chu Lin, the founder and the first principal of the school, as a mark of respect for his contribution. The project is made
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    Another 42 aftercare officers for Sana
    120 15 ..FORTY TWO registered I -volunteer aftercare officers the Singapore Ami -■Narcotics Association will Ireeetve their certificates of I •-attendance at a presentation to be ht d at Sana •auditorium in Scc'ts Road 7.30 p.m. tomorrow. The function will also 'mark the opening of the
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    Fishermen may be charged
    72 15 Singapore fisher •men arrested by Indonesian "marine police last Sunday ".for alleged illegal fishing off -Sulawesi (Celebes), are likej^ly to be charged in a Jakar-«-ta court soon, a spokesman •for the Indonesian Embassy said yesterday. S He said the ftshei n>ea are now •bring questioned in
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    MP to visit constituents
    51 15 MP (or Kampung Kemban««an. Mr Manor Sukhaimi. will ■^tour aad mwl his constituents at ••Changi Road. Still Road. Lorong *"H and C. and Trlok Kurau from 3 I pm to* pm today He will be aorotnpaiued by tram the PubUr Works Department. MiaMry of Environ--nm aad
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  • The Straits Times SATURDAY, MAY 5, 1979
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      WASTED LESSON
      375 16 THE WARNING by Chinese Senior Vice Premier, Mr. Deng Xiaoping (Teng Hsiao-ping) that China reserves the right to teach Vietnam another "lesson" should it "renew provocations" as well as Hanoi's bravado riposte could be dismissed as so much sabre rattling. But for the fact that the two sides
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      BETTER SBS DRIVERS
      367 16 THE Singapore Bus Service is rightly concerned, and so are many Singaporeans, about the alarmingly high accident rate involving SBS buses recently. But for an island-wide public bus system that runs more than 27,500 trips totalling almost 560,000 km daily, it can perhaps be expected that not
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    T.F. Hwang takes you sown memory lane
    480 16 T.F. Hwang takes you sown memory lane You never know. NEVER can tell where you end up after each Memory Lane (ML) trot, if that's your line. In my ML sojourn last Saturday I stopped at Colombo Court (CC) or Narcissus Gate, to give its translated Chinese name. The day
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    Across the Causeway...
    705 16 IN 1907, in the first Malay journal ever published in Singapore, a writer lamented the fact that the Malays were being pushed from the centre to the poorer fringes of the city. "Where is it all to end?" be asked. "Soon we will be in Papua, where
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    A gathering storm
    710 16  -  ARNAT By China's ominous threat to Hanoi CHINA'S THREAT that it reserves the right to teach Vietnam another lesson is ominous. It was made by Senior Vice-Premier Deng Xiaoping (Teng Hsiao-ping) in the presence of the United Nations Secretary-General, Dr Kurt Waldheim, and Las to be taken
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    Japan-US talks a boost
    87 16 RATHER BETTER news this week followed the summit meeting between President Carter and Mr Ohira, the Japanese Prime Minister. The discussion took place with a background of the declining value of the yen against the US dollar. Since last October, the yen has fallen by 28
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    Clouds of war loom but there's some good news too
    233 16 have free access of the holy Muslim places Jordan, during its occupation of East Jerusalem, was less scrupulous about respecting Jewish movements. The Arab/Israeli controversy over this issue is so intense that for Egypt to raise this issue now, before
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    Maggie makes it
    392 16 IN BRITAIN, Mrs Margaret Thatcher is poised to become the first-ever woman prime minister. The run-up to Thursday's general election gave the distinct impression of a presidential election between the wise old statesman, Mr James r»)i«gtmn the Labour leader, and the radical new broom, Mrs Thatcher, the
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    Rigidity and response
    382 16 Rigidity and response DR WALDHEIM could not therefore have been pleased with what he heard in Peking. His next stop was in Korea where the outlook for negotiations between North and South Korea look more promising. This is being dictated largely by outside events. The conflict arose out of the
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    Israel and Egypt harden positions
    76 16 Israel and Egypt harden positions RIGIDITY seems also to be the keynote of the preliminary manoeuvrings between Israel and Egypt before both countries start talks in earnest over the future of "full autonomy" for the West Bank and Gaza. Israel has continued to expand its settlemtns this week on the
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      63 16 I Congratulations I v on the occasion of the opening of their new Far East Service Spareparts Centre New Extension on May 4, 1979. ississsk sLsissi Teh International Corpn. (Pte.) Ltd. (Registered in Singapore) Singapore Autnorltwd DtaMbutor of Dtita Air oooiicHnglnoondOfiulno Spare Eorti 106, 15t Floor, LIPO Building, 621 Aljunied
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      US 'quarantine' strategy in area
      1114 17 America gives closer attention to Asean in its foreign policy THE competition between China, Russia and Vietnam for influence in Southeast Asia underlines the need for a continued American presence to maintain a balance of power in the egion. This article tolls of the new
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      Issues at stake in the arms talks
      551 17  -  DANIEL SOUTHERLAND in Washington By PRESIDENT Carter has plunged directly into the SALT debate, revealing an administration strategy for ratification that stresses several positive themes. Among those themes lies a stern warning. Without a new agreement with the Soviet Union on limiting nuclear
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      Purpose of having that language exam
      170 17 Purpose of having that language exam I REFER to the letter "Why was English stream ineligible" by Puzzled (ST, April 36). All the non-English stream students who took the Common Rngijtfr Language Test conducted by the Ministry on March 22, obtained 17 points or better results in their best five
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      Don't resort to gimmicks to get extra points
      190 17 THE secondary schools band competition was truly a magnificent spectacle and the organisers and participants deserve the highest praise for the superb display by our young talent. I have watched the com- petition over several years and I notice a disturbing trend
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      Road closed for safety reasons
      131 17 Road closed for safety reasons I REFER to the letter by "An Observer" (ST, Apr U) on the partial closure of Jalan Ahmad Ibrahim. iT..-e was a leak in a large indusuial water main under Jalan Ahmad Ibrahim. For the safety of motorists, part of the road was closed to
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      Trying one's best is the important thing
      252 17 IN TODAY'S world, competition is part and parcel of our dally life. But, competition should only go that far, and not to the extent where perhaps we unconsciously encourage our young to forget social values and go all out to win irregardless. An
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      Our requirement is no less demanding
      115 17 YOUB repart aa "Surveyors aad vaJaera to f»nn •Be gnap" (BT, April 23) fCfafß. It Is incorrect to say that the Hagapawi Institute at Vateers (8IV) "has Mt been strict la tat past absat Us eatraaee reqalremeats..." Priar to the agreement hotweca the twa
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      188 17 TAT LEE COMPANY PRIVATE LIMITED on iAe occ€ibion o^lAeh 25iA *J&nnme i&a m and I TAT LEE BANK LIMITED 1 |s en tAe occasion c/tAetb 5tA tJ&muvetea/iu II 1 Nanyang Gum Benjamin Mfg. (Pte.) Ltd. 1 H KwaChinSuay Kwa Chin Gar S|j Manufacturer of:— All grades of Gum Benjamin, Gum
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  • TIMES CITY DESK
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      CLOSING PRICES
      1307 18 THE last tr»— ii inl naa> »i Mr eta* •t Mm mi ttr SMi Em> V ol Skip nrr jmciwo i iinp«ri< wMk d» pinliM <■> < pnr« l—ttfm «Mi I»T» tu(ti and low /HlMlU tar rrtp rMMi Muri Law r«pu< Sal* '*rism snuL roaancuL m ar M
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      Unit trusts
      287 18 SnOAPOBtE UNIT TWJBT I lll'»to.ft.lH,l) TV Commerce a U7 2.41 The Savmg Fund 1.17 1.49 S pore Prog Fund L 99 LBS Spore Sac. Fuad LSI 1.97 S pore bnxat Fund 133 1 41xd Span Equity Fasti 099 1.03 MUUMTTBUBT (Mil I|iii'**<*»»»May7) M.l inveat FUBd t» Ufa* Mai
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      BUSINESS DONE (SINGAPORE
      1632 18 BID and offer prices officially listed aad bustneai in an reported to the Stock Exchange of Singapore yeaterday with the number of shares traded shown in brackeu in lots at 1.000 units unieas otherwise specified All Times Settlement Contracts are quoted after the word "artt". Big Board
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      Govt and corporate bonds
      152 18 4 1/2% 1/8/80 (250,000) (99.458 99.558) 4 3/4% 15/9/80 (250.000) (99.658 99.758) 5 3/4% 1/8/78-80 (250.000) (100.858 100.958) B 1/4% 1/3/81 (250.000) (100 ISB 100.258) 6% 16/4/81 (250.000) (99.628 99.728) 5% T F 1/5/83 (250,000) (100 108 100 JOS) 7% 15/4/85 (250,000) (100.858 100.958) 7% 1/8/86
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      KUALA LUMPUR
      1581 18 BID »nd attrr prim adlrUlly Ustrd aad burtati la aad rrportfd lo the Kuala Lumiwr Siork Exchanur yn. icrday with tar aambcr of slum. iradrd xhown in brartou In Mi al ii ■la aaaa saavnta I BaJ iNMtrraiALH AanM(2JaB2(2S) IJnimm (2.SSB 2K6) xaU Alaaa 11KB 19(6) A Char
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      Rises
      34 18 Negri Semb 400 Troaoh 1000 50 rVagkalen 505 +B Toogkah 450 +8 Sf Besi 1030 D Keramat 1380 JO CasUefield 1650 Kamuntiac 330 16 Aokam 3tt +16 UtdMal 4M +16 SKinu 750 +15
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      Falls
      8 18 UOL Loan 102 54 Rothmana 444 -11
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        Falls
        38 18 G 1 Hld(. 106 -16 8T P 1*76 MO -10 PAN 576 -10 DBS 506-10 Boaatoad 330 -10 Paaaa 18 Scab Shipyard 104 -8 K»p.i 4M ■-*H— wt 448 -6 T H S 434 Wearaes 279 -6
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        43 18 Kaauatinc Tin 310+56 Troaok Mine. 976 +20 Oriealal Hldfs 750 +30 Boata 430 +20 SEAL 234+19 Nat 1 ron 510 +14 Berjaya Kawat 213 +13 Ayer Hitax* Tia 1170 +10 T Harbour 432 +10 San«ei Baal 1000 +5 M Brewerie* 570 +5
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        Most active stocks
        33 18 81*** Darby 186.000 Hl«k Lew 172.000 Haw Par 190.000 StraiU Tradinf 141.000 (JOB 127.000 Cots* Plaat 120,000 Paaaaf Cob. 117.000 Tgaatt D«» 110.000 G Bmrilhi 103,000 X L Kapoag 102,000
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        INDICES
        36 18 May 3 May 4 BT Index: 2189.18 2187 27 Industrials: 391.38 390.49 Finance 687 51 686 11 Hotels: 295.34 294.73 Properties: 249.41 249.11 Tins: ***** 190.52 rubbers: 630.56 631.73 0.C.8.C.: ***** 373.10 S.E.S.Ind: 351.19 350.81
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        H'kong
        328 18 HONGKONG: The market firmed slightly in very light trading yesterday with the Hang Seng Index up 6.71 at 545.27 points, and the British general election largely discounted as a market factor, dealers said. •aretee Mttawia rose 40 cents to HKIU.9O and HattMsiß Ws»saa*i 17\ to $4.25 while Baagßaag Baak
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        Tokyo
        401 18 TOKYO: The market closed higher in active trading yesterday, although late profit-taking pared initial gains, dealers said. The Dow Jones average rose 8.50 to close at 6,286.10 points, after touching a record 6,303.92 at mid-day, with a volume of 550 million shares. The New index closed at 454.37, down
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        PRODUCE
        119 18 CHINESE PRODUCE RXCBANOE, SINGAPORE, NOON CLOBING PRICEB PER PlflL YESTERDAY: Careeat all: Bulk $127 sellers, old drum $132 sellers, new drum $137 sellers Ceara: Mixed (loose) UK/Cont PC 00 buyers Peeper: Muntok AST A white fob 100 1 1 NLW $330.00 sellers, Sarawak white fob 9f* NLW $315.00 sellers,
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        GOLD
        160 18 THE KILOBAR market for gold deliverable in Singapore yeatcrday opened at 517.700 and closed at 17.98. In the Far East, gold opened al U*****.40/248 00 Trading lacked lustre and gold moved within a very narrow price range of {247.30/18.00. QoU waa fixed In London on Thursday morning at 1246.90
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        TIN
        127 18 THE STRAITS tin price gained another 19 to $1,967 per picul in Penang yesterday on an official offering down 52 tonnes to 145 tonnes. The overnight London market was steady with forward buyers edging £5 higher to £7,110 per tonne. LONDON: Tin on the day lost £75 for Cash
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        Closing prices
        30 18 Rubber: May 4 Singapore: May: 279.00 cents (up 1.50 centa) Malaysia: May: 281.00 centa (up two cents) Tin: $1,957 (up $9) Official offering: 145 tonnes (down 52 tonnea)
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        COPPER
        30 18 LONDON: Copper price* on Thursday (previous In brackeu). Wirebar Spot £379.50 (£988) sellers £980.50 (£989); Three Month buyer* £982 (£988), sellers £982.50 (£988.50) Market lane: Easier. Sale*: 15.000 tonnes.
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        RUBBER
        480 18 OPENING prices In the Singapore rubber market yesterday were marked up slightly, dealers said. Later the market gained further ground on trade, speculative and upcountry buying coupled with weekend covering and forward demand, they said. Some profit-taking emerged at the highs to trim the gain slightly The morning session
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        SSR and SMR
        79 18 NUONSBf ■AS SSRai SSK StP MRELB K «/xl -.MR pnn. 'llaiptlki v-urt., M>T llM U«rr..l Mtk) IFnirf Mlkl B.r.r. 8*U*n B. .r. g.lUn 1MU0 271 TON Mi 00 771 OON im.00 aw oon ns.00 m»oon SMRCV SMH 5L ■vMHGC SMRS ■iMR 10 Bs ■1 uatpallxl II 1O.IMUMI
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      Share prices edge lower
      316 18 NEWS af nmomvi toaaaaa aa tke Saaa-vietawai karaer unm ssaae seuaac ai attsatty kwer levek aa tke Start Exekaage af Stagaaare yesterday. A •light leeevery was evldeat towards tke rime. Apart (ram aeattored heats af araftt tatlag, aellers were eqaally keattaat Tke etker kit at aewi
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      Kuala Lumpur
      305 18 A SHARP recovery in the afternoon brought prices to a mixed close at the Kuala Lumpur Mock market yesterday, reversing an earlier weak trend when selling pressure depressed prices across a fairly broad front. However, with buying interest creeping back towards the late afternoon, prices recovered to finish
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        NOMINAL RATES
        320 18 CunwictM NomlmlralM tmm«oiil«n Panwntaf* qyofd >— l»fH«y (cro««)p*ilr dung* .*ea>l <>IIt» to «we init •< fareigm cmrWKsy: JS dollar 2.2120 2.2130 2.8196 -21.55 JterliiiK pound 4.6140 4.6190 7.3469 -37.20 Australian dollar 2.4345 2.4470 3.4286 -28.99 4Z dollar 2.3035 2.3270 3.4286 -32.66 dollar 1.9305 1.9325 jmml d«lUn to IN
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        Discount
        49 18 RANGE o» price* offend by 'itcount home* on May 4: Overnight 4W% Call deport!* 4*% Ckaiag B«ria« B.IUM 3 month Treasury bill* 4'i 4H 3 month Bank bills T« 7' 4 3 month CD 6 11/16 89/18 8 month CD 8 15/16 613/16 Source: Natioaal Dlsooaat Co LI4.
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        Money market
        38 18 Closing Interbank rales for Singapore dollars on May 4: Offer Bid Overnight 61.6 l 8 1 month 8' i Sfe 2 month* »H 3 months 611/18 «H Overnight mode ■Mm: MhriNtm. Ser mgniiy irom those quutad
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        Minimum lending rates
        26 18 THE Average rate at whJch SingaVMre I banlm are emrreßtly prcpavred to lend to I their best easterners Is 8 per eeat. J
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      Boustead Spore profit exceeds its forecast
      519 19 Boustead Spore profit exceeds its forecast BOUSTEAD Singapore has more than fulfilled the cautiously optimistic forecast contained in its last annual report with its latest preliminary results showing a group pre-tax profit of $7.4 million for the year ended Dec 30, 1978. Chairman Alan Charton had guardedly said then that
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        New York slightly firmer
        254 19 NEW YORK. Thurs. The stork market managed a small advance today in moderate trading, despite nervousness about rising interest rates. Adding to investor worries about interest rates, Chase Manhattan Bank raised its prime rate by 1 4 per percentage point to 11-3 4 per cent, bringing
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        Amsterdam prices up
        248 19 AMSTERDAM. Thurs. Share prices closed higher in active trading, with Akzo unchanged in otherwise firmer Dutch internationals, dealers said. Unilever gained one guilder, HVA 210. Middenstandsbank 2.50. Ogem 0.60 and Nedlloyd 170 National? Nederlanded lost 120. Ore 1.40 and Pakhoed one RSV. the subject of continuing government
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        Zurich barely steady
        207 19 ZURICH. Thurs Prices ruled barely steady in lower volume after recent strong activity, dealers said. The Credit Suisse index fell 9 8 point to 272.4 CLOSING PaiCES tlusuisse Br 1345 -10 Klusulue Reg 522 Brown Boverl Br 1000 10 Jib* Cetgy Br 1345 -20 :iba <lelgy P
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        Sydney shares mixed
        235 19 SYDNEY. Fri The market was mixed, dealers said i mm -ikhi^ Ail 1(2 unch A N 1 175 .5 A P M 130-3 Amp.. l Pel 09 -I B. H P OM -10 Bank NSW 366 »0 Boral 201 -I Brambles 175 «3 .HA 246 '4 i-
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        London stock market closes higher
        622 19 IX)NDON. Thurs. The market closed higher on speculative demand prompted by opinion polls which pointed to a win (or the Conservative Party at today's general election, dealers said Turnover was moderate and at 3 00 pm the Financial Times index was up 9 8 at
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        Selected indices
        63 19 FINANCIAL TIMES INDUSTRIALS Thursday 5615 Wednesday M 48 Week Ago 582.7 DOW JONES AVERAGE INDUSTRIALS Thursday 887 M Wednesday 855 51 Week a«o MTIM LONDON DOLLAR PREMIUM Thursday M'> tos7'. Wednesday 80'j to 61 H.K.HANG SENG Friday M 5.27 Thursday 538 58 Week ago 5»00 SYDNEY INDUSTRIALS Friday
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      Brokers see good prospects at Straits Trading
      390 19 Brokers see good prospects at Straits Trading BETTER prstrpeti. D»»y be U store tor s>Tf*lH en «f Stnlti TrmottM. rardlßß to Lureßre. Prwt aid CltßsiT, m stock knktag Unsi. la Its uUeat dresJw to ißveston, It stressea, h«wever, tint eertela factors have to be takea Into MetMsit whei ssirstlag Straits
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      Harpers back on earnings uptrend
      67 19 SYARIKAT Harper GilftUan has reported a 26.5 per cent increase in full time group pre-tax profit to MJ9.17 million In 1977, group pre-tax profit moved up only 6.1 per cent to $7.25 million. The much unproved growth rate marks the end of the dull earnings
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      431 19 ft RSAF I 5_^# Aircraft Technician Training Young men and women are invited to join the Republic of Singapore Air Force for Technician.Training: Requirements: 1 Singapore citizens between 1 6Vj and 23 years old. 2. Possess a Polytechnic/Ngee Ann Tech College diploma in the relevant technical subjects. Training: Successful applicants
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      594 19 I SALES REPRESENTATIVE I (DECORATIVE PRODUCTS) 3M Singapore invites applications from suitably qualified and dynamic persons who wish to embark on a challenging career in Sales. The successful candidate should possess a GCE "O" Level Certificate with minimum 3 Credits, although a GCE "A" Level full Certificate is preferred. He
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      1150 21 AT YOUR SERVICE SECTION INDEX C.A.T.S. RATES VIII ANNOUNCEMENTS PERSONAL < *-«4» 1 l KcSl?c C S: C ?Ma n IX OBITUARIES II EMPLOYMENT 31 Situation* Vacant 1 1 *A W% ml 0r*t***lonml I Wr established foreign marine wmmm mm supply and service company re- i^^— quires FEMALE CLERK (or
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      1400 21 I EMPLOYMENT CERTIFICATE IN TOUMSM and FEMALE GENERAL CLEHK/ typist Tnvfli 3 monthi' course lead- required Preferably with credit ing u> handling of jobs In tourist m English at O' level Ability to industry f 100 for whole course type accurately and neatly with French language Included Con- minimum 40
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      1190 21 N EMPLOYMENT imcomm owoup of cotPAWi has following vacancies within the companies of our group 1 EXECUT1VE OFFICER IVVl hrf Degree or Diploma holders. Wll 1## preferably In Science subJecU. Must have at least 2 Outstanding applicants with E0OLE PRODUCTS LOTTED H SC qualification will also A MEftMER OF THE
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      1243 21 II EMPLOYMENT TELEX OPERATOR Foreign trading company In Ju(f tnult) rong requires: required by American company VOOWO, AOQWEtWVg Previous experience with Olivet- fo architectural and industrial tl Telex Machine preferred. Of- bu ,i dmg products Essential are flee situated at Kuala Loyang good conlacts wlln archlfcts. Road. S pore 17.
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      1181 21 II EMPLOYMENT SALE* PERSONNEL Chemicals Manufacturing WANTED Company tn Jut out Earn $500 to $1,000 In your spare i require* time. Job seekers, housewives. school leavers, beauty advisors AN ELECTRICIAN etc are welcome immediately incentives. Must possess PUB Certificate. Interested call personally at. Kxperlence at least 3 years in a
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      654 22 II EMPLOYMENT MMM^^^^^^M^^^^^ g jl^z^l nsE T^^iC^ MAINTENANCE TECHNK:,XN E Trade Certificate in Mechanical r Engineering/Electrical Fitting and installation and with at Pap*] least 1 year working experience ■VI in the same capacity fj 1 -mf \d/ WeSZSE Trad, C>S!eTndu,U^l A^-ons^i^^ s^^ujMrsrar. meposiwonorTECHNICIAN _.ro~««.T«rr ss%_ a^sa iirsAfsars S-55g55 eteCtron^At least
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      663 22 II EMPLOYMENT I HHH^^^PSBi I r===^ ass^. JJ--*--.*—. A-PMCCHANICS ELECTRONIC I- i>r BN -2 Islander and OAF TECHNICIANS Nomad Operating under KARI3S o«ioma nolder in Etocponic T..,hi» Eno«»enng T"r^'"' '"perlence Expw.ne. ,n digwal Iojk: add icVnts m.. m t- troubi. »Koot«9 and repa«s -iCs-uUsc^n. 1" ELECTRO- MECHANICAL d^.t.^,^^ technicians TEL
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      706 22 EMPLOYMENT REMEDIATE VACANCY EXISTS for gf o,,^^^^^^ K«L^ PACKARD w^OA^ KS SecTn^r^c 8.-'8 A«t* ..ryT^ett^k^ tlon and 2 years' store experl- Corporation in USA. Invites ence Preference will be given to appllcauons from suitably quailthose working In a forwarding 'led candidate, for the poslUon. company Please write with full of:particulars,
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      981 23 IV ACCMiiOOATION. PROPERTIES o*st. fabcr hrxs luxuriously furnished AMCONomoNEo i«'-si«'-s Concord *****41 *****82 after 2p m HMH FLOOR APARTMENTS De- HOLLAND ROAD. CMd Bee Oartached Bungalows Dlsts 9. 10. den. fully furnished alrcond 21 3/4-bedroomed. servant's, room with bathroom, hot water. furnished/ unfurnnhed Pool/ amah can be arranged $240 pm
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      760 23 IV ACCOMMODATION A PROPERTIES oist kirn seno Aoanment iwWw| I ?SjS2 'E^S ■mTIBrFnW I chard Road. Raffles Way AvailI H^ifflMMtaM I able December 1979 Please call I BHAJiiLUI-^yilUßl 26.4920. Mr Say No brokers BAHrTHITjIMTIin^rT^WH Pease 1 I BiWfnWHiMMMMBIBI \D *OON MANSION. SPOTTISI WOODI Park Road, opposite Oeneral Hospital 3 bedrooms.
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  • IX OBITUARIES
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      94 24 OUR DEEPEST CONDOLENCES AND SYMPATHY TO THE BEREAVED FAMILY OF THE LATE SIM POH ENG (FATHER OF MR. JERRY SIM KEE THYE) FROM: KING'S SHIPPING TAIWAN DOD-SUMBER (S) PTE LTD JUTA ENTERPRISE PENANG GUAN YEW TRANSPORT CO MR. C. T. HWANG MR. A MRS. YEO YEW KEE MR. A MRS.
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      163 24 Mr. Vee Thian Stong passed away peacefully on 3-S 7« leaving battmd KM beloved wile. 2 sons, 1 dayghler. 2 daughlere-in-law and 2 granddaughter*, le mown hie loee. Cortege will leave 34. Tavlstode Avenue. Singapore 19 for Ml. Vernon Crematorium at 12.00 p.m. on Sunday *lh May 117*.
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      54 24 MRS. OOM SOON WHATT nee Tan Geok Neo. 77. passed away peacefully on Thursday. 3 May. 197*. leaving behind one daughter, one son. one son-in-law, one daughter-in-law, one foster daughter and three grand daughters Cortege will leave Singapore Casket Company on Saturday, i May. 1979 at 2 pm for Chut
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      82 24 THE FAMK.V OF the late Benja> mln de Costa would like to express their thanks to doctor*, nurses ol Ward 25 and i TTSH to prlrsu and choff memberii. all friends, colleacnk and relatives for their condolences, generous donations and assistance during their rererit bereavement THE FAMLV OF the late
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      33 24 The tamtfy ot the Lete Madam Ten Kee Hiany. wi.h to thank auddieti Temple*, all rrienda and relative* far thaw eerrtces, km aeaaelance. ellendance, cendolancae. wraathe and donation* during their recenl
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      763 24 VI EDUCATION A TRAINING ENOLIBH TUmON NEEDED (or i Japanese Housewife Twice a fVBK I week al home Interested call I 0094S after 2.00 p m 11 tUNOPCAN MUSIC TEACNCP. Ui teach Piano Will teach children aaaSßa^aaß*^ lululu Holland Village. Call GIRLS IVCNBINCeO CNSNESC TCACMEP. JO6* are oeconwig herder 10
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  • IX OBITUARIES
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      40 25 MOM CHCOMC LAI MEM Who paaaatf away on 4.9.7V D«»pH mlftt by all h.r lo«od A yr»r hai pawrd ilncr Jeiiu called you. Swrrt arr thr mfmorws silently krpt. Of onf »f Icivrd drarly and never forgrt
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      63 25 Not |u»l todov. but »vcy4»y ol oor Urn In #Honco, wo romontoof Too Kong. Muang. Kiang 4 Loo. MISS TMLAKAMAM 2 KRISHNA**. LAI y (BABY) Wit* pMMd away an IMi Mav it7» I Lovingly remembered and deep- I ly missed by beloved father. c brothers, sisters. Mslers-ln-law,
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      49 25 145 Requiems ATMA SHANTI POOJA Aunt Shanll Pooja of late Mr. V. Vlswanathan of 71, Block 85, Commonwealth Close (3), will be c held at Sivan Temple, Orchard Road, on Tuesday Bth May "79 at 7 30pm FRIENDS AND RELATIVES ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO ATTEND. MRS. VISWANATHAN AND FAMILY
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      2671 25 times Saturday car mart lULY '77 LANCE* 1400 EL. alr--ond ranrlie. tax new. up top -ondlllon 111.500 0n0. 29Z3M3 lUME INI FONO Cortina 1300. )ood running condition Tax till lunt Price ttJOO Tel *****5 lUME W7* FONO Escort 2-door UOOcc Private owner, excellent -ondition (6,000 Tel 2715M7 .ANCM JOOO tt77.
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      767 25 7 MONTHS OLD Porsche 924. sunroof, computerised sound system worth more than $2,000 Power wing mirrors, sports rims and tyres. Exclusively used as 2nd Oenulne buyer, please call *****91 or View at: Apt Blk. 1. 25C. Tan Kirn Cheng Road off Farrer Road I*7B HONDA C8125T new model. Air plate
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      890 25 MAHAWANQSA HOLDINGS SDN BERHAD has immedlete vacancies for the following posts: a) 2 Commercial Executives Applicants should preferably be graduates in Economics. Business Administration or from any technical institutes with a pleasant personality and a good command of English and must be accurate and efficient in paper work. b) Manager
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      665 26 H THINK COMPUTERS THINK ICL Our client, a large and well-established company with branches throughout Singapore and Malaysia invites applications from suitably qualified candidates for the position of: SYSTEMS ANALYST/ PROGRAMMER The successful candidate will assists in developing new and fully integrated systems to help maintain the company's leading position
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      781 26 Qollei An established international manufacturer of high precision products, due to rapid expansion, invites applications for the following positions PROCESS ENGINEERS To carry out process studies in our parts production departments with the aim to improve yield and quality. Must be able to analyse and trouble shooting production problems. Will
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      1350 26 SIN CHEW JIT POH (SINGAPORE) LIMITED IH •fc(«r**)3Tr*.«3l NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company wiH be held at the Company's Premises at Sin Chew Jit Poh Building, No 19, Keppel Road, Singapore 2 on Monday, 21st May 1979 at
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      645 27 SKF is an international group of some 150 companies with its headquarters in Goteborg. Sweden It has over 80 factories in 1U countries. 60.000 employees, and an annual turnover of more than 553.500 million. SKF is the world leader for rolling bearings but sales of non-bearing products now account for
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      658 27 I EUROPEAN STANDARD ELECTRONICS PTE. LTD. I A MitMkttary of THOMSON-BRANDT of Franc*, toadars in high lachI noiogy Electronic* and Household Appliance* INVITATION TO EXPERIENCED ENGINEERING GRADUATES Advance in your career with us as RELIABILITY ENGINEER (to lead our MATERIALS TESTING LARORATORY) I Appliconts should hove a Degree in Physics
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      891 27 BRUNEI SHELL PETROLEUM COMPANY LIMITED has a vacancy for a I TECHNICIAN I (OIL ANALYSIS) in its Engineering Services Department in Seria. Brunei The successful candidate will be required to assist the Lubrication Engineer in providing technical advice to the Line Departments on lubrication problems of rotating equipment. This involves
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  • TIMESPORT PAGE ONE
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      Lock icon Lure of top division will spur leaders
      375 28 THE leading three of the five clubs bucking for promotion from Division Two of the English football League make their final claims for advancement tomorrow. Brighton, Stoke City and Sunderland all play their last matches of a gruelling 42-game schedule away from home
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      272 28 Player falters at start of Houston Open HOUSTON (Texas), Fri. Defending champion Gary Player of South Africa trailed the leaders by five strokes after the first round of the US$3OO,OOO ($863,000) Houston Open golf tournament here yesterday. Player bogeyed the final hole for a par 71. Americans Bruce Lietzke, Butch
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      40 28 CANBERRA, Fri. England's Player o( the Year in 1973-74. Liverpool's veteran lan Callaghan, has been signed by Philips League club Canberra City. Callaghan, an attacking wing half, in expected to arrive in Australia within two weeks. Reuter
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      287 28 PARIS, Fri. French Sports Minister Jean-Pierre Soisson yesterday made it clear the Government would not allow a planned visit to France this autumn of a predominantly white South African Springbok rughy union team. The French National Olympic and Sporting Committee (CNOSF)said last week they would
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      BRIEFS
      419 28 INDIANAPOLIS (Indiana). Fri. A breakaway organisation of top racing drivers went to court today to try to get six banned teams accepted (or this year's Indianapolis MO race. The United State* Auto CTub, the governing body of the Indianapolis 500, last month rejected entries from six teams and 19
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      734 28 FOUR seeded players, including England's Jill Hammersley and Judit Magos of Hungary, seeded joint sixth, were eliminated in major upsets of the third round of the women's singles at the world table tennis championships here today. Kayoko Kawahigashi of Japan (10) and Dona Uhlikova
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      337 28 CHRIS Chris-led US should go into semi-finals MADRID, Fri. Chris Evert should lead the United States, the defending champions, into the semifinals of the women's team 'fpnnis Federation Cup here today. Evert and her team mates, 16-year-old Tracy Austin and Rosie Casals, face France ii: the quarterfinals after scoring a
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      204 28 terday, covering the 136 km section in 3 hr 25 mln. 55 sec. Poland's Zblegniew Szczepowski was second, and teammate Jan Brzezny, third, both in 3:26:00. SOCCER: Liverpool, and Dutch club PSV Eindhoven emerged as rivals for the sigmature of Manchester City's transfer-listed winger
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      433 28 J m Lotto, the leading Italian sports shoe manufacturer I j 1 1 1 designed the Stramilano specially for logging This low-priced running shoe is super-light, durable and JB^^^^^^^^fc-^^'***"' JL robust Breathing nylon upper suede reinforcement and toe protector makes it one of the most comfortable rl^H mm logging shoe
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      48 28 Health Longevity, W cf\ Beneficial effects from Earth's Magnetic Poles. M WEM (Researchers' findings)^ L I 9 J A man or woman can wear the Magnetic Necklace. And WOW! its magnetizing vibrations work for you. Smile away aches pain It's truly more than just a piece of jewellery.
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      539 29 jt°**, R Applications are invited from citizens/ permanent residents of Singapore and citizens of other ASEAN countries for appointments in the grade of ASSISTANT BANK OFFICER QUALIFICATIONS Applicont should possess either o General Degree from a recognised University, preferably in Accountancy, Business Administration, Economics or equivalent qualifications in bonking DUTIES
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      435 29 MECHANICAL A COMBUSTION EN6RG. CO. PTE. LTD. Due to ropid expansion, we have the following vacancies:1. SALES ENGINEER To market a wide range of sophisticated TEKTRONIX test and measurement instruments. Applicants should be Diploma/University degree holders in Electronic Engineering. 2. SR. MECHANICAL/ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS These are responsible posts requiring candidates with
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      527 29 NATIONAL HOUSING COMMISSION PAPUA NEW GUINEA SENIOR DESIGN ENGINEER LEVEL 8 (ENGINEER CLAS 3) DUTIES Responsible for the co-ordir»otion of activities of the Lond Development Branch Design Section Direction of staff in the design and documentation of engineering works for housing estote development Establish procedures and stondords as required QUALIFICATION:
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      729 29 I MANAGER-BANKING Bank Kerjasama Rakyat Malaysia Berhad is committed to becoming a viable financial institution playing a major role in the development of the Malaysian economy. The Government is actively supporting the Bank; already substantial finance has been injected, supporting legislation has been passed and new top management has been
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      330 29 ™n Manufacturer of Precision Machine Tool invites applications for the following posi|^,TOOL, T00L FOREMAN yDj I tlAlNfcfc rUlltlYlfcN POM (A): ITC or its equivalent Applicants with relevant Trade Certificate and substantial tool room experience will also be considered T 'east 5 years' experience in the manufacture of jtgs and fixtures
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      613 30 <o subwdKHy ot Carrier International Cofpoiotioni We otter excellent opportunities tor career odvoncement In view ot further expansion, we invite suitably quoted applicants for the following positions PERSONNEL OFFICER (Designate) Qualiticotions Graduate in Business Admmisfration/Sociol Science/Low with o thorough knowledge of Labour I egislation ond proven experience in the plonnmg,
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      610 30 JTC Applications are invited tor the posts of A ASSISTANT PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER FIRE A SAFETY OFFICER QUALIFICATIONS A Honours Degree in English from a recognised University/ Institution B Spore Cambridge GCE 'A' Level Certificote/ Higher School Certificate Those possessing the Spore Cambridge GCE 'O' Level Certificate with ot least
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      532 30 w A^The American V INSURANCE COMPANY invttes applications for an EXECUTIVE position in th* MARKETING DEPARTMENT This is a challenging and interesting appointment. The successful candidate will be a seH starter who is capable and willing to make important decisions affecting company results, and should: a) be a male Singapore
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      441 30 SALES EXECUTIVE THE COMPANY: A local subsidiary of on International Group manufacturing Aluminium Architectural and Building Products. THE JOB: A Sales Executive to market its range of products to the industrial ond commercial markets. The person should hove a technical background, preferably a technician diploma and has worked a minimum
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      535 30 B.S.P. TENDER NO: 6/79 ITEM 1 1 UNIT POWEN HIGH PRESSURE WASHER DRIVEN BY CAT 346 DIESEL ENGINE ITEM 2 1 UNIT PIPr SLOTTING MACHINE COMPLETE WITH 4 SLOTTING HEADS AND SAWS. SERIAL NO *****98 AND *****02 ITEM 3 t UNIT DELMAG D 22 DIESEL PILLING HAMMER SERIAL NO 1649
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  • TIMESPORT PAGE TWO
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      Singapore crash after leading 1-0
      319 31 HONGKONG S SINGAPORE 1 BANGKOK, Fri. Hongkong rallied to beat Singapore in their Asian Cup Zone Three soccer match here tonight. The two teams were tied 1-1 at half-time. Wong Kwok Choy put Singapore ahead in the 19th minute when he blasted a shot from
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      Hughes beats the huge ones
      89 31 TINY Philip Hughes showed that sue was no criteria in Judo when he beat bigger opponents to win the 12-14 years Ughteight title in the Bm|in i Amateur Judo Associatiun's rational age group championships at Kirn Seng School yesterday The other champions were <*ek Boon
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      Cairnhill snap under pressure
      206 31 Cairnhill snap under pressure KAKI BUKIT 4 CAIRNHILL CAIRNHILL showed some signs of winning their first National Football League match, after five outings, in the first 30 minutes but that was the start and end of it all, reports JOE DORAI. As they trailed 1-0, Cairnhill cracked up after the
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      Demand for Olympic coins
      74 31 Demand for Olympic coins INTERNATIONAL sales of the 1980 Olympic coins are progressing strongly, with allocations to every major market taken up eagerly by dealers and the public. Sources say that In Asia, Japan were the market leaders, but smaller markets like Singapore and Hongkong also showed keen demand for
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      Swiss Cottage turn the percentages
      210 31  - Swiss Cottage turn the percentages PASIR PANJANG V.I. I SWISS COTTAGE 1 WHEN Swiss Cottage's soccer coach Mat Ariff predicted that his team had only a 30 percent chance of winning the post secondary schools' final against Pasir Panjang Vocational Institute, he must have taken a modest stand. Because yesterday,
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      Juniors face first big test
      218 31 By GODFREY ROBERT SINGAPORE'S junior World Cup hockey squad face their first test today, after two months of practice, when they meet the touring Indian Army at Ceylon Sports Club this evening (5). The 36-member squad, who first assembled in early March, will bully off
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      124 31 c ©1 The Fanfare Show I LIVE' ts^l With Reginald Saturday. 5 Mqy 6.00pm 9pta. #REDIFFUSION AUDITORIUM live' in concert Sweet Charity JTaime. A special listener quiz for horn* listeners. Free packets of Twisties' snacks for all attending. ""^pSffidS YAMAHA FF co v courtesy of lion (S) Pte Ltd MANYATTI^CTIVEPRIZISTOBEWONI
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      949 31 r-* Boustead h Holdings Berhad NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING y^K_______B^^^r NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that me EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF BOUSTEAD HOLDINGS BERHAD wiH be held at No. 14. Jalan 223. Section 20A. Petaling Jaya. on Thursday, 7th June 1979 at 12 00 noon for the purpose of
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      153 31 ■sum HOCKEY Indian Army v Singapore under-21 Balestier Rd 5). JUDO National age-group championships (Kim Seng School). SHOOTING Singapore Gun Club trials. SPORTS FESTIVAL AngloChinese School Old Boys' v Present Boys' ACJC 2). SOCCER NFL Dtv 2: Commonwealth Palace v Farrer Park Dynamos (Tanglin). Queenstown PC v Tiong Bahru (Queenstown
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  • TIMESPORT PAGE THREE
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      Charlie's Magic can cast spell on rivals
      979 32 By FAIRWAY CHARLIE'S MAGIC should prove too good for his rivals in Race Eight (5.35) in Ipoh today. The four-year-old by Charlottown ran a splendid race last week when he flashed home third to Cinchona over the 1,100 metres straight. He has benefited
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      146 32 WACE FAWWAY TET SCRUTINEER Tigar Note Bambotina Trefiwnico 1 Tremenico Tremenico Tiger Note Russian Tank Tiger Note Bambolina M. T. Worry I BangaaWan Monlisa 2 Monlisa Rigoletto Rigoletto Bangsa Wan Jaime Jaime naalm'a Gift Panasaran Panaaaran 3 D I. Surprise Solicitor Realm's Gift Solicitor Realm's Gift Intelligence Inamorato Inamorato
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      2682 32 RATF 1 2.0 CLASS 6, DIV 3 1.250M IV/W.E, 1 ($8,000 $5,600 to winner) 1 0878 Myettc Dan g (Mystic) Mansor 7 57 +2) Kasaj 1 2 3839 Tiger Net* Hg (Discovery) Ahmad 4 56.5 < 3.5) W Ttf 7 3 0700 Tamasha (Darreno) Mansor 4 55.5 (dc
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      842 32 GUINNESS MALAYSIA BERHAI) (Incorporated in Mslsyns) FINANCIAL YEAR 1978/79 HALF YEARLY REPORT I The Board of Directors of Ciuinness Malaysia Berhad has pleasure tn announcing the unauditeJ trading results for the first six months ended 28th February, 1979: 1979 1978 MS'OOO MS'OOO Group Company Group Company Net Sales 78,689 61,589
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      592 32 A \bbl Permohonan-permohonan adalah dipelawa danpada^ Warganegara Malaysia untuk memenuhi jawatanlawatan di bawah mi:— A. 1) Jawatan: JURUTERA (SIBIL) SECARA KONTREK 2) Tanggaflajl: AlB $985x60—1105/1225x60—1465/— $1 585x60-1 705x1 00-*****/— Gaji permulaan bergantung kepada pengalaman dan kelayakan didalam bidang yang berkenaan 3) Kelayakan Pengalaman: Calun-calun hendaklah mempunyai i) Ijazah atau Diploma
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      301 32 el* PEOPLE'S EMPORIUM LTD. Geyrang/Taniong Katong Road. Spore 14 SPECIAL OFFER WEEK LAST TWO DAYS f BEAUTY/FACIAL DEMONSTRATION BY "KANEBO" BEAUTY CONSULTANT (From Japan) Patrons Are Entitled To A 15% Discount And A Free Gift On Purchase of j Any Kanebo Product While Period Lasts. orand P encrt c^jaf* Play
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  • TIMESPORT PAGE FOUR
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      Work harder, Barker tells sports officials
      285 33 By BERNARD PEREIRA SINGAPORE sports officials must work harder to raise the standard of the various sports in the Republic. That was the message by Mr. E. W. Barker, the Minister for Law and Science and Technology, and president of the Singapore National Olympic
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      Champion Yeo is out
      386 33 In-form Ballard to meet Hill in today's final DEFENDING champion, Jeremy Yeo, staggering on his feet because of high fever, was ousted 9-1, 92, 9-2 in only 14 minutes by Stewart Ballard in the semi-finals of the Milo under-19 boys national squash championships at the Kallang
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      Icabana can make up for unlucky run
      432 33 IPOH, Fri. Icabana should find better luck in Race Eight here on Sunday, reports FAIRWAY. The Welsh Saint three-year-old was unlucky in his debut in Penang hi February, when he fought out a narrow victory only to lose the race to Adamas after
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      Tomorrow's card
      1074 33 DAfP -I 1.45 CLASS 5, DIV 4 1.2500 M iv/w^ x ($9,000 $6,300 to winner) 1 8337 Pear) a (Melody) Heddle 3 56.5 (d 7) F rsnv 6 2 0834 Four Wlsasi g (Four Wtsnes) Jaatar 656 MS) Can 1 0 17» nyia«Caawf (Paaston) Ahmad 5 54.5 (d
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    Dayan in for three-day visit
    86 34 ISRAELI F.relga Minister M.ske Day an being greeted by Sealer Mlatater *f State (Ferelga Affairs), Mr S. Dtutnabftlsa, wfcea he flew la yesterday far an official three-day ■ML Aeeempaaled by his wife, Mr Dayaa was earlier welcomed by Fsreiga Mlakrter, Mr S. Rajaratnam, aad bis
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    Lock icon 12 killed by blast
    42 34 BANGKOK, Fri. Twelve people were killed and 50 others wounded when a grenade exploded in a theatre in southern Thailand yesterday. About 400 people were in the theatre in Betong district of Yala province at the time. AP.
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    More aid to Thailand
    73 34 WASHINGTON, Fri. The Senate foreign relations committee yesterday approved an increase of military^ aid for Thailand from US$25 million (5J55.2 million) to US$4O million (SJSS.2 million to USJBB 4 million) because of what it called "the threat it faces from Vietnam." The proposal supported by the
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    Jobless up
    40 34 WASHINGTON, Fri. Unemployment edged up a tenth of 1 per cent to 5 8 per cent in April, the Labour Department said today. The number of employed Americans a figure which has been growing rapidly dropped by 670,000.
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    Lock icon Khmer Rouge counterattack
    255 34 BANGKOK, Friday AT LEAST 6,000 Khmer Rouge troops today made a desperate attempt to break out of Vietnamese encirclement when they launched a heavy two-hour attack on a Kampuchean border village controlled by Vietnamese-led forces, Thai officials said today. The officials said Khmer Rouge fighters loyal to
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    Surprise turn as leap meeting extended
    466 34 By TERESA LIM Kuala Lumpur, Friday IN AN unexpected development, Asean and Australian officials seeking to resolve their cheap air fares dispute have still not entered into actual negotiations although today was the third day of the talks here. The talks, originally scheduled to
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    Lock icon Heroin ring charge
    60 34 NEW YORK, Fri. A Long Island man has been charged with heading a multi-million dollar heroin ring in New York city in which children were used as runners. Claude Rommel Helton and eight suspected members ol the ring, including his girlfriend, were accused in an indictment handed
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  • The Straits Times SECTION TWO
    • Title Section
      Masthead
      5 1 The Straits Times SECTION TWO
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    • Book Review
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        Bhutto's last testament
        1069 1 IF lAM ASSASSINATED Difficult to see how ban on book can be enforced PAKISTAN'S former strongman, Mr Zulkifar Ali Bhutto, went to the gallows on April 4, insisting to the end he was innocent of the crime for which he earned the death sentence. He refused to
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        Tales my Uncle Moonat told me
        703 1 SINGAPOREANS need not be surprised if the enthusiasm of foreign visitors for our glass-and-concrete lifestyle tends to pall after an indecently brief period of due astonishment. Familiarity breeds contempt or, more mildly, boredom and Western and Japanese tourists might as well have stayed home,
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        137 1 ■Inside. a LEISURE: RoMfttett's ay* lor dotaM tod a BATTLING crtma banaath the straats him to Hm top 2 JAPAN'S voters moving towards »n ind^ a WOMAN PLUS: Why not msl« amah? pandont stanc* W *^r jh pHiLipiiiHßi W L^L^a^kw L^L^^. LV^Vk w M aW t V tM vfl la^^^B
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        322 1 addmolySUP and you'll get up to 25% longer m Motor Care engine life whatever oil you use Maintenance The secret of longer engine-life lies in a rock containing a super lubricant called molybdenum disulphide (MoSj). Technologists have extracted this sensational ingredient, refined it to a degree unknown only a few
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        Entertaining but adaptation of play 'careless' DRAMA Review
        294 2  - Entertaining but adaptation of play 'careless' DRAMA Review DANA LAM CHARLEY'S Aunt, the Catholic Junior College Literary, Debating and Dramatic Society's produc tion at the Cultural Centre last week, was enter Mistaken identities, farce. dramatic irony when impersonator a meets impersonalpd these were common rib teasers. But the CJC's adaptation
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        Hindi film that was a big hit
        88 2 THE Singapore Film Sortrty will kirn the highly acrlalmed Hindi film, Anltar (The SeeaUag), Immrm a* the Caltnral Ceetre at 4 p.m. and S p.m. Written an* oire<-ted ey Shyam Senegal, Aakar (1114), Is mm of several taking a fresh leek at aa
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        SSO GOES INTOA JAM SESSION TONIGHT
        347 2  - SSO GOES INTOA JAM SESSION TONIGHT By FRANKLIN THE Creation of the World is the modern work the SSO is playing in tonight's concert. The French composer Darius Milhaud wrote the music in 1923 for a Negro ballet giving a primitive version of Genesis. He had just visited America and
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        Concert for the young
        61 2 THE Concert (or the Young aeries, organised by the Culture Ministry at Marine Parade branch library auditorium today 2 p.m., will feature the Bukit Panjang Government High School harmonica band and quintet, St Patrick's School instrumental ensemble, pianists Wong Slew Meng, June Wong Wai Yee and
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        Rosenfelt's eye for detail led him to the top
        490 2  -  HIS eye for detail makes him the despair of secretaries and often his own children. But it is this fastidiousnesss which has enabled him to become head of Metr o-Goldwyn-Mayer, the film-makers. MGM president Frank Rosenfelt, who admits having this trait,
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        A well-staged show that captivated the audience
        340 2  -  By SAW PUAY LIM characteristic stage reticence which generally mark Asiaa performers, the aU-FUlpiao cast at the Hyatt Dinner Theatre pat everything they had Into their own Interpretation of Broadway's The Apple Tree. The result was x wellstaged stew which held the audience
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        216 2 Heartiest Congratulations to Tat Lee Co. Private Ltd. on their 25th Anniversary ft Tat Lee Bank Limited on their sth Anniversary GUAN HOE CO., (M) PTE. LTD. 14, Hill Street, Singapore 6. CongratiiTaiions^to^ Tat Lac Co. Private Ltd. on their 25th Anniversary A Tat Lee Bank Limited on thair sth
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        12 2 S National VHSJCII Singapore's best selling Cj in\J| Video Cassette Recorder, w™*\
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        937 2 TV and Radio SINGAPORE 5 1.00 PM Operaif and Sesame Street I 6.50 Mbterjaws 2.00 Saturday Matinee WMom's 7.05 WM, Wid World of Animals The Way, starrinf Peter Finch, Mary av x j^Natash, Parry and Rc*rt J^ffSLi *na MoosCftA (Malay) 9.30 News and Newsred (Enfbsh) 5.00 Sandiwara Tiada Lagi Pintanya
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        1818 3 flj i^AH UH M&SS3G6 Rv HHHHHHHHHB with the assistance of an international firm ot ivicooa^c u Jf Management Consultants. An intensive Mf GOH TJOEI KOK training scheme for officers of the bank was H^gH ivii. wvii iwt_i i\v-fi\ mmw^^mk introduced. Heads of departments were sent ChdiriTidn abroad for training. Personnel
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        Balmain sticks to chic, classic clothes
        202 6 WHILE Paris goos wild over padded shoulders, French fashion czar Pierre Balmain scorns them He decides to ride against the current fashion wave to create clothes for the truly feminine woman. Mr Balmain, the "dressmaker of queens" says the woman of today should have
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        How about hiring a male amah ?
        607 6 How about hiring a male amah By SHEILA CHEONG WOULD you hire a male "amah"? This was the question I faced earlier this week. My ad in the paper clearly stated that I required a live-in domestic help to look after my four-year-old son, cook and do the housework. There
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        Short shorts, they are so stylish!
        158 6 SHORT shorts an item that's a "mast" In today's wardrobe. Hmm are after all, the days of sportsmanship, or shall we say sportHwomaosUp, when seme «f as are bound to be off to the beach, the sailing elnb or the running tracks come the
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        Watching other cooks made her a better cook
        166 6 Watching other cooks made her a better cook WHILE other teenage girls in Pontian, Malaysia, preoccupied their minds with fashion and having fun, Mrs Neo Aik Liang hung around the kitchens of restaurants learning how to "I was a greedy girl. I loved to eat seafood so I often slipped
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        recipes
        463 6 Shredded Chicken and Ham: lagredleata: One chicken; four slices cooked ham; one cucumber; three red chillies; one tomato; spring onions and parsley leaves for garnishing and pineapple cubes and cherries for decoration. For seasoning the chicken, mix together one teaspoon of light soy sauce, half teaspoon of oyster sauce,
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        125 6 L^L2si av'^^l a>>i ITT 4 Buy a book, ANY BOOK, and Violet Oons Peranakan Cooking is yours for ONLY $1.00 (Normal Price $5.50) Peranakan Cooking. That marvellous blend of Malay and Chinese cuisine. Violet Oons favourite recipes are all here in living colour. This offer only as long as stocks
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      Lock icon Battling crime beneath the streets
      990 7  -  New York's war against an underground army of criminals NEW YORKERS have always worried about crime in the streets. But a more recent threat crime beneath the streets has prodded the city into an all-out and highly expensive war against what amounts to a small
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      The three things which will decide what's to become of earth
      651 7 THE OTHER day some body discovered the fossil footprints of an early man taking an airing a couple of billion years ago, with a set of smaller footprints behind him. maybe his wife's. What were they doing on that
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        306 7 These girls made it to the top in the LCCI exams **TJ Thanks to Secretarius J^k ft The best secretaries usually come from 'J m J?T I m^*\it I I A Sec retarius A t *J m^k tmi V- iR!^ c l^ ree r S yy U See 011 yOUr
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      Japan's voters drifting to an independent stance
      1009 8  -  MORE "FLOATERS" ARE ABANDONING THEIR FIRM PARTY MOORINGS VOTERS apathy is a growing phenomenon in Japanese politics that has already seen an increasing number of Japanese abandoning their firm party moorings to join the multitude euphemistically called "floating voters." The description applies to
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      The threat of worst plague of locusts in 16 years
      789 8  -  By HUGH PAIN in ROME THE locusts are coming back, and man has only himself to blame. The world is facing the worst plagnc of loensts far it yean, less than 18 months after some experts were confidently predicting they
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        470 8 A very practical V VVv^/I^B vBiJj^^^BtS#ltSJ guide which HHHJH HfcflHHJ prepares you '1BSB^» 1 '^P ■SI all the way from > f^. r 1 shopping for a ft-jra -j* A 1-. I f II bridal gown, Avj v bridal make-up frVi'V J I and trousseau to the grand reception. V
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