The Straits Times, 17 May 1979

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    14 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 THURSDAY, MAY 17, 1979 25 CENTS M.C.(P) No. 142/1/79
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    Lock icon CARTER: THIS COULD RUIN US
    629 1 Warning against wild oil scramble WASHINGTON, Wednesday AS PETROL shortages spread to more areas in the United States, President Jimmy Carter warned Americans yesterday that panic buying of petrol was a cancer that could destroy their country. He mentioned the bizarre situation in California where
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    'Break out of energy trap' call
    613 1 SINGAPORE, ensnared by cheap fuel supplies iii the past, must take urgent steps to break out of the "energy trap." the Political Secretary (Science and Technology Ministry), Mr Lim Chee Onn, said yesterday. In view of the critical importance of energy. he stressed that
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    Lock icon Envoy died of poisoning?
    88 1 ANBERRA. Wed Ki.ien.si. xperts are investigating the uspected poisoning of an Aus ralian diplomat during an offi i.il visit to the western Ukaine region of the Soviet nion last month, government ources said today The diplomat, identified nly as an irffuvi at the Ausralian embassy in
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    Lock icon US heading for a recession
    99 1 US heading for a recession WASHINGTON, Wed. Industrial output in the United States plunged last month at the steepest rate in more than four years, the Federal Reserve Board said today, to offer the clearest signal yet that the economy has slowed down and could be headed for a recession
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    Lock icon 'Yes' soon
    39 1 BRUSSELS. Wed Turkey will shortly announce its permission for American U-2 spy planes to overfly its territory on missions to monitor Soviet implementation of the new Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty. Nato defence sources disclosed here today. AFP
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    Lock icon Japan shipbuilding cutback planned
    86 1 TOKYO. Wed. A group of 40 major Japanese shipbuilding companies will shortly seek government permission to form an anti-recession production cutting cartel, the Shipbuilders Association of Japan said today. The association said its standing committee today came to the conclusion that such a cartel was necessary
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    Lock icon ENERGY SPEECH THAT WAS BLACKED-OUT
    101 1 MANILA, Wed. The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development was briefly plunged into darkness here just as a delegate began to speak on energy problems facing the developing countries. The multi-million dollar Convention Centre's emergency power took over quickly and Uruguay's Ambassador Juan Jose
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    Lock icon GUN-TOTING GIRLS STAND GUARD
    45 1 TEENAGED girls, carrying Soviet-made AK-47 rifles seized from the Iranian army daring the revelation, standing guard on Tuesday to protect the chief of Iran's Central Revolutionary Court, Sheikh Sadegh Khalkhali, who was attending an anti-Israeli meeting at Teheran University. UPI picture.
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    Lock icon The 'one in millions' baby
    221 1 The 'one in millions' baby AUCKLAND, Wednesday A WOMAN who had her entire womb removed has given birth to a 2.2 kg baby girl, defying odds of "hundreds of millions to one," doctors said today. The still unnamed baby was born last night at National Women's Hospital where her mother,
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    Lock icon Viet bid to build up fifth column
    543 1 CHARGES US JAKARTA, Wednesday HANOI'S plan to send 10,000 refugees out of Veitnam every month has an evil motive, the United States warned yesterday. The Vietnamese want to build up a fifith column in other countries, it alleged. Mr Robert Oakley. Deputy Assistant
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    Lock icon LATEST SOVIETS SET UP LISTENING POST
    72 1 LATEST SOVIETS SET UP LISTENING POST WASHINGTON, Wed. The Soviet Union has opened an electronic listening post near Vietnam's Cam Ranh Bay capable of Intercepting high-frequency voice radio, lIS Government sources said today. A State Department spokesman, while not officially confirming that the electronics post had been set up, said
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    Lock icon Concern over Warsaw Pact's might
    244 1 Concern over Warsaw Pact's might BRUSSELS, Wed. Nato defence ministers declared today the Warsaw Pact's military might had grown so great that it could attack the West with little preparation at a time ana place of its own choice. A joint communique issued after a two-day meeting of the 15-nation
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      Lock icon 'Caught' by the camera
      58 2 'Caught' by the camera THIS is a bank security camera photo, supplied and edited by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation, of two armed men, who robbed the Spokane Valley branch of the American Commercial Bank on Monday. They got away with U5510,797 (5523,753). One shot was fired during the
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      Warnings to West on playing 'China card'
      183 2 LONDON, Wed. The Wetter* p*wera were today waned by the lndrprndrnt Inirrna-tlan-l Institute far Strategic Stidlea against "pUytmg the C_l_» card by expUcJily ezpMtlag the «_w- viet rift. The l,«_d«_-b_grd faMtttate la Ito strategic sarvey M IV7S pahitahed here Mid It wu la
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      Lock icon Airmen's uprising in Ghana fails
      219 2 Airmen's uprising in Ghana fails ABIDJAN, Wed. An air force officer and some airmen made an unsuccessful attempt to stage an uprising in Ghana yesterday, causing panic in the capital. Accra radio reported. The abortive uprising came a month before presidential and parlia- i mentary elections to restore civilian rule
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      Lock icon Tito hits out against divisiveness in non-aligned movement
      191 2 BELGRADE, Wad. PRESIDENT Josip Broz Tito spoke out strongly today against what he called the dan- ger of a split in the nonaligned movement, on the eve of his meeting tomorrow in Moscow with Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev. He said the movement
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      Lock icon 'Upheavals in 1980s' warning
      454 2 'Uphe avals in 1980s' warning 'THREAT TO FLOW OF VITAL RAW MATERIALS TO WEST' LONDON, Wednesday UPHEAVALS like the revolution in Iran are likely to occur elsewhere in the Third World during the 1960s and threaten the flow of vital raw materials to the West, the authorita- tive International Institute
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      Lock icon '40,000 in Africa'
      69 2 LONDON, Wed. Cuba has more than 40,000 troops in Africa, including 17,000 in Ethiopia and 20.000 in Angola, the International Institute for Strategic Studies said today. In its annual strategic survey, the institute said the African campaigns, which have cost about 1,800 casualties, are a considerable strain
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      Lock icon Nato meet ends with report by Brown
      157 2 NATO Defence Ministers wound up a two-day meeting here with a report from US Defence Secretary Harold Brown on the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (Salt II) between the United States and the Soviet Union. They will also discuss Brussals, Wed the modernisation of
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      Lock icon A growing crisis over press in Iran
      325 3 A growing crisis over press in Iran JOURNALISTS walked out at Iran's biggest newspaper yesterday in protest against encroachments on press freedom. But Islamic workers defied the cdi- tor and their colleagues to bring out a pirate edition of the paper, the afternoon daily Kayham. The conflict is part of
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      Stampede at theatre
      67 3 JAKARTA. Wed. A woman was trampled to death and 17 people seriously injured when a shot set off a stampede at an open air picture theatre in central Jakarta, a police spokesman said today. He said about 3,000 people had just finished watching a film in an
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      Lock icon New bank that aims to help poorer Iranians
      226 3 New bank that aims to help poorer Iranians TEHERAN, Wed. A new bank will be launched in revolutionary Iran tomorrow and its main aim will not be to make a profit, but to help low income Iranians and put the economy on a sound footSome 800,000 shares of 1.000 rials
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      Lock icon Thorpe proposed two murders, court told
      158 3 Thorpe proposed two murders, court told LONDON, Wed. A startled court today beard an allegation that former Liberal party leader Jeremy Thorpe (above)pr*pMed not one bat two murders. Thorpe, ML Is oa trial aceased of ptotfcag what Is alleged to have beea a bungled attempt to kill male model Norman
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      Lock icon Ties again
      24 3 WASHINGTON, Wed. President Carter today ordered the immediate resumption of US trade with Uganda following the overthrow of President I<fi Amin. Renter.
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      Lock icon Military force to guard US overseas interests?
      258 3 Military force to guard US overseas interests? WASHINGTON, Wed. United States Senator Joseph Biden said yesterday he has received reports the Carter administration is considering creating a 100,000-man mobil? military force to help protect US interests overseas, including the Persian Gulf. A State Department witness declined to confirm the reports
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      Lock icon 'Shorter working hours will not help jobless'
      193 3 BRUSSELS, Wed. Reducing working hours will not provide any miracle solution to high unemployment in the European Economic Community. EECLabour Ministers agreed here yesterday But at a special council session here, they asked the EEC commission to present a comprehensive report on this
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      Lock icon Bribe charge on two
      54 3 TOKYO, Wed Charges were preferred against two Japanese businessmen today foJowing a probe intc allegations of bribes paid in Japan by US aircraft companies. The Tokyo district prosecutor's office, which indicted the two men, also announced it had completed more than four months of investigations into
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      Lock icon Mrs Ieng's 15-day jungle journey to seek aid
      421 4 Mrs Ieng's 15-day jungle journey to seek aid MANILA, Wednesday A KAMPUCHEAN W( pistol at her waist cl crossed jungles to ret hopes to appeal for ii Oman minister with a limbed mountains and ach Manila, where she nternational aid to her country. Social affairs minister leng Tirith of the
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      Lock icon Muslim delegates stage boycott
      168 4 Muslim delegates stage boycott MANILA, Wed. Delegates of Islamic nations led by the Arabs, and some socialist countries today staged a walkout when Israel got up to speak at the United Nations Conference On Trade and Development (Unctad) here. It was difficult to tell exactly who was joining the boycott
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      Lock icon Govt's 'no' to giant N-plant
      71 4 HANOVER, Wed. The state government of Lower Saxony turned down plans today to build the world's biggest commercial nuclear reprocessing plant. State Premier Ernst Albrecht told Parliament his government could not give its approval for the 11-biUion mark (5J13.2 billion) project. But he gave provisional
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      Lock icon Poppy lands
      41 4 WASHINGTON, Wed. More illicit opium 600 to 800 tonnes a year is being produced from poppies grown largely in Pakistan and Afghanistan than from poppies anywhere else in the world a top US drug law official said yesterday. AP.
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      Lock icon Russians working on Viet ports: Report
      318 4 Separate accord on military aid* TOKYO, Wednesday THE Soviet-Vietnamese treaty of alliance and cooperation signed last November has separate documents on military cooperation, and the Russians are improving Vietnamese ports and harbours under them, the Kyodo news service reported today in a dispatch from
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      Lock icon 'Hope of better ties with Russia dim'
      167 4 'Hope of better ties with Russia dim' TOKYO, Wed. Chinese Senior Vice Premier Deng Xiaoping (Ten* Hsiao-ping) today said China and the Soviet I nlon would hold talks to Improve their strained relations, Japan's JIM news agency reported from Brtjng (Peking). However, Jljl said Mr Deng in an interview with
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      Lock icon Policemen's demands
      66 4 NEW DELHI. Wed. "Loyal" policemen yesterday used tear gas and resorted to "mild" cane charges in two places to disperse their agitating colleagues in Punjab, north India, reports said. The policeman, who were demanding, among other things, better wage and working conditions, continued their week-old agitation in the
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      Lock icon 'Suharto's successor need not be from the military'
      162 4 'Suharto's successor need not be from the military' JAKARTA, Wed The retired Indonesian General Sumitro was today reported to have suggested that the country^ next president need not be a militaryman. "As far as I remember the Indonesian armed forces have never decided that the leader or the president must
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      Lock icon Student's 8-hour self surgery to curb sex urge
      332 4 A STUDENT who tried to curb his sex drive with do-it-yourself surgery has astonished US doctors with his efforts to carry out his own eight-hour operation. The unidentified student, 22, first removed his testicles in a trial operation. Then two months later,
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      Lock icon Proposal to license newsmen under study by UN team
      313 6 Proposal to license newsmen under study by UN team WASHINGTON, Wed A UNITED Nations commission is considering proposals for licensing journalists and imposing penalties for "incorrect reporting, an American magazine reported today. The magazine, Freedom At Issue, said the prime mover behind the proposals was Mr Scan Macbride, head of
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      37 6 GENEVA, Wed. China and Vietnam will exchange sick and wounded prisoners cap-; tured during last February's: border war at the common frontier next Monday, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) announced yesterday Reuter.
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      Lock icon Gold fever on the rise as price nears all-time high
      554 6 Fears of inflation among 3 factors LONDON, Wed GOLD fever was yesterday again sweeping the main financial centres, fanned by fears of a renewed general onslaught by inflation, a further rise in oil prices and short supply of bullion on
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      Lock icon Poor turnout for Indira rally
      199 6 Poor turnout for Indira rally NEW DELHI, Wednesday I FORMER prime minister Indira Gandhi took her political comeback campaign to the capital's streets today, but the turnout was disappointing. Organisers of her political rally said they expected a million people from all over India to protest a government bill appointing
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      Lock icon Swedish pact with China
      72 6 STOCKHOLM, Wed. Sweden and China yesterday signed a five-year trade agreement that will for the first time allow companies form a Western nation to set up permanent offices in the communist republic. Prime Minister Ola Ullsten and visiting Vice Prime Minister Geng Biao co-signed the agreement
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      37 6 WASHINGTON. Wed. President Carter considers ratification of the new Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT II) with Soviet Union more important than his own re-election next year, White House press secretary Jody Powell said today. Reuter.
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      Troops at polls office
      64 6 Troops at polls office INFANTRYMEN with a heavy marhlnegon mounted on an armoured carrier stand guard at an elections office In Milan on Tuesday. At least \t,m troops were made available to guard vital Installations From terrorist attacks during the run-up to the Italian elections on June 3. In the
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      Lock icon US Senate calls for lifting of curbs on Rhodesia
      228 6 WASHINGTON. Wed. The US Senate has. called on President Jimmy Carter to lift sanctions against Rhodesia and given a warning to Britain and African nations that it wants the trade barriers raised, nearly 14 years after they were imposed. Ignoring the
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      Lock icon Minister's home attacked
      95 6 Minister's home attacked SALISBURY, Wed. An explosive device, believed to be a hand grenade, was thrown at the home of Mr James Chikerema, a minister in the transitional government, who is at the centre of a storm within his political party, police said today. No-one was hurt in the inn
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      Cyclone toll — 500 feared dead in Andhra Pradesh
      169 6 Cyclone toll 500 feared dead in Andhra Pradesh AT LEAST SM people were feared dead in the cyclone which battered the coast of the sootheast Indian state of Andhra Pradesh over the weekend, Chief Minister C henna Reddy said last night. The Press Trust of India (PTI) said Mr Reddy
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    475 7  - Carp culture the new venture at Pandan reservoir JANIE KHOO By J HE placid waters of 'amlan Reservoir in Jusng are fast proving to .itable spot for the ulture of the b'g-head arp At the moment, the •servoir is the "hom°" )r between 12.000 and 14. X) fingerlings (the young
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    Tanglin Club 'nationality' ruling
    95 7 Tanglin Club 'nationality' ruling THE Tanglln Club has passed a resolution restricting the membership of any one nation alify to more than 51 per cent. This amendment to the club's rales was approved at Its annual meeting on Monday. Mr Peter Tomklns, who was re-elected president of the club, said
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    Call to maintain open registry of ships
    329 7 SINGAPORE should maintain its open registry of ships as this provides jobs for seamen here and from developing countries, shipowners said yesterday. Open registry or flag of convenience shipping also cuts sea transportation costs and reduces freight rates which would otherwise be higher,
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    Personality course
    47 7 Personality course THE Department of Extramural Studies. University o( Singapore, will hold a 16-lec-ture course on Personality and the Psychology of Adjustment in its New Lecture Theatre 2 on Mondays and Wednesdays from 7.30 p.m. to 9 p.m., from May 28. For details, tel. *****6 or *****0.
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      436 7 EXHIBITION OF CHI- DENTAL HEALTH EX- from 10 am. to 9 p.m., tiU EXHIBITION and wine I HEALTH EDUCATION NESE CALLIGRAPHY' HIBITION at Joo Chiat May 27. tasting at Singapore Hi 1- EXHIBITION, held by the AND SEAL-CARVING at rommi n j, v rpntre from T FAMILY PLANNING ton. first
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    Hair stylist fined for chopper attack
    140 8 A HAIRSTYLIST was yesterday jailed for a day and fined $3,000 by a district court for using a chopper on a cinema usher after a "staring" incident in the street. Goh Choon Hiong, 24, the hairstylist, and two friends followed Mr Lian Thian Kiew,
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    Officials of society
    53 8 Dr C. Murugiah has been elected chairman of the Commonwealth Society of Singapore The other officials elected were Messrs George Neelankavil, secretary; John Carter, treasurer; George Thomson, M.P.D. Nair, T.W.Hulme, V T Sambandan.Boey Y i n Sum. X V Ratnam. Mrs Kay Maria Jones and Miss Irene
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    Signature drive by residents to protest SBS terminus plan
    350 8 RESIDENTS in two housing estates for government executive officers and a Housing and Urban Development Company (HUDC) estate in East Coast Park have started a signature-collecting campaign. This is to protest against the Singapore Bus Service's plan to build a bus
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    Jogathon
    52 8 JURONG TOWN community centre's joggers' club will hold a jogathon over a distance of 8 3 kilometres, on Sunday at 7.30 am. Mr. Ho Kan Leong, the MP (or Jurong Town, will flag off the start at the centre. Prizes and souvenirs will be awarded to lucky winners. All
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    Acquittal
    32 8 MOHAMED Daud bin Abdul Majid, 22, was yesterday acquitted by a district court of attempted housebreaking in Jalan Tenaga on Jan. 28 at 6.10 p.m. after the prosecution withdrew the charge.
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    Teams to check on bus drivers
    340 8  -  PAUL WEE Move to ensure doors are shut By SINGAPORE Bus Service plans to deploy mobile enforcement teams to make sure drivers of buses with automatic doors keep them shut while the buses are moving. Any driver found not doing so will face disciplinary
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    Body of woman found
    67 8 Body of woman found THE body of an unidentified woman was found floating in the Stamford Road canal on Tuesday at 2.35 p.m. Police described her as about 45 years old, 1.65 metres tall, medium build, with fair complexion, spotting short grey hair and wearing a pair of brown and
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    CRASH M-CYCLIST DIES
    75 8 A MOTORCYCLIST died on arrival at the Alexandra General Hospital on Tuesday at 3.05 p.m. after an accident in Jurong on the same day. Police said Mr Lim York Hee, 23, a technician, was seriously in- jured when his machine collided with a car at the junction
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    Summer Expo' opens at Ang Mo Kio
    84 8 Summer Expo' opens at Ang Mo Kio THE MP for Serangoon Garden, Dr Lav Teik Soon, yesterday opened the Summer Trade Fair exposition opposite Block 246, Avenue One, Ang Mo Kio. The fair which will go on for 39 nights from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. comprises 140 stalls including
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    Aircraft servicing base is planned
    601 9 Aircraft servicing base is planned THE government plans to build up an integrated aircraft servicing base here to cater for both commercial and general aviation aircraft, the Trade and Industry Minister, Mr Goh Chok Tong, said yesterday. The government, he said, was prepared to give tax and other incentives to
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    Regular reviews in selecting officers
    208 9 THE Defence Minister, force of regulars, the Mr Howe Yoon Chong adoption of such a method yesterday said the process of training officer cadres of selection of Singapore is unavoidable," he Armed Forces officers, added, adopted a few years ago, Mr Howe was speaking will
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    'INDIA AND S'PORE SHARE VIEWS ON INDOCHINA'
    260 9 'INDIA AND S'PORE SHARE VIEWS ON INDOCHINA' THERE Is considerable identity of views between Singapore and Inuia in finding a peaceful solution to the Indochina conflict, Mr IMnesh Singh, the special envoy of Indian Premier Morarji Desai, said yesterday. "Singapore like India is keen to see that there is an
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    Anti-flood measures temporary
    272 9 Anti-flood measures temporary PARLIAMENT question and answers MEASURES taken to remedy the flood problem at the land between the Pan-Island Expressway and Jalan Eunos will only be temporary until after the expressway and flyover there have been completed, Parliament was told on Tuesday. Environment Minister I.IM KIM SAN explained that
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    HUDC lift rescue plan
    67 9 THE Housing and Urban Development Co (Pte) (HUDC) is likely to install automatic rescue devices in lifts in all its block, National Development Minister Teh Cheang Wan told Parliament on Tuesday. The HUDC considered the devices in lifts as essential and had approached the Housing and
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    Reservoir in Nee Soon planned
    84 9 THE Public Utilities Board plans to build a reservoir in Nee Soon by early next year by channelling Sungei Selelar. Environment Minister LIM KIM SAN told Parliament on Tuesday. He said this when replying to OB KOH UP UN (Nee Soon) who wanted to know
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    REPORT ON FLYOVER COLLAPSE READY
    119 9 REPORT ON FLYOVER COLLAPSE READY THE committee inquiring into the collapse of the flyover at Jalan Eunos has completed its report, National Development Minister TEH CHEANG WAN told Parliament on Tuesday. The report, which contains a preliminary assessment of the incident, has been submitted to the Attorney-General, he said in
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    Woman jailed for child battering freed on appeal
    587 9 A HOUSEWIFE, originally sentenced to a total of 24 months' jail in a childbattering case, was yesterday set free on appeal by the High Court because of serious legal technicalities affecting the charges and the trial proceedings. The Chief Justice, Mr Wee
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    Java trip
    31 9 THE Singapore Adventurers Club will organise a 12-day trip to Java and Bali in July. Those interested can write to the secretary at P.O. Box 100, Geylang, Singapore 14.
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      280 9 MAY 21 ST ISSUE SALT II: Will the U S Senate approve Salt IV Former Chief Arms-Control negotiator Paul Warnke says The real problem in the absence of Salt II is that you may end up with technological break throughs that would, in fact, threaten the ability of the other
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    491 10 EXTENSIVE RENOVATIONS TO FLATS POSE A HAZARD. BUT. THE residents of three blocks of former Singapore Improvement Trust flats in Outram Hill are a sporting lot. Despite extensive renovations being carried out in their flats, they put on a smile and said it
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    Why SIA plane left Perth unladen
    247 10 Why SIA plane left Perth unladen THE Singapore Airlines Boeing 711, found to have structural rorroslon In Perth on Tups- day, left the city the same day without an\ passengers or cargo as a precautionary measure, aa SLA spokesman said yesterday. It was not refused permission to leave by the
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    GOLD PRICES UP
    56 10 THE Singapore Chinese Gold and Silver Merchants Association announced an increase in prices for three types of gold yesterday. The new prices, effective from today, are $780 for 24-carat gold and $730 for 22-carat gold, both up by $20. j The price of pound gold will also
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    World Bank study on aid to Asean projects
    347 10  -  SOH TIANG KENG By r i THE World Bank is study- ing Asean proposals to 1 provide finance and tech- nical assistance for Asean industrial projects. This was stated yesterf I day by Mr William Clark, > spokesman for the bank's [president.
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    Hotels on alert for 'dangerous' gunman
    393 10  - Hotels on alert for 'dangerous' gunman IRENE NGOO Leading hotels in Singapore are on full alert for the "trigger-happy I and highly dangerous" i gunman who shot and wounded the Japanese Ambassador to Nepal in his room at the Mandarin Hotel last Saturday. This stand-by order was given by the
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    Dinner date
    26 10 THE Communications Minister. Mr Ong Teng Cheong, will attend the annual dinner and dance of the Singapore Nautical Institute at the Shangri-La Hotel tonight
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      341 12 i« A MASSIVE and impressive list of development I projects has been drawn j up by the federal and state governments to bring about "greater progress and the modernisation" of Kelantan. To ensure their successful implementation, an increased sum of $1,744 mil lion has
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      25 12 PORT DICKSON, Wed. About 100 wedding guests, including some children, were taken ill after attending a dinner reception here, over the weekend. NST.
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      307 12 Citrus fruit project now a success Californian oranges from Cameron Highlands TANAH RATA, Wednesday CITRUS fruits from California, including the popular navel oranges, are now successfully grown in the Cameron Highlands after several years of experiments. The fruit trees are grown in the Boh Tea estate, near here, which started
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      Vandals desecrate Hindu temples in Malacca
      254 12 M. G. G PILLAI Special to the Straits Times KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Police confirmed today that vandals desecrated two Hindu temples in Alor Gajah, Malacca, early Sunday morning, breaking several idols. No details are available of the incident. The police officer in charge, Insp
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      62 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The proposed traditional medicine institution will train local dukuns and bomohs towards modernisation, the president of the Malay Medicine Association, Haji Raden Supathan, said yesterday. It would also seek to increase the know-how of bomohs, he said. The proposal to set up the
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      36 12 JOHORE BARU, Wed. A prisoner, Abdul Rahman Ahmad, 25, was sentenced to eight months' jail by the Sessions Court when he pleaded guilty to illegal possession of heroin in the prison here. NST.
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      195 12 LABUAN, Wed. Chief Minister Harris Salleh on Monday night called Usno "the No. 1 trouble maker in Sabah. "It is regrettable that Usno, which is supposed to be our friend, has chosen to stab us bymaking efforts to drive a wedge between the people and the
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      121 12 Minister hits at reluctant teachers KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Malaysia's policy to give universal education has been hampered by teachers who refuse to serve in remote, rural areas, Education Minister Datuk Musa Hitam said here today. Speaking at a Teachers' Day rally, Datuk Musa said the policy would not succeed so
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      46 12 PENANG, Wed. The gov eminent has been urged tc pass the National Parks Bill without delay to set up elephant sanctuaries. The Malaysian Wildlife Society warned today that elephants in Peninsular Malaysia, which now number 550, are being threatened with extinction. NST.
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      50 12 IPOH, Wed. A workinu paper on the setting up of an Islamic hospital here will be submitted to the Mentri Besar soon. The decision to submit the working paper was made by the Ipoh L'mno Division at its delegates' meeting at the National Front Office here yesterday. NST.
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      193 12 Bra-full of radioactivity' MALACCA, Wed. Several factory girls here may be unsuspectingly carrying around a bra-full of radioactivity. The girls smuggle out electronic components from a factory in Batu Berendam by stuffing them inside their bras. Malacca customs chief, Supt Ismail Jaafar. warned today these components were radioactive and might
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      553 13 Three charged with trafficking K. LUMPUR, Wed AN AMERICAN narcotics agent, Mr William Joseph Feaser, posed as a courier to probe the activities of a drug trafficking syndicate, the sessions court here was told yesterday. Mr Feaser, 34, who
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      44 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed Special Branch director Datuk Mohamed Amin Osman has been appointed the new acting deputy Inspector-General of Police He takes over from the retired deputy IGP Tan Sri Mahmood Yunos who is now the Malaysian Ambassador to Indonesia
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      188 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed Malaysia's Red Crescent Society faces heavy financial losses over the construction of a transit camp for Vietnamese refugees, society chairman Tunku Mohamed Burhanuddin said today. Tunku Mohamed said the 5,000 tonnes of prefabricated materials from Australia, which arrived on May 10.
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      243 13 Order against airline union is final: Minister KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The deregistration of the Airlines Employees Union is final, Labour and Manpower Minister, Datuk Richard Ho, said yesterday. The union had one month to appeal against the order of deregistration, but up to the time the deadline expired on Sunday,
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      48 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed Caltex Oil Limited was fined $20,000 by the Sessions Court here yesterday for having excess kerosene beyond the licensed quantity Court president. Mr Mohamed All Abdul Aziz, also ordered the forfeiture of the excess kerosene of 663.723 litres valued at $100,634. AP
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      224 13 Institute to reopen after students screened KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday THE Mara Vocational Institute at Kampung Pandan, which was shut down recently, is expected to re-open early next month after all its students have been screened. On April 2D, Public Enterprises Minister Abdul Ma nan Othman ordered the closure of the
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      204 13 Plea to China to join tin accord MANILA, Wed. International Tin Council executive secretary Peter Lai today made a public appeal to China to join the next international tin agreement. Mr. Lai told the United I Nations Conference on Trade and Development here that he "regretted" the absence of China
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      66 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Malayan Railway will have more coaches on its Kuala Lumpur-Singapore night express train for soccer fans attending the match between Selangor and Singapore at the republic'! National Stadium on May 27. A railway spokesman said today the "soccer special i coaches" would be
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      24 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed Malaysia will present two films at the 2th Asian Film Festiaval to be held in Singapore from July 3.
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    Ministry to give more help to aided schools
    323 14 Ministry to give more help to aided schools THE EducatlM Ministry will cMtinae to extend facilities and services now available to government schools and Junior colleges to government-aided Institutions. To date, governmentaided schools and colleges have been invited to take part In two snch schemes and the ministry is looking
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    Keeping an eye on well-dressed drug supervisees
    219 14 Keeping an eye on well-dressed drug supervisees POLICE are keeping wat< supervision who appear means, as they are lit criminal activities. Since May 1, senior detectives have been taking note of the clothes and personal effects of the supervisees when they turn up for urine tests at police stations every
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    Library talk
    33 14 A SOCIAL Welfare officer, Miss Norilah Salam, will rive a talk in Malay on Understanding Parent-Child Relationship at the National Library's Central Adult Section meeting room on Saturday at 3 p.m.
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    Telecoms display
    55 14 THE Telecommunication Authority of Singapore will hold a two-week exhibition at the Conference Hall from today tc May 27 to commemorate the 11th World Telecommunication Day. The exhibition is open to the public free of charge from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. today, and from 10 a.m. U'
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    306 14  - ssc 'no' earlier football matches WONG MOH-KEED By THE Singapore Sports Council has turned down a request by the Public Utilities Board to fix football matches and nthpr snnrK irwts and other sports meets earlier so as to save on floodlighting, It said gate collection of football matches for instance
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    25 14 TUESDAY'S electricity consumption of 19.48 millior units showed an increase of 2.74 per cent compared with the average Tuesday consumption in March.
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      263 14 Straits Times Crossword ACBOBB «K hter < 8 > 1 Dejevted county players (8). Old Beld-marstal and older 5 Goblin seen in trips out East cavalryman (8). (C) t Q o— section of population Labour statesman gives car from the wild dee hills (8). manutf cturer no backing (8) U
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    Lock icon Results of joint survey soon
    125 15 Results of joint survey soon THE Joint survey of the Industrial Training Board and the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board on manpower and training needs in the tourist industry is expected to be ready at the end of this month. Officials of the Economic Research Department who are conducting the survey
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    Toh: Scientists in LDCs must work with administrators
    431 15 HEALTH Minister Toh Chin Chye has told a Unesco conference in Paris that scientists in j-,,-i,.^-j nr ...~t~i~c essdeveloped countries (LDCs) will make little impact on development until they recognise that they must work in tandem with the decision-makers in their governments.
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    Report that put S'pore in bad light
    281 15 Report that put S'pore in bad light SINGAPORE was made to appear un-cooperative when a document on technical cooperation in the field of health issued by the Western Pacific region made no mention of the Republic. This point was taken up by the Health Minister, Dr Toh Chin Chye, when
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    Five-day festival of Soviet films in October
    228 15 Five-day festival of Soviet films in October THE Soviet Embassy will present a five-day festival of Russian films under the cultural cooperation agreement between Singapore and the Soviet Union. Five full-length films will be shown at the annual film festival the sixth to be staged here so far to be
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    Minister at opening
    79 15 THE Senior Minister of State i Education), Dr Tony Tan will be guest of honour at the opening ceremony of the First Franco-South-east Asian Mathematical Conference to be held at the arts lecture hall of N.nyang University on May 28 at 3 30 a.m. The function will
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    Officials of society
    49 15 MR MARTIN Chew Boon Keng has been re-elected president of the Singapore Society of Radiographers. Other officials are Mr Yeap Kway Seng (vice-president); Mr Tay Ngiang Soon (secretary); Mr Lee Swee Huat (treasurer); and Mr Tyrone Goh (assistant secretary). THE STRAITS TIMES. THURSDAY, MAY 17, 1979
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    The Straits Times THURESDAY, MAY 17, 1979 SHIPPING WOES
    363 16 The Straits Times THURESDAY, MAY 17, 1979 SHIPPING WOES ONE THING is clear at the Unctad V conference in Manila: The seemingly unbridgeable gulf between developed and developing countries. Despite the cry for a new international economic order since the early seventies, the advanced nations have done next to nothing
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    VIETNAM'S DUTY
    368 16 VIETNAM appears finally to be doing something about its hordes of refugees who have been swamping neighbouring countries. The chief Vietnamese delegate to the Jakarta meeting on refugees has announced plans to allow up to 10,000 people a month to leave legally. In practice this is nothing really
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    A baby mammoth named Dima that's insured for $33m
    636 16  -  ROBERT EVANS Ry in Moscow AN eight-month old baby insured for 10 million roubles ($33 million) flies from Leningrad to London later this month as the centrepiece of an exhibition on Soviet life today. But the baby, named Dima by its
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    884 16  - Jaye faces first big popularity test since he came to power CLARENCE FERNANDO SRI LANKA, to which Singapore investors are paying increasing attention, will be going to the polls on Saturday. This will be the country's first local body elections in 10 years and President Junius Jayewardene's first big test
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    East Berlin reverses state trend towards relative liberalisation
    744 16  -  ELIZABETH POND HONECKER NOW SEEMS TO HAVE DEFINED THE LIMITS By in Bonn EAST Germany is pulling back on its liberalisation of recent years and jolting East-West German relations in the process. In the last month East Berlin has: f IRT.ULED access
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    824 17  - Taiwanese face fear of economic recession HARRY ELLIS By in Taipeh Major task is to maintain level of prosperity MORE than any immediate threat from the communist mainland, Taiwan's astute leaders fear the impact of recession on their tight little island. "Economic prosperity said a longtime observer, "is the glue
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    465 17  -  GREGORY JENSEN By in London All around you come gasps of surprise from audiences fooled by the most startling opening of a play on the current London stage. They're settling into the Royal Shakespeare Company's London theatre to watch a Shakespeare play and are admiring
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      560 17 Courses I for /factory j foremen [neededj Strait* Times, May 12. AS a trainer in supervisory management for a number of years, I feel qualified to. comment further on the remarks made by Mr C.J. Benson of the Institution of Works Managers, Britain, (ST, May
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      Road too narrow to extend bus route
      92 17 Road too narrow to extend bus route I REFER to "Save as a l«ng walk out to Ukmalii road" by "Very Disappoint**." We have examined the request bat regret that we are unable to extend car bus service* Into Jalan Pemlmpln as the narrowness of the road would make operatlon
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      113 17 SMOOTH AS SILK TO THE THAI CAPITAL Bangkok. The hub of the Orient. Home base for Thai. And naturally we have more flights in and out of there than anybody else. Serving more Asian countries in fact, than anybody else. Each in a style that's smooth as silk. Beautiful planes,
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      1315 18 THE last triaaamrt r*ady air at U* rkmr at bmtmrm m t V SMck Excteaar at StafBporr imifcy r<«»M»d with the prrvtou. day iprtm \o*K**r wttk B7» Mfk awl lw» AdtaMrt tor artip rt«Mi aw). I*' Hick >7» Low MM sErnoN one IMH I <rrmi*L oommutial aou atct
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      320 18 Closing tone: Mixed. Turnover: Official figures supplied by the Stock Exchange of Singapore including odd lots "Heady" totalled: 4.642.000 units valued at $11,644,000. Industrials accounted (or 2,834,000, finance 496,000, hotels 193.000, properties 440.000, debentures, loans and bonds 25.000. plantations 602,000, minings 50,000. "Settlement" contracts totalled 257,000 units valued
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      BUSINESS DONE (SINGAPORE)
      1666 18 BID and oflrr pnres officially Ustea and business in an reported to tte Stork Exchange of Singapore yesterday with the number of shares traded shown in brackets in Iocs of 1.000 units unless otherwise jpecified Ail Times Settiemeni Contracts are quoted after the word "sett" Bur Board
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      1221 18 HI) «rw offer prices officially listed snd busueas in and reported to the! Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange yes- 1 *"h "»">*** of shares traded shown v, brackeu In lots of IMb units unless otherwise spedlIM IMHBT-ULB *—a (2.968) cd «jMS-ils(2 5683 oOSixaU <1 MB 1 90S, (2MB (3)
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        129 18 THE STRAITS tin price jumped HO to $1,985 per picul in Penang yesterday on an official offering down 149 tonnes to 171 tonnes. The overnight London market was firmer with forward buyers gaining £50 to £7,230 pm tonne. LONDON: Tin on the day was down £20 for Cash and
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        30 18 Rubber May 16 Singapore: June: 284.00 cents (up 1.50 cents) Malaysia: June: 286.00 cents (up 1.50 cents) Tin: $1,985 (up $40) Official offering: 171 tonnes (down 149 tonnes)
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        31 18 LONDON: Copper price* on Tu»day (prevtotn Is brackett). Wirebar Spot £91* <£9U) »Um C9» (£915); Three Month buyer* £331 (£SM). seller! £331 50 |£925> Market taw: Eader. Mn: 24.200 toonn.
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        RUBBER
        453 18 OPENING prices In the Singapore rubber market yesterday were about unchanged but the market later gained some ground on continued June demand and speculative buying, coupled with trade and upcountry purchases, dealers said. The morning session closed quietly steady. Afternoon values gained further ground on higher Japanese advices, trade
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        79 18 IAS I8R20 1SRS0 iULB (Mas laltetl ll-toa pallM) J.». J.lr (Carnal Nik) (forwari Mlki Bay «n 8«U«ra B«y*ra H«U«rt mM 216 WN X7U0 2765ON HU0 272.60N 270 SO 272.S0N IMRCV 1MR5L IMRGP 1MB 6 IMR10 1MR2O IMR50 (lull pallM) II -U piDK) (1 UapdlM) ll.loop.lWtl II. to.
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        29 18 Sine Darby DOE Haw Par Cob* Plaat Tfanu Dfv Fab«r Mcrlia U B Sin (hew C Sugar* 285,000 287.000 283.000 259.000 135,000 98.000 96.000 95.000 n.ooo
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        33 18 May 15 May 16 B.T.Index: Industrials: Finance: Hotels Properties: Minings: Plantations: O.C.B.C.: S.E.S.Ind: 2207.42 2224.70 396.38 397.47 697.04 700.03 295.55 296.71 249.19 250.76 ***** 200.10 640.45 642.10 384 68 386.76 349.45 351.66
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      Selective and quiet trend
      320 18 SHARE price* held from steady to firm mast «f the way la qalet and selective tradlag on the Stack Ezchaage of Slagapare yeaterday. The patten *t tradlag wan almost similar to that of the prevteas day, althaagh there was a slight Increase la turnover. Darlag the
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        H'Kong
        346 18 HONGKONG: Stock prices firmed slightly in thin trading yesterday, as most operators focussed their attention on the local gold market where the international price hit a record high, dealers said. The Hang Seng index inched up 2.58 points to 550.27. Properties firmed slightly following the Trafalgar House statement detailing
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        295 18 TOKYO: Share prices rose sharply in fairly active trading yesterday, with selective buy"*8 Interest in resources-relat-ed and incentive-backed issues, dealers said. Tne Dow J<>ne» average gained 32.38 to 6,341.26 points! after reaching a record of 6,-! 343.9$ points at the morning close. Trading volume was 350 roillion shares. The
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        Treasury Bill tender
        42 18 THE Monetary Authority of Singapore has Invited banks and dlacouni nouae* to tender lor a total of 130 million 91-day Treasury billi to be issued from May 21 (o 24 Each tender mint not be for lea than $250,000
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        97 18 Striking prices of the options officially listed on the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday, the period, bids and offered prices and business done, if any, with the number of options traded shown in brackets. C C (June $2.60) (0.46B O.MS). Haw Par (June $140) (0.21B 0.26S). Hum F
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        205 18 THE KILOBAR market (or gold deliverable In Singapore yesterday, opened at $18,151 and cloaed at $18. 291. In the Far East, gold opened at US$254 70/255.10. After a low of 12*60 90. it moved steadily upwards to close with a firm tone at $256 60 90. Gold was fixed
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        236 19 SYDNEY. Wed The market eased again dealers said The All Ordinaries index lost 2 13 points to close at 587 10 INDI I *TRI» I US A I 1 A 1 A P M Ampul Pel B H P Bank N>* ■ormJ 1(3 1758 131 390 111
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        252 19 SEW YORK. Tues Wall Street prices edged higher today in moderate trading as bargain hunters picked up issues depressed by the steep slide of the past two weeks. Issues affected by aarptnte news or reacting to the energy situation posted larger price changes, analysts said The Dow
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        253 19 AMSTERDAM, Tues. Share prices closed mixed with Akzo and fnilever 0 40 and 1.40 guilders higher, respectively, on their increased first quarter profits, dealers said Royal Dutch rose 1.30 while Hoogovens and philips edged lower Shares with gains of between one and two guilders included Nedlloyd and
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        194 19 ZURICH. Tues Prices steadied around the previous day's levels in moderate trading with no new (actors in the market, dealers said. 'The Credit Suisse index fell 0 6 point to 270 5 I -I M. MUCE8 A. A. li lu.ru Suiurt 3U Uu»uim» Hi Jjk t*t Ml
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        574 19 LONDON. Tues Share prices closed slightly firmer in quiet trading, dealers said At 3 pm the Financial Times index was up 2.5 at 527.9. Early small falls were reversed after details of the government s programme was outlined in Parliament in the Queens speech today,
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      278 18 FAIRLY-WELL sustained buying interest on the Kuala Lumpur stock market yesterday led prices to a steadier close. On balance, the New Straits Times industrial index rose 2.06 points to 428.98 while the volatile Malaysian Business Times index rose 39.10 points to 3276.82. In industrials, National Iron, which has
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        336 18 ASIAN currency deposit Interbank rates as at close on May 16: Closing Asian dollar certificates of deposit for prime names: Source: Merrill Lynch Inter national (Alia) ft Co. by r *cStr m n^* <lllt intmVftOm lh ir* i crtoArMiv rates at j.ui pm: CmmcIm Nonrn.4 tilM SmittMeniwi P*rc*ntag«
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        50 18 RANGE at piicci offend by dls count house* on May 16: Overnight «v»', Call depotiu vt'-i Source: National hi. count C< Ltd. Bajrtaf B*U1>« month rreaaury bills 41 a I month 3ank bills 7H V, 3 month CD 7 3/16 7 1/1J 8 month CD 7 5/18 7 3/18
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        28 18 Closing Interbank rates foi Singapore dollars on May 16 Overnight 7H 1 month 7 2 months 7 3/16 3 months 7 3/18 Overnight mode team: Mkyttam.
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      25 18 THE average rate at which Singapore banks are currently prepared U lead to I their beat citomers to 8 per ceat. J
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      545 19 THE Sime Darby Holdings (jroup will begin an intensive review of its insurance interests next month when its deputy chief executive, Tunku Ahmd bin Tunku Yahaya. flies to London to concult experts in the City. Fresh from its recent acquisition of a
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      354 19 Earnings at Datuk Keramat hit record high A BETTER perlsrwiST* by Its sate •per»tt»g saasMUry, Data* Keranut SmeltlßK (DKS),ramblae4 witfc sharply higher laveatmoat laeaaae has •gate haaatod e*ral«gs at Datuk Krramat H.rdlMpi (DKH) to r*caH kMhb Gra«p pre-tax praflt far the year eadfd Jaa SI, im, ras» a farther ZIJ
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      112 19 JOHAN Tin Dredging has proposed a five-for-one rights issue at $1 par that will raise its paid-up capital to $1 632 million. The company, which has suffered depleting tin ore output, gave no reason for the rights issue but presumably this is to inject cash into
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      63 19 FINANCIAL TIMES INDUSTRIALS Tuesday 528.4 Monday 525.4 Week Abo 548.1 DOW JONES AVERAGE INDUSTRIALS Tuesday 825 88 Monday 825.02 Week ago 834.88 LONDON DOLLAR PREMIUM Tuesday 53 to 53 Monday 53. U>s3 3 H.K.HANG SENG Wednesday 550.27 Tuesday 547.88 Week ago ***** SYDNEY INDUSTRIALS Wednesday 485 15 Tuesday
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    24 19 It hand Kaur w/o Mehar Singh Departed: 10.5.79 IBhog ceremony at PJ Sikhl Terr.p eon 20.5.1979 at 11. 30 l am II
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    29 19 In ever loving memory of our dearest father, Mr. G. Parkirysamy who left us on the 17th May. 1978. Sadly missed by wife, childrcn and loved ones.
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      762 19 *L- FAR EAST LEVIN6STON JJ SHIPBUILDING LTD. IN CONJUNCTION WITH Vocational and Industrial Training Board offers skill development opportunities to young Singaporeans under our Apprenticeship Training Scheme in the following Trades A) ARC WELDING B) MARINE PIPE FITTING C) HULL FABRICATION Training Scheme: Successful applicants will be employed under a
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      690 19 IH 11*1 1 H3EHH (SELANGOR PLANTATIONS^ COMPANY BERHAD NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Shareholders of Selangor Plantations Company Berhad will be held at the Registered Office of the Company. Wisma Socfm. Jalan Semantan. Damansara Heights, Kuala Lumpur, on Friday 1st June 1979 at 10.00
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      688 19 LUMPUR SUPPLIES (SON.) BERHAD Due to rapid expansion of our activities, we seek the service of a SALES SUPERVISOR I to lead a team of sales representatives The candidate must have:— 1 at least 2 years;' experience m direct selling of office equipment, with proven record 2. secondary education Prospects
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      1751 20 f| CLASSIFIED ADS *****22 B»a»B»»»ssssßSSSsssißasssssassssssssssssssßsss»ssßassssssssslßsa»»ssssssss»»»»»»| POTTED PLANTS SALE at 10 aaaa—^ I FOR SALE* SHOPPING GUIDE SSoTfr I^"'^ 9 14 If^!I! w lL or 1 Antiques TWO RARE PIECES .>t Oil Paint- j ings m tlie fainoui shee Pel Hong well known for Ills paint- Interested I.c. ing *****4 or
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      1356 20 N EMPLOYMENT I FULI /PART-TIME TUTORS requir- ACCOUNTING FIRM REQUIRES 1 c ed by well-established tuition Typist 2) Confidential Secretary, c schools to teach any academic Must have good command of subject/level. Salary: $500 English, preferably with private c $1,050 Interested, please call at: secretary cert, and accounting c 713.
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      819 20 AT YOUR SERVICE Telephone Service Weekdays SSOum SOOpm Public Holidays 900 am -lOOpr.i Saturdays B Ma m 300pm 111 00a m for Sun Times) Counter Service Regular of flee hours Times Orchard M IOS Lucky Plax* (9) Centre. (Close from I pm 2pm) Times Centre 1 New Industrial Road <
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      639 20 I IMMEDIATE EMPLOYMENT. FEMALE general clerk to assist office admlnlnslratlon Applicants are Invited to furnish full personal particulars and salary expected and telephone i umber If any In handwriting lo: PO Box 3405. Spore 1 Assistant Store-Keeper required by plastic factory In Jurong Age 22-30 Minimum qualification GCE. O Level
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      1319 20 SKCTION INDKX I FOR SALE SHOPPING OUIDE II EMPLOYMENT 111 VEHICLES BOATS IV ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES V SERVICES BUSINESS VI EDUCATION St TRAINING VII TRAVEL RESTAURANTS VIII ANNOUNCEMENTS PERSONAL IX OBITUARIES mi Those who got married earlier |fl this week or about to be married The Sunday Times has a plea-
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      679 21 Z3l Situations Vacant 3 2c) Sales VkPARTMENT STORE RCOUMES *> stanu. (Male and few nished Sec 4 Peons fjgale preferably 1 ompleurd N S 1 n*4 Dept CorUne Departmental Odßkatei. Spore* &L*)N $100 WEEKLY in your •ptrrlime selling fresh n ruffee powder and •iw fish keropok Tel MM fIKABLISHED COMPANY
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      642 21 Salesgirls required for immediate employment to work in any counter of a leading departmental store Experience not necessary as training will be provided Basic salary plus commission and special allowance Interested applicants please call personally from 10.00 am to 6 00 p.m. at: SING TSU FANG PTE LTD 407 4th
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      729 21 SALES RCPeiE SENT ATIVES c Salary $300 plus rommlse Kduratlon Primary 6 to Secondary level Knowledge of Chinese dialects essential Age 18 to 28 years c No experience required c Training will be provided 4*2. River Valley Road. Singapore 10 (opp. F a N) 11a.m. 3pm TECHNICAL SALES REPRESENTATIVE (■tiding
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      734 21 A new international food manufac- f luring company at 1/4 ma. Bukit A) ELECTRICIAN CUM FITTER a Must have more than 3 years' of t practical experience In electrical fitting and maintenance Pre- 4 vlous experience in electrical motor and compressor matnte- t nance will be a distinct advantage DirMe*
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      623 21 JUNIOR PLANT OPERATORS i Must have completed National Service or exempted Chinese or English educated i Musi be prepared lo work on 3 shifts i Singapore Citizens only Meae* write to: HICKSON-S TIMBER PRESERVATION (S) PTE LTD Jalan Papan. Jurong. Spore 22. .AND SURVEY TECHNICIANS re- I lulred. Interested applicants
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      672 21 HITACHI CONSUMER PRODUCTS (S) PTE. LTD. We in vile applications lo fill positions of 1) ELECTRONIC/ MECHANICAL ENGINEERS (Mate) Qualifications a University Degree holders In Electronic/ Electrical/ Mechanical Engineering. Experience not essential Musi have completed National Service 2) SUPERVISORS (Mala) Qualifications ITC holders In Electronic/ Electrical or equivalent it th
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      552 21 MAINTENANCE TECHNICIANS required to operate Aircond Plant* in new Shopping Centre. Please apply In writing to Room 60*. Sth floor GoMfiill Plaza. Newton Road. Singapore 11. MALE PRODUCTION ASSISTANT GCE O' level certificate holder Technical Stream Preferably with 2 years' relevant experience. Apply in writing lo: THE PERSONNEL OFFICER. NATIONAL
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      688 21 SIN TIEN SENG PTE LTD Distributor for Daihatsu vehicle* requires APPRENTICE MOTOR VEHICLE MECHANICS WORKSHOP RECEPTIONISTS Applicants need to possess at least ITB Trade 3 certificate In heavy duty dlesel. Thoee with better qualifications, previous working experience, knowledge of vehicle electric* ere invited. Malaysians may alao apply Place of work:
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      701 21 A Leading International Freight Forwarding Company ottering at tractive remunerations and benefits requires th* following personnel 1) SEA FREIGHT EXECUTIVE with following prerequisites OCI A' Level Certificate or equivalent c Ito 4 years' operations experience with a sea frelgM forwarding company or with a Masai ship line c No previous
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      565 21 AN ELECTRONIC COMPANY n «utm iinc-Mtu ,1 1 Pa* kinn Assistant M f clerk (Male Female I c 3 i Production (Female) I) Machine Operators (Male Female I Apply peraonally cir in writniK with cc.iil.nl |.ilicmr number l<» Assistant Manager, Talk urujapore Pte Ltd. i«A VNA Ell k 9. .«>
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      490 22 31 Situations Vacant I) General BAR WAITRESSES ill p.-rs..r Singapore Cocktail Lounge. n let Hoot. Brae Beech Road after 2pm CHINESE COOK FOR large t'antrrn Working hours 7am ir> »JI»1 *4M Apply l*-rs.,iiall> Philips Singapore Pte Ltd. (Audio Canteen). Lotcr 2p m CHINESE DRIVERS. LIVING near e(1 Appl) pcnonall) 406
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      614 22 j S EXCLUSIVE MEMBERS CLUB (OPCNtNO SOON) Require 1. HOSTESSES Attractive income Not less than $1,000 per Experience not necessary as training will be provided Office personnels and mbdels are welcome Part-timers are acceptable Aecomodalion will be provided If necessary 3 LADY BAR TENOCR Basic salary «3SO ■J WAITERS Basic
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      363 22 AT PEOPLE ARE OUR MAIN ASSETS WE TAKE CARE OF OUR PRODUCTION OPERATORS (FEMALE) WITH: $250 in salary Airwt for medical •9/at£lA/ coverage <*«£- Transport s>/O Allowance tfOC work jackets rt/V,-. (or annual 72 DayS leave Recreation benefits (Holiday Chalets, etc) Plus the best working environment clean and comfortable. If
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      407 22 JURONG ENGINEERING PTE LTD. requires ui gently 1 JUNIOR FINANCE OFFICERS (MALE) a) Ngee Ann graduates with diploma in busine.vs studies hi Willing u> be assigned for oversea;, project 2 MALE FINANCE CLERKS I I I)' level including Mathematics b) Knowledge of book-keeping and typinu c) Willing to be assigned
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      697 22 t^toPUB Applications are invited for the following posts: TECHNICAL OFFICER TECHNICAL AUDIT ASSISTANT. FINANCE DEPARTMENT Salary Scale $625x25-675/735x30-855/985x45-1.345 Gross Salary 1700- 1 .493 Technical Officer Technician Diploma from the Singapore Polytechnlc/Ngee Ann Technical College In Building. Land Surveying. Structural/ I'm I Mechanical/Electrical Engineering or equivalent Technical Audit Assistant 1 Technician
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      495 22 E ASTRONICS PTE. LTO. 39 Jalan Pemimpin Singapore 20 (Off Upper Thomson Road Opposite Little Sister ot the Poor) We are expanding and have Immediate vacancies for FEMALE PRODUCTION OPERATORS REQUIREMENTS: Primary Education Above 16 years old No Experience required We Offer c Oood Starting Salary Incentive c Attractive Increment
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      438 22 9 SANYO INDUSTRIES (S) PTE LTO We are a well established and rapidly expanding Company and our factory in Jurong manufactures electrical home appliances. We invite young ambitious male Singapore citizens or Malaysians who are keen to learn and willing to work hard, to fill the following vacancies 1) AIR-CONDITIONERS
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      565 22 FEMALE PRODUCTION OPERATORS Work Schedule: 7 am to 4 35 p m Monday lo Friday c Age 16 to 25 years c Singapore and Malaysian citizens We Provide: c Oood starting pay $8 00 per day c Alrcondltloned factory c Monthly transport allowance, (free transport for Malaysians) c Many other
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      342 22 NS Electronics (Pte) Ltd invurs applicants for the following posit i. Industrial Nurse Possession of SRN with 3 years experience preferably in a manufacturing environment To be responsible for the running of an in-house clinic and to provide nursing and counselling service for employees To aaatai Company Doctor on regular
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      424 22 SUMIDEN SINGAPORE PTE LTD 15. GUL WAY SINGAPORE 23 IS FAST EXPANDING We invite applications for the posts ot 1) GENERAL OPERATOR (MALE/FEMALE) Peymenf Salary: (Male) ss'i Mpei Alter Confirmation SSIO 111 per d iv i (female) MMtperda] After Confirmation SSH SO per day Shift Allowance Btl M :<rd Slnlt
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      378 23 31 Situations Vacant t) General TRACTORS SINGAPORE LIMITED i. pin .iticmv feir TRUCK VAN DRIVER i vehicle* He rant and collection n loadinn and unloading esses 4 driving hcanca and atxMv lo understand Enghah Interested please write to The Personnel ft Administration Manager Tractors Singapore Limited Jurong P.O Box 170
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      374 23 §38 S f\ a^N C c c c O IW WCACS 3 S iiiiliii |S| 2 sc I f^cf^S Sr| S|ZZ "SS 3 <° 2" o Q o 9 o< 28g J s sl| f i CD -n 2 Z "n r— 5. <= o S y mills Q. -L
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      519 23 /MnffliCTMCl PAN-ELECTRIC APPLIANCES (PTE) LTD. An established Singapore Company engaged In the manufacture of refrigerators uirronditioners and cither related electrical BOaMSUC appliances invites .ippl ica lions from male Singapore and Malaysian Citizens lo fill the following positions FACTORY OPERATIVES c No previous experience Is required c Attractive basic salary plus
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      715 23 PRIMARY INDUSTRIES ENTERPRISE PTE LTD urgently requires (A)RENDERING PLANT OPERATORS ($230 $260— Day shift) No working experience is required as training will be provided Malaysians are welcome. Accommodation and work permit applications can be arranged (B)REFRIGERATION ATTENDANTS Must have practical working experience In refrigeration plant Knowledge In electrical works Is
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      442 23 CO -g 0 8 i V) CC ZO 5 °o 1 ixi uj 5° S. LU LLJ t 00 i.fi c 1 111*7 s i If I t We f S =Z Zo.£ O o O O o E w 3 3o> <° o a < B|ssf si? LU O
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      455 23 Out operators eii|oy a high starting salary attractive fringe benefits generous leave provisions incentive awards, and *a pleasant working environment You have a right to these too. Start your career with us as Operators Call M yMMB 3APORE LIMITED /7Gul Street iingapore 22 > mini' TDIAKEUPASIMPLf S COME A JOIN
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      626 23 STOREKEEPER/SHIPPING CLERK. QCI (< level. Minimum 2 years experience Knowledge of shipping documentation, knowledge of purchasing procedures in added advantage, fluent in KngItah and Mandarin 2) Draftsman making drawing of machine parts, tooling, mould designs, familiar with use of measuring Instruments Interested persons please submit applications with full particulars, experience
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      560 23 B^aW^e^a^lW-^Bai aX /'""^I Why arc they smiling atFairchild? They're smiling because we treat employees as people and that makes a world of difference if you're )ust starting out in life At Fairchild. we make lots of semiconductors the things that make computers work and for our expansion programme, we need
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      537 23 I r^^T within the first fortnight for "FEMALE PRODUCTION OPERATORS (Permanent first shift) in addition to good pay good working conditions good supervisors good promotions Accommodation provided for non citizens G. E Hermetic Motor Operation Pte. Ltd. I 251 Jalan Ahmad Ibrahim Singapore 22 Tel: *****8 WORKERS WANTED BY Freight
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      916 23 BETA COUPE 2000 1977 With alrccmcl Selling $29,000 ono Tel BBsVM Michael BMW 30 C SI COUPE (1173 Model) Copper hr.i» n nnta lit dltlonlng, flectricaliy operated windciws. stereo olayer. etc BMW 2002 (1*75 Model) Kjcirt) blue metallic, minllltr runs radial tyres. Blaupunkl electronic control radio/stereo pl.iyer.etc Both cars privstely
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      869 24 45 Vehicles For Sal* MERCEDES BENZ 200 v pla I c Sli I Jalan Daloh. fort Mansion off MERCEDES BENZ 2*o 1977. beautiful condition company plate. Mr Spore 8 ■MO 1*77. FIAT MIS 1600 Miration I owner MXIV aircond. lax. insurance Sept 1979 Owner leaving $23.5000n0 Ring *****9 won MAZDA
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      1074 24 VERY WELL KEPT 1972 Mazda 1500 si.nionwairon. beautiful condition throughout Reasonable offer secures Blk 12. 34-C. Jalan Tenteram. Spore 12 WELL KEPT END 1970. Alfa 1750. converted 2000 GTV. PARF eligible sports rims Details *****5 WELL KEPT 1*72 Ford Cortina. I6OOGT with concealed aircond. selling $7,300 o no. Contact *****59
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      1001 24 It7t SKOOA 12OL in good condition Best offer secures View: G-4. Lelsuredrome. 5. Stadium Walk 1*73. FIAT 132. Sport rims, aircond $10,800 ono Contact Mr Teo. *****51 H73 HONOA 17$. excellent condition, taxed/insured August. 1 owner $1,100 ono. Contact Bosco *****68 1173. MERCEDES KNZ 200 MX IV concealed aircond Michelln
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      752 24 1*73 FIAT IM Coupe New paint, sports rims Beautiful condition Offers above $9,500 secures Phone: *****8 (morning) *****46 afternoon 2 MONTHS OLD Honda Civic 1300 c.c. alrcondltioner. cassette, anil-rust Owner leaving Offers call *****91 MONTHS CORTINA With alrcon., tuff-koted. new condition $19,700 0.n.0. View at: 1 1th Floor. lnternet** .el
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      365 24 ANY MAKE AND model of old cars/scrap cars wanted. High price offered Peter *****45 ATTeMTrOWI All car owners Don't hesitate to call us If you have any good used car for sale Best price assured Below are the prtcee lor PARF ecrepcare 1000 cc and below $3,300 1600 c.c and
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      750 24 PARK No Restriction To Foreigners a Immediate Occupation r^f'tf^ "W UP 80% loin ■^C JfJ**^; sj~ Easy payment up to 25 years T~ <:, Jj Concession rate ol assessment ia^jS>- Show-flat open daily ■tNI-:|:t N l-:| i 10.30 a.m. to 7.00 p.m. fRiSt 4S To. I: *****78 ijijift ij«L Sin
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      932 24 DIST. 10, TAN BOON (hong Avenue off Holland Road douhleslorey detached bungalow with 4 bedrooms, separate livlng/dlning. large patio leading Into ma tured garden $2,800. Available immediately Continental Housing Pte Ltd. Tel: *****6 Mr Wong DIST. 11 BINJAI PARK singlestorey bungalow. 3 bedrooms, servant's, large garden $3,000 Tel *****6. DIST
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      756 24 DISTRICT 10. .1 bedroomed apartment with wall-to-wall carpeted living area, furnished, fully alrconditloned. swimming pool and good security. $1,400/RING YUMIN HOUSING AGENCY •*****/«*****/922«4 DIST. 11 GILSTEAO COURT: new walk-up apartment In quiet locality 2 miles from town with 3 bedrooms, swimming pool, partially furnished $1,500 p.m. Comprehensive Realty *****2 DIST.
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      781 24 MEDIUM AIRY ROOMS. 'M.iiiki Road'lMW 1.-luk Kuraiil All l.i cllltlei Muslims preferred Tel *****32tarirr6p.n1.). ROOM FOR RENTAL, rr.isuii.tl. l, chars* Muni.-, coupl* Vl«« Block I*. SMI-I Bunoa Crweml BHMJaVOn 14 ROOM TO LET al TtOftf Bahru area Nt. children Interested ring *****67. Md.n Lim ROOM TO LET: Between Hex and
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      594 25 54 Properties For Sale a) Houses CHWEE CHIAN GARDEN LORONG SARHAO/ CHWEE CHIAN ROAO CONDOMINIUM 2-STOREY TOWN HOUSE s. .j eLfjens Mtt* up *> 90% Dtoftyan lejaymant c AttrarVvt fflMSt rafts c 5W rate tram mm OH rta Ptnm Aosrj GOOOLANO(PTE)LTD. 21. New bridge Road. (First Floor). Singapore. l Tel
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      812 25 EWART PARK old bungalow or I SS2R.OOO Vacant possession Cal I *****1 EXCLUSIVE OIST. 10 BUNGALOW j situated off Bin Tong Park vl rinily Beautiful swimming pool Unique, individual architecture He.iutilul matured grounds o approximately 33.000 sq ft maxi mum privacy Large bedroom: with beautiful bathrooms Out hi.u.se for chauffeur
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      822 25 i MARMC TERRACE b ROOMED flat. I Marble/parquet, built-in ward1 robes/ kitchenette, wall-paper-ed. $76,000 negotiable *****/ i *****8 MUST SELLI Dist 9 Calrnhill Plaza Type B 3 bedrooms, high floor. $340,000 Available Immedlf ately Enquiries TRP James *****40 1 MUST SELLI luxurious 4 bedrooms penthouse at Lock Cho Spacious lounge
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      866 25 56 Factories Sites/ Space COMPANY LOOKING FOR Factory Space, area between 3.000 3.500 sq ft. for woodworking Also willIng to consider offer to buy existing woodworking factory with machinery Tel *****60/ *****44 Anne FACTORY/WAREHOUSE SPACE In Alexandra area. 2.000 4.000 sq ft Ayer Rajah Area 5.000 sq ft Serangoon/ Paya
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      618 25 Eyhl7 PROPERTY i^lp SERVICES »nara.i.:.i.wwi.n;»aaf LUCKY PLAZA, Orchard Roed Ground Floor Shops For Sale Fint class ground floor ehopa feeing busy main lobby and eecaiatora. 400 lo 1,200 square leet in eeperete ehope; no internal co- From $1,690 per square fool LUCKY PLAZA. ORCHARD Road next to C.X Tang good
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      618 25 r*i LUCKY PLAZA Few shop units available for sale or lease. Contact Miss Doreen Tel: *****11 (12 lines) LUCKY PLAZA AREA 418 sq. ft.. I good location, near escalator, on I second floor Phone *****3 NEAR ORCHARO ROAD: Solid 2-Storey shop house. Land area approxm 1,491 sq. ft. Suitable for
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    Youth in love triangle broke girl's nose
    203 27 Youth in love triangle broke girl's nose THE story of an enraged youth who broke his girlfriend's nose when she refused to choose between him and another man was told in court yesterday. District Judge Mr Ibrahim Burhan heard that, Wong Chow Fatt, 19. an SAF national serviceman had known
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    Chess: 2 share lead
    94 27 LESLIE Leow and Oey Liang Hien shared the lead in the national chess championship aftrr drawing their sth round match played on Tuesday. Although Leslie sacrificed a pawn for the attack he could not break through Liang Hien's solid defence and their game was drawn in
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    Thai investments: Headway after S'pore mission visit
    526 27 SOME progress has been made in encouraging local entrepreneurs to invest in Thailand, following the first Singapore investment mission's visit to the country about three months ago. The mission, jointly organised by the Economic Development Board and the Singapore Manufacturers' Association, was aimed
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    Fund-raising walkathon
    65 27 THE Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Defence. Mr Phua Bah Lee. will flag off the participants of the Sennett community centre's walkathon at the centre on May 27 at 8 a.m. The centre hopes to raise $100,000 for its building extension fund. Those keen to take part can register
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    No threat made to exec: CPIB man.
    253 27 No threat made to exec: CPIB man. AN assistant director of the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau yesterday denied under cross-examination la a district court that he had threatened a former Singapore Airlines executive officer with getting "all" the contractors and suppliers from whom be allegedly received bribes, to Identify him.
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    Double killing accused's statement rejected
    516 27 Double killing accused's statement rejected Interrogation too long: Judge A HIGH Court yesterday ruled that a cautioned statement made under intensive interrogation over a long period cannot be a voluntary statement even if the accused has no complaints about the way it was recorded. Mr Justice Choor Singh rejected the
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    Society to host meet
    48 27 Society to host meet ™E Singapore Society of Radiographers will host the Imerna,ional society of Radiographers and Radiological Technicians 3rd Asian and Australasian conference from Oct 26 to X. Abt>vi X* participants from V countries including Australia Britain, Europe. Japan, Taiwan and Asean countries, are expected t0 attend
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      141 27 Bringing Up Father By BIU Kavanagh Hal Camp I I SAW ~*V GfiOOVS? i| /DO YOU YES, THEN VtXJ MUST BE RFIS 111 THAT CUTE 9OV IS VOUI? J*S HOT MY I LIVE HERE, I MISS. I CWHBI.' WHO IS THE j—r My NSPHEW/ NEPHEW NEPHEW \CO/ j CUTE BOY
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    IX OBITUARIES
    70 28 In Ev»rU«ting Loving Memory O) MR. TAN KMYE TIT 17/S/71 Alwayi rtmtmlxrM by lorn daughter 4 ion in-law IN LOVING MEMORY MR. RICHARD KWA LEONG KENG who passed away on 17th May 1977 Lovingly remembered by wife and children LEE MIWEE CHENG D*pan«d: 17.5.1975 "In i)m by and
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      140 Acknowledgements
      30 28 ~"^^^^~~"l^^^^^^^^~* ROYSTON AMD JEAN Consigliere thank the Vicar and members of St Pauls Church, friends and Mowe". donations ma»e": condolences and help during their recent bereavement SpeEdwin Pereira
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      44 28 Cortege ol lale Mr Michael Rat win leave 14, Rolen Lane (Kampong Rolan) at 9 a.m. today lo Our Lady ol Lourdea Church; SO. Ophir Roed and thence lo Ml. Vernon Crematorium lor final rites Inserted by beloved wife and eh.ldren B.B.fßßßßjßßßjj.Bjpaajßjßl
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      144 In Memonam
      139 28 ■bbMbbbbbMbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbV inloving^memory ALBERT TAN CHEW MONG DEPARTED 17/5/74 Tunr changes many things But not th« memory this day brings Sadly misMd by moth«r. brothers. Bitlar sitt«r-in-law n«ph*wt IN LOVING MEMORY OF TAV SIANG HONG D«parl»d on 17.5.77 In loving memory of depanad 17 5 7» One year
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      Asian meet moves to M-stadium
      375 28  - Asian meet moves to M-stadium R. VELU By KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Track events in the Asian cycling championships from Oct 7-14 will be held at Merdeka Stadium instead of the Kota Raja Stadium in Klang as originally planned. The Malaysian Cycling Federation's acting secreI tary, Shaharuddin Jaafar, said: "Since this
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      The racing schedule
      134 28 THE racing schedule: First day (9 races): Cl. 1, Div. 5 1.200 m. Cl. 3, Divs 5 and 6 1,200 m. Cl. 5. Divs 1, 2. 3 and 4 1.200 m: Divs 1 and 2 I,Boom. Second day (10 races): Cl. 1, Divs 1, 2, 3 and
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      Selangor Turf Club's meeting attracts 362
      944 28 Selangor Turf Club's meeting attracts 362 A TOTAL of 362 horses has been entered tor the Selangor Turf Club's King's Gold Cup meeting in Kuala Lumpur from May 26-27 and June 2-3. The entries comprise 92 in Class 1. 153 in Class 3 and 117 in Class 5. CLASS 1
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      Be Friends looks set for a win
      398 28  -  FAIRWAY DASHING GALLOP OVER 6(M) METRES By PROMISING galloper Be Friends should re-enter the winning list in the Class 2 Div 2 1,200 metres race in Bukit Timah on Sunday. Winner of two races in Class 5 and 4 last year, the Be
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      202 28 IN THE HIGH COURT IN MALAYA AT KUALA LUM- PUR COMPANIES WINDING UP NO: 23 OF 1979 In the matter ol Clover Associates Sdn Berhad AND In the matter of the Comoanies Act 1965. ADVERTISEMENT OF PETITION NOTICE is hereby given that a petition for the wind-mg-up of the abovenamed
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      Lock icon Welsh striker Curtis moves
      185 29 Welsh striker Curtis moves LEEDS (Yorkshire). Wed. i Alan Curtis, the Swansea City and Welsh inter- I natinal striker, signed yesterday for Leeds United at a club record fee of £400,000. The price was also the highest amount paid for a Third Division player. At Leeds, he will join Welsh
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      Lock icon Tanner beaten
      30 29 TOKYO. Wed. American Brian Teacher yesterday beat countryman Roacoe Tanner 76. 6-3 in the men's singles first round of the USsl7s,oflO ($385,000) Gunze world tennis tournament here. UPI.
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      Lock icon Milne's Mercedes only a misprint
      202 29 LONDON, Wed. The strange case of Scottish golfer WUlle Milne and the r.iajm "Mercedes" ear which be thought he had won at last week's French golf Open in Lyon locks likely to continue for a while yet. Milne, n, who finished seeaad behind another Scotsman
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      Lock icon Player eyes British PGA championship
      359 29 ST. ANDREWS (Scotland), Wed. Gary Player, the man who has won more than 100 tournaments all over the world, i would dearly love to put right one omission from his list a victory at the home of golf St. Andrews. The 43-year-old South African will
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      Youth v experience
      135 29  -  ERNEST FRIDA By IT will be youth versus experience when Wayne Bosley, 15, meets Gordon Seow, who is three times his age, in the first round of the Singapore Island Counuy Club's matchplay championship at the Bukit course tomorrow. Prem Sachdev takes on Tony Lin the first
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      Lock icon Borg cruises past Cox in 47 minutes
      375 29 H/MBURG, Weft Germany, Wed. Bjorn Borg, Sweden's triple Wimbledon champion, cruised into the men's singles second round of the US$l75,000 ($385,000) West German tennis championships by beating Mark Cox, of Britain, in 47 minutes here yesterday. Borg, the number one seed, briskly disposed
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      Lock icon Chris has it easy with Frederique
      383 29 VIENNA, Wed. American Chris Evert crushed Frederique Thibault, of France 6-1, 64 to reach the second round of the women's Grand Prix tennis tournament here yesterday. Chris, the top seed for the U5575,000 ($165,000 tournament, took only 41 minutes to beat Thibault, who won
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      Vogts nets rare goal in farewell match
      95 29 eVOUTS Forest snatch win at Leeds LONDON, Wed. European Cup finalists Nottingham Forest were without four key footballers, but still snatched a 2-1 victory at Leeds United in their penultimate English First Division match of the season last night. Forest ,took an early lead after Leeds goalkeeper David Harvey did
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      Lock icon Forest snatch win at Leeds
      288 29 60th minute, when Trevor Cherry scored close-in from a mis-cleared cross. The game seemed set for a draw, but four minutes from time, John Robertson's hard cross hit leeds striker John Hawley, who deflected it into his own net. The result did not alter the standings at the top of
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      'Bionic Man' will play here
      382 30  -  BERNARD PEREIRA By IT has been confirmed at last Lee Majors alias Steve Austin, the Six Million Dollar Man, will be taking part in the SIA-Hilton Celebrity Tennis Gala at the Singapore Tennis Centre next Tuesday and Wednesday. Majors, who's been keeping his fans in
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      Gul will know on Monday if he stays
      498 30  -  PATRICK BASTIANS Pakistani coach asks lor $18,000 tor services Byl PAKISTANI professional Rahim Gul will know on Monday whether or not he will be staying in Singapore or packing his bags for better squashhunting grounds. Singapore Squash Rackets Association officials and a
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      Indonesian badminton tour of Republic is on
      361 30 THE Indonesian women's badminton tour of Singapore is on, reports BERNARD PEREIRA The team, all students of the Academic Secretariat in Jakarta, will include three players who starred in last year's Über Cup final against Japan Theresia Widiastuty. Regina Masli and Tjan So
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      WILD ABOUT SPORT
      508 30 WILD ABOUT SPORT The column that gats (town to the nitty-gmty Thank goodness there's still enough flair to go around WELL, it was certainly a triumph for flair at the weekend, wasn't It what with LJam Brady's winning the FA Cap for Arsenal and Zainal Abidln's becoming Singapore's new squash
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      Sukh's fright before the fall is amazing
      483 30 ARMED FORCES' Second Lieutenant Sukh Mohinder Singh had Singapore badminton officials on pins and needles when he stretched national trainee Syed Hussein to three games before bowing out 17-16, 15-17, 2-15 in the third round of the men's singles in the Yonex-F and
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      Jakarta sending volleyball team, too
      162 30 Jakarta sending volleyball team, too THE Indonesian volleyball team 11 men and 11 women who took part in the last South-cist Asian Games in Kuala Lumpur and the Hongkong Open, will be coming with the badminton team on Sunday for a tour of Singapore, reports BERNARD PEREIRA. The teams comprise:
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      471 30 Baseball umpires return to work BRIEFS NEW YORK. Wed Major league baseball umpires, on strike since the start of spring, will return to work this weekend after reaching an agreement with the American and National Leagues. A marathon negotiating session apparently settled the final issues in the strike. BASKETBALL Israel
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      Lock icon Malaysia B edge out Middlesex
      267 31  - Malaysia B edge out Middlesex PNG HONG KWANG MALAYSIA B 1 MIDDLESEX I By KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. What has emerged from tonight's encounter with Middlesex Wanderers at Merdeka Stadium was the importance of friendly matches which put the players under real test in order to turn the national B team
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      Lew keeps his form but chants are for Ng
      343 31 Lew keeps his form but chants are for Ng BANGKOK, Wed. Defending champion Peter Lew's fine form in the Thai Open bowling championships continues, but last night the chants and focus were shifted to another Singaporean, Ronnie Ng, reports WILFRED YEO. Ng, lying 10th in the' Masters qualifying list with
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      Siong — the boss with a golden heart
      404 31  - Siong the boss with a golden heart WILFRED YEO PROFILE.by BANGKOK, Wed. A victory for Ronnie Ng, the current Masters qualifying event leader, in Sunday's Thai Open bowling championship final will be a triumph for K. T. Siong as well. For Siong is the man who snatched Ng from the
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      Hartley to give up coaching duties
      424 31  -  JOE DORAI By OTHER WORK WILL KEEP HIM TOO BUSY TREVOR HARTLEY, Singapore's Director of Coaching, will relinquish his duties with the national soccer squad on June 16. This means that Hartley will not be involved in coaching the national squad for the Merdeka
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      PAY DAY FOR NFL CLUBS
      98 31 PAY DAY FOR NFL CLUBS IT WAS a happy day •r pay day for the officials of the M dobs in tke National Football League last night. Tkey were handed half their annual suMdles, totalling $37,883, by the Football Association of Singapore to enable them to prepare their teams for
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      Lock icon Move to rid outdated rules in Asian Cup
      328 31 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. CERTAIN "outdated" rules of the Asian Cup soccer tournament are likely to be amended at the executive committee meeting of the Asian Football Confederation in Kuala Lumpur on July 14. The most important revision involves Rule 18 (6) regarding
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      Today's events
      57 31 ATHLETICS Temasek Junior College meet (TJC ground 2). BADMINTON Yonex Fraser and Neave national championships (SBA hall 7.30). SOCCER Ovaltine League: Sin Koon Seng v Fitzpatrick's (Jurong Stadium 5.15). Friendly: Port Authority Recreation Club v Law Society (Bukit Chermin). SQUASH Premier League: Police Lions v PSRC 1. Tanglin
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      ARDILLES MISSING IN SPURS SQUAD
      104 31 ARDILLES MISSING IN SPURS SQUAD OSVALDO ARDILES will not be in the Spurs touring side coming to Kuala lumpur But, his Argentina World Cup team-mate Ricardo Villa will provide the touch of Latin America soccer glamour. In the list of 16 Tottenham Hotspur players received by the Football Association of
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      Siglap owe soccer success to Zehnder
      278 31 Siglap owe soccer success to Zehnder PATRICK ZEHNDER is one of Singapore's top athletic coaches. But, it was at soccer that he hit the headlines last week He coaches the Sigla| Secondary School soccei team who beat St Pat rick's 1-0 to win the Na tional title. He atttributed much
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      Lock icon Trengganu aim to win remaining M-Cup matches
      219 31 Trengganu aim to win remaining M-Cup matches TRENGGANU are determined to take full points in their remaining three Malaysia Cup matches, although they are already out of the running for a semi-final berth. All three matches, against Kedah this Friday, and Johore and Kelantan on the ne-:t two Fridays, will
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      Singapore plan ASEAN refs' meet
      249 31 Singapore plan ASEAN refs' meet BANGKOK, Wed. Singapore may host the first ASEAN soccer refer- ees' tournament next year. This was disclosed by Football Referees Association of Singapore secre- > tary R. BalasubramaniI am, who was one of the 1 referees officiating in the just-concluded Asian Cup Zone Three competition
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      Lock icon England's third win
      128 31 FUKUOKA, JAPAN, Wed. England Rugby Union massacred a Japanese local selection, All Kyushu, 80-3 in a match here yesterday before 5,000 disappointed spectators. It was the third straight win for England, who led 38-3 at half-time at the Heiwadai Stadium in this Southwestern Japanese city. England scored
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      126 31 why a large air conditioning company is sponsoring Asia's first non-stop 12-hour Christian Relay Swiimnathon On 16 June. 96 seemingly normal Singaporeans will jump into the Mount Emily Swimming Pool and swim from sunrise to sunset. In Asia's first 12-hour chanty swimmathon. Who's sponsoring it? Daikin. The foremost airconditioning specialists
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    256 32 'China wants US to keep deterrent' THE leader of a top level US military delegation to Beijing (Peking) said here today China wants the United States to maintain its military deterrent against the Soviet Union as well as its presence in the Pacific. Furthermore. Lt-Gen Robert Gard said, Chinese national
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    53 32 TOKYO. Wed A visiting L'nited States Assistant Secretary of Commerce Frank A. Weil said today the US hoped to reach a broad agreement with Japan on the pending issue of giving American makers chances to supplyequipment to the Japanese Government before President Jimmy Carter's visit to Tokyo in
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    Lock icon Lira falls
    37 32 LIRA (Northern Uganda). Wed. Government forces raptured Lira, one of Marshal Idi Amin's last strongholds, after some of the heaviest fighting of the war. during which an entire rebel road convoy was wiped out. UPI.
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    61 32 That Thatcher touch BRITISH Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher leans over to brush off an offending speck of dost from the suit of Mr Norman St John Stevas, Minister for the Arts. They were awaiting the arrival of Queen Elizabeth at the House of Lords in London on Tuesday to give
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    180 32 BANGKOK, Wed. Vietnamese military leaders in western Kampuchea have warned that if necessary they would be able to seize the strategic Thai border town of Aranyaprathet in only five hours, Khmer Rouge soldiers told an AFP correspondent here today. The Vietnamese reportedly
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    Lock icon Hess: Soviet change of heart
    75 32 LONDON, Wed. The Soviet Union has agreed it will consider freeing 85-year-old Rudolf Hess from Berlin's Spandau Prison if he publicly renounces Nazism and spends the rest of his life in quiet retirement, the London Evening News reported today. The newspaper reported the apparent Soviet
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    42 32 NEW YORK. Wed. Dow Jones averages, based on first hour of trading on the New York Stock Exchange: 30 inilus 826.14 up 0.26, 20 transp 224 05 up 0.30. 15 utils 96.58 up 0.07. 65 stocks 282.36 up 0.19. UPI.
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    Lock icon Suharto visits
    45 32 JAKARTA. Wed. Indonesian President Suharto will visit Papua New Guinea and Japan early next month, diplomatic 1 sources said here today. They would not give the exact dates but said the visits would take place some time between June 3 and 9. Reuter.
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    359 32 TOKYO. Wednesday A WEAKENED presidency and a failure to solve problems at home have made it tougher to conduct US foreign policy, American Ambassador to Japan Mike Mansfield said yesterday. He said that as Senate majority leader he "helped to weaken the executive
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    158 32 LEBANON PM QUITS: NEW GOVT IN SOON BEIRIT, Wed. Lebanese Prime Minister Sellm Al-Hoss said today he had tendered his resignation to President Ellas Sarkis, who had accepted it. His resignation was expected to lead to the formation of a new government. The announcement followed a summit meeting during the
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    Lock icon Carter rapped for failing to assert West leadership
    588 32 LONDON, Wed THE International Institute (or Strategic Studies sharply criticised President Jimmy Carter yesterday for having failed to assert what it regards as his proper leadership role in the Western world. "Halfway through its term, the Carter administration continued to present a
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      World economic gloom not likely to lift yet
      1743 1 Can the world economy grow as fast as it did for the 25 years before the 1974 inflationary slump? THE ECONOMIST, in this schools' brief, takes a look into this question. Tfc,N years ago, economic forecasters generally assumed the world economy in
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        133 1 LEISURE: New dance d FEATURE: To score a Q WOMAN PLUS: Whtn IfiSlOB' ld-8t to thown dUf dance? Ye«, it it now battered women's ing concert 2 poeaibte. 3 daimce,' turn* deadly. 6 The World Bank's hopes for reducing poverty 1975-2000 Simulated result in 2000 1975 Base case (4i-5% growth)
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        82 1 THE BRITISH COUNCIL presents A Book Exhibition covering Commerce, Business and Management in the first floor exhibition area of the British Council Centre on Collyer Quay. 17th May 2nd June Open: Monday Friday 10am 6pm Saturday 10am 2pm The exhibition is designed to appeal to anyone with an educational, professional
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        321 2  - Common ethnic objects as art for the home BAIL YNE SUNG By COMMON ethnic objects like a rattan "kebun's" (gardener) basket and an nutsized hawker's umbrella are the things Thai housewife Rawiwan Henry uses to give the liv>»d-ih look to her home. CYude clay pots, peel bamboo-split matting, 'im sum
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        New act for Luk Siu Fung star
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        New dance ideas to be shown during concert
        392 2  -  BAILYNE SUNG By TWELVE classical dances newly choreographed by Madhavi Krishnan, one of Singapore's leading Indian dance exponents, will be presented at a concert at the Regional Language Centre on May 20 at 8 p.m. The concert is the first major function
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        69 2 WESTERN FEATURE SPECIAL TONIGHT'S Western Feature Special on Channel 5 at 11.31, focuses on two sisters, each endowed with different qualities. One rides and shoots like a man while the other has both beauty and brains. Both of them use their respective talents to track down two robbers who have
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        787 2 TV and Radio SINGAPORE 5 3.00 PM Opening and Star Performance 7.00 Hogan's Heroes 3.25 Diary of Events (Chnese) 7 30 (Malay) 3.35 Home Sweet Home (Mandarin 7« New /jdventures of Wonder Women Drama Serial, repeat) 8.45 Do You Know? (1st semi-final) 4.15 Intermission 9.30 News and Newsreel (English) 6.05
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      1109 3  -  JACK ANDERSON By in N#w York THE time may one day come when a dance lover will be able to tell a friend, "I don't think I'll go out tonight. I want to stay home and read a dance." Yet, because
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      510 3  - Where there is a will, there is now a way to get that last lick ED LION By_ in Chicago WANT to get la the last lick in yaw lifetime battle against an unfaithful wife, a scoundrel of a son-in-law or a laiy nephew? Oae goad way of getting In
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        272 5 i(V ACKNOWLEDGEMENT G] 'W> ftX, Mr Chua Kirn Cheng 8.8.M. and Mrs Chua wish to thank Members of Parliament, community leaders, business associates, friends and relatives for their valuable gifts, congratulatory messages and kind presence at the dinner at the Island Ballroom, Shangrila Hotel on May 15, 1979 on the
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