The Straits Times, 21 May 1979

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    14 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 MONDAY, MAY M, 1171 25 CENTS M.C.(P) No. 142/1/79
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    Lock icon VIETS SEAL ESCAPE ROUTE
    564 1 New Thai alert along border BANGKOK, Sunday THAI AUTHORITIES today ordered a renewed military alert along the Kampuchean border after Vietnamese-led forces sealed off a major escape route of the Khmer Rouge and forced tens of thousands of Kampucheans to flee into eastern Thailand. The authorities
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    HDB is urged to build better flats
    425 1 HDB is urged to build better flats THE Housing Board should build better flats for residents, who are now spending a "fortune" on renovation and interior decoration for their flats, the Labour Minister, Mr Ong Pang Boon, suggested yesterday. Mr Ong, who was speaking to reporters alter visiting residents at
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    Reaching for the 'stars'
    72 1 IT 18 a feat, naturally, to reach for the stars. Aid at yesterday's Telefun competition at the People's Association soccer Held, this task proved exceedingly tricky. Even with Meads giving more than moral support, the competitor (see abave) strained every miscle to keep Us balance, grimacing
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    Lock icon Carter: European allies may seek alternative if...
    177 1 WASHINGTON, Sunday AMERICA'S European allies may look for an alternative to North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato) if the US Senate fails to ratify the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (Salt II), President Jimmy Carter said in an interview made public yesterday. Mr Carter also
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    Lock icon Air fare increase won't hit Asean
    107 1 Air fare increase won't hit Asean CANBERRA, Sun AUSTRALIA'S overseas air fares and freight rates will go up by 5 and 7 per cent from June 5 because of an increase in the price of aviation fuel, Transport Minister Peter Nixon said today. He said that fares and freight rates
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    Special Report
    80 1 South Korea it known to the world as a big economic success story. It is also regarded by countries like Singapore as one of the fiercest competitors in the international export market. What are the South Koreans like? How was their economic miracle achieved? What lessons can Singapore
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    Lock icon Show of strength
    33 1 BEIRUT, Sun. Three Syrian warplanes flew over Beirut today in a show of military strength. Unidentified anti-aircraft gunners opened fire on the planes but none of them was hit. Reuter.
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    S.Korea The enigma persists
    797 1 S.Korea The enigma persists THE Republic of Korea, or South Korea as it is more commonly known, presents as much of an enigma today as it has for countless centuries. With 5,000 years of Korean culture preceding them, the people have never allowed themselves to be confused with either of
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    Lock icon Rebels' haul
    32 1 ISLAMABAD. Sun. Afghan guerillas have captured three dozen tanks and armoured vehicles in a single engagement against troops of the pro-communist regime in Kabul, travellers arriving here said today. Reuter
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    Lock icon Mystery illness kills cattle
    73 1 BAlNBKlDGK<Pennsylvania), Sob. Less than a week after radiation escaped from the crippled three Mile lalana nuclear power plant on March 28, authorities have found that 13 calves and seven cows la farms around the area have died of a mysterious Illness. Veterinary tmrgeoas, Investigating the disease,
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    Lock icon Khomeiny scoffs at US Senate's warning
    330 1 Khomeiny scoffs at US Senate's warning TEHERAN, Sun. < AYATOLLAH Khomeiny, Iran's unofficial head of I state, has dismissed the United States Senate's warning that relations bej tween the US and his country would suffer if the revolutionary authorities continued executing political prisoners. "They (the US) need to i have
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      261 1 I anf/Aro/fJ Purchsim onfy from •utttori—4 4mmtmrsSo# ctßMMtfiod &ttvortJ9ofifOfft. DRUGS: THE TWO HIGH RISK AGES OF PUPILS Pag* 7 REFUGEES: 'Hanoi offer taken as a ihreat 2 KEY tests for Samrin monsoon and Colombo talks S EDUCATED city youths now a problem la China 4 TERROR panther's baby 5 DR
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      Lock icon Refugees: 'Hanoi offer taken as a threat'
      577 2 JAKARTA, Sunday PARTICIPANTS at the 24-nation conference on Indochinese refugees last week took Vietnam's offer to allow 600,000 of its citizens to go directly to Western countries as more a threat than a statement of liberal emigration policy, a highly placed Indonesian source
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      The Pope directs band
      43 2 The Pope directs band POPE John Paul II directs the band of the elite Italian Alpine Corps that visited him in St Peter's Square in Vatican City on Saturday. More than lN,tN Alpine veterans tamed oat U see the Pope. I PI picture.
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      Lock icon '3,500 killed' claim
      65 2 LISBON. Sun. The black Rhodesian Zanu guerilla movement claimed yesterday that Rhodesian security forces have "assassinated" more than 3.500 civilians within a two-month period recently, the Portuguese national news agency. Anop. said. Reporting from Maputo. Mozambique, it quoted a Zanu communique as saying that "more than 3.500
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      Lock icon Rhodesia travel links may be hit: Nkomo
      236 2 HOUSTON, Sun. PATRIOTIC Front leader Joshua Nkomo said today his guerillas would hit Rhodesian communications if the United States lifted its sanctions against Rhodesia. Mr Nkomo told report- ers: "We will impose our own sanctions. We are capable of doing that," when questioned
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      Lock icon Plane crashes into bedroom: 6 killed
      127 2 NEW YORK, Sun. A small plane crashed into the bedroom of a twostorey house on Long Is- land five minutes after takeoff yesterday, burst- ing into flames and killing all four people aboard and 1 two in the house. Witnesses said two neighbours rushed
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        Lock icon It isn't just lip service
        62 2 MARSEILLES: A man on hunger strike in prison for 80 days tried to sew his lips together to stop doctors forcibly feeding him, his lawyer told reporters. He said Gerard Vigier, awaiting trial on charges of receiving money stolen in France's biggest ever bank robbery,
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        Lock icon Killed by fish
        92 2 MANILA: A fisherman in I the central Philippines died of suffocation after swallowing a live fish, police said. Police said Aniceto Villarta, 35, caught his game while fishing with friends in Alcoy Town of Cebu Island 625 km south-east of Manila. Mr Villarta used his teeth to
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        Lock icon No. 1 doesn't always pay
        79 2 NEWPORT: Dentist Dr Nathan Feigelman wanted to get his name listed in the telephone book ahead of others in his profession. So last year his name appeared in the local directory in joint practice with Dr Aaron Aaron, at the top of the listings. But
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        Lock icon Truth about husband
        58 2 MEMPHIS: A 17-year-old woman has been granted an annulment of her marriage after discovering, four months after the wedding, that her husband had been bom a woman 19 years earlier. A Memphis court granted the annulment after the woman's laywer produced a copy of the husband' s
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      Lock icon Plan to curb FBI's investigative techniques
      319 2 Plan to curb FBI's investigative techniques WASHINGTON, Sun. The Carter administration will soon send to Congress a governing charter for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (5BI) that imposes extensive, but not absolute, restrictions on the bureau's employment of controversial investigaI tive techniques, including I the use of informants, undercover agents
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      Lock icon Day Charles had to borrow a quid
      146 2 LONDON, Sun. Prince Charles had to borrow £1 (SS4.SS) from his uncle, Earl Mountbatten of Burma, yesterday before he could declare Lord Moutbatten's country home open to the public. Lord Mountbatten, 78, said the prince must pay admission like anyone else. "Have you
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      Lock icon Big win for UNP in Lanka polls
      129 3 SRI LANKA'S 21-month-old government won a landslide victor>' yesterday in local elections which plunged leftwing parties into almost total defeat. President Junius Jayewardene's ruling United National Party (UNP), in its first major test of popularity, gained control of 37 out of 43 local
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      Lock icon Second round of talks not likely till September
      369 3 Second round of talks not likely till September HANOI, Sunday A SECOND round of peace negotiations between China and Vietnam, due to be held in Beijing (Peking), might not take place until after the non-aligned countries' summit in Cuba this September, diplomatic sources said here. The non-aligned movement's attitude to
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      Lock icon Tito visits Gargarin monument
      56 3 Tito visits Gargarin monument Yugoslav President Joefp Tit* (In white salt) poses with RussUii cosmonauts at the monument to Russia's first spaceman, Yuri Gagarin, In Star City in Moscow oa Saturday which the Yagwlav President visited. Gagarin died in IMB after his MIG, which was on a routine flight, crashed
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      Lock icon For N. Korea
      43 3 I BEUrNiXij-EKING). Sun. Former Kampuchean Head of Slate. Prifcce Norodom Sihanouk, left here today on a special plane for a visit to North Korea at the invitation of President Kirn 11-Sung, the official Xinhua (Hsinhua) news agency announced today -AFP
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      Lock icon Key tests for Samrin monsoon and Colombo talks
      350 3 HANOI, Sun KAMPUCHEA'S new regime faces two crucial and possibly decisive tests during the next few weeks with the forthcoming rainy season and a scheduled non-aligned nations; ministerial meeting in Sri Lanka. The monsoon, due to reach South-east Asia in July, will
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      Lock icon Third World to step up the pressure
      202 3 MANILA, Sun. Industrialised countries will be under increasing pressure over the next week to commit themselves to importing competitive goods from the world's poorer nations. This is the gathering thrust of the Third World attack at the United Nations Conference on Trade and
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      Lock icon 'Russia's presence causing anxiety'
      170 3 HONGKONG, Sun. China said today the growing Soviet presence in Vietnam was a disturbing development causing deep anxiety in the AsiaPacific region. The official Xinhua (Hsinhua) news agency, in a report monitored here, condemned the increasing use of Cam Rahn Bay ana other Vietnamese bases by
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      Lock icon Accused free two hostage judges
      104 3 Accused free two hostage judges BANGKOK, Sun. A group of six accused robbers have released two judges they seized as hostages in the southern province of Nakhon Si Thammarat and apparently made good their escape. The judges were released yesterday in return for safe passage of one of their abductors
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      Lock icon Fire kills 5
      34 3 SUTTON COLDFIELD (England), Sun. A fire swept through a wine of a nursing home in this West Midlands town today, killing five elderly patients and injuring two others, police said. UPI.
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      Lock icon 'Beijing's steel target beyond reach'
      208 4 'Beijing's steel target beyond reach' WASHINGTON, Sun. The Central Intelligence Agency says (CIA) China lacks the human and material resources to carry out its plan to more than double its annual steel production by 1985. The target date was set by Premier Hua Guo feng (Hua Kuo-feng) in February 1978
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      Lock icon Educated city youths now a problem in China
      500 4 Educated city youths now a problem in China BEIJING (PEKING), Sunday CHINA'S educated city-bred youths, traditionally in the vanguard of revolutionary movements in this century, have become a peacetime problem. They helped overthrow the monarchy in 1911, touched off the May 5th literary and political renaissance in 1919, formed the
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      Protest marks Narita's first year
      88 4 FARMERS and radicals sitting on the ground during a protest rally held near Tokyo's new international airport at Narita on Sunday the first anniversary of the opening of the controversial airport. More than 7,«M riot police were deployed at strategic points around the airport to
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      Lock icon Fahd pledges to tone down propaganda
      257 4 CAIRO, Sunday CROWN Prince Fahd of Saudi Arabia has given a comifiitment to the United States that the propaganda wai with Egypt will be toned down soon, inform* d Egyptian sources said yesterday. I Prince Fahd met with the US Ambassador to Cairo, Mr
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      Lock icon Shutdown on Sundays
      81 4 TOKYO. Sun. In a move that may foreshadow California-style petrol queues in Japan, the government decided yesterday to ask all service stations" in the country to close down on Sundays and national holidays starting next month The government estimates that 40 per cent of all service stations
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      Lock icon 'Beersheba talks will be tough'
      185 4 WASHINGTON, Sun. The new United States ambassador at large for the Middle East, Mr Robert Strauss, said yesterday that he expected the expanded Egypt-Israel peace talks starting later this month to be tough. "We're obviously going to hear some pretty extreme positions," he said of
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      Lock icon 'Sleepy village' may be new airport site
      128 4 LONDON, Sun. A sleepy little English village Is one of six rites being considered far London's third International »lrport to handle at least 5# million passengers a year. Wllllngdale, Mkm north of London, would be wiped off the map If chosen. Today, ito
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    Terror panther's baby
    212 5  -  PAUL WEE By SHE may be «nly tw* niMths old bat like ber mother, this panther cab is already nude far MM The yet-to-be named rob Is the only offspring Banter, the paather which sparked on a aation»lde hunt for Its captare la mld-1975 after it terrorised
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    Trade in first quarter grew by 20 pc
    220 5 Trade in first quarter grew by 20 pc SINGAPORE'S external trade put up a sparkling performance during the first quarter of this year, according to latest government statistics. Its trade from January to March amounted to $14.37 billion, up 20.3 per cent over the same period last year. During the
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    Whampoa CC has 13 groups to serve residents
    305 5 WHAMPOA community centre in Whampoa Drive, believed to be the only centre in Singapore which opens from 9 a.m. on weekends, has a total of 13 groups to cater to the needs of residents. Mrs Harriet Doraisamy, chairman of the centre's management
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      736 5 SINGAPORESYMPHO- EXHIBITION OF EXHIBITION ON COMNY ORCHESTRA in con- PAINTINGS AND EN- MUNITY SERVICE by cert with guest conductor GRAVINGS by Singapore Floury Clubs at People's Redentor Romero from artist, Mr Tan Swie Hian, Park Complex, ground the Philippines at the Con- at the Alliance Francaise, floor, from 9 a.m.
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    Off on the right footing?
    402 6  -  PAUL JANSEN TAN BUAN ANN ory u y Pictures b Telefun-and-games Spore-style a far cry so far from W. German model TWENTY-SIX teams, totalling S«4 contestants, vied la blistering heat yesterday morning to win a place la the next round of Telefun, a competition organised
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    WHY YOU CANT CASH THEM HERE
    89 6 WHY YOU CANT CASH THEM HERE THE Postal Services Department said the the British Post Office has ceased to act as a clearing agent (or postal orders issued by the Republic of Ireland recently. This is because the Republic of Ireland had become a member of the European Monetary System,
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    Diplomatic ties with Chile soon
    121 6 Diplomatic ties with Chile soon CHILE is ready to establish a non-resident ambassador and a permanent Charge d'Affaires here as soon as it gets official communication from Singapore, the Chilean Vice-Foreign Minister, Mr Enrique Valdes, said yesterday. Speaking at a press conference at the airport before his departure for Kuala
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    Council yet to achieve its target
    90 6 THE president of the Central Council of Malay Cultural Organisations, Mr Yusoff Ahmad, said yesterday the council has not achieved its target of grooming a second-line leadership from the younger Malay generation. Mr Yusoff stressed this point at the annual meeting of the council
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    MP: Need to dispel fallacy about blood donation
    176 7 MP: Need to dispel fallacy about blood donation THE notion that donating blood weakens the body and dulls the mind is a fallacy which needs to be dispelled, particularly from the minds of the younger generation, the Parliamentary Secretary (Culture) and MP for Leng Kee. Dr Ow Chin Hock, said
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    Writers urged: Tell story of our pioneers
    165 7 Writers urged: Tell story of our pioneers LOCAL writers should introduce more .if Singapore's development history, as well as the lives and struggles of the Republic's pioneers to the young, the Parliamentary Secretary (Culture), Dr Ow Chin Hock, said on Saturday. Making the point at the opening of tne Singapore
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    Riding high with 30,000 fans
    264 7 WITH outstretched hands waving to acknowledge the tumultuous cheers of their Singapore faas, the world's number oae pop group Boaey M rode bto the National Stadium In a parade of trishaws with shimmering eostames aad spot- lights flashing for a one-night show on Saturday. The
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    'The danger in striving for high rewards'
    220 7 'The danger in striving for high rewards' FUTURE generations of Singaporeans may become inherently selfish if the present striving for high rewards is not tempered with the inculcation of moral values. i Sounding out this warning last night, Dr Tony Tan, the Senior Minister of State (Education), said although it
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    More women joining trade unions
    86 7 More women joining trade unions THE number of women in the trade union movement here has increased from 17,329 in 1964 to 90,565 to date representing 39.65 per cent of the total NTUC membership. This is stated in the report of the organisation department to the NTUC 3rd Biennial Delegates'
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    The two high drug risk ages of pupils
    528 7  - The two high drug risk ages of pupils CHRISTINA RODRIGUES Paediatric society convention By SCHOOLCHILDREN aged 15 and 16 in secondary three and four classes are within the high drug risk ages. This is one of the findings of the Education Ministry's social work unit which is waging a winning
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      1629 8 Factories, hotels, shopping complexes and offices are the biggest consumers of electricity in Singapore. Switch off. Save watts. Save money. Energy conservation makes good business sense Half of all the electricity produced in Singa- I 1 r 1 be just comfortable. Reduce the aircondi- 19. Switch off lights when you
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    Govt urged: Give $1 for every $3 collected by homes
    138 9 Govt urged: Give $1 for every $3 collected by homes THE government can help charitable homes for children by giving $1 for every $3 collected by these organisations. Alternatively, every working Singaporean could have 50 cents deducted monthly from his Central Provident Fund savings towards these homes. The chairman of
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    'Sound horn only when necessary'
    339 9 DRIVERS are reminded that it is an offence to sound the horn of vehicles that are stationary on the road. The horn should not be used to attract the attention of friends or to vent one's frustration, say the Traffic Police. It is also discourteous
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    CHANGES TO BE MADE IN HIGHWAY CODE
    140 9 CHANGES TO BE MADE IN HIGHWAY CODE THE Highway Code is to be revised following a series «f meetings by three government departments. It Is understood that the three departments the Registry of Vehicles, the Public Works Department Road Branch and the Traffic Police have diseased the revised version, which
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    Dr Goh: What draws tourists to S'pore
    417 9 THE Deputy Prime Minister, Dr Goh Keng Swee, last night offered a rather refreshing, albeit cryptic, reason why tourists come to Singapore. He said they do this for the same reason mountaineers climb Mount Everest. A slightly puzzled gathering at the Singapore Tourist
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    Lock icon 'It's a blessing in disguise'
    330 9 PROTECTIONISM, the increased cost of living and high oil prices are blessings in disguise for the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board (STPB) said the board's chairman, Mr Tan I Tong yesterday Speaking at the board's 15th anniversary dinner at the Neptune Theatre Restaurant, he said protectionist
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    Entry ban on six
    65 9 SIX Malaysians have been banned from entering Singapore by the Home Affairs Minister, according to the lat- estgovenunent gazette. They are: Samri bin Wardi alias Bakri bin Wardi, from Batu Tiga, Tanjong Pinang, Chan Seng Huat alias Ah Leng, from Selangor, Ahmad Farouk bin Abdul Karim.
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      SAF fuel and utilities bills cut by 27 pc
      445 11 SAF fuel and utilities bills cut by 27 pc THE Singapore Armed Forces managed to trim $11.38 million, or 27 per cent, off its fuel and public utilities bills in the 1977/1978 financial year, surpassing its own expectations, says the latest issue of Pioneer, the SAF's monthly publication. According to
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      Up by 3.15 pc
      30 11 SATURDAY'S electricity consumption at 18 million units was 3.15 far cent or 1.55 million units more than the Saturday average in March of 17.45 million units.
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      POLICE QUIZ JOCKEY
      78 11 POLICE have questioned a local jockey in connec- tion with a housebreaking case. Police said a man, in his 20s. broke into an apartment of a woman in Grange Road at about 11 a.m. on Saturday, ran- sacked the place and got away with cash and valuables
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      'Smooth transfer of power vital'
      219 11 Leadership workshop A CRUCIAL question in the politics of Asia in the Eighties will be the orderly transmission of political power from one generation to another. Senior Minister of State (Education), Dr Tony Tan, made the point when he addressed a group of 35 participants
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    Johnny to be removed from incubator soon
    243 11 Johnny to be removed from incubator soon THREE-MONTH-OLD Johnny Chin, whose life hung in the balance only days ago, is expected to be removed from the protective cocoon of his incubator at the Singapore General Hospital and begin receiving food orally this week. For this dramatic turnabout in his condition,
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    34 11 THE final of the national Quran reading competition under the patronage of Dr Ahmad Mattar. acting Minister of Social Affairs, will be held at the National Theatre at 8 p.m. on Saturday.
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    24 11 THE YWCA Fort Canning centre will hold a finger-paint-ing demonstration at the centre on Friday at 10.30 a.m. For reservations, ring *****6
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      784 11 Catch seafood at its best Day or night Each day, at the crack of dawn. our chefs may be seen at the fish market. buying the catch of the night. Fish. Mussels. Clams. Squids. Shrimps. Lobsters. All fresh from the sea. By noon, they have been washed, scrubbed and placed
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      Academics query the figures
      446 12 Academics query the figures Review of Third Malaysia Plan KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday SEVERAL academic economists have challenged the validity of some estimates, especially those pertaining to unemployment and income distribution quoted in the mid-term review of the Third Malaysia Plan, The Malaysian Business Times reported on Friday. According to a
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      100 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Malaysia's national news agency Bernama plans to open an office in Manila before the end of the year, and launch a photo service in October, general manager Dol Ramli said today, its 11th anniversary. He said that with the opening
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      Lock icon Still not free from disease
      73 12 SUNGE3 SIPUT, Sun. The government will not declare Perak and the other states free from the threat of toot and mouth disease since there were still livestock infected with the disease, Agriculture Minister, Datuk Shariff Ahmad, said today. He said though the outbreak is under
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      33 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun The controller of rubber research, Tan Sri Dr B.C. Sekhar, has been appointed chairman of the Palm Oil Research and Development Board, a government statement said yesterday. AFP.
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      Lock icon Life term
      45 12 ALOR STAR, Sun. Food caterer Liew Meng Chye, 45, < was sentenced to life imprisonment and ordered to be given six strokes of the rolan by the 1 High Court today after he was i convicted of trafficking in 839.3 g of heroin. NST.
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      Lock icon Police probe baby smuggling reports
      184 12 Police probe baby smuggling reports KUALA LUMPUR, Son Polio* said today they are Investigating reports that a syndicate is smuggling babies from Thailand and selling them in Kangar, a town near the Thai border 511km northeast of Koala Lumpur. Four women, three of them naia, were arrested in Padang Besar,
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      Lock icon Eight fined
      34 12 ALOR STAR, Sun. Eight Kuala Kedah fishermen were fined a total of $4,000 by the magistrate's court here today after they pleaded guilty to having unlicenced trawler nets on their boats. NST.
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      Lock icon '20,000 Muslim converts have gone back to old religions'
      379 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday ABOUT 20,000 Muslim converts in the country have reverted to their original religions in recent years, Perkim (Muslim Welfare Organisation) national president Tunku Abdul Rahman said today. He said the main reason for this is the recent growth
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      Lock icon 46 homeless after fire
      42 12 MANTIN (Negri Sembilan). Sun.— Forty-six people were made homeless when fire razed a row of four wooden houses in Blue Walk here last night No one was injured in the fire, which started at about 10.45 p.m. NST.
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      26 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun Made-in-Brazi! Volkswagen light commercial vehicles will be locally assembled from November, a Champion Motors spokesman said here on Friday. AFP
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      122 12 PENANG. Sun. Those applying for passports or to renew them may submit colour photographs, the Director-General of Immigration, Haji Mohammed Amir bin Haji Yaakub said yesterday. He said he had agreed to allow the use of colour photographs in the international and restricted
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      225 12 Bringing Up Father By Bill Kavanagh Hal Camp vnu M/iCT uiuc "Y NO, I I'M QWD TO 6Er| /VU4CX3IE, T KNOW MOW I I I TOOK IT TO A V pprx iiwPiJi -V DlDN 'T I 1 RID OP IT BUT BAD VOO PELT ABOUT FIX- IT- SHOP NOBODV iaIucw
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      Can someone ban these car clarions?
      71 13 Can someone ban these car clarions? SOME local vehicles are fitted with blaring reversing horns which cannot be controlled by the drivers. This gadget is a nuisance in a quiet housing estate, especially when cars reversing in the early morning hours make a loud hooting noise which disturbs the whole
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      Questions on Paya Lebar airport operations
      287 13 I HAVE some questions and suggestions connected with Paya Lebar Vrport and its operations. Why is it necessary to drive 4 km in o-der to travel (legally) >y car from the Departure Terminal to the Arrival Terminal What is so special about the roundabout
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      New traffic lights not justified at the moment
      107 13 WE THANK P T*n' (ST, April II) fer Us letter raggesttag that traffic slgJuUs he ImstaUt4 mt tke juetfea ef New I'pper Chanel Read aad Bedek Senth Avenee 1. Traffic ceuU by the Public Werkt Departmeet have shewn that traffic la the
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      Signs at Clifford Pier are still necessary
      101 13 Signs at Clifford Pier are still necessary WE REFER to tke letter "Time signs changed" by year reader "Observer" (ST. May 1«). Year reader may wish to bjmw that aitkeafk the PSA Ferry Services Office has shifted to the WerM Trade Outre, seme ef Its harbear eralses still begin frem
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      Lights at Jurong junction useless
      97 13 Lights at Jurong junction useless IN LINE with the energy conservation drive, may I suggest that the authorities take immediate action to ease the traffic congestion originating from the Jurong Road Jurong Town Hafl Road junction. The traffic control lights at this junction cannot adapt to the heavy traffic flow
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      7 pc ad time on TV isn't evenly spread
      154 13 I REFER to Mr Joseph Scan's letter on behalf of RTS (ST, April 30). Giving half the picture does not tell the whole story. The 7 per cent commercial content is not spread evenly over the 93 per cent of viewing
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      Commerce teachers too, are neglected
      86 13 Commerce teachers too, are neglected I REFER to the letter by "Neglected" (ST, May 12). The technical teachers are not the only nongraduate teachers teaching at Pre-University level and receiving a primary school teachers' payThere are commercial teachers holding UK professional qualifications teaching at PreUniversity level and they are not
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      Comments on show noted
      39 13 WE REFER U Rebtn Ckaa'a letter (ST. May We have takes Bete ef the writer's eemmeata ea the programme "De Yea KaewF" fer which we weald like te thank Mm UN HENG TOW, PRO, RTB.
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      CPF must serve the people's welfare, not serve the insurers
      274 13 I REFER to >our report headed "CPF plan will hit insure .ndustry Chen" (ST, May 14). Obviously, Mr Bernard Chen, as chairman of Income's ooard of directors, should be concerned that the CPF plan to set up its owr insurance
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    The Straits Times MONDAY,MAY 21, 1979 FORWARD STEP?
    392 14 The Straits Times MONDAY,MAY 21, 1979 FORWARD STEP? TT IS somewhat surprising that the government is prepared to consider the liberalisation of divorce laws. In a move seeking to amend the Women's Charter, a Bill has been introduced in Parl ament containing provisions making it easier to dissolve marriages. The
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    THE GRUMBLERS
    373 14 THE Deputy Prime Minister once described the Singaporean as a notorious grumbler. Time and again, this description has been proven apt. The latest incident revolves around the campaign by those living in East Coast Park housing estates to protest SBS plans to build a bus terminus in the
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    Lock icon Now Russia has its gangs of rowdies
    413 14  -  NIKKI FINKE By in Moscow 'I BELONG to a gang that everybody is afraid of," a girl from Sevastopol wrote to a Soviet newspaper. "We've ripped up all the playground equipment. We nave a fight almost every night. "The girls fight iust as
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    The planning behind S. Korea's rapid progress
    1744 14  - The planning behind S. Korea's rapid progress JOHN TAN By TEN years ago, they were known only for the shoes and shirts they exported to the West. Today, South Korea is the model of a successful developing country, selling to the world such sophisticated products as petrochemicals, electronic products and
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      81 14 9k li'-i-rfrTn !*J! uHi&HffiiS HI rr JP— j TT 1 1 "t -rf? l >?,,,? "^faf* ***'».#*<^^ 4>«* B 4*Js'TlJß*l Rill IWLflrSffl^g; miS&ttScz fS 53 §afi 3 W$E JEM From the highly exclusive, beautiful Collection of Pierre Cardin Mesh Bags. Created for and desired by women all over the world.
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    Model for other countries to strive to emulate
    1758 15 THE WORLD Bank uses South Korea as the model when it talks about successful developing countries. The community of most developed Western nations in the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development is looking at South Korea as its next Asian member, after
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      114 15 "Mandarin IKX^ Wtt DESTINATION JAKARTA Ss99 For a limited time only the newly The Jakarta Mandarin, a name completed Jakarta Mandarin is synonymous with luxury, is situated pleased to offer for just S$ 99 per in the very heart of Jakarta with 504 nigh* spacious guestrooms, swimming Superior single accommodation
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      12 15 TOMORROW: How South Korea invaded the consumer markets of the Western world.
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      41 15 For Beautiful Human Life A W' A a 5 9 KANE BO COSMETICS ftufhrtA Trariinn Vls *howr«Hn huol «nd Mkxm ih<- KANEBO BEAUTY CENTRE vauimre I rauiiiy m pU/ip U/i s.n,tapura of nil 12M"> 1 lof t*ul appomimems CONSUMER QOOOS OVHKM
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      538 16 A large trading company engaged in commodity trading in Singapore seeks for its fast expanding business. "ONE TRADING MANAGER" "TWO COMMODITY TRADERS" The applicant is expected to be well versed with COMMODITY TRADING SPECIALLY PALM-OIL and having 3 5 years experience. Candidates with in-depth knowledge of palm-oil trading will have
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      601 16 MOUNT ELIZABETH HOSPITAL Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for the following posts: FOOD BEVERAGE MANAGER Applicants should have good educational background and several years of catering experience and are conversant in the preparation of Chinese and Western meals. The successful candidate will initially be responsible for the planning
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      698 16 TOOLROOM (C Jft CAREERS M 37 USA. A. TOOL DIE MAKERS Minimum MCE or equivalent Minimum 2 years experience in a precision toolroom Be able to operate all toolroom equipment, interpret blue print drawings and work to close tolerance Those without skill certificates but have proven working abilities of minimum
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      109 16 JURONG BIRD PARK (PRIVATE) LIMITED Tenders are Invited (or extension of water pipe* to aviaries and paddocks in Jurong Bird Park. A showround will be held on Monday, 28th May 1979 at 10.30 am at Jurong Bird Park, after which tender forms will be Issued to those interested to quote.
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      573 16 fS RAFFLES TOWER SINGAPORE NOMINATED SUBCONTRACT WORKS NOMINATED SUPPLY CONTRACTS Contractors and suppliers with relevant experience who are interested in being considered for the following subcontract works and material supplies for the Raffles Tower Project, Raffles Place, Singapore are invited to wrire to the developers, L DEVELOPMENT pT£ LJD 18th
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    Acknowledgement
    44 17 Khirubakaran. Family of late Khirubakaran thank relatives, friends, staffs of Swiss Cottage ond Canberra for their attendance, assistance, Condolences wreaths during their recent bereavement Also thank doctors and nurses of Ward 52, Ton Tock i Seng Hospital their fine mcdi cal service* rendered
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      492 17 BORNEO SUMATRA I TRADING COMPANY (S) PTE LTD invites applications for SALES EXECUTIVE Veterinary Products We are looking for a mature person m with a number ot years sales experience m the Veterinary lieid and who has either Veterinary qualifications xf by experience and training Established contac's m the trade
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      637 17 THE BRITISH PHOSPHATE COMMISSIONERS CHRISTMAS ISLAND Applications from suitably qualified ore invited for the following positions A) Heavy Equipment Fitters B) General Electricians C) Motor Mechanics 0) Plumbers E) Boilermaker/Welders F) Machinists 6) Telephone Linesmen Applicants should have at least 3 years working experience in the relevant fields Attractive salary
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      426 17 CEBBB— 1 h jiW^^StN i 1 My HOTEL AND SHOPPING COMPLEX AT MARINE PARADE/ EAST COAST ROAD Applications are invited for the tender of the building of a 1 4-storey complex for Yapinco Pte. Ltd. The building contains a shopping podium and hotel tower with a gross built-on area of
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      104 17 SELL SEEK through the Classifieds CONDOLENCE It is with greatest regret that we announce the sudden death in Hong Kong on Wednesday, 16th May 1979 of MR. YEO BAN YEE Former Founder Director of Taylor Stanley (S) Pte. Ltd. McHarris (S) Pte. Ltd. McHarris (M) Sdn. Bhd. The body will
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      507 17 SETRON LIMITED PROFIT ft DIVIDEND ANNOUNCEMENT RESULTS The Directors ore pleosed to announce the audited results tor the year ended 31st December, 1978 of the Group as follows 1978 1977 S$'000 S$'OOO Consolidated Profit before tax 5,435 4,188 Consolidated Net Profit 2,965 1 ,809 After deducting: Depreciation 854 875 Taxotion
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  • TIMES CITY DESK
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      WEEKLY SHARE ANALYSIS
      2054 18 AS A service to readers. Straits Times publishes weekly a detailed analysis of shares on the Stock inse of Singapore. The year's high and low, are I by the week's movement in prices, the diviihe net price earnings ratio and the volume of business 1W H.(k Uw
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    • Money and exchanges
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        DOMESTIC
        355 18 LAST WKEK sa» generally cau- nous trading in the Singapore forex maiket with the US dollar flurtuat ing oithin The range of $2 2010 65 The IS unit opened lower at $2 2030 40 against the lora! dollar, compared with $2 2C60 60 at the |.i«-mihi> •>»»* noting The
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        DISCOUNT
        256 18 INTERBANK overnight funds last week r oml—f d on a firmer trend ..in thr ram bring traded between I sal per cent and finally levefl ing off (or the week ai 4 < per cent TV firmer interbank rates resulted in a higher turnover in the term deposits with
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        Local money market
        290 18 GENERALLY. the domestic money market last week was rather easy with the ovenught rate rioting al 5 to 5 per cent on Friday However, the interest rales (or shorter periods firmed initially but eased off in the latter part of the week and closed at 7 to
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        Short-term money
        48 18 FOR THE week ended Saturday May 19. the range of call rate received from from Short Deposits I M) Bhd was as follows Baas tmmt: 1 per cent to 6 per cent Gcaml tma4: 2 per cent to 4 per MwiMti of funds totalled J734 million.
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      Banks' Prime Lending Rates
      328 18 BANK'S prime lending rates as at the close of business on Friday, May 18 BANK'S tPLB Of Algemene Bank 8' 4 American Express 8' 4 Asia Commercial 8 Asien-Pazifik 8' t Ban Hin Lee Bank 8 Banca Commerciale 8 4 Banco Do Brasil 8 Bangkok Bank
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      LONDON STOCKS
      606 18 LONDON, Fri-Share prices were quietly easier on the last day of the account, due to nervousness ahead of the budget, dealers said. Shares finished near the day's lows with falls ranging to 18p. The FT index was down 8.5 at 522.2 points at the close. Government bonds lost
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      New York
      221 18 NEW YORK, Fri.— Takeovers and other corporate news dominated the action today as the stock market managed a small gain in moderate trading despite weakness in blue chips. Analysts said profit-taking and some disappointment over the US$900 million rise in the money supply reported yesterI day undercut the
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      Amsterdam
      212 18 AMSTERDAM, Fri—Share prices closed mixed, with Akat i and Uallever easier and Philips and HMgaveaa higher in internationals, dealers said. R«yal Datea lost 4.10 guilders ex its 5.75 final dividend. State loans were mainly ABN Akzo AMEV Amfu Amroi Bank B*TfO*A B*Tk BoW Borsumij Burhmmnn ***** 1 9710 .02
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      DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
      60 18 (irml D*te T»UI lor paymeat payabir tae year Bata(M) 14'. May 25 20- Dultpbt 20-, (hi May 25 37. ICB lOMbi May 25 IP. OCBC 15'. (i) May 26 2U Daalaplad 25'. May 28 35'. (b) First and Final (hi includes M special bonu; dividend (i) includes V>
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      S'pore produce
      196 18 AN EASIER Mas in in al the Singapore produce market latt week Trading throughout the period was light and mainly on consumer and covering accounts For most commodities, interest from the big buyers in the West was scarce. New York and the European ports were drawing direct from
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      PRODUCE PRICES
      122 18 CHINESE PRODI IE EXCHANGE, SINGAPORE, NOON CLOSING PRICES PES PICIL ON SATTRDAV: IkniI all: Bulk $130 sellers, old drum $135 sellers, new drum $140 sellers. C*fr»: Mixed (loose) UK Corn $82 00 buyers Peiiit: Muntok ASTA white fob 100- NLW $325 00 sellers. Sarawak white fob 95'. NLW
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      Zurich
      242 18 ZURICH, Fri.—The bourse was mixed in continued quiet trading, dealers said. Banks were slightly easier, with Credit Satan, Ualoa Baak M SwlUerlaad and 8 win Vclksaaak showing small declines. Among financials latenaop continued to rise, but OerilkaaBaekrle was barely steady. In insurances Swta Reiasar•aee lost some ground, while Zurich
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      Indices
      61 18 FINANCIAL TIMES INDUSTRIALS Frl 5223 Thurs 530.7 Week Ago 532.8 DOW JONES AVERAGE INDUSTRIALS Frl 841.91 Thurs 842.95 Week ago 830.56 LONDON DOLLAR PREMIUM Frl 55' I to 55 Thurs 58 to 56 H.K.HANG SENG Frl 565.18 Thurs 554.71 Week ago 544.37 SYDNEY INDUSTRIALS Frl 481.65 Thurs 483.51 Week
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      GOLD
      175 18 THE KILOBAR martlet tor gold deliverable in Singapore on Saturday, opened at 118.450 and closed at $18,500 In the Far East, gold opened \t US$258 40 80 Buying from late New York dealers pushed the price higher to 1259 30 60 before closing at ■MM Gold was fixed in
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      61 18 THE AVERAGE discount rate on Singapore Government 91day Treasury Bills rose to 4.615 per cent at the latest tender from 4.515 per cent previously, the MonetaryAuthority of Singapore (MAS) said. Applications totalled (45 million for the $30 million of Bills on offer. About 73 per cent of
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      COPPER
      32 18 LONDON: Copper prices on Friday (previous In brackets). Wirebar Spot 1.930 (£899) sellers £931 (£900). Three Month buyers £945 (£914). sellers £945 50 (£915) Market Mae: Barely steady. Sale*: 21.900 tonnes
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        Tin price recovers
        190 18 Tin price recovers THE STRAITS tin price recovered $12 to $1,985 per picul in Penang on Saturday on an official offering down 35 tonnes to 195 tonnes. LONDON: Tin on the day was down £20 for Cash and £2 for Three Months standard while High Grade was down 1120 and
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        Prices at new peaks
        333 18 NEW HIGHS were achieved in the week ended May 17. in line with record prices established in gold and platinum markets, as current RSS One touched 289 cents to sur- j pass the peak or the 1973 1974 boom. vtjsks^ znt&z! oil i price increases, shortages
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        Rubber easier
        175 18 LONDON: Terminal rubber closed around session's lows on Friday, with losses from yesterday of one to 0.40p per kilo. Traders said afternoon business entailed some weekend squaring of accounts. This morning, the market had (alien hack by an average 0 45p reflecting today's lack of follow through in
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      S'pore exchange
      405 18 SHARES rallied strongly an eleventh-hoar wave of baying at the Stock Exchange of Singapore last week when the Straits Times industrial ordin-ir> share index hit past the 4M-polnt resistent level. This closing hoar baying took the market by surprise. The Intermittent boats of selling that set in daring
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      TOP TEN STOCKS
      114 18 THE following list of stocks gives the II mosl traded on the SUck Exchange of Singapore last week, it gives the turnover in thousands of units, closing prices on Friday and the high and low for lf» ['•mpuv ■Si***'" May IS linn 117* 5ime Darby Holdings 1.152
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      421 18 THANKS largely to the sharp recovery on Friday, the Kuala Lumpur stock market was able to finish the week steadier. The distinct upturn yesterday halted what appeared to be a drift of prices sideways as momentum was lost after mid-week. On balance a fairly broad selection of counters
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      LOCAL STOCK INDICES
      194 18 SINGAPORE May 14 Nay 1* Mmy l( May II •-BT Index 2175 32 2207 42 2224 70 *****3 •Industrials 393 32 396 38 397 47 398 28 i, Finance 693 697 04 700 03 699 36 ••Hotels 295 55 296 55 295 71 296 75 •Properties *****
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      414 18 LONDON: Shares were affected by fears of rights issues and nervousness ahead if the UK budget next month, and prices moved lower most of last week apart from a technical rally on Wednesday, dealers said. Some leading shares snowed falls well into double figures but most were in
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      431 19 LABORATORY ASSISTANT ICI Paints (Singapore) Private Limited invites applications from Singapore citizens for the post of Laboratory Assistant. THE JOB: To assist chemist in quality control, testing of raw materials and finished products including development and formulation work THE PERSON: Should possess a GCE 'O' level with credits in English.
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      541 19 invites applications from suitably qualified Singapore Citizens for the position of TRAINEE SALES REPRESENTATIVES Age: 20-25 Qualifications Applicants must posesss General Certificate of Education 'O' Level with credit in English and three other subjects. He must be able to read and write Mandarin and speak Malay, Hokkien and Cantonese fluently.
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      972 19 UNITED pKnPatSSs BERHAD Notice of Annual General Meeting NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 58th Ordinary Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at the Company's Registered Office at Jendarata Estate. TelukAnson Malaysia on the 1 5th day of June 1 979 at 1 0.30 in the morning
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      447 19 SUITES 301 305, 3RD FLOOR HIANG KIE INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX ONE 5O GENTING LANE OFF MACPHERSON ROAD SINGAPORE 13 TEL: *****46 (5 LINES) Postal Address: P. O. Box 101, MacPherson Road Post Office, Singapore 13. BRISTOL-MYERS (S) PTE LTD NOTICE OF REMOVAL We have pleasure lo inform you that with effect
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      389 19 IN THE HIGH COLRT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE Suit No. 202 of 1979 Between MOSCOW NARODNY BANK LIMITED Plaintiffs And VICTOR L GIMBNO Defendant To: VICTOR LGIMENO late of No. 76 West Coast Rise SINGAPORE 5 TAKE NOTICE that an action has been commenced against you in the High
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      524 19 TIIK HANKKI PTCY ACT (CHAPTM imi IN TIIK HIGH COURT Of BINGAPOM IN BANKRUPTCY NO. UHO OF IH7O RK: TAY KIIKM. SIKW alias DANIBL XX PAKTE: CITIIKI E SINGAPORE PRIVATE LIMIT X I) (formerly known ;i* (.1 THRIE ENGINEERING IBINGA- PORKI PTE. 1.1 I) I CREDITORS NOTICE In the Matter
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      571 20 AIR LANKA Air Lanka, the National Airline of Sri Lanka are looking for suitably qualified Malaysians to be appointed to the posts of SALES MANAGER and SECRETARY CUM SALES ASSISTANT for its Kuala Lumpur Office. Applicants for the Sales Manager's post should have no less than 3 years' experience in
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      339 20 IN THE HIGH COURT IN MALAYA AT KUALA LUMPUR COMPANIES WINDINGUP NO: 24 OF 1979 In the matter of General Inves'.ment Sdn Bhd AND in the matter of the Compames Act 1965 ADVERTISEMENT OF PETITION NOTICE is hereby given that a petition for wmding-up of the abovenamed company by the
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      609 20 PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR A leading Palm Oil Refinery in Port Kelang, invites applications from suitably qualified BUMIPUTRAS for the above position. The successful candidate will be responsible for the smooth and efficient running of the production lines to meet the required quality level and production schedules. He must be able to
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      468 20 A Consulting Engineering Company is inviting applications for its Kuala Lumpur Office for tha position of> ELECTRICAL DESIGN DRAFTSMAN Required are a minimum of 5 years of electrics drafting experience and knowledge of locs codes. Salary will be negotiated according t< experience and qualifications. Please apply in writing with full
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      475 20 KENYATAAN TAWARAN KETENGAH KETENGAH Tawaran-tawaran adalah dipelawa daripada Pemborong-Pemborong ya.ig berdaftar dengan KETENGAH atau Jabatan Kerja Raya untuk kerjakerja benhut MEMBINA DAN MENYIAP RUMAH HARGA MURAH DI KAWASAN PERBANDARAN BUKIT BESI DI DALAM KAWASAN TRENGGANU TENGAH Kelayahin Pemboronf Berdaftar denjjan Berdaftar den«an KETENGAH Kepala JKR Kepala 2 No. Kontrek Bilanjan
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      317 20 LEMBAGA PEMASARAN PERTAMA> PERSEKI'TI AN KEN VAT AAN TAHAhW dipelawa daripada pen borongpemborong atau svan-kat-ayarikai van* ber prrfcalaman untuk 'Supply. Delivery. InMal lallon. Test Run and Tom ml.»lonln« ol one Chill, r Room Six (old Room* Complete with K,fri«.r.i tlon Equipment* and Electrical InsUllatlon* for the Proposed Freth rgrtu Me
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      294 21 i AT YOUR SERVICE SECTION INDEX £%w ACCflTfirn AflCE"i-Jl" isIZZL W^m^B .a^^JLmW. .L^LJ F^LJ r^.aJ L VmieTcemre 1sXl?unl^"iJl")l, vi kdicati'on traininc. CATS W^^t^mm^^^^^ An^r«e Service After offict hour, VII TRAVEL RESTAURANTS ssl^"JTl RATE rt S K1 vm ANNOUNCEMENTS PERSONAL X 54.4422 I'erword 60ris<Min »9 00) iv ORITIT A Dice 1
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      420 21 IMPERIAL CANE FURNITURE M Vi.iM.-n ids.- Walten Estata Fot 1 .me furniture Indian heavy 1 otton furntshlnt and inaltlllK Tel I VaVbV-S^aSfVaVWWa* WHOLESALERS A RET4H.ERS S Velvets upholstery 'ahrns 1 'a 111 roam upholstery fab-"»] "arus i\( Materials for sofajki is use Also eai carpet, matting*.' I S4 i /IK
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      404 21 I FOR SALE A SHOPPING GUIDE SHEET METAL MACHINE guillotine model in i «ti mv; Phone MSIISJ or *****40 llvdrabend TOVOTA FORKLIFT FD3O I tons very u.hkl condition like new Selling $12,500 Contact *****03/ MM USED: Lath* Turning Machinery Milling Machinery Horizontal Boring Machinery Immaculate condition, for mi mediate IBM
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      527 21 16 Office Equipment PHILIPS PABX UH2OO 111 lines $7,000 o n a Contact tel 360 1 33 18 Pets HEALTHY ALSATIAN PUPS. II weeks ..id ski 1 registered {'all 0 THE 22ND SINGAPORE Championship Dog Show at the (inSkate Kink. I.eisuredrome. Kallang on Sunday. (1 7/79) Judges Professor Tadic of
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      593 21 II EMPLOYMENT A wall established heavy transport Company urgently requires: A CLERK/TYPIST > who must possess the following requirements a i.ik o level wllh credits in Mathematics and English a Pleasant and cheerful disposition a Typing speed of 40 wpm Interested applicants ara lo call personally during office hours st:
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      561 21 FEMALE CLERICAL ASSISTANT required by established Public Company Must be able lo type Ability to handle telex and PABX switchboard preferable Call personally at: 3rd fir Sin Chew Jit Poh Bldg. 19 Keppel Koad. Spore 2 between 2pm to spm Tel *****55 FEMALE CLERK REQUIRED. Must know Knglish. Mandarin. Typing
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      753 21 II EMPLOYMENT Singapore (Private) Limited DELIVERY CLERK (MALE) STORE/ SHIPPING CLERK (MALE) c Completed National Service If appllcahle a Possess Class 111 Driving Lle Willing to work shifui c Experience In stores work and shipping (for store/ Shipping Clerk) a Fumiliar with Blnfapore c Age 20 to M years FEMALE
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      588 21 A leading property developer invites applications lor the following appointment: FEMALE SHOWROOM REPRESENTATIVES 1 Pre-requisitss: c Minimum 4 OCI O' Levels with proficiency in spoken Kiiklisli and Mandarin a possess pleasing and friendly personality a Possess a flair tor sales jAb a Kxpenence in property sales or related sales experience
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      703 21 II EMPLOYMENT ESTABLISHED BOUTIQUE Rf QUIRES an Assistant 1., their sales Manageress Age 211 :«i The person Must have a pleas ant and responsible personality. a KIKHi sense ill lashli.lls Must l»able to work ..el, I h.nirs Dynamli disposition The joti 1 1 manageress in running the boutique 2) Tci
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      555 21 Promoteni to pr le leadln line cil slacks for a 111 1 sheii iradlni r pan AppiM atloiM tc. i.«h lh K h stre. Centre North Bri li REQUIRED IMMEDIATELY SEVERAL INDOOR MALE/FEMALE For Paya Lebar Airport Shop Requirement! a Minimum sn-ondurj educs ti'in Mandarin and 01 M 1 a
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      505 22 II EMPLOYMENT 31 Situation* Vacant c) Sales Will ESTABLISHED FIRM m Mis please con We reejmre potential selss persentree training on senior I ITRA r>enefil.s r**OVER SEAS I Leehee M Catherine Gey personally at JOS Ird Floor Pemneula Shopping Cee»pls» MB% f A«V SELLMG I I *****1 2 SALES REPRESENTATIVES
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      561 22 I Established lnlern.it lonal Paint inn requires SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE <■>■ ortl[ilete<l your Nasrrurr and possess a c V I .wi is. lence or Terhnicul >. then you are the right person we are looking for Tins is a challenging position that offers good prospects to the rtaJN person Candidates must
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      452 22 II EMPLOYMENT JVC invites applications for the posts TECHNICIANS in our new stereo line c NTC in electronic servicing or radio servicing certificate from private school c some experience In repair of radio cassettes c Completed or exempted from run time National Service Applications stating personal I particulars, qualifications, experience,
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      603 22 SOSS OF SINGAPORE rrELTD We quires: TRAJNEE ELECTROPLATER Applicants must be prepared to minimum secondary 2 education Experience not essential Starting salary will be $1 30 per hour plus transport allowance Apply with full particulars and photograph (non-returnable) to: SOSS OF SINGAPORE PTE LTD I THIRD CHIN BEE ROAD SINGAPORE
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      461 22 II EMPLOYMENT A Leading tt Well-EsUbllsh-ed Group of Companies requires: PERSONAL DRIVER lor Senior Expatriate Executive c Must be able to speak and understand English, c A minimum of 2 3 years' experience In similar capacity, c A good driving record, c Preferably In 35 -45 age range and with
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      285 22 CHARTERED INDUSTRIES OF SINGAPORE PTE LTD II invites applications for CLERK/TYPIST Requirements 3 QCI l-evel with credit in English Able to type 35 lo 40 wpm preferably with I.CC Typing On PART-TIME MACHINE OPERATORS/ PROCESS OPERATORS/ GENERAL FACTORY WORKERS Requirements Primary Kducation Age above 16 Housewives are albn in uteri
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      263 22 II EMPLOYMENT DRIVER WANTED IN Seletar area I Tel HH0457 9a m to Sp m *****21 (evenings) ENGINEERING COMPANY REOUIRES Despatch Killer wll'l class 2 driving licence Please call *****S for an Interview EXPERIENCED FEMALE GENERAL j Cleaner required by 1/6/79. Agi* M 4(1 years Juront; residents preferred Salary negotiable.
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      344 22 I fHERri AT PEOPLE ARE OUR MAIN ASSETS WE TAKE CARE OF OUR PRODUCTION OPERATORS (FEMALE) WITH: $250 m salary A<rwi for medical •p/e&IA/ coverage ofr- Transport %9/O Allowance ffOC work jackets for annual l2DayS leave Recreation benefits (Holiday Chalets, etc) i Plus the best working environment clean and comfortable.
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      623 22 II EMPLOYMENT HOLIDAY INN HOTEL SINGAPORE (1) WAITERS/WAITRESSES Must be able U) converse in BncUa* Pleasant personality (2) RESTAURANT CASHIERS Secondary .-<lur.il ion Oood m MathemaUo Kitowtedge on the operation of NCH class W machine preferable (3) HOUSEMEN I (4) CHAMBERMAIDS Kxpenenr. nol essential Interested apph.-.mls please call j personally
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      505 22 INCOM SINGAPORE PTE LTD Looking lor higher income? loin UM INCOM SINGAPORE PEOPLE FEMALE PRODUCTION OPERATORS (2nd Shift) c Primary education The company provides c Bettei i.irlliiK ss2t)4rii pin mi confirmation Sl'lliK', |i 111 c Annual Increment I l| wink we.-k c Prea transport t,i an.t from work c Attractive
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      495 23 II EMPLOYMENT 31 Situation* Vacant f) General CENTRAL PftOVfOENT FUND BOARD SECURITY OFFICER (MALE) c Between the age of 25 irs ■ndary II education ur i Li equivalent Ma To perform guard duties on •nd to undertake eMest duties which may be assigned from time lo time Salary Salary Srale
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      314 23 I EASTRONICSPTE.LTO. 3a Jalan Pemimpin Singapore 20 (Oft Upper Thomson Road Opposite Little Sister of the Poor) sasMty require PERSONNEL OFFICER (Female) TECHNICIANS Requirements. Personnel Officer c Ol FA" Level a Able to work independently c Minimum 3 years' experience in personnel and industrial relations c Ability lo deal with
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      415 23 II EMPLOYMENT TEPPAN-YAKI IMINO-QI A) CASHIERS j B) RESTAURANT CAPTAIN (MALE/FEMALE) C) ASSISTANT TEPPAN-YAKI COOKS D) BARTENDERS E) WAITERS/ WAITRESSES I Interested applicants please I apply personally with 1 pass1 1 port size photograph to Ist floor, King's Hotel, Havelock Road. (Cockpit lotrl invites applications for the following positions a)
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      363 23 PHILIPS requires STORE ASSISTANTS (MALE) Oualifications/Eiperience c Completed Secondary 4 c Related experience though preferable but Is not essential Duties. Issuing. Receiving and other Store duties. We have vacancies lor our Store in Toe Psyoh as well at Aleiandra Road. A Bus Shuttle Service operate between Toa Payoh and Aleiandra
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      537 23 II EMPLOYMENT Luxor SINGAPORE PTE LTD A Well Established and Leading Swedish TV. Radio and Stereo Manufacturer invites candidates for the following positions: A. MECHANICS c Oood knowledge on Electrovert Wave SolderIng Machine. c General machining and workshop practice. c Construction of Production Tools, Jigs and fixtures. c Good knowledge
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      538 23 Our Audio Consumer Production tectlitiee rapidly expanding, we urgently need FEMALE PRODUCTION OPERATORS (About ISO vacancies) Age 16 and above (175 starling salary Attendance benefits Productivity Incentives Experience not required No microscopic or shift work 5-day work week Medical Benefits Alrcondltloned environment Call personally during office hours at: KAYTRONrCS PTE
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      424 23 II EMPLOYMENT j OFFICE BOYS. COMPLETED N;iby well established shipping company Apply personally with certificates to: 45 Murket Street. Spore 1 OFFICE DESPATCH RIOER required Immediately by travel agency Preferably with own motorcycle. Tel *****4/*****4. OFFICE MESSENGER Secondary Knglish education Possess motorcycle licence Interested, please apply personally or write to:
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      514 23 Our Company situated in Ayer Raiah Industrial Eslste has immediate vacancies for the following (1) FEMALE QUALITY CONTROL INSPECTORS (2) FEMALE SHIFT MACHINE OPERATORS (3) MATERIAL HANOLERS Requirements: c Minimum Primary 6 educae Must be able to converse In Malay, Chinese or Knglish c Experience not necessary c shift allowance
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      423 23 II EMPLOYMENT CO -o o 3 s ZO m Oz s I LU uj o rj) d LU (fll-OC LU 111 i 5 o i^" a> a" ■a H Q. q. o \VA t HI!! I I g Hii! i I I— o2.Ew k 5 Sis!* &i If !i II
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      368 23 MALE ASSISTANT to Manager required Minimum qualifications: HSC or Ntiee Ann RlMlnilM IH.HIU.It. NEWTON PO BOX SS SINGAPORE 11 Motorcar Dealer and Rental Company 1 GENERAL CLERK c TypniK c nonsaias.nl m Enaltah .mn CbUesas c Experienced preferred 2. OFFICE BOY c a laallli em ne. essary c Class I
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      948 24 II EMPLOYMENT 31 Situations Vacant I) General TUTORS I IaHGIMGf. »C ADCkMC red by tuition Maxwell Houar. Spore I *****4 i large well established manufacturing company in Sincainre and we invite apphca- OENERAL WORKERS (Mat. 4 Fwnata) .ittrartl\e wagev with good prospects of advancement Pleaar call personally wllh personal particulars,
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      620 24 111 VEHICLES BOATS RENT A UNMUE car Free mile- age alrcondltloned at low rates from Unique Tourist Service Call: *****71/ *****56 R^t-a-Ptck-up LATEST MODEL MITSUBBML2OOIITOW NOMLEAGE CHARGE *****6/***** 107 BUWT TaVIAH ROAD (2KM) V SaNGAPOWE9 J TRISTAR TRAVEL SERVICES Pie I Lid offers aircond cars at competitive rates Call *****20/
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      919 24 1 HONG LEE MOTOR PTE. LTD. 15*. Albart Straal Tal: 332*S*/3«07*3/3*0527 1*77 Colt Van I*7* Toyota CoroHa 1200 a aircond 1*74 Dataun 120 V a aircond 1*73 MarcodoaM a aircond 1*73 BMW3.OS aircond /radio 1*73 BMW 2002 a alrcond/sport rims 1*73 Mania I*oo a aircond 1*72 Ford Eacon 1100 I*7l
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      820 24 IN VEHICLES BOATS 1»71 FIAT ISS, excellent condition 55.800 View 57-D. Blk 55. Commonwealth Drive after 5.30 pm H7l FIAT SIS Special, tip top condition. Tax/Insurance till Dec $4,800 o.no Tel: ***** 17-B. Tan Quee Lan Street Spore 7 I*7l FORO CORTINA GT. Tax/ Insurance, cartridge All condition like new
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      603 24 1*77 BMW not On* private owner, aircond. cassette, good condition. Contact Judy ***** 1t77, COLT CELESTE 1600 Aircond. sport rims, radio, cassette. I S-speed. Metallic paintwork Showroom condition *****1 1577, HONDA CIVIC. Showroom condition. 1 owner. Tuff-kote SIS.BOO 147. Lavender Street (office hours) 1*77 MERCEDES ISO. I owner. company registered,
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      380 24 IV ACCOMMODATION ft PROPERTIES X PRIME OFFICE SPACE FOR LEASE OCBC CENTRE Singapore's Finest commercial landmark close to Raffles Place. Substantial car parking space. Subdivided suites from 85 sq.m to whole floors of 965 sq.m suitable for major tenancies. Rental from $23.68 per sq.m. /month inclusive. ROBINSON ROAO Centrally located,
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      1529 24 IV ACCOMMODATION ft PROPERTIES I jflLfe -jsrt^o DIAL-A-HOMF P c<%g^ *****8 (7 lines) l^r^^^L BaOTal Marl a computer print out W ol homes that maic^s you' V^ ■^^^^^^*^f?~ DON'T DELAY- CALL TODAY' 1 t A" MANAGEMENT SERVICES I Real Srmce m Re,H t sMfe 51 Accommodation Vacant m) Houses EXCLUSIVE
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      765 25 IV ACCOMMODATION 4 PROPERTIES 51 Accommodation Vacant a) Houses WATTEN ESTATI 4 hedroom.s. servant's amenities tastefully furnished with spacious garcen. itvailable mid June $2,000 For viewing contact Victor Ch i It Partners *****26 WE ANC HERE to lace your housing problems ir any dl.slrirt Always at your service i no
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      771 25 OIST CENTRALLY AIRCONDI- TIONED pt nthouse Other flats I 10/ 11' 21 $1,200 $4,500 Hoe-Tan *****3 DIST. t CHATSWORTH COURT 2 Malsonetle with swimming pool, r 3 bedrooms' study, spill-level rj living dining, central aircondl- c tinning beautifully furnished (All .'*****1/2; F DMT. CONVCNKNTLV LOCATED 3-bedroomed high rise flat $850
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      698 25 IV ACCOMMODATI Waking dtalanca to Orchard Road Dial. Luiunova apartmanl vith private swimming pool and !4-hour security service. 3 bedooms/servanls/large living/ lining, with balcony and well 'quipped kitchen -urmahad or unturnlawad conaldarxl $2,000 $2,300 ViawMf ca* *****77 (9 Hnaa) BEDROOMS WITH bathroom atached. large hall In Sennelt Esale Breezy environment.
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      720 25 lON PROPERTIES SUMMER HOME ASSOCIATES a DIST. W LEEDON PARK VICINI TV Elegant single-store; bungalow. 3 bedrooms, larg. living and dining with nlc< Interior and patto. prlvau garden, driveway and sepa rate servant's amenllle! Freehold Selling with va cant possession $790,000. a DIST. 10 HOLLAND ROAD Modern 2-storey bungalow bedrooms,
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      556 25 IV ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES DIST. 20 2 NEW units semi-de-tached for sale Split-level 4 rooms, area over 4.000 sqft at Blnchang Rise. Call Mr Lau/Ooh V *****1 OIST. M. 2-STOREV SEMI-DE I TACHED House for sale Area ap- proxlmately 5.500 sq.ft. Very spai clous and well renovated Price: $245,000 negotiable Contact
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      700 25 t» Flats ATTRACTIVE MAISONETTE AT Holland Heights (l)lst 10) Newly painted, fully carpeted. 4 bedrooms, many extras. Price $235.000/- Phone *****1 (ACE HOUSING 2SSOS22) Draycotl Towers luxurious high floor apartment (central alrcond/ swimming pool) 2.800 sqfl. frees34s,ooo APARTMENT AT AMBER Garden, dlst. 15 faring wa, conveniently located. 3 bedrooms, servant's,
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      751 25 IV ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES c) Land DIST. a/io OVER 10.000 sq ft. For details and price, contact TRP *****40 Principals only) INDUSTRIAL LAND 7 miles. Upper Thomson Road 138.500 sq ft Full infrastructure facilities available Tel: *****4 LAND WITH APPROVAL for 1 Bungalow. 2 Semi-detached In Telok Kurau 20.000 sq.ft. $18.00
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      677 25 U MARKET STREET CYS BUILDING I ONLY 2 UNITS AVAILABLE I Orfica spaca from 950 sq.ft. lo 1,020 aq.ft al 51.65 pal. I p.m. inclusive of aarvica charga* I CONTACT: MR. LIAUW TELEPHONE ***** OFFICE AND TABLE Space vacani at South Bridge Road and People's Park Centre Interested cal *****5/*****1
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      769 25 V SERVICES BUSINESS 72 Airconditioners/ Refrigerators ANLO SPECIALISES IN repairIng all kinds of refrigerators and alrcondltloners. installation. trade-In, spray painting, etc Free estimation Call: *****23 DAVID AIRCONOITIONING. REFRIGERATION Co specialists in rrance and respraylng For prompt service, telephone: *****39/*****71 ELEGANT ELFCTRICAL SERVICE Pte Ltd Rental. Repairing. Kel spraying. Sale of
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      717 25 76 Business Opportunities Agents and Distributors Wanted In Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia ft Brunei A) DEVELOP DRY COPIERS from Germany B) RIMI PLAIN PAPER COPIERS from U.SA C) OFSHRED PAPER SHREDDERS from England D) DIAGRAPH MARKING SYSTEMS from USA A comprehensive range for marking including stcxil machines, stencil board rollers inks
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      210 26 V SERVICES BUSINESS 76 Business Opportunities 1) 500 CASES THAI ORIGIN GALVANISED ROOFING NAILS. iig r J. i.tOO SHEETS LAMINATED PLASTIC SHEETS. l OS Enejmriar telephone 7tMB47w2MISII MR VASWANI Viaw 41 ArabStra*! 1% Dressmaking MASTER DRESSMAKING TAILOR»ithm niunu SOPHIA FASHION a < »ntre X I SO Hairdressing :<tDWG BEAUTY CENTRE
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      313 26 84 Past Control 85 Photography TRADE-IN SECONDHAND CAMERA .mil rep.ur Spe. i.ilist ONMK Bervtre Centre 26 Dhoby (ih;iul IVI *****9 87 Steambath/ Massage AFTER A HARO aajft ».'rk kindly rail at International Keepflt I vntre Merlin Hotel for ap- j polnlmenl. phone *****73' aWM 1 cxl 425 JEUNESSE ET BEAUTE
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      310 26 VI EDUCATION TRAINING EAGLE DRIVING SCHOOL loppo--it. Kuhy Theatre) Hourly wmnm CM :-•<*;. Baieauai Ko.id Tel *****1 HOLLAND DRIVING CENTRE Refresher 160 Guaranteed course S2.V) Tuition at all test centres. TH *****5 HOOVER DRIVING CENTRE. Hourly $6 00 Fetch and send free Tel: *****0 LAMBERT'S DRIVING SCHOOL. New Dauun 1200
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      359 26 GIRLS! Jobs are becoming hardei to gel you need belter auaMcations The London Chamber ot Comme.ce and Industry Private Secretary s Certificate is recognised internationally as one ol the tughesi ouafcticstions obtainable This elimination is trie only Private Secretarial Examination supervisee by the Ministry ol Education Enrol now at me
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      218 26 VI EDUCATION TRAINING JUNIOR SECRETARIAL COURSE: Subjects Shorth. inrt Typewriting Bookkeeping Otlice Practice Clerical Duties Business Communication Six Months Course Certificates on completion *4<> Monthly Register Now: Raja's College, (near Hill street Telephone House *****3/ *****1) •th« laitfiMfc School with the class you've been walling for (ONLY 12 STUDENTS PER
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      277 26 STUDY IN CANAOA777 SI I Dluln ti.i rollege. Toronto The best private m(i<m)l in Toronto Kxicllent pre-unlversity courses leading lo High School Honor; Diploma Lectures by leadini North American and Europear professors Invites all prosper tive students to Join its grades 1 1 12 and 13 classes for July anc
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      1385 26 VI EDUCATION TRAINING School ot Electronic Training a RADIO SERVICING (BEG) Mon Ji Wed 6 45-8 15 pm Commencing 2fth May 1979 Thursday Only 7- 10 pm Commencing 24th May 1979 Wed Fn H :«i- lo 00 pm Commencing 30th May 1979 Kri Only 7 00-10 00 pm Commencing 25th
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      609 26 VII TRAVEL RESTAURANTS See the world with ONG TRAVEL in conjunction with KEN-AIR Join our popular fully-escorted tours and see the exciting world of USA/CANADA EUROPE AMERICA' 79 s HAWAII I GOLDEN WEST ?T^L/ .«MYSfr*MSsl,**t VVCa Departures: Jun 26, July 24, Aug 1 4 Vl^viK 28, Sept 18, 25, Oct
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      165 26 114 Tours AUSTRALIA TOURS SERVICE often the nest reilabl* tconom) airfares and Tours New York Vancouver Chicago Toronto Mexico Jakarta IVrtli Hall Melbourne Sydney Auckland Paris London Frankfurt Home Amsterdam Copenhagen ManiLi Hongkong Bangkok Tokyo Call *****88 *****79 PraaUanl shopping Centre •)<)- A. Ist door Serankimiii Kiuil eTA (UK.) SCHOOL
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      87 27 The family of the late Mr Michael Raj express their sincere leagues of Naval Logistics Oe1 parlment R.SN i 41 SAR HQ Coy land S3 Department (or their i sympathy, condolences, wreaths and assistance during their recent bereavement ln«*rt«d by b«lov»o »>!• and chili dran. THE BELOVED WIFE
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      218 27 VII TRAVEL RESTAURANTS 114 Tours ARCHIPELAGO SPECIAL* 7 DAYS i Sun i Xl (II I'etiC.enlmg S3IS Xl ill I I) $230 DATS I Snnl Turtle Bearh X BaJiril SISS Xl i ii OenUruj »i»5 Xl < H IVn ll.i.i. Uu S9M 5 DAYS \l..ii. (ientuiK I $1»5 Ceiitmi -Ml. $150
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      517 27 British Airways Holidays. London,from only Ss327* 7 nights' hotel accommodation with private bath and full English breakfast daily. Plus 4 days' free travel by bus and train, and shopping discount card. Britain,from only Ss44s* 7 days by coach round England, Scotland and Wales. Includes expert courier service and hotels with
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      729 27 VII TRAVELS RESTAURANTS Oniing 2 days by Air $145 •14 days Manila Taipei Hong Kong Tour 28 5 ***** 5 days Bangkok Pattaya Tour 5630 Super Travels Pte Ltd 1 302 2nd Floor. Sraonton Homo Shortlon Way 1 STPe 2M Tol 23M21S *****1* TR AVELLAME TOURS SCHOOL HOLIDAY SPECIALS 203N
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      Magna Charter upsets in Cup
      2290 28  -  FAIRWAY By MAGNA CHARTER scored a spectacular upset in the $20,000 Bukit Timah Cup for Class 2 horses over 2,000 metres in Bukit Timah yesterday. Kept well up with the leaders throughout, the John Splendid five-year-old came through with a well-timed run in the straight
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      Jockey Sng suspended
      392 28 STIPE'S REPORT AT THE resumed enquiry into the running and handling of John Sahib on the first day of the current meeting, the Stewards were not entirely satisfied with jockey Sng's handling and he was charged under Rule H9(a) and suspended three race days for an incompetent
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      Lock icon COME FROM BEHIND WIN FOR THE FALCONS
      40 29 THE (♦«K<tl<-tit PmIMM wmdm's rhampUo Mfthall tcui, tnlttag tke PeUag iMe, polled tat game «rt «f the Ore la tke iMt laatßKa to emerge S-l wtawn la a trttmiiy match yesterday. UPI ftetmn.
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      Lock icon Watson paves way for England's win
      831 29 LONDON, Sunday Early goals by Dave Watson and Steve Coppell set England on the path to a 2-0 victory over Northern Ireland in the opening round of the British soccer championship yesterday. It was a workmanlike victory over a poor team, reflected in the
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      Lock icon HONOUR ROLL
      85 29 FILL list of honours: FA Cap Winners: Arsenal Runners-op: Manchester United League Cup Winners: Nottingham Forest Runners-op: Southampton. Division tne Champions: Liverpool Runners-op: Nottingham Forest PROMOTED Champions: Crystal Palace Also promoted: Brighton, Stoke. Division Three Champions: Shrewsbury Also promoted: Watford, Swansea. Division Four Champions: Reading Also promoted: Grimsby,
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      Lock icon Soccer laws prove a flop in youth test
      267 29 ZURICH, Sun. Experimental changes in soccer laws to speed up the game have apparently not proved a success so far, the International Football Federation said yesterday. FIFA said their referees committee received reports at a session here on the changes tested at
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      Domestic season belongs to Liverpool
      263 29 Domestic season belongs to Liverpool LONDON, Sun. Liverpool's recordbreaking championship victory and Arsenal's FA Cup final triumph provided an exciting end to an English soccer season that was almost wrecked by dismal winter weather. For former champions Nottingham Forest, the season does not end until May 30 when Forest play
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      Essex batsmen in record spree
      613 29 LONDON. Sun. Essex Indulged In a record-breaking run spree in the Benson and Hedges Cup cricket Universities in Chelmsford yester day Flnt. England batsman Graham Gooch (133) and Alan Ulley (U9) put on 223 which beat by 24 the competition j best tint-wicket partnership set
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      Lock icon Martina beats Tracy for singles title
      300 29 Martina beats Tracy for singles title KOBE, Sun. Americans Martina Navratilova and Victor Amava won the women's and men's singles titles in the US$175,000 ($385,000) Gunze world tennis tournament today. Miss Navratilova, playing out of Dallas, Texas, and the 24-year-old Amaya each collected US$28,000 ($61,600) first prize (or winning the
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      Lew 'shoots' down rivals to keep title
      568 30  -  WILFRED YEO By Bangkok, Sunday SINGAPORE'S Peter Lew, alias Gary Cooper, blazed into the Bangkok Bowl today for a "High Noon" showdown' with his Thai friend and rival, Samran Banyen, and promptly "shot down" the World Cup champion and the rest of the
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      Samran, friends all help in triumph
      457 30 BANGKOK. Sun. Now it can be told: defending champion Peter Lew came to Bangkok not expecting to retain his Masters title in the Thai Open bowling championships at the Bangkok Bowl, reports WILFRED YEO. Lew had told me confidentially on the flight here that
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      Lock icon Spectacular Bid is set now for triple crown
      259 30 BALTIMORE, Maryland, Sun. Spectacular Bid won the second leg of America's triple crown yesterday when he streaked from behind to a fourlength victory in the 104th Preakness Stakes at Pimlico race course here. Spectacular Bid, who won the Kentucky Derby in much
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      Lock icon Delfs predicts slim win over India
      235 30 Delfs predicts slim win over India JAKARTA, Sun. Danish badminton star Fleming Delfs predicted today his team will beat India 5-4 in the Thomas Cup tournament opening on Tursday. Five of the world's top badminton teams Canada, Japan, Denmark, India and Indonesia are playing in the tournament, which runs until
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      Lock icon Pam brings in a treble
      159 30 BRISBANE, Sun. Pam O'Neill, the first Australian woman jockey to ride against men, scored a treble at her first meeting in Open company at the provincial Southport track yesterday. O'Neill, who has ridden 27 winners in ladies' races over the past five years, was granted
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      Lock icon Another win for England
      112 30 TOKYO, Sun. England, displaying power In the first half, beat Japan 38-18 in an exciting rugby match before a crowd of some 25,000 today. It was the fourth straight win for England in their fourgame tour of Japan. England outplayed the Japanese from the start to
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      Lock icon Skier still in coma
      91 30 BURLINGTON (Vermont), Sun. The great hope of Italian skiing, Leonardo David, who is still in a coma, two and a half months after falling during a World Cup downhill race, was flown back to Italy from here yesterday. David, one of the world's most promising young
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      Lock icon Hongkong women beaten
      277 30 TAIPEI, Sun. Taiwan's Cathay quintet beat Hongkong 110-44 and China Airlines defeated Britain 9044 yesterday, the second day of the 1979 William Jones Cup women's basketball tournament preliminary round. In Saturday's opening match, the Cathay squad led at half-time 46-17. Chow Shiu-Chen was the top scorer with
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      Hartley wants full team for training
      421 31  -  JOE DORAI FAS WILL BE ASKED TO FREE THE PLAYERS By SINGAPORE'S 3-0 win over Negri Sembilan at Seremban on Saturday have made them the preliminary round champions, with 26 points from 15 matches, and they will have to play their firstleg match in
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      Indonesian girls beat tired rivals
      466 31  -  BERNARD PEREIRA By SINGAPORE'S Yonex Selection, feeling the after-effects of the justconcluded week-long national championships, slumped to a 5-0 defeat Dy the visiting Indonesian Academy of Secretaries and Management Sciences' women s squad in a friendly badminton match at Guillemard Road last night. But they
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      SBA should think of better rewards
      417 31  -  PATRICK BASTIANS COMMENT. ..by THE critics wagged vociferously around the Singapore Badminton Hall. By all accounts, they decried, the national badminton championships was nothing the Singapore Badminton Association could be proud of. Yet, hardworking SBA officials, like Eddy Ang, sat each night last week,
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      Pahang beaten
      68 31 SINGAPORE beat Pahang 2-0 in the opening Malaysia Cup soccer match lor women at the Darulmakmor Stadium. Kuantan, on Saturday. The goals were scored by Agnes Lim in the 45th minute and Asma Samad in the 59th minute Singapore's next tie will beagainst Johore at the Jalan Besar
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      Hung and Hodges help to hold NZ
      194 31 Hung and Hodges help to hold NZ THE Singapore Cricket Club, inspired by opener John Huns (35 runs) and David Hodges (38), forced New Zealand's World Cup team to a draw in a friendly cricket match on the Padang yesterday, reports ERNEST FRIDA. SCC, who are .second in the Singapore
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      67 31 BONN, Sun. Results in the West German soccer First Division League played yesterday.: Borussia Dortmund 2 Schalke 04 0; FC Cologne 1 VFL Bochum I;FC Kaiser slautem 1; Borussia Moenchengiadbach 3; FC Nuremberg 4 FC Bayern Muenchen 2;Fortuna Duesseldorf 3 Arminia Bielefeld 2; Hamburger SV 4
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      Keppel hand Seletar their first defeat
      488 31  - Keppel hand Seletar their first defeat ERNEST FRIDA By AS I had predicted on Friday, Keppel yesterday beat Seleter in their Singapore Golf Associa- tion's Premier league match at Bukit Chermin. It was Seletar's first defeat in seven outings and it cost them the No. 1 spot in the table,
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      Shocks for cycling ace Abbas
      261 31 Shocks for cycling ace Abbas j FLAMBOYANT Abbas Muttalib, Singapore's top road cyclist, was shocked into second place in two events and knocked out in one at the Singapore Amateur Cycling Association's track meet at the Farrer Park Athletic Centre yesterday, reports PATRICK BASTIANS. Essentially, a long distance rider, Abbas
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      Lock icon Ballington wins race
      61 31 MADRID, Sun. Defending world champion Kork Ballington of South Africa today won the 350 cc class race of the Spanish Grand Prix motorcycling event counting towards the world championship Ballington won the event on a Kawasaki machine, on the Jarama circuit in the outskirts of Madrid, and
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      Roslan stars in Brunei's first win
      113 31 Roslan stars in Brunei's first win FT 1 BRUNEI t KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. Stocky Roslan Suhaili did a star turn (or Brunei, getting them their first victory in the Malaysia Cup soccer competition by bagging both coaLs in their 2-1 victory over Federal Territory in a bottom of the table
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      Jurong Town trounced 6-0
      124 31 LEAGUE leaders Tiong Bahru trounced Jurong Town 6-0 in a National Football League Division Two match at Queenstown Stadium yesterday In another Div. Two match, Jalan Besar edged out Pasir Panjang 3-2 at Tanglin.whUe in Div. Turee Brickworks defeated Tanjong Katong 5-1 and jubilee beat Delta
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      Johore hold Pahang to a draw
      250 31 Johore hold Pahang to a draw JOHORE BAHRU, Sun. Johore held strong challengers Pahang to a shock draw in this Malaysia Cup soccer match at the Larkin Stadium here tonight. Play started off at a fast pace and. the excitement started as early as the second minute when Pahang midfielder
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      139 31 PHOTO SPECIAL MORE action pictures by Jerry Sen will appear in this afternoon's New Nation. TtkC»HO*l wot 2 1)2 2 ii 3 jf/C'^^i^ft "OVAL ANO ANC'tNT uOlf CLU6 w'T'.Vo'VoZ' U October 1978 REF: R.9/2d Sport Australia (Export) Pty Ltd G.P.O. Box UOOI Sydney New South Wales 2001 AUSTRALIA Dear Sirs,
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      40 31 BADMINTON Singapore women v Indonesian women (SBA hall 7 p.m.). SOCCER Malaysia Cup: Perlis v Sabah (Kangar). NFL Div 1: Toa Payoh v Forces Jalan Besar 8) AUPE tournament (Farrer Park 5.15). VOLLEYBALL Singapore v Indonesia (Gay World 7 p.m.).
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    Films for low-pay people in Chinatown
    428 32 Joint-venture screenings when operas are not staged THE Cathay Organisation, in a joint venture with the People's Theatre Foundation, has formed a new company to show films to low-income people in Chinatown in a modern, air-conditioned theatre recently completed in the area. The new
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    165 32 KUWAIT, Sunday KUWAIT today increased the price of its crude oil by 6C cents (US) to U5516.40 (5536.08) a barrel, backdated^ to May 15, it was officially announced here. The 60 cents increase is in the premium charged above the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec)
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    46 32 BUDAPEST, Sun. Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev will head a government delegation to Hungary later this month, the official Hungarian news agency MTI reported yesterday. The visit, which had already been reported by sources in Budapest and Moscow, was described as "official and friendly." Reuter.
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    29 32 TOKYO. Sun. National railway fares went up by an average of 12 per cent today. The minimum fare rose from 80 yen (StO.81) to 100 yen.
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    48 32 PARIS, Sun. The Duchess of Windsor, 82-year-old widow of Britain's former King Edward vm. was admitted to a Paris hospital last Thursday 'and successfully treated for a bacterial infection, a hospital spokesman said yesterday. She is being cared iot at the American Hospital here. Reuter.
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    60 32 THREE Chineee edacsvttea afflruds touring a Uuuge laboratory on Saturday at Phillips Academy la Aafever, MMMtekuetto. Cklßese-speaklag Aadaver students, David Su (secMd tram left) and Harry CfcMg (extreme right) e«ndaeted tfce tonr for the three officials, who are among a group of 11 now making
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    277 32 S'pore has no cause for concern SAYS WIDODO JAKARTA, Sunday INDONESIA'S Army Chief of Staff, General Widodo, was today reported to have told Singapore not to be concerned over the military build-up in his country. The leading Jakarta newspaper, Sinar Harapan (Ray of Hope), quoted him as saying that Singapore
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    184 32 Radio call to 'grow anything edible' BANGKOK, Sun AN urgent call today by the radio of the ousted Khmer Rouge regime (or Kampucheans to grow anything edible further confirms that an unprecedented famine threatens Kampuchea. "Grow early rice, sweet potatoes, maize, everywhere possible, plant anything that will grow and can
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    96 32 Mft. t. APMAH (Spore Traction Company (passed sway peacefully on 20.578 leaving behind beloved wife Paklaratnam. Sons: Balasubramanlam. Balachandran. Balakrlshnan, Slvapalan Daughter Balamalar Son-in-law 8hanmuf anathan. Uaughtera-ln-law Lily Thavam&nldevl and Suvarnalatha to mourn his loss Cortege will leave 42 Lorong Prnchalak off Bartley Road on 21.5 1» at 4.00
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        Zhu Bo Lu's Family Maxims (Part I)
        249 1  -  LEE SIOW MONG Translated by President of China Society, Singapore THIS article is probably the finest statement of the Chinese ideal of manhood in the old days. Contact with the West and revolutions have changed it somewhat. It is still not quite dear
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        541 1 :l 1& Lfmrng jf qt. sa sao tfng chu. >ao riei wai zheng jie Arise at peep of day, sprinkle water and sweep the court-yard and the steps; the inside and outside must be orderly and clean. J x i hurt bian xf. guan suo men hu. b"i qTn z\
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        Humour So be it
        143 1 Humour So be it IT WAS Mum and Dad's 50th wedding anniversary. Dad did not want to have their photograph taken as a souvenir, but reluctantly agreed when we finally said: "If anything happens to one of you, what are we going to do?" After coming away from the photo
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        Simplified characters
        107 1 THE illustrated word is pro noumed xl. meaning play, sport or jest II can also refer to a play. It has been reduced to only six strokes from its regular form, in brackets, of 17. Here are some common combinations of the word: xilong to make fun of,
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        Chinese without tears
        41 1 J I I CHUAN JII'VIc chuonzT travelling expenses ['Mill Sichuan Sichuan, China chuanliubux7= uninterrupted flow, continuous flow For example, you may say. Lushan cheliang rhuanliu T^& buxT meaning, "There is a continuous flow of traffic on the road."
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        89 1 -^i J| I I CHUAN 1 stream "The great river does not reject little stream." As the river meanders through arid land, infusing life into the fields, it is continually fed by little streams. Fittingly, the river is portrayed as flowing water formed by the union
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        These soccer fans had field day
        232 2 ALL It took was a soccer-leviag general manager like Mr Rolando Laceri to think of how best to let his hotel guests enjoy the F.A. Cap Final. One way, of coarse, was to make the screen bigger. Tills subsequently encouraged more people U come
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        S'pore talent that has to remain away from home
        1003 2  -  BAILYNE SUNG By t GOH Choo San a choreographer who lately worked for Baryshnikoy, hailed the most exciting male ballet dancer since Nureyev. Seow Yit Kin concert pianist and former prodigy. He once played a duet with Yehudi Meruhin. Michael Ho
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        On tomb figures
        55 2 MR Edmund Capon, former assistant keeper of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, and editor of Oriental Art Magazine, will give a talk with slides on Chinese tomb figures at the British Council Theatrette in Collyer Quay tonight at 7.30. He is currently director of the Art
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        Interesting line-up in store at two SSO concerts
        516 2  - Interesting line-up in store at two SSO concerts BAIL YNE SUNG By AN interesting line-up of works is in store at the Singapore Symphony Orchestra concerts tonight and tomorrow night. Topping the list is J. S. Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No 4, one of the six he composed and described in
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        894 2 TV and Radio: SINGAPORE 5 3.00 PM Opening followed by Have Gun sode) Will Travel Lazarus 700 Professor Moffett's Science Worfc3.30 Diary of Events (Tami) shop 3.35 Afternoon Matinee Here Comes If* SJSwar?" a Malav drama The Groom (Part 1) 745 y 4.30 lnterm.ssion g 30 p Mr| (Part 1A)
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        Lock icon Has the time come to smile at divorce?
        644 3  -  GEORGIA DULLEA By NEW YORK A funny thing happened to one million American couples on their way through life last year. They got divorces. The sundering of so many marriages is sad, of course. Nevertheless, there are those who see comic possibilities
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        Along rather feminine lines
        188 3 Paris raves over sexy clothes THE clothes all Paris Is raving aver now are form-fitting, bodybaring. Either very sexy or demurely feminine. They have square shoulders, tiny waists. The skirt length is Just below the knee. Colours range from dramatic dark shades to romantic neutrals to
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        320 3  -  PIERRE FRANEY By NEW YORK It almost goes without saying that the ultimate hastily-made main course is a plain omelette. I have never understood the awe and fear that most home cooks seem to face when it comes to omelette-making. You simply beat eggs
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