The Straits Times, 24 May 1979

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  • 14 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 THURSDAY, MAY 24, 1979 25 CENTS M.C.(P) No. 142/1/79
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  • 572 1 In the face of possible attack... JAKARTA, Wednesday A TOP-LEVEL Indonesian official was today reported to have said that Indonesia is ready to help Thailand in the face of a possible attack by Vietnamese-led troops massing along its border. The Minister Coordinator for Defence and
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  • 688 1 Govt invitation to business execs THE government has invited business executives to consider serving full-time in the civil service as well as in elective office, to help create a helpful interaction between the public and private sectors. Issuing this invitation yesterday, the Senior Minister of State (Education), Dr Tony Tan,
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  • 22 1 PROGRESSIVE Conservative leader it Clark holds up his hands in a V far victory sign. I PI picture
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  • 69 1 ALGIERS, Wed. Algeria said today it has increased the price of its crude oil by US$2.5O (555 .50) a barrel to US$2l (5546.20). A spokesman for the state oil and gas company Sonatrach said the move was intended to bring Algeria in line with Gulf states who
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  • 31 1 WASHINGTON, Wed. The Senate voted today to increase military aid to Turkey, despite I strong attacks by some sena- j tors on Ankara's policies towards Cyprus and Greece. Reuter.
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  • 119 1 Troopers seize camps BANGKOK, Wed. A Moody four day battle with communist Insurgents la Berth-east Thailand ended Uday when government farces attacked be hi ad a heavy artillery barrage aad seised three gaerUla ram pa The campa were empty. Heavy rains hampered Thai fereee that have been lacked la battle
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  • 686 1 OTTAWA, Wednesday POLITICAL novice Joe Clark and his Progressive Conservative Party ended the 11-year rule of Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Tru- deau early today Mr Trudeau, one of the Western world's most experienced leaders, said he would ask the GovernorGeneral within the
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  • 1041 1  -  GLORIA CHAN By( THE three men in the Mount Vernon murder trial were sentenced to death by the High Court yesterday (or killing a taxi-driver and a sentry. Ong Hwee Kuan, Yeo Ching Boon and Ong Chin Hock, all aged 21, smiled as they were led
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  • 28 1 WASHINGTON, Wed. Only hours before ronvicted murderer John Spenkelink was to go to the electric chair, a Supreme Court judge granted a stay of execution today. Reuter.
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  • 424 1 New, 10 year plan to reshape economy A NEW 10-year development plan to reshape the Singapore economy is on the cards. Dr Albert Winsemius, the government's economic adviser, is in town to look over the 1 preparation. The Dutch economist, in a telephone interview with New Nation, confirmed the preparation
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  • 574 1 RUBBER HITS 12-MONTH HIGH lON STRONG speculative 1 and commercial buying, j rubber prices yesterday bounced sharply higher from Tuesday s close. Spot rubber in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur came close to breaching 310 cents per kilo, up almost eight cents from the previous day a new, 12-month high. June
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  • 74 1 PARIS. Wed. France is suspending military aid to the central African empire until results of an inquiry into an alleged massacre of children there are known, the Cooperation Ministry said today. A ministry press statement said the aid would not be resumed until a commission comprising representatives
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  • 60 1 LATEST FOUR HELD OVER NEAVE MURDER LONDON, Wed. A wooian and three men of Irish nationality have beea detained by Sootland Yard <n connection with the boiiib murder of the Conservative Party's Northern Ireland spokesman Alrey Neave, police said today. Mr. Neave was killed when a bomb planted In his
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    • 161 1 ACCORD ON NONALIGNED MOVEMENT Pag* 7 SUDAN ditches Egypt In pro-Arab move 2 WARNING af new Great Dcpreantoa 3 HANOI government aiding the exedas, says IS official S ROBBERS strike three times in f oar hoars I STUDENTS to Paly: Get tough with raggers It PLAN far setting op central
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    • 333 2 Sudan ditches Egypt in pro- Arab move KHARTOUM, Wednesday PRESIDENT Gaafar Numeiry, one of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat's few remaining Arab allies, yesterday declared Sudan's support for the Arab economic and political sanctions against Egypt. The shift by Egypt's southern neighbour leaves Egypt with no Arab support except from Oman
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    • 126 2 Libya to open ports to Russians? TRIPOLI, Wed. Üby a* leader Colenpl Mnammar Gaddafi, aoonslnn the In I ted States *f hostility towards his Islamic country, said he Is e»nsid>rIng whether to permit S«vtet warships to he supplied from lihya's strategic Medlterraaeaa parts. la a wlde-raaglag Interview with Heaters, ol
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    • 198 2 'Amin is at a farm in north-west Uganda' NAIROBI. Wed. The leader of a commando group hunting for former Ugandan dictator Idi Amin said yesterday his team was certain it had located him at a farm in north-west Uganda. Mr Daniel Waltener, an American, said the deposed president had about
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    • 212 2 Rightwinger tipped to take over BONN, Wednesday WEST German conser Carstens seems certai: as the country's fifth F to Mr Walter Scheel. Dr Carstens, 64, is the candidate of the conservative Christian Democratic opposition which commands an absolute majority in the 1,036-seat Federal Assembly electing the President. The ruling Social
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    • 57 2 LOS ANGELES, Wed. Comedian Bob Hope, star in the 'Road' films with Dorothy Lamour and the late Bing Crosby, is hitting the road again to Beijing (Peking) and Shanghai. The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) said that Hope, 75, would star in a television variety special to
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    • 56 2 WASHINGTON. Wed. Saudi military officers have informally advised the United States they know of no change in their country's commitment to buy 50 American F-5E twinengine tactical fighters for Egypt, Defence Department sources said yesterday. "We still haven't received any money, but the Saudis keep saying its
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    • 25 2 TOKYO, Wed. A weak earthquake shook central Japan today, forcing train services to be temporarily suspended for protective inspection of railroad tracks. Reuter.
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    • 370 2 LONDON, Wed. ISRAELI Prime Minister Menachem Begin said yesterday his country wanted a comprehensive solution to the Middle East conflict but vowed Jerusalem will remain Israel's "forever and ever" and a j Palestinian state will never be established. Speaking to a "peace j rally" organised
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    • 109 2 PETACH TIKVA (Israel), Wed. A bomb exploded in the centre of this town, east of Tel Aviv today, ripping through a bus queue and wounding at least seven people, including children. Earlier, three Israeli Government offices in the Jordan West Bank town of Hebron
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    • 26 2 TOKYO. Wed The US dollar today gained more than one yen to close at 219.90 yen. approaching its highest level in two weeks. Reuter
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    • 151 2 PARIS. Wed. A former French ambassador today appealed to all French candidates In the forthcoming European elections not to let Europe hecome "sabmerged by the English language." Pormer envoy to Bonn Francois Seydoax de Clansonne made the statement at a meeting of the French
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    • 243 3 Dependants will number 270 m by 2020: ILO GENEVA, Wednesday BY THE year 2020 there will be an estimated 270 million people who are over working age or housewives in the world's 33 most advanced countries, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) said yesterday, i In 1950. there were 200 people
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    • 138 3 MP hits at Bali's mafia-like guides JAKARTA. Wed A member of the Indonesian parliament yesterday called the government's attention to what he termed mafia-style practices by tourist guides in Bali against souvenir shops, restaurants, travel agencies and other tourist services. The parliamentarian, Mr Sugiharso of the ruling Golkar, who had
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    • 51 3 STOCKHOLM. Wed Sweden yesterday lodged a serious protest with the Soviet I'nion over Soviet contacts with a senior Swedish police officer on trial for illegal intelligence activity, the Foreign Ministry said. It said Soviet Ambassador Mikhail Jakovlev was summoned to the Foreign Ministry to receive the complaints
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    • 34 3 KARACHI. Wed Student agitation at Karachi University and its affiliated colleges continued for the ninth day today with a group of leftist students still in occupation of the Vice-Chancellor's office AFP
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    • 438 3 Unless oil use is cut now... PARIS, Wed. The industrialised world will face an economic, social and labour crisis as bad as the Great Depression of the 1930s if it fails to reduce its oil consumptionim mediately, US Energy Secretary James Schlesinger warned yesterday. Mr
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    • 109 3 LOS ANGELES: The Los Angeles city council voted unanimously yesterday to begin negotiations that could lead to the city joining a US$l billion (552.2 billion )price-f bring suit against the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Nations (Opec). The council ordered the city's attorney Mr Burt Pines to
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    • 94 3 NEW YORK: The United States oil refineries, which have been operating slightly below full capacity recently to build up crude oil reserves, are heeding a request from the US Government to step up gasoline production to ease lines at service stations. But by adjusting their operations to
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    • 60 3 BAHRAIN: Saudi Petroleum Minister Sheikh Yamani told the kingdom's cabinet on Monday night that moderation was needed in trying to restore oil price stability, the official Saudi press agency reported yesterday. He said only some oil companies were benefitting from the fluctuations of the market at the
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    • 59 3 TWO pandas, Kang Kang (male, foreground) and Lan Lan (female), giving each other loving glances through a wire net in Tokyo's leno Zoo on Monday. Accenting to zoo officials, the two pandas from China are in the mating season and they decided to let the couple
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    • 201 3 Hunan gangs pose 'serious threat' HONGKONG, Wad GANGS of hardcore criminals are seriously threatening public order in China's Hunan province and some officials are afraid of tackling them, a provincial broadcast reported. Hunan Radio called on the people of the province to "deal resolute blows according to legal procedure at
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    • 522 4 E. Europe move to phase out FOC ships MANILA, Wed. East European socialist countries attempted today to launch an initiative to phase out flag of convenience shipping to help strengthen the fleets of developing nations. They tabled a resolution before the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad) calling
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    • 384 4  -  LEE KIM CHEW By Manila, Wednesday THIRD World nations, dissatisfied with the mearge results of the recently concluded multilateral trade negotiations (MTN), are now pressing the developed countries to continue talks for a better deal in world trade. A six-page resolution hammered out by
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    • 63 4 BANGKOK. Wed. After one month of behind-the-scenes politicking, Prime Minister Kriangsak Chomanan announced today he has completed the list of Thailand's next cabinet, expected to be announced tomorrow after royal approval. He did not include any names, but sources said about half the ministers will be from
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    • 38 4 THE Soyuz 4 and 5 orbital space station on display In London on Tuesday. The space station is one of the many exhibits of the Russian national exhibition now on in Earl's Court. UPI picture.
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    • 111 4 SONODA URGES JOINT AID TO CHINA LONDON, Wed. JAPANESE Foreign Minister Sunao Sonoda yesterday proposed that Japan, the United States and the nine-nation European Economic Community join in extending economic aid and coop- era t ion to China. Mr Sonoda made the proposal during an hour-long meeting with British Foreign
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    • 170 4 THE American rock map Boney M left Jakarta In anger today after officials censored Its VSfnjm (*****,4 M) concert. Official sources said the concert was Mocked because the pop music stars failed to perform before authorities for pre-censorshlp. Other
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    • 300 4 MANILA, Wednesday DEFENCE Minister Juan Ponce Enrile is sending additional troops to a central Philippine island to counteract what military officials admit are "invisible governments" run by communist militants in many towns. Mr Enrile issued the order yesterday during a tour
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    • 144 4 Marcos tells of new threats MANILA. Wed. President Marcos has disclosed new threats to national security and to himself which may adversely affect the restoration of political normalcy, government sources said today. The disclosure was made at the interim National Assembly when he was answering questions after reporting on the
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    • 94 4 Fraser on low fares talks CANBERRA, Wed. Australia and Japan have agreed on the need to work out quickly a system of lower air fares between the two countries. Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser said yesterday. Reporting to the Australian Parliament on his meeting (in Manila; with Japan's Prime Minister Masayosni
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    • 184 5 Vietnam behind influx, says Hongkong HONGKONG. Wed HONGKONG, target for a •onstant flow of Vietnamese boat people, today accused the Vietnamese Government of being involved in the mass exodus. Chief Secretary Sir Jack Cater said: "I have no doubt and I believe that there can be no doubt that the
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    • 47 5 ROME. Wed Italy had a! big balance of payments surplus in April of 904 billion lire! SJ2 35 billion i. bringing its! surplus (or the first four months of 19T9 to 1.253 billion lire (553.27 billion i. the Bank I of Italy said today Reuter
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    • 116 5 Pakistan poised to attack: Pravda MOSCOW. Wed. The Soviet Union today accused Pakistan of massing Afghan rebel forces on its territory in preparation for a full-scale military action against the left-wing Kabul government. The Communist Party newspaper Pravda said alarming reports coming in from the Afghan-Pakis-tani frontier area indicated that
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    • 334 5 I S., BOATBUILDING INDUSTRY FOR REFUGEES WASHINGTON, W«d. DEPUTY US coordinator for refugee affairs, Mr Charles Freeman, said yesterday Vietnam had set up a boat-build-ing industry specifically to help refugees leave the country. "This renewed official encouragement of boat departures seems to account for much
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    • 249 5 TEHERAN, Wednesday ANGRY Iranians burned the US flag yesterday near the Soviet border and Ayatollah Khomeiny, continuing his anti- American tirade, said the United States has not given up trying to dominate Iran A revolutionary court ordered a woman charged with having sexual
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  • 437 6 THE gunman who shot the visiting Japanese Ambassador to Nepal at the Mandarin Hotel 10 days ago is believed to be the same man who pulled off two robberies and one attempted robbery all within a space of four hours on Tuesday. All
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  • 150 6 Tec jailed a year for taking bribe ABDUL Rashid bin Abdul Rahim, 38, a detective PC of the Internal Security Department, was jailed for a year in a district court yesterday for accepting a $200 bribe as an inducement for not taking action against four people who were found in
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  • 300 6 ty used in Singapore last year went to the industrial sector steel mills, metal industries, shipbuilding yards, chemical plants, electronics factories, textile industries and petroleum refineries. Another 32 per cent was used by the commercial sector, among them hotels, shopping complexes, cinemas and high-rise
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  • 48 6 SYED Munir bin Abdullah Bahashevan, 25, was charged in court yesterday with trafficking in 100 g of cannabis in Lorong Mydin on Tuesday. He was also charged with having the drug. He was allowed $10,000 bail pending further mention of the case on June 13.
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  • 33 6 CHEONG NAM. 69, o( Lorong 3, Geylang. was yesterday fined $5,000 by a district court for having 203.68 g of opiLm in bis house on April 11 He pleaded guilty
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  • 28 6 SAVE ELECTRICITY CAMPAIGN Power use up TUESDAY'S electricity consumption of 19.41 million units was an increase of 2.37 per cent compared with the average Tuesday consumption In March.
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  • 124 6 CHANGES TO WOMEN'S CHARTER: PUBLIC CAN AIR VIEWS THE public is invited to air views on the new amendments to the Women's Charter in a seminar at the Singapore Council of Social Service, Penang Lane, on June 30 at 2.30 p.m. The seminar is held by the Singapore Association of
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    • 384 6 FRENCH ART EXHIBI- TR1CITY a talk by Mr EXHIBITION at the Na TION of lithographs and Tan Boon Kee, a Public tional Museum Young surrealistic works by Utilities Board engineer, People's Gallery from Xavier Degans at the at Toa Payoh community 10.30 a.m. to 7 p.m. On till Singapore Hilton,
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  • 39 7 THfc. Singapore ja>cees yesterday sent 98 kg of -lothing (or the cyclone victims in Fiji in response to a rejuest from the Fiji Jaycees. The clothing was floy n to Fiji Island by ITA French airlines
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  • 271 7 Four teachers training at Science Centre FOUR teachers have been attached for training at the Singapore Science Centre to be familiarised with the centre's activities to improve their skills and methods for better science teaching. The programme was recently started by the centre, the Education, Science and Technology ministries which
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  • 340 7 IT seems fitting that the Jogging Association of Singapore has chosen piano teacher Madam Laden Wong to flag off Its eighth regional Jog from Jalan Qesar Stadium on Sunday. For despite her age, this stalwart musician In her early seventies Is as fit as
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  • 659 7  - Non-aligned movement: Yugoslav, S'pore 'pact' S.M. MUTHU By SINGAPORE and Yugoslavia have stressed the need for resolute opposition to all attempts at dividing the non-aligned movement, visiting Yugoslav President Vidoje Zarkovic said yesterday. In an apparent reference to an active proSoviet minority within the movement, Mr Zarkovic said both countries
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  • 96 7 Safety drive with emphasis on yards A THREE-DAY national safety first campaign with special emphasis on shipyards, will be launched on July 27. The campaign is jointly organised by the National Trades Union Congress, the Ministry of Labour and the Singapore Shipbuilding and Repairers Association. A three-day exhibition will also
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  • 147 7 Viet invasion of Kampuchea criticised YUGOSLAV Vice-President, Mr Vidoje Zarkovic, yesterday indirectly attacked the Vietnamese-led invasion of Kampuchea. In an exclusive interview with the Straits Times, he said: "We consider that the internal system of any one country gives no right to any other country to change the system by
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  • 58 7 A CONSULTANT with Tan Tock Seng Hospital's paediatric department, Dr Peter Lam Cheng Chuan, will give a talk on The Child With Kidney Diseases at the Marine Parade Branch Library auditorium today at 8 p.m. The talk is organised by the People's Association, the Singapore Paediatric Society, the
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  • 173 7 THREE KILLED IN SEPARATE CRASHES A PEDESTRIAN, Ng Boon Kirn, 77, died in a hit-and-run accident in St Andrew's Road, outside City Hall, last night. Police said Ng was hit by a car and died on the I spot at 8.15 p.m. In another case, a woman, identity unknown, died
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  • 31 7 THE Deputy Prime Minister and Education Minister. Dr Goh Kent Swee. will open the $1.1 million Kreta Aver People's Theatre in Banda Street on May 29 at 7 p.m.
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  • 155 7 TWO widows yesterday filed a claim in the High Court against "the owners and others interested" in a Monrovia-registered supertanker, Losina, in connection with the deaths of their husbands while working aboard the ship on April 30. Madam Goh Poh Kee and Madam Chua
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  • 47 7 THE continued inquiry into the death of Indonesian housewife Christine Faridah Suwantika, 22, will be on June 19 and 20. Madam Suwantika, daughter-in-law of a Singapore millionaire, Mr Robin Loh, was found dead in her Peach Garden apartment here on Aug 25 last year.
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    • 163 7 MAY 28TH ISSUE IMSIOe TODAYS V*TN*M Thf v*tr.«r>*arh»lboe<iov. I y««rS yet the Country ,s still m a shflfT>^k>^ 'P|mAN''AS* I edito* Amaud De Borchgrav* atte* a week long May m Hanoi The Soviet Union is estimated to he pumping two miUion dottars a Jay n I economy PIUS THE SOVIE
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  • 178 8 Pawnshop creditors unlikely to get any returns (RKDITORS «f Yaa Fab Pawaafcap Oatr»m Park, whlrk rrasM Malar— la Jaaaary, last year, •re aallkely to get any c»mpr«s»tl»D f rt-Vn the two aaakrapt aartaers M tter «h«p. Mr Woag Ser < hia aatf Ms motker, Maaam hln Ny«k lit alias Ctela
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  • 293 8 POLICE are to make spot checks on cyclists at the East Coast Park to crack down on bicycle thieves. Owners of cycle kiosks have lost 43 bicycles in the last six months. Bicycle thieves usually strike at week-ends when the park is crowded with
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  • 41 8 KIM KEAT community centre is organising special activities during June and July to promote neighbourliness. The activities include a variety show, a road safety exhibition, musical night, lion I dance night, a road run and a family excursion
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  • 36 8 THE Parliamentary Secretary (Culture), Dr Ow Chin Hock. will attend a cheque presenta- < tion ceremony of the Singa- i pore Cultural Foundation at I the Culture Ministry in City Hall at 2.30 p.m. tomorrow.
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  • 329 8 Case of bride who didn't want sex A UNIVERSITY student, studying in England, said in his divorce petition yesterday that he spent the first three nights of his wedding here with his bride without having the marriage consummated. Mr Quek Ah Heng, 31, married in Dec 1977, said that on
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  • 248 8 TOURIST CENTRE RENT KIKE: ONLY TWO DISAGREE ALL except two of the shops at the Handicraft Centre have agreed to the hike in rent by the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board (STPB). The STPB's deputydirector (operations), Mr A. M. Tan, said yesterday that 24 shops at the centre have indicated their
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  • 55 8 TAN Kirn Hual, 24, unemployed, was yesterday jailed for six months by a district court ii ii having 22.34 kof heroin in a house in l.ichi Avenue on May 2. He was jailed for five months for taking morphine on the same day. the sentences to
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  • 213 8 BUSINESSMAN Ng Tat Khay, 45, a father of 11 from the three women in his life, was jailed for a day and fined $3,000 by a district judge yesterday on a charge of bigamy. He was fined another $500 for having made a false
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    • 282 9 Warrant" for arrest of Tengku Petri cancelled KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Sessions court President Puan Siti Normah binti Yaakob today cancelled the warrant for the arrest of Tengku Petri binti Tengku Ibrahim, the sister of the late King, after hearing her explanation of her failure to attend her trial on Monday.
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    • 25 9 KI'ALA LUMPLR. Thurs Sleeping berths will be available on the Kuala LumpurHaadyai Ekspres Mesra rail service from the end of this month NST.
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    • 419 9 A SOVIET civil servant cannot testify in a court here until he gets clearance from Moscow, the Industrial Court was told on Monday. The Second Secretary of the Soviet Embassy here, Mr M. Romanov, said this in a statement during a case involving Aeroflot,
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    • 208 9 Concern over rise in export of monkeys PENANG, Wad. THE Internationa] Primate Protection League is concerned over the massive increase in the exportation of crab-eating monkeys from Malaysia and other countries. According to Dr Shirley McGreal, co-chairman of the league, of 5,915 macaques which entered the Port of New York
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    • 212 9 Tebuan jet fleet won't be grounded: Air chief KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. There has beea a. maehulve evMeace U skew that all the eraakes Involving RMAF Trbuan Jete reeeatly were due M technical errors, Defence Minister Dfttak A mar Hall Talk Mahmad said on Monday. "We cannot therefore Kronnd all tke
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    • 72 9 INDONESIA. Tues. A group of Malaysian Railway officials have been in Indonesia since last Saturday on a 10-day tour to study the Indonesian raiway system. The 36-member team visited the railway headquarters in the West Java city of Bandung on Monday and were recieved by
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    • 289 9 Gerakan to discuss its role in the Front KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday THE Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia, (Malaysian Peoples Movement) meets for its annual convention here on Saturday with demands that the party review its membership of the ruling National Front coalition. The Kedah Gerakan leadership has already supported the demand for
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    • 226 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Malaysian Chinese youths strongly resent attempts to distort the character of traditional Chinese culture freely displayed in this country. The Selangor Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) youth leader, Mr Yap Pian Hon said today that any such attempt would be tantamount
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    • 24 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed Bangladesh is keen to exchange journalists with Malaysia, its Information and Broadcasting Ministry's secretary-general Khorshed Alam, said today. AP.
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    • 170 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Malaysian Hindu youths have appealed to Prime Minister Hussein Onn for help in curbing I the recent outbreak of idol-smashing in temples. The Penang and Malacca Hindu youth organisations made the appeal after the recent smashing of idols in four temples,
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    • 282 9 Straits Times Crossword ACROSS rounding* (9) 1 Balancing device or bar used 7 Game hard on girl? (5) lo point at crew (7-6). 8 Fair play? Old Bob Smarts 10 Left brreathless by inflation 7 hoppin' mad! (13). (6. 3). 9 Sort of menial nun to be or not 11
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  • 99 10 Man who offered help returned to steal A STRANGER, on seeing a petrol pump attendant putting away the day's collections, offered to help him with the customers. But the offer of delivery man Mohamed Basheer bin Ali Shahul, 23. was turned down by the pump attendant. Mr Mohamed Hussain bin
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  • 35 10 THE Coroner. Mr Chang Kok Ming, yesterday recorded a suicide verdict on the death of Ho Bee Loh. 56. who poisoned himself at his home in Lorong 2. Toa Payoh. on March 10
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  • 79 10 'Stop puffing, give to SOCiety ALL smokers have been urged to stop smoking cigarettes on Saturday and, instead, donate their saving to the Singapore Cancer Society in conjunction with its Flag Day And to put the message across, the society will send out its "don't smoke" message through a posse
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  • 29 10 THE MP for Bedok. Haji Shaari Tadin, will open the Bedok (X Expo 79 at Bedok North Road New Upper Changi Road on Saturday at 7 p.m.
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  • 276 10 MORE than 650 students of the Singapore Polytechnic have signed a petition pressing the j administration for stricter action against raggers. This follows numerous complaints of new students being bullied, humiliated and threatened by senior students over the last three days. Mr
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  • 86 10 Two pushed their luck too far TWO thieves ran into a printing shop owner just as they were pushing away a trolly of pilfered paper from his shop, a district court heard yesterday. Delivery workers Lim Li Seng, 26, and Sng Kian An, I 17. admitted stealing two reams of
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  • 23 10 THE Historical Society of Nanyang University will hold a history quiz for secondary school and junior college students on Aug 3.
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  • 154 10 TEACHERS INVITED TO APPLY FORNZ COURSES i SERVING education offi- cers have been invited for the third year to apply for a course leading to the Master's degree in English Language Teaching Linguistics in New Zealand under the New Zealand Commonwealth Scholarship Scheme 1960. Successful applicants will take up the
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  • 395 10  - The flowering of S'pore's Garden City IRENE NGOO By THE seeds to make Singapore truly a garden city clean, green and with bouquets of colourful blooms are already flowering in a government nursery tucked away in Pasir Panjang. From this nursery, the "baby" of the Botanical Gardens' Plants Introduction Unit,
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  • 206 10 Careers show: Ministry, IE to take part THE Ministry of Education and the Institute of Education will take part in the careers exhibition organised by the World Trade Centre at Maritime Square from Saturday to June 3 between II a.m. and t p.m. dally. The Senior Minister of state (Education),
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  • 33 10 THE Minister for National Development, Mr Teh Cheane Wan, will address the 20th anniversary dinner of the Real Estate Developers Association of Singapore at Neptune Theatre Restaurant today at 7.30 p.m.
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  • 378 10 THE Asean Schools Sports Council formed last j year will see the implementation of its programme for the first time this year with a seminar on physical education to be held at the National Stadium on July 20 and July 21. The seminar,
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    • 244 10 Gelusil Antacids present THE INSIDE STORY OF STOMACH DISCOMFORT What is stomach discomfort? a X** s This is a vague term that refers to a A whole range of stomach disorders, from mild gastric pain to wind or flatu- Geius* neutralises excess y) lence, to that uncomfortable feeling oad and
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    • 243 10 BHiigiiig Up Father By Bill Kavanagh Hal Camp \i\tHiS ROOM IS CLUTTERED, I I MAGGIE, /BIAtMY THAT'S THE LAST NOBODY EVER USES I BtMVH'- COULD \OU USE I WHAT TOOK STRAW HE'S NOT Iti'f^^f,^^^- I S oeSK >-^^-~<\ HAPPENED lIT TO 1 > SATISFIED WITH £?Zl£%£J° INYOUR TOAIV I A
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    • 643 11 Boats,snorkels,f ishing rods,swim trunks, beach towels,dinghies,aqua scooters, camping gear, bikinis,sunglasses,hooks, tackle, cooler bags, air mattresses,f ins and just about everything. We ye got it all at Metro. iJT*JL Lets start with what you wear in J? L^^^^^^^^ /jm What swimmer couldn't do with a ll <*m the great outdoors: as
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  • 765 12 The Straits Times THURSDAY, MAY 24, 1979 A CHALLENGE IN MANY countries, it is looked upon as a stepping stone to the bigger plums in life. In others, the holding of a civil service or elective post is regarded as a challenge, a chance to be part of the executive
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  • 654 12  -  GRANVILLE WATTS By in New Delhi BHOLA MATO has been in Patna Prison in India's eastern state of Bihar for nine years without trail. His file was lost six years ago. While he has been inside his wife and only son have died.
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  • 675 12  -  WALTER SULLIVAN By in New York RESEARCHERS in California have produced a computer whose responses are so paranoid that psychiatrists "interviewing" it with a teletype machine cannot distinguish it from a mental patient. The project is being conducted as part of a broader programme in artificial intelligence
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  • 1089 12  - Man can't live on just democracy KEVIN RAFFERTY Bangladesh needs more food to avert a crisis By in Dacca PRESIDENT Ziaur Rahman of Bangladesh, having just restored democracy to his poor country, is today facing another crisis in the form most feared a shortage of food. One highly placed official
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  • 698 12  -  MASAHIKO ISHIZUKA in Hongkong by special arrangement with the Japan Economic Journal A HONGKONG-based Japanese businessman who recently returned from travel in Guangdong (Kwangtung) says small cities, with populations of some tens of thousands, in the province are eager to attract investment from
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    • 27 12 torn* Predators I EJ PAN -WEST (PTE) LTD. I• ■pi*J*SINGAPU»A O"iIJ»J» JnOfKXX »cH«rd *O»d T U'?»V» karfu'f iU'LD'NG Shoot 1] UO»»> Ground Hoc S»enio» W» M ?K»2<4
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  • 1489 13  -  JOHN TAN By of the Business Times in a special report for the Straits Times H hile it has had phenomenal success in Its economic development, South Korea has until recently neglected the development of social services in the country. But the problem is that
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  • FORUM
    • 207 13 I REGRET that the report on page nine of yesterdays Straits Times gives the misleading impression that the NTUC plans to quit its present premises in Shenton Way and "move into its own multistorey building away from the hustle and bustle of the city centre." There
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    • 547 13 Article on Vesak was disparaging and ill-informed I HAVE been following the articles written by one of your staff writers, lisa Sharp, on some faiths accepted by various communities in our multi-reli-gious Singapore and am writing to express my objection to some of the obviously disparaging and ill-informed comments made
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    • 517 13 The writer"s irritation is of course to be expected if he approached my article as a description of Buddhism, the faith. This it is not and did not set out to be it was a description of Buddhism as it is here and now in Singapore today.
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    • 51 13 TOMORROW: The paper chase, Korean style S-,,.<W,S -,,.<W, M, pS and tiny P lea > > £*^L U JP^4P JM rfjfl Jt/\ 8 w i.3H. m wIM Wl O(. BI.IX, 100 I PPKR CROSS STREET. SINGAPORE 1. V W W I t'l \/A SIM. API R A (,ROIM) FLOOR, ORCHARD
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  • TIMES CITY DESK
    • 326 14 PLANTATION stocks continued to featare in bull lsh trading in a hesitant and Irregular market at thr Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday. Volume, however, was light. Even among plantation stocks, Investors and dabblers appeared to be selective with a tendency to shift their baying to thr
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    • 286 14 THE plantation sector yesterday again led the Kuala Lumpur stock market to a steadier finish in fairly active trading. Buying interest was well sustained for the rest of the day and prices finished firmer across a fairly broad front. The i\'cv Straits Times industrial oro'.r.iry share index added
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    • 219 14 THE US dollar opened slightly high er at 12.2060 70 in the Singapore forex market yesterday There were no new factors in the market but concerns about the world energy situation and expecta. tions of higher oil prices remained positive background for the dollar, causing it to
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    • 371 14 ASIAN currency deposit interbank rates as at close on May 23: Closing Asian dollar certificates of deposit for prime names: INTERBANK rates at 3.00 pm: Currancw* Nominal rain Smithsonian quotad yaatarday (croat)parity Parcanlaea ch.n 8 Local dollars to one unit of foreign currency: US dollar 2.2090 2.2100 2.8196
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    • 51 14 KANCK uf pctm o((er«l by ills count houses on May 23 Overnight I I 'all deposits 4 I. Cloiiag Buying S«llia| 3moith Treasury bills I i 4 3 month Bank bills 7 T. 3 month CU 7 1/16 6 15/16 6 month CD 1 1 Sourer: National l)i»couni Co
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    • 51 14 Closing Interbank rales for Singapore dollars on May 23: Offer Bid Overnight 6. 6 1 month 6 15/16 613/16 2 months 7 6 15/18 :s rmintlls 7 7 Overnight mode 6 i ■■W A»U») Pram. NOTE: These rates may differ slightly from those quoted by banks lo tht'r
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    • 23 14 THE average rate at which Singapore banks are currently prepared to lend t« their beat cntomen is 8 per cent.
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    • 1330 14 I I—tin rm Ihr Stuck Ht. h-ingi- at Sin^.i nrr mmnta) company) »ith ihr prrvtous togrihrr with H7» high mo low Adju««l Inr KTip riicMs amtrt Iml M,«h S.k .or IMII «TKm (OMMKRl'IM ■m Arm. 2Mrd •>! 4. 4. I S.' 110 Allwd rhor IB -2 150 B
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    • 333 14 Closing tone: Plantations firm while the rest steadier Turnover: Official figures supplied by the Stock Exchange of Sineapore including odd lots "Ready" totalled: 5.399.000 units valued at $13,875,000. Industrials accounted for 2.990.000, finance 340.000. hotels *****0. properties 598,000, debentures, loans and bonds 14.000, plantations 1,192,000. minings 71 000.
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    • 1826 14 BID and offer prices officially listed and business in an reported to the 2 Stock Exchange of Singapore yes- 2 terday with the number of shares I traded shown in brackets in lots of 1 1 000 units unless otherwise vfied All Times Settlement Contract* are quoted
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    • 1862 14 BID and un>r prtm oflirully luted and busim-v. in and r*pon«J lo thr Kuala Lumpur Stork Exchange yn irrday with thr number o/ sham iraded shown in brackets in lots of LOW unit!, units otherwur mciM INDISfTRI.U* tw :5?B 2 OKI td *>■■■■■ 12 SOB 3 OOS i
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    • 60 14 I id Mai Sel C'nuls 3 Kawat PMC 1'onsplant Wrts Kemayan Lingui K Sidim M Omenl Sim<> Darby raiping Con S Iron M Mosaics Utd Pit Keck Seng 570 264 243 392 610 274 193 328 346 360 440 540 170 374 277 •40 17 16 I 16 15
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    • 17 14 M FmilLs I9U 160 540 1080 1610 2S6 15 10 10 10 7 Sg Beta Sugars
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    • CHIEF PRICE CHANGES
      • 51 14 Male* Sthn Malayan I Id Malacca Sri Coconut. Berjaya Kiwii (onsplant Wrta PMC Duff Dev Linffui Batu Lintang PAN CCM Kempaa Knterpriaea 404 1460 590 264 240 800 388 302 180 296 615 545 525 374 74 30 25 20 1« 15 14 14 14 13 10 10 10
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      • 37 14 M rails irmlinK K I Kepong Oriental Illdfti OCBC M Brrwrriel DBS SI Steamship [...1,1 Coin (2.1 326 765 750 S85 525 2M 213 -li -H -5 -5 ■5 -5 -5 -5 Hume V K -5
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      • 31 14 Simr Darby II O L Coni Planl Kulim M.m V E Faber Merlin City Dev DBS nlinxHaw Par 480.000 229.000 208.000 192.000 189.000 110.000 109.000 103.000 100.000 93.000
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      • 34 14 may u. mav u, BT Index: Industrials: Finance: Hotels: Properties: Minings: Plantations: O.C.B.C.: 2308.91 2326.30 ***** 402.43 ***** 705.15 297.83 297.60 257.04 257.04 199.58 200.55 655.76 664.69 392.43 393.30 TK 78 V& T7
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      • 299 14 HONGKONG: Stock prices eased slightly in quiet trading on thin turnover yesterday, dealers said. The Hang Seng index (ell 0.73 of a point to 561.83 points, as prices eased marginally on profit-taking in otherwise featureless trading, they said. The day's combined total turnover volume was valued at IIKI Amil
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      • 374 14 TOKYO: The market fell sharply in fairly active trading on liquidations and profit-tak-ing in resources-related issues, although the earlier downtrend was later checked, dealers said. The Dow Jones average fell 30.05 to 6,233.53 points, with a volume of 350 million shares, while the New index was 450.00. down 1.48
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      • 80 14 Striking prices of the options officially listed on the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday, the period, bids and offered prices and business done, if any, with the number of options traded shown in brackets. C*M Storage (June $2.00) (0.3780.445). C C (June $2.60) (0.448 0.525). Haw Par (June
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      • 42 14 THE Monetary Authority of Singapore has invited banks and discount houses to tender for a total of $30 million 91-day Treasury bills to be issued from May 28 lo June 1 Each tender must not be for less lhan 5250.000.
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      • 180 14 THb KILOBAR market (or gold deliverable in Singapore yesterday, opened at $18,924 and closed at $18.950 In the Far East, gold opened at U*****. 30 70 only to drop bark to $***** 40 on profit taking before moving up again to close at the opening level at $265 40
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      • 129 15 NEY. Wed Market ers were generally lower ill trading, dealers said IMII <TK1 \l I IBS *3 I I&S unrti U130 1W ia Bvsn Ht*h 149 300 ra TooUl MININGAbrrtoyle Ash tun HM South B»ut»mvil 80 149 l« 390 fids 390 U M me 13 Mruliri M'lramar
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      • 191 15 NEW YORK. Tues News of a big drop in domestic durable goods orders in April revived a listless stock market and prices closed slightly higher today in moderately active trading A Commerce Department report that durable goods orders (ell 8 7 per cent in April, the
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      • 256 15 AMSTERDAM. Tues Share prices clowd lower in fairly quiet trading with Akzo and Hoogovens 0 60 and 0.80 guilder lower in Dutch imernauonaLs. dealers said Weak issues included Van Ommeren. ABN. Middenstandsbank and Amfas. whirh closed 3.50. 330. two ami 1.80 guilders lower respectivly Nedlloyd Heineken. Pakha ed
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      • 177 15 ZURICH. Tiies. Prices drifted widely lower following the lacklustre performance of the market in recent days, with interest centreed mainly on South African mining stocks, dealers said The Credil Suisse index fell by 14 points to close at 269 4 < I osis, PBK'EM 1290 :1b. o»*>
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      • 501 15 jONDON. Tues Share prices closed firmer in quiet rading. dealers said At 3 pm the Financial Times ndex was down 16 points to 12 3 leading shares, after a brisk ipening. drifted to finish lightly above yesterday's closng levels Government bonds were hmn point in
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      • 63 15 FINANCIAL TIMES INDUSTRIALS Tuesday 517.6 Monday 510.7 Week Ago 528.4 DOW JONES AVERAGE INDUSTRIALS Tuesday 845.37 Monday ***** Week ago 825 88 LONDON DOLLAR PREMIUM Tuesday 58 to 58. Monday 56'- Io56 H.K.HANG SENG Wednesday 581.83 Tuesday 562.56 Week ago 550 27 SYDNEY INDUSTRIALS Wednesday 486.09 Tuesday 486.24
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    • COMMODITIES
      • 120 14 THE STRAITS tin price recov- I ered $14 to $1.tf75 per picul in j Penang yesterday on an offi- rial offering down 64 tonnes to 170 tonnes. The overnight London mar- ket was steady with forward buyers slipping L 5 to £7.235 per tonne. LONDON: Tin on the day
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      • 30 14 Rubber: May 23 Singapore: June: 302.00 cents (up 5.50 cents) Malaysia: June: 303.50 cents (up 5.00 cents) Tin: $1,975 (up $14) Official offering: 170 tonnes (down 64 tonnes)
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      • 36 14 LONDON: Copper prices on Tues- day I prevMUS in brackets). Wirebar Spot £920 (£*****) sellers E921 (C 930); Three Month buyers £931.50 (L940J0). sellers £932 (£*****) Market taae: Steady at lower levels Sales: 15.300 tonnes
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      • 109 14 NOON SSK ind SMR pncm ynurday: ■AS J»»f llurnil Mlkl Buy.r. StlWra SSK 20 II uaipalkt) ***** *****N ssk so ii too pallet) ail so an son HIILB July Forward Mtkl Hu»rr. S,ll,r. 284 Ml 2KSMIN 281 Ml 2S.1 SON SMKI'V < I n>n palkl I ,kl.«l
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    • 550 15 Details on Barlow merger expected in two weeks THK IMPENDING mcr<:er of four companies in the Barlow stable will create a medium-sized plantation company with some 12.949 hectares of diversified crops, placing it in the cateif United Plantations in terms of land size but dwarfed by plantation t:i.tnts such as
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    • 462 15 Activities of MCIS come under query SI BMIHARIKS of the Malaysian Co-operative Insurance Society (MCIS) continued to make financial losses last year. At the company's JJnd general meeting, members were told that MCIS subsidiaries had suffered losses amounting to M,131,J» over the period l*Ji-im. According to Its chairman, Hajl Vahya
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    • 669 15 P^KYpTJ^^^rrr^Tl^H^^^^ TELECOMS invites applications for the posts of 1 TECHNICIAN Qualifications (a) GCE 3 O level passes or equivalent, with 2 science/technical subiects OR it» GCE 3 O level passes with National Trade Certificate m Electrical Fitting Installation or Electronics Servicing OR (c) Industrial Technician Certificate in Electrical Engineering or
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    • 566 15 m GUTHRIE SINGAPORE PRIVATE LIMITED (GUTHRIE ENGINEERING) Do you want o sotistying sales career > You'll find it here with GUTHRIE 1 It you ore a dynamic and result-oriented sales person who Von accept challenges ond responsibilities we would like to see you tor the post ot SALES REPRESENTATIVE The
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    • 825 15 PUBLIC UTILITIES BOARD TENDER NOTICE 1 Supply of 3,000 pieces of Double Burner Hotplotes with Piezo Ignition 2 Supply of 165,000 litres of High Speed Automotive Diesel Oil to Pulau Tekong Waterworks 3 Supply ot 690 pieces of 200/5 amps and 300/5 amps LT Metering Current Trans formers with SeolaHe
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    • 2119 16 AT YOUR SERVICE MCTION INDKX ■»«V!T-*»i RATES VIII ANNOUNCEMENTS PERSONAL ZB4-44ZZ Per word 60 cts( Mm $9 00) TV OBITUARIFS I 1 Per column cm *10.75(M1n $35 25) UUllUflKltS I* MM MMM^^"^^^"^ M^^ S OESTETNER 210 OFFSET PrlKtlng 11 Cardflinfl 'contact I EMPLOYMENT ONE UNIT NEW Log Fork for Cat
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    • 921 16 I Wanted ENGINEER c Must possess Degree or Diploma In Engineering c Those with experience would -P^ be of an advantage 1 c Salary negotiable -^^^^^^^L I Apply with lull peniculars to: S.T. BOX A9147S I ll^B I JOIN INTERIOR DESIGN (ours, I become Interior Designer 996-A I Upper Serangoon
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    • 1389 17 L II EMPLOYMENT PURSUE AN AMLME career' Join J3l Situations Vacant ZJ^SamTcm^S^JSSSSm^ BajEßasssaaaaaaßaaaaaaaasaaaaaaaaasaaaaS Monday al Sp m Instructor Mr T Anthony with 26 years airline experience You will meet our csv Secretarial anal mcc**bM students now with Clerical MA MAS Cathay Pacific and Oaruda i Kuala Lumpur and Singapore) during
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    • 1542 17 an established company requires Male and Female Sales r Representatives Training proTop local fashion garment vided We pay allowance, atlraclactory invites applications tor live commission and Incentives the lollowing posts Successful candidates will earn aa .xr D o/-.ii.. between $800 $800 per month A) PERSONAL call personally at: 5838. 7th
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    • 662 17 CALLING ALL LADIES/ Housewives "Oood News" Full/parttime promotional Jobs are available Call personally lo 28th fir 2817 International Plata or phone *****49/*****21 CONVERT YOUR SPARE hours Into cash 4 6 hours needed, a telephone. Interest In meeting people, successful applicants can earn $600 $1,200 monthly Interview Suite 1. 3rd floor.
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    • 731 17 REQUIRED IMMEDIATELY energetic young female able to type to assist and promote a well established line Please apply to S.T Box A***** REOUMED MALE a female sales representatives Basic salary $300 plus commission Call personally al: J It L Safety Company, 143 Kampong Bugls. Spore 12. BALIS ASSISTANTS/ PROMOTERS (FEMALE)
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    • 1164 17 DUE TO OUR expansion we need I more alrcon mechanics Apply LAB. ASSISTANTS FEMALE to. Delux Alrcondltlon EngineerIng Pte Ltd. 26 Holland Grove or* aqqictamtc rcun c Road. Spore 10 or Tel: *****56 C 88I8T NT S FEMALE ti t/-i»iriiy c Salary S2sopm all inclusive ELECTIOCIAN (JC| Q c Experience
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    • 1262 17 REQUIRED MALE TRAINEE Tech- ACCOUNTS EXECUTIVE FINISHED nlclans Apply personally to 124 Artui minimum I year expertKallang Place. Spore 12 Tel: enre. ur«-ntl\ required by *****47 advertlalnf agenc) Interested REOUIREO 1 MALE Chinese He- a»l aaSlMßlor an ippointmenl frlgerallon It Alrcond Mechanic a HANDIIAG MANUFACTURING Preferably able to drive Com-
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    • 520 18 II EMPLOYMENT 31 Situations Vacant t) General A well rM^nlisrM-d wood products mtg located at Mmgei Kadut M) AM EXPERIENCED CLERK MMaaJ book- keeping knowledge (7) A RECEPTIONIST bilingual i ng experience (31 A SALESMAN bilingual merge! ic and matured (4) A SECURITY OUARD preferably retired police- I man agency
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    • 689 18 (Op® CYCLE CARRIAGE GROUP Vacancies exist in nur varmus departments for I he follow ing appointments: CLERKS I Male Female) Mm OCI U*ai with at least 3 credits inclu ding Knghsh \hlc lo type al a speed 1 of M 10 w.p.m At least 2 years working experience in a
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    • 571 18 ESTABLISHED FIRM invites applications tor the following vacancies for its SenDa w ang office (A) GENERAL CLERKS (MALE) (B) ACCOUNTS CLERKS (MALE) Commencing salary for Poet (a)S37op.m. Poet (B) $290 p.m. Minimum qualifications OCI o level and some ApplicanLs for Accounts Clerks must have LOC Bookkeeping Certificate For Me Jurong
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    • 559 18 Factory m Jurono repuires urgently A FOMKLIFT DRIVER Requirementa: a Minimum 1 year full-time experience In driving i maintaining a forkliri c Working knowledge of English c Completed National Service Attractive salary offered. No shiftwork The Company operates on a sday week except for 1 Saturday In a month. Company
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    • 762 18 GAMMA HOTEL MALAYSIA FEMALE PRODUCTION KITC M f W P TE S OPERATORS I'rim ir'vHKou. ilion ••eejoiraniawta: Aptitude for Kitchen work c Age between 16 and 30 years desirable old COMMIS COOK a Primary education preferred Must have working experibul not essential ence In a kitchen Weofter Willingness to undergo
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    • 452 18 Leading Trading Establishment requires 2 MALE MARKETING ASSISTANTS tor their Joddah Office Preferably with 2 years experlRetallers For Singapore Office 1 SECRETARY Preferably with some working experience and a flair for correspondence. Interested applic ants, please phone Judy *****1 Rm 2726 (before 26th May 1979). to arrange for interview. After
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    • 407 18 Ac o ml! oe CARPARK ATTENDANTS c Total monthly gross income $215 1 c Female Chlnese'lndian Singaporean, aged 18 25 years Conversant in English Apply in person between 1 p.m. A S p.m. to: OG DEPT STORE 2ND FLOOR OFFICE 100 UPP£ CROSS STREET SINGAPORE 1 Singapore (Private) Limned I
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    • 902 18 W^ MUSTAO In Our store Depart menl. BSn an iriimeili.it.- varamy for the post of: EUROPEAN STANDARD ELECTRONICS PTE LTD mm.im, STORE CLERK/TYPIST A^MALEr T ApplM anil should possess .1 QCE o lev.-l with iredits in Malhematii s and English Requirements Must be ablf lo type and s;npp,,^r,i,^;:ia;;r 1 1
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    • 726 19 VACANCIES AVAILABLE FOR Hotel Receptionist cum Telephone Operators Attractive remuneration Interested applicants please call personally during office hours at: Ambassador Hotel. 42/46 Meyer Road (opposite Kalong Park Spore 15 Vacancy International Wood Product* Ltd. has vacancies for: Machine Operator! Mai* Female Oper alives Salary per month Machine Operator: $280 73
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  • 587 22  -  SOH TI ANG KENG By The formation of a central bank in Singapore will ensure more efficient management of the nation's foreign reserves and more flexibility in monetary policy, some bankers here said yesterday. They were commenting on the government's plan to form
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  • 87 22 Police plea to kin of dead woman POLICE are anxious to contact the relatives or friends of a 70-year-old Chinese woman who died in Ward Five. Singapore General Hospital at 722 am on Tuesday. The woman about 1.55 m tall, was stoutly built and fair. She wore a jade bangle
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  • 60 22 A THREE-MEMBER civil aviation delegation from Bangladesh arrived here yesterday afternoon for a five-day visit to discuss an air service agreement between the two countries. A spokesman for the delegation told RTS that the delegation hoped to conclude the negotiations and also
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  • 280 22 FLOODING la the area between the Pan-Island Xx press way and Jalan Kun<w. ran easily be solved if the numerous drains In the neighbourhood are cleared af their debris, say the residents there. These drains, same man-made, others natural, empty Into a main concrete
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  • 129 22 Italian MNC opens trading from tomorrow ONE of Italy's leading manufacturing conglomerates, Montedison a chemical, fibre and pharmaceutical concern, will officially open its trading company in Singapore tomorrow. The Montedison group of companies engages in the manufacture of a wide range of products including chemicals, solvents, synthetic resins, fertilisers, plastics,
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  • 277 22 SENIOR Minister of State (Education), Dr Tony Tan Keng Yam, last night urged commissioned officers of the Singapore Armed Forces to develop i a capacity for self-im-provement particularly in their knowledge of tactics and doctrine. They should monitor as far as possible the trainI
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  • 28 22 MOUNTBATTEN community centre will hold classes at intermediate level on restaurant cooking, vegetarian cooking, and magic. For details, tel. *****87 between 3 p.m. and 10 p.m.
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  • 312 22 Response to wood trade courses poor, says VITB THE Vocational and Industrial Training Board (VITB) is concerned about the lack of response by workers to part-time courses in the woodbased trades. The chairman of the board, Dr Ahmad Mattar, said at the inaugural meeting of the third term of office
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  • 224 22 TEMPLE TO BE RESITED INTOA PAYOH THE Sri Vairavimada Kaliamman Temple in Somerset Road is to be resited in Lorong 8. Toa Payoh, at a cost of $500,000. The construction and consecration of the new temple will be completed by early 1981, the secretary of the Hindu Endowment Board, Mr
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  • 42 22 THE case against Cherolyn S<-hloemer. 34, an American, for allegedly having 14.5 go( cannibis in a Cairnhill Road apartment on March 29 at 1.10 am., was yesterday postponed to May 30 for mention. Her bail of $3,000 was extended.
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  • TIMESPORT PAGE ONE
    • 437 23 Borussia seek to shoot down Red Star DUESSELDORF, Wed. Borussia Moenchengladbach, led one last time by the abdicating Berti Vogts, tonight seek to nail elusive Red Star Belgrade to win the European Football Union (UEFA) Cup for a second time. Borussia are West Germany's last trophy hopes in a season
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    • 95 23 Easy time for Orantes MUNICH, Wed. Top-seeded Manuel Orantes, of Spain. scored an easy 6-0, 6-1 win over Australian Ross Case in the first round of the Romika Cup tennis tournament. Other results: Rick Fagel (US) beat C. Roger- Vasselin 60, 6-2; Russell Simpson (NZ) beat G. Gnettnel 6-0, 6-3;
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    • 87 23 PARIS. Wed. Btorn Borg, of Sweden, and Cnris Evert Lloyd, of the United States, were seeded first for the men's and women's singles respectively of the French Open tennis championships from May 28 to June 10. The number two seedings went to America's Jimmy Connors, who
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    • 63 23 TAIPEH. Wed. The United States, winner of the 1979 world title, beat Britain 77-43, and South Korea outplayed Taiwan's China Airlines 93-71 on the first day of the final round in the William Jones Cup women's basketball tournament. Tonight, South Korea will face Sweden, Ya Tung
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    • 247 23 Cruyff joins Aztecs PASADENA (California), Wed. Los Angeles Aztecs, of the North American Soccer League, have signed Dutch superstar Johan Cruyff on a lucrative contract. Cruyff. 32, who has won many honours in European soccer, said he would get a cut of the gate receipts, but terms were not disclosed.
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    • 96 23 MOSCOW. Wed. Dynamo Moscow beat Army Sports Club Rostov-On-Don 2-0 in the Soviet Premier division yesterday Other results: Wings of the Soviets Kuibyshev 1 Central Army Sports Club 0. Neftchi Baku 1 Chernomorets Odessa 1. UPI Malmoe held STOCKHOLM, Wed. Malmoe, who meet England's Nottingham Forest in
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    • 40 23 MOSCOW. Wed. Chinas request for affiliation to the International Sports Writers Association is expected to be granted here this weekend provided statutes are in order. The SPA will examine the issue during their congress, opening on May 25.
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    • 101 23 NEW YORK, Wed. West German star Franz Beckenbaner, of the New York Cosmos soccer team, will undergo surgery today for removal of a cartilage In his right kaee, the Cosmos team said last light. Beckenbaoer, 33, Is expected to be out of action for eight to II
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    • 524 23 Graham's goal gives them victory GLASGOW, Wed. Scotland beat Northern Ireland 1-0 in the British international soccer championship here last night, but again disappointed their supporters with another inept performance. The Scots lost 3-0 to Wales on Saturday, and it was not until
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    • 192 23 FINAL STANDINGS TEAM P W D L F A PI Palace 42 1) 19 4 51 24 57 Brighton 42 23 10 9 72 39 56 Stoke 6 20 It t 58 31 56 Sundrrland 42 22 11 9 70 44 55 W« Ham 42 18 14 10 70
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    • 474 23 Holland 7 Argentina 8 BERNE. Wed. Holland and Argentina turned the clock back 11 months here last night when they clashed in a re-run of the World Cup soccer final. Berne's Wankdorf Stadium may have been a far cry from the deafening clamour of the
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    • 180 23 DUBLIN, Wed. A mistake by centre-half Mick Martin set West Germany on their way to a 3-1 win over the Republic of Ireland in their friendly Soccer International here last night. The game was drifting to a 1-1 draw when, 10 minutes from time, Martin
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    • 262 23 SOFIA. Bulgaria, Wed. Lightweight Yanko Roussev. of Bulgaria, lifting 177.5 kilogrammes in the clean and jerk at the European weightlifting championships yesterday, totalled 322.5 kg overall to set a world record. The old overall mark was 317.5 kg held by Joachim Kunz, of East Germany. Later, Roussev set another
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    • 416 23 drawal of sponsors would take place as scheduled on June 16 because a new sponsor had been found. But the International Motor Sport Federation said in Paris that the organisers had not given the necessary financial guarantees (our weeks before the event and, if
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    • 20 23 NORTHERN FEATHER held Union Carbide to a 2-2 draw in the Ovaltine League soccer match the Jurong Stadium.
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  • IX OBITUARIES
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      13 23 rln Everlasting Remembrance Of Our Beloved Parents MR. MRS. LEE WING KEE M
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    • 87 23 The beloved parent* and brothers ot the late KOH MUI FANG wish lo eipress their hearllell thanks lor wreaths, donations and comforting friends, principal, stall and student* from Monks Hill School and Bendemeer Sec School during their recent bereavement. Their gratitude also go lo Rev. Hu ol St.
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    • 51 23 MR. TAN CHENG TEE. uifrd 71. ol No 2. BinlU'ijn Plat away prucefully on May 79 leaving brlovrri wife Ivy Mm daughters, a Min-in-law. 2 nr.niil it.iiiKlitTN. 1 K'xl-daiiKh-l«r LM Mvi <'hfiiK and I K'Ki-siin Freddy Yin No •nalfta Donalions to h.iril.ihl.- irsjnhj lions Kof Inner. cl.-l.ulv r0n-1.1.-l
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      43 23 In loving memory ol VIJAYALEI CHIMI AMMAL departed on 24/5/76 We olten think ot bygone day*. When war* all together; Tha lamily chain it broken now. But mamorias liva forever Deeply milled by Paranls. Drother» >ieler and ail lovad oiui
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      29 23 The Lat* MR. ZAINOODIM BIN HAHMAI In land rriiifiiil»T.iiii'i' hi our brlovvd rollmfu* .in<) k<"><i iu.-thl vlw paawd bws) <>ii Hi.-Jl-i Maj From Tlm Stall ol Apron Services. SATS
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      101 23 MR JANAROHAN PILLAI AND BE who pa««»d away peacefully on 10 5-1979 iipiimi their apprecia lion and heart. ell thanki to the relative* .riends and especially to Officer* and men of 22nd Singapore Artillery. Taman Jurong West Sgt Met*. 20 SA WO and Sgt Man School of Artillery
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    • 483 23 W MAOAM EE KIM KEE wife of the ;late Mr Low Hock Klal. aged 66. ■passed away peacefully on 23/5 79 leaving behind 3 daughters. Geok N-o. Oeok Hua. Geok Lin. sons-in-law Michael Tan Cheng Hye. Ng Ah Kong. Quek Jin Oon and 4 grandchildren A memorial service will be
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  • TIMESPORT PAGE TWO
    • 91 25 Manila venue for Colgate Open tourney MANILA. Wed. The 19T9 Colgate Far East Open women's golf invitational tournament will be held in Manila from Oct 26-28. the organisers announced today. The tournament will be held at the Canluhang Golf and Country Club just east ofManila. It will include a proam
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    • 86 25 BERNE, Wed. Switzerland beat Iceland 2-0 in a European soccer championship qualifying Group Four match here last night. Herbert Hermann (27th minute), and Gianpietro Zappa (58th minute) scored for Switzerland. GROUP POl'R STANDING 1 CAM r w v l, r i% ri Holland 5 4 0 1
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    • 28 25 PAHANGS last preliminaryround Malaysia Cup-tie of the season will be against Negri Sembilan in Kuantan on Sunday. This fixture was inadvertently left out of Tuesday's list.
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    • 148 25 CANBERRA, Wed. Ireland went through some useful match practice when they easily defeated an Australian Capital Territory representative side 35-7 at the Manuka Oval here today. The Irish forwards were far too strong in the lineouts and scrums for the local side, and after having a
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    • 711 25 SINGAPORE registered a breathtaking one-wicket win over Argentina in a World Cup cricket championship qualifying round ma'oh in the Midlands, England, on Tuesday. J. C. Cooke, Singapore Cricket Association president, described the match as one with "a nail-biting" finish. More than 300 spectators
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    • 359 25 Bad weather interrupts match LONDON, Wed CANADIAN and Malaysian cricketers, by turn, looked poised to beat each other in their opening World Cup qualifying match in Warwick but in the end the perverse English weather beat them all. So the Group Two match resumes today delicately-balanced with Malaysia 13 for
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    • 171 25 BIRMINGHAM, Wed. Results in the World Cup cricket qualifying competition played In the Birmingham area yesterday: Denmark beat Fiji by 8 wickets. Fiji 89 in 33.4 overs (9. Mortensen 415, H. Mortensen 3-12). Denmark 99-2 in 33 overs (H. Mortensen 52 not out). Papua New Guinea
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    • 252 25 Unseeded Caroline upsets top seed Wendy BERLIN, Wed. Unseeded Caroline Stoll, of the United States, scored the first major upset in the US$lOO,OOO ($m000) German women's tennis] championship yesterday when she defeated top- I seeded Australian, Wendy i TurnbuU. 2-6. 6-0, 7-5 in a first round match. Stoll. 18. who
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    • 102 25 MALMO (Sweden), Wed. Severiano Ballesteros, of Spain, fired a one-undor-par 71 to beat Howard Clark, of Britain, by one stroke, and win a U. 5.512,000. 512,000 ($26,400) dual golf challenge match yesterday. Both were tied at 72 after the first 18 holes of the 6,160-metre Bokskogen course in
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    • 209 25 PARIS, Wed. The French Amateur golf Open yesterday returned to the picturesque SaintGermain course, to the west of Paris, for the first time in 20 years. It was previously held there in 1928, 1939, 1950 and 1959, during which time it has become one of Europe's
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    • 312 25 ROME, Wed. Bad light intervened at just the right time for Argentine Guillermo Vilas yesterday, when the top seed looked a strong bet to make an unexpected exit from the Italian men's open tennis championship. Vilas had just lost a thrilling second set to
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    • 531 25 CONDOLENCE With the deepest sympathy on the passing away of Mrs Yeoh Khuan Joo (nee Lim Siew Tong) grandmother of DATO YEOH MAN HIN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF TASEK CEMENT BHD, IPOH. From the Management Staff of:(1) GUTHRIE SENDIRIAN BERHAD (2) SETANGKAI SDN BHD (3) HARPERS TRADING (M) SDN BHD (4)
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  • TIMESPORT
    • 402 26  -  PATRICK BASTIANS !l Former British champion will coach him ABBAS MI'TTALIB. Singapore's top-raaked road cyclist, Is to be sent by Ms employers, Uoa Tires, a local racing cycle tire manufacturer, for a month's training stint la Harro- I gate, Kaglaad. Abbas to all teeth about
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    • 234 26  - Lew hopes to repeat Thai triumph WILFRED YEO By PETER LEW, the Masters champion and most consistent bowler in last week's Thai Open championships in Bangkok, hopes to create a similar impression in the Malaysian Open, which started yesterday at the Federal Bowl in Kuala Lumpur. "I had originally not
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    • 65 26 ENTRIES (or this years inter constituency badminton tournament on June 14 will close on Wednesday week at 5 p.m. The '.op four teams in the meet, organised by the Singapore Sports Council, will win trophies and cash awards of $1,000 I champions). 1750 irunners-up). $500 (third) and $250
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    • 379 26 COMMENT By WILFRED YEO THE CONFLICT between the Singapore Tenpin Bowling Con- 1 gress and the five American Club women, told me over tea in Bangkok last week, is certainly more than a storm in a teacup. It is a situation which
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    • 60 26 THE Braddell Heights constituency sports club will open applications for the Lee Khoon Cnoy Trophy table-tennis (individual) tournament at Braddell Heights tomorrow. Participants, who must be residents of the constituency, may call *****20 for details and obtain entry forms at the Braddell Heights. Jalan Teck Kee. Bartley and
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    • 282 26  -  ALBERT JOHNSON By BUONA VISTA Secondary School thrashed a visiting Wesley College team 18-1 in a friendly water-polo match at Toa Payoh yesterday. Wesley, of Melbourne, who are on a goodwill visit to Singapore, found the pace too tough as Buona Vista dominated the
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    • 484 26  -  FAIRWAY By ZERMATT can be the ace up trainer Ivan Allan's sleeve in the $50,000 King's Gold Cup trial in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday. The New Zealand-bred five-year-old by Taipan II >ut of Silver Fair has come to hand and is looking a picture of
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    • 19 26 Zermatt Eliminator Portola Always Welcome Priority in Cinchona Charlie's Magic Moonbeamll Alps Wanderer Texas Ranger 111
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    • 237 26  - Golfer Lim enters SGA trials ERNEST FRIDA By DANIEL LIM, 35, the former Singapore tennis champion, is among the 20 golfers who have entered for the Singapore Golf Association's trials. The SGA are holding 16 trials next month and in July, to select the teams for the South-east Asia tournament
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    • 269 26 Canada and Japan start Cup chase I JAKARTA, Wed. Twenty-six-year-old Kinji Zeniya, Japan's national champion for the past four years, and 23-year-old Pat Tryon, of Canada, will open the final interzone rounds of the Thomas Cup badminton championship tomorrow at the Senayan Sports Palace. This was decided at a draw
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    • 411 26 Let the firms sponsor players abroad COMMENT By BERNARD PEREIRA EVER since the Republic were humiliated 8-1 by Malaysia in an unforgctta ble Thomas Clip debacle four years ago Singapore badminton has been very much left in the lurch. Except for Fraser and Neave, who maintain their annual patronage of
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    • 228 26 NEXT WEEK'S Asian track and field international championships in Tokyo will serve as a trial for Asian athletes who have their eyes on the World Cup meet in Montreal from Aug 24-26. The second World Cup will bring together the best athletes of the five
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    • 220 27 TOTTENHAM 4 SELANGOR KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The cool, efficient Tottenham Hotspur professionals tore apart a near-national-team-strength Selangor Invitation side, who did not cause one ripple of excitement in Merdeka Stadium tonight. The quiet and subdued 30.000 crowd were already leaving their seats for the stadium exits, more
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    • 137 27 ASIAN GAMES representatives Tan Boon Huat, '•"rank Oh and Lee Eng Hong are among the six shooters who will meet next weekend for a showdown for the four berths to the South-east Asia Games in J ikarta in September. They and Frank's brother. David. Dr. E.
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    • 177 27 IT is very unfortunate that the Football Association of Singapore should pass over the opportunity for the national team to play one of England's most glamorous and ambitious clubs. I'm referring to Tottenham Hotspur, of course, five times winners of the FA Cup and twice League champions, including the
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    • 108 27 Better to take on Spurs than 'minnows' overlapping, attacking full-backs. Mark Falco, lop-score-in this season's Football Combination, and Chris Jones, are both young, energetic and progressive strikers, who, have played for England intermediate teams. Added to that, there is the steady influence and experience of veterans Terry Naylor and John
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    • 175 27 Malaysians want open 'regu' event KULALA LUMPUR, Wed. Malaysia will ask that an open "regu" event be included in the sepak-takraw event of the South-east Asia Games in Jakarta from Sept. 21-30 The request will be made at the SEA Games Federation executive meeting in Bandung on June 4 In
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    • 11 27 WILD ABOUT SPORT The column that gets down to the nitty-gritty
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    • 493 27 Defeat could do Singapore a lot of good WOULDN'T It be heart-rending if the Singapore soccer side last their proud Malaysia Cap record at the National Stadium on Sunday! What a catastrophe! What a disaster! All the solid, hard work of the Football Association of Singapore would be set back
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    • 113 27 Fatimah: Sport won't make women mannish KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Myths die hard, and none m stubborn as the idea about women In sMrts. "For a modern nation, we sore have some old-fashioned beliefs," said Datln Fatimah Hamldon at the congress mi nations I sport the University of Malaysia today. "There's
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    • 29 27 PAHANG'S last preliminary round Malaysia Cup-tie of the season will be against Negri Sembilan in Kuantan on Sunday. This fixture was inadvertently left out of Tuesdays list.
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    • 165 27 Schools, Forces are tops among last eight FAVOURITES Combined Schools and Armed Forces are among the eight teams who qualified for the quarter-finals of the National Youth Under16 soccer tournament, reports JOE DORAI. The other six are Farrer Park United, Telok Blangah, Whampoa Constituency, Changi United, Geylang International and Sporting
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    • 20 27 GENERAL HOSPITAL "A" edged out Schools Employees 1-0 in the AUPE soccer competition match a' Farrer Park yesterday.
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    • 461 27  -  THE core of Singapore's 1978 Malaysia Cup final team are likely to be fielded in the last preliminary round Malaysia Cup-tie against Selangor at the National Stadium on Sunday. Singapore, who were beaten 4-2 by Selangor in the final after leading 2-0
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    • 8 27 Selangor's Stalwarts \KI M I < M MOKHTAR SANTOKH
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    • 345 27 IPOH. Wed. Chan Tuck Choy has resigned as coach of the Perak team for the Malaysia Cup soccer competition. The former national captain left in a huff during training at the Sturrock Club today after a m isunderstanding with team manager Dato' Teoh Chye Hin He
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    • 405 27  - Fit Riggs 'hustles' challenger BERNARD PEREIRA By WHO was the mystery man who dared to challenge "hustler" Bobby Riggs to a match, with a donation of $1,000 to charity, at the SIA-Hilton Celebrity Tennis Gala at the Singapore Tennis Centre last night? That was the "Six Million Dollar" question (forgive
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  • 382 28 Trudeau bids farewell to 11 years of power OTTAWA, Wed. Prime Minister Pierre Tradeaa last night said aa emotional farewell to 11 years of power la a ballroom packed with cheerlag supporters. Some of the old "Tradeaamaala" the eathnslasm which swept him to office la I*B with a vision of
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  • 213 28 Pol Pot troops flee to Thai village BANGKOK, Wed. De- > feated soldiers of the Pol Pot regime streamed into the Thai village of Klon Kwang near Kampuchea by the hundreds, telling Thai se- curity forces today they were fleeing under re- lentless Vietnamese pressure. Accompanied by women and children,
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  • 47 28 BONN. Wed. Dr Karl Carstens, 64, was today elected West German head of state a largely ceremonial office in succession to President Walter Scheel Dr Carstens, the Conservative opposition candidate, won an absolute majority of 528 votes in the 1,036- member federal assembly. Reuter
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  • 23 28 SAN SALVADOR, Wed Education Minister Carlos Antonio Herrera Rebello was shot dead today near his home in western San Salvador. AP
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  • 109 28 Late CLASSIFIED DEATHS ft. SUMARAMAN. SO. Sfmbawang Shipyard Lid passed away pearr fully at Toa Payoh Roaptlal on 23.5 79 leaving behind beloved wile Seethalakshmi of Beatty Primary School and sons Ramesh. Mohan, parents-in-law Mr and Mrs HSS Iyer and hroiliers-iii-law to mourn his loss. For funeral arrangements kindly phone
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  • 543 28 Beijing: No accord possible unless... QUOTE 6 It is quite obvious that hegemonlsm is the root cause of the deteriorated relations between China and Vietnam. These relations will improveonce this root cause is removed... China's official Xinhua (Hsinhua) news agency. BEIJING (PEKING), Wednesday CHINA says it is not forcing Vietnam
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  • 66 28 LONDON, Wed. US Secretary of State Cyrus Vance completes three days of intensive talks with the new British Conservative Government today in broad general agreement on most major issues, including East-West relations, Nato, the Salt II agreement and the Middle East. US officials said. The one issue on
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  • 43 28 NEW YORK. Wed. Dow Jones averages, based on first hour of trading on the New York Stock Exchange: 30 indus 848.15 up 2.78. 20 transp 235 .44 up 1.95. 15 utils 100.61 up 0.20. 65 stocks 291 43 up 1.29. UPI
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  • The Straits Times
    • 5 1 The Straits Times SECTION TWO
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    • 63 1 Inside: LEISURE: It's never too late to dance, all of them say 2 FEATURE: A new nation is •merging in the Pacific 3 WOMAN PLUS: What to watch out for during baby's tender years 6 In the thirty years following the shambles of World War Two, West Germany has pulled
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    • 971 1  -  ANNE TOMFORDE By in Bonn WEST Germany, built on the rubble of the World War 11, celebrated its 30th birthday this month as one of the world's most prosperous nations but one still haunted by its past. On May 23. 1949. the Western Allies Britain.
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    • 439 1 Liveliest issues there now are nuclear energy and environment pull others out of recession. And pressed to do more to help the developing world. West German representatives told the recent United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad) in Manila that their country's resources were not unlimited. A flood of
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      • 161 1 t" w I ill t In conjunction withi 1 fecx)mnlteation Day £2 IV (Jcttlenwtd mM I W In Commemoration of TELECOMMUNICATION AUT« f 100 Years of Telephone Service in Singapore HIH! mi i i i BfeMU WtttM 1 The DATSUN 120Y GL7s the bestseller /T\ for its looks, performance, luxury,
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    • LEISURE
      • 400 2  -  PAUL JANSEN By I and LING POON WAH rVORAMA SHANGRI-LA served a superb beef tenderloin with Poose liver and sauce 'erigourdine with a delectable helping of theatre on Monday night. However, the dish was not the Toumedos Rossini but the sumptious
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      • 132 2 THE Gaethe Instltut will screen The Sodden Riches Of The Poor IVoplf- of kembarh at the RELC Auditorium at 8 p.m. tralght, the second day of Its German film festival. The film, directed by \olker Schlondorff, is set In the German state of Hesse,
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      • 260 2 They are surprised when they meet him WHEN people first meet Edward Capon, they do so with lifted eyebrows, surprised at the tall, wellbuilt and good-humoured young man Defore them. "As former assistant keeper of London's Victoria and Albert Museum, I am expected to be at least 120 years old,
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      • 466 2  -  GERALDINE TANG By DANCING is not only an art, but good exercise for the body, so they say. The jazzy strains from the Broadway musical Chorus Line blared loudly from a rather new stereo set in a big room of
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      • 219 2 FOUR veteran members of the RTS Orchestra, who call themselves the RTS Quartet, will entertain with light and popular i music in a new programme on the FM stereo service starting on June 2. They are Terrence d'Souza (organ and piano), Rufino Soliano (drums), John
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      • 330 2 Lyle will discard 15-year showbiz image LYLE Waggoner, the handsome sidekick in the Carol Burnett Show and Wonder Woman series, will finally discard his supporting lead image after 15 years in show business. Come September, he will be "shooting" the pilot of a new TV action series, Man Of Action,
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      • 337 2 S2 KDSS stereophones AWHOLENEW EXPERIENCE IN DYNAMIC STEREOPHONES There are stereophones and there are stereophones. Some just tickle the ears but others are designed to bring about an exciting experience for those who love music. The Koss Pro/4 Triple A is such a one. It's extra large voice coil and
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      • 22 2 Agents Beauticians Carpenters Cleaners Contractors Decorators Electricians Hairdressers Mechanics Movers Packers Plumbers Printers Tailors ore all at your service in Section V
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      • 684 2 TV and Radio SINGAPORE 5 3.00 PM Opening and Star Performance Woman The Mind Stealers from 3.30 Diary of Events (Chinese) <*** Space 3.35 Home Sweet Home (Mandarin 8.45 Do You Know? Drama Serial, repeat) 9.30 News and Newsreel (English) 4.20 Intermission 10.00 Cultural Diary (English) 6.05 Opening and What's
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      • 83 2 SWIMMING TIMES TODAY: Singapore 3.29 a.m. (0.5m), 9.53 a.m. (2.5m), 3.42 p.m. (0.7m). 9.48 p.m. (2.7m). Sedlli Kechl) 2.11 a.m. (0.4m), 8.46 a.m. (2m), 2.39 p.m. (lm), 7.48 p.m. (2m). Port Dickson 5.15 a.m. (2.4m), 11.35 a.m. (0.4m), 5.39 p.m. (2.8m). TOMORROW: Singapore 4.10 a.m. (0.3m), 10.41 a.m. (2.5m), 4.20
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    • 639 3  -  MIKE MALONE By in Majuro. Marshall Islands A NEW nation is emerging from the reefringed islands of the central Pacific. The Marshall Islands, part of the vast USadministered Pacific Trust Territory since World War 11. is headed for full independence, according to
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    • 606 3  -  PAUL MAJENDIE By in Hongkong THE language barriers of the world could come crashing down soon thanks to a push-button marvel which promises a bright tomorrow for Hongkong's burgeoning electronics Industry. The revolutionary device is is a hand-held
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    • 624 3  - The rising cost of higher education in the United States EDWARD FISKE By tn New York THE total cost for a year at the most expensive and prestigious colleges and universities will surpass dollars US$9,OOO (SJ19.800) for the first time next fall, according to the college scholarship service of the
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      • 116 5 OPENS PRINCE TODAY Daily 5 shows 11am. 1.30. 4.00. 6.45 9.15 -No Free List Circle Back Stall Tickets are CASH bookable up to 3 days in advance In Hongkong FOUL PLAY outgrossed POSEIDON ADVENTURE, The GODFATHER, EARTHQUAKE SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER. A new comedy thriller from the creators of "Silver Slreokr
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      • 527 5 MILLION ELECTRIC COMPANY PTE. LTD. ANNOUNCEMENT We regret that our Head Office No. 761, North Bridge Road, Singapore 7 was destroyed by fire on Saturday, 19th May 1979. Please be informed that our Temporary Office will be at: 277, Race Course Road, Singapore 8 Tel: *****55 and *****77. jn Ti
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      • 146 6 Stripe on some style! w STRIPES are "In" haven't you noticed? Not that they've been "out" at all. Stripes are a print that's almost classic. Broad or slim, they have been called upon to brighten up many an outfit. And used cleverly, they can add width and height to the
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      • 487 6  -  LAWRENCE VAN GELDER By NEW YORK women are spending less time on housework. Men are spending more. And the chief beneficiary seems to be the television set. No, it's not a case of cause and effect America has not become a
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      • 998 6 What to look out for during baby's tender years What's UP, C^ Doc?q by Dr L.H.S. i IN ALL aspects of health, prevention is better than cure. Similarly, if you want to have a healthy baby growing to his maximum potential in adulthood, care must start as early as possible.
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