The Straits Times, 4 July 1979

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  • 14 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 WEDNESDAY, JULY 4, 1979 25 CENTS M.C.(P) No. 142/1/79
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  • 1031 1  -  SEAH CHIANG NEE AHMAD OSMAN: Bali, Bid to make Hanoi change course By and Tues. A SUSTAINED Asean effort to bring pressure on Hanoi through friends, neutral countries and Vietnam's allies is now needed to make the communist Indochina countries abandon their designs on South-east Asia.
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  • 61 1 BEIJING, Tues. A photograph of Pope John Paul n has appeared for the first time in China's press in a move that observers said revealed a more liberal official attitude towards religion The picture was published in a bi-monthly general knowledge magazine to illustrate a brief
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  • 612 1 VIETNAM WARNS ASEAN BANGKOK, Tues. Vietnam today warned the Asean countries that criticism of its refugee and Kampuchean policies would cause "difficulties" and increase tension in the region. Hanoi's tough stand coincided with reports that it appeared unlikely to attend the Geneva con- ference on refugees this month. A top
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  • 352 1 BALI, Tues. The Aseaa raantriea have agreed to cmuMer lifting their baa on providing tint asylam U the Vietnamese "beat people," provided the refugee resettlement programme U speeded up, hlsh-raahtag US officials said today. They said the agreement came after the Asean foreign
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  • 32 1 BRUSSELS, Tues. Mr Roy Jenkins, president of the Commission of the European Economic Community, today welcomed the report that Saudi Arabia intends to boost its crude oil output. AFP.
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  • 131 1 BANGKOK, Tues. About 300 buses have been pulled off Bangkok's main city bus routes because of the oil shortage, officials of the Bangkok Mass Transit Authority (BMTA) said yesterday. They said it was necessary as the BMTA is running short of about 65,000
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  • 222 1 THE TRADE Department is closely monitoring the diesel fuel supply situation in Singapore following reports of some service stations running low on the fuel in the past few days. The stations are selling a full quota of the fuel only to their regular customers. The
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  • 38 1 TOKYO, Tues. Chinese Foreign Ministry officials said today that Beijing has no plans to expand its bilateral relations with South Korea except for sports interchanges, Japan's Kyodo news service reported in a dispatch from Beijing. AFP.
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  • 325 1 RESISTANCE GROWS IN KAMPUCHEA BANGKOK, Tuesday VIETNAMESE troops and their Kampuchean allies shot at each other and about 200 Phnom Penh soldiers have defected and joined the Khmer Rouge, Thai military souces said today. In addition to the Khmer Rouge resistance to the Vietnam-backed regime
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  • 93 1 YALA, Tues. Combined Thai troops and police continuing their sweeps in communist-inflitrated Yala province on the Malaysian border have shot dead two guerillas, a police spokesman said here today. The spokesman in this provincial capital said se1 curity forces killed the I guerillas in
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  • 64 1 TOKYO Tues. The government today decided to maintain Japan's economic growth i target of 6.3 per cent this financial year despite oil price increases, Trade and Industry Ministry officials said. Prime Minister Masayoshi Ohira and four key economic ministers also reaffirmed at a meeting that
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  • 63 1 LONDON, Tues. Britain's gold and currency reserves rose by US$53B million (5J1.16 billion) in June to take total j reserves to a record U5522.07 billion, the Treasury an1 nounced today. The latest reserve figures highlight the strength of the British sterling, which has api predated against
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  • 62 1 LATEST NO MORE, SAYS THAILAND BANGKOK, Tie*. Thailand today declared Its <mh clased to fatare Ind*calaeae refageea. A strongly werdrd FarelKn MlaJbtry statemeat araadcast ever Radi* '/tellaad said "m ThaiUcd has already exceeded Its rapacity to shaaMer the harden af the displaced persaas and Illegal Imniwraats fr*m Iadvchliia, It can
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

  • AROUND THE WORLD
    • 200 2 US stops supply of N-plant parts to Manila MANUKA, llies. me United States Government is withholding export permit on parts for a Philippines nuclear power plant until it is sure that safety standards are fully met, according to American Ambassador Richard Murphy. In a television interview last night, Mr Murphy
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    • 454 2 NEW YORK, Tims TOE moderate Arab oil-producing nations like Saudi Arabia have shown increased interest in reports that the United States has set up a task force to intervene in the oil fields if Middle Eastern tensions disrupt the flow of oil, an authoritative
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    • 245 2 ALL the President s woes have begun to have telling effects on Mr Jimmy Carter's appearance as this AP picture (above) taken at a meeting with energy advisers in Washington on Monday shows. Fighting weariness and anxiety President Carter had to plunge immediately
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    • 121 2 Paks and Afghan refugees clash ISLAMABAD, Tues. Afghan refugees clashed with Pakistanis in a harder town after a bomb went off at a mass rally against a pro-Afghanistan political party, reports from the area said today. Local authorities of the town of Pishln in Balnehlstan province bordering Afghanistan were unable
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    • 237 2 Envoy meets Gromyko on refugees MOSCOW, Tues. Japan's ambassador to Moscow Mr Tokichiro Uomoto had a 45-; minute meeting with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko today to discuss Indochinese refugees and relations between Mos- 1 I cow and Tokyo. Japanese sources said the ambassador handed over a Russian text of
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    • 166 2 FEES FOR FOREIGN STUDENTS GOING UP LONDON, Tues. Foreign students in Britain will have to pay between a quarter and a third more for their tuition next year than this year, the British Government announced today. Education Under-secre-tary Dr Rhodes Boyson announced the new fees for the 85,000 overseas students
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    • 139 2 NEW DELHI, Toes. About 1I,«M marriages were arranged in the absence of the brides sad grooms daring a weeklong convention of Hindu tethers in Bihar SUte of Northern India, the United News of India (UNI) reported on Sunday. More than IM,Nt Brahmins, members of the highest Hindu
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    • 139 2 Policemen on strike over death of dog NAPA (California), Tues. Napa police officers went on strike today after a judge freed a man who allegedly killed their lone and Deloved police dog. Vem, the 3 '.-year-old, four-legged pride of the department was stabbed in the line of duty on Saturday
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    • 64 2 WASHINGTON, Tues. One remaining major obstacle will delay the return of the DC-10 fleet to the nations airways for at least another week, officials said yesterday. Federal Aviation Administration officials said the problems involve the planes leading edge slats huge pieces of metal that extend out
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    • 29 2 HONG KONG, Tues. Chinese geologists have found three coalfields with 3.700 million tonnes of proven reserves in the western Xinjiang region, Xinhua News Agency reported today. Reuter.
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    • 185 2 for Carter's plan against inflation WASHINGTON. Tues. The Supreme Court gave President Jimmy Carter a major victory today in his fight against inflation. It refused to hear an appeal challenging his right to penalise companies that ignore his wage and price guidelines. The court did not specifically rule on the
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    • 67 2 $6.4 m seized during raid MANILA. Tues About L'SJ3 million (556.4 million) in fake dollar bills were seized by agents of the Philippines National Bureau of Investigation i Mil i during a raid on a printing press outside Manila on Sunday, its director Mr Jolly Bugarin announced today. At least
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    • 83 2 I AN ADMISSION REPRESENTATIVE FROM 16 COLLEGES/ UNIVERSITIES IN USA will be hosting a SEMINAR, followed by interviews. There will be a coloured slide presentation during the Seminar. 7th July SINGAPORE HILTON (MALAYSIA ROOM) 4 P.M. IMMEDIATE ACCEPTANCE TO QUALIFIED STUDENTS. MINIMUM QUALIFICATION: 'O1O 1 Levels for Degree courses in
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    • 155 3 Egyptians smash drug gang CAIRO, Tues. Egyptian authorities ha\e smashed an international drug-ring operating out of WeM Germany who were trafficking "in opium from Turkey, Iran »nd Pakistan. They seized shipments worth" more than US$4 million (SsB.6 million) on the black market, the newspaper Al Ahram said in today's editions.
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    • 31 3 After the Slash Hoods CARS tossed against a building in the Spanish town of Valdepenas on Monday after it was hit by a flash flood which drowned 23 people. IPI picture.
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    • 114 3 Beijing gets trade centre gift offer BEIJING, Tues. Ohio Governor James Rhodes today offered to build an Ohio" trade centre building in Beijing and turn it over to Chinese authorities cost free. Mr Rhodes made the proposal to Beijing Mayor Lin Fu-chia during his first full day in this city
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    • 148 3 TOKYO, Tues. The Japanese, their willets fat with summer bonuses often amounting to several hundred dolla-s, have gone on their summer spending spree. It's the gift -giving season known as "Ochugen," a time of year when people pay back favours to those who have been
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    • 310 3 Lobbying may hurt Salt IPs chances MOSCOW, Tuesday US SENATE majority leader, Mr Robert Byrd, today warned the Soviet Union that pressure tactics will not help the chances for Senate ratification of the new strategic arms limitation agreement (Salt II). "The Senate and the President
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      • 55 3 353-year jail term i MANILA: The Philippine Appellate Court has afj firmed the jail term of 186 to 353 years imposed on an executive of a government-run firm who misappropriated 688.597 pesos (SS203.023). The court also affirmed the perpetual disqualification of Herman Castelo, Social Security System, j receipt section chief,
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      • 41 3 TOKYO: A swarm of honey bees buzzed Tokyo's crowded Ginza streets yesterday but a beekeeper led about 1,500 of them into a box 20 minutes later. Police said no passersby were stung, but spectators blocked the streets. AP.
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      • 50 3 LONDON: A British fishing boat caught a submarine before dawn yesterday but had to put it back. It was a small submarine, to be sure, the 967 m patrol sub, Onyx. But it took four hours to free it from the net of the trawler, Britannia. AP.
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      • 65 3 HECTORSPRLTT (Sauth i Africa): Marauding ele- phants have wrecked hectares of valuable sugar cane in this sparsely populated farming community 350 km north-east of Johannesburg and farmers have been forced to kill several to prevent the beasts from destroying their entire crop. Two enraged bull elephants
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      • 67 3 'Fire dragon' test a success HONGKONG: China successfully tested a ballistic missile which "soared into the sky like a fire dragon" and hit its target several thousand kilometres away, Radio Beijing has reported The report gave no de- tails on when or where the missile was tested. But it said
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    • 68 3 COLOMBO. Tues. The Sri Lanka Government will introduce legislation to combat a growing wave of separatist guerilla violence. President Junius Jayewardene said today. He told his United National Party government parliamentary group that he is considering banning a separatist movement and the Tamil United Liberation Front (Tulf), which
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    • 38 3 ISLAMABAD, Tues. The first round of official talks between Pakistan and Afghanistan concluded here today with a decision to continue the dia- logue at a "higher level" to defuse tension between the two neighbouring countries. AFP
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    • 38 3 COLOGNE, Tues. A former Nazi concentration camp commandant. Walter Knop, 66, was sentenced yesterday to nine years jail for involvement in the murder of inmates evacuated in a four-week march ahead of advancing Soviet troops. Reuter.
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    • 30 3 LONDON, Tues. A painting by French artist Henri Matisse was sold for £720.000 (Ss3 million) a record for a modem paintng at Christies sale room here today. UPI.
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    • 250 3 Aussie woes worsen as more strike MELBOURNE, Tues. Australia's industrial troubles worsened today as a series of strikes continued to cause disruption across the nation. Employees of the country's telecommunications authority, Telecom, continued their bans on maintenance of equipment causing lengthy delays in communication by telephone and telex. Transport workers
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    • 153 3 ADELAIDE, Toes. Janet llansmann was giving her la-month-old son Johnny a bath when the infant got three of his fingers stock In the drain, the Australian Associated Press reported today. Janet couldn't get them free, so she called the Fire Brigade. The firemen
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    • 254 4 MOSCOW, Tues a wcyiaiuiN Dy soviet authorities to increase the prices of several types of consumer goods from July 1 has sparked bitter comment from Soviet citizens although items of mass consumption have not been affected. Just over a year ago, in March 1978.
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    • 70 4 ANKARA. Tues. President Fahri Koruturk appealed to politicians and the Turkish people last night to end political violence. He said vie establishment of a civilised dialogue was a matter of life or death for the country's democratic institutions. Diplomats saw his statement as an indirect warning of a
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    • 89 4 Mystery o£ missing beauty solved THE mystery of missiag Miss Nicaragua, Patricia Pineda Chamorro, reportedly killed in war-torn Managua, was finally solved when she surfaced at the capital's Yoga Institute where she is taking refuge from the fighting. It is Ironical that while lives are being lost in the country's
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    • 381 4 BONN, Tuesday WEST German legislators, moved by the dramatic television series "Holocaust," today considered controversial legislation to make sure Nazi murderers still will answer for their crimes after the end of the year. The legislation was expected to be passed but the vote probably
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    • 341 4 Japan may ban flights as safety measure against Skylab TOKYO, Tuesday I JAPAN'S Transport Ministry said today it I might impose a ban on aircraft flights if the United States informs them if the US satel- lite Skylab might hit Japan. The government also decided at a meeting to send
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    • 146 4 BRITAIN TO RECOGNISE ZIMBABWE SOON NEW DELHI, Tues. British Foreign Secretary I Lord Carrington said here today that his government accepted the result of the recent poll in ZimbabweRhodesia but would formally recognise the new government only after the Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference to be held in Lusaka early next
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    • 100 4 Flog whores suggests Khomeiny TEHERAN, Tues. Aya. tol!?h Ruhollah Khomeiny, Iran's vnofficial Head of State, was quoted yesterday as saying that way to rid the country of the world's oldest profession was to flog a handful of prostitutes as an example. In a speech to Muslim clergymen, the Ayatollah said:
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    • 134 4 LONDON, Ties. Brit- aln's exclusive Harrow School, for 4M years an all-male preserve, is to admit two girl students next term. But a school announcement today said primly the dew girts "In no sense represent an experiment in co-educa-tion." Wendy I'arrott, IS, daughter of
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    • 1000 6  -  SEAH CHIANG NEE AHMAD OSMAN: Bali, By and Tues. 6 Only the Kampuchean people have the right to decide which government should represent them. If next week they come to a consensus and choose Santa Clause, it is their deci- A sion. 7 Indonesian Foreign Minister
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    • 134 6 AISTRALJA and New Zealand today discussed with the Asean countries tactics to exert international pressure < on Hanoi to stop the outflow <jf Vietnamese refugees, Including a joint approach to the Soviet I nlon. Speaking at a press conference after his M- minute meeting
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    • 254 6 DETAILS of a Japanese proposal for a Genevatype conference on Kampuchea, which will include the the Soviet Union, Vietnam and Asean were worked out today by the United States and Japan. Japanese Foreign Minister Sunao Sonoda had a working breakfast with US Secretary
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    • 345 6 BANGKOK, Tues. THAI Prime Minister Kriangsak Chomanan has ordered 200 tonnes of food to be supplied to Kampu- chean refugees starving inside Thai teritory, a government spokesman said. General Kriangsak called on the international community and charitable organisations yesterday to join
      AFP; UPI  -  345 words
    • 84 6 Checking out Britain's guards MR YANG YONG, Chinese Vice-Chief of the General Staff, Inspecting a gnard-of-ho-nonr soon after his arrival In London on Monday. Later he held talk* with British Defence Minister Francis Pym on matters of tnotal defence and economic ooope ration. Mr Yang Is leading a 12-member military
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    • 29 6 DACCA. Tues. Over 10.00 C Indian refugees who (led Hindu-Muslim riots in W>M Bengal last month returned home today, the official Bangladesh News Agency BSS said. Reuter.
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  • 1055 7 No place for 'chin chye, boh chye' in new era SINGAPOREAN workers and employers must throw overboard old habits of work and mind and psychologically prepare themselves for the second industrial revolution now in the offing. Making this call yesterday, NTUC president
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  • 39 7 Gotong royong THE MP for Geylang Serai, Tuan Haji Rahmat Kenap. will officiate at a gotong rovong project at Balam Road on July 8 at 8 a.m. The project involves levelling the field opposite Block 27 in Balam Road.
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  • 103 7 BOARD PLAN TO TURN CAR PARK INTO FOOD CENTRE THE Central Provident Fund Board proposes to convert Its sixthfloor car park into a food centre and build additional office space there. According to the CPF annual report for U7B, the proposed food centre would seat 3M. A board spokesman said
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  • 243 7  -  JANIE KHOO By A THREE-MEMBER delegation from the Civil Aviation Authority of China (CAAC) will arrive here tomorrow evening for talks with Singapore Airlines on air services between the two countries. The talks, to begin on Friday at SlA's head office
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    • 100 7 le brings you a generous lunjh buffet spread of detectable and savoury Western and local dishes. Also, we put on a fashion show by a leading boutique in town. Time: From 12 noon 2 pm Show: 1.30 pm Models: IMP International Buffet Lunch: $12 10% 3% For lucky patrons: Two
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    • 104 7 > tUJ Antiques and Jewellery wrik Exhibition Sale. Hlyi Presenti.ig exquisite carved blackwood furniture with or ttkia^l HLjmM ivory carvings, display cabinets, mahjong and dressing tables, HMBt\9 yW 14th century to the 19th Century, apocryphal porcelain '■T^a from the Sung Dynasty to the Ching Dynasty. ■Mrjfl And also including top
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 246 7 FILM SHOWS for the public at the National Museum at 8 p.m.: Berlin Industrial Centre, The Castle of Music and Course Indian Ocean Admission free. PEASANT PAINTERS FROM PENESTANAN an exhibition of paintings from the Lim Chong Keat Collection depicting the colourful life and customs in Penestanan, Bali, at the
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  • 328 8 Mattar: Industry must grow at own pace THE motion picture industry must be allowed to develop at its own pace, said the acting Minister for Social Affairs, Dr Ahmad Mattar, last night. Opening the 25th Asian Film Festival at the Singapore Conference Hall, he said creativity may be nurtured but
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  • 111 8 Former union president dies THE former president of the de-registered Public Daily-Rated Employees Union Federation, Mr K. Suppiah, 66, died yesterI day after a short illness in Johore Baru. He leaves a wife and two children. The funeral will be held today at 3 p.m in Johore Bam. Mr Suppiah
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  • 239 8 THE Board of Film Censors has recalled the film, Midnight Express, winner of 11 awards, to have "a second look" before deciding whether to release it for public screening. Trie film had been screened at two Saturday shows at Orchard Cinema, and was scheduled
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  • 164 8 VAOs who stand out Sana chief THE president of Singapore Anti-Narcotics Association (Sana), Mr Baey Lian Peck, yesterday cited the commendable example of a volunteer aftercare officer (VAO) who teaches female drug addicts at Rose Lodge Drug Rehabilitation Centre shorthand and typewriting twice a week. "Among our VAOs, there are
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  • 70 8 PROVISION shops here may stop delivery of small items like beer and toothpaste to homes, to cut down on labour cost, a New Nation report said yesterday. Rice and sugar will continue to be delivered! According to the report, the Singapore Friendly Provision Shops Association
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  • 37 8 THE YMCA of Singapore will conduct a two-day seminar on Telephone Techniques and Courtesy on July v and 14 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. For details, call Miss Suzan n;i l.uh at tel. *****8.
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  • 285 8  - Star-spangled gaiety at the opening IRENE NGOO By GLAMOUR, gaiety aad ■Utter took a packed Singapore Conference Hall by storm last night daring the boar-long opening ceremony of tie 25th Asian Film Festival. It was a star-spangled affair with more than 2M film stars from 12 countries mingling in myriad-coloured
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  • 143 8 GANG OF FOUR'S $23,000 LOOT FOUR men, one armed with a screwdriver, held up a watchman at Eng Hin Ship Chandlers in Neil Road on Monday night, and escaped with $23,080. Police said the watchman, Mr Chandraseikhar Rai, 47, was seized by the gang of four from behind at 9.30
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  • 27 8 THE People's Association and the Ministry of the Environment are jointly organising a three-day exhibition on Food Hygiene at the Alexandra community centre from July
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  • 334 8 ONLY strong measures by Western countries can pressure Vietnam to abandon its policy of genocide and revolutionary warfare, the Senior Minister of State (Foreign Affairs), Mr Rahim Lshak, said yesterday. Mr Rahim, who was speaking at the annual dinner of the Rotary Club of
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  • 182 8 Fifth fire in three days damages factory A FIRE the fifth in three days destroyed half of a fibreglass factory in Chua Chu Kang Road yesterday, causing damage estimated at over $300,000 The 2.15 p.m. blaze raged for about 45 minutes, sending up thick columns of smoke before it was
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  • 59 8 TAN How Say, 32, a production manager in an electronics firm, was fined $4,000 by a district court yesterday after he was found guilty of causing the death of a 43-year-old woman in a traffic accident through negligence. Tan, of Kirn Keat Avenue, was also disqualified
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  • 310 9 A YOUNG woman told a district court yesterday she was "forced to have sex with a man, now charged with splashing hydrochloric acid on her fiance's face. Miss Koh Peng Cheng, 21, a former vegetable vendor, was testifying during the second
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  • 28 9 THE People's Association and the Singapore Metrication Board are organist g a Metrication Mobile Exhibition at the Kirn Keat community centre from July 13 :o 15.
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  • 287 9 NATIONAL industry clubs have a vital role to play in providing a suitable platform for manufacturers and businessmen to get together to discuss mutual problems, said the chairman of the Singapore Manufacturers' Association, Mr Michael Yeo, said yesterday. Such increased contacts among
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  • 812 9 PRIME Minister Lee Kuan Yew firmly believes that senior civil servants and other Singaporeans with university education have the ability to master written English and use it as effectively as the Englishman. But they must have the confidence 'that they can achieve this,
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  • 32 9 THE People's Association and the Ministry of Home Affairs are organising a Road Safety exhibition at the Housing Board Marine Parade Area Office community hall from July 13 to IS.
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  • 428 9 An 'essential' book that was left on shelf WHEN it comes to the search for ways to improve written English, the Deputy Prime I Minister, Dr Goh Keng Swee, swears by Sir I Ernest Gowers' book. The Complete Plain Words. So convinced is he about this book as the English
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  • 171 9 Ministry again rejects ABS petition THE Finance Ministry hM dismissed, for the second time, petltion tram the Association «f Banks la Singapore (ABS) that Its member* be granted tax exempt!** m Interest earned from savings depasltfi. Banking mikm said the ministry, with.ut Riving reasons, turned down the request in a
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  • 370 10 Yards to study Jurong's code on safety 'It will set the precedent for others to follow' SINGAPORE shipyards said yesterday that Jurong Shipyard s new safety disciplinary code for its workers was "strict" and would set the precedent for other shipyards here to follow. They said the managements will study
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  • 472 10  - Not all happy over new pay scales THOMAS WEE BY AT LEAST one group of teachers who seem to be unhappy over the new salary structure for education officers, are the senior assistants of the 500 primary and secondary schools in Singapore. A number of senior assistants interviewed by the
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  • 29 10 M»ve to the rear of the bus give others a better chance of boarding by not crowding the front portion of the bus.
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  • 133 10 SCHOOL was over for the day. Bat these children spent the afternoon yesterday learning another lesson that of courtesy. The children, residents of To* Payofc, took time off from their play to tour the exhibition which was on at the Kirn Keat community centre There,
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  • 88 10 EMPLOYERS have been asked by the Labour Ministry to nominate safety committee members to attend one-day courses on the effective functioning of safety committees in factories. The course, held once a month, is aimed at giving a better understanding to safety committee members of the functioning
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  • 36 10 Nine CC courses BUKIT Ho Swee community centre will conduct courses on beauty culture, tai chi. art and pianoforte for children, interior decoration, fashion designing, packing curry, guitar playing and yoga. Those interested should ring *****62
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  • 371 10  - Textile men can export more to Canada LEE KIM CHEW By SINGAPORE manufacturers can now export more garments to Canada under a new bilateral textile agreement signed last week. Under the new pact, effective for three years from July 1, the quota for trousers is removed and the ceiling for
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  • 88 10 THE family of a watchman, killed in a road accident four years ago, was awarded $27,500 and costs on Monday by Mr Justice Choor Singh in the Hißh Court. The award is for Madam Fatimah binte Kassim. widow of the watchman. Mr Jufri bin Jafar. ,T9,
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  • 33 10 THE Director ot Protocol in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is Mr Tan Keng Jin and not Mr George Scow as reported in the Straits Times yesterday. The error is regretted.
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 212 10 »i^ ftyfl Jln^n* f n^^^^^^ üßPi' fn^~ *^fc Opening today, I 2i new POSB Branch at The Singapore Polytechnic, .^g^^^^^ For your convenience our latest branch is now open at i. i :vi :v: Vsi The Singapore Polytechnic. GlO4- 105 Polytechnic Centre. :j rosi smgapmi rotmcMNK imncn I *J\ \o\i
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    • 88 10 Anbesol's local anaesthetic formula kills pain and helps healing If you suffer from mouth ulcers or denture irritation. see your nearest pharmacy or drugstore and ask for Anbesol*' Anbesol* contans a local anaesthetic and it is available without prescription It also includes two powerful antiseptics to fight harmful bacteria Anbesol*'
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 260 10 Straits Times Crossword ACROSS 6 The exIent o* >x«ing the com1 u 7 Bug repellent consumed by 5 "Its Hell in there! (Business Budds colossal UaRrart* (3 Section) (6). 5) 9 I say! Scuttled one of the Swal- 8 Like the b»m-owl say without lows' Goodness! (8) without a lo|
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  • 658 11  -  WONG MOH-KEED By Up for 10th day MONDAY'S electricity consumption of 18.8 million units was an Increase of 2.51 per cent compared with the average Monday consumption in March of 18.34 million units. This is the llth day that consumption has
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  • 253 11 Proposal to close petrol kiosks earlier NEARLY all the service stations in Singapore will close earlier by three hours daily if a move by the Federation of Petrol Dealers' Associations to shorten their business hours is endorsed by the various oil companies here. The move, which is said to be
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  • 62 11 THE Public Utilities Board has invited some 240 manufacturing firms to a meeting today to find out their progress in efforts to save electricity how they tackle the prob- lem. the difficulties they encounter, and the results they have achieved. This is the third such meeting
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  • 121 11 Singapore to take part at lower level SINGAPORE is expected to be represented at, but is unlikely to take part at ministerial level in UN Secretary -General Kurt Waldheim's meeting on Indochinese refugees on July 20 and 21 in Geneva. Asean diplomatic sources told Edgar Koh, New Nation's reporter in
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  • 371 11 A HIGH Court judge yesterday expressed amazement at a mother who prevented her son from defending himself when he was attacked by their neighbour who was armed with a knife. 1 Madam Tarn binti Sirat, testifying at the continued trial of Mohamed Maideen bin
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  • 83 11 A VIGILANTE Corps member, who stole a wallet containing $95 belonging to a colleague while undergoing a week's incamp training at the Civil Defence School in South Bouna Vista Road, was jailed six months by a magistrate yesterday Teo Kong Soon, 30. who has a previous
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  • 196 11 SOME ISA prople at the DBS auditorium were delighted by the musir from the violin of Albert Tan last night. The recital, organised by the Straits Times Group aid the Singapore Musical Society, featured the works of Bartok, Paganlnl, Krelsler and Saint Saeus. Albert,
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  • 94 11 Viet-held ship due today THE West German supply vessel Alexandertum, which was detained by Vietnam last Friday while towing a boat with 300 refugees on board, has been released and is due here today. It will arrive with another vessel, the Nordertor. which was also shot at by Vietnamese naval
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  • 111 11 IMMlGRATlONauthorities here yesterday allowed 41 Vietnamese refugees on board the salvage vessel, Ashford, to land following a guarantee from the British Government to accept them for resettlement in Britain. The British-owned vessel arrived here on June 22 with the refugees. They were picked from
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    • 206 11 ■I Sm\ UDi I IT "SPECS" BETTER Zero tracking errc Zero skating tcce Zero styijs overhang IT "SOUNDS' BETTER Haii effec' DC se'vo notor Low-mass tonearm Beit-dnve platter isolation AdiustaDie speed control Illuminated s"ooe IT "PLAYS" BETTER Automatic 'ift-of a Damped cuemg Adjustable feet Buiit-in DuDDie >eve. Toucn control Operation
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    • 198 11 ATT language centre ENGLISH LANGUAGE CLASSES lor adults and children PRIVATE TUITION IN ENGLISH AND FOREIGN LANGUAGES Write for our brochure or enquire at ATT (Advanced Training Techniques (S) Pte. Ltd.) language centre 75 Tanglin Road Singapore, 10 (*****22) while StOCKS I<*3 Lp^wwpp^ Hfc MB fU "g (ft f 1
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  • 387 12 The Straits Times WEDNESDAY, JULY 4, 1979 SAFETY FIRST JURONG SHIPYARD has come under considerable adverse publicity since the Spyros explosion last October. The accident took place not because the shipyard lacked safety measures. In fact, it had an impressive safety system. What it lacked was a system to ensure
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  • 371 12 ACCORDING to the Central Provident Fund (CPF) annual report for 1978, a survey of 3,128 employers showed that 1,895 or 61 per cent had underpaid or omitted to pay contributions amounting to $2.6 million. On the face of it, there appears to be some cause for alarm.
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  • 966 12  -  MICHAEL RICHARDSON In the longer term, Hanoi's grip on Laos and Kampuchea may weaken, some observers think By 6 Alone, Vietnam simply cannot maintain its hold indefinitely over Kampuchea, where an estimated 170,000 Vietnamese troops are stationed, and Laos (50,000 Vietnamese
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  • 733 12 The Vietnamese parallel with Nazi Germany's expulsion of Jews LONDON: There is a remarkable similarity between what is happening to the flood of refugees from Vietnam in 1979 and what happened to the Jews whom Nazi Germany expelled in the 1930s, before the outbreak of the Second
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  • 571 12 Star wars a famed comic strip is captured in a coup WASHINGTON: There was gloating last week at the Washlnton Star, the perennial laser In the competition between the capital's two daily newspapers. For Sonday, June 24, was the day on which the Star began printing Doonesbury, a phenomenally popular
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    • 170 13 /am puzzled at the co\ enforcefnefit of th^ tfgulation on smallpc >rematlon since tnV Arid Health Orgamsa/ Jbn reports that the dtk mmb virtually wipeC I REFER to the letter, "So puzzling" from "Puzzled" regarding smallpox vaccination (ST, June 9). Although the World Health Organisation
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    • 171 13 Keep it up you'll make a lot of friends and inspire return visits LAST month my wife and I spent six most enjoyable days in your city. It was refreshing to see how clean ana tidy Singapore is, compared to other cities. The work put into maintenance ana planting of
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    • 48 13 THEY say "potatoes never boil twice, but I sincerely hope that RTS will repeat the last series of "Music People." I've always enjoyed this show, but missed the last series because of the change of viewing time for the Chinese programme "Rosy Dreams." CELINE, Singapore IK7.
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    • 323 13 I WOULD like to clarify the press reports, "HDB owners to pay extra fees" (Sunday Nation, July 1) and "New HDB fees for registering papers" (ST, July 2). The second report, I believe, is a rewrite of the Sunday Nation
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    • 79 13 I FULLY ewdwat the •Bchrt— *f the Department «f Civil AvUUen to limit a cabin hag to each paifger. Bat will the DCA ate* allow a pameuer to carry In addition, a camera hag containing photographic equipment into tfce alrcrsfft c»Ma? Sorely,
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    • 993 13  -  TERENCE SMITH By in Seoul 6 The (US) administration is aware that there are some limited diplomatic and political risks Involved in this initiative Bat the administration's top foreign policy specialists believe the possible benefits of the new initiative far outweigh
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    • 305 13 He has $500 million to 4 play around 9 with Find out why in the New Nation today Here comes Supreem Tru-Pfeach! The new, refreshing fruit drink madeirpm mouth-watering peaches. ■BHs^r I |LP^. "'dssßsi >-• I r s A HL^'^l li BBT^ at"^"" M V 1 > B R* ~%l
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  • TIMES CITY DESK
    • 1676 14 THE lan transacted tr«dy tale at the char of butnrai on the Stork Exchange o( Singapore yetterday compared with the previous day't price* together with »7» hlgti and low Ad)ustrd tor strip rtjthu tone). Closing tone: Easier. Turnover: Official figures supplied by the Stock Exchange of Singapore including
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    • COMMODITIES
      • 126 14 THE STRAITS tin price was unchanged at $1,975 per picul in Penang yesterday on an official offering down 20 tonnes to 190 tonnes The overnight London market was easier with forward buyers falling £160 to 16.970 per tonne. LONDON: Tin on the day was down £175 for Cash and
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      • 29 14 Rubber: July 3 Singapore: July: 287.00 cents (up 2.50 cents) Malaysia: July: 287.50 cents (up 3.00 cents) Tin: $1,975 (unch) Official offering: 190 tonnes (down 20 tonnes)
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      • 33 14 LONDON Copper prices on Monday previous in brackets > Wirehar Spot IM6 IC842) sellers £M6 (£M3>: Three Month buyers £821 (UCtSOi. sellers £822 (C8ST) Market Uae: Steady at lower levels. Sale*: 30.250 tonnes
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      • 479 14 OPENING prices in the Singapore rubber market yesterday were marked down slightly on lower London advices and values fell about one cent in early trading, they said. Values rallied slightly later, hardening about three cents on lack of sellers, short-covering interest and some speculative buying, they added. The morning
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      • 96 14 NOON SSR and SMR prxw yaaurday ■AS J U (C«rr..l Mtk) SSR 20 llbnpalWO 278.00N*",»M«"" SSR 50 II tonpalWll ***** 277 00N MRKLB Auiu.. (Forward Mlal Bvy.ra Stll.r. 279.00 2SI00N ***** *****N SMRCV lltonpalkll 315 50 317 SON SMH1. lltoopdlMI .115 50 317 SON SMR UP 11
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      • 65 14 Ker.m.l iunfei Bcii A H.nkinK T P 197B A GlaM leek Sen« C B C iounlrad »erli« Plant ran Chonf lei Coconuli C K T»ng > B S 1 H S lin Chew 1140 1080 610 580 188 233 6S5 300 210 316 232 283 190 4TS 420 378
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      • 9 14 Nat Iron M Flour Inehcapc 490 200 170
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      • 34 14 Sime Darby Com Plant K I. Ktponf High Low Pah. nit Cona J (Vmrnl DBS Haw Par U O L DOB 855.1 200.1 170.1 83.1 88.1 59,1 57.1 56.1 55.1 54.1
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      • 32 14 B.T.Index: Industrials: Finance: Hotels: Properties: Minings: Plantations: O.C.B.C: S.E.S.Ind: Jul 2 Jul 3 2176.47 2159.96 373.67 372.32 671.17 666.39 281.97 ***** 240.67 ***** 197.10 198.73 646.35 642.37 359.67 356.34 331.54 328.14
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    • 303 14 Market stays very nervous EASIER conditions per ■toted la scattered trading at the Stock Exchange o» Singapore yesterday. The market appeared to be very nervous daring the morning session, although volume was still tow. At the height of the selling, lasses ranged ap to 4 per rent In extreme eases.
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    • 286 14 SOME bargain-hunting support lifted prices off their day's lowest levels on the Kuala Lumpur stock market yesterday. Prices, on balance, closed with marginal losses. Trading was still cautious as investors remained reluctant to deal in the absence of any encouraging development. The blue-chip indicator, the New Straits Times
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    • 223 14 THE US dollar opened unchanged at $2 1695 06 in the Singapore forex market yesterday and fluctuated narrowly against major currencies before closing at C 1710 20 The Saudi intention to increase oil output and President Carter's speech on energy scheduled this Thursday seemed to have benefmed
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    • 170 14 INTERBANK rates at 3.00 pm: Curtanciai Nominal ratat Smithtonian Parcantag* ouotad y M l.rd* r <croM>parity chang. L»cal dollar* U one unit of foreign currency: US dollar 2.1710 2.1720 2.8196 -23.00 Sterling pound 4.7475 4.7525 7.3469 -35 38 Australian dollar 2.4250 2.4370 3.4286 -29 27 NZ dollar 2.1820
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    • 189 14 Asian rates ASIAN currency deposit interbank rates as at close on July 3: IS Dollira(Spol) NOTE: These rates may differ slightly from those quoted by banks to their customers. 7days 10'. 10 i 1 months 10 11/16 109/18 2 months 10 10 i 3 months 11 1/lb 10 15/16 6
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    • 51 14 i.ANUt. m pnc« onerea oy ais ■mint houses on July 3 Overnight 4 I'. Calldeposiu 4 M ClMilg Bayiag Srlhoj month rreasury bills 4 t 4 I month Sank bills 7 11/16 7 9/16 3 month CD 7'. T. 6 month CD 7 5/16 7 3/16 Source: National Diacouat
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    • 32 14 Closing Interbank rales fur Singapore dollars on July 3: Offer Bid Overnight T. 7 V 1 month 7 3/18 7'. 2 month 7 3/l« T. 3 months T. 7 3/16
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    • 24 14 THE average rate at which Singapore banks are currently prepared to lend to their best customer* is 8 per cent. I
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    • 591 15 DUNLOP Malaysian Industries Bhd will have difficulty achieving significant profit growth this year because of increased raw material costs and uncertain international trading conditions. Managing director J.H.Bell, in his review of operations, said the raw materials of the company's products are mainly petrochemical derivatives
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    • 298 15 Market conditions favour Int'l Wood THE STRONG plywood market which placed International Hood Products on a firm footing at half-time last August persisted right through tke year, enabling tke campa■y U past a nalid rise In earalags. Net profit far tke year faded Pek 28, 1V79 sarged 1J5 per eeat
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    • OVERSEAS MARKETS
      • 380 14 HONGKONG: Prices closed lower in quiet, selective trading yesterday, with operators nervous following the Opec meeting in Geneva and on continuing fears of an expansion of loan demand, dealers said. The Hang Seng index feU 3.41 to 535.91 points Among leaders J»rdl»r Mathem fell 20 cents to HKJ10H0. Wbeetek
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      • 351 14 TOKYO: Share prices closed higher in active trading yesterday, with active selective buying in blue chips, more than offseting profit-taking, dealers said. The Dow Jones average rose 19.94 to close at 6,303.06 points, with a volume of 350 million shares. The New index closed at 448.89. up 1.29 points
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      • 96 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. CaM Stonge (Sept $1.85) (0.38S). C C (Sept $2.35) (0.30B 0.38S). (»«pti»t (Sept $190)
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      • 122 14 CHINESE I'KIIIH I K EXCHANGE, SINGAPORE, NOON CLOSING PRICES PER Pin I. VESTKRDAV: C«mI *U: Bulk $130 sellers, old drum $135 sellers, new drum $140 setters. C«an: Mixed lloosr) UK Coal $82 00 buyers Pepper: Munlok ASTA white fob 100*. NLW 1317 50 sellers. Sarawak while lob NLW
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      • 52 14 INTERNATIONAL Wood Products announced an audited net profit of $3.84 million ($1.64 million), for the year ended February 28. A first and final dividend of 15 per cent, tax-exempt (10 per cent tax-free), payable on August 25, to shareholders registered on July 21, has been
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      • 183 14 THE KILOBAR market for gold deliverable in Singapore yesterday opened at $19,770 per kilo and closed at 119.783. In the Far East, gold opened at US$281 90 282 30 and moved up to a high of $282.40 80. When the buying stopped, gold eased off to close at jail
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      • 245 15 NEW YORK, Mon Continued concern about er?rgy and the severity of any recession sent stock prices lower in quiet trading Analysts not?d th« threat of a possible Libyan '.an on oil exports underscore? US vulnerability to actions by oil producing countries. The decline came despite Saudi
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      • 334 15 SYDNEY. Tues. The market was generally easier after recent sharp rises, although some uraniums. x>als and oil made further iins. dealers said. BMP fell 20 r nts to A$9 36 on profittakint but with generally improving prospects for uranium sales. Pancontinental rose 90 rents to $13.60. Kathleen
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      • 273 15 AMSTERDAM. Mon Share prices closed mixed to lower. with Akzo and Royal Dutch easier. Hoog-Ovens and Philips unchanged and Unilever slightly higher in Dutch internationals, dealers said. Shippings lost 1.50 to 2.20 guilders, banks tended easier and insurances mixed to firmer, with Nationale Nederlanden gaining 1.60.
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      • 250 15 ZURICH, Mon. Prices were generally steady underpinned by (he high liquidity of the capital market, dealers said. Swissair edged lower in transports while banks rose, led by actively traded credit Suisse bearer. Energy-related issues were in demand including Elektrowatt. Suedelektra and SAEG. while Motor Columbus fell after
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      • 609 15 LONDON. Mon. Gilts were firmer in active trading today following exhaustion of the Exchequer 12-1 4 per cent Tap stock soon after the opening, dealers said. Strong foreign and institutional buying interest was noted and some longer dated loans rose by more than £2. Industrial
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      • 61 15 rLiniitiAL lint.9 INDUSTRIALS Monday 475.1 Friday 473.4 Week Ago 473.4 DOW JONES AVERAGE INDUSTRIALS Monday 834.04 Friday 841.88 Week ago 844.25 LONDON DOLLAR PREMIUM Monday 28'. to 27'. Friday 27'. II K HAM, SENG Tuesday 535.91 Monday 538.32 Week ago 538.37 SYDNEY INDUSTRIALS Tuesday 481.37 Monday 484.00 Week
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    • 1268 14 BID and offer prices officially listed and hurineai in an reported to the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday with the number of shares traded shown in brackets In lots of 1.000 units unless otterwtae specified All Times Settlement Contracts are quoted after the word "sett" Big Board
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    • 1439 14 BID and alter price* officially listed and hmiiiii In and reported to the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange yesterday with the number of sham traded shown in brackets in lots of 1.000 units unless otherwise specified INDUSTRIALS AJawMls<2.«B2.WS) Akwsail T7Si K\rt H«M (1 20B) A Ckw (1 SB 1
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    • 177 14 4 1/2% 1/8/80 (250.000) (***** 99 80S) 3/4% 15/9/80 (250.000) (99 858 99 755) 5 3/4% 1/6/78-80 (250.000) (100 758 100 858) 5 1/2% 1/6/79-81 (250 000) (100 358 100 455) 5 3/4% 1/9/79-81 (250.000) (100 488 100.58S) 5 1/4% 1/3/81 (250.000) 100 108 100.2 OS)
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    • 618 15 Large and expanding group of Companies operating in Malaysia and Singapore invite applications for the following positions PERSONNEL MANAGER (based in Singapore) The appointee is envisaged to be a Singapore citizen of between 23 35 years, with a tertiary education and a good command of the English Language Knowledge of
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    • 932 15 UNIVERSITI PERTANIAN MALAYSIA SERDANG, SELANGOR Kenyataan Tawaran: 11/79 Tawaran adalah dipelawa dan pembekal yang berdattar dengan Umversiti Pertaman Malaysia untuk melaksanakan dan membekal perkara-perkara benkut Peti BH. Wujufcan Tender Jenit Pembekalan Tarikh Tutup Tender Wo. 1 145/79(102) Membekal dan mengmm sebuah light pick up truck. 26/79 4 2. T 46/79(102)
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    • 521 15 TENDER NOTICE LEMBAQA LETRIK NEGARA TANAH MELAYU PORT KLANQ POWER STATION Detailed Soil Investigations Tenders are invited from specie' Contractors for Detailed Soil Investigations' for the Port Klang Power Station Briefly, the scope of work comprises the sinking of 38 No boreholes to an approximate depth of 70 metres including
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    • 3694 16 tAT YOUR SERVICE SECTION INDEX Vli-Av^ Jl F I eVf I AMJ& s~r Illk !|iftH^ RTIES RATES VIII ANNOUNCEMENTS PERSONAL Per word: 60 cue Mln $9 00) IV OBITUARIES Per column cm: $10 75 (Mln. $32.25) 1A Di UArelto i I FOR SALE SHOPPING GUIDE I FOR SALE SHOPPING GUIDE
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    • 1272 16 I EMPLOYMENT GERMAN SHIPPING LINE urgently MALE WHARF CLERK required requires experienced Secretary lo be based In Oermany. Very atKnowledge of Oerman not necessary but helpful. Call *****34 for Interview. HOUSING AGENCY REOUMES Sales Representatives Able to drive, possess own car. Particulars with telephone no. to: Blk 68 516-S Bedok
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    • 698 17 II EMPLOYMENT 31 Situations Vacant b) Secretarial and Clertcmi RECEPTIONIST CUM TYPIST a GCE O' level. a. Pleasant voice/personality c Fluent In English, able to type 35 to 40 wpm. a Experience In operating a PABX with experience. Interested applicants pieeee tub mil fuM resume and contact tele pnone number
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    • 623 17 URGENTLY REQUIRED: MALE General Clerks to do packing, delivery and some clerical duties Please call personally at: 304 Kampong A rang Road. Spore 1543 during office hours Vacancies exist lor posts of (1) ACCOUNTS CLERK (2) GENERAL CLERK Qualifications For Post (1)e Secondary 4 education. LCC Book-keeping certificate and some
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    • 895 17 II EMPLOYMENT AMBITIOUS AND PLEASANT Ladles required Estimated InI'nme $800 $1.000 plus year end bonus. Call 223)310 for appointment today/tomorrow AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL COMPANY (Lite Insurance Division) X requires < AGENCY REPRESENTATIVE (Male/Female) a Above 27 years old c wide business contacts WE OFFER TO SELECTED INDIVIDUAL c Professional training c
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    • 561 17 INDOOR SALESGIRLS required urgently Altrectwe salary. Short working hour*. ■all personally at: G3O. Oueenaway Shopping Centre NDOOR SALESGIRLS WANTED by lorlst company. Please call r/6039 for appointment NDOOR SALESGIRLS REQUIRED Must speak good English Staring salary $250 Interview time 5 3 m to 7 p.m at: 36b, 2nd floor Shaw
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    • 728 17 II EMPLOYMENT SALESGIRLS REQUIRED FOR sporting goods firm. Write to: Stanley Company. 8123 Penln- lr sula Shopping Centre, Coleman le Stree'.. Spore 0617 o SALESMAN AFTER SERVING N.S. required Must possess valid driving licence Minimum qualifications GCE O' Level with Technical knowledge and 2 years sales experience In the field
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    • 527 17 ESTABLISHED FIRM ivites applications for the fol>wlng positions for Its Jurong fflce: A) PLANT MECHANICS Have minimum 2 years' experience In servicing and maintenance of refrigeration plant Attractive salary commensurates with qualifications experience B) PLANT OPERATORS Preference will be given to applicants with some electrical or refrigeration knowledge and experience
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    • 560 17 II EMPLOYMENT Invites applications for the post of:CONT AINER QUAY CRANE/VAN CARRIER OPERATOR Reouirerente:e 22 to 35 years of age c Class 3 Driving Licence preferably Class 4 or 5 c Passed Secondary II c Perfect eyesight a At least 1 .80 me tres 53" tall a Able to withstand
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    • 402 17 MARINE INDUSTRIAL CONSULTANTS require ambitious, tolerant Male Trainee for Interesting field work Able to withstand pressure of work and long hours An excellent command of written English Is of prime Importance. School leavers who have preferably completed full-time national service and are looking for a challenging career which has nothing
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    • 446 17 II EMPLOYMENT Q.C. ASSISTANTS (FEMALE) c 2 shifts c Salary $250 p.m. all Inclusive c OCE 'O 1 Level c Experience not essential. RUBBER PRODUCTS (S) PTELTD 4 JALAN PESAWAT JURONG TOWN SINGAPORE 22. Take Bus 24* from Interchange REFRIGERATION MECHAMC urgently required c Experienced on commercial fridges c Salary
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    • 423 17 A. FACTORY WORKERS (Male and Female) B. SECURITY GUARD c Above 30 years of age. c Previous experience with knowledge English an advantage Interested parsons, pleaae eeM personally at: 27, Delta Road Singapore 03 IS AGENCY REQUIRES FEMALE to be trained as Models Those Interested please contact *****28 (office hours).
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    • 290 18 II EMPLOYMENT 31 Situations Vacant t) General Q i Ifl Ii 97a S |I? 7 |l* fa h I Is s fa g is J* as JO j? I Uj 1 c 1 Is! did 6 I& g8««*a? s C II 511 I 1 -las p 1 til 1" a
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    • 371 18 > A newly established Brit ish organisation with headquarter in LONDON seeks young enthusiastic and career minded MEN/WOMEN to (ill Key Management Positions in its rapidly ex- panding PR/ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT Applic*witi tnoulo poiiiii Inv following:- c Mln GCE O1O 1 Level, c Ability to follow Instructions I and work with
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    • 918 18 II EMPLOYMENT AUSTRALIAN FORWARDING COMPANY requires Immediately 2 class 3 lorry Drivers. Call personally at: Module 22. Oodown 400. PSA Warehousing Complex. A well established Cocktail Lounge requires HOSTESSES s Part-time or full-time, s Experience not essential, s Attractive salary plus commission. Malaysians acceptable. Apply personally at: SENORIT A COCKTAIL
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    • 1051 18 II EMPLOYMENT Established Trucking Company j(5 requires EXPERIENCED WHARF CLERKS Age between 25 and 40. c Prepared to work long hours. F c Salary between $400 and $500 Interested apply personally at Room 2913, 2»th floor International Plaia Aneon Roed. Spors 0207 a Established Company requires P" Immediately: c TYP»T
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    • 705 18 II EMPLOYMENT GENERAL WORKERS REQUIRED Immediately by Furniture Manufacturer Please apply personally at: 153 Mcnair Road, off Towner Road, Spore 12. Tel: *****01 GENERAL WORKERS REOMRED for Immediate vacancies Apply personally to: Container Ware- i housing Transportation Pte. Ltd. 47 Jalan Buroh, Jurong Town, Spore 2201. Tel: *****2 SBS 247
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    • 407 18 II BLOND ASIA PTE LTD SUBSIDIARY OF LEBLONO INCORPORATED THE WORLD'S LARGEST MANUFACTURER OF A COMPLETE LINE OF LATHES Invites applications for the posts or: OPERATORS c Male Singapore citizens c Completed National Service or are currently serving part-time National Service only c Minimum Primary Six. though preference would be
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    • 862 18 II EMPLOYMENT AA MITSUBOSMI SINGAPORE Join v. in MITSUBOSHI BELTING a*: PRODUCTION OPERATORS Third world largeel manufacturer ol Our* is ptOtia)#r C ooi painy mo w*) a) Starting salary 58.40 to f 10.00 per day b) Shift allowance (2 00 for second shift. $3.00 for third shift. c) Transportation subsidy
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    • 330 19 II EMPLOYMENT 31 Situations Vacant t) General NATIONAL LAUNDRY SERVICES PTE LTD requires 1) GENERAL CLERKS 2) DRIVERS 3) CHECKERS 4) VALETS 5) MALE FEMALE LAUNDRY ATTENDANT. From Posts (2) to (5). pensioners may also apply Apply or call personally at NATIONAL LAUNDRY SERVICES PTE LTD 10/1* TANGLIN HALT CLOSE
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    • 410 19 HE VAN DRIVER and one dellvry man wanted. Call personally ir interview: 161. Bencoolen treet RIENTAL KITCHEN COFFEE ouse at RFLC Building. 30 range Grove Road. Spore 10 lext to Shangri-La Hotel). Tel: *****4 cxl 151 requires 1) 2 Kelale Experienced Cooks with estern set lunch and some lowledge of
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    • 430 19 II EMPLOYMENT TECHNOMER PTE. LTD. requires: 1) STOREHANDS 2) EXPERIENCED DRIVERS c Able lo understand simple English c Able to work long hours c Ablp to follow Instructions Interested applicants please come personally together with I.C. at: Unit 17 26. Blk .6. Groundfloor, 55 Ayer Raiah Industrial Estate. Singapore 0513.
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    • 299 19 UNITED ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING CORPORATION PTE LTD requires: (1) ELECTRONIC TECHNICIAN Completed National Service. Qualifications at least NTC 3 Electronics ervlclng. Salary depends on qualifications and experience. (2) O.C. OPERATOR Secondary education and above. (3) Q.C. TECHNICIAN TRAINEE Electronics Servicing graduates from V I Apply with tun particulars including qualifications, experience
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    • 1401 19 II EMPLOYMENT k Well established company has -ff^™ 1 vacancies for the followlnK posts (A) Female Order/Slslisticsl Clerk Ik (B) Femete Seles Demonstrators jfs»a\ cum Promoter. Requirements WIIbV FOR POST (A) ll 1^ (1) 18-25 years of age (2) School Certificate (3) Able to type (4) Experience In statistical analysis,
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    • 2022 20 111 VEHICLES BOATS I MAZDA LUCE ROTARY Coupe I automatic (Imported) factory installed alrcond/Upe/radlo. Numerous accessories, good condition 559.400 0.n.0 Will consider part exchange with commercial van Rashld *****20 (office hours). MERCEDES BCNZ 290 Automatic New model. Nov 1973. One owner. Showroom condition. Number plale "8" 16. Owen Road. Spore
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    • 984 20 111 VEHICLES BOATS 1971 FIAT IX4 Special. Aircond.. 3 owners. Just overhauled engine $7,500 Tel: *****03. 1971 MAZDA CAPELLA RE. 1146 c.c, very good condition with cassette. 2 owners. $6,900 0.n.0. Tel: *****9 1971 MAZDA 1300 5-door Stationwagon. Very good condition. New lax Price: $6,800 ono Contact: *****8/*****1. 1971 MAZDA
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    • 925 20 1975 NISSAN DATSUN PlCk-up van. 1 170 c.c reconditioned Just arrived from Japan. Fitted with radio. Price: $5,500 0.n.0. Tel: *****9 1975 PEUGEOT 304 EE" plate $14,000 ono. or exchange PARF scrap car *****10. 197S TOYOTA HILUX pickup. One owner, tip lop condition. Tel: 5■***** 4700 1979. FIAT 132 GLS
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    • 863 20 IV ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES DIST. 10 VICINITY OF Queen Astrld Park, new bungalow. 4 bedrooms, split-level llvlng/dlning. partially furnished. $3,000 Dlst 28 Seletar Hills semi-detached big garden. 4 bedrooms, unfurnished $850 Dlst. 21 Eng Kong Garden, semi-detached, 4 bedrooms, furnished. $1 JOO *****4. DIST. 10 STEVENS CLOSE. 2 1/2storey partially furnished
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    • 830 20 IV ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES OIST. 11: 1/2 MILES Buklt Tlmah Hlllcresl unfurnished walk-up apartment. $500. Available end July *****93/ *****2 OIST. 1$ PEACH GARDEN Apartment for rent on the higher floor Partially furnished Rental $2,600 pm Available on 1/8/79 Please contact Swissland Pte Ltd Real Estate Agency Tel: *****95 DISTRICT 5:
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    • 705 20 V MERUN PLAZA Fully furnished exclusive 3-bedroomed penthouse apartment and partially furnished 1-bedroomed apartment, both facing sea are rental at $2,000 p.m. and MM p.m. inclusive of maintenance respectively Contact. Mtea Ten PEACE MANSION Luxurious 3 and 4-bedroom split-level apartments $1,800 p.m. upwards. Contact: M/S KIAN AN REALTY LTD TEL:
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    • 1561 21 IV ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES 53 Leave Accommodation LEAVE ACCOMMODATION AVAILABLE iimnediaU-ly. .1 bedrooms. I study, furnished/ unfurnished near American School $3,000 Swimming pool. Squash Tennis court! Please apply *****4 54 Properties For Sale a) Houses ACE OFFERS: l.auw Sons Garden m ciuunl. storey semidetached house. 4.M0 sq ft splitlevel living dining.
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    • 1517 21 IV ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES I PANOAN VALLEY Bahlna Terrace The only Type N townhouse (or sale 3 bedrooms and a stud\ Enquiries Io: Continental Hnusmg Tel: *****66 PANOAN VALLEY LUXURIOUS apartment with 4 bedrooms, one stud>. split-level living/ dining. private garden, swimming pool. tennis squash courts etc Builtin area 2.700 sq
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    • 1304 21 IV ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES 61 Shops To Let/For l>l^ T Sale/Wanted rD/U/D MANSION SSSSSs 8 GRACIOUS ACE HOUSING <25a0»22) Corona- fITV tion Plaza 260 sq.ft. Ist floor shop VI I 1 facing concourse. Selling $95,000 ||!|ir/t BEDOK SHOPPING COMPLEX. ,^J.ila groundfloor shophouses and and 4 bedroom spintlats for immediate rent Tel:
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    • 1048 21 V SERVICES BUSINESS REGISTERED FREEHOLD RETAIL. Wholesale. Shipping and Build- ing Construction Business In 85 Photography Papua New Guinea In Oil Palm growing district. Turnover In exS3 'gVo ff w OO UU n rr g M De?a!f S r cTtTt IFnT^fnTTCaV^ ?.?u. BB N 00 e X w*O 4 u,Sr
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    • 872 21 VI EDUCATION TRAINING 102 Education city a guilds a cci Courses ottered by an Approved College Licence No. 301 CEI Part I Si II c Electrical Kngg Part I& II c Electrical Kngg I'art 111 c Telecommunication Tech c structural Engineering c Mechanical Engineering c Arch Draught.sinanship Lek Meng Prof
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  • IX OBITUARIES
    • 39 23 MR. WILSON LIM THAM MOOI departed 29th Jurw. I*7* with to iiprm ttwir twartfalt appreciations to all ralativat and friend* for their condolences, assistance, donations, wreaths and attendance during their recent be- Th« family ol th« ale
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      34 23 Th» lamily wiah*s lo tnnounci tt» patting ol Chow Chang Choon, Ihcr. Funeral cortege will depart Mock 59. T.lok Bl.ng.h Hdghti at 1 30 p.m. en Sth July, lor crimilmn Mount V.rnon
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      42 23 Aged 54 passed away peacefully on 3.7.79. leaving behind Wife: Mdm. Llm £ng Geok Sons: Dennis. Tony Daughters: Myrna. Evelyn Daughter-in-law: Junel Teo Corl»g« lor Ml. Virnan Crematorium from Blk 27, Mann* Cr..c.ni on Saturday. 7.7.79. al Ipm. MR. SIM SWEE HOCK
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      43 23 Fondly r«mtmb«rid by wile and children. A Requiem Mm* will be ><>d on 7.7.79 at 8 OC p.m. at Ih. Bl..t»d wealth Drive. Singapore 3, to mark the lirtt anniversary or hi* death. Mr. S. Frwtcit Ami Departed on 4.7.71
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    • 494 23 VII TRAVEL A RESTAURANTS 114 Tour* ARCHIPELAGO SPECIALS Qui XI CH !Vn (hiil $I*S/S2IS i, ll.iy-.KI. CH PM Qcnl $I*s/ $195 i Days Pen (iem $I*s/SI7S 5 Days Haadyai/ Songkhla $150 5 Days Oent/ Pen/ Haadyai/ Si.iiKkhlac A $260 4D.iysKI.CH/ PenC A $240 -11 Cent 1° A $285 i DayiOeiM
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    • 951 23 NAM HO TRAVEL Service (Singapore I Pt* Ltd. ST.P.B Llc No: 140 West Malaysia Tour (Inclusive Oentlng/ Cameron Highlands) by deluxe alrcondltloned roach seven days SflM/-. six <I:iy s Ssl79/-. departure every cientlng/ Cameron Highlands lour days Ssl4o/-. Qentlng Highlands four days SSISO/-. by deluxe alrcondltloned coach departure every Wednesday.
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    • 449 23 VIII ANNOUNCEMENTS PERSONAL 124 Births HEARTEST CONGRATULATIONS Great Felicitations to Shin Lan ti Boon and sisters Lin Moey Grateful thanks to doctor, matron and staff of Ward 220A of Thomson Medical Centre for their tender care and services rendered Congratulations on the excellent service of the staff concerned towards the
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    • 481 23 f UNITED ENGINEERS (MALAYSIA) BERHAD Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for appointment as PERSONNEL MANAGER based in Kuala Lumpur. The scope of this appointment includes industrial relations, personnel administration and training. We are looking for a mature individual who has had at least 5 years experience in a
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    • 239 23 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT (CHAPTER 185) AND IN THE MATTER OF RAYMOND TENG (PRIVATE) LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) (In Liquidation) MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY WINDING-UP NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 272 of the Companies Act, (Chapter 185) that the Final General Meeting of the.,
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  • ACROSS THE CAUSEWAY
    • 450 24 KUALA LUMPUR, Tims. MALAYSIA'S National Security Council met irar a day-long session today to assess and tighten the strict cordon along the East Coast aimed at preventing the Vietnamese "boat people" from landing. No details of the discussions were immediately available but informed
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    • 56 24 PENANG, Tues. Fire broke out after a gas cylinder exploded during a cookery class in a girls' school at Anson Road here yesterday causing more than 1.000 students to panic. The incident occured at about noon when a cooking lesson (or Form One pupils was in
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    • 134 24  -  J.D.INDRAN By THE Royal Malaysian Navy has been shopping in Singapore shipyards for tugboats and other craft in the past week, sources said here yesterday. The tugs are likely to be used for towing Vietnamese boats out inUi the sea, sources here said yesterday. Malaysian leaders
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    • 247 24 Kiosk to kiosk hunt for diesel in Ipoh IPOH, Tues Diesel users in Ipoh and Taiping have been hunting for supplies from kiosk to kiosk in the last few days. Several buses, including an express bus, taxis and school buses were stranded when they could not find supplies. About 80
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    • 62 24 NEW DELHI, Tues. India has taken up with Malaysia the incidents of demolition and desecration of temples in that country by miscreants, Prime Minister Morarji Desai disclosed today. Mr Desai said this to a delegation, comprising representatives of several Hindu and Sikh religious bodies, when it
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  • Page 24 Advertisements
    • 538 24 Singapore Tourist Promotion Board Applications are invited from citizens/permanent residents of Singapore and other ASEAN citizens for the post of DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR QUALIFICATIONS EXPERIENCE A good Degree from a recognised University; At least seven years' acceptable working experience at senior management level, preferably in the field of tourism or
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    • 88 24 I IN THE MATTER OK THE COMPANIES ACT. CAP. 186 INTERNATIONAL SPRINGS PTE. LTD. (IN VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) At an Extraordinary Gene- ral Meeting of the Company deemed to have been held pursuant to Section 147(6) of the Companies Act, (Cap. 185) on Friday. 29th June. 1979. the following resolution was
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    • 942 24 RADIOCOMMUNICATION RADIO AMATEUR EXAMINATIONS The Telecommunication Authority of Singapore (Telecoms) will be I conducting the following examinations: DATE OF FEES EXAMINATION EXAMINATION PAYABLE I I a) RADIOCOMMUNICATION 20th to 21st August $25 00 OPERATORS GENERAL 1 979 CERTIFICATE OF COMPETENCY (PT. I) b) RADIO AMATEUR 20th August 1 979 $10.00
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  • Page 24 Miscellaneous
    • 175 24 Bringing Up Father By Bill Kavanagh Hal Camp Ck, i I HEY, WHERE y IN MAQQIE Y/^NOTTo" NSTEAC5 OP T-AK/NG Ay ip you PROMISE J ARE YOU r -'i HERE') YOU WIM5O*VWXI PEAR. l£T"S FT PROMISE j SOIN©?) V__ J/ PROMISED--) SHOP/ Blondie By Chic Young (|r i^5t Alley Pop
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  • TIMESPORT PAGE ONE
    • 799 25 REPUTATION AS CONSISTENT LOSER LONDON, Tues. Of the four unseeded quarterfinalists in today's Wimbledon men's singles the most improbable is Bill Scanlon. Dutchman Tom Okker and Adriano Panatta, of Italy, are widely known and American Pat Dupre made a name for himself in the first round
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    • 186 25 LONDON, Tues. S. Menon, of Malaysia, beat D'Hoop, of Belgium, 6-2, 5-7, 6-2 in the first round of the Wimbledon junior men's tennis tournament here yesterday. Other R«mlta: Mea'i stacks, first rwud: TTulasne (Fr) bt H. Nunez (Ecu) 6-4. 6-4; G. Whitecross (US)
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    • 395 25 LONDON. Tues. Results of the Wimbledon tennis championships here yesterday (Xdenotes seed *m«1 staples, qurtrrflnals: (X) Pvonne Cawley (Aust) bt Virginia Wade (Bri) 6-4. 6-0, (X) Martina Navratilova (Czech) bt (X) Dianne Fromholtz (Aust) 2-6. 6-3, 6-0. (X) Chris Evert-LJoyd (US) bt (X) Wendy Turnbull (Aust) 63.
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    • 51 25 PANAMA CITY. Tues. World featherweight boxing champion Eusebio Pedroza has agreed to defend his crown against John Aba, of Papua New-Guinea, for a USJ120,000( $259,200) purse, according to Pedroza's manager. The date has not been finalised, but the fight will p»obab'y take place next month in Papua New-Guinea.
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    • 47 25 BOMBAY, Tues. The Australian cricket team will tour India from Sept. 1 to Nov. 9, an Indian official said. Ghulam Ahmed, secretary of the Indian Cricket Board of Control, said a Pakistani team would play in the country between Nov. 12 and Jan. 25. Reuter.
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    • 30 25 AUCKLAND, Tues. The French rugby team had far too much pace and class in the backrow for Hawkes Bay as they won 31-13 today at McLean Park. AP.
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    • 196 25 ANGERS (France). Tues. Jan Raas, of Holland, edged out Frenchman Jacques Esclassan to win the fifth stage of the Tour de France cycle race in a massive sprint finish here. The 27-year-old Dutchman confirmed his reputation as one of the fastest finishers of his generation
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    • 471 25 WEST BERLIN, Tues. Communist nations, led by the Soviet Union, will boycott the world archery championships here later this month, if South Africa and Rhodesian contestants take part, an organising committee spokesman said. He said the threat was conveyed to the committee by the
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    • 359 25 Three fans camp their way into Centre Court final LONDON, Tues. Three young men are upholding the great British tradition of forming queues and demonstrating the length to which people will go to see the men's singles final at the Wimbledon tennis championships. The three an accountant, a lawyer and
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    • 54 25 LONDON, Tues. The out-of-form John Lloyd surprisingly retained his slot in Britain's Davis Cup team for their European zone semi-final match with Spain next Friday week to Sunday, in Eastbourne Lloyd, who recently married Chris Evert, was named along with his brother David. Mark Cox
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  • TIMESPORT PAGE TWO
    • 239 26 By PETER SIOW I TWO foreign shooters Shino Hara, of Japan, and David Brett, of Great Britain will be in Singapore's line-up for the j Pesta Sukan shooting competition next month. They will shoot skeet for Singapore in the B team. Hara, a life member
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    • 382 26 SRC 1 SAFSA 1 SINGAPORE Recreation Club put on a creditable show, despite playing with only a 10-rnan team when they held SAFSA to a 1-1 draw in a Singapore Hockey Association Premier League match at the Padang yesterday. In fact, SRC played a major
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    • 62 26 LEE HONG SIEW, a Malaya Cup soccer star of the *****, passed away peacefully yesterday. He was bB. Lee was, in the words of former national coach Choo Seng Quee, "a wing-half with brilliant ball distribution and a great sportsman." Cortege lies at Block 30,
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    • 37 26 TAI CHONG SIA beat Combined Schools A 50-45 to clinch third place in the national women's basketball tournament at the Gay World Stadium last night Singapore Chinese Middle finished champions, with Kian Hong the runners-up
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    • 194 26 THE report by Ernest Frida (Timesport, June 27) on the Singapore Hockey Association Premier League match between the Singapore Recreation Club and Jansenites was fair and accurate, and we are grateful for it. We cannot say the same, however, for the comment by R. Jegathesan on the same match
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    • 61 26 NEW ZEALAND FORCE SPORTS CLUB avenged last year's 3-1 defeat when they beat Football Referees' Association of Singapore 2-0 in their annual match at the National Stadium Practice Track yesterday. In a thrilling match, Steve Vates put Force ahead just before halftime, and Wayne Gordon sealed the victory
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    • 509 26  -  ERNEST FRIDA By RICHARD SEOW salI vaged some lost prestige I when he won the post-sec ondary 200 metres final I with a sparkling time of 22.5 sec on the fifth day of the national inter-school track and field champion■hipa at the National i i Stadium
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    • 141 26 LONDON, Tues. Former England batsman David Steele yesterday resigned as captain of Derbyshire, only three months after being appointed. England all-rounder Geoff Miller has been appointed to take over. Brief scares: At Treat Bridge: Nottinghamshire 163 and 9W) (P Todd I 71 n. o). Sussex 307-9 dec AC.
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    • 259 26 Parker, Tavare stake claims LONDON, Tues. Mike Brearley, confirmed as England captain for the forthcoming Test series against India, while lying on the treatment table, watched from the Lord's balcony yesterday as Paul Parker and Chris Tavare battled it out for a place in next week's first Test, in MCC's
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    • 127 26 Edgbaston (England), Tues. An aggressive 72 by Beverley Browne led a West Indies recovery on the second day of the third and final women's Test against England yesterday. She went in with her side struggling at 23 for four in reply to the home team's first innings
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    • 203 26  - Malays plan to make strikers click BERNARD PEREIRA By SINGAPORE MALAYS are considering reshuffling their forwards for Friday's Sultan's Gold Cup soccer match against Johore at the I.arkin Stadium (7.30 pm). Says Encik Noor Noentil, the Singapore Malays' Football Club's secretary: "Except for Shamsuddin Rahmat. our other forwards didn't click
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    • 177 26 STRIKER-IN-CHIEF Esah Mydeen will definitely play for Singapore in this Sunday's Puan Sharif. ih Rodziah Cup women's soccer semi-final against Selangor at the Jurong Stadium (5.30). Esah was sidelined at last Sunday's match against Negri Sembilan because she was ill. But she has now fully recovered and
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    • 622 26  -  WILFRED YEO UPHOLDING THE LAW IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE By THE name Lee Kok Leong means different things to different people. To some, he Is the fragile-looking, smiling younger brother of Lee Kok Seng, the legendary Singapore national soccer captain from 1955-1985.
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  • TIMESPORT PAGE THREE
    • 226 27 BURMA 2 THAILAND 0 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Burma scored their first victory in the Merdeka soccer tournament here tonight when they beat Thailand 2-0. The match coulc have been more enter aining for the 1,000-odd spectators, but the Thais vere in no mood to
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    • 65 27 rEA.M 3 Korea Malaysia A Japan Singapore Indonesia Hala>sia B rhailand P W D L F A Pt 3 2 1 0 10 2 5 3 2 10 9 4 5 3 2 10 4 2 5 3 12 0 3 2 4 3 10 2 2 5 2
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    • 41 27 SPORTING WEST LAKE upset Telok Blangah 3-0 in a Football Association of Singapore under-16 quarter-final at the Jalan Besar Stadium last night In an under-19 quarter-final, Farrer Park United beat Jalan Tiong Wanderers 2-0. also at Jalan Besar.
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    • 27 27 POLICE beat SAFSA B 87-70 and Asia Electric defeated Kong Siong OBA 67-58 in National Premier League matches at the Gay World Stadium last night.
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    • 248 27  - Gan emerges as Saints' top swimmer ERNEST FRIDA By ARTHUR GAN emerged the top swimmer at the St. Andrew's School's annual swimming championship in Amber Road yesterday. Andrew captured the individual honours in the secondary division by winning the 100 metres freestyle in 65.7 sec., 100 m backstroke in 80.0
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    • 637 27  -  FAIRWAY By BAHAGIA IV should be worth another chance when he starts in the Class 2, Division 5, 1,200 metres race in Bukit Timah on Saturday. The Bold and Free gelding, who had two wins and two seconds in four starts last season, was heavily
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    • 347 27 THE Malayan Racing Association programme next year is unlikely to include combined professionalamateur race meetings on the circuit, except in Singapore, reports FAIRWAY. In place of the pro-am meeting, the amateurs will be offered four oneday meetings in Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh, Penang and Alor
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    • 308 27  -  P'NG HONG KW ANG By KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Mokhtar Dahari is likely to skip another Merdekasoccer match against Indonesia tomorrow night. After spraining his left ankle, he has already been rested from last Sunday's match against Thailand which Malaysia A won 4-2. Said
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    • 303 27 i wk IVft^^^ftwi Kv^ WITH clenching determination, Sukninder Singh ran his first competitive race of the year and stormed to a sub 50-sec-ond 400 metres victory at the Negri Sembilan Golden Jubilee athletics championships at the NS Padang on Saturday. It was a
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    • 87 27 TODAY'S EVENTS ATHLETICS National inter-school championships (National Stadium. 2). BASKETBALL National championships (Gay World Stadium, 7.45). HOCKEY SHA Div 1: Police B v SC. SOCCER FAS under-16 youth tournament: Fairer Park Utd v Queensway Cosmos; Under-19: Sembawang SC v Oylang International (Jalan Besar Stadium. 6 30 and 8). SQUASH Men's
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    • 100 27 Malaysia act on late entries KUALA LUMPUR, Toes. Malaysia's Olympic Council have derided to toughen their attitude towards late recommendations for September's South-east Asia Games In Jakarta. Informed sources said the OCM are putting their foot down this time, and latecomers may miss the boat to Jakarta. The OCM have
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    • 335 27  -  PATRICK BASTIANS By I SUE FARAGLIA, the world's 15th best woman squash player may be allowed to take part if she applies to contest the men's individual graded squash championships from July 28-Aug. 12 at the Kallang complex. But Sue, who has yet
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      77 27 SYED AHMAD BAKAR, the 1973 national badminton champion, as this picture by CHEW BOON CHIN shows, looks far from being a fading glory as he engages Syed Hussein In lengthy rallies at the Vigilante Corps badminton championships In the First Toa Fayoh School yesterday, re* ports PATRICK BASTIANS.
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    • 250 27 WITH most of the national squash graded leagues completed and the remainder nearing completion, the Singapore Squash Rackets Association league sub-committee have released the following tables: nnit/t i.t-. k B .K I H-: Ti»m P W L Pt Umh II II r»n«lln I* t 4 M SAFSA I*
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    • 331 27  -  PETER SIOW By SINGAPORE striker Dollah Kassirr, who dislocated his right shoulder after colliding with a South Korean defender on Monday, will be out for at least two Merdeka soccer tournament matches in Kuala Lumpur-. But Singapore are not unduly worried about Dollah's absence, as
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  • Page 27 Miscellaneous

  • 153 28 ACCRA, Tuesday GHANA University students today stormed the United States Embassy here, pulled down the American flag and tore it up in protest against what they called US interference in Ghana's internal affairs. I Thousands of students, chanting war songs and wearing red armbands and headbands,
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  • 102 28 Laker gets around DC-10 ban IXDNDON, Tues. Laker Airways has found a way to get round a ban on DC10s landing in the United States. It is flying passengers to Canada and taking them across the border by bus. The independent airline, which pioneered the cutprice transatlantic Skytrain service, said
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  • 92 28 THESE Talpeh actresses stole the lime- light at the star-studded opening ceremony of the 25th Asian Film Festival at the Singapore Conference Hall last night. They delighted their ardent faas with their resplendent shimmering cheiingsnms and pretty smiles. Among the most sought-after stars were Lin Feng
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  • 60 28 TEHERAN. Tues. Iran's revolutionary council an- nounced today a wide-ranging amnesty for members of the armed and security 1 forces, effective from July 10. Under the amnesty terms, any complaint made after July 10 against members of the armed forces or the na- tional and state police
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  • 176 28 Mochtar: Change in big powers' attitude BALI, Tues. Indonesian Foreign Minister Mochtar Kusumaatmadia today said that the Asean meeting here has brought about a change in the big powers' attitude towards the refugee problem. He also criticised the Western press for its gratuitous and self-right-eous criticirm of the Asean countries'
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  • 56 28 NEW DELHI, Tues. Mizo rebels armed with automatic weapons attacked a transmitting centre of the All-India Radio last night near the town of Aizawl which borders Bangladesh and northern Burma. Reports reaching here said today that the rebels attacked the station from three sides but were repelled
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  • 41 28 TOKYO. Tues. The 44,500tonne Soviet aircraft carrier Minsk arrived today in Vladivostok, headquarters of the Soviet Pacific fleet, after more than four months sailing from the Black Sea via the Indian Ocean, Japanese Defence Agency sources said here. Reuter.
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  • 41 28 NEW YORK, Tues. Dow Jones averages, based on first hour of trading on the New York stock exchange: 30 indus 832.51 off 1.53. 20 transp 240.80 off 0.53. 15 utils 105.18 off 0.03. 65 stocks 292.52 off 0.49. UPI.
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  • 90 28 Late CLASSIFIEDS DEATHS OCVAKI AMMA, 80. mother of ON. Bhaskaran Filial (Ramakrlshna Mission) and grandmother of 80. Nalr passed away peacefully on 3/7/79 at Venkulam. Kerala ELIZA MANY O'SOUZA. 74, passed away peacefully 3rd July 197S leaving behind to mourn her loss her beloved husband only sister brother-in-law, sons and
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  • 432 28  -  IRENE NGOO By DESPITE the 15 per cent increase in the selling prices of Housing Board flats from last Sunday, the number of applicants went up by four-fold when registration opened on Monday. At the end of the day, 617 applications for three-, four-,
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  • 51 28 BONN. Tues Germany's conservative opposition tonight chose Mr Franz Josef Strauss as its candidate to fight Chancellor Helmut Schmidt in next year's general election Mr Strauss, the Bavarian j Premier and a former cabinet minister, was elected by a ballot of the Christian Democrat parliamentary deputies Rev-
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  • 45 28 LONDON, Tues. Cruelty to children claimed more than 40,000 victims among Britain's 11 million child population in the last 12 months. A major childcare organisation, which made the report today, warned that this figure was merely "the tip of the iceberg." AFP.
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  • 232 28 Jakarta to raise oil output by 14 pc JAKARTA, Tues. Indonesia plans to boost its crude oil production by 14.7 per cent in the next five years to meet growing foreign and domestic demands, the president of the staterun Pc tamina oil corporation said today. Pertamina president Piet Haryono said
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  • 154 28 Lmsterdam 20-24 C Sunny lUmbs 24-35 C Clear Uuißkak 28-32 C Clear lelrat 24-32 C Sunny lerlln 6-18 C Cloudy Inuaels 13-21 C Sunny Uiemt Aires 11-13 C Rain alro 22-35 C Clear Heaga 13-24 C Clear *peaka«ea 12-16 C Cloudy 'rmakfmrt 5-19 C Cloudy leaevm 12-19 C
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    • 529 28 BUSINESS TIMES Singapore's Financial Daily Cover Price Mr Annual Subscription $155. For subscription, call *****1 Ext 231 TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS. ACQUISITION-hungry Si me Darby is again hunting for cash for its takeover operations, hind out in the Business Times what the group has in mind this time. Other highlights. Taiwan's Eximbank
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  • The Straits Times SECTION TWO
    • 5 1 The Straits Times SECTION TWO
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      • 61 1 Humour A man and his friend were sailing at sea on a hired boat. Unfortunately, it hit some hidden rocks and began to sink. His friend was so frightened that he broke into tears. Without the slightest anxiety, the man said: "What's so frightening, after all, this
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      • 340 1 Selected Chinese reader ZENG SHEN was a student of Confucius and renowned for his filial piety. As he was careful in his speech and daily work, his mother trusted him very much. One day, while his mother was weaving cloth at home, a neighbour ran hurriedly to
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      • 49 1 X huo huoche from huSshon volcono huochoi match huoxing Mars !k& xm hushus sporics huB Vao 9""-Po*der 'A' or exam p' e> yOOy 00 ma y h^=cremote s^-™" Huoche shang renshan huojion rocket M o Xjfi r^nhai. meaning, "The train is huolu fumoce crowded with people.
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      • 293 1 £s^£i3 jinshen SV: be prudent; be cautious H shen B: coutious, careful; prudent mm shenzh6ng SV: be very careful and cautious 2 ftff xinren fV A W: to trust; to have confidence in; trust 3. SPxfi VO: to weave cloth zliibujT A/: a loom 4. congcongmongmong A: very
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      • 58 1 'X. is a pictogreph of fire, produced by robbing stones together. A terrifying force of nature, it brings both calamity and comfort to man. Like burning issues that often flare up in life, fire is easy to kindle, but difficult to handle, as the proverb warns:
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      • 235 1 INSIDE: a LEISURE: Wait for th« Reunion 2 a Lourd**' pilgrim boom 3 a WOMAN PLUS: How to cook a perfect •teak... M 5 Invest in a Retail SpaceHOfU ifiDfkJ (MCMTI SHOPPING CENTRE/APARTMENTS \^>% And profit from the high population density areas of Ayer Rajah, Clementi and Jurong^Kj^ji Now you
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    • LEISURE
      • 124 2 RTS will telecast a series of films based on novels and plays starting on Monday for the benefit of students who will be sitting the English literature papers in this year's G.C.E examinations. They are Silas Marner (which is in black and white), Macbeth (colour),
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      • 29 2 Wait for the Mrs Tan Mci Fong sending off her two children to school in a scene from Reunion. It begins on Sunday over Channel 8 at 4.35 p.m.
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      • 423 2  -  GERALDINE TANG By PEOPLE turn to gambling for various reasons. Some dissipate their money in this vice because of social circumstances. The heavy gambler can turn back if he is sincere and determined enough to drop the habit. But what happens if one has a gambling father or husband?
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      • 207 2 Chance to produce their own plays LOCAL script-writers and players who have completed the 12- week Teledrama course organised by Radio and Television Singapore, will soon be able to produce their own television plays. Envisaged in this follow-up programme will be two kinds of plays. One is the real-life kind
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      • 82 2 Concerts for young at library THIS month's concerts for the young will be held at the Marine Parade branch library auditorium on Saturday at 2 p.m. Featured in the concert are the Anthony Road Girls' School Choir, the Montfort Junior School Harmonica Band, the Chew Seoh Van Singing Group and
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      • 454 2  -  GERALD PEREIR A By TONY Then, the choreographer of the Neptune Dance Company, will leave the troupe in September with a mission: to spend a year in Europe and then return to upgrade the professional status of the dancers. Although the performances of the
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      • 251 2 Quality always pays /S? L'~\//~\ The Michelin radial tyre, for example, is very longlasting whilst retaining its high levels of performance throughout its life. That in itself is a very valuable saving. In addition, its supple radial casing protects your vehicle against road irregularities, thus keeping running and repair costs
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      • 205 2 f LONDON The start to your future in Computir The School ol Computer liihnoloo oHer>. hrst ilj^ training in Computer Programming ami Infc-rmation Proccatag. Full-time iourst-> art- hel<l in I on.lou and you will be taught the most lummon business computer language ujed loth) U it 111 1 tareful. professional
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    • Page 2 Miscellaneous
      • 842 2 TV and Radio SINGAPORE 5 3.00 PM Opening and Wanita (Malay) 730 N s and Newsreel (Malay) 3.35 Diary of Events (Malay) III 7 Fonzie Dn^ ln 8.30 Charles Angels 3.40 Mane Cune (repeat) 9 30 New$ (Engfeh) 4.35 Intermission 9.45 Cultural Diary 6.00 Opening followed by Rampaian 9 50
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    • 893 3  -  ANTHONY HOLDEN By in Washington AMERICA'S Federal Aviation Administration recently made an announcement which rather takes the breath away. Already the subject of nationwide controversy for keeping the country s entire DC-10 fleet on the ground, the FA A plans even more drastic
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    • 746 3  -  JACK GEE By in Lourdes BUSINESS is booming in Lourdes in this centenary year of the death of Saint Bernadette de Soubirous, the peasant girl whose vision of the Virgin Mary made this Pyrenees foothill village a hallowed destination for pilgrims from all over the world. Lourdes'
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      • 97 3 KOYO'S ABRASIVES HAVE MADE THE GRADE THE WORLD OVER iiiilii i i i i i i That's because Koyo's high quality coated abrasives and buffing compounds give that extra performance efficiency so essential in grinding, finishing and polishing operations as well as bring bigger savings to users. I I I
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      • 197 3 Aftate I The answer to an I old problem I Athlete's Foot fli k Aftate works because it contains Tolnaftate, which kills athlete's foot Fungus on contact. p Use Aftate on infected areas particularly between W toes, in shoes, socks and all areas subject to infection. \r» f For your
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      • 563 4 opooooooooooopooooooooboooo I CATHAY: OPENS TOMORROW! 8 fhdy Halt Dimry could Ml tH* A incredible .hdenVvnte adrenture! ]i| X I It 111 BE X Qj fll^Bßaal r» —h I J IbP* a*>aw^^^ .t I H C Wjill DiHiwy V *wpci «mn mm tivntnii .1 9 CHEVALIER MILLS SANDERS WHITE Jj X
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      • 382 4 Bb I Three good reasons why you should be at WOOD 79 1. Wood 79 is a specialist exhibition It is organised for people in ■BBB^^V the forestry, timber processing and woodworking industries You'll have an excellent opportunity to study some of the latest plant and |M>Tajrn~ UfITU equipment available
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      • 172 4 x'y^BßJ P^ MB f bH^bHmhl BbH aMßMßMßß^^^t^^^^^^^^t^^^^^^^^^^BMai til I I THE STRAITS TIMES BUSINESS TIMES THE SUNDAY TIMES ore available same day in Hong Kong from SAM FO TRANSPORT CO (travel service Liv Chong Hmg Bank Bldg Rm 1 104 24 Des Voeux Road Central Tels: 5-*****1, *****6 *****8 5-*****7
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      • 363 4 Izsth asIaVfilm'festival" (Normal Admission Rales) Cash Bookings No Free List PRINCE -TODAY ONLY i Tel *****38 11am, 145, 4.00,6.45 9.15 Personal Appearance of P Movie Stars on Stage at 5 Shows "HE NEVER GIVES UP" (Mandarin-Color) Taipei Starring Lin Feng-Chiao Liu Meng Yian Ching Han Tsao Chien g TOMORROW ONLY
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      • 620 4 npcaNiSATIQW fJtiU.lfga I AST DAY' Mom I 30 4 00 6 30. 9 15 B MONKEY KUNGFU MANDARIN in Scope Color B Fndoy 4 Soturdoy M'nrte i Plus Sundoy Mormng shows ot 8 Theatres CAPITOL LOO PRINCEORKNTAL LIBERTY SAVOY AJRONG PRESOENT HE NEVER GIVES UP" M MANOARH m Scope-Color K
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      • 693 5  -  SHEILA CHEONG By IT was annual general i meeting time again for the Chinese Women's As- sociation. And in true CWA tradition, where cheque presentations have be- come synonymous with i coffee-sipping at monthly meetings, coffee was again served this time at 10.30 a.m. last
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      • 1357 5 Part of the secret is choosing the meat, and tenderising it A Spice M of Lifef^f By Tan Lee Leng STEAK is the most ordered meat in restaurants. In Singapore, steak houses started to sprout in the '60s. I remember being taken to new
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      • 69 5 GORGEOUS STYLISED CUT CUT PERM! TEXTURISING FOR MEN! PHONE RUSH TO: ROLAND From 7th JULY our TELEPHONE NOS. will be H*****088H 1 *****88 *****26 (unchanged) (MR ROLAND'S PERSONAL ATTENTION) ORCHARD VABfHrA Mk sTo DND N *****Hi0 (SPECIAL OFFER! PERMS from $29.50 attended by Miss Sarah) Cut this advertisement out, and
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      • 255 5 I ATI fin IV i f/& -v > **>> *v«» Qrlane'sß2lLine has captured 21 elements essential for your skin Your skin is exposed constantly to dust parti Orlane's 821 Line of skin care cosmetics cles and varying temperatures, from air condition contains these 21 elements, which include comfort to hot
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      • 572 6 LONDON GUARANTEE REINSURANCE CO LTD an international reinsurer invites applications for the post of o TRAINEE TREATY UNDERWRITER REQUREMENTS: Male Singapore citizer aged below 21 years and who has completed Notional Service, A full GCE "A" level certificate, or good "O" level with an aptitude for mathematics; Fluent in English
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      • 622 6 GENERAL^ELECTRIC USA ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS OF GENERAL ELECTRIC (USA) PTE LTD invites qualified candidates for the position of:PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR Singapore Polytechnic graduate in Mechanical or Production Engineering or Degree Holder in Art. 1 2 years related experience. Successful candidate must be prepared to work permanent 2nd shift. Starting salary will be
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      • 530 6 rDEALERS-N WANTED IN MALAYSIA PARTICULARLY PENANG AND KUALA LUMPUR for the popular Japanese FUJI BUS AIRCONDITIONER Under floor mounting Model BC 116. BC 106 SPLIT TYPt **ij9^ /^'liMf Under door mounting w M* xJH Cooling unit model BC 1^00 NOC .AlT-.^^^T Power unit model BC 1200 ENP WdmdF BC 1200
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      • 744 6 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT. CAP. 185. AND IN THE MATTER OF ABLE LADY HAIRDRESSING SALOON PTE. LTD. (Incorporated In The Republic Of Singapore) At an Extra-ordinary General Meeting of the Members of ABLE LADY HAIRDRESSING SALOON PTE. LTD., duly convened and held on the 28th June 1979,
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