The Straits Times, 24 July 1979

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  • 15 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 TUESDAY, JULY 24, 1979 25 CENTS M.C.(P) No. 142/1/79 I
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  • 954 1  -  NGIAM TONG HAI As diesel oil shortage worsens... By SENIOR government officials held urgent talks with petrol dealers as the diesel oil shortage worsened yesterday, one day after most of the stations had observed their first Sunday closure. Long queues of taxis, schoolbuses and lorries formed
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  • 115 1 Mystery blast kills scientist LONDON, Mon. A mystery explosion at m British Government atomic weapons research centre killed a scientist today, authorities said. A Ministry of Defence spokesman said scientist Peter Allen, 39, was killed when a small explosion ripped through the laboratory where he worked at toe top secret
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  • 41 1 TEHERAN. Mon. About 50 people may have died of thirst after a motor launch ran aground on salt flats near the Gulf port of Abadan while attempting an unauthorised crossing to Kuwait, a local gendarmerie spokesman said today. Reuter.
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  • 262 1 KUWAIT, Monday AMERICAN warships and Oman's security 1 forces were on the alert today to guard against the possible hijacking of an oil tank- er in the Straits of Hormuz, according to Arab press reports. The strait, forming the narrow entrance to the
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  • 64 1 LONDON. Mon. Ecologists won a round in their battle to save the whale from extinction when insurers here rejected coverage of an alleged "pirate" ship said to have been hunting the mammals without regard for official limits on their catch. The ship, the 680tonne Sierra, was rammed last
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  • 42 1 CHICAGO. Mon. A United Airlines DC-10 with 170 passengers aboard had to return soon after takeoff when a fan blade broke and entered an engine, forcing the pilot to shut it off, an airline spokesman said in Chicago today. Reuter.
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  • 54 1 THOMSON DIES OF STROKE AT AIRPORT PROF G. G. Thomson, 67 (above), suffered a heart attack and died at the Singapore airport on Sunday night. The Scottish-bom former civil servant, lecturer and humanitarian, collapsed in the arrival hall after returning from a conference in London. The funeral will take place
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  • 72 1 WELLINGTON, Mon. The Soviet Union has been asked to explain a press report quoting Soviet Minister of Sport Sergei Pavlov as saying New Zealand does not have friendly sporting relations with the Soviet Union. Foreign Affairs Minister Brian TaTboys said in a statement today he had made
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  • 47 1 MANAGUA, Mon. —Nicaragua's rebel government will request President Anastasio Somoza's extradition to (ace trial (or war crimes. Rebel junta member Sergio Ramirez, in an interview with reporters yesterday, said Mr Somoza was "responsible (or the destruction and the deaths of thousands of Nicaraguans." -AP.
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  • 74 1 HULL fitter Lim Hock Hoe wits yesterday found guilty on two charges arising from the explosion on board the Greek tanker Spyros, which killed 76 people last Oct 12 at Jurong Shipyard. He was sentenced to six months' jail on each charge, the sentences
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  • 166 1 18 killed in Israeli air raids SIDON (Lebanon), Monday THREE formations of Israeli planes raided Lebanese coastal villages south of Beirut last night and first reports said at least 18 people were killed Hospital sources reported a further 65 people wounded in the aerial bombardment Sarafand, south of this port
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  • 64 1 BONN, Mon. Police arrested eight Iranians yesterday in a nation-wide crackdown on self-styled Islamic revolutionary courts allegedly tracking down supporters of the ousted Shah in West Germany and elsewhere in Europe. Officials said the eight, most of whom were students, were taken into custody in the Hamburg
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  • 52 1 HONGKONG, Mon. A Chinese man believed to be an illegal immigrant was found crushed to death in a goods train today. Workers unloading goods from a train from China found him under a pile of cargo. He was taken to hospital where it was certified he was already
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  • 38 1 VIENNA, Mon. Seven young men clad in paramilitary uniforms were questioned by state police after they were arrested in a raid yesterday in a camp in the Vienna woods, an Interior Ministry official said today. AP.
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  • 447 1 WASHINGTON, Monday MpRE THAN 3,000 Afghan political prisoners have been executed and thousands more are in overcrowded prisons since President Nur Mohammad Taraki took power with Soviet backing last year, US State Department sources said here yesterday. Reports received by the State Department also
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  • 112 1 LONDON, Mon. Gold soared to a new high today in London and Zurich as investors, dogged by continuing uncertainty about the Carter administration, moved to invest in the metal. Gold opened at U*****,875 an ounce in London and Zurich, surging again through the
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  • 57 1 STOCKHOLM, Mon. Crocodiles at Stockholm Zoo are about to get a change of diet Chinese quail instead of rats. The quail, two tonnes of them, were imported for Swedish restaurants, which rejected them as being "too bony for people." A zoo-keeper said the quail should last
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  • 52 1 PARIS, Mm. Kampuchea's Prim* Norodom Siluuwak pUaa to preside *ver congress next month u> create a "Provisional Government of Independent and Neutral Cambodia," Khmer exile —re— said today. Prince Sihanouk is expected to be named Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of the provisional government. the exiles
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  • AROUND THE WORLD
    • 349 2 Jordan starts to flex his muscles Support president's decisions or quit, says chief of staff WASHINGTON, Mon. President Carter's newly-appointed and powerful chief of staff, Hamilton Jordan, has started to flex his executive muscles, saying that it was up to government members to support presidential decisions or quit. Mr Jordan
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    • 25 2 In other words... THERE is no longer any doubt about it: Carter has stopped governing and has started the election campaign. West German newspaper Handelsblatt.
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    • 64 2 NEW YORK. Mon. The American public continues to take an unfavourable view of President Jimmy Carter in the wake of his extensive cabinet reshuffle "last week, according to a Gallup poll in the latest issue of Newsweek magazine. Fifty-one per cent of those polled disapproved of the
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    • 111 2 LEGENDARY matador Manuel Bnitez "El Cordobes" (above) killing one of six bolls in a row on his return to the ring in Benidorm, Spain, after a sevenyear retirement. Aficionados from the rapacity crowd chaired him from the ring yesterday, after he had been awarded
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    • 60 2 BEIJING, Mon. Courts in the Beijing area have begun to institute the jury system in criminal and civil trials on a large scale, the Beijing Daily said today. The paper said that up to the end of last month. 3,201 people had been invited to perform
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    • 27 2 NEW YORK. Mon. The ousted Shah of Iran will publish his memoirs this year in France. Newsweek magazine reported in its latest issue AFP. j_
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    • 281 2 TOKYO, Mon. i i < i i i i IN an attempt to increase discipline among young policemen, the Saitama Prefecture police headquarters has published an official handbook instructing them to avoid premarital sex, drinking to excess and shopping sprees, Police Affairs chief Isao Okada said
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    • 349 2 World may be on brink of food crisis, reports FAO ROME, Mon. THE world appears to be on the brink of another food crisis like the one that killed millions of people in the first half of this decade. Disturbing reports reaching the headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organisation
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    • 217 3 Burmese Reds lie low after Premier's China trip RANGOON, Mon THERE has been a marked drop in communist guerilla activities in Burma this year and the situation is expected to improve further following the recent visit to Beijing by Burmese Prime Minister U Maung Maung Kha, official sources said here
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    • 67 3 WELLINGTON. Mon. Soviet Ambassador Vsevolod Sofinsky became the first victim of a new security check in New Zealand's parliament building today. The ambassador was annoyed at being stopped and asked to produce an identification, but Prime Minister Robert Muldoon was unconcerned when it was referred to
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    • 46 3 BARCARROTA (Spain). Mon Atwut SO beheaded bodies, well preserved and wearinR monks' habits, have been unearthed in a derelict monastery near this eastern Spanish town, local sources said today. The monastery. 40 km from the Portuguese border, belonged to the Franciscan order. Reuter.
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    • 153 3 Oil dollars inflow worries officials WASHINGTON, Mon. The massive flow of r'tro-dollars into the S after the latest world oil price hikes is worrying some American officials and economists, who said it was a potential threat to the stability of the IS dollar. A subcommittee of the House of Representatives
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    • 98 3 NAPLES, Mon. Police i discarded their uniforms here today, donned swimming-costumes and plunged bravely into the pollution of Naples Bay to arrest defiant holidaymakers flouting a ban on swimming. Although the beaches had been closed to swimmers since dawn, several hardy souls slip-
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    • 412 3 GENEVA, Mon. Hanoi's pledge to temporarily stop the exodus of refugees from its shores does not amount to much of a concession because the coming monsoon period would, in any case, discourage Vietnamese from leaving. United Nations refugee officials privately said here
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    • 73 3 RED LAKE (Minnesota). Mon. The Indian reservation here was hit by violence again last night, as shots were fired at the reservation's police station. Two houses were burnt but no one was injured. On Friday night, the police station of the reservation near the site of the
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    • 41 3 BON ACCORD, (Tobago). Mon. A giant oil slick from the collision of two supertankers began to break up and drift away from this resort island on the currents, winds and tides of the Caribbean, oil company officials reported. AP.
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    • 65 3 BLANTYRE (Malawi). Mon. Life-President Hastings Banda, jailed in the past by the British, today greeted Queen Elizabeth II with tears in his eyes. Thousands of women wearing African dress showing the effigy of the Malawi leader sang and danced at Chilika airport and along the road
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    • 307 3 World Press assessment of the Geneva conference on Indochinese refugees was one of hope tempered with caution over Vietnam's pledge to curb the exodus and other countries' promises to accept the refugees. The mass circulation Dutch daily. Algemeen Dagblad, said: "The Geneva conference has not
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    • 162 3 No shocks in Marcos' cabinet shake-up MANILA, Mon. Philippine President Marcos today announced his first major cabinet reshuffle since he declared martial law seven years ago, retiring several ministers and creating some new posts. The reshuffle contained no major surprises. It was announced at the end of a speech to
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    • 159 3 Minister warns Jakarta leaders JAKARTA, Mon. The Indonesian Minister (or Home Affairs, General Amir Machmud, has warned that the people will look for other leaders if the present ones are unable to make them happy, the official organ of the ruling Golkar (functional groups), Suara Karya, reported today. Gen Machmud
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    • 38 3 SALISBURY, Mon As many as SO people, including a Jesuit and six nuns, have been abducted from a remote Roman Catholic mission in a war zone heavily infiltrated by Patriotic Front guerillas. hurrh officials said. L'PI
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    • 197 4 Observer plan can be worked out: Ghali GENEVA, Mon. Egypt's acting Foreign Minister said today he remains confident, despite reports of Israeli opposition, that a compromise will be reached on the US-Soviet proposal to station unarmed UN observers to supervise the EgyptianIsraeli peace treaty. Minister of State for Foreign Affairs
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    • 373 4 African moderates lose ground MONROVIA, Mon THE 16th annual summit of the Organisation of African Unity, which ended this weekend, saw Africa's militant and radical regimes defeating the continent's dwindling group of moderate and Westernoriented countries. But fortunately for the moderates, most
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    • 234 4 BELFAST, Monday HARDLINE Protestants are organising resistance to Pope John Paul H's proposed trip to strife-torn Northern Ireland. r The Reverend lan Paisley, leader of the Protestant Democratic Unionist Party, said a committee is being formed to protest against the Pope setting
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    • 75 4 PERTH, Mon. Miss Turkey Fusum Demirtas, 21, is still in hospital here two days after being hurt in an accident at the end of the Miss Universe pageant. Miss Demirtas was taken to Royal Perth Hospital with concussion and a cut arm. She was the most seriously
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    • 54 4 CAPE CANAVERAL. Mon. A Trident intercontinental missile roared over a stretch of Atlantic Ocean yesterday in what officials said was the fourth successful underwater test launch of the potent new weapon. "It looked great. It was a successful shot," said Navy Lt Vicki Smith. "Everything that was supposed
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    • 31 4 AUCKLAND. Mon. A New Zealander had both his legs shattered early today by a mysterious bomb explosion in a suburban motel near this city's international airport, police said AFP.
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    • 76 4 A FEDERAL Bureau of Investigation agent takes no chances as he points his pistol at one of three suspects arrested in connection with the kidnapping of a bank executive's wit** who was freed unharmed after a I SS3ofl,ooo ransom was paid. .Mrs Joan Derrick, 16,
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    • 52 4 STUTTGART. Mon. A law itudent awaiting trial on kidlapping charges electrocuted limself in Stammheim jail .esterday, the Stuttgart chief srosecutor's office said. Werner Eckrich, 29. conlected a wire from a set of earphones to the prison's x>wer system and died when he electricity was switched on it
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      • 61 4 KOMK: An Italian farmer was bitten by a lion cub he had purchased believing it was a watchdog, authorities said. Authorities in the northern Italian town of Brescia reported that Battista Toninelli. 37, bought the animal to watch his farm at nearby Gambara after he had
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      • 54 4 FLINTSTONE (Maryland): A traffic accident freed about 9 million bees along a highway near Flintstone, and police spent nine hours guiding startled motorists through clouds of the buzzing bugs. Six people were injured in the accident, which involved a van and the truck carrying about US$3O,OOO (5564,200)
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      • 20 4 BEIJING, Mon. China and Vietnam today agreed to hold the ninth session of their negotiations on July 30.
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    • 134 4 SYDNEY, Mon. Postal workers today voted to i end a go-slow which has i created a backlog of over 20 million international and domestic letters. Union officials said it would take at least two weeks to clear the mountain of mail piled up over
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    • 286 4 I ne Singapore Journal of Education voi 2 NOl Multi lingualism has been a key feature in the educational policy of Singapore. Lately, a great deal of attention has been focused on the learning of languages as a result of the Government's announcement on the need to produce effectively bilingual
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    • 494 5 Trans-polar sea routes have great value LONDON, Mon. i j FEARS are growing among Western nations that Russia is moving towards domination of the vital Arctic region, I the largest undeveloped j area in the world. Soviet control of Arctic ■hipping and natural resources
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    • 31 5 4 Much of India's troubles come from an infatuation inherited from the British for the lollipops served out from a parliamentary confection- ary. Comment by an Indian newspaper.
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    • 240 5 India's masses unaware of search for new govt NEW DELHI, Monday THE largest democracy in the world is searching for a new government, but most of India's 650 million people are virtually unaware of the political comings and goings in New Delhi. More than 500 million Indians live in villages,
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    • 49 5 ISLAMABAD. Mon President Zia-Ul-Haq yesterday proposed a system ol proportional representation lor the general election h» has promised to hold on Nov 17. The proposal was made in a paper circulated among political leaders who were asked to give their views before Aug 24. Reuter.
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    • 176 5 LANKA PM TO SEEK BEIJING LOAN COLOMBO, Mon. Prime Minister Rana- singhe Premadasa will negotiate a U5562.5 million (*****.1 million) loan with China when he visits Beij- ing next month as part of a tour of seven countries, including Singapore. Mr Premadasa, who left Sri Lanka on July 17, is
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    • 178 5 'Delhi was behind Lhasa rebels' claim LHASA, Mon. Chinese troops put down a brief and bloody rebellion in Lhasa 20 years ago and the rebel leader now says the uprising had the support of India. Lhalu Cewangdoje told foreign journalists visiting Lasa that the Delhi Gvernment supplied the arms used
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    • 132 5 PORT MORESBY, Mm. The government today declared a state of emergency in central Papua New Guinea where an npsarge of tribal fighting has left •ver 3M villagers killed •r Injured in recent months. Prime Minister Michael Somare said In a radio broadcast that the emergency covering
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  • 860 6  -  PETER CHIA By of the Asia News Research Analysis Team (ARNAT) THE current shortage of diesel at Singapore petrol stations is likely to continue for some time yet as the root causes cannot be easily corrected. The single most important reason for the
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  • 159 6 THE Urban Redevelop ment Authority (I KA) said yesterday that all tenderers conditionally awarded sites In its seventh sale have accepted IRAs new policies and conditions geared towards ensuring a quality urban environment. The IRA will be discussing with successful tenderers and their architects how
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  • 328 6 'Flooded tanker caused three to drown' THREE labourers drowned when sea water gushed into their working place on board a tanker as they were doing a repair job that was not scheduled originally, a coroner's inquiry heard yesterday. The three who lost their lives on board the Liberian tanker, Losina,
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  • 50 6 THE Senior ParliamentarySecretary to the Ministry of Defence and MP for Tarnpines, Mr Phua Bah Lee. will attend a dinner and variety show organised by Tampines constituency at its community centre on Aug 6 at 7.30 p.m. The dinner is being held to celebrate National Day.
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  • 26 6 THE Henderson community centre will hold a competition in carrom, draughts and chess on Aug 4 and 5 in conjunction with National Day celebrations
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  • 75 6 THE Muslim Religious Council (Muis) has advised Muslims to avoid using toothbrushes made out of pig's hair. This fallowed a recent case when a Muslim family bought several such toothbrushes and were later told by a Chinese friend that the bristles were made of pig's hair
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  • 39 6 THE Women's Sub-committee of Serangoon Gardens community centre will hold a course on restaurant cooking every Monday from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. starting on Aug 6. For details, ring *****69 between 2.30 p.m. to 10 p.m.
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    • 177 6 SADA KENJI'S SHOW at till Thursday. National Theatre at 7 AVANT-GARDE an p.m. Presented by the exhibition of contempoJapanese Cultural Society rary French photography in aid of the National and lithography presented Theatre Trust. Tickets at by the National Museum $2, $3 and $5. and the French Embassy DECOUPAGE a
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  • 136 7 Four 'hit' jackpot at PUB club IT was "hitting the jackpot" with a difference for a four-man gang who bagged $800 in 20-cent coins early yesterday. They made the haul after wrecking four jackpot machines in a robbery at the PLB Recreation Club in Woodleigh Park. Police said the gang
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  • 474 7  -  MAUREEN CHUA 'Rash act* amended to 'negligent act* By HULL fitter Lim Hock Hoe, 25, was jailed for six months by a district judge yesterday after he was found guilty on an amended charge of causing the death of 76 people on board
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  • 124 7 TO CLAIM a $1M prize, a man submitted a forged Singapore Sweep ticket, a district rourt was told yesterday. But when the ticket was handed to the cashier in the Singapore Pools Pte Ltd in Colombo Court on July 13, it was found to
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  • 291 7 3 Italian ships on search and rescue mission THREE Italian Navy ships will conduct "search ana rescue" missions for Vietnamese "boat people" with the help of helicopters and radar, starting this week. The ship's radar will be used to pinpoint the refugee boats in the South China Sea and helicopters
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  • 36 7 THE Minister for National Development, Mr Teh Cheang Wan. will speak at (he opening of the Sixth Asian Regional Conference on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering at the Shangri-La Hotel today at 9.30 a.m.
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  • 13 7 THE Toa Payoh Swimming Complex will be closed on National Day.
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  • 291 8 Govt may set up computer science institute THE government has appointed a committee to study the feasibility of establishing an institute of computer science here. This institute, according to Business Times, is expected to help manufacturers increase their level of automation. Industry sources say the committee, comprising representatives from the
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  • 77 8 TWO teenagers who were caught red-handed stealing two worksite blinkers, told a district court yesterday that they wanted it "(or a party". Hee Sin Joon. a casual labourer, and Wong Kah Meng. a hawker assistant from Malaysia, both 16. admitted to stealing the blinkers worth $54
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  • 196 8  -  RONNIE WAI By THE secret can now be teld about this Singapore picture with the yawning constable which won the third prize in the black and white section of the Nikon Photo Contest International 1S78 held in Tokyo last year. It is the
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  • 23 8 THE Queenstown community centre will hold its next legal aid counselling at its premises I in Buller Terrace on Aug 6.
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  • 110 8 Postman jailed for theft A POSTMAN was jailed three months by a district court yesterday when he admitted stealing an Australian $1 currency note and a gold ring contained in an airmail envelope. Osman bin Omar, 21. committed the offence in a common toilet in Stamford House on Saturday. Asst
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  • 61 8 LAMBERT Krikke, 42. was charged in a district court yesterday with driving off his car with a man seated on its bonnet along the driveway of Hyatt Hotel car park on Feb. 6. He allegedly endangered Mr San Mun Onn's .life by the rash act. Krikke
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  • 459 8 11 more charges made against 3 accused THREE men are separately facing a total of 15 charges in a district court involving robbery, housebreaking and theft of cash, cheques and property worth a total of $129,219. Yesterday, the prosecution brought 11 of the charges, involving $79,456. against the men, who
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  • 31 8 THE Tanglin community centre youth group has started Korean" hapkido classes every Tuesday and Friday from 7.30 p.m.m to 9.30 p.m. at its premises. Those interested should call *****2
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  • 184 8 Hunt for escaped park vandal suspect POLICE are looking for man wrj is believed to be responsible for cutting leaves from palm trees ii public parks to sell t) florists. Officers of the Park and Recreation Department first caught the ma red-handed with 30 to 4 1 palm leaves when
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  • 91 8 Two charged with robbery TWO men were jointly charged in a district court yesterday with robbing Mr Neo Say Lee of $55 in cash and a $150 wrist watch in Jalan Greja or Thursday. Mohd Stu.riffudin bin A. Hamid. 2x, and Roslan bin Sa'nal, 20. allegedly committeJ the offen -c
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  • 43 8 A MERCEDES narrowly missed hitting a house when it skidded and crashed into a lrain in Kellock Road, off River Valley Road, at 3.15 I m. yfsterday. The driver. Mr Christopher John Faure. 18, and his two passengers were unhurt.
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  • 23 8 THE L<eng Kee community ceiitre will hold a baby show at IW Chin Primary School on .'ept 2 at 9 a.m.
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    • 214 8 Bringing Up Father By Bill Kavanagh U Hal Camp MA3QIS,TUAT^/' IT ISN'T, WHILE YOU WERE J WEll I WON T HAVE ANY IF JI&GS EVER FOUND LOOK'S Llk"E I DEAR, ITS AWAY I WAD MR. J OTHER MAN SiViNG MY WIFE OUT WHAT X PAID AN EXPENSIVE COSTUME AND MRS.
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  • 302 9 20 years, 15 strokes for 2 on heroin charge TWO men were yesterday jailed for 20 years with 15 strokes of the rotan each by the High Court for trafficking in heroin. Prawit Teo Lee, 30, a Thai third engineer, and Andrikowuh, 29, a chief mate from Indonesia, who were
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  • 40 9 HWA Chong Junior College is holding its prize-giving and speech day on Sunday at its auditorium at 5 p.m. There will be an exhibition of Chinese calligraphy and paintings at the college on Saturday and Sunday.
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  • 31 9 DR Giam Yoke Chin, secretary of the Singapore Paediatrics Society, will speak on Child Growth and Development in English at the Pek Kio community centre tomorrow at 8 p.m.
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  • 346 9 Customs chief retires in October A RKSHI KFLK of some senior posts in the Customs and Kxclse Department can be expected when the directorgeneral of Customs, Mr IJm Thean Soo (above), retires in October. Mr l.im, 55, who has been with the department for 28 years, will go on a
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  • 37 9 MR Joe David has been elected president of the Singapore Sports Council for the Handicapped for 1979 80. Mr Nelson Koh is vice-president. Mr Wong Hai Fan. secretary, and Mr Abdul Wahid bin Baba.i treaanci
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  • 21 9 THE Japanese Cultural Society <>( Singapore will present tM Sawada Kenji's Snow at the National Theatre at 7 p.m. today.
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  • 231 9 Singer divorces husband after 11 -year separation A NIGHTCLUB singer yesterday divorced her husband, a police sergeant, on grounds that they have been living apart for 11 years. Madam Gee Soy Yeah told Mr Justice Sinnathuray that she took up her present job only after her husband, Mr Sim Swee
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  • 223 9 Singapore's trade goes up by 24.8 pc SINGAPORE'S external trade climbed to $30.7 billion during the first half of this year, up 24.8 per cent over the same period last year. But the Republic's trade deficit continues to widen. During the first six months of this year, the deficit was
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  • 204 9 AN apparent puzzle concerning a "second" sale of the recent restricted issue of $10 silver proof coins has been cleared up by the Board of Commissioners of Currency. Numismatists were puzzled why the $10 coins, issued in May and announced as having restricted minrage by the
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  • 104 9 12,727 hotel rooms by December SINGAPORE will have 12,727 rooms in 74 hotels by December, says the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board. This will be 1,222 rooms more than it had last December. More rooms will be added I to the present 11,817 rooms in 73 hotels when new hotels begin
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  • 50 9 MINISTER for Health and MP for Rochore, Dr Toh Chin Chye, will be guest of honour at the centennial celebration of St Anthony's Boys' School and St Anthony's Convent School to be held at the St Joseph's Church compound in Victoria Street on Aug 4 at 8.15 p.m.
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  • 128 10 LOSS OF ISOTOPE: $1,500 FINE INDEPENDENT TextIng Co. (Pte) Ltd was fined $1,5M by a district court yesterday for failing to notify the director of Radiation Protection within two days about the loss of a radioactive material, an Isotope, belonging to the firm. The firm's managing director, Mr Keith Charles
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  • 531 10  -  TAN CHEE TEIK By THE Education Ministry's French Language Centre in Rangoon Road has plans to send about 10 students to stay with French families in France for about four weeks to immerse them in surroundings that would help improve their spoken French. The
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  • 66 10 Mr GAN Theng Hiap and Mr Ong Gim Siong were yesterday acquitted of a murder charge after the prosecution withdrew the charge against them. They were earlier charged with murdering Mr Poh You Chieu, 39. in Upper Thomson Road on July 8, 1976 at 2.19
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  • 57 10 Blood-giving venue BLOOD donations for the public this week will be at MacDonald House. Orchard Road.from 9.30 a.m. to 330 p.m tomorrow. The total number of blood donations received last week was 848 units, an average of 124 units a day Total number of blood transfusions given was 772 units,
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  • 39 10 THE Singapore Institute ol Management will hold a course on recruitment and selection on Aug 6 and 7 from 9 am. to 5 p.m at its conference room in Thong Teck Building. Those interested should ring *****66.
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 280 10 Straits Times Crossword ACROSS 7 There's a man at bay in the 9 Deep round dent where no foot recess (6). has been (9). g Way out West enny buddy can 10 Inn-keeper accommodates tote a gun (4) student-composer(J) v Old Penny's putting a partition 11 Did he fall for
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  • 299 11 Chinese medicine library will open on Aug 19 THE new $50,000 Thong Chai Medical Institution library will be the first public library on Chinese medicine and herbs in Singapore and South-east Asia, when it is officially opened on Aug 19. The library, situated on the first floor of the Thong
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  • 28 11 THE I'lu Pandan community centre will hold courses on tim sum. tai chi chuan. children's piano, violin and swimming next month For further details, ring *****6
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  • 318 11 THESE two groups of undergraduates are competing for freshie 3ueen titles this Saturay at midnight. But though they are all from the same campus, Bukit Timah, the girls in Picture A are competing in the I niverslty of Singapore Students' Inion (I SSI contest while
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  • 410 11 'VITB certs gaining recognition by bosses 5 CERTIFICATES issued by the Vocational and Industrial Training Board (VTTB) are gaining wider recognition by employers and tade unions. The latest issue of VITB News reports that more firms are using VITB certificates as the qualifying criteria for appointing technical staff. One such
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  • 384 11 Son flies out for Thomson's funeral PROG G. G. Thomson, who died after a stroke at Paya Lebar airport on Sunday night, will be buried at a private funeral tomorrow. He died at 8.58 p.m. in the airport health office where he was taken after collapsing in the arrival hall.
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  • 253 11 Negligence trial: Specialist to testify for defence DR FRANCIS ELLIS, a specialist anaesthetist from England who flew in during the weekend, is to be an expert witness for the defence in a professional negligence claim arising from an operation on a girl at the Tan Tock Seng Hospital in 1973.
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  • 50 11 MINISTER of State (Defence) Mr Bernard Chen will be guest of honour at a dinner cum fashion show at the Neptune Theatre Restaurant on Auk 4 at 7.30 p.m. The function is to celebrate National Day and to raise funds for the new Bukil Ho Swee community centre.
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
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  • 234 12  - SCCCI to set up 3 more panels to study NWC rises NGIAM TONG HAI By THE Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry will form three more sub-commit-tees to study the impact of the National Wages Council wage increases on their businesses. Those three sub-commit-tees will be formed at a
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  • 21 12 THE Kwansei Gakuin University Symphonic Band of Japan will perform at the National Theatre on Sunday at 8.30 p.m.
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  • 151 12 ONLY two people have responded to the Singapore Anti-Narcotics Association's recent appeal for books. Unfortunately, the donated books are not suitable for the Resource Centre and library which Sana is setting up. "One donated a novel and the other 20 copies of backdated issues
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  • 526 12  -  ELENA CHONG Science and technology books top the list By BOOKS on science and technology, including management, are popular among prisoners while inmates at the drug rehabilitation centres (DRCs) prefer fiction and recreation books. The fiction books inmates go for include romances, books by
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  • 114 12 DEAD MAN FOUND ON RAIL TRACK A PATIENT of the Alexandra Road General Hospital found dead on a railway track behind the hospital is believed to have been knocked down by a train. Police said Mr Lee Nghee Cbek (above), M, was reported missing from the hospital at 11.5* a.m.
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  • 163 12 Pensioner may be robbery victim A GOVERNMENT pensioner, whose trussed up body was found in his oneroom flat in Redhill Close yesterday, is believed to be a robbery victim. Police found Mr Narayanam Kuppusamy, 61. a retired Public Works Department staff, with legs bound together and hands tied behind his
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  • 73 12 Kid's parade to mark N-Day THE Toa Payoh constituency is holding a children's costume competition and parade at the Toa Payoh Branch Library on Aug 15 to celebrate National Day. The competition is open to all children in primaries four, five and six. Book vouchers will be Riven to the
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  • 27 12 On yoga KRISHNA Our Guide will hold a three-day yoga seminar from today at the DBS Auditorium. For details, contact Swami Atmananda Saraswati at *****26
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  • 195 12 Another trade union opens restaurant ANOTHER trade union has opened a cooperative restaurant, bringing to three the number of restaurants run by trade union cooperatives. The Food, Drink and Allied Workers' Union (FDAWU) is the latest with the opening of its Happy Century Restaurant last week at the former Polytechnic
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  • 128 12 THE SAF Reservists' Association (Safra) will organise a cross-country race at Macßitchie Reservoir on Sunday at 8.30 a.m. The race is open to members of Safra and SAF reservists. Registration for the skm race closes tomorrow. The first three winners will be presented trophies The
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  • ACROSS THE CAUSEWAY
    • 356 13 HK investors told: Come to Malaysia HONGKONG, Mon THE Malaysian Deputy Pi me Minister, Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir bin Mohamad, presented a tantalising picture of investment prospects in Malaysia where Hongkong businessmen would get what they could not in Hongkong. The greatest attractions listed in the speech at the Malaysian
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    • 30 13 JOHORE BARU, Mon. More than 500 new staff will be recruited as part of a plan to restructure the Information Department, Datuk Mohamad Rahmat said yesterday. NST.
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    • 199 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Mm. Malaysia will not lift the security cordon against Vietnamese refugees along her roast and offshore, Prime Minister Datuk Hussein Onn said today. Judging from press reports on the Geneva conference, "we do not have any indication that there has been a significant
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    • 54 13 Likely no' to Umno KUALA LUMPUR, Mon Prime Minister Datuk Hussein Onn is expected to give "no as an answer to requests for the setting up of I.'mno branches in Sabah Sources said today that the I'm no president would however discuss the matter with other L'mno Supreme Council members,
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    • 128 13 Withdraw London as council site' call KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Malaysia today called on Britain to withdraw the candidature of London as the site for the proposed International Rubber Council. Instead, the British Government should support Malaysia's bid to have the council in Kuala Lumpur. Primary Industries Minister Paul Leong said
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    • 359 13 National Front adopts code of conduct KUALA LUMPUR, Monday THE National Front supreme council at its meeting here today adopted a 11point code of conduct to strengthen cooperation among its component parties. The main feature of the code is: While the front discourages members from switching parties, it does not
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    • 82 13 PEHANG. Mon. An Austra- I lian woman tourist told the I magistrates court today that she became a social escort here after all her money was stolen by a fellow traveller and she could not pay her hotel bills. Kerry Lee Chilton. 33. was fined $300 or
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    • 239 13 'Extend Act to allow mobility of Peninsular lawyers' KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The Chief Justice of East Malaysia, Tan Sri Lee Hun Hoe, has called for the extension of the Legal Profession Act to Sabah and Sarawak, subject to modification to suit local conditions. He said this was because lawyers practising
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    • 52 13 ALOR STAR, Mon. Six Thais, including a teenage girl and a woman, have been arrested by the special antismuggling unit enforcement officers in Kodiang. 34 km from here, for illegal entry. They were found without valid travel documents when checked by the officers at about 11 am
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    • 256 13 Asean views should be adopted at summit' KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Malaysia wants the views of Asean nations on Indochinese problems reflected in the declaration to be adopted at the upcoming non-align-ed summit in Havana, Foreign Minister Tengku Ahmad Rithauddeen said today. He told Cuban special envoy Flavio Vrabo Pardo that
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
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    • 138 13 A Breath Of Fresh Air With Central Air from GENERAL ELECTRIC home use. 00$$ sealecfoimatuff l^B|jll I jfjr Compressor used 1 I xx*^ in over 2.000.000 installations. Exclusive spine fins for efficient cooling. Five-year compressor warranty. CALL to-day for details Sin Hup Hin Tel, *****3 Uni-Aire (S) Pte. Ltd. Tel.
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  • 396 14 The Straits Times TUESDAY, JULY 24, 1979 DIESEL WOES YESTERDAY'S diesel queues, as taxis, buses and lorries lined up at petrol stations for their fuel, carry a vital message Singaporeans cannot afford to ignore the world oil shortage has reached Singapore. It is not that we do not have sufficient
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  • 371 14 MORE and more, the situation is reminiscent of Vietnam before the communist victory. Rebellion prevails in most of the country's provinces, only half of which are under government control and then only during the day. Rebels control the countryside and threaten the major highways, forcing the army to
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  • 434 14 THE WORD "system" Is largely self-explana-tory. In large organisations, things should be systematic, not messy. Bat organisations are themselves systems, which leads us to define properties of a system. Consider a bicycle. By itself, without a rider, it is not a system. But add an owner to it, who
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  • 1878 14  -  NANCY CHNG Just ordinary people doing an ordinary job? By EVER SINCE the Goh Keng Swe-j study team was appointed to look int i the problems of the Education Ministry, the term "systems engineers 9 came into vogue. Faced with frustrating bureaucratic
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  • 1342 15  - Mood in Taiwan today is one of pragmatism PAUL MAJENDIE By in Taipei SIX MONTHS after the jolt of normalisation, thriving Taiwan is worried more about oil shortages than any threat of a takeover by mainland China. When US President Jimmy Carter surprised the world by normalising relations between Washington
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  • 267 15 Why not master ENGLISH A GOOD COMMAND OF ENGLISH cut ensure success m your present job improve your chances of promotion and increase your earning power. You can arqui~e it quickly and easily. When you can talk fluently and effectively write clearly and concisely, you impress your boss your customers
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  • FORUM
    • 146 15 Dialects too can express refined thoughts I HAVE no quarrel with the campaign to encourage school children of Chinese descent to speak English and or Mandarin. In fact, it's a good campaign in many a respects. I take strong objection, however, to efforts to mislead young children into believing that
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    • 301 15 I READ with interest the proposal to have bus panel advertisements by your reader D W Distant, "Cushioning the blow of higher prices" (ST, July 12) and would like to add a few points more. There are a few more ways to "cushion'
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    • 220 15 NO one is going to argue with the laudable aims of the NWC. But the rationale appears to defy logic. Surely we should first try to upgrade the technological level of our industries and simultaneously increase the wages of our workers. Not increase wages first
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    • 244 15 I AM a non-working mother with four young schooling children. Realising the need for youngsters to engage in some healthy recreation, I send my children to a nearby public swimming pool for lessons. The tutor, a lifeguard, charges me $15 for each child, a
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    • 422 15 REGARDING the new gu.delines of the National Wages Council (NWC), it 5 a Vr}^}e«? th £w peisep" tion of Mr Wee Cho Yaw President of the Singapore Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry), that he immediately spotlighted the problems likely to arise from
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 83 15 B RMd Sunday A randy rueful comedy" Telegraph UJ S More bed-rocking LAUGHTER than H the "HUSBAND ITALIAN STYLE!" H LOREN MASTROIMNI A JP^L' > g MARRIAGE J^k 9' J I ITAUAnJL Ul^l r*v» *f* y* *f' «f 2f» 5P *f' *T' i^'^P^f'^'^f'^^f^r^rr^/pfr^/T^^fT^rp^fp/T^ii The Straits Times The Sunday Times ore
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    • 443 15 Her husband opened the barber shop in 1933- When he died 30 years later, Mrs Jeya Veerappan took over the business. Since then she has turned it into something of an institution. Read all about... The woman ir\ m heads the x^ Orchard fi »> Road l^f m barber shop
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  • TIMES CITY DESK
    • 1350 16 I»7I Hi<k L..I tow Coapanv S«lr ,.r SECTION ONE INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL 2BI 190' 142 180 265 252 350 215 an 510 2X 100 272 505 142 261 400 153 506 410 110 630 m 125 121 384 21« 555 223 336 101 182 216 2S4 TO IK 23t
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    • 317 16 Closing tone: Mixed. Turnover: Official figures supplied by the Stock Exchange of Singapore including odd lots "Ready" totalled: 2.534,000 units valued at $7,147,000. Industrials accounted for 1.891.000. finance 201,000, hotels 34.000, properties 97,000, debentures, loans and bonds 8.000. plantations 267.000. minings 36.000."Settlement contracts totalled: 184.000 units valued at
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    • 1367 16 BID and otter prices officially listed and business in an reported to the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday with the number or shares traded shown in brackets in lots of 1.000 units unless otherwise specified All Times Settlement Contracts are quoted after the word "sett" Big Board
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    • 1336 16 HID and otter prim ofli.-ially listed ;ind business in and reported 10 the Kuala Lumpur Stock Kxrhange yes icnl.n »nh ihe number ol shares tntti shown in brackets in lots of 1.U00 units unless otherwise specific! IMH STKIU.n A,n»i2 2OB) \)l».m.u 126OH1 Akwa (1 oB 1 HUSi m
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    • 189 16 4 1/2% 1/8/80 (250.000) (99 568 99 665) 4 3/4% 159/80 250.000 99 658 99.755) 5 3/4% 1/6/78-80 (250.000) (100 758 100 85S) 5 1/2% I s/79-81 (250.000) (100.358 100 455) 5 3/4% 1/9/79-81 (250.000) (100.58S) 5 1/4% 1/3/81 (250.000) (100 108 MUM) 5% 15/4/81 (250.000)
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    • OVERSEAS MARKETS
      • 427 16 HONGKONG: Stock prices closed sharply higher yesterday, with the Hang Seng index rising 19.99 points over Friday's close to end the day at 598.45. the highest level this year, dealers said. The market was led by property and blue chip shares, with buying interest being almost exclusively local and
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      • 242 16 INDUSTRIALS A C I 190 A N 1 !7« A P M !2S Ampol Pet B H P 033 Bank NSW 3ft4 Borai Si BnmUn 1* C B A Ml C s R 3S6 Coal Allied 732S Dunlop 85 En ind 33ft Herald 233 Hooker 77 1 c I
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      • 316 16 AJInomoto Asahl Chcm Asahl Qlau Bank Tk Banyu Brldgestone .'hlyoda Dhubu Pwr "mien D Nip Print D Nip Toryo Dallchl Kanfyo Bk Ebara Fuji Buik Fuji Photo Fuji Spinning Fujltec Fujitsu Furukawa Eli-rt Hitachi Honda [HI Dak jal KaJIma Karual Pwr K.AO Kanuti steel Kikkoman Komauu Kubota Mats Indl
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      • 92 16 S P P L (formerly Singapore Paper Products Ltd) announced a group nee 1978 attributable loss of $0.54 million (profit $50,964). The parent company's net loss was $135,969 (profit $95,225 The company said increased competition and higher property tax coupled with losses and expenses incurred in the closure
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      • 122 16 CHINESE PRODI (E EXCHANGE, SINGAPORE, NOON CLOSING PRICES PER PICl'L YESTKRDAV: ('•rani «U: Bulk SIX sellers, old drum {IS sellers, new drum $140 sellers C«pr»: Mixed (loose) UK Cont $82 00 buyers Pepper: Munlok ASTA while lob 100' r M.W $337 50 sellers. Sarawak white (ob 96'. Nl.W
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      • 125 16 THE KILOBAR market for gold deliverable in Singapore yesterday opened at $21,000 and dosed at $20. 934. In the Far East, gold opened substantially higher at US$3O3OO 40 It moved up to $303.40 80 with good local buying before profit-Uking set In the afternoon, some selling from Europe brought
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    • COMMODITIES
      • 26 16 THE STRAITS tin price plunged another $26 to $1,930 per picul in Penang yesterday on an official offering up 46 tonnes to 264 tonnes.
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      • 340 16 OPENING prices in the Singapore rubber market yesterday were marked up about 1.50 cents on higher London advices dealers said. Prices later eased on profit-taking and lack of buying support, coupled with some upcountry selling. Some short-covering emerged, however, at the lows to check the decline. The morning session
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      • 89 16 NOON SSR RA8 SSR 20 SSR SO MRKLB «nd SMR pin yntrrday Augu.t Srptrmbrr urrrnl Mlhi (Forward Mthl Buytn S»llrr. Buvf r. Sellf-r. II toopalkl) 28I0ON 2S300N 2(100 *****N (lumpdlMI ***** *****N 278.00 28O0ON SMK (V -MK SMR GP <MR 5 .MK 10 iMH .11 ■AIR H
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      • 31 16 Rubber: July 23 Singapore: August: 295.75 cents (down 0.75 cent) Malaysia: August: 296.25 cents (down 0.75 cent) Tin: M$ 1,930 (down $26) Official offering: 264 tonnes (up 46 tonnes)
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    • CHIEF PRICE CHANGES
      • 46 16 Shangri-La Duff Dav M Breweries M T C Gilenealy Kuala Sidim Paper Product! gel Coconut. Keck Seng ■ithn Kinta Krmpai Batu Linlanf 640 304 570 400 220 300 134 243 274 850 530 275 20 12 10 10 10 8 8 7 5 5 5
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      • 31 16 M C lime Darby > C B C (SOP > B S lolhmana >dYablra MS 364 320 685 575 505 444 422 110 -n -6 -6 -5 -5 -5 -4 -4 -4
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      • 36 16 Si me Darby Spore Glass Haw Par Inrhc.pr K I. Kepon« O C B C J Cement Pan Electric Cons Plant Kulim Msia 525.000 108.000 90.000 63.000 63.000 53.000 52.000 49.000 47.000 46.000
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      • 31 16 B.T. Index: Industrials: Finance: Hotels: Properties: Minings: Plantations: O.C.B.C: S.E.S.Ind: Jul20 Jul23 2276.04 2260.19 ***** "S4.30 695.50 694.47 278.88 280.31 245.53 245.82 202.07 202.61 670.39 673.69 370.62 369.90 336.51 335.32
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    • 383 16 APART from attempts at window-dressing here and there, trading at the Stock Kxehange of Singapore yesterday was anything hot exciting. For the better part of the day the trend was bare I steady after a feeble rally in the morning. Near the close the market appeared
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    • 295 16 SELECTED plantation stocks came into the limelight yesterday amidst generally lethargic conditions at the Kuala Lumpur stock market. While most stocks hardly moved in face of continued cautious trading, selected plantation issues sped ahead on light buying interest. Kuala Sidim and Glenealy attracted buyers to close 10 cents
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    • Money and exchanges
      • 333 16 NOTE: These rates may differ slightly from those quoted by banks to their customers. INTERBANK rales at 3.00 pm: Currancw* Nominal rate* Smithsonian Parcantag* quolad yastaroay (croai)partly chanoa Ixwal dollar* to one unit of foreign currency US dollar 2.1405 2.1415 2.8196 24.08 Sterling pound 4.9045 4.9095 7 3469
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      • 54 16 RANCJK at prices offered h> I count houses on July 23: Overnight 4 r, Call deposits 4 Clotiaf Buyiaf Selliag 3 month Treasury bills 4 11/16 4 9/16 3 month Bank bills 7 11/16 79/16 3 month CD 7 5/16 7 3/16 6 month CD 7 T. Source: National
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      • 36 16 Closing interbank rates to Singapore dollars on July 23: Oder Bid Overnight 8 6'. 1 month 7 3/16 7 1/16 2 months 7 3/16 7 1/16 3 months 7 5/16 7 3/16 Overnight mudr
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    • 27 16 THE avenge rate at which Singapore banks I are currently prepared to lend to their best I I customers Is 8.25 per cent. J
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    • 696 17 SIME Darby has at last announced the terms of its proposed offer to acquire the 25.7-per cent minority interest in its large and well-diversified Hongkongbased subsidiary. China Engineers. The offer is more generous than expected. For every thousand shares in China Engineers. Sime is
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    • 201 17 Bumper profit likely at Selangor Properties EVERYTHING to pointing to hamper profit at SrIangor Properties (SP) In tke cnrrent year ending Oet 31, int. Right now, the group to operating onder boom conditions. At half time, the group reported a 21 per cent Improvement In anandlted pre-tax profit of $3.48
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    • 692 17 Higher prices boost F N soft drinks FRASER Neave's domestic soft drinks operation may turn in its first-ever profits this year as a result of the increase in soft drinks prices early this year. Expressing this optimism, company secretary I A MacLean said: "Following the increase in selling prices we
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    • 992 17 LAST year, Sigma Metal Company marked its tenth year of commercial production with its first ever aftertax loss, and has since staggered into the current financial year with numerous problems During the year ended Dec 31. 1978, the company managed to achieve record sales in
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  • Page 17 Advertisements
    • 966 17 NOTICES 0 JMK ASIA COMMERCIAL BANKING f(¥\k CORPORATION LIMITED \r£^$JtJj Head Office *****8 Robinson Rd \&SiMffl S'pore0106 We wish to announce that our interest rates on savings and fixed deposits effective from 20th July 1979 are as follows: SAVINGS ACCOUNTS: 6 50% pa N.B.: Deposits or withdrawals may be made
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    • 315 17 MALAYAN CREDIT LIMITED '^^^rf2?7 (Incorporated in Singapore) To the Stockholders Announcement of Financial Results for the year ended 31st March 1979 The audited accounts of Malayan Credit Limited and of the Group for the year ended 31st March 1979 show the following results 1979 1978 Ss'ooo Ss'ooo Group Company Group
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    • 393 17 CIVIL ENGINEER Experienced Civil Engineer required by a reputable construction company in South East Asia with head office based in Jakarta. He must at least hold a Bachelor of Science degree in civil engineering from a famous university, with no less than 16 years of field experience in low and
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  • Page 18 Advertisements
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    • 500 18 15 Musical Instruments EXECUTIVE LEAVING, must sell Yamaha organ, model DK4OC now worth $7,000, selling $5,500 0.n.0. Contact *****89 ONE DRUM SET two local Cambridge amplifiers, one Gibson amplifier, thre.- guitars, Triple Congas. Must sell all at $2,000 0.n.0. Contact *****15. 18 PetS 1 ADORABLE DACHSHUND PUPPY, female. 6 months,
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    • 702 18 IMPORTED PEKINESE 1 Ugh' sable, 4 months old, 1 sable 21 old (all female) with pedigree Telephone *****83 Mrs. Wong before 5 00 p.m. IMPORTED YOUNG MALE Pekl nese (U.K. Champion bloodline for sale as pet. Cheap to gooc home (no dealers please) Tel SIAMESE CATS for sale. Female 18
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    • 1186 18 II EMPLOYMENT I ASIATIC TRADING COMPANY reAn Electric. l Firm quires Female Clerk. Salary $200 12S0 depending on experience I requires Lunch provided. Apply to: 186 SHOWROOM ASSISTANT/ I Chua Chu Kang Road Sport GENERAL CLERK 2368 with full curriculum vltae and non-returnable photograph c Basic knowledge of Book- c
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    • 642 18 A »all estabtished I JAPANESE OFFSHORE BANK requires RECEPTIONIST/ I TELEPHONIST Ii c 4 GCE O' level. ,|e Typing speed of 40 wpm c Pleasant disposition. c Minimum salary of $350 c An excellent opportunity foi i advancement awaits th< right candidate i Interested candidates to rail in per aonalty
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    • 544 18 1 use TELEPHONE OPERATOR GCE O' Level with at least 1 year working experience In the same capacity. Please apply personally or write in lo: THE PERSONNEL DEPT NEW SOUND ELECTRONICS PTE LTD 2nd floor Teck Chiang Industrial Building 11SD Paya Lebar Road Singapore 1440. We invltr applications for the
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    • 744 19 II EMPLOYMENT 31 Situations Vacant b) Secretarial and Clerical AIRLINE TICKETING/ RESERVATION COURSE Thi* is a complete coure* (covering both Basic and Advance Ticketing). Syllabua baaed on SIA/MAS syllabue. Student* selected for the Course will be given FREE Cour*e* in French end Jepaneae Languages Hotel and Airline Public Relations and
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    • 667 19 H SECRETARY required immediately by Legal Farm. Please apply stating age. salary required, qualifications and experience (If any). Excellent prospects for the right person PO. SOX 2870 MAXWELL ROAD SINGAPORE 8048 SCHOOL LEAVERS AS Clerks/ Typists Starting salary $180 p m Call with particulars: 606. Colombo Court SECRETARIAL ASSISTANT WANTED
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    • 540 19 ATTENTION!! An International Organisation has Career Opportunities For: YOUNO MEN WOMEN A* Trainee Sale* Representative* No experience necaaeary ac intensive training will be provided. However, applicant* mini al leaat possess the following: c Speaks fluent English and 1 other dialect Frank and out-spoken Ambitious and hardworking. Able to follow Instructions
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    • 745 19 #1 TEMPORARY SERVICES Now that wa have settled et the WORLD TRADE CENTRE we want YOU to Join us. Interested in Temporary Sele* Enioy Meeting People? Need Venetian*? STOP LOOKING. CALL USI We have temporary promotional Jobs available now at *****18 u *****-e«e*»«Be«e»^ LATEST BEAUTY TECHNICS, free training given to
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    • 694 19 •AIM MANAGER Below 35 years old. c University graduate or professional college with experience c Salary Is negotiable depends on qualifications and experience. Interacted applicants pleeee write with full detail*, photograph (nonreturnable) and contact telephone number to: S.T. BOX ASO7S3 All applications will be treated with strict confidence. SALES RECEPTIONIST
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    • 635 19 AUDIO VISUAL COMPANY seeks qualified T.V. TECHNICIANS for expanding Service Centre. Candidates with valid driving licence possessing colour t v. experience need apply. To submit full working resume/ salary expected also telephone number for Immediate Interview i Salary and benefits to commensurate with experience*. Successful applicants poaaeaamg loadorahsp aptitude end
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    • 670 19 •fit EUROPEAN BTANDARD ELECTRONICS PTE. LTD. has Immediate vacancy for:MAINTENANCE MECHANIC Candidates should have passed at least Technical IV. although preference will be given to NTC holders In Electricity or Mechanical Engineering. The Job To assist In general line maintenance and Installation of machines, Jigs and electrical wiring. An attractive
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    • 586 19 ACME COMPUTER SERVICEB We are a well established Or- I ganlsatlon. due lo rapid I expansion we require: FEMALE EXPERIENCED/ TRAINEE DATA ENTRY OPERATORS (KEY PUNCH) We Provide: 1 Attractive wages 2) Promotlonopporlunltles 3) Good working conditions 4) Free medical benefits 5) On job training 6) Uniforms and tea If
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    • 641 19 Applications are Invited for the following posts:Machlne Operator*/ Prooeee Operator* Age: 17yrs to 40 yr.i and 1 Delivery Van Driver We offer: High Basic Pay Free Transport 5 1/2 days working week Good Increment on completion of 3 months probation Free Medical facilities Shift Allowance Uniform Provided Please call personally
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    • 809 19 DIE CASTING MACHINE OPERATORS and GENERAL WORKERS required for a factory in Jurong. Attractive salary, transport allowance, shift allowance etc Please contact:*****33 or *****34 or call personally atServeH Caatinga Pte. Ltd 52. Kian Teck Road, Jurong Town. Singapore. 2282. Due lo expeneton, weal eetabWahed international forwarder* Invite Singapore citizens who
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    • 470 20 II EMPLOYMENT 31 Situations Vacant t) General GENERAL WORKERS c Completed primary education c Must be reliable, honest and hardworking Please call personalty tor interview tram 6a.m. to 3p.m.. trom Monday to Friday at: SINGAPORE AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING PTE LTD PORTSDOWN ROAD OFF AVER RAJAH ROAD SINGAPORE 0513 TEL: *****1 (SBS
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    • 62 20 mg wvmi l\ I g H "5 Silt U 2 r^ >> E a p E E'sE '5 II I 1 1 1 ills I if ||li I II ilil g ZCM Q. Q. OJI issseA if ill 2 oc *> d 3 < <<Q CC S SO^ z v
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    • 648 20 If you are QUALITY MINDED. WITH A SENSE OF BELONGING, please come and Join us as (1) FEMALE PRODUCTION OPERATORS. Must be above 16 years. Minimum Primary 6 education In English or Mandarin School. Experience not essential, training provided Must be prepared to work 2 rotating shifts or permanent nightshirts.
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    • 364 20 SETRON invites applicants for the post of MALE PRODUCTION WORKERS Requirements: li Completed primary education. 2) 16 above Interested applicants are invited to call personally during office hours at Personnel Depl. 10. Dundee Road. Singapore 0314. MANPOWER TEMPORARY 1 > SERVICES C Wa need even more reliable. |ded,caled f- TEMPORARY
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    • 567 20 MATSUSHITA PRECISION MOTOR requires: A) PERSONNEL ASSISTANTS (MALE/FEMALE) Degree or Diploma holder Experience preferred Below 26 years old Male applicants must have completed N.S. B) LINE LEADER/ ASSISTANT LINE LEADER ITC holder majoring In electrical or mechanical engineering Completed N.S Age below 25 years Working place either at Ayer Rajah
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    • 620 20 iTraumticK'si FOOD SUPPLIES M LIMITED requires urgently For id Supermerket (1) CASHIER/ SALESGIRL (4 vacancies) Candidates should have completed Secondary education or Its equivalent with a pass In Mathematics No experience Is required Training will be pro- vlded (2) STACKER (9 vacancies) < (3) BUTCHER/ SHOP ASSISTANT (3 vacancies) Candidates
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    • 711 20 Urgently requires the t following posts: LEADMEN ITC In mechanical engineer- c Ing or OCE 'O' level Minimum 1-2 years working experience In setllng-up mould, plastic Injection work and supervising a group of workers Must be prepared to work 3 shift by rotation > Age 23-30 years I. ELECTRONICS TECHNICIANS/
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    • 541 20 MOTOR MARE-PART COMPANY has vacancies ror thr following positions: 1) Male Indoor Salesmen. Must have experience and hi-lingual 2) Male Despatch Clerk With knowledge of Import procedures and class 2 licence 3) Female Accounts Clerk. Must have experience and bt-llngual. i Able to keep full set of accounts Applicants are
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    • 377 20 NEWLY OPEN EXCLUSIVE JAPANESE MEMBERS CLUB requires HOSTESSES Attractive Income. Not less than $1,000 p.m. Experience not necessary as training will be provided. Office Personnel and Models are welcome. Part-timers are acceptable. Accommodations will be provided If necessary. Those interested, please apply personally at: LG93 96 Lower Groundfloor Lucky Plaza
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    • 476 20 NEW MAVFAIR HOTEL (undei a new Management) A. FEMALE RECEPTIONIST B. CHAMBERMAID/ CLEANER C. BELLtOY D. WATCHMAN E. LIFT ATTENDANT Apply to The General Manager NEW MAYFAIR HOTEL '.lo 1902 19th floor Golden Mile Tower Beach Road Singapore 0719 All envelopes must be clearly marked with position seeked Candidates are
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  • Page 21 Advertisements
    • 542 21 II EMPLOYMENT 31 Situations Vacant t) Generml REQUIRED IMMEDIATELY BY an established engineering firm (1) Malay Driver Cum Delivery (2) Female Machine Operators Call personally lo: 51D. lorong 17. Geylang. Spore 1438. REQUIRED Malay Females cc SURVEY ASSISTANTS c Monthly Income 1350 plus transport allowance, c Minimum GCE O level
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    • 545 21 ■■K^BBeS r TOKO ELECTRONIC (S) PTE. LTD. invites sppiicafons lor tho posts of FEMALE PRODUCTION OPERATORS Ws Otter No shift work S-day week with alternate working Saturdays Pleasant working conditions, no microscopic work 3 months probation Confirmation increment Annual Increment. Bus fare Attendance benefits Productivity Incentives. AWS Annual leave Medical
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    • 618 21 WANTED URGENTLY CHINESE office boy Please call personally: 2008, Shenton House Warehouse of a fashion ware concern has vacancies for: STORE ASSISTANTS Nyouaro:e between 13 and 23 years of age. school leavers between 16 and 17 years are also welcomed to apply c completed Primary 6 (English stream) c must
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    • 462 21 WANTED EXPERIENCED DRIVER (MALE) for office hours duty. 0 Above 35 years old. a Possess valid Class 111 licence, c Singaporean Apply poroonolty during office hours et: 0C COMMONWEALTH LANE SINGAPORE OSI4 btyß' i^ ll WORK* '•PAYS! j ATNS ELECTRONICS I|hmhmhhmmhw| ns gives you: Up to $249 per month after
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    • 720 21 11l VEHICLES ABC 45 Vehicle* For Sal* A BIG WELCOME TO NG KEONG'S SUPER--CAR-MART AND UP-DATE YOUR CAR AT 9 KIM KEAT RD, TEL: *****50 *****76 *****83 FOR QUALITY USED-CARS 1971: Mercedes 200 Dstsuo 120Y A/C Ostsuo IJOY S/W Toyota Corolla Coupe Toyota HHvx Steel Lorry 1077: Ford Cortina 10OL
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    • 957 21 JO—^— sses— e—^ )ATS END 1073 DATSUN 160J, with ne» MXIV alrcondltloner, excellent condition. Beautiful Interior fully carpeted, comprehensive Insurance and tax, new palnl and tyres. Asking $10,800. Tel *****44. END 1073 FIAT 124 Sports. EC24 alrcond., sports rims, new tyres $14,000 0.n.0. Tel. *****2 Ah Tee. END 1070 AUSTM
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    • 921 21 I REG. MARCH, 1075, Toyota Corolla 1200 c.c. 2 careful owners. Low mileage. New MXIV alrcond. cassette player and radial tyres. $13,600 0.n.0. Tel: *****30. SM THAI HM TRADING PTE LTD Olnnapnre Uaod Cor Carpark Plot -E-, Fringe Carpark 'O' Kampong Java Road Singapors I Ter.*****0V*****02/*****07 1070 Mercedes MOB alrcond
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    • 992 21 1072 FIAT 120 excellent condition Road tax/Insurance Dec., 1979. Selling $8,000 0.n.0. *****6 1072 FORD CORTINA 1600OT. Radio caiaette. Selling price $6,600 0.n.0. Road tax till Oct. Insurance till 4/80. Tel: *****36 1072 jaguar XJO 4 2 Automatic, original Immaculate condition. Front and rear alrcond. Many accessories PARF eligible Loan
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    • 871 21 1070 DATSUN 100A showroon condition, alrcond.. sports rlma cassette, original paint. $13,751 negotiable 4461 113/ *****46 1070 DATSUN 120 V Statlonwagon 1 owner, good condition Price $14,800. Contact Ah Keong. Tel *****04 1974 Volkswagen TD 214 slide doors. 1 owner Price: $8,600 Contact Mr Llm tel: *****5. 1070 FIAT 131S
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    • 864 21 1 2-WEEfc OLD PEUGEOT 305. Alrcond. Superb condition TradeIn/h.p. arrangeable: Inquiries *****12. 2000 AMD 2000 cc for scrap Tel: *****8. 34, Jalan Chengkek. Spore 1336. 7/73 CORTINA MOO OT. alrcond,. cassette, metallic paint, tax U/ 79. tip top condlUon. $8,600 nan *****1 0 MONTHS OLD Mazda 323 I*o c.c. Alrcond.
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  • Page 22 Advertisements
    • 582 22 IV ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES Showrooms^ for Sale or Lease Bukit Timah Bukit Timah Plaza Bukit Timah Shopping Centre Orchard Road Far East Shopping Centre Lucky Plaza C E Orchard Orchard Plaza Tanglin Shopping Centre Raffles Place The Arcade North Bridge Road/ Rochore Road Peninsula Shopping Complex Peninsula Plaza High Street Plaza
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    • 861 22 DIST. 10 NAMLY PLACE doublestorey semi-detached, 3 bedrooms, servant's, fully furnished, aircondltioners. Available Immediately. Tel: *****53. DIST. 1025 TANGLIN CLUB vicinity, double-storey detached bungalow, partially furnished. 3 bedrooms, study. 3 bathrooms, servant's amenities, large living/ dining, alrcondltloners. built-in cupboards, fridge and cooker. Spacious garden Details, call: *****25/ *****76. DIST. 11
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    • 688 22 BEDOK ROAD Self-contained apartments with 1 bedroom, hall, kitchen and bathroom with longbath. Available Immediately. Rental $190/and $200/- p.m. Inclusive of water. Enquiries Principal! Only Tel: *****33/ *****77 (Spore) BRADOELL VIEW, DIST. 10 fully furnished luxury apartment for rental $1,250 p.m. Contact *****89 BRAND NEW APARTMENT— District 10. Modern, well
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    • 683 22 MERLIN PLAZA Executive Office Facing Sea Area: 1.166 Sq.Ft. At $1.80 PS.F. P.M. Inclusive Of Service Charges. Enquiries: MISS TAN *****11. j MERLIN PLAZA, BEAUTIFULLY Furnished apartment with good harbour view. Consists of 2 bedrooms and a study. Fully alrcond throughout. $1,600 p.m. For viewIng call: *****33. Stephen Chul. MERLIN
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    • 769 22 JAPANESE AMERICAN PETROLEUM Staff Urgently Required Apartments Bungalows Semi-Detached Reputable Districts Company Lease *****97 *****94. JAPANESE/ GERMAN FIRMS require apartments/ houses Dlst 9/ 10/ 11/ 5/ 19/ 20/ 21 Company lease. *****1 MULTI-NATIONAL COMPANY with factories In Kallang/ Jurong/ Bedok want several houses/ apartments *****1 1 *****72. NEWLY ARRIVED JAPANESE
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    • 791 22 DMT. 10 NAMLV PLACE doublestorey semi-detached. 3.800 sq ft freehold. 3 bedrooms, servant's room, mosaic and parquet, $200,000 0.n.0. Call *****1. DIST. 11 HILLCREST VICINITY furnished, double-storey Intermediate errace. 3 bedrooms, wall-to-wall carpet/ 2 baths, l servant's room and toilet Area: 1,800 sq.ft freehold with vacant possession Highest offer secures.
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    • 761 22 A STUDIO APARTMENT. Sherwood Towers, Type B. 680 sq ft 176.000 Tel: *****. BEAUTIFULLY AMD EXTENSIVELY renovated, furnished HDB 4roomed flat at Farrer Road. Wall panelling, carpeted, and large modern bathroom. Highest offer secures. Ring *****02. CAVENAOH COURT. DIST. 3-bedroomed apartment facing the Istana with attached master bathroom and balconies.
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    • 539 22 SEMI-DETACHED IN GOLOHILL Avenue required and also terrace houses In Calrnhlll Circle. Please call: *****08 Glnco International SEMI-DETACHED ON CORNER terrace house, up to $150,000 Tel Mrs Llm *****5 (office hours) WANTED TO PURCHASE old houses/ land at Robinson Road/ Cecil Street with/ without tenancy. Property Agency *****92/*****11 56 Factories
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    • 673 22 IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE 240 sq ft. office. Woh Hup Complex Rental $450 monthly. Ring *****21/ *****22/ *****9 INTERNATIONAL PLAZA. 14TH floor, facing sea. 946 sq ft $1.60 p s r Sprmgland *****14 INTERNATIONAL PLA2A OFFICE Space for rent, newly furnished with partitions, panoramic view. area:- 1.003 sq.ft. Contact: *****6 r MERLIN
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  • Page 23 Advertisements
    • 619 23 V SERVICES BUSINESS 77 Car Pools I 85 Photography 72 Airconditiontrt/ Refrigarators AH KIEW ABKONOrnONBeQ Re- frlgeratlon Service Specialists In sale, trade-in, repairing, respraylng and rental Tel: *****88/ 9 AIRCONDITIONER RENTAL $25/- j upwards National Brand selling cheap with Free T-Shlrt Tel: *****74/ *****00 ELEGANT ELECTRICAL SERVICE Pte Ltd.: Rental.
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    • 754 23 SPECIALISED IN RSPABwNO roof leakage. Interior decoration, undertake all kinds of construction work. *****0/*****34. TEL. »*****, HOB Licence C ***** specialises In renovation, Marble/ Terraizo/ Ceramic/ Office partition and Cabinets. VB4VLTH.E AND CARPETING for office, factory and HDB flats. Economical plus Specialists' Installation service call *****89/ *****78. the professional way.
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    • 634 23 CAR POOL AVAILABLE FROM Tot Payoh. Tlong Bahru. Queenstown to Jurong. Tel: *****2 Francis Loh. LIFT AVAILABLE Ang Mo KIO/ Upper Thomson Road Farrei Road/ Queensway/ Telok Blangah *****3. LIFT REOUeftED FROM Changl U Kallang Way. Tel: *****77 ext. 17. TRANSPORT REOUIRED. Pandar Valley to reach Havelock Road at 8.15
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    • 763 23 1 SECONDHAND CAMERAS CENTRE we buy. sell and trade-In for used all new cameras. High offer for Lelca used cameras Slnga1 pore Cosmos Trading Company, r 177, Middle Road, *****/ *****7. 86 Special Trßatmants 1 NEW HAM CLINIC, O-48, Peace I Centre, Spore 0922. Tel: *****0. Weekdays:- 9.00 a.m. 6.00
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    • 775 23 VI EDUCATION A TRAINING GIRLS! Jobs are becoming harder to gel I you need better qualifications Tne London Chamber ol Commerce 1 and Industry Private Secretary s Certificate is recognised internationally as one of the highest qualifications obtainable This examination is the only Private Secretarial Examination supervised by the Ministry
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    • 704 23 Systematic TuMen guaranteed by experienced Tutors for Science, Arts and Commercial subjects. Tel: *****47/ *****0/*****6 > Group/Individual Tuttton by quailfled, reliable, bilingual Teachers for all levels. Home/Centre. Tel: *****53/*****4/*****9/*****3. ReßaMe BWngual Teachera speclaUsed In Maths, Science, English j and others at all levels. Tel: *****5/*****9/***** 1/*****64. Japanass, EnoHeh, Thai, French,
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    • 270 23 INTENSIVE COACHING BY rell- I able, experienced bilingual tutors for all subjects/ levels Conversation also available. *****3/*****03/*****4/*****00. INTERESTED TO LEARN Swimmlng Lessons for beginners/ intermediate to commence soon. I Contact *****75 for details. LADIES LIARN PUS Jellies. International Dishes plus I Cookies, Chiffon, Western cakes the simplified way. Interested ring
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    • 612 23 VII TRAVEL RES M.A.S. TRAVEL CHARTERS SPECIALIST ECONOMY FLIGHT LONDON EUROPE AMERICA AUSTRALIA BALI INDONESIA HONOKONG MANILA TOKYO BAHRAIN JEDDAH CAIRO Suit* 544 Tanglin Shopping C.ntr. (B»td« Ming Court HoW) S'por* 10. Tot: *****5, *****71/2 S.T.P.B. Lie No TA 17S. 114 Tours ARCMPELAOO SPECIALS 4 Days Ball M2S 5 Days
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    • 372 23 JTAURANTS jmtLL /-''group Mi' DEPARTURES: •a^j^P^ 8,8 24/8 Special rote i Dkk/Ponoyo 5 D 1569 Dkk/Pottoyo 7 D ,608 Inclusive RT oirfores meols hotel sightseeing 6 Trqnsfer_etc! Normol doily 3ep 5 D 1599 7 D *678 For more details coll: Tal: *****33, *****44. *****9,*****1. CONSTAIR ,JL EXPf« 17 Address .509
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    • 523 23 ■warn I bb»W^W*K*M'|bb*S?b»R? S"°B L ce"c»No 003 SHENTOURS PTE. LTD.. Gl, Ground Floor. Marina Houta. Shanton Way. Singapore 0207. Tal: 222*633/ *****39 STPB No. 170 (a) FIRST CLASS 20 DAYS EUROPEAN TOUR wsitmg Brussels Paris. Avignon. Nice. Florence. Rom**. Venice. I Innsbruck. Lucerne. Frankfurt. Amsterdam. London Departure 137. 10 8.
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  • IX OBITUARIES
    • 307 24 FAMILY OF THE LATE Mfl. LEE CHW GEE aipraaa thair aincaraat gratiluda lor tha warm condolancaa aitandad to them. MRS. LEONG CHUNG FAN (LILY LEE TUNG MING) LAID TO REST AT ALL SAINTS MEMORIAL CHAPEL. POH HUAT ROAD. SINGAPORE. ON 15th JULY 1979. Th. lami'y ol th* l.t.
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    • 92 24 MADAM UM SIEW ENG ALIAS LIM SIEW HWA Beloved wife of Ool Ghee Him passed away suddenly on 23rd July. 1979. Cortaga 2, Cardrtt Grova on 2Slh. July. 1t7t it 2p.m. lof CCC Christian Camatary. MR TAN CHENG CHUA. 75. passed away peacefully on 22 July 1979. leaving
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      32 24 IN LOVING MEMORY OF MOM MARY EE CHWEE NEO c.llad to t» with tit* Lord on 24-7-75. Daarty miaaad and •*»< ramambarad by Jimmy. Harry. Juna. Gubfwl »nd loved ohm
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  • TIMESPORT PAGE ONE
    • 379 24 STARS FAIL TO INTEREST SOVIET PUBLIC MOSCOW, Mon. Silvio Leonard, of Cuba, showed why he is one of the best sprinters in the world with an electrifying victory in the Spartakiad men's 100 metres final here last night. Leonard, the second-fastest athlete over the distance
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    • 230 24 MOSCOW, Mon. Strlnnent anti-doplng measures will be in operation at the preOlymplc Spartaklad, which not underway here yesterday. And in a fall dress rehearsal for the I9M Moscow Games the same medical team, equipment and methods are being used. la charge of the operation Is
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      • 113 24 MOSCOW, Mon. Top Cuban athletes Alberto Juantorena and Alexandra Casanas will not be taking part in the World Cup athletics' finals in Montreal next month, it was revealed here yesterday. Mr. Manuel Gonzalesguerra, the Cuban Olympic Committee president currently in Moscow for the Spartakiad, said
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      • 181 24 A light meter rescues Indians BRISTOL. Mon. A light meter rescued the Indian cricketers after Gloucestershire had snatched three wickets for 14 runs in their three-day match here yesterday. Today is the last day. Gloucestershire had declared while 83 behind on first innings and the Indian batsmen were plainly unhappy
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      • 153 24 Woolmer strikes form LONDON, Mon. Allrounder Bob Woolmer suddenly regained his seam bowling form and swept Kent towards their eighth victory in England's 40-over Sunday Cricket League at Chesterfield yesterday. Woolmer, an England star until he joined Kerry Packer's World Series Cricket, has taken only seven Sunday wickets this season.
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      • 99 24 Italian sprint champion Mennea BIETI, Italy, Mon. Italian sprinter Pletra Menaea, wba set a aew world best performance far the 3M metres here an Friday, will aat be competinK la the World Cap athletics' finals In Montreal next month. Instead, Mrnnea, who raa 32.23 aeea. far the Baa-Olympic distance, will
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      • 35 24 ANGERS (France). Mon Thierry Vigneron. erf France, set a junior world record for the pole vault with a leap of 5 52 metres in an international meet against Canada here last night. Reuter.
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      • 106 24 NEW YORK, Mon. Results of major league baseball games played yesterday: Ameriema LMgae Detroit 1 Chicago 0. New York Yankees 4 Seattle 0, Baltimore 4 Oakland 1. Minnesota 14 Toronto 1. Kansas City 7 Texas 6, Boston 6 California 5 (10 inns), Milwaukee 14 Cleveland 5 (1st.). Milwaukee
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    • 53 24 BOLTON (Lancashire). Mon. Japan's Ichiko Hokazano. won ihe 25 kilometres race in the world veterans' athletics championship here yesterday. The J7-year-old Yokohama housewife clocked 1 hr. 39 mm. 26 sec., ahead of England's Bridget Cushen England's Mike Freary won the men's race, followed by New Zaalander
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    • 246 24 Hinault makes it two in a row in grand style PARIS, Mon. Frenchman Bernard Hinault yesterday won the Tour de France cycling classic for the second successive year, sprinting to a final stage victory on the Champs Ely sees before thousands of cheering compatriots. Though Hinault, with an impregnable overnight
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  • Page 24 Advertisements
    • 308 24 VIII ANNOUNCEMENTS PERSONAL l^g^'it" SINGLE RESPECTABLE lady seeks single tall career and 129 Miscellaneous respectable foreigner age 28 and above Reply with pholo^teleI phone number ST. Box ASOT7O. S'r>ore9ll» confidentially Introduces to you Hox A90x71 1 Tawaran No. ALS.6/79 Menanam Kabel Voltan Tmggi Voltan Rendah dan Membma Pencawang serta Mendirikan
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    • 635 24 Texas Instruments SINGAPORE (PTE) LIMITED Invites applications for the following positions: Manufacturing Supervisors Supervision of a group of female production operators, innovation and improvement on the manufactured products. To be responsible for quality, productivity, direct material usage and overhead control of his operation. Requires a degree and some related experience.
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    • 223 24 Tl SINGAPORE mm Business MC(P)9a/VT9 VOL3NO7 E«h JULY 579 PRCE $300 «*OWT»«y FIGURES »»a»i8O»» »■■>!■■■ swum I«-*—o— Cmajiaiin Ha»aASyta OWaa S»ea» Wia Vlilmi Oyola Cam lato O» Hawaii Maarn M •*■*> ~v/\\\\\\ j) I "^sHV^s^aaV The tremendous rate of growth in the Regular sections in the magazine Asean region has
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  • TIMESPORT PAGE TWO
    • 523 25 Malaysian-bred eyes another record By FAIRWAY PENANG, Mon. Bangsa Wan has just set a record and will be chasing another for a Malaysian-bred. With his nine-length victory in the Tote Board Stakes over 1.200 metres here on Saturday, the eight-year-old by High Rank has now
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    • 257 25 Another milestone for Borg BASTAD, Mon. Wimbledon champion Bjorn Borg wrote a new chapter in his tennis career yesterday when he became the first player to win the l'S$90,000 ($191,700) Swedish Open tennis tournament three times in a row. The top-seeded Swede beat Hungarian Balasz Taroczy. the No. 2 seed.
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    • 1442 25 WEIGHTS for this weekend's rswes In Penan*?: SATURDAY Clats 3 On. 4 IJoofn 16 Pertama n 57.0 15 Very Very Good 57 0 is Invincible IV 55 5 1 Steven Jac k 55 0 13 Yulee 55.0 5 Guardian Saint 545 9 Cherry Ling n 54.0 12 Bona
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    • 555 25 Boxer Two-Tons' dies NEWARK i New Jersey). Mon. Tnny Galento. 69. one of the United States best known heavyweight boxers of the 1930s", died of a heart attack here yesterday Galento. nicknamed "TwoTons" by fight faas. fought Joe Louis for the world title at the Yankee Stadium. New York, in
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    • 232 25 SYDNEY, Mon Results of yestarday'i Australian assoria- j "lion football matches Na- ttooal lifagar: Apia 0 Sydney <) 2. Brisbane C. 3 Fixtroy U. 0. Fotsray 1 Sydney C. 0. St. George 1 Marconi 1. S. Mcl- i bourne 3 Brisbane 0. W. Ade- lajdc 2 Canberra
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  • Page 25 Advertisements
    • 650 25 A leading and long-established International Company invities applications for the following posts to be filled immediately: 1) SALES ENGINEER Candidates must be hardworking, mdependant, dynamic and self-motivated. He is responsible to the Director in all aspects of sales and is required to keep close contact with our clients in Malaysia
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    • 746 25 Situation Wanted GENERAL MANAGER, 39, over 1! years experience in marketing /genera management in the Far East. Current ly Managing Director of well-establish ed trading company in Hong Kong Engaged in Import/Distribution an< Local Packaging of a wide range o consumer products seeks challengin) executive position based in Singapon or
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    • 184 25 Thf Baakraptcy Art (Chapter 18) IN THE HIGH COURT OP THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE IN BANKRUPTCY Ne. JM ot IfJJ Re: NG KA KAY EXPARTE: PAR EASTERN BANK LIMITED ..Credlton NOTICE OP ADVERTISEMENT To: NgKaKay.No. 110-C, Faber Drive, Singapore. TAKE NOTICE that a Bankruptcy Notice has been issued against you
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    • 276 26  -  BERNARD PEREIRA By ABBAS MUTALIB, Singapore's top road cyclist, yesterday returned prematurely from his onemonth training stint in Harrogate (England), and revealed the stunning news that he was quitting competitive cycling. Ahhas. 26. who was sponsored by his employers Lion Tyres to be trained under ex-British
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    • 81 26 NEWTON A scored a rousing upset when they beat the fancied Geylang A team in pouring rain to win Sunday's Pesta Sukan 100-kilometre cycling team time trial in 2 hr. 27 min. 12.6 sec. at East Coast Parkway. Their ceditable effort beat the Qualifying time, based on
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    • 297 26  -  JOE DORAI TWO-WEEK COURSE A REWARD By TWO outstanding players, preferably schoolboys, from this year's Lion City Cup under-16 team will be selected to attend a j two-week summer! course in England next i year. The course, to be conducted by a reputable English
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    • 269 26  - Farrer Park, Tampines in drab draw WILFRED YEO By Farrer Park 0 Tampines 0; Toa Payoh 4 Ponggol 1 THE teams who fought the barren National Football League Division One battle at the Jalan Besar Stadium got their just dues, though in the end it seemed that cellar-occupiers Farrer Park
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    • 199 26 Barred Koh to play in MCFA tourney KOH CHUAN HWEE, the Tainpines Rovers goalkeeper now under suspension until Sept. 2, is among the 21 players the Singapore Chinese have selected (or their Malaysian Chinese Football Association Cup competition, from Thursday to Sunday, at Kubu Stadium, Malacca, reports JOE DORAI. Koh,
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    • 72 26 ALL badminton umpires are requested to submit their registration forms, duly completed, to the Singapore Badminton Association Umpires' Board if they wish to render their services. Umpires not registered after next Tuesday may not be called upon to serve in tournaments, and notice of any matter pertaining
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    • 113 26 FIRSTS for Weinberg, Pat Meyers MOLINE, Illinois, Mon. i D. A. Weinberg shot a 65 j yesterday to win the US$2OO,OOO ($426,000) Quad Cities' Open golf tournament, his first victory on the United States professional golfers' tour. He finished on 14-under-par 266 to pick up the U5536,000 ($f6,680) first prize.
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    • 354 26 COAL CITY, Illinois, Mon. Sam Snead, golf's bulldog legend, fired a X yesterday in the final round of the Quad Cities' Open to become the first man ever to shoot below his age on the Professional Golfers' Association tear. The remarkable achievement concluded a fine tournament performance In
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    • 207 26  -  ERNEST FRID A By BURLY Jaswant Singh finally made the breakthrough on Sunday after years of frustration on the fairways when he snatched the Keppel Open golf title from seasoned campaigners Talib Haron and Lim Choo Beng on a count back. All three players fired
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      61 27 WHAT A FINISH THi: FINAL BURST! Singapore's anchorman Richard Scow (No. Slil, right) clenches his fists as he crosses the finishing line in the Ixl* metres relay the final event of the meet. The other runners are (from left) Indonesia's Bambang (1217), Thailand's Supachat Varanon (Ml), Malaysia's Syed Nahar (315)
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      527 27  -  ERNEST FRIDA By Singapore strike in last two events SINGAPORE finished in a blaze of glory when they won the last two events on the final day of the third Asean schools track and field championships at the National Stadium yesterday. The Singapore girls, backed by the Kallang
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    • 167 27 AFTER three hectic days of competition at the Asean schools track and field championships, most of the athletes have had their share of glory to last them until next year but not Munirah Alatas, reports KEN JALLEH Jr. Munirah, who missed the meet because of a
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    • 68 27 THE Philippines yesterday agreed to host the fourth Asean Schools' track and field championships in Manila next year. But, the Filipinos told the Asean Schools Sports Council that they may not be able to stage the basketball competition, for boys and girls under 18 years, scheduled in
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    • 29 27 SAFSA overcame Kirn Seng 3-2 in a SAFRA invitation volleyball championship match at Toa Payoh last night. SAFRA beat Police by an identical score in another tie.
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    • 81 27 TODAY'S EVENTS HOCKEY SHA League: CSC v SLA Group, Police v Schools; Div 3: Khalsa C v SAFSA D, Shakthi A v Prisons C; Premier: LA v Armed Froces; Div 1: SCC B v PWD, SRC v Janseniles (Padang. 5.15). SOCCER NFL Div 1: Changi Utd v Forces (Jalan Besar,
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    • 57 27 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. Selangor appeared almost certain to follow-on in the Malaysian inter-state under-23 cricket final against Singapore at Pantai today. Srares: Singapore 201 (F. Martens 56. C. Hodge 31. Mokhtar Ahmad 28, Terry Cooke 18, C. Lewis 3-23. John Carmichael 3-30). Selangor 40-8 (C. da Silva
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    • 280 27  -  KEN JALLEH Jr By WHILE all eyes were focussed on the mure glamourous track events in the ASEAN Schools athletics championships at the National Stadium yesterdav, a lonesome figure was fighting a war with the laws of gravity with only his lanky legs
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    • 233 27 Boys: IMm 1 Julio Bayaban (P) 11.1. 2 Julius Affar(l) 11.2, 3 Richard Scow (S) 11.2. 4 Suparhat Veranon (T) 11.4, 5 Syed Nahar (M) 114. 6 Jeffrey Mohmud Noor 11.4. Wml IsidroDel Prado(P) 1:54.9 (rec). 2 Nordin Mohmud Jad, <M) 1:56.5. 3 Julian Berondo (P) 1:57.4,
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    • 263 27  -  WILFRED YEO By THE name Delia Milne may not ring many bells, but the bowling newcomer almost single-handedly kept the Singapore flag fluttering in Manila's Celebrity Bowl, venue of the Philippines Open championships, which ended on Saturday. Delia is still holidaying in Manila, but Singapore team manager
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    • 282 27  - Lydia— the triple-gold winner PETER SIOW PROFILE by. LYDIA DE VEGA is an athlete extraordinary she was the only one to win three gold medals in the ASEAN schools track and field championships. Yesterday, at the National Stadium, the Filipino athlete breasted the tape first in 12.4 seconds for the
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  • 62 28 20,000 SCALE MT FUJI IN ANNUAL RITUAL UP AND UP the sacred slopes of Mount Fuji they plodded, a relentless surge of people. Under the shadow of cloudy skies, 2»,m of them climbed the 3,776metre mountain on Sunday. Scaling the mountain, Japan's highest, which can be seen from Tokyo on
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  • 160 28 Malaysia extends Concorde trial period K. LUMPUR, Mon. THE Malaysian Government has decided to extend the overflight trial period of the Concorde for another six months, Transport Minister V. Manickavasagam announced here today. The initial trial period of six months expires tomorrow. "The government had agreed to extend the trial
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  • 54 28 TOKYO. Mon The Bank o( Japan today tightened credit to help fight Japanese inflation by raising its official discount rate by 1 per cent. The increase to 5.25 per cent, effective (rom tomorrow. follows similar action taken recently by monetary authorities in the United States. Canada
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  • 170 28 MANILA. Mon MORE than 100 American businessmen today pledged support not only through expanded bilateral trade but also in increased foreign in- j vestments in the Asean countries. The Americans issued the pledge at the opening of their first business conference with traders from
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  • 113 28 IPUH, Mon. Communist guerillas ambushed a six-vehicle military convoy in Perak, killing five people and wounding six others, It was disclosed here today. Details of the ambush were given at a press conference by Perak State Secretary Datuk Seri Radln Soenarno, who is also
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  • 129 28 Blood clot may affect Benin's eyesight JERUSALEM, Mon. Prime Minister Menace hem Begin 's condition improved today, his doctors said, but newspaper reports said the blood clot in his brain would impair his vision over a long period. Or Assa Harel. director of the riadassah Medical Centre, said Mr Begins
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  • 27 28 LONDON, Mon. A report claiming that Britain intends to join the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) is "not true," the Foreign Office said today.
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  • 340 28 REDDY TELLS RIVALS DESAI AND SINGH NEW DELHI, Monday PRESIDENT Sanjiva Reddy today gave both Mr Morarji Desai, who resigned as prime minister eight days ago, and his chief rival, Mr Charan Singh, 48 hours to prove whether either of them could form a
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  • 165 28 Music is like opium: Khomeiny TEHERAN, Mon AYATOLLAH Ruhollah Khomeiny, Iran's revolutionary and spiritual leader, has compared music to opium and called for a broadcast ban on all music from Beethoven to the Beatles on the state radio and television. "Music is no different than opium," Pars, the official Iranian
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  • 41 28 NEW YORK. Mon Dow Jones averages, based on first hour of trading on the New York Stock Exchange: 30 indus 824.91 off 3.16. 20 trans 247.95 off 0.69, 15 utils 107.41 off 044. 65 stocks 294.56 off 1.05. UPI.
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  • 270 28 EEC civil servants strike against pay 'cuts' BRUSSELS, Mon. A meeting of European Economic Community (EEC) budget ministers was cancelled today as the EEC's civil servrnts are on strike in protest against plans for deducting from their salaries amounts they have been overpaid in the past three years. Because of
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    • 444 28 BUSINESS TIMES Singapore's Financial Daily Cover Price Hot Annual Subscription $155. For subscription, call *****11 Ext T.U TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS. NOT ALL property developer* in Singapore are amenable to the conditions imposed by the URA under its seventh sale of sites. Find out which company has said 'no' to the authority.
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    • 1553 1  -  JUNE KRONHOLZ, Heathrow Airport's woes typify those of major terminals that are faced with saturation By in LONDON Wntmg for The Asian Wall Street Journal The possible alternatives: Expand, build some more airports or send the air traffic elsewhere EVEN in the
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      • 318 1 INSIDE: a LEISURE: Four sisters in postCivil War America 2 a WOMEN'S PAGE: Doing their part for the family 3 PHILIPPINE AIRLINES. GIVE US 6 DAYS AND WELL CHANGE vk PAGSANJAN FALLS. OUR LIFE. FOR THE BETTER. B£ '■■""■'"'^P Shooting the rapids. Tranquility of Laguna Lake. The tour package designed
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      • 417 2  - Serial on four sisters in post-Civil War America JOHN DE SOUZA By VIEWERS who have not been watching the Family Classics over Channel 8 on Friday evenings will be dismayed to learn that they have missed the serialisation of Black Beauty. However, consolation is close at hand with the start
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      • 308 2  -  TAN SUAT LIAN by GIFTED young pianist Miss Yumiko Morioka certainly deserved better than the half-filled auditorium for a fascinating and well-exe-cuted programme of works too rarely heard in Singapore these days. It was an evening of sparkling music, played with much ability
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      • 260 2 3 items by SSO at its next concert DVORAK'S finest work, Symphony No 8, is one of three pieces to be performed by the Singapore Symphony Orchestra at the Conference Hall on Thursday and Friday. Although it does not enjoy the enormous popularity of his Ninth Symphony, "From The New
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      • 81 2 Workshop of Eastern and Western dances THERE will be a Dance Workshop of Eastern and Western dances at the Cultural Centre on Saturday at 8p.m. Featured in the first half of the programme is Cecilia Hon's dance-drama, Elektra, presented by the Singapore Ballet Academy. The second half of the programme
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      • 52 2 THE Presbyterian Ladies' College Band of Perth, Western Australia, will give a guest performance at the concert by the National Schools Military Band at the National Theatre on Thursday at 6 p.m. During its stay in Singapore, the band will also make a radio recording and perform
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      • 206 2 MY humble apologies for yesterday's grand faux pas. Anna Karenina (not Lou Grant) is on Mondays at 9.55. To help you forgive and forget is today's second part of Edward II on Channel 5 at 3.35 not to be missed if you can possibly help it.
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      • 1016 2 TV and Radio SINGAPORE 5 3.00 PM Opening followed by Laverne closes and Shirley 7.30 News (Malay) 3.25 Diary of Events 7.45 Pusparama (Malay) 3.30 Pre-Examination Programme Ed 8.30 Return of The Saint Tower ward II (Last episode) Bridge Is Falling Down 4.25 Intermission 9.30 News and Newsreel (Engfsh) 6.05
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      • 339 3 There's no saying that houshold duties can sometimes be a "chore." Remisier Frankie Chionh, 32, has come up with a clever way of "avoiding" the little jobs around the place of which he's not particularly fond. With no servant in the home,
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      • 560 3  -  SHEILA CHEONG Modern-day husbands help with the chores By QUOTE 6 THE Singapore husband today cannot expect to ignore his responsibilities in the home any longer, especially if his wife is holding a job. And it appears that he is realising it. For
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      • 181 3 IF YOU missed the nouvelle cuisine of Belgian cook Pierrot Van Hauwermeiren last year, why not catch him now at the Hilton Harbour Grill? And for those who have tried and liked his brand of cooking they can do so again, for Chef Van Hauwermeiren has
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      • 907 3  -  KATHARINE WHITEHORN By in London EAT, DRINK and be merry for tomorrow we diet, runs the old saying; the best moment for enjoying food. I've always felt, is when you have just decided to diet. So, as a last fling, you may as well have some
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