The Straits Times, 5 August 1979

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  • 13 1 The Sunday Times 30 CENTS M.C.(P) No. 143/1/79 No. 2254 AUGUST 5, 1979
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  • 2003 1  - Races at KLoff today By FAIRWAY KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. The Selangor Turf Club ha* decided to cancel the races tomorrow. A statement, Issued by the Hub after today's races, said: "Owing to the sadden refusal of the syces employed by the Malaysian trainer* to handle their horses, the namber of
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  • 421 1 Vietnam ready for talks so long as they will not lead to return of Pol Pot rule, says Indon envoy JAKARTA, Saturday VIETNAM is prepared to negotiate for a political solution on Kampuchea so long as it does not lead to the return of the former Pol Pot
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  • 111 1 TOKYO, Sat. The Heng Samrin government of Kampuchea is ready to revive a monetary economy before the end of this year, a spokesman for the Japan-Kampuchea trade association here said today. This was revealed by the Kampuchean ambassador to Vietnam when
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  • 62 1 STOCKHOLM, Sat. A layout error in a newspaper here could have tragic consequences, Swedes have been warned. An article on mushrooms in tomorrow's supplement to the Af.on Bladet paper contains a picture of a highly poisonous death cup instead of a harmless edible variety. Today's edition
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  • 34 1 MOBILE Squad constable Soon Song Boon, 22, who was chasing a motorist along Kampong Bahru Road late last night, died instantly when his motorcycle crashed into the rear of a stationary lorry.
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  • 37 1 NEW YORK, Sat. Samuel Jackson, 36, walking down a New York street today caught a three-year-old boy as he Fell from a fourth floor window, police said. Man and boy escaped with bruises. Reuter.
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  • 35 1 NEW DELHI, Sat. Eight workers were buried alive and two others seriously injured in a landslide on a dam site in northern India, the Press Trust of India (PTI) reported today. Reuter.
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  • 26 1 UP TO 1 P.M. TODAY: Isolated showers in late morning TEMPERATURES UP TO (a.m. tomorrow: Maximum SIC; minimum 24 C. SUNSET TODAY: CM p.m.
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  • 351 1  -  SOH TIANG KENG By SAME RATE FOR BOSSES AND WORKERS IN THREE, FOUR YEARS CONTRIBUTIONS to the Central Provident Fond (CPF) from both employers and employees will be limited to 18 per cent in three to four years time. This means the employer's
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  • 37 1 DAR ES SALAAM, Sat. Paaaers-by beat to death a man who tried to stage a holdup with a toy pistol and cut off a hand of his colleague, the government-owned Dally News reported today. Reuter
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  • 191 1 JAKARTA, Sat PRESIDENT Suharto said today that Asean countries need more unity and solidarity to overcome the difficulties caused by the tension in Indochina and the exodus of refugees from Vietnam. "The tension in Indochina and the refugees that flood the Asean
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  • Article, Illustration
    126 1  -  SIT MENG CHUE By IT WAS a case of a doyen celebrating a grand dame's birthday when 81-year-old Mrs Tan Lee Wan blew out the candles (above) and cut the 80th anniversary cake of her alma mater, the Singapore Chinese Girls' School. Mrs Tan, a great-grand-mother with 24
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  • 731 1  -  EVELYN NG MATTAR WARNS OF MORAL DANGER TO YOUNG GIRLS By THE Social Welfare Department has taken steps to stop teenage girls from being lured to work as dance hostesses at popular "joget stalls" set up at trade expositions, the Acting Social
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  • 152 1 Nigeria may back out of C'wealth LUSAKA, Sat. Nigeria has threatened to withdraw from the Commonwealth if no satisfactory settlement is reached on the Zimbabwe Rhodesian conflict. The threat was made by Nigerian External Affairs Commissioner (Minister) Henry Adefope when he spoke at yesterday's debate in the Commonwealth Heads of
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  • 67 1 NEW DELHI, Sat. An Indian Airlines plane with SI people on board crashed tonight In western India about stkm north-east of Bombay, the Press Trust of India reported. The plane was on a domestic flight from Bombay to Pane Police said It crashed on a hill
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  • The Sunday Times Worldwide
    • 62 2 NEW YORK, Sat. Four armed men yesterday staged New York's biggest bank robbery, stealing U5J536.000 (SJI 1 million) from a branch of the Bankers Trust Bank in Manhattan. The robbers entered the basement housing the bank's vault on the pretext of opening a safe deposit box,
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    • 211 2 Baron on fraud charge to return to Zimbabwe SALISBURY, Sat. British baronet Sir Rupert Mackeson is to return to Zimbabwe Rhodesia probably in the back of a lorry, government officials said yesterday. South Africa did not want to keep him and British police have refused to send escorts to Johannesburg
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    • 56 2 6 The global Imbalance between nations today is so dangerous that It Is potentially more explosive than all the questions of war and peace ever pot before the United a Nations or its predecessor, the League of Nations. —Mr Joao Da Costa, secretary-general for the UN Conference
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    • 698 2  -  SEAH CHIANG NEE LEADERS TRY TO DISSUADE MRS T FROM LIFTING SANCTIONS By Sftatfs 7/mes Foreign Editor LUSAKA, Saturday WHAT has been termed by some writers as the taming of the Iron Lady (as the British Prime Minister has
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    • 75 2 CAIRO, Sal. Egyptian President Anwar Sadat has attacked Arab opponents of his peace treaty with Israel, saying they must heed Cairo's example of negotiating directly with Jerusalem if they succeed in launching an alternative Mid-East peace effort by getting a new United Nations resolution favourable to the
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    • 97 2 Carter plan to meet energy crisis hits setback WASHINGTON, Saturday PRESIDENT Jimmy Carter suffered a sharp setback yesterday when Congress adjourned for the summer recess without endorsing any of the key measures proposed by the president over the past three months to meet the energy crisis. Vice-President Walter Mondale in
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    • THE ENERGY SQUEEZE
      • 86 2 PARIS: The price of petrol, electricity and of diesel and domestic fuels rose in France today, the Economy Ministry said today. The last such price increase was on June 22. Super-giade petrol will cost 3.05 francs (551.55) per litre rather than 2.95 francs while ordinary
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      • 73 2 NEW DELHI: India, a country with widespread prohibition, is stepping up its programme to use alcohol instead of petrol in vehicles. At the Guindy Engineering College in Madras, a team has successsfully adapated a small locally-produced Fiat car so that it can run on 100 per
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      • 66 2 LONDON: In the bid to save fuel, few motorists think of having their brakes checked. But, a British firm of brake manufacturers reported yesterday that binding brakes on a family saloon car can raise petrol consumption by up to 25 per cent. The firm said a
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    • 110 2 Red faces at EEC over survey BRUSSELS, Sat. Redfaced European Common Market officials were under fire today for producing a 109-page survey on the classical music records industry in Ireland which showed that no classical records were produced there and precious few sold. Belgian European Parliament Member Marcel Colla has
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    • 94 2 PRETORIA, Sat. South African national serviceman Marius Ludik, 19, was jailed for 18 months here today for mailing explosives to his mother. A court was told the parcel contained a phosphorus grenade, smoke grenades, flares and cartridges which Ludik had collected when he
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    • 258 3 Early returns show Muslim clerics will dominate Iran's assembly TEHERAN, Sat. OFFICIAL early election returns indicated today that Muslim clerics would be the dominating force in the 73-seat assembly of experts which will formulate and approve a new constitution for this oil-rich nation. The new constitution will replace the charter
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    • 60 3 BELGRADE, Sat. Yugoslavia has begun a chicken airlift to Iran, delivering several hundred thousand day-old chicks under a one-year bilateral agreement, officials said yesterday. During August there will be 20 special flights to Teheran each carrying about 100.000 day-old chicks, they added. By the end of the
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    • 72 3 THIS old locomotive Is placed at the Va.su kunl Shrine in Tokyo for a special reason. It is on display In memory of the prisoners of war captured by the Japanese and forced U build the Talmen Railway in Thailand daring World War 11. Ana
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    • 118 3 US destroyer rescues 21 'boat people' ABOARD USS KITTY HAWK (Gulf of Thailand), Sat. A US 7th Fleet task force making a fresh sweep of the seas around Vietnam for refugees in distress picked up 21 "boat people" crammed aboard a tiny vessel in the Gulf of Thailand. The six-metre
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    • 42 3 BONN, Sat. Chinese Communist Party Chairman Hua Guofeng is scheduled to visit Bonn in the last week of October during his first state trip to Europe, informed sources here said yesterday. He will also visit France and Britain. AFP.
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    • 321 3 HONGKONG, Saturday AUTHORITIES warned today that 147 cannisters of deadly cyanide salt are missing in Hongkong harbour in the aftermath of Typhoon Hope, posing a danger to the beaches of this colony. The cannisters, each containing about 280g of cyanide, had
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    • 68 3 KINSHASA, Sat. An outbreak of cholera on a boat carrying more than 3,000 passengers down the Zaire River from Kisangani has killed between seven and 20 people, according to medical sources in Kinshasa. The outbreak was discovered before the boat reached Bolobo, 320 km North
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    • 69 3 LOS ANGELES. Sat. British film comedian Peter Sellers' fourth wife, Lynne Frederick, has filed for a divorce here after a marriage of just three years, Ms Frederick s lawyer said yesterday. Under California law no grounds for divorce have to be given when the suit is
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    • 144 3 Child has thumbs made from her toes ABERDEEN, Fri. Surgeons at an Aberdeen hospital made thumbs for a child who was born without them, using toes from an amputated Foot. The hospital, disclosing the achievement today, said the child, a girl now aged three, could draw using her right hand.
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    • 55 3 NEW DELHI, Sat. About 114.000 people in the north Indian state of llttar Pradesh have been marooned by monsoon Hoods that have claimed 31 lives so far. the Press Trust of India (PTI) reported yesterday. In all. some 1,640,000 people have been affected by the floods in about
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    • 40 3 STOCKHOLM. Sat. Nobel prize-winner for economics Bertil Ohlin died here today, aged 80. He was awarded his Nobel prize in 1977 for his work on the theory of international trade and the movement of capital AFP.
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    • 225 3 WORLD BRIEFS THAI Government troops have overrun a communist stronghold and killed at least 100 guerillas in the province of Chiang Rai in northern Thailand, military sources reoported. In another development, a military spokesman announced that 46 communist guerillas had defected to the authorities in Surat Thani province south of
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 226 2 SUNDAY TIMES CROSSWORD ACROSS: 2. Shun (5) 7. DOWN: 1. Perfect (5) 2. Image (4) 8. Toilsome (6) Vestment (3) 3. Sash (3) 9. Child (5) 11. Droop (3) 4. Colour (3) 5. Timid (3) 13. Mire (3) 15. Musical 6. Meal (5) 10. Spoil (4) sign (40 16. Seed
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  • TV highlights
    • 917 4 RTS is again doing its viewers proud by serving up a generous helping of special shows for the coming National Day holidays. Topping the list are the feature films, Song of Norway and The Greatest Show On Earth. Others sharing the honours
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    • 71 4 SOCCER (Thursday, Ch. 5, 2.25 p.m.): The Brazukuab Football Championships final, in which Guarani bet Palmeiras by one goal to nil, is featured in this show. THRILLMAKER SPORTS (Thursday, Ch. 8, 5.40 p.m.): Man's eternal quest for dream flight, "like a bird," is brought to reality in
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    • 450 4  -  LEONG WENG KAM |yftyd;jiv,rcra«:n ALL PROGRAMMES ON CHANNEL 8: TODAY: BY THE YELLOW RIVER (3.30 p.m.): Chang Qing is beaten up by Gui Wu for visiting the brothel. Chang later goes to Qing Qing s house for treatment. Lei Tian reports that a ship full of refugees
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    • 160 4 PANEL of well-known local personalities In the fielas of music, art, drama and literature will meet to discuss Singapore's culture In a special National Day forum to be telecast on Friday at 7.45 p.m. on Channel 8 In colour. The topics to be discussed Include the
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    • 618 4 WANTED: ACCOUNTANTS, AUDITORS. COMPANY SECRETARIES, MANAGERS, ADMINISTRATORS, BANKERS, STATISTICIANS. The fast growing industrial and commercial sectors of this region are constantly looking for professional men and women to fill such challenging and highly paid posts. Do you have the qualification to fulfil any of these roles? If not then ACT
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    • 143 4 v I CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL I Conductor: Yu Chun Chao Sunday 12 8 79 5 pm Singapore Conference Hall Hong Kong Children's Choir Conductor: Yip Wai Hong Wednesday 15 8 79 Bpm Singapore Conference Hall Tickets at $1 available at Singapore Conference Hall Cold Storage C X Tang Popular Book
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 778 4 10.00 AM Opening and The Scooby-Doo Show One About (Cartoon) 5.40 Barnaby Jones The Medium 10.25 Tknang Tintji Tinggi (Malay Repeat) 6.30 News In Brief 10.40 Wonderful World Of Disney King Of 6.35 Sptderman (Cartoon Series) The Grizzles (Part 2) 7.05 The Bunny Chanel Special 11.30 Premier Soccer West Bromwich
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    • 81 4 TODAY: Singapore 2.11 a.m. (0.5m), 9.1 a.m. (2.1m). 2.22 p.m. (1.2m), 8.18 p.m. (2.5m). SediU Kechil 7.52 a.m. (2m). 1.24 p.m. (1.6m), 5.54 p.m. (2m). Part Dirkson 3.26 a.m. (2.1m), 10.05 a.m. (0.6m). 3.11 p.m. (2.3m), 9.54 p.m. (lm). TOMORROW: Singapore 3.08 a.m. (0.3m), 10.02 a.m. (2.3m). 3.15 p.m. (1.1m),
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  • 277 5 N-Theatre to raise $150,000 more for SCF THE National Theatre Trust hopes to raise another $150,000 for the Singapore Cultural Foundation through two performances by the worldrenowned NHK Symphony /Orchestra of Japan at the National Theatre on Aug 28 and Aug 29 at 8.30 p.m. This is the trust's latest
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  • 43 5 THE prices of gold have dropped by $20 from Thursday, in line with the prices abroad. The new prices are $880 for 24 carat, compared with $900 before Thursday, $830 for 22 carat ($850) and $780 for sovereign gold ($800).
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  • 24 5 THE Khe Bong community centre's women subcommittee will hold a baby show on Sept. 16 at 9 a.m. For details telephone *****85.
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  • 79 5 SHIP BLAST: SIXTH MAN DIES THE Sekio Mara tragedy last Wednesday claimed Its sixth victim when Mr Lee kal Young (above), 53, of Somapah Road, died at the Singapore General Hospital on Friday. Police ftaid the sole survivor of the tragedy, Mr Sani bin Salleh, 25, is still in' a
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  • 38 5 A FREE legal Dounselling session for women will be held at Ghim Moh community centre on Aug 15 from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. For nore information, telephone *****0 between 3 p.m. and 9 p.m.
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  • 263 5 7pc air fares hike gets the OK THE Department of Civil Aviation (OCA) has approved a 7 per cent increase in air fares for flights out of Singapore to Europe and Asia from this month. Sources said this is the first time DCA has approved the increase in the last
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  • 456 5 EXTRA effort to remove undesirable practices and bad work habits by staff of Singapore Airlines can help the airline stay competitive amid growing competition from other airlines and .rising fuel and labour costs. "Rules will have to be tightened and monitored for employees to
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  • 93 5 HENG Chal Tong, 18, yesterday fell to his death from a block of Hats in Street 31, Ang MoKlo. Heng, of Block 4, St Georges Road, was attached to the Nee Soon Camp. One of Heng's relatives, who declined to be named, said Heng, who
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  • 74 5 Chief Justice, Mr Justice Wee Chong Jin, has been re-appointed chairman of the Presidential Council for Minority Rights for another three years. Other members of the council, announced in the latest Government Gazette yesterday, are the Attorney General, Mr Justice Tan Boon Teik, Mr Justice Choor Singh, Mr
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  • 19 5 A NATIONAL Day dinner will be held at Whampoa community centre on Wednesday night at 8 p.m.
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    • 114 5 By Special Arrangement I ANITA I &TheSHODANCERS I Making a special appearance at the heat I of the Singapore Disco Dancing I Championship ANITA. See her 'live' I at the Island Ballroom I along with HALIL I CHIK with his group mt\U I Downtown. Come M I and dance to
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    • 683 5 I I m Freshen-up withTakult m And liven-up your day. I I rrakultl F 1*- I THE ORIGINAL 1 MILK DRIB Join the 14 million people If you want to be a success, it's really up to you. You're the one who ROI I PR has to make up your
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  • 200 6 IT WILL be a journey full of rest and respite all the way for 28 first class passengers of this Singapore Airlines Boeing 747-200 plane when it starts flying to the US from Aug 19. For the weary traveller who is dying
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  • 141 6 SALVAGE work on Norwegian supertanker, Jane Stove, started yesterday three days after the ship got stuck among rocks and corals. The 141,754-tonne tanker grounded in Phillip Channel, off Indonesian waters, is loaded with about 100,000 tonnes of crude oil and there are fears that
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  • 41 6 THE Ghim Moh community centre will hold classes on the following subjects next month: Tim sum, cake making, restaurant cooking, Cantonese cooking, children's art, Western cooking and beauty culture. For more details, contact *****0(3 to 9 p.m.)
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  • 142 6 RI wins RTS debate series THE Raffles Institution team won this year's RTS debate series lor secondary schools, wresting the challenge shield from defending champions, National Junior College. The RI team Ong Boon Kwee, Chao Ye Mln, Jaspal Singh, Lee Chung Horn, and reserve Srila Pillay also walked away with
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  • 258 6 Wooing more NS men into VITB schemes THE Vocational and Industrial Training Board (VTTB) and the Defence Ministry are working on an integrated training scheme to enable national servicemen to acquire the National Trade Certificate Grades Two and Three during the period of full-time service. The VTTB director, Mr I.im
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  • 171 6 MERCY SHIP OFF TODAY TO HELP REFUGEES THE mercy ship. Seasweep, will leave for Indonesia today to supply Vietnamese refugees stranded in outlying islands with provisions, medicine and water. The Indonesian Government has given permission for the ship, run by the California-based Christian group, World Vision International, to help the
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  • 323 6  - Anyone for a game of Scrabble in Chinese? LING POON WAH By A SINGAPORE freelance graphic design consultant, Mr Vern W. Baker, did not merely study Chinese and stop there. Married to a Chinese, he went one stop further and developed an Idea for a Chinese-language word game called WanTse,
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  • 131 6 THIRTY-TWO people from Singapore and Malaysia will take part in the regional Monopoly contest at the World Trade Centre here on Sept 9. The participants will be selected from those who submit their entry forms, which are obtainable from bookstores, department stores or
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  • 452 7 SINGAPORE, because of its short history and independence, must avoid hasty changes for the sake of change, the Health Minister, Dr Toh Chin Chye, said last night. Such changes as a manifestation of independence could mean learning from trial and error ana
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  • 139 7 Lucy the fastest of them all NIPPY mmnuy secretary Miss Lacy C. Y. Low was yesterday crowned Singapore's first onofficbu queen of typists at the Hilton HotelT She beat M secretaries aid final year stqdents fr«m local secretarial schools to the title. Her vital statistics that contributed to her snecess
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  • 110 7 THE Singapore Armed Forces wffl conduct military exercises in Marsiling, Mandai, Tampines, Chua Chu Kang, Lim Chu Kang, Pulau Tekong and Hong Kah daily from tomorrow to Friday except on National Day. The exercises will be held at different times between 8
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  • 383 7  -  JUNE TAN By IF EVERY former Fairfield Methodist Girls' School student donates $1,000 over a five year period, and if this sum raised is matched dollar for dollar by the government, there will be sufficient funds for a new
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  • 33 7 THE Parliamentary Secretary (Culture), Dr Ow Chin Hock, will talk on The Meaning of National Day at the weekly lunch meeting of the Rotary Club at the Mandarin Hotel on Wednesday.
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  • 31 7 THE MP for Serangoon Gardens, Dr Lav Teik Soon, will officiate at an art exhibition at the Serangoon Gardens community centre in Cheng San Road today at 5 p.m.
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  • 397 8  -  LEONG WENG KAM By A JAPANESE businessman in Singapore who thought he will never again see his wife and four children after he was expelled from Vietnam three years ago is now all set for a double celebration. For he
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  • 43 8 A 40- YEAR-OLD worker, Yeow Kew Chin, died on the spot when he was struck by lightning at Jalan Murai off Lim Chu Kang. Police said Yeow was sheltering from the rain in a makeshift hut when he was hit.
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  • 144 8 Old and young urged to join in festivities ALL Singaporeans, old and young, are urged to join in the National Day celebrations to keep the significance of this occasion alive and meaningful. Speaking at the Aljunied constituency National Day cultural show at Aljunied community centre last night, the Parliamentary Secretary
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  • 224 8 ■NMfK'hMTftVfiVl'M'l'iinl NATIONAL Day's night sky will glitter with more than 9M pieces of fireworks, brightening up an otherwise bleak city district of government offices nnllghted to save energy. And to make this year's fireworks display more enjoyable, the display will be moved nearer
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  • 43 8 DR Quek Kai Miew was the head of the Health Ministry's Nutrition Unit before her resignation last year and not the head of the School Health Services as reported in the Sunday Times last week. The error is regretted.
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  • 104 8 Only ticket holders will be allowed in ONLY ticket holders will be allowed into Jalan Besar, Queenstown and Jurong stadiums on National Day to view the parades. No tickets are required for the parades at Temasek Junior College and Toa Payoh stadium but as their seating capacities are limited, entry
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  • 28 8 GEYLANG Serai Youth Group is organising a picnic for mem bers 15 years' old and above at Desaru Beach on Aug 19. Telephone *****19 for details.
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  • 111 8 DOW Chemical Pacific yesterday announced it will bund two 5,000-cubic-metre storage tanks here for vinyl chloride monomer. Mr Colin Goodchild, Dow's South Asia regional general manager, said contracts have been signed and site preparation has begun for the construction. The tanks will be built
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  • ACROSS THE CAUSEWAY
    • 276 9 JOHORE BARU, Saturday THE flow of labour to Singapore should be reduced first if there were to be any further plans to expand industries in south Johore, Deputy Labour and Manpower Minister, Datuk K. Pathmanaban said today. He said that
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    • 94 9 PENANG, Sat. Muslim woman leaders here have expressed anger over ob- I scene Hari Raya greeting cards in the market. "Women have often been used as sex symbols in advertisements but to use pictures of nude or j semi-nude women on Hari i Raya
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    • 171 9 Exports to Japan may rise next year with cut in tariffs Xl ALA LUMPUR, Sat. Malaysia can expect better access to the Japanese market when Japan begins reduction on Impart tariffs from January next year. The reduction of about 54 per cent aver a period of eight years, bringing down
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    • 35 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. Police have arrested seven men, including a man believed to be the mastermind, suspected to be behind the thefts of a large number of cars here In recent months. NST.
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    • 365 9 KUALA TRENGGANU, Saturday LABOUR and Manpower Minister Datuk Richard Ho has told Malaysian Chinese that it is not in their long-term interest to want to maintain ties with the MCA and yet not com- mit themselves to the j party. He said: "It
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    • 45 9 JOHORE BARU, Sat. Pensioner S. Kalimuthu, 61, was killed and woman labourer A. Parvathy, 55, was injured after they were knocked down by a I goods train while taking a short cut across the tracks at the railway station this afterI noon. NST.
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    • 41 9 KLANG, Sat. Stall owner Osman bin Shamsudin, 25, was 1 jailed for a year by the Sessions Court here yesterday after he pleaded guilty to rap- ing his younger sister under a bamboo tree behind their house. NST.
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    • 35 9 JOHORE BARU, Sat. Customs officers seized about $6,000 worth of textiles after intercepting a sampan in the sea off Masai early today. A man on the sampan escaped by jumping into the sea.
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    • 140 9 TEMELOH Sat. MALAYSIA, with the World Bank's help, is carving out crop plantations from virgin jungles of Pahang in its largest land settlement scheme. The Federal Land Development Authority (Felda) has so far cleared 44.550 ha and planted oil palm, rubber, cocoa
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    • 359 9 Don't miss these performances! Singapore Symphony Orchestra 1979 season Singapore Conference Hall at 8. 1 5 pm Friday and Saturday. 10 &1 1 August, 1 979. Conductor: Choo Hoey Programme The Hare and Tortoise Race > x (Chinese narration by Pamela Tan) Shi-Zhen-Rsng Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major
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  • at the CINEMA
    • 942 10 To hell and back the catharsis after the tragedy WALTER SEOW reviews The Deer Hunter THE catharsis following the US debacle in Vietnam countinues a masochistic people torture themselves as they relive the Great American Tragedy. The medium which affords them this exercise, Michael Cimino's THE DEER HUNTER (now showing
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    • 428 10 CHUA LEONG KIAN reviews Your Smiling Face YOUR SMILING PACE (now showing at the Golden) has a new cast and a new approach to cinematography. Many close-up shots are of faces and most of them are beautifully presented, especially those of Hu Hui-chung, who
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    • 166 10 KONG CHIAN Tel: *****76-Toa Piyoh 5-~TOOAY MOMWG SH01»-~/ (s^^v^;— 11.00 www Th* story of (ostering th* friendship of th* SinoFrench children through th* "KfTE"I Produced by th* Peking film studio and th* Paris Kalons film company. /^^/THEKITE" Ittlncotoi In Hind PARAMOUNT LAST-DAY 2 SHOWS 2 00 4 730PM TIAN NIU
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  • 734 11  -  TERRY LIM Even worse, whatever effort was put into the programming was lost on HuuußT TWO nights ago, I thought I would conduct an experiment, so I arrived at the DBS auditorium for Robert Liew's guitar recital half an hour late. To double
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  • 314 11  -  PAUL JANSEN Lm THE water In the pool Is luminescent. A soft breese caresses everything and everyone in the area. Moonlight and artificial lighting are subtle contributors to the subdued mood. From the corner comes the strain of guitar music. And then the
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  • 31 11 THE Queenstown constituency 14th National Day celebration working committee will hold a dinner cum variety show on Saturday at 7.30 p.m. at the Commonwealth Crescent hawker centre car park
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  • 192 11 OWNERS of diesel-en-gine vehicles must have found visits to the petrol station an unpleasant prospect In these uncertain times. But ask anyone W years ago about a possible fuel crisis ana yon will be laughed at for n»*Ho|r such a lunatic suggestion. Such problems might be
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  • 68 11 Girl charged with cheating job seeker NG Geok Eng, 20, was charged in a district court yesterday with cheating a 17-year-old girl into believing that she would be able to secure a post for her in Polygram Records company. She was alleged to have induced the girl to give $270
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  • 92 11 THE case of a lawyer, Robert Yoong Weng Ho, 32, accused of four counts of criminal breach of trust will be heard in a district court on Dec 3. Yoong, of Messrs Robert W. H. Yoong, faced three breach of trust charges involving $18,534.10 committed between September and
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  • 18 11 A CHILDREN'S party will be held at Mandai Tekong community centre on Tuesday at 9 a.m.
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  • 119 11 THE Public Works Department will carry out road works today in Thomson Road near Marymount Road. The road repairs will last 14 days. During this period, traffic along Thomson Road will be diverted. Motorists travelling from Upper Thomson Road towards Thomson Road are advised to use
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  • 38 11 THE Housing Board's Bodok central area office at Block 57- B, No. 1402 New Upper Changi Road will operate at Block 205, No. 353 Bedok North Street 1 from tomorrow. The new telephone number is *****49
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  • The Sunday Times SUNDAY, AUGUST 5, 1979 opinion
    • 912 12 VERY soon, the Singapore Cultural Foundation will have to decide how to spend the millions of dollars the public has donated towards the uplifting of culture in Singapore. Today, we would like to point out a few aspects of the arts and crafts which, we feel, bear
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      • 78 12 THERE IS given a very interesting letter of Sir Stamford Raffles, dated 10th June, 1819, never before published, we believe, giving an account of the Founding of Singapore. The original has been offered to the Raffles' Museum by the Hon'ble W. W. Willans at the request of
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  • MY VIEW
    • 262 12 THE birth of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra and the setting up of the Cultural Foundation have given rise to a resurgence of interest in the fine arts. I believe the time is now ripe for the creation of a College of
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    • 143 12 I CAN think of no proposal better salted to enrich and add potentially to Singapore's cultural heritage than the establishment of a School of the Arts; a school which would house music, art, theatre and dance. Here young artists from each of the disciplines could study,
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    • 145 12 CULTURE embodies all activities ranging from music, drama, dance to handicrafts and all kinds of hobbies. Singapore has now emerged from a state where people were concerned only with obtaining a livelihood; we are now on the road to refining our life with cultural pursuits.
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    • 81 12 Filmlet over the TV MY PROPOSAL to promote the arts in Singapore and thus preserve our cultural heritage is for RTS to screen a short filmlet, say half an hour, once a fortnight. This filmlet will be about the various cultures and art forms of Singapore. The public can be
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    • 336 12 IF CHARACTER, education and many other things are the result of their being inculcated in us when we are young, so could culture likewise become part of us if it is instilled in us as soon as our minds are receptive enough to
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    • 332 12 AS IS often said about Singapore, a cultural desert seems to exist. But what is overlooked is the fact that the nation was hardly given a chance to develop culturally. Not because she did not want to, but in the initial stages of her
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    • 272 12 SINGAPORE is not backward in culture, but there is plenty of room to extend our cultural horizons through study and research. We must look into the feasibility of refining, blending and creating a new culture that our future generations will be proud to call Singapore Culture.
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    • 335 12 Watchdogs and a special month for culture THE formation of the Singapore Cultural Foundation is an important step in the right direction to promote culture in Singapore. Donations to the foundation have so far been encouraging. But the problem appears to be the fruitful utilisation of the funds. How then
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    • 90 12 ART WORKS FOR BUILDINGS... SINGAPORE is devoid of art work in public places. I suggest that we can encourage the proliferation of sculptures, morals, paintings and art objects in public places by including the cost of these artistic objects in the construction budget.. .patting aside a percentage of the total
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    • 911 13 Bernard Connor reopens the files on the world's most baffling disappearances At least $24 million in treasure lies guarded by the sea and defies the efforts of the most determined experts. ON the eve of his execution over two-and-a-half centuries ago, the celebrated pirate,
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    • 1026 14 An alternative for the exec is Audi 100 CDSE m®T®ftinG s CM CMC Test drive by our motoring correspondent WINSTON LEE AUDI are currently the only manufacturer to offer a petroldriven five-cylinder engine. They try to justify taking this somewhat unorthodox step by giving some interesting reasons. For instance, in
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    • 177 14 THE Singapore Motor Sports Club Pesta Sukan events start today with the I Castrol Pesta Sukan Autocross at Senoko, beginning at 9 a.m. Next week, the Castrol Pesta Sukan Skilled Driving Test will be run at the National Stadium runway. Classification will be as
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    • 1872 15 VIOLET OON still eating her way through Bangkok SO MUCH LARGER THAN WHAT WE GET YOU CAN HARDLY HOLD ONE SEED WITH THE FLESH ON IT IN ONE HAND...THE FLAVOUR IS EXQUISITELY INDESCRIBABLE THAI food is excitingly different in more ways than one. Besides
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    • 143 15 Guide to good eats A FEW readers were agog at the description of fresh Cobra's blood in last week's column. ..but I inadverdently left out the address of where you can get this exotic "dish" and other foods I talked about So, to help out the gourmet, here's a list
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    • 856 16  - Where arts and crafts bloom LING POON WAH [ty School with the most items on display at the Youth Festival exhibition SIGLAP Secondary School's Art Club boasts of a large and varied arts and crafts collection that few other schools can match. This boast is backed up by the fact
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    • 414 18 Dance to the 'Disco Look Words by NANCY BYRAMJI Pictures by I WONG KWAI CHOW Satin dresses for your Saturday night outings HAVE a fling in some disco swing time gladrags and bring little sunshine Into the night. It's time for paint-box colours in clothes...red and yellow and pink and
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    • 1149 19  - The PAP marches into its 20th year Dr. Nalla Tan EH3 IT IS not possible to say how many people in Singapore, outside the government and its party, have realised that 1979 marks the 20th year that the People's Action Party has been holding the national reins. It is an
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    • 360 19  - Night is just great Jeffrey Low Hnr^K |_ey_ NIGHT (Planet). Richard Perry, whose production expertise helped to change the Pointer Sisters from soul to rock singing, I unveils Secret Number Two in a new group called Night But Night's credentials are not totally new. If you have Manfred Mann Earth
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    • 688 14 TENTERA LAUT DIRAJA MALAYSIA c \f I PEMILIHAN PERANTIS KIMPU TENTERA LAUT DIRAJA MALAYSIA AMBILLAH PELUANG KEEMASAN INI UNTOK BERKURSUS DI LUAR NEGER? 1 Tentera Laut Diraja Malaysia mempelawa pemohon-pemohon yang berkelayakan untuk mengikuti kursus Perantis Kimpu di United Kingdom, Australia. Pakistan. India dan juga Politeknik Ungku Omar. Ipoh. KELAYAKAN
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    • 499 14 A newly established Japanese multi-national manufacturing company in Ang Mo Kio Industrial Park invites qualified candidates to apply for the positions of:ELECTRONIC TECHNICIANS Applicants must possess a diploma in electronic engineering or vocational certificate from any recognized local institution. Applicants having working experience from one to three years in repairing
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    • 232 15 Next week: China Square in Singapore iiiili ily^H^^^^^^l^^^K^' Have you seen giant turtles i j vi fj k For 7 months of the y ear the turt>es roam the ml M '-^^mW^mmmmlmw m l^ii k\ f? open seas only to return to the white sandy beaches of %Mmmm^mmmmmT m A\
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    • 176 18 Once a woman has walked through these doors. .^BnvVWßmfli I ill '"I IN TT m l MjW 'f, i Lit I I J| w jy{-\. U] I r I l -536^ tI IT m tit jjij iy Tlu m ln^^^■■■■^^^■^^^^inni j'j I rrrfnnnf ■pgjp-n^nnng WrV-B If f 9 .she'll never
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    • 369 19 WHEN IT COMES TO QUALITY YOU CAN'T FOOL A BABY'S BOTTOM. A baby's skin is delicate. If you use BP^" something, which isn't gentle enough, P^'^ JBb^^ they'll cry out, loudly! K^ jM i^*^ At Boots, we're just as intolerant of inferior quality, which is why we don't involve anyone
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  • HARI RAYA PUASA SUPPLEMENT
    • 4 20 HARI RAYA PUASA SUPPLEMENT
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    • 866 20 Looking forward to Hari Raya Puasa always a colourful festive occasion HARI Raya Puasa is just around the corner, on August 24, and Singapore looks forward again to yet another colourful festive occasion. To the Muslims in Singapore, this is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar the Ramadan, or
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    • 1104 21 Picture 1: Outfits from the "Saturday Girl" corner at Metro stores. Picture 2: A hl.s-and-hers look in plain printed IN per rent cotton with slinky white zigzags on brown for that slim, tapered look, at $C6.M for the ThreeRifle shirt. Picture 3:
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    • 566 22 Dodol and wajik they are musts HERE'S your chance to sample some of those delicious home-made Hari Raya Malay sweets again. Two traditional musts to try are DODOL and WAJIK, delicious sweets whose recipes vary from cook to cook according to which region their mothers came from. You can buy
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    • 716 22 Impress your visitors by making biscuits the easy way MAKING your own biscuits at home to impress your Hari Raya visitors can be so easy with the many kitchen aids for today's housewives. They can be complex and electrically powered like those many mixer-blender-liquidiser appliances, and they can be something
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      • 364 32 THIS IS IT!!! [TUX M FEE SIMM Xl! Tl M E FEEL] N(i SHE CONVINCED US. NOW LET HER CONVINCE YOU. JENNIFER (1977 BINTANG RTM IST RUNNER UP) SUMMERTIME FEELING INCLUDING SIDE ONE SIDE TWO TOGETHER AGAIN ITS RAINING THIS MORNING SUMMERTIME FEELING MOMENT BY MOMENT HOW DO YOU MEND
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      • 152 32 Amsterdam 14-19C Cloudy I Lm Angel** 17-27C dear Athens 27-38C Clear I Manila 24-30C Cloudy Bahrain 32-38C Hazy Montreal 19-28C Sunny Bangkok 27-30C Cloudy Mwmw 17-29 C Sunny Betrnt 23-27 C Clear New Delhi 25-33C Qoudy Berlin 12-21 C Clouay New York 25-31 C Clear Brussels 15-22 C Clear Paris
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    • 272 21 Try the new taste texture for that feel alive flavour.' aC^atm IHh i^Brjt S* T J v^ifi 1 s 3.& .jßr^aJ^H^aati^ aSJ^V^B Wl^^^^^^^ CAPRICE (For that extra touch of elegance) 4 5 Ngee Ann Building, Orchard Rd. Singapore Tel: *****51 HABITAS The Orchard, Orchard Rd., Singapore Tel: *****46 HIGH QUALITY
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    • 262 21 Mi HANIFFA TEXTILES PTE. LTD S) k iE^I HANIF^A TEXTILES SDN. BHD. I m IJIkSS| 2002, Malayan Mansion, Jalan Masjid India, < gSft llaiSi Kuala Lumpur Penmsular Malaysia Tel 03-*****7 j |tS \%Ji&ifisy* I SPECIAL OFFER A wide range of Japanese and American carpet rugs of round, oval and rectangle
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    • 249 22 N MttMlf SP^ p£S: I* s a reat feeling vl NaLi^Ha^MK f A S^- j&\ Slacks. You'll find tf 5| s them surprisingly g t% comfortable. And they •"?2 g a i look fashionably smart, too. I Handsomely designed, Hara >^. > F m Slacks are right at ease in
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  • 286 23 WALK KASY this Hari Rays holiday in light, comfortable, hardwearing shoes and save fuel and the frustration of waiting and competing for taxis with scores of other holidaymakers. nd some of the easiest walkers are the Flotilla series of men's footwear by (larks, whose English-made
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    • 111 24 BIMBA^OIE a new generation of dolls m SEBINO Marvi is so cute Micol is so demure Metis is so charming And they re all so soft to cuddle and play with day or night. L I *i f V C fl% vl iffl Jfch Mf' \K' A 40 .0 Ifl
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    • 373 24 1HE BBSM LOSER. ~^y^^mZ\l Vr**>**~.oam*>,*i$ II I J K -V I TLA/ i L^J~"^^ r^^^^^^l _J I J^ I 1 J^. jB^ g,, I chief! hfA rwfc K^ou /imj&tve\ i A Cm?, VOID I 6MVH WE Jn \-JL /^THERE'S NANCY STANDING j WONDFR \_I V_IN FRONT OF THAT IWHAT SHE'S
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    • 753 26 SINGAPORE KCK (PTE) LTD 2-D, Block 6 Fourth Floor Kalians Placa Singapora 1233 Invites applications from Singapore citizens for the post of: FEMALE PRODUCTION OPERATORS WE OFFER: a Good starting wages 5 days work with 6 day pay a Attendance allowance $20 p.m. a Transport allowance SO cents per day.
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    • 982 27 Ill VEHICLES BOATS 45 Vehicles For Sale 1971. OATSUH COUPE Road lax. insurance nr» Beautiful condition $7,200 ono Loan $5,000 Tel *****58 23 l.orong lii.iwak. B'pore 1335 Contact T .JIT' ■n DATSUM 1200 new paint, tax/ insurance console box. radio/ I artndge Call *****35 1971 DEC MAZDA Capella 1800 cc.
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    • 880 27 Ill VEHICLES BOATS 1976 HONDA PICK-UP. Good condition with new paint $3,600/- uno HP arrangeable Tel *****20 1976 MAZDA CAPELLA 1600. one private owner Alrrond. cassette, tip top condition. $15,400 ono Blk. 10. 37-N. -Dorset Road. Spore 0821. 1976 MAZDA DIESEL lorry E27O0 cargo box 14' long. In good 1
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    • 886 27 I 1971 FORD CORTINA U GL. One owner. National alrcond.. showroom condition J19.550 Contact i *****31 I 1978 HONDA CO110 Well maln- talned. Like new. Tel: *****17 1978 MARCH FIAT 131, ltiOO Saloon. 1 lady owner, airI rondltloned. sports rims, radio/ I cassette. $25,500. Tel: *****29 1971 MERCEDES 200 Automatic
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    • 688 27 IV ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES HOB 4-ROOMED FLAT Toa Payoh North lor sale Please contact t*l: *****28 Mr. Ong. PANOAN VALLEY Chempaka Court. 4 bedrooms. 2 halls with furnishings. Price J195.0O0 or (2.100 p.m Tel: *****9 Tony. 12.00 6.00 p.m. PANOAN VALLEY OFF HOLLAND ROAD Luxurious split-level 4-roomed apartment. 2.300 sq ft
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    • 620 27 3-ROOMED FLAT Plain flooring. Blk 69 103J. Circuit Road. $13,000 IiHeresK-d contact Mr Yeo *****88/ *****84 55 Properties Wanted APARTMENTS/ SEMIDETACHED URGENTLY required by genuine buyers Flexible budgets, good price payable. Principals call: *****8 BUNGALOW OR SEMI-DETACHED house In good locality and reasonably priced for Immediate purchase Tel *****86 Ng.
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    • 726 27 VI EDUCATION TRAINING GIRLS! Jobs are Becoming narde< lo get you need better qualifications The London Chamber ol Commerce and Industry Private Secretary s Certificate is recognised internationally as one ot the highest qualifications obtainable This examination is the only Private Secretarial Examination supervised by the Mm'St'v ol Education Ervoi
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    • 651 27 RADIO SERVICING (BEG) C OfH n\9 nc i oq Sunday 1-4 pm 5/8 Thursday 7-10 pm 9/8 Tuesday 7- 10 pm 14/8 Friday 7- 10 pm 10/8 Monday 7-10 pm 6/8 Sunday 9-12 noon 12/8 TRANSISTOR RADIO SERVICING Mon Wed 6 45-8 15 pm 15/8 Monday 7-10 pm 13/8 B/W
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    • 687 27 VII TRAVEL RESTAURANTS ORIENT TOURS H AU TAIWAN/KOREA/JAPAN IBB*! /HONGKONG/BANGKOK Hgfgjg 4 AUTAIWAN/MONGKONG/MANILA 14 B OT J,'.* AU TAIWAN'HONGKONG 7- fiSH 777 ~TT /BANGKOK Uy^y^- ALL TAIWAN/ MANILA E Hk',', 7 3 imS ALL TAIWAN/HONGKONG 11 P H-J,', 3 J, 3 ALL TAIWAN g 1 H f, 3^ FIESTA FILIP1NAS
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  • IX OBITUARIES
    • 87 28 FAMILY Of THE lute Mr Ong Kirn i .v.m is sincerely grateful to all relative! and friends for their kind assistance, donations. ajrMllM and funeral attendance .luring their recent bereave- THE FAMILY OF THE LATE MRS. PANG TONG YONG. NEE THERESA WISHES TO THANK REV. FATHER ABRIEL OF
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      50 28 MOM. WANG JUA KIAT p.isscd away peacefully on :i-H-79. Deeply mourned by: Sons JIM TAN CHEOW KIAT TANCHEOWCHOON 1 son-in-law 2 daughters-in-law and 6 grandchildren. Cortege will leave residence Blk 117 Bukil Merah Central (opposite Bukit Merah C.C.) at 2.00 pm 7-8-79 lor Chua Chu King Christian Cemetery.
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      79 28 In Everloving Memory Of DESMOND YIP Ol CHIONG D*paft«l 5 8 76 Three years today, we never knew The sadness the day would bring The bitter grief, the shock severe To part with you. whom we love so dear You bade us neither farewell nor goodbye For
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    • 43 28 V.MANICKAM Departed 5th Aug 1978 Sadly mltaad but navar torgottan by wila Anjalai Daughters: Vani. Suzi« and Puihpa Sons: Sakar, Kumar and Ra|a Prayart will b* h**d on 9th Aug. 1979 at Raaidanca b«tw«*n 10.00 am. to 12.00 noon.
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    • 20 28 IN MEMORY OF MARTHA CHU AH ENG DIED AUGUST STH 1963 SHE WILL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED BY HER LOVED ONES.
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    • 254 28 VIII ANNOUNCEMENTS PERSONAL 129 Miscellaneous 131 Religious Announcements CHINESE MALE EXECUTIVE axe ■.(•••lo frirnds Particulars. le\ephentl appreciated Write ORCHARD ROAD PRESBYTERIAN 1482-O Jalan Buklt Merah. CHURCH. Corner of Orchard and Hlix-ls 28 Spore 0315 Henang Road Sunday service gooo-h«»o«red ~cmmcm- 70.« ini2r«iin« nersonable friends am Youlh 8™"P» 11.30 i«>x Aouwu
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    • 681 28 i Come fain our MOTOROLAN Family Motorola, one of the world leaders in the manufacture of communications equipment requires the services of qualified personnel for the following position in Penang. TRAINING MANAGER Applicants should be between 28-35 years of age with proven industrial experience in the planning, developing and coordinating
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    • 671 28 A major international bank in Singapore is looking for I a talented young person to Join its organisation as a I FOREIGN EXCHANGE I I DEALER I The selected candidate will be working in the Treasury Division of the bank reporting to the Treasury Manager. Qualifications 1. At least 2
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    • 659 28 ASIAN FOOTBALL CONFEDERATION The Asian Football Confederation ,n v tes applications lor the following appointment* in me Condeteration Secretariat in Kuala 1 Assistant Ganaral Secretary (Administration/Finance) The Job: The person will be icntly responsible with the General Secretary for all the adm,n,stration and finance of the Confederation trw Candidate: (a)
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  • SUNDAY TIMES SPORT 1
    • 176 29 YORK, Sat. Three more stwied players were eliminated after the second day's play in the European match-play golf championships at Fulford near here yesterday, with the major surprise's being the defeat of title-holder Mark James, of England. James was beaten two i and onf by another British
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    • 719 29 BRIEFS DAKAR. Sat Nigerian athletes dominated the first day of the African athletics championships here, winning two cold, three silver and two bronze medals. Nigerian sprinter Peter Okodegbe was the star, clocking 10 sec. in the heats of the 100 m. But Okodegbe was deprived of an
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    • 160 29 SUNNINGDALE (England), Sat. Nancy Lopez birdied the last three holes for a five-under-par 69 yesterday to grab a three-stroke lead midway through the US$lOO,OOO ($215,000) Ladies Professional Golf Association European Open championship. Torrential rain slowed down play and halted it altogether
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    • 88 29 COWES (England), Sat. Two yachts, Switzerland's Silver Apple and Singapore's Apollo, have been penalised 28 places following the hearing of protests on yesterday's second race in the Admiral's Cup series, the organisers announced. Silver Apple drops from eighth to 36th place and Apollo from 17th to 45th.
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    • 323 29 BIRMINGHAM (Michigan), Sat. Ben Ctenshaw, seeking the major title he needs to confirm his stature in the ranks of premier performers, stroked out a smooth three-under-par 67 to take command yesterday in the second round of the 61st Professional Golfers' Association national championship. "I'd
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    • 23 29 NEW YORK. Sat. North American soccer League games played yesterday. Tornado 2 Rowdies 1; Hurricane 4 Drillers 3(Only games scheduled). Reuter.
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  • SUNDAY TIMES SPORT 2
    • 1205 30 TODAY LOCAL AlkleUc* Inter-club champion ship (National Stadium. 2) Cyrils* Pesta Sukan tour of Singapore race (National Stadium. 8). <Mf SGA league: SICC v Keppel (Bukit Chermin). Warren v Changi (Warren), Jurong v Tengah (Jurong). Seletar v Sembawang (Seletar). 'lfc«ttl»c PesU Sukan competition (Rifle Range Road). Saeccr
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    • 1012 30  -  LIM KEE CHAN SPORTSWRITERS SAY SUGAR RAY ROBINSON, BUT HE SAYS NO ONE CAN COME CLOSE TO JOE LOUIS MUHAMMAD ALI claims to be tbe greatest fighter of all time. Bat last year the hexing writers of America voted Sugar Ray Robinson as the best fighter
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    • 1361 30 RACINC.with FAIRWA V MALAYSIAN mare Pendraggon's Charm chalked up her fourth win yesterday when she snatched a last-stride victory in Race Six in Kuala Lumpur. The Man Of Honour five-year-old, running last until the home turn, came with a storming run in the final
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    • 691 30 \»H INMIIII I ItKNOMK.I MAKA Permohonan adalah dipeiawa dari warganegara Malaysia bagi mengisi kekosongan jawatan Pensyarah dibidang-bidang berikut:— A Keiuruteraan Awam B Kejuruteraan Letnk (Kuasa) C Kejuruteraan Letronik D Keiuruteraan Jentera E Kejuruteraan Kimia F Seiarah Dan Tamaddun Islam G Usuiuddtn H Syanah I Undang-Undang J Pentadbiran Awam X Statistik
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    • 1462 31 DAPF 1 145 CLASS 5, DIV 11.200 M 1.200 M iwilsE. i ($10,500 $7,350 to winner) 1 0421 T«iTongiChens)Teh4 57(u2 ■►2) 1,200 m F Hutchmon 8 2 2716 Polykettlea (Laya) Teh 3 56.5 (-1) 1,200 m Snf 7 3 9202 Emerald Glow a (1691 Yap M 56.5 (ud
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    • 559 31 \jxiaia LArgett inaeptyndrnt College of Furthet Education n r«coyni*ed examination centre (or four United Kingdom General Certificate of Education (C C.E examining boards The College offer* a wide choice of subject combinations, all of which been carefully selected, taking into consideration student needs and the miry requirements ol the UK
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  • 20 32 CYRIL PETER PHH.UP passed away peacefully on 4/8/7S. Corlegf leaves 429. Blk 86. Toa Payoh 5/8/79 at 1.00pm torC.C.K.
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  • SUNDAY TIMES SPORT 4
    • 117 32 LONDON, Sat. Malcolm Mar Donald, Arsenal's former England striker, has lost his year-lone battle against a knee Injury and has retired from football. The 2s-year-old farward has been advised by a specialist to stop Sying after having cc operations on his left knee In the past
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    • 776 32 FROM the sidelines...with KEN JALLEH Jr ITS FINALLY OUT! After months, rather days...alright, hours of painstaking, Watergate-type investigation, this reporter has at last discovered that a group of well-organised policemen have gone undercover and have sucessfully infiltrated the squash scene.
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    • 273 32  -  PETER SIOW By EVEN if Singapore's marksmen do not perform well in the Pesta Sukan shooting competition, starting today at the Rifle Range Road, a treat will still be lined up for them. For Leo Waldmeier, who will be shooting in the
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    • 430 32  -  BERNARD PEREIRA By Maha, Selveekam and Ismail do Republic proud SINGAPORE grabbed three gold medals through G. Mahadevan (light- welterweight), M. Selveekam (light-middle) and Mohammed Ismail (light-heavy) to take the runners-up spot in the Pesta Sukan boxing championships last night. But the bundle of dynamite that they exploded
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    • 173 32  - Fitter Choy edges out steady Monbiot PATRICK BASTIANS By PHILIP MONBIOT, despite tremendous economy in movement and razorsharp racket- work, lost out 9-7, 9-4, 5-9, 7-9, 5-9 to a fitter Patrick Choy in the Wander individual graded squash championships at the Kallang Complex yesterday. Choy joined Van Heng Chiok, Benny
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    • 108 32 LONDON, Sat. England were carving out a useful but not overwhelming lead over India by tea on the third day of the second Test match at Lord's today. Replying to the Indians' first innings total of 96, the England batsman had reached 258 for six wickets by the
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    • 29 32 RADIN MAS beat defending champions Bukit Merah 3-2 and Port Authority Recreation CTub drew 0-0 with Anson in the National Day soccer tournament at Bukit Chermin yesterday.
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    • 26 32 SAINT Andrews Old Boys Association whipped Police 40-0 (six goals and one try) in the national under-23 rugby match at the Police Academy yesterday.
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