The Straits Times, 11 August 1979

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    14 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 SATURDAY, AUGUST 11, 1979 25 CENTS M.C.(P) No. 142/1/79
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    Lock icon FRONT ACCEPTS PEACE PACKAGE
    537 1 Zimbabwe declaration by Nyerere DAR ES SALAAM, Friday THE PATRIOTIC FRONT, the guerilla force opposed to the government of Zimbabwe Rhodesia, has agreed to accept two key elements of a Britishsponsored peace plan for the country, it was announced here today. Tanzanian President Julius Nyerere, who
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  • YOUR WEEKEND READING
    • YOUR WEEKEND READING The Sunday Times
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        FACTS AND FANCIES ABOUT SPECIALISTS
        139 1 YOUR child needs an anti-tetanus jab so off you go to the best doctor in town. After all, only the best will do for your son and never mind the expense. But few people realise that it does not need the mind or hand of
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        THE RAFFLESIAN ROOTS CONTEST
        81 1 A UNIQUE contest is about to be launched in Singapore the search is on for the man or woman who has the most relatives, dead or alive, who studied in the oldest school in the Republic or its sister school. The RAFFLESIAN ROOTS CONTEST should prove
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        SPECIAL REPORT ON CHINA SOCCER TOUR
        81 1 THE Chinese soccer team recently toured Britain and the players came under the awed scrutiny of the fans ana the experts not because they are the greatest players in the world but because they soon could be. Tomorrow, the Sunday Times brings you a
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        DURIAN TIME UNDER THE TREES
        133 1 THE durian is a fruit that provokes the thorniest arguments about its merits. Twice a year, it drives normally sane people to frenzy they will go to great lengths to get it, whatever the cost. But there was a more languid time, if you were
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        OTHER HIGHLIGHTS
        182 1 SHE hud broken love affair, became depressed to the paint of insanity If Pam Dawber hadn't become a star on the Mo.-k and Mlndy show, she might be a gibbering Idiot in an asylum today, or mouldering in a suicide's grave. Tomorrow, la a tollall, Pam ("Mindv") talks
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        IN SPORTS NATION
        76 1 Squash: A Swedish company recently introduced a "demountable" court which promises to bring a new dimension, a new sound, and a whole new look to the sport. Golf: Starting tomorrow Golf Rules OK: a cartoon series which will make the business of playing golf so funny that
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    President and his lady lead Istana party
    94 1 PRESIDENT Sheares and the First Lady arriving at the National Day reception at the Istana lawn last night. Following closely behind them are the actIng Prime Minister and Kducatloii Minister, Dr (ion Keng Swee, and Mrs Goh, and the acting Social Affairs Minister,
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    Lock icon New Australia-HK cheap air fares
    134 1 SYDNEY, Fri. Cathay Pacific Airways says the Australian Government has agreed to start a new cheap air fares package between Australia and Hongkong later this month. The new package, to Hongkong alone, would undercut the fares of neighbouring Asian countries and is expected to bring
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    Blackout in four areas
    81 1 Blackout in four areas A POWER failure late last night caused a blackout in the east and west coast areas of Singapore. Scores of residents were trapped in lifts at Clementi housing estate when the blackout occurred at about 10 p.m. Other areas affected were West Coast Road and Pasir
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    Lock icon Palestinian guerillas 'training for kamikaze missions'
    350 1 TEL AVIV, Friday ISRAEL was today reported to have information that Palestinian guerillas were being trained as pilots in Libya for suicide missions in which they would crash explosiveladen aircraft on to Israeli cities. The Yediot Aharonot said Defence Minister Ezer Weizman was asked
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    Lock icon Iran scraps US arms orders
    178 1 TEHERAN, Friday THE Iranian Government today announced the cancellation of US$9,OOO million (5519,350 million) worth of contracted arms purchases from the United States. Government spokesman Sadegh Tabatabai said Inn was annulling all agreements for the supply of US weaponry, except for spare parts and certain
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    Lock icon Fraser, Lee stopover
    47 1 PORT LOUIS (Mauritius), Fri. Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser and Mr Lee Kuan Yew stopped over here last night on their way home from the Commonwealth summit in Lusaka. Mr Fraser was due to leave this morning while Mr Lee leaves on Sunday. Reuter.
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    LATEST MENGELE TO BE ARRESTED
    66 1 LATEST MENGELE TO BE ARRESTED COLOGNE, Pri. Dr Josef Mengele, accused of performing experiments on tM.MI prisoners at the Nazi Auschwitz concentration camp, Is to be arrested, Nail hunter Simon Wiesenthal said In a radio Interview today. Mr Wiesenthal said authorities in Paraguay, where Dr Menfele .lves, had Informed N
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      235 1 TASK FORCE SET UP TO PROBE BREAK-INS Page 8 RUSSIA testing poison gas on Lao rebels 3 JAPAN bid to save jobs of the elderly S CHALLENGE territorial limits, navy told THE Tarling trial It CONVENTIONS: New thrust by STPB 11 SECOND Asian seafarers' conference It SHELL to raise petrol
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  • AROUND THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Youths break up press freedom demo
      234 2 Youths break up press freedom demo TEHERAN, Friday HUNDREDS of youths armed with clubs, knives and knuckledusters and shouting "Death to communism" broke up a march for press freedom in Teheran last night. The youths, many holding pictures of unofficial head of state Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeiny, waded into 3,000 demonstrators
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      Lock icon Rat race is on but all for show
      155 2 Rat race is on but all for show THIS is Suy vm Pleekensteln, one *f the star performers in Heart GugelmjuuTs Rat Circus jumping through a ring, «n the opening day of the shew In Berne an Thursday. Mr Gagelmau, 32, was a former Swiss lion tamer, whose fearless feats
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      Lock icon US mission to help Egypt's arms industry
      405 2 WASHINGTON, Friday THE United States has sent a large team to help President Anwar Sadat build up an arms industry to thwart any temptation by Egypt to turn back to the Soviet Union for aid in the supply of weapons, US officials said
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      Lock icon STRAUSS TO MEET SADAT FOR TALKS
      118 2 STRAUSS TO MEET SADAT FOR TALKS CAIRO, Fri. United States envoy Robert Strauss will visit Egypt on Aug 21 for a meeting with President Anwar Sadat to discuss issues relating to the Palestinian autonomy talks, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said yesterday. The two sub-committees on the autonomy talks, including representatives
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      Lock icon Botswana and Zimbabwe air clash
      172 2 Botswana and Zimbabwe air clash GABORONE (Botswana). Fri. A Botswana army patrol plane and three Zimbabwe Rhodesian military helicopters clashed in an aerial encounter yesterday outside Francistown, the country's second largest city, a government spokesman said. In ground action, five Zimbabwe Rhodesian commandos blew up a house on the outskirts
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      Lock icon 'Bionic' star divorced
      62 2 LOS ANGELES, Fri. Actress Lindsay Wagner, star of the US television series, The Bionic Woman, was divorced here yesterday by actor Michael Brandon. A lawyer (or Brandon, 34, described the divorce as amicable and said Ms Wagner, 30, would get the couple's luxurious Los Angeles house as
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      Lock icon General rapped for swipe at Arabs
      154 2 TEL AVTV, Fri. Israeli Defence Minister Ezer Weizman has given one of his top generals a rap over the knuckles for making derogatory statements about the Arab minority in the country. The reprimand followed remarks yesterday by the chief of the Israeli armed forces
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      Lock icon A big 'yes' to new Lebanon cabinet
      155 2 A big 'yes' to new Lebanon cabinet BEIRUT, Friday PRIME Minister Selim Al Hoss' new 11-man cabinet won a vote of confidence from Parliament by an overwhelming margin yesterday, the state-run Beirut Radio said. The vote was 54 to 9 in the one-house Parliament, the broadcast said. Mr Hoss' three-
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      Lock icon THE MOST RELUCTANT BRIDEGROOM
      77 2 GRAZ (Austria), Fri. A 35-year-old pastry-cook here Is Austria's candidate for the most reluctant bridegroom of the year. Twice in one day Mr Heinz Kommer took his tt-year-old West German bride, Miss Christ* Denecke, to the registry office. Bat both times when asked "Do yon take
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  • AROUND THE WORLD 2
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      Lock icon 'Lou Grant' nominated for 14 Emmy awards
      166 3 'Lou Grant' nominated for 14 Emmy awards PASADENA(California), Fri. The US television series Lou Grant, based on the activities of a fictitious Los Angeles newspaper, swept the board with 14 Emmy nominations yesterday, including one for its star, Ed Asner, for best actor. A series dealing with servant life. Backstairs
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      Lock icon Russia testing poison gas on Lao rebels
      371 3 WASHINGTON, Friday IN A move to test its capability for chemical warfare, the Soviet Union is supplying the Vietnamese Army with poison gas to kill tribesmen resisting communist control in northern Laos, according to intelligence reports received here The reports said Soviet military
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      950 Viet refugees set foot on new island 'home'
      335 3  - 950 Viet refugees set foot on new island 'home' ABBY TAN By Our correspondent in Manila I TARA ISLAND (Philipi pines), Fri. For the first time in eight months, j 950 Vietnamese refugees i on the rusty freighter i Tung An set foot yesteri day on firm ground on Tara
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      Lock icon Huey Fong skipper jailed 6½ years
      320 3 Huey Fong skipper jailed 6½ years HONGKONG, Friday THE captain of the freighter Huey Fong and 10 others were sentenced yesterday for up to seven years in prison for conspiring to smuggle 3,318 Vietnamese refugees into Hongkong aboard the battered freighter. "Gk)ld was the motive for this incredible story of
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      Lock icon 'Return isles' protest
      62 3 TOKYO, Fri. Nearly 1,000 rightists drove through the streets in 230 vans here yesterday demanding the return of four small northern Pacific islands held by the Soviet Union but claimed by Japan, police said. Police cordoned off roads jeading to the Soviet Embassy in Central Tokyo to
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      Lock icon Flood threat
      38 3 BANGKOK, Fri. Heavy rains moving into north-east Thailand from Vietnam could cause (lash floods over the next tew days in the area, heavily damaged by floods last year, a Bangkok weather bureau spokesman said today. Reuter.
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      Lock icon Dye in pool plan draws criticism
      153 3 LONDON, Fri. A new British "disease" was diagnosed this week. Britons, It seems, either cannot or will not control their bladders when they go swimming. "As a nation, we pee into onr swimming pools on a vast scale. Von would not believe the scale.
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      Lock icon Baby export racket exposed: 3 held
      199 3 Baby export racket exposed: 3 held JAKARTA, Fri POLICE have arrested a mid-wife and two other people in connection with a babyfarming racket that arranged the adoption of Indonesian babies overseas, mostly in Holland, authorities said yesterday. They were alleged to have bought day-old babies from poor families in Pekalongan,
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  • AROUND THE WORLD 3
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      Lock icon Japan bid to save jobs of the elderly
      522 5 Japan bid to save jobs of the elderly TOKYO, Friday THE Japanese Government is trying to amend the half-cen-tury-old retirement age system in the private sector in an effort to remove the threat to the livelihood of millions of elderly workers. The Labour Ministry, in its five-year employment plan, urged
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      Lock icon Home, sweet home — in a tomb tor two years
      110 5 Home, sweet home in a tomb tor two years GHENT (Belgium), Fri. Cemetery workers could not believe their eyes when they went to prepare a family mausoleum for a new burial. A squatter had set op home inside. Jules Roets, 47, was taken away by police who found that he
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      Lock icon Sworn in
      32 5 QUITO. Fri. Jaime Roldos, a 39-year-old Ecuadorian lawyer, became Latin America's youngest-ever elected President today in a ceremony attended by foreign delegations led by US First Lady, Rosalynn Carter. Reuter.
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      Lock icon US Govt to help Chrysler with loan plan
      206 5 US Govt to help Chrysler with loan plan WASHINGTON, Fri. The Carter administration announced yesterday that it would help the financially troubled Chrysler Corporation formulate a loan guarantee plan for submission to Congress but rejected the corporation's request for US$l billion (Ss2.l billion) in tax credits. "The administration recognises that
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      Lock icon UN arms curb talks end without progress
      145 5 UN arms curb talks end without progress GENEVA. Fri. Negotiators from 39 nations return home empty-handed today after seven months of talks on curbing the arms race. Sources said the United Nations disarmament committee had made such little progress that delegates were struggling to put together a report to the
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      Lock icon FBI probe on leak
      85 5 WASHINGTON, Fri. The FBI has been ordered to find out who leaked a Congressional report on the activities of foreign spy agencies, including the strange case of the Taiwanese kamikaze dog rigged to blow up the late Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai. The White House said last
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      Lock icon Stable growth forecast
      205 5 TOKYO, Fri JAPAN announced today that its economy is heading for stable growth, but faces a problem of mounting inflation. A government White Paper said that in the 1978 fiscal year which ended last March, the economy recovered steadily from prolonged recession, with domestic demand playing the
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    Lock icon Challenge – territorial limits, navy told
    504 6 Challenge territorial limits, navy told WASHINGTON, Fri. THE Carter administration has ordered the navy and air force to send ships and planes deliberately into or over the disputed waters of nations that claim a territorial limit of more than the five km accepted by the United States and 21 other
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    Lock icon Formula to increase military spending
    125 6 WASHINGTON, Fri. The Carter administration, in a bid to win the support of Senate moderates for the strategic arms treaty, is seeking a budgetary formula that would enable it to increase the Defence Department's spending programme over the next five years, government officials said yesterday.
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    Lock icon Cruise missile goes astray and crashes
    170 6 WASHINGTON, Fri. A US Navy Tomahawk Cruise missile crashed into the Pacific Ocean off the California coast after it went off its programmed flight path, a Defence Department official said today. The missile, launched from the nuclear submarine Guitarro. was being tested yesterday when
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    Lock icon 'Japan is ready'
    63 6 TOKYO, Fri. Japanese Defence Agency directorgeneral Genri Yamashita will tell the United States that Japan is ready to increase its share in cost of maintaining the US forces in this country, informed sources here said today. Mr Yamashita is scheduled to leave for Honolulu and Washington tomorrow
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    Lock icon FREIGHTER LISTS AFTER COLLISION
    74 6 FREIGHTER LISTS AFTER COLLISION THE I,BM tonne Greek freighter Lard Hastings listing heavily in the shallows of Spiekerreg Island off Bremen, West Germany. It had collided with another Greek vessel, the IfJ.WI tonne oil tanker, Andres Titan on Wednesday. The freighter, which was loaded with fodder, sustained a 12metre hole
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    Lock icon 3 Reds killed
    34 6 MANILA, Fri. Government troops shot dead three communist guerillas during a clash in southern Philippines yesterday, raising to 25 the number of guerillas killed this week, military sources here said. Reuter.
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    Lock icon INDIAN SATELLITE LAUNCH BID FAILS
    126 6 INDIAN SATELLITE LAUNCH BID FAILS NEW DELHI, Fri. India's first satellite launch vehicle (SLV-3) developed trouble soon after it was launched today. A press release of the Space Research Organisation in Madras described the attempt as "partially unsuccessful." The release, quoted by the Press Trust of India, said the fourth
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    Lock icon Belfast youths battle troops in worst violence in a year
    317 6 BELFAST, Fri HUNDREDS of Roman Catholic youths fought security forces and Irish Republican Army gunmen ambushed British army patrols in Belfast streets yesterday in an outburst of anti-British violence called by the IRA. British security officials said it was the
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    254 6 WORLD BRIEFS ASIA faces a possible staggering deficit of 15 to 30 million tonnes in food staples by 1965, according to an Asian Development Bank report released in Manila. The report said the deficit "could amount to up to three times the quantity of cereal actually imported (in net terms)
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    Airlines deny 'Concorde hitches' report
    137 8 Airlines deny 'Concorde hitches' report THE Singapore Airlines-British Airways Concorde service from here to Bahrain and Leaden is unaffected by any technical fanlt or grennding, said spokesmen of both airlines yesterday. A wire service report on Thursday said four of the five British Airways Concordes had been grounded by unprecedented"
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    Special task force to probe thefts
    260 8  -  K. S. SIDHU By JOO Chiat police have formed a special task force to look into a spate of break-ins at Housing Board flats in Bedok Town and New Upper Changi Road. Sixteen cases have been reported in the past month. Suspects questioned include
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    Firm seeks Jakarta go-ahead to import workers
    187 8 Firm seeks Jakarta go-ahead to import workers AN electronics firm here has asked the Indonesian authorities for permission to bring in 100 Indonesian women to work in its factory here. The request has been approved by the Economic Development Board and is now being studied by the Ministry of Manpower
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    Fong to open exhibition at museum
    68 8 SENIOR Parliamentary Secretary (Labour), Mr Fong Sip Chee, will open the 1979 National Day Art Exhibition at the National Museum art gallery on Aug 16 at 5.30 p.m. The exhibition, from Aug 17 to 31, is jointly organised by the Ministry of Culture, the
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    Two films
    28 8 THE Singapore Science Centre will screen two (Urns on the Power to Fly and Flight Plan at its lecture hall on Aug* 19 at 3 p.m.
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    Woman's application for writ on CNB director adjourned
    249 8 Woman's application for writ on CNB director adjourned AN application by a housewife to have a writ of habeus corpus served on the director of the Centra 1 Narcotics Bureau which detained her husband, was adjourned in the High Court yesterday. Madam Ngo Lian Tin of Mci Ling Street had
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    On research
    43 8 THE managing director of the Applied Research Corporation, Dr Hong Hai, will speak on Market and Opinion Research in Singapore at a luncheon meeting ol the Advertising Media Owners Association, Singapore, at the Cockpit Hotel on Aug 16 at 1 p.m.
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    Pak Embassy here unlikely to be axed
    281 8  - Pak Embassy here unlikely to be axed S.M.MUTHU By THE Pakistan Embassy in Singapore is likely to be among the few of the country's foreign diplomatic missions that would not be axed to cut government spending. Diplomatic sources said the embassy is regarded as one of Pakistan's major missions abroad
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      210 8 WHAT'S ON TODAY DRAMA Fallen Angels presented by the Crescents of the National Library Youth Drama Group at the PUB Auditorium at 4 p.m. POOD HYGIENE EXHIBITION at the Crawford community centre from 3 p.m. to 10 p.m. On till Sunday. in» NATIONAL DAY PHOTO EXHIBITION at Singapore Conference Hall,
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      54 8 NATIONAL DAY SHOW at the Marine Parade branch library auditorium at 3 p.m. Admission free. FILM SHOW: ICE STATION ZEBRA at the Marine Parade branch library auditorium at 11 a.m. Admission free. CHINESE SHELL CARVING ARTS AND CRAFT EXHIBITION at Chinese Chamber of Commerce, from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
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    Lock icon Heave—and he's freed
    29 9 Heave and he's freed Firemen tying a rope to the front of the van, which was smashed inwards, to help rescue the trapped victim. Picture by CHEW BOON CHIN.
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    Rohan to open computer show and seminar
    156 9 Rohan to open computer show and seminar THE MP for Telok Blangah, Mr Rohan Kamis. will open Computa '79, an international computer technology exhibition and seminar at the World Trade Centre at 11 a.m. today. The exhibition and seminar, organised by Scope International (Pte) Ltd and sponsored by the Singapore
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    Why ferry refit cost more than estimated
    109 9 Why ferry refit cost more than estimated THE New Zealand Auditor-General, Mr A. G. Shailes, has criticised his country's Railway Department for a refit contract on a rail ferry which was repaired at Sembawang Shipyard in 1977. The job cost $7.5 million 54 per cent more than the original estimate.
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    VAN CRASHES INTO REAR OF BUS
    159 9 lIKKMKN took M minutes to extricate this van driver who was pinned in his seat after his vehicle crashed Into the rear of a bos along Alexandra Road yesterday morning. Passers-by who failed to carry Mr Urn Yoke Boon, 23, oat of the van
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    Security men who turned thieves
    261 9 TWO security guards were jailed yesterday for stealing from homes in a housing estate under their charge. Ismail bin Somo, 28, and Mat Idris bin Hamat, 25, were sentenced to terms of a year and 10 months respectively when they pleaded guilty in a district
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    Dearer low, medium quality cakes, too
    198 9 PRICES of low and medium quality cakes will go up by five cents to 20 cents and 25 cents each respectively from Wednesday. But the prices of high quality birthday and fresh cream cakes remain unchanged, an official of the Singapore Bakery and Confectionery
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    Indonesia may join power grid
    259 9  - Indonesia may join power grid WONG MOH-KEED By INDONESIA is planning to join the link-up of electricity networks which Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore are studying. The Electricity Supply Company of Indonesia (ESC) showed interest in joining the pan-Asean electricity grid during a three-day meeting of the Asean Power Utilities Computer
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    MATTHEW HALL IN JOINT VENTURE
    98 9 MATTHEW HALL IN JOINT VENTURE A LEADING British engineering firm has gone into partnership with a local enterprise to set up an office here. Business Times reported yesterday. The company, Matthew Hall Engineering Southeast Asia, will provide a wide range of consultancy services which include project management, design, procurement and
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    Cooked and raw mee to cost more next week
    237 9 Cooked and raw mee to cost more next week COOKED mcc will cost 16 cents more for each kilo (73 cents at present) from Monday because local manufacturers say they cannot absorb the increased cost of flour anymore. Raw mcc, now at 94 cents a kg, will go up by
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    Novel instant insight into Singapore
    329 9  - Novel instant insight into Singapore JOHN DE SOUZA By A NOVEL tourist attraction, The Singapore Experience, which will give an instant introduction of the Republic to tourists, was launched at the new Singapore Cultural Theatre in Grange Road last night. Mr Tan I Tong, chairman of the STPB, who officiated
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    Man on hurt charge
    57 9 CHONG San Seng. 24. a national serviceman, was yesterday charged in a district court with voluntarily causing hurt to Mr Foo Meng Swee by stabbing him with a bearing scraper at Gala Theatre in Upper Bukit Timah Road on July 21. Bail of $2,000 was granted.
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    On Theft Act
    39 9 THE University of Singapore's extramural studies department will organise a 10-course lecture on the Theft Act 1968 (UK) from Aug 21 at the Bukit Timah campus. Fee is M 0 Call *****76 or *****0 for details.
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      305 9 Straits Times Crossword ACBO6S 4, 5 Managing directors of yinI Friend and champion at court? "^'"Y <7 5 "w k. ik~ 6) 6 Church shape, a bit bulbous, if 4 Car smash takes British leader cur strays in <'>• into the Common Market in a 7 It's ecclesiastical and Uy.
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    Lock icon 1972 accounts didn't present a true and fair view, court told
    341 10  - 1972 accounts didn't present a true and fair view, court told CHIA POTEIK and T. F. Hwang >7,\#^«l'] 10 a> d 1 t j» /.I J KC<^ d ;< M By AN EXPERT witness at the resumed trial of Richard Tarling in the High Court yesterday, said that the accounts
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    '66 pc of profits not included'
    3052 10 QUOTE 6 The item of approximately SsB million added to capital reserve by Haw Par originated from the revenue of that company made in 1872. This transfer means that the profits previously not disclosed have become capitalised, presumably beyond the reach of shareholders. I
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    Sale of Grey Securities at book value was extraordinary, says witness
    101 10 DPP: Would you say that the consolidated profit and loss account of Haw Par Brothers International Ltd for the year presented a true and fair view? MR GARRETT: In my view, the accounts for 1972 of Haw Par did
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    PEOPLE IN THE CASE
    51 10 THE ACCUSED: Richard Tar- I ling, farmer chairman of Haw j Par Brothers International Ltd. THE JUDGE: Mr Justice Kolasekaram. FOR THE PROSECUTION: Mr Tan Teow Yeow, DPP, assisted by Mr Kong Kwok Jen, DPP. FOR THE DEFENCE: Mr H. E. Casbin, assisted by Dr Mylnt
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    Mentioned in evidence so far
    184 10 MR DONALD EDGAR OGILVY WATSON, former managing director of the Haw Par Group, who left the Jurisdiction soon after the appointment of the inspectors to Investigate Haw Pars affairs. MR lAN KEITH TAMBLYN, former deputy managing director, who has also left the Jurisdiction. MR JOHN
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    Sisir plans to improve its metrology work
    201 11 Sisir plans to improve its metrology work THE Singapore Institute! of Standards and Industrial Research (Sisir) plans to improve its metrology programme over the next five to seven years. The total metrology programme was drawn up to provide a national facility to carry out precision measurements and calibration in engineering,
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    Flag day
    12 11 THE Singapore Children s Society will hold a flag-day today.
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    Islanders now have private phones
    248 11 AFTER a two-year wait, residents of Pulau Tekong Besar like provision shop owner, Mr Ng Chee King, 49 (above) are now enjoying the convenience of private telephone lines, and are able to communicate with business contacts, friends and relatives on mainland Singapore. Mr Ng recalled:
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    Gold prices go up
    34 11 THE Singapore Chinese Gold Merchants Association has raised the price of gold by Wper tahll. The new price for 24-carat gold is $8M; 22-carat gold, $84», and pound gold, $7M.
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    RESTRUCTURING OF BUREAU? Conventions: New thrust by the STPB
    535 11  - RESTRUCTURING OF BUREAU? Conventions: New thrust by the STPB DANA LAM By THE Singapore Tourist Promotion Board (STPB) is taking a second look at the present structure and running of its convention bureau for possible areas of improvement. Its senior convention officer, Mr Low Nguan Kiang, who recently returned from
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    Import and export rule changes
    103 11 Import and export rule changes SEVERAL changes in the rules on import and export of goods were announced by the Trade Department yesterday. The export of footwear to the United States is now subject to licensing. Tradet j should check with the department on the availability of licences before they
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    Dud cheque charge
    60 11 LEE Lay Huat alias Pak Chun Hal, 28, a paraplegic, was yesterday charged with cheating Mr Mahadi bin Walet of a colour television and amplifier set at Marine Parade Road on Jan 25 by handing him a dud cheque for $2,990 in payment. No plea was taken.
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    Chief guest
    44 11 THE Senior Minister of State (Prime Minister's Office), Mr Lee Khoon Choy, will be the guest-of-honour at the KoLam Ayer constituency National Day dinner and variety show to be held at the car park of Block 11, Upper Boon Keng Road today.
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    Photo course
    34 11 THE YMCA will hold a sixweek intensive course on advanced practical photography from Thursday. Classes will be held every Monday and Thursday from 7.30 p.m. to 9.30 p.m. For details call *****8.
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    SIA WILL SOON FLY TO DHARAN
    129 11 SINGAPORE Airlines will fly directly Ite Boelag 7fis twice weekly to Dfcaraa In SMdi ArmbU from Sept 1. The combination flights (HMMBger and cargo) will leave here every Thusday aid Saturday at IJI p.m., reaehlag Dharaa at 5.1 i p.m. aad returning to Stagapore
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  • SECOND ASIAN SEAFARERS' CONFERENCE
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      Devan calls on ITF to hold talks in Asia
      856 12  -  GEORGE JOSEPH By NTUC president Mr C.V. Devan Nair yesterday called on the International Transportworkers' Federation (ITF) to hold a round table conference in Asia for a full and free exchange of views with Asian seafarers' unions. He urged delegates attending
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      Facing kungfu man, knife was to reduce odds – DEFENCE COUNSEL
      415 12  - Facing kungfu man, knife was to reduce odds DEFENCE COUNSEL GLORIA CHAN By SALES EXECUTIVE Mr Martin Douglas Klyne picked up a kitchen knife to reduce the odds against him in a confrontation with a kungfu exponent who had reproached him for assaulting his sister, the High Court heard yesterday.
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      Desaru trip
      31 12 KAMPUNG Chai Chee community centre youth group will organise a trip to Desaru on Sept 2. Application forms are available at the centre. The closing date is Aug 17.
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      Dialogue must follow ITF rules, says Lewis
      269 12 Dialogue must follow ITF rules, says Lewis THE ITF general-secre-tary, Mr Harold Lewis, has cabled the organisers of the Second Asian Seafarers' Conference (ASC) going on here that if consultations between Asian affiliates and the ITF were to improve they had to. be done according to "ITF procedures." Mr Lewis,
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      'Boycott Viet trade' move
      234 12 THE Second Asian Seafarers' Conference, which ends today, is expected to call upon the international trade union movement to boycott all trade to and from Vietnam. A draft proposal to be tabled today calls for international transport workers' federations, in particular, to take effective trade union
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      493 13 THOMSON PLAZA. WHERE YOU FILL UP YOUR SHOPPING BAGS AND FILL UP ON FUN 0 sr Plaza M®) W* of shoDDing t^y£- (\n Light up your life with modem Shoos ?alore for you fun pa Inrp /fflk J3^ Sm.*o%f^ or old f ashioned lighting and fixtures forthekids A^ #4^ from
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      952 14 A Decade of Progress and Prosperity A\ SIN HUAT RUBBER CO (PTE) LTD C\ celebrates its O Message from the j Message from the Chairman g flA^l^ 2 m tt d"fc mi A _n_ w w v' Managing Director m r,n ChO n g inn /\nmvcrsciry tocuiy Sin Huat Rubber
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    NEVER AT SEA BIBI HAS A SMILE FOR ALL
    137 15 NEVER AT SEA BIBI HAS A SMILE FOR ALL RKCKPTIONIST BlbJ Sakena's job at the Singapore Mariners' Club is tougher than those at other hotels in Singapore is she deals with seamen from all over the world. And seamen are known to be a "terrible" lot because of their drinking
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    Patient died from loss of blood
    254 15 Patient died from loss of blood THE death of a man following an operation for cancer was due to natural causes. This was the verdict recorded by the State Coroner, Mr Chang Kok Ming, yesterday. Senior forensic pathologist, Dr Chao Tzee Cheng certified the cause of death of Mr Pang
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    Folk music
    33 15 THE Toa Payoh branch library guitar ensemble will present Share, a concert of popular and folk music at the library's lecture hall on Aug 18 at 5 D.m. Admission is free.
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    For the blind
    29 15 THE Lions Club o( Singapore (Tanglin) will brine 30 blind children between the ages of eight and 12 to the Jurong Bird Park tomorrow at 930
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    Man pleads guilty half-way through
    177 15 HALF-WAY through his trial. Yap Huat Tien, 20, a salesman, yesterday pleaded guilty to a charge of possessing 0.06 gm of heroin, and was fined $4,000. in default 12 months jail, by a district court. Inspector H.L.Miranda, prosecuting, told the court that two assistant narcotics
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    Shell to raise petrol and diesel prices today
    690 15  -  SOH TIANG KENG By SHELL will join the four other oil firms Esso, Mobil, BP and Caltex by raising petrol and diesel prices today. With bus and taxi fares expected to rise soon, this second round of oil increases within a month
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    Siege drama man sues for divorce
    545 15  - Siege drama man sues for divorce SIT MENG C HUE By A FORMER army corporal, who held his sister-in-law and her baby hostage with an Armalite rifle in a siege drama two years ago, petitioned in the High Court yesterday to divorce his wife. Mr Lim Wee Hua, now a
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    Inquiry into alleged rape
    71 15 A PRELIMINARY inquiry into a case of four nv-n allegedly raping a 13-ye:ir-old girl will be held in Court 17 on i Nov 12 and 13. Mohd Noor bin Ahmad. 38. Abdullah bin Haji Mohd, 37, Shaffie bin Haji Yahya, 19, and Md Mansor bin Ahmad.
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      235 15 Regain strength. With Yomeishu. f Yomeishu is a timeless tonic for the active f y^^ I people of today. Prepared from a 370-year-old f^jmß I fo rmulananc teddown through the generations, [a^tX I Yomeishu contains more than 10 medicinal AA Jo^*Am I nerDswell known n tne East for their health
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    The Straits Times SATURDAY, AUGUST 11, 1979 AT IT AGAIN
    380 16 The Straits Times SATURDAY, AUGUST 11, 1979 AT IT AGAIN THE VIETNAMESE are at it again, indulging in diplomatic game-playing. Hanoi's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Mr Nguyen Co Thach, has made use of the Hanoi visit by a congressional team to disclose that secret talks on normalisation are
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    PAYING THE PRICE
    358 16 THE University of Singapore has taken the right decision in improving existing benefits and introducing new ones to attract the best of expatriate academic staff. These benefits are directed at outstanding academics here on short-term visiting appointments, expatriates on normal contract and Singaporeans and Malaysians recruited from
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    T.F.Hwang takes you down memory lane
    454 16 T.F.Hwang takes you down memory lane With alacrity IT IS with alacrity that some readers of mine have bared their thoughts to me this week. It is very much the depth of their reflections on the many facets of my Memory Lane topic last week that commends itself. Last Saturday
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    Across the Causeway
    668 16 EXCERPTS of editorial comment from Malaysian newspapers this week. growing trend to abandon old people to the care of the State; but the vast majority of old people and orphans are still cared for within the family system. There is always a tendency to throw a cloak
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    Lock icon Is Kabul start of Russia's own Vietnam?
    1938 16  - Is Kabul start of Russia's own Vietnam? ARNAT By THIS week the Asia Research News Analysis Team (ARNAT) discusses the civil war in Afghanistan which could become Russia's own Vietnam; how differing interpretations of democracy at the Commonwealth conference could undermine Mrs Thatcher's peace plan for Zimbabwe Rhodesia; and the
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      A teacher who always took all class essays home to mark
      268 17 OUR Prime Minister, speaking on the subject of how to improve our English, says: "It (English) is learned fastest when your written mistakes are pointed out to you by a teacher, friend or senior officer. That was the way
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      Changes that reflect magnitude of task of keeping garden city
      201 17 Changes that reflect magnitude of task of keeping garden city I REFER TO your recent press report on the change of titles In the Parks and Recreation Department. From the report It would appear that there Is a direct change of names from Director, Botanic Gardens, to Commissioner, Parks and
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      It's so frustrating to watch the queue-jumpers get away with it
      559 17 EVEN though the Traffic Police have achieved considerable success in controlling traffic offences a lot more needs to be done to make traffic move smoother and safer. A case in point is the apparent inability of the Traffic Police
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      Put up road signs that can be seen
      170 17 MAY I appeal to the authorities to put up bold road signs at or before the entrances to filter lanes. In most cases the filter road sign often just marked on the road cannot be seen until one is in the adjacent
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      Are these trailer attendants so necessary?
      81 17 IN LINE with government policy to make optimum use of labour, it is time the Registrar of Vehicles considered whether trailer attendants, whose duty is just to sit beside the driver (as required by ROY regulations) are necessary. Don't they constitute a waste of
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      College education is a big help — as long as one gets a degree
      914 17  - College education is a big help as long as one gets a degree DENA KLEIMAN New US study on who gets ahead and the advantages of a college degree By in New York IS college worth the time, money and effort, a growing number of people in the United States
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      258 17 A Rolex will always cost more than a watch because it is more than a watch A Rolex is not madt like an ordinary watch. It takes a year to complete. SkilltJ crafismen perform 162 separate operations just to carve the Rolex Oyster case out of a single block of
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      284 17 Cool comfort for men These styles from Clarks this year offer unrivalled comfort and value. Light, up-to-the minute designs and superb constructions in shoes for men put Clarks way out in front yet again. Take a kx)k at our ranges and see >. the latest new developments. Jf^Jhw Made in
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      812 18 I ESTABLISHED 1858 ftk^^g k^ I ■*1L I k I |FJ 1 l^^l L^^mJ^^mUl 1 Huge selection of blouses. j U.P. SALE PRICE fl^/ 3^ Over 2,000 to choose from fIL^.A .^fl P Selection of Emesse dresses W*lP U.P. $39 50 IrJ >^ J and tunics approximately 200 pcs. $135.00
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      815 19 m^ I 1L 1 I M I ESTABLISHED 1858 i^ V Swiss Imen/Sllk oDen 111 1 j j Ih VI m weave furnishing materials /J^SfOZrf:tf P 1/ W^ i 210 cm width. /pSß s£&ss!&& ft r f Sate Price /iC3sifltZ!KJ6>^\ _g lam $4 50 2.50 ;pr M W M [U
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  • TIMES CITY DESK
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      Buoyant close at market
      307 20 PRICES were dealt geaer- ally to a better close In continued buoyant trading on the Stock Exchange af Singapore yesterday. Trading in the morning sesslea, In particular, started an a firm and decisive bullish sate. Although there was na vigorous follow-through support In the afternaon, most
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      Kuala Lumpur
      253 20 RENEWED buying support in the afternoon helped the Kuala Lumpur stock market recover from early weakness and brought prices to a mixed close yesterday. The New Straits Times industrial ordinary share index finished the day 0.66 point down at 425.06 while the Malaysian Business Times index lost 17.71
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      Money and exchanges
      210 20 THE US dollar weakened in the Singapore forex market yesterday York after news of a higher than expected 11 per cent rise in WPI (or July. Opening lower at $2 1525 35 com I nared with 12 1571 IB at Wnrlmx i cC S,™ S- "JnSSi narrowly
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      Minimum lending rates
      23 20 ITHK average rate at which Singapore banks are currently prepared to lend to their best customer. Is 8.25 per cent.
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      NOMINAL RATES
      358 20 INTERBANK rates at 3.00 pm Curr*ncM> Nominal rataa Smithtonian Parcantaga quotad yaatarday (croaa)parity changa UarAl dollar* to one unit of foreign currency: US dollar 2.1510 2.1518 2.8196 -23.71 Sterling pound 4.8170 4.8215 7.3469 -34.43 Australian dollar 2.4260 2.4375 3.4286 -29.24 NZ dollar 2.1775 2.2005 3.4286 -36.34 Canadian dollar
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      Discount
      51 20 RAN<;K of friers offrred by dis count houses on Aug 10: Overnight s' Call drpotiu H ClotiM Buyiit s«lii»f 3 month Treasury bills 51/18 4 15/16 3 month Bank bills 7 13/16 7 11/16 3 month CD 111/H 7»/l« 6 month CD 7 13/16 7 11/18 Source: National Diacouot
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      Money market
      39 20 Closing Interbank rates foi Singapore dollars on Auj 10: Offer Bid Overnight 8 s'. 1 month 7 7/19 7 5/16 2 months Ti 3 months 7 11/18 7 9/18 Overnight mode slightly hum i hi is« iiuoii-il
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      CLOSING PRICES
      1708 20 THE last transarlwi ready sal* al the .lose ot business on the Stork Exchange of Singa pore yesterday compared with the previous day's price* together with 1979 high and low (•Adjusted (or scrip rights issue) LOANS 00 330 CompUnt Wrti 535 Eao Prat 10 lOt IK H OIK
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      BUSINESS DONE (SINGAPORE)
      1636 20 BID and offer prices officially listed I and business in an reported to the Slock Exchange of Singapore yeslerday with the number of 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
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      KUALA LUMPUR
      1376 20 IMH STKItl.s Arow(2 2582 355) ABbmdM»i2.6lß) Ak«n (1 »B I.93S)rd Afkar (1.451) 1475) (2) 1.45 AMD (0 458 0.475) 8ata(2.6482 80S)cd Bra (0665) BKawat(2 4682 49S)cd BhiM (3.328 1.345) (2) 3.32 (7) 334 Bevto, Sea (049 B) (26) 0.46 (3) (146 (2)0 47(2)0 48(2)0.49 B A lakaeea (1
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      Govt and corporate bonds
      165 20 4 1/2% 1/8/80 (250,000) (99 108 99.205) 4 3/4% IK/9/80 (250.000) (99.238 99.335) 5 3/4% 1/6/78-80 (250.000) (100.358 100.455) 5 1/2% 15/79-81 (250.000) (99.908 100.00S) S 1/4% 1/3/81 (250.000) (***** 99 70S) 5% 18/4/85 (250.000) (99.158 99.255) 6% T F 1/5/83 (250.000) (100.058 *****S) S 3/4%
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        Rises
        48 20 Seacorp 1106 +105 M Banking 700 +20 Nat Iron 580 +20 CCM 580+20 H Giinilaa 380 +20 MBS 285+17 Marnum Corpn 424 +12 PAN 560+10 DBS 545+10 Carlaberg 535 +10 Duff Dcv 302 +8 SEAL 241+9 Syn Retina 184 +9 Dunlop Ind 438+8 Tan Cnong 388 +8
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        Falls
        29 20 Tronoh Minn 910 -10 Berjuntai OS -5 Nanyang Pre» 338 -4 Kuala Sidlm 215 -4 P M Hldgs 288 -4 W Jacks 169 -4 Spore Fodder 168 -4
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        Most active stocks
        32 20 Haw Par 324.000 City Dcv 289.000 Sine Darby 268.000 Semb Shipyard 236.000 Gentlngs 168.000 Inehcape 146.000 X E levingilon 102.000 1 o I. 101.000 Harimau 94.000 DBS 87.000 I
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        Indices
        32 20 Aug 8 Aug 10 B.T.lndex: 2352.15 2379.76 Industrials: ***** 397.86 Finance 705.79 723.07 Hotels: 290.18 290.22 Properties: 247.47 248.67 Minings: 205.52 205.32 Plantations: 669.70 671.83 0.C.8.C.: 379.67 383.23 S.E.S.lnd: 347.09 350.07
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        H'kong
        375 20 HONGKONG: Stocks closed quietly easier with some profittaking in late trading yesterday, dealers said. The Hang Seng index closed 0.88 of a point off to stand at 620.90. Dealers said there had been some buying interest this morning, notably in properties, but otherwise the day was quiet and featureless.
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        Tokyo
        334 20 TOKYO: Share prices closed mixed in light trading yesterday, dealers said. The Dow Jones average rose 2.83 to 6.394.99 points with a volume of 240 million shares. The New index was 447.39. up 0.65 point. Resources-related shares including Nippon Nail, which initially lost, recovered, but trad- ing firmed and
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        KL prices
        114 20 From column 5 Kesapsa (5.308) (5) 5.25 (17) 5.30 (3) 5.35 Uaaag(3 90B4.10S) X L Kepaag (3.148 3.165) (9) 3.14 (23) 3.16 cd X SMlm (2.998 3.005) (2) 299 (1) 2.98 (5) 3 00 kaHm (2.078 2O8S) (9) 209 (1) 2 10 (5) 2.08 (2) 2.07 Maiaa«fl (3.125)
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        Duty rates
        94 20 THE MALAYSIAN Minister of Fi nance has fixed these rates 'a the period from Aug 9 until further notice: Raster: 292' cents a kilo: Capra: M 51.347.58 a tonne. Pain kernel: $955.75 a tonne. While pepper: $4,701 63 a tonne. ■lark pepper: $3,315 70 a tonne; The rates
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        PRODUCE PRICES
        119 20 CHINESE PRODUCE EXCHANGE, SINGAPORE, NOON CLOSING PRICES PER PICUL YESTERDAY: Caeaaal all: Bulk $122 sellers, old drum $127 sellers, new drum $132 sellers Capra: Mixed (loose) UK Com $74.00 buyers. Pepper: Munlok ASTA white fob 100- NLW $342.50 sellers. Sarawak white fob 96 r NLW $325.00 sellers. Sarawak
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        GOLD
        165 20 THE KILOBAR market for gold deliverable in Singapore opened at {20.909 per Kilo and closed at 120.872 yesterday. Gold opened yesterday at U*****.50 90 and moved up over the National Day holiday from the *****0 level on heavy short-cover-ing in New York. Trading was very active Some profit taking
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        Amsterdam mostly lower
        249 21 AMSTERDAM. Thurs Share prices closed mostly lower, although Akzo and Philips gained 0.20 and 0.10 guilders respectively in otherwise easier Dutch internationals, dealers said. Shippings lost ground, with van Ommeren down 1.50, while HVA lost ISO guilders. Ocevan der Grinten fell three guilders. Banks were mixed wiih
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        Sydney prices easier
        325 21 SYDNEY, Fri. Share prices eased further today as leading industrial and mining stocks lost ground in reaction to yesterday's increase in Commonwealth bond interest rates, dealers said. Market leader BHP eased 12 cents to $9.02, a fall of 42 cents on the week. Banking stocks were hard
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        New York rally ends
        283 21 NEW YORK. Thurs. Discouraging inflation news ended a three-day rally and the stock market today retreated in active trading The US Commerce Department reported that wholesale prices rose 1.1 per cent in July after a 0.5-per cent June rise. Wall Street had expected an increase of
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        Zurich higher in active trading
        244 21 ZURICH, Thurs. Prices rose in active trading as investors were shifting more funds from bonds to shares dealers said. Bank Leu featured higher banks. Elektrowatt in financials closed steady while Oerlikon-Buehrle registered led gainers. In active insurances Baloise continued its rise while Rueckversicherung eased slightly
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        Government bonds higher on LSE
        689 21 LONDON. Thurs. Government bonds finished around 1 2 point higher in active trading, dealers said. Most issues rose around 3 4 point initially on news that the Treasury is expecting a sharp rise in North Sea oil contribution to the trade balance but long-dated issues
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        64 21 FINANCIAL TIMES INDUSTRIALS Thursday 467.4 Wednesday 473.7 Week Ago 455.7 DOW JONES AVERAGE INDUSTRIALS Thursday 858.28 Wednesday 863.14 Week ago 847.86 LONDON DOLLAR PREMIUM Thursday 27*. to2B'< Wednesday 27. to 27 J4J 4 H.K.HANG BENG Friday 820.80 Thursday 620.10 Week ago 608.59 SYDNEY INDUSTRIALS Friday 497.57 Thursday 484.10
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        120 20 THE STRAITS tin price fell another $25 to $1,900 per picul in Penang yesterday on an official offering down 19 tonnes to 161 tonnes. The overnight London market was easier with forward buyers falling £60 to C 6.645 per tonne. LONDON: Tin on the day was down £152 for
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        31 20 Rubber Aug 10 Singapore: September: 291.50 cents (up 3.00 cents) Malaysia: September: 291.50 cents (up 1.25 cents) Tin: M$ 1,900 (down $25) Official offering: 161 tonnes (down 19 tonnes)
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        30 20 LONDON: Copper prices on Thursday (previous in brackets) Wirebar Spot £869 (£884): sellers £870 (£886); Three Month buyers £872 (.282). sellers £872.50 (£883). Market Ua*: Easier Sales: 15.800 tonnes.
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      502 20 OPENING quotations in the Singapore rubber market yesterday were marked up 2.50 cents in line with firmer London advices over the past two days and the higher Malaysian market on Thursday, dealers said. The market then rose a further 1.50 cents on covering interest. However, profit-tak-ing came in at
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      90 20 NOON SSR and SMR prai v^urdav ■AS Stpuabtr October (Carnal Mtai (Forw.rd Mlki Baym «.ll.r» Bayer. B«lWr a SSR 20 lluapaltoll 27SSON 28OJON 278.50 JSOSON SSRSO I1U»|>I1M) 275.50 2T7SON Z75.50 r77SON MRELB SMRCV llumpslkt) 320.00 322.00N 31*50 321 SON SMRL II tcopalWti ***** *****N ***** 321 SON
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      621 21 STOCKBROKERS Fraser and Company say the development of the more matured plantation areas bordering the township of Ulu Tiram (Johore) into a housing estate should make a positive contribution and lessen dependence on agricultural earnings at Kulim (Malaysia) Bhd. In addition, Kulim's output of palm
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      340 21 Bata's new factory to start soon BATA (MaiaysU)'s extension plans for its aew factory In Seremban have been approved, the company announced. With the leveUlmg «f the site already completed last April, construction of the factory will begin soon. When the factory is la operation, it will alleviate the congestion
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      701 21 _^^_^*^^»^^_^^^^_i^_^^^E^^^_i^_^3 Keppel Shipyard Limited^] ITRAINEESHIP SCHEME MAJOR SHIPREPAIRERS OFFER EXCELLENT CAREER OPPORTUNITIES FOR DEVELOPMENT AS HIGHLY SKILLED CRAFTSMEN THROUGH THE COMPANY'S TRAINEESHIP SCHEME THE TRAINING The period of Trameeship is 3 years during which time the Trainee will be employed under a Contract of Trameeship. The first year of training
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      522 21 O nsisisisisisisiiisisisjstsisisisisisisisisisisisisisisiy K I Overseas Union Bank Ltd Announcement 1 PROFITS FOR SIX MONTHS ENDED 30 JUNE 1979 The Directors are pleased to announce that the unaudited profits before tax but after providing for diminution in value M of assets and after making transfers to inner reserves of both S
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      2593 22 m CLASSIFIEDS I-S-555-1 FORTOURISTS SPECIAL LOCAL DISHES When we say 'Special' we mean it. I lC_^^^^^Mß 152 Where To Eat /J^ fIY Wlßm 'A# i« I I Wm%^M I^-I I 1 Ol EVOLVING <V*~? Nf STRL-SWT ,J? Thfll f_— |~:^__T| NO SERVICE I'M REST NT we serve L__l i-istauranf CHARGE,
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      452 22 15 Musical Instruments Venture Into the undiscovered country of the sounds of colour and enter a new and beautiful world through WELSON ORGANS PriCM from $1 500 Available at: SINGAPORE PIANO CO. PTE. LTD. Unit 228. 2nd Floor, Plaza Singapura Orchard Roed. Singepore 0023 L Tel: 36t>t3». A 18 Pets
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      1602 22 \jj*Vye™ -^S-t^ J If HEr ■-■C' ETOI fIMMA TMEATRERI '.-NiTE-CIUB K_l __r Jl IJ% TUIVIOHnCTVV '^^^^^CZ^-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^l P^^~_^Y_ Nlta-Club 12.16 am I y\ v* 1 1 I ♦••■*•■*••••*•*•«>•• /JC* •rr j\* Cy^r^ rupißK #2r <¥*• H S TH£STING <?&/ jjrif}flfif*li/~* fX? w^~ l PTE LTD I Good Place to Relai t
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      411 22 ESTABLISHED FREIGHT FORWARDER requires Female shipping Clerk, preferably with basic knowledge of shipping documentation. Knowledge of operating the PMBX Switchboard an advantage. Interested please apply personally at: 1012. 10th floor. Manhattan House, 151 Chin Swee Road. Spore 0316. before 5 pm ESTABLISHED COMPANY REQUIRES Receptionist/ Typist with a reasonably good
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      4828 23 t AT YOUR SERVICE SECTION INDEX A >fc »fe mf%W A AT* mV*TW^TmY% Jk n£* s is-" a iEit NN GOUIDE 751 k\W W M^^aX YeW bIM m Hi M^aW I V aeaeaW Conater Service Regular othct hours IV ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES Tsi T I *#J .Atrmt ftt Mf J AISAU
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      1191 23 II EMPLOYMENT CIVIL ENGINEERING CONTRAC- Large Machine Tool compeny reTOR requires Chinese Site Fore- quires man. Must be able to take level. SEVERAL MACHINISTS site setting up and knowledge or 2 ELECTRICAL MAINTENANCE sewerage work. Age 30 and above MEN Holding class 3 driving licence. Electricians must be exDeinterested give
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      1163 24 II EMPLOYMENT Multi-National Company requires 31 Situations Vacant experienced erectors i^^— BH^^^^^i— k storage Racks and Mobile i^— i^—^— Shelving on employment or subd) Technical Pteeee epply giving working eiperi- ence and telephone contact, to: e*mllm.v.vm.LfcS s.tboxa.«2s. lUOI Good remuneration otiered requires REOUIRED TECHNICIAN. ITB Grade 3 in Electrical/Plumbing Servicing
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      787 24 II EMPLOYMENT RVOOEN SINGAPORE PTE LTD requires LIFT MAINTENANCE MECHANICS Applicants must have passed Sec 4. completed N.S. and have own motorcycle Suitable Malaysians will be consi Send applications with full personal particulars to: MAXWELL ROAD P.O. BOX 3534 SINGAPORE 9055 UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE Applications are invited for appointment lo
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      443 24 A FIRE EXTINGUISHER Company requires Service Mechanics. Experience not necessary Possess class 3 driving licence. Call personally: 310. 3rd floor. Soon Wing Industrial Building. Aijunled Road. Spore 1334. Tel: *****5 A newly established Toy Company Invites applications for: (A) ASSISTANT SUPERVISORS (Assembly Line And Moulding Injection) (B) STOREKEEPERS Interested candidates
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      559 24 II EMPLOYMENT CASHIER. DISPENSER 1 9 .30 am to 5 30 pm.l and Helper wanted. Interested call personally at: Chip Bee Coffee House. 60 Jalan Merah Saga *****68 CHINESE PICK-UP DRIVER cum Delivery wanted. Salary: *300/pm Please call personally: 131 Bencoolen Street. CLEANING SUPERVISORS REOUIRED Experience not necessary Possess Class
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      269 24 i o 5 i o oj CO) foO i ;i I "o m rj) °S E I OJ TO E 1 1 =1 1 5. s -o o m I I < c 5 H S i 1 1 1 I SOC S a, "re TO I oj 111 oj
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      670 24 II EMPLOYMENT Injection Moulding Factory requires MACHINE OPERATORS on 2 rotating shifts and permanent c Good pay (new scale). c Transport allowance. c ss feeder service. c shift allowance $1 50/$3.00. c Attendance Incentives. c Tea/coffee, biscuits for night shift c Medical, annual leave. 13th month, etc c Other fringe
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      742 24 O SANYO INDUSTRIES (S) PTE LTD PRODUCTION OPERATORS (MALE) c 16 years and above. c Primary education In any language stream. c No working experience required as on-the-Job training will be provided. c 5-day week. c Pleasant wording condition. c No shift duties. c We offer good starting salary and
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      522 24 II EMPLOYMENT PHILIPS requires STORE ASSISTANT (Male) Requirement*: c GCE <>' level certificate holders, or c Passed Secondary 3 with at least 1 year of proven Store experience c Compiled 'exempted or liable for part-time National Service Please send c full resume ol personal particulars including present salary and a
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      631 24 requires Singapore and Malaysia citizens to fill the following positions:FIBREGLASS LAMINATORS FIBREOLASS TOOL ERS Previous experience in the sum 1 capacity preferred but not essential c Attractive starting salary a week I c Good fringe benefits i c Recreation (actllUM c Keitular overtime work Interested persons kindly call at the
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      228 25 II EMPLOYMENT 31 Situations Vacant t) General i SCUBA DIVING SEA TOURS 2 SCUBA DIVERS AND 1 LAUNCH DRIVER REQUIRED (preferably with experience) Applicants must be either American. Australian or Kuropean and must be prepared to invest certain sum of money for partnership with the company. Successful applicants will be
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      101 25 s 'Vv a\v g S fc O O LU O 111 IS egg fi TO ro i*g SSS <<„ ***** g g if f 55 S v. Sin co H BO; ~C/b^* i K)£- 2 .H fc J«f L __l E c Ptj >> fc S S Q. f_±-\<s t»
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      1104 25 II EMPLOYMENT UNIPAMOL MALAYSIA SDN. BHO. WE have vacancy for MOTORCAR DRIVER A OELIVEIIVMAN We require for our Headquarters. Who: a qualified and experienced gj«««o-nmotorblk«. motorcar driver with clean drlv- Minimum Primary 6 educaIng record. The successful candl- tlon date will be a Malaysian Citizen w»oM«r a Attractive salary and
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      856 25 IV ACCOMMODATIONS PROPERTIES ESTATE We need professional advice In selling /leasing/ buying property and we hope we can find yea In "Real Estate Agents" In this section. So will all real estate agents please conUct C.A.TJS. at 284-4422 and make themselves familiar tens. .S I Vf-^iaftaHAaay'n JaPf *"v Located on
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      850 25 IV ACCOMMODATI CAVENAGH HOUSE FLAT. Short/ long term. $2,000 furnished, airconditioned. Dlst. 9 office $600 Hoe-Tan *****2. DISTRICT 0*22. FURNISHED, 3 bedroomed Apartment at Jalan Jintan, close to Orchard Road. $1,000 *****2/ *****6 OIST. 10 OVERLOOKING GREENERY swimming pool, beautifully furnished 3-bedroomed/ bathrooms attached, central aircond. fully carpeted/ curtains, modern
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      871 25 lON PROPERTIES EXECUTIVE CLIENTS REQUIRE houses/ apartments Consider any locality. Also require 5-bed-roomed bungalow L.J. Realty 91&532 91.5M4 FOREIGN COMPANY EXECUTIVES Budget $1,000 $5,000 urgently require houses/ apartments If your property is available, call: *****04 INDONESIAN COUPLE NEEDS House/ Flat dlsts. 15. 16. 17. 18. 20 1 year advance rental
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      1405 25 IV ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES BEAUTIFULLY AMD EXTENSIVELY renovated 4-roomed HDB flat along Farrer Rond Highest offer secures. Tel: *****18/ 7 COSY APARTMENTS AND Selfcontained offices for sale at Textile Centre, outside CBD with all comforts and conveniences Apartments from $83,000. Offices from $123,000 Offices for renUl also available from $1200 p.m
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      1492 26 V SERVICES BUSINESS <M HOUSEHOLD REMOVALS. PACKING and transportation 73 At Y(Mir S«fViC« including labour Enquiries call Mr Tal telephone *****8. *****10. CHUAN HER GENERAL,, -n.^tor undertakes all renovations/ suppll d w f dr ,vp lorries flooring/grass mainuiningetc. for hlre slorage jobs. Call: Reasonable charges Tel *****17 ct)T *****67/*****64. afi*r
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      929 26 VI EDUCATION TRAINING ATT language centre SCHOOL OF LINGUISTIC SKILLS Language courses and private tuition for school examinations and for business, travel and pleasure EVENING CLASSES English, all levels Mon. Wed. 7.30 p.m. Tue. Thu. 7.30 p.m. English for school-age children, all levels Tue. Thu. 5.45 p.m. Wed. Fri. 5.45
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      1364 26 VI EDUCATION TRAINING STAMFORD I CENTRE EXECUTIVE ■s^BIBHMBai ENGLISH ■P^**4 Certificele Course commencing. _JL 1^ -T TSIh August 1979 Effective Communication In rr«T,c.r.Tciyt«nmvF business management positive CER _y?.«^liit_^ qualities of effective wVltlen communication, human rela£.l,J^cuVmt tlons aspects visual methods. management use o conferences and meetings: writings of reports, letters and
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      610 26 VII TRAVEL RESTAURANTS Jkiaat jCEISVREJfOUMYS from 1 to 36 days on the luxurious passenger line KOTA BALI. Romantic, friendly, much as the places she visits. Board her and relax, meet new friends, enjoy the deck sports, the dancing with L'.VE BAND, dine with attentive service: European /Chinese meals There are
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      1275 26 VII TRAVEL RESTAURANTS NAM HO TRAVEL Service (Slnga- pore) Pte Ltd. STPB Lie No: X _^A 140 West Malaysia Tour (Inclu- /_J___Ff I sive Gentlng/ Cameron High- y2___r lands) by deluxe alrcondltloned y_H 1 _^B coach seven days Ssl99 six /^H -^H days SSI79/-. departure every Sunday, Monday, Tuesday Gentlng/
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  • IX OBITUARIES
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      140 Acknowledgements
      153 27 MARY WISHES TO express heartfell thanks lo brothers and sister of the late Roland Cecil Scully, relatives, friends, priests, doctors, nurses of TTSH for their kind assistance, condolences, donations and prayers, during her recent bereavement The family ol the lata MRS. HO LAI WOH naa DING HUA ING
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      In Ever Loving Memory of
      23 27 In Ever Loving Memory of MISS MARY WILLIAMS Died on 11 8 1978 Always remembered by Pupils and Stall of Elling South School
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      In Everloving Memory of
      40 27 A year since you left us today Close to our hearts you always stay I MM) and remembered everyday Dearly missed by lamily Name: Mdm. Tan Ngerh Kheng Born: *th August 1924 Died: 11th August I*7*
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      IN LOVING MEMORY or
      33 27 IN LOVING MEMORY or 1 year may pass But memories of you will forever last Deeply missed and always remembered by: Wife, children, sons-in-law, daughters-in-la grandchildren. JOSEPK FOOK TUNG Born 10-3-1904 Died: 11-*****
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      142 Deaths PATH DA BMOG
      56 27 142 Deaths PATH DA BMOG GASH PASSED AWAY on 'l7th April 1979 Captain Donald Gash of Fivehead and Singapore. Loved husband of Kathleen. patsad away peacefully on sth Au gust 197*. Path-Oa-Bhog Ceremony will ba held on 15th August I*7* at 5 p.m. at Khalsa Dharmak Sabha. 1* Niven Road.
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      53 27 G. D AMOD AR AN Departed on 11/8/76 To Mourn the loss are sons D Chandran D. Sreedharan J D. Bhaskaran IN LOVING MEMORY of the late Mr. Lye Chen t'ah departed 11.8.78. 1 year has passed since you left us without a word Sadly missed by brothers, sisters, sister-in-law
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      21 27 TODAY A YEAR AGO MARY WILLIAMS In silence wa remember IN MEMORY OF A DEAR SISTER AND AUNT
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      317 27 In Memoriam" whom you times Saturday car mart CONTRACTORS FOR VEHICLES REPAIR A well established company requires Vehicle repair contractors specialising In body and panel works on a long term basis. Contractors must have facilities lo handle a number of medium and heavy vehicles. Interested parties please call *****0 lor
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      1539 27 tunes Saturday car mart Pick a pick-up Is your car under repair? Do you need a wedding car? Do you need a vehicle temporarily? Are you a motoring tourist? i i;:; ;i; Look Into "Vehicles for Hire" 1 SOLE DISTRIBUTOR REQUIRED U> handle sale of high quality alloy car road
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      879 27 JULY I*7* TOVOTA Corolla. Aircond.. cassette. 14.000 kms. Tax till 7/80 $19,500 0.n.0. Tel: *****7 JUNE 1*72 FORD Escort 1 100. Tax Nov. 1979. Price: $6,900. Excellent condition Tel: *****7. KAWASAKI ZlOOO 1*77 1 owner, superb condition. Accident free New tyres, battery. Call office *****52 House *****0 Steven. LATE I*7l,
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      814 27 SIN THAI HIN TRADING PTE LTD Singapore Used Car Carpark Flo* "E". Fringe Carpark Hl' Kampong Java Road SmgaporeS Tal: 7375*05/******2/******7 I*7* BMW 320 Automatic aircond Vorvo 244 DL aircond I Colt Sigma 2000 OLX aircond I Ford Corttna 1 J GL 1*77 Marcadas 2*OS aircond Peugeot 604 Automatic aircond
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      1017 27 I*7l MLLMAN AVENGER New paintwork. Insurance, tax Oct. PARF eligible. Price: $6,900 ono. Interested phone: *****1 Patrick I*7l MAZDA CAPELLA 1600. Coupe with aircond. radio, cassette etc. Private regd. Tel: *****00 I*7l MAZDA CAPELLA 1600 Excellent condition. Tax until Feb 1980. $6,800 0.n.0 2nd owner. Tel: *****08. I*7l. MERCEDES BENZ
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      1005 27 1*73 NOV. GTO 2000. Aircond.. sports rims, tax Nov. Immaculate condition. PARF eligible $12,500 Tel: Rudy *****95 after 10 00 a.m 1*73 REOO. FORO Cortina IBOOL. Aircond. cassette. 2nd owner, tax Dec. $7,700 negotiable Phone: *****30 1*73 SUBARU 1400 private owner, radio, cassette, new tyres, tax/ Insurance Dec. Tip top
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      1096 27 1*77 SUBARU 500 4-door Saloon Cassette, radio, tyres, battery new. Road tax end Dec $8,500 46 Vehicles Wanted 1*77. TOYOTA COROLLA. 1 owner With aircond. cassette, sport rims $17.400 0n0 Tel: *****7. 1*77 TOYOTA COROLLA 1200 Company registered Aircond. sports rims, cassette, radio V 5.500 Tel *****08 I*7* ALFASUO SPRINT
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      788 28 GUTHRIESENDIRIAN BERHAD Our Client. Felda-Johore Bulkers Sdn. Bhd., invites suitably qualified and motivated Malaysians to fill the following vacancies at its Vegetable Oil Bulking Installation at Pasir Gudang, Johore. SENIOR LABORATORY ANALYSTS The requirement is for candidates with minimum of the Higher School Certificate with Principals or strong Subsidiaries in
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      756 28 PENANG SHIPBUILDING CORPORATION SDN. BHD.. Shipbuilders and Engineers invites applications from qualified and experienced personnel to fill the following vacancies: a) Marker* Should be able to do lofting, templating and marking. b) Platers Should be able to read drawings and fabricate steel structures c) Structural Steel Erectors Capable of erecting
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      698 28 i MALAVMA UN SON. BM D. LNG PROJECT AT BIIMTULU SARAWAK Prequalification registration for: Sits Clearance and Site Preparation for 26 acres of land. Construction of 30 Senior Staff Detached Houses. Construction of Club and Recreational Facilities. Areas involved ara:Approximatery 1 1 acres of land for 30 houses. Approximately 10
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      499 28 I^EMORIAM ROWANIAMMA KANAQASABAI Departed 23.7.71 Dearly missed and always remembered by loved ones. Toworon towor on oooion CTtpwKiwfj uonpooa pvfnoorono^ pVffiboronQ yong ooftor oonQon KwiMflfarion Pwlo*or cm MoJoysta sohofo vnhA membekol mokonan bermosok ke Sekoloh AAcnonQon Teknik, Ipon don 1/1/80 hm^go 31/12/81. K«*»»Oi<Buii lonfUt dan boring tawaran boMi didopoti di
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      859 28 B.S.P. TENDER 15/79 ITEM 1 ONE UNIT METROPOLITAN VICKERS 6 TONS WELDING MANIPULATOR POWERED BY 2 AC MOTORS: S/N. F *****2/1 (1966) ITEM 2 ONE UNIT BORING BAR ATLAS S/N. 3279 -(1967) ITEM 3 ONE UNIT HYDRAULIC DYNAMOMETER S/N ***** (1956) COMPLETE WITH STAND. ITEM 4: ONE UNIT DYNAMOMETER HEENAN
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      289 29 STENOGRAPHERS I SHELL invites suitably qualified Singapore citizens to apply for the above positions. THE CANDIDATE we require should: possess at least a G.C.E. '0' level certificate with a credit pass in English and credit passes in 3 other subjects; have attained shorthand speed of lOOw.p.m. and typewriting speed of
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      670 29 usprcedram 1 caverosng Th«r«'« b*«fl a lot going on at USP. Oood things are happening and It* going to get even better We're expanding to we need more people, but special people. With drive amMtlon, a lot of talent and the de«Jre to be part ot a team that* going
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      598 29 Jk NATIONAL JZ S». PRODUCTIVITY 4^fc BOARD invites applications for the post of EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR The successful candidate will have the challenging job as the chief executive responsible for building up and promotine the Board's capability in training and consultancy activities. The successful candidate must be creative, dynamic and self-motivated.
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      767 29 INCOME We are an insurance co-operative backed by the NTUC and its affiliated unions. To cope with the expansion of our business, we need the following executives to join our organisation. SENIOR EXECUTIVE (INVESTMENTS) Applicants should have at least two years' experience in credit or investment analysis in a financial
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      262 29 I OFFICIAL NOTICE PROPOSAL TO CHANGE OF SHIP'S NAME We KARTHIGESU It ARUL of 2500 Clifford Centre, Raffles Place, Singapore hereby give notice that in consequence of our clients' Intended purchase of the vessel "WORLD PRINCESS" we have applied to the Registrar of Singapore Ships under section 417 of the
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    Culture — and the price we are paying now
    495 30  - Culture and the price we are paying now LEONQ WENG KAM By I SINGAPOREANS would be less materialistic today and the local cultural scene in better shape if *the Singapore Cultural Foundation had been formed earlier, the Senior Minister of State (Prime Minister's Office), Mr Lee Khoon Choy, said in
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    Plan to set up assn of Asean firemen
    247 30 Plan to set up assn of Asean firemen THE formation of an Asean association of fire officers is one of the main aims of a coming regional fire safety conference. Tentatively, to be called the Association of Asean Professional Fire Service Officers, it will aim at setting common standards in
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    Cultural fund hits $1.8m
    285 30 THE Singapore Cultural Foundation now has a total of $1,833,642.99 following more pledges amounting to $119,150. The latest donors are: Sin Chew Jit Poh (S) Ltd ($30,000), Nanyang Press Singapore (1975) Ltd ($30,000), Chui Huay Lim Club ($10,000), Mr William S. H. Goei ($lO,000). Contributions by
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    480 30  - 'New attitude can lead to strikes' PAULJANSEN By Our Jurong reporter THE recent National Wages Council recommendations have given rise to a new unhealthy attitude among some employers which, unless curbed, will lead to strike* This warning was given yesterday by the assistant general secretary of the Pioneer Industries Employees
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    Library talk on helping slow-learners
    73 30 Library talk on helping slow-learners THE principal of the Katong Special School, Miss Angela Khoo, will speak on identifying and helping the slow-learner child at the National Library in Stamford Road on Sept 22 at 3 p.m. The talk covers the definition of a slow learner, identification, possible causes and
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    35 30 THE Director of Scientific Services, Mr M. C. Dutt, will talk on Science in the Service of the Community at the Rotary Club lunch at the Mandarin Hotel on Wednesday at 12.45 p.m.
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    These roads closed for Radin Mas parade
    127 30 TELOK Blaagaa, Tel»k BUagmJi Crescent ami Tetok BUngafa Rise will be rlMed te traffic fr»m 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Unorr*w to c— Me Radio Mai cMitttieMy to bold Its Nattoul Day parade and celebraR*ads leading to the raate M the inarch and
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    172 30 Phey tells workers: Learn from the past WORKERS should not be discouraged by global problems but instead learn from past experience that given the dedication and motivation of a hardworking population, greater economic and social progress could be attained. This was the thrust of a National Day message to members
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      233 31 Cards for duty-free shopping by tourists PENANG, Fri. The government will introduce a card system soon for tourists buying goods from duty-free shops throughout the country. Deputy Finance Minister Datuk Dr Neo Yee Pan, who announced this here yesterday, said the new system would do away with the practice of
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      67 31 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. A Singaporean, Chong Fatt alias Cheong Weng Fatt, 55, was sentenced to fife imprisonment by the Penang High Court yesterday for trafficking in 2,909.4 gm of heroin on March 1, 1978. Justice Fred Arulanandom said: "I take into consideration your plea of guilty, and
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      Lock icon Satellite town for erosionravaged T. Anson
      179 31 IPOH, Friday A SATELLITE town is being planned near Teluk Anson to accommodate all future development in the area. The decision to build the town was taken by the State Government because Teluk Anson, administrative centre of the Lower Perak district, is sinking eroded
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      119 31 $20,000 REWARD FOR THEFT INFO KOTA BARU, Fri. Bank Bumiputra has offered a reward of $20,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of two men who snatched $300,000 from a car here 10 days ago. On July 28, the manager of Bank Bumiputra's Machang branch, Mr Pa tan
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      Lock icon Mahathir's Europe mission likely to net 32 projects
      211 31 Mahathir's Europe mission likely to net 32 projects KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Sen Dr Mahathir Mohamad's investment mission to Europe early this year is expected to net 32 projects with a total investment of $340 million over the next few years. The mission's success was disclosed by
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      190 31 ALOR STAR, Fri. A 39-year-old father caused a commotion in the syariah court here on Wednesday when he tried to stop his 20-year-old divorced daughter from remarrying her former husband. The father, who refused to give his consent, rush-, ed at the girl who sought refuge in
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      Lock icon CUP STOLEN!
      224 32 Militant steelworkers claim trophy has been 'borrowed' to support their demands NANTES (France), Fri. The 3.2-kilogramme silver soccer trophy, French Cup, was stolen last night from the training camp of the Nantes Club, this year s winners. Nantes executives said the trophy might have been stolen by a
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      85 32 LONDON, Fri. England player Tony Currie joined Second Division soccer club Queen's Park Rangers from First Division Leeds United in a £400,000 ($1.95 million transfer yesterday. The deal is, however, subject to a medical test today. Currie, 28, replaces former England captain Gerry Francis, who was sold to
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      Lock icon Shield game unlikely to generate fighting spirit
      312 32 LONDON, Friday A NEW British soccer season gets geared up this weekend with the traditional clash between the English League champions and the Football Association Cup-holders and the first matches in the 1979-80 Scottish League programme. After just a two-month summer break from
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      210 32 BUENOS AIRES, Fri. Argentina beat Bolivia 3-0 here last night to boost their chances of winning the South American soccer championship. The Argentines overwhelmed Bolivia, who beat them 2-1 in mountainous La Paz on July 19 and also defeated Brazil 2-1 at home on July 27. Argentina,
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      Lock icon Rosewall in semi-finals
      52 32 ROLLING MEADOWS, (Illinois), Fri. Australia's Ken Rosewall and South Africa's Cliff Drysdale advanced to the semi-finals with straight set victories in a US$2OO,OOO (5J430.000) tennis tournament here. Rosewall beat American Butch Buchholz 6-2, 6-2 and Drysdale defeated Britain's Roger Taylor 7-6, (7-3), 6-3, to qualify for tomorrow's
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      Steven Jack can master rivals
      1503 32 STEVEN JACK will have little difficulty winning Race 5 (4.35) in Kuala Lumpur today. The five-year-old by Arragon set a brisk pace last week to finish a close fourth to Boktico II and has benefited greatly from the outing. Smokescreen should complete a double by
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      Lock icon M'sex snuff out Yorks
      139 32 LONDON, Fri. Middlesex snuffed out Yorkshire's challenge for the Gillette Cup one-day cricket championship by winning their semi-final by 70 runs when it resumed at Lords yesterday. The result earned Middlesex a home semi-final against Somerset on Wednesday week. The other semi-final will be between defending
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      58 32 DKRHY. Sat. All play was washed out yesterday on the second day of the three-day match between Derbyshire and the Indian cricketers. Heavy overnight rain prevented any play yesterday morning, and when the umpires inspected the grounds again after lunch they found no improvement in conditions
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      SELECTIONS
      88 32 SCRUTINEER RACE FAIRWAY TET Western Purl Repulse Bay Miss Maggie Distine Repulse Bay Distant Smile I. Citation Piruli Legal Entry R. Thunder I. Citation Piruli 2 a Flying Eagle Ponderosa Lad Ace Of Aces Hot Wheels Triumphant Ace Of Aces Bon Ami* Triumphant Steel Heart •I Smokescreen Inamorato Fei
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      12 32 LAST Sunday's fourdigit draw will be drawn on Race Three today.
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      BRIEFS
      262 32 TAIPEI, Fri. Taiwan have not received an invitation from Moscow for next year's Olympic Games while other countries were invited before midJuly, a year before the Games, as stipulated by the International Olympic charter. An official of the Republic of China (Taiwan) Olympic Committee (ROCOC) said that it could
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      Taiwan still await Games invitation
      396 32 Taiwan still await Games invitation helped introduce the first black professional player, died yesterday in I.os Angeles, aged 75. In Takya, American Bobby Jones drove in three runs with three hits and rookie Kimiya Fujisawa collected his 10th win in 12 decisions as Chunichi Dragons beat Taiyo Whales 6-1 in
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      Unhappy Ong and Tang decide to quit Swift
      345 33  -  KEN JALLEH Jr. By NATIONAL athletes Ong Yeok Phee and Tang Ngai Kin yesterday submitted their resignations to Swift Athletic Association over their dissatisfaction with officials of the club. This was confirmed by S. Balakrishnan, secretary of Swift, who said that their
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      Juniors may steal the limelight
      287 33  -  BERNARD PEREIRA By ALL eyes, probably even those from way up in the Singapore National Olympic Council, will focus on four juniors, when the Tretorn-Cando and Jackson Pesta Sukan national hardcourt tennis championships begin today at the Kallang Tennis Centre (2 pm.). The quartet drawing
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      Teo, Pereira for Bangkok
      227 33 THE Singapore Lawn Tennis Association have selected Albert Teo and Victor Pereira for the Asian junior championships in Bangkok from Oct. 22-28, reports BERNARD PEREIRA. It will be Teo's fifth and Pereira 's third —if their nominations to the Southeast Asia Games in Jakarta are approved
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      Tien Sung shows form
      423 33 By FAIRWAY KUALA LUMPUR, FRI. Tien Sung should provide Madam Butterfly and Samedan with the challenge in the $25,000 Vilayah Stakes (Race 4) for Class 2 horses over 600 metres here oa Sunday. Tien Sung has been rather consistent this season and, in his last start
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      Jagtar, relays qualify
      356 33 FORCES of "psychic energy" were in the air at the National Stadium yesterday, as both the men's and women's 4XlOOm relay teams and Jagtar Singh ran through the green light for the Southeast Asia Games next month in Jakarta, reports KEN JALLEH it. That psychic energy was
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      ZAINAL BOWS OUT
      494 34  -  PATRICK BASTIANS By Gopal beats national champion after 65-minute semi-final NATIONAL squash champion Zainal Abidin bowed out of the Wander individual graded squash championships' premier event the men's A grade beaten by Venkatesan Gopal 79, 9-3, 3-9, 5-9, after a 65-minute semi-final tie at the Kallang squash
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      Sober change of name by SDA
      241 34 THE Singapore Darts Association s Gallon competition to be held on Sept. 7, 14 and 21 at Joe's Place, in Anson Road will now be called the 1,001 Team Knockout, reports PATRICK BASTIANS. The tournament will be so called because the winning team will
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      Lock icon Saints are beaten
      75 34 BANGKOK. Fri. Thailand's Vajiravudh college defeated St. Andrew's 20-7 on the final day of the round-robin Fourth Asian Schools rugby football union championships here today. St. Andrew's ended their bid to enter the semi-finals with a record of two losses and no win, similar to Sri Lanka's
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      Circuit blast
      20 34 PRINTED CIRCUIT International blasted United Motor Works 194 in a Jurong netball league match at Jurong Stadium yesterday.
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      Singapore snatch surprise lead
      346 34  -  PETER SIOW By OUTSIDERS may well have their day as nohopers Singapore galloped to the front in the skeet team event of the Pesta Sukan shooting competition at Rifle Range Road yesterday. The Republic amassed 260 points out of a possible 300, nine more than hot
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      Lock icon Cadle turns in lowest score
      146 34 HARTFORD, (Connecticut), Fri. George Cadle turned in his lowest score yesterday, a nine-under-par 62, and held a three-stroke lead after the first round of the U5300.000 (*****,000) Sammy Davis Jr. Greater Hartford Open golf tournament. Cadle, a non-winner in five years on the United States
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      Lock icon Sevvy back to first serious tourney
      287 34 Sevvy back to first serious tourney PLYMOUTH, (England). Fri. British Open golf champion Severiano Ballesteros, of Spain, returned to competition yesterday, without success but happy to be "back home." The 22-year-old Spaniard, playing his first serious round since taking the Open title at Royal Lytham and St Annes almost three
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      130 34 JERICHO (New York), Fri. Kathy Ahem, who has not won on the Ladies Professional Golf Association tour since 1972, shot a two-under-par 71 yesterday to take the first-round lead in the US$lOO,OOO ($215,000) Wui Classic at the Meadow Brook Club. Judy Clark, who turned pro last year and
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      Indonesian hockey test for teams
      314 35  -  JEGATHESAN ByR. SINGAPORE'S hockey team to the South-east Asia Games in Jakarta next month will get an early taste of the opposition. The Indonesians are expected to play three games in the Republic against the Junior World Cup team next Saturday, and against the national
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      King who's 'hooked' on bowling
      348 35  - King who's 'hooked' on bowling WILFRED YEO By IF meeting a king is a fantasy many of us indulge in, being served by one must be a fairy tale. My fairy tale came true yesterday, when the King of Solo poured me a drink in his hotel suite. "What will
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      Top musclemen to give way...
      132 35  - Top musclemen to give way PATRICK BASTIANS By THE Singapore Amateur Bodybuilders' Federation will bar the Republic's top musclemen from competing in the Pesta Sukan championships at Evergreen Club, Wilkie Road, on Aug. 26. This is to give newcomers and luckless competitors in the country a chance of winning a
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      Junie's mark
      37 35 JUNIE SNG broke the Singapore Open 200 metres invidual medley record, with a time of 2 mm 27.0 against her old mark of 2:27.9, and not the 800 m freestyle record, also held by her.
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      Jackie's grab honours
      142 35 Jackie's grab honours i JACKIE'S BOWL SYSTEM 460, bowling on home ground, amassed 2,845 pinfalls to win the invitation team event on the opening night of the Singapore international bowling championships yesterday, reports WILFRED YEO. Represented by Wan Kam Fook, Patrick Ng, K.C. Low, Tan Wee Peng and N. F.
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      Kee's all stout heart and extra tender
      711 35  -  HOO YEW GEE By A stout heart, an extra soft, tender touch and that understanding of child psychology combine to make Kee Soon Bee a successful swimming coach. There he was, revelling in total mirth, amidst a joyful gathering of the swimming fraternity
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      So's daily practice pays off
      139 35 SO POO SAN, a 26 yearold Port of Singapore Authority operations assistant, who spends seven days a week playing billiards, was last night crowned the national fourball junior champion at the Katong Billiard Saloon, reports WILFRED YEO. So beat Foo Say Kani by 300-223 points
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      Close shave
      22 35 PORT OF SINGAPORE Authority edged out Armed Forces' 3 SIB 4-3 in a friendly soccer match at Bukit Chermin yesterday.
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      Lee 'burns' himself out trying to please
      275 35  -  JOE DORAI By TOA PAYOH 1 CAIRNHILL 1 GEORGE LEE, the midfield player who was dropped from the South-east Asian Games squad because of poor form, last night failed to impress in his bid at Jalan Besar stadium to regain his place in
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      F and N scheme gets new life
      280 35  -  BERNARD PEREIRA By LIKE a jab of adrenalin in the vein of a sickly patient, P. T. Crown, sole agents of Kawasaki rackets and distributors for Carlton, have breathed new life into the Fraser and Neave age-group badminton championships, starting on Aug. 27.
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      118 35 ATHLETICS SAAA championship (Na'ional Stadium, 2.30). BADMINTON Onam final (Woodsville 4.30pm). CYCLJNO Track championship (Farrer Park AC. 2). HOCKEY SHA Premier League: IA v CSC (Balestier Rd,5.15). RUGBY Under-23 Hlcee Cup tournament: St. Andrew's OBA v Dunearn Lions (Police Academy, 5), SAFSA B v Blacks (Woodsvllle ground, 5). SHOOTING Pesta
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    63 36 FOUR-YEAR-OLD Leigh Ann born without thumbs and a deformed foot, shows off her "new" thumbs which surgeons have built In a micro-surgery operation from the toes of her deformed foot. Seen here with her mother, Mrs Marie Robertson, in Aberdeen after her operation, Leigh Ann will
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    Lock icon Charan-Ram row over Jaguar Affair
    287 36 Charan-Ram row over Jaguar Affair NEW DELHI, Fri. A row over the purchase by India of Anglo-French Jaguar aircraft heated up today when Prime Minister Charan Singh angrily denied he ever approved the US$l.6 billion (5J3.4 billion) deal. Mr Singh described as "blatant untruth" a statement yesterday by Opposition leader
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    Lock icon Energy meet next month
    73 36 TOKYO, Fri. Energy ministers of the seven nations who attended the economic summit in June will probably meet in either Paris or Tokyo late next month to discuss oil imports, Japanese Trade Ministry officials said here today. The ministers from Japan, Britain, the United States, West
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    309 36 '4 ,000 caught trying to leave Vietnam illegally' HANOI, Fri. A senior Vietnamese government official told an American congressional delegation here yesterday that Vietnamese authorities had captured 4,000 people who tried to leave the country illegally. But Deputy Foreign Minister Hoang Bich Son did not say whether the arrests had
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    Lock icon Kuwait hits at Lloyd's
    57 36 KUWAIT, Fri. The Kuwaiti Chamber of Commerce and industry today condemned a decision by Britain's Lloyd's underwriters which considers the Persian Gulf area a war zone. "Lloyd's decision is part of the Western psychological warfare aimed at reducing confidence and stability in the region," said its
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    39 36 BEIRUT, Fri. Syrian security authorities have arrested the leader of the Muslim Brotherhood and his assistant on suspicion of involvement in the massacre of more than 50 army cadets, the leftist newspaper As Safir reported today. AP.
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    38 36 CAPE TOWN. Fri. An eight-year-old Muslim boy who had been on a 15-day fast during the holy month of Ramadan collapsed and died from a heart attack today while playing in a schoolyard, police said. UPI.
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    Lock icon Magsaysay Award goes to Asean
    104 36 MANILA, Fri. The Asean nations will receive the 1979 Ramon Magsaysay Award for international understanding. The foundation said Asean was being honoured "for supplanting national ielousies that led to confrontation with increasingly effective cooperation and goodwill among the neighbouring peoples of South-east Asia." The annual
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    345 36 THE United States has told Vietnam its continued occupation of Kampuchea and the mass exodus of refugees make it impossible for Washington to consider opening diplomatic relations with Hanoi at this time. Assistant Secretary of State Richard Holbrooke also flatly
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    42 36 NEW YORK. Fri. Dow Jones averages, based on first hour of trading on the New York Stock Exchange: 30 indus 856.23 off 2.05. 20 transp ***** off 0.14, 15 utils 108.15 off 0 14, 65 stocks 305.71 off 0.51. UPI.
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    459 36 US pledge to help all Khmer s in need WASHINGTON, Fri THE Carter Administration said yesterday that it was "deeply concerned" over mounting signs of famine in Kampuchea and declared it would take part in international efforts to help all Kampuheans in need, regardless of their political affiliations. In a
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    34 36 Late CLASSIFIED DEATHS PAUL AMO CHYE LEE a«e 58 passed away 10/8/7S leaving behind wife. I daughter. 2 sons. Cortege leaves St. Joseph's Dying Association, 2 p.m., Sunday 12/8/79 for Nativity Church thence C.C.X.
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    877 1 CONFUCIUS said, "All people are the same... it is only their habits that are so different." This is the apt motto Mrs JoAnn Craig has chosen for her book "Culture Shock." Each country has its own peculiar social conventions which throws the foreigner off-bal-ance.
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    785 1  -  J.P. MANLE Y Reviewed By THIS book is subtitled "A personal record of extrasensory experiences" and concerns itself with Mrs. Heywood's partial autobiography. "Partial" in so far as she chooses those moments that have relevance to her central theme, describes them in
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    522 1  -  LEE GEOK BOI By FAMOUS Five, the Secret Seven and Noddy. Which child has not heard of them or seen the books on the school library shelves? If they don't get them regularly from doting relatives for birthdays and Christmas, that
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        514 12 reatures We reveal all about THE TYPICAL SINGAPORE MISS M| O| Do you know that nearly half of our single 'J^A^BBiW ■^T^J^^l *PlS*i Singapore girls surveyed know how to drive and "^^"l^ *iaSklf manyof those who don't intend to learn? That's 9E9 «95$ piWF 1 because Singapore Girk have an
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      How students see immersion
      188 2 THE problems, experience and views of three Chinese-stream students involved in the immersion scheme will be highlighted in the RTS documentary in Chinese, Immersion, to be telecast tonight at 8 p.m. on Channel 8. The three, Chang Gek Ngo of Nanyang Girls' High School, Tan Hua
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      Delightful catchy songs of praise
      479 2  -  JOHN DE SOUZA Grand finals of childrens' patriotic songs competition -!l LOOKING for all the world like the Singapore counterparts of the Vienna Boys Choir, the sailorsuited boys and girls of the Echo Children's Choir broke into their first song. The occasion was the grand
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      National Day Photo Exhibition
      87 2 National Day Photo Exhibition MORE than 800 colour slides and photographs are now on display in the 1979 National Day Photo Exhibition now on at the Conference Hall until Aug 17. It is open daily from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Visit the exhibition around 6.30 p.m. and you will
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      1054 8 CAREER IN CORPORATE LOANS I Our client, a leading Bank in Malaysia invites applications from qualified persons of high calibre to fill the positions of: I SENIOR CORPORATE LOANS OFFICERS These are senior executive positions and the appointees will be responsible for marketing, credit analysis and credit administration. Candidates must
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      639 9 The SGV Group Management Consulting Services As part of its expansion plans, a major New York bank with offshore and merchant banking activities wishes to offer exceptional career opportunities to two highly capable persons to fill the following positions: I SENIOR I BANKING EXECUTIVE I (MS 10/661) Salary Negotiable I
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