The Straits Times, 26 November 1979

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    14 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1179 30 CENTS M.C.(P) No. 142/1/79
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    Lock icon SAUDIS RETAKE GRAND MOSQUE
    430 1 Siege ends gunmen surrender RIYADH, Sunday SAUDI forces have retaken the Grand Mosque in Mecca from Muslim extremist gunmen who seized it five days ago and took worshippers hostage, Saudi Arabia announced today. The government gave no details but diplomatic sources said at least 50 people
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    Lock icon Prison head sacked
    68 1 LONDON, Sun. A prison governor in Iran has been sacked along with many of his guards after a mass jailbrrak. Teheran radio reported yesterday. The radio, monitored here, said 425 of the 628 inmates of Mashhad Prison escaped on Friday. 156 of them were recaptured and put
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    Lock icon Shooting delays influx of Khmers
    135 1 Shooting delays influx of Khmers BANGKOK, Sun. Shooting incidents in a massive border refugee encampment and resistance from rightist Khmer Serei (free Khmer) guerilla leaders today delayed the flow of Kampuchean refugees into Thailand, relief agency officials said. They said the delay lasted several hours and by the end of
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    Lock icon 40th child
    28 1 KATMANDU, Sun After the 40th child. Harsha Bahadur Shrestha. 62, has decided to be sterilised, the Nepalese news agency reported today. Shrestha has seven wives. AP
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    Lock icon Albania jolted
    41 1 VIENNA, Sun. Three earthquakes shook an area of central Albania south of the capital o( Tirana today, Ata news agency reported. The strongest centred on the town o( Peqin, but there was no mention of casualties or damage. Reuter
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    Lock icon Purge in Laos
    83 1 BANGKOK, Sun The pro- Vietnamese Laotian Government has arrested scores of people in the past few weeks, including at least one minister and seven senior civil servants, in a purge of embezzlers, bad managers and critics of Vietnam's grip on Laos. Recent defectors from Laos told the
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    Lock icon No increase in oil output
    58 1 TEHERAN, Sun. Venezuela will not increase its crude oil production to compensate for any cut-off of Iranian oil exports, Venezuela's Energy and Oil Minister, Humberto Calderon Berti said here today. The minister is scheduled to meet Oil Minister Ali Akbar Moinfar this afternoon, a spokeswoman
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    Second language drive in schools
    171 1 SCHOOLS in Singapore will launch a campaign next year to encourage children to speak a second language. Senior Minister of State (Education), and MP for Sembawang, Dr Tony Tan, said yesterday. Speaking to reporters after touring the Marsiling market and hawker centre to promote the
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    20 firms apply to invest in Batam
    586 1  - 20 firms apply to invest in Batam CHIA POTEIK By TWENTY Singapore enterprises have applied to invest in Batam jointly with Indonesians as development of the island gathers momentum with new work on infrastructure facilities. Dr B. J. Habibe, the Indonesian Minister (or Research and Technology and concurrently chairman of
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    Lock icon $1 m worth of stamps
    52 1 GENOA (Italy), Sun. Italian customs police detained a British stamp dealer yesterday for failing to declare Ms valuable collection on arrival at Genoa airport. Police said Gavin Roy Uttaur, a Londoner aged 29, had stamps worth about 500 million Ure (about SSI.3 million) in his
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    Peace prize for Sadat
    56 1 CAIRO, Sun. Egyptian President Anwar Sadat today received the Dag Hanunankjoeld peace prize, awarded in IsmaiJyia by the International Association of Diplomatic Correspondents. In accepting the award, named after the former United Nations secretary-general, Mr Sadat said he would continue to work for world peace, not
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    Hawker who sets example
    155 1 Hawker who sets example AN elderly vegetable seller relating to a bemiued listener how it was she who always had to urge her customers to speak to her in Mandarin. A delighted Mr Urn Kee Ming, president of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry, could nst help but
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    Lock icon 'Never again'
    42 1 LISBON, Sun. President Antonio Ramalho Eanes, speaking as Portugal's campaign for the December elections entered its final week, said today that the arerod forces would never again use force of arms to Impose a political solution on the country. Reuter
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    Lock icon Guerilla claim
    34 1 RABAT, Sun. A guerilla organisation supporting Morocco's claim to the Western Sahara today said it killed 40 Algerian soldiers and wounded scores of others in a recent ambush in south-east Algeria. -UPI
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    Lock icon Don't use force on Iran, Pakistan warns US
    302 1 ISLAMABAD, Sunday PAKISTAN today warned the United States against the use of force in its confrontation with Iran and supported Teheran's call for a UN Security Council meeting on the escalating crisis. A government statement said a letter had been sent to
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    Lock icon Congress man allowed entry to see hostages
    307 1 Congress man allowed entry to see hostages TEHERAN, Sun US Congressman George Hansen was allowed to enter the occupied American Embassy in Teheran today to see the American hostages held there since Nov 4, a spokesman for the students occupying the mission said. The students, who stormed the embassy on
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    BANI-SADR FOR NEW YORK
    43 1 TEHERAN, Su. Iraalaa Foreign Minister AbaUuumui Banl-Sadr will leave Tekeraa far New V«rk Wnwmw to take part la a meeting the Filed Nattoaa Secmrlty CwucU requested by Pakistan, the •Ok>Ul Para itwi agency reported tealfrht. Beater. SEE THIS PAGE
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      Lock icon Demirel's minority govt wins vote of faith
      284 2 Demirel's minority govt wins vote of faith ANKARA, Sun. The minority government of Turkish Premier Suleyman Demirel (above) won a parliamentary vote of confidence today. The 450-seat Assembly voted 229-208 in favour of the new government. Mr Demirel, who had been Premier five times, was named to form a government
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      Lock icon Egypt gets oil fields back from Israel
      145 2 Egypt gets oil fields back from Israel CAIRO, Sun. Egypt today recovered the Israeli-developed Ala ma 011 fields in the Sinai after 12 years and is expected to immediately cut production by half to maintain reserves. The return of the oil fields virtually completed the first stage of Israel's withdrawal
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      Challenge to US power in Mid-East
      446 2 BEIRUT, Sun. A UPI Analysis ON its simplest level, the struggle between Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeiny and President Carter is a dispute over the fate of 49 captive Americans and a cancer-ridden monarch without a throne. But it is also about power in the Middle
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        Lock icon More Britons to leave
        70 2 THE British Embassy in Teheran is sending home more than half of the already reduced British staff of 40 within the the next few days, an embassyspokesman said on Saturday. The British mission was invaded briefly by militant students a few days after they occupied the
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        Lock icon Ban on live telecasts
        52 2 REVOLUTIONARY Council member Sadegh Ghotbzadeh has banned all live radio and television broadcasts throughout Iran. Mr Ghotbzadeh, who heads Iranian radio and television, said in Teheran on Saturday that the occupation of the US Embassy by Iranian students and "the people's struggle against Satan" justified the
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        Lock icon Peace prize winner's call
        40 2 NOBEL peace prize winner Scan Macßride said in Teheran yesterday that, difficult as the Iranian-US crisis is to solve, negotiation is still better than use of military means capable of starting a third world war. AFP.
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      Lock icon 'Trade chaos if debts not honoured'
      319 2 'Trade chaos if debts not honoured' NEW YORK, Sunday IF Iran has repudiated its foreign debt, as the Iranian Foreign Minister proclaimed on Friday, it is cutting itself off from getting any new commercial foreign credits and probably reducing its international commerce to a shambles, United States bankers and economists
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      Lock icon KURDS WARN: WE'LL FIGHT
      134 2 TEHERAN, Saa. The danger tt renewed nehttng emerged la Iranian Kurdistan yesterday, agalaat a background of apparently complete deadlock between Iraa and the Ualted States aver the student occupation of the US Embassy here. Tie Democratic Party of Iraalaa KardUtaa threatened to resume resistance In the
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      Lock icon Egypt loses seat
      55 2 BELGRADE, Sun. Egypt has' lost Its seat on the coordinating committee o( the pool o( news agencies run by non-aligned countries. Its re-election was vetoed here last night at the second conference of the pool by other Arab countries hostile to Egypt's peace treaty with Israel. The
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      Lock icon Leonardo da Vinci to make way for train
      119 2 ROME, Su. Lernrto da Vinci, the tetter •C avUtlMi, to galßg to have to mve aaMe for a trail, R*m«>'s airp*rt authority ■■■■■Tf< toiay. The appnaeh to the city's Le*n»rd* 4a Vlael alrpwt to d»ml■atoi by a hage stotoe the IfiiMtomfr artist
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      Lock icon Jakarta 'no' to Hua visit blow to Beijing
      365 3 JAKARTA, Sunday INDONESIA has handed out a diplomatic blow to China when it rejected the planned visit here by Chairman Hua Guofeng. The rejection was leaked out yesterday through the influential Jakarta newspaper Sinai Harapan (Ray of Hope) which said the Indonesian
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      Lock icon 'Yen loans to China won't hit Asean'
      412 3 'Yen loans to China won't hit Asean' TOKYO, Sun PRIME Minister Masayoshi Ohira wiU give assurances tomorrow that Japan's economic cooperation with Asean will not be affected by its planned yen loans to China. Mr Ohira, who is due to visit Beijing next week, will speak at the first Japan-Asean
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      Lock icon Clinic deaths
      29 3 MARSEILLES, Sun- Two patients choked to death today and six others were critically affected by smoke from a fire at the Val Ombreux pulmonary clinic here. AFP.
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      Lock icon 'Chinese herbal cure for baldness' claim
      168 3 BEIJING, Sun. A Chinese doctor with bald patches on his head has developed a cure and now has a full growth of hair, the official Xinhua news agency said yesterday. The secret is a mixture of herbs in the form of pills that Dr
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      Lock icon Quake site guard
      100 3 Quake site guard A POLICEMAN standing guard at the site of an area in central Colombia where an earthquake killed nearly 50 people and injured about 500 others on Friday. Heavy damage was reported throughout the country, especially along the Cordillera Mountain range in Antioquia province, 600 km north-west of
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      Lock icon '22,000 were harmed by defoliant'
      143 3 '22,000 were harmed by defoliant' WASHINGTON, Sun. United States congressional investigators said yesterday that exposure to the toxic herbicide agent Orange used for defoliation in Vietnam was greater than the Pentagon had acknowledged, with up to 22,000 marines involved in a three-year period. Senator Charles Percy, who requested the investigation,
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      Lock icon ABU assembly winds up its 16th meet in Denpasar
      114 3 ABU assembly winds up its 16th meet in Denpasar JAKARTA, Sun. The 16th general assembly of the Asia-Pacific (Radio and Television) Broadcasting Union wound up in Denpasar, Bali, yesterday after deciding to hold its next assembly in Sri Lanka in August next year. It has also designated Kuala Lumpur as
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      Lock icon Quake hits Fiji again
      73 3 GOLDEN (Colorado), Sun. An earthquake measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale shook the Fiji Islands and the South Pacific in an area abou 1,800 km north of New Zealand, the centre for information on, earthquakes announced here today. The quake, recorded at 1918 GMT, claimed no
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      Lock icon Pocket money — for drugs
      87 3 Pocket money for drugs GROSSE POINTE (Michigan), Sun. The average student at Grosse Pointe South High School spends U554,388 (559,565) a year and spends almost four times as much for liquor and drugs as for lunch, a survey indicates. The expenses range from about US$9 a month for hair care
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      Lock icon Poster call angers crowd
      151 3 Poster call angers crowd BEIJING, Sun. A hostile crowd today Jeered a man who placed a poster on Beijing's Democracy Wall calling for harsher repression of dissidents. His poster accused the "Beijing spring" democracy movement of branding China's four modernisation economic development programmes as nothing Dut bragging. "Anarchism must' be
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        Lock icon 969km/h rocket car
        57 4 HOLLYWOOD stuntman Stan Barrett powered a rocket car to %9km h on Saturday in preparation for an attempt at breaking the sound barrier on land. The run was made at Edwards Air Force base, California. Mr Barrett said the attempt at the sound barrier around 1,206k h
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        Lock icon Abacus still widely used
        60 4 MORE than 20 million finance workers throughout China are still using the abacus despite the development of computers, the official Xinhua news agency reported yesterday. Xinhua, monitored in Hongkong, said the abacus Us widely used because it serves as a form of intellectual stimulus besides being
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        Lock icon Defending family name
        64 4 A SICILIAN teacher, upset with his daughter's former fiance for breaking the engagement, stabbed the man publicly on Saturday to defend the family's honour. Police said Domenico Adamo, 48, approached Giacomo Lo Jacono, 25, in the main square of Alcamo, a Sicilian town, and stabbed him twice
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        74 4 THE major drilling project of the New Zealand Antarctic research programme has been abandoned because of early summer movement of sea ice in McMurdo Sound, the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research announced in Wellington yesterday. Drilling stopped on Friday when the drill bit was found to have
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        Lock icon Three-legged child
        47 4 A PAKISTANI woman has given birth to a still-born child with three legs, 21 toes, four arms and 22 fingers, doctors said in Rawalpindi on Friday. Taslim Akhtar gave birth to the seven-kilo child following a major surgical operation in the holy family hospital. UPI.
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      Lock icon PF leaders won't meet Britain's deadline
      355 4 THE risk the wlMle British plan runs is of giving Lord Carrtnxton a paper triumph, soon to be destroyed on the ground. The British newspaper, the Sunday Times, commenting on the London talks on the future of Zimbabwe. DAR ES SALAAM, Sun. PATRIOTIC Front
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      Lock icon Vote to carry on strike
      58 4 HONOLULU, Sun. The hill negotiating committee of Hawaii's United Public Workers Union voted overwhelmingly yesterday to recommend rejection of a tentative agreement to end the five-week-old strike by public blue-collar workers. Nevertheless, the committee will send the settlement to the 7,700 striking state and county
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      Lock icon Blackout hits Boston after explosion
      91 4 BOSTON, Son. An underground explosion and Ore early yesterday wiped out electric power to a large part of Bon ton. Power was restored to most areas by late afternoon. The failure forced I nlverslty Hospital, Boston City Hospital and the Tnfts New England Medical Centre
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      Lock icon 'Under cover guerillas
      42 4 'Under cover guerillas THESE captured nationalist guerillas at Enterprise, Zimbabwe, northeast of Salisbury, are made to cover their heads with blankets while being led to the camp toilet in order that they may not be recognised by the local population. AP picture.
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      Lock icon Shot reporter in London
      69 4 LONDON, Sun. Australian television reporter Tony Joyce, who was shot and seriously wounded during an assignment in Zambia last week, arrived in London for urgent medical treatment today. Joyce was shot in the head last Wednesday while covering the blowing up of a bridge by Zimbabwe
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      Lock icon Somoza arrest sought
      58 4 MANAGUA. Sun. The Nicaraguan government is taking formal steps to obtain the arrest of ex-dictator Anastasio Somoza when he returns to the United States, Attorney General Ernesto Castillo said here yesterday. General Somoza, who fled to the United States immediately after he was ousted as president by
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      31 4 PARIS, Sun. About 30,000 people marched through Central Paris yesterday in support of a five-year-old law legalising abortion which is due to be reviewed by Parliament next week. Reuter.
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      Lock icon 'Blunt a distant relation of Queen Elizabeth'
      234 4 'Blunt a distant relation of Queen Elizabeth' LONDON, Su. BeUßMleMtd Soviet spy Anthony Blnnt Is distantly related to the British Royal Family and performed a secret mWon for the late King George VI in IMS. the Snnday Time* said May. Professor Blunt, revealed as a Soviet spy by a government
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      Lock icon Soviets threaten to hit back
      176 4 MOSCOW, Sun. A Soviet commentator said today that American strategists are striving for nuclear superiority over the Soviet Union, and warned the West that Moscow would retaliate against any attempts to site new missiles in Western Europe. The warning was delivered by the Communist Party
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      Lock icon Pigs suffer from stress and get upset too, says report
      146 4 LONDON, Sun. Pigs, especially the leaner ones, often suffer from stress, scientists have discovered. As might be imagined, the experts have also found that this tends to happen at the slaughter house. It worries the meat industry because pigs which
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      Lock icon Bleak and gloomy times at the Kremlin
      458 4 MOSCOW, Sun THE mood of officials in Moscow these days seems almost as bleak as the weather. Winter is coming, and the central committee of the communist party will meet in a few days over a tangle of problems for the 80s. They
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      Lock icon Reshuffle on the cards
      53 4 AVILES (Spain), Sun. Alfonso Guerra, leader of the Socialists in Parliament, said here yesterday that President Adolfo Suarez is dissatisfied with his cabinet and is planning a ministerial shakeup. Among those who Mr Guerra said would leave the government are the ministers of education, Justice and
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      Lock icon N-lorce: Danes seek 6-month delay
      269 4 N-lorce: Danes seek 6-month delay COPENHAGEN, Sun. The Danish Government wants the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation to postpone for six months its decision on updating its European nuclear missile force pending negotiations with the Soviet Union on nuclear arms limitation. Announcing this yesterday, Danish Foreign Minister Kjeld Olesen said if
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      Lock icon Guerilla raids on N-plants forecast
      147 6 LONDON, Sun. Guerilla bomb attacks on nuclear power plants can be expected in the 1980s, said a British expert study of international terrorism. As airport security gets tighter, the risk of being hijacked aboard a bus or a train will also increase in the next
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      87 6 RAWALPINDI, Sun. A journalist, correspondent for the magazine Far Eastern Economic Review, wiU go on trial tomorrow in a military court on charges of writing an article violating martial law, which could be punishable by death. The Islamabad-based reporter, Mr Salamat All, was arrested on Nov 13
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      32 6 MADRAS. Sun. About 20,000 people were evacuated from their homes here yesterday as a cyclone in the Bay of Bengal headed towards flood-nit Tamil Nadu state in southern India. Reuter.
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      246 6 MR PIERRE Trudeau's successor as head of Canada's Liberal Party and potential prime minister will be chosen in Winnipeg in March, the party's executive decided on Saturday. Mr Trudeau, prime minister from 1968 until last May, announced his resignation last Wednesday but is expected to stay on until
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      Ne Win meets Huang
      60 6 RANGOON, Sun. Chinese Foreign Minister Huang Hua today met Burmese President U Ne Win during a courtesy call. Details of the meeting were not made available to reporters Mr Huang arrived in Rangoon last night for a three-day official visit. He flew into the Burmese capital
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      32 6 MADRID, Sun. Spain's Roman Catholic Church hierarchy yesterday attacked government plans to legalise divorce, saying it threatened "the moral and religious health of our families, our society and oar people." Reuter.
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      Lock icon Nine top aides dropped by Ceausescu
      409 6 Nine top aides dropped by Ceausescu BUCHAREST. Sunday PRESIDENT Nicolae Ceausescu, pursuing a hardline policy, has dropped nine top political aides in a major reshuffle of the Rumanian Communist Party after being re-elected unanimously to a new five-year term, official sources said here yesterday. They said Mr Ceausescu, who has
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      494 6 US moves on cheap air fares to come under fire MANILA, Sunday UNITED States moves to bring about open competition in international air travel leading to lower fares will come under heavy fire at an international conference here next week. Many of the 105 airlines attending the four-day annual conference
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      200 6 DALLAS, Su. Maaatgaar Jaaa Brady, jhtor tf St Edward's Cath•lie Ctareh, hM baaa robbed tow ttmea la the laat twa yean aai hi getttag tired af It. Next Bme, he aaya, "yeal! j hear ever the nUBe that I've shet twe af 'eaa."
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    Fostering out habit blamed for rise in child battering
    603 9  -  BENGTAN By I CHILD battering is on the rise here because of the rapid change in life-styles, and creches and the now common habit of parents fostering out their children have been blamed for the rise. Professor Wong Hock Boon, Head
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    Month-long airlift of supplies to Kampuchea
    140 9 Month-long airlift of supplies to Kampuchea THE United Nations Children's Fund and the Inter-1 national Committee of the j Red Cross have begun an airlift of relief supplies from Singapore to Kampuchea. According to an RTS report last night, the operation is scheduled to last a month. The goods consist
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    Art in action
    60 9 THE National Museum Art Gallery will present Its Art in Action programme, the monthly demonstratlon-cum-display series, featuring Mr Thang Kiang How, at the gallery on Dec 1 at 11 a.m. and Dec 2 at 3 p.m. Mr Thang, a self-taught artist and photographer, is the chief instructor
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    Six new tours to give a better feel of Spore
    133 9 Six new tours to give a better feel of Spore THE BUg»p«re TmHM PrMMttai BmH will laueh six aew tews tram aext hi— tii te give vlslUrs to Stajnparr gn»tor pwtMpritoi la loo*l activlttea. The i«w toirs, developed fr«m wiulßg entriea tran last year*! If I Were a V W
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    Volunteer teachers
    61 9 VOLUNTEER teacher* o( Mandarin are being recruited for the Vietnamese refugee camp In Woodlands by the Buddhist societies of Nanyang University, University of Singapore, Ngee Ann Technical College and Singapore Polytechnic on the advice of the Ananda Metyarama Buddhist Youth Circle, and not the Singapore Buddhist Federation as
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    Social benefit side of tourist industry
    119 9 TOURISM should be regarded not only as an option for economic development, but also to generate social benefits, said the chairman of the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board, Mr Tan I Tone, yesterday. Opening the African Plains Exhibit at the Singapore Zoological Gardens, Mr Tan
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    UNION LEADERS FOR DENMARK MEETING
    114 9 LEADERS of four major unions will attend the eighth International Metalworkers' Federation World Conference on Shipbuilding and Repairing in Copenhgen, Denmark, from Tuesday to Thursday. They are Mr Phey Yew Kok, jeneral secretary of the Singapore Industrial Labour Organisation and Pioneer Industries Employees' Union; Mr
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    Citizenship of 19 S'poreans revoked
    323 10 Citizenship of 19 S'poreans revoked THK Singapore Governmont has revolted thr citizenship of 19 Singaporeans. IS of whom have London addresses Of tho other four, one has a Malaysian address, another a Hongkong address and two Singapore addresses The 15 who have "ceased to be citizens of Singapore" according to
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    Japanese chorus Spore debut tonight
    140 10 Japanese chorus Spore debut tonight THE 45-member Tokyo Philharmonic Chorus is making its debut outside Japan since its founding in 1956. The group, which arrived in Singapore yesterday from Manila, will perform at the Singapore Conference Hall tonight at 8.30. From Singapore, it plans to go to Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur
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    On quality control
    42 10 THE Singapore Institute of Standards and Industrial Research will conduct a basic course in quality control at its lecture room in River Valley Road from Jan 11. Enrolment forms are available at Sisir. The closing date is Dec 24.
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    INCOME MARKS 9TH YEAR
    145 10 THE NTUC's first cooperative, Income, will celebrate its ninth anniversary with a grand dinner at the Havelock community centre on Dec 4. The Deputy Prime Minister and Education Minister, Dr Goh Keng Swee, who is also chairman of Income's board of trustees, will be guest of
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    SIA to fly five times a week to US
    207 10 SIA to fly five times a week to US SINGAPORE Airlines Intends W» expand its services to the United States with an extra weekly flight and the addition of Los Angeles to the existing rout? from next April. This will bring to five the total number of Boeing 747 flights
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    Christmas buffet
    27 10 GHIM Moh community centre will hold a Christmas buffet and dance at Supreme Hotel on Dec 22 at 7.30 p.m. Those interested should call *****0.
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    Pedestrian mishaps: One-third below 15 years old
    318 10 ONE in every three pedestrians killed or injured on the roads in the first nine months of this year was below 15 years old. Now that the school holidays are on and more children can be expected to use the roads, motorists should
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    Sentosa trip
    51 10 MARINE Parade community centre management committee will organise a trip to Sentosa on Dec 16 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. It is $4.50 for adults, and $2.50 for children under 12 years for transport, admission ticket and drinks. For details, ring *****33 from 3 p.m. to 10
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    Prices of most essential items stable
    146 10 Prices of most essential items stable THE prices of most essential commodities, except for some vegetables, remained unchanged during the past week, according to the Trade Department. Prices of rice, wheat flour, sugar and cooking oil were unchanged. For butter, the more popular brands were priced between $1.25 and $1.40
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    Production seminar
    46 10 THE National Productivity Board and the Timber Industry Board will hold a day-long seminar at the Shangri-la Hotel on Dec 7. The seminar is to familiarise small and medium-sized furniture manufacturers with low cost automation and modern production methods. Closing date is Nov 2.
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    Three-day camp
    30 10 THE Serangoon Garden com munity centre's adventure club will hold a three-day youth training camp at Pulau Tekong from Dec 15. For details, ring *****69 after 2.30 p.m.
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    Chok Tong leads team to Tokyo
    130 10 A SIX-MAN Singapore delegation, led by the Minister for Trade and Industry, Mr Goh Chok Tong, left yesterday for Tokyo to attend the first Asean- Japan economic ministers meeting opening today. Among the team members are the Ambassador to Japan, Mr Wee Mon Cheng
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      181 10 Straits Times Crossword ACROSS 6 If rule is tottering. he'U fight s^££ nn e y f sr uy ta .jsm^e.^ 8 Hero's welcome awaited him. d ordB b ut the gunman, prying the trig- %*<** J*« ">«•« many a rer* (4 4 4 313 1 Ilutter U^one^eU,^,. 17 Tear round
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    Smaller number but boys out-talk the girls
    300 11 ALTHOUGH girls inhered boys In yest*r«uv'* Ail Singapore Students- CMnwe Oratorical Coatest ZK-tM. the boys proved to be better speakers by winning three of the fear top prims. The winners are (from left): Chin Klaa Leoag. I',, of VtetorU SHmoI. Leo Sal, 17,
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    Howe visits markets
    97 11 DEFENCE Minister and MP for Potong Pasir, Mr Howe Yoon Chong, toured two markets in the constituency yesterday in conjunction with the promote the use of Mandarin campaign. Mr Howe and community leaders started at 8 a.m. from the Sennett community centre in MacPherson Road and walked
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    Call for use of Hanyu Pinyin in birth certs
    505 11 Call for use of Hanyu Pinyin in birth certs IF YOU can speak MfcMUrin Md are abtat to ase ilaltrt agala. step yoanelf and start la Maadarla. The •tber per—a may kaew Maadaria bat may atoe be ally. Be the InltLtUr! CHTNESE Singaporeans are encouraged to use Hanyu Pinyin for
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    More welcome Premier's assurance on Mandarin
    399 11 More welcome Premier's assurance on Mandarin MORE non-Chinese yesterday welcomed the Prime Minister's assurance that they need not learn Mandarin, claiming that the campaign had veered from its original objective of phasing out the use of dialects among Chinese Singaporeans. Mr Lee Kuan Yew gave this assurance to non-Chi-nese in
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    Professor's three musts for tripartism to work
    553 12 TRIPARTISM ran work if the government plays a low key role and employers and workers are given leeway in autonomy. The government should also withdraw when the economy reaches a certain level of organisation and when the union has gained sufficient financial autonomy
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    Yeoh's date
    29 12 THE Speaker of Parliament, Dr Yeoh Ghim Seng, will attend the official opening of the Mount Elizabeth Hospital, off Orchard Road, on Dec 8 at 11 a.m.
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    Medical congresses: Why the specialised kind isn't beneficial
    332 12 Medical congresses: Why the specialised kind isn't beneficial PRESIDENT Sheares last night spoke out against medical congresses which catered only for specialised disciplines. He said if this trend continued, it would in time be more difficult for doctors from different disciplines to have meaningful discussions with each other, and bewildered
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    On managing libraries
    80 12 THE Department of Extramural Studies of the University of Singapore will hold an eight-lecture advanced course in organisation and management of small libraries for those who are keen to get the best buys In the book market. Lectures will be held at Nissen Hut 5B every Tuesday
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    Films for students
    44 12 THE National Museum will screen three films for students at its premises today and on Thursday at 10.45 a.m. They are How to play with words. How to invent dreams, and Electronic aids for the making of sounds. Admission is free
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    British team bags $1.75 m orders
    158 12 British team bags $1.75 m orders A 13-MEMBER British trade mission has bagged $1.75 million worth of orders during a week-long visit here, its leader, Mr Clive Thompson said. The orders are for PVC coated steel, door fasteners, road marking materials and equipment, specialised papers or hospital sterilisation tissues and
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    Lock icon Immersed in English for three days at Sentosa
    220 12 THE name of the name f»r the Chlne.se stream student* auMag these National Police cadeto Is to Improve their English by Uvlrng and playing together with those from the English stream for three days at Sentoaa. The immersion camp which began oh
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    'POLICE OFFICER' WHO MARCHED A WAITER HOME
    218 12 'POLICE OFFICER' WHO MARCHED A WAITER HOME A MAGISTRATE'S court heard on Saturday that a man succeeded in posing as police inspector and fooling a waiter into surrendering his personal particulars, before being found out. In the dock was Tng Keng Cheok, 25, who was fined $1,000 when he admitted
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    Chua's speech at new CC ceremony
    82 12 THE Minister for Home Affairs and MP for MacPherson, Mr Chua Sian Chin, yesterday laid the foundation stone for the new MacPherson community centre in Circuit Road. The $1.2 million centre is expected to be ready by the middle of next year. Bigger and
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    'Issue work permits to foreign seamen' call
    355 13 'Issue work permits to foreign seamen call THE Singapore Organisation of Seamen will urge the government through the NTUC to consider issuing work permits to foreign seamen employed on Singapore registered ships. The SOS feels that the unrestricted employment of foreign seamen on Singapore ships, if unchecked, woula deprive Singaporeans
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    Disco night
    23 13 TOA Payoh community centre will hold a rock disco night at its premises on Dec 22 from 8 p.m. to midnight.
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    Govt sponsors 10 furniture firms for German fair
    385 13 THE Trade Department is sponsoring a group of 10 local furniture firms to take part in a trade fair in Germany in January. The participation is on an official basis, for the first time, and Singapore has been allotted 80 sq metres
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    MOTHER'S PLEA ON MISSING SON
    100 13 MOTHER'S PLEA ON MISSING SON HOUSEWIFE Madam Neo Hwee, SO, has appealed to anyone who knows the whereabouts of her son, Mr Ng Aik Lee (above), 23, missing since Tuesday, to contact her. Madam Neo said her son was a patient of Woodbridge Hospital and was to have been discharged
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    Farm trips for students
    67 13 MARINE Parade community centre will organise trips (or secondary ana pre-university students to (arms on Thursday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Each student will be charged $3 (or the visits to the development (arm and rural development extension office in I.im Chu Kane Road and
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    Head-on crash death toll rises to five
    161 13 Head-on crash death toll rises to five ONE mare victim «f KatmnUy'N br»d-«n crack Involving terry sad a ptok-m at the kwetlMi «f Pl»■eer wtmd aad Beaal Rmul. haa dl« 4, Maging tte 4«ata toUt* five. Paiiee, wk« MeattOed UfflMMrGtk Baas Kee, SI, saW be «ed wttkaat regabriag eaasctoHaVaWfls «%t
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    Learn to skate
    23 13 TOA Payoh community centre will hold a roller skating course at its premises every Sunday from 4.15 to 5.30 p.m.
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    `Play bigger role in community work'
    136 13 SINGAPORE youths were yesterday urged to play a bigger role in community work and carry out community welfare projects on a regular basis. Making this call, the Senior Parliamentary Secretary (Defence) and MP for Tampines, Mr Phua Bah Lee, stressed that social consciousness must
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    Builders want govt help to protect big projects
    618 14  -  CHRISTINA By RODRIGUES SOME contractors want concerted efforts by the government and the building industry to urgently tackle problems likely to hit major projects like the Marina Centre and Raffles City. These problems include rising Duilding costs, acute labour shortages, uncertainty over
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    Cable-laying off Bedok Lighthouse
    72 14 LAYING, trenching and burying of a submarine cable will be carried out from today for a fortnight in the Eastern Fairway, off Bedok Lighthouse. A PSA statement said the cable-laying vessel, Chosui Maru, two barges and guard boats, will display international day and night signals. Marines
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    Code of conduct for sinsehs
    213 14 THE Singapore Chinese Physicians Association has formed a four-man sub-committee to draw up a code of conduct for practising physicians. To prepare the code, the sub-committee will study the existing rules and regulations of the association and those of the Malaysian Chinese Physicians and Medicine
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    SIA plans joy rides to nowhere on new Boeing
    66 14 SINGAPORE Airlines' new Boeing 747 Super B will make two special flights on Christmas Day and New Year's Day to give the public a taste of the new aircraft. The hour-long flights will take off at 3 p.m. from here and
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    IF WE CAN'T GO IN BY THE FRONT D00R...
    113 14 IF WE CAN'T GO IN BY THE FRONT D00R A FIREMAN la see* attempting U priae »prn the lint fUor window tke Fnnc Kemig Robber Mfy (M»L»y») Ltd, In S*ath BrMge R<utd, U kelp pot out Ore la the prrtnlsrs m SaUnUy right The Ore, which brake out at aJwat
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    Islands tour
    33 14 SIGLAP community centre will hold a picnic cum tour of Kusu and St John's islands on Dec 9 starting at 8.30 a.m. For details ring *****5 from 3 to 10 p.m.
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      327 14 w\ 4 m^ji Id HaA J^ m 'a^^*a^i^«Bßfl BBBh BBfl Hotel Jaya Puri opens its arms to honeymooners. With its discreet chalets, set back from the Hotel proper, where absolute privacy is assured. Special complimentary drinks greet the newly weds on arrival. A mini bar with cold drinks enable you
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      202 14 Bringing Up Father By BUI Kavanagh Hal Camp A/ A^V HE HAD AN HEY THAT'S MB THE TIME YOU TOOK ME FOR WHCS THE LITTLE 1/ OLDER ACCIDENT" PIOINS I LOST THE TOOTH A RIDE ON THE BOY WITH THE /I BROTHER HIS BICYCLE /OP (ZEMZMBER MAGSIE HANDLEBARS OP missing
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      Lock icon Floods force 2,300 in Johore to leave homes
      250 15 JOHORE BARU, Sun. MORE than 2,300 people have been evacuated from 90 flood-hit areas in the state and some roads in Segamat are now closed to traffic, a government spokesman said today. Segamat is the worst hit and 1,834 people were forced
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      Lock icon Bride advice for Indians
      59 15 i KAPAR (Selangor), Sun. Indian men here were advised yesterday to marry local Indian girls rather than seek brides from India. An Indian political leader, Datuk Samy Vellu, said it Is not true that girls from India are more polite, and in any case, men who
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      Lock icon Checks on hotels
      52 15 PENANG, Sun. Police will begain a crackdown on hotels ana lodging houses for not registering guests, Deputy CID Chief, Mr S.K. Sabapathy, said yesterday. 'The penalty for the keeper and lodger if found guilty and convicted is maximum one year's Jail or $2,000 tine or both," he
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      Lock icon For old laws
      40 15 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. Tbe Ministry of Law has drawn up proposals to expand its national language division to enable a special unit to be set up for tbe translation of laws passed before Sept 1, 1967. NST.
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      Lock icon MCA to probe into 'consolation treats'
      115 15 MCA to probe into 'consolation treats .lOHORE BARU, Sun. -I The Malaysian Chinese Association will investigate "consolation dinners" given to its former I deputy president Datuk Michael Chen by non-MCA people. The party will consider taking action against him, the president, Datuk Lee San Choon, said today. The party's youth
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      Lock icon Mandarin can unite clans, minister tells Chinese
      98 15 SEREMBAN, Sun. Malaysian Chinese were told last night that one way to unite the clans and associations was to promote the use of Mandarin among themselves. They should also ask themselves if clan associations were dividing the Chinese. This question was put by
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      Lock icon 'Cheap air fare talks with Europe soon'
      127 15 'Cheap air fare talks with Europe soon' KUALA LUMPUB, Bu. NeftUtta— far cheap air tuw will begin feetwma Amm ami Brnpwn cautrtM, a sealer Ateaa aflleUl said tetey. Datak Malamed N«arHawut, chairnuui «f the Amm eMnmtttm tnamrtettM Mi oMwiwfuMHjM^ said BuwpeM emtrfai, ißclodlng BrltftlM, weald be *ppc— taed m mm
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      Lock icon Pilgrims come home to tears of joy...
      223 15 Pilgrims come home to tears of joy... KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday ANXIOUS men and women broke into tears as they welcomed their relatives and friends who had been held hostage by gunmen in the Grand Mosque at Mecca. Many of the 344 pilgrims who came home had lost all their belongings
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      Call to protect children from noise, ads and harmful toys
      315 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. CHILDREN need protection against noise, advertisement and even their toys. And it is time for parents as consumers to fight against the power of advertisements and to organise more day-care centres. I His was spoken at a
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      Sabah elections soon, says minister
      161 15 Sabah elections soon, says minister KUALA LUMPUfti Sun. The Sabah Government is preparing for general elections soon, according to the State Finance Minister, Datuk Haji Mohamed Noor Mansoor, and the results of the two byelections yesterday would have no bearing on the timing. The National Front, as expected, retained tbe
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      Lock icon Mum stabbed
      46 15 IPOH, Sun. Two children watched in horror as their mother was subbed to death by a man armed with a pair of aclsaori at their home in Pasir Plnji 00 Friday night. Police have detained a man and recovered a pair of scissors. NST.
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      Across the causeway
      821 16 ITM is the last institution of higher learning to switch to Bahasa as the medium of instruction. In two years the SPM holders pursuing internal diploma courses will be taught in Bahasa; by 1983 all except external courses will have switched. The move is inevitable secondary schools
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    The Straits Times MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1979 TRAIN NOW
    768 16 The Straits Times MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1 979 TRAIN NOW THE first thing that must be said about training and retraining workers so they can have newer and higher skills is that it had better start now. Programmes should be drawn up and implememented even as labour leaders work at
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    Questions on the new language rules
    513 16 Questions on the new language rules This i« translation of Hanyang Slang Pau editorial (19.11.78) originally entitled New Criterion For Entry Into Secondary Schools. THE Ministry of Education announced not long ago that as from next year pupils sitting for the Primary School Leaving Examination* must pass their first language
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    Bilingualism comes in many different forms
    986 16  -  ONG TEE WAH By Vice-Dean. Faculty of Arts Nanying University Tranatatod by K w an Zi THIS article was originally written In Chinese, and first appeared in the Chinese Middle School Ttmektn' Associate's 1179 annual specialist pabflcatten e>n education. THE WORD "bilingual", according to
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      10 16 Quartz Waterproof mi W Began! Wh RADoI W J Switzerland
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      352 16 Audio-Technica Accessories for the nrah-end Audiophile. Sonic Broom Own* ATM 12 JfcßU 01 mast dry design with internal reservoir Dispenses humidifying 'iquid over leading edge ot velvet, leaving trailing edge dry mbS I Chemically hardened velvet litres of ■feM^.^ 10/um diameter, wanted against V direction of record motion, w^ reaches
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      I never said film hinted at the Reds
      474 17 LETTERS to the Editor wl not be considered for publication unless they have the writers' names and addresses. Use a pseudonym if you do not want your name pubished. If possible, type your letter, double-spaced, on one side of the pace, and
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      Is 8 pc group for Chinese pupils only?
      107 17 WE, the concerned parents of non-Chinese children who have just taken the Primary School Leaving Examination with Mandarin as their second language, would like to know from the Ministry of Education whether our children, if they have done well enough, would be
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      Students in Seoul are crazy about pen-pals
      197 17 Students in Seoul are crazy about pen-pals I AM a teacher la Haakook High SdM«i in Seoul, Korea, aad we have around J,tte students. I teach KngUsh at this school Through my teaching career, I have noticed that maay stadente of my country are eraty about having pea friends la
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      Dubbing hasn't made it less interesting
      89 17 WAS rather disappointed by the first (Mandariniubbed) episode of the Hongkong-produced "Heaven sword and Dragon Sabre" series. But I later found it as interesting as before. I am an English stream student and perhaps the 'Speak more Mandarin..." campaign has encouraged ne to brush
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      How about a House for managers?
      334 17 How about a House for managers? Neither employers nor workers... PLEASE allow me to mention one pertinent point which I feel has been overlooked in current thinking on skills improvement and productivity. We have heard the views of workers, the government and employers. But how about the managers? It is
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      The source of infection...
      87 17 IN SPITE of Singapore's clean and green image, cholera cases occur from time to time. I think 1 know the source of infection. The Parks and Recreation Department is watering our plants with effluent water from the sewerage treatment plant. Any cholera germs present in the
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      Bilingualism is a way to check that anomie trend
      673 17 I REFER to your article, "Anomie the fate of the Bilinguists" by "Cyanide" (ST, Nov 6). It Is rather absurd to say that bilingualism leads ultimately to a sociological phenomenon known as anomie, ie., sense of rootlessness, lack of purpose, identity,
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      393 17 j^k "My amah, she wants a colour TV. wEScf^HStwM* ll J I C1483E (35.5 cm) *o*^ „w**^;oco>*^ r— L-l w^Vjo*** pJ uaauuowa^w^""*^ jjjME^^TV/uiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiii r_ Now you can own a beautiful colour TV. SHARP So is SHARP, for carving a niche in your home makes it possible and available for all
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      WEEKLY SHARE ANALYSIS
      2034 18 AS A service to readers. Straits Times publishes weekly a detailed analysis of shares on the Stock Exchange of Singapore. The year's high and low, are followed by the week's movement in prices, the dividend, the net price earnings ratio and the volume of business. ma Htfk
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        DOMESTIC
        288 18 L I^k"^ Tm^ 'I depressed by political developmenu, in the Middle East, althouth closing off Its lows against major currencies in the Singapore foreign exchange market last week. The dollar weakened contidpi ably against the deutschemark, Swiss francs and French francs, as these currencies were named as possible alternatives
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        DISCOUNT
        38 18 RANGE of prices offered by dis-"Z^-5^ CaU deposits JW* J? 00*111 a *a *t 3 month Treasury bills 511/16 5 9/16 bSSTdUJs 85/16 83/16 3monthCD B'> 6 6 month CD B'i 8»« g,,,,,.,. N. 110.., DU<!O(1_t c«
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        Local money market
        118 18 ALTHOUGH the domestic interbank overnight rate opened at 7. to 7 P" ****>*£ xnd!»*J°? ,nd«, per cent The excepuon was Tuesday, when the market took a dip to finish the day at 6H to (44 •*r etal In Une with the easy market, term rates fell per
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        ASIAN CURRENCY RATES
        143 18 ASIAN earre.ey average n^s f.r t-. w-» uwdw^-s) 7dav» 137/18 ll*i imnnth 14 15/8 13^ 2 months 15 3/18 14 9/18 3 months 15 5/18 14W 6 months 151/18 14 7/18 9 months 14". 139/18 12 months 14', 137/18 Swiss Fraacs Higk bow 1 month M 2H
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        Short-term money
        48 18 Short-term money roR the week ended Saturday Nov 24. the rang* of call rate recdved (ran from Short Deposits (M) Bod was as follows: Baa* taw*: Out per cent to 3 per cent. Oaasnl tmt: 2 per cent to 4 per c*nl Ms-ataa-ai at funds totalled CT7 million.
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      326 18 BANK'S prim*' lending rates as at the close of business on Friday, Nov 23. BANK'S tPLB m AlKemene Bank 9^ American Express 9V, Asia Commercial 9 Asien-Paziflk 9', Ban Hin Lee Bank 9 Bane a Commerciale 9.. Banco Do BrasU 9 Bangkok Bank 91.9 1. Bank
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      534 18 LONDON, Fri- Share prices closed lower in quiet trading following the UK Treasury forecast that Inflation will remain in double figures throughout 1980, dealers said. The FT index fell 2.4 points to 408.6 at the close. Government bonds remained steady throughout the day. US and Canadians were firmer.
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      224 18 ZURICH. Fri.- Prices eased in slow trading, depressed by yield considerations, dealers said. Foreign bonds dropped markedly but domestic bonds were only slightly lower. fjiiaaaa fell in transports and Vtikvaaak slipped in banks. The Credit Sulsse index closed at 868.0 points. NOV 23 Franei Artloni Sullari MS -3 AluiuUv
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      261 18 NEW YORK, Fri- Energy and defense aerospace issues led the stock market higher in the slowest trading since November 6, when many banks were closed for Election Day. Analysts said that with no new adverse developments in Iran, the market was able to extend Wednesday's late recovery. The
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      245 18 AMSTERDAM, Fri- Share prices closed mixed in quiet trading due to Wall Street's closure yesterday, with Dutch internationals narrowly mixed, dealers said. Small price changes were widespread, but ABN lost 2.5C and KLM and Oee one guilder. Dell gained 1.50. V»i Ommerea one and Pakhwd 0.80. HsUawehe Bt«ea, which
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      38 18 Camat Date T.tal fw T.Ultw paymeat payaMe tbe year prevtou year BUilui 15% Nov27 20% 19% Mntak«b U%I Nov 28 11', 32% Tnetan 30% Nov 28 40% 35% p.^ 20% Nov 29 21W 16% I Interim.
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      178 18 TOKYO, Sat.- Share prices closed higher in moderate trading as interest revived In recently neglected trading bouses and energy-related issues, dealers said. The Dow Jones average rose 23.27 to close at 6,351.83 points, with a volume of ISO million shares. The New Index closed at 443.60. up ISO points.
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      50 18 FINANCIAL TIMES INDUSTRIALS Friday 406.6 Thursday 411.0 Week Ago 408.7 DOW JONES AVERAGE INDUSTRIALS Friday 811.77 Thursday 807.42 Week ago 815.70 H.K.HANG SENG Friday 715J8 Thursday 717.19 Week ago 728.01 SYDNEY INDUSTRIALS Friday 332.92 Thursday 533.79 Week ago 541 83 ALL ORDINARIES Friday 668.45 Thursday 870.02 Week ago 879.95
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      158 18 IN THE Far East, gold opened at $393 50 3»4 00 on Saturday. It moved down to 083.00/ 393.50. then recovered to a Ugh of $383 7V 394.25 before closing at P8350 ***** Trading was again featureless. Gold was (bred In London an Friday at US$39O 15 which proved
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      249 18 INQUIRIES for substantial quantitie* of coconut oil provided aome life to an otherwk* quiet and teatureless Singapore produce market last week. MOM at the buying Interest was generated by buying agents In the Weil Asian ports. Last Friday alone, Inquiries lor 5.000 tonnes of refined coconut oil were
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        146 18 Tin price falls COPPER THE STRAITS tin price plunged $16 to $2,063 per picul in Penang on Saturday on an official offering up nine tonnes to 207 tonnes. LONDON: Tin on the day for both standard and High Grade was up £36 for Cash and up £27 for Three Months
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        340 18 THE week began with a reverse ot 4 1.- cents. In contrast to events la the previous fortnight, but recovered subsequently to finish 2 cents less on balance, says aWMay, Osier, BaJa a Casßsaay in Its review lor week ended Nov 22 The Initial raslnri was doe
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        107 18 LONDON: Rubber Futures closed -aficially steady on Friday, vith gains from yesterday of mostly one pence to 1.45p per rllu. Turoovi'- was seven lots of five tonnes and 205 lots of 15 tonnes including 14 Kerb trades and one Option. Dealers .said a late boui of dealer short-covering
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      120 18 CHINESE PRODUCE EXCaUNOE, SINGAPORE, NOON CLOSING PUCES PER PICUL ON SATURDAY: Cm—l all: Balk $U4 setter*, old drum $119 sellers, new drum $114 seDcrs. Cstm: attsed (loose) UK/Cont 9JMO buyers. PlSf 1« Muntok AST A white rob 109* NLW $335 00 sellers. Sarawak white fob 9M NLW $117
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      484 18 Spore exchange TOP TEN STOCKS SELECTIVE hotel stocks came la far aailisa treatmeat la aa otherwise dull ual generally easier market at the Stock Exehaage »f Slagaaore last week. The saddea kayiag taitorest acted la some hotel Isaacs was msplred by the (eaeral baoyaaey la the local toariat Mastry. Reports
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      564 18 Kuala Lumpur LOCAL STOCK INDICES WEEK was one of the lrabbest witnessed on the Cuala Lumpur stock market his year and prices strug'led to close with marginal osses across a broad front. Volumes were sorely lackng as traders nibbled at a larrow selection of stocks luring the holiday-shortened veek. An
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      461 18 LONDON: The market closed the week narrowly mixed with trading results and Inflation worries most affecting sentiment. dealers said. The FT index was up 1.6 at 408.6 potato. ICI rose sharply gaining 21p on third-quarter results showing a much larger contribution from its Nlnian Oilfield Interests, they added.
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    1167 19  -  CHRIS LIM By of ARNAT There Is more than meets the eye In bilateral trade between Singapore and Sweden; in fact, an anomaly exists which will most certainly come under scrutiny by the Swedish trade mission now In town. Singapore's trade
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      933 19 (T^f(iinnr^~lll[lfYlll(l^M QIM YJCOI First Asian International Electronic /n il i\\ i 111 l jI InmU^km afl I r^\\ Communication Show and Conference, L!Lll!UuWL!\Ajl^UuUL!UliiJmnu CU 5-8 December 1979. Singapore Conference Programme Wednesday Networks Tekeiec in. Session 4: Research and nmg m Indonesia c th nprpmhor strumenis L Brousse Technology Directorate ol
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      729 20 BSDOOR SALESGIRLS REQUIRED by leading florist. Good salary offered plus good Incentives for hardworking girls. Call personally for Interview at: 043 Thomson Plaza, 301 Upper Thomson Road, Spore 2057 on Monday November 26th 1979 between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. For those who cannot come on Monday kindly Tel: *****20
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      610 20 URGENTLY REQUIRED 2 Counter Sales Supervisors Experience not necessary, training provided Interested persons call *****66 for appointment, preferably residing at districts 3. 7. 8 9. VACATION JOBS aova a girls WE NEED VOUI For immediate temporary emptoy3 ALES CANVASSERS lor furnishing products and earn si tractive commission Those with a
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      2770 21 II EMPLOYMENT II EMPLOYMENT II EMPLOYMENT II EMPLOYMENT II EMPLOYMENT WANTED PLUMBER CUM Electrician, must possess own motorcycle. Monthly salary $400 or dally work ($2O per day) Interested call: *****2 or 131 Bencoolen Street WANTED WELDERS. STAGERS and Oeneral Labourers for shipyards 10. Goodwood Road. Spore 0512. Tel: *****29. WE
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      456 21 requires (A) Newspaper Packers Applicants must be Singapore citizens who have completed National Service. They should have a working knowledge of English and be able to work on shifts. Night allowance will be payable whenever applicable In addition, an annual wage supplement of 2 1/2 months' salary Is payable. (B)
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      240 21 REQUIRED URGENTLY LABOURERS c Some working experience c Must be reliable, honest and hardworking a Be prepared to work at Ayer Rajah or Seletar "Isaaa write in immediately or call personally for interview from (a.m. to 3p.m. on Monday lo Friday at: SINGAPORE AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING PTE LTD PORTSDOWN ROAD OFF
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      259 21 Til lip 'Q •-■o%<r>% Ooc?«o»o JJ-fflN. 2 Z CD m -=i m QC O jj 2H"" MALE FACTORY WORKERS required for Immediate employment Please apply personally at: UWanShihßoad Jurong Industrial Estate Singapore 22(2. Tel: *****75 Feeder Bus Service nos. 251 from Jurong Interchange and 251 A from Taman Jurong and
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      587 22 Required CASMER Experienced In ADS machine For Interview, call personally al: X ANA K ANA RESTAURANT, Verk Hotel, let Boer, 21, Ml. EHiebefh Road. Singapore 0692. REOUMED FEMALE CHINESE Office Oeneral Cleaner. Preferably staying in Toa Payoh Estate Please contact *****77 Mrs Tan REOUSRED RMTALLATION WORKERS with driving licence to
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      516 22 (MfMon clowf* and have an in medtota vacancy tar ATAK.OR The candidate should have reli vant experience and must t fashion conscious Interacted eppWcant* please call: 64*7*1 111 VEHICLES B 40 Boatsfor Sale/Wanted 100 MT WOOOEN Hull wanted. 15 h.p less than 10 years. Sea-wor thy certificate not required Contact
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      665 23 DIST 10 OFF HOLLAND ROAD Modern double storey de tached bungalow in presti gious locality. 4 bedrooms with attached bathrooms, family hall, study, separate living/Mining, kitchen and servant's amenities Rental: DISTI3BHADUELL HEIGHTS Single storey detached bun galow with laige ground. 3 bedrooms, study, 3 bathrooms, split-level living/ dining/patio. Modern kit
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      780 23 CAIRNMILL GARDEN. DIST. high Moor. 2 bedrooms, fully furnished iputmcnl for rent' Inlereste<i partin contact :>«mh49 Mrs C AIRNHILl PLAZA. OIST 9 1/3 bedrooms, central alreond, swimming pool $2,600 $4,000 DIST. 11 1-btdtOO— d apartment with aircond*. swlmiiiiiik (iimiI $1,100. PLEASE CALL: LIBERTY HOUSING AGENCY 25*9771/ 25*9772/ 25*07*3 CAMMHM.L PLAZA.
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      1423 24 I¥ACCOWWODATIOII4WWPtaTIES l¥ ACCOWWOOATIOW i PBOPEBTIS IV ACCOWMOOATIOW 4 PTOPBTiS IV ACCOWWOOATIOW 4 PROPERTES IV ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES REQUIRES accommodation In K1 l rM mi>uw4.luvi < lists 9, 10, 11.21. s<i 13. 3/4 bed- OMT. 19, UPPER SERANOOON ai ma^nnrnvuaiivn rooms Willing to pay good rTOparTjaa miles, single-storey bungalo Vacant deposit/ rental
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      445 24 $180,000 ono. Vacant not Phone *****75. DIST. 28 SMMLE-STOREY TEI RACE approx 2JOO »q ft 3 bet rooms, extensively renovate I Freehold. Vacant pnaieitlo $110,000 *****1/*****2 DIST. 20. 2-STOREY SEN DETACHED 3.000 sq ft $2034 (0.n.0.). DlsL 9, flat at Emera: Mansion $160,000 Please cal *****55. DMT. 21 JALAN KAMPONG
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      826 24 SINGLE STOREY TERRACE In Taman Sii Tebrau. Johor Bahru 0 For bumlputra only. Contact Prlmestead MSA. Jalan Tun Abdul Razak. J.B. Tel: *****/ SPUT-LEVEL 2-STOREY DETACHED Bungalow at Prince of Wales Road. dlst. 10. Area: 8.000 sq.ft. 6 I bedrooms, bathrooms attached, r. 2 big lounges, dining room, big i.
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      782 24 DMT. 6812 Luxurious split-level apartmen with 3 bedrooms, built-up ap proxlmately 1.700 sq.ft. swim mlng pool, tennis and squasl courts. Prtea: SMO.OOO o.n o Call: UNIVERSAL REALTY PTE LTD Real Batata »gsnU 8 Vaajara SMCuppaoaCantra S s£sr£s d TEl:lW88li7» UNES) Raymond T«y DMT. 11, WALK-UP APARTMSNI near Watten Estate. 3
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      759 24 RSOLEV PARK, DIST. 10 Prime residential freehold vacant land for sale 15.000 sq.ft. on elevated ground. SulUble for bungalow Tel *****80 n 55 Properties Wanted A BROAD RANGE of local/ foreign clients require terrace/ seml-de-apartmenls. Willing to pay attractive prices for right properties. Owners, please call: Ap- pointed Agent, Regent
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      528 24 ESS OCBC C«ntr« Singapore's finest commercial landmark now substantially leased Rental from* 830 14 psm/ rmh. Tuan Sing Towers Strategically located at Robinson Road/Market Street. Current rental of 826 91 psm/month for typical whole floor area of 411 aq.m. with possible sub-division. Ready for occupation by end 1979/ early 1980
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      1146 24 56 Factory Sites/ 61 Shops To Let/For Spec* Sale/Wanted CMNO WAN LOONO Building. 701. OMT. 10, MB*O ARCADE (groundSims Drive groundfloor unit floor) Best position 342 sqft Interested call Mr thing *****5 $1,400 ps f. Completing mld-IMO or *****00. EBC *****69/ *****1« DIST. 2775. 2 STOREY SHOPHOUSE 1024, Sembawang Road
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      4548 25 V SERVICES I BUSINESS ¥1 EDUCATION TTUINIW6 VI EDUCATION A TRAINING VII TRAVEL it RESTAURANTS VI EDUCATION TRAINING rope. Japan Trade Directories for sale Leaflets from Sunho. Tel *****89/*****90 PORTLAND CEMENT AVAILABLE. 200.000 tons per year Oenulne parlies apply Newton P.O Box 16 SMALL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES/ Joint Ventures (85.000 520.000
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      606 26 IX OBITUARIES i 140 Acknowledgements i 144 In Memoriam ajvajajajajajiajMMMaM The Femily Ot The late MR CHAN SHEE YING (S.Y.CHAN) thanks to relative* and all Iriendt lor their oeneroßity kind a»i»tance IkMk and attendance during their recent aaaa^~» bereavement W^d 142 Deaths ■^^aaaaaaaWßaaalaaaal B_ In loving mfnor j ot our
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      620 26 The SGV Group Management Consulting Services Our client, an established group of companies engaged in timber, plantation and construction industries, invites applications from suitably qualified and experienced personnel to fill the position of: INTERNAL AUDITOR I The successful candidate will be stationed in Balikpapan, Indonesia and he will be responsible
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      797 26 We invite applications from suitably qualified Malaysians to fill the H I following vacancies in two of our major subsidiary companies. I ADMINISTRATION EXECUTIVE I I The expansion of activities in our Branches has necessitated the appointment I of the above Executive to assist the Manager responsible for Branch operations.
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      563 26 SALES REPRESENTATIVE AMD MECHANIC A well established organisation in East Coast invites application from experienced Sales Representative to handle construction, logging, agricultural, handling and quarry equipments to be based in K. Trengganu to cover the area. Good incentives with prospects for promotion. Vacancies also exist for experienced heavy and Agricultural
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      610 27 GUTHRIE SENDIRIAN BERHAD (Guf hrie Engineering) I We invite application* from suitably qualified and I motivated Moloyvans to fill the following positions: I TECHNICAL EXECUTIVE (Procvu fcquipmenl Petaling Jaya) I The position to be responsible for tendering, design I I and installation of process and material handling I I equipment.
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      624 27 /"middle east appointmentsN An International Company engaged in cargo handling operations has vacancies for the following personnelOPERATIONS SUPERVISOR Age: 25 40 years QUALIFICATIONS/EXPERIENCE: A Secondary Education with a minimum of 2 3 years supervisory experience in stevedoring operations i.e. discharging cargoes from vessels. Must be familior with manifests, hatch plans
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      619 27 Texas Instruments SINGAPORE (PTE) LIMITED invites applications for: FACILITIES ENGINEER (MECHANICAL) To be responsible for design, engineering and implementation direction for the conversion, upgrade or rearrangement of existing facilities assets. To provide technical support in the operation and maintenance of plcnt equipment; establish preventative maintenance methods and procedures; liaising with
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      468 28 LONDON, Sun. New Zealand's proud record of not having lost a rugby union international in England, since 1936, survived narrowly here yesterday, when they won the final match of their British tour 10-9. On a perfect autumn afternoon, with the lush Twickenham turf inviting
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      380 28 TOKYO, Sun. Willie Williams, of the United States scored a lightning knockout, while other top favorites Howard Collins, of Britain, and Hatsuo Royama, of Japan fought hard for victory in the third round of an international karate tournament in Tokyo's Budokan Hall yesterday. They were among the 32 fighters
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      225 28 Hartlepool 13 Hull and East Riding 6, Huddersfield 13 St. Helens 3, Liverpool 50 Rugby 16. Uanelli 18 Cardiff 14, London Welsh 19 Newport 8, Middlesbrough 7 Loughborough 12, Morley 26 Birkenhead 7, Neath i 3 Blackheath 18, Northern 3 Roundhay 10, Orrell 18
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      247 28 The Stipendiary Stewards' report on Saturday's races in Kuala Lumpur. Going: Soft. Race 1: Honey Dip (Fran- Cis) and Regent Beauty (Harris) came together when both jumped out awkwardly. Honey Dip then rolled in and crowded Monalisa (Raymond) momentarily. In the straight, Honey Dip shifted about under pressure.
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      435 28 As jockey Razmy could not make the weight, jockey Francis replaced him on Gamely. Race 5: When jumping away, Fine Fettle (M. Yusoff) and Kinabalu Garden (Razak) came together. At about the 800 metres, Martak (Asuwadi) had to be checked away when tightened for room between Samudra (R.
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      364 28 VAESTERAAS, Sun. The entire North Korean table tennis team had to forfeit yesterday's matches at the Scandinavian Open championships after team members protested at the presence of an Israeli team here. Apart from that incident, results were onexceptUnal. fn the first round of the
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      2367 29  -  FAIRWAY By I CHRIS GWILLIAM took riding honours on the second day of the Selangor Turf Club's November meeting at Kuala Lumpur yesterday with an easy double on Hillieu and Turning Point. Hillieu broke the ice in Race 6 when he made all the
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      433 29 JOCKEY Martin Sng was suspended two race days and fined $2,000 by the stewards of the Selangor Turf Club for dangerous and inconsiderate riding on the winner, Roman Bay, in Race 4 yesterday. The stipendiary steward's report on yesterday ;s races in Kuala Lumpur: Race 1: Jockey donnelly
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      426 29 metres and as a result tightened Resolute Protector onto Primorje and finally took the running of Resolute Protector, who had to be checked. It was the considered opinion of the stewards that Primorje and Resolute Protector would not have been able to beat Roman Bay, even
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      277 29 PERTH, Sun. American Peter Jacobsen holed a crucial 12-metre putt on the final green to share the lead with Australian Bob Shearer in the third round of the West Australian Open golf championship here today. Jacobsen had rounds of 71, 70, 70 and Shearer 70, 74,
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      273 29 MpFnww« S^f«: ww hSS^W?t surprisingly beaten M LS*AT"(K2SS finals of the Italian indoor tennis championships here yIA. often showed signs of his quick temper and had little answer to Walts' fierce service and well-placed returns Walts took the first set 6-4 after breaking McEnroe's service in the
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      162 30 BANGALORE, Sun. The first cricket Test between India and Pakistan headed for a draw after most of the play today, the fourth day, was washed out by rain. India, replying to Pakistan's first innings score of 431 for nine declared, have yet to finish the
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      869 30 LONDON, Sun. Brian Clough, brash and gifted manager of European soccer champions Nottingham Forest, has grown accustomed to success. Now he faces a crisis aftoi Forest's third successive English League Division One defeat yesterday. Clough remained tightlipped after his side were i beaten
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      60 30 DIOSGYOR (Hungary), Sun. Hungary beat Czechoslovakia 3-0 In an Olympic qualifying soccer match here yesterday. Tatar (20th minute), Karsal (25th) and Kiss (38th) netted (or Hungary. Reuter. VFB STUTTGART'S Karl Heinz Forster falls to stop Hamburg SV's H«rst Hrnbeaei (ram sr«riiig la a West Germaa Pint DivisUn match
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      1085 30 KIR.ST DIVISION Arsrnal 0 Liverpool 0, Aston Villa 0 Leeds 0, Bristol C 1 Man City 9. Palace 0 Coventry 0, Derby 4 Forest 1. Everton 1 Tottenham 1, Ipswich 3 Southampton 1. Man United 5 Norwich 0, MkJdlesbro 1 Rnghton 1. Stoke 1 Bolton 0. Wolves 9
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      185 30 BONN, Sun. SV Hamburg came back from 2-0 down to beat VFB Stuttgart 3-2 at home in the First Division of the West German Football League here yesterday. Hamburg are one point clear at the top, ahead of Bayern Munich, who continued their recent fine
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      60 30 Fkft Divkton s TEAM P W D L F A Pi Hamburg 14 I 4 2 31 14 20 B.Munich 14 8 3 3 28 16 19 Frankfurt 14 S 0 5 28 15 U Dortmund 14 8 2 4 27 22 U Srhalke 14 6 5 3 23
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      125 30 MALAYSIAN Cricket Association inter-state league champions Singapore, have been drawn to play in the South Zone next year. The other states in the S ith Zone are Selangor, Negri Sembilan, Malacca and Royal Australian Air Force. Brunei and Sabah will be making their debut in the
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      45 30 WASHINGTON, Sun. The World Boxing Association lightweight championship contest between title-Wilder Ernesto Espana, of Venezuala, and Colombian Leonidas Asparilla was cancelled here yesterday because their managers had refused to let them fight claiming that there had been "no sign of the prize money." AFP.
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      28 30 CHARLESTON (West Virginia), Sun. The touring Australian national team scored a 76-64 victory over the University of Charleston in a friendly basketball match here yesterday. UP1.
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      56 30 DEVONPORT, Sun. The louring West Indies cricket team oeat a Tasmanian Invitation side by 261 runs in their three-day match here today. Brief scores: West Indies 374 and 203-4 dec. (L. Gomes 64 no, C. King 41, Buzzard 232); Tasmanian Invitation 144 and 172 (R. Knight 57, G.
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      21 30 BUENOS AIRES, Sun. Argfntina beat the United States 16-6 to retain the America Cup for polo here yesterday. UPI.
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      65 30 PAKISTAN lit lua: 431 fee INDIA lit lua: (•venrigfct MM) Omvuar c Mlandad b Qadir gg Chaakaa c Majid b Imran 13 VeagMrkar b Imran 33 VMiwuatfe c Wasim b Ehtesham 73 Extras 17 T»tal ((or 4 wkts) 286 Wkta feU «t 17, 122, 164, 266. Bawttag: Imran 22
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      154 30 Laughing end for tour game ADELAIDE, Sun. Eng land's four-day mater cricket match against Combined Universities ended in a light-hearted draw here today with some bowling impersonations by the touring side's batsman, Graham Gooch. Gooch had the players and the crowd in laughter when he gave impersona- tions of Geoff
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      Lock icon Singapore in semi-finals
      750 31  -  lOE DOR AI: They mesmerise Malaysia with speed, determination By Singapore 4 Malaysia 0 BANGKOK, Sun. From a side doomed for certain elimination to King's Cup soccer tournament semi-finalists that's the success story of the Singapore team as they thrashed Malaysia at the national stadium here tonight.
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      294 31  -  PETER SIOW: By Singapore 2 Malaysia 4 OUTSIDE— LEFT R. Viswanathan almost single-handedly guided Malaysian Indians to a 4-2 win over Singapore Indians in the Deepavali Cup soccer tournament at the Jalan Besar Stadium last night. Apart from his thinning top, the former Perak
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      Kim Keat humbled
      50 31 BUKIT PANJANG registered the biggest win in the second round of the inter-constituency soccer tournament when they beat Kirn Keat 8-2 at Gloucester Barracks yesterday. Other results: Cairnhill 4 Jurong 3 (extra time). Boon Lay 6 (penalties to) Queenstown 5 (full-time: 1-1), Tanglin 5 Bukit Ttmah 1.
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      607 31  -  ERNEST FRIDA By ENCIK Mansor Sukaimi, the president of Singapore Hockey Association yesterday revealed that there are less than 50 umpires to man 1,458 matches played annually in Singapore. These startling figures were disclosed to officials and players, who attended the SHA umpires' seminar
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      Dawson's first major title
      449 31 808 DAWSON, the dashing Warren Golf Club captain, won his first major title yesterday heavy rain on Saturday had caused a postponement of his Warren Golf Club 36hole matchplay championship final against Mike Gerbich, reports ERNEST FRIDA. Dawson was two up with five holes to go
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      Sue finds Hill difficult to overcome
      477 31  - Sue finds Hill difficult to overcome KEN J ALLEH Jr. Byj "I AM woman, watch me play so Sue Cogswell, the world's No. 2 woman's squash player seemed to say as she trooped onto the court at Kallang for her fifth, and final, squash "Battle" against Singapore's Peter Hill. The
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      Bukit Batok in running
      39 31 BUKIT Batok kept their hopes alive when they beat Khe Bong 46-33 in the inter-constit-uency basketball tournament at Tiong Bahru Community Centre last night. In another match, Serangoon Gardens conceded a walkover to Jalan Kayu.
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      76 31 Today's events BASKETBALL Inter-con-stituency tournament (various venues); Ftteadlv: Nanyang Siang Pau v Medan's Harian Analisa (Bed ok South), matches at 7.30. HOCKEY SHA seatw kurktil semi-fkuUi: SIA Group v SAFSA (Balestier Road), Police v Khalsa (Thomson Road), matches at 5.15. SOCCER SIA Utrr-de-partmeat Uagae: SATS Police v SATS Maintenance. Ground
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    56 32 The Norwegian tanker Hltra spilling oil from Its leaked starboard following a collision with the Indonesian freighter La want! on Thursday. The collision took place near Waagerooge island in the North Sea. More than I,<M tonnes of oil carried by Hltra was reported to have
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    89 32 DUBLIN, Sun. Irish police have seized a large amount of bomb-making equipment in a raid on a farm near the border with Northern Ireland. A man was arrested last night. A spokesman said it was the latest in a successful series of police raids. Earlier
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    34 32 MILLVILLE (New Jersey) Sun. Police raided an apartment shortly before a white power rally yesterday arrested 23 people alleged to be members of the Ku Klux Klan and American Nazi party. Reuter.
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    370 32 ...unless US taxes windfall profits RIYADH, Sunday SAUDI Arabia is threatening to raise its oil prices unless the United States taxes the windfall profits of the oil companies, US Treasury Secretary William Miller said here yesterday. Speaking to reporters after a meeting with
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    247 32 Viets held pending US decision THE 13 Vietnamese who flew here on Saturday on board a Hercules military transport aircraft are now held at the Immigration Department holding centre in South Quay pending an American decision to accept them as refugees. Sources said yesterday that Singapore's position was no different
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    43 32 NEW YORK, Sun. With the homeward rush yet to come, travel on slippery roads during the four-day US Thanksgiving holiday left hundreds of Americans killed or injured during the weekend. Late yesterday, 258 people had already died in traffic accidents. AP.
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    195 32 BANNED TV SHOWS MAY GET OKAY FOR CINEMAS MANILA, Sun. Animated robot shows banned on Philippine television by President Ferdinand Marcos may be shown In cinemas provided they pass the review conducted by the board «f cc— m, officials said today. Depnty Justice Minister Catalino Macaralg, chairman of the interim
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    285 32 THAIS FOURTH PROTEST NOTE TO U.N. BANGKOK, Sun. Thailand has sent another protest note the fourth within the last two months to UN Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim, informing him of another violation of Thai territory by "foreign forces" in Kampuchea. A spokesman for the Foreign Ministry said today that the note
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    359 32 PARIS, Sun. Prince Norodom Sihanouk has called for an international Geneva-type conference to end the fighting in Kampuchea and for arms to be supplied to Khmer nationalist guerillas. The former Kampuchean Head of State, speaking to newsmen on his arrival from Beijing, said that only
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        Dialects hinder more than help our aim
        602 1  -  N W GOH By [I *£TJ^5KTJfflft WE In Singapore, like many other people in South-east Asia, live in a multi-racial and multilingual society. Bilingualism for us is not a luxury but a necessity Bilingualism is an oftdiacusnd topic in Singapore today, arousing the
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        192 1 —Historical profiles THE FIRST ancestor of the Chinese race was Huangdi, who as also the first emperor of China. His family name was Gongsun. but he was called Huangdi of Xuanyuan as he was born on the mound of Xuanyuan, and he was also
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        49 1 /s.qfi For example, you may 7 say, jmtion today A.-r-m. i «saa, jmnion th.s year Jihtisn sl» xiaomei de 4>B £B o rnr todoy shengrJ. .s— meaning, "Today is zhi|in to date Xiaomei's birthday.'' Ijff&ft-'ftjgs ===1 f&B£¥£aM£;3:ft Make Mandarin the common tongue of the Chinese community.
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        84 1 Fun with Chin ese Chara cters THIS character, dealing with f time, is composed of J>- and 7 f rtL (contraction of shows the i^ continuity of time and unity of its SJalJ^j fr^T^L jS& ifl. LJbCiErl^ three elements: past, present and T} :L Tdj fwi£>^ vL VWS-Vl/T^ future. /SL(or
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        217 1 Today, Swedish Banking Comes To Singapore bHb*^ ■■■■■■■■■■■■1 W' n^V IPi j On November 26, 1979, Skandinaviska HR lßHsfiilT93'lWsl|'s ■J* Enskilda Banken, leading Swedish BHfaj IfnnH commercial bank, opens a wholly- If^^w! 35^5 owned merchant bank in Singapore fi&j r«^H okanJinaviska Enskilda Banken (South t JW East Asia) Limited to
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        108 1 INSIDt Feminism's slow fire m m It's not raging in Europe, but the fire's still burning. We take a look at feminism In European countries like Rome, where women were only recently absolved from being the "sole gniity party" in adultery. Pag* 6 Dance Arts performance Coming soon the Dance
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      829 2  - PICK of the DAY DANA LAM By CHURCHILL'S People at 10.05 p.m. on this channel focuses on the puritan revolution of 1649 A.D. In this episode, The Agreement of the People, the radicals in the New Model Army mutiny are repressed by the country's totalitarian dictatorship. The soldiers' democracy is
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        75 2 f A "new team" is coming soon to the National Stadium TAKE CARE OF YOUR EYES y^SBnV. Do nor rc|ard Ctastcs »t J^-JM L *'t>clei of commerce ProMjßl^SmWm eye care calls for m^F^^^ W careful diagnosit and precis* WT^^ri&W meaiurement 4P|. MWe hj e ft newe f e^uip1 tS^^/^M ment
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        265 2 TOKYO PHILHAR- Singapore Family PlanMONIC CHORUS per- n E an Population forms at thp Simra- Board at the Institute of pore Conference Hall ram r^ at 73O at 8.30 p.m. Tickets: All are welcome. $2, $4, $6, $8 and S10. RECENT SOVIET iM4K.it drtitai hv ART at the National MuhSJcSJE^WhB
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        1094 2 TV and Radio SINGAPORE 5 3.00 PM Opening folowed by Maya Tha- 6.35 The Fabulous Talking Time Machine laimurai (Tamil, repeat) 7.05 Superfriends (A cartoon series) 3.30 Diary of Events (Enffsh) 7 30 W*i) •j ih^mm, u,»j,«n Tho Tr->m Sandiwara, a Malay drama Iman J.jb Afternoon Matinee Ihe Iram- o
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        435 4 HOW SHOWING at 3 THEATRES a I CAPITOL-REX-SAVOY i ALL 3 Theatre* 1 1am, 1.45, 4, 6.30 9.15 Admission PRICES CIRCLF $4 STALLS $3 &$2 f No Half Price No Military Concession No Free List lklj!l>AJ!lAlVA'Bl»!lA'.';»]m»mvjn«a^i»g HMETEOR SEAN CONNfRY NATALIE WOOD COLOK KARL MALDEN BRIAN KEITH §J j ■LIDO: HURRY!
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        233 4 Robinson's story o Today they are part of a big chain of departmental stores. But more than 100 years ago, they were rivals, engaged in an advertisement "war" to lure shoppers. The story of Robinson's and John Little's and how they weathered many a storm with pictures in the For
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      431 5 Bach offering to herald in Christmas TALK about the music for Christmas and immediately people think of Jingle Bells, Santo Clans Is Coming To Town, and more religious carols like Silent Night, Holy Sight. But there is another beautiful musical work composed specially for this sacred occasion. There are not
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        Equality of sexes still a long
        1507 6  - Equality of sexes still a long ELIZABETH POND By In Italy "IT'S the biggest social change in Italy in the past 10 years," said one foreigner, a woman. "It doesn't go anywhere. It's just upper middle class, with a lot of radical chic," disagreed another. "The feminist movement?" asked a
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        81 6 I OUT OF_JfJ I SHAPEJ^S exercise is a sure I!/ fat problem. And XcjCSg* «m /}/<■ I to be called "fatty" wouldn't be nice for a I person who once had a 111 trim shapely figure. /^^M shape you should be, or are you joining the I figure to a
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      1418 7  - A vegetarian tiger? ALVIN B. WEBB PLO's diplomatic offensive towards recognition By in Beirut It was a master stroke. Had the PLO succeeded, the propaganda fallout would have been enormous and Washington might have found itself under almost irresistable pressure from grateful Americans to open talks with Mr Arafat's guerillas.
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        525 7 ENTER THE ICI RUNTS "GET THE VALLE RIGHT* 'COMPETITION y/jfrll #\/\/\I*C\SH\\I)OTHBK i%i mvF U \9 ATTR WTI VE prizes T BE wo ml fc m% ■■■I BBaBI *"^B B It's exciting, it's fun, it's easy. Just guess how much it cost to furnish this room! $1,000 $2,000 $2,001 $3,000 $3,001
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      1020 8  - Tug-of-war over buried treasure PAUL CHEESERIGHT Conservation vs resource exploitation By MOUNTING pressure for the development of Alaska's natural resources has run headlong into environmental opposition, based on the argument that the natural beauties of the largest state in the US should be preserved for future generations. At issue is
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      1193 9  -  IKUO ANAI By in Tokyo L There are some people who advise me to stop this campaign and wait for a so-called natural solution, which would mean all of the Koreans taken to Sakhalin by Japan would die of old age in the not
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      1530 10  -  JOHN WEBB By in London Last known case of dreaded killer disease was recorded two years ago SMALLPOX, one of the world's most dreaded killer diseases that has plagued mankind for more than 6,000 years, has itself been wiped out. World Health Organisation (WHO) officials
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        436 10 /OOfCH BY 'NDUSTRY DEMAND W BACK AGAIN J FOR REGIONAL TRADE 6-10 AUGUST 1980 S.E.ASIA 3rd INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION WORLD TRADE CENTRE OF SPORTS AND LEISURE GOODS SINGAPORE If you trade in: Indoor Outdoor Sports Equipment The 2nd SPOREX, organised with the official Water Sports Equipment support of the Singapore Sports
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        529 11 invites apphcotions from FEMALE Singapore Citizens for oppointment as: STENOGRAPHER (SPECIAL GRADE) QUALIFICATIONS. GCE with 3 'O' level posses including English Language or equivalent certificate Candidates must be able to write shorthond ot 120 wpm and to transcribe on the typewriter at 30 EXPERIENCE: Applicants must have at least 5
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