The Straits Times, 3 January 1980

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    16 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 THURSDAY, JANUARY 3, 1981 30 CENTS M.C.(P) No. 1 1 1/1/80
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    Lock icon REBELS UNITE WITH EX-FOES
    659 1 To fight Russians in Afghanistan NEW DELHI, Wednesday MUSLIM rebels have joined forces with their former enemies, elements of the Afghan Army, to fight Soviet troops now consolidating their grip on Afghanistan. This new and unexpected development and large-scale defections in the Afghan Army are apparently
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    Lock icon Afghan students storm embassies in Bonn, New Delhi
    329 1 THE Afghan embassies in Bonn and New Delhi were stormed and seized by Afghan students yesterday in protest against the Soviet military intervention in their country. But, the seizures were shortlived. Police ejected the Afghan students from the occupied embassy in Bonn
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    DOUBLE HAPPINESS
    18 1 TWIN bridegrooms, twin brides, twin pageboys, twin cars. Flanking them are the bridegrooms' parents. Star picture
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    Lock icon Ohira to tour Asean?
    101 1 Ohira to tour Asean? TOKYO, Wed. Japanese Prime Minister Masayoshi Ohira is planning to tour the Asean nations in late April or August, informed sources said today. They said Mr Ohira has asked his aides to make arrangements for the trip, his first to Asean since becoming prime minister 13
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    Lock icon PRICE OF GOLD SOARS TO RECORD US$561.50
    175 1 HONGKONG, Wed. The price of gold continued its phenomenal climb upwards in the first international tradIng of the new year today, reaching a record rsss«l.si (551,212) an ounce In Hongkong, more than USSM above Its level in the last trading of 1979. In
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    Twin brides for twin brothers after years of search by family
    367 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday DOUBLE happiness came in full measure for the Yap family here earlier this week: Their 25-year-old twin sons Chew Seng and Tong Seng married twin sisters Liew Poh Toh and Poh Yen, 20. And they had
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    Lock icon Four killed in refugee
    90 1 camp attack BANGKOK, Wed. Four people were killed when a refugee camp on the Kampuchean border was attacked and looted in clashes between anticommunist guerilla groups. The four dead were Vietnamese either army deserters or refugees. International relief organisations said that the Khmer Serei camp at
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    Lock icon Booming HK stock mart
    64 1 HONGKONG, Wed. A sharp rise in land value and reports of company acquisitions nave pushed the Hongkong stock market to a nearly seven-year high. The 33-stock Hang Seng index Hongkong's barometer of market performance closed at 889.13 today, the highest since April 25. 1973 when it
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    Six dead
    29 1 MANILA, Wed. Three communist guerillas and three soldiers were killed in a clash on Monday in remote Bitoun village in Misamis Occidental. 800 km south of Manila.
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    Lock icon Radio Moscow calling
    55 1 JAKARTA, Wed. Radio Moscow advertised today for the first time in the Indonesian press for its broadcasts in the Indonesian language. Radio Moscow, in an advertisement published in the evening daily Sinar Harapan. called on readers to listen to its programme in Indonesian. A smiling bear recommends
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    Lock icon Countdown to first baby of the decade
    103 1 CHICAGO, Wed. Nurses here delayed the birth of a baby yesterday to claim the title of the first baby of the Eighties. They counted down the seconds and claimed to have delivered the girl at one second after midnight. "We were holding her
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    Lock icon Bus plunge
    38 1 BELGRADE, Wed. At least 20 people were feared to have died when a bus plunged off a road into the Neretva River in central Yugoslavia today, police said. Nine passengers escaped from the swirling waters. Reuter.
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    HUDC raises booking charge
    481 1  - HUDC raises booking charge CHRISTINA RODRIGUES By Registration fee doubled THE Housing and Urban Development Company (HUDC) has raised its booking fee for its housing units from the standard $500 to sums varying up to $3,000. It has doubled its registration fee for new applicants to $200. But it i.s
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    Lock icon Caught: Four of six who escaped prison
    172 1 KUANTAN, Wed FOUR of the six prisoners who escaped from Kuantan prison last Wednesday were recaptured today after a dramatic five-km motorcycle chase on a timber track at Sungei Jin, about 48 km from here. The recaptured men were Chong Hock Son, 27,
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    Lock icon Egypt ends boycott
    85 1 CAIRO, Wed. Egypt will open a new page in its peacetime relations with Isreal tnis month by terminating the economic boycott of the Jewish state, opening roads between the two countries and allowing Israeli vessels to rail at Egyptian harbours, a high official said here today. Mr
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    Lock icon Opec fund
    39 1 JEDDAH. Wed. Finance ministers of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries will meet on Jan 16 for talks on the operation of a special fund to help the developing nations, the newspaper Al Riyadh said today. UPI.
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    Lock icon POLICE RAID REBEL HOTEL
    70 1 SALISBURY, Wed. Armed police today raided the hotel of several leaden* of the Zimbabwe African National I'nion (Zanu), the movement's chief spokesman Mr Eno« Nkala said. Mr Nkaia, who was recently released from detention, said two Zanu leaders were taken away for questioning but later released.
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      200 1 The Superb New r Grooming L I System r^\ For Today's j International j« IM on NEW VCXK«MILANO* TOKYO sHtttioo 3 6 pages today CUSTOMS DUTY ON DIESEL MAY BE RETAINED Page 6 SIHANOUK: I am dealing with China for arms t RURAL violence in Zimbabwe raises fears for ceasefire
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      Lock icon Happy landing for Chinese pilot
      42 2 MR CHUNG Shung-hung, a Chinese airline pilot, is all smiles on arrival at Taipeh airport after defecting to Taiwan via Hongkong. He went to Hongkong on Dec 6 and was brought to Taiwan on Tuesday. AP picture.
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      Lock icon Man home after 40 years gets big surprise
      153 2 Man home after 40 years gets big surprise MANILA, Wed. A Filipino man, who lost contact with his family for nearly 40 years because of World War 11, returned to Manila to find his family has grown to 60 children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. Mr Julian Neary, 79, went to
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      Lock icon Sihanouk: I am dealing with China for arms
      340 2 JAKARTA, Wed FORMER Kampuchean head of state Prince Norodom Sihanouk said he was negotiating with China on the military solution of the Kampuchean problem, the leading Indonesian news magazine Tempo reported today. In an interview with the magazine's reporter Noorca Massardi in
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      Lock icon U.N. FOOD AID TO KHMERS SUSPENDED
      119 2 ROME, Wed. The Inlted Nations World Food Programme (WPF) has suspended emergency food aid shipments to Kampuchea because the supplies already delivered there have not been distributed, executive director Garson Yogel said today. The Rome-based UN agency has delivered about 31.1 M tonnes of
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      Lock icon Wading through hot chocolate
      132 2 CHICAGO, Wed. Firemen struggled through one-metre deep puddles of melted chocolate yesterday, licking it from their hands and wiping it from their eyes, to battle a chocolate-factory fire that caused an estimated US$5O,OOO (S$108,000) damage. Two fire-fighters, Mr Bernard Strickler, 35, and Mr John Parnmore, 25,
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      New Viet exodus may have begun, says paper
      503 2 HONGKONG, Wad VIETNAM may have launched another exodus of people from its shores, said the South China Morning Post. According to refugees picked up by the MV Simba last week, the deadline for the first wave of departures was set for Jan
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      Lock icon Indira's election rival
      51 2 Indira's election rival THIS is Mrs Indira (.andhi's rival at the Indian general elections starting today and a royal opponent too for she Ls Mrs Vljaya R»je Scindia, the former Bajmata or Princess of Gwalior. Mrs Scindia, M, is a candidate of former Prime Minister Morarji Desai's Janata Party. AP
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      Lock icon China plays up sports stars in policy shift
      107 2 China plays up sports stars in policy shift BEIJING, Wed. China's 2.2-metre basketball star Mil Tieh-chu was married on New Year's Day to factory worker Wang Chuan-hong, the newspaper Worker's Daily reported today. Wang, a defensive and rebounding standout for the Aug I team, wore a western suit and his
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      Lock icon Sabotage
      35 2 MILAN, Wed. Extremists set (ire to electronic equipment and the switchboard during the night in the new headquarters of Milan's economic daily newspaper, II Sole-24 Ore. police reported today. No details were available. AP
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      Lock icon Deng: Why wall was closed
      117 2 BEIJING, WEDNESDAY CHINESE Senior VicePremier Deng Xiaoping has indicated that Beijing's Democracy Wall was closed down because China could not afford political instability. Today's People's Daily carried the text of a speech given by Mr Dang yesterday in which he said: "We do not look
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      Air talks
      41 2 BANGKOK. Wed. Thai, Vietnamese and Lao aviation officials will meet in Hanoi from Jan 26 28 for regular talks during which a Laotian proposal to raise air fares is expected lo be considered, a Thai Airways spokesman reported today.
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      Lock icon Lower House sits on Jan 10
      168 2 NEW DELHI, Wed INDIA'S new Lok Sabha (Lower House of Parliament) will be constituted on Jan 10, following the general elections in the country tomorrow and Sunday, Chief Election Commissioner S. L. Shakhder disclosed today. In a broadcast to the nation, on the eve
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    • ECONOMIC SNIPPETS
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        Lock icon Nigeria ups oil price
        57 2 MdKKIA has increased the price of its crude oil from US$31.03 (SJ67.02) to US$34.48 a barrel. Lagos Radio reported yesterday. The radio, monitored in London, quoted the managing director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation as saying that the increase was intended to restore the competitiveness
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        Lock icon Welcoming it with a hike
        76 2 A I STRALJANS are start ing 1980 with a 17 per cent hike in the price of petrol (up US5 cents or Sll cents a litre) as a result of the price rise announced by the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries in Caracas. The Canberra
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        Lock icon 8pc economic growth rate
        81 2 THE economic growth of Taiwan last year is estimated to reach 8.03 per cent in real terms and the per capita income for the year would reach US$1,720 (SJ3J15) at current prices, according to a preliminary estimate issued in Taipeh by the Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting
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        Lock icon $54 m trade debts settled
        54 2 NORTH Korea has repaid trade debts totalling about US$25 million (SS54 million) to Japanese trading companies, according to the Tokyo-based Japan (North) Korea Trade Association. The payment was part of the interest overdue on the North Korean principal debts to Japanese trading houses amounting to
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      Strike brings British steel mills to a halt
      272 2 LONDON, Wed BRITAIN'S state-owned steel industry ground a halt today despite official warnings that a nation-wide strike the first in 53 years will he "extremely harmful" to a shaky economy. "The only question now is haw long it lasts," said BUI Sirs,
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      Lock icon Opening salvo of new struggle for the Gulf?
      477 3 SOVIET MILITARY INTERVENTION IN AFGHANISTAN THE Soviet -sponsored coup in Afghanistan is being viewed by analysts here as the opening salvo of what may become an East-West struggle for control of Persian Gulf energy resources. Afghanistan does not border on the gulf,
      AP  -  477 words
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      Lock icon Indians worried about Soviet move in Kabul
      377 3 Indians worried about Soviet move in Kabul NEW DELHI, Wed. Soviet intervention in Afghanistan and America^ reported decision to sell arms to Pakistan are drawing some attention in India. Caretaker Prime Minister Charan Singh summoned the Soviet ambassador on New Year's Eve to voice India's "deep concern" over the military
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      Lock icon Saudis fly aid to 400,000 Afghan refugees
      106 3 ISLAMABAD. Wed. Saudi Arabia has begun supplying aid to the estimated 400,000 refugees from Afghanistan who fled to Pakistan to escape the fighting between tribal guerillas and the Sovietbacked government. A plane load of food, blankets and tents arrived in Pakistan from the
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      Spectre of cold war looms
      216 3 Spectre of cold war looms WASHINGTON, Wed. President Jimmy Carter's strong condemnation of the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan confirms that detente between the two superpowers has been seriously impaired, political observers said yesterday. The language used by Mr Carter to criticise the Soviet Union and accuse its leader Leonid Brezhnev
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      Lock icon 12-hour non-stop swim to freedom
      155 4 12 -hour non-stop swim to freedom CAPE TOWN. Wed. A young East German marine engineer swam 12 hours non-stop to freedom after jumping off his ship near the demUte Namibia n skeleton coast on Christmas E Diplomatic sources here said the 22-year-old seaman, who did not want his name revealed,
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      Lock icon Mishap kills 8
      43 4 BANGKOK, Wed. Eight vil lagen wore killed and more than 50 injured when a bus ■kidded i iff the road and ran into the audience at an openair cinema in north-east Thailand last night, the Bangkok World reported today. Reuter.
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      Lock icon 3 East African leaders hold summit
      200 4 3 East African leaders hold summit DAR ES SALAAM. Wed. The presidents of the three countries which made up the defunct East African Community Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya began a meeting today in a bid to patch up their troubled relations. Tanzanian President Julius Nyerere had invited Presidents Daniel Arap
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      Lock icon Rural violence in Zimbabwe raises fears for ceasefire
      291 4 SALISBURY, Wed. A resurgence of rural violence and lawlessness by defiant guerillas today clearly worried British officials trying to keep the five-day-old truce alive. Fears for the ceasefire were heightened yesterday with more than 60 incidents ranging from murder and landmines to
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      Lock icon TV stations violated government policy'
      90 4 TV stations violated government policy' WASHINGTON, Wed. A coalition of environmentalists today aroused seven California TV stations of violating government policy by refusing to broadcast rebuttals to <n nt rovers i a lad vertisements sponsored by the loeal electric utility. The complaint, filed with the Federal Communications Commission, comes as
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      Lock icon Soames gives guerillas the once over
      38 4 LORD Soames reviewing a number of guerillas at an assembly point in Zimbabwe on Tuesday. The governor arrived at the camp by helicopter and inspected facilities for the newly-arrived guerillas. UPI picture.
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      Lock icon FIJI RIOT POLICE RETAKE PRISON
      118 4 FIJI RIOT POLICE RETAKE PRISON SUVA, Wed. Fijian riot police recaptured this South Pacific nation's chief prison here today by battering down its main gates with a bulldozer and disarming about 211 rioting prisoners. Eyewitnesses said that armed police scaled the walls of the fire-ravaged Suva Jail and fired tear
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      Lock icon Turkish army warns govt, politicians
      200 4 Turkish army warns govt, politicians ANKARA, Wed. President Fahri Koruturk today summoned Turkey's premier and opposition leader to discuss a stern army warning that the parties should cooperate in fighting anarchy, terrorism ana separatism. Prime Minister Suleiman Demirel told newsmen after the 30-minute meeting that the situation was "serious." He
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      Lock icon IUD company faces 1,000 lawsuits from women
      278 4 IUD company faces 1,000 lawsuits from women NEW YORK, Wednesday IN the early *****, the Dalkon shield intrauterine contraceptive was enthusiastically touted as an effective, safe alternative to the 1 birth control pill. Now, four years after problems and publicity persuaded the A. H. Robbins Co to stop producing the
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      Lock icon Asia's oldest goes tabloid
      71 4 COLOMBO, Wed. Sri Lanka's Ceylon Observer, the country's only English afternoon newspaper and the oldest newspaper in Asia, went tabloid today. Once known as the "Old Lady" of Baillie Street (the local Fleet Street during the British colonial days) and the "Grande Dame" of Asia, the
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      Lock icon Cabbie spends four days locked in trunk of car
      259 4 HOUSTON, Wed A TAXI driver was reported In good condition yesterday bat very sleepy after spending four days locked In the trunk of his cab by robbers. Mr Earl Blue Sr, SB, was found in the trunk on Monday by a
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      Lock icon 'Why Israel didn't get more aid'
      227 5 'Why Israel didn't get more aid' JERUSALEM, Wednesday ISRAEL'S policy of building settlements in tho occupied Arab territories apparently prevented Defence Minister Ezer Weizman from getting much more US aid to Israel when he went to Washington last month. According to sources close to Mr Weizman, US Defence Secretary Harold
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      Lock icon Khaled names new forces chiefs in shake-up
      333 5 Khaled names new forces chiefs in shake-up RIYADH, Wed. King Khaled appointed new commanders for Saudi Arabia's armed forces today in a shake-up apparently prompted by dissatisfaction with I ho handling of the attack on Mecca's Grand Mosque last month. Three royal decrees broadcast over the state radio in Riyadh,
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      Lock icon First woman to head production at Fox studio
      128 5 First woman to head production at Fox studio LOS ANGELES, Wed. Sherry Lansing, a 35-year-old former m<>del, became the first woman to head production at a major motion picture studio yesterday when she was named president of 20th CenturyFox Productions. Under a three-year contract, she will be paid a minimum
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      Lock icon Jail break-out
      38 5 BANGKOK. Wed Two Thai men. charged with attempted murder, today escaped from a jail here amid a barrage of gunfire from a prison guard, a Corrections (Prisons) Department spokesman said. They are sti'l at large. Reuter.
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      Lock icon SADAT, I'LL BACK ANY U.S. RAID TO FREE HOSTAGES
      188 5 NEW YORK, Wed. Egyptian President Anwar Sadat has said he would support a US military strike to free American hostages in Teheran. In an interview broadcast on CBS television last night Mr Sadat said: "If you use military force to occupy
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      Lock icon Chiefs' fears
      45 5 ANKARA, Wed. Turkey's chief of staff. General Kenan Evren, and commanders of the armed forces and national police visited the president yesterday to convey their concern over rising political terrorism and "threats directed at the unity of the nation," palace sources reported. AP.
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      Lock icon 892 victims of human jaws in NY City
      128 5 WASHINGTON, Wed. New York City, known for its muggers, thieves and arsonists, now seems to add human biters to its lexicon of dangers. The IS Health Department stated yesterday, more than three times as many people In New York were bitten by
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      Lock icon 47 die in cold wave
      62 5 47 die in cold wave NEW DELHI, Wed. At least 47 people have died of cold and exposure in a week-long cold wave sweeping northern India, Indian newspapers reported today. The highest death toll was reported from Bihar state, in eastern India, where 40 people have died. In Uttar Pradesh
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      Lock icon 'You know' and 'Have a nice day' make it to dishonour list
      316 5 'You know' and 'Have a nice day' make it to dishonour list NEW YORK, Wednesday. "HAVE a nice day," and "you know" begin the 1980 dishonour list of words banished from the Queen's English by the Unicorn Hunters of Lake Superior State College. In their sixth year of banning words,
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      Lock icon Wintry delay
      66 5 BRIGHTON, Wed. The scheduled opening of a nudist beach here yesterday was delayed for three months because the selected spot is exposed to winter winds. However, municipal concern centred not so much on the risk that a foolhardy New Year nudist might catch frostbite, as on the likelihood
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      Lock icon 'Positive' talks between Waldheim, Gotbzadeh
      208 5 'Positive' talks between Waldheim, Gotbzadeh TEHERAN, Wed. UN Secretary-General Kurt Waldheirn met today Foreign Minister Sadegh Qotbzadeh, who indicated the session was a positive step towards a solution of the US-Iran crisis. Their talks lasted nearly three hours. Reporters and photographers were allowed into Mr Qotbzadeh's office at the close
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    Road deaths in 1979 lowest in 15 years
    264 6 Road deaths in 1979 lowest in 15 years THE number of fatal and serious road accidents in 1979 was the lowest in 15 years, thanks to the selective enforcement and education policies of the Traffic Police. Even December, the month considered by Traffic Police to be the "most accident-prone," saw
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    Bank loans up in November
    125 6 BANK loans grew by $672 million in November, representing an annual rate of 30 per cent, to $15,535 million, according to the Monetary Authority of Singapore. i Its December bulletin on domestic monetary development says slightly more than one-third of the credit expansion was financed
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    Variety show
    27 6 THE management committee of Lim Chu Kang community co ntre will organise a Mandarin variety show on Jan 12 at 8 p.m. at its premises.
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    Another power and gas hike by PUB?
    206 6 Another power and gas hike by PUB? THE Public Utilities Board may raise its electricity and gas charges because of the recent oil price rise by the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries. A spokesman said yesterday that the board is studying the situation and reviewing the effect of the latest
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    CC sports
    34 6 HIKIT Ho Swee community centre will hold a tabulated sports meet for children from seven years to 12 years at is premises in Seng Poh Road on Jan 27 at 4 p.m.
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    Firm is awarded $245m contract
    111 6 Firm is awarded $245 m contract THE Public Utilities Board has awarded a $245,203,100 contract for the supply and installation of boilers and turbine generators for Senoko Power Station Stage m development to the Marubeni Corporation. A PUB statement said yesterday the contract is for two 250 turbine generators and
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    Swimming courses
    62 6 Swimming courses THE YMCA Orchard Road will hold a 10-session course on swimming (intermediate) from Jan 9. Fees are $40 for members and $50 for others. Another 10-session course for beginners will begin on Jan 10. Classes are held on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6 p.m. to 7.30 p.m. Fees
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    Customs duty on diesel may be retained
    427 6  - Customs duty on diesel may be retained LEE KIM CHEW By despite higher pump price by oil firms THE SIX-CENT per litre customs duty on diesel sold at petrol kiosks is likely to be retained despite the higher pump price fixed by the oil companies. An argument for retaining the
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    Times Cup chess tourney ends after 17 nights
    189 8 Times Cup chess tourney ends after 17 nights THE Straits Times Cap National Chinese Chess Tournament ended at the Tlong Kahru People's Auditorium last night after 17 nights of play by about 15* contestants. In the Class Oae or senior section last night, Mr Sin Yuen Chin, 42, beat Mr
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    Curry course
    36 8 GHIM Moh community centre will hold an elementary padang curry course on Sundays at its premises in Ghim Moh Road from Jan 13 from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. For more details, ring *****0.
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    Fined $400 for mischief
    237 8 LEE MUN HUNG, 70, was fined $400 after he was found guilty by a magistrate's court yesterday of committing mischief by damaging a telephone and a table glass at the Central police station. The court heard that Lee was arrested when he was going to the
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    DOUBLE JOY ON NEW YEAR'S DAY
    136 8 DOUBLE JOY ON NEW YEAR'S DAY NEW Year's Day brought these two identical handles of Joy to Mrs Tay Phu Yong, 21, who had not expected twin births. The babies both boys were born at 5.15 and 6.11 a.m. at Alexandra Hospital. The older twin (right) weighs 2.5 kg, and
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    Hawkins Centre refugees to be rehoused
    255 8 MORE than 1,000 refugees at Hawkins Centre will be moved to a larger camp about 1.5 km away at the end of the month, reliable sources said. An official of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees said yesterday that his office was negotiating
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    Speeding m-cyclist gets fine, three-year ban
    102 8 Speeding m-cyclist gets fine, three-year ban LIM PHUNG LEE, 21, was fined $1,200 by a magistrate yesterday when he pleaded guilty to speeding on his motorcycle and other traffic offences. He was caught riding at 150-160 km h along East Coast Parkway where the speed limit is 70 km h.
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    Four months' for theft
    58 8 A JOBLESS man, Hoo Kew, 40. was jailed (our months by a district court judge y ester day when he pleaded guilty to breaking into a building at Jalan Tiga Ratus, and stealing eight pieces of plywood valued at $500, a $600 electric cutter and two
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    Housewife fined
    75 8 HOUSEWIFE Jamilah binte Jantan, 24, was jailed a day and fined $300 by a magistrate yesterday when she pleaded guilty to stealing $351 worth of cash and jewellery. The court heard that she went into housewife Madam Zaiton binte Ali's house in Lorong 1, Toa Pay oh on
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    Garden expo
    32 8 THE MP for Serangoon Garden, Dr Lav Teik Soon, will open the Serangoon Garde.i exposition at Avenue One, Ang Mo Kio, opposite Block 241. on Jan 12 at 7.30 p.m.
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      219 8 Bringing Up Father By Bill Kavanagh Hal Camp BE CAREFUL WITH YtXJR I I WHAT CO THEY MEAN, I, I ONE OP THOSE PICKMAG6IE ALMOST CLEANED WALLBT, MAN ~IT SAYS —r s RECENTLY"' I POCKETS HAS ALWAYS ME OUT- -I SHOULD HAVE HERE THAT PICKPOCKETS Is SEEN -ACTIVE AROUND KNOWN
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    'Locked grilles could have averted boy's fall'
    264 9 'Locked grilles could have averted boy's fall' THE tragedy of a four-year-old boy falling 11 floors from a block of flats could have been ■verted if the window in the kitchen had br* n locked. Coroner Jeffrey Chan made this observation yesterday in the inquiry into the death of Lee
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    Confirmed: Skyhawks crashed near top of mountain
    123 9  - Confirmed: Skyhawks crashed near top of mountain ABBY TAN By Our Manila Correspondent MANILA, Wed. It Is now run firmed that the three missing Republic of Singapore Air Force Skyhawks crashed near the top of a 334-metre mountain. A lone piece of metal debris retrieved from a village In Quezon
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    Aerial photos
    86 9 According to a I'SAF spokesman, it might take one day to reach the foot of the mountain and another day to scale the slope. Aerial photographs taken by a I'SAF RF4 reconnaissance §lane showed three lack patches on the slope about 13 metres from the peak of Mount
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    Batik show
    27 9 THE MP for Kirn Seng, Di Ong^ Leong Boon, will open a batik painting exhibition at the Singapore Conference Hall on Friday at 5.30 p.m.
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    HOUSEWIVES' MARKETING GUIDE
    357 9 The retail prices of market it ms are provided below for general guidance only item I iinm UNI I PRICE m> i ItfM ARF A MARKET l e m Io icrdnguon odiocn VtGHABlf',: Bayam Bean Sprout b0^ 1 kj 60S* I H $0 40 $0 50 $0
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    Min Pao executives meet ministry officials
    246 9 FIVE representatives from Mm Pao which ceased publication on Tuesday following non-renewal of its printing licence, yesterday met the permanent secretary of the Culture Ministry, Mr Cheng Tong Fatt and other officials at the ministry. A ministry spokesman said that the newspaper admitted it
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    Gold price up again
    32 9 GOLD prices in Singapore have gone up again. The new prices yesterday were $1,530 a tahil for 24 carat, $1,440 for 22 carat and $1,350 for pound gold.
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    Porkmen stand firm on price increase
    407 9 'Higher wages and transport costs' THE Singapore Pork Merchants' Association is standing firm on its 30 cents a kilogram or 18 cents a kati (605g) price increase for pork despite a National Development Ministry statement that the rise should not exceed 25 cents. The
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    S'pore will attend fair
    60 9 SINGAPORE will take part in the 17th International Furniture Fair in Cologne from Jan 15 to 20 as part of the export promotion programme of the Department of Trade. Six local manufacturers will display a variety of wooden furniture at the fair which expects an attendance
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    Road relay
    37 9 THE Teck Ghee community centre will hold a road relay for residents of Serangoon Gai-dens constituency and Ang Mo Kio neighbourhoods three, four and five on Jan 27 at 8 a.m. For details, ring *****65.
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    Blind, deaf woman jumped to death after robbery
    174 9 Blind, deaf woman jumped to death after robbery A BLIND and deaf woman one day let into her flat a stranger, who stole about $7,000 worth of jewellery, a coroner's court heard yesterday. Saddened by the loss, 76-year-old Madam Tan Ah Chian jumped to her death from her flat in
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    Manpower survey
    71 9 Manpower survey A TEAM o( senior officials Irom the Ministry of Labour will visit selected firms in the manufacturing and service sectors during this month and next to obtain feedback on manpower problems for policy review. Headed by the ministry's permanent secretary, Dr Han Cheng Fong. the team hopes to
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    Port union drive on work attitude underway
    353 10 Port union drive on work attitude underway ABOUT 10,000 junior employees of the Port Authority are involved in a campaign launched yesterday to inculcate good work attitude among port workers. More than half of them are field workers at the wharves. The work areas covered by the volunteers and their
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    Viet plane to be flown back
    204 10 SEVEN Vietnamese relief crew members arrived yesterday .>n board an Antonov-24 aircraft to fly back a Vietnamese Air Force transport plane which flew here last Nov 24 with 13 people on board. Yesterday's plane, from Air Vietnam, flew in at 11 a.m. and left
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    'SIA can overcome problems in 2 years'
    440 10 'SIA can overcome problems in 2 years' SINGAPORE Airlines, whose after-tax profit for the April to November period last year nose-dived to $12 million, can overcome its problems in the next two years, according to its chairman, Mr J. Y. M. Pillay. Mr Pillay expressed his confidence in his New
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    Man in hospital after gang attack
    155 10 Man in hospital after gang attack A MAN was admitted to the Singapore General Hospital last night after he was stabbed by a group of more than 20 youths in Marine Parade. The group also smashed his car's windscreen. Police identified him as Mr Yip Wai Keong, of Sunset Way,
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      165 10 Straits Times Crossword ACROSS There's medicine in the cry lln Chantham South a lettuce is "V("* ILM(1 L M 7 iii« > m«i t. something we g e« from birds 5 (.'T 10 Thi' Fre M nc°hT>— en- g«• 12 lYoportion is k. than port.on j JJX^ taTh'on a hiU
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      Lock icon Man gets death for having home-made grenade
      168 11 Man gets death for having home-made grenade hi M LUMPUR, Wed. A judge said today he would not allow his court to be dictated by the whims and fancies of accused persons. Mr Justice Harun Hashim made his ohservatlons shortly before sentencing construction worker him Mnn Long, 28, to death
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      Lock icon Concern over tithes
      68 11 PETALING JAVA, Wed. The Sultan of Selangor today voiced grave concern that only a few Muslims in the country actually paid tithes on their wealth and property. Opening a four-day seminar here on ways to improve tithe collection and distribution of funds to the poor and needy,
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      Lock icon Lorries cause of 220 deaths
      34 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Lorries were responsible (or nearly 220 deaths on the road last year about the same number killed in previous years. Buses caused another 80 deaths. NST.
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      Lock icon Islamic meet
      33 11 KUAI.A LUMPUR. Wed. About 100 de'egates from 17 countries in the South-east Asia and Pacific region are expected to attend a four-day Islamic Dakwah (Missionary) conference here beginning Jan 11. NST.
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      Lock icon KL TO LIFT SANCTIONS AGAINST ZIMBABWE
      93 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The Malaysian Government is taking steps to lift trade embargoes with Zimbabwe, Foreign Minister Tengku Ahmad Rithauddeen said here today. This was because of the re-establishment of British authority in Zimbabwe and the recommendation of the United Nations Se- curity Council
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      Lock icon Govt move to boost quality of food
      162 11 Govt move to boost quality of food KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The government is concerned about the poor quality of f xx) sold in the country, and is planning more effective legislation to ensure better quality control. The Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health, Mr Jaw.in Empaling, said a new
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      Lock icon Prison staff shortage
      66 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. An acute shortage of staff in the Malaysian Prisons Department has caused a vast imbalance in the staff-prisoner ratio, its director-general, Datuk Ibrahim Haji Mohamed, said in an interview with the Malay Mail yesterday. The ratio, in some cases, is one warden to 63
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      Lock icon Kiosk hold-up
      31 11 IPOH, Wed. Two robbers, one armed with a toy pistol, held up three petrol service station attendants in Jalan Tasek here on Monday night and escaped with $600 NST
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      Ghazali is tipped to be Foreign Minister
      324 11  -  M.G.G. PILLAI By Our XL correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Malaysian Home Minister Tan Sri Ghazali Shafie is expected to move to the Foreign Affairs Ministry in an impending cabinet reshuffle. Foreign Minister Tenjjku Ahmad Rith.-uddeen is expected to move to Trade and Industry
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      Eight men in temple case sentenced
      266 11 Eight men in temple case sentenced KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday EIGHT temple guards who killed four intruders in a Hindu temple at Kerling in 1978 today received jail sencences of between 30 months and four years from the Port Klang magistrate, Mr Ali bin Abdul Aziz. Six of them were later
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    The storm clouds ahead
    1716 12  -  JANIE KHOO AFTER almost eight years of relatively smooth flying, Singapore Airlines will be facing rough weather in the Eighties. Although the yellow bird has been through some difficult times, the airline's boardroom pilots will be facing real turbulence, some stirred up by world events, such
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  • The Straits Times THURSDAY, JANUARY 3, 1980
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      WORK PROUD
      403 12 "WORK without supervision" is the catchphrase of the Singapore Portworkers' Union's (SPWU) month-long campaign to promote positive work attitudes among its members. At first sight it may strike some as anomalous because he nature and the system of cargo handling is such that it entails supervision at almost
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      LAME EXCUSE
      375 12 THE Kremlin explanation for the Soviet rape of Afghanistan borders on the ludicrous. Only the gullible will accept the lame excuse that the Russians were invited into Kabul by the very regime that was overthrown by the Sovietengineered coup. The Russians speak of a "limited" Soviet military presence
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    Peep under the black robe
    743 12 NEW YORK: Bob Woodward and Scott Armstrong have peeped under the black robe of the Supreme Court, and a dismaying sight it is as they tell it in the brethren. 1 have always imagined the Chief Justice calling his colleagues to order with some sombre
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      131 12 r This issue has been completed. i This announcement appears as a matter of record. December 1979 ORIENTAL HOLDINGS BERHAD NEW ISSUE OF 20,000,000 ORDINARY SHARES OF $1.00 EACH AT A PRICE OF $1.60 PER ORDINARY SHARE PAYABLE IN FULL ON APPLICATION Managed by IAAAI 4SC4MMNKERS NML4VSM >iSE4MB4NKERS M4MYSI4 BERH4D
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      Those flat corridor light times should be adjusted
      97 13 Those flat corridor light times should be adjusted I OBSERVE that the corridor lights in my block of HDB flats at Toa Payoh are switched on at about 7.30 p.m. and turned off after 6 a.m. These times, I feel, are not convenient to the residents. When it is dark
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      Assessing leadership qualities in police recruitment
      374 13 Place more reliance on conduct, less on rank THIS is in response to the letter, "Leadership qualities are essential in our police force," by Mr Teo Han Wue, Head, Public Relations Division, on behalf of the Commissioner of Police (ST, Dec 27). I find
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      Thanked for her interest in bilingualism effort
      73 13 I RKFKR to the letter, "Language habits have to be set in the home," by Mrs Susan Kiddle Piga (ST, Dee 22) and wish to inform her that Ministry of Education has taken note of her ideas and suggestions. We would like to
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      How can it be said no bias exists?
      55 13 I READ with interest the letter by Mr Teo Han Wue, (Head, Public Relations Division, Singapore Police Force) on the leadership qualities in our police force. Mr Teo points out that the disparity in the starting salaries for an inspector arises from
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      Thanks for all those suggestions
      63 13 I REFER to the letters, "Down To Earth" (ST, Dec 10), and K.L.Gan (ST, Dec 15) and the views of the special committee of the St Andrew's Parent-Teacher Association (ST, Dec 13) and would like to thank the writers for their interest in the matter
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      Singapore 1128. This shows policy is inconsistent
      347 13 Singapore 1128. This shows policy is inconsistent ON READING Mr Teo Han Wue's letter on behalf of the Commissioner of Police on leadership qualities in the police force (ST, Dec 27), one tends to conclude that the police are confused or inconsistent in their enlistment policy. Mr Teo (Head, Public
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      Why is SBS taking this hard line against us?
      316 13 Why is SBS taking this hard line against us? I AM a full-time pre-uni-versity student in a private school and monthly pay more than $100 just for school fees alone. As a private student, I am not entitled to a student concession pass that has been provided for students in
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      Give them free rides in off-peak hours
      76 13 I HAVE travelled extensively In Europe and In all the countries of Europe Senior Citizens are given free bus transport during off-peak hours. We In Singapore pride ourselves as having the most advanced country In Asia after Japan. Couldn't we give our Senior
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      Perhaps my last resort is a dummy body!
      247 13 Perhaps my last resort is a dummy body! I HAVE written two letters disputing the necessity of having trailer attendants for all vehicle prime movers when they are on the move as required by present traffic rules and regulations. I am very disappointed to know that the authorities like the
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      25 13 7fl IUOFF On exclusive designs of Solid Ram in CKD Furniture on Genuine Leather and Manau Cane Furniture 3rd Fir. Plaza Singapura (above Yaohan Orchard)
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      305 13 Share the Rare Delights of I Holiday v Hfa0" ~9^^flKti I Taniung Penawar, Johor. AttmrtJtHtlt <^l I Situated within easy reach of DESARUDBCO > 'MHH I J°hor Bahru and Singapore, \Bwry SrtuwtoTftgN/ J^ Jjr^~^~ DESARU Hobday Resort is j 8p*n UatAwjtt f I fast turning into a popular I vacation
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    The Clips way for more effective Mandarin learning
    585 14 PUPILS who Warn Mandarin the traditional way by rote learn more slowly than pupils helped along by Clips, which refers to Chinese language instructional materials for primary schools. The Education Ministry said this is clearly shown in the experience of three schools.
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    Few trainee teachers entering IE's January intake
    202 14 Few trainee teachers entering IE's January intake SURPRISINGLY few trainee teachers are entering the Institute of Education in the January 1980 intake. A total of 292 will be taking classes, compared to 554 in January last year and 813 in July last year. An IE statement said yesterday that the
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    Check-off system plan for school fees
    331 14 Deductions from bank account or pa> PARENTS can pay school fees more conveniently through a check-off system the Education Ministry intends to introduce, whereby fees will be deducted monthly from their bank account or salary. This will save parents the bother of giving cash
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    Price of milk for pupils goes up
    159 14 Price of milk for pupils goes up THE price of milk for primary school children went up yesterday from 12 rents to 15 rents a packet. I'nder the sehool milk scheme, which began in I t, milk is sold to pupils at subsidised prices. Principals deride whether pupils ran afford
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    Jogging club
    28 14 MOUNTBATTEN community I'niii' youth group has formed a jogging-cum-keep fit club for youths, especially Singapore Aimed Forces reservists living in the constituency. Ring *****7 for details.
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    MP to make metric tour
    80 14 The MP for Khe Bong. Mr Ho See Beng, will tour the Toa Payoh I .or i>n._; 4 market in Block 93 from 9 a.m. today M part of tne Metrication Board's z^nal metric educational programme for Khe Bong constituency. A metric information stall will
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    Get-together
    38 14 THE MP for Geylang Serai. i H.iji Rahmat bin Kenap, will attend a get-together tea party I organised by the Geylang Serai community centre management committee on Jan 13 at 4.30 p.m. at Blork 11. Haig Road.
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      69 14 Masgoingpla Now DC~IO wide-body comfort tojeddah. From January, Mas, the airline of Malaysia flies to Jeddah non stop with wide body comfort of the DC- 10. Every Wednesday and Sunday departing Kuala Lumpur at 10.30 p.m. The airline of Malaysia is going places in the' Bos. With new aircraft, new
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    Pre-primary scheme in Chinese schools: Drop in enrolment
    425 15  -  JUNE TAN By THE pre-primary programme in Chinese schools, now entering its second year, has had a drop in enrolment from 4,675 last year to 3,873 this year. This decrease comes mainly in small rural schools and the urban non-pn_»stigious Chinese schools,
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    Lock icon The first day — but who's shy?
    72 15 The first day but who's shy? MONKEY business on the first day of school? Primary One pupil Alex Ho (left) feels right at home in Marls Stella High School. And so he should. After spending one year In the school's preprimary class, Alex, six, has no reason to feel shy.
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    Probe into shooting: 3 answer call
    105 15 THREE men have responded to a police call to help them in their investigations into a fatal Christmas Day shooting at a nightclub in Eu Tong Sen Street. A police spokesman said yesterday that statements have been taken from them on the incident in
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    Pinned to death between lorries, court told
    220 15 Pinned to death between lorries, court told A RUNAWAY lorry rammed into another, sandwiching between them a supervisor at the Changi Airport construction site, a district court heard yesterday. Mr Loh Theck Yam, 26, was taken to the Changi Hospital but died of multiple injuries. The court heard that Mr
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    Feb date for CBT trial
    64 15 THE case against a woman, Yeo Swee Eng, 32, who claimed trial to criminal breach of trust of diamonds worth $114.220 was yesterday adjourned to Feb 1 and 2. Yeo. of Blk 406, Ang Mo Kio, was alleged to have committed the offence between Jan
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    On swimming
    33 15 c;HIM Moh community centre will hold a swimming class for children on Sundays at the Buona Vista swimming pool from Feb 3. The fee is $15. For further details, ring *****0.
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        Falls
        45 16 Oramira V II S M.ia Dutch Baby K E L*vin*»ton C Su«ar» >riont«l Hid*. Bounlradco \>fr Hitam Tin M Breweriea E»o FAN 176 392 180 280 4«4 278 206 1360 720 595 595 -u -i: ii -8 -6 6 -6 -5 -5 -5 -5
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        Rises
        40 16 "•nrtnKrl- 1 .a M»l.-\ lioodwood Park (■Yd Cables Malayawata Mega Chem Ku Van Sang K L KeponR Spore Bus Dili ouu 440 560 170 254 131 126 386 3S2 352 20 10 10 9 7 7 6 8 8
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        Most active stocks
        31 16 Haw Par M Credit t O L Faber Merlin City Dev Spore Land Taiping Textile Inrhrape r o b 611.000 253.000 200.000 199.000 140.000 140.000 129.000 123.000 111.000
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        Indices
        33 16 1ST Index Industrials: Finance: Hotels: Properties: Minings: Plantations: O.C.B.C.: Dec 31 Jan 2 3101.43 3124.11 ***** 435.22 769.15 772.26 ***** 352.31 270.58 271.27 241.14 241.07 735.52 736.15 ***** 415.13 ioi or wrn
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        H'kong
        454 16 HONGKONG: Stocks firmed sharply in very active trading yesterday, with the Hang Seng index rising 9 75 points to reach a new six-and-a-half-year high of 889.13, dealers said. Buying was selective, they said, with most of the interest this morning concentrated on Hongkong Land amid market expectations of an
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        Sydney
        296 16 SYDNEY: Concern over world energy supplies, the MiddleEast situation and the Australian crude oil parity price increase pushed the market in general, and resource stocks in particular sharply higher yesterday, dealers said. BHP rose 90 cents to A512.10 on strong local and overseas buying support, helped by Friday's announcement
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        Market holiday
        9 16 THE Tokyo Stock Exchange was closed yesterday.
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        Treasury Bill tender
        39 16 THE MONETARY Authority of Singapore (MAS) invites banks and discount houses (o tender for a total of $30 million 91-day Treasury Bills to be issued on January 4. Each tender must not be less than $250,000
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        PRODUCE PRICES
        126 16 t— PRODI I K EXCHANGE, SINGAPORE, NOON CLOSING PRICKS PKR I'll I I YESTKRDAV: I'tnnl all: Bulk $108 sellers, old drum JIM sellers, new drum Jlln filers <frm: Mixed I loose) UK Com *.3 00 buyers. Pepper: Munlok ASTA while fob ICC. NLW $325 00 sellers. Sarawak while
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        GOLD
        217 16 THE KILOBAR market (or gold deliverable in Singapore opened at $37,147 and dosed at 138.954 yesterday. In the Far East, gold opened after the New Year holiday at ('SS533.00 535 00 and good buying interest as a result of continuing uncertainty in Afghanistan and oil price Increases saw gold
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        TIN
        125 16 THE STRAITS tin price recovered $23 to S2.U1 per picul (equivalent to $34.90 per kilo) in Penang yesterday on an official offering down 157 '< tonnes to 150 tonnes. LONDON: Tin closed the morning down £22 for Cash and unchanged for Three Months standard and down £20 for Cash
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        CLOSING PRICES
        39 16 Rubber: Jan 2 Singapore: January: 300.75 cents (up 2.50 cents) Malaysia: January: 301.50 cents (up 3.00 cents) Tin: M $2, 1 1 1 (equivalent to $34.90 per kilo) (up $23) Official offering: 150 tonnes (down ***** tonne
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        COPPER
        35 16 LONDON: Copper (noon) prices on Monday (previous in brackets). Wirebar Spot L 994 £997: sellers 1.995 (C 998: Three Month buyers LI. OOB (C 1.007), sellers 1:1.009 1111.008) Markrl laae: Steady Sain: 11.500 tonnes.
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        RUBBER
        507 16 PRICES in the Singapore rubber market closed firm- j er yesterday with January RSS One buyers quoted at 300.75 cents per kilo, up i 2.50 cents from Monday's I close, dealers said. Prices rose two cents during the morning's trad- i ing on trade and specula- i tive demand,
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        80 16 NOON SSR .nd SMR pm» yWrrday RAS J.«««r> {Carnal Mlk) Buy«n Srllrr. SSKJU il !..■> |»lkli 271.00 mflW SSR SO lluaipdWll nMM MKELB SMHCV ili.op^ku :iw.ai iM SMRL lll.opall>t> II.SUi IITION SMKCP <M.<ip.llMl I'NQ I'NO SMRS nimp.ll.li 29U00 2»2 00N SMR 10 iMuipallHI Rt IfUHl SMR 20
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      333 16 SENTIMENT continued to nile from steady to firm at the Stork Exchange of Singapore yesterday. Second liner* were again the Mr movers, although they generally closed off best. Eve* with Intermittent boots of profit-taking, the closing tone was technically strong. Much of the buying was noted
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      299 16 The first trading session of I 1960 saw a good start on the the Kuala Lumpur stock market yesterday. The New Straits Times industrial share index, reflecting the steadier trend, climbed 0.86 point to 473.09. while the Business Times index gained 39.91 points to 4841.43. Fairly keen demand
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      164 16 THE US dollar fell further in the Singapore forex market yesterday with sentiment for it undermined by the soaring gold price and the continuing tension in the Middle-East. It opened lower at $2.1540 60 compared with $2.1605 15 at last Friday's close and closed lower at $2.1495
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      332 16 South' \-tlr> 4 I'rarci NOTE: These rates may differ slightly from those quoted b> banks to their customers. iim i ciuam raies ai j.uu pm Currancw* Nominal rates Smith»onnn quoted y«it«rdiy (crots)panty P«rcenUg» change Local dollars to one unit of foreign currency: US dollar 2.1495 2.1505 2.8196 Sterling
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      45 16 KANiib 01 prices oiierm Dy a ount houses on Jan 2: overnight 3 lo 6'. Call deposits 6 Ip 6 't Ckniaf Bunnl Srlliol {-month Treasury bills 6 6 < month Bank bills 10 103 months CD 10 10 iimonlh.sCD 9 > 9 Source: National Dinrnunl ('<
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      29 16 ionihk 'nwrouni raiei MiiK.i|«iri- dollars on Jan Offer Bi Overnight 7 6 I month 10 9/16 10 10 9/16 10 .< months 10 9/16 10 overnight mode 11
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      28 16 THE avenge ret* at which major Singapore I banks are currently prepared to lend to their best I I customers is 5.5 per cent. I
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      1391 16 THE lad Iraiuanml rrady tale at the rime n( buxinm on Ihr Murk Kxchangr o( Stagal<nrr ynlrrday romparrd *1th Ihr prwtou* (Uy'i prim KigriVt wtih NTO hijjh and low i A.liiimci tor rip ri«hii laaur) Utl Low Coapaay s.l, or •.H TKIV <IVt. IMHimUl I1WMWIM 61 XT) Acma
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      326 16 I Closing tone: Steady. Turnover: Official figures supplied by the Stock Exchange of Singapore including odd lots "Ready" totalled: 5.879,000 units valued at $13,648,000 Industrials accounted for 3,638,000, finance 491,000, hotels 540,000, properties 956,000, debentures, loans and bonds nil. plantations 227,000, minings 27.000. "Settlement" contracts totalled: 927,000 units
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      1656 16 BID and offer prices officially listed and business in an reported to the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday with the number of shares traded shown in brackets in lots of 1.000 units unless otherwise specified. All Times Settlement Contracts are quoted after the word "sett" Big Board
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      1658 16 BID and oiler prices officially listed and business in and reported to the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange yesterday with the number of shares traded shown in brackets in lots of 1.000 units unless otherwise specified INDISTRIALK tjlnMIMM (3 MS I \le»m M *H I 88S) (2) 1 86
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      912 17 C C Bintang optimistic about '80 outlook THF chairman of Cycle and Carriage Bintang (CCB). Mr Chua Boon Peng, is optimistic about the company's prospects for the current year, and expects 1980 results to "at least match" those reported for the year to September 30, 1979, when CCB posted a
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      F-E Levingston sees dramatic turn of fortune
      480 17 F-E Levingston sees dramatic turn of fortune FAR-EAST Levingston, the nil rig builder that went into the red to the tune of S3 million at the interim period, saw a dramatic turn of fortune in recent months. The company recently won two contracts totalling $90 million to build two jack-up
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      535 17 JARDINE Matheson and Co has announced several senior appointments including a board director, three assistant directors and ten general managers. Appointed to the main board as executive director is Mi Murtin Barrow 35, who is also director and manager of Jardines in Japan. He joined
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      242 17 Profit at BMT rises sharply BRITISH and Malayan Trustees (BMT), which was the subject of a takeover bid by the Oversea-Chinese Hanking Corporation group recently, has reported sharply higher earnings (or the year ended June 3», 1971. Pre-tax profit (or the year doubled to $121,722 largely because of a much
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      118 17 FEDERAL Cables has announced that Mr Hamid bin Ibrahim has ceased to be an alternate director to Dato Nik Hussain bin Nik Ali. Pfthaag Consolidated said that at its AGM on Dec 24, all resolutions proposed were approved by the shareholders. Halted Overseas Bank US$25 million floating rate
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    IN EVER LOVING MEMORY Of
    31 17 Miss Low la Kong Dwporfad 12 12 1970 Will always be remembered by your Classmates (5 Sc 2) at Schoolmates of Mahmud Secondary School. Raub, Pahang.
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      506 17 r i MMM million r.V^A\ MILES L MARINE i (PTEILTD r i Million Miles Marine u t Scientific Instruments Co. U I Wish to announce to all 1 m- business associates that with immediate effect our company's i L name will be changed to MILLION MILES MARINE |PTE) LTD. M
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      97 17 FACiT AB, a Member of the Electrolux Group of Companies, wish to announce that with effect from Ist Jan. 1980, all Facit products will be marketed by Electrolux S.EA(Pte) Ltd. We wish to thank Messrs Equatron Pte Ltd ac IT for their co-operation and i= acit past efforts. facit FACIT
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      481 17 KENYATAAN TAWARAN JABATAN PARIT DAN TALI AIR MALAYSIA RANCANGAN PENGAIRAN MUDA, KEDAH PERLIS PROJEK MUDA II (DIBI AYAI OIEH BANK DUNIA) KONTREK NO. RPM. 103/79 1 Toworon daripada Pemborong pemborong yong berdaftor dengon Jobotan Pant dan Taliair Malaysia (Persekutuon) dalam kelos B A a dan b) afcan ditenma d. PEJABAT
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      4644 18 AT YOUR SERVICE RATES SECTION INDEX Telephone Service. *****22 p/^ 1 Moodoy Frtooy 830om -500pm Or<*nory 70 c.s per word Imn JTIO 50. I FOR SALE SHOPPING GUIDE W^ XOX O ((l /A vL y>^S>. V^Nkj I n^^ I I |T*^ I |B A^^l IfflW COUNTER SERVICE »°39 PMP M
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      636 18 II EMPLOYMENT LADY GENERAL CLERK required by a small company to handle telephone calls and some paperwork and typing Interested please call *****35/ *****13. Mr Tan LADY RECEPTIONIST/ CLERK/ Typist with knowledge of simple Accountancy and Office Routine wanted immediately Tel: *****32 for interview LEGAL FIRM REQUIRES one Court Clerk
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      740 18 I PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM requires Audit Assistants md Audit Clerks Applicant* must have ;it le.isl 2 years profession. i] experience. Please submit nsume. contact phone number Hi ST. Box A***** PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS FIRM r. quires Audit Clerks Please apply stating experience and personal resume including non-return-able passport list photograph and
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      728 19 II EMPLOYMENT 111 1 31 Situations Vacant > b) Secretarial and i Clerical l REQUIRED FEMALE GENERAL < Clerk Writ.' with full particulars I number I i pei Berangoon Road, ISM Well established trading company has immediate vacancies for the following positions SENIOR CLERK I (female) lor the sales .1(1
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      722 19 I European Organisation dealing in Domestic Electrical Household Appliances have vacancies for ted will be trained lo I •am Supervisors and be paid in the region of $14,000 |„i plus transport allowance Requirement: Must complete N.S Have a pleasant t persuasive personality A cheerful a co-operative attitude GCE. O Level.
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      700 19 II EMPLOYMENT MARKETING REPRESENTATIVES An expanding Manufacturer in Jurong dealing In Consumer goods is seeking for 2 Marketing Representatives to Join their Marketing' Sales Department AppltcaUon is open to male and female Oualrnca'ions: c Possess a valid driving IICtnea and own a car. c Completed full-time N.S .or doing parl-lime
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      672 19 I »gp\ A W SALES MANAGEMENT TRAINEES Established company with branches in Thailand. Hong applications trom suitable candidates to iom their present team of professional sates per1 Is your age between 16-45 yrs? YES/NO 2) Do you possess a G.CE? YES/NO 3) Are you prepared to undergo a period of
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      582 19 II EMPLOYMENT A FACTORY IN JURONO (1) SHEETMETAL FITTERS/ WORKERS (2) SEMI-SKILLED CARPENTER CUM FITTER I (3) GENERAL WORKERS Please call lei. K2427/ I lor an apj pomtment 5 A Jalan Terusan Jurong Singapore 2261 A large well established company in Singapore requires Draughtsman Technician Certificate from STI In Mechanical
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      594 19 -mmmmmJ ELECTRONIC TECHNICIAN (Male or Female) a With basic electronic qualifications c Experience not necessary Apply personalty or write with particulars to: POLYGRAM RECORDS PTE. LTD., 6, JOO KOON CIRCLE, SINGAPORE 2262. NGINEERING FIRM REQUIRES immediately 1 Electrical Project Supervisor with experience in motor controls and Instrumentation design. Those Interested,
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      591 19 II EMPLOYMENT Westinghouse FEMALE TECHNICAL ASISSTANT We are looking for a young and intelligent femala who appreciates the values of an efficient system of office procedures. She will assist the Engineering Service Manager In keeping work, marketlne and spare parts records up-to-date and In handling customer service calls. She must
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      676 19 I I GENERAL mi ELECTRIC USA TELEVISION a APPLIANCE art LTD I invites amiably qualified appliI cants lor Immediate empiovELECTRONK TECHNICIANS I c Certificate in Electronic Servicing or Electronic Engineering OR I c 110 2 years working experience in troubleshooting and servicing of electronic equipment I Interested applicants should I
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      469 19 II EMPLOYMENT GENERAL AMAH REOUMEO bj small Australian family Holland Village Reierences required Tel *****65 GENERAL AMAH REOUMED Immediately Call personally at 2-B. Blk 19. Lim Llak Street (opposite Tlong Bahru Market) between lpm and Sp m today GENERAL/WASH AMAH r-"]Uire<l to work as second amah in expatriate house Accommodation
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      277 19 I Established American International Co^ [$295 $545 M^sta^eAaMaieJjyJ e^BMeMMMeMJaiMH a National Semiconductor NS ELECTRONICS (PTE)LTD 1100 Lower Delta Road Singapore 0316 EXPERIENCED PRINTER a Male Singaporean c Salary depending on experiApply at. 6C COMMONWEALTH LANE SINGAPORE 0314 FACTORY IN JURONG PRODUCTION WORKERS (Shift duties) a Male/ Female $9/»9 50 per
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      386 20 II EMPLOYMENT 31 Situation* Vacant I) Production W% MUSTAO Norwegian Manufacturing company in Jurong requite* MALE PRODUCTION OPERATORS N lUonal Service ndar] m education a At l> .'luslnal vkurkuiK experlenci prefrrable c WilliMß lo work weekly l| -lull Starting pay *270 to $300 WE OFFER: a Attractive shift allo* Free
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      697 20 1) FORKLIFT DRIVER RpMrttQCV in driving a lorklirv moat be willing to assist Blow keeper in material hanniniK preferably with driving 112) MAINTENANCE TRAMEE al School leavers are trliiiinr to apply However preference will be given to those me general maintenance PXperteftCf or with ITB Trade OorUfl 3) «.r' T-iCIAN
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      656 20 II EMPLOYMENT A wen eolabllehad club in Orchard Road area requires EXPERIENCED ENGLISH SPEAKING WAITRESSES Interested parties, please call: *****04 or ***** M for appointment. A well established manufacturing Company In Jurong requires the following positions urgently A; APPRENTICE ELECTRICIAN cur MECHANICS Completed National Service and have a basic knowledge
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      693 20 I BILL COLLECTORS REQUIRED 1111 mediately Possess a motorbike I Must be hardworking with initiative Basic plus commission lull personally: Room 219. 2nd floor. Stamford House, from 10 33 am to A 30pm CAFETERIA HELP/SERVER needed Oood pay commensurate with experience Please ring SAJC Cafeteria Tel *****55 ESTABLISHED LOUNGE REOUMES
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      692 20 II EMPLOYMENT International Marketing Organisation eipendmg He Singapore offiea in the Malay Division nsjaarss immediately: SEVERAL MALAY MALE/FEMALE I c Age 18 years and above, c Education: Secondary level c Experience not essential as training will be provided Commencing remuneration 5440 phis $120 travelling allowance and incentive bonus. For more
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      470 20 •SANYO EUCTfttMICS (S) PT[. ITO. DESPATCH RIDER 5 WORKING DAYS PER WEEK ONLY) WE PAY GOOD SALARY FOR THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE. Age below 25 years Completed full-time NS Neat personality Able to communicate In simple English Possess Class II Driving licence/ PDL Class II Please apply personally or write The
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      652 20 II EMPLOYMENT GENERAL iffo ELECTRIC USA TELEVISION A APPLIANCES PTE LTD invites suitably qualified applicants for Immediate employment as> OUALITY CONTROL AUDITORS Passed Sec. 3 Preferably with some years of working experience as Quality Control Operator Interested applicants should call personally together with their certificates and testimonials al ISBC Boon
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      795 20 B HOTEL MERLIN SINGAPORE ha« immediate vacancies lor 1) DISCO WAITRESSES LOUNGE WAITRESSES RESTAURANT WAITERS/ WAITRESSES (Gross salary: $375 p.m a Minimum sec. 4 education a Musi possess a very pleasant personality c Have at least 1 year experience In Ffcß services c Male applicants should have completed NS 2)
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      840 20 II EMPLOYMENT REQUIRED TRUCK ATTENDANTS and offict hoy with class 2 driving hcenre hy a well established firm Please contact *****3 REOUIRED STOREHANOS. Chinese only Apply personally lo Golden Bay Co Pte Ltd 64 Boat Quay. Spore 0104. SALESGIRLS REQUIRED URGENTLY for cinema snack bar. :.-day week Malaysians are welcome
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      754 20 I Well established International Company invites applications from Singapore Citizens for the poet of: COMPANY'S DRIVER Qualifications c Age between 30 and 45 years old. c Must be able to converse in Knglish. i c Minimum 4 years contlnous driving experience In similar post preferably driving for top management personnel.
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      680 21 111 VEHICLES BOATS 11l VEHICLES BOATS 1 1 111 VEHICLES BOATS 111 VEHICLES BOATS IV ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES 43 Vehicles For Hire LARRY CAR RENTALS: Mire cars, i .im er on long term le..s. Avallabl* other monthly >095 NEW L2OO MITSUBISHI/ '•I. k Up Van lor Inr.- l),nl> Contact tel *****42/
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      957 21 > 1*77 OATSUN IMA, Mlth one prliproofniK. i. Men) tree Tel *****1 1(77 DATSUN 140 J. 1 teacher owner Showroom condition Aircond sport.s rims, radio/ cas- ..11 *****3 Marlono. 1(77 DATSUN 120 Y. Statlonwag- on. 1 private owner low mileage Showroom condition Tel 1(77 DATSUN 100A Aircond. sport! rims, one
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      914 21 1974 HONDA CIVIC 1200 Tape 2 I owner* New Hoad Tax Very good condition $11,900 ono Please tel *****14 1*75 HONDA CIVIC 1200 Auto. uil aircond. radio cassette, sports rims, tip top condition Blk 407. 468. Pandan Garden. Spore 2260 I*7* HONOA CIVIC 1200 1 showroom condition, with airI cond
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      924 21 1976 MERCEDES 230.* automatic original color Tip lop condition .spurts runs radio, cassette Selling $37,500 on o Contact lei aana 1(77 MERCEDES 2*OS aircond cassette, nice number New tyres Tel: *****1 Mr Ho 1*77 MERCEDES 2M Automatic radio/cassetle Accident free Tel: *****27. Mitsubishi Colt ALMOST 1(74. GALANT 1600 GS Aircond.
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      897 21 1 I*7* TOYOTA COROLLA 1200 Aircon Tape 2 Owners Very good condition $16 JOO ono Please contact: *****95 1*77 COROLLA BTATIONWAGON Excellent condition Aircond.. accident free $17,500 0.n.0 Tel: *****2 1977 CORONA MX. N 2000. white 2 I private owners 43.000 kms aircond. cassette, radio New steel tyres, showroom condition
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      859 21 TIONG CHOON CO PTE LTD Spore Used Cars Centra Plot B Kampong Java Fringe Carpark Junction of Bukit Timah Cavenagh Road T.lt *****45/ *****4*/ 2351*4* 'PRIVATE CARS' 197* Honda Accord automatic 3-door A/C Datsun 120Y GL A/C Ford Cortina 1.6 GL A/C Subaru 1600 Deluxe GL A/C Dalsun 140Y Coupe
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      730 21 1977 SUZUKI SCRAMBLER TS 2508 Showroom condition $1,700 Call Tony *****82 1*77 SUZUKI SCRAMBLER 100 cc I Good condition $800 negotiable *****27 after 12 noon Call Setoh. I*7*. YAMAHA SCRAMBLER 12.S $1,600 on o 1977. Yamaha Scrambler 125 $1,250 0.n.0. 1978. Kawasaki 200. $1,800 ono *****01 I*7* YAMAHA MOTOR 1000
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      311 21 ATTRACTIVE OFFER lor ail PARF scrap cars Below 1000 cc $3,700 Below 1600 rr $5,600 Below 2000 ex $9,000 Above 2000 cr $10,300 Above 3000 cc $11,000 Al.so required all good used cars from 1974 onwards. Private and company registration applicable TANGLIN USED CARS CO. SS. Killtney Road. Singapore 0923
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      806 21 A DETACHED BUNGALOW near American International Japanese Schools 3 Bedrooms Ser\tnt'a. Large Matured garden, beautifully furnished. $2,500 Tropical Realty ***** A DOUBLE-STOREY Dt 1 ACHED BUNGALOW IN CLEMENTI PARK near American Japanese/ International Schools 4 bedrooms/ study, s-rvant's. large living dining v>ilh patio Rental $3,200 0.n.0. LUXURIOUS APARTMENTS WITH/ WITHOUT
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      723 21 OIST 10 DETACHED BUNGALOW Milly furnished -I bedn conditioned, attached batha IpaCIOIM ImnK dining Servant > amenities Stanley Richard *****01 OIST 10. DOUBLE-STOREY SEMIDETACHED mill 1 hedrooms lully furnished Immediate occupant $1,900 neg Proaperlt] *****8 DIST. 10 DOUBLE-STOREY DETACHED on 10.000 sq ft in the vClnltJ ol Clunj Road 4
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      573 22 IV ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES IV ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES IV ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES IV ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES IV ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES 51 Accommodation Vacant a) Houses WELL DESIGNED SINGLE STOREY 'istri. I 111 .1 1.. n. Id Hot 2 1/2-STOREV SPLIT-LEVEL TERRACE al Oolden Mill off Lorong Chuan I- ull) furnished a hie immediately $1 M»l
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      522 22 CAIRNHILL PLAZA. liixlirlc.uslN furnlslM study, servant s Bwlmmlni $4,500 DIST TOWNHOUSE, neaf Amerlc .en Tanglin clulis :t tied $2,500 i..irtl.ill> turnl OTHER houses/ apartments dials 7/9/ 10/ 11/21 HOE-TAN *****2 cairnhill plaza near Orchard Ho. id elm bedrooms, luxun- unshed with excellent .ii Bellian se. unties :hiho:c( DALVEY APARTMENT 1
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      502 22 FABER HILLS APARTMENT dist I is furnished Singles or married couple with children it. nt-. Please contact Mr I mi nSMI after 1030 am FULLY CARPETED. TASTEFULLY lurnished Pearlbank $1,300 -Uey $1,300 Beach Road $1,200 Joo Chlat $1.2011 Faber Drive $1,100 Serene Realty *****8 Serene Realty ■ion KIM LIN MANSION
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      454 22 VENUS MANSION A CENTRALLY LOCATED APARTMENT With :i bedrooms hatr.rooms attac hed spac .ous living dining Rental $3,700 lurnished. Available February 19*0 Principals Please (all 2355C33. JAMES/ STEPHEN. c) Rooms ASIAN HOUSING AGENCY *****12 provide hetter services for better choice of rooms' flats, houses. ATTENTION FOREIGN STUDENTS/ working singles Rooms
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      503 22 A BANK REQUIRES Houses/ Apartment! for Us expatriate staff Owners ring General Properties *****3 *****5 A BRITISH CORPORATION requires several houses and apartments Good deposits and company's leases assured owners "please call *****92/ BSSBM A GROUP OF Foreign Company Staff urgently require Houses/ Apartments Owners please call: *****04 APARTMENTS/ HOUSES
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      538 22 54 Properties For Sale a) Houses A BEAUTIFUL DIST. 10 Shamrock Park, double-storey semi-de-tached. 3.500 sq ft Freehold. 3 bedrooms/ servant's For details call *****77. A BEAUTIFUL SEMI-DETACHED Namly Avenue Dlst. 10. 3.500 sq.ft Furnished $290,000 General Properties: *****5/ *****8 A BEAUTIFUL DETACHED Bungalow in Dlst 10. Off Buklt Timah
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      402 22 1 DIST 21 BMUAI PARK Vicinity, single-storey semi-detached. 3 bedrooms, beautifully renovated furnished. 4.000 sq ft Price: $260,000 Call *****07. No agents OIBT. 21. DOUBLE-STOREY I BUNGALOW Approximately 7.000 $370,000. *****1 No Agents. DIST 5 FABER HILLS modern luxurious detached bungalow. 4 bedrooms, bathrooms attached, split-level, central alrcond. 1 swimming
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      779 22 THOMSON RIDGE Corner detached Bungalow 3 bedrooms with 1 bathroom Land area approximately 5.500 sq ft. situated on elevated grounds Selling with vacant possession Highest offer secures CALL 235SS33EXT 2 2-STOREV TERRACE FOR Sale Changi Road. 5 1/2 m.s 3 bedrooms. 2 bathrooms Tel: *****35. Mr Tan 25 JALAN TARI
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      727 22 DIST 21. ENG KONG Park Apartment area 900 s,<j ft Freehold $Ho.uOo Tel *****97 DIST. 5. WEST COAST lark i bedroomed sp!it-le\el. partly furnished Selling $2M.000 ono Hong Leoni (iardem Condominium Selling $200,000 ono Contact *****17/8 DIST. 9. BREEZY AND quiet apart ment off Orchard Road Tastefully renovated Slidine aluminium
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      759 22 c) Land ace offers: Nasslrn Road exclusive residential land with planning approval Ic.r douhlestorey detached nous- $4Spsf Call ismi-.c" AGRICULTURAL LAND. PONGGOL vicinity, 2 acres, rreehol possession SlKipsf ono Tel ManskUl 2SSSSBB DIST. 23. INDUSTRIAL LAND 93.700 sc| tt iwith one existing factory) BJ million Principals call EBC *****40/*****41 RESIDENTIAL
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      4090 23 IV ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES V SERVICES BUSINESS VI EDUCATION I TRAINING VI EDUCATION I TRAINING VI EDUCATION TRAINING ATT language centre SCHOOL OF LINGUISTIC SKILLS Language courses and private tuition for school examinations and for business, travel pleasure ENGLISH LANGUAGE CLASSES daily at all levels Registration is open until 3rd January
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      346 23 GRAPHIC ARTS (3 months. Friday 800 930 pm Lecturer Graduate of London School of Printing Graphic Arts Commencing 4th January Queens»a> Commercial Training Centre 208 Queensway Shopping Centre Tel *****6/6278i2 IMPORT/EXPORT DOCUMENTATION Procedures r.inmencing 15/1/80. Tuesdays and Thursdays. 7 15 9 15 p in Contact Metropolitan VMCA tel _*****6 GCE
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      473 23 c RADIO SERVICING (BEG) Commencing Monday 1u.30- I pm 7- 1 Tuesday 7 10 pm B'l Thursday 7 10 Dm S I Saturday:! 1. 1 Sunday.) 12 pm IS I Minrt.iy 6.10- 9 30(i 1 c TRANSISTOR RADIO SERVICING Friday? 10 pm II I Saturday 3 -6pm 5/1 Sunday 4
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      75 24 MRS. P KULASINGAM and children thank the Chairman and Staff of Petronas. AuditorGeneral and Staff. Audit Department. Malaysia, relatives and friends for their condolences, wreaths, telegrams, assistance, and attendance during their recent bereavement. THE FAMILY OF THE LATE MADAM I MARY LUM AH PIN WISHES TO EX PRESS
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      62 24 The Family of the late MAVIS COROEIRO j wishes to eipress their sincere thanks and gratitude to the priests, sisters, relatives and friends tor their kind assistance, condolences, donations and attendance during their recent bereevement. Special thanks are due to the Doctors. FMOM Sisters and the Nursing Stan for their
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      110 24 THE FAMILY OF the lair Mr Lee Poh Meng wishes to thank rrfcmd*, relatives, staff of AEI and Olivetti for their kind attendance, condolences, wreaths, scrolls, donations and assistance rendered during their recent bereavement THE FAMILY OF the late Mrs Regina Jacmlo wishes to express their sincere thanks and gratitude
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      69 24 Passed away peacefully on 2 I 79 at 2.25 p.m Leaving behind his beloved wife. 2 daughters. I adopted .son. mother, brothers, sisters, sislers-in-law, brother- in-law. nephews and nieces lo I mourn his loss Night visits at Teochew Peng Ngee Kuan. 4' m.» Upper Serangoon Road, Singapore 19.
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      86 24 MADAM MARGARET TAN KEOW NEO (WIFE OF THE LATE MR. KOW LIANG CHYE) AGE: 73 CALLED TO BE WITH THE LORD ON 1ST JAN 19*0 SADLY MISSED BY SONS: KOW LENGKIM LENG HIN LENG GHI LENG KEE 3 DAUGHTERS IN LAW. 3 GRANDSONS. 1 GRAND DAUGHTER-IN-LAW, 6 GRAND DAUGHTERS A
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      33 24 MR. LEE LIAN LOCK. ACEO 87. PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY ON 1-1-19*0 LEAVING BEHIND BE LOVED WIFE AND ONLY DAUGHTER KATHLEEN CORTEGE LEAVES 321-A JOO CHIAT ROAD AT 2PM TODAY FOR MT VERNON CREMATORIUM.
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      70 24 MRS JANET CHIU JERSY HAI n— TEOH AH LIN agad 41. has 9011a lo b* with the Lord on 2 1.80 L«a*ln| behind beloved husband. C'hui .lersy Hal, 2 daughu-rs. Ai Llan. Ivy Chin I. in Mm. parents. Mr Mrs Teoh Tit Ho. brothers and sisur to mourn tltT lii^s
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      19 24 REV. CHARLES B. PAUL expired 3.1. 1913. Sadly missed and always remembered by wife and children
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      1405 25 THIRD DIVISION Exeter 2 Plymouth 2. Sheffield United 2 Blarkbum 1, Barnsley v Rotherham. Bury v Colchester. Carlisle v Blackpool. Chester v Chesterfield. Cillingham v Sheffield Wednesday. Hull v Grimsby. Mansfield v Brentford. Millwall v Southend. Oxford I Swindon. Reading v Wimbledon (all postponed). FOURTH DIVISION Bournemouth 1
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      Lock icon —Champion Cauthen
      58 25 Champion Cauthen PERTH, Wed. American Steve Cauthen rode two unplaced horses here today but had enough points in hand to win the International Jockeys Challenge Series held over the Christmas-New Year period. The teenage jockey, who rode successfully in Britain last year, scored 12 points from the four-race senes to
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      51 25 PERTH, Wed. Willie Carson, riding Rothschild, won the AJ150.000 ($358,500) Perth Cup over 3200 metres at the Ascot racecourse here yesterday. Rothschild, starting at 5-1, responded gamely to Carson's vigorous riding and raced clear to win by two lengths from 16-1 Gay Affair with Belle Talk (8-1) third.
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      71 25 PALO ALTO, Wed. Olympic silvcr-medillist Dick Quax. of New Zealand, finished five seconds from a world record at a 15-kilometre track race yesterday at Stanford Stadium. yuax's time of 43 mm. 01.7 sec in the invitational event, how over, was the fastest yet in a pure
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      Harris to return home 'for personal reasons'
      453 25  -  FAIRWAY RACING...with NEW ZEALAND jockey Noel Harris is returning home soon "for personal reasons". Harris has just won the local jockeys' championship with 55 winners in the 1979 season. Harris, 24, said he would like to remain in ihe region, but that circumstances
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      Kimberlite looks best of newcomers
      509 25 IPOH, Wed. Kimberlite, with a Timeform rating of 88, looks the pick of the newcomers entered for the Perak Turf Club January meeting, starting on Saturday. A four-year-old bay or bnwn Irish gelding by Saulingo out of Salbadora, Kiniberlite (late Master Tim) won twice and
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      373 25 White stars in Rose Bowl win PASADENA, Wed. Heisman Trophy winner Charles White starred in third-ranked Southern California's 17-16 victory over top-ranked Ohio State in the United States College football's 66th annual Rose Bowl here yesterday. In the Sugar Bowl, Alabama defeated Arkansas 24-9 and in the
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      Lock icon Weather upsets British programme
      388 25 Liverpool United among the casualties X)NDON, Wed. The weather was the big linnor in British soccer yesterday as heavy frost vi deeply into the English and Scottish pro;i ammes for the first time this season. Twenty-eight matches were postponed, including out in the English First Division,
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      'Benz' will like longer trip in Class 3
      281 25 'Benz' will like longer trip in Class 3 GREY BENZ will appreciate the longer trip when he tackles a Class 3, Division 1 field over 1,800 metres in Ipoh on Sunday, reports FAIRWAY. The Tudor Mak four-year-old ran two fair races at Bukit Timah last month and was fourth to
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      Lock icon Vilas makes it two-in-a-row
      247 26 MFXBOURNE, Wed. Argentina's Guillermo Vilas won the Marlboro Australian Open singles title for the second successive year with a 7-6, 63, 6-2 victory over American John Sadri here today. Sadri gave Vilas a tough fight in the first set, losing only on the tiebreaker. Vilas won
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      Refereeing — most hazardous recreation
      608 26  - Refereeing most hazardous recreation WILFRED YEO By REFEREEING proved to be one of the most hazardous recreations of the turbulent 'seventies. Soccer hooligans disguised as both players and fans made many of the match officials' lives a misery. They threatened, abused, punched, kicked and injured many of the men in
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      Ipoh are four down
      53 26 THE visiting Ipoh waterpolo team slumped to their fourth stiaight defeat yesterday when they lost to the Republic of Singapore Navy 2-12 at the Polio- Academy pool. Earlier, they were also beaten 3-10 by Police. On Tuesday, the visitors lost 3-19 and 2-14 to Queenstown A
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      Friendly postponed
      42 26 THE friendly table tennis match between Singapore and Japan's Seitakukai, scheduled for yesterday at the Poi Ching School, Toa Payoh, has been postponed to today. The Japanese, who were supposed to arrive in the morning, (lew in only last night.
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      Juniors confident of victory
      249 26  -  BERNARD PEREIRA By SINGAPORE'S junior sepak takraw squad leave for Kuala Lumpur tomorrow confident of retaining the Haji Ya'aeob Mohammed Trophy in their annual match against Malaysia on Sunday. But things do not look so chirpy for their senior mates, who will be battling for the
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      Bava tells his side to think positive, play hard
      350 26  -  GODFREY ROBERT By THINK positive that was the message coach Natahar Bav.i had yesterday for his trainees when the Singapore squad went through a solid 90-minute workout at the Police Academy in preparation for their Malaysian Rugby Union Cup clash against
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      194 26 SYDNEY, Wed. England are almost certain to face a new-look Australian batting line-up in the second cricket Test, starting here on Friday. Australian captain Greg Chappell said after his teams 10-wicket Test defeat by the West Indies in Melbourne yesterday that he was likely to change
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      Lock icon FT to retain 23-strong soccer squad
      238 27 FT to retain 23-strong soccer squad KUALA LUMPUR, Wed FEDERAL TERRITORY will keep their Malaysia Cup soccer training squad of 23 players intac until they have had reasonable exposure in the competition. A selection committee meeting has been scheduled for tomorrow but the selectors will not be pruning the squad.
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      SSSC meeting
      34 27 DR. TONY TAN. th.? Senior Minister of Slate for Eduralion, will be the gi.est-of-ho-nour al the Singapore Schools' Sports Council's anr.ual meeting at the Anglo Chinese Junior College tomorrow at 9.30 am
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      Lock icon Midfielder Lee's burning desire
      281 27 GEORGE LEE, the former Singapore midfield player now staying in Kuala Lumpur, has one burning desire to be in the Selangor side when they meet the Republic in the Malaysia Cup competition in May, reports JOE DORAI. He told me at the National Stadium yesterday: "I'm
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      Farrer Park officials
      58 27 TEO HOCK SENG, the Cathay Pacific Airways general manager, was elected president of the Farrer Park United Foothall Club at the annual meeting recently. The other office bearers: Joe Dorai (vice-president), S. Purasamy (secretary), Ho Teck Khoon (treasurer), and Robert Ng. S. Jeganath. Vincent Ang, Anthony See,
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      Sri Lanka the first opponents
      356 27  - Sri Lanka the first opponents JOE DORAI Olympic Games qualifying round tourney By SINGAPORE will meet Sri Lanka in the opening Group One match of the pre-Olympic Games qualifying round soccer competition at the National Stadium on Feb. 23. Sri I-inka are likely to bo the weakest of the seven
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      Tickets: Poor demand
      94 27 THE National Stadium is likely to be only half-Ailed on Saturday when Singapore start off their Malaysia Cup soccer campaign with the match against Malaysian Armed Forces. At least that is impression one gets, judging from the poor demand for tickets which first went on sale last
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      Lock icon FAM revise draw for Malaysia Cup
      441 27  -  P'NG HONG K WANG By KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Malaysia Cup soccer participants will play off their matches in almost the same order in the revised fixtures released by the Football Association j of Malaysia today. The Cup programme from Feb. 21 had been rescheduled
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      SACA includes new events for students
      339 27  -  BERNARD PEREIRA By IF 1979 was the International Year of the Child, 1980 must surely be the Year of the Student at least for the Singapore Amateur Cycling Association. For it has finally dawned upon SACA officials that there is an abundant wealth of
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      57 27 HOCKEY SHA junior knock-out semi-finals: SIA Group v SAFSA (Balestier Road. 5.15). SOCCER SIA Group interdepartment league: Div. 1 Boeing Maintenance v ASU; Div 2 SATS Cargo v Flight Ops A. Flight Ops B v Personnel Mountbatten. 5.15). WATER-POLO Friendly: Kinta Club A v Toa Payoh. Kinta
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      Loo plays second fiddle to Mok
      116 27 SINGAPORE'S billiards champion Loo Yap Long finished runner-up in the four-ball event in the inaugural Malaysian Open Masters championships in Penang. Loo lost to Penang's 'wonder boy" Mok Loon Hong in the final. The 23-year-old Mok, who holds the Penang record for a double-cen-tury
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      Lock icon Extra precautionary measures
      199 27 ALOR STAR, Wed. Extra precautionary measures will be taken by the Police for Friday's Malaysia Cup soccer match between Kedah and Sabah at the Stadium Darulaman here. This was decided yesterday at a special meeting on crowd control. The meeting, chalreJ by Alor Star OCPD Superintendant llaji
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    DANGLING CAR CAUGHT IN A JAM
    81 28 NKW Year's Day almost started tragically (or the couple In this oar, dangling from the George I'latt Bridge In Philadelphia. The car went oat of control and nearly (ell off the bridge into the Sohoykill River. But not quite. Luckily the rear tyres Jammed
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    Lock icon The New Year prank that killed 42
    266 28 The New Year prank that killed 42 MONTREAL, Wednesday A FIRE apparently started as a prank by a New Year reveller raced through a crowded community club at Chapais, Quebec early yesterday killing at least 42 people. Police said at least 50 people were injured, nine seriously. An unknown number
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    Lock icon Shah: I'm willing to stand trial...
    312 28 Shah: I'm willing to stand trial... ...on certain conditions LONDON, Wednesday THE deposed Shah of Iran, Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, said in a newspaper interview published today that he would be willing to stand trial by an international tribunal but on certain conditions. "I would be content, happy, to be judged
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    214 28 50 killed as quake hits Azores ANGRA DO HEROISMO (Azores), Wed. More ,han 50 people were reported to have died in a major earthquake which struck the Azores Islands yesterday. Officers at a US Air Force base in this Atlantic Archipelago reported to Washington that 400 people had been injured
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    Lock icon 'Boycott in 1936 might have changed history'
    263 28 BONN, Wed. West Germany, raising the possibility of the Western allies boycotting the 1980 Moscow Olympics because of Soviet military intervention in Afghanistan, said that a boycott of the 1936 Summer Games in Berlin, capital of Nazi Germany, might have changed the course
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    Firemen free crash driver
    54 28 FIREMEN were called out late last night to rescue a lorry-driver trapped in his seat following a crash with a stationary lorry in Lorong 30, Geylang. The firemen freed the driver within a few minutes. He was sent to hospital in a serious condition. His identity
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    Lock icon Khmer clash
    44 28 ARANYAPRATHET, Wed. Khmer Rouge guerillas and Vietnamese-led Heng Samrin forces engaged in an hour-long clash south of the adjacent Kampuchean border town of Poipet yesterday, military sources reported today. Several shells fell close to the border area but caused no damage. AFP.
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    Lock icon US arms sales to Thailand up four times
    218 28 BANGKOK, Wed. American arms sales to Thailand have quadrupled since Vietnam invaded Kampuchea, Air Force Colonel William Deans said today. More US army instructors have also been sent to Thailand because many of the weapons being delivered are unfamiliar to Thai troops,
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    Lock icon Dow Jones
    41 28 NEW YORK, Wed. The Dow Jones industrial average, a 0.17-point loser on Monday, was off 3.06 points to 835 66 around 11 a.m. today on the New York Stock Exchange. For all of 1979. it gained 33.73 points. UPI.
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    Late CLASSIFIED DEATHS
    80 28 Late CLASSIFIED DEATHS SINNADURAI THURAISINGMAM AGED 70 Pensioner Ministry Of Health passed away peacefully on 2.1.80 leaving behind beloved wife Maheswarl. daughters Kamala. Gnanam. Chellam. Palhma. son Vljlyaslngam. three sons-in-law, daughter-in-law and five grandchildren. Cortege leaves 19 Teow Hock Avenue Singapore 1954. Pm 3/1/80. Vox Mt Vernon Hindu Crematorium. Cor
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      189 28 HKSlm| world going round and round It was her first film and last one too. In her enthusiasm to make an impact, she bared a little too much. Instead of the much-yearned-for accolades, she became the centre of many rude jokes and harsh criticisms. Even her relatives joined in the
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      451 28 BUSINESS TIMES Singapore's Financial Dally Cow Pnc» SOt Annuol Subnotion SISS for Mjbtcnptmn. cmll *****11 fill 231 TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS. INDUSTRIES have had their diesel fuel bills doubled in the last year with the latest price increases, Ronnie Lim reports, as oil producers stamp their mark ever deeper into the Singapore
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      170 28 UP TO 1 p.m. TODAY: Mainly fair.TKMP. (C) up to a.m. tomorrow: 31 max., 23 min. SUNSET today: S.41 p.m.; SUNRISE tomorrow: $.37 a.m. GLOBAL weather Amsterdam 1-5C Rain London -1-2 C Clear Athens 7-13C Clear Us Angeles 13-25C Clear Bahrain 14-18C Gear MaalU 20-30C Cloudy Bangkok 24-32C Gear j
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        36 1 DON'T BE SHY! IF YOU can speak i Mandartn And arc about to use dialect again, stop yourself and start In Mandarin. The other pen** may know Mandarin bat may also br sky. Be tae Initiator!
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        Be selective of Confucian teachings
        1127 1  -  Dr MARTIN LU By Philosophy Department, University of Singapore IN every major culture of the world there is a moral demand for love and respect for one's parents. But why is filial piety a more prominent and well-known part of Chinese culture? What is its
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        39 1 _The Times Heritage Collect ion y*/&k ill \ad M _^^mJLM-BLi^^& §k Published and Distributed by L^^V^T^^T^^E^^La^n^n^n^nVP^fVVr^^^^nP P^^l *^T~"^ m FEDERAL PUBLICATIONS Wmtg^SiS*^ 1^ I f\p I 1 New Industrial Road, Singapore 1953 L^ta^B A member of The Times Organisation
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        90 1 INSIDt How-to Non-edible Bak Chang *k Innovative entrants to the recent handicrafts competition have made clay Bak Chang-shaped containers. In today's Outlook, we show you how. Page 7 Water music emmti Tapping bowls of water with chopsticks to make music is a more delicate and complicated art than you think.
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      PICK of the DAY
      789 2  - PICK of the DAY JOHN DE SOUZA By LET'S be candid. Some practical jokes can go too far, and in Candid Camera on Ch 5 at 7.10 p.m. this just might happen with unfortunate events ending in that all too familiar "fixed" smile. "A secretary, says the blurb, "gets all
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      Lock icon A macho Bronson who doesn't like his own face
      577 2  -  RONALD CLARKE By in CALIFORNIA CHARLES Bronson says there are two reasons why he does not watch his pictures "I don't like my face and I don't like m> voice." Bronson, who, at 57, can command a S$2 million a film,
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      Creative writing seminar
      70 2 A SEMINAR on creative writing will be held at New Lecture Theatre 5 at the Bukit Timah Joint Campus tonight at 7 p.m. The speakers are Robert Yeo (on A Personal Experience In Creative Writing), Chandran Nair (on Discipline In Creative Writing) and Marie Bong (Can Creative
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        361 2 WW 1 "^K The Fall of Japan jtkT7 William Craig I^Bf^L General HkJeki Tojo, ,jl Ifi^R known as The Razor. K^H^^^aam had worked long and hard to extend Japanese KHal^k power. He succeeded brilliantly: By August of Mt 1942, Japan ruled the I jj Pacific. Here, for the first T
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        92 2 APOLLO CIRCUS from 7 p.m. On till Sunday. India at the junction of ART 71 at the National Telok Blangah Way and Museum Art Gallery from Henderson Road at 6 p.m. 10.30 a.m. to 7 p.m. On till and 9 D.m. daily. Tickets: Jan 14. $3, 5, 7 and 10.
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        1197 2 TV and Radio SINGAPORE 5 3.00 PM Opening and I Dream Of Jeannie 710 Candid Camera 3.30 Diary of Events (Chinese) ™J r .d 3.35 Over The Rattow W r 905 W K R P In Cincinnati (Colour) 4.20 Intermission 9 30 New$ and NewSfee (Enti$h) 605 Opening and The
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        The sound of music
        887 3  -  GERALDINE TANG A little water and some bowls and it's By MAKE tinkling music by tapping a rice-bowl with a pair of chopsticks and you could well be courting the wrath of some old Chinese grandmother for whom such treatment of that humble piece of crockery
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        The making of a Singapore Girl
        718 3  -  JANIE KHOO By WHEN 21-year-old See Biew Wah boarded the MSA Comet 4 aircraft for her maiden flight as an air stewardess in 1966, she had absolutely no idea what the inside of the plane looked like. Naturally she was nervous and shy, and
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