The Straits Times, 22 January 1980

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    16 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1981 30 CENTB M.C.(P) No. 1 1 1/1/80
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    WE'LL COMB EVERY SECTOR
    1509 1 Lee on hunt for potential leaders MR LEE KUAN YEW has disclosed that the hunt for potential leaders now requires him and his senior colleagues to comb systematically all the top echelons of all sectors in Singapore for talent. They will cover every profession and every
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    Lock icon After 15 years
    40 1 JOHANNESBURG, Mon. A Cambian Airways Boeing 737 carrying 99 schoolchildren today made the first direct passenger flight from Lusaka to Johannesburg in more than 15 years, signalling the thawing of relations between Zambia and South Africa. AP
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    QUOTES
    236 1 6 Several of my senior colleagues have urged me to replace them. They have done this too vehemently for me to treat these urglngs as hut a natural desire to be reassured of their lndispensabillty. I've refused to let them go, at least not until I've new ministers of
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    Two brothers swept away while out fishing
    242 1 Two brothers swept away while out fishing A WEEKEND fishing trip for a family ended in tragedy when a man drowned and his brother was reported missing in the sea off Pulau Termoban Pandan, near Pasir Panjang. The body of Mr Saad bin Ismail, a 27-year-old messenger, was found at
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    Lock icon S'pore man on drugs charge
    39 1 JAKARTA, Mon. A Singapore man has been charged with drug running in Indonesia where the offence carries a maximum penalty of death. The 46-year-old man. only identified as 1.T.P., was arrested last May. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Narcotics men held
    82 1 SAAD drowned in sea off island JAMIL marine police looking for nim BRUSSELS, Mon. Two Belgian police officers who specialised in the fight against drugs, have been arrested on suspicion of running their own drug ring, police sources said today. The arrests were made after months of
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    Lock icon Tito takes turn for the better
    424 1 BELGRADE,, Mon. President Josip Broz Tito last night astonished his doctors by recovering full consciousness and declaring himself well, hours after surgeons amputated his left leg, a reliable source reported today. Doctors were reportedly heartened by the 87-year-old leader's swift return to consciousness after
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    Lock icon More army officers in spy ring?
    190 1 TOKYO, Monday SECURITY officials said today more Japanese military officers may be involved in a Soviet spy ring exposed by a CIA tip-off. The uncovering of the Russian spy group, allegedly fed Dy retired Maj-Gen. Yukihisa Miyanaga, is regarded by the authorities as the
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    £1.25 in offer
    44 1 LONDON, Mon. Britain has offered £1 25 m to compensate the 1,200 people who once inhabited its strategically important Indian Ocean base of Diego Garcia, officials said today. It is now being increasingly used as a US naval base. Mr Lee
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    Carter: Peace through strength
    360 1 Carter Peace through strength WASHINGTON, Monday ECHOING Theodore Roosevelt's affirmation of "big-stick" diplomacy, President Jimmy Carter said yesterday he was still committed to peace but only peace through strength. Interviewed over NBC-TV's Meet the Press programme last night, Mr Carter also: CALLED FOR the Olympic Games this year to be
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    Lock icon Kreisky coming
    56 1 VIENNA, Mon. Austrian Chancellor Bruno Kreisky will arrive in Singapore on Thursday, accompanied by a team of economic experts, on the first leg of his visit to Asean countries. He will call on President Sheares and have talks with Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew. The Austrian visitors will
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    Lock icon Temple ban
    45 1 COLOMBO, Mon. The sacrifice of animals in Hindu temples in Sri Lanka has been completely banned because people were turning places of religious worship into slaughter nouses, the Department of Hindu and Tamil Affairs of the Ministry of Regional Development said today. Reuter.
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    GOLD HITS US$B52
    31 1 LONDON, Mm. The price. •< gold Mared U a recwd US$852 aa mum* European bullUn markets Uday before sllpptag to a LmmImi afteraMBftx af $SM. Beater. SEE BACK PAGE
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      236 1 38 pages today CRECHES FOR RAFFLES CITY HOTELS Pag* 9 KENNEDY concedes defeat in lowa I LUKEWARM response to Games boycott call 3 'PYONGYANG trying to lull Seoul with false peace' 4 'BIG BANG' clouds found in outer space I 2 DIE as bullring stands collapse 7 DARK days for
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      Lock icon KENNEDY CONCEDES DEFEAT IN lOWA
      486 2 DEB MOINES (Iowa), Monday SENATOR Edward Kennedy has virtually conceded defeat to rival President Jimmy Carter in his first test of strength for the 1980 Democratic presidential nomination. Sen Kennedy said here yesterday that he expected Mr Carter to win today's lowa Presidential Preference Vote,
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      Congress to focus on foreign policy
      126 2 Congress to focus on foreign policy WASHINGTON, Mon. The 96th Congress, which will convene tomorrow, is expected to be dominated by foreign policy and military issues in the wake of the Soviet incursion into Afghanistan and the continuing crisis in Iran. Congressional leaders have predicted that those developments will affect
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      Lock icon Death appeal
      43 2 SEOUL, Mon. A military court will hear appeals tomorrow against death sentences by former South Korean Intelligence chief Kirn Jae-Kyu and five other men convicted ot the assaaaination of President Park Chung-Hee last October, the martial law command said today. Reuter.
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      Lock icon MAN DIES IN BID TO FREE PAUL
      95 2 MAN DIES IN BID TO FREE PAUL MIAMI, Mm. A man shot to death by police this weekend at Miami International Airport was planning to fry to Japan to free Jailed exBeatle Paul McCartney. Kenneth Allen Lambert, 29, was killed on Saturday when he waved a toy gun at three
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      The caucuses — what and why
      181 2 The caucuses what and why r THE lowa caucuses, the first votes in the long j US Presidential election process, are now considered a vital pointer to the prospects of both Democratic and Republican contenders. At caucuses, party members select delegates to candidate-nominating conventions later in the j year. Voters
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      189 3 SOME of the reaction to President Jimmy Carter's call for a boycott of the Moscow Olympics: 4 France will be at Moscow. There is no question of as supporting any boycott. The Games are for competitors, ot the polltl- clans. Mr Claudde Collard, president of the French
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      Lock icon US boycott will saddle Lloyd's with $172 m claim
      138 3 US boycott will saddle Lloyd's with $172 m claim LONDON, Mon. Lloyd's of London could be hit with an insurance claim for more than US$BO million (Ssl72 million) if the United States boycotts the Moscow Olympics, the London Daily Telegraph said today. The paper said NBC took out insurance policies
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      Those out • non-Arabs'
      70 3 Those out non-Arabs' ABU DHABI (United Arab Emirates), Mon. Labour and social affairs ministers of the Arabian Gulf countries have urged their governments to take action to phase out foreign labour and replace it with Arab nationals, the newspaper Al Ittihad said yesterday. The ministers, meeting in Kuwait in a
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      Lock icon Russia to send team to Winter Olympics
      164 3 MOSCOW, Mon. The authoritative Sovietsky sport newspaper said yesterday the Soviet Union would send its athletes to Lake Placid for the Winter Olympics next month no matter what the United States does about the summer games in Moscow. At the same time, the
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      Lock icon DIRTY LINEN' TO MAKE NEW YORKERS BLUSH
      78 3 NEW YORK, Mm. Mayw Edwart Kaeh has laaacked a o^mpaig^ ta mum New Yarken into rleaalag their m sidewalks ud asiag tfeetrHrasa cans properly by pabUshlag phataa af dirty street* In the city's papers. The week-aid campalga fallaws an •peratien ta clean op
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      Lock icon India is pro-India stresses Indira In Lebanon
      365 3 India is pro-India stresses Indira In Lebanon NEW DELHI, Monday PRIME MINISTER Indira Gandhi said yesterday her policy on Soviet intervention in Afghanistan is "neither pro-Soviet nor proAmerican, but pro-Indian." She also said a major concern of her new government is to "see that the cold war between the superpowers
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      Lock icon KABUL NOTES
      259 3 Iran: Soviets pose danger IRANIAN Foreign Minister Sadeq Qotbzadeh has again voiced concern over Soviet intervention in Afghanistan, saying it posed a serious clanger to Iran's south-east border province of Sistan and Baluchistan. Speaking to reporters at the end of a regular meeting of the ruling revolutionary council
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      Lock icon Lukewarm response to Games boycott call
      620 3 LONDON, Mon. Delivering the goods is still his business DESPITE the Soviet military intervention in his country, this Afghani is still able to deliver the goods, a wide variety of American-manufactured cigarettes, from his mobile stall in Kabul yesterday. AP picture. PRESIDENT Jimmy Carter's
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      49 3 4 Because of the way that I've handled Iran, they think I don't have the guts to do anything. You're going to be amazed at how tough I'm going to be. 7 Time magazine quoting President Jimmy Carter talking tough in a conversation with an aide.
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      146 3 Styleproof Unmistakably Rado. Style is synonymous with beauty. And beauty is quite absolute more than a harmonic composition of colour and form. Beauty, in its most profound sense, signifies perfection in simplicity and clarity, style and perspective. But what does beauty mean if it is not permanent? This is why
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      lata: Air fares up from April
      135 4 lata: Air fares up from April GENEVA, Mon. World airlines agreed today to increase global freight and passenger rates from April, the International Air Transport Association said. An lata spokesman said no details of the increases will be available until the meeting officially ends tomorrow. "The airlines are still going
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      Lock icon Treatment for Sirikit's dust allergy
      71 4 Treatment for Sirikit's dust allergy BANGKOK, Mob. Thailand's Qaeea Strlkit leave* for the Halted States oa Friday for treatment of aa allergy to poUatloa, the rayai hoasehoM aanooaced today. the qieea, mother of low, Lx highly allergic to poUatloa, eapeelaJly vehicle exhiuut fames and dost. Baagkok Is eae of the
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      Economy is in shambles says Indira
      284 4 Economy is in shambles says Indira NEW DELHI, Monday PRIME Minister Indira Gandhi said today that India's economy was in shambles and its security threatened. Mrs Gandhi was addressing the opening session of a United Nations Industrial Development Organisation conference here. She told delegates from about 100 countries: "You have
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      Lock icon Pyongyang trying to lull Seoul with false peace
      268 4 says S. Korean President SEOUL, Monday SOUTH Korean President Choi Kyu-Hah today charged North Korea with mounting a false peace offensive to subvert the South. Mr Choi said the North might launch an attack if there was social confusion in South Korea.
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      Lock icon ECONOMIC SNIBBETS
      263 4 c Record trade I for China I CHINA'S foreign trade last year rose to a record t of between US$2B.5 billion s (5J61.3 billion) and US$29 billion (5562.3 billion) from U5521.66 billion in 1978, the Japan External s Trade Organisation said in a survey report published yesterday. 3
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      Lock icon Waldheimvisit off
      93 4 BANGKOK, Mon. United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim has postponed a planned visit to Thailand at the end of this month, UN sources said today. They said no new dates had been set for the visit, which had been scheduled for Jan 31 to Feb 3. Reuter. Lao-Khmer 'solidarity'
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      Heng Samrin to visit Moscow in Feb
      121 4 MOSCOW, Mm. Heng Samrli, of the V I et■ a m eae-backed PhiMm Peak regime, will pfty hto first •fflcUl visit to the S«vlet liJmi early next month, it wm ftu*uced today. It will be the lint fnU-acftle vtatt to M«sc«w by the
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      Lock icon Aid resumes as 'mad prince' is removed
      311 4 Aid resumes as 'mad prince' is removed BANGKOK, Monday THE removal, possibly by execution, of controversial Kampuchean refugee leader "mad prince" Norodom Soriavong has cleared all obstacles to a resumption of relief supplies to a major Khmer Serei (Free Khmer) refugee camp on the Thai side of the Thai-Kampuchean border.
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      Lock icon 'Big Bang' remains found in outer space
      321 6 Discovery will throw more light on universe's origin WASHINGTON, Monday US and British astronomers say they have found the original material in outer space left over from the "Big Bang" that may have created the universe. The clouds of hydrogen, far outside this
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      rFEELER OF PEACE FROM IRA WING?
      117 6 rFEELER OF PEACE FROM IRA WING? DUBLIN, Mon. Hopes of a peaceful settlement of the civil war in Northern Ireland were raised yesterday by a senior IRA official. Gerry Adams, vice-pre-sident of the Provisional Sinn Fein, the political wing of the Provisional Irish Republican Army, said: "Britain realises there can
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      Mexico: Where smog gets in your eyes
      219 6 Mexico: Where smog gets in your eyes MEXICO CITY, Mon. It is a brave Minister for the Environment who announces without resigning that air pollution over the capital increased by 50 per cent last year. Contamination was exactly 50 per cent higher than on the same date 12 months ago
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      Lock icon Local govt to pay $447 m for lottery
      114 6 Local govt to pay $447 m for lottery TOKYO, Mon. The Tokyo metropolitan government plans to pay the biggest ever sum of 50 billion yen ($447 million) to the winner of a lottery this year, officials said today. The loca! government, j in a draft budget to be submitted to
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      Lock icon Sea protest
      41 6 YOKOSUKA (Japan), Mon. About 30 boats carrying some j 230 pacifists today staged a I seaborne demonstration at this naval port city to protest the self-defence forces' participation in the Rim of the Pacific exercise (Rimpac), police said. AFP.
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      Lock icon Dinosaur lovers upset over car ad
      221 6 Dinosaur lovers upset over car ad LONDON, Men. With every other map under the sun culmlng an anti-defamation league, then why not the dinosaur? Paleontology departments of museums around Britain are up In arms over an auto advertisement which describes the brontosaurus as "arguably the worst designed creature of all
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      Lock icon Gunfire after jailbreak
      60 6 AGANA (Guam), Mon Gunfire shattered the tranquil South Pacific Island of Ponape yesterday after a jailbreak by six prisoners who tried to seize a government radio station. Police said two persons were killed and two critically wounded. Police said four of the convicts have been captured. One
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      40 6 WASHINGTON, Mon. The US Defence Department has decided to give the army the green light for full-scale production of the sophisticated but controversial XM-1 main battle tank as part of an advance in the army's weaponry. NYT.
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      Crashes lead to public safety query on missiles
      315 6 Crashes lead to public safety query on missiles LOS ANGELES, Monday THE US Air Force's air-launched cruise missile, undergoing a less-than-sparkling test phase, is beginning to raise public safety questions in California. Two companies, General Dynamics and the Boeing Co, are nearing the end of a "fly-off" to determine which
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      63 6 BANGKOK, Mon. Thailand's flag carrier, Thai Airways International, will launch its inaugural flight to the United States on March 30, an executive of the airline said today. Vice-president for international relations Nikorn Maneelert said the inaugural flight was re-scheduled from the original date of April 1 after it
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      Lock icon Garner faces suit for failing to complete 'Rockford Files'
      188 6 LOB ANGELES, Mon. ACTOR James Garner is out of hospital but still faces a US$l.5 million (553.2 million) suit for failing to complete "The Rockford Files, the television series just cancelled by the NBC network. Hospital spokesman Mr Larry Baum said
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      Lock icon 162 die as bullring stands collapse
      255 7 162 die as bullring stands collapse SINCELEJO (Colombia), Monday AT LEAST 162 people died and another 500 were injured when fragile wooden bleachers it the local bullring collapsed, Sucre state police said today. The collapse occurred yesterday during the second annual running of the bulls in this northern town of
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      Lock icon STRIKE AT AIRPORT GROUNDS CAMPAIGN
      121 7 STRIKE AT AIRPORT GROUNDS CAMPAIGN TEHERAN, Mon. The front-runner in Iran's presidential race, Mr Abolhassan Bani-Sadr, set off on the campaign trail today but found he had to solve a nation-wide air traffic controllers' strike before he could get off the ground. All domestic flights were grounded when Mr Bani-Sadr,
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      Lock icon Not happy with envoys picked
      93 7 Not happy with envoys picked NEW YORK, Mon. Both Israeli and Egyptian governments are dissatisfied with each others' choice of ambassadors, said the weekly magazine Newsweek in its latest issue. The Israeli government feels Egypt should have picked a higher-ranking figure than career diplomat Saad Mortada as its first ambassador
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      57 7 JAKARTA, Mon. Indonesia Ls waging a war against foreign ships illegally fishing in its vast territorial waters, particularly in the tuna fish-rich eastern Indonesian seas, a military spokesman said •today Dozens of ships and planes including reconnaissance aircraft, took part in the war called "Operation Thunder,' under the
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      Political rift widens
      55 7 MANILA. Mon. The nominally pro-government Nacionalista Party, in a widening split with President Ferdinand Marcos, today asked the elections commission to revoke the accreditation of the president's new society movement (KBL) in the January 30 local elections. The polls will be the first local elections since martial
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      66 7 SANAA. Mon. A North Yemeni Airlines jet, immobilised at London's Heathrow Airport since Nov 20 on British court order, arrived here yesterday after being granted permission to leave by the British Government, authoritative sources said. The jet was grounded, after flying North Yemeni Prime Minister Abdel
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      70 7 BORGER (Texas), Mon. Explosions rocked a petrol refinery and sent flames 100 metres into the air near this Texas Panhandle community yesterday, damaging dozens of nearby homes and businesses and forcing 20 people to flee the area. At least 41 people were injured in the explosions that
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      102 7 'More lethal Chinese missiles 9 LONDON, Mon. China Is deploying longrange missiles capable of reaching any target in America, Europe, or Asia, according to British military analyst Sir John Keswlck. Sir John said his suspicions were aroued by the Chinese announcement one year ago that It had pat a dog
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      Lock icon US to sell Egypt F-16 fighters to counter Russia
      272 7 WASHINGTON, Monday THE United States, in a major policy shift, has now decided to provide Egypt with its advanced F-16 jet fighter planes and other sophisticated American military equipment amounting to a staggering US$4 billion (SsB.€ billion), officials said today. The
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      182 7 Nkomo gets a rousing welcome SALISBURY, Mon MR Joshua Nkomo's return to Bulawayo. his tribal heartland, yesterday displayed just why he is one of the great survivors and figureheads of African nationalism. Before 100,000 supporters, he played the tactful politician with a call for racial harmony: "I forbid you to
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    Principals ban sale of magazines to give Grow a boost
    432 8  - Principals ban sale of magazines to give Grow a boost AN CHEE TEIK ByT SOME school principals have banned the sale of children's magazines in their schools to boost the sale of Grow magazine, an Education Ministry publication for parents and teachers. There are several fortnightly magazines being sold in
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    Parcel post stopped
    66 8 SURFACE parcel post service to Equatorial Guinea has been suspended with immediate effect because several service outlets are not available, a Postal Services Department statement said. All surface parcels posted before the suspension may be delayed and may be returned to the senders. The surface letter post
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    Robber used drink ruse
    168 8 ERIC Aloysious Santa Maria, 24, was yesterday jailed two years with six strokes of the rotan by a district court for robbery. Inspector Gurdip Singh, prosecuting, said on Jan 3 Santa Maria went to Madam Magdalene Mayne's house in New Upper Changi Road and asked her
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    Teaching as a career
    77 8 Teaching as a career MR Chew King Hwan, the Education Ministry's senior public relations' officer, will speak in Mandarin on "Job Opportunities in Education" at the lecture hall of the Toa Payoh branch library on Jan 31 at 7.30 p.m. The talk is organised by the young people's section of
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    EXTERNAL TRADE DEFICIT UP 12 pc LAST YEAR
    148 8 EXTERNAL TRADE DEFICIT UP 12 pc LAST YEAR SINGAPORE'S external trade deficit grew by 12.1 per cent from $6.6 billion in 1978 to $7.4 billion last year. Imports and exports rose by about a third in the past year. Imports rose 34.7 per cent from $22.9 billion to $30.9 billion
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    Income tax talk
    55 8 THE central adult section of the National Library will present a talk on "How to complete your income tax form" at the library's lecture hall on Saturday at 3 p.m. The speaker is Mr Arthur Lim Khek Kian. senior assistant officer of the Inland Revenue Department, Income
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    Dark days for lighthouse after 19 glowing years
    362 8  -  S.M. MUTHU Byl FULLERTON Lighthouse, the familiar landmark for mariners dropping anchor in Singapore's harbour for I the past 19 years, will move to Sentosa Maritime Museum later this year. Port Authority engineers will inspect it next week to see whether the
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    Had 2,000 drug pills
    42 8 LIEW Kuek Sim, 29, was fined $4,000 by a district judge yesterday after he admitted unlawfully having 2,008 "Roche 2" tablets, a controlled drug in a Lorong Limau flat last December 29. He has a similar previous conviction.
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    Bid to get $7m KL court order registered here
    412 8 A MALAYSIAN company is seeking a court order here to have a judgment for three sums, totalling about Ms 7 million, which it obtained in Kuala Lumpur against Choo Kirn San, a former prominent land developer registered in Singapore. The application
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    Driver hurt badly when pickup crashed into tree
    143 8 Driver hurt badly when pickup crashed into tree THE driver of a pickup, was seriously injured when his vehicle went out of control and crashed into a roadside tree before coming to a halt at a busstop in Stevens Road yesterday. Mr Shee Poh Seng, 32, is warded in the
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    Sri Lanka trade promotion
    69 8 Sri Lanka trade promotion THE Sri LatOtan Government is distributing a brochure to attract large-scale foreign investment into the country. The 30-page brochure, entitled Sri Lanka's Investment Promotion Zones, is being given by the Greater Colombo Economic Commission. It contains a general introduction to the country, its people and potential,
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      241 8 Straits Times Crossword ArBiMH bourhood (6) 7 22 We imply set order (or 29 17 1 S Certain craftsmen booked by I 2's hero's recreation (4.5,6) 29.17.12 (3.4.7) 8 "Demi-puppets, that by moon 10 Poet following 17 (4) shine do the green sour s 11 Disreputable person making a make"
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    Chong Eu and team on official visit
    163 9 Chong Eu and team on official visit DAMP weatner greetea Penang Chief Minister Dr Lim Cnong Eu when he arrived here today for a five-day official visit with a 12-man delegation. The team of housing and aquaculture administrators intends to study and visit various housing, aquaculture, water and fishery programmes
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    UN man in Singapore
    72 9 THE Regional Information Officer of the United Nations Environment Programme for Asia and the Pacific, Mr A. B. M. Musa, is now in Singapore for an official visit. During his stay, he will discuss the activities of non-gov-ernmental organisations and the UN programme's environment plans for
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    YOUTH FINED $1,500 FOR STEALING FROM BOSS
    109 9 A YOUNG car-washer at petrol station was fined $1,500 by a distrist judge yesterday after he admitted stealing $300 in Malaysian notes from his boss. The court heard that Mas Nurman bin Marato, 17, spent the money on a camera and other sundry
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    Police arrest 3 m-cycle theft suspects
    234 9 Police arrest 3 m-cycle theft suspects By K.S. SIDHU POLICE have arrested three members of a teenage gang believed to be behind a recent spate of motorcycle thefts. The gang members allegedly stole the machines for joy rides and abandoned them when they ran out of fuel or developed mechanical
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    Brunei Sultan goes home
    177 9 SULTAN Haisanal Bolklah ef Brmnei and his reyal entearage were yesterday given a warm farewell by Mr Lee Kuan Yew and Us ministers. In a IS-muite departure ceremony, the Sultan whe was here ea a five-day visit teek the reyal saint* mounted In his honour with
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    Creches for Raffles City hotels
    494 9  -  JANIE KHOO By THE two hotels in the $900 million Raffles City complex will have daycare centres as part of a plan to tap more sources of the labour market, such as mothers. The vice-president of Western International, Mr Larry Magnan said this in an
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    Firms here may be able to use JIS stamp
    312 9 Firms here may be able to use JIS stamp LOCAL manufacturers may be able to penetrate the Japanese market with some prodding from the Diet (Japanese Parliament). During his official visit here, the head of Japan's Ministry of International Trade and Industry (Miti), Mr Yoshitake Sasaki, said his ministry had
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    CC farms visit
    47 9 THE SUat Avenue community centre will organise a tour to pig and crocodile farms and the meteorological station on Feb 10. The fees are $4.50 for adults, U for members and S3 for children. For details, ring *****27 between 3 p.m. and 10 p.m.
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    Dutch Scale
    32 9 THE National Museum is screening two films, On a Dutch Scale and Astronomical Netherlands Satellite, at its premises at 8 p.m. tomorrow Admission is free on a firstcome, first-served basis
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      478 10 Is New Nation a news paper, a sports paper, a fashion magazine, a business paper or a home journal? Ides, it's all these and more There's something special for HHHHHB Eating Out tells you where to detailed reports on the various everyone in New Nation anc^ wnat t0 esAm Lorong
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    Success scenario of new industrial thrust
    434 11  -  GEORGE JOSEPH EEC LEADER SEES ROLE FOR EUROPEANS By SINdAPORE has the potential to succeed in its attempt for higher technological industries, and European businessmen can fit into the transition process that is taking place. mis view was expressed yesterday by a visiting member
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    Latecomer but Japan firm's set to expand
    319 11 MITSLBISHI Electric Corporation, a latecomer to Singapore's industrial scene, doubled its workforce last year and may expand further. It is considering shifting its monochrome television production from Japan to Singapore, iue to plunging popularity and prices of monochrome sets there. But any such
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    275 COURTESY SONGS
    46 11 A TOTAL of 275 entries have been received for the IK* national courtesy campaign jingle Mid s«ngwriting competition. The entries, including 28 Jtagles, were submitted by 13t people. The contest is Jointly organised by the Culture Ministry, the Young Musicians Society and RTS.
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    Spore to take part in top Europe lair
    210 11 Spore to take part in top Europe lair SINGAPORE will take part in the 14th International Tourism Exchange one of Europe's largest trade and consumer fairs in Berlin from March 1 to 7. The fair, held annually, will offer an opportunity for international trade and consumer contacts. A large turnout
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    Buffet and dance
    44 11 THE Henderson community centre youth group will hold a buffet-cum-dance at the Hotel Merlin poolside on March 1 at 7.30 p.m. Tickets are available at the community centre at Bukit Merah View or ring *****68 between 3 p.m. and 10 p.m.
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    Senior PSA officers on 'night watch'
    235 12 Senior PSA officers on 'night watch' THE Port of Singapore Authority is setting up an Inspectorate Services in the port next month to supervise workers after normal office hours. The scheme will involve PSA directors, deputy directors and other senior port officers. Some of them are said to be upset
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    Sad fate of new cars that await scrapping
    226 12 Sad fate of new cars that await scrapping MORE tkM a 1M new vehicle* are parked at the •pen storage space •f tke Pert «f Singapore Aathwity at Alexandra iaat S*mr can have been there far m I«hr that the gran has grawn to the level «f the bonneta. A
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    Knifing case man released on bail
    75 12 Knifing case man released on bail THE PSA clarified yesterday that its police did not release Tan Song Choon, 27, on Saturday after questioning him for a knifing incident on board the passenger liner, Centaur, as reported in the Sunday Times. Tan was released on a $5,000 bail that day
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    May second language exam 'passes the test'
    506 12 May second language exam 'passes the test' MOST examinations give students sleepless nights but the new mid-year second language examination in May seems to be the reverse. At least nine secondary four and pre-university one students interviewed were happy to learn of the Education Ministry's new introduction. Those good in
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    PATIENT'S FATAL JUMP: SUICIDE
    130 12 PATIENT'S FATAL JUMP: SUICIDE A 74- YEAR-OLD jumped to his death from a third floor hospital window on the day he was admitted, a coroner's court heard yesterday. Tan Suan Kok was admitted to the Tan Tock Seng Hospital on the morning of Nov 2. Miss Tan Tin, a duty
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    Man charged with theft of bus
    56 12 Man charged with theft of bus SULAIMAN bin Yacob, 20, was charged in a magistrate's court yesterday with stealing a private bus along Quality Road on Dec The cost of the bus belonging to Mr Ang Soon Hock was given as $37,000 Bail of $1,000 was offered pending further mention
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    Labourer drank his life away in one night
    206 12 Labourer drank his life away in one night AN odd-job labourer had one too many and died of acute alcoholic intoxication, a coroner's court heard yesterday. Mr Wong Wee Fatt, 31, started drinking with his brother and several friends at different places from 8 p.m. on Aug 21 till just
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    Centre plans outing
    35 12 THE Queenstown community centre is planning a tour to the Van IQeef Aquarium, Jurong Bird Park and Zoological Gardens on Feb 3 from 8.30 a.m. to 5 p.m. For details, ring *****0.
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    On Mandarin
    36 12 THE Leng Kee community centre is conducting a 13-week course from Feb 6 on conversational Mandarin for adults at the Mci Chin Primary School on Wednesdays and Thursdays from 7 p.m. to 8.30 p.m.
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    Shippers in KL
    76 12 THE Singapore National Shippers' Council and the Malaysian National Shippers' Council will jointly meet the Straits/ South Africa, Far East/ Kast Africa aid the Straits Somalia conferences In Kuala Lumpur today to discuss their 11 per cent freight increases. The SNSC delegation will be led by Mr
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    Jakarta ships for repair here fall 30 pc
    235 12  -  J. D. INDRAN By THE number of Indonesian ships coming to Singapore for repairs has dropped by as much as 30 per cent over the past few months as more are being repaired at their home yards in line with the Indonesian
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    VITB and five firms to start tool and die scheme
    166 12 VITB and five firms to start tool and die scheme THE Vocational and Industrial Training Board, in conjuction with five firms in the metal printing industry, will implement an apprenticeship scheme in tool and die making (press toolmaking), beginning next month. Under the scheme apprentices will be posted to approved
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    New school
    25 12 MP for Kuo Chuan, Mr P Selvadurai, will officially open the Westlake Secondary School in Braddell Road on Feb 7 at 5 p.m.
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    Lock icon Ex-bank officer gets 4 years for CBT
    260 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Monday A FORMER bank officer, who spent more than $750,000 of his bank's money on gambling and drinking, was today sentenced to four years' jail. Cheah Seak Yuen, 45, pleaded guilty to two counts of criminal breach of trust of $763,919
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    OPENING OF $250m KUANTAN PORT IN APRIL?
    234 13 OPENING OF $250 m KUANTAN PORT IN APRIL? KUANTAN, Mon. The $250 million Kuantan Port may finally open for business in March or April. The port was originally scheduled to open for partial operations in 1976 and full operations in March 1978. "We expect to open for partial operations some
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    Lock icon New envoy
    26 13 CANBERRA, Mon. Career diplomat Gary Woodard, SO, currently Australia's Ambassador to China, has been appointed lUgh Commissioner to Malaysia, it was announced today. AP.
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      KL MAY BAR SINGAPORE BIRTHS AT GOVT HOSPITALS
      98 13 KL MAY BAR SINGAPORE BIRTHS AT GOVT HOSPITALS KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Singapore women may soon be barred from delivering babies at Malaysian government hospitals, except on humanitarian grounds, Home Minister Tan Sri Ghazali Shafie told the Senate on Friday. But they will be allowed to deliver at private clinics, the
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      Lock icon Licensing of butchers to end high prices
      115 13 Licensing of butchers to end high prices PETALING JAVA, Mon. Hundreds of beef retailers and wholesalers in the country will soon be licensed by Maiuternak, the national livestock corporation), in a move to prevent them from selling meat above the agreed retail price. A spokesman for Majuternak said today the
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      Lock icon 'Red threat prevented'
      59 13 JOHORE BARU, Mon. Effective measures taken by the Government have prevented "armed and uniformed communists" from making their appearance in Johore, Mentri Besar Tan Sri Haji Othman Saat announced yesterday. He said that for the last few years the state had never been threatened by armed communists
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      Lock icon Hotel for Japanese
      64 13 JOHORE BARU, Mon. The $20 million Asahi View Hotel to be set up here is to attract more Japanese tourists to the state, the Johore Tenggara Development Authority's general managtr, Haji Abdul Rahman, said yesterday. The hotel, a joint venture between the Authority and Japanese interests, was
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      Lock icon Forged cheque costs bank $200,000
      126 13 KOTA KINABALU. Mon. The Chartered Bank here has discovered that it has lost more than $2M,M> in a forgery, It was disclosed today. The forgery was discovered daring the visit of the chairman of Standard-Chartered Bank Group, Lord Bar- ber. This was his first visit
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      Lock icon Bank Rakyat to put up list of 'errant debtors'
      193 13 Bank Rakyat to put up list of 'errant debtors' KUALA LUMPUR, Monday IN A bold move to recover about $30 million in outstanding loans, Bank Rakyat will distribute its list of errant debtors at its general meeting scheduled for this year, i Agriculture Minister Datuk Shariff Ahmad said the list
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      Lock icon Ministry releases last of LCE results
      197 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The Education Ministry today released all the remaining Lower Certificate of Education examination results which had been held back due to suspected irregularities. A total of 1,294 students had their results suspended as it was believed that some had cheated, some
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      Lock icon Talks with Blaker
      73 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. British Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Peter Blaker today discussed with Malaysian Foreign Minister Tengku Ahmad Rithauddeen the situation in Afghanistan and the Kampuchean conflict. Deputy Foreign Minister Datuk Mochtar Hashim said. Datuk Mochtar told reporters that the two ministers exchanged
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    Smiling symbol of better habit to cultivate
    253 14 THIS LOGO by a graphic designer, Mr Goh Khing Hwa, 27, will be used in the current campaign to promote the use of Mandarin. It won the first prize of $1,000 in a competition organised by the Promote the Use of Mandarin Committee.
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    -14 BANK CLERKS IN MANDARIN CONTEST
    133 14 FOURTEEN bank clerks will take part in an oratorical contest organised I by the Singapore Bank Employees' Union in support of the Speak Mandarin campaign at the DBS auditorium on Thursday I at 7 p.m. Mr Lim Chee Onn, secretary-general of the NTUC, will
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    Crime does not pay, but it's too late for duo
    241 14 Crime does not pay, but it's too late for duo TWO men, who were yesterday jailed for robbery, houseforeaking and theft, asked the court for a chance to do good and said they now realised that "crime does not pay." Junaidi bin Ariffin, 19, said in mitigation that "the proverb,
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    Man used army officer's guise court told
    141 14 Man used army officer's guise court told I A MAN was charged In a magistrate's court yesterday with impersonating an army officer to cheat a woman of 1 $5* and a suit ef army uniform, purportedly to be delivered to her sob I la Nee Soon Camp. Chow Gek Kwak,
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    Talks on beauty
    46 14 THE Boon Teck community centre women's sub-committee will hold a series of talks on beauty culture in Mandarin at its premises. A talk on skin care will be held tomorrow, make-up on Jan 30, and hairdressing on Feb 6, all at 7.30 p.m.
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    Youth tells of hot awakening to real-life nightmare
    494 14 Youth tells of hot awakening to real-life nightmare MR LIM Oman Kwee, 19, drowsily awoke from his sleep when he felt an intense heat in his room. At fiist he thought he was dreaming, but he i ■■■■■^■■■V soon found that he was in the thick of a real-life nightmare.
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    One call every hour for Fire Brigade
    212 14 THE year 1980 started off on a fiery note with the Fire Brigade receiving an average of one call every hour. These include hoaxcalls, lallang-fires and fires at unoccupied houses. The worst fire since the beginning of the year was the Jalan Besar
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    Chilli plant landed man in hot soup, court told
    122 14 Chilli plant landed man in hot soup, court told A POTTED chilli plant landed a man in Hot soup in a magistrate's court yesterday. For Ng Beng Hock, 21, had stolen the plant placed in front of a flat along the common corridor of a block of flats in Bedok
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    Child artists
    32 14 AN exhibition of children's art from Kumamoto, Japan, will be on at the National Museum Young People's Gallery from Jan 26 to 31 from 10.30 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily.
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    I didn't fake payment chits, says housewife
    410 14 $lm PROPERTY DISPUTE A HOUSEWIFE, suing her estranged husband for the possession of six houses and a restaurant worth about $1 million, denied that she had fabricated payment chits showing that she had paid for the properties. All the properties are registered under
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    HOUSEWIVES MARKETING GUIDE
    274 14 The retail pr general guidar ces c market i ems a e provided belo for ice on y ITEMS UNIT PRICES ITEMS UNIT PRICE: AREA/I MKET Seng 'oh/Redhi II KGETABLES: f Kang Konj 6O5g lkg SO 50-SO S0 80S1 CK BEEF: Brisket (Frozen) 605g 1 kC $4
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      For growth of party, Dr Toh suggests review; of constitution
      671 15 THE PAP should consider changing its structure if that will help to promote its growth, the party chairman, Dr Toh Chin Chye, said on Sunday. Addressing the party's 25th anniversary rally at at the National Theatre, he said the party
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      When bread cannot butter up a nation...
      368 15 When bread cannot butter up a nation. IRAN is a case study proving the validity of the saying that men do not live by bread alone, the PAP chairman, Dr Toh Chin Chye, said on Sunday. Addressing the rally at National Theatre to mark the party's 25th anniversary, he said
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      3 youths face four charges of m-cycle thefts
      189 15 3 youths face four charges of m-cycle thefts THREE youths appeared in a magistrate's court yesterday to face four charges of stealing motorcycles from car parks in housing estates. One of them, Goh Hung Seng, 16, was charged on all four counts. Jointly charged with Goh on two counts was
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      Charged with break-in and theft
      81 15 TOO Sze Hoong, 20, was I charged in a magistrate's court yesterday with breaking into a house in Halton Road on the night of Jan 1 and stealing items totalling $1,526. The stolen goods belonging to Mr Khong Chit Chong were i a stereo set,
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      Ong among 419 reps commended
      84 15 MR ONG AN HENG, the representative from City Central district, receiving a certificate of commendation from Dr Toh Chin Chye, at the PAP's 25th anniversary mass rally at the National Theatre on Sonday. He was one of the 419 representatives recognised by the PAP Cea
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      Top cat's owner can't keep it in HDB flat
      155 15 Top cat's owner can't keep it in HDB flat CATASTROPHE has struck Singapore's top cat for this year. For seven-month-old Martin, judged the best domestic cat in the Cat Club's third annual show on Sunday, is to be evicted from his Housing Board home. An HDB spokesman said yesterday that
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      At the zoo
      26 15 SENIOR Minister of State (Education), Dr Tony Tan, will open the zoo theatrette al the Singapore Zoological Gardens on Saturday at 3 p.m.
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      Air talks with Mauritius going smoothly
      142 15 Air talks with Mauritius going smoothly AIR talks between Singapore and Mauritius started smoothly yesterday, and conference sources say the talks may conclude today, instead of tomorrow as scheduled. Singapore has asked for traffic rights to and through Mauritius with intermediate points and points beyond. This, is in line with
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      Operational research
      55 15 THE Operational R« -arch Society of Singapore aivl the Department of Extra-mural Studies of the Univers'ty of Singapore will hold an i sion course, Operation." 1 Research in Management, from March 3. The course, design* tl for managers and profesional candidates, will be conducted by six lecturers who
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      The Straits Times TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1980 NO BITE
      756 16 The Straits Times TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1980 NO BITE IE Western condemnation of the Soviet inva sion of Afghanistan was loud and strong. Most seemed deeply concerned about the Russian aggression. But beyond giving verbal support for President Carter's stand against Moscow and pledging not to replace America's ban on
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      Lock icon Marcos easing his grip
      569 16  -  FERNANDO DEL MUNDO in Manila By PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos is polishing up the image of his martial law regime to bring in badly needed foreign exchange and dispel US fears that the former American colony might go the way of Iran and Nicaragua. In a series
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      History is not made the way it is written
      2637 16 TO UNDERSTAND the present and anticipate the future, one must know enough of the past, enough to have a sense of the history of a people. One must appreciate not merely what took place but more especially why it took place
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      64 17 Young people learn best from personal experience. The lessons their elders have learned at great pain and expense can add to the knowledge of the young and help them to cope with problems and dangers they had not faced before; but such learning, at second hand, is never as
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      Search for leaders harder in a 'small pond'
      726 17 Search for leaders harder in a 'small pond' PLACE OF BIRTH OF 1ST AND 2ND LINE LEADERSHIPS Note: Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding off. Place of Birth Peninsular 1st Line Singapore Malaysia Elsewhere Total Leadership No I No. No. ~No" •Mr Lee Kuan Yew DrGohKeng Swee
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      Those were the days my friend..
      95 17 Those were the days my friend.. There was the excitement of the successes in 1959 and 1963; the dread of disaster in 1964's co mm anal riots; the endless communal bickering and the eventual triumph after the shock of separation in 1965 and the withdrawal of the British in 19S8.
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  • TIMES CITY DESK
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      CLOSING PRICES
      1189 18 THE last traraartrd rrady ulr at the cUmr butlrvm on thr Stork Fxrhangr o( Sinfa parr yntrrday romparrd »nh the pervious 'lay's prirrs logrthrr with IS79 high and low I Adjusini (or snip rights lsur> Uat S.I, I 132xd 150 212 70 250 BMrtMd 380 2»xd 256 314xd
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      Unit trusts
      310 18 Closing tone: Barely steady. Turnover: Official figures supplied by the Stock Exchange of Singapore including odd lots "Ready" totalled: 7.243,000 units valued at $17,982,000. Industrials accounted for 4,235,000, finance 674,000, hotels 430,000, pnverties 1.095,000, debentures, loans and bonds nil. plantations 752,000. minings 57,000. ■Settlement" contracts totalled: 988,000 units
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      BUSINESS DONE (Singapore)
      1454 18 BID and offer prices officially list.*] and business in an reported to the Slock Exchange of Singapore yeswday with the number of shares traded shown in brackets in lots of I 1000 units unless otherwise anerl tied AU Tlmes^U«nentCon2^i rV uuotedTHt^ rTwo^S^ b£ tt SS 5T uniu)
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      1843 18 BID and ofler prices officially listed and Duslness In and reported to the Kuala Lumpur Slock Exchange yes terday with the number of shares traded shown In brackets in lots of 1.000 units unless otherwise specified INIM STRIAI.S i. in. (2 458) \Basmsta I 3 40S) Una 12
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        61 18 M U I ■iporr Bum H Negara Hond Lfong Ind Sugars y c b c Sovran Me|a Chcm Satu Kawan Strait* Trading it\ Prop»rtie. Lingul J U B H Royal 402 372 205 230 448 770 270 180 372 245 810 515 470 390 240 52 30 21 20
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        28 18 -B3 Harbour I Breweriti ractora C M I T C H S Mpi. lanvaog Preaa 420 780 090 800 434 384 3M -20 -10 -10 -10 -6
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        31 18 3ime Darby H«w Par V Securities :"on. Plant M Credit 3 Securities L' O B Faber Merlin Spore Land 274.000 238.000 222.000 206.000 179.000 176.000 110.000 110,000 100.000
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        31 18 B.T. Index: Industrials: Finance: Hotels Properties: Minings: Plantations: D.C.B.C: Jan 18 Jan 21 3379.93 3410.39 446.94 447.02 817.88 820 16 406.11 410.39 296.03 297.33 244.78 244.22 783.81 788.23 438.35 440.94
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        H'kong
        311 18 HONGKONG: Stocks were generally firm in fairly active trading yesterday, with the Hang Seng index gaining 18.96 points to end the day at 873.82, dealers said. Trading was led by front-line stocks, with interest in a number of special situations, the market being confident in the absence of any
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        Sydney
        285 18 SYDNEY: light profit-taking bought some leading blue chip issues off the top towards the close, but the market still closed higher yesterday, led by base metal producers, dealers said. The Ail-Ordinaries was up 14.54 points to 838.20. on a total turnover volume of 19.34 mil lion shares. Cenu INDUSTRIALS
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        Tokyo
        397 18 TOKYO: Share prices closed higher yesterday, with active selective buying in nonferrous metals and populars more than offsetting increased profit-tak-ing in front runners, dealers said. The Dow Jones average rose 16.97 to close at 6,666.27 points, with a volume of 350 million shares. The New index closed at 464.24,
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        GOLD
        115 18 THE KILOBAR market for gold deliverable In Singapore opened at $57,376 and closed at $57,931 yesterday. In the Far East, gold opened at l'SsBl7 00 827 00 and moved up to a high of $835.00 844.00 by lunch. In the afternoon, aoane selling from Europe pushed the price down
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        STRAITS TIN
        35 18 THE STRAITS tin price rose another $18 to $2,192 per picul (equivalent to $36.24 per kilo, up 29 cents) in Penang yesterday on an official offering up 48 V% tonnes to 250 tonnes.
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        RUBBER
        328 18 PRICES in the Singapore rubber market closed higher yesterday, with February RSS One buyers quoted at 347.50 cents per kilo, up 3.50 cents on last Friday's close, dealers said. Morning prices were marked up about six cents on forward demand, trade and upcountry covering coupled with strong London advices,
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        81 18 iSftlO iSR 50 **ILB iMRCV •MRL .MK ■MK I.I' IMR 10 .MK 20 >MR M) M too pwlWtJ flloapallrtl II uapaUni (IU-p^.<l U-loapallaO ll'UaipdlHI (lleapaibtl il uap4iw<> (llaaptUMI Ftknan i(«rr..l Mlkl Kmjtn 8«Uars 304.00 3O4.OON ***** 3O300N ***** 3M00N 35*00 *****N ***** J.130ON UNO UNO 3O»O0 311
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        79 18 Rubber: Jan 21 Singapore: February: 347.50 cents (up 3.50 cents) Malaysia: February: 350.00 cents (up 4.50 cents) Tin: M$2,192 (up $18) (equivalent to $36.24 per kilo) (up 29 cents) Official offering: 250 tonnes (up 48'/i tonnes) Kl ALA LUMPUK: The Malaysian rubber market closed firmer yesterday, with February
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      Most shares end better
      357 18 SHARE prices held up against a further slide on the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday, adding substance to some analysts' belief that last Friday's correction will be brief and technical. However, buyers tread cautiously, being more selective than they were In the last three bullish weeks.
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      Kuala Lumpur
      315 18 THE return of buying inter- est in the afternoon helped prices to recover on the Kuala Lumpur stock market yesterday. Trading, which was hesitant initially, picked up towards the close. The New Straits Times industrial ordinary share index closed the day 0.36 point higher at 487.69 while the
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      Money and exchanges
      184 18 THE US Sing dollar opened firmer at 12.1545 55. in line with the higher closing prices in overseas markets. in the Singapore forex market yes- erdav I Jn I The US dollar, however, came under heavy selling pressure by gold merchants to close at 12.1500 lv Interbank
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      NOMINAL RATES
      316 18 Currsnclss Nominal ratas Smithsonian Psrcantaga quolad ysatarday (eross)parity Changs [>or«l dallsra to «ae wit of for«-l|rn rnr■ency: JS dollar 2.1495 2.1506 2.8196 -23.77 Sterling pound 4.9190 4.9235 7.3469 -33 05 Australian dollar 2.3865 2.3890 3.4286 -30.39 MZ dollar 2.1250 2.1285 3.4206 -37.88 Janadian dollar 1.8505 1.8520 Lacal dollars
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      Discount
      51 18 RANGE of prices offered by dl: count houses on Jan 21 Overnight 6 Call deposit* 6 to6 v; IS Omim B«y.n« StUiaf 3- month Treasury bills 8'. 6't 3 month Bank bills 10 10 3 months CD 10 10 i 6 months CD 10 11,18 109/16 Source: National Discount
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      Money market
      38 18 Closing Interbank rates for Singapore dollars on Jan 21 Ofler Bid Overnight 10 1 month 10' 10 i 2 months 10 10 t 3 months 10 10 i Overnight mode 10 slightly from those quoted b;
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      Prime lending rates
      24 18 THE average rate »t which nujtr SlagapaiT hawks axe earredUy prep*red U Irnd to their best cßstomen la II per eeat
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      Panel completes check into St Piran activities
      1207 19 Panel completes check into St Piran activities A FULL investigation by the I-ondon Panel on Take-overs and Mergers into the sharedealing activities in the UKbased Cornish tin mining and construction group, St Piran, has been completed. A meeting of the full panel with the board of St Piran has been
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      Kelantan floods cost Duff $lm
      549 19 DUFF Development Bhd, a subsidiary of the Batu Kawan plantation group, may have suffered about $1 million damage caused by recent floods in Kelantan. In his latest address to shareholders, chairman Dato Lee Loy Seng said the floods were the heaviest experienced for a number
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      Loss at San Holdings rises in first-half
      350 19 SAN Holdings, after having resolved its legal problem, has reported a pre-tax loss of $162,729 for the half year to September 1979, compared with a loss of $44,406 previously. Croup turnover revenue for the period stood at $74,f>oo (nil) comprising dividend income from
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      Mindef pays Bovis $12.5m
      121 19 Mindef pays Bovis $12.5 m BOVIS (SEA) has settled Its long drawn-out claim against the Singapore Government In respect af construetlon work carried aat on Pulau Braai between 1172 and 1J75. The financially ailing property, eaastracttaa. aad quarrying group disclosed last Friday that the arbitration between Its subsidiary, Bovis (Singapore),
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      Slight rise in profit at SJAH
      169 19 Slight rise in profit at SJAH SOUTH Mere Amalf mnted HaMlftgs' (SJAH) umdltfd pre-tax aperattag praflts (hefare extraardlaary Items) Impreved sUghtly to KU.itl from ttnjm la the first six maaths to Sep M, lf». The graap's •peratiag Income rase by 11.3 per eesit to U.(4 diUUmi far the same pcrUd.
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      Lock icon Revamping museum's drab facilities
      395 19 That promise of more funds offers institution hope of major face-lift LET us applaud the Ministry of Culture for its fine gesture in promising more funds to the National Museum to upgrade its facilities and improve services. This is a long-awaited supplement to a longimpoverished cultural
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      It was a waste of my time and bus fare travelling to centre
      540 19 ON the evening of Jan 2, I went to the Henderson Secondary School to register for admission to the Vocational and Industrial Training Board's Conversational Malay course as this school was listed as one of the 28
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      TV filmlet that contradicts another campaign
      369 19 WTTH reference to the government promotion campaigns on courtesy and Speak Mandarin" on television, I would like to point out that the producers should have been more discriminating in what they offer the public. The filmlet on courtesy showed a passenger and conductor being
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      149 19 Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited announces the opening ofanew branch in Singapore This Branch offers the local and overseas business communities a diversified, competitive and flexible range of financial services including: Foreign Exchange dealings in major currencies. This includes spot and forward exchange dealings and remittances in Australian
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      4005 21 I""™"^ I^"^^" "^^^""n SALES CLERKS ANO Sales Repre- m»ci««» nmiTMi I »»»amaMaiial Company In Jurong I I w PART-TXt AMAH REOUWgD at I II CMDI HVIICyT r3^.-. sentatlves required by establish- MACr-NE OPERATORS p^manant poarrion for a POLYFIBRE (S) Serangoon area for washing and ■fafcafl Wm\\ I EMPLOYMENT Eicctrolux^ ar
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      3662 22 ,1 sh^v^ /ff!f< S2HS ass. 11 S^E^aHSS F COF^r 8E ro^gsz zr^rrr B^ oB2o PCM^slnoorShlpyaro: -JS^*- -P— row requlres urgenUy nT^EresnKi Vo? AC^ToOK .^rVY^AR^" "tSLS J-SSST 1 AIMJ' ,7^7; 1) TECHNICIANS We^need «veral Youn, Per- po.lt.on of aWSS-SSSbo '»m S^n, Mng^nefti'"' *V ProdßCtton CArrnov Apphcantswhomus.be MALES FEMALES o^u-^A^'c^li fZXStZ^? CAPJAm
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      4272 23 1.73 HONDA CIVIC ""ax/Insurance MO 1972 COLT GTO with sports «v It^ 111 UPUIIII r« a nnirri I new Cassette, air blower, private rims, alrcond. price $8,000 Tel: BM THAI mn trading PTC ltd AGOOOOFFER 111 KHICLES A BOATS CITROEN^ JZT-ITeZ -> c«»..«« V^TSS W ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES J 197J HONOA
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      1224 24 I"^^— ii— ■^—■^-o^—l o aunMaa t anm WATTEN HILL Type A townhouse. I ~JJmmCIM SCHOOL VKMNTY I •EAUTIFULLY FURWSHEO DIST. ivAcco^ooATimpfioptms I .^£"5L. =S'« a ESHrsSr S^EsSS: "■i"^^—^mmmm—^—^^.^~m—mm^^^m^J 2 Large bedrooms with bathroom I elude swimming pool, squash/ tact *****83 ooimi f storey seui nrT.ru. attached. 1 study room and
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      3118 24 DMT. 5. FABER MLL Apartment. 3 WEST COAST PARK. Condomtnl- I bedrooms, servant's, alrcondl- üm apartment. 3 bedrooms with J^^^^^^^^^^^^^^. tloners. sitting/ dining, furnish- attached baths, fully furnished a.) trtmfr W- I cd. $1200 *****1 2 tennis courts $1,500 Principals: A**tt t*Ju+ i DMT. WEST COAST Park, beau- ™"<« BfCIUSItt
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      4066 25 lue-uikc butch HtuulHts ie« BWLOMG SHENTON WAY I I I JAPANESE (BEGINNERS) IVACCOWMOOATIOWtPHOPtRTtS =2^5 SSiHSI= I StßTOtt BUSINESS .1 EDUCATE t TRAININ6 ,"Hr^Hf m T^^T^ J6562 WITERNATIONAL PLAZA, -IST I— ——■________^mJ I J School, 6-B Kirn Tlan Road l _^srSS 5 Fi! I|a1 a £Z?%iZS!s '<»*>*»» P-"- NATIONWWE SERVICES: REPAMS.
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  • IX OBITUARIES
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      140 Acknowledgements
      34 26 The Family Relative, of the Ml WONG KENG SAM with to uprm their sinceri thanks to all friend* and colleeguei lor their condolence*, wrtatht donations, •imlinci and attendance during their recent bereave-
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      78 26 The Family of the late BOBBY TAN SONG CHWEE •«pf ess th«ir sincere thsnki to R» v Ouek Kioh Chung, mnbiii of Christian Assembly. ln»nds. relatives end STAFF OF Dynasty Enterprises Pie Ltd Allied Contract Services (Pte) Ltd Initial Services Singapore (Pte) Ltd Dynaklen Services Sdn Bhd Hygienic Cleaning Services
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      70 26 Tha family of tha lata Mdm Tong Waa Goh with to eipr*si thaw haart-fali lhanfci and gratitude to V»n. B. Dharmma Ratana Th*ro and mombara of Ti-Sarana Buddhist AaaociatKxi, r.1.ti... triands and collaaguM lor thmr prajrara, aitm •nca, condotancaa and wraatha during thair racant baraavamafil and aapacially to Protaaaor. doctora,
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      142 Deaths
      62 26 MR. RODERICK ANG HOE LAM AGE 35 managing director of Credit Agency Pie Ltd. former Chairman Thiam Hoe Pte Ltd, passed away peacefully on January 20th IMO leaving behind loving wife Lilian Choo Swee Kin and only daughter AngHweeShen. The cortege will leave «7 Lorong 33 Oeytang on
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      41 26 LEE LIAN OUEE AGED «1 PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY ON 21-1-W. SERVICE WILL BE HELD AT I 00 PM ON 22-1-80 AT 83 800 CMOW WALK WHERE CORTEGE WILL LEAVE THE NEXT DAY AT 1 30 PM FOR CREMATION AT MOUNT VEHNON
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      81 26 CUTHBERT PEREIRA (NINAK) .iitrd 53. passed away peacefully on 20 1 80 Cortege leaving 2. Thomson Road Post Office Qrt* for Mass at Church of The Holy Spirit at 3.30 pm sharp Thence to Ml Vernon No wreaths pleuse. tn knrtofl Memory o« our Oew Father Chertie Pmlwi Veo Departed:
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      68 26 MR. LEONG KHAI MENG, 75. departed peacefully TTSH. Sunday l 20/1/80. I Sadly mourned by two aona Hong I Chiaw. Hong Fart ihrx daughters. Sww Mooi. Lai Mooi. Ngoi Mom. two daughters-in-law. Yuen Yuet Foon. Lee Sok Lan, two aons-in-law. Vong Kin Slew, Ling Ding Ing, twelve grandchildren, one granddaughter-in-law.
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      55 26 MRS. CHOO SIEW JUAN Aged 89 pasaed away peacefully on 21.1.50 leaving behind: 2 sons: SIM CHENG HONG SIM HONG SENG 2 d»ught»r» in -law S grandaona 4 granddaughters 1 grandaon-in-taw 1 great grandeon 1 greet granddaughter Cortege leaving 82. Sing Avenue (0S21) on 27 1 10 Sunday at 1
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      144 In Memoriam
      36 26 IN LOVING AND CHERISHED MEMORY OF MR. P.M. SIRISENA who pnMd »wvi on 22nd January 1979 Hrauliful thoughts of one sj dear Treasured always with love sincere. Lovingly remembered by wile and children.
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      IN LOVING MEMORY
      78 26 Mdm CMIO SIEW WAH Departed 22-1-77 knew the sadness the day would bring. The bitter grief, the shock severe. To part with you. whom we love so dear. You bade us neither farewell nor goodbye. For you were gone before our eyes. Too good to go. too
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      IN LOVING MEMORY OF
      43 26 JAMB CAN MNG HUAT Dtpartad. 22.1.197* SWHT AM TMt MEMORIES SIIENTIY MPT Of ONE WE lOVED AND NEVER FORGET ONE YEAt AGO TOOAY YOU I£FT US. DEEPIY MISSED BY SONS 4 DAUGHTERS-IN-LAW. OAUGM TWS I SONS-INIAW AND GRAND<HIIDR£N GRAND-SOMN-LAW
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      890 26 VIII ANNOUNCEMENTS PERSONAL It i m* 1 SIO KHOO Choon Hin, elder son of Mr. Mrs. Slo Chain Ling of Singapore, to Judy Ann, elder daughter of Mr. Mrs. Khoo Khiok Kirn of Johor Baru, on sth January 1980 at the Church of Christ the Priest in Hobart, Tasmania Australia.
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      57 26 NOTICE Notice is hereby given that MR PONNAALAGU s/o MUTHU I.C. No. *****66 is -no longer in our employ and therefore is not authorised to conduct any business or collect any monies on behalf of our companies. 1. SYARIKAT MORLEY 2. MORLEY PROFESSIONAL MOVERS SDN. BHD. 3. CHARLES FORWARDING AND
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      Lock icon Steelers' Super Bowl
      182 27 PASADENA, Mm. Pittsburgh Stolen came from behind to defeat I>on Angrlm Rams 31-19 for the American Football League's Super Bowl title here yesterday. It was Steekrs' second raecessive win aad their foarth In the last ■v yean. Stolen' •■arter-back Terry Bradshaw, who shattered two Super Bowl passtnc
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      Lock icon Inter on way to regain old glory
      327 27 Inter on way to regain old glory ZOFF ROME. Mon. Inter Milan, who last won the Italian First Division soccer League championship 10 years ago, look wellplaced to regain it this season after beating Udinese 2-1 yesterday. Their nearest rivals and current champions AC Milan lost 1-0 at Avellino, leaving
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      BUKIT TIMAH WEIGHTS
      1482 27 WEIGHTS for this weekend's races at Bukit Timah: SATURDAY CtaM 1 Div. 2 1350 m 4 Turning Point 57.0 5 Sure Am 56.5 15 Peacherino 54.5 11 The Hustler 54.0 9 Dallas 54.0 1 Ranaci 53.5 18 Sefenite 52.0 6 Salutation 52.0 14 Elikon 52.0 17 Majorana
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      Cup hopes keep out of heavy rain
      668 27  -  FAIRWAY By LION CITY RUNNERS TAKE A REST WITH the top horses resting in the stables, punters were not given any indication as to who would be the likely winner of the $76,500 Lion City Cup at Bukit Timah on Sunday. The "trial"
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      Lock icon Mitchell lands first victory
      228 27 Mitchell lands first victory PHOENIX (Arizona), Mon. Jeff Mitchell, displaying the composure of a tour-tested veteran, put together a steady, four-under-par 67 to score his first career victory on the professional golf tour in the Phoenix Open yesterday. Mitchell, 25, in his fourth season on the Professional Golfers' Association tour,
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      Lock icon Cliftonville triumph
      40 27 LONDON, Mon. CliftonvUle beat Glenavon 2-0 in a Northern Irish League soccer match. Other results: Distillery 1 l.infield 2, Lame 0 Ards 3, Portadown 4 Coleraine 2, Bangor v Ballymena and Glentoran v Crusaders (postponed ground unfit). Reuter.
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      Lock icon Champions
      26 27 CALCUTTA. Mon. Defend ing champions Mulan Taipeh, of Taiwan, retained their Asian women's soccer title when they beat an Indian squad 2-0 here vesierdav AFP
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      690 27 TJME^ERIODICA^TT^n^ I I We are expanding The Straits Times Directory of Singapore and as part of our expansion programme, we invite suitably qualified applicants for the post Of DIRECTORY SALES REPRESENTATIVES The successful condidotes will be responsible for developing new business, maintaining and servicing existing accounts, in the respective districts
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      288 27 THE BAN|tRUPTCY ACT (CHAPTER 18) TAKE NOTICE that (a) Receiving and Adjudication Orders were made against the following debtors on 11th January 1980: la Baakniptey Nas 744/78 Gopal Arunagiri Of No 1, Daisy Road, Singapore 1335 745/78 PasupathyMangeleaswaree d/o R M Visvanathan of 12, Klngswear Avenue, Singapore 1955. 352/79 Hoo
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      715 27 4 s//vGx\t='Of?£ 7m> 4 4 SINGAPORE AIRLINES LIMITED (SIA) INVITES 4 W TENDER FOR THE MANUFACTURE AND M? A DELIVERY OF A J (i) IAfORK PLATFORM FOR MAINTENANCE OF J AIRCRAFT 4 (i) TROLLEYS S? Work items include:- &7 A Rear w ork Platform A S7 2 Outboard Wing Dogk
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      657 27 KO\ TKNDKK NOTK Tenders will he received! by the Registry of Vehicles.J Middle Road, Singapore, wp to noon on 9 Feb 80 f<-r the following servlces:WjjshinK and clearing ot, offices inrludinß clcarinj* of c hnkts. maint -nnnii I of the lawn« an I Rar dens and sweepi ig the* compounds
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      It's tough for Zainal and Ballard
      200 28 By BERNARD PEREIRA SINGAPORE'S Stewart I din, now in London foi squash championship, are Ballard and Zainal Abi>r the British amateur c fighting against time to acclimatise themselves. In a telephone call to his father, Cuthbert, Ballard says that the unfamiliar environment, difficult playing
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      ASEAN SCHOOLS TOURNEY IN JULY
      111 28  - ASEAN SCHOOLS TOURNEY IN JULY PETER SIOW By THE ASEAN schools' basketball championships, for boys and girls under 18, will be held at the Gay World Stadium from July 21-26. The new dates were decided at a recent Singapore Schools' Sports Council meeting at Thomson Secondary School. Originally, the championships
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      SABA to launch membership drive
      291 28  -  GODFREY ROBERT By THE Singapore Amateur Boxing Association hopes to boost its kitty with a membership scheme, to be reintroduced in March. The scheme is also aimed at giving its members a form of identification, so that they can pool their resources and ideas and
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      Poor response to SHA meet
      39 28 THE response for the Singapore Hockey Association's six-a-side tournament, scheduled for the Padang on Sunday week, has been poor. M. Param, the SHA secretary, yesterday reminded all affiliates to submit their entries before Thursday.
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      152 28 HUNTDfGTON, Mon. An autopsy has revealed that a IJ-y car-old boy died of brain contusions because of Injuries received in boxing matches during which be did not wear protective headgear. Har lan H •osier, fought and won three bouts recently In a tournament la Lenore near
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      BRIEFS
      268 28 BIRMINGHAM, Mon. Jimmy Connors beat fellowAmerican Eliot Teltscher 6-3, 6-2 yesterday to win a US$l75.000 ($376,000) World Championship Tennis tournament here for the sixth time. Wojtek Fibak, of Poland, and Tom Okker, of Holland, beat Cie Nastase, of Rumania, and Jose-Luis Clerc, of Argentina, 6-3, 64 to win the
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      329 28  -  GEORGE DAS By KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Mokhtar Dahari is very likely to wear the No. 10 jersey for Malaysia again. Though Mokhtar would not publicly announce his return to the national team, his chances of being fielded in the Group Two pre-Olympic soccer qualifying round
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      Lai, Tham in shock victory
      103 28 Lai, Tham in shock victory Optimist sailors Lai King Hong and lan Tham pulled off a surprise in last weekend's Mirror Open yachting championship. off Changi reports PETER SIOW. Lai, who was assisted by Willy Blunck, and Tham and crew Ramlan Ali, all lower-secondary schoolboys, finished overall first and second
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      SSRA need $10,000 to sponsor glamour event
      418 28  -  PATRICK BASTIANS By THE Premier squash League, involving five top teams, with line-ups reflecting who's who in Singapore squash, may be played each Thursday, starting from March 3, under the spotlight, if Avis, the international car rental firm, can be persuaded to pay
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      476 28 Connors takes WCT title for sixth time Trisfas: England 38 Western Samoa 9, Israel 17 Zambia 13, Ireland 30 Jersey 10, Malawi 20 United States 16. Kenya 19 Guernsey 11, Swaziland 19 Fiji 18, Scotland 16 Wales 12, Canada 21 Hongkong 15, Australia 39 Japan 8. New Zealand 33 Papua
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      198 28 ARGUELLO KEEPS TO FIGHT-PLAN FOR WBC CROWN TUCSON, Arizona Monday ALEXIS AJtGUELLO, of Nicaragua, retained his World Boxing Council super-featherweight title by knocking out American Ruben Castillo after two minutes and three seconds of the 11th round here yesterday. Arguello, 27, said he followed his fight plan to the letter
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      102 29 BRISTOL, M«n. Bad winter weather forced an amateur soccer team to spend mere time at home with their wives last season. The result? Only one of the 11 players failed to become a father as the new season started. An official of the Avon Dynamos
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      Lock icon Palmqvist the juggler
      46 29 STOCKHOLM, Mon. Mikael Palmqyist, a 22-year-old Swede, claimed a world soccer juggling record yesterday, by hitting the ball 71,003 times with his legs and head. It took him 9 hr. and 25 mm. to beat another Swede's yearold record of 68,315. AP. FANDI
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      SNOC asks for nominations
      103 29 THE Singapore National Olympic Council has sent a circular to its affiliates, asking for recom- mendations for the Moscow Olympic Games in July, reports ERNEST FREDA. "S. S. Dhillon, secretary-general of the SNOC, j said yesterday: "All recommendations should be in by March 1." When asked
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      China train seriously
      218 29 CHINA has embarked on the final phase of their preparations for the pre-Olympic Games qualifying soccer competition, to be held at the National Stadium from Feb. 8-Mar. IS, with a squad of 22 players, reports JOE DORAI. They started their preparations for the competition in August with
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      Singapore may be at full strength for Cup-tie
      421 29 SAM AD AND FANDI RESUME TRAINING FOR NEGRI SEMBILAN MATCH By JOE DORAI SINGAPORE are likely to be back at full strength for Saturday's Malaysia Cup-tie against Negri Sembilan at the National Stadium, with skipper Samad Alapitchay and striker Fandi Ahmad back
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      Teo, Pereira for Bangkok
      130 29  -  BERNARD PEREIRA !l SINGAPORE'S junior singles champions, Albert Teo and Victor Pereira, will swap their school books for tennis rackets for six days this week. They will compete in the Asian tennis championships in Bangkok, starting today. Teo, 18, held the national 14-16 years' singles title
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      UDC report toj give umpires; better footing
      306 29  - UDC report toj give umpires better footing ERNEST FF IDA By THE Singapore Hockey Association's Umpires' Development Programme committee has completed its assignment and come up with a comprehensive report to put umpires in the Republic on a better footing. Bearing in mind the many difficulties the UDP committee had
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      Lock icon Tan: Plans for inter-cons swimming
      201 29  - Tan: Plans for inter-cons swimming PETER SIOW By SWIMMING may be included in the inter-constit-uency games next year. This was revealed by Tan Eng Liang, chairman of the Singapore Sports Council, at the opening ceremony of the inter-con-stituency table tennis championship at the Delta Sports Complex last night. Said Tan:
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      Veterans title to Ong
      66 29 ONG KOK MENG, won the men's veteran's singles table tennis title, while Chew Slew Lian emerged the women's champion in the final of the Ang Mo Kio Zone E tournament at Avenue 3, Block 121, yesterday. Results: Veterans: 1 One Kok Meng 2 Albert Johnson 3
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      82 29 MADRAS, Mon. Sunil Gavaskar, who won his third series as India's captain here yesterday, when India overwhelmed Pakistan in the fifth Test, has asked to be relieved of the captaincy for the sixth and final Test in Calcutta, starting next Tuesday. Gavaskar, who has captained India
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      TODAY'S EVENTS
      35 29 HOCKEY SWHA League Division Two: Police v Theresians (Police Academy, 5.10). SOCCER HDB inter-de-partment final: Telok Blang; h Estate v Car Parks Section (Queenstown Complex. 5.15). SHIMMING SSC agegroup meet (Tanjong Rhu, 7).
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      PMO lose
      27 29 HOME AFFAIRS beat Prime Ministers Office 3-0, while Environment edged out Judiciary by the same score in the inter-ministry sepak takraw championship at PERSES Centre.
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      Water-babes give cause for hope in future
      335 29  -  KEN JALLEH Jr. By IF there is anyone among you who is worried about Singapore's future in sport, relax. There is hope yet... at least as far as swimming goes. The recent national agegroup championships provided the fuel for that spark of hope,
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      Eight meet records set
      195 29 EIGHT records were set in the Singapore Swimming Club single age-group meet at Tanjong Rhu last night, reports KEN JAIXKHJr RcMlta (all 4 X 50 metres individual medley events): Bay* lifer t yean: 1 Swee Hsien Tsung 2 Swee Hsien Yao 3 Peter Lim 3 mm.
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    32 30 NEW YORK, Mon. The Dow Jones industrial average, a 358-point winner on Friday, was ahead 4.18 points to 871.32 around 11 a.m. today on the New York Stock Exchange. UPI.
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    105 30 CHINESE Parelgn Minister Huang Hua garlanded and welcomed by Pakistani tribal leaden an Sanday at a village near the strategic Khyber Pasa aad the AfghaaPakfetan harder. Mr Hua, on an official visit to Pakistan to assure Islamabad af China's sappert against the Soviet threat
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    238 30 Saudi forces on partial alert BEIRUT, Monday SAUDI Arabian armed forces have gone on partial alert following reports that the Soviet Union and Cuba have alarmingly reinforced their military presence in neighbouring South Yemen in recent weeks, Arab diplomatic sources here said today. The Saudi Arabian air force has been
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    54 30 CAIRO, Mon. Alexandria police yesterday broke up a new branch of the Muslim orfanisation Al Jihad (Holy truggle) saying the group was responsible for sabotage, the Al Ahram daily reported today. Arms, ammunition and explosives manufactured in an unnamed communist country were found during the arrest,
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    55 30 NEW DELHI, Mon. India's newly-elected Lower House of Parliament (Lok Sabha) met today for the first time since this month's mid-term polls that brought Mrs Indira Gandhi back as Premier. Opposition Janata Party leader Jagjlvan Ram, the most senior member, conducted the opening day's business pending the
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    45 30 BEIJING, Mon. The number of "barefoot doctors" is dropping because the pay is so low, China's Health News said yesterday. The decline of the number of rural paramedics "Is bringing difficulties to the development of rural health work.'' the paper said. AP.
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    193 30 Gold goes up and up to US$845 ZURICH, Mon. The price of gold hit US$B45 an ounce here today, equalling the all-time high set in European trading last Friday. The US dollar firmed against all major European currencies, except the strong British pound. Zurich is Europe's main gold market and
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    43 30 FRANKFURT, Mon. The Soviet Union and Comecon nations plan to bulk) ISO nuclear energy plants with a total 140,000 to 150,000 megawatt capacity in the next decade, a report published today by the Association of West German Electric Companies said. AFP.
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    498 30 WASHINGTON, Monday IN A CHANGE from its traditional emphasis on defending the Soviet Union, the Kremlin is now indoctrinating its soldiers and public to expect the Soviet armed forces to intervene in foreign countries, according to a study completed before the invasion of Afghanistan. "The USSR
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        457 1 MANDARIN B Y RADIO l!h:=:z:=: Compiled by Lin 8han;:z:=":~0 This 15-minnte programme will be broadcast over the English Service of Radio Singapore tonight at 7.45 p.m., on Thursday at 6.45 p.m. over the FM stereo and the coming Sunday at 9.M a.m. Lesson 18: I'm a civil servant VOCABULARY: 1)
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        28 1 flltfc^AS^lJlit The weak in courage is strong in canning. Blake By doubting we cone at the truth. Cicero Make Mandarin the common tongue of the Chinese community.
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        240 1 Proverbial anecdotes Ox's coat for the poor "Ht, niu yi (ox s coat), nade from snarled lemp or other types of ;rass, was worn by the ix to keep it warm. The lory of tne niu yi hap>ened in the Xuan Di »eriod (73 49 8.C.) luring the Han Dynasty.
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        136 1 Fables Slaughter a pig to teach a child i ONE DAY, as Zeng Zi's I I wife was about to go out, her son cried, for he wanted to go along. She coaxed him, saying: "Go home now. I'll kill a pig for you when I return." On her return,
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        87 1 IHSIDt Galactic fashion What could be a more natural spin-off from Star Wars, Battlrstar Galactica and even Alien? We show you how to shoot the stars and still remain down to earth. Page* 4,5 On guitars and bands Details of a guitar festival to be held soon, plus information on
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      715 2  - PICK of the DAY JOHN DE SOUZA By IT'S "new programme night, and the thing to .....k out for is Rlntang I ndaiman, the first in a Malay musical series, on Ch 5 at 7.45 p.m And if it's half as good as was Pusparama, you've got more than a
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        WHAT'S ON TODAY
        136 2 THE PARTY, THE PEOPLE AND THE NATION an exhibition showing the history of the People's Action Party at the National Theatre foyer from II a.m. to 9 p.m. Last day. SELECTED TOPICS IN IJBRARIANSHIP AND INFORMATION SCIENCE and BRITISH UNIVERSITY PRESSES two book exhibitions at the British
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        Two bands for the price of one
        208 2 THERE is a smaller band within the 58strong National Theatre Symphonic Band (NTSB) and musiclovers can hear both striking up separately at the NTSB's sixth public concert at the Singapore Conference Hall this Saturday at 8.30 p.m. Early this month, 18 members of
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        It's guitar fest time
        200 2 It's guitar f est time CALLING all guitar enthusiasts, of all shapes and sizes, all heights and types, all songs and music! It's time to enter the 7th Singapore Guitar Festival 1980. The Guitar Festival is being held for the seventh year, and, since its inception, has received tremendous response.
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        1330 2 TV and Radio SINGAPORE 5 3.00 PM Opening followed by I Love The Year (Part 1) Lucy Lucy and John Wayne 7.30 News (Malay) 3.30 Diary of Events (English) 7.45 Bintang Undangan (Malay) 3.35 After Matinee Thank You Al 8.25 The Rockford Files Requiem For Very Much (Part 2) A
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        662 4 By BERNAOINE MORRIS NEW YORK Each time they pull together a new fashion collection, designers are forced to re-evaluate social attitudes and the economic atmosphere. Both have an effect on the amount of change women are seeking, consciously or unconsciously, or will accept. The consensus
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        306 4 The Singapore Journal of Education voi 2 NO2 In this issue, an attempt has been made to highlight issues, problems and priorities with respect to the OVjrV \we aod ea<^ education and development of the child. The findings "VV»e StT»9 aYa V aU thof 4tal educa^* 00 of more recent
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      765 7  - Education for handicapped Don't make it TOO special TOBY BURKE in NEW YORK By THROUGHOUT the world, ten per cent of children suffer from handicaps calling for special education. But in many countries, less than one in a hundi-ed with learning difficulties actually receive this education. Calling for new priorities
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      1059 7 Which strain of BCG will protect them? TWO strains of an antituberculosis vaccine widely used in developing countries have been found ineffective in the larfMt study of the vaccine ever conducted. The finding in a sevenyear study involving 360,000 people in south-east-ern India has sent shock waves through international health
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