The Straits Times, 15 March 1979

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    14 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1979 25 CENTS M.C.(P) No. 142/1/79
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    Lock icon 15-0 'YES' BY ISRAELI GOVT
    738 1 Carter proposals approved JERUSALEM, Wednesday ISRAEL'S cabinet today approved President Carter's compromise proposals aimed at securing a Middle East peace treaty, Israel Radio said. The vote was If) for and none against, with one minister deferring his vote. The vote was on two proposals approved
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    Lock icon Khalil: I'm so happy
    99 1 CAIRO, Wed.— Egypt's Prime Minister and chief peace negotiator Mustafa Khalil responded with delight today when informed that the Israeli cabinet had accepted the last two proposals for a peace treaty with Egypt. "I'm so happy that everything went to the satisfaction of the two sides,"
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    Lock icon Peking crash horror
    152 1 200 killed when plane slams factory PEKING, Wednesday A CHINESE military aircraft crashed this morning into a factory m the outskirts of Peking, killing about 200 people, including about 12 passengers and crew members aboard, an eye-witness said. The aircraft, a British-made Trident, crashed shortly after taking
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    Accountant who helped crooked lawyer gets six months
    608 1  -  SIT MENG CHUE HE COLLAPSES AFTER SENTENCE By A FORMER president of the Singapore Society of Accountants, Foo Men Fong, 47, who helped a lawyer later convicted of stealing more than $1 million of clients' funds get his practising certificate by issuing
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    Lock icon Red camps overrun
    48 1 Red camps overrun BANGKOK. Wed. Government forces killed one insurgent and overran two communist camps m Makae district m north-eastern Nakhon Phanom province last Monday, delayed reports said here today. The forces also seized several weapons during the search-and-destroy mission m the communist-infested district, the reports noted. —AFP.
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    Lock icon Kidnappers' reprieve
    68 1 MARAWI (Philippines). Wed. Muslim rebel kidnappers holding an American missionary under threat of dea.h today granted him a threeday reprieve only hours before his execution deadline expired. Officials of the United Church cf Christ said they received a new note from tlie kidnappers faying they had until Friday
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    Lock icon Kuwait renews Batam pledge
    71 1 JAKARTA, Wed. Kuwait is expected to renew a piedge to help finance construction of a US$BOO million <ssl.7 billion) oil reflnciy on Batam Island, Indonesian Mines and Energy Minister SubroU) said today. Prof. Subroto said he had been told by Kuwoltl Minister (or Cabinet Affairs Abdul
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    Lock icon VAIN BID TO HALT SOARING DOLLAR
    152 1 TOKYO, Wed. The Bank of Japan sold a record US$6OO million on the Tokyo foreign exchange market today In another unsuccessful attempt to stop the American currency from increasing m value against the yen, dealers said. The dollar, which last October plunged m Tokyo
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    Ghazali briefs Lee on Suharto-Hussein talks
    270 1 Ghazali briefs Lee on SuhartoHussein talks PRIME Minister Lee Kuan Yew yesterday held talks with Malaysian Home Affairs Minister Tan Sri Ghazalj Shane on latest developments m Indochina. No details on the talks were given, i According to an AFP report trom KUALA LUMPUR, Tan Sri Ghaza.i's meeting with Mr
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    Lock icon For auction
    37 1 JAKARTA, Wed. Fifteen luxury motorcars and other valuable property seized from former deputy Police Chief. Lt-Gen Slswadji and two other police officers In last year's police scandal were put on publcl auction here today. AFP.
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    27 1 LONDON. Wed. Rhodcslan Prime Minister ien Smith last night gave an assurance that his successor after elections scheduled for April 20 would be a Black. AFP.
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    Thousands may lose sea jobs, warns Devan, MP
    718 1  - Thousands may lose sea jobs, warns Devan, MP STRAITS TIMES By PARLIAMENTARY REPORTERS PROTECTIONIST measures by an International labour organisation against Singapore-registered ships is threatening the jobs of a "few thousand Singapore seamen and officers" Parliament heard yesterday. Mr C.V. Devan Nair (Anson), who is also secretary-general of the National
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    111 1 Quake rocks Mexico MEXICO CITY. Wed A strong earthquake rocked Mexico early today and Red Cross sources reported that a girl was killed and 20 others injured m the capital. The fire department said at least three buildings, including an apartment block, had collapsed and It was feared that people
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    26 1 TOKYO, Wed. China has started to Issue visas to holders of passports receiving visas from Taiwan effective from yesterday. Foreign Ministry sources said. AFP.
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    Lock icon Carter: All issues settled
    49 1 WASHINGTON, Wed President Carter said today the Israeli cabinet's approval of his Middle hast peace proposals settled all outstanding issues on the proposed UraeliEoptian treaty. He said Israeli Primp Minister Begin had telephoned him promptly with news of the cabinet action. Renter. SEE THIS PAGE
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      198 1 SLF TO OFFER AWARDS FOR VARSITIES Pago 6 'THREE-STAGE pullout by Israel after treaty' 2 ARMS pact men upset by reports 3 JAPAN criticised for aid me rise m oil prices 4 CHINESE province aims for one-child families 5 GLIDER bit tree while making steep turn, inquiry is told 7
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      Lock icon Three-stage pullout by Israel after treaty'
      384 2 CAIRO, Wed. Israel will withdraw its troops from the Sinai desert m three stages, spread over nine months, after the signature of a peace treaty with Egypt, the Cairo daily newspaper Al Goumhouria reported today. It said troops would first leave the northern Al
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      75 2 In other words Anybody who con- ducts US foreign policy today has to take into account the decline of American political Influence m the world. Yon cannot deal with it by a tough-gay or machoeffusion, but only by having a steady policy that Succeeds. You don't suddenly change. It's like
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      Lock icon 'Egypt will be ousted if...'
      239 2 'Egypt will be ousted if NEW YORK, Wed. THE only Arab member of the Security Council and a representative of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) yesterday predicted Egypt would be ejected from the Arab league if Cairo makes a separate peace with Israel. In an interview, the Kuwaiti ambassador, Mr
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      Lock icon 'Robots don't get hurt or bored'
      167 2 'Robots don't get hurt or bored' WASHINGTON, Wed. Robots may hold the key to the continued economic survival of the Western world, according to experts attending today's opening of an international symposium on industrial robots. Robots are stronger and faster than a man's arm and on a production line, they
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      Lock icon Survey: US students don't know enough about world affairs
      273 2 NEW YORK, Wed. A GOVERNMENT survey held earlier this month shows that 27 per cent of high school seniors believe Mrs Golda Meir was President of Egypt, 40 per cent think Israel is an Arab nation and 17 per cent estimate
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      Lock icon Bedside bomb has man 'in flutters'
      126 2 RAINHAM (England), Wed. Mr John Arnold, a war relics collector with a "butterfly bomb" at his bedside, received a rude shock today while watching a television drama on bomb disposal during World War Two. The programme explained that the "butterfly bomb" could kill a
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      Lock icon Orchestra's China tour
      45 2 PEKING, Wed. The Boston Symphony Orchestra flew into Shanghai yesterday to begin a (our-concert tour of China. The 157 players and officials stepped off a chartered jet and almost immediately went off to a banquet hosted by the Shanghai Cultural Bureau. -Reuter
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      Lock icon Troops to be pulled out in 10 days
      198 2 Troops to be pulled out in 10 days AMMAN, Wed. North and South Yemen have agreed to complete troop withdrawals within 19 days, ending border clashes which began on Feb 23, Syrian Deputy Prime Minister Abdel-Hallm Khaddam, said yesterday. Arab League proposals aimed at resolving the dispute between the Marxist
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      Lock icon Mine kills 10
      35 2 ZAMBOANGA Philippines!. Wed. A landmine believed planted by Muslim rebels blew up a military truck m the southern Philipines killing 10 troopers and seriously wounding 33 others, the military said today. UPI.
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      Lock icon US advisers training North Yemenis
      218 2 WASHINGTON, Wednesday SOME American military advisers are already training North Yemeni troops m the use of US weapons and more heavy equipment will be on its way within a few days, the Pentagon said yesterday. But spokesman Thomas Ross emphasised that fewer than 100 US
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      Lock icon 45 KILLED AS PLANE CRASHES IN STORM
      121 2 DOHA (Qatar), Wed. A Royal Jordanian Airlines jetliner crashed while trying to land here during a sudden violent rainstorm early today, killing 45 of the 64 people on board, officials said. A crash eyewitness said the plane was making its third attempt to
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      Lock icon Toll is 258
      34 2 NEW DELHI, Wed. The rteath toll m avalanches which hit a valley m the Himalayan foothills earlier this month has risen to 258. the United News of India reported yesterday. AP.
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      Lock icon Grenada govt falls
      71 2 ST GEORGES (Grenada), Wed. Leftist rebels led by their leader, Maurice Bishop, overthrew the government of Prime Minister Eric Gairy yesterday m a bloodless coup d'etat, and quickly arrested cabinet ministers still m their beds. The rebels said over Grenada Radio that Mr Gairy, a flying saucer
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        Lock icon An unusual export order
        66 3 -i\k\KT\: Indonesia has landed an unusual export order women's dresses made out of flour sacks Calling it a "strange urge m Westerners," Antara news agency quoted an Industry Ministry official as having said importers m IVnmark had ordered 4.000 garments from a flour sack producer m
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        70 3 NKW YORK: Three US businessmen have launched a new "credit" card, called the "Nothing Card," which costs US$5 (S$ll). is valid for life and accepted anywhere but is worth nothing The company marketing the mlc.i. tht> Nothing Corp., promises potential customers that on presentation of the card and
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        Lock icon Fines, but not so fine..
        62 3 PARIS: (Inly one French motorist m three pays his parking fines and the French Government is getting worried about the huge loss of revenue this repre- senls The Treasury netted 368.500.000 francs (about Ssl7o million dollars) from parking fines m 1977, but a report just
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        31 3 COLOMBO: Chandrasena Gamage, 17, of Sri I.anka. claimed a new world record on Twsilay for standing on one leg. He was upright for 21 hours and 16 minutes. Reuter.
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      Lock icon Progess 5 docks with Salyut 6
      72 3 Progess 5 docks with Salyut 6 MOSCOW, Wed. The Progress 5 cargo transport capsule successfully docked with the manned Soviet Salyut 6 space lab today. The official Tass news agency and Radio Moscow reported the link -p. Progress 5. carrying an estimated 2.270 kg of fuel, supplies, experimental material and
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      Lock icon Hazel's trail of fury
      64 3 PERTH. Wed. Cyclone Hazel demolished houses and caused thousands of dollars of damage as it tore a path of destruction down the west Australian coast today The cyclone battered towns from Carnarvon. 900 km north of Perth, down to Northampton, about 350 km away, with a
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      Lock icon Students' protest
      64 3 KARACHI. Wed. A dozen student.. two of them armed with pistols, stormed the Quetta medical school's principal's office, protesting against new entrance policies and seized 450 applications for admission, police said. Students had earlier demonstrated against policy announced by the government a few days ago which no longer
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      China visit
      33 3 WASHINGTON. Wed. US Com-men-e Secretary Juanita Kreps vull visit China from May 7 17 to continue top-level discussions on expansion of US-China economic aid trade relations, it was announ^d yesterday L'PI.
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      Lock icon US to shut down 5 A-plants for safety
      258 3 US to shut down 5 A-plants for safety WASHINGTON, Wednesday THE Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) yesterday ordered five atomic power plants shut down immediately because their cooling systems may be unable to withstand earthquakes. I In an action with potentially large implications for United States energy supplies, the NRC said
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      Lock icon Scottish MPs give govt ultimatum
      177 3 Scottish MPs give govt ultimatum LONDON, Wed. Scottish Nationalist MPs last night handed British Labour Prime Minister James Callaghan an ultimatum: Propose a parliamentary vote on devolution within two weeks or face early elections. This choice was presented to Mr Callaghan by Nationalist leader Donald Stewart at the first meeting
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      Lock icon ON TRIAL FOR THEIR LIVES
      63 3 ON TRIAL FOR THEIR LIVES JUSTICE, Iran-style. Army General Nader Jahanbanl (left) and nther defendants charged with various crimes committed daring the Shah's rale In Teheran on Monday. This was the first time snch trials •rganlsed by the Revolutionary Islamic court was open to the public. The court found all
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      38 3 SEOUL, Wed. United States assistant Secretary of State for Asian and Pacific Affairs, Richard Holbrooke arrived here today to discuss bilateral matters and a projected meeting between President Carter and South Korean President Park Chung-Hee. Reuter.
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      Lock icon Guerillas told: Give up guns or else...
      260 3 Guerillas told: Give up guns or else. TEHERAN, Wednesday IRAN'S provisional government today served notice on freelance guerilla movements to hand over their guns or be dealt with as counter-revolutionaries. An official spokesman said the government was giving top priority to the formation of a national guard to preserve law
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      Lock icon Bullet in head after he meets press
      181 3 Bullet in head after he meets press MODESTO (California), Wed. A onetime confidante of the Reverend Jim Jones shot himself m the head last night at the end of a news conference where he proclaimed: "The Peoples Temple did not die m vain." Michael Prokes, 32, was taken to hospital
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      Lock icon Arms pact men upset by reports
      315 3 'Soviets cheating on warheads' WASHINGTON, Wed AMERICAN arms negotiators have been shaken by intelligence information indicating that the Soviet Union's most powerful missile is being adapted to carry more warheads than would be permitted under the projected arms-limita-tion treaty. The information has led to
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      42 3 HONGKONG. Wed China has given Bankamerica permission 0 set up a branch m Peking. Hsinhua news agency reported today The report gave no dates for the opening of the first US financing operation m modern China UPI.
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      Lock icon Korea talks: One step closer
      243 4 Korea talks: One step closer PANMUNJOM, Wednesday NORTH and South Korea today appeared set to remove the first major obstacle on the way to reviving reunification talks. Differences on how to con- duct the dialogue still remain but both said they could stop sending delegations so far rejected by the
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      Lock icon White miners end strike
      180 4 White miners end strike JOHANNESBURG, Wed. White miners who struck at South Africa's vital gold mining industry fearing their jobs would be given to blacks capitulated to the powerful mining companies and will return to work tomorrow. The seven-day strike, which threatened to paralyse the industry responsible for nearly 75
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      Lock icon 'Mixed-up' babies uproar
      76 4 THESE two baby girls held up by a nurse at a hospital m Naples on Toesday have been mixed ap to the annoyance of their mothers. As a result, the babies now have to a n d c r g o complicated blood tests before they can
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      Lock icon Japan hit for helping to push up prices
      503 4 FRENCH WARNING OF OIL MART DISORDER PARIS, Wed. FRANCE yesterday criticised Japan for contributing to an escalation of crude oil prices by purchasing petroleum at prices nearly 50 per cent higher than the official Opec rates. French sources said that Prime Minister
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      Lock icon Grumman payoffs: Two held in Tokyo
      136 4 Grumman payoffs: Two held in Tokyo TOKYO, Wed. PROSECUTORS today arrested two officials of .a Japanese trading company m the course of their investigation into suspected illegal payoffs m Japan by Grumman Corp., the American aircraft manufacturer. The exectives of NisshoIwai Company, Grumman's sales agent here, were taken into custody
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      Lock icon Trucks burnt in anti-Narita protest
      133 4 Trucks burnt in ant iNarita protest TOKYO, Wed. Opponents of Tokyo's new international airport at Narita blocked the railroad line to the airport today with two trucks, then set the vehicles on fire, police said. The Chiba police department said one truck was found on the track m Narashino, just
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      Lock icon British cars for Japan
      56 4 LONDON. Wed. British lx.. land today announced the signing of a contract to export its Rover 3500 saloons for the first time to Japan. The contract, signed with Japan's Mitsui trading company, calls for the annual shipment of 1,000 Rovers worth about £12 million (SC2 million)
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      Lock icon First polls test for Ohira
      146 4 First polls test for Ohira TOKYO, Wednesday CAMPAIGNS began today for a series of Japanese elections which are expected to give Mr Masayoshi Ohira his first major political test since he became Prime Minister last December. The elections on April 8 include polls for governors m 15 prefectures, including Tokyo
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      Lock icon Crash: 30 die
      39 4 SALONICA (Greece). Wed Thirty people. 24 of Ihem women, were burned to death and 22 suffered serious bums when a Greek bus collided with a Yugoslav tanker lorry near the Yugoslav border today, police said Reuter.
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      25 4 TURIN. Wed Extremists handcuffed an executive of Italy's Fiat company today and then shot him m the legs. Fiat officials said. Reuter
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      Lock icon Cabinet hit by coughs and colds
      97 4 TOKYO, Wed. An outbreak of running noses and coughing yesterday plagued a Japanese cabinet meeting, and one minister blamed an energy saving programme calling for lower room temperatures. Trade Minister Masumi Esaki, sniffing occassionally, told reporters the worst afflicted was Finance Minister Ippei Kaneko.
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      Lock icon Curfew for Salisbury industrial area
      168 4 Curfew for Salisbury industrial area SALISBURY. Wed. Salisbury's industrial area on i the fringe of the city centre is being placed under overnight curfew from next Sunday, police said today. The area of factories and 1 offices covering about eight sq km includes the i city's power station and oil
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      118 4 SAUSBI RY, Wed. A psUce patrol In a M)uth western Rhadesian village early this month spatted an elderly man with a white beard herding cattle, goats, pigs and chickens Into a makeshift woaden contraption resembling an ark, according to a report reaching the military command
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      Chinese province aims for one-child families
      386 5 PEKING, Wednesday CHINA'S Szechwan province, the country's most populous, has introduced a series of mtroaucea a series 01 financial incentives to encourage one-child families. The Hsinhua News Agency said today that the measures were put into "trial use" on March 1 by the province's
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      Lock icon What China, US see in ties: Murtopo
      284 5 What China, US see in ties: Murtopo JAKARTA, Wednesday THE United States is using China against the Soviet Union with the recent normalisation of relations between Washington and Peking, according to Information Minister. General Ali Murtopo. But on the other hand, China needed normal ties with the Americans so that
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      52 5 SOVIET Premier Alexei Kosygin is turbanned and garlanded by his Indian hosts just after he arrived m Bangalore yesterday, the sixth day of his Indian tour. Mr Kosygin 's visit was climaxed yesterday by the signing of a 1015 year Soviet-Indian economic, scientific and technical agreement.
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      48 5 ESSEN (West Germany), Wed. A court yesterday fined a salesman 600 marks (*****) for selling portraits of Adolf Hitler and Nazi air force chief Hermann Goering. The court ruled that the portraits were Nazi symbols, the sale of which is illegal m West Germany. Reuter.
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      32 5 SIDON (Lebanon). Wed. Two people were killed and 10 wounded as intermittent artillery duels flared between Palestinian guerillas and Israeli border gunners m South Lebanon today, provincial authorities said. AP.
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      Lock icon Phnom Penh regime admits 'mistakes' to people
      291 5 Phnom Penh regime admits 'mistakes' to people BANGKOK, Wed THE new Kampuchean government said today it was communist and offered strikingly honest self-criticism for shortcomings m its first two months m office. "We still have many major weaknesses that we must face and try to solve," said the lengthy report
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      98 5 4 HALF a century ago, a businessman calculated the heights to which textile sales could soar if the shirt-tails of 4M million customers In China could be lengthened by an inch. Even before that, enterprising Western traders dreamed about the vast China market. Standard Oil gave away
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      Lock icon Kriangsak, Suharto talks
      81 5 Kriangsak, Suharto talks JAKARTA, Wed. President Suharto and Thai Prime Minister Kriangsak Chomanand will meet m Medan on Saturday to discuss regional problems including the Indochina conflicts, officials said today. The four-hour meeting will be informal but Mr Kriangsak will be accompanied by a number of Thai ministers, informed sources
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      43 5 TOKYO. Wed. Asia's two leading capital cities Peking and Tokyo became sister cities today with the signing of a protocol at the Great Hall o( the People m the Chinese capital, Kyodo news service said m a dispatch from Peking. UPI.
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      Base raided
      33 5 WINDHOEK (South-West Africa), Wed. South African forces destroyed a South-West Africa People's Organisation (Swapo) guerilla base far outside the territory today, regiooal defence chief. Major -General Jan Geldenhuys. announced here. (taller.
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    169 6 Five who dropped in on Geylang West THKSK five army vMton to (•ryluK West rMMtltaemcy ymlrrday literally drapprd fr*m the skies. Thf mm la greea rarrvl"K '■>■ "tartied area rnHfiti as ihc> drepprd «ut of a droning bellrapter and ■e4 ■>!•« r*pes to •>- ■Mfc The brlWpter after havering at
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    'Artificial insemination process in pigs a success'
    120 6 Artificial insemination process in pigs a success' THE Primary Production Department has been using a new artificial insemination process on pigs here with success, according to a New Nation report yesterday. The process, using imported frozen semen from the United States, costs $80 for the insemination of each sow, carried
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    Problem children: Advice for volunteers
    210 6 SOCIAL volunteers must work within the bounds of their roles and not intervene m the family lives of children under their care unless the parents are cruel and uncaring. This reminder came 'rom the Deputy Director (Family Service), Social Welfare Department, Mrs S.N. Thung, yesterday
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    SLF to offer awards for varsity
    349 6 SLF to offer awards for varsity Drive to get better leaders for union THE Singapore Labour Foundation is offering scholarships tenable at the University of Singapore and Nanyang University m its efforts to obtain better qualified and high calibre leaders for the trade union movement. This offer is believed to
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    Carnival, exhibition for kids
    72 6 Carnival, exhibition for kids THE Singapore Jaycees will hold a children's carnival at the Wonderland Amusement Park on Sunday, June 17 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. They will also have a five-day exhibition on children's welfare homes, nutrition, dolls and other subjects at the NTUC Conference Hall from June
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    Career talk
    45 6 THE department of business administration, University of Singapore, will hold a talk on The business administration course and career opportunities for graduates and prospective applicants to the course at the new lecture theatre two, at Joint Campus, Bukit Timah tomorrow at 10 am.
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    60th year
    33 6 THE Senior Minister of State for Education, Mr Chai Chong Yii. will attend the 60th anniversary celebration of the Chinese High School at the school premises on Wednesday at 9 a.m.
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    Studies on MRT to cost up to $4m
    126 6 Studies on MRT to cost up to $4m THE Public Works Department has announced that $3 million to $4 million will be spent on preliminary engineering studies for the proposed mass rapid transit (MRT) system. The study, to be done shortly by an international consultancy firm, is the third phase
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    46 bursaries
    37 6 THE MP for Radin Mas, Mr Bernard Chen, will present 46 bursaries of the Radin Mas constituency citizens consultative committee to students at the community centre m Telok Blangah Crescent on Sunday at 11.30 a.m.
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    Accountant loses appeal against jail term
    357 6 Accountant loses appeal against jail term A MAN, under consecutive jail sentences totalling 54 months m a $456,970 corruption case, had his appeal dismissed by the Chief Justice, Mr Wee Chong Jin, m the High Court yesterday. Stephen Tan Oh Puay, 44, formerly chief accountant of Marathon Le Toumeau Offshore
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    DIED WHILE WAITING
    115 6 A SCOOTERIST, Mr Mohamed KhaUd bin Sailed, 55, of Pasir Panjang, died while waiting at the traffic light Junction of Patterson Road and Grange Road at 7.1* p.m. last night. A motorist, Mr Soo Goon Urn, who was also at the Junction, said that Just as the
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    Another 500 items on Asean preferred list
    131 6 ASEAN countries will from today accord preferential trade treatment to another 500 items, as agreed by Asean economic minsters at their seventh meeting m Kuala Lumpur last December. The new list of products will bring the total of such items to 1,326. The
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    On legal aid
    41 6 MISS Rosemary Yeo, a legal aid officer with the Legal Aid Bu reau, will talk on 'What yoi should know about legal aid' a Toa Payoh branch library or March 30 at 7.30 a.m. Admissi v is free.
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    For lensmen
    29 6 THE YMCA of Singapore wi 1 hold a six-week course on pracl cal colour photography ai its <) chard Road premises fro n tomorrow For details, telephone *****8.
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    Museum films
    40 6 THE National Museum will screen five < olour films, Beethoven and His Music, Food thai Builds Good Health, Human 3ody: Circulatory System, Kin; of the Jungle and Neptune's ii 3 laygrouna. at its premises < n Saturday at 10.45 a.m.
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      235 6 TEOCHEW OPERA Seet Jin Kwee by Er Woo Amateur Musical and Dramatic Association at National Theatre at 7.45 p.m. Held in aid of the Singapore Cultural Foundation. Tickets at $2,$3 and $5. LOVE, MARRIAGE AND PARENTHOOD a talk in Mandarin cum exhibition jointly organised by National Library and the Singapore
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      153 6 Bringing Up Father By Bill Kavanagh Hal Camp N^ IP WEfcE A 111 RATS! IT WOULD I SHE MUST HAVE yW&ANTI LOOK AT THE FUNNY SNOWO.k 1 AT THE FEW MIWUTES I SNOW JUST WHEN I A FEW HOURS MA>4, AUMT'E -HE HAS A < CORNER OF LATE J>ONT 60
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    Glider hit tree while making steep turn, inquiry is told
    738 7  -  TENG JUAT LENG CRASH DURING PRACTICE By WHILE an SAF medical officer and his flight instructor were m a glider executing a steep turn as practice for forced emergency landings after take-off, their aircraft crashed into a coconut tree and
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    Fijian Premier off to London
    91 7 THE Fijian Prime Minister, Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, left for London last night after a one-day private visit to Singapore. Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, hosted a dinner for him yesterday at the Istana. Sir Kamisese also met local businessman, Mr Robert Kuok, to
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    Hunt for man in two car deal swindles
    223 7 Hunt for man in two car deal swindles POLICE are on the trail of a man who allegedly swindled two people of more than $10,000 m two car deals. The man, about 45 years old, had allegedly approached the two victims at their homes and persuaded them to buy cars
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    ROAD TO BECOME ONE-WAY
    76 7 ROAD TO BECOME ONE-WAY THE Public Utilities Board has converted Towner Road into a one-way street, with entry from Se/angoon Road, only for the next three weeks. This is to enable the board to repair a cable along Towner Road which was damaged by a contractor. Traffic will not be
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    On volleyball
    22 7 THE C.K. Tang volleyball training scheme will be launched at the National Stadium conference room on Saturday at 11 a.m.
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    Jail, ban for fatal crash bus driver
    216 7 Jail, ban for fatal crash bus driver BUS driver Chan Yew Tons, 47, who drove his vehicle onto pavement 1b kranfl Loop and knocked down three pedestrians, killing one, was jailed eight months by a district court yesterday. Cama, wk« was »ls» disqualified from drivin* ail rltnnrn vehicles f*r live
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    Association officials
    46 7 MR E.H.S. Mendis has been elected president of the Singapore Sinhala Buddhist Association at its recent annual general meeting. Other officials are: Vice-presi-dents, Mr Don Tilus Rajapaksha Mrs G.M. De SUva; secretary, Mr U.W.Amarasuriya; assistant secretary. Miss Ranjini de Silva and treasurer, Mr D.J.A.Kumanayake.
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    Aged home
    35 7 THE Parliamentary Secretary (National Development) and MP for Geylang East. Mr Ho Cheng Choon, will open the Geylang East Home tor the Aged at Block 97, Aljunied Crescent, on Sunday at 4 p.m.
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    Indochina conflict: Call for pullout
    452 8  - Indochina conflict: Call for pullout SOH TIANG KENG By THE Confederation of Asean Journalists yesterday called for an immediate halt of hostilities and speedy withdrawal of foreign troops from Vietnam and Kampuchea. This was one of the resolutions tabled and accepted by the CAJ during the closing day of its
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    Links with similar bodies to be established
    230 8 should take steps to write to major newspaper oganisations to help journalists from other Asean nations on exchange programmes, study missions and attachments. National unions and press associations should approach their respective national carriers to obtain special discounts for CAJ officials on official
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    Join hands with publishers to raise standards, newsmen told
    485 8 Join hands with publishers to raise standards, newsmen told THE Confederation of Asean Journalists should join hands with newspaper owners and publishers to upgrade professional standards and expand the horizons of the Asean press. This was suggested yesterday by Mr Ismail Kassim, the newly-elected president of CAJ and secretary-general of
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    Press freedom dominates discussions by journalists
    649 8 FREEDOM of the press a subject dear to the hearts of newsmen dominated discussions at the conference of the Confederation of Asean Journalists yesterday. There has been no dispute at all that unbridled freedom without responsibility is not conducive to the Asean press. Delegates
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    Family talk
    37 8 THE registrar of the cytology department, Ministry of Health, Dr MiUicent Mao, will talk m Mandarin on How to plan a family, at the National Library lecture hall tomorrow al 3 p.m. Admission is free.
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    YMCA class
    28 8 THE Palmer Road YMCA will conduct a six-session course on receptionist's training and development at its premises from March 19 from 6.30 p.m. to H p.m.
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      177 8 Straits Times Crossword ACROSS 6 Small ships writer m bid 9 £o* D £'na!£ 7 th two pernaps <»i. fil 10 Slack point m CornUh g VV a vou r te one m fuel (4). 11 the capac.ty to >« m P""* h nl fncTnn Tt,"*™ 0 dU> Decorative Roman
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      Lock icon Offer agency rights, Mahathir tells China
      449 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed DATUK Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad tonight railed on China to change the practice of her trade with Malaysia through middlemen countries and offer agency rights to Pemas and Malaysian traders. The Deputy Prime Minister suggested that Malaysian importers given such agency
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      88 9 Kl ALA I I MIM K, Wed Malaysia and Chlma are to rxplorr the ptmrihillty of signing a trade agreement, Malaysia^ Foreign Minister Tengku Ahmad Rltkandde«n said today. He said Deputy Prime Minister Datak Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad and visiting CMacae ForelCT Trad* Minister
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      Lock icon Mystery of boat with 100 on board
      242 9 Mystery of boat with 100 on board LUMUT, Wednesday THERE is a touch of mystery over the identity, purpose and destination of the 50m-boat with about 100 people on board sighted by two fishermen off Pangkor Island last Sunday. Yesterday an air (helicopter) and sea search up to Penang (ailed
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      Lock icon Charged with illegal export of money
      91 9 JOHORE BARU. Wed. Businessman Lim Loo Kang, 40. was today charged m the sessions court with illegally exporting Malaysian and Singapore currencies at the customs checkpoint. Lim claimed trial to the charge of exporting $770 m Malaysian ringgits and $329 m Singapore dollars without
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      Lock icon Fourth term
      103 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Tan Sri V. Manickavasagam was yesterday returned unopposed as MIC president for a fourth two-year term from July 1. The presidential election committee chairman, Tan Sri SO X ÜbaiduUa, said eight MIC branches from Penang, Perak, Selangor and the Federal Territory nominated Tan Sri Manickavasagam
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      Pahang Reds forced out
      151 9 RAUB, Wed. Communist terrorists operating m west Pahang area have now been forced to move into deeper jungle or to neighbouring states as a result of prolonged security operations m the district. Commander of the Fourth Malaysian Infantry Brigade, Brig Gen Chong Then Bok, said: "The
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      Lock icon Hotels' lure
      63 9 PENANG, Wed. Most of the hotels m the city hit by a drop m occupancy rates are giving discounts of at least 20 per cent to attract customers. According to Penang Hoteliers Association chairman, Mr Ko Kirn Swee, the low occupancy rate is quite normal during this time
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      Lock icon Joint hunt for kidnap victim
      128 9 Joint hunt for kidnap victim PADANG BESAR, Wed. Malaysian and Thai police have launched a joint operation to trace a Malaysian contractor who was believed to have been kidnapped by an armed gang along the border yesterday. The national news agency, Bernama, reported today that Mr Yap Kwee Ngan, 35,
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      Lock icon IN TWO BUT PILOT SURVIVED
      97 9 WRECKKD...thb is all that rrmaiaa M the Wlrskris Cmhm whlrk rraake*] at tke Pasaa Kmptt F>ld» Scheme la SimpuiK Pertang on Sunday. Th? peace and qalet at tke scbeme wan skattere4 when the aircraft, which was out rrop-dustinn. came to grief. Several oil palms wrrr
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      Lock icon Thai girl fined $500
      77 9 PENANG, Wed. A 19-year-old Thai girl who alleged she was confined m a house and beaten up after being sold for immoral purposes to a man m Butler worth, was today fined $500 or four months jail for illegal entry. Cheya Talulak from south Thailand pleaded
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      Lock icon Counsel ill
      42 9 KOTA KINABALU, Wed The Official Secrets trial of Sabah opposition leader. Datuk Zulkifli Abdul Mahid. which was to haw resumed m the High Court here today, was adjourned until Friday because of the illness of the senior defence counsel. Reuter.
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      261 9 MARCH 19TH ISSUE THE EXTRA MM.E: Jimmy Carter's dramatic Mid-East paace mlwlon was a hiQh nsfc gdmbto that rwd th« promts* ot a peace treaty between Egypt and Israel and new luster tor no sagging presidency Newsweek international also examines Carter's downnome style ol personal diplomacy and Washington s new
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    Be honest and know your accounting, lawyers told
    316 10 EVERY practising lawyer must be honpst. and knowing the rules governing the practice of the profession is by itself not enough, the Chief Justice, Mr Wee Chong Jin. said m the High Court yesterday. In his congratulatory speech to five new advocates
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    Four here for research
    57 10 FOUR foreign scholars have arrived at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies here to do research work. They are: Prof Karl Pelzer from Yale University, Dr Yong Ching Fatt from The Flinders University of South Australia, Prof Harry English from Carleton University m Canada, and Miss
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    Guitar date
    30 10 THE Robert Luse Guitar Ensemble will perform at the Singapore Conference Hall on March 25 at 5 p.m. Tickets at $1 are available at the usual booking centres.
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    Superscale pay for this group
    267 10 Superscale pay for this group THE People's Association is offering superscale salaries for its senior* graduate community development officers to upgrade its service, according to a Berita Harian report. Subject to the Ministry of Finance's approval, the salii Mnifture for the officers are as follows: Senior community development officer grade
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    Careers seminar for 520 students
    134 10 SOME 520 students from 13 schools and 13 organisations will take part m a seminar for secondary schools at Toh Tuck Secondary School today and tomorrow. It is believed to be the first such seminar to be held for secondary schools. The school's* principal, Miss
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    Ministry to look into officer's case
    314 10 THE Home Affairs Ministry will consider allowing an officer m the police department to consult his family doctor instead of the medical officer at the Singapore General Hospital. The officer, who nearly had to repay 80 per cent of his pay for last month
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    Timber exports go up by 37 pc
    145 10 Timber exports go up by 37 pc TOTAL exports of timber and timber products from Singapore amounted to $87.9 million last November, a 37 per cent rise compared to the preceding month. Sawn timber accounted for nearly 69 per cent of the total timber exports that month, reported the February
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    Bricks and stones won't break her bones
    232 10 Bricks and stones won't break her bones TWENTY-YEAR-OLD martial arts exponent Urn Geok Eng yesterday demonstrated, without a flicker of her eyelids, a feat DsnallY performed by strong men. She used her mastery of "Inner strength" to take the shock of having a slab of granite broken over her abdomen.
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    Chinese art, handicraft exhibition
    78 10 Chinese art, handicraft exhibition A MONTH-LONG exhibition on valuable art and handicraft from China will be held at the World Trade Centre from May 12. The exhibition is said to be the largest and most complete display of Chinese art and handicraft to be staged outside China. Exhibits, estimated to
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    MP's visits
    39 10 THE MP for Kampunß Kemban gan. Mr Mansor Sukaimi. and members of the constituency's citizens' consultative committee will make house-to-house visits m the Changi Road I .unrig Marzuki area on Saturday from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.
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    A movement which takes care of the dying
    588 10  - A movement which takes care of the dying ILSA SHARP By FAMILIES OF DYING patients are often more frightened of the impending death than the patient himself, Mrs Clare Norton told a public luncheon meeting yesterday. Mrs Norton, a nurse from St Joseph's Hospice, run by the Irish Sisters of
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    Jailed 9 months for CBT of 8 pipe joints
    291 11 Jailed 9 months for CBT of 8 pipe joints A FORMER warehoi. sistant of Mobil Producing Ml Asia liv- C'hng Teong Hong. 42. was >ailed nine months by a district judge yesterday aftCl he admitted to criminal breach of trust of eight pipe joints worth a i toial of J6H.572
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    An appraisal of S'pore for investors
    407 11  - An appraisal of S'pore for investors PHILIP LEE By Our London reporter THE London-based Industrial Market Research (IMR), one of Europe's largest companies specialising m industrial market analysis, has produced a 155-page book containing what is believed to be the most comprehensive commercial appraisal of Singapore ever to be published
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    'Quick-switch English a trait of Singaporeans'
    523 11 According to where, when, with whom THE most interesting phenomenon about speakers of English m Singapore is the way they "code-switch" their English to suit the situation they are m, according to a language specialist here. A Singaporean is capable, said Miss Ivy Soh,
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    9 films at museum
    68 11 9 films at museum THE National Museum will screen four films at its premises on March 24 a* 10.45 a.m. They are: Singapore the Lion City, Circus at the BM, Handel and his music and The earth: It's oceans. It will screen another five films on March 31 at 10
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    On shipping
    32 11 A PRACTISING shipping consultant, Mr S. L. Koong will conduct an eight-lecture course on shipping practice at the new lecture theatre three M the University of Singapore, BuKit Timah campus.
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    $200,000 prize for fostering better relations
    249 11 FOR the first time, Belgium will award an International Development Prize for contributions to good relations between industrialised and developing countries and to the advancement of Third World nations. The $200,000 prize by the King Baudouin Foundation will be presented m autumn next year
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    Chess: CJC boy has narrow lead
    152 11 DENNIS Tan of Catholic Junior College held a narrow lead m the Nescafe national junior open chess championship after round four with four straight wins. Close behind him were Wong Meng Kong (ACS). Wong Meng Leong (ACJC) 1 and Ng Chee Wah (RI). I
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    HAVE YOU SEEN THIS WOMAN?
    108 11 HAVE YOU SEEN THIS WOMAN? MADAM Yap Ah Hua>. S4, (above), has been missing from her Balam Road flat since Friday when she left for the MacPherson Market nearby. Her husband, Mr Yap Teck Seng, 71, who has approached the police and the Department of Social Welfare's Family Service Centre
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    Ministry's 'yes' to projects worth $430
    314 11 THE Ministry of N-Uional Development granted planning approval to 138 projects worth $430.9 million m the last quarter of 1978. Residential developments worth $267.2 million accounted for 62 per cent of the total value of projects approved. This was followed by commercial developments at
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    DEVAN FIRES A SALVO AT THE 'NEW IMPERIALISTS'
    4775 12 The aim of the ITF is blatantly protectionist. They intend to force every ship registered in developing countries and employing crew recruited from these developing countries, to pay ITF rates of pay which are West European rates of pay. The result, of
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      The star speaker
      202 12 THE subject under debate hardly seemed promising material for a brilliant maiden speech by a new MP the "painless" Budget presented to Parliament on March 5 by the Senior Minister of State for Finance Mr Goh Chok Tong But it was more than enough for the new
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      ITF 'rush to arms'
      167 12 THE ITF "rush to arms" over the question of trade union rights m developing countries, he sf.id But where were their fierce resolutions when workers m developing countries lose their jobs by the thousands as a result of policies pursued by the ITF? These unionists are
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      Debut by two
      184 12 HIS fellow newcomers, Mr Eug<■ n c Yap (Mountbatten) and Dr Koh Lip Lin (Delta), too made their debut. And for some reason both devoted much of their remarks to the question of industrial research and development. Perhaps It was their common science background. In any case,
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      A lighter moment
      268 12 THE Member*-, however, arouse themselves to hear a speaker like Mr Fong Sip Chee, Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Labour. Speaking extempore, he regaled the House with stories of administrative blunders and battles with bureacracy. One anecdote particularly caused great cheer, a small battle wr.ich Mr Fong won.
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      Good performance
      199 12 MR GOHs 55 minute lonf* speech was an accomplished performance m which he dealt with great assurance and deftness with the points raised on the budget by Members. Two of them had reminded him of an argument he presented, when he was still a backbencher, m favour of
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    Energy saving: Govt to draw up scheme soon
    1457 13 H> 1 i j /t)b« Bil »^F t/ W^^^m B i i I X *i^ W T^ '^^JT^^B^^J tJ J Painless Budget 'credit to the people 9 SKNIOR Minister of State (Finance) >>r (■oh Chok long said yesterday that the government will,
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      Nine primary principals demoted
      319 13 NINE primary school principals were demoted to be teachers m the 1977 promotion exercise, Deputy Prime Minister and Education Minister DR GOH KENG SWEE told the House. He was replying to MR HO SEE BENG I Khe Bjng) who had asked for the number of primary
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      Easing traffic at Lorong Chuan
      241 13 TWO new roads now under construction near Lorong Chuan will help relieve the peak hour traffic congestion there, the House was told. The Minister for National De /elopment MR I. II CHEANG WAN, said the two roads the North -South arterial road between Thomson Road
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      Work permits: 'No discrimination'
      268 13 THE Ministry of La- bour does not discrimJn- i ate between multinational companies and local firms m the issue of work permits, the Minister of State (Labour). MR SIA KAH Hi I. assured the House. The issue of work permit is also not de- pendent on
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      Shopmen who want to switch
      131 13 SHOPKEEPERS who occupy HDB premises and want to switch to another trade or take on new partners are permitted to do so "subject to increases m rentals to prevailing market rates for that area." the Minister for National Development, MR TEH CHKANG WAN. said. He
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    Two new Bills for House
    55 13 TWO bills were presented m Parliament yesterday. They were the Cinematograph Films (Amendment) Bill introduced by the Communications Minister and acting Minuter for Culture, Mr Ong Teng Cheong. and the Sale of Commercial Properties Bill, introduced by the Minister for National Dcv c 1 o
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  • The Straits Times THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1979
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      MORAL UPLIFT
      382 14 THE RECOMMENDATION by Dr Goh Keng Swee's Education Study Team that formal instruction m moral education be given m schools, replacing the Education for Living and civics courses, is to be welcomed. A child's education cannot be said to be complete if, during his school years, he does
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      CARTER'S SHUTTLE
      376 14 PRESIDENT Carter's six-day Middle East mission to breathe life into the near-dormant Camp David peace proposals has apparently not been in vain. After a surprise second meeting with President Sadat, a buoyant Mr Carter claims to have all the main ingredients of a peace treaty. And the impression
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    1136 14  -  PETER MOSLEY By m Cape Town THEY call themselves the non-people That's because the law of South Africa defines them as anyone who is neither white, black nor Asiatic. For convenience, they are called coloured, meaning of mixed racial origin, which is certainly not true
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    HK cabbies upset by fares hike
    806 14  -  RODNEY HOBSON By our correcpondent m Hongkong TAXI drivers hrtt »re finding that the boat Is on ihf other fact if that's the right metaphor. I ntil recently, the fare* here Mere among the cheapest m the world. HK$2 (S N rents) for the
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    Britons have had their fill of pornography
    828 14  -  GERARD CORR By our EEC correspondent m London THE MORE distasteful aspects of Britain's socalled permissive society are now under attack from a public grown tired of bookstall displays of pornography and an excess of violence m films and on television. Most people
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    Who will coloureds side in a conflict?
    67 14 Three years ago, when riots broke oat m Soweto, a significant section of blacks took to the streets m support of the black students. This development stunned many white South Africans and the government is now actively wooing the coloureds as never before
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      Problems of students who fail in English
      335 15 THE G.C.E. "O" Level results were officially released on March 2. To some, that must indeed have been a red-letter day; to other less fortunate students taking that examination, it might have been a sad day. probably the worst day m a student's
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      Motorists who make cycling a hazard
      195 15 Motorists who make cycling a hazard WHILE I applaud the campaign on cycling safpty. may I point out that there are inconsiderate motorists who make eyeing more of a hazard than it is Most motorists tend to think that ryclist.s have no right to be on the road. I have
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      125 15 Please do something about this road MY SON was recently knocked down by a car just outside Rosyth School and fortunately only sustained a slight head injury. Before this accident happened, the school principal had actually written to the Traffic Police to request lowering of the speed limit along that
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      A need for discipline in SIA office
      223 15 A FEW days ago I went down to SlA's head-office at Robinson Road to pick up my air ticket. I was totally amazed when confronted with an atmosphere of an almost complete breakdown of office discipline. A number of girls and messenger boys
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      On use of airport paging system
      309 15 On use of airport paging system I REFER to the letter by "Pro Patria" (ST, Feb 21) about the airport paging system. The public announcement system at the airport is meant primarily for announcing arrival and departure of aircraft and for calling departing passengers to check through the departure channels
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      Overhead bridge for Upper Ayer Rajah Road
      105 15 Overhead bridge for Upper Ayer Rajah Road WE THANK your correspondents "Martin" (ST, Feb 23) ami "R Chia" (ST Mar 5) for pointing out the need for a pedestrian overhead bridge along Upper Ayer Rajah Road. The Public Works Department will be inviting tenders soon for the construction of an
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      768 15  -  STEPHEN MILLER m Berlin By THEY don't treat the Berlin Wall the way they used to, says the man who runs the museum at Checkpoint Charlie. "At first, m the very first years, Willy Brandt tried to get everyone to
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      147 15 Primary school registration figures Year English Chinese Chinese as Stream Stream of Total* 1959 28.113 27.223 45.9% 1962 31.580 22.669 38.4% 1965 36.269 17.735 30.0% 1968 34.090 18.927 33.1% 1971 37.505 15.731 29.0% 1974 36.834 10.263 .21.7% 1975 35.086 9.112 20.5% 1976 35.035 7.478 17.5% 1977 40.622 6.590 139% 1978
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      CLOSING PRICES
      1354 18 THK last transacted ready sale at the dose ol business on the Stock Exchange nirapore yesterday compared with the previous day's prices together with 1978 high and low < Adjusted for rights issue I |m;- I.m tlnrh l«» ompan> Sale or- IMII MHIM 132 Acm» 214 I2.V Ali-imi
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      323 18 ASIA I MT TKI ST Htwim 1 prim Iw Nu It) SINGAPORE I NIT TKt ST (Maaairen' arieca Isr Mar IS) CHARTERED I Ml TRIOT (Maaa«en' prtoM Isr Mar It) Spore Growth Fund 0 98 103 INCOME BOND UNIT arr-at prices) Income Bond 1.14 1.20 MARA BI'MIPITRA FUND
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      BUSINESS DONE (SINGAPORE)
      1323 18 BID lad oTfer prices officially .nd business In and rtpnrii'l to the Stock Ex■liaiiKf ol Singapore yesterday with the number of shares traded shown m brackets m let v 1.000 units unless otherwise specified All Times Settlement Contracts are quoted after the word 'sett" Hit Board deal
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      Govt and corporate bonds
      105 18 4 1/2% 1/8/80 (250.000) (99.30B muni 4 3/4% 15/9/80 (250.000) (99 57B ■MM) 5 1/4% 1/3/81 (250.000) (100 18B 100.28S) T V 15/4/81 (250.000) (99.61B 99.71S) .">•; T F 1/5/83 (250.000) (100 10B 1O0.2OS) I F 13/11/84 (250 000) tlOO.OOB 100 05S) 6 1/4% T F
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      1404 18 HID .iihl offer prlres officially listed and business tn and reported to the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange yesterday with the number of shares traded shown In bracket* m lots of 1,000 units otherwise specified imii MUU AJUmmw Vl.om 1 MIS I *>\ liaM 11 Ml A (kar .117
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        45 18 r Harbour ietron A Mm >'•! Iron ItraiU Trading 1 N ligh Low t I. Kepong B T latu Kawan lalu Linlang 340 182 191 640 570 535 378 271 201 200 232 li I t 1 II II II 8 R 48 8 7
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        31 18 UOL 111.000 Cona Plant 106.000 Sime Darby 73.000 Setron A 68.000 X I. Kepong 82.000 Setron 59.000 Pahang Cona 56.000 Haw Par 55.000 G Lumber 27.000 Gentings 26.000
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        33 18 B.T.Index: Industrials: Finance: Mo.,- Is Properties: Tins: rubbers: O.C.B.C: S.E.S.Ind: Mar 13 Mar 14 1886.76 1914.86 358.03 359.36 632.30 633.79 271.20 271.69 223.54 224.52 172.50 172.73 552.11 556.72 330.97 333.22 ***** 323.66
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        34 18 Irrjunlai T P 1975 •n i Iiiiiik 1 C M I T C lignum Corpo Sun.r. 615 285 486 416 380 176 223 338 -it -5 -5 4 -4 -4 -4 -I -2
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        H'kong
        325 18 HONCKONG:- The market closed mixed with a slightly firmer bias yesterday m continued quiet trading, dealers said. The Hang Seng index rose 2 06 to 540.27 points. Hongkong Wharf rose 25 cents to HK$35, HMgkaax Buk 10 to $19.50, HMKkant; Electric five to $5.60 and WheeUek 2. to $3.20,
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        463 18 TUKYO:- Share prices fell m light trading yesterday with late profit-taking and other selling m Pharmaceuticals and electricals more than offsetting early gains, dealers said. The Dow Jones average fell 10.29 to close 6,048.01 points with a volume of 250 million shares. The New index was 447.76, down 1.13
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      Treasury Bill tender
      61 18 THE MONETARY Authority of Singapore (MAS) invites banks and discount houses to tender for a total of $45 million Treasury Bills. The Bill are: (A) $30 million 91-day Treasury Bills to be issued from Mar 19 to 23. (B) $15 million 273-day Treasury Bills to be issued
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      PRODUCE PRICES
      117 18 CHINESE PRODUCE EXCHANGE, SINGAPORE, NOON CLOBING PRICES PER PICIIL YESTERDAY: Carnal ail: Bulk $125 sellers, old drum $130 sellers, new drum $135 sellers. Caan: Mixed (loose) UK Cont $79.00 buyers. Pepper: Muntok ASTA white fob KW. NLW $317.50 sellers, Sarawak white fob 96', NLW $302 50 sellers. Sarawak
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        TIN
        120 18 THE STRAITS tin price recovered $10 to $1,945 per picul m Penang yesterday on an official offering down 31 tonnes to 174 tonnes. The overnight London market was steady with forward buyers slipping ClO to £7,215 per tonne. LONDON:- Tin on the day gained 35 for Cash and 22
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        Closing prices
        30 18 Rubber: March 14 Singapore: April: 251.50 cents (up 3.25 cent) Malaysia: April 255.50 cents (up 3.75 cent) Tin: $1,945 (up $10) Official offering: 174 tonnes (down 31 tonnes)
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        29 18 LONDON: Copper prices on Tuesdaytprevtous m brackets). Wlrebar Spot £961.50 (CS37. sellers £962.50 (£338): Three Month buyers £919 (£955, sellers (juf.979.50(C955 50) Market Use: Firm. SsJea: 27.400 tonnes
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        RUBBER
        517 18 OPENING quotations m the Singapore rubber market yesterday were marked up following higher London advices, and later the market fluctuated narrowly m quiet trading, dealers said. After mid-day, prices rose on trade and speculative buying with the arrival of China's trade minister and his delegation m Kuala Lumpur also
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        SSR and SMR
        121 18 NOON S>R ■AS SSR2U NSR MRELB SMR CV SMR5L SMK GP -MB SMK M SMK -Ml SO K and SMR jmc— ve»ter«lay April May ICarreal Mlhi (Forward Mta) Bu> rr. 8«ll*r> Bu,,r. Srllrrm il urn pallet i 244 00 246 OON 24S 00 247 ODN Illaipallni *****
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        GOLD
        266 18 THE KILOBAR market opend at $16,892 and closed at $16,949 m Singapore yesterday. In the Far East, gold opened m line with New York dosing, but good short-covering took gold up to a high of US$24l 00 40 before closing steady at $240 70 241 10 After the London
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      Slight upturn in prices
      323 18 SHARE values were marked up marginally In generally Hunt trading on the Stork Exrhanf-e of Singapore yesterday. Short-covering and a little bargain hunting weir rlted as factor*) behind the Improved prire levels. By and large, the market was still adopting a wait-and-see attitude against a mixed
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      Kuala Lumpur
      285 18 PLANTATION stocks shone m a slightly steadier and more active Kuala Lumpur stock market yesterday, after two sessions of easier trading. The resurgence of buying interest m the plantations sector resulted m moderate gains and pushed the New Straits Times rubber index 4.73 points higher to 606.32. In
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      Money and exchange
      177 18 THE US dollar opened higher at $2.1800 15 m the Singapore forex market yesterday as il strengthened against the yen and mark m overseas markets. The US unit stayed firm at trx higher level, fluctuating narrowly, before closing at {2.1795 00 Interbank rales at 3 p.m. 1-month
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      NOMINAL RATES
      159 18 NTERBANK rates at 3.00 pm: Currencies Nominal rat** Smitheonian Percentage quoted yesterday (coes)perity change Local dollars to one inlt of foreign rur■ency: JS dollar 2.1795 2.1800 2.81% -22.70 Sterling pound 4.4555 4.4585 7.3469 -39.36 Australian dollar 2.4365 2.4480 3.4286 -28.94 MZ dollar 2.2860 2.2870 1.4286 -33.17 :anadian dollar
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      ASIAN CURRENCY RATES
      208 18 ASIAN currency deposit Interbank rates as at close on March 14: Closing Asian dollar certificates of deposit for prime names: NOTE: These rates m»y differ slight, y from those quutcd by banlu to their customers. Offer Bid 7 days 10 7/16 10 5/16 1 month 10 9
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      Money market
      40 18 Closing interbank rates for Singapore dollars on March 14 Offer Bid Overnight 4 4 1 month 6 13/16 611/ 16 2 months 6 15/16 6 13/ 18 3 months 7 1/16 615/ 16 Overnight mode ■NMM .UU»y Prarrr.
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      DISCOUNT
      53 18 Kangr of prices offered b> discount houses on March 14: Overnight I Call deposits 4 lo 4 Closiog Buyi.« Sellinn 3 muntli Treasury Mils 4 4 3 monlh Bank bills 7 11/16 7 9/16 3 month CD 7 7 6 month CD 7 5/16 7 316 Source: Vmonal Discount
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      Minimum lending rates
      25 18 THE average rate at which Singapore I banks are currently prepared to lend to I their beat customer* la 8 per cent.
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      Guthrie's defence misleading, says Sime Darby
      504 19 Guthrie's defence misleading, says Sime Darby THE LATEST arguments of the Guthrie board are •superficial" and are aimed at "misleading" shareholders rather than informing them This is the opinion of Sime Darby Holdings' chairman Tun Tan Siew Sin as he once again took on the task of neutralising r.uthrie's latest
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        Sydney prices steady
        262 19 SYDNEY. Wed. Share prices (altered in early trading but recovered in the afternoon to close steady overall with the All-Ordinaries index at 591. 54, only 0.13 off the yearly high set yesterday, dealers said. INDUSTRIALS i I IK I 170 I- M 123 Mnpol Pft IS B
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        New York advances
        206 19 NEW YORK, Tues. Energy shares pointed the way as the stock market advanced in moderately active trading. But a bout of late profit-taking cut into the gains. Analysts said a more hopeful outlook for a peace accord between Egypt and Israel and strength in the dollar on
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        Amsterdam narrowly mixed
        207 19 AMSTERDAM. Tues Share prices were narrowly mixed with Hoogovens and Philips higher. Royal Dutch unchanged and Akzo and unilever slightly lower in Dutch internationals, dealer said. nii pi iBN ihold kkio iMEV imrot Bank kr»ois Krk 3S3.00 ***** a 80 >i«o I WOO 75» 52 50 85
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        216 19 ZURICH. Tues. Bonds were again lower with the 1.5 per rent rise in February wholesale prices compounding the weakness of recently issued low-interest bonds, dealers said Share prices were again depressed and banks were barely steady while most insurances eased. The Credit Suisse rose 0.1 point to
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        London stock market closes easier
        521 19 I.ONDON, Tues The market closed easier in moderate trading after active profit-taking in the morning, dealers said At 3pm the Financial Times index was down 8.7 points at MO 6 Government bonds were as much as M point lower US, Canadian and Australian issues all
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        Selected Indices
        61 19 FINANCIAL TIMES INDUSTRIALS Tuesday 508.8 Monday 519.3 Week Ago 479.8 DOW JONES AVERAGE INDUSTRIALS Tuesday 848.93 Monday 844.68 Week ago 807.00 LONDON DOLLAR PREMIUM Tuesday 80 to 80 Monday 82. to B2'. H.K.HANG SENG Wednesday 540.27 Tuesday 538.21 Week ago 526.87 SYDNEY INDUSTRIALS Wednesday 491.64 Tuesday 491.69 Week
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    Move to unseat Saint Piran's entire board
    315 19 Move to unseat Saint Piran's entire board UNHAPPY shareholders who together control more than II per cent of Saint Plran intend to replace the present board of directors with an entirely new board. If they sacceed, the director who will take special responsibility for the company's Par Eastern interests will
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    135 19 Big DBS holder agrees to subscribe THE DEVELOPMENT Bank of Singapore (DBS) said a major shareholder owning 49.12 million shares m the company has undertaken to subscribe its entitlement of 12.28 million shares arising from the proposed one-for-four rights issue at 5J3.50 per share. The balance of 12.96 million shares
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      719 19 Pengumuman Lembaga Peperiksaan Kementerian Pelajaran Malaysia PEPERIKSAAN SIJIL PELAJARAN VOKASIONAL MALAYSIA 1979 Penerimaan Calon-Calon Persendirian I Keliyakan Kemasukan Calon-calon persendirian daripada kumpulan berikut di dalam Semenaniong Malaysia hanya dibenarkan mengambil peperiksaan mi |ika mereka Kumpulan A: Telah mengambil Peperiksaan S P V M Si |il Penuh pada tahun 1978 atau
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      589 19 IN THE HIGH COURT IN MALAYA AT KUALA LUMPUR IN BANKRUPTCY NO: 779 OF 1978 Re: Haron bin Harr.ld 146C. Jalan Buklt Bintang. Kuala Lumpur. Ex-parte: Bank Bumlputra Malaysia Berhad of 89D. Jalan Ra|a Muda. Kampong Bahru, Kuala Lumpur. NOTICE In the matter of bankruptcy petition filed on the 31st
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      491 20 I JlaVaaaVell Lotas lan I Chinese Restaurant I Ist Fir .Golden Mile Shopping I I Centre. Woh Hup Complex. I Beach Rd Singapore 7 I Tel *****67/258*720 Genuine Cantonese I Cuisine We serve Lunch j Dinner as well as Wedding I other functions a INTRODUCTORY CAMPAIGN I Daily 10% Discount
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      469 20 JURONG HILL S PORE 22 TEL: *****8/*****48 INDONESIAN FOOD ENGLISH FOOD CHINESE FOOO JAPANESE FOOD "^^-^COff EE HOUSE 2A OUTRAM PARK BLK 31 V TEL *****55/*****76 I TUNAS BUILDING CANTEEN serves quick, economical lunch. Sunday Special 'Poh Plan". Bth Floor. Tunas Building, Anson Road 163 Beauty Salons/ Massage hilton mm
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      550 20 EMPEROR HEALTH CENTRE (Latest most luxurious) York Hotel. Mount Elizabeth. Ring *****8 or *****1 ext 1900 Open dally 11 am to 10 30 pm. 164 Special Trades/ Services CHIANG ACUPUNCTURE SPECIALIST, 208. 2nd floor. Shaw House. Orchard Road. (9). Tel: *****0 next to Lido Theatre 157 Photographic Equipment/ I The
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      529 20 155 Art/Craft*/ Souvenirs GIFTS ANO SO'JVENWSI Arts and crafts Items, carved furniture available at Chong Hwa Arts Furniture. M 54. Mezzanine Floor. Lucky Plaza. 135. KUllney Road (9). SECONDHAND CAMERAS CENTRE we buy. sell and trade-in for used or new Camera. High offer for Lelca used Cameras. Singapore Cosmos Trading
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      675 20 II EMPLOYMENT FEMALE GENERAL CLERK wanted Minimum qualification GCE O level, knowledge of typing preferable Applicants residing m dlsts. 14. 15 or 16. Interested contact Singapore Wonderland Amusement Park. *****01 or *****7 Working hours: weekdays 6pm to llpm weekends 3pm to llpm FEMALE GENERAL CLERKS wanted immediately. Tel: ***** J
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      541 20 A WELL-ESTABLISHED ENTERPRISE Invites applications (or the following position of: FEMALE QUALITY CONTROL CLERK Singapore citizen Age below 2S years old OCE 'A' Level with credits In English and Mathematics An excellent command of English. Mandarin and Malay Typing speed 40 w.p.m Pleasant personality Be willing to shoulder responsibilities and
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      653 21 AT YOUR SERVICE MOTION INDEX g%w jk CJC*FI?FI?n A 11C lE'llL IIiSsZZ m^mi +M*\£mCwi M 9M 9 m m\mJ 4\M\J£w slfr SSL. I s^Hxs&T CAT« ■!■*■> •■■■^■■aP^ «B* A»safon, Serve- After office hours VII TRAVEL RESTAURANTS RATES VIII ANNOUNCEMENTS PERSONAL 184 44Z1, KcrSl^'yMan.^-,, IX OUmMRIES II EMPLOYMENT 31 Situations Vacant
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      704 21 APPLICANTS ARK INVTTstD K)H SALES REPRESENTATIVE Qualifications: OCI level with sukl command spoken F.ngllsh tile to work independently Some sales experience preferred Age 18 35 A good salarj plus commission will be paid SALES COORDINATOR Qualifications: Matured lady self motivated haracler and likes to meet people Familiar with all aspects
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      723 21 II EMPLOYMENT I FEMALE SALES ASSISTANT rr quired to sell antiques Must dp English speaking, preferably with knowledge of local dialects/ Mandarin Interested call *****02 for interview FORWARDING COMPANY REOUMES A Senior Sales Executive with minimum 12 years' working experience Interested please write with details to: S.T Box A***** FREE
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      656 21 Required FEMALE OUTDOOR SALES REPRESENTATIVES to promote new perfumery products to dealers Good salary, transport allowance and commission. I Apply to 226. Balestier Roed, Singapore 12. Tet:»SW7. REOUIRED MATURED/OUTGOING i personality men/ladles, above I age 20 for sales expansion. Free 1 training provided Write with confidence: PO Box 686. 1
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      513 21 II EMPLOYMENT WELL ESTABLISHED JEWELLERY male Sales Assistant. Must be fluent m English, spoken Japanese will be an advantage Please apply giving passport size photograph (non-returnable) to: Advertiser. 280. Changi Road. 5 m.s. Singapore. 14. YOUNG MEN/WOMEN Come and get free sales training and get paid for it while under
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      533 21 Applications are invited for 2 Positions of PROJECT/SALES ASSISTANT (Ipoh/Penang) Qualifications Polytechnic/Technical College Diploma m Mechanical/ Electrical Engineering. Age: 23 to 30 years B I) Driving Licence. ONE MECHANICAL DRAUGHTSMAN (Penang) Qualifications: MCE. preferably having completed a course In a local Technical College or Trade School Age: 20 to 30
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      593 21 II EMPLOYMENT /^ZeN URBAN I] REDEVELOPMENT >^*^| AUTHORITY Applications are invited from suitably qualified Singapore Citizens for the post of> TECHNICAL OFFICERS (MECHANICAL) Duties: To supervise and assist In the supervision of a team of technicians In preparing contract drawings on air-conditioning and fire fighting installations Qualifications: Singapore Polytechnic Technician
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      611 21 TRAINEE MOTOR MECHANIC required immediately RoQutremonts:* education 2. Fair knowledge on motor mechanics 3. Age below 22 years Please call personally on> The Personnel Manager Ist floor, Inchcape House 450/2 Alexandra Road Spore S c) Domestic A YOUNG LADY required to accompany a small child during office hours. Salary negotiable.
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      576 21 II EMPLOYMENT A JOB THAT COUNTS! NS GIVES YOU MORE as a PRODUCTION OPERATOR You can earn up to 5249 S24S $249 within 6 months including shift allowance $2 50 (3rd shift). $1 00 (2nd shift) 2 increments a year up to $24 1 3th month pay plus many other
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      459 21 GOODWOOD PARK HOTEL LIMITED requires (a) Front Office Cashie (Female) (b) Kitchen Cleener/ Porter (c) Waitress (Highland Bar) (d) Waitress (Coffee Lounge) (0) Hostess/ Waitress (West End Club) (1) Telephone Operator (Femele) (g) Accounts Clerk (Femele) Interested applicants who are prepared to do shift duties please write or apply aarsoaaUj
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      108 22 II EMPLOYMENT 31 Situations Vacant General ruin HH llEffj (JOIN US AS I PRODUCTION I OPERATORS Attractive Pay To I rmnmantiM ii» tanth PLUS PROFIT SHARING I O«h« Benefits free Transport at di'Mgndted Pick up Points 5- d.<y week 1 *th Vionih Pdvmem I Mjla>sians and Permanem residents I welcome
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      597 22 Local manufacturing Company mediate vacancies for 20 FEMALE MACHINE OPERATORS a ASSEMBLERS Attractive starting pey of $7 to $7 SO per day end further adjustment upon confirmation of eniplo«ment Apply personally »ith I < The Personnel Deueitmsnl. AMCOL ELECTRICAL MDUSTRIES LTD 7 Kempong Kayu Rood. Smgapor.ls An American manufacturing firm,
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      516 22 II EMPLOYMENT Qollei invites applications for MALE/FEMALE FACTORY OPERATORS We^uirementa: 16 years and above c Singapore/ Malaysian Citizoos SftQ P#rTTi#n#ni R#ttdonts c Primary education m any Language Stream c No working experience required aa training will be provided RottaH provides good wages and benefits as: Service Allowance c Monthly Food
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      532 22 iusvdv.vbsv.vdv.yq I ffih i j OtWOI MUBtAL HOTEL c" JsAoßStoaMom are kwHed frome|J jeandee'tn the toßowtng lobl" japosW—o. V MM BOY Ise Age IS to 16. ,se Salary not less than $230% P m '•2) WAITERS .te Completed National*, Service. 5 J« Willing to do spill shift. C jse Salary
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      386 22 II EMPLOYMENT 0 YAMASHINA (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD PRODUCTION WORKERS Muii be prepared to work 3 •tuft* (on rotation). »ge 18 2» imn. WE PROVIDE: Starting salary at $9 50 per day. After 3 months continuous service, will be converted Into monthly salary scale Transport supplement Shift allowance for shift work
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      543 22 PHILIPS REQUIRES STORE ASSISTANT Applicants must have completed Secondary Four Related experience, though not essential, will be an advantage Applicants must have completed National Service or be liable only for part-time Nanoiial Service. Ws are on 5-day work mt No shift. Interested candidates please submit full personal particulars. Including salary
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      722 22 II EMPLOYMENT RUBYCON SINGAPORE PRIVATE LIMITED 424-B, 2nd Floor Indus Road, Spore 3 requires immediately PART-TIME FEMALE FACTORY OPERATORS lo work any of the 3 shifts Working hours: 700 a.m 12.00 noon/ 1.00 p m 600 p.m /6.00 p.m. 11 00pm Working days: Monday to Saturday. Rate of pey: $1
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      591 22 SS SECURITY MANAGEMENT Services requires Security Ouards for dlsls 15/16.22. Apply personally at: 216. Central Building off Havelock Road. Spore 1 Tel: *****0/*****6 STEWARDESSES MONTHLY INCOME $1000-$l5OO. Part/Fulltime Apply personally King of Kings Cocktail Lounge. 4.50. 4th Fir Lucky Plaza. Orchard Road STOP PRESS Earn an EXTRA $50 when you
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      680 22 II EMPLOYMENT WANTED EXPERIENCED SALES Assistants Salary 1200 plus commission Wanted also general clerks Salary $200 Interested please call personally 2.8 Lucky Plaza. WANTED EXPERIENCED MALAY Driver, age 30 and .ibove Call personally at: 434. Orchard Road WANTED IMMEDIATELY PREFERABLY Uve-ln driver, with al least 5 years' experience Singapore Citizens
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      873 22 I Well established Motor Company urgently requires: 1) 1 FEMALE STORE CLERK TYPIST 2) 1 FEMALE CASHIER 3) 1 STORE ADMINISTRATIVE SUPERVISOR 4) GREASERS 5) SENIOR MOTOR MECHANICS CAR WASHERS Please apply with full details, contact telephone number A a non-returnable photograph to The Personnel Manager. S.T Boi A*lMl. (1)
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      908 23 111 VEHICLES ft BOATS 45 VehielM For Sat* LATE 1*73 OATSUN KJOA 1000 r r Beautiful condition $7,800 Blk Ml. 1616A. Lor 1 Toa Payoh LATE I*7* TOYOTA Corolla 1200 HI $16,500 *****T; LATE 1*77 FORO Cortina 1 SGI. One owner immaculate condition alrrond. cassette Selling $19,500 ono Contact *****2
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      1033 23 I*oo C C TWIN lam Ford Full rare engine plus spares Contact MM *****4 Steel Crmnkshalt •■X $4,000 IMS MINI COOPER New tax. metallic paint, sports rims, seem it hi helievlng Selling $2,950 Tel *****4 i*W MORRIS 1t» re Good driving condition Tax. eligible for PARF $4,700 172. Moulmein Road.
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      876 23 111 VEHICLES ft BOATS 1973 PEUGEOT SO4GL Alrrond. 4 afaaai new tyres, accident free, immaculate condition. PARF eligible $12.9000 no Tel *****90 1»73 TOYOTA COROLLA 1200 c.c Excellent condition $9,850 *****6 office hours Ronnie I«'3 TOYOTA CELICA 1600 c.c. Aircon. sport rims. Metallic paint. New tax/Insurance $12,400/- negotiate Tel: *****9
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      878 23 I Itrt TOYOTA STARLET ten cassette radio, sports rims, tyres, aircond.. original paint $17,000 Tel: *****) Peter Ang i»7» ALFA ROMEO Sprint 15. with sports rims tyres, radio, cassette, only 3 months old Interested tel 800U90 Willy Chen after 10 30 a.m 2000 C.C. SCRAP CAR with beautiful number plate.
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      615 23 IV ACCOMMODATION ft PROPERTIES APARTMENT HUNTING? STOP HERE OWN A PRIVATE APARTMENT IN A CHOICE LOCATION AT A REAL REASONABLE PRICE Kimlin Mansion Off Grange Road A serene spot m an area exclusive for its impressive homes. Just minutes away from bustling Orchard Road. Apartments are 3-bedroomed, with either 3
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      479 23 DIST. 10, NEAR BOTANICAL Garden, new luxurious townhouses/ maisonettes, 3 large bedrooms, spacious living/ dining/ kitchen and servant's amenities. Available Partly Furnished. $2,500 $3,500 Richard Low Housing *****81. DIST. 10 PANOAN VALLEY townhouse next to American School. 3 bedrooms and a study, carpeted livlng/dlnlng. extending to patio garden. Wall papered
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      721 23 IV ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES FABER HILLS $1,200 partly furnished. 4-bedroomed. split-level semi-detached with central alrcond Call *****83 (no agents) FABULOUS DIST. 11 BUNGALOW Beautiful matured exclusive garden. Double-storey with 4 bedrooms, servant's Modern kitchen, separate living, dining Proximities to golf clubs, hotels ***** 13/ *****65 e FURNISHED DOUBLE-STOREY BUNGALOW Sennett Estate
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      781 23 CXST 11 OJLSTEAD COURT brand new luxuriously furnished 3bedroomed apartment. Swimming pool, quiet surroundings $2,500 negotiable. *****17 DIST. 11 GILSTEAD ROAD near Newton Road, luxurious apartment, well furnished with 3 alrcond bedrooms, swimming pool, telephone, well equlppped kitchen and washing machine Rental $2,500 Tel. *****59 DIST. 11 LINCOLN ROAD near
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      1352 23 IV ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES SHARE FIAT NEPTUNE Coiir. Kalong. working girl or femal student, all amenities $180 pc month Tel *****00. 6 p m 1 p.m 1 UNFURNISHED ROOM for work ing single Access to phone fridge, near town No cookinf Rent: reasonable Ring *****0 2 SINGLE ROOMS for Immedtal occupation.
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      629 24 IV ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES WATTENHK.LMST 11 n<-« 3-bed- riximed lownhouse type A. 2088 54 PrOpCftMM sq ft swimming pool No restrlcFrtr c L lion to foreigners. $*****0 Rerw> J gional *****31/*****54 J.W3OC MtGOTIABIf FAB€R Hills, central alrcondltlon. double-storey semi-detached. a) HOUSeS 4.000 sq ft 3 oedrooms plus study vacant possession Call
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      382 24 IV ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES DISTRICT 10 FIVE rooms flat Good locality, beautifully renovated. 556.0U0/- Contact Chan after 5 30 pm Tel: *****Z DIST 10 LUCKY TOWERS 21st floor. Type B. relinquishing. $355,000 Details. Pacific *****20 DIST. 10 RIOOEWOOO 3/4-bed-roomed apartments m four distinctive designs. Price $178,000 upwards Investment opportunlt> with fair
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      372 24 ACE HOUSING HAS genuine buyers for double-storey semidetached houses m dlsts. 10/ II ($150,000 $200,000) Detached house ($300,000 $500,000) Owners, please call: *****22 BRITISH BUYER REOUMES new or modern apartment/ maisonette with/without swimming, preferably dlsts 9. 10. 11 Budget $165,000 unfurnished Stretched to $*****0 furnished In exceptional case Untenanted tenanted
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      443 24 IV ACCOMMODATIONS PROPERTIES GROUNDFLOOR WAREHOUSE SPACE available In central locality Area 17.800 sq.ft Enquiries Tel: *****55 ext 28. WAREHOUSE SPACE AT Jurong for rent Area 3.000 5.000 sq.ft Available Ist April 1979 Tel: *****35/*****9 5.000 17.000 SOFT, of vacant land at Buklt Tlmah for rent Ready for immediate occupation. Tel:
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      647 24 ORCHARD ROAD Brand New Office Accommodation Areas from 1.500 sq ft (140 m 2) to 6.780 sq.ft. (830 m 2) at $200 psf. per month ($21.50 m2/mth) Inclusive of s/ charge. Limited units available Further detwls contact FORT DEVELOPMENT PTE LTD TEL: *****0/*****. PEOPLE'S PARK CENTRE car peted office space
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      730 24 V SERVICES BUSINESS FOR PLUMBING/ ELECTRICAL repairs at reasonable charges, call Yew Yee Sanitary Contractors Tel: *****8. *****77. FOR YOUR PRINTING needs such as visiting cards, letterheads. Invoices, circular forms, etc. Call: *****4 GOM HUP CONTRACTOR undertakes works for renovation, roof leakage repairing, painting, white washing and Interior and exterior
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      489 24 INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION OF BROKERS. (Real Estate. Money. Investments. Import-Export Finders) ACCEPTING MEMBERSHIP IN S.E. ASIA. M.B.E. (12) 1 7, Artillery Row, London SWI. England. PROFESSIONAL ANSWERING SERVICE the confidential way. Prestigious office/ cable address $30/- monthly Arrangement: *****69 (Grace). REQUIRED BULK QUANTITY and regular supply of Handbarked Manau Canes. A
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      1377 24 V SERVICES BUSINESS QUEEN'S HEALTH CENTRE Queen's Hotel (next to Summit Hotel). 4th floor penthouse Massage Steambath Facial *****80/*****8 ext 2 or 42 Free parking SPECIALIST HEALTH SALON 2nd floor next lo Robinson's 229/ 230 Specialist Centre Tel: *****39 *****6 ext 145. Massage Sauna Bath 89 Translation Services TRANSLATOR INTERPRETER
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  • IX OBITUARIES
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      142 Deaths
      139 25 Aged 75 passed away peacefully on 12.3.79. leaving behind 2 sons. Chua Thlam Soon, Chua Lye Soon. 4 daughters. Chua Choo Boey. Chua Choo Hong. Tan Seng Boey, Chua Choo Oeok. 2 sons-in-law. 4 daughters-in-law and 27 grandchildren Cortege leaving Block 3, 14 B. Bright Hill Crematorium (Khong
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      IX OBITUARIES
      68 25 Passed away suddenly on the -.it ing behind Wives: Khoo Seng Heok. Cheung Kirn Thow Sons: Choni Hock, Cnowf, n>"and Chung Boon Daughters: SltW Khun Rosalind Susan l.ji Ueng. .lollie and Patsy Sont-ln-Law: Bay Slang (Ulan Khng Chwee Tow and l.oh Bun Tet And [imr grandchildren Cortege leaves
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      IN MEMORIAM
      31 25 14 years have passed sincel lyou departed on 14.3 75.1 I Sadly missed but fondly I I remembered by all lovedl |one«. IMKS. TEOM (.HIM KOOll ■■<■<' Oiik GmMi Mum.
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      TOMMY CHAN HENG GUAN
      21 25 TOMMY CHAN HENG GUAN I). |i.ir(.(l 11..1.7n "SAFE IN THK AKMSOK JESUS" LOVINGLY I'.KMKM BERBD ItY PARENTS \M> ALL LOVED (INKS
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      685 25 VI EDUCATION ft TRAINING 102 Education ite GIRLS! Joes are Becoming ha/dar to gat you nacd bamr quatrf<cations The London Chamber ol Commerce and industry P»va*» Secretary CarMcaM is racognaad **«r na*on»*> as one O* me r«gnast oua**ca*ons oCmnaDta 'hu axammarion is ma only Pr'vate Secretarial Exammakon suparvtsad by me
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      769 25 STAMFORD COLLEGE (Home Studies Division) introduces courses tor the Association of Business Executives fora Professional Career m Business and Industry For details write to PO Box 281 Singapore Name Address SWONO/VOKE CULTUNC lessons to beginners and concert slng- rv Discover your hidden talent through me *****19 |2nd April f Competent
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      327 25 -the language School with the class you've been waiting for(ONLY 12 STUDENTS PER GROUP) DAY CLASSES (10-WEEK COURSES) ENGLISH All Levels (for ADULTS) Beginners'. Intermediate, Advanced Daily Mon Fri From 19 March 8.30 10.30 am 10.45 12.45 pm 1.00 3.00 pm 3.15 -5.15 pm Beginners' 1 Tues/Triurs from 20 March
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      769 25 VII TRAVEL RESTAURANTS HAPPY HOLIDAY ALLOW US TO MAKE YOUR HOLIDAY 4 MEMORABLE ONE. JVST PICK ANY "> OF THESE SCHEDULES: EUROPE A AMERICA TOURS H AMERICAN WEST COAST JAPAN TAIWAN q IPPi!I 1K I '«•»*>» «M*L "MOu* LOS uaiEVOSICYUM IBS^U n> aW 10 »«.»»1000/>S««D«OQ.UIS>«tt S**r«*«CiSCO' BEST OF EUROPE an
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      452 25 VII TRAVEL RESTAURANTS 'afl sisssssV mX I Tou»r i THOU TO dcstmitkms Unit 111. 3rd Fleer. I Pinlniwi Sftopfxnf CofVtptoi Tel HIIII/M7SH/ICTS3 114 Tourt ARCHIPELAGO SPECIALS 1 Days Singapore $15 1 Days Malacca $30 l/2DayDesaru 115/M5 3-Day Pulau Tloman $160 5-Day N. Park (Taman Negara) $190 2-Day Gentlng (Air) $145
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      641 25 ECONOMICAL AIR TICKETS. Malaysian. Thailand. Taiwan tours. Coach rentals. Dally Penang Thailand Express *****46: *****39. *****49 T A 0314 KEN-AIR EUROPE it s the finest yettnechßapeit ($2OO cheaper than our I nearest competitor ENQUIRE TODAY *****88 KCNAIftTAOUST** BUDGET!!! AIRFARES OR TOURFARES TO ANY DESTINATION TRY US WE GUARANTEE SUNSEEKERS pte
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      561 25 VII TRAVEL ft RESTAURANTS a^^^^^^^^™"^™^^™ 9 DAYS TAIWAN TOUR $13**/- f 12 DAYS TAIWAN/ HONGf KONG TOUR $1553/- Bk 14 DAYS TAIWAN/ HONG t KONG/ BANGKOK TOUR dS $1670/- V Departing on Ist May '79 m a First Class Hotel accommo- jk dalion V J 3 sumptuous meals a day
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      282 25 EDWARD VICTOR AGED: SI Died peacefully m Kingston Hospital. U.K., on March slh Beloved Father Father-in-lew of Eileen a Chriatopher Smith And much loved Grandpa of David Richard Cathy. STEWART. i>., ii.ti, l Alexander beloved husbund of Hazel, dear father of BUI and Rosemary m Edinburgh. Scotland, nth February 1979.
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  • TIMESPORT PAGE ONE
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      Top Australian jockey Duggan is in a fix
      598 26  -  FAIRWAY By TOP Sydney rider John Duggan is m a fix. He has committed himself to Agasam Stable's Village Sheriff n for Sunday's $82,500 Singapore Derby, but, after working the grey yesterday, he wants a different mount. Duggan explained that Village Sheriff
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      Kuala Lumpur entries
      1291 26 ENTRIES for the Kuala Lumpur March April meeting to be held on March 24. 25. 30 ;i.k) April 1: CLASS S: Ist run: i.HXhn (a) or I,Boom (b), 2nd run. 1.200 m (<■) or 2.000 m (d). A.B.C. ac. Abang ac. Above Par bd, Adamas ac. Admiral
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      159 26 PONTOISE (Fraace), Wed. Top Jockey Yves Saint-Martin was yesterday Riven a IZ-menth suspended Jail sentence for manslaughter and drunken driving after an accident la which two people were killed. Saint-Martin, 37, was also fined CM francs ($1»), banned from driving for two yean aad ordered to pay
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      Lock icon Favourites out after injury in fall
      288 26 Favourites out after injury in fall LONDON, Wed TWO of the best-backed horses for tomorrow's Cheltenham Gold Cup have already fallen without getting near any of the steeplechase fences. Favourite Gay Spartan and heavily-backed Irish Entry, Jack Of Trumps, were both withdrawn after getting injured over the weekend. Last year's
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      554 26 MANAGER BUILDING DIVISION W« require a mature experienced Manager for our Building Division The successful applicant will probably already be employed m a similar capaci ty Preference will be shown to applicants who have a proven track record of selling and wrj negotiating with architects, engineers and consult ants and
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      124 26 ITS TIME YOU KNEW US. You know us. yet you don't know us Our many f^^^^^Hl an d PVC products, finance and shipping. We're a large products and services are known throughout Asia successful international group of companies. and the world. But our name isn't. Nipsea. |kV But unt|| now
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  • TIMESPORT PAGE TWO
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      Lock icon Bottle—throwing fans halt Supertest
      464 27 Bottle— throwing fans halt Supertest BRIDGETOWN (Barbados), Wed. Bottle-throwing fans, angrrrd by what they thought was a wrong umpiring decision, forced a premature end to the second World Series Cricket Supertest between the Australians and the West Indians here yesterday. After one abortive attempt to restart the match, which uat>
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      SCOREBOARD
      68 27 41 SUM 1J A Ist IBB*: Sll WEST INDIANS Ist tun: 231 AUSTRALIA 2ad Ins: 2M (irrr nldgr c Marsh b Pascoe 21 Hmynm c Marsh b Lillee 9 Fredericks lbw Pascoe 53 Anstla c Marsh b Pasooe 4 Richard* not out 38 RxtrM 8 T»UI (for 4 wkts)
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      34 27 BRUNSWICK. (West Germany). Wed. West German First Division clubs Eintracht Braunschweig and Eintracht Frankfurt drew 0-0 here last night in a match which had earlier been postponed because of bad weather. Reuter.
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      Lock icon CARE PLAN TO STAGE PROTEST
      104 27 AI'CKLAND. Wed. New Zealand anti-apartheid campaigners yesterday revealed plans for a campaign a^.iinsl the visit of South African Rugby Board President I)r Danie Craven here next month. Hut anti-apartheid groups have called the proposed visit a fraud, and said they would organise a major series
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      Lock icon Blacks body turn down invitation
      285 27 CAPE TOWN, Wed. The South African Rugby Federation, who control the sport for coloured (mixed race) players, yesterday turned down an invitation for two of their members to join the white Transvaal Province team touring France next month. Federation president Cuthbert Loriston said he did
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      Lock icon Shrewsbury hopes crash
      364 27 WOLVES TURN ON POWER TO SHATTER THEIR DREAM LONDON, Wed. WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS shattered the Wembley dreams of tiny Third Division club Shrewsbury last night, beating them 3-1 m their English Football Association Cup quarterfinal replay. Shrewsbury did all the hard work on Saturday, drawing 1-1 away to
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      Lock icon Millwall's ambitious new-look project
      170 27 Millwall's ambitious new-look project LONDON, Wed. Millwall, struggling at the foot of the English soccer League's second Division, yesterday annouced an ambitious £10 million ($43.4 million) plan to turn their ground into a new sports complex. If planning permission is given, the club's Cold Blow Larnr ground, called "The Den",
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      Lock icon Aussie hopes rest on Yallop, Border
      356 27 Aussie hopes rest on Yallop, Border MELBOURNE, Wed. Australia, faced with the daunting task of scoring 382 runs to win, had whittled the target down to 265 for the loss of two wickets at stumps on the fourth day of the first Test against Pakistan at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
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      Lock icon SCOREBOARD
      143 27 PAKISTAN Ist hum: 1M AUSTRALIA Ist Inns: 1(8 PAKISTAN 2nd inns: Majd b Border 106 Mahxln <• and b Hogg 14 Zaneer b Hogg 59 Javed c Wright b Border 16 Asif lbw Hogg 44 Masatao c Higgs b Sleep 28 Waxlm Raja c Wright b Hurst 28 Imran
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      Lock icon From Korea with love
      134 27 TOKYO, Wed. North Korea will send planes to Peking, Karachi, Cairo, Singapore and Geneva to pick op teams to the 35th world table tennis championships In Pyongyang from April ti May S. This was announced yesterday In an official North Korean Central News Agency dispatch, monitored
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      Lock icon Ali takes a punch
      52 27 Muhammad AH, the World Boxing Association's heavyweight champion, takes a solid punch while clowning his way through an exhibition match at Providence on Monday. All, dressed m a bine sweat suit, sparred, danced, "fought" with the referee and fell to the canvas twice m mock knockdowns.
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      Lock icon Gottfried scores easy first-round triumph BRIEFS
      324 27 Gottfried scores easy first-round triumph BRIEFS WASHINGTON. Wed. Secondseeded Brian Gottfried, of the United States, winner here for the last two years, started the defence of his title with an easy 6-0. 6-3 first-round triumph last night over countryman Keith Richardson at a U5J125.000 ($271,250) tennis stop on the men's
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      15 27 by USTA ami APP Worldwide A :ial tournament ball JW? K.rfK-ri«m.Wikon"l.S|[.td! JJ^ ?t^ J jT
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      952 27 A better future begins with a better Company NS is 1 0 years old now m Singapore We are already one of the worlds largest manufacturers of Semi-conductors and a systems Company That's because we are imaginative and innovative and our products demonstrate the success of our philosoohy We will
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      268 27 IN THK HIGH COURT OF THK KKPrill.lt' OF BINGAPOM Suit No. 2064 of 1978 Between Arpah Binti Norsidin (m.w.) Plaintiff And Dorothy Martha Buckle Defendant To Dorothy Martha Buckle (address unknown) TAKE NOTICE that an action has been commenced against you m the HHfh Court of the Republic of Singapore
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  • TIMESPORT PAGE THREE
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      THEY ARE ALL SPORTS SUPERSTARS IN THEIR FIELDS, BUT ...
      17 28 THEY ARE ALL SPORTS SUPERSTARS IN THEIR FIELDS, BUT NANCY CHRISSIE IRENA KORNELIA oN ADI A GILLIAN
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      Heather McKav is the greatest
      563 28 Heather McKav is the greatest SPORTS superstars! There are many of them around. We have Muhammad AU In boxing, Jack Nlrklaus m golf, Lester Piggott m horse racing, BJorn Borg m tennis, Don Bradman m cricket. And among the women, we have Chris Evert m tennis, Nancy Lopez m golf,
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      Gopal is back in training with squad
      302 28 Gopal is back in training with squad NATIONAL squash champion, Venkatesan Gopal is back m training with Singapore's East Asia squad, reports PATRICK BASTIANS. The Singapore Squash Rackets Association's hearing yesterday decided to award last Thursday's trial match which Gopal failed to turn up to Zainal Abidin. Gopal is understood
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      SSRA in dilemma because of rivalry
      516 28 THE Singapore Squash Rackets Association are In a quandary as to whether the Republic will see a leg of the World Series this year— all because of the Internecine badgering of players and promoters by two opposing organisations. The International Management Group and Pakistan
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      Kian Tiong fires 69
      65 28 BANGKOK, Wed. Thai professional Sukree Onshum became a main contender for tomorrow's Thai Open golf championship when he fired the day"s best round a three-under-par 68 m the pro-am tournament at the Royal Thai Air Force Don Muang course today. Close behind Sukree. on 69. were
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      Lock icon Monksfield
      29 28 CHELTENHAM. England. Wed Irish-trained Monksfield (Des Hughes), owned by Dr Michael Mangan. won the Champion Hurdle for the second successive year, run over 3,400 metres here today. Reuter
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      Lock icon Thai Open draws the top notchers
      284 28 BANGKOK. Wed. More than 140 golfers from 16 countries will begin the battle tomorrow for top money and honours m the 15th Thailand Open golf championships, the fifth leg of the Asia golf circuit. The four-day tournament will be held at the 71-par, 6,817-metre
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      Lock icon HUNT OUSTS AZIZ
      84 28 HUNT OUSTS AZIZ LEEDS, Wed. World champion Geoff Hunt, of Australia, cleared the second round of the Masters squash championship here yesterday. Hunt eliminated A. Aziz, of Egypt, m three sets 9-6, 9-2,9-7. New Zealand's Bruce Brownlee also moved into the third round when he defeated G. Briars, of Britain,
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      Gary paid to visit South Africa
      85 28 Gary paid to visit South Africa JOHANNESBURG, Wed. South African golf champion Gary Player admitted today receiving money from secret government funds to organise a 1975 visit to South Africa by a group of American businessmen "I have been paid," Player said, but denied that the figure totalled 535.000 ($75,960)
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      874 28 2I3SESSSL I Guthrie Ropel Berhad I Preliminary Report of results for the year ended 31st December 1978 The audited results of the company, and 6f the company and its subsidiaries, Kumpulan Temiang Sdn Bhd (Temiang) and Hock Guan Seng Plantations Sdn Bhd, for the year ended 31st December 1978 are
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      89 28 KENYATAAN TAWARAN L'NIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA KHAS KEPADA PEMBORONG BL'MIPL'TRA Tawaran-tawaran daripada pemboronjf-pembo-ronu yang berdaftar denjfan Unit Pemborong Bumiputra Ibu Pejabat Jabatan Kerja Raya dalam Kelas F' ke Ata's di bawah Kepala IV Pecahan Kepala 12 akan diterima di Pejabat Bendahari. Tingkat 4. Bangunan Pentadbiran. U.K.M. Bangi Selangor hingga pukul 12.00
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      73 28 CONGRATULATIONS JB-SMSC AUTOCROSS AT SENOKO on 11-3-1979 FIRST OVERALL: NICK VAN NUGTEREN FIRST IN CLASS VI IX: NICK VAN NUGTEREN FTD (Fastest Time of Day) MMSC RALLY on 4-3-1979 IN XL SECOND OVERALLNICK VAN NUGTEREN/BILL COOK FOURTH OVERALL v CROC TANG/KOH KIM SENG Our winners say: "JB products added power
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      Lock icon Suria, Aziz, Taib back to intermediates
      441 29  -  JOE DORAI Four other players remain m senior squad By MIDFIELD player R.Suriamurthy and strikers Aziz Ibrahim and Mohammed Taib have been dropped from Singapore's Malaysia Cup squad. The three have gone back to the intermediate Jeam, who are now preparing for the Asian
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      Ewins' Cup
      39 29 EWINS Hardware beat Chong Ghee 87-65 m the final of the Intiustnaland Commercial Cup haskotball tournament at the Gay World stadium last night Chinese School Teachers' Union won the women's title beating .Singapore Air Transport I'nion 65-33.
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      WILD ABOUT SPORT Professional soccer in Singapore? No way!
      533 29 WILD ABOUT SPORT Professional soccer in Singapore? No way! PROFESSIONAL soccer m Singapore? No way! That's my firm conclusion after a recent visit to Hongkong. Fans who would like to see professional football Introduced m Singapore usually back their argument by pointing out the various obvious similarities between the Republic
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      One-year ban on two Hume footballers
      249 29 TWO Hume Sports Club players were yesterday suspended for a year by the Singapore Business Houses Football League Disciplinary Committee for assaulting referee Raja Mohan m a Division Three match at Fairer Park last month, reports JOE DORAJ. The; were Abdul Aziz hit is
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      Boon misses joining elite ranks
      299 29 Boon misses joining elite ranks MIKK BOON, a 42-year-old businessman, missed joining the elite ranks of Ec Fook (."hoy. William Tay and Cuthbert Ballard when he fell two pintails short of a perfect 300-game at Tenpin Bowl on Tuesday night, reports WILFRED YEO. Boon, m hitting 11 consecutive strikes m
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      Lock icon Peking 'yes' to IOC proposal
      68 29 Peking yes' to IOC proposal HC'GKONG. Wed. Peking have accepted a proposal by the International Olyrtipic Committee for China and Taiwan to hold talks m Lausanne on Tuesday week, according to a New China News Agency report monitored here today Mr Zhong Sitong, president of the Chinese Olympic Committee, had
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      Lock icon Kelantan out to blunt Kedah attack MALAYSIAN SOCCER ROUNDUP
      378 29 Kelantan out to blunt Kedah attack MALAYSIAN SOCCER ROUNDUP KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Kelantan are a little apprehensive about unpredictable Kedah when they meet m a Malaysia Cup-tie at Kota Bharu on Friday. Kelantan Football Association secretary Syed Ahmad Kuning has a good reason to describe Kedah as Kelintan's bogey team.
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      66 29 ZURICH, Wed. Television companies m Europe, Latin America, Asia and the Middle East have agreed to pay 39 million Swiss francs for the right to screen the 1982 World Cup m Spain, the International Football Federation said today. The consortium, which groups the world's major television broadcasters, except
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      Oberoi thrash Shipyard
      162 29 DESPITE strong protests by Singapore Airlines officials, the Singapore Business Houses Football League senior knockout match between Oberoi Imperial and Keppel Shipyard was last night played as scheduled. Oberoi thrashed Shipyard 8-0, after leading 2-0 at halftime, scoring through Than Hon Yuen, Peter Lim, Rahmat Mawar, Mustapha
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      Junie, Lim bound for Tokyo meet
      268 29  -  WILFRED YEO By SINGAPORE Sportswoman of the Year Junie Sng, 14, will widen her competitive swimming horizons to take m the Land of the Rising Sun at the end of the month. Junie. together with South-east Asia age-group triple gold medallist Lim Seng Hock,
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      71 29 Today's events BADMINTON Junior individual championships (SBA hall 7 15pm) SKPAK TAKE AW Division One League: Bawean Putra v Fire Brigade, PARC v Jurong Town (PERSES Centre. 7.30). SOCCER Singapore Business Houses Football League senior knock-out: Mitsubishi v Goodwood Group. Rollei v Spore Hilton (Both matches at Jalan Besar Stadium.
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      63 29 LONDON. Wed. Duncan McKenzie's transfer trail continues with a LlOO.OOO ($217,000) move from Chelsea, second-from-bottom of the English Football League First Division, to Blackburn Rovers, bottom of the Second Division. The talented inside-for-ward started at Nottingham Forest and has played for Mansfield Town (on loan). Leeds
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      533 29 BIASISWA DERMASISWA KERAJAAN NEGERI SELANGOR TAHUN PENGAJIAN 1979/1980. Permohonan permohonan adalah dipelawa danpada Rakyat Dull Yang Maha Mulia Sultan Selangor untuk tawaran Biasiswa Dermasiswa bagi mengikuti kursus kursus daiam tahun permulaan di Universiti-Universiti Tempatan bagi tahun pengapan 1979/1980 Kursus tersebut mengikut keutamaan lalah seperti berikut (1) PERUBATAN (2) KEJURUTERAAN (3)
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      595 29 Applications are invited from suitably qualified Malaysian citizens (or the position of TRAINEE INSTRUMENT TECHNICIANS THE JOB: Training will be provided by the Company after which technicians would be required to service, renair and maintain pneumatic and electronic instruments (or process measurement and control As technicians are required to travel,
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    82 30 THE quickest way to fall out of love, they say. That's how Gene and Lynda Ballard called It quits plunging to earth at 190 km/h from a height of 3,000 metres. Top picture shows the midair ceremony, with lawyer Steve Sch- losser as witness, which ended
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    Soviet-India accord
    128 30 SovietIndia accord NEW DELHI Wed India and the Soviet Union today signed a comprehensive long-term agreement for cooperation In the fields of economy science and technology. The agreement which will have a life span of 10 to IS years envisages Soviet cooperation m launching of Industrial projects In wideranging areas
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    44 30 NEW YORK. Wed. Do* Jones averages, baaed, on first hour of trading on the New York Stock Exchange 30 Indus ***** up 0 52. 20 nans 215 04 off 0 24, 16 uttls ***** Oft 0.27. 65 <tock> ***** Off 0.11 UPI.
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    Lock icon Sydney airport workers reject plea to let MAS jet fly home
    346 30 Sydney airport workers reject plea to let MAS jet fly home SYDNEY, Wednesday AIRPORT workers today rejected an appeal by union leaders to allow a stranded Malaysian Airlines System DC-10 airliner to leave the country before 22 unionists detained by the authorities m Kuala Lumpur are freed. The plane, on
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    184 30 REFUGEE ISLAND: UNHCR AGREES TO TERMS JAKARTA, Wed FOREIGN Minister Mochtar Kusumaatmadja said today the United Nations High Commis sion on Refugees < UNHCR) has accepted m principle the conditions demanded by Indonesia for establishing a refugees processing centre on an Indonesian island. He told reporters, following talks with President
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    124 30 500 raid Iranian army barracks TEHERAN. Wed IRANIAN troops and revolutionary militia drove off an assault by 500 unidentified armed men on an army barracks m a Kurdish area near the Iraqi border last night, newspapers reported today. The reports described the attackers of the Jaidlan barracks as "antirevolutionary elements."
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    49 30 MANILA, Wed. President Marcos today Increased the dally minimum wage of Filipino workers by two pesos (550.62) to 13 pesos. A presidential decree In effect raised total take-home pay of workers In Metropolitan Manila to 21.13 pesos dally which Includes the minimum wage and allowances. UPI.
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    150 30 GENEVA, Wed. ISRAEL and the Palestinian guerillas exchanged prisoners for the first time today at Geneva airport. The I n t c m a tlonal Committee of the Red Cross said Avraham Amram. an Israeli soldier captured 11 months ago during the Israeli Invasion of Southern Lebanon,
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    77 30 JAKARTA. Wed. President Suharto has approved the establishment of an Asean fertiliser project worthU US$3l3 million ($679 million m the northern tip of the Sumatra province of Aceh. the National Investment co-ordination Body said today. A spokesman said that the project will be represented by P.T. Pusri
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    272 30 BANGKOK. Wednesday CHILDREN and old people have been evacuated from the Vietnamese capital, Radio Hanoi said today as fresh skirmishes broke out along the withdrawal route of Chinese troops. Trenches, shelters and foxholes have appeared everywhere. Every family in Hanoi has reorganised its
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      247 30 BUSINESS TIMES Singapore s Financial Dally Cover Price 50c Annuol Subscription J/55. Por subscription, call *****1 txt 231 TODAYS HIGHLIGHTS. THE Development Bank of Singapore has established a hot pace m the banking arena. It appears now to be also building a strong corporate edifice m the property field. It
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      Lock icon The man who 'remade' the universe
      980 1  -  LLYOD TIMBERLAKE Einstein looked inside his own head and disputed known notions By m London THIS MONTH the world celebrates the centenary of the birth of Albert Einstein, the scientist who redesigned man's concept of the universe. For Einstein has become a cult, almost
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      1074 1  - Tipping the customers off on how much to tip FRANK PRIAL An American restaurant may have the solution to the problem By m New York IN THE not-too-distant future, if things go according to plan, patrons at the "21" club will get a discreet little card with their bill suggesting
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        821 1 d LEISURE: Fanfare show is fun and I OIW\ f" m music for young ta«ns 2 N^l IIL WOMAN PIUS Mi mum who gtti lh« B'^S^SB^'^^ USUAL PRICE $75 ?i s l°K Urexamination! Metropolitan College Study with Metropolitan toilette In baikkvq exams we have had H ome Study Courses are
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        'Dear Katie' lived with a myriad of problems for 10 years
        395 2 'Dear Katie' lived with a myriad of problems for 10 years CHARMING Katie Boyle, who looks young and is still vivacious and attractive at 50, has had to live with a myriad of problems for the i last 10 years. The evidence is certainly not there on her face or
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        Piano duo pool their talents
        256 2 Piano duo pool their talents PROF C. Pastorelli and Prof Eli Perrotta will pool their talents to give a piano duet at the Singapore Conference Hall tomorrow night at 8.30. The piano duo are a pair of inventive and active concert artistes m the international musical field. Besides performing m
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        On again
        59 2 THE New Advratarm M »H*t W*m*a comes on tonight at 10 15 on Channel 5 instead o( the usual 7.45 p.m. viewers will see the episode. Anschluss '77 where Wonder Woman and Steve Trevor investigate the reunion of expatriate Nazis in an isolated town in South America. Guest
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        SPORTING EVENTS ROUND-UP
        124 2 SPORTING EVENTS ROUND-UP RAMPAIAN Sik»«, a round-up of sporting events presented in Malay, will be telecast at 7 tonight on Channel 5. It will feature the SASA junior swimming championships; sepak takraw Division One league match; Malaysia Cup soccer Singapore vs Trengganu hockey, cross country second road relay and Junior
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        Fanfare Show is fun and music for young teens
        554 2  -  SAW PUAY LIM By YOUNG teens who do not know how to kill the early hours of Saturday evenings should consider tripping down to Rediffusion's auditorium for the Fanfare Show. Packaged to give you 90 minutes of fun and music, the
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        VERSATILE JOHN THE 'FIVEIN-ONE' MAN
        175 2 VERSATILE JOHN THE 'FIVE-IN-ONE' MAN WHEN yoa meet Mr John Tan Chor Yong, yon are actually meeting five personalities. For, versatile John, as he Is popularly known, Is a lawyer by profession, an artist, author, choreographer and more recently, a Jewellery designer. Basically a family man, John, 4X, who Ls
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        134 2 Black Dog Bone I Jk^ From Tonight ''^■■■■■■■1 wkh 9 ■H aßaHaal^aaaar aaal Hole Story ■■■■■■>. v x In the beginning there was a hole. v V^J Then someone surrounded the hole with delicious Polo Mint. And mint lovers popped the whole mint into their mouths. And m the end
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        117 2 Super-economy. We help you save so you can spend. With us. it's nothing unusual. Like having just that little extra to spend on vacation. Whicn can make all the difference between having a nice time and having a really delightful one. On Aeroflot, you'll enjoy pleasant cuisine that will make
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        891 2 TV and Radio SINGAPORE 5 3.00 PM Opening and Hokusai 36 (Malay) Views of Mount Flip I 805 Rhoda 3.30 Wary of Events (Chinese) 8-35 Digestion in Our Bodies 3.35 Home Sweet Home (Mandarin 8 45 J*] 0 S* 10 Llve from ShK Drama Serial, repeat) 4.15 Intermission S"lh> Pariamentary
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        They call it the toga-top dress
        83 3 THEY HAVE a name for easy-to-make dresses likr this one here. They call It the toga-top dress. Simply take a piece *f fabric with mi attractive print, tie at the sh*alders, ww up the sides and y«w have the toga-top. Next add the skirt,
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        Writing is in my blood, says this Filipina
        346 3  - Writing is in my blood, says this Filipina DANA LAM By NANCY LU, the only foreign woman delegate at the Confederation of Asean Journalists (CAJ) general assembly which ended here yesterday, loves writing. She has to. She has been writing for a living, a meagre one, she insists, for the
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        But who proposes these days?
        545 3  -  SHEILA CHEONG By THE days of getting down on bended knee to ask for a woman's hand In marriage are behind us. Take a man, a woman allow the relationship to grow and nurture and before you know it, they're off to the Housing Board
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        How can a woman tell she is in the family way? What's Up, Doc?
        1014 3  - How can a woman tell she is in the family way? What's Up, Doc? Dr. W.J.H. by A WOMAN has many good reasons for wantIng to know whether she is pregnant. She may be desirous of the pregnancy especially if she has planned for it or after a polonged period
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        1260 5 S^^^ST seeling suitably juahtied candidates tor the tollowing positions SUPERVISORCOST ACCOUNTING I tlidates should have passed the Interme- I F xommation ot a recognised Accounting I with 4 to 5 years experience m Account- I ''reference will be given to those who ore I iimlior with Costing ond the EDP
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        495 5 TERRITORY OF CHRISTMAS ISLAND Applications are invited tor -he position ot COOk at Government House. Christmas Wand Applicants should tultil the tollowing requirements Age preferably above 35 years Have at least five years working experience as cook at an official establishment and be capable ot carrying out and supervising general
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        372 5 PROJECTS ENGINEER To meet our expanding protect work requirements, we will shortly appoint a suitably qualified Mechanical Engineer to K>in our Engineering Division. This is a Senior position and will involve the incumbent m all aspects of development work. The candidate must possess a recognised degree m Mechanical Engineering. With
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        369 5 HFAR EAST ORGANIZATION invites applications for the following posts(l) Project Engineers Qualification: A degree or professional qualification m Civil, Structure, Building or equivalent Experience: At least five (5) years experience m the supervision ot construction and management ot de-luxe commercial complex, and shopping centre Prospective candidates must possess initiative ond
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        183 5 A multi-national manufacturing company has vacancies for TECHNICAL ASSISTANTS [AUTO LATHE] [$***** $13 000p.a 1 Applicants should possass the following: Secondary 4 or Mechanical Engineering Trade or Craft Certificate. Minimum 2 to 3 years experience m autolathe machine set-up and maintenance. Applicants must be prepared to work on rotating shifts.
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        590 6 Applications ore invited from citizens/ permanent residents ot Singapore ond other ASEAN ris for the following appointments Manager (Bulk installation) Candidates should possess a recognised University degree and considerable experience m on industrial or commercial undertaking relating to hulking services They should also have drive mtiative and the obihty to
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        657 6 eTOSHIBAe mm* Toshiba Singapore Pte Ltd invites suitably qualified candidates for the following challenging and rewarding B KIT PARTS ENGINEER H Applicants must be graduates m Electronics Electrical I Engineering and have several years experience either m the Quality Control or Design and Development function PI of a consumer electronics
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        729 6 M PRODUCT MARKETING MANAGER MALAYSIA PACKAGE AROUND $50,000 PER ANNUM A well-established international trading house needs a new Product Marketing Manager for one of its principal agency products, currently the brand leader, to face new market challenges. The Product Marketing Manager will be responsible for managing the sales force and
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        517 6 IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE Companies Winding Up No. 21 of 1979 In the Matter of Companies Act (Chapter 185) And In the Matter of MISSION INTERNATIONAL PTE. LTD. ADVERTISEMENT OF PETITION Notice Is hereby given that a petition for the winding up of the abovenamed
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        729 6 /y&\ OVERSEA-CHINESE BANKING IB«J CORPORATION LIMITED \^^Hpr (Incorporated In the Republic ol Singapore) LOST STOCK CERTIFICATES Application has been made to the Directors ot the Company to ssue duplicate Stock Certificates m respect ol the undermentioned Stockholder m place ot the original Certificates which aie stated to lave been lost
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        521 6 IN THE MATTKR OK THE COMPANIES ACT CAP. 185 AND DREDGEM ASTERS INTERNATIONAL (S) PTE. LTD. Vulantary IJqaldatUn) MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY WINDING-HP At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the members of the abovenamed company duly convened and held at 411E, 37th St. North, Wichita, Kansas *****, U.S.A. on the 7th day
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