The Straits Times, 13 December 1978

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    14 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1978 25 CENTS M.C.(P) No. 214/1/78
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    RADIATION AT MILLS SHOCK
    577 1  -  EDMUND TEO Back to work, but checks go on By A FURNACE at the National Iron and Steel Mills (NISM) in Jurong is back in operation after being shut down earlier this month because of contamination by radioactive substances. Hut though decontamination has Ik'iii carried out
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    Lock icon $39 m fine
    49 1 PARIS Tues An entire Chilean family of four arrested at the Pans Rolen airport last July wu yesterday fined a total of M.000.000 francs (about 8419 million) and Hat—rid to prison terms r«a«ing from five to 16 yean for poawluu of 40 kg of cocaine AFP.
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    Lock icon SURRENDER-AT END OF SIEGE
    82 1 SURRENDER -AT END OF SIEGE A MAN steps forward, hands raised as police marksmen train their guns on him on Monday. This was the dramatic moment of surrender as the 16-hour north London gun siege came to an end. He was one of two men who had run into an
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    Lock icon 'No state grab'
    28 1 JAKARTA. Tues. The Indonesian Government today dismissed rumours that it intended to nationalise certain foreign companies as a fol-low-up of the rupiah devalue tlon. AFP.
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    Lock icon Biggest hold-up in US history
    188 1 NEW YORK, Tues Seven gunmen who stole cash and valuables worth about US$5 million (Sslo.85 million) at Kennedy airport on Sunday night brought off the biggest holdup In US history without firing a shot, police said today. The masked gangsters raided the freight office of
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    Lock icon Dollar slips to new low
    64 1 TOKYO. Tues. The US dollar slid to a two-week low against the Japanese yen today In Tokyo, reflecting an overnight slump o( the American currency on overseas markets. The dollar closed the day at 194.86 yen. down from 197.08 at yesterday's close. It opened at
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    Toasting 1979 with bubbly
    83 1 PEKING. Tues. For th* first time since 1949, the foreign visitor to China will be able to toast the New Year in with champagne. Or, If he prefers. American bourbon. Italian chlantl, Scotch whisky, English gin or Canadian rye. In liauor. as In heavy Industry. China
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    JUNIE WINS THE FIRST MEDAL FOB STORE
    82 1 BANGKOK, Tues. Swimmer Junle Sng won Singapore's first medal of the eighth Asian Games here today. Jume took the silver medal for the 200 metres freestyle event behind arch-r 1 v a 1 Rachanlwan Bulakul of Thailand. Sachiko Yamazakl of Japan won the
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    Lock icon 30 feared dead in Isfahan violence
    268 1 30 feared dead in Isfahan violence TEHERAN, Tuesday THIRTY people were said to have been killed and hundreds of others with broken limbs and bullet wounds were admitted to hospitals today in a fresh outbreak of violence between troops and demonstrators in the central Iranian city of Isfahan. Opposition sources
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    Lock icon '6 pc at most' target for Japan
    91 1 '6 pc at most' target for Japan TOKYO. Tues. japan will at the most be able to achieve an officially estimated 6 per cent economic growth target 1 per cent short of that pledged by former Prime Minister Takeo Fukuda at the Economic Summit of the non-communist world's advanced economic
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    Hussein talks
    38 1 PARIS. Tues. King Husseln of Jordan held a second and final round of Middle Eaat talks with French leaders today during which his hosts fully endorsed his opposition to any separate iieaee accord with Israel. up:.
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    Port jolted
    35 1 ZAMBOANOA. Tue». A fal-ly strong earthquake tonight rocked a wide area of the southern Philippines touciilnir oft* stampedes and plrnqtng this seaport city Into darknen but no casualties or damages were reported DPI.
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    Now Lee says it: Asean summit next year
    932 1  -  SEAH CHIANG NEE By Straits Times Foreign Editor PATTAYA, Tuesday I think it Just m^ shows what a pr&cr -loving nation t h r Soviet I'nion is because each time it signs such a treaty of peace and friendship, the subsequent actions
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    Lock icon CARTER: WE BACK SHAH
    67 1 WASHINGTON. T»es. President Carter reiterated todaj American rapport for the Shah of Iran and decUred that the United States "tally expect* the Shah to maintain power and for the preaeot problems to be resolved." He told a White House news conference he found the antiShah violence
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      267 1 SERGEANTS DEATH: CORONER SHOWN HOW Fage 9 RUSSIA upgrades air force In Far East report 2 CHINESE army told: Drop purges, go modern 3 "WORLD Bank rift holding up the big Java shift" 4 UGANDANS ask: After Amin, what? 5 THE first kidney transplant at private hospital 6 PARAPLEGICS' grit
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      Lock icon Human rights focus at UN
      141 2 UNITED NATIONS. Tuesday THE United Nations Oeneral Assembly took time out from politics yesterday to devote Its full attention to human rights throughout the world But UN Secretary Oeneral Kurt Waldheim commemorating the 30th anniversary of the annual declaration of human rights, reminded the 150-
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      Lock icon FLEET OF C-130s GROUNDED
      88 2 FLEET OF C-130s GROUNDED WASHINGTON. Taes. The US air force has alerted the 20 countries flying Lockheed C-13U Hercules iraiuports that it has (rounded it* entire fleet of 7M of the aircraft for safety checks. This followed an Investigation Into the crash of a C-1M near Kort Campbell, Kentucky, on
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      Lock icon Rowling finally concedes polls defeat
      180 2 Rowling finally concedes polls defeat WELLINGTON. Tues The opposition Labour Party today conceded defeat In last month's general election, after the counting of special and postal votes confirmed a narrow victory for Premier Robert Muldoon's conservative National Party. Mr Muldoon s party retained power with Its parliamentary majority cut by
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      Lock icon Jealous hubby
      30 2 MANILA. Tues. A watchman subbed his wife 38 times In a fit of Jealousy. then subbed himself In the abdomen In a suicide attempt, police said today. Reuter.
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      Lock icon Russia upgrades air force in FE bases—report
      446 2 Russia upgrades air force in FE bases— report To counter threat from China SEOUL, Tues. The Soviet Union is modernising its air forces in the Far East to enable almost all its warplanes to be used for offensive operations, according to Western military, intelligence and dip- lomatic sources here and
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      Lock icon Japanese protest violation of air space
      127 2 Japanese protest violation of air space TOKYO, Tues. Japan has protested in a verbal note to the Soviet Union over the Intrusion of a Soviet aircraft into Japan's territorial air space last Tuesday, the Foreign Ministry said here today. The Russian aircraft, the type of which was not known, violated
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      Lock icon DRUG HAUL FROM CRASH PLANE
      96 2 STUART (Florida), Tues. Police waiting at a lonely airstrip were all ready to pounce when a DC 3 Dakota suspected of carrying drugs came In to land. But the plane nosedived into the ground and burst into flames, killing the two people on board. Police
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      Lock icon 'Hanoi facing difficulties'
      57 2 JAKARTA, Tues. Vietnamese Prime Minister Phajn Van Dong has said hU country Is facing difficulty In national development dv* to the halt of China's aid, The leading Jakarta newspaper Merdeka reported today. Mr. Pham was quoted as saying that the recent flood* In Vietnam had destroyed agricultural
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      Lock icon Paunch power that will get a girl in tow
      225 2 LONDON. Tues. If you want to get a girl, get a paunch. Only a modest mld-rlb thickening, of course. No point In overdoing it. According to a survey carried out by one of Britain's biggest shirt makers, most women seem to
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      Lock icon Australian workers get 4pc pay rise
      111 2 CANBERRA, Tues. Australia's six million wage earners were today granted a flat 4 per cent wage rise by the country's wage fixing court In a move that will cost the government A52.5 billion <556.2 billion). The Arbitration and Conciliation Commission decided on the 4
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      Lock icon Khmers' fight is also SE-A's: Envoy
      263 3 BANGKOK. Tut*. Kampuchea's Ambassador to Laoi. Mr S<un San, Mid in an inter f)e» published here today Kampuchea waa hchtinc Vietnam to defend not only .tself "but also the whole of South-east Asia." He told the atuin Rrwew "If Wtnam ran swallow Kampuchea, It
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      Lock icon Moi: All freed
      24 3 NAIROBI, Tues Kenyan President Daniel /.rap Moi announced today that aU people detained under national security regulations have been released Reuter
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      Some ate corpses to keep alive: Refugee
      262 3 PESCADORES (Taiwan). Tuesday A VIETNAMESE refugee said that during a 42-day ordeal of hunger and thirst on an uninhabited Islet, some people ate the corpses of their relatives In a desperate effort to survive. 1 Some refugees donated their bodies to their -relatives
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      Lock icon 'Thousands will flee after Christmas'
      119 3 'Thousands will flee after Christmas' PESCADORES (Taiwan), Tues The Vietnamese Government will allo*> 'tens of thousands" of Its people to flee the country following Christmas, after forcing them to turn over all they have to the authorities, a refugee said here. Tran Uxan Shuh. a Chinese descendant wanted by the
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      Lock icon Chinese army told: Drop purges, go modern
      314 3 TOKYO. Tuesday CHINA'S 3.5 million-man army is under party orders to tighten up discipline and wind up its campaign of pQrging "Gang of Four" followers in what may be the iirst official signal to the Chinese people to drop the purges and turn
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      Lock icon DEPOSED LIU NOW CALLED 'LEADING COMRADE'
      175 3 i HONGKONG. Tues. Dei posed former Chinese president Liv Shao-chi. once the heir apparent to the late Chairman Mao Tse-tung. was described as a "leading comrade." today by a Chinese news agency in an apparent signal towards restoring the honour of the Great Cultural
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      119 3 a world of elegance. A worW where you can enioy afternoon tea in one of the most beautiful restaurants in Singapore Whilst mannequins float by In luxurious silks, comfortable cottons, gorgeous georgettes, etc creations from the fashion cities of the world tor tr»e coming festive season Borghese shows you their
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      'World Bank rift holding up Java big shift'
      361 4 'World Bank rift holding up Java big shift' HONGKONG, Tuesday INDONESIA'S multimillion dollar plan to move 500,000 impoverished families out of crowded Java to new settlements Is being threatened by a policy rift within the World Bank, the Asian Wall Street Journal reported today. The Journal. In a reDort from
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      Lock icon S. Korea polls
      35 4 SEOUL, Tues. South Koreans began polling today to elect 154 members of the National Assembly to a new sixyear term, with the ruling Democratic Republican Party expected to secure a majority. —Reuter.
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      Begin: I'm ready to meet Sadat again in Cairo
      259 4 Begin: I'm ready to meet Sadat again in Cairo OSLO, Tues. Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin said yesterday he was prepared to extend next Sunday's deadline for a peace treaty with Ejypt and he would go to Cairo, If Invited, for new talks with President Sadat. Vlr. Begin, who personally
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      What's on for next year
      185 4 1979 will be marked disasters because of planet Mars, Greek here today. Violent earthquakes would rock Iran. China and Algeria, Israel and Syria would clash In the Lebanon and Italy and Spain would be troubled by political murders and bloody clashes, the astrologers said. In
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      Green light for Green Berets
      73 4 WASHINGTON. TueJ. The US Army Oreen Berets may continue to. wear green berets and two battalion* of Rangers may we^r black berets, sut all other army personnel tre forbidden to wear unofficial hau of any kind after Jan. 1. Chief of Staff Bernard Rogers confirmed
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      Hula queen, 63, dies
      47 4 HONOLULU. Tues. lolanl Lushine. Hawaii's most lamous practitioner of the ancient art of the hula, died on Sunday at the age of 63. Mill Luahlne wu a fullblooded Hawaiian, defended from aeveral Influential families in the Islands of Hawaii, Kaual. and Maul. Dfl
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      Lock icon Khomeiny: We may cut off oil supplies
      331 4 PARIS, Tues. THE Shah of Iran's bitter rival, Ayatollah Khomelny, has warned that his political supporters In Iran may cut off oil supplies and cancel contracts with the United States and other foreign countries which support the Shah Ayatollah Khomelny made his statement
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      Lock icon Cleveland may default on paying $33 m loans
      219 5 Cleveland may default on paying $33 m loans CLEVELAND. Tues Ohio's biggest city, Cleveland, faces bankruptcy and appears certain to default this week on repaying Ua|ls 5 million <Ss33 6 million i in bank loans, the first time a major Ut city would have defaulted since the depression of the
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      Lock icon Deaths by jabs
      40 5 OEOROETOWN (Guyana). Tues. At least 70 members gf the Peoples Temple, most of them adults, were given Injections of cyanide at Jonestown Instead of drinking It. suggesting they were murdered well-placed Ouyanese Oovernment sources said yesterday NYT
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      Lock icon Andreotti govt in jeopardy after EMS decision
      275 5 ROME, Tuesday PRIME Minister Giullo Andreotti's shaky minority government hung in the balance today after he surprised the nation with the announcement that Italy was ready to Join the new European Monetary System 1 (EMS). Earlier. Mr. Andreottl told the Chamber of Deputies
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      Lock icon Guerilla priest killed in clash
      132 5 Guerilla priest killed in clash MANAOUA. Tues. A Spanish priest turned Sandinista guerilla was killed yesterday in a clash with Nicaraguan troops near the Costa Rlcan border, one of a number of clashes reported around the country. Military sources reported fresh air strikes in the mountains around the Guaylo Valley.
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      Lock icon LBJ's brother dies, 64
      54 5 AUSTIN (Texas). Tues Sam Houston Johnson, wisecracking "black slurp youncer brother of former President Lyndon Johnson, died yesterday of nng cancer, aged 64. He was the author of My Brother Lyndon, a flank and unflattering portrait publuhed in 1870 that caused a temporary estrangement between the
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      Lock icon ONE GOOD REASON TO GIVE UP DRINKING
      87 5 MZI'MBE (South Africa), Taes. A Zulu chief has called on his men to (ire up drinking and produce more children to help the political struitie of blacks in South Africa. Chief Calalakubo Kaula. a member of the Kwaiulu Homeland Assembly, told a meeting
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      Lock icon Ugandans ask: After Amin what?
      436 5 ldi may be losing his grip NAIROBI. Tues UGANDANS are beginning to fear more the succession struggle thiit will oecar following President ldi Amin's disposal than his regime itself, observers here said today amid signs that the Igandan strongman may be losing his grip on
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      Lock icon It's Gold House, not the White House
      189 5 OLYMPIA (Washington), Tues Chris banger answers the President's telephone calls. But she tells people they've got the wrong number. An irate general demanding to speak with President Carter and a Wyoming girl asking for the President's daughter. Amy, have been among the callers
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      Lock icon Secret report confirmed
      69 5 BONN. Tues Deputy spokesman lor the West German Government Armln Guenewald yesterday confirmed the existence of a secret report on clandestine sales of arms by the West German secret service to areas of world tension. The existence of the report, which in particular questions the role of
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      Salt optimism
      34 5 WASHINGTON, Tues A new US-Sovlct agreement on limiting strategic nuclear weapons Salt Two Is expected to be concluded within the next two weeks, sources close to the Carter administration said today. ATP.
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      Lock icon France to lay off 20,000
      97 5 PARIS. Tues. The French Government yesterday annoumed major cutbacks in the labour iorce of the state owned French steel industry over the next two years. Under a plan designed to make the industry catch up with West Germany In terms of productivity in this sector,
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      Lock icon Rhodesia's major fuel dump set ablaze
      270 5 SALISBURY Tv««. NATIONALIST guerillas last night attacked Rhode, ia'o biggest petroleum 1 depot destroying millions of litres of sanctlonsj busting fuel vital to the I Rodeslan economy. A military communique Issued here today I blamed black nationalist guerillas for firing rockets which started the
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      Lock icon MUZOREWA AIDE'S SON IS KIDNAPPED
      91 5 MUZOREWA AIDE'S SON IS KIDNAPPED SALISBURY. Tues— The son of a top aide of Rhodesian nat.onallst leader Bishop Abel Muzorewa has been kidnapped by guerillas. They threatened to kill him tomorrow unless his father quits the Bishop's political party. Informed sourcps said today. The missing man Is F.iral Mazalwana. 21-year-old
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    Restaurants urged to quote in metric
    282 6 SCME 500 restaurants In Singapore haw been urged to quote unit prices of cooked food like chicken and fresh sen food In metric The Metrication Board ha* written and asked them to quote prices baaed on lOug or one kg Instead of one katl,
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    Health risks
    31 6 THE Peoples Association «nd the Medical Society of the University of Singapore will hold an exhibition on health hazards at the Pek Klo community centre from Friday to Sunday
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    EEC embassies9 gift
    42 6 EEC embassies 9 gift EMBASSIES of the European Community countries in Singapore donated $1,590 to the St John Ambulance Council iSJACi at the German embassy yesterday. The donation was a surplus of funds raised from the Second European Community Film Festival recently.
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    LAWYER FAINTS WHILE QUIZZING WITNESS
    103 6 LAWYER FAINTS WHILE QUIZZING WITNESS LAWYtR colUperd In court ywterdajr morminf while ero«»rxamininit a witneM in a traffic rase. Mr. Donald Yeo Chwee Hock a former district Judrr fainted over Uir table in the midst of hi questioninc and then slid to the floor. The court immediately adjourned a* police
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    The first kidney transplant at private hospital
    236 6 THE first kidney transplant in a prftkle hospital here was carried Out on Monday when an Indonesian flew here to offer to his brother a kidney and a new lease of life. It was carried out at Youngberg Hospital and was pronounced a
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    Society may have centre here
    200 6 A REGIONAL co-ordinat-ing centre for the southeast Asian Mathematical Society (Seams) may be located here for the initial three years, the society's director. Dr. Lee Peng Yee, said. In a paper presented at the International Conference on Developing Mathematics in Third World Countries ln Sudan
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    Bedok flats balloting
    65 6 Bedok flats balloting THE Senior Parliamentary Secretary (Defence) and MP for Tamplnes, Mr. Phua Bah Lee, attended the 28th ballot for the sale of flats under the home ownership scheme at Bedok New Town yesterday. A total of 104 threeroom and 286 four-room flats were balloted. The highest registration reached
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    Xmas party
    28 6 MP for Havelock Kir. Hon Sui Sen will attend a Christmas party for children at the Havelock Road community centre on Dec 23 at 7.30 p.m.
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    Shaw's $2m for charity
    53 6 rHE Shaw Foundation will live donation cbeques totalling over $2 mllUoß to various irganisatlon at the residence if Dr. Runmc Shaw at 34 ijuecn Astnd Park tomorrow it 11 a.m. He will present the cheques :o representatives of the University of Singapore, schools, lunlor colleges, hospitals
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      416 6 EXHIBITION OF CONTEMPORARY ART, featuring works by local and Asean artists and sculptors, at National Museum Art Gallery from 10.30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Held In conjunction with the Singapore Festival of Arts 78. On till Dec 31. FILM SHOWS for the public at National Museum: Ske tomes: Some American
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    Paraplegics' grit takes them to end
    336 7 PARAPLEGICS A. Sammy and Mohamed bin Hussain (right) have proved that determination and drive can (ro a lone way. T->c*U>er with eight other paraplegics, they were among the 10.OM, who took tv the read in last Sunday's 42.2 km marathon jog. Hinds While others
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    Prepare for new welfare needs, Chen tells union
    421 7 THE increasing average age of workers in the manufacturing sector and other social changes in the work force call ior a change in emphasis in *he services provided by trade unions for the welfare ot their members and their families. Minister of
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    Course on cooking
    36 7 THE Mountbatten community centre will hold a thrermonth advanced cooking course at its premises every Wednesday from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. For further Information, ring *****7 between 3 p.m and 10 p.m.
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    Phey: Workers now 'think union'
    144 7 NTUC president and general secretary of MEL. Mr. Phey Yew Kok. addressing the PIEU expositions openIng ceremony. said workars today are more ui>l on conscious and union membership could be expected to double witht» the next five yean. Workers are generally bett«rv ofT because Singapore
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    THIEVES' $11,000 HAUL FROM SHOP
    119 7 THIEVES' $11,000 HAUL FROM SHOP THIEVES broke into an electronics firm In North Bridge Road at the weekend and escaped with watches and lighters worth a total of $11,200 and $40 In cash. The theft was discovered at 9 a.m. on Monday when employees of the firm. Midland Electronics, found
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    Day camp
    25 7 THE Ang Mo Klo community centre will hold a children's day camp at the Ang Mo Klo Primary School tomorrow from 9 a.m.
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    Unions to make another bid for merger
    125 7 TWO ship officers' unions, the Singapore Merchant Navy Officers Association (SMNOA > and the Singapore Maritime Officers' Union (SMOUi are taking steps to merge though their first attempt at merger failed recently. The merger between the two unions was called off in September
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    ALL MAS FLIGHTS TO STORE DELAYED
    89 8 ALL MAS FLIGHTS TO STORE DELAYED ALL 24 Malaysian Air line System flights in and out of Singapore were yerterday delayed by the unofficial work to rule of the airline* employe** in Peninsular Malaysia There were, however no cancellations Most of the flights came In from Kuala Lumpur with the
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    Charity show
    37 8 THE MP for Br»d<*ll HfifhU. Mr Lee Khoon Chojr. will open a charity ■ho* a Cantoneae opera ortaniMd by the Kolam Ayrr community centre building fund committrr next Wedneaday at the National Theatre at pm
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    Cisco guards to be taken off nightclub 'beat'
    406 8 Withdrawal due to 'pressing needs': DSP GUARDS from the Commercial and Industrial Security Corporation (Cisco), will be withdrawn from their duty posts at all bars, nlKhtclubs, restaurants and entertainment spots soon, the Liquor Licensing Board was told yesterday. This uec.sion was disclosed
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    RSAF live firing exercises
    78 8 RSAF live firing exercises RSAF aircraft are holding live firing exercises at Pulau Pawai till Friday and from Dec 18 to 22, from 9 a.m. to 5 pm. dally. A Minkrry of Defct.ce statement said that from Dec IS to 22. live firing exercises will also be carried out at
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    MP to open display
    51 8 THE MP for Toa Payoh Mr Eric Cheong Yuen Chee will open a Protect Your Home and Property Exhibition at the Toa Payoh community centre on Friday at 8 p.m. The exhibition Is organised by the Toa Payoh citizens 1 consultative committee and the Singapore Police
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    Tivoli beer flow to 'stop at 3'
    177 8 LATE nifht drinkers will have one place fewer to go fo r their last beer, when Tivoli Coffee House, a favourite haunt, stops serving beer after 3 a.m. as officially directed. Until the ruling of the Liquor Licensing Board yesterday patrons of Tivoli
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    All together again soon family reunion after 30 years
    374 8 All together again soon family reunion after 30 years A COMING conference In Kuchlng will enable Mrs. Shirin Fozdar, 74, a champion of women's rights, to have a happy family reunion with all her five children after 30 years. Mrs. Fozd a r s two daughters. Mrs. Mona Chinubhai 46.
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    WHERETO REGISTER FOR AEB CLASSES
    168 8 WHERETO REGISTER FOR AEB CLASSES REGISTRATION for admission to Adult Education Board Secondary and Pre-University classes will be held at various AEB centres from Jan 2 to Jan 5 between 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Students seeking admission are required to produce their Identity cards and statements of results or
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    INSURANCE FIRM LAYS OFF 38 WORKERS
    83 8 ONE of Singapore's largest insurance companies, Malayan Motor and General Underwriters (M G), has retrenched 38 of Its 160-workforce. Most of those who lost their jobs were on the administrative side and Included a financial controller. A senior executive of M and G told
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    GE statement on sackings dismays Silo
    338 8 THE Singapore Industrial Labour Organisation (Silo) is to take the management of General Electric, which retrenched more than 200 workers from its Kallang plant recently, to the Labour Ministry or the Industrial Arbitration Court for a statement the company had reportedly made. Silo general
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    CC party
    23 8 THE Serangoon coMMUnlty centre will hold a patty for voluntary workers of the Stars Variety Show on Thursday at 7.30 p.m.
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      240 8 Straits Times Crossword At ROSS a Feeling aroused by Ivan' 7 Makes on lor a month <6). with Pam't replacement 6 Could be "tomboy" tn Pro(7>- vencal dialect <7>. 'ihu beast sounds a 9 Perhaps pretentious essay fraudulent type lit. gets punlshmem-l<nes? (4. 10 Oha.i m«a io oe off It
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    Sergeant's death: Coroner shown how
    902 9 THE State Oororer, Mr. Chang Kok Ming. wm yesterday gn en S "demonstration on htm a reserve ptrac&ute. strapped to tQy chest of a commtndo sergeant during an airborne excerclse, could huve opened while he was Inside the aircraft and dragged him out. Using a
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    Red Cross competition
    53 9 THE youth division of the Singapore Red Crow Society will hold its annual fooulrill and first aid con-petltlor. at the old Singapore Polytechnic grounds, Prince Edward Road on Sunday at 1.30 p in Dr. Yeo Knee Quan, orthopaedic consultant of Singapore Oencral Ho.p.taJ will be the gueu-of-honour
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    Trade report on sale
    42 9 THE Department of Trade Annual Report 1977 1978 on Singapore'! trade pertoimar.ee for the past year la now on sale. The report costs 17 ekch and can be bought at the department, ground floor, PuUertoD Building. Singapore 1.
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    Shipowner orders 3 tankers worth $100 m
    224 9  - Shipowner orders 3 tankers worth $100 m J. D. INDRAN By A SHIPOWNLK, here, Mr. J J Roed, has ordered three tankers, cost ni more than $1M million, irom a Swedish shipyard the largest such single tanker order from Singapore. The contract with the yard, I'ddevaUavarvet, was signed recently The
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    'Rice is cheaper because of release from govt stockpile'
    456 9 'Rice is cheaper because of release from govt stockpile' THE present price reduction of Thai 100 per cent and 10 per cent broken rice is due to cheaper prices of the rice released from the government stockpile. Disclosing this yesterday, the chairman ann chief executive officer of the NTUC Welcome
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    SAF careers
    31 9 THE Peoples Association and the Ministry or Defence will hold an exhibition on careers In the Singapore Armed Forces at Kirn Keat community centre from Dec 30 to 33.
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    Hunt on for ex-convict gang leader
    195 10 Hunt on for ex-convict gang leader A POLICE hunt Is on for an ex-convlct who Is said to have led a gang on a series of robberies, housebreaklngs and car thefts In the past five months. He is now on the run alone because police are believed to have broken
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    Metric show
    27 10 THE Metrication Mobile Exhlbitlo:.. ortanted by the People* Association und Singapore Metrication Board. will be at the Whampoa community centre from Dec M to 11.
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    Rescued barge being towed to Spore
    119 10 Rescued barge being towed to Spore A SINGAPORE -OPE- RATED ulvace tut I hai located a flant pontoon barge, which had drifted for 15 day* in roujh waters In the South China S«a. and I h towinc it here. The Bntt Singaporr. operated by Suit International South -eaat Aiia, located
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    Lock icon Electrician: I saw man pointing flame at vent pipe!
    900 10  - Electrician: I saw man pointing flame at vent pipe! BEN DAVIDSON and Soon after there was an explosion, he says By SIT MENG CHUE A GREEK electrician told the Spyros inquiry yesterday that a workman pointed a flame towards the vent pipe near the fuel tank of the vessel shortly
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    Witness: I told Choy hot work cannot be done at vent area
    647 10 EARLIER, Mr. Chan Ngah Cher, a hull section assls t a nt engineer, told the inquiry that he had told foreman Choy Soh Chye that hot work "cannot be done" at the vent pipe area. He said this
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    Prize-giving
    43 10 THE president of the Singapore International Chafljßer of Commerce, Mr. »TM Brown, will present the City Commemorative Piiae F«nd awards to students who excelled in recognised examinations In the con-.-meiical and industrial (leld at the chamber's premise* on Friday at 2.30 pjn.
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    When CBD taxis will not stop
    445 11  - When CBD taxis will not stop LEE THIAN SOO By CITY BOUND Central Business District taxis will only pick up those passengers who are heading towards the city during the weekday evening peak hours between 5 p.m. and 6.45 p.m. As such, the outward-botind public should refrain from hailtng them
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    Ship crew refuse to sail as 'wages not paid'
    237 11 Ship crew refuse to sail as 'wages not paid' A JAPANESE freighter has been held up In Singapore for a month as the ship's crew have refused to sail as they claim that their wages and other allowances have not been paid (or several months. The crew, mainly Taiwanese and
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    Second chess festival
    54 11 THE National Chess Enter, prises and Singapore Chea Federation will hold the second Singapore International Chess Festival at the Victoria School Hall from Saturday to Dec 23. More than 230 players from Indonesia. Malaysia, Britain, America. Switzerland and Singapore will take part In the nine-round tournament which
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    No takers yet for book swop offer
    165 11 NO students have yet taken up the Educational Publications Bureau (EPB) offer to provide new books for flooddamaged ones. They have until the end of this month to do so, said EPB's general manager and MP for Jurong, Mr. Ho Kah Leong. on
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    DAILY 'DANGER' CHECK ON OLD TREES
    118 11 CURATORS from the Parks and Recreation Division of the Ministry of National Development daily inspect old trees to destroy them if they are dangerous. A spokesman from the ministry said this when asked what action it would take to counter the danger of old
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    Artists told: Beware of mutual contempt...
    493 12 Artists told: Beware of mutual contempt... ARTISTS. whether young or old. should guard against falling prey to the practice of "mutual contempt. the Parliamentary Secretary (Culture), Dr. Ow Chin Hock, said yesterday. He quoted a Chinese proverb that says "mutual disdain exists among literary men." "If this attitude prevails among
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    Plenty of natural and happy music-making
    325 12 JUST in case anyone is confused it is worth explaining that the Music for Everyone series, for December, is having five concerts approximately concurrent with the Festival of Arts. They will be at the Conference Hall while the Festival concerts go on nightly at
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    WHAT'S IN STORE FOR YOU
    169 12 WHAT'S IN STORE FOR YOU THE programme for VICHI.CU IHMIKt. Opera Nifht: lint Performance <« p.m. i; fiwkan Kompanf Perempu&n Kcdhill Kump&nc; Kuo huan Youth Group Trl I'll tra l.ka Sakti; Interval; Pancar Delima Hadraa; Patir I'anjanc CC Youth Group Dendam Juara; Second Performance i 8 p.m.l; Guest Item: Pint
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    What a splendid display of cultures at just one sitting
    501 12  -  EAILYNE SUNG Cy THE Festival of Arts of f erinK at Victoria Theatre last night, a presentation of Asian arts, was a splendid package of Chinese, Malay and Tamil cultures. At one sitting, the audience, mostly Singaporeans, was treated to
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    Music for Everyone concerts on till Monday
    232 12 Music for Everyone concerts on till Monday THE Ministry of Culture's latest Music for Everyone series which began yesterday will fo on till Monday. The first concert featuring the Asian Youth Chamber Ensembles last night was ;n commemoration of the second Regional Asian Youth Music Camp now being held at
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    Asian Arts II
    28 12 THE ministries of Culture and Education will present Asian Arts II (Optra) at the Victoria Theatre today at 8 pm. Tickets cost |S, $3 and
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    9 12 Choo Hoey and his old school: See Pare 14.
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    Majority want to stay on in four top schools
    497 13  -  JUNE TAN By MOST of the Primary Six pupils in the four premier Chi-nese-medium schools want to continue their secondary education there. This applies to both the pupils who fall within the top eight per cent uf Primary School Leaving Examination
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    $30 m DEAL TO PIRELLI
    105 13 LONDON. Tues. The Public Utilities Board has awarded the Pirelli General Cable Works of Southampton a $30 million supertenslon cable contract. The contract is for the complete supply and installation of 230.000 volt underground transmission circuits between Senoko power station and the new development areas
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    EX-AUSSIE SOLDIER RECALLS A GOOD TURN
    216 13 EX-AUSSIE SOLDIER RECALLS A GOOD TURN ONCE In a long while, some a.nonj men remember a good turn, and once in an even longer while, that someone makes an effort to acknowledge It. One such man Is Mr. Ray Oodbolt. an ex-soldier with the Australian army, who was a pri-soner-of-war
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    Institute calls for training of new generation of urban planners
    361 13 THE Singapore Institute of Planners has called for a new generation of urban planners to be trained to take over the reins in the future shaping Singapore. A study on the man- power requirements and f training programme will therefore
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  • The SUPER SCHOOLS
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      Chinese High's name gives away its roots
      1659 14  -  ILSA SHARP and KOH VAN PCH By Third in a nine-part series BKJIHiBIEJV THE Chinese High School's name in Chinese to a dead give away. Nan Yang Hua Qiao Zhong Xue Xiao, it proclaims, betraying roots in a past when the concept of
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      Values imparted helped shape my life: Choo
      333 14 CONDUCTOR Choo Hoey, who began his musical career with a small violin at the age of Aye. says be was so busy with his musical interests as a child that he did not have time to be active in Chinese High School. All
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  • ACROSS THE CAUSEWAY
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      Lock icon 10 refugees held after fighting breaks out
      297 15 KUALA TRENGGANU, Tues. Fighting has erupted betweeii ethnic Chinese and Viet namese refugees alxxird two ivKits anchored off Trengganu. where more than 2(5.(KK) "bout iK'ople" are l>eing given shelter in resettlement camps, a st;ite government spokesman s:ii(l today. The spokesman said that 10
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      Lock icon Action against 3,854 police officers, men
      244 15 Action against 3,854 police officers, men KUALA LUMPUR. Tuesday THE Police Disciplinary Committee has, over the past two years, taken action against 3,854 officers and men, Including 84 Inspectors. About 104 of them have been dismissed from the force. Disclosing this today, the Inspector General if Police, Tan Sri Mohammad
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      Lock icon Safer towns
      53 15 ALOR STAR. Tue«. The security situation In Haadyai. Sadao and other towns in south Thailand has improved since the Thai police launched an operation to eliminate gangsters and criminals in the area in May this year, the Commissioner of Royal Thai Police Zone Pour, Lt. Oen. Bhongsukdi Pravootnarabhal.
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      Lock icon 161 more Viets land on island
      187 15 161 more Viets land on island KI'ALA I I M P I R Tues. A refugee boat crammed with 161 Vietnamese, arrived at Malaysia's largest refugee island yesterday, IN officia s said today. IN officials said the boat which had been groping in the South China Sea for 12 days
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      Lock icon Aussie team in KL
      60 15 KUALA LUMPUR. TuCS. A nine-member ministerial mission from Australia's Northern Territory is here on a four-day visit to promote government to government contacts and investigate prospects tor bilateral trade between the Territory and Malaysia: Areas of interest to the mission Include possibilities of export of buffalo,
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      Lock icon Illegal stalls demolished
      45 15 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. City Hall has stepped up its operations against hawkers and stalluwners who operate without a licence. About IS men from the Hawkers and Licensing Unit this morning demolished seven unlicensed stalls at Jalan Liku In a two-hour operation. -NST.
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      Lock icon Set aside death sentence: Privy Council
      300 15 Set aside death sentence: Privy Council LONOCN. Tuti rHE Privy Council yesterday advised that the conviction and death sentence on 7 eh Cheng Poh alias Char Men lor possessing a gun In ueorgetown, a security area, should be set aside. The Yang Dipertuan Agung will be advised that although Teh
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      Five held
      25 15 PETALINO JAVA Tue«. Police have detained five men on suspicion of kidnapping a 13-year-cld schoolboy and demanding $70,000 ransom for his release. NBT.
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  • The Straits Times WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1978
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      FOUNDING ARTS
      392 16 THE setting up of a Cultural Foundation to finance cultural development is a most welcome move at a time when there is growing awareness of the need to improve the quality of life. It could give the much needed fillip to the pace of cultural development, which for
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      WRITING ON THE WALL
      348 16 A NEW Hundred Flowers campaign appears to be underway in China. For the past three weeks, wall posters have been appearing in Peking, condemning Mao and the Gang of Four as well as their alleged sympathisers in the Politburo; demanding "genuine" democracy; and calling for power
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    Lock icon Acronyms proliferating in defence circles
    458 16  -  BERNARD WEINRAUB By WABIONOTON. "Sir, aa tke eratoe laa— lln. area*! we latradadag aa PBS laaae lato Salt? After all, tke GLTM-BLCM are wawatlslly tkeatre weapsas, as tke fsripusM see tkem aa linrard aaard ■vateaai." The qamtisa to Defeare Beeretar> HaraU Brawa at a ateettag
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    Moving towards a less rigid society in China
    1401 16 Teng has insisted on redefining Maoism as an adaptable approach to problem-solving rather than an immutable dogma; and it is why he seems to be setting out to make some fundamental changes in the way China is run Economist From tha Economist
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    Oil prices — a delicate balancing act
    1279 16  - Oil prices a delicate balancing act ADRIAN HAMILTON IS A NEW PERIOD OF ADJUSTMENT AT HAND? By in London MEMBERS of the Orfanution of Petroleum Eiportinf Companies (Opec) are due to meet this weekend to discuss the end to IS months of price freezes The current bettm| b for an
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      Improving road crossings
      88 17 Improving road crossings THIS is in reply to the letters by Turai Raj Alagarsamy and "Motorist" (ST. Dec 2). We wish to inform ■Motorist" that the Public Works Department is converting the zebra crossing in front of Happy World along Geylang Road into a pushbutton pedestrian crossing. Work will begin
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      How enlargement of the EEC may affect Asean countries
      1008 17 How enlargement of the EEC may affect Asean countries Real threat will be to Asean exports o£ manufactured products By a special correspondent in Brussels 18 THERE any basis for the concern voic»d in some Asean quarters that exports will b« adversely affected by enlargement of the EEC, or can
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      Up to Australia to match its words with deeds
      473 17 IN RECENT years. Australia has come to a realisation that her interest and future lie rloaer to South-east Asia aad the Pacific, aad has < anrq— ntly reduced her traditional ties somewhat with Britain Mare so after her bitter experience with
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      47 17 THE Australians are protectionist practitioners whilst talking against protectionism. First it was their protectionist policy on manufacturing industries. Now comes aviation. It's about time Singapore made it a two-way traffic and takes retaliatory measures against, and the people encouraged to boycott, Australian goods and products. TTT-FOB-TAT, SUg»p«rr».
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      Removing those doubts over Ngee Ann standards
      160 17 YOUR editorial of Dec 6, stated that Ngee Ann stu dents created a "fuai" over a report which was said to be beneficial to them There is no doubt that the original report on Dec 2, was intended to be favourable to the
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      Top of the trade' show was tops
      163 17 WITH reference to the "Top of the trade" programme telecast over TV on Thursdays, may I express my appreciation of the programme, which is well-orga-nised and sponsored. The participants concerned should be very grateful to the government for the manner in which the
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      Where a seat belt would have helped
      122 17 ON Oct 25, I was a victim of a serious road traffic accident involving a car and the taxi I was travelling in, all because no safety seat belt was provided. If a safety belt had been provided I would not have hit
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      What does it mean?
      61 17 I HAVE noticed a lot of young doctors who open their own clinics in housing estates have the degree E.C.F.M.G.(U.S.A.) displayed on their personal cards and clinic boards. To date I have not been able to find out what those letters stand for and what these
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      What lecturer said runs counter to our experience
      249 17 YOUR paper recently reported a visiting "lecturer in education" as saying that parents of handicapped children first react with total shock, bewilderment and confusion when confronted with the bad news. Then they go through a state of denial before reacting with guilt
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      A creepy feeling about creepers
      142 17 I READ with concern the decision by the Housing Board and Parks and Recreation Department to grow creepers on the side end walls of HDB blocks, although this is on an experimental basis While I agree that the idea is a novel one and that
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      Making fun of our zoo's orang-utans
      235 17 I HAVE b««i Mtewtßft wltk lateral tfcr recrat ■tor— l— the rale at unmrliM la frmrni. »d la aarttcalar tke tmatatml «f mmrlmr aalmali la thrar ntltiit ■MB. As mm aalniil-tovff ia4 ■aaaartar at th« WarM WIMIMe Faa4, I mM Ukr utM that y«a
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  • TIMES CITY DESK
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      CLOSING PICES
      1373 18 THt ia*t iranateud r*ady ml* at the "low of bwlntw on Uw Stork Exehanfc or Intpun imttrday compared with the pmrtout tey'i pnect tocrthtr with IIN hifh and low < Adjusted for «rip right* WMt) IM)I>>1KMI<- l»7» flfti Law n-M»> Si IB Arm* 212 W» 123* Alrotn 234
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      Unit trusts
      320 18 Closing Tone: Easier. TURNOVER: Official figures supplied by the Stock Exchange of Singapore Including odd lots Ready' totalled: 2.447 units valued at 57.081. Industrials accounted for 1,256, finance 513. hotels 122. properties 329, debentures, loans and bonds 3. oil palms 4. tins 53. and rubbers 167 'Settlement Contracts'
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      BUSINESS DONE (SINGAPORE)
      1194 18 •ID and offer prices of Icially li-t>-i and business In and ■rportrd to the Stock Extmangr of Singapore yesterday in. thr number of shares traded shown In brackets In hits of 1 000 units unless Otherwise specified All Times Settlement Contracts are iuotrd after the word "sett"
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      Government and corporate bonds
      92 18 4 1/2% 1/8/80 (250.000) (99.258 99.355) 4 3/4% 1&/9/80 1250.000)(99 608 99.758) 5% 15/4/81 (250.000) (99.758 99.905) 5% T F 1/5/83 (250.000) (100 158 *****S) 5 3/4% TF 15/6/81 -84 (250.000) (102 30S) 7% 1/8/85 (250.000) (100.608 100.755) 7 1/4% IS/4/86 (250.000) (100 758) 7 1/4%
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      1419 18 ill) and offer prices officially Ifcted and business in and reported to the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange yesterday with the number of shares traded shown in brackets in lots of 1 .000 units unless otherwise specified INDUSTRIAL* >i>i»Mi i2 SAB 2 »3S> Ulc.m I -i,H 1 H4»l AMD
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      205 18 LONDON: Plantation Holdings said pre-tax profit for the year ending December 31. will be in the region of £38 million against £4 13 million last year, with the second-half showing a marked improvement over the first six months It said a valuation of its Malaysian
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        Falls
        66 18 M Banking 0 C B C Nat Iron P M R I Dunlop Est Melal Box Spore Sungel Besl DUB U O B Spore Land Wearnes DBS Kempas Sin Chew Slme Darby Berjaya Kawat Spore Glass Straits Trading eiu no 905 285 342 280 750 318 312 168 287
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        Rises
        12 18 Junlop Ind iupremt Corpn I Raya 428 196 170 12 2
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        Host active stock
        34 18 Sime Darby 397.000 HOI 121.000 M Credit 108.000 Haw Par ***** M Banking M.OOO U O B 49.000 X L Kepong 40.000 Pahang Cons 40.000 Oen tings 37.000 Cons Plant 32.000
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        INDICES
        39 18 Dec 11 Dec 12 B T Index: 1696.24 1659 00 Industrials: 352.21 349.27 Finance: 626.63 619 65 Hotels: 274.71 273 82 Properties: 214.27 213.15 Tins: 157.43 157.33 rubbers: 529.01 526 45 O.C.B.C: 320.00 315.39 8.E.S. Ind: 314.39 310.80
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        Hongkong
        341 18 HONOKONG: The market eased in quiet trading and the Hang Seng Index fell 5.13 points to 513.81, dealers said. Lower expected prices realised at yesterday's crown land auction depressed activity, and turnover was much reduced. Hongkong Bank fell 20 cents to HK517.50, Hongkong Land 20 to $7 90, Hutchison-Whampoa
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        404 18 TOKYO: The market closed lower for the first time in five days after late profit-taking pared Initial gains, dealers said. The Dow Jones average fell 17.74 to close at 6.079.26 points, after briefly touching a new high of 6,111.39 In early trading. with a volume of 350 million shares.
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        96 18 KUALA LUMPUR: Magnum Corp Bhd said It has sold a 17,895 square ft site In Kuala Lumpur, with 10 rent-con-trolled two storey brick buildings, for Ms 2 06 million to Seng Puat Enterprise Sdn Bhd. It said It received a 30 per cent deposit and would
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        GOLD
        151 18 GOLD Futures closed generally firmer In quiet trading In line with the Hongkong trend In the Singapore Gold Futures Exchange yesterday, dealers said. Trading was thin throughout the day and turnover fell to 43 loU against 122 lots yesterday with Interest centred mainly on February and April contracts while
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        COPPER
        33 18 LONDON Copper prleti on Monday (previoua in brmckttti Wirakar Spot buyen (773 (I7«0S0i. itllin (773 V) i{7N!0i: ThrM Month buytrl I7HH SO II7U), MlKr* n*» |IW) MarkM Imm: Sitadr 3H 000 loanes
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        292 19 SYDNEY. Tues— With little stimulating local or overseas news Investors reacted bearishly In all sections, dealer* BUT. a front runner over the last few days, fell six cents In early trading before closing two cents down. Other oils also eaaed. Ajubml and Beach shed four cents AOG
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        New York prices higher
        299 19 NEW YORK. Mon. Glamour and blue chip Issues led the stock market higher today In light trading following some hopeful developments on Interest rates and inflation. The Dow Jones Industrial index rose SSO points to 817 65 and winners led losers 783 to 700 Volume expanded
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        Zurich slightly easier
        210 19 ZURICH Mon— The slight decline of the US dollar and the Oennan mark n»-a-vls the Swiss franc caused stock market to close slightly easier Bank*, financial* and lnsunuices were partly maintained while industrial* and chemical* registered smaller Inntig Bonds tended irregularly on very small volume of trading
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        Amsterdam mostly lower
        204 19 AMSTKROAM. Mon —Share prices closed mostly lower with rhJiipai going ez-dlvldend and traded 0 40 guilder low- er In Dutch lntemaUonals. demleri. said. 11l mi i— lost 060. Unilever 070 and aWyal Daask 0 90 guilder HVA wamkaced three guilders on the announcement thai HVA and AdrljuMi
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      London stock market closes firmer
      529 19 LONDON Mon Snare price* lioaed narrowly higher after initial steadiness in quiet trading At 3 p m the Financial Times index wa* up 0.4 at 483 7 Short-dated government bonds closed s, point higher having shed 1/16 In central government borrowing requirement figures Closing middle
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      Selected indices
      62 19 FINANCIAL TIMES INDUSTRIALS Monday 492.3 Friday 483.3 Week Ago 489.9 DOW JONES AVERAGE INDUSTRIALS Monday 817.06 Friday 811.85 Week Ago 806.83 LONDON DOLLAR PREMIUM Monday 82* to S3* Friday 84* to 8$ H.K. HANG SENG Tuesday 513.81 Monday 518.94 Week Ago 516.93 SYDNEY INDUSTRIALS Tuesday 458.29 Monday 457.74
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        TIN
        200 18 THE Straits tin price was unchanged at $1,810 per plcul in Penang yesterday on an official offerIng down 64 tonnes to 196 tonnes The overnight London market was Irregularly easier with forward buyers falling £210 to £7.005 per tonne. LONDON: Tin on the day was down £265 for Cash
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        CLOSING PRICES
        35 18 Rubber Dec 12. Singapore: Jan 234.25 eta (down i 50 cts). Malaysia: Jan 1 235.50 cts (down 1 4.75 cts). Tin: $1,810 (unchanged). Official of ferine: 196 tonnes (down I 64 tonnes). I
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        PRODUCE
        117 18 CHINSSI PBOOUCI IXCMANCt. SINCAPOBI NOON CLOSINC DAY. Caaanut Oil: Bulk (104 Mllcra. old drum till aciiera naw drum SIIS aelltra. Cpr.: Mixed doom UK Com 167 buyer.. Ptpp.r Muntok AST A whit* full 10O', NLW (333 atllrra. Barawak whltt f.o.b. NLW *317, aelKra. Sarawak apeelal black fob 9»% NLW
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        RUBBER
        569 18 WEAKER London performance and after hours' easiness here on Monday lpd to a marked° n dow y n of 2» clnts at the outset In the Singapore rubber market yesterday, dealers said.. Reserve of buyers and stoploss selling weakened levels by anothe? three cents In subsequent trading to touch
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        SSR and SMR
        127 18 DAILY SSR BJi.8. SSR 20 SSR SO MR.EL.B. £MR 5CV SMR 5L SMR 5 SMR 10 SMR 20 SMR 50 I and EMR prices at noon yesterday: Jan Fe» (Carres* Mth) (Fonrw* Mth) Buyfri Sellers Buyer* Sclkn I ton pallet) 235 50 237. bON 236 50 233
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      Share prices slip lower
      450 18 HONG LEONG Finance and Singapore Finance were placed under temporary suspension by the Stock Eachange of Singapore yesterday pending sn announcement by the Exchange. The reason is not immediately known and no announcement was made at the end of trading. But the recent revised offer for
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      K. LUMPUR
      386 18 IN ANOTHER session of lack-lustre trading, prices drifted to a slightly easier close at the Kuala Lumpur stock market yesterday. There was little Inclination to deal and transactions concluded were charactei lsed by a successive scaling down in prices. Vo'umes were again meagre and the bulk of trading
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      Money and exchanges
      221 18 THE US dollar drifted lower in the Singapore forex marktu yesterday. Opening- at (2.1745 '60 as compared to Mondays closIng level of $2.1830/45. It was soon traded down to $2.1720 35 where It held rather steady. However. It slipped to (2 1710 20 at the close under
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      NOMINAL RATES
      169 18 Interbank rates I In at 3 00 pm. Carrenclci US dollar Sterling pound Hongkong dollar tdstar. dollar Au&t sch'lllng Bel franc (com) Danish kroner French franc Italian '.Ire Neth guilder Nor kroner Swedish kroner Swl.'s franc Deut mark Japaicf yen Aust dollar VZ dollar Canadian dollar Rjnmlnbl Nominal
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      ASIAN CURRENCY RATES
      287 18 NOTE: These rstea m«y dllfer »l)Rhtly from thoae quoted by bantu to their customer*. ASIAN currency deposit Interbank rate* a* at close on Dec 12. US Dollar* (Spot) Offer BM 7 days 16/16 9 13 8 1 mth 10 11/18 10 9/18 2 mths 11 10 7/S
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      Minimum lending rates
      24 18 THE average rate at which Singapore banks are currently prepared to lend to I their best customers is 7'« per cent.
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      No progress seen this year in launching HPB
      635 19 No progress seen this year in launching HPB THERE has been no i progrea* thu year towards trie launching of Harrisons Plantation* Berhad (HPB). This Is the conclusion stock brokers Laurence Prust and Company gathered from the chairman s statement in the annual report of Harrisons Malaysian Estates (HME) HME
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      Bovis to seek funds from its holders again
      301 19 Bovis to seek funds from its holders again AILING Bovii South Eut Asia it once again preparing to approach it* beleagi'red shareholder* for more money. In an announcement to the Kuala Lumpur and Singapore stock exchange* on Monday, the company ■aid it continue* to trade at a loa* due to
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      Sungei Besi profit soars
      222 19 Sungei Besi profit soars AS A RESULT of increased output of tin concentrates and higher tin prices, Sungel Best Mines (Malaysia) has announced a 155 per cent Increase In pre-tax profit to M 58.610 million for the half year ended Sept 30 when compared with the previous corresponding six months.
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      3503 21 AT YOUR SERVICE SECTION INDEX A CCFFfirn A TIC fc S_l IH_C™ZJ RATES vm ANNOUNCEMENTS PERSONAL 1 I=*----- Kaa-?ry, i nn w >> ,ar, ix obituaries II EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT H EMPLOYMENT II EMPLOYMENT II EMPLOYMENT 1 imuncamaanii riaulin PART/PUUTWK SALES Repre- 1 M^l SENIOR ARCHITECTURAL _M|M^^. _^™^^""^™^^^^V ~Z 11 ZlwrT—
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      3842 22 I EMPLOYMENT N EMPLOYMENT II EMPLOYMENT HI VEHICLES ft BOATS 111 VEHICLES ft BOATS BJBJ .I --"gr n., „m- i»t» <m* FORO Escort 1300 cc ««n «m 197J TOVOTA CELIC A STlflOO 2nd ■^■^P^^f^^^3 URGENTLY REQUIRED W.^rtr« PARF VUtlwTßeautlful paint- T2h750 owner, excellent condition J1 Situations Vacant Ii I*l^ a*^r^^^^^^^^^
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      1161 23 IV ACCOMMODATION ft PROPERTIES fxrluMv* 7-Mor«?y flatted factory development at Alexandra Road scheduled for completion by early IS6O Centrally located at Delta Circus on the main thoroughfare of Alexandra Road. Henderson Road and Delia-Road Abundant labour supply from seven massive HDB residential estates Remaining areas from 210 sq m to
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      828 23 I IV ACCOMMODATION ft PROPERTIES "I b) Flats DMTWCTt Waa DiniMd Enc<nmt>HiMM with central alrcond in Exrli sive Building Off Orchard Road 3 bedrooms, large living and dlr ing Excellent Security Syslen Tennis courts swimming poc Suash courts, club house, el P. laeee mrwjKedv partr, wjrmal BB PLEASE CALL: ATTRACTIVE
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      854 23 PEACE MANSION LeiMrwa I ewe" I ■■■View aparttiJSS pm «p»e»<a Contact M/S KIAN AN REALTY LTD ITIL $***** PCARLBANK APARTMENT FOR rent Fully furnished with two bedrooms Tel *****15 BHARWeo APARTMENT AT Pearlbank with all facilities Suitable for working girls and foreigners Interested call *****69 SUPER LUXURIOUS APARTMENTS near Orchard
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      1337 23 IV ACCOMMODATION ft PROPERTIES PRACTICAL HOUSING (SS34S) Seletar Hills luxurious double-storey semi-detached. i 5.000 sq ft Cnarlton Park renovated double store y sem Ide tached. Dunearn Estate reno- valed large slnglestorey bunga- low i SEMBAWANG HILLS ESTATE single-storey corner terrace house. 3.150 sq ft 3 bedrooms. mosaic throughout $70,000 Are
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      1329 23 IV ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES FACTORY FOR SALE LOCATION: Ideally situated near Paya Lebar Airport TYPE OF FACTORY: 60 years leasehold JTC Terrace Factory Building FACILITIES AVAILABLE: 300 AMP POWER. Available with gas It water Furniture Fittings. TOTAL COVERED AREA: Approx 7000 sq.ft. OCCUPATION: Immediate PRICE: *****.0007- (Negotiable) Interested parly, please contact:
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      1366 23 IV ACCOMMODATION A PROPERTIES SMALL FURNISHED COMPACT offices or table space with Tereplion operator and telex services Tel *****1 UPPER SERANGOON ROAO 4 mile! Ist floor 2 office room $220 each room Loo Housing Agency Ring *****6/ *****0 WELL FURMSHED. DECORATED small office In dlst 2 for rental Contact *****12
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  • IX OBITUARIES
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      140 Aacknowledgments
      57 24 ROSA TAN The family of the lal* Mdm ROSA TAN who patted away peacefully on 7-12-78 wishes to express their heartlelt Ihankt lo all relatives. Inendt. staff colleagues, religious groups, doctors and nurses of Ward 9 and 10. Outram Ganeral Hospital tor their kind assistance, attendance, donations, wreaths,
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      52 24 mmmmmmmmmm m»m THE FAMILY OF the late Mr M M i;,. (lruu ik-ivri lo »»nf rhr>ir gSSSw t_£ U'U^n c,»! SHY '«im.^."S£i!_1S StSfS™H?: THE FAMILY OF the lale Benedict J()nn R(,K|s wQu|d ||k(, express lnelr lnun|{ S lo a|, those who donated cash and attended the funeru, s.r, 1,,, lnelr
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      142 Deaths
      50 24 SEET TECK MUAT S9. [<a.sif(l jvkii> p<-.ic t-lullyon 10 12 78 It-uMiiK behind beloved Vile Sally T.iy 5 sons 1 rtuiiKhirr 2 daughUrs-in-luw 2 Krandson.s j la mourn their lou Bod> l»in 9 al Mock 10. J«l»n TmiIoim Cofl»g» leaving Thurtday 14.12.78 10.00 a.m. lor Ml V.rnon Cramalortum
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      MRS ELSIE CHIA KIM NEO nee CHAN
      53 24 »g*d 44 pa»»*d away suddenly on 11 12 71 leaving bahind har b«lo«*d huaband Ouw Hock children Con lanca. Lashe and Raymond, moth ar. i.inri broth*r> and m-lawt to mourn h*r lo.i Coft*g« 236 Onan Road on 13 12 71 lor CCK Christian
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      144 In Memoriam
      26 24 In loving memory ol MR ilE TECK HOE Departed 13 1? 68 Sadly miiHd but always londly chen.hed by wile, children and grandchildren.
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      IN LOVING MEMORY OF
      40 24 CVRIL TAN TECK BEE Departed 13/12/77 H has pussril Man you left us so suddenly. Hut s».-ft memorips of you still liiiticruii O«arly m,i««d but lorevar r*m*m b«r»d by loving wit* Saok N*o. children and grandchildren
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      In Cherished Memory 01 Our Dearest MAMA
      45 24 Madam CHONG KUP NOEONC 13.12. 1»77 On* yaar today you laft ut without any good by«« Swaal and loving mamoriat of you will always nmnn in our haartt Sadly miiMd and dearly rmwmbarad by all your lo»ad on«
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      689 24 VII TRAVEL RESTAURANTS 7,7 SI™ "V no 140 VS.'st »/3»IOENTINOCO«CH$110Ji Malaysia rmn (Inclusive Oen- *t NewG.ni.no N0i.no/1a ROfi Highlands) h> CHINESE NEW VEAASPfCAL leluxe tlrcondltloned roach 2 Days Ctonling Atr $l«ft/even days NM III days 2D/3N Iteming Coif h SI 10 i»17J departure rt.nly Uen 4DaysUenUn« l>- nang *26». itiii
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    In Loving Memory
    48 25 IM. DAVID Departed 13.lt.S9 Twenty-five years have gone by. 2jJ. When you hardly bafe.u* goodbye. In silence we pray for ff)U soul. To ask our Lord Jesus to bring you to his (old. Always remembered and sadly missed by loving wife, children and loved ones.
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      554 25 ITT invites applications from suitably qualified candidates for the following position: MANAGER QUALITY INFORMATION EQUIPMENT Principal Responsibilities Setting up of specifications, design, manufacture, installation and maintenance of test equipment in CTV manufacturing. Supervision of a technical team including design and test equipment engineers and technicians. Qualifications/Experience Degree in Electrical/Electronics Engineering
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      773 25 credit corporation group INTERNAL AUDIT MANAGER CREDIT CORPORATION GROUP seeks applications from suitably qualified Malaysians for the position of Internal Audit Manager THE JOB: The succeaaful applicant will be responsible for planning and undertaking the Group's internal audits which will include procedural and internal control reviews, systems and operational audits
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      996 25 ©LEMBAGA KEM A JU AN JOHOR TENQQARA (KEJORA) KENYATAAN TAWARAN Syarikat Ladang Petri Tenggara Sdn. Bhd. sebuah Anak Syarlkat KEJORA mempelawa tawaran dan pemborong-pemborong Bumiputra yang layak/ berpengalaman dan yang berdaftar dengari KEJORA untuk menjalankan kerja-kerja berikut nil I uas H«rga D Kawiun JanisKarja Dokumen Tawaran Rancangan Kawaaan sahi 8t
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      139 25 1000 2 X 1.000 TRACTOR* MALAYSIA BERHAD LOST CERTIFICATE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Certificate numbered *****395 tor $533/- stock ot $1 each, registered in the name ot Miss Cheh Swae Ping has been reported lost NOTICE IS ALSO HEREBY GIVEN that a replacement certificate will be issued and the
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      682 25 IN THE HIGH (UIRI IN MALAYA AT KUALA I.I MPl R COMPANIES WINDING VT NO. SI OF IMS In the matter of companies Act. IMS AM In the matter of Trofiim Sdn Bhd ADVERTISEMENT OF PETITION Notice U hereby given that Petition for the Winding Up of the abovenamed Company
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      Lock icon Miljanic appointed Yugoslav coach
      149 26 Miljanic appointed Yugoslav coach SXGRADE. T«e*. Ijan Mlljanie. was ft s t r r day appointed Ttgoslavias national sjfccer coach, ending sarculation that be flUt't Join hng liih Sb Chelsea. JHiljanic. who wit Yugoslavia's coach for tftr 1974 World Cup aad then took over Spanish club Real Ma<htd said he
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      126 26 W-Cup profits drop ZURICH. Tues. The 197J World Cup in Argentina made a profit of USf26 8 million >$59.5 m) according to the International Soccer Federation WFa' published the flgttres in their latest ne*» bulletin, giving a breakdown of the Income anffjxxpendlture for the fooEweek tournament. T>ie total Income from
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      Lock icon Imran turns tables on Australians
      272 26 Imran turns tables on Australians MELBOURNE, Tues. Pakistani all rounder Imran Khan took four wickets in 16 balls to help the World XI to a 102-run victory over an Australian XI in the season's first World Series Cricket "Supertest" here today. The Australians, chasing 283 for victory, were well In
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      Lock icon WI cricketers to stay on tour
      198 26 NEW DELHI, Tues. West Indies cricketers will not pull out of their current tour of India because of their decision to consider World Series Cricket players for next s v m m er's Prudential Cup matches In England, the team's manager. Joe Solomon, said.
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      Lock icon Sri halts West Indies' gallop
      161 26 HYDERABAD (India), Tucs. India's South Zone cricket team recovered, alter losing four wickets to fast bowler Baby" Malcolm Marshall, to hold the West Indies to a draw here yesterday. A fine century by Guyana's Sew Shivnaraine, who bowls leftarm slows, but bat* right-handed helped the
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      Lock icon Boycott in trouble
      34 26 PERTH. Tues England opening batsman Geoff Boycott has been reported to the Australian Cricket Board for swearing at an umpire during the touring side's game against Western Australia last Sunday Reuter.
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      Lock icon World best to play in mixed team squash
      291 26 LONDON. Tues Plans for a £12.500 i $53 .500' world mixed team squash championship were announced here today The event, to be staged j in Britain from February to April next year, will feature teams represent- ing Britain. New Zealand and two
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      Tan hopes to keep winning ways
      479 26 AFTER WEEKEND DOUBLE... IPOH. Tues. Apprentice Benson Tan is back on the winning trail. The former newsven dor pnded a five-month drouKht when he scored an upset win on Navachus in the Class 6. Div. 2 1.700 -metre race here on Saturday. He celebrated
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      Lock icon Call for fight ban
      125 26 DUSSELDORF, Tues. A West German Member of Parliament yesterday called for the provisional suspension of all boxing matches in West Germany to allow an Investigation into safety precautions. Hans-Joachim Jentsch. a member of the opposition Christian Democrat Party and a member of the West German Parliament's
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      Still no accord on jockey race
      289 26 HONGKONG, Tucs. Asia s racing chiefs yesterday ended a weeklong conference here after naming Australia, Ne* Zealand and Japan as their representatives at the International Btud Book Conference, an annual forum ot racehorse breeders. But the conference failed to ftach an agreement on Its
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      Lock icon Both titles to Stockton
      76 26 WEST ORANGE. (New Jersey). Tues Dick Stockton won the singles and shared In the doublet title last night, earning U5525,000 (or his efforts In the U5575,000 Horizon tennis tournament at the South Mountain Arena Stockton needed 61 minutes (or a 0-4. 6-2 victory over Tom Oorman
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      Swee Lee: Good news
      212 27  -  GODFREY ROBERT By BANGKOK. Tues Chee Swee Lee. Singapore 1 1M metres Irark suprrstar. is well on the road to recovery at the Aachen Sanator urn. in West Germany Rolf von der Laage. the German athletics official, who lias been looking alter Swee Lee. told me
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      Selangor to meet S'pore in final
      352 27  -  JOE DORAI By s|N(.APORi: A 7 SINGAPORt B 1 SELANGOR 4 SINGAPORE C 2 SINGAPORE A, the defending champions, will meet Selangor In the final of the Lion City Cup soccer tournament at the National Stadium tomorrow at 8.30 p.m. Singapore B and C
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      'Raja Bola' Ghani in former stars' line-up
      314 27 ABDUL Ghani Minhat. dubbed Malaysia's King of Football i Raja Bolai in the late *****, is among 18 players in the Malaysian squad for the annual Ex- Internationals' match against Singapore at the National Stadium on Sunday Ghani is now a qualified coach,
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      Vellasamy shares first-round lead
      298 27 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. I poh s Marlmuthu Ramayah and Singapore's Slnniah Vellasamy of Singapore led the chase after the first round of the $11,500 Credit Corporation of Malaysia golf Classic, as pre tournament favourite Sukree Onsham, of Thailand, crashed to eighth spot with a six-over 78
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      TODAY'S EVENTS
      32 27 BASKETBALL Interconautuency tournament second round iQay World Stadium 730' HOt H* Combined School* Perak v Singapore iPadang 4 p m •OCCUR— t nrndl; PARC v ElecUolux 'Buku Cttermin t IS'
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      Brunei are awarded the Fair Play trophy
      338 27 WHO were the fairest of them all In the Lion City Cup soccer tournament? Brunei and they have the Fair Play Trophy, presented by Lion Singapore, to prove it! reports JOE DORAI. Brunei, who finished fourth In Group B with one win and
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      EAGLE WIN TABLE TENNIS TITLE
      156 27 EAGLE WIN TABLE TENNIS TITLE FOR the first tune in their ni&lory, Easie a wun cue Maiioutl lauie Wennu men s itam title, defeating deteuaing champions Nany«ng Slang Poll A 3-2 at the Poi Cnuitf School yesterday. fcagieo nero was Yeung Bin Choong, wno speartuaued Singapore in me recent Asian
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      Easy triumph
      28 27 SEMBAWANO beat Bukit Pan Jang 5-1 and Radln Mas defeated Whampca 5-4 on penalty kicks In the lnterconstltuency soccer townament at Jalan Besar last night. fc
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      Rohmat fifth
      27 27 SINOAPORE's Rohmat Juralmi finished nftli In the Mr. World bodybluldlng competition, held in Madrid, according to a telegram received by the Singapore Amateur Bodybuilding Association.
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      Low and Chow outclassed
      334 27  -  PATRICK BASTIANS By SINGAPORE Jud o 1St1 S t S Low Ciiee Klang and Chow Kum Seng, hopelessly outclassed in the Jigoro Kano Cup judc championships in Tokyo recently, made amends when Chow won the bronze medal in the under 71kg class at Taiwan's International Goodwill
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      Anat, a major soon, talks of Suchart's run
      306 27  -  MANSOOR RAHMAN By BANGKOK, Tues. Whether Anat Ratanapol lands a gold medal or not in the Asian Games athletics events, beginning on Thursday, he will get his promotion to major in the Thai Army next year. Anat, who won the 200 m
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      Lau, Tong win Cup golf
      51 27 LAU Yu Dong and K.H. Tung combined well to capture the Slme Slaver Cup with a nett 65 In the Singapore Island Country Club's four-ball best-ball strokepiay competition at the Island course yesterday. Roy Sharma and Thomas Wang finished a stroke behlnd to take second
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      S'pore girls beat Perak
      117 27  -  ERNEST FRIDA By SINGAPORE Combined Schools girls teamed up well to beat their Perak counterparts 3-1 In the first of two hockey matches played at the Padang yesterday. Singapore took a comm and ing 2-0 lead through Inter national Melaine Martens and Patsy Lim. Perak reduced
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      Lock icon Swim shocks for the Japanese
      580 28 BANGKOK. Tues. Japan, battling level with early leaders China in the Asian Games, today snatched five fold medals but their stranglehold on the swimming events was broken by two shock outsiders. The Japanese, widely tipped to land all 29 gold swimming medals and stamp their
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      Tan's unwelcome visitor
      125 28  -  GODFREY ROBERT By BANGKOK. Tues. Singapore watrr-polo uJliri.tl Tan liwre Hock received a rude shock this morning whrn he discovered that a thief had entered his room and sU .en his camera. Tan returned :o his room after breakfast to pack his things and Iruve with the
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      Lock icon Yachting's battle of the hair
      92 28 BANGKOK, Tues. There is going to be some hair flying at Asian Games' yachting competition, and it wont be because of the strong winds. Arch rivals Surinder Mongia, of India, and Pak i s t an's Bryam Avar! have a bet: If Avari wins the
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      Indonesia and China triumph
      29 28 I BANGKOK. Tues. China crushed Hongkong 3-0 and Indonesia subdued India 3-1 tonight to enter the men s team seml-nnals of the bad- minton competition
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      Lock icon China confirm they are a world power
      399 28 CHINA confirmed their place among the world's top gymnastics powers by dominating the event at the eighth Asian Games and winning 10 out of a possible 14 gold medals, outshining chief rival Japan. But the top gold winner came lrom tne humDied Japanese
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      Jamil and Abbas are faster now
      169 28 Jamil and Abbas are faster now BANGKOK, Tues. Jamil Mohammed and Abbas Mutalib, Singapore's Asian Games cycling representatives, are clocking better times than they did before, coming here but they do not expect to be among the medal winners when they go into their first races tomorrow, reports WILFRED YEO.
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      Singapore shooters crash again
      273 28 Singapore shooters crash again BANGKOK, Tues. It was another disastrous day for Singapore's shoo ters, who crashed in the small-bore rifle 50m (English match) event at the Hua Mark range today. Singapore finished second from the bottom in the 12-nation team event, which was won by North Korea (2361). The
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      Iraq beat China 2-0
      34 28 BANGKOK, Tues, Iraq defeated China 2-0 in Group 'B football match tonight after leading 1-0 at half-time. Through their win, the the Iraqis have qualified for a second round berth.
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      Medals tally
      71 28 ASIAN GAMES medals table after 42 events: Note: Two colds were awarded in the men's rings gymnastics event and no silver. Two silvers were awarded in the women's individual gymnastics and men's horizontal bars and no bronzes. Dhina lapan R. Korea rhaUand Philipinrs Malaysia S. Korea Indonesia Singapore
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      Yesterday's results
      1081 28 BASKETBAIX Men: Malaysia 114 Hongkong 76, Philippines 87 Sauol Arabia 73. Thailand 78 Iraq 74. N. Korea 100 Japan 75. Women: South Korea 106 Malaysia 20. BADMINTON Women: Japan 3 S. Korea Men: Pakistan 3 Japan 2. Thailand 3 Malaysia 0. BOXING Light-welter: (63.5 kg): Zaman Quadir bt
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      Blocks may do the trick for Caroline
      306 29  -  ERNEST FRIDA By IF Caroline Perera gets through the first round of the 100 metres heats of the Asian Games track and field championships starting In Bangkok tomorrow. It may be because she will be using starting blocks. This may come as a
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      Lock icon Sports writers to meet
      49 29 BANOKOK. Tue». Kuwait have taken the Initiative to form an Asian Sports Writers' Association. A meeung Is to be held during the current eighth Asian Oames here, to be chaired by Air Chief Marshal Dawee Chullasapya. of Thailand, head of the Asian Games Federation Reuter
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      Vociferous crowd upset Thailand's rivals
      385 29  -  Wilfred Yeo B BANGKOK, Tues Singapore's Peter Lew, C.W. Wong and S.Y. Loh floundered this afternoon as the Thais, cheered on by a vociferous home crowd, swept the first two gold medals for bowling at the Bangkok Bowl. The Singapore trio, never settling down In
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      Lock icon Bronze goes to wrong man
      71 29 BANGKOK. Tues. Asian Games organisers announced today that the wrong competitor had been named as a bronze medallist In a ahooting event. Official scoreaheeu gave the bronze medal In the air rifle event to Alberto Adrlano. of the Philippines. But today the Games Press Office
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      Mashuni wilts again under pressure
      230 29  -  Peter Slow ■fffPV D BANGKOK, Tues Singapore's last hope for a medal In the Asian Games fencing competition the epee event flew out of the window today when Mashunl Sablnl was beaten in the opening round at the International School Somehow, the Singapore fencer was
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      Lock icon JUNIE FIGHTS FOR SILVER
      487 29  -  Albert Johnson b^^22 H BANGKOK, Tues. In a day of shocks for Singapore, "Sportswoman of the Year" Junie Sng saved the Republic's image by winning a silver medal on the first day of the Asian Games swimming competition at the Kasetsart University pool here today. Junle,
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      Singapore outsmart tough Koreans
      476 29 BANGKOK, Tues. Singapore got off to a fine start in the seven-nation Asian Games water polo competition when they beat the tough North Koreans 9-4 in a first round match at the Kaesptsart Ilnl versltv setsari university pool here today, j reports ALBERT JOHNSON. The Singapore
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      232 29 Mm T Mm- I I BrV r 4sM m m flu v» B^^n^ HBelieve me I used these clubs because they are good!V) rt (DMaxfli AUSTRALIAN BLADE The remarkable new Maxfli Australian Blade Clubs are available at Golf Clubs, Sports Shops and The Graham Marsh Shop in Plaza Singapura, Singapore.
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    Lock icon Vienna Boys' Choir silenced
    119 30 VIENNA, Tue«. The famoua Vienna Boys Choir will be prevented by child labour laws from singing their traditional carols, this Christmas for the first timr in nearly 500 years, their director said today. "It has never happrned since the boys choir was founded by Hupshurg monarch!
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    Lock icon Dow Jones
    42 30 NEW YORK. Tu.es The stock market edged upward this morning The Dow Jonea average of 30 industrials rose 1.04 to 818.69 In the first half-hour. Gainers held a very slight lead over losers among New York Stock Ex-change-listed issues AP.
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    No threats made to S'pore
    839 30  -  SUSIE SOH -SAYS MINISTER By THE Australian Transport Minister, Mr. Peter Nixon yesterday refuted reports that Australia had issued Singapore an ultimatum to accept a new Australian fare structure on the Australia Britain Europe route by Feb. 1 or. face more drastic alternatives. The ultimatum
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    Lock icon Golda laid to rest
    68 30 JERUSALEM. Tues. Former Israeli Prime Minister Mrs. Oolda Meir. who died on Friday, was buried in pouring rain today on a mountainside funeral plot reserved for Israel's most honoured leaders. The nation's most eminent figures and 400 foreign dignitaries huddled together In silence beneath umbrellas at
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    Lock icon Refugee talks: No solution
    391 30 GENEVA. Tue« RESETTLEMENT offers made at urgent United Nations talks on IndoChinese refugees which endea here today "will make barely a dent In the problem." an American Congresswoman said. Apart from the United States, new commitments announced at the meeting here amounted to fewer than 5
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    Late CLASSIFIED DEATH
    53 30 Late CLASSIFIED DEATH MADAM ft. NMNAR CHAR AMMAL, aftAtf 72. paaied l«iy peacefully on 12/12/78 leaving 2 •ocu JanakaraJ. Ranca Naidu, Chtnai Krishnan. daughter Bacviiumi. dau<htar-in-lawi Prema, Kimalt I'ihA. ft crand-daughteri and 3 grandaoni Cortas* leaving 7-D. Block S3. Taaclin Bait Road. Quecnstown at 200 pm on 13/12 7" for
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      527 30 BUSINESS TIMES Singapore s nnanrlal Dally Cover Pi ice SO< Annual Subicnption SIS) Kor jubscripuon. call 284 M 44 Exi 302 TODAYS HIGHLIGHTS... WILL United Overseas Bank take over Asia Commercial Banking Corporation? Why did ACBC issue additional shares to (JOB? This and other aspects of boardroom talk are discussed
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        Teochews cook more varieties of seafood
        551 1  -  TAN BAN HUAT Chinese cuisines By TEOCHEW cooks prepare more varieties of seafood, and their brand of cooking is light and the least greasy of all southern Chinese styles. Mr Ng Seng Mah, man aRfT of the Hung King Restaurant in North Canal Road,
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        Chinese without tears
        46 1 T* xli bin be on da ty xla«eag tower level like Ike claw is •ver xikjkMg descead xikllo despiesMe xlmiu* wkereakMits *l»lW order Psr example, y»o may T* xlawn yao qi kaaxl. meaalag, "He to gsug far a skew la the afterBHBV a
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        Familiarity is no novelty
        218 1 Proverbial anecdotes DURING the Tang dynasty, there was a learned man called Liv Yu-xi at Zhong Shan. He was not only an official scholar but also had a string of other higher academic degrees. He was good at writing poems too. Two great writers of that
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        Chinese sayings
        113 1 We- ren wei dao di, song fo song dao xi. Do not stop half-way when helping others. Bu yuan tlan; bu you ren. Do not blame others for the mistakes of your own making. m&jam SI KONG JI AN GUAN |#Bt ip 11l A M) A B 113»
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        Fun with Chineses Characters
        70 1 %misx% I a The concept of down and below is clarified in relation to a horizontal TXia line. The stroke below the fundamental line was originally a dot: which was extended to a line: tr for ease in writing. The modified down; forms: T and "TT
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        305 1 J^i^\ i fl amiis^^^Bsk TOT JmJ6 i P^ V" mmj X Ij^HElMft iS^. JEpSSiK- Tan Boon Ngin, Edward ChoyKahChm amfesV^SmW Isf Bsm* .Jim^Bml Bm^BsmW .^imH B^BS^amV ADT' f I Vx^^^*fl^t In addition, 4O others have also IsSl 8 more 9 rand P rize wjn ners and 8O more consolation won
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        Lock icon Beginning of end of 20-year violence and sex trend on TV
        512 2 NEW YORK The 22 new programmes that make up the most extensive midseason renovation ever by American Broadcasting Corp., Columbia Broadcasting System and National Broadcasting Corp. are notably devoid of the hardaction formats that are dependent on murder and
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        Festival to come 'live' on the air tonight
        126 2 Festival to come 'live' on the air tonight a direct laatawl tke AsUa Yeath ■aBBB> tr»'» a—i aatoj at tke Caafereaee Hall cm he heard ea tke PM ■tore* aervtee fr»en 8.15 u IMS p.m. lkj W BBBBJ tkeatra, BBBptaaj yaaag inaaletaaa a— dgM *****88 la tke regtoa, will prrfarm
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        Artist with eyebrowraising technique
        422 2  -  BAILYNE SUNG By ARTIST Ho Ho Ying's latest technique at modern art should raise quite a few eyebrows, just as the surrealist painter Selvador Dali's once did. In producing what he terms an 'action painting' Ho Ying described how it was done: First lay a large
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        207 2 Talentime date now fixed for Dec 28 THE finals of RTS Talen- Invitation Championship time '78, originally sched- will be relived again in a uled for Boxing Day, will repeat telecast over Channel now be held on Dec 28 in- 8 at 7 P-m. today, stead in thLs round, the
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        506 2 TV and Radio SINGAPORE 5 3.00 PM Opening and the Beverly fibi- 7.30 News and Newweel (Malay) ies The Great Revelation (re- 7.55 The Musk Man peat) 8.05 Digestion In Our Bodes 3.25 Diary of Events (Malay) 8.20 Charlie's Angers Angels on Ice 3.30 Bonanza The Customs of the <
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        24 2 I'M IOOKiN6 UP ALL THE SCRIPTURES THAT oJARN US ABOUT PAISE PROPHETS I THINK. -/Oußc Off 7mE HooK..l'/MALMOSTTO THE ENPANPI HAVEN'T COME ACROSS SURNAME...
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        148 2 His Orel) 111 News CM Music at i Sunset Super Accordion Party 1M Muric at the Keyboard Mt > News (Chinese) S.M Chinese In strumenul S.1I A Concert by The I Asian Y juth Orchestra A di rect broadcast from The -r Singapore Conference Hall M.U My Word A panel
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      Tonga: Where being fat is fashionable
      1403 3  - Tonga: Where being fat is fashionable BARRY NEWMAN To be fat is to be beautiful By writing for THE ASIAN WALL STREET JOURNAL NUKUALOFA. Tonga: The people of Tonga, by and large. are fat. They are proud to be fat. They want to stay fat. If they aren't fat enough
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        1309 6  - Plan a fun party menu for Christmas Tan Lee Leng Spice of T vrrx By TO THE experienced, the planning of menus is a simple affair. Before you start your Christmas party menu planning, here are a few pointers worth remembering. Make sure that whatever food you are serving will
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        'I'm a painter, not a woman who paints' says Suzanne
        493 6 'I'm a painter, not a woman who paints' says Suzanne ■■■Bflß^^i LEARN from your child rather than teach him when you give him some paints, crayons and paper, French artist Suzanne de Suzac advises. Because at his young age, he should be given the freedom to create and really express
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        58 6 THE easiest way to keep an oven clean is to "cook clean." Some little handy habits you can cultivate: Trim away excess fat on food you are cooking; Line the griller and drip pan below with foil; Cut slits in the foil to match those in
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        What's on for the X'mas season
        255 6 What's on for the X'mas season CATCH the excitement of children at a trim-the-tree session at the National Library on Friday when they will be given the opportunity to show their snipping prowess. All children are invited to join those who have been with the library's Christmas arts and craft
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        Have cord will wear
        92 6 Have cord will wear CURDS have come a lon>c way from the time when they were used to hold things like parrels together. Then, those were the rough rape or nylon variety- which rame nowhere near to being a fashion accessory! There's a whole new twist to the cord story.
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        184 6 For Your Christmas Shopping ROBINSON'S IS OPEN EVERY NIGHT Except Sundays 9 45am- b 00pm BIBA'S BACK The Super-Colour Girl. ORIANE dST**^ mp -^*&*j Qrlane'sß2lLine has captured 21 elements essential for your skin Your skin is exposed constantly to Orlane's 82 1 Line of skin care dust panicles and varying
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