The Straits Times, 14 December 1978

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    14 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1978 25 CENTS M.C.(P) No. 214/1/78
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    STREAMING FOR PRE-U NEXT YEAR
    934 1  - STREAMING FOR PRE-U NEXT YEAR LEE KIM CHEW Two-year and three-year courses under new scheme By STUDENTS admitted into preuniversity 1 next year will be streamed into two and three-year courses under a new Education Ministry scheme to raise their standards of English, it was announced yesterday. The streaming will
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    1,445 out of 3,106 opt for super schools
    350 1 1,445 out of 3,106 opt for super schools EIGHTY-NINE per cent of the top eight per cent of Chinese stream pupils who passed the Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) and 25 per cent from the English stream have opted for the nine premier Chinese Secondary Schools under the Snecial Assistance
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    Lock icon Fuel depot fire put out
    72 1 SALISBURY. Wed. Firemen, police and troops early today brought the blaze at Rhodesia s biggest (uel depot under control alter 36 hours of fighting the flames raised by black nationalist guerlli&s. Salisbury Fire Chief Vln Lowrle said the flames had been contained and there was
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    Lock icon Liquor deaths new 172
    66 1 NEW DELHI. Wed. The death toll In a spurious liquor tweedy In extern India roue to 172 today with 400 other people hospitalised. Indian newspapers reported. Officials have shut all liquor ahopa In the area. 240 km north-west of Calcui'.a, and have arrested 27 people Reports
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    Pol Pot: Part of my country will fall
    326 1 Pol Pot: Part of my country will fall ...but this will make it easier to beat Hanoi KAMPUCHEAN leader Pol Pot has conceded to Chinese journalists that part of his country may fall to Vietnam in current fighting, but said this would make it easier to defeat Hanoi eventually. The
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    PEKING, Wed
    81 1 transport food, munitions and reinforcements from their rear since they were encircled by our people," he said. "Under such circumstances, we became more powerful than they were. "The war is being waged on our land. We know all the geographical settings, we enjoy the support of the people
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    Lock icon Go-slaw to end
    93 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The unofficial work-to-rule by Malaysian Airline System (MAS) workers is to be called off following a meeting between the Airline EmSloyees Union and Laour and Manpower Minister Datuk Michael Ho at his office here this afternoon. Datuk Ho told Parliament during the debate on
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    Lock icon China protest
    41 1 PEKING. Wed. Chink Issued a strong protect >nd warning to Vietnam today over a series of bloody U.cldents In which several people have died along their common border and In the Tonkin Oulf during the post four weeks. Reuter.
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    SINGAPORE'S FIRST GOLD
    108 1 JUNIE SNG became the first Singapore woman swimmer to win a cold medal in Asian Games history when she won the 4N- metre freestyle event i at Bangkok yesterday. Her triumph, which followed her silver I medal in the 2tom freestyle event on Tuesday, also won her
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    Lock icon India a friend of Asean, says Lee
    870 1  - India a friend of Asean, says Lee SEAH CHIANG NEE By I Straits Times Foreign Editor NEW DELHI. Wed—lndia's commitment to non communism and non alignment makes her a natural friend of the Asean countries, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew said here tonight. "Singapore, in particular," Mr. Lee added, "has always
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    Cheap fares impasse
    468 1  -  AHMAD OSMAN and S.M. MUTHU By KUALA LUMPUR, Wed Senior Asean officials today ended two days of preparatory talks for the seventh Asean economic ministers meeting with some differences in their stand over the protectionist aviation policy Australia plans to adopt. They recommended that their respective ministers
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    Anneke hits come back trail
    136 1 Anneke hits come back trail GOLDEN-VOICED Anneke Gronloh, who held thousands In Singapore and Malaysia spell-bound in the 1960s with her songs, Rurong Kaka Tua and Asmara, is on the comeback trail. It wus 16 years ago that the Indonesianborn teenage singing sensation from Holland hit the pop scene. Now
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    Lock icon Strike ends
    37 1 BANGKOK, Wed A stillce by some 4.000 railway maintenance workers was railed oft this aiternoon when union negotiators accepted a 150 bant (5»16.27) per month Increase :or each employee, the Bangkok World s*ld today. APP.
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    Lock icon Govt win
    33 1 LISBON. Wed Portugal's new non-party government headed by law protestor Carlos Mota Pinto .ast nl^ht cleared Its first parliamentary hurdle when a communist motion to reject Its programme was defeated. Reuter.
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    Lock icon BID TO SAVE SON'S LIFE
    85 1 SALISBURY. Wed.— A senior official of Bishop Abel Muzorewa's United African National Council TANC) has resigned to save the life of his son, kidnapped by black nationalist guerillas who threatened they will kill the youth unless he (juit the party by today. UANC secretarygeneral Edward
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      127 1 RADIOACTIVE ISOTOPE HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED Page 15 VIET drive to boost army's combat quality 2 SETBACK but Park stays on 3 PLAN to raise overseas student fees dropped S NATIONAL disasters: Move for master ol»n 8 POLICE uried to set examples of road courtesy 12 THE Spyros inquiry 13 CISCO
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      72 1 CATHAY WCIFIC SUPER TRISTARS DAILY TO JAKARTA, BANGKOK AND HONGKONG Flight Hostess Helen Chiu Daily flights to Jakarta at 8.20 p.m. Daily non-stop flights to Bangkok at 3.15 p.m. and continue on to Hong Kong. Daily non-stop flights to Hong Kong at 10.50 a.m. Contact your travel agent or call
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      Viet drive to boost army's combat quality
      389 2 Viet drive to boost army's combat quality BAKGKOK. Wed. VIETNAM is launching a two-year drive aimed at iml^roving the combat effectiveness of its armed forces and strengthening national defence. The campaign, announced by Radio Hanoi last night, marks the 35th anniversary of the founding of the Vietnam People's Army, believed
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      'Tribal gang kidnapping officials'
      189 2 'Tribal gang kidnapping officials' JAKARTA, Wednesday A TRIBAL gang loosely connected with the tiny Free Papua Movement (DPM) in Irian Jaya (West New Guinea) has kidnapped several Indonesian local officials, informed 1 sources said today. T%e group led by Martin Tabu is holding the district chief of Arso, a town
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      Lock icon Making money the HK way
      129 2 Making money the HK way MANILA, Wed. A noted Filipino news commentator says Hongkong authorities have a simple formula for making money from tourism by disregarding international protocols on visas. Hongkong does not need any tourist attractions to make money on tourism. The formula Is simple enough let the tourists
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      Lock icon Earth tremor
      34 2 MANILA. Wed. A mild earth tremor struck a wide area ot Muslim Mindanao Island In southern Philippines last night, but caused uo damage or casualties, the geophysical observatory here said today. AFP.
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      Lock icon COMMUNIST CAMP RAZED BY THAI TROOPS
      125 2 COMMUNIST CAMP RAZED BY THAI TROOPS BANGKOK. Wed. Thai forces have uncovered and burned a large communist guerilla camp in Nakhon Si Thammarat province. 1.1(55 km south of Bangkok, a military spokesman said here todaylie said that "Camp No. 32." located in Ron Pibul district of the province was capable
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      Lock icon 'Moscow will not revoke China treaty'
      264 2 'Moscow will not revoke China treaty' BEER TOKYO, Wednesday THE Soviet Union sig- nailed yesterday that It will not renounce its 30 year alliance treaty with China despite al most 20 years of bad relations between the two countries. Chinese Senior Vice Premier Tenf* Hsiao -pine has told Japanese newsmen
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      Lock icon 'Yes' to pact only if linked jo Palestine elections
      286 3 JERUSALEM. Wed. American Secretary of State Cyrus Vance oday carried to Israel Egypt's conditional acceptance of a peace treaty provided it is linked to Paiestlnian elections For the first i.mc. sources said. President Sadat gave the United States his approval of
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      'Smart bombs prove US is tops'
      158 3 'Smart bombs prove US is tops' NEW MEXICO, Wed. Five self-guiding "smart bombs" yesterday successfully destroyed ground targets In what IS Defence Secretary Harold Brown said was a demonstration that the IS military would remain "second to no one." Mr. Brown was among visitors to the demonstration of the propellant-driven
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      Lock icon Pilgrims hurt
      32 3 MEXICO CITY. Wed. Nearly 1.000 pilgrims were treated by the Red Cross for wounds inflicted while celebrating Mexicos chief religious festival, the Feast of the Virgin of Ouadalupe. yesterday. Reuter.
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      Lock icon Talks to detect, check frauds
      164 3 WASHINGTON, Wednesday SEVERAL hundred state and local officials are gathering in Washington to learn how a US federal agency admittedly loses billions of dollars a year to welfare cheats, loan defaulters and unscrupulous medical personnel and to discuss what can be done about it. The
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      Lock icon US begins its pullout from S. Korea
      221 3 US begins its pullout from S. Korea SEOUL, Wednesday THE US Army began implementing its controversial plan to phase out troops in South Korea today, with the withdrawal of part of a fighting battalion. The 213-member group, led by U. CoL John Otien. commander of the 2nd Battalion. 9th Regiment.
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      Lock icon 'Handicapped sterilised'
      46 3 OTTAWA. Wed Hundreds of mentally-retarded children are Illegally sterilised every year In Ontario according to a report released here The report by unlvcislty psychiatry Prof. Donald Zarfas said In 1976. 308 mentally handicapped people, roost of them girls under 18. had been sttrlllaed. AFP.
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      Lock icon Acupuncture in Somalia
      49 3 NAIROBI. Wed. Somalia's first operation u>ing acupuncture has been performed at the Chlneaes-bullt Banaalr hocpiUl In Mogadishu. Radio Mogadishu reported. It «aye no detail* of the operation, but said It was earned uut yesterday by a specially-trained team watched by Health Minister Musse Rabilteh Ood. Reuter
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      Lock icon Arms sales
      36 3 WASHINGTON. Wad. President Carter told Congress yesterday he was defering US»66I million (Stli billion) In foreign military credit sales approved tor this year because they were still being reviewed by three federal departments. UPI.
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      Lock icon Letters sold
      32 3 LONDON. Wed. Eighteenth century letters about relations between the British colonists and American Indians were among a mass of papers auctioned for £40.000 i SSI7I 300) at Sotheby's yesterday. AP.
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      Lock icon Setback but Park stays on
      404 3 THE opposition New Democratic P a r t v made a surprisingly strong showing in yesterday's South Korean national elections, but President Park Chung Hee will still control the unicameral Nati o n al Assembly. The ruling Democratic Republican Party won only 68 seats to
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      148 3 SHIRTS USUAL SPECIAL ROLAND KOSSER PLAIN 75 00 29.75 ROLAND KOSSER PRTD 75 00 35.00 DADA VOILE 84 00 50.00 PANCALDI VOILE ***** 45.00 GUY FLEURY 96.50 49.00 GUYFLEURY 124 00 59.00 GIVENCHY 177 00 75.00 PIERRE CARDIN 67 50 40. 00 PIERRE CARDIN 75 .00 45.00 PIERRE CARDIN 99
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      409 3 The Secret of Health and Long Life Medically every organ in the human body has the capacity to function satisfactorily for a minimum of one hundred years. A full day's honest work, correct diet and exercise all go a long way. Relaxation for the mind and body, however, count more
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      Lock icon 145,000 hold rallies to back strike
      336 4 145,000 hold rallies to back strike ESSEN (W. Germany). Wednesday MORE than 145,000 workers staged rallies in some 30 cities yesterday as West Germany's steel strike the first in a half century in the Ruhr industrial area began its third week. Other trade unions Joined the IG Metall, the steelworkers'
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      Lock icon Chrysler plans to sack 1,200
      114 4 Chrysler plans to sack 1,200 DETROIT. Wed. Chrysler Corporation yesterday announced plans to dismiss about 1 ,200 workers and lay off another 15.700 on a temporary basis. The management of the Detroit motor giant said three plants located in Missouri, Delaware and Michigan would be closed for two weeks in
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      Lock icon Man drowns in moat
      70 4 TOKYO. Wed. A man drowned today after he Jumped Into the deep moat surrounding Emperor Hirohlto's palace as police chased him, police reported. They said the man leaped Into the water with another man who was fished out on the other side by police The two.
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      Lock icon Carter not in favour of Kahn's boycott plan
      221 4 Carter not in favour of Kahn's boycott plan WASHINGTON. Wed. President Carter, rejecting a suggestion by his chief anti-Inflation adviser, said yesterday he opposes consumer boycotts of firms that violate the administration's price guidelines. "I don't personally favour any organised boycotts." Mr. Carter said at a nationally broadcast news conference.
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      Lock icon $750,000 for erotica
      40 4 PARIS, Wed. Collectors paid more than 1.5 million francs (*****.500) at an auction yesterday for one of Prance's most celebrated collections of erptica. The book, engravings, sculptures and paintings belonged to French novelist Roger Peyrefltte, 71. Reuter.
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      Lock icon NOTORIOUS- KILLER'S SKULL MISSING
      117 4 MELBOURNE. Wed. Ned Kelly, Australia's most notorious bushranger,, has gone missing from the Old Mclbourne Jail, more than 98 years after he was hanged there for the murder of a police constable. The skull of Ned Kelly has been stolen from its locked glass display case
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      Lock icon When the twists of fate can upset forecasts
      264 4 When the twists of fate can upset forecasts TOKYO. Wed. Japan, which has so far invested a total of US$l9 billion (5541.2 billkni in 135 countries, uses the US Business Environment Safety Indox to determine how safe a country is for Investing In it although the twists of events sometimes
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      27 4 BELFAST, Wed. Irish guerillas Intensified the'r attack on Northern Ireland prison officers yesterday with a wave of letter bombs which injured wives of three. Reuter
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      Plan to raise overseas students' fees dropped
      487 5  - Plan to raise overseas students' fees dropped WAN HULAIMI *Cut intake' directive ignored By LONDON, Wad. A BRITISH Government plan hatched last autumn to charge richer overseas students a higher fee in order to pay bigger grants to poorer overseas students or to allow a reduction in their fee has
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      Lock icon Venus could be threat to solar system: Scientist
      279 5 Venus could be threat to solar system: Scientist SAN FRANCISCO, Wed. THE planet Venus could heat up to the point that it becomes like "an atomic bomb" in the solar system, a space scientist said yesterday. "I hasten to point out that this is no more than a working hypothesis."
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      60 5 URANTCHESTER. Wed. The r tavern at Crantchester has been named after Rupert Brooke, the English poet who immortalised his home village before dying young in the First World War. The familiar "Rose And Crown" has been dubbed the "Rupert Brooke," thus putting him among the small
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      46 5 MANILA. Wed A search for six missing crewmen of the Philippine cargo ship Platteria Clipper that sank west of Luzon was abandoned at dusk today alter an international rescue effort saved 22 people from the South China Sea One crewman was confirmed dead. AP.
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      37 5 PARIS, Wed Burglars struck .ii more than 93.000 French homes during 1977, a 13 per cent increase over the previous year, a i-eport from the Insurance Re- I search Centre revealed yester- I day AFP
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      Lock icon Poster writer to others: Don't make trouble
      206 7 PEKING. Wednesday A POSTER has appeared on Peking's "democracy wall" advising poster writers to stay at home out of the co.d or go to see a Japanese film about the life of a prostitute that is Peking's current box-o.Tlce hit "I don't understand
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      100 7 China and Warsaw Pact MOSCOW. Wed— The Warsaw Pact had decided to increase military spending to counter the sale of Hestern arms to China, alternate po Itburo member Boris Ponomarev said here today. The sale of Western "military technology" to China increased the dancer of a third world war breaking
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      163 7 CORRECT FORECASTS OF UFOs BY WOMAN TOKYO. Wed. A M-year-old woman in Hiroshima, western Japan, has correctly predicted the appearance of an unidentified flying object (UFO) three times In less than two months. Mrs. Tae Asano. claiming she has communicated with extra-terrestrial beings by telepathy, made her latest prediction that
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      Lock icon Suicide after shooting
      53 7 JAKARTA. Wed. A boy committed suicide after shooting his friend a oolic* spokesman said today. Uniting Rahard.io. 16. was playing with a pistol which he thought contained no bullets. He pulled the trigger and a bullet hit his friend Fearing that his friend would die. Untune shot
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      41 7 BANOKOK. Wed. The Foreign Mlnlitry of L»o« announ<*d today that a TbtJ delegation led by Prime Minister Krlangaak Chomanan will pay an official visit to Laos from Dec 30 to 33. the official Laotian Newt Agency reported today. AP.
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      274 7 JAKARTA, Wednesday THE Indonesian Government appears uncertain about the future of its current drive against corruption which is gathering momentum again after being launched 17 months ago, officials said here today. The officials quoted chief of the nations anti-corruption campaign Admiral Sudomo as calling on
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      Lock icon Devalued rupiah: Exports slowdown to blame?
      264 7 Devalued rupiah: Exports slowdown to blame? JAKARTA, Wed.—Central Bureau of Statistics figures recently released .show Indonesia's 33.0 per cent devaluation of the 1 rupiah last month might in part have been a reaction to an increasingly discouraging export picture. The latest statistics. which are still subject to revision, reveal exports,
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    National disasters: Move for master plan
    383 8  -  BENG TAN By SINGAPORE Medical Association (SMA) represent at i vcs may soon meet Ministry of Health officials to draw up a master plan to cope with national disasters. Some members of the SMA have already held unofficial talks with ministry officials about the
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    'Obscene' calendars seized by Customs
    123 8 THE Customs and Excise Department has seized at least 96 calendars considered "obiectionable" during the last two-and-a-half months. The biggest seizure was on Sept 30 when 49 "obscene" calendars were found at the airport cargo division. The consignee was told to clear them with the
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    2 millionth visitor expected next week
    132 8 2 millionth visitor expected next week SINGAPORE is expectin? its two millionth visitor since statistics were kept between Dec 21 and 23. One' of the surprises awaiting him will be a specially constructed state decorated with $40,000 worth of goldplated Risis orchids. It will be used as a platform to
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    Exhibition of trade show items
    82 8 Exhibition of trade show items THE acting Minister for Social Affairs and Minister in Charge of Industrial Training Dr. Ahmad Mattar will open an exhibition of items produced by participants of the Top of The Trade '78 competitions at the ground floor concourse of Lucky Plaza on Tuesday at 11
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    Travel agencies default fund raised to $400,000
    279 8 Travel agencies default fund raised to $400,000 THE Compensation Fund administered by the eingapore Tourist Promotion Board to protect travellers in the event of default by travel agencies will be increased by $70,000 to $400,000. Bank guarantees provided by travel agencies will also be raised from $3 06 million to
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    Stalls ballot
    42 8 THE Parliamentary Secreretary Ministry of National Development) and MP for Oeylung East. Mr. Ho Cheng Choon. will officiate the balloting ceremony for allocation of stalls at the market' hawker centre at Blk 117. Aljunied Avenue 2 today at 3 p.m.
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      335 8 GOETHE INSTITUTE HDB Flats by Mr. Chin Arts '78. On till Dec 31. Museum Young People's Singapore Branch) pre- jock Poen, head of the PAINTINGS by Mrs. Gallery from 10.30 a.m. sents a German nlm, Punggol Vocational Insti- Suzanne de Suzac at the to 7 p.m. On till. Dec 31
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    Indochina conflict spillover will affect us: Raja
    489 10 FOREIGN Minister S. Rajaratnam warned yesterday that a spillover of the Kampuchea Vietnam conflict to Thailand will have repercussions all the way to Malay sia, Singapore and Indonesia. Such a spillover will affect Thailand's security and Integrity a matter of direct concern to
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    Lock icon Asean can do better job alone: Lee
    347 10 BANGKOK. Wed MR. LEE KUAN YEW said at a press conference here last night that if Asean countries were left to themselves without any outside proposals for collective security, they might find some way of collectively ensuring their future. "The more we have
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    Two scouts sail round S'pore in a mini-boat
    258 10 SEA scouts Albert Khong and David Leong stepped on land again yesterday after sailing around Singapore in the past two days in their fourmetre boat, braving choppy seas and the elements. Members of the 2418 Venture Sea Scouts Group, they spent a
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    SHOUTS FOIL WOULD-BE LIFT ROBBER
    84 10 SHOUTS for help saved a woman from a wouldbe lift robber at Holland Avenue on Tuesday night. Madam Choh Sum Mol, 31, told police that she was stepping out of a lift on the 16th floor at about 11.10 p.m. when the man pulled her
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    HULK: in bid for 60 flats at Pearlbank
    208 12 THE Housing and Urban Development company is reported to be negotiating the purchase of aoout 60 split-level flats at the 36-storey Pearlbank apartment block In Outram Park. A New Nation report yesterday said tne Hats include six penthouses, and will be sold
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    On cooking
    21 12 THE Mcuntbatter. community centre wll! hold a talk-cum-demonstratlon on restaurant cooking at Its premises or. Sunday at 8 p.m.
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    Police urged to set examples of road courtesy
    410 12 POLICE have launched a courtesy drive MMHIg its diivers and officers who own vehicles to set good examples and help promote road safety. The police Commander Detachments, Assistant Commissioner Tan Kan Wan, disclosed at a press conference yesterday that a force directive
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    Rotary talk
    30 12 MR. John Drysdale, a journalist, will give a talk on Asean tc members of the Rotary Club of Singapore East at the Singapore Hilton tomorrow at 1 p.m.
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    Diversion at Jalan Eunos
    104 12 A TEMPORARY diver- I sion route has been built at the Junction of Paya Lebar Road and Jalan Eunos for motorists when the Junction reopens tomorrow at 10 a.m. The Junction was pre- viously closed for the construction of a PanIsland Expressway flyover across Jalan Eunos.
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    Journalists of Asean meet to study plans for training
    319 12 Journalists of Asean meet to study plans for training THE board of directors of Confederation of Asean Journalists (CAJ) yesterday began a twoday meeting here to map out strategies for short and long-term 'training of Asean Journalists. Organised jointly with the Asian Mass Communication Research and Information Centre (Amio, the
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    Day Jurong's safety system broke down...
    1397 13  -  BEN DAVIDSON and SIT MENG CHUE We were not told of the work that was to be done at the starboard vent pipe area on that day, witness telte inquiry By JI'RONG Ship yards acting thitf of fire and safety section. Mr. Mi chaid
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    New Haw Par chairman
    59 13 A PROMINENT banker. Mr. Wee Cho Yaw. has been appointed chairman of Haw Par Brothers International Ltd. Mr. H D. S. Ellis, who was '.he acting managing director, nag been appointed managing director. Mr. Wee. who is also chairman of the United Overseas Bank, has been
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    Choose carefully, Muslims urged
    188 13 THE Senior Minister of State (Foreign Affairs), Mr. Rahim Ishak, last night urged Muslims to be cautious when selecting members for mosque administration. Speaking at the Muslim New Year celebration at National Theatre, Mr. Rahim said they should avoid irresponsible persons. They should select only those
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    Christening of ship
    45 13 JURONO Shipyard will hold a christening ceremony for the ship. Oanda Prawlra. «t Its Newship Division on Ptlday at 10 45 a.m. Miss Yuklko Kurlmoto. daughter of the general manager. Ship Division, of Mitsui and Company of Japan will christen the ship.
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    Sing-along
    25 13 THE Palmer Road YMCA •Ul hold sing-along session far member* and friends at its premises tomorrow at 7 JO p m Admission Is free.
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      145 13 ATTENTION MOTORIST! PREVENT FOGGING Of WINDSHIELD AND REAR WINDOW EASILY WITH:LA£f3ioC£LOJHI! cptCIAL INTRODUCTORY |H I I\W«» ns OON I Bf CAUGHT ft A SITUATION WHERE QDIPf y *J HAM TO DRM WITH ONI HAND ON THt rillVk mm AND UW HAND IMPMG THt WMD ONI V "STfAD Wtt WMDSHKLD WITH
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    IDENTIFIED — THAT RADIOACTIVE ISOTOPE
    494 15  - IDENTIFIED THA T RADIOACTIVE ISOTOPE EDMUND TEO By THE uotope which was foand to be the soarce of radioactivity at the National Iron and Steel Mills (NISM) in Jaroni recently has been identified as CcMiim 137 It is commonly used as a "tracer" in science, industry. agriculture and medicine Radioactive
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    Cisco guards: Plea by bars and nightclubs
    739 15  -  JANIE KHOO By SEVERAL nightclub and bar owners yesterday appealed to the Commercial and Industrial Security Corporation (Cisco) to reconsider its derision to withdraw guards from these places from Jan 1. Most of them contacted said it was "unfair" of Cisco to take
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    Good or bad, Chung Cheng takes all
    1604 16  - Good or bad, Chung Cheng takes all ILSA SHARP and KOH VAN POH By Fourth in a nine-part series THE good and the bad alike, Chung Cheng High School has, since its foundation in 1939, taken both without discrimination. "Bad" students like Ng Kirn Hui, for instance, who achieved eight
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    School taught him to be punctual
    423 16 WHEN people mention Mr. Chant Kwal Mine, the dire ctor central manager of Yamaha Music (Asia) Fte Ltd, the name it pynonymous with punctuality. For the 39-ypar-old executive is a timekeeping stickler when it comes to appointments, a habit he claims came to him
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      6 16 TOMORROW: Dunman Government Chinese Middle School.
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    Disclosure policy key topic at accountants' talks
    661 17  -  IRENE NGOO By THE standard of disclosure of company annual reports and accounts, areas needing disclosure and ways in which public accountants ran give better services will be critically examined during the fifth conference of Singapore accountants which begins tomorrow. The key topics
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    Epileptic's death fall
    142 17 A 17-YEAR-OLD youth with a history of sutler- i Ins lrotn epileptic fits was found dead at the foot of a block of flats. a coroner'; court heard j yesterday Soh Ngee Meng was very depressed about his Illness, suffered since the i age of 10, according
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    $35,000 refunded to buyers last year. Baptist
    186 17 $35,000 refunded to buyers last year. Baptist THE Consumers' Association of Singapore helped to recover more than »35.M« in refunds for buyers in its last I financial year, according to its executive secretary, Mr. Ivan Baptist, last night. Interviewed by BTS over television, Mr. Baptist, who is also MP for
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    SPCA Xmas cards
    46 17 THE SPCA has printed (or sale 8,000 Christmas cards to help meet the dally expenses ot running the charitable home (or abandoned pets. The cards can be bought from Its office at 151 Orchard Road, Cold Storage. C X Tang and other stores.
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      226 17 I ALL MODERN KITCHENS BEGIN WITH A gas cooker, with a range of more than 30 models and 6 colours Green, Yellow, Blue White, Beige, Brown) to choose from. cooker hood, in stainless steel or black matte body. washing machine, in 3 models. ■f We CFREEQIFTS #=r^>L for every Ga<=
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  • The Straits Times THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1978
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      RADIOACTIVE!
      402 18 TWO questions come to mind over the radioactivity incident at the National Iron and Steel Mills (NISM): How did the isotope get into the scrap metal consignment from Australia and why was it not detected on arrival? Possibly it was an unfortunate accident for which no one should be
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      VIEWING THE SUMMIT
      324 18 MR. LEE KUAN YEW'S four-day unofficial visit to Thailand must be seen as part of a continuing dialogue between two countries which have many interests in common. The last time the Prime Minister and his Thai counterpart met was last February in Singapore. From what has been
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    Lock icon Japanese groan about annual gift-giving
    540 18  -  IKUO ANAI in Tokyo By JAPANESE department stores and fine food shops are packed with people buying presents they don't want to buy for people who don't want to receive them They are discharging their annual social duties, or Kin by buying gifts to mark
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    Asean gearing itself to counter Canberra's move
    1766 18  - Asean gearing itself to counter Canberra's move JOHN TAN By of Business Times THE ASEAN countries and Australia are accelerating rapidly towards a collision that could leave relations in the Australasian region soured for many years to come. The issues may seem petty at first. Australia, trying to grab a
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    Nixon's double talk
    397 18 Editorial in yesterday's Business Times MR PETER NIXON'S thinly-veiled attack on the Singapore aviation authorities, and not the press as he purported, mast rank as a masterpiece of doable deception. It started oat as an attempt to swing public attention away from the principal Issues in the
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      59 18 Patented one piece *m solo and face plate A Patented one A^M piece nveotmem I W cast *ace and sola ptet* reduces energy lon otmpect A greet help IW W\ "VCw m genmg lough tammey I -lJ&^ shot* 4> and awev r^Z^W _f^^^^ SotoAgfts CZJ P»AfM-WESTCPTEmO. Plata Singapura. Orchard Road
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    Where some people are better off on the dole
    899 19  -  PHILIP LEE EMPLOYERS GIVE EXECUTIVES MORE PERKS TO KEEP THEM HAPPIER By BRITISH bosses have to contend not just with increasingly loud demands for more pay from workers at shop floor levels they have also to heed the quieter grumblings from
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      That anxiety could have been minimised
      546 19 IT IS accepted that while efforts to promote effective bilingualism and preserve Asian values and culture are commendable and changes may be necessary and good, the disruption and adjustment that follow such changes should also be minimised for the people concerned. However, the Ministry
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      Is person entitled to occupy two seats?
      79 19 YOUR reader "Children before adults," (ST, Dec at leaat encountered non-whool going children. la a person with shopping bags entitled to occupy aa extra seat* I boarded a half-crowd-ed baa la Tea Pay oh aad this chap bad two plastic bags beside him
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      The present system is best
      80 19 WE APPRECIATE your writer LYS's (ST, Nov 21) observation that HDB shop tenants may well develop a sense of pride and belonging if permitted to buy and own their shops instead of merely renting them. However, to the best of our judgment, the board feels
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      Bringing top-ofworld event down to earth
      320 19 Bringing top-of-world event down to earth I REFER to your report headed "Top-of-world feeling" on Nov 9. Regretfully I have to bring this particular happening down-to-earth before gravity does it for us. The young woman, posed so joyously with her wheelbarrow as shown in the Straits Times picture, is demonstrating
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      The bus conductor who carried passenger through flood water
      330 19 I WOULD like to let It be known that Singapore Baa Service daea Include imaag Its staff acme wonderful people. Oa Saturday, Dee I, when travelling to the city train Woodlands on BBS service aa. IM (baa aa. SBS SHS X)
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  • TIMES CITY DESK
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      CLOSING PRICES
      1384 20 THt last transacted ready aaie at the close of DuaJtw on the Stork Exchange Singapore yesterday compared with the previous da> > prices together with l»~8 high and low Adjusted for vrip riftils issue) IMII «.THHI l*7« La»t Mick Law Im»«i Sato 272 IS Arm* 212 •r2i» i
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      Unit trusts
      325 20 Closing Tone: Easier. TURNOVER: Official figures supplied by the Stock Exchange of Singapore Including odd lots 'Ready' totalled: 2.577.000 units valued at $6,281 Industrials accounted for 1,533. finance 311, hotels 109. properties 185, debentures, loans and bonds 3, oil palms 5, tins 45, and rubbers 383 'Settlement Contracts'
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      BUSINESS DONE (SINGAPORE)
      1211 20 BID and offer prices offlr.ally listed and business in and [fl>i rtrrl to the Stock Exrhange of Singapore yesterday with the number of shares traded shown In bracke s In lots of 1 000 units v Maa otherwise specified All". Imes Settlement Contract 1 are quoted after
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      Government and corporate bonds
      93 20 4 1/2% 1/8/80 (250.000) (99.258 99.355) 4 3/4% 16/9/80 (250.000) 99 608 99 755) 5% TF 1/5/83 (250.000) (100 158 100 30S) 5 3/4% T F 15/6/81-84 (250.000) (102.305) 7% 1/8/86 (250.000) (100 608 100 70S) 7 1/4% 15/4/86 (250.000) (100 7SB) 7 1/4% 15/10/86 (250.000)
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      KUALA LUMPUR
      1497 20 - HI I > „ncl sMH prices officially HaM and business In and imrimi lo the Kuala Lumk Kxi-hanf* yesler1 ■> with the number of shares traded shown In hrai'kets In lots of 1 .000 units unless otherwise specified INOUtTRIALS Alinamala ISM* 29UMI Aicam I I 1 «38. AMD
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      Lock icon Fall in September rubber exports
      134 20 KUALA LUMPUR: West Malaysian rubber exports fell to a provisional 135.460 tonnes in September from 150.915 tonnes in August and 138.907 in September 1977. statistics depart ment figures show. Total export for the first nine-months also fell to 1 15 million tonr.es trom 1.20 million
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      Lock icon JC-MPH half-year
      48 20 JACK Chla MPH announced an unaudited group after-tax profit of $952,136 ($1.72 million) for the six months ended September 30. on a turnover of $20.53 million ($2l 72 million i The parent company's after-tax profit was $87,132 ($303,912) on a turnover of $827 249 (sB74.sol).— Reuter.
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        Falls
        58 20 onsplant wru M Cement U M Flour 3*1 Coconuts VIC Berlaya Kawat U O F StralU Trading B Sugars MTC Magnum Corpn rimes Pub >ong Hual J M W SO) 272 215 306 2M 2M 202 500 242 402 332 294 87 141 -III -24 -20 -14 -13 -8
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        25 20 Manyang Press illgh <i Low SEAL M Banking Mat Iron l c f L N 300 340 130 815 570 520 905 9 6
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        Most active stocks
        33 20 Sime Darby 408.000 Haw Par 309.000 High Low 147.000 X I Keponn 88,000 U O L 50.000 Harlmau 50.000 Cons Plant 48.000 OCBC 38.000 Sin Chew 34.000 Pahang Cons 31.000
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        INDICES
        41 20 B T Index: Industrials Finance Hotels: Properties: Tins: t rubbers: O.C.B.C: S.E.S. Ind: Dec 12 Dec 13 1859 00 IMS 22 ***** ***** ***** 819. 75 ***** 274 19 213.15 213.30 ***** 157.30 ***** 527.22 315 39 315.95 ***** *****
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        Hongkong
        356 20 HONOKONO: The market fell In fairly quiet trading but closed above the day's lows and the Hang Seng Index dropped 10.70 points to 503.11. dealers said. Hongkong Bank fell 30 cents to Hksl7 20. Jardine Matheaon and Swire Pacific 20 to $11.80 and $7.50 respectively, Hongkong Land 10 to
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        465 20 TOKYO: Share prices rose In very active trading on renewed buying Interest In large capital issues, despite fears of possible margin trading curbs, dealers said. The Dow Jones average rose 18.00 to close at 6,097.26 points, with a volume of 430 million shares. The New Index was 452.60, up
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        Treasury Bill tender
        41 20 THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) invites banks and discount houses to tender (or a total of $30 million 91day Treasury Bills to be issued from Dec 18 to 22. Each tender must not be less than $250,000.
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        GOLD
        164 20 GOLD Futures closed rally easier In the Singapore Gold Futures Exchange je»terdav. roUowmn 'he wcuKer trend In Hongkong, deams said Trading was \ery quiet and turnover was reduced to 38 lots comparco with 43 lou yesterday and 122 lots on Monday. Interest was again centred on February contract with
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        35 20 LONDON Copper price* on Tunday previous in bracket*' WKikar (pot buytra f7T4 M *****) aellera 1773 M (1773 50). Three Month buyer. (791 M limWi teller* 17*2 l(7«t> Market te«a Steady tale* 7<IO tonne-.
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        Sydney market dull
        303 21 SYDNTir. Wed-BHP was firm in an otherwise generally dull market, rising eight cents In light trading to 88.98. dealers said. Oil stocks were generally lower although Asmpol rose four to $135 and uraniums mJ£**EL 2& Rio*?*. esial losing JO to 19*0 rake eight to »54b and Katsdren
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        New York broadly lower
        282 21 NIW YORK. Tues— Stocks finished broadly lower In light trading today as (orecm* of still higher Interest rates and inflation a* well as concern about the slxe of an oil price increase triggered aorae afternoon selling. However. there was do follow-through on the decline and the
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        Zurich slightly easier
        263 21 ZURICH. Tues. Share price, closed with an easier bis* dealers Mld However among Industrials. Saarer Bearer and rafisin 11 "ere again active and posted strong gains on sustained speculative demand j -J^*'?—? 7 were sUady in chemicals. while weaker issues in foods Included Hero. tstl and Nestle
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        Amsterdam prices mixed
        165 21 AMSTERDAM Tues —Share prices closed narrowly mixed, *^U;' d HH ~f"!SLI mI unchanged In otharwlM slightly higher Internationals. with Rsryal Dutch gaining 110 guilders rafckcr ELM. molt banks nrf inZuranrtai were hlsrhcr SiLJ^ mS IST lJiisW although NaMatMle NasMTliulf eased HVA. shippings and investment funds were gatsfrally
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        London stocks ease in thin trading
        349 21 LONDON Tues Snare prices c-loaed lower in thin trading and in the absence of any encouraging economic background news, dealers said At 3 00 p m the Financial Times Index was down 4 7 at MM Lradlng industrials held steady at the lower levels
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        Selected indices
        63 21 FINANCIAL TIMES INDUSTRIALS Tuesday 485.4 Monday 492.3 Week Ago 488.2 DOW JONES AVERAGE INDUSTRIALS Tuesday 814.97 Monday 817.85 Week Ago 820.51 LONDON DOLLAR PREMIUM Tuesday 80S to 81 Monday 82* to 83* H.K. HANG SENG Wednesday 503.11 Tuesday 513.81 Week Ago 525.08 SYDNEY INDUSTRIALS Wednesday 458.29 Tuesday 458.29
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        TIN
        201 20 THE Straits tin price recovered $20 to $1,830 Der plcul In Penang yesterday on an official offering down 44 tonnes to 152 tonnes. The overnight London market was steadier with forward buyers gaining £35 to £7.040 per tonne. LONDON: Tin on the day gained £80 for Cash and £65
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        CLOSING PRICES
        31 20 Rubber Dec 13. Singapore: Jan 234.00 cts (down 0.25 ct). Malaysia: Jan 235.75 cts (HP 0 25 ct). Tin: $1,830 (up $20). Official ofTrrint 152 tonnes (down 44 tonnes).
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        114 20 tINCAPORE NOON CLOSING DAY. Caaanut «ll: Bulk SlO4 aelltra. old drum till atlHra. new drum (114 sellers Caara: Mlxtd llooaei UK Cont. $47 buytra Paaanr: Muntok AST A white f o.b. 100' NLW »33i aclkrs. Sarawak white fob. IMS NLW *3iT» aellera. Sarawak ajwcial Mack fob 96- i NLW
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        RUBBER
        625 20 OPENING prices in the Singapore rubber market yesterday were marked down slightly, dealers said. Prices steadied gradually on seller resistance, upcountry demand and short-covering Interest. Fresh selling emerged later. Some forward was noted. The morning session closed steady, quiet. The afternoon session initially held steady on some China acceptances
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        124 20 DAILY SSR and SMR prices at noon yesterday: Jan F*b BJI.S. (Carrent Mth) (Fanrard MUi Bayer* Seien Bayers ScUan SSR 20 (1 ton pallet) 236 50 231 SON 237 50 239.50N SSR 50 (1 ton pallet) 233 .50 235 SON 234 50 236 ju.N MXFLJ SMR SCV
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      435 20 THERE was some resistance against the tendency to push prices further downwards at the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday. After several days of downtrend Yesterday's trading showed the first signs of the market taking on a different direction Most shares opened a cent or two lower but
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      390 20 Trtffl trading prevailed for the third consecutive session at the Kuala Lumpur stock market with prices closing on a mixed note yesterday. Unlike the past two days of persistent light selling, trading yesterday reflected a small degree of support. With this slight Improvement, prices were generally able to
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        167 20 Interbank rates at 3 00 p m Currencies Nominal rates SmithkfUan Percentage quoted yesterday rrrii parity chan«c US dcllJl 2.1735 2 1745 2 8196 —2:91 Sterling pound 4.2823 4 28,0 7 3469 41.71 Hongkong dollar 45 250,' 45 2880 50 51 —1(111 Mslan lollar 99 2000 99.2925 100
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        200 20 NOTE: These rates may differ slightly from those quot ed by banks to their customers. ASIAN currency deposit Interbank rates at at close on Dec 13. US Dollar* (Spoti Offer Bid 7 days 11 5 16 11 3 16 1 mth 10 116 9 15 16 2
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        40 20 CVoaing Interbank rates on I Singapor dollar on Dec 13. Offer Bid Overmgat 3 12 3 1 mth 7 5/16 7 3/18 2 mths 7 12 7 3/8 3 ruths 7 B 18 7 1/2 Source: Aslley Fearce.
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        54 20 RANGE of rai«-s offered by dla- count houses on Dec 13. Overnight: 3 Call depos.l 4 to 4.-.-. ClMieif ■uy tall 3-Month Treasury bill! 1/1« 315 IS 3-Month Bank bills 7 3/1* T I/IS 3 Month CD 1 14 7 7 IS S Month CD 7 3/4 T 5/t
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        25 20 THE average rate at which Singapore banks are currently prepared to lend to I their best customers is 7^4 per cent. _J
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      644 21 VALIANT ATTEMPTS by Se» View Hotel to pull Itself into the black may be deremled by the high Interest char«M It continues to pay us creditors Trie company's balance shert for the year ended June 30. 1978 shows that It was paying an
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      596 21 Buying-in orders behind firmness in Malayan Banking MALAYAN Banking, the largest bank in Malaysia, saw strong buying Interest in Its shares over the last few days despite a lacklustre market with most prices drifting downwards. One reason for the strength lay In the "buylng-ln" orders executed by .the Stock Exchange
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      447 21 r /tffcfck SINGAPORE ELECTRONIC tT\ ipJ<sL ENGINEERING (PRIVATE) LIMITED requires SALES REPRESENTATIVES to market a wide range of electronic products and instrumentation to customers in industry and government. Applicants should have knowledge of electronics and preferably some sales experience in the sales of electronics products. As the job will involve
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      452 21 PUBLIC UTILITIES BOARD Applications ore invited for the posts of CONTRACTS OFFICER, PURCHASING A CONTRACTS DIVISION, GENERAL MANAGER'S OFFICE Salary Scale: Class MB ($1185x65-2160/ 2225x65-2420) Gross Salary: $1,357 2,701 Degree from o recognised university preferably in Law, Business Administration, Commerce or Accountancy Applicants should have experience in contract documentation and
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      589 21 r ""I JL Bukit Timah Plaza "Singapore's finest one-stop Shopping Centre" invites applications from suitably qualified candidates for the position of CENTRE/CONDOMINIUM MANAGER Bukit Timah PI a/a has been conceived and developed to international standards by Ocean Capital Properties Pte Ltd, a member company of the Straits Group. We are
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      4153 22 (164) Acupuncture (164) Credit Cord (156) Lighting Futures (161) Shopping emporium (155) Antioues-Crorts (ISS) Crystal A Glosswore (164) Luggog.tron.le. (153) Sightseeing coochet (155) Art-metol creations (161) Departmental Stores (163) Mossoge-Heolth Club (158) S.lk i^larX^ 4fjaßjaßßt dMm. 9WWW OMU9 oammWkm\ •■■b^bW < IM > Audio-.miol Instruments (156) Electnc/ElectronK oppkonces (153) Motorcor
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      696 22 WANTED EXPERIENCED FEMALE An-ounts Clerk, preferably with travel agency experience. Please apply with non-returnable photograph stating salary expected to ST. Box A ***** WANTED ONE FEMALE Clerk/ Typist with good knowledge of accounts or passed book-keep-ing Must be able to type well Apply in own handwriting with photograph (non-returnable) to:
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      671 22 I II EMPLOYMENT MANUFACTURERS' AGENTS require the services of a SALES EXECUTIVE to handla thair tin* ol hotel and catering aquipmant and tup pita* Experience In sales would be an advantage and applicants should have minimum of QCE and capable of independently negotiating with customers at all levels Apply with
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      533 22 CHUM SINGAPORE PTE LTD mvitrs applications for the posts (1) FITTER Applicants must possess ITB Certificate in welding of sheet metals (2) PAINTER Applicants must have experience In spray painting or vocational training In lieu of experience For Poet* (1) and (2): Applicants must be between the ages of 18
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      388 23 AT YOUR SERVICE SECTION INDEX m KM IrlrpSonr Service •3 bTF A CCFFFITTI ADC §ss IS Eitiil™ J« RATES vm ANNOUNCEMENTS PERSONAL B J-44" Cer word WctsiMin $900) iy ORITT! ARIfS 1 1 Per column cm $10 75 (Mln $35 25) 1A ÜBIIUAKIt,fc> II EMPLOYMENT d) Technicml a; ircnnmi EXPEMENCEDMECNANK
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      354 23 a4BB r «f rUBIBH welcmesyoutoapplyfor PRODUCTIOH/Q.C. CO-O«WHATO« Nanyang Singapore V l)e gree' a Possess Certificate in Technical/ Electronics .SSS'K.rjBS- :33r M*r*.t.4 applicant, plaaw .1.1. run mum. paraonal partKiui.n working .ipananca. ..Ury ..p.ct.d t.Hphon. tSZStTJZZZZ tolppa:?s^ l FOSTER ELECTRIC (S) PTE tSoKAL^NCWAV SW>« L. A Newly esublished Japanese manu^ctunng Company IWCOiStchbO
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      1102 23 II EMPLOYMENT P^^I^*iCiMWIiMViMM bIHb^B^^BB^BBbH W.V*.I"CCi,'BTIV/IL4IHwI jf []^~_~OT H M NS An American company LiM'l requires II IB iaKf^zz^al %?E2££X2l i Limum LondaryTTduca- R M SillWDOre .{J- tand Pte Ltd a Between 17 -25 years of age r w nu., willing to work on 3 rotating (Automotive EleCtTOniCl shift I a
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      390 23 II EMPLOYMENT .^BBBV. .^Ba^BBBv >. W.^ W. Is h.TSr^.'nT^u! Iccou'nL, las'lcrng^eVXrkTor u"s part-time He or she should be currenUy employed In the same capacity and should have considerable {^^KSVIKII" sspsion ulnlr Crou°Stra.t ?^l£l!Vi Singapor. 1 _B* /O^\ -ttnumfrfr/7£\ P"*^"? «< (gC^_7 requires DRIVERS Abj-^.r»: h 3 Drmng Licence S pie^'wwo^on
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      472 23 II EMPLOYMENT required urgently by we,, establlshed company «*«TEL; ,7«» P^^A? ranSTJ Facilities are rapidly expanding. we urgently need .iKiigSS., Raqutcmantr ITC In Electronic Servicing Private Radio Servicing Certlflcate. NTT In Electronic Servicing 1KAVTRONKS PTE LTD JIHSSS. TANOUN NAU^JnOEST RAFFLESHOTEL Exp£=ED NKBHT SUPERVISOR AN, I. h^te prob^m. ino^odwith full deUl.s
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      377 23 TOUR COMPANY DRIVERS Writ, w.lh full b*lk:ul«.. contact talaphon. .nd p...port photo graph inonr. turn.M.i to '^tXST^T*'- WAITRESSES REOUMEO With or wllh<>ut "P*"™"- P"t or full- time Call personally for Inter- vlew Tne Captains Cabin 65 WPff.:?^ 11 *"•"•Slng- 1 -~™~-r^ Age 17 to 24 years Total Income SMOO din
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      441 23 11l VEHICLES BOATS 1^ r Buying a car? Chuan Hiang Co Pte Ltd oners.. Easy hire DUrchase ttJs tractive interest rates, Simple repayment Schemes For new Of USed Cars. Insurance at very competitive rates CNARLES HORVATH (RENTAL Service) Pte Ltd One ton pickJps to three ton lorries Hourly rental rate
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      470 23 ChooM From Our Ranga~oi Continonlal C»r. ™V^.VZ?£ZZ™ a ,«^?SSSZ,!««ia7/ T»l: *****5/*****»2/*****t7/ *****6 «Op- .00. m SOO pm, 1t77 Peugeot ,M auU,mat.c air* 7.rMe?cedes Benz »B autoJialic airco nd BMW "uTuSnuMc afrBMW 331.1 automatic air £P no gr^: 1973 Mercedes Benz 280S automatic alrrond Mercedes Benz 230 aircond (2units) Mercedes Benz
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      573 24 VEHICLES BOATS 1 45 VBfMCNM For SBW MMSMMMMMMMMMMMMMB Mm 7)Biiii«iiSmM M...g.i.jD»«cf..»f«^^c» 'mTT SrrV^'»ti«r-rr-f Itu iiTMmTr .—-1 OCT 1871 POM) Cortina OXL .*niit»iL!i, 01 fer secures onUrtMBM OCT NTT* ISM Tovou hardtop -x rassetu Tax company owner, in excellent •dCjr. cc Wn.l blue co toUr ;;e: xi c^oo«« o. coup, ered
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      637 24 ISTIMMMUcc Ne. paintwork New upholstery. 1>"" battery Tel 2MBM7 Sam 'tTI OCTOBER Austin Mini 1080 I Sports r.ms and steering Beau|t ason.b.e o<f,r Call Mr Ang *****13 ttn.RBWAULT It TL New paint. radK. Upe alrcond In excellent running condition Valid PARI O-UrtOBmBU. *****9 »«WT» CBUM iporU rimi. lyr »"Ton<l cassette
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      1112 24 IN VEHICLES A BOATS UTS. YAMAHA SCRAMBLER 12 irrj/|IS». Ye.pa Super \K2. Honda Mc c l»70 Y.maha*l2s cr 1989 Yamaha 100 cc ISSB. Yamaha 50 c c Call *****7 View at 200-A Paya Lebar Road. Spore 14 (corner of Airport Road and Pay. Lelmr Road» oalant S.«m. 2000 x |Soon°A^d
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      519 24 IV ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES HOUSE ON BREEZY hilltop (Windsor Park Dlst 201 su.Uble for Diplomat Furnished. 3 aircond bedrooms with bathroom atUched 1 servants, garage, land area 22.000 sq ft Rent 52.000 ono For appointment, tel 2«2Ms3Sunny IMMEDIATE OCCUPATION DISTBBsTtOjlrnl.il. M.ns.or,furnished, 2 longbaths. alrconditoners. servant s room, ?X™>XT& 'peiXSk W/"I£rLL JALAN
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      538 24 1??,",! i".im7ri "_o^l marble^nd nar '^,^,^l, Turned S2JOO J."*^"i°°' ,nformaUoii DlesS for more Information, please YUMM HOUSsNG AOENCY TEL *****V11W41/SBS4. W.T. 10. BRAND NEW apartment 3 ,p.rlOu, bedrooms with swimmmg pool Partially/fully furS^C^TO^ nTpa^a™^: washing machine, etc $3,000 SJJiSi OE HOUIInt "*Min/ *mO6 llOn UnfurnUhed/ fu?nlshed si.SOO $3,800 Call TRP
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      1049 24 IV ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES OWT. LAROt ABSCOND furnLsh- c rooms 'or SLIS s BaUjrooms atUched $320 tel Tm^ r acCOMMOOATION LEFT In a spacious bungalow for foreign K studentsOoodfood.care.com- b fort given ConUct Dorothy No 23. Nallur Road. 7. m s off ,q "PP" ="'£?«.^n fojT C ('Vm^nd L^Pr to m
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      985 24 IV ACCOMMODATION ft PROPERTIES C) Land I J_ FOB BALE Approximate 22.000 ,v 1 r 'iT i> k'.ih. T..hi. r m.Vinr and workshop™r fo A hTZa llr ,1 ne. *JW£f ofnc, com oS T Box A ***** ALBERT PARK District 10 y—^—— 55 p rof>tr1ieS Wanted rrop.ni.> nwiwi Road or
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      341 25 IV ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES M^^Ho'uJ'^els;^'^! 2M7SS4 for deUlls I^T.,:r.II^BX K«d fully furmshed inU-resT 0 Hn, atrcoodiuoned wall -to wall carssassr;: niinUdTin r urn, "hed^ «50 s q ft" Jtf&rE''^ 0"'11" "ZZZZr ftK.ft-.stftoor office ,p.ce with partitions for immedi.u occupation T* MMm/ IfMUTt fORRENTOfSTI i--( 3rd fir Orand Bldg Phillip street Area
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      383 25 Nation Kacmg Newton Road -II contained packate airPl^.^n^ entrances Please conUct Jones pSa^W-SK-ssar 1 *lWiil© .^MllT'lliUMf f^w i OFFICE SUITES 102m 2 605m 2 (1095 ft 2 -6500 ft2) I Modem. Cen,al. A-rcondit^nedwrthe^len, «r«es a. reasor-W. renta Enqu.nes and brochureSlreita DcvcUfMswata I PI, lie) MM S«r«ta Traelia* BM .1 j
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      475 25 V SERVICES ft BUSINESS V.ll T^l v1 -J 1 I L.W^ la B^fffWWrMWLi M^ w i IWITtT Jj I MiiiU^fl I I Foe a better package I deal in Outfitting your I ._,«> w^. l Consider US aS the right people who can help manage a better ,ob I Easy
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      263 25 P°°" t^^Wtto^ Sembawang fel *****86 Raj tran^ort reoumd to and n£?%%J!S&mldl2F TRANSPORT REOUIRED FROM gw^s pad(jng/ Removals o^^o^wo.t^ P,kN^mM y |n Forwarder, Te. oTts! PICKUP A^A^A^E U, Uans^rt7ouT,ma^tffic.e" good^PSA Cargo Clearance/ Delivery Ring *****5 O«DDElinah TRANSPORT exnenenced ln packing and removal transportation, door-to-door service Tel *****15 Mr Mohd Noor SC.NT..
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      606 25 VI EDUCATION ft TRAINING a ATT language centre crMOni OF I IKiri IKTir I<i SCHOOL OF LINGUISTIC SKILLS Longuoge course, and Pr,vo,ePr,v0,e tu.t.on for school eiommotionj ond tor Do,.y dosses, mornmgs ond ofiernoons commencing Bth Jonuory 1979 Children's twice weekly dosses, ofternoons comm.ncng Bth Jonuory 1979 Teenagers twice weekly dosses,
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      257 25 VI EDUCATION TRAINING HbM^^^V^l |W"PW* I fa \L j W B^RVn^BBB^BV .^bV PVSajMi IbF^ Ft^^^^^^ .ffl] |> I I 1, ■■■M^^MH p—^—^ ITALUM g,,^ J T fUGUCM 'FDMAM •m'">" -mm«n '**m** jH ""rl-* 'Tr^^ MB* W Clart >HW> Hi« NtW ViW with a a^- H*W LanfliagC S^ NEW INLINGUA SCHOOL
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      377 25 I STAMFORD CENTRE I T,e ..roes. most pro I gressive resource centre lor SpSir^r l E"'* S" MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATIVE STUDIES 1979 Sessions (Day tutl time-evening ZZZZ. Chartered Secretaryship S.TKr-^p .^ecuu.e secretary^ ManaOem.n, Marketing LCC Diplomas and Institute ot Marketing Exams •Communication i Advertising and Marketing Education Foundation (CAM) Ad«rtfs
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      370 25 VI EDUCATION A TRAINING Tel *****6* *****2 SURVEYING/ LEVELLING with oul- <£»"«*"■ JS-B^nTS SEAH S^ET *%U2To*Sfif£S.r DECEMBER holioay CLASSES! i^^H ANO SCHOOL LEAVERS* 'SH'-X: 1 intermediate book-keeping mmBKEjST p^^,^, Saturday Sunday Classes (PLEAM ENROL NOW, THE SHORTEST WAV to getting into Airlines and Travel Agencles as Ticketing/Reservation Staff, or Flight
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      208 25 and subjects atyour home Sue v"»nt^<1 T" 4082<M TUTOR. W*LINO |(1 glvf tulllon ln a|| subjects, ss^S^r^^i °Ci PHV«CAI SSSr^ni'/jSi yeTrfeJp:'rience, 9,2762 (Ooh, 2pm 6 sss; C.rad.iate Tel *****22 ESS conversation also available 2422 4 2 "87°3■«»•«•'«—' S.TLSa J^'XSforI'?:,.'.",^',1;} Co"' So^rTajr.'/Vo^rr Beach Road LEARN OREBSMAKINO. A compl't*. quick-learning metric ;'^hI^h;'7;^62^oTPl'^'(n'
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  • IX OBITUARIES
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      140 Acknowledgements
      227 26 Th. Family of In* Ists Mr Willi. Tay Khim San wishes 10 aipratl thsir h.arttalt thanks to Von. Sock Kong Poh, Mambari of Ths Buddhist Union, Mambari ol Hi* Singapore Sangha Organisation. Members of Ihs Inter Religious Organisation, Managamanl Staff of London a Pacitic Insurance Co Bhd. Management
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      142 Deaths
      244 26 WU YUNG FANG Aged 85 passed away peacefully on 12/12/1978 at 12.15 p m Laavinu tMhmd: Balovtd w.r. Yap Hui AJ Son*: Tia Yuan. Ti* Khal (d»caaaad). Tn Yek, Tn Kin. Dwrid T« Kek, Nalaon Ti* So. Daughlar*: Sm Thim Siu Kun, Mary SHifleng. Sona-in-law Chwk Wan Food,
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      109 26 JAMES CNENO JEE ANN BONN: 23 4.54 DIED: 14.12.75 We never forget that evening that was a day of sadness and mourning. The bitter grief and shock we all had. You left us so suddenly without a word. But today even after three years have passed, kind,
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      899 26 VW TRAVEL A RESTAURANTS Nm Stop Direct Flights Only It) MmrtasTc South THAILAND HAADYAI /SONOKHLA Dap C»«Ky ThucfSur 4 Mpn V^clt HAADYAI SOMCKf LA Tour »4PaaL^E *n dayt by Ait S2*t Cap Tho *329 Sun Tk^^Mf 4 Days ooa way» »V *■< ona way coachc h I^T tiMDap Men Wad
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      302 26 VII TRAVEL 4 RESTAURANTS GENTING HIGHLANDS 3DBri/2MfcfctsbyCoack Dtp: D*c 30 SII7S 2DmyibyAit SJI4S Dep Diiy •HAADYAJ/9ONGKHLA 3 Dayt ***** Dap: Every Fri TA RADBE BANGKOK 3 Days SSS6O Dap Daly •BANGKOK/PATTAYA 5 Dayt SS6IO Dep: Daly •RELAXING LAKE TOBA 4 Dayt SS4BC Dep: Every Fri and Sun •ROMANTIC BALI 5
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      345 26 LAKE TOBA Days SS4BO Dap: Efwy FRI, SUN < ROMANTIC BAU SDsya SS64O •BAU /JOGJAKARTA i JAKARTA 6 Dayt Ss7s« •Day: DAILY TUNERS eWORLD TOUR C RCKALE Tel: *****4/*****8 SCHOOL HOLIOAV ATTRACTION WEST MALAYSIA DELUXE TOUR i Inclusive of Oentlng li Penang) By Deluxe Airconditloned Coach 6DaysStl7o- Tuesday GENTING HIGHLANDS
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      340 26 VII TRAVEL RESTAURANTS SCHOOL HOL»»Y SPECIAL TO IP. HOY. PEN, OT $200 5D GT. PEN. HOY $2*9 50 GT. PEN. CHS $I*o/1305 3O 4N PEN. IP $70/t*s 2D 3N GENTING *7* 20 3N FR ASERS- MLL $7* 20 IN CAMERON S4* OTHER EXCITING TOURS AVAILABLE' MODERN TRAVEL SERVICES (S) PTE
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      210 26 EXCELLENT VEOETAMAN FOOD Fast service, atrronditioned. easy parking 1000 am 830 pm Kwan Im Vegetarian Restaurant. 190 Waterloo Street Tel *****9 cPrincecßgom\c Prince c Rgom\ hough one tm sum CtfMSECtISM GOOumi RESTMMNT 9th fir Hong Leongßldg Tel: 730*77*1. 2309*84 CWTONESE CUBW GK»T RESTMMNT 208. Ocean Bldg Shopping Centre 2nd fir
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      157 26 c^S)W(9K3 v<e)Hts)M @Air-con. servicing? wiring? s >Floor tiling? z iFridge respray? f House painting? f ©Plumbing check-up?© repair? Look up I I Classifieds I section V for f 4 maintenance i I services. gMS)»«S>^> cHS)w(2^ cHS)w@^ f FUJITEC COMPANY LIMITED NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
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      506 27 Mix, blend, slice, dice, mince, juice, knead, grind, whizz, whizz, whizz. Introducing the 4 -in4 Kitchen Wizard. From Philips Tf he new Philips Kitchen Wizard is a The Wizard has also mastered the art of What a whizz! A wafer-thin slices, chicken to fine shreds and vegetable cutter, a mixer,
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      803 28 I GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF PERAK PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT irrnroiTrn diidai oninc Donroiuur RCCtLtRATtD RURAL ROADS PROGRAMME PACKAGE B1B 1 FOR THE STATE OF PERAK. CONSTRUCTION OF NEW RURAL ROADS NOT.CE OF PREQUAUFICATtON 1 The Qovernment of the State of Perak plan* to invite bnf m February 1979 for
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      378 28 IN THE MIOM COURT IN MALAYA AT KUALA LUMPUR IN CIVIL SUIT NO: 214* OF 1171 Between The Borneo Co (1975) Sdn. Bhd. PWntm And Heang Guan Teck Hw« Quan Tack (T/A Kim Huat Electric Co.) Defendant NOTICE To: Heang Quan Teck 4 Heng Guan Teck T/A Kim Huat Electric
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      941 28 LEMBAGA KEMAJUAN TRENGGANU TENGAH (KETENGAH) JAWATAN-JAWATAN KOSONG Parmohonan-permohonan darl calun-calun yang berkelayakan sahaja adalah dipelawa daripada Rakyat Negeri Trengganu atau Warganegara Malaysia untuk mengisi kekosongan jawatan-Jawatan dl bawah inl> 1 PE NOLONQ Pt NO A RAH JU RUTER A AWAM) Tanggagail: AlB $985 x 60 1 105/1225 x 60 1465/1585
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      814 28 FOR SALE BY CONTRACTOR FLOATING PILING RIG AND EQUIPMENT SUITABLE FOR HEAVY MARINE WORK COMPRISING: PONTOON 120 It x 50 ft x 10 ft 120 FT MAST FITTED WITH TILTING EQUIPMENT (1 3.5) STEAM WINCHES BOILER 12 TON BSP S/A HAMMER 135 KVA GENERATOR SUNDRY EQUIPMENT PLUS 158 HP TUG
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    Lock icon Getting out of a tight spot -on all fours
    235 29 WHAT Amlruddin bin Marzuki lacked in site, he made up for in nlmbleness. At the raya Lebar airport at 3 a.m. yesterday, he found himself caught In a milling crowd of adults waiting to welcome back relatives from their pilgrimage to
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    FAILURE OF FAIR 'DUE TO CRUSADE
    159 29 FAILURE OF FAIR 'DUE TO CRUSADE TRAFFIC JAMS' POOR attendance at a fair held In the National Stadium's exhibition hall was blamed on the massive traffic Jams created around the area by people flocking to see the Singapore Billy Graham Crusade last week. The Economy Home and Christmas Gifts Fairs
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    80 29 POLICE have referred a man to the Woodbridge Hospital for observation, following complaints of threats of violence from him In the Kallang Bahru area. Residents living In the same block of Housing Board flats as the man said he had been going around
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    74 29 THE Leng Kee community centre youth group will hold a New Year Eve party at the Stirling Road area office community hall on Dec 31 from 1 30 p.m. to 12 midnight. The youth group will alao hold a ilng-a-k>ng and Indoor games for Its members
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    Tan's date
    29 29 SENIOR Minister of SUtc 1 Finance) Dr. Tan Ens Liang will open the Fifth Conference of Singapore Accountants at the Regional Language Centre tomorrow at 9 30
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    Eight NS police jailed, 45 fined
    114 29 Eight NS police jailed, 45 fined FIFTY-THREE police national servicemen were charged in court for desertion and absence from duty last month, according to a police press release. Of the 45 part-time Vigilante Corps (VC) members prosecuted, S8 paid fines between $120 and $2,000, while seven were jailed for terms
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    Shangri-La charges to go up too
    292 29 ANOTHER leading hotel has announced it will raise its room charges next month the 11th to do so since November. A spokesman from Shangri-La Hotel yesterday said they wUI increase their room rates by 10 per <* nt to hel P offset a salary
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    Drowned after fall
    49 29 A CREW member of a motor vessel. Aiklai, was drowned when he fell from a ladder while working aboard the vessel at Eastern Anchorage on Tuesday morning. Ahmad bin Abdullah, 53. of Marine Terrace, was said to have lost his balance, and fell Into the sea.
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    FINED $750 FOR CARRYING PRISONER'S MESSAGE
    104 29 FINED $750 FOR CARRYING PRISONER'S MESSAGE A FORMER temporary dally- rated bollerman from the Singapore Corporation of Rehabilitative Enterprises (Secret was yesterday fined $750 by a magistrate forccnveying a letter from a prisoner without lawful authority. Kalingam Marlappan pleaded guilty to delivering the letter from prisoner Chua Slang Teng, to
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    Nantah grads in civil service up by 50 pc
    236 29 Nantah grads in civil service up by 50 pc THE number of Nanyang University graduates In the civil service has Increased by 50 per cent since 1971 and they now form almost a quarter of the total 5.600 graduates In the service. Disclosing this at a recent careers convention at
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    SAF careers
    23 29 AN SAP career exhibition 1 will be opened at Kirn Keat 1 community centre on Dec 30 J at S pjn.
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      229 29 Straits Times Crossword ACROSS (or surgery? (S-7>. 1 Harangue agaiiist helping 6 Moose fur's treated on (Mik»ard people o ISI course of floor i9i. i Produce 11 one can And 7. I Not rare enough. MUihe money (61 tress? (S). 8 My jo. John and a 11 Forward city's Spanish
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    Programme for tonight
    186 30 Programme for tonight TONIGHTS profram- al Victoria Tbratrc: Choral Night An t lo Chinese School Cnoir —a) Sariram (folk) •one) Gonna Build a MoanlAln (L Brlea« and A Newly); (.oncer! Choir (SintaB«re American School) a) David* Lamentation (W Billings). bi Glory to God in the Hi(hrst (Thomson); (•nest Item: Fonr
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    BANKER AND UOB PLEDGE $100,000 TO SSO
    204 30 siv.AWriii: FESTIVAL OF ARTS m BANKER Mr. Lien Ying member of the endowChow, chairman and ment fund sub-commlt-managing director of tee of the Symphonia the United Overseas Company. Bank Group, and the The Straits Times UOB have each pledged Press (1975) Ltd. has
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    A satisfying concert under baton of maestro
    596 30  -  LIM PENG ANN By A SATISFYING concert, both In terms of organisation as well as musical quality, was presented by the Asian Youth Orchestra under Choo Hoey's direction at the Conference Hall last night. The medium-sized orchestra of 75 players Included, at a
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    Small turnout reflects little interest in operas
    471 30 Small turnout reflects little interest in operas GERALDINE TANG FEW people, it seems, have cultivated an interest or have the Datlence to listen to operas. Judging from the relatively small turnout at the Victoria Theatre for the Opera Night of the Singapore Festival of Arts yesterday. Four short operas, two
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    POLICE BAND DELIGHTS
    138 30 THE 71-man Singapore Police Band joined In the festive mood as they entertained the public with Christmas carols, and songs from Abba, outside Colombo Court yesterday afternoon. Under the baton of Asst. Supt. Rldzwan Mulok. the band also played a medley from the "Sound of Herb Alpert
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    Bid to raise $5m for Cultural Foundation
    523 31  -  DANA LAM By THE Ministry of iiliure is planning lo mte an initial sum of $."> million joi the iK'wh tip Cultural Foundation. A spokesman of the ministry yesterday disclosed that the ministry would be discussing plans with the National Theatre Trust, the
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    Welcome's fair price fish stall at KK market
    447 31 THE first NTUC Welcome's Fair Price irozen flsh stall will op:n in Kandang Kerbau r.iarket tomorrow morning For a start, five varieties of frozen flsh— white pomtret ipai chang yu), trevally (chin ch.n yu), golden croaker (chin loong yui. kembong and dory
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    84 flats in Boon Lay balloted
    80 31 84 flats in Boon Lay balloted THE MP for Boon Lay, Mr Ngeow Pack Hua, attended the final balloting of 84 units of fiveroom flats atop the Boon Lay Garden shopping centre on Tuesday. To date the Jurong Town Corporation has balloted a total of 6.066 three to liveroom flats.
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    Bringing back that 'magic' after 16 years
    324 31 Bringing back that 'magic' after 16 years FOR international lineIng star Anneke Gronloh who popularised the tune. Huron* Kaka 1 u.i in the *****. her fleeting \isit of Singapore after Iff years has sparked off nostalgia and delight. Indeed, the audience at the Hotel Oberoi Imperial bar could not believe
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      Lock icon 'Boat people' may wreck our vision, says Ghazali
      326 32 GENEVA, Wed HOME Affairs Minister Tan Sri Ohazali Shafle yesterday expressed fears that the problem of the Vietnamese "boat people" will make the Malaysian vision of a united, democratic and Just society an Impossible dream. Tan Sri Ohazali was speaking here at
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      35 32 KUALA TRENOOANU. Wed. Authorities here believe that several hundred Vietnamese "boat people" may attempt beaching their bo>ts In TrannaiMi aute and neighbouring Kelantan, on the That border, within the next few days. Reuter.
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      'Refugee talks were grossly inadequate'
      274 32  - 'Refugee talks were grossly inadequate' GERARD CORR By Straits Times Correspondent GENEVA. Wednesday THE meagre results of two days of intensive talks here on the refugee crisis have prompted Malaysian Home Affairs Minister Tan Sri Ohazali Shafle to condemn them as "grossly Inadequate" and "just a drop In the ocean."
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      Haadyai free of 'bad hats' says Thai police chief
      138 32 Haadyai free of 'bad hats' says Thai police chief ALOB STAR, Wed Haadyal and other towns In southern Thailand are almost free of canisters and criminals. Thai PoUee Commissioner, Zone 4, Lt. Gen. Bhong Snkdl Pranootnoradhal, has said. This was the result of intensified efforts by the police to gat
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      Approved: More pay for judges
      113 32 Approved: More pay for judges KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. parliament today approved without debate a BUI to Increase the remuneration paid to Judges, with arrears dating from Jan 1, 1970. 'lt»e Lord Prtsioent would now be paid 56.000 a month, the Chief Justice of the High Court of Malaya, 55.500. the
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      Seized items for auction
      59 32 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed About 1,320 cigarette lighters. textiles and celling fan rods, will be auctioned off tomorrow morning at the cutuxni godown In Jalan Brickfields here. A spokesman of the customs preventive branch here said todaj the auction of goods seized by customs officers over the
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      Malaysian breds: First Generation heads list
      411 33 RACING... by FAIRWAY IPOH, Wed. First ation has become the highest stakes earner among the Malaysian-breds. With his splendid «econd to Buna Mia last Saturday, the Fumant six-year-old brought his total to $68,750 from six wins, 13 seconds and five thirds. The bay entire,
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      Penang Gold Cup entries
      1132 33 ENTRIES for the Penang Turf Club's Gold Cup meeting on Dec 22-23 and Dec 2930 CLASS ONE: First run 1.200 m lai or 1,700 m ibi; second run 1.200 m (c) or 2.000 m bold Cup (dl—Aggressor bd, Allanna ac. Air Marshal II bd. Al Cador
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      Women's hockey will be new event
      359 33  -  GODFREY ROBERT By BANGKOK, Wed. Women's hockey will be a new event for the 1980 Moscow i Olympic Games. R. v. r«ogui>k-y. yicercesident of the "Olympiad 8J Organising Committee, disclosed this at a Press conference here yesterday when he submitted a progress rfport on
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      AFFIRMED 'HORSE OF THE YEAR'
      147 33 NEW YORK. Wed. Triple crown winner Affirmed has been named America's "Horse of the Year" In a composlte poll by three leading thoroughbred racing organisations, Owned by Florida lndustrialist Louis Wolfson and ridden by Steve Cauthen, Affirmed won his first eight starts thLs year. Including
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      Lock icon Call for professionalism
      381 34 ATHLETICS MONEY PROBE LONDON, Wed. Athletes should all be made professionals to eliminate the hypocrisy in the sport, Derek Ibbotson, Britain's former world mile recordholder suggests in a report in the Daily Express here today. Ibbot: oil's comments follow the Inquiry by police and European athletic officials
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      River Plate deny United's interest
      294 34 BUENOS AIRES, Wed. Argentina's River Plate soccer team today denied that Manchester United, of Britain, had expressed Interest In buying two of their leading players. Commencing on reports from Britain that Manchester United were negotiating with River Plate over the purchase of captain Daniel Passarella
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      Lock icon Borg wins WCT opening match
      246 34 Borg wins WCT opening match MONTEGO BAY (Jamaica), wed. Wimbledon champion BJotfn Bor* of Bweden, and Mexloos Raul Raml-ez won yesterday's operung matches In the World Championship Tennis challenge tournament here. Borg. playing his first match for two weeks after being ordered to rest an Injured thigh, made short wonlc
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      Lock icon Ovett rejects award
      180 34 LONDON. Wed. Steve Ovett. the world's top miler, caused a sensation In British sport today when he turn- ed down the Sportsman-of-the-Year award. The European 1500-metre champion, whose relations with the popular British Press have been at rock bottom for more than a year, failed to attend
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      AAAA to protest strongly against lAAF ban
      285 35 BANOKOK. Wed The Asian Amateur Athletic Association will protest strongly against the International Amateur Athletic Federation's decision to ban athletes who take part In the current Asian Games here, reports (.ODKRrY ROHrRT The AAAA. at a council meeting this morning at the Ambassador
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      Move to make sepak takraw a boom sport
      307 35  -  BERNARD PEREIRA by SEPAK TAKRAW will be Singapore's boom sport of 1979. At least, it will be, if Encik Mansor Sukalml is able to carry out what he intends to do with It. The acting president of the Singapore Amateur Sepak Takn.w
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      Lock icon Award for Chinese, Indian
      111 35 Award for Chinese, Indian BANGKOK, Wed. Indian 800 metres runner Sri Ram Singh and Chinese women hurdler Tai Chien Hua have been selected as Asia's outstanding athletes. The Sports Institute of Patiala, India, said today it had awarded "Golden Shoe" awards to the two athletes in recognition of their prominence
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      Sukree roars into contention with a sparkling round
      255 35 Sukree roars into contention with a sparkling round KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Sukree Onsham, after a disastrous opening round, roared back into contention with a sparkling three-under 69 in the second round of the Credit Corporation of Malaysia Golf Classic at the RSGC course here today. Sukree. who seems to have
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      Karting Prix
      25 35 CATHAY Pacific Airways ar« to tly nine Singapore karters to the Bell-ray Pesta Penang Karting Prix, to be held in Pvnang on Sunday
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      Cosmos meet
      33 35 THOSE wishing to take put In the Quorum ay Counos Sport* Clubi ieven-a-*lde •oceer tournament, scheduled for Jan 7 at Dover Road froai lam 6pm. should contact Mr Tan at 64*419
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      Perak wreck Singapore
      216 35  -  ERNEST FRIDA By PERAK 3 SINGAPORE 0 SINGAPORE Combined bchools hockey team were a shattered side at the Padang yesUrday, torn asuncer by the superb technique, bewildering speed and dazzlmg *tickwork of th£T 3."J* countt[P art* Don t blame goalkeeper Harj.t Singh Despite being beaten three times,
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      Secrecy veil surrounds Cup finalists
      413 35  - Secrecy veil surrounds Cup finalists JOE DORAI ACTIONS speak louder than words. That's the attitude Singapore A and Se I a ntror officials are adopting for tonighi's Lion City Cup soccer final at the National Stadium (8.30). Neither side are eager to reveal their true feelings, tactics or line-ups. A
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      WONG'S TITLE
      119 35 FOR the second time In the past three years. Thomas Wong, of Hongkong Bank. I won the men's singles title in the Singapore Business I Houses' badminton cham- pionshlps. beating Sulaiman Zaini. of Singapore Airlines, 18-14. 15-13 in the final at Ouillemard Road. Other results (all finals): Men's
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      ARCHERS HOPE FOR BRONZE ONLY
      119 36  - ARCHERS HOPE FOR BRONZE ONLY WILFRED YEO By BANGKOK. Wed. Singapore archers Sam Tan. Mona Jayos and Laura de Rosairo. who go into action tomorrow at the Hua Mark sports complex. have set their sights on the bronze medal. Thr gold and silver. they leel. would be fought between China
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      939 36 Chen daredevil and world class BANT. KOK, Wed. I Petite and pretty Chinese schoolgirl 1 Chen Hsiao Hsia today dazzled the Asian Games with a daredevil worldclass performance in high diving that had the crowd cheering wildly at the open air swimming complex here. The super lative performance by the
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      318 36 Today's events in Bangkok ASIAN GAMES programme for today: ARCHERY Women 70 metres, men 90 metres, women 60 metres and men 70 metres (sessions at 10 30 a.m. and 2.30 p.m.). Mill UK > Morning 19.30 a.m.): Men's 110 m hurdles heats and semifinals; women s discus final, women's 1500
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      62 36 Asian Game* medals tally after 58 events: G S B Japan 21 18 13 China 18 16 16 N. Korea 9 7 5 Thailand 4 6 1 S. Korea 2 8 11 Philippines 2 12 Singapore 110 Malaysia 10 0 Lebanon 10 0 Indonesia 0 2 5 Pakistan
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      11 36 ABOUT SPORT T»» column that gate down to th» nttty-grttty
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      Scintilising? No, its disgustible!
      515 36 WHAT a pity Radio and Telev i s i on Singap ore have been unable to bring us the thrills and colour of the Asian Games this week "live." I'm sure ail of us in the Republic would have been on the edges of our armchairs
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      Lock icon Burmese crash out of soccer's medal hunt
      456 36 BANGKOK. Wed—Twotime champions Burma crashed out of the Asian Games soccer tournament here today after a 3-n defeat by North Korea. Though the North Koreans ran out easy winners, they were an unimpressive side against a Burmese team that were a pale shadow
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      Japan v China game will be replayed
      229 36 BANGKOK, Wed. The eight-member Jury of Appeal lor water-polo today decided that yesterday's discontinued match between Japan and China will be replayed on Sunday, reports ALBERT JOHN SON. The match was suspended following a protest by the Japanese. They alleged that China's Tsal
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      ASIAN GAMES RESULTS
      1383 36 BASKETBALL Men: N. Korea 100 Hongkong 77; Pakistan 80 Saudi Arauia 57; S. Kcrta 124 Bahrain 53; Malaysia 163 Qatar 37. Women: China 123 Thailand 52. BADMINTON Men: Indonesia 3 India 1; China 3 Hongkong 0; Pakistan 3 Nepal 0 Women is*-ml-flnal&i: China 3 Japan 1; Indonesia
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      Junie eyes the double after gold triumph
      520 37 BANGKOK, Wed. Little Junie Sng was Sin g a p ore's heroine when she breezed through to take the women's 400-metre freestyle gold medal on the second day of the Asian Games swimin in g championships here today. Junle clocked 4min 31.355 ec
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      Jayamani will compete in today's 1,500 m event
      343 37 BANGKOK, Wed. Singapore's ion? distance queen Ktndasamy Jayarhani wlil compete in the women's 1,500 metres event in the Ask.n Games athletics prjgramme, which gets unde rway at the National Stadium here tomorrow morning. After a meeting v;th Singapore National Olympic Council and
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      Gunsmith quick on the draw
      297 37 BANGKOK. Wed. Behind most markmen's success in the Asian Games Is Langenbacher, gunsmith extraordinary. For, since the start of the pistol and rifle competition on Sunday. Langenbacher has been busy repairing the faulty weapons of almost every shooter here. The German gun expert works with
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      Today's events
      90 37 Today's events BASKETBALL Interconstltuenry second round iQay World Stadium >. 730 HOCKEY BHA sentor ksttek-OTI Singapore Cricket Club v BAFBA <Padang>. SIA SATS v Khalsa (Balestier Road' matches at 515 BOCCEK Uoo City Cap. tkird placing Singapore B v Singapore C FtnaJ Singapore A v Selangor i National stadium 7
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      AEROBIC FITNESS
      73 37 THE next national aerobic fitness award test will be hekl at the Marine Pari.de jocgtaK track (close to the Singapore Sports Council fitness comer) on Saturday (430) Registration forms, available at a:i the SSC's booking offices and swimming pools, must be completed and returned before the test. Reglitratlon
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      Elephant luck far S'pore shooter Tan?
      277 37 Elephant luck far S'pore shooter Tan? H BANGKOK, Wed. Early yesterday morning, Tan Boon Hua t, Singapore's trap shooter in the Asian Games, visited a temple and was told: If you touch an elephant's head, good luck will fall on you. He did so without hesitation. It could have been
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      Slow, but Abbas qualifies
      186 37 BANGKOK. Wed. Singapore cyclist Abbas Mutalib today qualified for the second round of the 4.000 metres Individual pursuit at the Hua Mark velodrome. but unlesss he manages a faster time, tomorrow will see the end of his challenge, reports HILFRKO VrO Abbas finished eighth in the
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      Tan confident of good show against China
      165 37 BANGKOK, Wed. Singapo r e s water-polo coach. Tan Eng Bock, said he was confident that the team would do well against China tomorrow, reports ALBERT JOHNSON. Tan's optimism stems from the team's unexpected and splendid 9-4 win against the North Koreans yesterday.
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      Easy for India, Pakistan
      77 37 BANGKOK. Wed. Pakistan and India, the likrly finalists, showed un insatiable thirst for goals when they thrashed their lc*ly opponents to advance Into the semi-finals of the Asian Games hockey competition here today. India, only managing it 1-0 lead In the first half agalnrt wooden spoonlsts
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      Praises shower down on Bulakul
      172 37 Praises shower down on Bulakul BANGKOK, Wed. Rachaneewan Bulakul (above), a pretty teenager from a Bangkok convent, is living in a dream first she carried the torch before thousands at the Asian Games opening ceremony on Saturday, then she won Thailand's first swimming gold yesterday. After her shock 200metre freestyle
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      Crowd again help Thais to win a gold
      294 37 Crowd again help Thais to win a gold BANGKOK, Wed. I Singapore were again out of the Asian j Games bowling medal hunt, as the partisan home crowd spurred the Thais to another gold and a bronze in today's doubles events at the Bangkok Bowl. Tony Lee and C.W. Wong
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    Lock icon 2,000 flee floods
    63 38 COLOMBO. Wed. Floods have forced about 2,000 people to abandon their homes In Batticaloa on Sri Lanka's east coast, part of an area devastated three weeks ago by a cyclone, the Ceylon Broadcastng Corporation said yesterday. Three villages near Batticaloa were completely cut off and air force
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    Lock icon Missing panda found dead
    58 38 ROTTERDAM. Wed. A two- year -old Lesser Panda, missing from Rotterdam's Blijdorp zoo since Saturday, was found dead on a railway track yesterday. A aoo spokesman said the female panda a reddishbrown racoon-like animal from the Himalayas, smaller than its rare Chinese relative, the giant panda
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    Lock icon Artificial snowfall
    53 38 PEKING. Wed. A large area In t>rld Western China has been coated with an artificial snowfall, the People's Daily rejorted yesterday. The Communist Party organ reported that medium to heavy falls covered 400 sq km In Slnkiang after planes and artillery rhells were used to seed moist clouds
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    The jobless engineers
    52 38 NEW DELHI. Wed. About 100.000 qualified engineers are unemployed In India, the Prime Minister, Mr. Morarji Desal. Informed a questioner In Parliament today. Mr. Desai put the total number of job seekers on the registers of government employment exchanges at 10.9 million as of Dec 31 last
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    Lock icon Pro-Shah rioters . hit back
    359 38 Pro-Shah rioters hit back TEHERAN. Wednesday AHMED pro -Shall demonstrators have unleashed a war of revenge on opponents of the regime, attacking people and private projierty in major cities where earlier in the week Shiite Muslim mass marchers demanded the Shah's resignation. Hundreds of the pro-Shah demonstrators spilled Into the
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    Lock icon Oil-rich— Iran now forced to import kerosene
    304 38 Oil-rich— Iran now forced to import kerosene TEHERAN, Wed. OHrich Iran, reelins under crippling strikes In its petroleum industries, moved today to import refine! oil products. "The government has started negotiating with potential suppliers," one Western diplomat said today. "They are still getting about 1.25 million barrels a day out
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    130 38 MINEHEAD (England), Wed. Mlnehead magistrates' court today committed politician Jeremy Thorpe for trial on cnarges of conspiracy and Incitement to murder his alleged homosexual lover, Norman Scott. Thorpe, 49, former leader of the Liberal Party, and three codefendants were sent for trial by judge and Jury
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    100 38 WASHINGTON. Wed. Vietnamese demonstrators singing the anthem of the old Saigon regime met Iranian students shouting "Down with the Shah" in front of the White House on Monday. The two groups exchanged leaflets. Later. South Koreans opposed to the dictatorship of Park Chung-Hee
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    161 38 LONDON. Wed Share prices closed lower today on persistent small selling dealers said At 3pm the Financial Times index was down 5 at 479 t Operators were cautious ahead of the British trade figures due tomorrow There was little reaction to the figures published today, they added Industrial
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    Round 7 of air talks
    37 38 THE seventh round of air talks between Singapore and Malaysia will be held in Kuala Lumpur next month, the secretary-general of the Ministry of Transnort in Malaysia. Naji Mohd. Noor, said tonight.
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    45 38 MR. V. BALAN (Security Offlccr. Bethlehem shipyard] aged 39 passed away on 13/1270 leaving behind beloved wife and 2 chlldre.i to mourn Mi lobi. Cortege laavet IS Loroni Ah Thla. Buklt Panjin* 10 mi. on 14/12/78 at 2.00 p.m. for Ml Vemon Crematorium.
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      1008 1  - Indonesia set for bumper rice crop PAUL ZACH in Jakarta Harvest expected to top 17*7 million tonnes By QUOTE 4 Indonesia is aiming for longterm self-sufficiency in agriculture but experts admit that goal could prove elusive. They are already predicting next year's crop could not possibly match the 1978 harvest,
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        'Splendour' girl chooses to suffer in silence
        435 2 In SPLENDOUR IN THE SAND at 10.06 on Channel 8, the investigating police officer suspects that Shuit Lean has something to do with the death of Lin Wan. He offers to leave her out of the picture and Shuit Lean has in fact
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        Night of choirs at the Old Vic
        141 2 Night of choirs at the Old Vic LET valet* la laiinnay mteruim y«a tbfc cvfaiif »i Ike Victoria Ttotre at right. THE FESTIVAL OP ARTS prMeata CHORAL NIGHT wfck* will fefttve fiwn ■ever*! ■elected chain ia Slagapere. AaMMg these b the ABgle-Chlaese Seheel Chair which will slag Sarlnuß ud Gaaam
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        567 2  -  SAW PUAY DM A CHRISTMAS show tailored to suit the tastes of young and old is in store for TV buffs. Entitled. 1178 CHRISTMAS SPECIAL, it will not only boast of popular professional singers but will also feature budding talents
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        Mor drums up to spiritual heights
        334 2 Mor drums up to spiritual heights IT isn't everybody who finds material and spiritual fulfilment doing the same thing but West Africa's Mor Thiam isn't just anybody. While playing the African drums is now his main means of livelihood, this leader of the group, Drums of Fire International, also allows
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        64 2 THE White Cane Pop Band will be highlighted in tonight's edition of A TOUCH OF COURAGE on radio at 9.10. Also featured are Koh Swee Hock and Minah Abdualla Abdullah of the Woodlands Home for the Aged; Ho Cham Ming, a woodwork instructor at the Singapore Association
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        737 2 TV and Radio SINGAPORE 5 3.00 PM Openinf and Trial of the Lem- 7.00 Samudra (Malay) mnts 7.30 News (Malay) aa. r i_ x 7.45 The Six MHon Dolar Man Date 3.30 Diary of Events (Chinese) WHh Danfer (Part 1) 3.35 Home Sweet Home (Mandarin 8.50 Science Report Drama Serial
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      1119 3  - Tree People' losing battle with the Reds BERNARD MELUNSKY "Even if the heart is sore, we mast look happy." Thousands of Laotian Meo hill people or Hmong (Tree People") as they call themselves, celebrated their new year in Thai refugee camps last week with outwardly high spirits, knowing that the
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        154 5 SO YOU STILL SMOKE THEN LET'S TALK TEETH You wouldn't use a scouring agent to clean bone china, would you? It's the same with teeth. Yet ordinary toothpastes are too bland to remove tobacco film, and tea, coffee or other stubborn stains. The answer? New Clinomyn the toothpaste specially formulated
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        987 6  -  Dr L.H.S. l by DOES your child wet his bed? If he does, I sympathise with you. Today I hope to clarify things for you and your family and give a ray of hope to the poor child. Bed-wetting, or in medical jargon "Enure sis",
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        360 6  -  SHEILA CHEONG Eugenia: Feminine, vivacious and very Latin American By WHEN the Argentine Minister of State for Maritime Affairs, Rear Admiral Carlos Guevara visited Singapore recently, much of the nitty gritty of putting together his programme fell on the slender shoulders of a vivacious Chilean woman at the Argentine
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        244 6 What is kedgeree, what is a civet? WHAT is a kedgeree? Kedgeree, sometimes spelled kegeree, is said to have been during the era when the sun never set on the British Empire an English variation of an Indian dish. It was much like a curry and contained fish and rice
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      29 8 Cureatly rtaalag at II per ceat tat prices are expected to finish the year at least I per eeat klgfcer than ItTJ when tkey rsse C.B per eeat.
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      28 8 Expected to Ut MS MUtoa this year, ap from $H.C billion last year. The deficit Is expected to taper off next year to about $M.5 billion.
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      27 8 $35 billion to $31 billlsa paymeats defldt expected, op from $31.5 billion last year. Likely to drop to $12.1 billion or $1«.8 aext year.
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      32 8 Down to about 3 per ceat from about 3.5 per cent last year and 4.9 per ceat la lflf, meaning It will be closer to these sf Its trading partner*.
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      1600 8  -  DAVID WALLACE By in Washington THE AMERICAN shopper, confronted with steadily mounting prices in the supermarket, faces little immediate respite from the country's second worst bout of inflation since just after World War Two. But at least the second malady affecting
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        604 9 Mfß I X I^/ "^Las** 1 SINGAPORE POLYTECHNIC The Singapore Polytechnic invites applications from suitably qualified cand.dates to fill the post of Adn..mstrotive Assistant (Supplies). L1 The successful condidote will be responsible for the running of the Supplies Section in the Finance Divis,on. n Degree or equivalent with relevant experience
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