The Straits Times, 20 December 1978

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    15 1 The Straits Times I Estd. 1845 WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1978 25 CENTS M.C.(P) No. 214/1/78
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    Lock icon INDIRA PUT IN PRISON
    435 1 Expelled from Parliament NEW DELHI, Tuesday FORMER Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was arrested today for contempt of Parliament and breach of privilege in blocking a 1975 parliamentary probe into her son's business activities. Mrs. (iandlii was arrested as she left Parliament, white she heard the sentence
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    Slarved 5 days —all in vain
    54 1 Starved 5 days all in vain ADELAIDE. Tuea John Patrick Shannon. i 6. starved tumaclf for ny» days so he could aquecae through prison ban to escape the Supreme Court here was told today. But alter escaping from his cell, he waa too weak to rlimt> the outside vail and
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    Lock icon Heavy guard for Ohira
    77 1 JAPAN'S new Prime Minister, Mr. Masayoshi Ohira (centre) leaving; his official residence under heavy guard just after police arrested a knife-carrying man who attempted to attack him on Monday. Police later Identified the attacker as Sumio Hi rose, 31, a former member of the rightwing National
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    Lock icon Conmen swindle oil buyer from Europe
    126 1 JAKARTA. Tues A group of tricksters has swindled a large European company by promising to sell 300.000 barrels of Indonesian oil a day for five years under a "strictly confidential" agreement allegedly involving senior government officials, Attorney General All Said charged today. He told
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    40 heads to be picked to run schools branch
    340 1  -  LEE KIM CHEW Py FORTY principals will be handplcked by the Education Ministry to run Its schools branch which has been reorganised to play a more effective supervisory role in the administration of schools. Sources yesterday said the restructured division, which
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    Lock icon Incomes in US up by $37 b
    63 1 WABHINOTON. Tues. American personal Incomes increased by USSI7.3 billion (8*37 3 billion) last month, showing the economy waa still performing strongly, the government reported today. The rlae makes the annual rate of increase UBSI7M billion a year. If distributed equally, this would mean
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    Lock icon Gold price soars
    38 1 Gold price soars LONDON Tues. Oold •oared UB»6 5 iS»U> In early trading here today, reaching U*****375 »n ounce. The new figure wu the highest since Nov a. Thli week gold hu men U8»12 2J. dealers noted. AFP.
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    Lock icon Dollar edges up
    65 1 TOKYO, Tue«.— The US dollar, after a bearish ■tart, gained strength today on the Tokyo foreign exchange market to finish at ***** yen. marginally higher than yesterdays 193.325 yen. It opened this morning at 192.50 yen. illpped further hitting 192.00 yen before It began zlg-zag-i glng up
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    Lock icon Shah's troops under stress
    646 1 TEHERAN, Tuesday THE Iranian armed forces, which have been largely responsible lor keeping the Shah in power through a year of turni oil, are beginning to show signs of stress. At Tabriz, west, of here, troops yesterday refused to flre on anti-Shah demonstrators, i A week
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    'U' link for oil transfer 'against rules'
    238 1 SPYROS CASE THE "U" connection used by the Greek tanker Epyros to transfer oil between bunker and cargo tanks was contrary to the regulations the ship was registered under, the Spyros Inquiry heard yesterday. Mr John Dent, an engineer and ship surveyor of
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    Hearsts part
    50 1 BAN FRANCISCO, Tv« The parents of Patricia Hearst have separated after 40 years of marriage because of psychological strain since their daughter was kidnapped, a source close to the family said here. The father, Mr Randolph Hearst. 63. is former president of the Hearst chain of newspapers. APT.
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    Lock icon LATEST
    69 1 High N-fal!out detected TOKYO. Toes. The Japanese Government reported today Its monitors detected nuclear fallout 20 times stronger than usual, resulting from China's atmospheric nuclear explosion last week. The government's radioactivity eoanlermeasure headquarters said it was the first fallout recorded in Japan since China experimented Its 25th atmospheric nuclear
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      Lock icon 'DRESSED' FOR THE OCCASION
      50 2 'DRESSED' FOR THE OCCASION COMEDIAN Steve Martin < wearlag a rmUrvbe and shower cap to receive a j Ge*rgU statae m Suday tram Ike American (iolld •f Variety Artistes m "Kntcrtalnpr the i Year." Tke skew was tapes] at Caesar's Palace la Las Vega* (*>r TV sfcawta* next math. UPI
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      Lock icon Summit plan
      41 2 TOKYO. Tues. Japsnese Prime Minister Masayoshi Ohira has instructed Foreign Minister Sunao Sonoda to visit Washington and Bonn next month to prepare for next year's summit of leading industrial democracies in Tokyo, the mass-circulation Yomluri Shimbun reported today. Reuter
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      Lock icon 'US cannot produce enough to feed world'
      298 2 Bergland on agricultural aid AGRICULTURE Secretary Bob Bergland said yesterday that the United States cannot produce enough food to feed the world's hungry masses and instead will help other nations improve agricultural production. Mr. Bergland said the US can help developing nations i
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      Lock icon 20 killed
      32 2 BARCELONA(VenezueU), Tues. At least 20 people were killed and 60 Injured, many seriously, when three buses and a lorry collided near this eastern Veneluelan town today, hospital sources said. Reuter.
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      Lock icon Whale lover's bid to climb tower fails
      214 2 TOKYO, Tues. An American whale lover made an unsuccessful attempt today to climb Tokyo Tower as the International Whaling Commission (IWC) began a special two-day session to set next winter's sperm whale catch quotas in the northern Pacific. i, Joe Healy, who climbed
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      Lock icon Can't afford a recount
      68 2 VTRCINIA, Tuei Wealthy Republican lawyer John Warner, husband of Elizabeth Taylor, will go to Washington next month as Virginia's Junior senator because Us rival. Democrat Andrew Miller, has dropped request for a recount of last month's senate election Mr. Miller.4s, who by law must meet the
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      Lock icon Fire damage
      35 2 BANGKOK. Tu«s Bangkok up until Dec 15 had suffered a total of 581 fires causing damage to 475 million baht (S$Sl 3 million) worth of property this year, the fire brigade reported. AFP.
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      Lock icon Wedding for a Kennedy
      67 2 PENNSYLVANIA. Tues. Joseph Kennedy, eldest son of Senator Robert Kennedy who was assassinated In 19GK, will shortly marry Sheila Rauch of Philadelphia, It was announced here yesterday. The announcement was made by Miss Rauch's father, who to president of a savings bank In Philadelphia No dale
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      Ship blazes One killed
      45 2 MATSUYAMA(Japan). Tues. One workman was killed today and nine seriously injured when fire broke oat aboard a ship under construction here, police said. The Are on a 7,800-tonne refrigeration ship was brought under control before it could cause •Tiemdve rlamarv RnMr
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      Lock icon Opponents bashed to death, says ICJ
      162 2 Opponents bashed to death, says ICJ GENEVA, Tues. The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) charged today that President Macias Nguema of Equatorial Guinea was utterly ruthless in liquidating his political opponents and that the latest form of execution was to smash their skulls with iron bars. Ten out of twelve
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      Lock icon French, Swiss hit by 90minute blackout
      235 2 French, Swiss hit by 90minute blackout PARIS, Timm. A nationwide blackout brought France and parts of Switzerland to a standstill today Offcials said a sudden heavy increase in electricity usage caused the 90 minute power cut off. Hundreds of Parisians walked to work or elbowed their way onto crowded buses
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      Lock icon Hanoi 'yes' to newsmen
      37 2 Hanoi 'yes' to newsmen TOKYO. Tues. Vietnam luu agreed, in principle, to let Japa nese reporters be stationed in Hanoi, the foreign ministry disclosed today. In return, Vietnamese newsmen will be allowed to work in Tokyo- UPI.
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      Lock icon Seven killed
      35 2 QUITO, Tues. At least seven people were killed and nine seriously injured when a crowded bus plunged over a cliff in a mountainous area of south Ecuador early yesterday, radio reports said. Reuter.
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      Lock icon Manila to up share of rice reserves
      138 2 Manila to up share of rice reserves MANILA. Tues. The Philippines will increase its contribution to the emergency rice reserves of Asean from 10,000 to 12,000 tonnes. A government announcement today said President Marcos approved the increase to match Indonesia's contribution. Asean leaders had agreed to set up the reserve
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      Lock icon JAPANESE BANK TO FLOAT BONDS IN U.S.
      123 3 JAPANESE BANK TO FLOAT BONDS IN U.S. TOKYO, Tues. The Industrial Bank of Japan has agreed to float bonds worth US$5O million <SsloB million) in the United States, the bank said today. The bond agreement was signed in New York yesterday with Morgan Stanley and IBJ International. This is the
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      Lock icon Transport strike
      65 3 TOKYO. Tues. Transpon worker* in Tokyo struck for one hour this morning, inconveniencing more than 40.080 early commuters using subway, bus and streetcar systems operated by the Tokyo metropolitan government. The strike was part ol the unified struggle of the 199.000membrr Federation of Metropoli tan Government Workers' Union
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      Cheaper fares boomerang on Aussie travel agents
      394 3  -  VINCENT STOVE By Our correspondent in Sydney Thousands of tourists delay journeys THE prospect of cheaper air fares to Europe has boomeranged with disastrous effects on the Australian tour agencies with thousands of tourists delaying their travelling until the new fares are introduced.
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      Lock icon Solz tax claim story editors fined
      220 3 Solz tax claim story editors fined ZURICH. Tues.— Four editors of the newspaper, Tages-Anzeiger, were fined US$l,2OO (552,592)) each for failing to surrender material used in an article on a US$2.4 million tax claim against Nobel prize-winning author Alexander Solzhenitsyn, the paper said yesterday. Tages-Anzeiger reporter Reimar Springmann, who wrote
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      Lock icon Visa quest
      45 3 MOSCOW, Tuea. Nobel laure- j ale Andrei Sakharov said yesterday he and nil wile Yelena Bon ncr would go on a hunger strike on Jan 3 if Soviet visa officials do not give her permission to go to Italy for eye treatment. UPI.
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      Lock icon New pact signed
      70 3 CANBERRA.Tues. Australia and Papua New Guinea nave signed the Torres Strait Agreement which, pending ratification in both countries, determines the border between Australia and Papua New Guinea involving the Torres Strait. The border agreement retains the right <rf Torres Strait islanders to move freely across the borders
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      Lock icon Bad showing in US polls
      54 3 WASHINGTON. Tues -Voting turn-out in the November US mid term elections was the lowest 'in 36 years, recent rigures revealed Only 37.9 per c«at of the electorate took part compared with 38 per cent in 1974, the last time voting not connected with the presidential
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      Lock icon Paintings purchase to cut Japan surplus
      155 3 Paintings purchase to cut Japan surplus TOKYO. Tues Japan's j Cultural Affairs Agency said today the government has decided to buy two paintings worth US$l.3 million <Ss2.B million) from overseas to help curtail Japan's trade surplus. A agency spokesman said the paintings are Belgian painter Peter Rubens' "Lot Verlasst Mit
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      Lock icon Non-stop to Hanoi
      41 3 BANGKOK. Tues The Thai Airways company (TAC) today inaugurated a direct non-stop service from Bangkok to Hanoi. Air Vietnam and TAC have already been flying once a week between Bangkok and Hanoi but stopping over in Vientiane. Reuter.
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      Lock icon Indonesian oil circles hail price hike plan
      366 3 INDONESIAN oil circles have hailed the decision of Opec to raise oil prices by 14 5 per cent. "The rise is a good decision and we think it is acceptable to the consuming countries," an oil official said. Indonesia, which producer 1.6 million
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      Lock icon Trouble-hit assembly to adjourn — late
      119 3 Trouble-hit assembly to adjourn late Showing mounting signs of fatigue, the 33rd United Nations General Assembly headed (or adjournment this week probably two days late. In the past few days, delegates have accused each other of long-windedness or "jabbering," interpreters joined a delaying job action, and just to make it
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      Lock icon Offices hit
      19 3 VENICE, Tues. Terrorists using firebombs, dynamite and plastic explosives today damaged offices in five northern cities. -UPI.
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      29 3 ■W Bth Asian Games SPEEDO Again! 26 out of 29 gold medals won by swimmers wearing Speedo 24 Asian records broken by swimmers wearing Speedo Keep Ahead With Speedo
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      Lock icon Suspected PKI coupless: Indonesia port alert
      146 4 JAKARTA, Tues. Indonesian port authorities have been alerted against possible arrival from Hongkong of two Chinese couples, suspected as former members of the outlawed Indonesian Communist Party, (PKI), Attorney-General Ali told reporters today. He said the Chinese, aged between 40 and SO but whose
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      Lock icon BREZ GETS ORDER OF LENIN ON BIRTHDAY
      125 4 MOSCOW, Tues. Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev received two medals today to mark his 72nd birthday. Mr. Brezhnev was awarded the Order of Lenin and his third Gold Star for "great service to the Communist Party and the Soviet state and in consolidating economic
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      Lock icon Military gains from ties with US
      364 4 Boost for Chinese defence against Soviets at border NEW YORK, Tuesday CHINA will achieve two major military advantages from normalisation of its relations with the United States that will enable the Chinese army to prepare a more formidable opposition to the recently reinforced Soviet
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      TAIWAN'S HEATED DEBATE ON 'RUSSIAN LINK'
      249 4 TAIWAN'S HEATED DEBATE ON 'RUSSIAN LINK' TAIPEH, Taea. A heated debate •ccarrrd at the emergency piemary meetIng tke rallng Kn»mln tang Ceatral Cammlttee •ver the "Baaalaa t»mmeeUaa" yesterday, it waa repartea bere today. Preaa reparts said Mr. Ha Chiea-ehaag, a member af the central committee, ralaea the qaeatiaai af aa
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      Lock icon Love's no longer a dirty word in China
      228 4 Love's no longer a dirty word in China TOKYO, Tues.— Love, once a dirty word in China, has made a comeback. "China Reconstructs," a foreign language monthly, carries articles in its forthcoming January issue entitled "Re-evaluating attitudes on love and a Chinese love story," the Hsinhua news agency reported today.
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      Lock icon 57th victim this year
      69 4 MADRID. Tues Basque se- paratists assassinated their 57th victim of the year today, only hours after the autonomous Basque general council called for negotiations with terrorists to end the region's political violence. Three hooded gunmen, believed to be members of the Basque separatist organization ETA, shot
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      Lock icon 28th protest
      38 4 NAGASAKI. Tues. Mr. Yoshitake Mototani. mayor of this atom-bombed south Japan city, today sent the cily's 28th protest telegram of this year to the United Mates expressing anger over its underground nuclear teat on Saturday AFP
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      Lock icon Japan clash
      41 4 OKA YAMAt Japan). Tuci. About 50 leftwing radical* armed with bamboo stick* clashed with riot police today during protests against the building of a road around aa army firing ranee near thai western city ElgM radicals were detained. Reuter.
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      Lock icon PRAVDA, WHAT EFFECT ON DETENTE?
      144 4 PRAVDA, WHAT EFFECT ON DETENTE? MOSCOW, Tues. The Soviet Communist Party newspaper Pravda said today China might use its new ties with the United States to try and undermine East-West detente China and the US announced last Friday they were establishing full diplomatic relations. In the first reaction appearing in
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      222 4 Pbuddhism^ |B A Further Talk By His Holiness W^ SAKYATRIZIN Head of the Sakya Order of Tibetan Buddhism (In Response To Overwhelming Request) At the DBS Auditorium, DBS Building, Shenton Way on Thursday, December 21 1978, at 8 p.m. ADMISSION FREE L ALL ARE WELCOME J Hitachi gives the music
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      Lock icon Dayan: Peace talks at a dead end
      234 5 PARIS. TMr Israeli For •*t« MWUrr Moahe Dayan Mid last night that Israeli Egyptian peace negotiations were at a dead end and he foresaw no possible pnigitM Interviewed tat Jerusalem by French taievMon. Mr Dayan amid he believed it would be disloyal to
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      UN 'YES' TO RIGHT OF DISPLACED ARABS TO RETURN
      145 5 UN 'YES' TO RIGHT OF DISPLACED ARABS TO RETURN I NTTED NATIONS, Twaa. The DaMsd Nattans (ieweral AsscsaMy last ■mat reatnrwMd the uuUleaaMe right «f all 4\nttMw sM^MB U NffiilfNl i*n. It ate* eailed m Israel U west* frasn all ssmmv area that "•hstraet the retara af the sniaiaeed uuttMteata,
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      Lock icon Death for four
      61 5 MANILA. Tues Four men who killed two women after robbing their household of 177 pesos (SSM) IS yean ago have been condemned to die on the electric chair The Philippine Supreme Court, in a decision released today, affirmed a criminal court ruling meting out the death sentence
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      Lock icon Nasa gives up plan to save Skylab
      335 5 Fiery end to station WASHINGTON, Tue.day THE space agency an-i nounced yesterday it has abandoned plans to try to save the unmanned Skylab space station and will let the: huge Vehicle plunge to a fiery death in the atmosphere sometime > between mid-1979
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      Border fights
      36 5 MANACUA(Nicaragua). Tue» Nine Sandinisu guerillas and one government soldier died la two lashes yesterday along the Costa > Rican border, the National Guard said, and a lOtb guerilla was reported lulled in the capital UPL
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      146 5 Egypt bans pyramid climbing CAIRO, Tues. Police have cracked down on an age-old tourist tradition in Egypt, climbing the 4,600-year-old Pyramid of Cheops, after two visitors plunged to their deaths within two months. Signs have sprung up around the base of the Great Pyramid warning would-be climbers in English and
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      Hanoi wants 9 to be in zone of peace, neutrality
      367 6 'Viet- Asean talks on concept going on' claim VIETNAM wants its proposed South-east Asian zone of neutrality and peace to consist of nine countries the Asean five, the Indochina three and Burma, New Nation reported today. The newspaper's Tokyo reporter,
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      Lock icon Gambling den raided: 1,000 held
      103 6 Gambling den raided: 1,000 held MANILA, Tues. The Philippine national police today busted what they called the biggest gambling den in the country. Military raiders in Porac, Pa m pang a province, 80 kms from Manila, arrested more than 1,000 people, including three policemen, and seized 20 vehicles and 200,000
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      49 6 ATI.ANTA, Tues- The CocaCola company will begin selling Its soft drinksln China early next year, the company announced here today. Corporate Chairman J.Paul Austin said that initially, bottled and canned soda will be imported into China (or distribution in the major cities and tourist points. Reuter.
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      33 6 CAPE TOWN. Tver South African heart transplant pioneer Professor ctuistiaar Barnard today npfiwil tout that his special transplant programme might have to be abandoned became of a shortage of donors. AFP.
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      Lock icon BHUTTO: DEATH BETTER THAN TRIAL
      233 6 BHUTTO: DEATH BETTER THAN TRIAL ISLAMABAD, Ties. Farmer Prune Mlatoter ZaMkax AB BfcatU said t»d«y he waild ■»>*■ preferred kefctf killed a«(•idiax to revsjsßflMßMfy jHdee wkea he m •verthrawa by the military ralkar than h»vtag to •tea* total. ■tatto, hi Jail uder saajtoaee et «e*lh ea a muter charge, made
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      Lock icon Japan agrees to give aid to Vietnam
      209 6 Japan agrees to give aid to Vietnam JAPAN today agreed to furnish Vietnam with a modest package of economic aid next year, after expressing concern over Vietnam's border war with Kampuchea and her new treaty of friendship with the Soviet Union. The agreement was reached in talks between Japanese Foreign
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      Lock icon Laos blames Thailand for river incidents
      437 6 Laos blames Thailand for river incidents VIENTIANNE. Tuosday LAOS yesterday blamed Thai military authorities for two recent Mekong River border incidents but said It regretted that Thai Premier Kriangsak Chomanan had called off his visit here. Mr Soubanh Srithirath, a top official of the Lao Foreign Ministry, told a press
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      Lock icon Rites for a dog
      65 6 BANGKOK. Tues. The abbot of a Buddhist temple in central Thailand conducted religious rites for the death of his dog which he said had posit it J human-like qualities of compassion. The dog died of rabies after being bitten by another dog. It was placed in
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    A slow start to night banking service
    223 7 A slow start to night banking service RESPONSE from the public to the Post Office Savings Bank's personalised night banking service, which started >rstrrday, was peer. Two of thr three counters visited by a .Straits Times team sfcowed that only a trlcklr of customers were served. Thr service Is available
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    Woman hurt in crash
    47 7 A WOMAN driver. M»d»m Ho Bck Beng w»i injured In an accident Between a 8B8 but and her Malaysian reglitered car In front of Hang Jebat Moaque In Marturet Drive yesterday afternoon Madam Ho was admitted to Singapore General Hospital »ith head injuries.
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    CBD cabbies: People don't understand scheme yet
    435 7 CBD cabbies: People don't understand scheme yet COMMUTERS' ignorance of the new Central Business District scheme has forced these cabbies to put up "Not For Hire" signs on their return trips to the city during the evening peak hours. These taxis have to make an obligatory 12 trips a week
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    Surveys to gauge demand for skill training
    460 7 THE Industrial Training Board (ITB) and the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) yesterday launched two surveys to assess the demand for skill training by three groups of workers those retrenched from white-collar jobs, those who are unskilled and those on shifts. The move,
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      379 7 FILM SHOWS for the at Singapore Handicraft* public at National Mu- Centre from 6 p.m. to seum at 8 p.m. Berchtes- 7 p.m., featuring the gaden Highlands. The j Anglo-Chinese School Circus Cornea to Town, Band, and Painting in a Low i <mp nv trf ivini Voice Film, by courtesy
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    Vocational training for 2,800
    424 9 SOME 2.800 less academically Inclined pupils will be given vocational trailing next month under the Revised Secondary Education System (RSES). These student* from Secondary 1 and 2 will attend courses conducted by the Industrial Training Board iITBi and the Adult Education Board <AEBi The Minister in
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    Projects worth $296 million approved
    189 9 Projects worth $296 million approved THE government has approved 128 proposed projects worth $296 1 million for the third quarter of this year, compared to 143 projects worth $664 4 million for the second quarter. These Include industrial development pro jects totalling $109.4 million followed by Institutional ($75.7 m> and
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    Xmas party
    37 9 THE Political Secietary tnd MP (or Bukit Merah. Mr. Llm Cht* Onn. will attend a Ch lsimas party (or children and the aged at Bukit Mirnh community centre on Saturday at 2 30 p m
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    Average of 30 SAF deserters every month
    617 11 'Giant headche* for army AN average of 30 dt'sci U-rsare reported in the Singapore Armed Fokts every month and the elusive measures adopted by them to thwart arrest by military police men have created a "giant headache" for the SAF. An artlcl- in
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    Mobile library
    30 11 THE Senior Parliamentary Secretary (Defcoc*) and MP for Tamplnes. Mr. Phua Bah Lee. will open the mobile library at Tamplnes community centre on Jan ft at 7.30 pm.
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    Bicycle theft
    34 11 TAN Ah Huat. 16. was yettcrday fined 1200 by a magistrate's court for stealing a bicycle belonging to Nr Choo Meng, at Chai CbM Avenue on Oct 3t. 1876. He pleaded guilty.
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    SIA guideline for its cabin crew
    139 11 SINGAPORE Airlines has laid out a guideline on standby duty and offdays for It* cabin crew. The airline, in a recent circular informed cabin crew of their work requirement and off-duty allotted after flights of varying lengths. For every flight which required from four
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    New road project in Ang Mo Kio delayed
    248 11 THE three km road project joining Ang Mo Klo Avenue One and Thomson Road has run Into a hitch. A spokesman (or the Public Works Department yesterday said the project which was aimed at easing congestion along Upper Thomson Road, has been
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    Whampoa scores first with month-long contests for kids
    333 11 Whampoa scores first with month-long contests for kids WHAMPOA ccnstituen:y has scored a tint by holding mcntn-long series of games, art. quii and e»-*y coxpetitlon* under a programme to develo? the mental and physical potential of children In the area. The competitions, Including a weekend hike and road relay run
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    Xmas joy
    25 11 THC Kampong- Padang Terbakar community centre will hold an Xmu party (or children on Monday at 3 30 p m at iv premlaca.
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    Fuel rate riddle of Spyros
    1120 12 AN engineer and ship surveyor told the Spyros inquiry yesterday of a possibility that the Greek tanker used crude oil to supplement its bunker fuel during its six-week voyage to Singapore from the United States. Mr. John Dent, of the Department of Trade in England,
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    Bogus police robs two schoolboys
    274 12 Bogus police robs two schoolboys A BOGUS policeman ij believed to be responsible for two robberies yesterday morning, In which the victims were boys. Mohd. Rldza bin Hashlm. 14, was walking along Bedok North Road at about 8.30 am. when he was confronted by a man who demanded his identity
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    When Asean nations closed their ranks to take on Australia...
    1430 15  -  AHMAD OSMAN By REGIONAL UNITY AND SOLIDARITY BY THE FIVE AT XL TALjXS USTHAI.IA'S aviation |*> lv jMisril a major challenge to Asean unity at the seventh Asean Kconomic Ministers Conference last week but as the nnetin^ processed, the live
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    MUSLIM SINGERS' ATTIRE UNDER FIRE
    80 15 MUSLIM SINGERS' ATTIRE UNDER FIRE THE Nasyld. a Muslim religious singing group, has come under fire by some Muslims here for creating a bad linage at a stage show recently. The group was said to have performed In attire which was unbecoming. Muslims Interviewed yesterday said the group should be
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    $750 panties
    42 15 HOUBCWOT Tan Yll w K*m. 44, ni jailed day •nd fined $7K> or In deJuuit one monthi )mU when IIM admitted eUaUng (our panties worth $7 from the Ullo ■upermarkat at Block TS. Telok BUncmh Driv* taat Monday at pm.
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    St Nicholas' aim to produce 'whole' people The SUPER SCHOOLS
    1611 16  -  ILSA SHARP and KOH YAN POH By Last in the series WHOLK" people .in wliat St. Nicholas' (iirls' School hopes lo produce. Nestling In the peaceful shadows of the Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus, an oasis of calm amid
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  • ACROSS THE CAUSEWAY
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      Lock icon Dog helps in $15m drug seizure
      298 17 WITH the aid of a customs narcotics dog. Malaysian police crippled a majoi International drug trafficking ring by preventing four Singaporeans from flying off to Brussels from the International airport here with 19 kg of heroin worth $15 million the biggest seizure of K.
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      Armed men hold up 5
      47 17 JOHORE BARU. Tues. Four men armed with pistols and screwdrivers held up five people In a house and robbed them of cash and valuables worth SI.MO here yesterday. The men, an wearing safety helmets, later escaped on two scrambler motor cycles. NBT.
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      Lock icon Muslims told of real meaning of holy war
      157 17 Muslims told of real meaning of holy war KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. The concept of a holy war. or Jihad; In Islam Implies more than Just the taking up of arms, according to the Minister without Portfolio In the Prime V. mister's Department. Datuk Hajl Mohamed Nasir. He said yesterday that
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      M-cycle ring's Singapore connection
      140 17 M-cycle ring's Singapore connection JOHORE BARU. Tues. One of the four syndicates Involved In the theft of motorcycles In the state and exposed by the police recently is believed to have been connected with another gang in Singapore. Police Investigations reveal that the syndicate which was operating In Johore Bam
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      Railway's $lm loss in fire
      95 17 Railway's $lm loss in fire MALA VAN Railway lost $1 million when fire gutted two of its Express Rakyat coaches at Kuala Lumpur on Sunday night. The two year-old coaches were among several being repaired and washed in a workshed opposite Museum Negara. The fire broke out at about 11.3*
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      Tougher laws on strays
      55 17 SHAH ALAM. Tues Stray cattle can be seized and Impounded by the president* and officers of municipal and district councils In future. The State Legislative Assembly here today passed amendments to the Control of Cattle Enactment 1978 empowering local authorities to fine owner* of stray cattle
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      950 Viets still stranded on Hai Hong
      196 17 950 Viets still stranded on Hai Hong NINE hundred and fifty Vietnamese remain stranded aboard the Hal Hong off Port Klang despite an American undertaking that they would be repatriated to the United States. A spokesman of the US Embassy here said today "We do not know how or when
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    Retaining wall to prevent another landslide
    182 18 Retaining wall to prevent another landslide THE Housing Board Is to build a retaining wall behind Bock HI. Depot Road, to prevent a repeat of the landslide which took place there during the recent big floods. The landslide on Dec 3 blocked access to the rubbish chamber on the ground
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    M-cycle and $16,000 stolen
    109 18 M-cycle and $16,000 stolen A SCOTTISH electrician, Mr. Alec Wylie, 28. has reported to the police the theft of his motorcycle and a briefcase containIng various foreign cur- rencles worth $18,000. He said he had parked the machine on Monday in Oollyer Quay to buy a packet of cigarettes and
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    Death plunge from plane: Verdict of misadventure
    607 18 A CORONER'S court yesterday recorded a verdict of misadventure on the death of a commando sergeant, who was sent hurtling out of an aircraft when the suspension cords of his acci d c n tallydeployed reserve parachute snapped. Evidence showed that when the
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    More rain forecast for next few days
    116 18 OCCASIONAL light to moderate showers are likely to fall over Singapore in the next three to four days possibly followed by two days of widespread showers. Isolated afternoon showers are then forecast until the end of the month. The Meteorological Service said that
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    Man who sheltered illegal migrant wife fined
    297 18 Man who sheltered illegal migrant wife fined WONO Sing Chuen. 27. who harboured hts Indonesian wife, an Illegal Immigrant In his Kam rung Bugis home, was fined $1000, in *efau.t two months Jail by a district court yesterday. He admitted harbour Ing her from Nov 28 1977 to June 30
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    Varsity choir
    35 18 THE Singapore University Choir will present a conceit at the Singapore Conference Hall on Jan 4 at 815 p.m. Tickets are available at Cold Btorage. C.K. Tang and the University's Department of Music.
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    Score to build workshops in DRCs
    201 19 THK Singa|H)iT Cor|)oration of Rchabilit;iti\t- Eatarariaei (Score) is building 15 wnikshops in two drug rehabilitation centra (DRCs) to provide employment for Ihe inmates. Eight of the workshops will be In the Jalan Awan DRC and the other seven at the centre In Selarang Park.
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    DEATH IN HAADYAI HOTEL: MURDER THEORY
    141 19 DEATH IN HAADYAI HOTEL: MURDER THEORY A SINGAPOREAN who was found dead with a broken neck in a Haadyai hotel on Wednesday is believed to have been murdered. According to a Mln Pao report yesterday, the Thai police found the body of Llm Taw Hong. 27. with his hands tied
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    Seven doctors pass
    48 19 SEVEN" doctors have passed the Master of Medicine (Obstetrics and Gynaecology i examinations conducted by the School of Postgraduate Medical Studies last December. They are Drs. A. Ilancheran. Charles Lim. Ouna br.uimpi.lam Tan Yew Ghee. Wong Yee Chee. Yam Kwal Lam and Yeoh Hock Lye.
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    Fresh holly, mistletoe
    45 19 FRESH xprays of holly and mistletoe will be on sale at C X Tang's entrance on Saturday (ram 10 am. onwards. Sales of the tpiays. t»pectally town In by British Airways, wl'.l be In aid of the Breadline Oroup a chanty organisation
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    Boon Lay CC activities week
    80 19 Boon Lay CC activities week THE Boon Lay Oarden community centre youth group will organise an activities week from Sunday to Dec 31. The programme will Include bicycle tides round Rural West area on Sunday, demonstration of vegetable and fruit carving cum aim show (Dec 27), tour to PSA and
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    Productivity talk
    36 19 MARINE Parade library will organise a talk on productivity consciousness on Jan 3 at 2.30 p m at it* lecture hall. The speaker will be Mlm Wee Slew Hong from the National Productivity Board.
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    Six workers faint
    47 19 SIX woman production workers at an electronic fartoiy in Chai Chee fainted after the ventilation system was accidentally switched off yesterday. Ihr> were taken to hospital, where five of them were treated as outpatients and one warded. The girla are from NMB (S) Ltd
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    STRIKES DELAY 7 FLIGHTS FROM AUSTRALIA
    113 19 STRIKES DELAY 7 FLIGHTS FROM AUSTRALIA SEVEN mints from An tralia werr yesterday delayed because of strWes by ground staff of Qantas Airway* there. Tke flights were delayed for up to nine hoars. These includr thn r Qantas Mights QF|. QMS and QF 723 Singapore Airlines SQ 72. AUUUa AZ
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    'Civil servants moonlighting as cabbies'
    252 19 'Civil servants moonlighting as cabbies' MANY civil servants are believed to have acted against the Government Instructions Manual by applying, wltnout permission, for taxi driver vocational licences, according to a New Nation report yesterday. The manual says civil servants who wish to take up an additional Jod mu&t ooutln written
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      153 19 Straits Times Crossword ACROSS 1 Bkxxnera tarn stock falls 5 Bm-food to bs provided for pott (•>. > Drink* for man Include on* 1400 type (4. 4). 10 Bad wrtttnc in Carl tetters about Wood heart (•>. 11 Suicidal advice to American youth? il, 4, S, S). 14 City van
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      87 19 —it gives time take note* Ul). 6 Disavows periodical payments. Including standing account (7). 7 Oreat cricketer and railway publicist? (7). t Actress advanced money oy muuke In By (t. I). 12 No longer owing fee to Ruth-^do correct that! (2. 2, 2. 2). U Table-ware the shopper looked through?
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  • The Straits Times WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 20, 1978
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      TAIWAN'S TEST
      386 20 THE United States can hardly be blamed for Jettisoning Taiwan. In severing its diplomatic, but not other, ties with Taiwan in favour of normal relations with China, the US was but following the old dictate that there are no permanent alliances, only permanent interests. Still, it is easy
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      NOT BY GAMES ALONE
      342 20 IT HAS been obvious for some time that the People's Association is in the midst of chartering a new course, readjusting its priorities to be more meaningful for the *****, ever since its role and activities were subjected to the harsh glare of the third conference
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    Lock icon Giscard leads way to bigger families
    526 20  -  MARCUS ELIASON By in Paris FIFTY million Frenchmen aren't enough. That, in effect, is the warning President Valery Giscard d'Estainc has Riven his people in urging them to have more babies The falling birthrate is "a gravely disturbing problem," Mr Giscard declared recently to
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    Lock icon Factional strife over Ohira's election could split the LDP
    1064 20  -  YUKO NAKAMIK ADO By in Tokyo THE bitter factional strife which marked the election of Masayoshi Ohira as Japanese Prime Minister may have sown the seeds of downfall for the country's traditional governing party, the Liberal Democrats. Although Mr Ohira has
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    The trend-setters and arbiters who determine world oil prices
    997 20  -  FLORA LEWIS Arab exporters have won significant political influence By in Paris FEW people beyond petroleum experts had heard of Opec before the fall of 1973. Now the acronym appears commonly in crossword puzzles, clued as a powerful Middle East cartel
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      Is it desirable to 'stream' our students before they reach age of 15?
      804 21 FROM 1979. it is reported that there will be one more level of "stream Ing" Streaming at Prijmary 3 in addition to PSLE, Secondary 3, GCE "O", GCE "A" at the schools In the last two decades
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      The price German 'key children' had to pay for economic miracle
      287 21 I HAVE read your article about school-stress in Germany in the Straits Times on Dec 11, and as a German and father of two youngsters taught in German schools I can only say that every word of that article
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      We'll take necessary action ...
      77 21 We'll take necessary action WE REFER to the letter "Students begging at airport" by "Disgusted (ST, Nov 27). We thank the writer for bringing this matter to our attention. A direct letter to the Ministry of Education giving more details would have been more helpful to us. The writer can
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      More lockers for joggers
      47 21 UKK tirreapißieat Y. K. \m (ST, Der t) will he pleased to kaaw that there are U lackers at Mac Rlteair Beaerveir Park. As tke latter scrvte* kas bereaae peaalar, aaatacr U lackers will ke SANDRA JOY VAX Mfaa) I PRO, PUB. I
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      Golden Arrow service is on a trial basis
      132 21 Golden Arrow service is on a trial basis WE REFER to the letter "How to mMkr thai Gold- Arr*w BcivlfiB n**r* peps tar" (ST, D*r by "OiMw Arrow Sappsrtor." The OoUea Arrow Is ewreatty operated by SBS, ob a trial hosts, with two a.lr-ceadltleorg' coaches ewaed by the Saagaaare Airport
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      What's missing on TV are pop and rock shows
      313 21 AS WE all know, among television programmes, musicals provide some of the best entertainment. The audio-visual realism enhances the better under standing and appreciation of music. RTS has been giving musical programmes to cater to the varying tastes of viewers. Besides
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      Something's wrong
      198 21 I LIVE in rent-controlled terrace-type premises. My neighbours and I recently received a notice from the landlord stating that the Buildings Management Unit of the Ministry of National Development required us to repaint all exterior surfaces of the house within two weeks. Otherwise, the landlord would carry out
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    $470 m paid in one go to ward off losses
    391 22  -  AHMAD OSMAN PUB hedge against yen rise By THE Public llilities Huard has made a single prepayment of $47.'J.6 million (4.2 billion yen) to a Japanese company in a move to minimise the possibility of exchange losses to the board
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    For school leavers
    52 22 THE National Library's Central Young People's Section will hold a forum cum guidance session In Mandarin (or secondary (our school leaven who wish to further their studies at Ngee Ann Technical College and the Singapore Polytechnic at the library's lecture hall on Saturday at 2.30 p.m. Admission
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    Unhappy girl, 19, lay in front of train
    229 22 Unhappy girl, 19, lay in front of train A TEENAGER who told her boy lriend that she wanted to die because "her parents were always quarrelling" ended her hie by 'ying on a railway track before an oncoming train. At a coroner's Inquiry Into the death of Heng Kwek Tlan,
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    'Impossible to underdeclare timber for West Asia'
    322 22 IT Is Impossible for Singapore Umber exporters to under -declare their cargo snipmeuts to West Asia with the double checking system carried oat by the fort of Singapore Authority and shipping companies The president of the Singapore Sawmlllcrs' Association. Mr. Fong Pin Chee.
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    Rochor CC courses
    39 22 Rochor CC courses THE Rochor community centre will hold course* on handyman, halrdreming and beauty culture, guitar and dressmaking clauea at Ita Prlnaep Street premises. Those Interested should call *****0 between 3 p.m. and 10 p m (or Information.
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    M cyclist rammed wall in bid to escape
    210 24 M -cyclist rammed wall in bid to escape A MOTORCYCLIST Ignored police o.tictrs when they tried to check him and sped off. riding against ti.e trail lc ..nd 1 1 it al l y ramming the wall of a house, a magistrate heard yesterday. Inspector K. Kathlra tan, prosecuting, told
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    Ballet classes for children
    56 24 THE Radln Mas community centre will hold ballet and art classes for children at Its premises at Telok Blangah Crescent next month. The fee for ballet classes Is 136 and for art $12 for complete courses. Those Interested can enrol at the centre between 3 p
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    Ensuring flow of traffic...
    94 24 IT is always difficult for motorists to move oat from a lane with road works or obstructions in their way. The police vehicle on the next lane should stop and allow some of the vehicles on the the obstructed lane to move out. However, the police
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    Rotary talk
    39 24 THE secretary of the Singapore Leprosy Relief Association Mrs. Margaret E. Lindsay, will give a talk on the association to members of the Rotary Club of Singapore East on Friday at 1 p.m. at the Singapore Hilton.
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    DRIVE TO ARREST TURF CLUB CAR THIEVES
    138 24 DRIVE TO ARREST TURF CLUB CAR THIEVES POLICE from Orchard Road station have launched an operation to arrest people who have been responsible for car and motorcycle thefts at the Buklt Timah race course car park in recent months Sources said yesterday that an average of three cars per month
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    Sisir council
    50 24 THE Singapore Institute of Standards and Industrial Research, with tbe approval of the Minister of Finance. has appointed Mr. Lawrence Sandoeham, Mr Tan Buang Kher and Mr. LUn Vhal Som. to serve on the Standard* Council from Dec 1 to Dec SI, according to the latest Government Oaaette.
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    TI taking over die and mould plant
    280 24 TI taking over die and mould plant TEXAS Instruments Singapore has agreed to purchase the plant and machinery belonging to Oberg Singapore, a die, mould and pattern maker. With the purchase. TI Singapore will be the group's only base outside the United States with a mould and die operation. Although
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    Nerve drugs, eyedrops 'can affect your driving'
    265 24 MANY harmless drugs prescribed by doctors can have an adverse effect on a driver's performance, according to an article on Drugged Driving in the latest issue of the Highway, official publication of the Automobile Association of Singapore. The article says that studies have
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    Higher food prices push up index
    111 24 HIGHER food prices pushed up the consumer price index to 158.7 points last month, up by 1 per cent over October. Food prices rose by 1.6 per cent last month because of dearer vegetables, fish, fruits and eggs. During the same period, prices of
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  • TIMES CITY DESK
    • CHIEF PRICE CHANGES
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        83 26 :hln Teck > C B C llralu Trading C M B S A Banking fc C Emo > U B I Hldgs o i Jat Iron lulnneai i Finance ■ligh Low >in Chew JOB itnUngi ;old Storage Spore Land (empas >lme Darby 220 •m MO 4H 3M an 3M
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        28 26 Most active stocks law Pmr hln Teck I O B ten* Plant I Banking L Kepong I O L > B S 211.1 1».< 103.1 S1.I «1.< 72.1 101
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        INDICES
        35 26 9 T Index: Industrial* F lnanc« Hotel*: Properties w nnr I rubbers: 3CBC 1M1.7B 1831 7S4972 343.7t ***** ***** 2748S 2725: ***** ***** 157 33 157 2' 52S 44 521 71 318 85 *****
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        Hongkong
        322 26 HONOKONO: The market closed easier on balance with the Hang Seng index losing 4.87 to 491.47 points, on lack of Interest and small selling, dealers said. Blue chips were mixed with an easier bias In reduced volume on Interest rate fears as the US dollar continued to fall, they
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        Tokyo
        431 26 TOKYO: The market closed slightly higher with fresh buying In blg-capltal Issues more than offset liquidations In high-priced issues, dealers said. The Dow Jones average rose 4.86 to close at 5.983 32 points with a volume of 470 million shares. The New Index closed at 445.61. up 0.23 point.
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        Opec rise hits Sydney
        346 27 SYDNEY Mon Prices fell across the board In the wake of the Opec oil price rise, with the airline dispute and the possibility of another petrol strike also depressing the market, dealers said. Slbexa's sale of its share in the Ashton Joint venture dapTBBBBd diamond stocks,
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        New York falls sharply
        314 27 NEW YORK Mon A surprised and disappointed stock market dropped sharply in moderately aciive trading on news of a larger thin expected Opec oil price increase for next year Analysts said the 14 5 per cent rise will force the market to review all Its economic
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        Zurich closes weaker
        269 27 ZURICH. Mon Prices closed weaker In quiet tirdIng. influenced by Opec's oil price Increase a..d subsequent dollar weakness agu:nst the Swlu Iranc dealers said. Leading banks *.nd insurance were steady to slijntly lower Oeriika* Baekrle ■Vmrer and Klektro-Hatl weakened In financial*, while M«*»r (oliamtw*. whose Mobag subMdlary
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        Amsterdam prices easier
        203 27 AMSTERDAM Mon Share prices weakened over a biu. d front following the Opec oeriMon to raise oli pnr .s by 14 5 per rrnt in 1(79. denkrs said Among Dutch inlrrnatiurals Akt* fell 1 20. I nil <t two and Koval Dutch 2 X guildrrs in thin
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        London stock market lower
        492 27 ui.MMiN v .1. snarr prices closed lower in the wake of the Opec BMOla -'.irpr,^ lr»,rr> said At 3 p m the F T mdc« was down 7 I at 473 a In low volume trading leading industrial fell as much as 12p with average oaves
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        73 27 FINANCIAL TIMES INDIBTEIALS Monday 474 0 Friday 481 0 Week Ago 492 3 DOW JONES AVERAGE IMIIMKHI. Monday 7875! Prtday »t>5.S5 Weak Ago 817.65 LONDON DOLLAR PREMUM Monday 76 Sk. to 75 Friday 76 s to 77 II X RANG SENG Tuesday 491 47 Monday 496 34 Week
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      M Cement dividend
      58 26 KUALA LUMPUR: Malayan Cement announced an unaudited unconsolldated pre-tax profit of M 55.30 million C 55.32 million) for the year ended NOv 30. A second interim dividend of 12.5 per cent gross (same) making a total of 22.5 per cent gross (same), payable on February 8, to
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      GOLD
      143 26 OOLD Futures closed quietly steady with prices showing small gains on the day alter a sharply higher opening In line with nrmer ovei&ea* markets in the Singapore Gold Futures Exchange yesteroay. dealers said. Turnover fell slightly to 75 lots against 80 lots yesterday with activity centred on February and
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      COPPER
      36 26 LONDON. Cvpiwr pnc« on Moo. day (pravloua ID brackoa Wirakac Beet buyara 17*7 30 1(774) aallera «7W SO I £774 JO., tkrn Moolri tai>ara {7*4 If Tbl 50) atllrrs 17M 30 K7«2i Markat Una: Blaady
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        TIN
        217 26 THE Straits tin price gained another $4 to $1,793 per plcul in Penang yesterday on an official offering up three tonnes to 185 tonnes. The overnight London market was steady with forward buyers rising £70 to £6,970 per tonne. LONDON: Tin on the day lost £55 for Cash and
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        CLOSING PRICES
        31 26 Rubber Dec 19 Singapore: Jan 233.00 cts (down I.CO ct). Malaysia: Jan 235.50 cts (down 1.00 ct). Tin: $1,793 (up SI). Official offerinc: 185 tonnes (op j three tonnes).
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        PRODUCE PRICES
        122 26 CHINESE PRODUCE EX CHANCE, lINCAPORE NOON CLOSING PRICES PER PICUL VMTCNOAV. Cacanut OH: Bulk (107 aeller Old drum (112 aallera. new drui (117 aellen. Capra: Mixed (looae) UK/Con (67 buyen. piw Muntok AST A while fob. IUCC; NLW (3371 aallera. Sarawak white fob Wr, NLW (320 aellen. Sarawak
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        SSR and SMR
        117 26 DAILY S£R and BUR pOce* at noon yesterday: Ju Fek B-A.». (Ciml MUl (Fonrwd MU) Bayers ScUrn Baycn Sattan SSR 20 (1 ten pallet) 235 50 237.MN 246 50 23* 50N S3R 50 (1 ion pallet > 232.50 234 aON 233.50 235 iCN M.LE.LB y 8MR 5CV
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        RUBBER
        591 26 PRICES in the Singapore rubber market yesterday were marked down slightly initially on afternoon's easiness here on Monday and lower London advices dealers said. The market firmed about one cent subsequently on reserve of sellers and nearby demand. Some forward offerings were noted and values eased slightly. The morning
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      Sellers out in force
      498 26 IT WAS very depressing at the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday as share prices went on a steady downhill course in reaction to the news of the oil price hike. After Monday's announcement of a 14. S per cent increase, prospects for the world economy look
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      K. LUMPUR
      404 26 IN THE wake of the higher than expected increase in oil prices, the Kuala Lumpur stock market, like all other world markets, fell broadly lower yesterday. Opening prices were decidedly easier, reflecting the generally depressed sentiment following the shock 14.5 per cent hike In oil prices. Prices softened
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      Money and exchanges
      202 26 THE Us dollar opened weak- er at 12 UBO/00 In the Singapore ,'cirex market yesterday Trading was easy with the US unit displaying some stability Al the 52.162U 30 level befoit closing slightly higher at (2.1630/45. Interbank forward rates at 3.00 pin 1-month Z1570 ***** 2-months 2.1515
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      NOMINAL RATES
      163 26 Interbank rates at 3.00 p m. CBrrencies Nominal rate* Smith* nian Percentage quoted yetterdajr (croii) parity chanf c US dollar i 1630 2.1645 ***** 23 29 Sterling pound 4.3355 4 ***** 7.1469 —4099 Hongkong dollcr 45 18a 45 1695 50 51 —1067 M'kian dollar 99.C380 99.1755 100.00 0.9*
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      ASIAN CURRENCY RATES
      304 26 A8 I A N currency deposit inter bun It rates v at close on I Dec 19. US Dollar* (Spot) Offer Bid i 7 days 15 14 16 1,5 1 mth 11 1/4 11 2 mths 11 7/16 11 a 16 3 mths 11 5,16 11 11/16
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      Metro Holdings poised for a good year
      501 27 Metro Holdings poised for a good year IT WILL BE another good MM for Metro Holdings rleipite the slight dent on IU profit margins following lncr*au»M In certain fixed cost items The half-time results show that all IU other divisions apart from the retai: operations are now performing better than
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      South-east Asia Lumber expects rise in demand
      370 27 South-east Asia Lumber expects rise in demand WITH A GENERAL rise in the demand for timber products expected to be complemented by a major expansion in the capacities of its subsidiaries, Southeast Aaia Lumber Corporation is optimistic about the current year. Though it is not known to what extent the
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      D and P shares fully taken up
      152 27 D and P shares fully taken up DRAGON and Phoenix's share offer to the Malaysian public has been fully subscribed, the company has announced. The shares under offer represents 44.95 per cent of Its share capital of $12 million. Of the 5.394 million shares available, 3.47 million shares were reserved
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      CLOSING PRICES
      1361 26 THk last irantartad rMdy atJe at Ux dw af iMtoHi on Urn Mack Esehtuift of Wnipifi jniina-j co«p*mJ with Ut* prrvtmat fey p*ie«e UMUwr wiUi im hlfti and low> Adjusted for aartp^ifhu kMHt) INDISTKIALS IWO U* rrj is acm 21c -i ai 1ST Alcoa 294 I'M 107 ahimI
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      Unit trusts
      316 26 SINGAPORE UNIT TRUST (Maaacera prioea tar Dae 19) TheCommerre 2 04 2.16 Th* Saving Fund 127 1.35 Spore Prog Fund 0.91 0.96 SporeBec Fund l.tl 1.77 Spore Invest Fund 119 1.26 ASIA UNIT TRUST (Manas-era' prim for Dec 26) Mai Inve*t Fund 2.09 2 21 Mai Prog Fund
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      BUSINESS DONE (SINGAPORE)
      1170 26 BID and offer prices officially Hitrrt and buMness in and reported to the Stock Exrhang* of Singapore yesterday with the number of shares traded shown in brackets In lots of 1.000 units unless otherwise specified All Times Settlement Contracts are qooted a."ter the word "sett" Big Board
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      KUALA LUMPUR
      1694 26 BID and otter prices officially listed and business in and reported to the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange yesterday with the number of shares traded shown In brackets In lots of 1 .000 units unless otherwise specified INDUSTRIALS HlMMII •MM I I SOB 1 -n*i CUM i I 1
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      Government and corporate bonds
      96 26 4 1/2% 1/8/80 (250.000 > (99J08 4 3/4% 16/.VSO (250.000) (99J68 WTO6) 5% T t 15/4/81 (250,000) (99 708 99^58) (4) 98.75 5% T F 1/5/83 (250,000) 100 108 100.255) 5 3/4% T F 10/0/81-84 (250.000) (102.305) 7% 1/8/85 (250.000) (100.558 100 MB) 7 1/4% 15/10/86
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      Lock icon India plans further rubber imports
      135 26 NEW DILHI: India proposes to import I.UOU tonn.s of rubber in addition to 14.70 tonnes imparted In September and October 1978. Commerce Minister Mohan Dharia lold Parliament recently. India has already bought 3.000 tonnes of rubber from Sri Lanka. 7.850 tonnes from S n-ja-por* and
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      610 27 Qollei invites applications for QUALITY CONTROL ENGINEERS Candidates must possess a recognised degree in Electronics, Electrical, Mechanical or Production Engineering with minimum 3 years working experience in manufacturing facilities. Salary for the above positions will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. Suitable candidates, please apply giving full particulars of qualifications
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      519 27 WJWMWMJMtMfiMtJtfi* €.M.c.f WMm I V The Republic of Singapore Air Forces invites young C MEN and WOMEN in the age group of 16'/ 2 -27 %> B/ years to apply for the appointment of: g PILOT TRAINEES i t a; You can apply with a good GCE result provided you
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      519 27 BAILIFF'S SALE la Tht Sabartlaatr ('mi*. (N Tar RrpaMlr Ot Sinn iftrr Writ (H Srliarr t Sal*. So mt af IMS In The Cause Of Kwok Tin Hong Plaintiff Versus Yong Kwek Slong Defendant Auction Sale Of Sewing machines. PVC sheets, etc To Be Held At 20, Llm Ah Pin
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      4046 28 (164) Acupuncture (164) Credit Cord (IS6) Liqhtmg Fntur« (161) Shopping emporium (155) AirrieMai Crofn (ISS) Crystal A Gknswere (164) l»ooooe frontier (153) SftMtMO coocKet jv (155) Art metal creotwm (161) Oaaartmental Store* (163) Mos»o9e Heoltl. Club i»58) S* XHk\ .e«Mlake^Bßßß> BBbV >4BBBBBBBBi .JBBBataaV mMM) BaaBBBBBBBa\ ■BBBBBB> mUMMm. BBaBB^BBBBW .mmmMk 15
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      1205 28 II EMPLOYMENT J BUS TICKETING CLERK wanted INTERIOR DESIGN CONSULTANTS Olrl who knows typing and Chi- FIRM nese dialects need apply Tel: 292T714 requires CALLING COMPUTER OPERATORS (1) Book-keepers to earn $18/- per day. must be (2) Office Boy familiar with IBM system 3 m MBI 1 model 12 Please
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      3795 29 AT YOUR SERVICE SECTION INDEX L.. .'«1 RATES VIII ANNOUNCEMENTS PERSONAL I** 4'44"! Krcrmy^'^Trtgln $3525, IX OBITUARIES I EMPLOYMENT I EMPLOYMENT II EMPLOYMENT II EMPLOYMENT II EMPLOYMENT t^efw^k^.ed'gtTnTel: perience of fire extinguishers Interested call personally Blk B. Unit 3. C-2. Kapo Factory. 80. Playfalr Road Spore 13 Tel *****82 TmeMIUCMI
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      598 29 Due to rapid expansion our Compressor factory In Bedok invites applications (or the post as BOILER MAINTENANCE MEN Applicants must possess a Class II Certificate for steam boiler or trade certificate In maintenance fitting or plant mechanic. Staying near East Coast Areas. Be prepared to work on 3 routing shifts
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      343 29 B**XL PHILIPS REQUIRES STORE HANDS »pplic»nU mini: Have completed Primary Six. > Be physically we: built Would be required to do packing MkM »pplic»nti must have compl«i«4 ulllim* serving part-tim* or not ba i»bt» lor National S*fvic* Successful candidates would be working In nur warehouse at Inchcape House. Alexandra Road
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      1552 30 EMPLOYMENT Sl*»G_-O-f -OUTfCMNIC •a e_w.»j «_M_ Va-ianl Applications are invited from amn>lM n Miiubly qualified persons for Ihe _MBiaa^lß_^_^_^_a_^_B rol lowing vacancies In the Me- chamral 4 Production Engl- neenng Department t) OIMfU Putin mm* m»>mi»iW«n —I (1) L_«>«r»>«r- »>«■»< Flhi< l*aefc*n*ea LMtIMT MALE FACTORY WORKERS <aiTo assist Ihe hrcturer-in--Muired
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      1670 30 111 VEHICLES 4 BOATS MAP HUAT CO, 245 Middle Rd *****1' *****1/. 1*77 Honda Civic 40 B<Mt* fOf 3-door air-con' sport-rlm). 1978 c«l_/»«<_-,i__h Mazda 808 s/wagon. Toyota ammi •mvo corolla 1200. ToyoU Corolla 1200 ■■■■■■■■■■^^■■■■■■■B s wagon. 1975 Flat 132 special (air-con). DaUun I3OY s/wagon, 2* FOOTER CAMN cruiser with
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      1849 30 111 VEHICLES ft BOATS I II tmaAfom u— > caw <pti) ltd wn oatmm m*. Tip top cond i- OOLOMU. PLAZA STONE "on Up-, battery lyr-s paint TIL: 2SCMII I Hi ISM new rWOo n o T-l «*7» I*4. ALMRT STMEET f*O*t I(7} QATIUM PICK UP One til JM. 74
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      832 30 IN VEHICLES. BOATS 1977 TOYOTA COROLLA 1200 LADY REOARRES MINI Citroen, cealed alrcon tax till May 1979 1 payment *****1 -no dealers P*. n r i«™^ r 00 T m £S-2)i' On ~»«Jsm» SELLING YOUR sec Price $16.7000 no Tel *****78 ondhand car' We pay attractlveIS7S DATSUN 120Y New model,
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      1373 31 IV ACCO«IMOOATK)N A PROPERTIES M TERRACE AND POINT Block Apartment Pandan Valley fac91 (IrCOWHIOdaItBH ing American School J bed Vaj-j-n i rooms plus study, furnished/ iscern unfurnished Also aparunenU In naai Oreenfleld Housing *****5' 37*784 ■V FUttM •< NAVE APARTMENTS (With without pool) for rent Contact RTC *****1 1 -T*****«r2580»72
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      1387 31 IV ACCOMMODATION A PROPERTIES HAVING ANY rROBI EMS with p^ m your properties In Johore Baru' For selling/ buying/ letting or /^"ST aaj leasing Please contact L An- HLHpc dreys and Associates. Tel 073- J^^B^H I *****/ 03-*****6 f BM V KUM MMO COURT low and high floor. Phoenix Mansion,
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      1418 31 V SERVICES BUSINESS DAVID 8 AmcONDITIONINO. MA MBIE BOVAL: Specialist In MfFMOCmATIOM Co special isU marble polishing, recondltlonin installation, repair, malnte- lnf sealing, repairs, of tablenance and re-spraylng Tor noon. walU Tel *****17 t ♦f^rS.^3«o7 rr VlC l ephOn PAINT.NO PMOBLEMB7 LET I Anthony Painung Service solve for you Clean
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      771 31 V SERVICES A BUSINESS 90 TV/Rsdio 91 Wanted SCIENCE TtCHNtCAI DAY s it REQUIRED BULK OR je Service Colour. B/W TV Ampll- carto 3500 to 4500 M'Toni for fier. Cassette. Antennae lnstal- chltlagong. Bangladesh Delation. Service Guaranteed parting Singapore Ist week Tel *****8/*****23 January Telex RS ***** Lee TECHMCAL SERVICING
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      140 Acknowledgements
      44 32 wish to express their heartfelt thanks to relatives, friends, doctors li staff of Ward 30 TT.S.H for their kind assistance, dona- i tlons and condolences on their recent bereavement Oapartad on li/7» Th. family ol the lat. HJ. ABDULLAH A. OMAN! M.B.E.
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      101 32 CABLE RECEIVCD. MR. Oangadharan Padlnjatlaveedu Kongml Paravur brother of Soman 110 Race Course Road Singapore passed away suddenly Aged 54. pimd away p««catM»y on liwi Dae. t»7t, tea*** baNnd:Wlfe: r hla Bee Sim Sons: Chin Beng Cheng Yeow Daughter: Lai Hean Daughtrrs-ln-law: Lee Slew Nal Hong Nancy Grandson:
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      47 32 who passed away peacefully on 12/12/78. wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to relatives, friends and colleagues for their kind assistance, attendance, donations, wreaths, scrolls and condolences during their recent bereavement Tha family o< lh« 1.1. MOM LM TOH NEO alias L IM PON TOH.
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      24 32 MR. KHOO TIAM SWEE (1889-1973) Called to be with hit dearly beloved wife MADAM CHEW SIEW NEO (1891-1970) on December 20,1973
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      113 32 THE FAMILY Of the late Mr Baron De Sllva who passed away peacefully on 14/12/78 thanks all relatives and friends, doctors and nurses of ward 10, Toa Payoh Hospital for their kind assistance, attendance, donations. prayers during our recent bereavement THE FUN.V OF the late Mr. K. V Shantiugam wish
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      24 32 passed away peacefully on It Dec. .'O7B Cherla Thural Tnvandrum India. Moantad by aon Alton Parwra. dauohtar-in-law, grandcMMrwi and MADAM THVMECIAL Pi RE Ml
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      Trainer Allan to introduce classy newcomer in Penang
      919 33 FAIRWAY By CHAMPION trainer Ivan Allan will introduce a superb Class One newcomer in Prince of All during the Penang Turf Club Cup meeting starting this Saturday. Prince of All is a six-year-old brown New Zealand by Oncidium out of Aristocracy and
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      DIARY
      27 33 BKPAK TAKBAW Singmporr v Ex-Internationals (Telott Kurau Secondary School. 7.30). SOCCER rrtrmiltm PARC v Intermediate iquad (Bukit Chermin. 5.15); Peter Chew's Peninsula Hotel (Tanglin. 5 15)
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      WA in comeback win
      174 33 ADELAIDE, Tues. Western Australia recorded a remarkable Sheffield Shield victory here today after facing outright defeat at the start of the day. Resuming at seven for 159 Western Australia were 102 ahead with only three wickets remaining against South Australia. But a fighting 101 not out
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      Lock icon Cowan for ASEAN rally
      298 33 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. "Flying Scotsman" Andrew Cowan will take part in South-east Asia's most prestigious rally "the Castrol ASEAN Rally 1979" from Jan. 6 14 next year. Cowan, 42, a Scottish gentleman farmer has been entered under City Motors banner to drive an Alfetta 2000. At
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      Revie banned until 1987, Ball fined
      510 33 LONDON, Tues. Former England soccer manager Don Revie has been banned from English football until 1967, the Football Association Announced today. The ban Is the outcome of a five-hour hearing here yesterday at which Revie answered FA charges of bringing the game into disrepute.
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      BRIEFS
      390 33 FAR HILLS (New Jeney. Tues Americmin imrfftmul Tom Kite, 29, was yesterday named the winner of the 1979 Bob Jones award for sportmanship In go'f by the United States Golf Association The USGA cited one Incident In the Hall of Fame Classic hi Plnehurst. North Carolina in August when
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      Honest Kite is most sporting
      376 33 OLYMPICS- The door to China's entry into the Olympic Games has been unlocked. The announcement of the normalis ation of Chines* American diplomatic relations should bring forward sooner than thought possible, a solution to the "two China" problem that has seen the Olympic movement caught
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      Forces accuse SHA board
      375 34 PATRICK BASTIANS By SINGAPORE Armed! Forces, who have qualified for the semi-finals of the senior hockey knockout > tournament, have accused the Singapore Hockey Association's tournament subcommittee of practising "double standards". Their opponents, Singapore Recreation Club, were allowed to postpone the tie, scheduled for yesterday. But
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      Singapore get okay to host pre- Games
      350 34 BANGKOK, Tues. Singapore will definitely host the pre-Olympic Games soccer competition. Football Association of Singapore chairman N. Ganesan, at a lunch at the ambassador hotel here today persuaded the other teams in the Republic's group to allow Singapore to host the competition. Representatives
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      Kyle-Little challenges Bosley
      258 34 Kyle-Little challenges Bosley ERNEST FRIDA By SYDNEY Kyle-Little, a poticial science student at the Chico State University, in San Francisco, who is back home in Singapore for his Christmas holiday, has issued a challenge to Wayne Bosley, the Republic's junior golf champion. The lanky Kyle-Little, 19, said yesterday: "It's left
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      Kudos for rugby team
      151 34 Kudos for rugby team THE Singapore rugby team put up a tremendous show in the recently-concluded Asian championship by achieving a creditable third place behind Japan and South Korea. Their success in Kuala Lumpur truly reflects the discipline, dedication, teamwork, presence of co-opera-tion and the hard work by the players
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      ST Sports doing good job
      125 34 I'M happy to note that the Straits Times are giving very much more importance to sports these days. It v. ihe one thing that is going in the right direction, especially with the Asian Games just coming to an end in Bangkok. The Games have
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      Lim joins Pahang
      387 34 MALAYSIAN international Lim Chuan Chin will turn out for Pahang in the Malaysia Cup soccer competition .starting on Jan. 5. Lim, a Prisons cadet officer, who was transferred to Kuantan from Taiping on Friday, said he was all prepared for the centralised training with the state's squad.
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    42 34 In everloving memory of Departed: 20.12.77 Vl I S.KIK IMINM-d bUI fnixlK icnH-nilK'iTil by lov .(I urns Kic|uic ill mil si H 7v I" 1 |>m Cruircr Of Our l~idy of IVrpotua Hrlp. lp«ih Unrdf-ns. Ipoh MRS MARY ANN TEH LEAK GUAN
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      Bowling in SEA Games
      317 35 BANGKOK. Tues. Bowling may yet be In- eluded In the South-east Asian Games In Jakarta I next year, according to Soetopo Jananto, the Federation International des Quillers 'FIQ' Asian j Zone president and. since Saturday, world FIQ first vice-president, reports WILFftED YEO. Soetopo. here to see
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      Fencers draw up ambitious plan
      144 35  - Fencers draw up ambitious plan PETER SIOW By BANGKOK, Tues. The Singapore Amateur Fencing Association have drawn up an ambitious blueprint for next year in an etlort to popularise the snort One of their principal alms is to have fencing relntroduced Into the schools. Says coach Wong Kok Ye*: "We
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      Bowlers knew too much for their own good
      555 35  -  Wilfred Yeo HANG KOK, Tues. So what went wrong with the Singapore bowling team at the Asian Games? Macoxa Ama n o. the Ph 1 1 ip p 1 nes' coach. seemed to have his hand on the pulses of the bowlers'
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      MEDALS TALLY
      146 36 MEDALS tally after 199 events: G 8 B Japan 79 59 49 China 51 54 45 S. Korea 17 2« 31 N. Korea 14 13 15 Thailand 11 12 19 India 11 11 Indonesia 7 IS Pakistan 4 4 9 Philippines 4 4 C Ira« 2 4 Singapore
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      China triumph in basketball
      86 36 BANGKOK. Wed. China and South Korea shared me Asian (James basketball gu«l incuaik. *nn the ci.u.^se men beating the South Koreans in uiu nnal tune 91-77 tonight, avenging the defeat ot their women by the South Koreans In the preceainx match. In an action-packed men's game.
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      Ostos: FINA will assist Asian body
      347 36  - Ostos: FINA will assist Asian body Albert Johnson BANGKOK Tues Lie Javier Ostos. president of the International Swimming Federation, today welcomed the set* ting up of the Asian Amateur Swimming Federation. Ostos, however, warned that though the formation of the new body was aimed at strengthening Asian solidarity in sports
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      Invitations pour in for Yap's services
      288 36 BANGKOK, Tues. For the past fortnight. Steven Yap. the Singapore Shooting Association's secretary, who was appointed range officer by the Thais, had been having a sunbath at trie Hua Mark range, reports PETKR SIOW. He had to prepare the shooters' dally details right from
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      Fourth—but it is no mean feat by Spore shooters
      415 36 Fourth— but it is no mean feat by S'pore shooters BANGKOK, Tues. Singapore's trap shooters, and Frank Oh In particular, came so near, yet so far away, from winning a medal in the Asian Games shooting competition they were placed fourth in both the events, which involved 10 nations. Still,
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      Equestrian events
      66 36 BANGKOK. Tues. Three equestrian events will be the 20th sport on the programme of the ninth Asian Oames to be held In New Delhi In 1082, secretary of the Indian Equestrian Federation, Lt Col. A.K. MitaL said today. Lt -Col. Mltal said the events are the three-day race,
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      Lock icon Moscow Games boycott threat
      484 36 ASIAN countries will boycott the 1980 Moscow Olympics if any Asian athlete is barred from taking part by the International Amateur Athletic Federation. The Asian Games Federation Council took this decision In a unanimous vote yesterday, after the lAAF had warned that athletes competing in the
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      Pakistanis retain hockey title
      305 37 BANGKOK Tues— Pakistan retained the Asian Oames hockey crown. but it took an ordinary **vtnth minute penalty corner coal by Munawarui Zaman to beat arch-rivals India in the final at the hockey stadium here this afternoon reports GODFREY ROBERT Cup ftnai tension ana over cautiousness reduced
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      Liem proves he's No.1
      238 37 BANGKOK. Tues.— AllEngland champion Llem Swie King, of Indonesia, today emerged as the undisputed badminton supremo when he crushed China's superstar Han Tslen 15-7. 15-11 to win the men's singles gold medal of the Asian Oames. Except for a brief lapse in the second set. when
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      ASIAN GAMES RESULTS
      828 37 ATHLETICS MEN mm. 1 O. fUmaswamy (Indl 21.42. 2 V Hareta (Jnp> 21 54. 3 Anat K*t*napol (Thai) 21 M. &.M6as: 1 Hart Chand (Ind> 14.23.0. 3 T. Nakamura (Jpn) 14:27.2. 3 Tsui Yu-Lln (Ch) 14 2*. 1 Snot put: 1 Chouhan Bahadur Singh (Ind) 17.61. 2
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      Lock icon China succeed Japan as top athletic nation
      730 37 BANGKOK. Tuea. China swept all five individual table tennis titles and finished as top nation in the glamour track and field competition to dominate the last full day of the Asian Oames here today China's solitary track and field gold today came from
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      Seven-a-side tourney
      22 37 THE Kallang community centre's Indian cultural group will hold a seven-a-slde soccer tournament in conjunction with the Punggol festival celebrations.
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      Seven to contest shooting meet in Melbourne
      197 37  -  PETER SIOW By BANGKOK. Tues.—Singapore will compete In tne International Pacific shooting championships In Melbourne lrom April 11-16. The itopuullr s'aooters for the Australian trip are Frank Oh, Lee Eng Hong. Oan Teck Lee, Yeung Van Yuen, Lo Van Vui. Peter Chang and
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      Australia need 317 far Test victory
      451 37 RAIN washed out the last 85 minutes of play In the second cricket Test here today, leaving Australia to score another 317 runs to beat England on tomorrow's last day. Eanier. last bowler ROuney ::ogg blasted England's second Innings apart, taking five wickets for
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      Lock icon WI ARE 266 AHEAD
      72 37 BANGALORE. Tues. West Indies were 200 for eight In their second innings at close on the fourth day of the second cricket Test against India here today With a 66-run first Innings lead, West Indies are 266 ahead. In the first Innings, West Indies scored 437
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      Tang ends up in fifth place
      405 37  -  Godfrey Robert S BANGKOK, Tues. Tang Ngai Kin's hopes took a nosedive after the discus and pole vault events and the Singapore decathlete had to be content with fifth place as the Asian Games athletics programme drew to a close here this evening. Tang,
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      It's North versus South Korea final
      50 37 It's North versus South Korea final in the 19. 4 Oames, were overwhelmed by the pace and accuracy of the Chinese forwards, who led 4-0 at half-time. Iraq today beat India 3-0 and will meet China for the bronze. North Korea draw 2-2 with KuwaiL to qualify for the final.
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      Lock icon AFC WANT TWO TEAMS IN WORLD CUP MEET
      120 37 BANGKOK, Tues— Asia will try to get two teams placed in the premier international soccer event the World Cup officials of the Asian Football Confederation said today. Currently only one Asian team compete, the last one being Iran. At an organisational meeting
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    32 38 AN American woman sharing with the Chinese in Peking the weekend news in the People's Daily about the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the United States. UPI picture.
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    Lock icon Fewer jobless in Britain
    38 38 LONDON. Tues. Unemployment In Britain dropped to a 19-month tow of 1.? M-.-307 a? Nt Dec 12. the Employment Ministry said today. The figure was the lourst Drwrn ber level In three years. AFP
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    Lock icon Carter expects legal battle
    177 38 WASHINGTON, Taes— Carter Administration omciaU said yesterday tney expected a legal contest, perhaps going to the ttupre.ne Court, to decide whether the President has the authority to bypass Congress and terminate on his own the 13-year-old mutual defence treaty w.th Taiwan. Last Friday, Mr. Carter announced
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    Lock icon US to buy China crude
    602 38 US to buy China crude says Tokyo paper THE (Jailed States, four days after the announcement of normalisation of diplomatic relations with China on Jan. 1, has contracted to buy Chinese crude oil with possible options for long-term imports, a Tokyo newspaper reported today. Industry sources said Coastal State of
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    54 38 VENICE, Tue». Terrorists using plastic explosives and firebombs today damaged offices in (our northern cities, Injuring a bomb-squad expert who tried to defuse one of them. Police said assailants itiuck small business associations in Venice, Meatre, Chloggla and Vlccnsa. Officers said no groups immediately claimed responsibility
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    Lock icon US and Japan trade accord
    318 38 NEGOTIATORS for Japan and the United States announced yesterday they have reached complete agreement nn all issues of mutual interest within the Tokyo Round Talks for free-trade and new international trade practices. Details of the accord they reached over the weekend were not revealed. But
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        59 1 Fun with Chinese Characters Is^ yOU The character for 'friend" originated with two right hands acting co-operatively ■■^P"™ in the same direction a and later reaching out to clasp each other in Mn friendship. J^-^Bv placing the hands, one upon the other: M. and, with a little Jr \t friend
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        The artistic way to grow miniature trees
        717 1 LEONG WENG KAM By BONSAI or pen zai in Chinese, is the art of growing miniature trees in a scale-down landscape. andeV> believed to have started in China more than 1,000 years ago It involves the deliberate, artificial dwarfing of plants by special
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        165 1 Humour I WAS once assigned by the newspaper I worked for to interview Mr. Ou Yang, a very rich man. I found him in an old house. It was a rented house and poorly furnished. I was briefed to write a feature with human interest, telling readers
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        36 1 *f«]*BPIS!Kff,A The passionate are like nm steading on their beads; they see all things the wren* way. Plato g£*S?r-o a ate The aim and end of all education is the development of character. F.W. Parker
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        Hotels are not turned on by cable TV idea
        406 2 LEADING hotels in Singapore appear to be switched off on the idea of having cable television as an additional guest facility. In fact a check with some hotels show<»d that quite a few of them are unaware of what cable television
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        McGarret returns to screen next week
        114 2 McGarret returns to screen next week SURF'S ip met agaia tar HAWAII FTVE-O. «m 1 tke ■•■t papalar TV arritm. wUril will make a mHPIHI BDII WVH mkNOiiltt Aagek. TW« b the I Ilk yew I W rc«ew». tkc series, nUrrtmg JMk UN mad Jaam MaeArtkar. S«4ly lulls rram MmutMtak
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        Artist once turned his back on his talents
        417 2  -  BAILYNE SUNG By JAAFAR Latiff, one of the foremost painters in abstract art in Singapore, turned his back on his talents for 10 years at the advice of a friend. Recalling the 'turning point' in his life, which happened about 20 years
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        Porcelain show to highlight celadon
        222 2 AN exhibition on celadon, one of the oldest known types of Chinese porcelain, will be held in the middle of next year by the National Museum and the South-east Asian Ceramic Society. More than 350 items and related wares from private collections as well as
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        176 5 $0 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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        247 6 "DEAR SANTA, all I want for Christmas 15..." little children who still believe In Jolly old St. Nick will write, duly ■ddremed to the North Pole. Bat In ease the letter falls to fall Into you hands, here are a few suggestions on what to
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      631 10  -  COLIN SMITH By in Totwran IRAN in ferment is a land full of slogans "Independence, Liberty, and Islamic government; Iran is our country, Khomeiny our leader; Our lead is Khomeiny; Hail Khomeiny, death to the traitors; Political jriwmiii must be tree, Death to
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