The Straits Times, 22 December 1978

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    14 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1978 25 CENTS M.C.(P) No. 214/1/78
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    Lock icon RIOTERS BURN 20 IN BUS
    402 1 Indira agitators clash with police— lB,ooo held NEW DELHI, Thursday ABOUT 20 people were last night burned to death when supporters of former Prime Minister Indira Candhi set a bus on fire in Tamil Nadu as nationwide agitation against her detention continued today. Three others
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    Lock icon Hijack that ended in near farce
    379 1 NfcW DELHI, Tliurs. An aircraft hijack. carried out as a political protest a tains t the jailing of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, ended in nearfarce early today with most of the passengers making their escape. Prime Minister Morarji Desai blamed Mrs. Gandhi's supporters
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    Lock icon Border war advance stopped
    422 1 Border war advance stopped say diplomatic sources BANGKOK, Thursday THE Vietnamese push Into Kampuchea appears to have halted about 40 km from the strategic Mekong River port of Kratle, Western diplomatic sources said today. They said the advance, the latest stage in the border war between the two countries that
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    Lock icon '200 border incidents'
    61 1 PEKING Thun Tht Hunhua n»»» aoencjr today reported that over 200 lncldrnu had taken place between Auk 15 and Dec IS along *ln«W stretch of the Vietnamese frontier bordering Kwangai province The agency said that nine Chlnear were killed and 3t Bounded by gunfire or mine rxp*o»K>r.j
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    Lock icon Lion's share of EEC grants to Asia
    102 1 BRUSSELS, Thun— The Common Market Commission today announced aid grants worth 65 5 million European units of account (about Ssl4l million) to the developing countries not linked to the Lome Trade and Aid Convention. India will get almost a quarter of the sum,
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    Saved from the knife by last-minute call
    344 1  -  ALICE WONG By A VA3ECTOMT on One Eyed Jack, a three-year-old Uon at the Singapore Zoological Gardens, was shelved yesterday a* a result of a last- minute call from the Johore Zoo. The vaseetomy was to keep the zoo's male lioo population, of
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    Lock icon Time far begging is over: Sadat
    131 1 Time far begging is over: Sadat CAIRO, Thurs. President Sadat said today Egypt would never give Israel a privileged position nor sign a separate peace with the Jewish state. He also declared that "the time for begging Is over," apparently referring to Egypt's latest suggestions rejected by Israel for getting
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    TARLING TO APPEAL TO LORDS
    115 1  - TARLING TO APPEAL TO LORDS PHILIP LEE By Our reporter in London FORMER Haw Par chairman Richard Tarllng has decided to appeal to the appellate committee of the House of Lords against the unanimous decision of three appeal Judges last week that he be extradited to Singapore to face trial
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    High cc ban on new riders planned
    316 1  - High cc ban on new riders planned EDMUND TEO By THE Ministry of Communications is studying a three-tier system to curb inexperienced motorcyclists fiom riding machines of high engine capacity and reduce the number of accidents involving motorcycles on the roads. Under the proposed system, motorcyclists will have to "graduate"
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    Lock icon Priest-mayor sacked
    71 1 MANILA. Thurs. The Philippines Supreme Court has sacked a Catholic priest as mayor of a small town which elected him In 1971. the year before martial law was declared, a court spokesman said today. Father Margrarlto Oonzaga. whose 'lection had been affirmed by a lower court following a
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    LATEST TWA PLANE HIJACKED
    55 1 LATEST TWA PLANE HIJACKED WASHINGTON, Than. A Trans-World Airlines plane with 83 people aooard hijacked today shortly alter takin- off from St. Louis. Missouri IS Federal Aviation Administration saiu. FAA spokesman John Leyden said TWA flif ht 541 landed about an hour later at Marion. Illinois, with the hijacker 4
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      121 1 REVIEW OF U.S. ROLE IN THE REGION Back Page LEYLAND workers accept new pay deal 3 MYSTERY Of $2m gold missing from US Treasury 4 NEW bid to get peace talks going 5 HOW HDB keeps its flat prices down 9 THE girl who had same surname as boy friend
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      BBC TV OFF THE AIR AFTER WALKOUT
      64 3 MIMMIN. Tkwm. A Hililn «Mk« fey MM Urtmt i»ii ■■<■> rurMtaiHriiXMrtiiiktiir m mm. The rtippm* m mM after the Urnalrs*—' utaa •cow* Ike BBC *f a* vise trt«l— hwmm film j Misrnnyl Iraki eras* w Mtfccn Eagk»ad m m ■Unapt to ci— l»r
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      Lock icon Leyland workers accept new pay deal
      297 3 Leyland workers accept new pay deal LONDON, Thursday BRITAIN'S troubled car industry yesterday provided Prime Minister James Callaghan with an unexpected boost when 90,000 workers at state-owned British Leyland plants decided to accept a new company pay deal. The Leyland workers, with one of the worst strike records in Britain,
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      Lock icon Two-way trade pacts reached by US
      302 3 Two-way trade pacts reached by US UENEVA, Thurs. The United States has completed agreements with Switzerland and Austria on all issues concerning their commercial relations that come within the framework of the world trade talks here, it was announced yesterday. Japan and Sweden and Japan and Finland announced similar two-way
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      Lock icon Summit talks
      31 3 WASHINGTON. Thur* -TV fir* summit mrrtinjt htmata Ptm dnit Carter aad Soviet Pmxtrnt nmhMi was poaubir around Ju 15. US PrirtihiUl *nirtt> uhwr ZbfcMew UmHtM H Mid ynurttay AFP
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      Lock icon Greece in EEC: Accord on terms
      122 3 Greece in EEC: Accord on terms BRUSSELS. Thurs. Greece and the Common Market today reached agreement on the terms of Greek accession to the ninenation European community after more than two years of negotiations. After an ail-night negotiating session, the two sides announced that they had settled outstanding differences on
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      Lock icon It's a bird...no. it's a 'super schizoid'
      162 3 NEW YORK. Thurs And you thought Superman was nothing but a nice fable about a strange visitor from another planet who fights never-ending battles for truth, justice and so forth Hardly, says Or Philip Demuth. a family and child counsellor from Santa Barbara,
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      Lock icon I HAD LOVE AFFAIR WITH CARY GRANT, SOPHIA
      278 4 NEW YORK. Thur*. Sophia Loren today revealed she had a love affair with Cary Grant which she used to persuade her longtime lover, producer Carlo Ponti, to marry her. The romance of the two super-stars started when they made a film together
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      Lock icon A chilly Peking stay
      70 4 A chilly Peking stay THE chill in the United States-China diplomatic relation* may have been thawed by President Carter's shock decision to normalise ties with Peking. Bat as this group of American tourists visiting the Chinese capital discovered, the weather was really chilly. Mere Americans than ever have been visiting
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      Lock icon 'Domestic demand in Japan will help world growth'
      311 4 PARIS, Thurs Japans success in boosting domestic demand will continue in 1979, and will play a major role in restoring world eco nomic health by almost halvirtg the huge Japanese trade surplus, the Organisation for Economic Coopera tion and Development (OECD) forecasts.
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      67 4 UNITED NATIONS, Thurs The General Assembly decided last night to convene a UN cob ference on new and renewable sources of energy in 1981. In a resolution It adopted with out a vote, the assembly said the conference should confine itself to such energy sources as the
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      UN meeting
      27 4 UNITED NATIONS, Thurs The General Assembly today agreed to resume meeting on Jan IS In an attempt lo clear tMs year's backlog of work. ReuUr
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      Lock icon Mystery of $2m gold missing from US Treasury
      480 4 Theft may date back 124 years NEW YORK.Thursday THE mystery of the missing gold deepened today when a US Treasury Department official said that the theft of the precious metal totalling US$l million (Ss2.l million) could date back to the beginning of
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      Lock icon Japan gets go-ahead to sell computers to China
      192 4 Japan gets go-ahead to sell computers to China TOKYO, Thurs. An international organisation controlling export of strategic commodities has given the unanimous go-ahead to Japan's sale to China of 16 highly-sophisticated computers for use at a huge steel complex near Shanghai, officials said today. The Ministry of International Trade and
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      Lock icon Five drown
      31 4 MADRID, Thurs. Five people were killed when a boat carrying foreign tourists between the islands of Fuerteventura and Lobrj* In the Canaries sank last night. Spanish radio reported. AFP
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      Lock icon Chaos as blackout hits Frankfurt
      190 4 FRANKFURT. Thuri. Chaos reigned briefly in Frankfurt yesterday as a blackout hit the city, plungiiig offices into darkness and bringing traffic to a standstill West Germans who cooed, "It cant happen here," when reading of Tuesday's monster blackout in France learnt they were wrong. The
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      Lock icon Anyone for meals by computer?
      109 4 TOKYO, Thurs. Housewives can cook meals with little effort in the future on a computerised electric stove simply by dropping a magnietised card in a slot, a Japanese appliance company claimed yesterday. Sharp Corpn., of Osaka, unveiled a computerised electric range, and said that macs
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      Lock icon New bid to get peace talks going
      263 5 New bid to get peace talks going Vance to meet Khalil and Dayan in Brussels BRUSSELS, Thursday AFTER a fresh surge of tension in the Middle East, the United States announced a new bid to revive the stalled peace talks between Egypt and Israel. The State Department said yesterday Secretary
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      Lock icon Salt pact still some way off, says Vance
      215 5 Salt pact still some way off, says Vance (GENEVA. Thun United State* Secretary of State Cyrus Vance said today he doe* not expect any final draft of a new strategic arms limitation agreement to result from hsi sew MgoUaUom with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyfco Mr Vance and Mr. Gromyko
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      Lock icon $648 m loan to Russia
      77 5 TOKYO, Thun— Japan hai agreed to supply the Soviet Union with a 586 billion yen (about SSMB million) bulk loan to finance imports of Japanese laxgecaiibre steel pipes next year, the Export-Import Bank of Japan aaid today The Soviet Union has already committed Itself to
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      Lock icon UNIDENTIFIED JETS SCARE IN JAPAN
      76 5 NAHA (Japan), Thurs. Japanese Jet fighters early yesterday scrambled four times from here to intercept more than 10 unidentified aircraft which later turned out to be American or their ally, the Defence Agency said. The Japanese air force said the American force's failure to notify
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      Lock icon ISRAELIS RAID LEBANESE CAMP
      81 5 ISRAELIS RAID LEBANESE CAMP BEIRUT, Ttars. tanks* fsreas u«U> la— ehed a heavy artillery attack the mtin tutisnf ltll«0lll si PaJexttalaa sad Lebaaeae progressives at Nahattycfc, aelag here. The flrtsq was raa«rteally GSttMßtratssl m Ike Nahsvdye* karrwks af the "Army F»- aa Arab Lrbkacs" wkleh has rallied to Ike PktascJssM
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      Lock icon UN 'yes' to aid through the PLO
      258 5 UN yes' to aid through the PLO THE General Assembly, overriding United States objections, last night adopted a resolution on aid to the Palestinian people which also calls for the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) to be consulted. The vote was 102 in favour to five against Australia, Canada, Israel, Malawi
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      Lock icon Cleveland to vote on rescue plan
      114 5 Cleveland to vote on rescue plan CLEVELAND, Thurs. Mayor Dennis Kucinich yesterday reached a compromise with his city council here on financing that could save Cleveland, Ohio's largest city, from bankruptcy. The mayor decided to hold a referendum on sale of the municipal lighting system, a heavily-indebted cityowned power company
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      Lock icon 'Indira held to thwart comeback'
      384 6 'A calculated show of strength' NEW DELHI, Thursday THE imprisonment of Mrs. Indira Gandhi was a calculated show of strength aimed at ending the former Indian Premier's political revival, observers said here today. The ruling Janata Party wanted to show that she was no longer
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      Lock icon Was Taipeh envoy's absence due to 'diplomatic illness'?
      187 6 WASHINGTON, Thurs. Taiwanese Ambassador James Shen failed to appear at a scheduled news conference on US-Taiwan relations yesterday because of what Senator Robert Dole called a "diplomatic illness," a condition the senator claimed was brought on by pressure from the State Department.
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      Lock icon Persuasive task for three Asean countries
      98 6 Persuasive task for three Asean countries MANILA, Thurs. Asean has assigned its members to try to persuade developed countries to support the early establishment of the United Nation Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)'s Common Fund, reports here said today. The Asean economic ministers' meeting in Kuala Lumpur last week
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      Lock icon Four senior officers who pocketed $25m jailed
      230 6 Four senior officers who pocketed $25m jailed JAKARTA, Thursday FOUR senior police officers, including Indonesia's former deputy national police chief, today were sentenced to a total of 27 years in jail and fined for embezzling nearly five billion rupiahs (Ss2s million) from police The prosecution alleged that over the years.
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      Lock icon FIVE 'SENT TO KIDNAP GAMES ATHLETES' HELD
      133 6 FIVE 'SENT TO KIDNAP GAMES ATHLETES' HELD BANGKOK, Thus. P«Uee last sight arrested five alleged member* tt the ratfeal Jipanrf Bed Army wh» were keHeved to have xUppcd bito Baagk*k to kMup Japutw athletes ■ttiwdlag the Asia* Games. P»Ucc today said the five me* were arrested in their h*tol reams
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      Lock icon Top awards for two films on Viet war
      149 6 NEW YORK, Thurs. Two films dealing with the Vietnam War have grabbed top honours in voting by the I New York film critics circle. The Deer Hunter, a film that stars Robert de Niro j and deals with the emotional impact of
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      Lock icon SIDELINERS
      314 6 THE GALLUP Poll has again published its list of the 10 men Americans admire most, and once again the roster is filled with people who tend to get their names in newspapers a lot. President Carter is No. 1 for the second straight year. followed by a newcomer, Pope
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      Lock icon 'We will kill Hoare if he enters Angola'
      193 7 'We will kill Hoare if he enters Angola' LONDON. Thurs F<cmer Congo mercenary leader Colonel Mike Hoare 'would be executed by finng squad if he attempts to enter Aagola. according to the official Aagoiaa news agenry.Aafop Angop. in a telexed despatch to Reuters last night, was quoting the reaction of
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      Lock icon Russians reject Carter's view of that Brez note
      295 7 'Soviet leader did not endorse US-China ties move' MOSCOW, Thursday THE Soviet Union today impliciMy rejected President Carter's interpretation of a message from Kremlin leader Leonid Brezhnev on the establishment of diplomatic relations between Washington and Peking The offidal Tass news agency
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      Lock icon SOVIET PROBE SOFTLANDS ON VENUS
      233 7 SOVIET PROBE SOFTLANDS ON VENUS MOSCOW, Thus. \n unmanned S*vtet pr»br •••ft landed Veaaa t»da>, aut«matlrall\ pUr«d m Inume M Leal* •n tnr sarl%rr aad tnasmltte«i lnt.rm»tJwi bawk to rarth far t two hmira beferr faJllnn slleat, Radla Mwrtw reparted. Tke pr*ke, which mi carried ibtird tke Venera-12 spacecraft laucked
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      54 7 BANGKOK. Thurs. Thrt* border patrol troopers and a civilian were killed In a (lash with communist insurgents last Tuesday night in eastern Chantaburi province on the Kampuchean border, a military spokesman revealed today. The attackers, armed with RPG rockets, M 79 grenade launchers and AK-47 rifles, reportedly numbered
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      Lock icon 6 Belfast hotels hit by IRA bomb attacks
      291 7 6 Belfast hotels hit by IRA bomb attacks BELFAST, Thurs. In a bomb blitz police called "declaring war on Christmas" the Provisional Irish Republican Army attacked six hotels in Northern Ireland, sowing a trail of fire and destruction and wrecking holiday party plans foi thousands of merrymakers. In England, police
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      Lock icon Train hits bus: 25 children killed
      129 7 SALAMANCA (Spain), Thursday A SCHOOLBUS carrying 80 children was run over by a locomotive at a railroad crossing yesterday and first reports said about 25 children had been killed and another 40 injured, police said. The bus, which drove the children daily to and
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      124 7 Bow and arrow attacks in Italy VICENZA (Italy), Thurs. At least one band of Italian troublemakers has given up guns and time bombs in favour of bows and arrows like Indians in the American wild west, police said today. Officers said several incidents of bow and arrow attacks have been
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    Phantom arsonist keeps kampung's menfolk awake
    217 9  - Phantom arsonist keeps kampung's menfolk awake LEONG SIEW HON By A PHI N TOM atsonist U causing iltf aim nifhU for the mm f»U of l.oronc Aba liiri, off Sims Imbbbb> \«t it tails on them to takr part in nightly patrols to guard thfir rlastrr of about 2* tlrifn
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    Goh's date
    36 9 THE Smlor Minister of State (Finance). Mr Ooh Chok Tone. *U1 -speak at a pass-Injt-out parade of ihr 21st Intake oi VUllar.te Corps members at the Police Academy, tomorrow at 5 30 p m.
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    How HDB keeps its flat prices down
    531 9 DESPITE higher building matci i;ils :md I;ilk)Ui costs, the Housing Bo;inl is siKTce(ling in kee|> i n g do w n its building cost and soiling prices of HDD fbts. For example. from Aprtl last year to March this year, the board's building
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    BOGUS NEWSBOY JAILED FOR THEFT
    103 9 BOGUS NEWSBOY JAILED FOR THEFT wwra -k/» .r,t»r»rt a L7n« n a P «£d t 1 8«onn8 «on n f P L«n?t ZSiSrtSZAXSl a magistrate's cSurt ye«*«»»y Suppiah Subramanlum. 20. had gone to Madam Avamno Tnwarn's hous» i in Uniw™TtoaS on Dec 1 "to sell newspapers" but was turned away
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    Two millionth visitor is due today
    230 9 Two millionth visitor is due today JINGATORFs two mil- I Uonth visitor Is exo*ct Singapore Toumt fro- i mo»onmo»on Board spokesman I "ft y STPB d v y am win be a^the^n from ear* I this morning tor a physl- cal head-count to determine the luc.y per^o.;. Based on aUtUt^s
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      347 9 CHILDREN'S VARIE- per tooling by Mr. Neo graphy and batik. On TV SHOW by RTS Chll- Kirn San. a special pro- till tomorrow, dren's Workshop at Vie- jects officer, at Kampung civrawmr armfd torla Theatre at 8 night- Tengah community cen- FORCES EXHIBITION ly till Dec 25. Features tre at
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    Register at these centres for AEB classes
    122 11 THOSE interested In Joining secondary and preuniversity classes conducted by the Adult Education Board, beginning on Jan 8. should resist r at the following centres from Jan 2 to 5 between 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Malay stream. Monk's Hill Secondary School, Telok
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    On writing
    33 11 A 15-LECTURE course on Elements ol Oood Writing will be held by the Department of Extramural Studies, University of Singapore, at the Queenstown Library from Jan U The fee Is $45
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    Xmas Day fun
    28 11 THE Boc-n Teck community centre youth Rioup will hold a Christmas party for about 250 children at its premises on Dec 25 at 10 a.m.
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    The girl who had same surname as boy friend
    215 11 The girl who had same surname as boy friend TRAGEDY No- 1 A CORONER'S court yesterday heard how an enraged man beat up his daughter after she refused to break off from her boy friend because he had the same surname. Shortly after that, Tan Slew Choo, 20, went into
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    Set himself alight after tiff with wife
    292 11 TRAGEDY No. 2 AFTER setting himself on fire', a man rushed into a bathroom to douse the flames, a coroner's inquiry heard yesterday. But his apparent change of heart came too late and he died of severe burns two days later. C Madam
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    Only eight show up
    53 11 ONLY eight out of 22 registrants turned up for the shipbuilding and rigging course at the Kaki Buklt community centre on Monday. A spokesman for the centre said the threemonth course would continue despite the poor attendance. The course is organised by Jurong Shipyard and the
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    On love and courtship
    63 11 A SOCIAL welfare officer of Toa Payoh Oirli Home. Mlv Norllah blntl Salam. will give a talk In Malay on Boy-Qirl Relationship: Love and Courtship, at the Marine Parade library's lecture nail on Jan 6 at S p n. There will also be two film ihowt
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    Galaxy of Stars
    50 11 THE Senior Minister of State (Finance) and mp (or Marine Parade. Mr. Ooh Chak Tone, wi" >* truest of honour at a Tmrtety show, Qalasr of SUn. at Victoria Theatre on Dee. 3* at I UJa. Tba show ii organised tar Marine Parade community oemtrt'i vanagement con-
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    Make gas-free certificates a must for ALL types of hot work on ship
    874 12 Call by Spyros inquiry witness... FEPORTER: BEN DAVIDSON SHIPYARDS should be required to obtain gas-free certificates from the PSA for ALL types of hot work on ships, a witness recommended at the Spyros Inquiry yesterday. Mr. Phang
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    Legal advice free at four C-centres
    92 12 Legal advice free at four C-centres THE Tanglln community centre will offer free legal counselling to residents beginning on Dec 29, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Subsequent sessions will be held on the last Friday of each month. Volunteer lawyers from the Singapore Association of Women Lawyers will be
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    Bedok's $6.8 m swim complex
    167 12 BEDOK New Town residents will soon have a $6.85 million swimming complex offering pool facilities almost at their doorstep for all classes of swimmers. Building of the complex is to start next month and when completed, it will have different pools for competitions, toddlers, and
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    When police vehicle should give way
    71 13 WHICI.rS are unable to turn right at an uncontrolled junction or intersection because of the heavy flow of traffic. The police vehicle should stop and allow turning vehicles com- ing from the opposite direction to turn. This is the sixth and last situation to
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    5 charged with removing time switches
    147 13 5 charged with removing time switches FTVE men were yesterday charged in a magistrate's court with vandalism by removing a total of 32 time switches worth $2,560 from lamp posts In various parts of Singapore. Saleh bin Bogod. 29, Rahman bin Idris. 37, Sa'ad bin Saharan. 24, Samat bin Ismail.
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    NEWSVENDORS' MEET
    26 13 THE Singapore Newspaper Vendors Association will hold its 11th annual meeting tomorrow at 7 pm at the Tamil Reform Association premises In Serangoon Road
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    Door-opening service by firemen is stopped
    342 13 'Not the Brigade's job unless...* THE Fire Brigade lias stopped its dooropening services for flat dwellers who have inadvertently locked themselves out. Up to September, the brigade responded to 135 calls to open the doors of both private and Housing Board flats. For the
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    Washing areas for Chinatown hawkers
    157 13 Washing areas for Chinatown hawkers THE government will construct wash areas In Chinatown from about April In an effort to prevent drains in that area from being clogged up by rubbish. I More details of this antipollution measure are, however, still not available, a Ministry of Environment spokesman said yesterday.
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    At Bt Merah
    40 13 THE UP tor Bukit Merah and Political Secietary to the Ministry of Science and Technology. Mr. Llm Chee Onn. will attend a children's and old folks Cliristrr.a* party at Bukit Merah community centre tomorrow at 2.30 pm
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    WORK ON FLYOVER STARTS
    60 13 WORK ON FLYOVER STARTS THE Public Works Department will beg.n construction of a flyover at Newton Circus from today. A section of Bukit Timah Road between Sarkles Road and Newton Circus will be closed to traffic. At the same time, a new carriageway between Newton Circus and Sarkies Road will
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    Thief jailed
    48 13 ROSLX bin Samad. Joblesa. was yesterday Jailed nine months by a magistrate for stealing an electric Iron worth $41 and pair of Jeans worth $33 at the Metro department store In Penan g Road on Wednesday Rosll, who had two previous convictions, pleaded guilty. Li 1
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    $41,000 loan to director while staff got no raise
    316 15 —COURT TOLD A COMPANY which allegedly allowed nne of its directors to borrow $41,000 lrom company funds. In violation of the Companies Act, has not paid some 40 of Its workers their annual Increments for the past three years, the Industrial
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    Telecoms pays out that 'late' bonus
    396 15 Telecoms pays out that 'late' bonus TELECOMS management kept its word to pay its 9,305 employees their 13th month annual wage supplement "by not later than Dec 26" and paid out the sum yesterday. The Amalgamated Union of Public Employee* (AUPE). representing 6 600 of the staff. was pleased with
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    Sale of dried goods to go metric
    135 15 ALL dried goods, ranging from beans to salted fish, onions, biscuits and sweets, should be sold only In metric from > April 1. According to the Metrication Digest, organ of the Singapore Metrication Board, this change will be at all levels, from Importers
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    Another 10,000 phone lines in operation
    158 15 Another 10,000 phone lines in operation THE Telecommunication Authority of Singapore will commission another 10,000 lines of telephone switching equipment at its City South exchange today, bringing the total lines there to 40,000. A Telecoms statement said yesterday another 10.000 lines will be Installed In the third quarter of 1980
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    Statistics course
    55 15 Statistics course OR. Lee Yoong an. aenior lecturer In economic* and statistics. University of Sbvgapore, will lead a 15-lactur* course In elements of statistics at the unlveralty's Nlasen Hut SB. Buklt TUnah campus, on Mondays between 7 p.m and 9 pm from Jan t The course Is bald by the
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    Land for JTC
    36 15 JURONO Town Corporation v aoqulrtnc a 3.228 3 aq m. piece of land at the Junction of Bendemecr Road aad Lavender Street for Industrial development The l»nd belong! to Lee Kong Chian Ltd
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      213 15 Straits Times Crossword ACBO6B 6 Distinction In Maths (IS). 1 iPomma) iriici (6. ft). 7 Paccet that Uke* port V a Kin oi burfMi aoout to (S>. ucai i ■■■"■>— t7i Constant man. more or 10 rice UAA wnen involved lea. In wood (6). In Keats s twin (I). IS
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    Centre for 60 'latchkey' children
    449 17 THE Singapore Children's Society will sit up a centre for 60 "latch-key" children, youngsters who have no one to take care of them after school as both parents are out at work. Disclosing this yesterday, the chairman of the committee handling the project, Mr. Llm
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    Men paying more for clothes
    290 17 Men paying more for clothes WITH the festive season around the corner, Singaporeans are paying more for their clothing. But contrary to expectations, it Is the men and not the women who are paying more. Ac/cording to the November Consumer Price Index there was a 0.8 per cent Jump in
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    Accident fund at $550,000
    48 17 THE Singapore Labour Foundation's special industrial accident relief fund now stands at about $550,000. according to a spokesman yesterday The latest donation (or the fund was made yesterday by the Asia Commercial Bank branch of the Singapore Bank Employees' Union which donated $6 302.
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    Lock icon Order to seize ship granted
    248 17 MANILA. Thurs A Singapore shipping agency has obtained a court order to seize a ship of the financially troubled States Steamship Co and the vessel h&s neen held for more than a week at ancho rage In Manila Bay ...~plng official* said today. A spokesman
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    116 17 FASCINATED BY DUMMY SHELLS THESE boys from the Mm Keat nelfbkoarhood were la&ctnaled r- the dumm» shells and the mod.i of the Gabriel miasi.es now on dUpla. at the SAT Careers exhibition at the Kirn Keat community centre Banning irom one item to jnothtr at the exhibition, they stoi ped
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    SAF can boost your skills, says Ong
    283 17 THE need for higher calibre peisonnel to meet computerisation. and greater sophisticatlon In the operation of I the Singapore Armed Forces, was stressed yesterday by the Oommunl- I cations Minister, Mr. Ong Teng Cheong. Mr. Ong, who was speaking at the opening of
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    Offering to monks
    89 17 THE Thai Ambassador Tamplnes Home tor Rein Singapore, Mr. Jetn tarded Children and the Sucharltkul, and his wife Ang Mo Klo Community will make a traditional Home for the Aged, offering of food to Bud- The embassy vesterd»v S^h.-«° nl^n at Mr, T»T »r a H ld
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    Court lets coffins bailor Ang have another week
    250 18 Court lets coffins bailor Ang have another week COFFIN SHOP proprietor Ang See long, 61, who has still to produce the man for whom he stood bail despite being given two weeks to do so, yesterday requested a district court for a further week to trace the missing man. Mr.
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    Lock icon Smiles of togetherness
    150 18 TOE Peace's Association's campaign to promote neifhbourliness among residents of housing estates brought these beaming face» together at the start of a three-day day camp at Ang Mo Kio yesterday. The camp, organised for children between 10 and 14 years, was run by volunteers from tne neighbourhood
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    For campers
    34 18 THE Palmer Road YMCA will hold a free reunion party for campers «t its premises on Dec 28 at 2 p.m. Activities will include a sing-along and games. For details, ring *****66.
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    10-month trade at $43 b—up 14 pc
    310 18 10-month trade at $43 b— up 14 pc SINGAPORE'S total trade in the first 10 months this year was $43,020 million, up 14.5 per cent from the same period last year, according to the Statistics Department. Imports, which continued to grow at a faster pace than exports, rose by 15.6
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    SIA to get test facility
    78 18 SIA to get test facility SINGAPORE Airlines has signed a letter of intent with the Japanese company, IshikawajlmaHarima Heavy Industries, for an outdoor test cell to test large turbofan engines. The test cell, to be installed at the Changi airport, will be used for testing performances of the JT3D, JTBD,
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    Offshore talks
    25 18 THE Offshore South-east Asia conference and exhibition will be held here at the Hyatt Convention Centre from Feb 26 to 29 In 1960.
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    Auditions for Bernstein concert starts on Thursday
    285 18 Auditions for Bernstein concert starts on Thursday THE United States' International Communication Agency (the former United States Information Services) in Singapore is looking for vocal talents to take part in a concert in February. The concert, Leonard Bernstein's Musical Reflections will be on for two nights at the United World
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    'Don't confine voluntary work to institutions'
    477 19 YOUNG people need to be more involved in non-institutionalised voluntary service instead of confining themselves to welfare institutions and homes, Mr. Ec Peng Liang suggested yesterday. Mr. Ec, president of the Singapore Council of Social Services, said voluntary work In the eyes of the
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    Net profits of Welcome smarts doubled
    142 19 Net profits of Welcome smarts doubled .11 proau of the WrlÜBi chain of supermarkets came clo«* to $2 mil-ion for the year, doublr that of tee preceding yrar. rrordinj to th< NTVC cooperative's directors' report for the year rnding Jane 3». 1978. nrt profits amounted to 51.521.817 compared to 5952.K4
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    Youth group Xmas ball
    43 19 THE Henderson community centre youth group will hold a Christmas ball and dinner at the Diamond Bird Restaurant and Nlte Club at Intern* uotmJ Pauat tomorrow at "30 pm For ticket*. ling *****68 between 230 pm and 10.90 pjn.
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    Film show
    27 19 BOON LAY Garden community centre youth group win present talk on decoupage and a film show at the centre's premises today at 1 30 pjn
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    Society to start free clinic
    177 19 THE Sal Oh Thye Hua Kwan Choon Teck Seah Society, which launched the search for the most filial person in Singapore some months ago, is to start a free clinic service soon. The clinic, ca'led the Thye Hua Kwan Free Clinic, will provide Western medicine
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    Yoga, Tai Chi at Cairnhill
    57 19 TKS Cmlmhlll community centre will conduct a yog* course on Thursdays between 8 pm and 7 p.m from Jan 4. The fee Is 534. It will also hold at Tal Chi course on Mondays and Thursdays between 7.30 pm. and 9.30 p.m. from Jan 3.
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    SEEING HOW TRAINEES FARE
    107 19 SEEING HOW TRAINEES FARE MEMBERS of the Tripartite Advisory Council for the Junior Trainee Scheme, led by Its chairman. Dr. Ahmad Mattar. will today visit two firms in the metal -based industries In Jurong which employ junior trainees. The group will visit Shlmano (8) Pte. Ltd. In Benol sector from
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    Dec 31 ball
    32 19 THE Buona Vista community centre youth grouo will hold a New Year's Eve ball at the Dover Road Swimming Pool on Dec 31 from 7.30 pjn. to 1 am
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    School advisers to be given service awards
    200 19 THE Ministry of Education will, for the first time, make a gesture of appreciation to members of school advl ory committees Ly awarding long-.ervtce certificates to them. These certificates will be handed to school principals, who are encouraged to present them to recipients
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    Workshop for execs
    45 19 DR. Dale Bailey, a licensed clinical psychologist from the United States, will conduct a workshop on Dynamics of Communication and Growth for businessmen and executives at the Hyatt Hotel on Jan 6 from 9 am to 5 pjn. The fee U 1199
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  • The Straits Times FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1978
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      JAILHOUSE ROCK
      417 20 THE Indian Parliament's vote on Tuesday to expel Mrs. Indira Gandhi and to jail her for c-ontempt of Parliament and breach of privilege was but a symbolic gesture, though it rocked the country with riots and too many unnecessary deaths. She is free to stand for elections again
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      FIREHOUSE LOCK
      306 20 FIRE-FIGHTING today involves much more than dousing fires by merely turning on the water hose. Today's fires are much more complex and also costlier.This is due to our changed environment brought about by rapid urbanisation and industrialisation. As a result, our Fire Brigade is faced with more serious
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    Malaysia's unflappable and steely humoured man
    549 20  -  COLIN CHEE By HE IS WITTY, unflappa ble, unpretentious and articulate. He is probably the only man who could have said Asean would go to war over Australia's low fare policy without causing a diplomatic incident Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, general practitioner turned Cuian. and
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    Lock icon Hongkong's hawkers must talk well, act well and run well
    822 20  - Hongkong's hawkers must talk well, act well and run well JOHN NGAI By in Hongkong TO BE A top-class hawker in Hongkong is not easy one has to be a linguistic genius, a good actor and a sprinter capable of doing I 100 metres inside 12 secj onds. This at
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    A land pulled in different directions
    1323 20  -  SEAH CHIANG NEE Singapore can learn from the Indian experience By Straits Times Foreign Editor FROM FAR it looked i like a black water buffalo sitting by the roadside taking an afternoon siesta. But as my car drew near, I saw something very different.
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      14 20 J&. l FOR WOMEN. oEIKO Bkcda> all watches »ifl tx- made thiv way ■AtlIK
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      342 20 X'MAS BARGAINS Asi^^oo^riend^d^co I 23. Serangoon Garden Way Spore 19. Tel: *****4 or *****0 FREE Carpet iri Discount!^ Curtain Material Now I;" Usual Price &-*9O $3.50 Japan I $**30 $7.50 Holland I U.-31 SV&W $8.50 Germany ;JF |i $W^J $9.50 England l&,r v' Carpets Rugs (6' x 9') Now \.\Wr
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      All making a brave pretence at being well
      723 21 Paper-thin glitter during Christmas for world hit by inflation LONDON: ONCE again, ther* are angels and opera singers in Fifth Avenue, there are medieval wassailers in Bkvomingo'ale'o. offering wast el bread and tastings of caviar; there is a little wa rh in
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      Unhappy at way TV shows are arranged
      159 21 Unhappy at way TV shows are arranged RECENTLY we have been rather dissatisfied with the way RTS chooses to arrange its TV programmes. The Brady Bunch hour, for instance, always clashes with the Mandarin feature over Channel 8. We, the younger generation, often have to sacrifice our favourite programme (Brady
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      No cheer for pensioners
      104 21 No cheer for pensioners CHRISTMAS is just around the corner and those who are still in government service are getting their 13month pay and advance pay for Dwember; but the pensioners will only get their usual monthly pension. Despite cost of living rises, the government has given no thought to
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      They're now pinning their hopes on Case
      174 21 MAY I on behalf of long suffering owners .if commercial properties take this opportunity to thank Mr Ivan Baptist and the Consumers Association of Singapore for their memorandum to the Minister for National Development urging him to extend the protection afforded by the
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      Ensuring that consumers aren't fleeced
      207 21 Ensuring that consumers aren't fleeced I REFER to the report in the Straits Times on Dec 18 under the heading "Case had 1,146 written complaints in year It is now a well-known fact that the Consumers' Association of Singapore is doing a good job ensuring that the prices of goods
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      Exorbitant
      36 21 (Ol LI) tkr MUwrtttn r««wrt< plff r»Hnhtca me tu> to whether the k*wt«n at Bac> Street arr »ll«wr4 to ekarge aa riM-MUm prtee «f $3 Cm bvttrr Mft drlmk witk M KELT CHKATKD, sUiap.n. It.
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        88 22 *yer Hi tarn Tin 3 C B C Metro Hldgs ■•fat Iron Fsso Sin Chew U O I r l 0 B S High 4 Low 1010 780 2&4 MO 364 32« 215 4M 400 342 15 13 10 10 8 7 8 6 6 rronoh Mines ithn KinU
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        26 22 5lme Darby JOL JOB JVearnes ftarimau DBS Msla Rice < L Kr pong 7old Storage 103.000 N0O0 49.000 49.000 43.000 37.000 31.000 3M.0O0 22.000
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        30 22 BT Index: 1647.91 1665.68 industrials: 340.81 345.15 Finance 615.00 818.82 Hotels: 272.82 273.26 Properties: 210.69 209.71 pins: 156.74 157.13 {Rubbers: 521.42 523.13 OCB.C: 312.25 314.46 SES. Ind: 309.74 311.15
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        Hongkong
        340 22 HONGKONG: The market closed quietly firm with the Hang Seng Index rising 3.44 points to 502.23, on small a volume of domestic Interest, dealers said. News of a very sharp rise In Hongkong's November visible trade deficit to HKSI.24 billion from $402 million in November 1977, came too late
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        Tokyo
        391 22 TOKYO: The market! closed sharply lower on j liquidations and profit- taking centring on large capital Issues on caution after recent advances, dealers said. The Dow Jones average fell 101.50 to close at 5,873.17 points, with a volume of 460 million I shares. The fall was the biggest single-day
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        Sydney more active
        275 23 SYDNEY. Train. The market rose In reaction to advances tn overseas markets and was slightly more active than yesterday, but. with little news on which to act. concentrated on secondrank Issues and special situations, dealers said. Strong gains were made by base metals, with coals mlaed and
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        New York moves higher
        242 23 NEW YORK. Wed. Stocks moved higher In moderate trading for the second straight day as American Telephone and Telegraph advanced on a report of Wither three-month earnings Yesterday International Business Machines split 1U stock and raised It* dividend, helping the market arrest Monday's steep slide. D-J
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        Zurich closes mixed
        212 23 ZURICH. Wed Prices closed mixed with a firmer bias on the i«xor«y of the dollar after its weaker opening, dealers said Leading banks and Insurances were steady, while Trti-ti'- Bearer eased In transports In narrowly mixed flnanclals. Maag Rcgtaterasl lost Its recent gain. The Credit 3ulsa» index
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        Amsterdam shares firmer
        173 23 AMSTERDAM Wed Share prices closed firmer In general with Hrn»"» md Royal Datch 1 30 and one guilder higher respectively. In Dutch internationals, dealers said. AhoU and KNBM row two guilders each. Newlkrr- 330 KLM. 390 and Van Omme rwa 550 guilders Ea4>ero BiHts, Fakker. OW Brocade,
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        537 23 I prices ,-losrd slightly higher with activity much reduced aft the Holiday season approaches, dealers said At 3 p tn ihr r*T Index was up 1 4 at 477 i Among leading industrials. average gaini amounted to a penny or so Government bonds finished at much
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        69 23 INDUSTRIALS Wednesday 478.2 ruesday 476.1 Veek Ago 480.2 DOW JONES AVERAGE INDUSTRIALS Vednesday 783. M ruesday 788 85 Veek Ago 808 86 LONDON DOLLAR PREMIUM Vednesday 80* to 80* 'uesday 79* to SO H K HANG SENG "hursday 507 M Wednesday 488 78 Veek Ago 507. 58 SYDNEY
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      Duty rates
      89 22 THE Malaysian Minister of Finance has fixed these rates for the period from Dec 21 until further notice. Rubber 242 343 4 els a kg. Copra $1,***** a tonne. Palm kernel $955.75 a tonne. White pepper $4,652.52 a tonne. Black pepper $2,904.64 a tonne. The rate of duties:
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      162 22 GOLD Futures closed quietly steady In the Singapore Oold Futures Exchange yesterday, with prices showing small Rains on the day mainly to squaring of positions, dealers raid. Opening quotations were generally lower due to the overnight weakness In N*w York and thereafter firmed slightly. Trading was quiet and turnover
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      COPPER
      35 22 LONDON: Copper prices on W*4ncaday iprtvioui In brmcketn Wirtkar Spot buyers £773' SO U7MSO). aellcra £774 SO K'WMI; Threa Month buyers £7*o 50 (17Wi, HIKn £781 l£7»S SO. Market Ml Barrly Heady 14.700 tonara
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      36 22 KUALA LUMPUR: Kullm (Malaysia) has announced an Interim dividend of ten per cent gross (same) for the year ending December 31. payable on January 31. to shareholders registered on January B.—Reuter.
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        205 22 THE Straits tin price fe.l back $7 to $1,797 per plcul In penang yesterday on an official oderlng up 15 tonnes to 226 tonnes. The overnight London market was barely steady with forward buyers gaining £15 to £6.940 per tonne. LONDON: Tin on the day was down £50 for
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        CLOSING PRICES
        31 22 CLOSING PRICES Rubber Dec 21. Sin capore: Jan 237.00 cts (up 100 ct). Malaysia: Jan 240.25 cts (up 150 cts). Tin: $1,797 (down $7). Official offering: 226 tonnes (up 15 tonnes).
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        PRODUCE
        118 22 CHINCH PRODUCE IX CHANGE. SINGAPORE NOON CLOtINC PRICII PIM PICUL Ctttnul Oil: Bulk JIOS seller*, old drum nil tellers, new drum $118 tellers Ceara: Mixed dooae) UK/Cont. $8» buyers. PlIHr: Muntok AST A white fob IOOT NLW 1342', aellara. Sarawak white fob. NLW $323 lellera. Sarawak apecltl black fob
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        RUBBER
        573 22 OPENING price in the Singapore rubber market yesterday were marked up slightly on higher London advices and after hours' Steadiness here on Wednesday. Prices rose further on covering and speculative buy- Profit-taking was evident at the high point and tne gain was tractionally pared, The morning session closed quiet
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        121 22 DAILY &SR and (MR prices at noon yesterday: Jan Fcb *-A.S. ICvml Mth) (Ftnrud Mtk) Bayera Scllcni Bayera ScUcn 5SR 20 fl ton pullet) 238 00 2JG00N 238 00 241 utN 3SR 50 (1 ton pallet > 235 00 237.00N 236.00 238.00N M.R.F..L-B 5MR SCV (1 ton
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      434 22 Wl 11-.TKK trading conditions returned to the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday. Share prices Improved on their previous closing levels but there was very little volume. Some of the buying that wit seen in the day was attributable to light shortcovering The rest of the
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      K. LUMPUR
      407 22 IT WAS another very dull session at the Kuala Lumpur stock market yesterday with prices edging slightly higher In sparse trading. Interest to deal was slack as traders generally preferred the safety of the sidelines. With the recent spate of selling following the announcement of the big Increase
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      Money and exchages
      196 22 THE US dollar opened firm- 1 the Singapore dollar closed er at $2.1630 50 In, the Sin- at $101.32/45. ganore forex market yester- LONDON: The US dollar day. in lMit-d showing little or no Trading was thin and el ena "B e "gainst major quiet with the
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      NOMINAL RATES
      146 22 C urrrnclri US dollar Sterlu.g pound Hongkcr.p dolla: M'siar. dollar KMt schilling Bel franc (com) Danish kroner French fianc Italian lire <eth guilder Nor Kroner Swedish kroner Swiss franc Deat mrrk Japanese yen *ust dollar NZ dollar Canadian dollar *enmlnbl Nominal rate* Smlth»<nJaii Percentage quoted jmterday icro^ii parity
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      175 22 interbank rates at at close on Dec 21. US Dollar* (Spot) Offer BM 7 days 14 1/2 14 1 mth 12 1/16 11 15 16 2 mttu 12 3/16 12 1/16 3 mth.s 12 3/8 12 1/4 1 mth.s 12 13/16 12 11/16 9 mths 12 8/16
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      41 22 Closing interbank ratrs on Singapore dollar on Dec 21. Oiler BM Overnight 4 3 1/8 1 mth 7 t 7/8 2 mths 7 18 7 3/16 3 nth* 7 7/16 7 5/18 Overnißh* mode 41. Source: Attlry it Peare*
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      69 22 RANOE of ratti offered by dl<count housra 10 Ucr 21 OVfrnmhl: 3 lo 4 I Call drpctll 4 10 4 1/1% Buy Itil 3-Mon h Treaaury bills 4 l/t 4 3Monlh Bank bllla 7 3/16 7 3/1* 3'Monttl CD 7 1/2 7 3 6-alonm CD 7 3/4 7 S/S
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      Minimum lending rates
      23 22 THE average rate at which Singapore banks are currently prepared to lend to th.-ir best customers is T* pt-r cent.
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      UOB expects same profit growth rate in second-half
      891 23 THE UNITED Overseas Bank expects to maintain a similar growth rate in the second half year as that attained In the first six months of the current year ending Dec 31. 1978 This Is the Indication given tn Its offer document to
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      Property gains fail to boost Inchcape shares
      300 23 Property gains fail to boost Inchcape shares INCHCAPE BERHAO has disposed of several of its properties in Kuala Lumpur and Brunei for a net consideration of $5.33 million, reaping an extraordinary profit of $2.7 million in the process. The company said negotiations were completed on Dec 18 for the sale
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      CLOSING PRICE
      1379 22 Tin laM traraartad mdy »lf it ll» rloar of ■Until on Ihe Stork Exrhanf* el Stnfkporr «hlm4m compaml wtth th* prrviou* (tojr prtcct lofrther wtth 1171 tilth and low' Ad)u»t*d for SH IION OM IMII v|KI VI 272 IS Arm 2M ZM IS* Alcom 234 IK M7 Allied
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      Unit trusts
      321 22 Closing Tone: Steady. TURNOVER: Official figures supplied by the Stock Exchange of Singapore Including odd lots Ready' totalled: 1.307 units valued at 13.175. Industrials accounted for 912. finance 139. hotels 33. properties 97. debentures, loans and bonds nil. oil palms nil, tins 37, and rubbers 89 Settlement Contracts'
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      BUSINESS DONE (SINGAPORE)
      1200 22 HID tmt offer prices officially I liMrri and business In and rrporieri to the Stock Exrhange of Singapore yesterday »n it thr number of shares I traded shown In brackets In •BU of 1 ooi units unless ..irierwtse specified All Times Settlement Contracts are quoted after the
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      Government and corporate bonds
      103 22 4 1/1% 1/8/80 (250.000) (W. 208 99.355) 4 3/4% 16/9/80 (250,000)1 99 558 99 70S) 5% T F 1/6/83 (250.000) (100 108 100 255) 6 3/4% T F 15/681 84 (230,000) (HUM) 7% 1/8/85 (250.000) (*****8 100 80S I 7 1/4% 15/10/86 (250.000) tiooaoB) 7 1/4%
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      KUALA LUMPUR
      1465 22 BID and offrr prices official^ i^trd and business In and rrporied to tne Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange yestern.i) with the number of shares truded shown in bracket* In lots of 1.000 unlU unless otherwise specified INDUSTRIAL! Annamata i?7oß> Alcan I 7M< I A Ckac i I (MB. <3>
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      136 22 Highlands Lowlands declines to comment HIGHLANDS and Low- Reuter he would make lands' joint managing mo comment following director Henry Barlow, the Hongkong announceiald he was not In a ment of the revaluation josltlon at present to Rubber Trust said make any comment on earlier its assets were the position
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      910 24 CLASSIFIEDS CA_T at I l*^&l FQRTOURISTS PLACES OF INTEREST IS2 WtwxaToEat 154 Entertainment «ORF«« MUSUM food I Chinese/ ii Indian Pleaae visit us ■"WO Restaurant ti Coffee House 2nd floor People's Park Com- f aM A wiato/ »ioot3 »c also A^f^ y£TrT7Ym\ all occasions *J I LIJakJ \l Pr »»r<ts
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      1445 24 FOR Gins Promts that bring happiness, comt to Fitzpatrkk's Supermarket Orchard Road Ttl: *****5 and 64, Rtar Block Orchard Towtrs. Claymore Drivt Sinfaport 9 Ttl: *****0 Fknotted Oriental^ MfaHandkraH I MM S^Kxxr H«i*c»ri Cmtrt I Itaatolaal Id *****S CHONO HWA ARTS Furniture Co For carved camphor wood chests, furniture, ornaments,
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      141 24 Chinese Japanese Gardens Op*" *>•!» Bom 6pm I „r,n<j T,l c^»M9' t">H7i HANDICRAFT CENTRE 157 Photographic Equipment/ Watches SECONDHAND CAMERAS CENTRE we buy. sell and trade-in for used or new Camera. High offer for Lelca used Cameras. Singapore Cosmos Trading Company 177. Middle Road. *****/ *****7 159 Precious metals/ stones
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      1026 24 (164) Acupuncture (164) Credit Card (156) L^htmfl Fistura* (161) SKoppmq •mponum (ISS) AntiajMs-Crarts (155) Crystol Glassware (164) Uogoo* tronsra^ (153) Siofitscvm? coochas (155) Art-aMtol creations (161) Departmental Stores (163) Mossoge-Nealtli Club (158) Silk (156) Audto-nsuol Instruments (156) Eleetrk/llectronic appliancet (153) Motorcar rental (160) Skin Dmna Corol reefs (163) Barber Shoos
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      499 24 GOLF CLUB SUPER MARKET FULL SETS $499 TO $1,299, INCLUDING BAG. 2-68. Second Floor. Lucky Plaza. Orchard Road. Singapore 9 Phone *****95 Telex ELKSPO RS ***** Wt ALSO PBOVIDt REPftlB SERVICE J 163 Beauty Salons/ Massage EMPEROR HEALTH CENTRE I Latest It most luxurious) York Hotel. Mount Elizabeth. Ring *****8
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      606 24 C.A.T.S. 284-4422 will close at 4.00 pm. TODAY. We regret any inconvenience caused. II EMPLOYMENT APPLICANTS REPLYING to Box numbers of vacancies are requested not to enclose original copies of testimonials of reference with their applications No responsibility can be accepted for their loss. Applicants are also advised to write
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      540 24 E*l*bli*h*d Manulaclunng Firm in Jurong requires BOOK-KEEPER Ability to keep a full set of books. Minimum 5 years experience In similar position. Possess LjC C. higher AccountIng or equivalent Experience In costing would be an added advantage COSTING CLERK Relevant experience In similar capacity In Manufacturing concern Possess L C.C.
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      410 25 I* CLASSIFIED ADS 284 442 2 II EMPLOYMENT 31 Situations Vacant m) Secretarial am* Clerical POST OFFICE SAVMQS BANK 111 I apasiratinnifnCLERICAL ASSISTANTS Applicants should possess a pleasant personality and should be Interested In meeting people They should be able to communicate effectively in English and the main local dialects
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      363 25 National E9 We invite applications for the post of PERSONNEL CLERK c Possevs HSI c Under 25 years ild c Have an active and pleasant personality c Preferably bi-lingual Pleasr submit full personal particulars details of qualifications and experience, salary expected and enclosing a recent photograph to Tat Pensmel Department
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      354 25 II EMPLOYMENT TEMPORARY OJM. FRIOAV/ BOOK-KEEPER required immediately for American International Forwarding company Knowledge of general administrative functions and ability to handle full set of Accounts Location: Jurong Pteaae caM ***** M RECEPTIONIST DILIGENT, keen switchboard knowledge preferred Full resume and photograph (non-returnable) Maxwell PO Box 2928 c) Sales AMERICAN
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      474 25 for SALES OFFICER who is a Singapore Citizen Afe: Between end IS (ears. Good education and ability to converse In Chinese It Malay Selected candidates must have 3 to 5 yrs experience of proven record of sales on Bonded Cigarettes. Liquors Ii General Provisions to Ships a Ships' Agents Airways
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      676 25 II EMPLOYMENT TECHNICAL SALESMEN Sime Darby Singapore Pte Ltd has a number of vacanCSM for sales representatives in its Industrial Sales Division which specializes in the sales of building materials and construction equipment and systems Candidates should al least have a technical education "ndary school level with preferably some sales
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      586 25 Established Colour Laboratory requires EXECUTIVE PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR The person must have a technological background and administrative experience in the related field This challenging Job entails an overall responsibility on production supervision, personnel administration and training programme Only applicants who have had several years of laboratory ma nagement experience will be
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      464 25 AT YOUR SERVILE Telephone Service Weekdays 130 a m 500 p m Public Holidays >00 a m I 00 p m Saturdays g3O a m -300pm Counter Service Regular office hours Times Orchard Centre. MiOS Lucky Plata (9> Times Centre f New Industrial Road (19) Ansafoae Service After office hours
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      685 25 EXPERIENCED BABY AMAH required for twin boys aged 18 months Good pay and conditions Ring *****35 before Ham References required EXPERIENCED GARDENER REQUIRED 3 days per week $80 a month Apply: 28. Merryn Road. Dlst.ll between 4pm 6pm FAMB.Y OF 3 requires fulltlme llve-ln/out amah for general housework Malaysian also
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      759 25 SECTION INDEX I FOR SALE SHOPPING (JUIDE II EMPLOYMENT 111 VEHICLES it BOATS IV ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES V SERVICES BUSINESS VI EDUCATION TRAININO VII TRAVEL RESTAURANTS VIII ANNOUNCEMENTS it PERSONAL IX OBITUARIES II EMPLOYMENT A wall estsblisned Japanese Cocktail Lounge urgently requires: 1) EXPERIENCED CASHIER 2) HOSTESSES a) Attractive Income b)
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      575 25 (Carbon Film Division) requires 1. PRODUCTION OPERATIVES (Permanent 3rd shift) Working Hour*: 11ptn 8 Mem REQUIREMENTS c tatafeo** MyeariaM c I'nman id ;n it ion but not c Kxpeneiu-e not neceaamrji c TrainiDK will be given c Nun Singapore c n urns aM«MtoBsM«BBBBt] WE OFFER: a Good sterling pey ol
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      180 26 II EMPLOYMENT 31 Situations Vacant I) General M I o t i hi! i-n hi i <iiiiiU X 111 itilUi 0. 1 1 1|| > O O Z S O Z o 5 QI I o hj i Jf s f 111 **l* < slits i ifi; i HI iihi
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      450 26 0 SHANGRI-LA HOTEL LTD (A) ASSISTANT WAITER/ WAITRESS Pleasant and friendly disposition a Preferably Secondary education with ability to spemk Chinese a Kxperience not required as training is given (B) TELEPHONE OPERATOR a Minimum OCE'O' level riuently c Must be able to operate a owilchboard v well as operating a
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      757 26 II EMPLOYMENT TYLOM (8) PTE LTD We are the subsldiar) of one ol the largest plastic manul.u'urrs in Japan and in-viu-s applications for the following posts for our new I ictory in Mandal (1) MALE Pt A STIC INJECTION MOULDING OPERATORS Ate X lO 25 yean Eioenence 3 years experience
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      546 26 TRAVEL AGENT requires STPB LICENCED TOURIST GUIDE to do clerical work occasional guiding Write with Ml parttciilara contact telephone number to: S.T. BOX Win TANALIN CLUB has vacancy for an OFFICE BOY Applicants must have completed Secondary 4 and undergone National Service. The starting salary $200 per month Reply with
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      1412 26 111 VEHICLES BOATS SPECIAL OFFERS I QUICK NSK (Italy) (Japan) Will give away free one set Automobile Rear Window Demlster WORTH 5525.00 if you buy any of the following SEAT BELTS from now until 31st Dec. 1978 QUICK Static Seat Belts ss«oop»irs $«oop»ir QUICK Automatic -do- ssioooopam NSK Static -do-
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      847 26 111 VEHICLES A BOATS Ziebart: Proven |Penonitanc6 the name to trust in the fight against rust Tel Singapore *****12/3 AA Centre *****47 PEUGEOT *04 M ANNUAL Private registration, accident free and In excellent condition. 12 months old Pleeee view el: IS, GUL STREET 4 JURONG SINGAPORE 22. REG. 1*73 DATSUN
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      999 26 1571 TOYOTA CROWN Beautiful condition Best offer over $4,500 Tel *****18 1572 AUSTIN 1300 Recently overhauled, very good condition Reasonable offer secures. Must sell Joe *****88 I*7l CELICA AMCONO cassette, sports rims, excellent condition Call *****5 V Mr Chew 1*72 CHEVOLET 350 Fully automatic, aircond. tax till Jan. 1979 No
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      916 26 111 VEHICLES ft BOATS IS7S TOYOTA COWm MK2 2000 Aircond. cassette. MM a *nuany owner, in excellent condltu- > Best offer secures Con'act: *****2 1577 COLT OALAMT Sigma OS. aircond. tip top condition Telephone *****54 or view at 5 Makepeace Road, (near Newton Circus i 1*77 COLT OALANT Sigma OL.
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      438 26 URGENTLY REQUIRED HONO* A rord I9T? THnixlel Q>nulnf sell|er contact Mr Are t»l 2*826.16 >.:.•> PRIVATE 'COMPANY vehicles «aiH*j ai v condition Immediate p«jii.ni No PARF acceptable 880*1" PeMktßj WANTED BELOW 1900 I r. MM I scrap. PARF benefits Price offered t2MO Contact *****11 WANTED CARS FOR Scrap. PARK benefits,
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      583 27 V SERVICES BUSINESS 73 At Your Stwvic* m AJ ORT COmCK FOR BtUE BMP- PING CHART BLUE PRWTMG DRAWMG BUI 420 mm i IMB mm Pi AN PRSMTSMG AND MSTANT PRWTISIG IS A YAH ASH E TOO CALL US AT Mmf Tm PtwCmq aMcwcsM OSI I* GM Grew* Flaw hums
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      591 27 ITARTMeS A BUSMESS7 )nr» ire asMreu Xephone answeri l^lex facilities Tel ITAUmo BUBMCBS BOOM in iood OrrhaM Road location )ifl artirlrs handii raft arts I 'amera* etc Wanted on con- < iinmrnl bant Interested j ■art lev please reply lo PO Box i ■M Marine Parade Post Office rMOMAS REGISTER
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      560 27 VI EDUCATION A TRAINING ATT language centre SCHOOL OF LINGUISTIC SKILLS Lonquoqe courses ar>4 private tuition for school eiominotions ond for business, travel pleasure Doily classes, mornings and afternoons commencing Bth January 1979 Children's twice weekly dosses, afternoons commencing Bth January 1979 Teenagers' twice weekly dosses, evenings commencing February 1979
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      1055 27 VI EDUCATION TRAINING LIBERAL Xi^M STUDIES s^bV -> S .a^sfl i^kv s c J* V i'«l«lNNi'« O I '/V STAMFORD COLLEGE GROUP ADULT EDUCATION BOARD Vocational Course for lorry drivers (class 4) commencing 27 Dec 78 ROY will conduct Driving test on completion of 7 weeks' course Tuition fees $160/(in-
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  • IX OBITUARIES
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      54 28 Aged 75, passed away pearrfully :>n 19lh Dec 19T8. leaving behind Beloved laughter Cheng L>n tons Slew Wen Chun Wah Chang Foo daughters-in-law Thla Slew Ylng Kua Ec Kheng Cortag* will l*av* IS. Pnn**p S.raal Singapore 7. en Sunday 4th Dec ll7t at 1.00 pm lor Chua Chu
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      61 28 Loving and kind In all his ways. Upright and Just to the end of his days Sincere and True In heart and mind A Beautiful -nemory left behind D##pfy ntM*MO oy Wim. CMIOT'Wt, GrandchtMran. Parent*, Broth** Daught*f-in-Un>. Son-in-ta« and i Sulariin law Rtquwm Mass ST. ANNE'S CHURCH 22.12.7 Sal 7.00
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      42 28 So kind, humble and true We shall always remember you In prayers No eyes has seen. nor ear heard. nor the heart of man conceived. what God has prepared for those who love Him Hobs, M| CYRIL CHAM SOO CHtOW Ocpwiad 22-12-77
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      36 28 THE FAJM.V OF the late Mdm I.im Ah Crtee wishes to express Ineir heartfelt gratitude to all rrtallves. rollra^urs and friends tor their kind donations, night visits assistance and attendance during their recent bereavement
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      17 28 died 22-12-7S coed 21 May God Grant her ioul eternal peece LORRAINE ELIZABETH FOENANOER
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  • ACROSS THE CAUSEWAY
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      257 30 'Boat people* syndicates TH E government can identify the syndicates bringing Vietnamese "lx>at people" into Malaysia and will deal sternly with them, Foreign Minister Tengku Ahmad Rithauddeen said today. Replying to points raised in a Senate debate, he said Malaysian K. LUVFUR. Thurs authorities had
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      138 30 KOTA BARU. Thurs.— The just-established East Coast refugee observation posts have made their first sighting a flotilla of 14 Vietnamese boats off the coast of north-eastern Kelantan. The observation posts equipped with powerful telescopes are manned by two battalions of Malaysian troops. There are
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      177 30 Estates' water mains: Co-op must pay LONDON, Thurs The Malaysian Armed Forces Cooperative Housing Society must pay lor Installing water mains and electricity at two housing estates where it has bought blocks of houses, the Privy Counc il decided yesterday. Viscount Dilhorne, sitting I with Lord Wiiberiorce, Lord Hallsham of
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      39 30 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. A bus went off the road and crashed on Its side at the 12 km Jalan Pucnong last night. The driver and a few of the 20 passengers escaped with only slight injuries. NST.
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      222 30 KUALA LUMPUR. Thursday PRIME Minis. er Datuk Hussein Onn wiil brii.g colour to Malaysian homes next Thuisdav' the lau.icnhig of colour teiev sion in the country. Director Oeneral of Broadcasting Mr. Abdullah Mohamed said the launching will be in three stages. "P.rst the
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      140 30 Penang flights by next year, says SIA PENANO. Thurs. Singapore Airlines is conndent of flying to Penang by next year, its manager for Peninsular Malaysia. Mr. Johnny Tan, said here tonight. Interviewed during the official opening of SlA's new branch office at the American International Assurance building here, Mr. Tan
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    653 32  -  KOH VAN POH Coaching for PSLE pupils By KAMPUNG Übi consti tuency is launching un education development project next year to help students sitting for the Primary School Leaving Examinations at the end of 1979. Ai It is the constituency's first such project,
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    Students raise $4,300
    94 32 Students raise $4,300 THE Nanyang University Students Union welfare committee raised $4,320 in its "donation of old items" campaign at Toa Payoh housing estate on Dec. 10. One hundred and thirty students went around the estate collecting old newspapers and clothing which were later sold to raise the money. Donations
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    219 32 Murder probe: Police seek aid of two POLICE would like to contact two men who they brleve can help in investigations Into thf murder of Ong Ser Lay, alias Ah Lea, 24. at thr junction of Dunrarn Road and Rifle R.ingr Road on Oct 11 They are Wong Mtn Fan,
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    Dance night
    28 32 THE Ohlm Moh community centre youth group will organise a Social Dance Nlte at Its conference room on Sunday at 8 p.m. For details, ring *****0.
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    Motor traders thriving despite constraints
    186 32 MOTOR traders In Singapore have managed to thrive In the face of constraints on the car Industry here and have found outlets In the Asean market. Speaking at the 46th anniversary dinner of the Singapore Cycle and Motor Traders' Association, last night. Its chairman, Mr.
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      219 32 Bringing Up Father By Bill Kavanagh «c Hal Camp J ITHATS A TWO-MAN I I 01/MAAY MUST I THAT GUV IS NEVER "N THERE'S TOO MUCH FURNITURE JOB I'LL NEED i HAVE ©ONE OUT- AROUND WHEN YOU IN THIS ROOM -TAKE THAT HELP/ j > HE'S NOWHERE I Vv -t
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  • TIMESPORT PAGE ONE
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      354 34 p. r c 1 1.45 CLASS 4. DIV. 5 1200 m nM c ($lO,OOO $7,000 to winner) I 0190 rrw4NMwMlli{MyWiyii Minior 757 id2»ame> 1300 m »Scow f t M» Three Bell a i Bell i Trh3Jsidd *****0 m r C«mfU« 7 1 3875 e»r>«rml Charlie a i Heng
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      Bendy Baby shows form in workout
      1987 34 BENDY BABY enhanced his chances for Race Three in Penang tomorrow with a dashing workout yesterday morning. With fast-improving Larry Northfields (Ron Hutch in son) and Parakee 111 (Ismail As ban) (or company, the Burglar five- year-old (Jimmy Lam) was never off his bit
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      191 34 DUESSELDORF, Thurs. West Germany skated to a 3-1 victory over this year's World Cup finalists Holland here last night to ease the painful memory of their own unhappy World Cup campaign in Argentina. The West Germans. 2-1 victors over Holland in the 1974 World Cup
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      Lock icon Mueller plans to retire
      92 34 Mueller plans to retire MUNICH, Than. Oerd Mueller, West Oenuiy'i mitt mi 1 1— fal nrmtttr farward, yesterday an■t—tod tkat be waa rettru»g frou flnt-ela«i Meeer •t Ue e»« the smmm. Mieller, S3, wka deeMed Nt to pUy far the Mttf (Mun aay more InmeJUtdy after West Germaay waa the
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      99 34 Border to make Test debut SYDNEY. Thurs. New South Wales all-rounder Allan Border, 23. will make his debut for Australia in the third Test against England starting in Melbourne on Dec 29. Border is one of two changes made by the Test sele»tors following Australia's second successive defeat by England.
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      Lock icon Games a big success despite all the odds
      1013 36  -  JOHN FREEMAN By BANGKOK. Thun. Against all the odds, the 1978 Asian Games turned out to be the most successful sporting festival ever held on the world's most populous continent. For 12 days under the blistering Bangkok sun. more than 3.000 athletes
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      Lock icon Boom ends and Thais will feel the pinch
      307 36  -  PETER SIOW By BANGKOK, Thurs. Hoteliers taximen, restaurateurs, souvenir shopkeepers and. not forgetting the massage parlours will all feel the pinch when the various teams and the thousands of visitors to the Asian Games begin the trek home today. For the past
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      Pakistan's triumph sets a poser
      339 36  - Pakistan's triumph sets a poser GODFREY ROBERT By BANGKOK, Thurs. Pakistan's 1-0 victory over India in the Asian Games hockey final here on Tuesday has set up a new poser are India automatic qualifiers for the Olympic Games in Moscow in 1980. Opinions among Asian hocKey officials here are divided,
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      47 36 Asian Cup soccer MANILA. Thura. A regional elimination tournament far the Asian Cup toccer championship opens here on Saturday with teams from China, South Korea, the Philippines and Macao taking part. Filipino organisers said Japan were to have competed but failed to meet the registration deadline. UPI.
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      Thais may end up with a profit
      104 36 Thais may end up with a profit BANGKOK. Thun. The Asian Games Is expected to cost around UB»3 million (about »fl4B million) but Thailand will probably not spend a cent on It. In fact. It may even boost their cotters. Scmjlt Slnghaaeni. the secretary general of the Asian Oames Organising
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      Golf in Asian Games gets SGA backing
      196 36  - Golf in Asian Games gets SGA backing ERNEST FRIDA By THE Singapore Golf Association yesterday welcomed the move to include golf in the 1982 Asian Oames programme. The SOA secretary. Low Kee Pow. said: "It will be a shot in the arm for golf if it is Included in the
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      The OK champion aims for Moscow Games
      292 36 The OK champion aims for Moscow Games BANOKOK Thurs— He k> a orooaing young man in a nurry to make a name tor nlm&elf in the yachting world. As such. Maokl iiaiatgu, Japan's Asian Oames gold medalhst in tne O.K. Dinghy. has no time "lor frivolities or frolics," report* ffcTER
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      Quality team
      49 36 BANGKOK. Thurs. Quality, and not quantity, Is what Lebanon's two-man contingent, both welghtlifters have shown themselves to be. Mohammed Trabulls wna the go:a medal setting new Asian Games record in the 75 kilos division, while his team mate A:f Ftounl won a silver In the 100-ktlos category.
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      Lock icon Arabs will compete with Israel, but
      266 37 BANGKOK, Thurs. Arab competitors will refuse to meet Israelis in any sport involving direct physical contact at the 1980 Moscow Olympics, a leading Arab sports official said here today. Sheikh Fahed Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, leader of the Kuwait delegation at the Asian Games here, said
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      35 37 CHINA'S Huang Tung Sheng and Km Yuen Hua, making a smash in action against Indonesia's Kmpie WuUan and Sinyo Supit. whom they beat 21-17. 21-11, 21-13 in the table tennU men's doubles final. AP picture.
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      Lock icon Hamzah is new AFC president
      190 37 BANGKOK. Thurs. Datuk Serl Hamzah Abu Samah. of Malaysia, was unanimously elected the new president of the Asian Football Confederation lor a four-year term. After being declared the automatic choice of the AFC Congress as AFC president. Datuk Serl Hamzah said: "ThU is not only
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      Malaysia's showing in Asian Games a big disappointment
      487 37  - Malaysia's showing in Asian Games a big disappointment TERRENCE NETTO By BAN OK OK. Thurs. Those who contend that Malaysian sportsmen are generally trip- hunting types Interested more in getting selected than in doing their country proud will have lots of ammunition for their argument from Malaysia's poor showing in
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      550 38  -  ERNEST FRIDA Junie's costly late plunge By DOUBLE gold medallist Junie Sng would have won gold medals in all her three events at the eighth Asian Games swimming championships in Bangkok, if not for a late plunge. Her coach, Kee Soon Bee, said on
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      Ahmad: S'pore now have no standing in the world
      325 38  -  BERNARD PEREIRA By SINGAPORE are lagging lar behind in world badminton that is the bitter pill the Singapore Badminton Association are trying so hard to swallow. And It was brought to them straight from the Asian Oames in Bang kok by
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      Mongia loses his board
      68 38 BANGKOK. Thurs Byram Avari's gold medal in the Enterprise class of the yachting competition saved the hair on his own head. Avari had betted with his arch rival from India. Surinder Mongla, to shave off hia hair if Mongia won. and Mongia would have to shave
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      22 38 TENNIS Hilton lnvtUtlonal tennis (STCi SOCCER Friendly: PARC Selection v Toa Payoh Police and PARC v Whmnpoa (Bkt Chermln SIS).
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      291 39 SOU Chin Aun. Malaysia's Asian Oarnes soccer captain, may end his amateur career In Singapore on Wednesday, reports JOE DORAI. Chin Aun. who is considering turning professional next year. will lead the Malaysian Co-operative and Insurance Society for a friendly match against Singapor
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      434 39  -  BERNARD PEREIRA By ALL three Amrltraj brothers Anand, Vljay and Ashok cruised with relative ease Into the semi-finals of the Hilton Invitation tennis tournament at the Singapore Tennis Centre last night. First to book a berth was tht- most accomplished of the brothers. vijay.
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      33 39 THE cloning date for entries for the Kalians Community Centre'i Mven-a-slde soccer tournament ls Wednesday. Teams can register at the centre In Boon Keng Road from 7.30 pm. to 8 dally.
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      503 39  -  JOE DORAI By SINGAPORE 0 SHAHBUZ 3 SINGAPORE'S probable Malaysia Cup team left the National Stadium last night with their heads down, all because of ti.e errors of three players, which helped Shahbuz of Iran win their friendly soccer match 3-0. The mistakes by captain
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      160 39 LONDON, Thm». Tommy Docherty, the manager who goes Into the transfer market as often as most housewives go to the supermarket, is involved in another English football row. Docherty offered his old club, Manchester United. £150.000 (about $650,000) yesterday for 21-year-old Northern Ireland
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      404 39  -  PATRICK BASTIANS By SINGAPORE'S Christopher Chin. Malcolm Carter. Nicolas Anderson and Matthias Aver. who were placed fourth in the coxed fours at the Amateur Rowing Association of the East championships at Colombo earlier this month, are so elated at their achievement that they
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    103 40 JI Ml SN(i. who krpt thr S nr»»ore flag flying kick at the Asian Gimn in Bant kok with her n>ldrn prrtfntDAnrr ihiti hrr two (Old n frtali and a sllvrr on*. The 14-rrar-oM ronrrnt vtudrnt recHvrd a warm wlfim from the tnorr than
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    372 40 'Epidemic danger' on refugee island BANGKOK. Thurs.^An Independent American refugee commission reported today that epidemics and acute shortages of food and drinking water threaten more than 28.000 Indo Chinese refugees held on Pulau Bidong 29 km off the east coast of Malaysia. The citizens Commission on Indochinese Refugees recommended an
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    380 40 Professors occupy rector's office TEHERAN. Thursday PROFESSORS calling for the reopening of Teheran University occupied the offices of the rector here today. Helmeted troops encircled the building, but allowed supporters to bring in food and blankets. About 60 faculty members were involved in the action. A leader of the movement,
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    93 40 MEDICAL EQUIPMENT IDLE NEW DELHI, Thurs medical equipment worth l coo million rupees iS$27O million) was lying unused in hospitals across India because of lack of maintenance and spares. Minister of State for Health J.P. Yadav admitted in Parliament today. Mr. Yadav agreed to consider a suggestion for setting up
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    62 40 TOKYO. Thurs. The US dollar recovered further against the Japanese yen in Tokyo today, closing trading at 194 35 yen. Trading was moderate. The dollar opened the day at 193.80 and wavered between the starting rate and 194 55 A Bank of Tokyo official said the market
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    401 40  -  S.M. MUTHU By THE United States may reappraise its role in South and East Asia including the Asean region in the wake of its surprise announcement that it will normalise relations with China from Jan 1. Diplomatic sources in Singapore said that the possible
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    373 40 Exxon seeks approval for new energy process WASHINGTON, Thurs. Executives for an affll'.ate of Exxon, the world's largest oil company, have been quietly lobbying government agencies to approve a revolutionary process that could turn the government's uranium wastes into a vast new energy source. The process, proved technically possible seven
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        309 1 Proverbial anecdotes CHUN Yu Kun, a historical figure known for his absurdity, was very fond of drinking. One day. King Qi Wei asked him his capacity for liquor Chun Yu Kun gave a ridiculous reply to the effect that he would get tipsy after drinking
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        121 2 Flashback of major events of year SINGAPORK IN "18, a special SO-minute documentary produced by RTS, is a flashback of the major events and national developments of the year, will be telecast tonight on Channel 5 at 8.40. To help you recapitulate the past 12 months, this annual roundup reviews
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        770 2  - Looking for flaws to avoid at next arts festival GERALDINE TANG By WITH the excitement of the wek-long Singapore Arts Festival just over on Sunday, it is only pertinent to ask how the festival fared this year. Was it a success? Was there an improvement in the standard of Singapore's
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        364 2 Shieh Sun brushes up bright side of children OVER 300 paintings of artist Shieh Sun from the China have been imported and put on exhibit at the Rising Gallery in Telok Ayer Street. This is the first one-man show by a Chinese artist, although a few Chinese art- < ists
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        377 2 I ZyjßwA SINGAPORE X\S?s CONTACT LENS X J SOCIETY The following members are: i CONTACT LENS PRACTITIONERS D OPHTHALMIC OPTICIANS D OPTOMETRISTS E.J. BENJAMIN EDWARD J BENJAMIN PTE LTD F A.A.O F.A.C.L.P Ist Fir 104. Tanglin Shopping Centre. Tanglin Road. (9) Tel: *****9/*****56 CHEN YIN FOOK OAH sin opt CO
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        794 2 TV and Radio SINGAPORE 5 3.00 PM Opening and Housewives' Mati 7.30 News and newveei (Malay) nee The Windfall (Mandarin film) 7 55 SP* 1 Parad flW«y) 8.25 Balaet Adagio 4.40 Intermission 8.40 Singapore in 78 9 30 News 6.00 Opening and Advantures of Long 9 45 c^,, p^ (Enffeh)
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      1183 3  - Vietnam now promoting 're- education' JEAN PIERRE GALLOIS 'Students' are old Saigon regime men By. in Nam Ha, Vietnam 61 was a Seiitir for eight years, mppafter of TWe«. I west mftmtoa* to Earvpe, the totted States mad Jaama. I am to* •Id to take part la the heavy wort
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      812 3  -  JONATHAN KANDELL By BERNARD has no regrets about leaving the priesthood none at all, he said in the booming voice he used to deliver sermons without a microphone. Yet eight years of secular life, as a US$l6O-a-week night watchman at a metal factory in
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        1005 6  - How about some true Xmas spirit? SHEILA CHEONG By IF Christmas, to you, means just one big hole in the pocket, you are absolutely right. There are many who bemoan the fact that end-of-year bonuses are received with one hand and quickly spent on the trappings of the festival with
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      711 8  -  GEORGE BROCK By in London BARRING an unlikely last-minute deal, Times Newspapers Ltd (TNL) will carry out its threat to sack three-quarters of its 4,3000 staff this week-end. The figure comprises union members who have not signed new labour agreements on computer technology,
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        342 8 This Month's New Penguins The Beginning* of Learning: m^BM Krishnamurti Krishnamurti has become widely known as one of today's leading thinkers on educational matters. BBHMBH This book together with The B*^^^BB Impossible Question demonstrate the nature of his thought and BD ~TH I show how much the Eastern iffl tradition
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        898 10 #PWD TENDER NOTICE Tenders ore invited from PWD Registered Controctors for the following (A) Construction of Pedestrion Walkway olong Ben coolen Street, Waterloo Street and Queen Street, Singapore Eligibility: Civil Engineering or Building $500,000/- and above •Site Showround 27 12 78 at 10 30 am Meet at |unction of Bras
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        596 11 -^8 r Steamship^ Company Limited SHARE REGISTRATION OFFICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Company has appointed Kon Choon Kooi Private Limited as Share Registrars with effect from 2nd January 1979. All communications on share transfers, certificates, dividends and notices or enquiries concerning shareholders should as from 2nd January 1979,
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        709 11 CAREERS Moke an eorly start in a career with the Singapore Armed Forces The following are |ust some of the rewarding and challenging careers that you con choose from COMBAT TECHNICAL SERVICE Armoured Infantry Armourer Bandsman Section Leader Storeman Tee Kwon-Do Artillery NCO Ammunition Inatructor Combat Engineer NCO Vehicle Electrician
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