The Straits Times, 27 December 1978

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    14 1 The Straits Times Ertd. 1845 WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1978 25 CENTS M.C.(P) No. 214/1/78
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    Lock icon SHEARES ON 3 MAJOR ISSUES
    897 1 SHE ARES ON 3 MAJOR ISSUES President opens Parliament Q The economy: 6 to 8 per cent growth, barring a recession Q Vietnam- Kampuchea conflict: Danger of a spillover Leaders: We've found some promise, we'll pay for top talent PRESIDENT Sheares last night identified three main issues which would influence
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    Lock icon US banks up prime rate
    67 1 NEW YORK. Tues Several major US banks raised their prime lending rate from 115 per cent to 11.75 per cent. matching a similar Increase last week by sixth-ranked Chemical Bank. Chase Manhattan Bank, the third largest US commercial bank, and Morsan Guaranty Trust, the filth
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    Lock icon Indira freed from jail
    171 1 NEW DELHI, Tues.—Former Prime Minister Indira Oandhi walked out of prison tonight, one week after she was expel ed from Parliament and Jailed for Interfering wich a legislative Inquiry into her son's car business. More than 1,000 noisy supporters cheered and tossed bouquets of flowers lit
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    Lock icon Kampucheans not in full control, says newsman
    589 1 NBW YORK, Tues. The Kampuchean authorities have less control over the country than they officially claim, one of the first two Western Journalists to visit the country since the Khmer Rouge takeover said In an article here today. Richard Dudman of the St.
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    Lock icon Shah 'has accepted cut in powers'
    533 1 Shah 'has accepted cut in powers' say informed sources TEHERAN, Tuesday THE Shah of Iran has accepted "in principle" a new government arrangement that could sharply reduce his strong powers and eventually make him little more than a figurehead, highly informed sources rei ported yesterday. The sources said agreement by
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    Lock icon Four unhurt
    38 1 WASHINGTON. Tues. A team of four New Zealand and two American scientists escaped uninjured from an Antarctic volcano that twice erupted on Satirdav wfedlc they were inside aces jf bm samples. It was reported today. AP.
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    Lock icon Oil buying mission?
    53 1 KUWAIT, Tues. A delegation from Iran arrived in Kuwait today, apparently on an oilbuying mission. Oil Minister Sheikh All Khalifa Al-Sabah refused to confirm or deny officially that the purpose of the Iranian mission was to buy fuel from Kuwait although this was widely believed to be
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    Lock icon Threat of mass suicide by 2,700 refugees
    612 1 Threat of mass suicide by 2,700 refugees 'We'll kill captain, too' HONGKONG, Tuesday ABOUT 2,700 Vietnamese refugees aboard the Taiwanese freighter Huey Fong have threatened to commit mass suicide and kill the captain if the vessel attempts to sail to another port after the Hongkong authorities denied permission for them
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    Lock icon Another refugee ship due in HK
    243 1 Another refugee ship due in HK HONGKONG, Tues.— Another freighter carrying more than 2,000 Vietnamese refugees is due to arrive in Hongkong tomorrow, marine authorities here said today. No other details are available except that the master of the ship has radioed the local marine authorities saying that he Is
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    Tourism hope
    26 1 JAKARTA, Tv«» Indonesia expecta to have one million foreign tourlsU visit lv shores over the next five years. Antara news agency reported today. tfPI.
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    LATEST TROOPS SHOOT AT RIOTERS
    52 1 LATEST TROOPS SHOOT AT RIOTERS TEHERAN, Toes. Troop* sprayed thousands of rioting antlShah demonstrators with submachine-fun lire today In Teheran and In the northwestern city of Tabrir. At least eight people were killed and dotens wounded when troop* battled demonstrators for the fourth straight day. LPI. SEE THIS PAGE AND
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      85 1 WIFE SEEKS TO SET ASIDE DECREE NISI Pago 13 DON'T abuse children s rights" call to c-centrro 9 SPYROS Inquiry 10 "PBE-U One places for all" pledge by ministry 16 CD men> to be grouped at their work places 17 PHOTOSTATS at 20 cents each: Library under fire 19 Causeway
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      Lock icon Xmas joy of Christians around the world
      570 2 Xmas joy of Christians around the world NEW YORK, Tuesday NEARLY one billion Christians around the world, from Bethlehem to Mexico City to Moscow, celebrated the birth or Jesus Christ ir their own ways mostly joyfully but sometimes violently and often in just plain poverty. The world's estimated 960 million
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      Lock icon HOLIDAY ROAD DEATHS TOP THE 400-MARK
      76 2 CHICAGO, Tues. America's Christmas holiday traffic fatality count passed the 401 mark yesterday with millions of motorists jamming highways to head for home at the end of their three-day weekend The National Safety Council predicted between 400 and 500 people would be killed in
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      PAINTINGS WORTH $2.3m STOLEN
      125 2 PAINTINGS WORTH $2.3 m STOLEN SAN FRANCISCO, Tms. Burglars eased through veattUtiM shaft and dropped Into aa unguard rd gallery la »rder to steal a l"sslm (SSMIm) K«rnbr»ndt at a masenm here, police said today. Three otlwr nth century Dutch paintings worth a total of I SSM.M* <SSI3MM) were alsa
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      Lock icon PAL man on drug charge
      113 2 MANILA. Tues. The food and beverage manager of Philippine Airlines (PAL) has been charged in court with smuggling in illegal drugs including hashish, marijuana, mandrax and mogadon, it was reported today. Constabulary Anti-Narcot-ics Unit (Canu) chief Col. Bienvenido Felix said the drugs were found in
      AFP  -  113 words
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      Lock icon Offences by children help raise Japan crimes
      214 2 TOKYO, Tuesday INCREASES in offences committed by children, robberies involving financial institutions and thefts of vehicles have helped raise the number of crimes this year, the National Police Agency said yesterday. The number of crimes in the first 11 months of this year
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      Lock icon Chinese ads: Paper gets a warning
      122 2 Chinese ads: Paper gets a warning JAKARTA, Tues. A daily newspaper in Medan was strongly warned by the Information Ministry for carrying advertisements in Mandarin, it was reported here today. The daily "Bukit Barisan" carried several death notifications in its editions this month written in Chinese. A North Sumatra Information
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      Lock icon Religious music on Peking TV
      308 2 Religious music on Peking TV PEKING, Tuesday RELIGION, castigated in modern China, as "the opium of the people," was back in fashion here this Christmas. For the first time since the communists took over in 1949, Chinese television telecast a programme of religious music on Christmas Eve. The programme consisted
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      Lock icon 100 Reds kill officer in $162,000 hold-up
      162 2 100 Reds kill officer in $162,000 hold-up BANGKOK. Tues. A band of about 100 comunnist insurgents held up a train in southern Thailand today and killed one police officer before making off with 1.5 million bant (*****.000) of the year-end salaries of southern provincial officials, police said. The officer, identified
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      Lock icon Naval boost
      22 2 JAKARTA. Tues Indnnreia has ordered three corvettes from the Netherlands to strengthen its navy, Anlara news agency reported today. AFP.
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      Lock icon "Problems in the way of Asean projects'
      168 3 MANILA. Tues Eronom- j i< and technical problems are preventing four major Atean joint industrial projects from getting off the ground the Private Development Corporation of the Philippine* (POCP) said It said in its latest chemical iadustry report that the Indonesian and Malaysian
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      Lock icon B'DESH BID TO WOO OPPOSITION TO JOIN IN POLLS
      133 3 B'DESH BID TO WOO OPPOSITION TO JOIN IN POLLS DACCA, TMa. The g*vmarttal law aad *U It mM roieaar all pi—b«l priiiiiii la aa eflwi to prrveat aaaMHlaa parttea frMD k«yr«tttaK the Jaa tf parliamentary eleettaas. The [iTctimti akw MM It mM extead tfce toaaHae far eaadMate maj»li»d— by tame
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      Lock icon 30 killed
      35 3 MANILA. Tun At least 30 proplr haw di«i since Ortotar in clashes between tribal people and Christian migrant settlers in the remote far southern area of Mukidntm. The Bulletin newspaper reported today Reuter
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      Lock icon Fire after bridge collapses
      62 3 Fire after bridge collapses THE collapse of this rail road bridge on Monday sent about 20 cars plunging into the Salins River in Arkansas. It also sparked a chemical fire and forced the evacuation of families living in the area. No injuries were reported. About 100 people were evacuated for
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      Lock icon 'US brought up rights issue before ties decision'
      248 3 WASHINGTON, Tuesday THE Carter Administration discussed with Chinese officials its* concern about human rights problems in China before deciding to establish diplomatic relations with Peking, a senior State Department official said on Sunday. However, Miss Patricia Derian, Assistant Secretary of State for
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      Lock icon Xmas tragedy
      36 3 NEW YORK, Tues. Six memben ot a family were killed today when a car hit them on the pavement as they were walking home Irom a Christmas party in New York, police said. Reuter
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      Lock icon Reason why Moscow held off Salt pact
      225 3 WASHINGTON. Tues. j I A deep-seated Soviet con- cern over President Carter's sudden decision to norma- lise relations with China was seen by some US offic ials as a major factor in Moscow's reluctance to con- elude a strategic arms limiI tation agreement
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      Lock icon Chiangt: I won't go
      56 3 TAIPEH. Tues. Taiwanese President Chiang Ching-kuo today cabled several US senators turning down their invitation to appeal to the senate for security guarantees for his country. President Chiang instead recommended that Vice Foreign Minister H.C. Yang, who is already in the US, should be his personal
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      Lock icon Mystery atoms may help us reach aliens
      255 3 Mystery atoms may help us reach aliens I SEATTLE, Tues. Sub-atomic particles called neutrinos may someday help scientists communicate with extra-terrestrial beings, forecast earthquakes land explain the universe's creation, say researchers at Western Washington University. The scientists last week conducted what they call the first successful demonstration that neutrinos can
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      Lock icon Canned food for tourists in strike-hit resort
      163 3 Canned food for tourists in strike-hit resort LAS PALMAS (Canary Islands), Tuesday TENS of thousands of Christmas vacationers in this resort had holiday meals of canned food today for the fourth straight day, as a strike by 30,000hotel and restaurant workers continued with no sign of settlement. The employees are
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      Lock icon Envoy briefs Suharto
      52 3 JAKARTA. Tues President Suharto today conferred with Indonesian ambassador to Vietnam. Mr Hardi. on bilateral relations between Jakarta and Hanoi An Indonesian mission has just returned from Phaom Penh to explore the possibility of opening an embassy there following the agreement between Indonesia and Cambodia to exchange
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      Lock icon Indian minister's threat to quit govt
      142 3 NEW DELHI, Tues Information Minister Lai Krishan Advani has threatened to quit the Indian cabinet because he felt his position as leader of the Upper House of Parliament had become untenable in view of Prime Minister Morarji Desai's son, the Indian Express reported today.
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      639 3 The Secret of Health ond Long Life Medically every organ in the human body has the capacity to function satisfactorily for a minimum of one hundred years. A full day's honest work, correct diet and exercise all go a long way Relaxation for the mind and body, however, count more
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      Lock icon Vance fails in bid to fix peace treaty talks date
      176 4 Vance fails in bid to fix peace treaty talks date BRUSSELS, Tues. U.S. Secretary of State Cyrus Vance on Sunday failed in his pre-Christmas bid to have Israel and Egypt agree on a date to resume peace treaty negotiations. Mr. Vane* said Egyptian Prime Minister Mustapha Khali) and Israeli Foreign
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      Lock icon British 'Mata Hari' dies
      51 4 HAMOTON. Toes Lady Mary CHarrMU and former lIS Preai dent Harry Truman fo. helping her huabaad create and run a network, died here today at the a«eofTs TV atrrvaaful career of her Mfeja* HMaWJ herame the baata for the popular apy novel. A Man Called Intrep
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      Lock icon Life for rapist
      70 4 Life for rapist MANII.A. Turs A Philippine lower rourt hu jailed (or life a M-jwar-oM apartment o»nfr s Ha w*o »Ui gidly r»prd a teen »«r girl twice In his parents' flat in 1*77 it wax reported today The rourt abm ordered Reynal do Rea VUUmor to pay ha IJ-year-old
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      SUMMIT IN TOKYO WILL BE LEFTIST TARGET'
      167 4 SUMMIT IN TOKYO WILL BE LEFTIST TARGET' TOKYO, Ties. J»p»■ear fOr* ImU> prrdk-t-«4 Irftfart rmaUrals w««M latMMafy vk4Nt activities M-xt y«*r wit* the arM- !<-• nimmlt «f aaU— la Takya aaa NarlU alrpart an nukjar unrrta. la ll* aamaJ repart, thr NftttaaaJ Pallor Arfw) (NPA) said palirr were aiaa raMP>r»f<
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      Lock icon Iran may run out of petrol within 24 hours
      359 4 TEHERAN.Tues IRAN, normally the world's second largest i petroleum exporter, faced the prospect of being virtually without J petrol within 24 hours if oil production continued to plummet, government sources said today. Some petrol stations in Teheran ran out of fuel
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      Lock icon Israeli radio wishes Sadat 'happy birthday'
      127 4 Israeli radio wishes Sadat 'happy birthday' TEL AVIV. Tues. The Israeli national radio's evening English newscast ended yesterday with a "happy birthday" wish for Egyptian President Anwar Sadat who was born on Christmas Day 60 years ago. "Beiore we close tonight then. President Sadat, from Jerusalem, we wish you a
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      Lock icon Bomb blast in Rome
      54 4 ROME, Taea. A pewcrfnl bamb blast damaged four can during the night St m from Premier Glolla Aadn*tU'a afflee aad the Chamber af Deputies, said pallre today. The exptostoa la the Plan* olonna, beard all over central Ramr, blew a small Flat car to nieces aad
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      Lock icon 'Risk of civil war due to private armies'
      348 4 'Risk of civil war due to private armies' SALISBURY, Tuesday PRIVATE armies formedby two nationalist groups supporting the Rhodesian internal settlement are gearing up for "political intimidation on an unprecedented scale", according to a report by the Rhodesian Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace. The two groups involved were Bishop
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      Lock icon Yamani warnsi Price of oil will soar if...
      397 4 Yamani warnsi Price of oil will soar if... WASHINGTON. Tues. The price of oil could soar to more than US$20 (SS43.20) a barrel by the mid-1980s unless the United States and other Western countries take steps to reduce their consumption, Saudi Arabia's Oil Minister warned. Consuming nations must gradually cut
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      Lock icon 'N. KOREA AGREES TO N-ARMS CALL'
      106 4 'N. KOREA AGREES TO N-ARMS CALL' TOKYO, Tues. A leader of the top opposition party said yesterday during recent meetings in Pyongyang, North Korea agreed to a Japanese Socialist Party proposal to eliminate nuclear weapons from Korean peninsula, Kyodo reported. Socialist Party vice-chair-man Shoichi Shimodaira, returned here on Sunday night
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      Japan's jobless still over a million
      119 4 Japan's jobless still over a million TOKYO.Tues. Japan's unemployment totalled 1.16 million in November, the 23rd consecutive month that the country's jobless exceeded one million, the government said today. Of the total, men unemployed accounted for 800,000, up 140,000 from the comparable month last year, while women totalled 360,000, down
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      Lock icon They are not up to middle class yet
      157 4 TOKYO, Tues. Three peo- pie out of four consider themselves middle class, < but their actual living conditions are below what Vyey I think appropriate for ideal 1 middle class lives, accord- Ing to a life insurance company survey. The survey covered
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      Lock icon Japan's fleet of floating oil reserves
      107 4 TOKYO, Tues. Japan has completed stockpiling about two million tonnes of crude oil on a fleet of 10 supertankers in Tachibana Bay in Nagasaki prefecture. The 10 tankers will remain at anchor over the next two years with crude oil on board, the state-run
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      Lock icon We will hit back if provoked again: China
      341 5 Don't say we didn't warn you, Hanoi told HONGKONG. Tuh AFTER claiming it suffered nine casualties in a border clash against Vietnam and killing three "invaders," Peking issued a stern warning to Hanoi that Chinese troops will retaliate if they were again
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      Lock icon Group out to topple Vietnam regime report
      208 5 Group out to topple Vietnam regime report BANGKOK. Tues. Kampuchea!* born in Vket Mm known as Khmer Krom have set up liberal ed zones in southern Vietnam from which they are fighting against the Vietnamese administration, the Voice of Kampuchea said today It added that the Khmer Krom. estimated to
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      Lock icon THE DAY IT RAINED FLAMING CRUDE OIL
      129 5 THE DAY IT RAINED FLAMING CRUDE OIL SCOTLANDVUJLE (Lou siana). Tues. A storage tank filled with almost 13 million litres of crude oil burned out of control and then collapsed yesterday, officials said. The burning oil was contained by dykes surrounding the collapsed tank, they said. The flames from the
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      Lock icon 'Nuclear strike will kill 40m Russians'
      219 5 'Nuclear strike will kill 40m Russians' WASHINGTON, Tues. An American congressional critic of increased civil defence spending said yesterdaythat an American nuclear strike against the Soviet Union would kill at least 40 million Russians and destroy more than 60 per cent of the country's industrial base. Democratic congressman Les Aspin
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      Lock icon First batch of Chinese students off to US
      316 5 First batch of Chinese students off to US PEKING, Tims THE first batch of 50 Chinese to go to the United States to study under an official arrangement left for Washington today. Chinese officials earlier this year approached a number of Western countries to see what places were available for
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      Lock icon More aid for refugees
      69 5 TOKYO, Tues. The Japanese Government today decided to double its financial contribution to a United Nations programme for Indoc hinese refugees, the Foreign Ministry announced today. The ministry said Japan would give an additional USJ2 5 million (555.4 million) in the current fiscal year ending next
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      35 5 MOSCOW, Tues. Georgian Health Minister llya Zefinidze has been dismissed for failing to improve health services in the Georgian Republic, the Zaria Vostoka, a communist party newspaper, reported i its latest edition AFP.
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      Lock icon Sideliners
      292 7 IN nusmNWT Carter has become so well liked in Egypt that people are composing prayer-like pwms beseeching Allah to cure Ws hatawnhuhk, the wsyatHT Al Akhbar reported Al Akhbar printed a tworolumn poem in Arabkabout Mr Carters haemor rhoMa, lowed with a ran cature showing him as a symbol
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      385 7 Annulments by the Church not legal' MANILA, Ttia* A PHILIPPINES Supreme Court judge has said that annulments of marriages granted by the Roman Catholic Church here are not legal and any of the parties marrying again may be prosecuted for bigamy. Justice Felix Mnhitiir made the observation in a recent
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      Lock icon Manila rebel raid foiled
      204 7 Manila, Turn, GOVERNMENT troopers raided a communist guerilla ramp where rebel commanders were planning to meet and foileO rebel plans for a suicide Christmas offensive, authorities said today. The troopers launched the Christmas Day laid as the military declared a red alert throughout the Philippines to
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      Rupiah loss: Jakarta 'yes' to hikes
      162 7 Rupiah loss: Jakarta 'yes' to hikes JAKARTA, TM. IV) MsaMlaa Gcvenuneat Urfay formally allowed prim at tMr araiaets to niir,— tr for the »J aar eaat a>valaattoa of Ike raptma ■■aiiarrj last ITW IWWF SMIH Prawlro aaM the- govcraprieas of 1M types at coaaatlal aad Important proiaete like hotter, eameot,
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      41 7 NAfUTA, Tues. A group of hardcore opponents of Tokyo's new international airport today announced it would muster more than 20,000 people for a rally next March in a bid to block the second stage of the airport's construction. Reuter
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      Lock icon Option to end bases pact with US
      178 7 Option to end bases pact with US MANILA. Tues. The Philippines and the United States have agreed to an option to terminate after five years a military bases pact they are revising. President Marcos said today. Mr. Marcos told reporters the option was agreed to in principle during an official
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      48 7 CAIRO, Tues. About 1.000 firemen fought a huge Maze in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria yesterday which gutted a depot containing butane gas cylinders, police officials said. Many of the 400 cylinders exploded, making bomb-like noises, and injuring 27 people, mostly firefighters- UPI
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      Lock icon Metallic masst Ship or plane remains?
      207 7 Metallic masst Ship or plane remains? PALERMO (Sicily). Tum. Searchers hunting 77 missing bodies and the wreckage of Italy's wont air crash in six yean said today they had detected a large metallic maw on the sea bed near Palermo's Punta Raisi Airport. They said they would now have to
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      Lock icon His last Xmas wish ...
      51 7 His last Xmas wish MIAMI, Tuet. Hartman Boom, a master clock and watch maker whose hands had become crippled by rheumatoid arthritis, painfully wrote an eloquent, fourpage letter to his diter, quoting Shakespeare and wishing her a merry Christmas. Then the TO-year-old craftsman drank cyinlde and killed himself, official! laid
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      Washington's biggest guessing game
      879 8  -  Milton Chase, Who will be what in Congress committees... AMERICA-WATCHERS will await news in the coming months for signs of new congressional leaders making the scene after November's elections. A number of powerful positions in subcommittees are* expected to be filled next month when Congress meets
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      The new faces The old faces
      18 8 Mr. EDWARD KENNEDY MR. FRANK CHURCH MR. JOHN GLENN MR. LESTER WOLEF
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      Priority for Asean
      372 8 THE development of closet* Asean-US ties will be one of the top priorities of the Senate East Asian and Pacific Affairs subcommittee in the fl6th Congress In the coming year. "I will co what 1 can to further our relations with the Asean countries." the subcommittee chairman.
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      194 8 Bottoms up to the 'Boozer's Dairy' NEW YORK, Tues. Cheer today, groan tomorrow, "me Boozer's Diary," a tongue-in-cheek calendar distributed at noliday t.me to customers in some British pubs, mixes some sober tacts with its humour. Amid warnings against driving after drinking, the diary suggests "the balancing trick. With your
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      Lock icon Tokyo may go bankrupt, says governor
      311 8 Tokyo may go bankrupt, says governor TOKYO. Turn. GOVERNOR Ryoklchi Minobe, fearing bankruptcy for Tokyo early next year, proposed a major cut in the prefectural (state) work force today to cut down 1.2 per cent of the 220,000 employees on the public payroll. A spokesman (or the TuKyo Governor said
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      Lock icon The irony of it all...
      93 8 PARIS. Tues. A 49-year-old man killed his wife their three children and a dog over the week end then shot himself because he feared he was about to lose his Job He was wrong accordIng to the printing firm for which he worked, They said
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      Lock icon Conspiracy theory on JFK killing gaining ground
      301 8 WASHINGTON, Tuesday A COMMITTEE set up to confirm, that Pres:dent Kennedy was killed by one man acting alone goes out of business this week, having instead raised new doubts. Public disquiet over the assassination 15 years ago has .ncreased since the Hous- of
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      Lock icon Fcund hurt by railway
      58 8 Fcund hurt by railway HONGKONG. Tues. A man In a Chinese-style uniform was today discovered lying with head Injuries by the railway which links Hongkong with the South China city of Canton, a police spokesman said. He said the Chinese, who was certified dead on arrival at hospital, was believed
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      54 8 TURKISH troops taking up positions in a section of the southeastern town of Maras where at least 93 people have been killed in a weekend of political and religious rioting. The Turkish government have placed virtually the whole of the country under martial law following the outbreak
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      Lock icon Avalanche of queries over sex slayings
      173 8 Avalanche of queries over sex slayings CHICAGO, Tues. Police investigating John Wayne Gacy, suspected of tiie sex slaylngs of as many as 32 teenage boys, have received hulidrtedb of telephone calls from parents who believe their missing children may be among the victims. AutrwtVlfes have set up a central command
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      38 8 KIGALI. Tues. Voters In the central African republic of Rwanda's one-candidate presidential elections on Sunday came out lr. favour of Head of State General Juvenal Habyallmana by 98 88 per cent return.. Indicated here today AFP.
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      281 8 Straits Times Crossword ACROSS hausted (4-4). 1 Linen cover for the cloth? 7 Hunter involved one with a European region ((I. 5 borne trouble connected 8 Perhaps a Hebrew cairles with the Navy's oeciu tt»>. n Interval for imslc 9 Wauons record In UK <•'• barrister s desk? (4-4; 13
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    Boat to fight fires on waterways
    102 9 THIS boat Is b»UI ■prrially to fight Ores ..n ship* and along waterways the Br«t of sach craft to be made here Built by a local marine firm FlrstRrnt i Bolt. it Will •oon be delivered to the Brunei Fire Service. The boat is
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    'Don't abuse children's rights' call to c-centres
    468 9  -  IRENE NGOO Licence needed for under-17s By A NUMBER of community centres have abused the Children and Young Persons Act by involving kindergarten and school children in public entertainment \v i th o u t a licence from the Commissioner of Labour. Thl)s
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    Ballet course for kids at Havelock CC
    81 9 Ballet course for kids at Havelock CC THE Havelock community centre will hold a three month ballet course for children between the ages of five and 10 at the new centre in Merchant Street, from Jan. 7. Ballet sessions will be held every Sunday irom 3.30 p.m. to 4.15 p.m.
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    New airlines office
    40 9 THE reservations and ticketIng office of Thai International/Scandinavian Airline* is now on the ground floor of Finlayson House The new office was opened by the director of the Tourist Organisation of Thailand in Singapore. Mr. Staporn Slrlsinha.
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    Xmas Day gang attack: Man fined $800
    181 9 Xmas Day gang attack: Man fined $800 A SECRET society "fighter" was fined $800 by a district court yesterday for causing hurt to a coffeeshop owner by flinging a soft-drink bottle at him in a Christmas Day attack. Asoka Ananda Senevlratne. 23, and two others entered the shop in Lavender
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    24-hour service even on holidays, PUB assures
    221 9 24-hour service even on holidays, PUB assures THE PUB assured consumers yesterday that the emergency breakdown service continues round the clock even on public holidays. Commenting on the blackout in the Woodlands area on Sunday, a spokesman said the tallure of equipment at the Marslllng Road sub station was traced
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    Up Himalayas
    54 9 on slides ABOUT 480 slides on. ClimbIng The Himalayas, will be screened at a diner organised by the Nanyang Acacemy of Fine Arts Alumni Association at the academy campus tomorrow at 7 P-m. The slides were taken by Mr. Ong Kirn Beng, a ielftaught water-colour painter during his
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      109 9 MMrMMTYCvt Le Chalet: Usher in 1979 on an intimate note in cosy surroundings. Dance to the music of the Limelite. Gala Dinner. $55 nett Cocktail Lounge: The Twi-lites ta'<e you into 1979 with their beautiful music. New Year's Day Brunch at the Coffeeshop: $15 3% From 11 a.m. Reservations Call
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      716 9 New "fear at tfee Hilton dancing. ThP hMinnina of a New Year is always special, a milestone to rememDer. wiltthe Xon hive tried our best to make this a New Year's Eve for 1 you to remember. cnunAV O4 ncrCMRFR I Dinner per person is $75.00 MAKE THE HILTON SUNDAY,
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      96 9 mm SHOWS for the Museum from 10.30 a.m. public at National Mu- to 7 p.m On till Sunday, seum at 8 p.m. titled EXPERIENCING AST The Village of the White THBOUGH TOUCH Storks. Working with EXHIBITION at National Glass and Trier Time Museum young people's and Testimony. Free ad- gallery
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    Oil samples from most tanks contaminated
    966 10  -  BEN DAVIDSON By -SAYS WITNESS A GEOCHEMIST told the Spyros inquiry yesterday thut he analysed samples of oil taken from all the tanks of the Spyros and found that most of them were contaminated with crude oil. Dr. Stephen Thompson, head of the geochemlcal
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    Sawmill worker dies
    39 10 A SAWMILL worker died in an accident at Singapore Wood Industries In Jalan I enjuru yesterday. Yeo Chenr Wee, 37, from Johore Baru, was Willed when a pile of planks fell on him at the sawmill.
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      162 10 Bringing Up Father By BUI Kavanagh «c Hal Camp •>. tO LOVE TO HAVE DINNER^ I COUNT TEDOWN IS ">| i I INVITED THEM FOR HI,JI(5<3S-CAN AT YOUR CLUB, COUNT- J\ TAKIrt© ME OUT TO/ i BRIDGE AND THEY JUGT MAKE \Tj/ I'LL PICK YOU UP DINNER 1 M x
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      550 11 Back to school made easier at Metro jj^^^ fc& A 4&SMA For the Young Ones j^^^ Boys School Shorts. Usually: Sizes Small to Extra Large. 0Q 30-S5 60 A &tfj Now: LESS 20 > j,. g55f| F^ lln Boys' White short sleeved Shirts. Usually: JjjK I ME^Hi v|f Collar Sizes
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      463 12 MISSION IMPOSSIBLE? NOT TOR HUGHES. Build two different kinds of J^KM as cx P er i ence d firsthand by spacecraft. Tb take two different mMm^ <^m^ I Multiprobe. flight paths to Venus. And send I^^^Hb.^^^i^i^i^P 920° hot. M ra back to Earth a stream of new Venus has a
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    Wife seeks to set aside decree nisi order
    449 13  - Wife seeks to set aside decree nisi order GERALD FEREIRA A couple's 'first' in law By A YOUNG Singaporean couple w hose marriage w;is made ;i nullity l»\ ilir High Court on a petition by the woman will make legal history when the wuman siitceeck in her application for a
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    SIX-YEAR BAN, FINE ON TWO RASH RIDERS
    105 13 TWO motorcyclists were each fined $1,000 and disqualified from driving all types of vehicles for six years by a district court yesterday for rash riding Koh Kirn Poon. 18. a carpenter's apprentice, and Yon* Lin Flng, 20, a Malaysian fitter, were among two
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    CHINESE NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS ON JAN 29 AND 30
    125 13 CHINESE NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS ON JAN 29 AND 30 JANUARY 29 and 30 are the public holidays for Chinese New Year although the festival actually falls on Jan 28 and 29. This is because Jan 30 has been gazetted a public holiday in lien of Jan 28, a Sunday, which
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    Assn dinner
    45 13 MR. Ong Teng Cheong. Minister for Communications and acting Minister for Culture, will attend a dinner given by the Nanyang Slav Urn National Art Association to celebrate its 21st anniversary at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry auditorium at 8 p.m. tomorrow.
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    Co-op charging high prices, say students
    423 13 SOME 108 University of Singapore students have sent a petition to the Consumers' Association of Singapore (Case), complaining of high prices at the University of Singapore Cooperative Bookstore Society Ltd. (Co-op). They have singled out a book by James Riggs. railed Production Systems, which
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    'USSU may go bankrupt in four years'
    275 13 'USSU may go bankrupt in four years' THE University of Singapore Students' Union USSU > may go bankrupt in four years if Its revenue does not catch up with its expenditure. Basing this possibility on USSU's present year's estimated celicit of $*****. its president. Mr William Lav. told the Straits
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    Two blood donating sessions
    112 13 BLOOD donors can give blood today from 10 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. at the Ministry of Education at Kay Slang Road and betweer. 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. at the Tlong Bahru Secondary School, Lower Delta Road. There will be a special blood donation session on
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    Man for High Court trial
    48 13 MICHAEL lan Blnny, 20. was yesterday committed by a magistrate to stand trial In the High Court on a charge of murdering Klynt Martin Douglas. 26, In Jalan Pelaju on Sept 24 at 7.48 p.m. Eighteen witnesses gave evidence during the preliminary inquiry.
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    Doctor found dead: It's misadventure, says coroner
    311 13 Doctor found dead: It' s misadventure, says coroner ABOUT five minutes after a woman company director returned from a dinner party, she found her doctor husband lying dead In the.r bedroom, a coroner's court heard yesterdaj. An autopsy showed that he had died from acute phenobarbltone poisoning. Madam Lee Swee
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    Jail for bogus inspector
    90 13 Jail for bogus inspector SUNDRUM Letchmanan 44. who impersonated a health Inspector to cheat a shopkeeper of $2. was Jailed for two years by a magistrate yesterday. The court heard that the accused, a sweeper with the Environment Ministry, visited Madam Ng Slew Lay's shop in Sixth Avenue on the
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      287 13 Wp v The time for M yk Golden Maid's Yuletide "%I'SC'* mP^ mlmerolls bargains available. ""X/Si" -.jp"- WP^ Dresses, blouses, skirts, pants, underwear and *3P>.. $F^ r every type of children's outfit. All going at specially v reduced prices this Christmas. *K d ll^. DONT MISS OUT ON THIS GOLDEN
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  • The Straits Times WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1978
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      CRUCIAL SESSION
      420 14 PRESIDENT Sheares' address was in essence a reiteration of what has been articulated before. To use the President's words, the single most important issue in Singapore is the next political leadership. The political leaders will require the continued support of the best civil servants. That the major problem
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      MAKINGS OF A TOP COP
      320 14 THE introduction of the Singapore Police Force Scholarship and the recent recruitment of seven top scholars are part of the police effort to gear themselves to meet the challenges of the next two decades. So far the police have met their responsibilities in a fast-changing
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    Lock icon Voice from the dead names 'Piltdown hoaxer'
    556 14 LONDON IWt voice of il<M(l Oxford don has implicated a fellow don in one of the most MBBMBW m icntifh hoaxes ever A tape recording made by the late James Douglas. i Word professor of geology I*l7 fiO. named hi .1 in the
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    Fuss over clothing hiding real dispute
    1018 14  -  M G. Q. PILLAY Only four of 23 non-Malays turned up at convocation By in in a special report for the Straits Times Kuala Lumpur LAST WEEK, the Universiti Teknoloji Malaysia held its delayed, second convocation with only 46 of its 100 graduands present
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    Thai student radicals losing their support
    809 14  -  WIRASAK By SALAYAKANOND in Bangkok AS LATE as two years ago, the disbanded radical National Student Centre of Thailand (NSCT) was considered a threat to the stability of Thailand. Its hour of triumph came in 1974 when it spearheaded the ouster of the military
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      24 14 J* MADE BETTER TO PLAY BETTER! 4 STING-RAY BASS SPEAKS FOR ITSELF *W TRY IT AT T.M.A. (PTE) LTD., H-«3 HIGH ST SINGAPORE 6
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      Trainee Juan's death: SIA clarifies its stand
      677 15 Trainee Juan's death: SIA clarifies its stand I REFER to your editorial (ST Dec 6) and the various articles and readers' letters which have appeared in your paper concerning the tragic death of our extrainee flight steward, Mr Juan Chin Moa The SIA Group shares the loss of Mr Juan's
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      Three main steps taken to upgrade police force
      493 15 Three main steps taken to upgrade police force PAGES 1 and 9 of last Monday's Straits Times carried a report by Paul Wee on the seven overseas merit scholars who were posted to the Singapore Police Force with effect from Nov 1. Page 1 carried a photograph of three officers
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      Pavement lost
      49 15 I WOULD like to report a lost stretch of pavement. Whereas pavements in the area are paved with bricks or tiles, the stretch opposite the Phillip Street Oiulia Street junction consists of concrete slabs spread on sand. Could the PWD please do something about this. D.W.D, SlßKaparer
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      When is the opportune time to classify films?
      178 15 When is the opportune time to classify films? I DO not understand what the chairman of the Board of Film Censors means when he says "having considered the various implications, it is of the view that this is not the opportune time to implement film classification." What are the findings
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    590 15  -  J. TRONDE Backgrounder on the Turkey turmoil ByJ in Paris AS A feltow member •< the Crate aefeat* pact. Turkey had been f•!!•»lag the trMbie la Iru witk fmttrm. N«w It to faced with Its awa Intern»l tnrmail from the same —are* as
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      490 15 Authentic 5000^system fivmNEC For $1368 you can hear and see the true power ofSORMS For most, a sound system is usually a compromise between deck Annoying high s^ range rich in authenticity The tweeter reproduces crisp highs cost and performance Now. thanks to NEC leadership m frequency hiss is all
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    Ministry backs suspension of student
    166 16 Ministry backs suspension of student THE Education Ministry Is backing a school principal's recent suspension of a Secondary 4 student (or two months, according to Berlta Harlan. The unnamed student who is said to be studying In an Englishstream school In Katong was suspended for his "mischievous, Incorrigible ways." A
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    Motorcycle theft rap
    49 16 MALAYSIAN Wahab bin Arbl. 33. wan charged In a magistrate's court on Monday with stealing a motorcycle worth 12.-100 from Mr. Low Yam Chang at Eunon Crescent between 10 p.m. on Aug 26 and 7 a.m. on Aug 28. The case will be mentioned on Saturday.
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    'Pre-U One places for all' pledge by ministry
    434 16  -  KOH YAN POH Pw By THERE will be enough places for all students despite the closure of all non English PreI'niversity 1 classes from next year. The Min.stry of Education gave this assurance yesterday In reply to a query as to whetner
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    Asean Dress Queen
    61 16 AN Aiean Dreu Queen contot will be held by the Singapore Malay JounuuiiU Auoclatlon In conjunction with iv 24th anniversary on Ffeb 24 next year. AH clUaena of the five Aaean countries who are above II years are eligible tor the contest Entry form* are available at
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    Silo-PIEU co-op sales next year may hit $80m
    211 16 Silo-PIEU co-op sales next year may hit $80m TOTAL sales for the Silo PIEU Vulti-Pur-pose Cooperative Society for the next financial year Is expectec" to hit $80 million, double that for the preceding year. This sales figure Is expected to be achieved through the trade union consumer cooperative chain of
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    Took opium: $1,000 fine
    63 16 TAN Tow Tuee, 50, was fined $1,000, In default six months jail, by a district court yesterday for consuming opium on Dec 17. Anti-drug unit police officers arrested him at 3.40 p.m. that day In the corridor of block 2, Kitchener Road, on suspicion that he
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    'Youths still prefer white collar jobs'
    298 16 'Youths still prefer white collar jobs' NINE out of 10 respondents In a r«cent random survey of 1.135 youths aged between 15 and 24 years say they see no shame in doing manual work though it given a choice most oi the youths preler to have a white collar job.
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    $20,000 loss in fire at Shaw Centre
    85 16 MORE than $20,000 worth of electrical goods were destroyed in a fire at the Prestige Electrical Company on the third floor of .Shaw Centre, Scotts Road, yesterday. No me was Injured In the blaze which was first spotted shortly before 8 a.m The
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    Soldier found dead
    76 16 A NEW Zealand soldier was found dead at the foot of a nine-storey block of flat* In Peck Hay Road, off Clemenceau Avenue on Friday. Police, who Identified him as Lawrence St Clalr Newman, 25, said he was believed to have fallen from one of the upper
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    CD men to be grouped at their work places
    317 17 MEMBERS of the Vigilante (nips' civil Dcfcace Poire who ;nv working in shipyards, heftoriea and oner industrial BOMCffM will Ik' organised into civil defence units in their own firms and tiained to Combat industrial disasters there. In the event of a
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    Union to meet on Jakarta 'order to fire'
    273 17 Union to meet on Jakarta 'order to fire' THE executive committee of the Singapore Marine Products Workers' Union 'SMPWUi will meet soon to discuss reports that the Indonesian Government has ordered its navy to tire at foreign ships fishinp Illegally in Indonesian territorial waters. It is believeu that the union
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    NEW CHIEF FOR TOA PAYOH'S CRIME UNIT
    111 17 NEW CHIEF FOR TOA PAYOH'S CRIME UNIT DEPUTY Superintendent Ja.aluddin bin YusofT, the assistant offlcer-in-charge of the Traffic Police Division, has been transferred to Toa Payoh police station to head the crime branch there. He took over from acting Deputy Supt. Teo Hong Ouan who is now the ofneer-in-charge of
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    CC display
    31 17 I THE Havelock citizens consultative committee and Singapore Police Force are holding a Protect Your Home and I Property exhibition at Havelock community centre on Friday at 7 p.m.
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    Lost and foundbut unclaimed
    264 17 THIRTY to 40 per cent of all Items lost and returned to airport authorities are left unclaimed, a Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) official said. Few people know that the DCA has a lost property section where records of lost and found articles are kept. But
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    Trade expo
    31 17 THE Senior Minister of State (Finance), Mr. Ooh Chok Tong. will open trade exposition at the junction of Paya Lebar Road and M«cPherson Road on Saturday at 7 p.m.
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    Seat belt reminder
    69 17 THE Registry of Vehicles reminds owners of cars and station wagons registered under the "Q" and "SZ" series that they have less than a week to fit seat belts to the front seats of their vehicles. Under the Motor Vehicle (Seat Belts) Rules, 1977, the front seats
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    Uncapped manhole could be a 'death trap'
    143 17 Uncapped manhole could be a 'death trap' this uncapped manhole, beside a pedestrian walk near Block 425 in Ant Mo Kio, partly hidden by ferns and grass, spells disaster tor the unwary walker. At nl«ht it could be a "death trap". The hole with a diameter of 0.914 m and
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    Stole watches: $1,800 fine
    65 17 AN Indonesian, Muhammad Harls bin HaJI Hanapi. 36. was Jailed for a day and fined >1,800 for stealing four watches worth $830 from a shop In Peninsula shopping complex in Coleman Street on Christmas Eve. The court heard that the accused took the watches from a
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    Free legal aid at CC
    35 17 THE Tanglln community centre will start free legal counselling for residents from Friday between 7 p.m. and 9 pa, Subsequent sessions will be held every last Friday of the month.
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  • ACROSS THE CAUSEWAY
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      Lock icon Seven-point code of ethics for civil service
      446 18 K. LUMPUR, Tues MALAYSIA'S 500,000 civil servants will from New Year's Day be guided by a code of ethics which calls for efficiency and service with a smile. The booklet entitled Guideline* to Exce.lence In Service will be given to every civil servant
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      Lock icon Man kidnapped from hospital surgery
      173 18 PENANO, Tues. Five men dragged a man out of a surgery room of the Adventist Hospital here last night while he was being treated for a slash wound, beat him up and later took him away In their car. The 34-year-old man had gone to
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      Lock icon Farm project
      32 18 KUALA TRENOOANU, Tues. A multi-million dollar Integrated agricultural development project Is being planned for Lower Trengganu region. Deputy Agriculture Minister H«JI Zakarla Abdul Rahman said here at the weekend. NST.
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      Lock icon Shot dead
      30 18 SEREMBAN Tues Port worker M. Vellyu. 20. was shot dead when he failed to •top at a roadblock In Nilai. about 16 kms from here, last night. NST
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      Lock icon Factories hit by fire at PJ power sub-station
      347 18 KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday A FIRE at a substation in Petaling Jaya yesterday caused disruptions to fact ory production in the town and Sungai Way. Workers had to stop work and some partial-ly-processed goods went to waste when the power supply was cut
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      Lock icon Airports start luggage trolley service
      204 18 Airports start luggage trolley service KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. The Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) has Introduced a luggage trolley service for airline passengers at the. Bayar. Lepas and Subang International airports. Its director-general, Mr. Hamzah Majtd. said 80 trolleys had been provided at the arrival hall and 20 at the
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      120 18 CID CHIEF: YOUTHS INVOLVED IN SIX KILLINGS KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Juveniles are believed to be involved in six out of the 18 killings committed in the city so far this- year, Supt. S. Kulaslngam, deputy chief of the Criminal Investigation Department iCID>. said today. He said police had arrested 13
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      Lock icon Wild boar attacks boy, 14
      94 18 KULIM, Tues. A 14-year-old boy, M. Murugan, narrowly escaped death today when he was gored by a wild boar in an estate at Sungei Ular near here. The boy was helping his father to tap rubber In the estate when the boar suddenly appeared and
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      61 18 MALACCA. Tues— The Malacca Bute Government liux rejected a DAP motion tor the setting .up of a Malacca housing Development Board to supervise and co-ordinate all housing projects In the state The motion was moved by Mr Chan Teclt Chan (DAP Tranquerah) who claimed that some
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      Lock icon Ban on 42 vice girls
      51 18 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. Forty-two foreign women Involved In vice In the city have been deported and prohibited from returning to Malaysia, police said. They were among SMI women. Including 82 unarraged girls, picked up by dty police this year In raid* on hotels and brothels.
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      107 18 JAKARTA, Tues. Power failure at the Jakarta Central Hospital was today reported to have foiled an attempt to save the life of Malaysian military attache Col Artfln bin Mud* who was suffering from a heart attack at the weekend. The evening Jakarta newspaper,
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    Photostats at 20 cents each: Library under fire
    360 19  - Photostats at 20 cents each: Library under fire KOH VAN POH By USERS of photocopying machines in public libraries, «\s|>ecially students, are obmptainiag that they have to pa\ 20 (ints for every photostat when the price has been lowered to five cents almost everywhere else. They argue that it is
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    Watchman attacked in petrol kiosk robbery
    207 19 Watchman attacked in petrol kiosk robbery SIX robbers held up watchman Mor.amed Nohoo. 26. or Buklt Merah Mobil petrol kiosk on Christmas Eve and knocked him uncontclou; before escaping with $290 from the klork office. The robbers surprised Mr Mohamed at about 4 am when he was asle< p o
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    Break-in: $10,000 loss
    83 19 Break-in: $10,000 loss THIEVES broke into the house of an architect In Saraca Road, off Ylo Chu Kang Road, on Christmas Day and got away with cash and jewellery totalling nearly $10,000. Police said Mr. Chua Ka Seng. 38. and his family locked the premises and went out to visit
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    CC canoe carnival
    49 19 THE Punggol Point community centre youth group will hold iv third canoe carnival at Paur Ri» beach on Sunday at am The highlight* or the carnival include a oanoe demonstration. lnl«r organisation lung distance race round Coiiey tuand. inter-youth group and novelty events Admission is free
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    Oaths officer
    21 19 THE government has appointed Mrs Peng-Tan Lee Chiew. an executive officer as a Commissioner for Oaths from Dec 12
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    Policeman dies after mishap
    81 19 Policeman dies after mishap CORPORAL Lim Cha Boh. of Joo Chlat police station was fatally Injured yesterday, when he skidded and fell off his motorcycle in Jalan Kolam Ayer at about 2.55 a.m. while on his way home. Police laid he was rushed to the Tan Tock Seng Hospllal where
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    Three fined for fighting
    48 19 THREE men were fined $200 each by a district court yesterday for fighting at Mlramar Hotel car park In H«veWxk Road on Dec 18 at 3 15 »jn Chua Ah Kok. 23. Paul Ho Chung Foo. 19. and Koh Thlmm Seng. 21. pieaoed unity
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    254 refugees land here
    150 19 A CON T A I NERSHIP World Lion, arrived on Christmas Day with 254 Vietnamese refugees who were picked up from the South China Sea. The refugees were allowed to land In Singapore after a United States Oovernment guarantee to accept them If no other country
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    Baroque lute recital
    76 19 MR Max Hynam. an Australian, will give a special performance of a medieval musical instrument, the baroque lute. «t the Australian High Pmißltnlini on Jan 8 at I p.m. The baroque lute, which has 14 strings. was developed from the four-stringed lutes Introduced Into Europe from West
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    RECAPTURING A MOOD WITH LIGHT, DEFT STROKES
    147 19 AN artist c tjt and a trained hand are the secrets behind Mr. Chin Chun Wans sketches. His are not painstaking, detailed works. Rather, they are compositions done in minutes with light, deft strokes. The results are a vivid recapturing of the mood
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    Speedpost service to France and US
    153 19 Speedpost service to France and US next week THE Postal Services Department will Introduce the speedpost service to France and the United States on a reciprocal basis from Jan 2. The speedpost (express) service to France will be restricted to contractual postings and only business and commercial papers may be
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    Partners in Development
    34 19 THE Singapore Professional Centre wJI nold the tint international convention of professionals 1979 at the Shang-ri-La Hotel from June 1 to 5. The theme cf the convention Is partners In Development.
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      1696 20 »m tranwrMd ready rat* at the lew of buMnna on th* Stork Evhinr o( Stncapor* ynurdit ennptnd with the pmrtou* day pnen lofrther with l»7» nifh and low < Adjusted for imii muu i «»i M. K I... l« M ai Mi "OTTO I .U Arma 2)0 231
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      BUSINESS DONE (SINGAPORE)
      1276 20 i<H> and offer prices offl.-lally hMfHi .mil business in and t tu the Stock Ex- i[>ore yesterday 'lumber of shares m brackets in 1 (/00 units unless .fieri All Times menl Contracts are liter the word "sett' ■1 -1e;il i in lots of 2.000 re quoted after
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      1086 20 Icei officially i'asiiifs.s in and Kuala Lum i lit- numbn of ham II .iird shown In n lot* of 1.000 units mess otherwise specified INOUSTHIALS im.m.t. lorn II. M CIWC II.:. I «M> ...»tt..n -I! ill A T.«nc<. wMkarf Ml >•< M IINHI n<t C Jfrt C IllMin.
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      94 20 INCHCAPE Berhad said it has sold two properties in Kuala Lumpur and one in Brunei tor total consideration 01 M$4 .7 million and BJ633.150. It said the properties presently housed workshops, oiflces and showrooms of the group's motor companies and would become surplus to requirements when the
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      48 20 KUALA LUMPUR: The Buku Katil Rubber Estates announced an unaudited pre-tax profit of MS601.293 i$508.1?5i (or the six months ended October 31 Rubber crops harvested was 420 200 lbs 368 500' and average selling price of rubber was 69 66 cents per lb (6128 cents' Reuter.
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        45 20 jrteniai mags Straits Trading E c Perils Plant Qulnness Magnum Corpn V H S Msla Slme Darby High li Low Times Pub Metro Hldgs Prlma MO MO 212 488 342 265 300 340 304 291 280 1S 10 8 6 5 4 4 3
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        30 20 Simr Darby U O B Wearnes DOl Cons Plant M Banking O Securities Faber Merlin O I Hldgs 106.000 68.000 52.000 46.000 33.000 31.000 26.000 26.000 24.000
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        35 20 Dec 22 Ore 26 B.T. Index: 1661.37 1674 60 Industrials: 345.33 346 60 Finance: 618.91 619.19 Hotels: 274.71 274.48 Properties: 210.01 210.46 Tins: 157.10 156.74 rubbers: 523.30 523.90 O.C.B.C.: 314.59 315.69 S.ESInd: 311.36 314.16
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      Shares move higher on light support
      389 20 TRADING at the Stock Exchange of Singapore moved quietly tidewayi on itt own ■team yesterday, quite isolated from the re»t of the world'* stock markets which were still closed for the festive season. Throughout the morning session selected counters received light support which nudged
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      391 20 TOKYO: Share prices rose sharply In moderate trading on revived buying Interest although late profit-taking briefly checked the uptrend, dealers said. The Dow Jones average rose 37.25 to close at 5.925.60 points with a volume of 290 million shares. The New Index was 443.80 jp 2.86 points. DEC 26
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      120 20 CMINCSI P 0 O U C I t« CMANCt. tINCAFORC MOON Ctc.nut Oil: Bulk 1109 ■•rlleri. old drum SIM Irllrri. new dium (119 Him Capra: Miiad iIoomi IK. Cent t«6 buyer. Ptpaar: Muntok AST A. vihn* fob. 100'; NLW $3471 Hllrra. Sarawak whuc rob NLW (330 ieller». Sarawak
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      34 20 TuatOar MiMil HoncKont; Clourd Cloord Cloard Clwcd S iiorr 1 2 > IIS. MB Closed 216 OOS CIOM4 1 Karon pncn in non-ilrrlinii U«a n IS dollar prr ouncr in AMtralM dollar J*«r ounce
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      389 20 THE Kuala Lumpur stock market featured In quiet but steadier trading yesterday. Volume expanded sllgtuly In line with the better condition but the disinclination to deal still persisted in most cases. Trading was focussed on the market favourites. These shares made marginal improvements amidst increased turnovers. A handful
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        25 20 THE Straits tin price was unchanged at $1,785 per picul in Penang yesterday on an official offering up 93 tonnes to 191 tonnes.
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        150 20 Interbank rates at 3 00 p m. C urrrncir« Nominal rates Smith* nian PmenUft quoted yislerday (croii) parity chance US dollar 2.1760 ***** 2.819* —22.83 Sterling pound 4.3610 4.3760 7.3469 10.S6 Hongkong dollar 45.25 45.40 50.61 lu.41 Msii.ii dollar 98.50 98.65 100.03 1.50 Aust schilling 10.0235 K> 0665
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        181 20 ASIAN currency deposit interbank rates as at cli.se on Dec 26 IS Dollars I Spot) Offer Bid 7 days 12 5,8 12 1/2 1 mih 11 11 16 11 9 16 2 mths 11 7 8 11 3/4 3 mths 12 1/16 11 15 16 6 mths
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        43 20 Closing interbank rates on Singapore dollar on Dec 26 Offer Bid Overnight 4 12 4 1 '4 1 mth 7 6 7/8 2 mths 7 5/18 7 3/16 3 mths 7 7/16 7 i 16 Overnight Mode 4. Source: Astley Pearcc
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        54 20 RANGK of rates oWfrm by dil count hounri on D«c 2» Overnight 4 to Call dejOMt MM •uy tail 3 Month Treasury bilU I 1/1 4 3 Month Bank billi 7 7 IS1 1 Month CD 7 12 7 3 1 t Month CD T II 16 7 16
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        Minimum lending rates
        23 20 THE average rate at which Singapore banks are currently prepared to lend to their be«t customers it 7'« per cent.
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    'Engaged Muslim couples not free to date'
    149 21 AN engagement between a Muslim couple does not mean that the man U free to date his fiancee, according to a Sharlah Court solemnl*er Ka hi Pasunl Maulan. The public Is under the misconception that an engagement amounts to a permit to take
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    MAN WHO STOLE BIRD JAILED
    157 21 MAN WHO STOLE BIRD JAILED A SWEEPER who stole a high-priced bird In its cage, and than made a "fan buck" selling It. was jailed for six months by a district court yesterday Tan Ah Kaaw. 34. with an accomplice, stole the bird worth $150 from where Its cage was
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    Govt bonds on grads: S'pore not alone
    405 21 SINGAPORE'S decision to make all Its medical and dental graduates serve the government for a compulsory period may have Its roots In educationists' meetings organised by the Regional Institute of Higher Learning and Development (Rlhed). Singapore is also not alone In making such
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    Learn to speak effectively
    100 21 Learn to speak effectively SINGAPORE Jaycees will ho d a six-session course on Efiectlve Speaking at the Venus Room of Apollo Hotel from Jan 3. The course will be held on subsequent Wednesdays ending on Feb 14 and topics to be covered Include principles of communications posture, types of speeches,
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    Refrigeration course
    58 21 Refrigeration course THE Department of Extramural Studies of the University of Singapore will hold a course on Introduction to Refrigeration by Mr. Ahmtdul Ameen. a lecturer with Ngee Ann College. It will be held at the Botany Museum. Buklt Tlmah campus, on Tuesdays and Thursdays from Jan 18 between 7
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    W. German merchant bank to open soon
    103 21 THE fourth largest bank in West Germany, Commerzbank. wll open a hew merchant bank In Singapore early next year The new subsidiary, the 28th merchant bank to be set up here, will have a capital of $60 million It will be called Commerzbank
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    'Boost Malaly cultural shows' call by seminar
    604 21 PARTICIPANTS at a seminar on Malay culture and nationbu.idiug. have, after three days of discussions, unanimously agreed on one course of action to increase and Improve cultural shows. Resolutions reached at the seminar held by the Central Council of Malay Cultural Organisations (CCMCOt
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    New container service
    78 21 STRAITS Steamshlo has expanded Its contalnerlsatlon service with the formation of the Swire BtralU Container Line to cater for South-east Asian Japanese trade The partners of the line are Straits Steamship. John Swire and Sons, and Overseas Container Ltd Operating with four ships, the service will provide
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    IT'S AN 'IRIS' SURPRISE
    60 21 IT'S AN 'IRIS' SURPRISE SING APORE'S two mlHionth visitor, Mrs. Irta Harris, bad another surprise <m> Sunday morning when an orchid wu named after htr. "I>e surprises never end," saM Mrs. Harffc, who U extending her two-day stay here to five days. The flower. Ascocenda Iris Harris, waa unvelled by
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    On engineers board
    57 21 THE Ministry of National Development has appointed nine new members to Its Professional Engineers Board. They are: Mr. Loh Peng Yuen. Mr. Tar Sin Van. Mr. Wong Yul Cheong, Professor Choo Seok Cheow. Mr. Chua It Meng. Mr. Loh Choo Hoe. Mr. Ng Cheong Ling. Mr. Cheng
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    Former trade unionist dies
    125 21 Former trade unionist dies A FORMER trade unionlit and political detainee. Mr. Kam Slew Yee, 48. died yesterday of a heart attack. Mr. Kam. also a former teacher, was the secretary-general of the Singapore Teachers' Union in the late fifties beiore he resigned from this post to join a procommunist
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    Speedreading
    32 21 MR. A. L. Selvarajoo. a lecturer from the University of Singapore extramural studies department, will elve a talk on Speedreading at the Outram Park community centre on Friday at p m.
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      151 21 ss?s^v^ -fflfr- ft is^m Z. aV^> This issue having been fully completed this announcement appears for the purpose of record only. T^T MALAYSIAN fljQ JLIA FEEDMILLS LIMITED 2M I Incorporated m ihi RcpaMk oi Sin^.ipotci Rights Issue of 2,500,000 shares of ssi.oo each at par Fully underwritten by: American Express
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      1096 22 II EMPLOYMENT AN ESTABLISHED COMPANY inaaBBBaBBBBBBBBBBjBBBBBBBaaj*aai| utes applications for the post of ■^^■'^♦^^■■■r™ Accounts Clerk Should pass It '-1..l GCE O1O 1 Level and LCC Intermediate Accounting examlna- H tion Interested applicants w mm should write to ST Box A***** MATSUSHITA Singapore, sutlng salary expectPRECISION MOTOR ed and enclose recent
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      1177 22 II EMPLOYMENT CLERK/TYPIST REQUIRED by la* FOREIGN ORGANISATION REFirm Apply with full particulars ouiRES 1 Female Office Awiststating salary expected together ant Must possess OCE O1O 1 Level with non-returnable photograph c'ertificat*. Credit in English to PO 80x 657 and Typing Certlficat* at 3S CLERK/TYPIST REOUIRED by |wpm Please rnclosr
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      1260 22 II EMPLOYMENT LOCAL SHIPPING COMPANY re PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS FIRM r. quires Documentation Clerk i)i-.res Messenger Clerk Please versed in general operations submit lull particulars to lii'o Please apply with handwritten BM resume to S T Box A***** REOUIRED EXPERIENCED GENER AL Clerk i onlarl Mi S phone ■Bl_ REOUIRED FEMALE
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      887 23 II EMPLOYMENT 31 Situations Vacant |^^^^^^^^^^^^^*^^k Group of Companies FEMALE SINGAPORE CITIZENS SALfSEIECU.tVCS "t a wMte range of SALES ASSISTANTS I 1) APM. Pharmacy at '.M.i.'ei Bukil Timan Plaia. A. „.ii,., t, ir Jalan Anak Buk it Spore 23 2) APM Abdullah Depart pie ase Tfi aaueeEXT 141 menial Store
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      1412 23 II EMPLOYMENT SALES REPRESENTATIVES An international A MALE PARTS PROCESSING SUPERVISOR (Juahfi. -essdrivmn i .|.,ve at least years experience in diesel engine partst v transport with .ittra. processing pr.nedures or in •.mission and t similar field a Have sound knowledge in Appty with photograph and contact -'iippinu documentation telephone number
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      1300 23 II EMPLOYMENT BON.ERMAN CUM FITTFR fcXjTssl required by mlernalional lood ■^BBBBBBS.-wasw.w.w—-manufscturmg company at ms VO/PER PRIVATE LTD Bulot Timah B,',',ler'Man, r .'en' c^T Applicants must submit handwnt- v tan applications preleraM* with STEELWORKS good testimonials attached, staling IDCDUICftD salary eipaclad with a contact tale- bUKtHVISUM phone number and non-returnable p,^
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      1488 23 II EMPLOYMENT LIVE-OUT SERVANT REOUIRED in fjsa. m a sj gasw^g, Mantling s.ilarv OH nego II Bssl I I I_J C "ahle Id Mrs r.mt J«9B800 r II ILIrJ t-tweenMlopm 930 p 111 I REOUIRED CHINESE Mushand REOUIRES And-Wife team as Caretaker nisaaans cum c.K.k and domestic assistant TECHNICIANS IW
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      1060 23 II EMPLOYMENT ESTABIISMEO COMPANY Mf OUIRES iv new I .tuis,,,n a Mala) Male female I ior an interesting lot. Monthly I income atxive $ScOO plus incentive I taawlLli and other benefits Aije 1« and I ..ix.vc with second. irv education I Apply pers,.nall> it 11. H Ist I sssvßMsV de
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      1469 24 MAiAn m PHJ\J3 IHT \JT SlNOAfvfft i i l)ri\pr Viltll II INS 4"I I'"*' IP IWMTED CaU p f rs n l > at OOdOWn *M rw > vu M: Modui.- inf Ware A) ENGINEERING ASSISTANT Cnn 'P t l Contact fi.«l«W (ELECTniCAL) «T93m OuaKhcattam: TRAVEL AGENCY URGENTLY M Candidates
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      564 25 111 VEHICLES BOATS HI VEHICLES BOATS 111 VEHICLES BOATS IV ACCOMMODATION ft PROPERTIES IV ACCOMMODATION ft PROPERTIES Ij' I I I lea— I 45 Vehicles For Sat* ~m^^^—^—^^^— ASSOLUTfIV GOOD CONOITION ihimjii IBBSSM Hard-lof) 1*76 Itusaaal owner ::il"- awrhaniraJW v»ry food, airrtmd ■~j -surir AUGUST TS72 FO«O r I painti<«]
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      772 25 NKU4EST OFFER SECURES .'.-O m idel 1973. 22*2 < c T0 mod,! 1872 2778 c c VaSkaene* I*l 1973 1584cr riint HeOertTer •■-•333 e.t NIGM VALJATtON OFFERED for rs Hire purfal Thong N«nkln IWBIL •*•<•»»»»!» NOME Of OUALITY USED CAR NGKEONG CAR TRADERS PTE ITD »KIM KE AT ROAD MNGAPORE
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      802 25 RENAULT WTS. 1*73 I Ighl blue rxrellem condition j> car for wife Low mileage Ver> economcal motoring »iihh|Sh comfort SSSSOono Tel *****3after8pm VU HIBMW 1877 YAMAHA YBIOO Price $1 300 ono New insurance. road tax instalrnenU ar rangrable I ontact *****80 SEPT TB7S VOLVO 144S Air'ond 2Tv Jm "u^Bradde^RoSo iif»
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      933 25 t*7B MM COOTER BfJOrtl rims. %3.BMTeI *****52. Koh tB7B MBM 1888 with sports rims, t sirring and dash board. radio cassette and new meullic paint price $4,300 Contacl *****4 after6pm wt MM 1888 new cassette good condition, price $4700 ono Conuct *****9 MOHRI. IBM fitted with casan(J rts rlms hke
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      981 25 11/j iwkm 175 1 1 un sale SWIing $250 and carry-on installments Interested parties please phone *****98 187 J MAZOA CAPELLA 1600 c c Beautiful condition F.ligtble for PARF. $8,200 Blk 21. 94-A. Norfolk Road Spore 8 1873 MAZOA 1888 or 1972 Datsun 1200 sutlonwagon. both excellent condition ConUct *****46
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      684 25 iutuih luhuil« lor sale Aircond. cassette, radio, tape, insurance new $16,300 ono 78. Langsat Road *****6 9 00am 4°° P m 1877 BMW 1281 with concealed aircond. radio cassette, sports rims tyres Taioexpires June mr n OO n W T"J'r £?SL ****** ono Tel I7S«» Steven 1877 DATSUN 100A very
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      1293 25 CHENG CHWEE HUAT INDUSTRIAL BLOG FOR RENT at Pava Lebar Road Pan Island Express Way junction Rentable area 16.000 sq ft or other smaller area can be arranged For further details please contact Mr Yeo Properly Division TECK CHIANG MANUFACTORY PTE LTD 118 D Pava Lebar Rd Spore 14 V
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      713 25 b) Flats Choice 0* luiurioua apartmontt with/without swimming, pool, 24hour security, etc .Futura $3,800 r^nmuTsr £52 1 ntVTovJefs $1 M o Serene House $1.200 Clementi Park Apartment $800 Continental Homing Pte LM Reel Estate Agent* Valuer* Tel: $3S7B* Nam) ATTRACTIVE GH.STEAD COURT apartment, dlst 11. 3 bedrooms. servant* modern kitchen
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  • IX OBITUARIES
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      140 Acknowledgements
      99 28 ALVISSE DENNIS JOSEPH. Wile Clara, children Martin. LtfM ami Adeline thanks to all those who assisted In kind, donations and attendance during their recent bereavement Tie wife :ind family of the lute Dr Chee Set Chew extend their gratitude to the Ven Seek of S'pore Buddhist Union and
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      270 28 ORTEGA MABEL CONSTANCE 81 passed away 25 12 78 Cortege leaves st Joseph's Church Parlour of Repose. Victoria Street 27 12.78 for service at noon Cremation at 2 p.m. Mount Vernon Crematorium No wreaths please Leaving behind Wi Addy. Sons Upall and Nanda. Daughters Sylvia and Chltra. sons-in-law
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      56 28 IN LOVING MEMORY ,,f M who MM called to rest on 26 12 65 Sadly iiiiwd but not forgotten by Daisy MARY GERMAINE WONG Yoke Chen died on 22 1277 May (iixl grant her soul eternal peace Inserted by Husband. Daughters Puay Tin. Puay Eng. Puay Oek.
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  • TIMESPORT PAGE ONE
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      282 29 Lee' s goals pave the way for South Korea's triumph MANILA. Tues. South Korea reinforced their chances of taking their fourth international soccer title of the year, beating Macao 4 1 in their first match of the Asian Cup tournament being played here. They led 3-0 at halftime. Lee Young
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      Saas Fee has the class to win Penang classic
      860 30 RACING ...with FAIRWAY PENANG, Tues. Champion trainer Ivan Allan's Saas Fee has a bright chance of emulating Three Rings' and Firebrand's feat of landing the Singapore Oold Cup and Governor's Gold Cup (formerly known as the Penang Gold Cup) in the
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      253 30 BRIEFS Mohibullah triumphs KARACHI. Tue* Muhlbulian itnsn defeated fellow Pakistani Qamar Zaman *-7. 8-10 0-». »-J to win the Pakistan Open national ■quash championship on Sunday night .vMEKK'AN FOOTBALL In the National League. Houston Oilers beat Miami Dolphins 17* and Atlanta Falcons beat Phlladelproa bgle* 14-13. ATHLETICS The Uth annual
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      132 30 MELBOURNE. Tues. Torrential rain today caused the abandonment oi the first uay's play In the A5300.000 it i 44.000) Australian Open tennis championships at Kooyong here. A violent electrical storm and flash flooding o.ernight washed away the covers from the centre court. Tournament refer**.
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      PENANG WEIGHTS
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      STIPE'S REPORT
      1047 30 THE Stipendiary Stewards report uu odiiu-y's UK* >v rtiwig. State of Track: Good RACE 1: Flaoiiiiff Dragon Clan Kah Wang) «as dlilieult to be piaceu in me sum, men iSui aDuut In tne back straight. Alter the race, Jockey o. H Cnew (Tiny Bubbles) was nnec *ocu by
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      95 30 JAKARTA, Tues. Indonesia's best swimliters, Kristiorro Sumono and Nan Ik Suwadii, have decided to retire from all swimming competitions, Indonesian Swimmers' Association sources said here today. Kristiono wants to continue his studies and cannot take part in training, while Nanlk is retiring to marry her trainer Iskandar,
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      517 30 W Indies power their way to an innings win JAMSHEDPUR (India), Tues. The West Indies cricket team yesterday powered their way to the second win of their current tour with a crushing Innings victory over an Indian East Zone side. After amassing a mammoth first innings score ot 500 for
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      SBHFL ultimatum to 14 affiliates
      321 31  -  ALBERT JOHNSON By THF. Slr-apore Business Houses Football League have given 14 of their affUUUs until next week to comply wit i a directive to reItisttr the r players or face suspension from the league tournament next sraso i. The affiliates issued with the ultimatum
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      Lock icon Knock-out blow for Moulmein
      275 31  -  JOE DORAI By MOULMEIN Football Club, one of the four teams who lost .heir places in Div. Three of the National I ootball League, have been barred from farther competition in the Football Associ .tion of Singapore's doubleknockout tournament. They were penalised for fielding two ineligible
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        352 31 THE Singapore Arnn-d Forces oports Association's hockey team, who accused the Singapore Hockey Association of practising "double standards" should have riven the matter more serious thought before they threw their accusation at the siia. This is In reference to the postponement of their semi-final ramt in the
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        THE DEMANDS ARE EXACTING
        317 31 SUOU Is the excitement created at the Asian Games that a key personnel of Radio and Television Singapore unintentionally revealed to me the harsh demands made on a sports commen- I tator before his red- I letter day on the box. He i perhaps she) must
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      Forces outplay Thais
      214 31 FORCES 3 HAKKA 1 ARMED Forces last night lived up to their role as Singapore champions when they beat Hak- ka Association, of Thailand, 3-1 in a friendly socer match at Jalan Besar Stadium. Despite the (act that it Is the ofi-season in Singapore, Forces played up
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      Malaysia Cup: Sale of tickets
      289 31 Malaysia Cup: Sale of tickets TICKETS for Singapore's Malaysia Cup soccer match against Malacca at the National Stadium on Jan 7 will be sold at four centres from 8 a.m. on Sunday. me tickets at $2 (gallery north and sojth sectors), $3 (gallery east sector), $5 (grandstand benches» and $8
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      TODAY'S EVENTS
      21 31 SOCCER: FrtendUes MCIS (Selansor) v Singapore's Intermediate iquad i National Stadium PARC v Oeneral Dleael (Buklt Chermin 5 15.
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      Test for five tonight against MCIS
      269 31 Test for five tonight against MCIS FIVE players, who lost their places in the Singapore team after playing In the Merdeka soccer tournament In Kuala Lumpur, get a chance tonight to regain their status, reports JOE DORAI. The hve are striker Rahlm Hussein, Abdul Hallm. Shanmugaretnam, S Manoharan and defender
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      Squash overtakes soccer in popularity—report
      525 31  - Squash overtakes soccer in popularity— report PATRICK ETASTIANS By SQUASH players in Singapore must be elated by a recent report by Alan Jenkins and Associates, a sports research firm In brttaln. wmch have come up with statistics to show that squash has actually overtaken .football in popularity In Britain when
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      Kuo Oman's sports month
      53 31 THE Kuo Chuan community centre will hold a spelts month in January to promote nelghbourllness among residents of housing estates. The programme Include* basketball, sepak takraw, table tennis and children's tabulated sports (telematch). Application forms are available at the centre at Lorcng 1, Toa Payoh. For
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      Jurong win
      34 31 JURONG brat Chua Chu Kang 4-3 and Darul Aflah were conceded a walk-over by American School in the Women's Football Association of Singapore national league semi-finals at the Queenstown ground on Sunday.
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      FIBA adviser to conduct clinic
      201 31  -  PETER SIOW By WILLIAM Jones, the International Amateur Basketball Association (FIBA) adviser. will arrive In Singapore in September next year to conduct the Asian referees' Jjasketball clinic. Hosts Singapore have decided to include Jones on their invitation list because of his Intimate knowledge of the
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    208 32 Murder of S'porean: Woman held in Bangkok BANGKOK. Tues Bangkok police today arrested a woman on suspicion of murdering a Sing id o r e a n in Southern Thailand and found evidence in her possession that Indicated she may be a Vietnamese spy. the Thai Rath reported today Soda
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    Martial law clamped on Turkey
    379 32 Martial law clamped on Turkey ANKARA, Tuesday MARTIAL law was today clamped on virtually the whole of Turkey following weekend political and religious riots in the south-eastern city of Maras which claimed 93 lives. Prime Minister Bulent Ecevlt, announcing the cabinet decision taken early this morning, said the Maras riots
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    38 32 BANGKOK. Tues— At least one person was killed and 16 others were wounded in southern Thailand in what military analysts say was an apparently co-ordinated escalation of communist Insurgent attack*. Radio Thailand I said tonight. AFP.
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    Lock icon Kampuchea continues to invite newsmen
    267 32 BANGKOK. Tues. Kampuchea Is continuing to invlt« journalists and other foreign delegations lor "friendly vi»;u." Radio Phnom Penh, without referring to the klllinu of British leftist Malcolm CaJdwell. said that last Saturday a delegation of the Canadian Marxist Leninist Communist Party and two Peruvian reporters
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    43 32 NSW YORK. Tucs. Dow Jones averages, bated on Tint hour of trading on the New York Stock Exchange' 30 lndust 808.73 up 0 26. 30 traaqp ***** up 1.07. 15 tltlls S8 41 up 0.30. 65 stocks 274.01 op 0.51. UPI.
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    Lock icon Kriangsak to visit Japan
    74 32 TOKYO. Tues. Thai Prune Minister Krlangsak Chomanan will pay an official visit to Japan from Jan 16 to 21 U\ meet his Japanese counterpart Masayoshl Ohira, the Foreign Ministry announced today. The That and Japanese prime ministers are expected to have two rounds of talks to
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    Late CLASSIFIEDS DEATHS
    58 32 Late CLASSIFIEDS DEATHS ARATMA Lit CIX Nil ad<tr*M M panned away pMctfully on 24/12/7S leavinu behind two >onl Tan Buck Scan and Tan Trek Smh. two dauchtrra dauchtera-ln-law. grand ehl'dren. great grand children «nd great great grand shlldren Funeral date 28-12-78. tIVAN) pautd away Murukumpuxa. Mourn brother Francis. dxuiMrr L»>errt.
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      211 32 BUSINESS TIMES Singapore Financial Dally Cover P. wt SOf Annual Subtcnplion $155 her subscription^ ra// 284 5844 Exl 302 TODAYS HIGHLIGHTS... WITH its new emphasis on economic progress, China is now looking outside its borders for help to speed up the process. One area is that of tourist facilities. Business
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      5 1 The Straits Times SECTION TWO
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        The price of taking things too easy
        716 1 Tramtotad by KWAN Zl DO YOU know who is the best known person in China? At the mention of his name, people all over China would. Hi* surname Is Cha and hta name Bu Duo He could be found in every village, district
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        Bookshelf Booklet out to help translators
        204 1 Bookshelf Booklet out to help translators STANDARDIZATION of the Chinese translations of common nnmA^ s«. *k«. »s— the .Muusfry of Culture's booklet 'Standardized Chinese Names of Places in the World. 1 The booklet serves well those who need to do translation. Some 2,000 cities and ports, with populations of at
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        Chinese without tews
        31 1 am aft wide mlßr w*JU my heme mgM my eeutry ft* a/we y*a and I Par example, yt* may Zhe Bk) w'idr qllnbf bm^H, "Thl« la my ,-rfl."
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        81 1 THE illustrated word can he i read as huan or hit. The former means to repay or to restore while the latter means still, yet or also. It has been reduced to i only seven strokes from its regular form, in brackets, of 16. Here are some common
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        Fun with Chinese Characters
        85 1 %m%m% wo I; me THE earliest forms skew two spears agawst each other In direct confrontation: ft prrwomabiy symbwUilBg two d rights being aaMrtod and, by exteMtoa, my right, that la, me. A later tnuworiptton prajeeted a aew Image: jk a ptctograph *f a hand 4-
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        Delightful dish from Platters
        293 2 HOW would you fancy having an autograph of the Platters signed over your chest? On Christmas night, an ardent lady fan of this group, jusi fresh from their show, simply has to "get it off her chest' that she has been autographed by one of these
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        RTS 'live' New Year treat from N-Theatre
        285 2  -  GERALDINE TANG By RTS will welcome the New Year with a special star-studded show If, Th^'th^^^ tional Theatre this Sunday night and which will be telecast "live" to home audiences. wi.- mur >i« ,on mSmustal v£ety. wi°U be telecast on Channel sa, "pm
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        RTS does not abhor violence but other things upset viewers
        626 2 RTS does not abhor violence but other things upset viewers WHAT bugs the Singapore TV viewer? The abysmal quality of the programmes? The surfeit of gore and violence and their possible harmful effects on children? The neurotic godmothering >f the public by RTS when it ?omes to sexual mores? Judging
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        Pioneer book on S-E Asian social changes
        285 2 A 'PIONEER 1 volume of articles focusing on literature as a reflection of social changes in South-east Asian countries will be published here early next year. The first such publication of its kind to be produced in Singapore, the volume. Lit prature and
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        806 2 TV and Radio i SINGAPORE 5 3.00 PM Opera* and the Beverly MM- 7.05 Candid Camera ies The Gnrion Invasion (re- 7.30 News and Newsreel (Malay) peat) 7.55 The Musk Man 3.25 Diary of Events (Malay) Maeaaie Zero One 3.30 Bonanza Search in Limbo 8 30 JjjJ Fl¥e0 4.20 Intermission
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      Lock icon Impact of Japan's invasion making itself felt in US
      588 3  -  WILLIAM SCOBIE By in Los Angelet REMEMBER Pear] Harbour, ran the caption to a recent newspaper cartoon dep cting a Japanese bomber raining television sets, cars and various electrical appliances on California soU. -We do nmrcimn feel." sighed a La Aagetaa
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      Tokyo's trade surplus irks Seoul
      713 3  - Tokyo's trade surplus irks Seoul JAMES FOLEY Government is refusing to do anything about it By in Seoul ANTI-JAPANESE sentiment, never far below the surface in a country which was a Japanese colony for 35 years (1910-1945), is re-emerging here because of Japan's persistent and growing trade surplus with South
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      Lock icon The new Algeria: Where life is certainly no picnic
      625 3  -  GEORGE SIBERA By in Algiers AGED holdouts from the colonial era claim that if the French landed on the shores of Algeria today they would quickly turn around and sail home. For the old-timers, nothing works in Algiers any more. Young
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