The Straits Times, 28 December 1978

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    15 1 The Straits Times I Estd. 1845 THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1978 25 CENTS M.C.(P) No. 214/1/78
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    EXTRA CPF BENEFIT PLAN
    486 1  -  LESLIE FONG Protection for families in case of death By Straits Times News Editor FAMILIES of Central Provident Fund members who die early in employment will be able to collect insurance benefits to meet outstanding payments due on their public-ly-built flats under schemes now being considered
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    Parliament tomorrow
    61 1 THE second session of the fourth Parliament, opened by President Shews on Tuesday, will hold 1U first meeting tomorrow The opening Item on the agenda Is to elect President Sheares for another four-year term. This will be followed by a motion of thanks by Dr Lav Telk Soon
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    Lock icon Shanghai goes mod
    47 1 A YOUNG Chinese helps another in Western clot h es put on a tie at a park in Shanghai. The people of Shanghai are rep or t c d 1 y more fashion conscious than those in Peking. Tokyo Shimbun picture transmitted by AP.
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    Govt to sell part of its stake
    153 1 Govt to sell part of its stake THE government will consider selling off parts of Its earlier investments in some enterprises which have already fulfilled their pioneering roles. Finance Minister Hon Sui Sen discloses in an addendum to the Presidential address. These investments were made In earlier years in areas
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    Employment Act to be reviewed
    94 1 Employment Act to be reviewed A REVIEW of the Employment Act in the light of its administration and changed circumstances is among the prime features of the addendum by Labour Minister Ong Pang Boon. Other points raised are: CONTINUED effort by the government to help enhance productivity, PROMOTION of intercompany
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    Lock icon Another 200 drowned
    798 1 MANILA, Wed. About 200 Vietnamese refugees are believed to have drowned in the South China Sea off Vietnam when trying to scramble aboard a freighter which arrived in Manila Bay today with 2,300 refugees on board. Mr. Werner Blatter, representative of the United Nations High Commission for
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    Channel 3 in colour
    61 1 TELEVISION Malaysia's Channel 3 will begin colour transmission from today at 7.57 p.m. The programmes which will be In colour today Include The Oregon Trail, Police Story and the Late Night Movie— The Man W?io Haunted Himself. There will also be a musical show, Puspawarna, featuring
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    Lock icon Three shot
    33 1 MANILA, Wed. Three security men of President Marcos including an army major and three other Filipinos were wounded In a beerhouse shootIng affray In downtown Manila early today, police reported. AFP.
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    Lock icon BOUMEDIENNE DEAD
    433 1 ALGIERS. W«d PRESIDENT Houarl Boumedlenne, who led his oil-rich, nation through 13 turbulent years, died today after a long coma, leaving a potentially dangerous power vacuum in Algeria's leadership. The governing Revolutionary Council did not specify the exact time ot his death but he was believed to have
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    Swiss success story
    1894 1  - Swiss success story Gerard Corr by SiX MILLION PEOPLE AND FOUR NATIONAL LANGUAGES -AND IT WORKS 1 SWITZERLAND has four national languages. It has long been admired for the way in which it manages to avoid language conflicts and educates Us citizens in two or even three languages In some
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    LATEST Minister quits Smith govt
    54 1 LATEST Minister quits Smith govt SALISBURY. Wed. One of Prime Minister Ian Smith's cloicit political allies, Mr Rollo Hajrman, Co-Minister of Internal Affairs, Local Government, Housing and Works, resigned from the interim government today, charting that It ..•> "leading Bhodesians into a trap" bv adhering to the internal majority rule
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      215 1 FALSE GUARANTEE CARD RACKET Page 7 RED tape blamed for state of Viet economy 3 INDIRA hints at ties with Desai's opponents 4 SPACE ace knowhow for future car 5 CARTER agrees to trade curbs on nuts and bolts 6 SURVEY soon by Medical Faculty on curriculum 12 KIO CHIAN
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      Lock icon US move to keep up with scientific progress
      529 2 US move to keep up with scientific progress A vast 'family' of new materials invented NEW YORK, Wed PRESSED by shortages of energy, basic resources, skilled labour and capital, scientists are inventing a vast family of new materials to maintain technological progress despite economic strains. America's combat planes are being
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      Lock icon 12 die after dam burst
      62 2 GUADALAJARA, Wed At least 12 periods died and dozens ol others were reported mining yesterday after a dam bunt under pressure, dumping tons of contaminated water and mud over a small village, authorities said. Local officials said the accident occurred Christinas Eve in the isolated
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      Needless surgeries that killed 10,000 in US
      218 2 Needless surgeries that killed 10,000 in US WASHINGTON, Wed. Nearly two million surgical operations were carried out needlessly in the United States in 1977, costing some US$4,OOO million (SSB.6 billion) and the lives of more than 10,000 patients. This was revealed in a report published yesterday by a sub-committee of
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      Lock icon A sharp fall in Japanese car, TV exports
      159 2 A sharp fall in Japanese car, TV exports TOKYO. Wed. Japanese exports of vehicles and colour televisions, two cornerstones of the country's economic boom, are falling, according to figures released here today. Exports of colour televisions in November fell by 3.7 per cent from the previous month, and by nearly
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      Lock icon Tigon has dad's legs and mum's face
      70 2 ACTRESS Tlpl Hedron holding a newborn ttgon, which Is half tiger and half lion on her ranch In Acton, California. The parents of toe cab, a Siberian tiger aad African lioness who Uve on her ranch, are watching in the background. The cnb,
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      Lock icon Rollercoaster plunge
      75 2 VALENCIA (California). Wed. A 20-year-old woman tell out of a car of the world. longest, tallest, fastest roUerroatter yesterday as it plunged downward at more than 96 km h aid was killed by massive head ami body injuries. Police immedalely closed the popular roUercoaster, the largest In the
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      STEEL WORKERS LAY SIEGE TO TOWN
      112 2 LONGWY, Wed. Hundreds af steel warders fared with teeing their Jabs yesterday pUeed this industrial town la north era Praaee under a virtu al stele af siege by Marking all reads In aad oat. The btoehade, dne to last Iwa days, was set up
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      Lock icon Carving up world's wealth
      154 2 Carving up world's wealth RUNAWAY BAY (Jamaica). Wed. A selected team of seven world leaders from rich and poor nations open two days of talks in a mountaintop villa today to chart new approaches on splitting up the world's wealth. Jamaican Prime Minister Michael Manley, who arranged the meeting at
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      Lock icon Woman tells how she was raped by husband
      386 3 Woman tells how she was raped by husband SALEM (Oregon). Wed Greu Rideout took the witness stand here yester day In the rape trial of her husband. John, and told a Marion County jury that he forced her to have intercourse with him on OHIO "He beat me into submission.
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      Lock icon 'We lump HK, Macao with Taiwan'
      143 3 We lump HK, Macao with Taiwan' HONGKONG, Wednesday X TOP Chinese leader hinted for the first time that Hongkong and Macao come under the same umbrella as Taiwan in Peking's plans to regain lost territory. 1 C/mimi Minictffr Muanp Foreign Minister Huang Hua said the normalisation of relations between Peking
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      Lock icon Taiwanese sell off property in US
      158 3 NEW YORK. Wed The Taiwan Government has ■old or given away some of Its property in Washington to prevent the People's Republic of China claiming it when Peking and Washington normalise relations. CBS News said yesterday. It said the Taiwan Embassy and Chancery, worth
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      Lock icon New status
      50 3 BANGKOK Wed Ptu*« Air port in aouthfrn Thailand and uiuk Airport on thr Gull of Thailand mill br upgraded to international sutuk arat until. an omnaJ tourer rrwaird today Thr nun taid thr two air ports would be upgraded otx-r ihr airpon authority of Thailand is MliUMwn AFP
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      Lock icon Call to make Chiang MP in Peking
      87 3 Call to make Chiang MP in Peking PEKING, Wed. A poster has appeared here calling for Taiwanese President Chiang Ching-kuo to be appointed a ranking member of China's parliament when the country is reunified. The poster's author also suggested thai Mr. Chiang. **> of the late Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, should
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      Lock icon Border shut
      24 3 MANAGUA, Wed. Preudmt Somoza closed the border with Costa Rica oo Monday because of constant guerilla attacks, the Foreign Ministry announced AP
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      Lock icon Red tape blamed for state of Viet economy
      359 3 HANOI, Wednesday VIETNAM has admitted that waste, red tape, corruption and ill-con-ceived management among other factors have led to the virtual stagnation of the country's economy. Vice-Premier Thanh Nghi, presenting a balance-sheet of the economic situation to the National Assembly, described the
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      Lock icon It's bottoms up with Tsingtao in US
      181 3 NKW YORK. Wed First it was airplanes, grain, oildrilling equipment and Coca-Cola. From the sunburst of new trade with China comes this latest development: "Tsingtao" the Chinese beer will soon go on sale in the I'nited States Monarch Wine Co. of Brooklyn announced
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      Lock icon Tourists visit Angkor again
      182 3 Tourists visit Angkor again BANGKOK. Wed Kampu chea's Angkor Wat was officially reopened to tourists today with former ThaiForeign Minister Chartchai Choonhavan playing tourist guide to the first group of 40 tourists to the famed ruins. A spokesman for the former Minister's Erawan International Company, which is operating the day
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      520 3 (Swins In The New Year With w Ths Pa&sbnata Direct From The Philippnes DECEMBER 30 JANUARY 1, 1979 <*^ }M \~*Mt&* PRE-NEW YEAR DINNER* DANCE POOLSIDE (STH FLOOR) T^ r 7. 8.00 pm -2 00 am HANGOVER CLINIC TjM W^%^+ A^w^KM \_^T* $40.00' 10.30am -3.00 pm M^ T A Inclusive
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      Lock icon Indira hints at ties with Desai's opponents
      461 4 NEW DELHI. Wed. Former Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, freed after a week in prison, has hinted that she may cooperate with opponents of Prime Minister Morarji Desai in the ruling Janata Party. Mrs Gandhi told newsmen M her home last night, shortly
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      Lock icon 760-year-old book
      55 4 FLORENCE, Wed. The worlds oldest copy of the "Book of Kings" by the Persian poet Firdusi has been discovered in the Italian National Library here. It is dated April 12, 1217 (Muharran 3.614 on the Muslim calendar), and had apparently been misfiled for four centuries. The discovery was
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      Lock icon STATE AND CHURCH AT ODDS OVER ANNULLED MARRIAGES
      218 4 MANILA, Wed. The Philippine government and the Roman Catholic church appeared locked today in a fundamental dispute on the validity of marriages annulled by the church's tribunals. Justice Felix Makasiar has said that the Catholic church, if it does annul marriages, is
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      Lock icon First Chinese ferry service to Paracels
      130 4 First Chinese ferry service to Paracels PEKING, Wed. China has reaffirmed its claim on the Paracel (Hsisha) Archipelago in the South China Sea by inaugurating a ferry service to the islands, the New China News Agency reported today. Sovereignty over the islands has long been a point of contention between
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      Lock icon Egypt, Israel agree to restart peace pact talks
      261 4 Egypt, Israel agree to restart peace pact talks WASHINGTON, Wednesday EGYPT AND Israel have agreed to resume their deadlocked peace talks at the cabinet level with the United States as mediator, administration officials said yesterday. The officials said they will decide within a week on the place and time of
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      BID BY 200 TO START WEST BANK VILLAGES FOILED
      161 4 BID BY 200 TO START WEST BANK VILLAGES FOILED GIBEON (isracU-oorupird Jordan) Wed.- About ZM settlers with I'zl submachine xuns attempted to set op two unauthorised settlements In the orrupied West Bank of Jordan today but the Defence Ministry said army troops began evicting them within hours. "The troops started
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      Lock icon Where there's smoke only when you puff
      178 4 ATLANTIC CITY, Wed. An inventor who pioneered the development of lightweight aluminum car trim yesterday said he has in-; vented a cigarette thatwUl johnj not give off smoke unless it 15 P""**l Charles Cohn. 77, has pat ented the use of an "oldtime
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      Youths stage first sit-in protest at Tien An Men
      268 4 PEKING. Wad. IN what was probably China's first sit-in protest since the communists came to power, 28 youths gathered on Tien An Men Square today and demanded a meeting with senior leaders so that they could voice grievances about life on
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      Lock icon SPACE TECHNOLOGY FOR FUTURE CAR?
      338 5 WASHINGTON, Wednesday TIME IS running jt on the internal comix stion engine and a loint government -indust y effort patterned after the Apollo moon programme may be recessary to develop the car of the future. United States Transportation Secretary Brock A lams said in an
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      Lock icon Israel tests call-up
      49 5 TEL AVTV. Wed Israel today began mobilising rcaervtrti In an prnnif mainly aimed at check Inc the efficiency of the call-up lyitem through codes broadcast over radio and television. Israeli military sources said here. Israel's neighbouring states tad been warned of the call-up test exercise AFP.
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      Lock icon Park starts another six years as president
      254 5 Opponent plans new drive against him SEOUL, Wednesday PRESIDENT Park Chung-Hee was inuagurated into another six-year term today while his main political opponent ignored the ceremony and began gathering support for a fresh campaign against him.] President Park defended his authoritarian political methods
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      Zambian kwachas flow again in shops
      142 5 Zambian kwachas flow again in shops LUSAKA, Wed. Zambians have begun a huge buying spree following the re-ap-pearance of many basic commodities in the shops for the first time in several months Some six million kwachas (5517.3 million) worth of goods began appearing in supermarkets just before Christmas following the
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      Lock icon Fist fights before martial law vote in Turkey
      206 5 Fist fights before martial law vote in Turkey ANKARA, Wed. Government and opposition deputies came to blows here last night before the vote on martial law proclaimed in 13 Turkish provinces. The incident occurred when Interior Minister Irfan Ozaydinli was about to speak and members of the opposition Justice Party
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      Lock icon Mummy's mummy?
      70 5 CAIRO. Wed. Studying a single ringlet of hair with X-rays, an American dentist and an Egyptian archeologist have identified a 33-century-old mummy as that of the woman believed to be the mother of King Tut. Dr. James Harris. Head of the Dentistry Department at the University of Michigan,
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      Lock icon Arafat's call
      34 5 BEIRUT. Wed. Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat has called on Pope John Paul U. to help prevent the conversion of Jerusalem into a Jewish city, the Palestine news agency Wafa reported tonight. Reuter.
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      Lock icon Prices: Suharto studies cutback in subsidies
      159 5 JAKARTA, Wed. President Suharto indicated today that he would announce a phased reduction of government subsidies for vital commodities to reduce growing expenditure caused by the Nov. 15 devaluation of the rupiah. Minister for Mines and Energy, Dr Subroto, said President Suharto asked him
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      Kidnappers back at work again
      87 5 NTOBO, SARDINIA, Wed. Italy's tireless kidnappers retvaed U watt alter a brief Christmas h*Uday when Ifcey seiied tfee sm M a wealthy laadcwaer la lain Mrditrrrmnraii Ulaad, p*Ur« said t«day. Plm Taalatti, 28, waa grabbed by three armed and masked mea Mtside his b*me la
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      387 5 Where the season's not the only reason for celebrating at Oberoi Imperial New Year's Eve New Year's Day ATMIRABELLE ATMIRABELLE Nothing but the best That's our Wake up late and make the first special New Years Eve Gala meal of 79 a memorable one Dinner and Dance Every item on
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      Lock icon Kidney graft woman gives birth to triplets
      238 6 GLASGOW. Wed IN an apparent medical first, a woman kidney trans- plant recipient has given birth to triplets The three baby girls born within three minutes of i each other on Christmas I Day were doing fine today. Their mother. 30-year-old Margaret Little
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      Concorde's record
      68 6 I IKTI W*d TV hm << il» 1^ CuKwdr watr «m avtam joiatly huili by tbr Vin«aitn* Company ■ad Ikr BrilMi AinraM Corpora .r Ik i r.-.«,l and half tan at twta-r ihr af(«4 at ■Mai during iu firvi i«l »(M .ta> an AarroipaUalr ■M (M <* is
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      Lock icon Polls put off
      31 6 DACCA. Wed PwMaaj la Raafladtak't ptriuM, «MHi ippiatlln paron havr uwta»— j to boycott, bavr ben p—awd (or two wreki to fcrtrmry U. it ni immhj today AP
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      Trucks on fire in Teheran riots
      78 6 Trucks on fire in Teheran riots YOUTHS In Teheran set bonfires on a street m Tuesday to block army tracks. Troops and antiShah demonstrators were engaged in pitched battles in the streets of the Iranian capital for the fourth straight d»y, and in tie violence that followed, II people were
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      Israeli guest
      33 6 BANGKOK. Wed laraeU Kannet maker Ytuhak Shan* aaa arrived her* for a mi -day vWt a* gueit o( the Thai National Legislative Aaaembiy (NLA), a parliament home spokesman announced today. al'
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      Lock icon Carter agrees to trade curbs on nuts and bolts
      413 6 Limited action to stem protectionist tide WASHINGTON, Wednode* PRESIDENT Carter, reversing a position taken 10 months ago, granted tariff protection yesterday to manufacturers of nuts and bolts, a decision which ironically could help passage of legislation for freer trade next year.
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      Lock icon Nuclear test condemned
      62 6 TOKYO.Wed- The Japanese government today issued a statement condemning China's nuclear test on December 14. "It Is greatly to be regretted, at a time when pollution of the atmosphere and the seas is a matter of grave concern all over the world, that a nuclear test detrimental
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      Lock icon Superdeep drilling project by Soviets
      185 6 j MOSCOW, Wed. Soviet j scientists have begun yet another deep drilling project I aimed at probing some 15km into the Earth's crust. The Soviet news agency Tass reported today that drilling of the first stage of the hole had been completed near the city
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      Lock icon Radar test to detect low-flying aircraft
      256 6 Radar test to detect low-flying aircraft WASHINGTON, Wed- The Soviet Union has been experimenting for several months with airborne radar to detect and destroy low-flying planes entering its air space, according to a top American defence research official. Mr William Perry, Assistant Defence Secretary for Research and Engineering, raid the
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      Lock icon Million mark reached
      60 6 BANGKOK. Wed. Over one million tourists vferited Thailand during the first nine months this year, an increase of 10 per cent on the same period last year, the Tourist Organisation of Thailand (TOT) reported. A spokesman (or the TOT reported that Malaysians constituted the largest group at
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      251 6 Side liners THIS NEW YEAR'S Eve, the kissing will have to stop at least for policewomen la the British city of Manchester. Policemen on doty In the city centre at midnight can allow themselves to he smothered by kisses from women revellers, say the special orders, bat policewomen are to
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      169 6 WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF REMY MARTIN Special Festive Offer Takea Concorde S with every bottle. Ifl| Remy Martin takes you to the world of enjoyment fl X and on the way offers a magnificent replica of the Concorde M A together with a miniature bottle. |BP^SB|Er Bl Purchase a
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    Bunker oil price: Shipowners expect 5pc rise
    231 7 Bunker oil price: Shipowners expect 5pc rise SINGAPORE shipowners and operators are bracing themselves for an estimated 5 per cent rise in bunker oil costs following the proposed 14 5 per cent oil price hike by Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries tOpeci lor next year Several owners said yesterday they
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    Man to sister: I won't bother you anymore
    109 7 THE State Coroner. Mr. Chang Kok Mine, yesterday recorded an open verdict on Lim Pent Knj. 50. who was burnt to death in his J.ii.in Berlati hut on Oct 19 at 11.30 pm Ijm's younger sister. Slew Kee. told the court that
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    False camera guarantee card racket is growing
    512 7  -  JUNE TAN Touiists are main victims By SWINDLES hy dealers here who sell cheap camera fjoo<ls witi t h fake giMraalec cards to tourists, are reportedly increasing. These worthless pieces of paper are supposed to be worldwide warranty i WWW) cards, entitling the
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      220 7 EXHIBITION OF PAINT- Kam and the Young I TEMPORARY ART, feaINGS by two Hongkong Holsingtons (Karen and turing works by local and artists, Connie Ho and Henry). Asean artists and sculprhVn." Y °nh?' the t TAL cum demonstra- tors, at National Museum Chinese Chamber of Uon on Ma H bb
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    Three to stand trial on charge of causing hurt to doctor
    170 8 TWO men and a housewife will stand trial In Apill on a Joint charge of causing grievous hu-t to former MP and medical practitioner. Dr Chew Chin Han, 46. T.iy Ann Hln. 31 a salesman. Wee Alk Ann, 30.
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    Govt will widen tax base to include self- employed
    1243 8  - Govt will widen tax base to include self- employed CHIA POTEIK By The government has civen notice that it intends to broaden the base of income tax Inincreasing the number of taxpayers so that people, such as the self-employed, who can afford to and should pay tax, are brought within
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    Frankfurt Fair
    46 8 SINGAPORE will take part In the Frankfurt International Spring Pair from March 4 to 8 to promote the export of locally made goods to Oermany and Western Europe. The fair will feature mainly small Items such as handicrafts, office supplies, stationery. Jewellery and watches.
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    Youth posed as patient and beat up dentist
    299 8 Youth posed as patient and beat up dentist A DISTRICT court yesterday heard how a "violent" youth, posing as a patient beat up a dentist after robbing him of $100 In his clinic. Vythilingam Kalimuthu, 21, unemployed, struck again four days later this time robbing a bill collector of 150
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    Workmen's Act payments to be fairer and speedier
    997 9 THE Workmen's Compensation Act will be amended to provide for fairer compensation for injured workers and dependants of deceased workers. Labour Minister Onu Pang Boon discloses In an addendum to the Presidential address at the openIng of Parliament on Tuesday night. The»e
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    British trade team due
    63 9 THE British Secretary of State for Trade. Mr John Smith, will lead an U-mem-ber delegation to Singapore from Jan 3 to 6 to help Increase trade between Britain and Asean. The delegation will meet .the Singapore Federation of 'Chambers of Commerce and Industry on Jan 4
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    IMF gold auction
    41 9 THE InternatlonaJ Monetary Fund rut* invited bids lor iv monthly gold auction to be held next Wednesday Copies of the IMP invitation (arms are available at the reception desk, fifth floor of the SIA buildlnf in Robinson Road.
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    More zoo adoptions
    57 9 UNDER the animal adoption scheme set up by the Singapore Zoological Gardens. Mrs C. X Loke has adopted the lemur enclosure for $5,000 while Sir Percy and Lady McNeice. the clouded leopard enclosure for $3,000 This year, nine animal enclosures have been adopted by firms, organisations and
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    Thieves cart away safe
    125 9 Thieves cart away safe A GANG of thieves who broke into a bar the Bamboo Lounge in Sims Avenue on Monday and. f ai.ing to open an old iron safe which contained $11.0*0 and some documents, finally carted It off. The money was the weekend co. lection and was to
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    Goodwood Group hotels to levy 10pc service charge
    351 9 THfi Goodwood Group of hotels will levy a 10 per cent service charge at all Its hotels from Jan 1. This decision comes some three weeks after a call by the Labour Minister. Mr Ong Pang Boon, to hotels to abolish tipping
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    Fatal walk
    30 9 A PEDESTRIAN, Leong Ywal Koon, 28. a Malaysian, who was knocked down by a motorcycle In Ttong Bahru Road on Tuesday, died In Urn Singapore Oeneral Hospital yesterday.
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    NTUC to have a man on STPB
    203 11 The National Trades Union Congress has requested and gained representation on the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board following approval by the Minister of State for Finance, Dr Tan Eng Liang, last month. A Business Times report yesterday said deputy secretary-general Lawrence Sla has been
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    ENGLISH MOST POPULAR SECOND LANGUAGE
    156 11 ENGLISH MOST POPULAR SECOND LANGUAGE When speakers of different languages are together in larger units, orders are translated when necessary. The most Important orders and regulations must be published in the three official languages; in mv 1 1 i lingual officertraining courses the students and instructors speak and write in
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    Survey soon by medical faculty on curriculum
    635 12  -  KOH VAN POH By The University of Singapore's Medical Faculty will soon send questionnaires to 600 graduates of the past five years to assess if the present curriculum needs to be revised. The exercise is also to evaluate the results of the last
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    'Train grads in primary health care'
    318 12 'Train grads in primary health care' MEDICAL graduates' bonded period of service to the government would be best put to use by using one of these years to train them in primary health care the provision of essential health services to the community. Such an arrangement would reverse the present
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    Culture fund donations
    56 12 THE Singapore Cultural Foundation has received four more donations, bringing the total amount of donations to the foundation to $390,000. The four latest donations are from Mr Lien Ying Chow 125,000; Overseas Union Bank Group $25,000; Lee Foundation 120,000 and United Overseas Bank Ltd. $***** They will
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    Colour films
    28 12 THE National Museum will screen three colour Alms lor students on Saturday at 10 45 a.m. They are Commonwealth Oames. Wrestling and Plight. Admission is free.
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    New Welcome fish stall
    34 12 NTUC Welcome operu a second Pair Price lrozen rub ■UU at the Cupp*ge Rotd market today. Five varieties of frosen flab vUI be aold at stalls Nob 10S and 104.
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    Farm girl found drowned after a tiff
    205 12 Farm girl found drowned after a tiff A 20-YEAR-OLD farm hand. Lee Soi Moi. (above), was found drowned In a pond outside her home in Jalan Ulu Sembawang on Tuesday after she had a misunderstanding with her former boy friend at a Christmas day party. Soi Moi had gone to
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    'Demand for blood will rise rapidly'
    215 12 'Demand for blood will rise rapidly' THE demand for blood will escalate rapidly in the next five years because of new hospital development project* by public and private sectors. For hospitals to be adequately supplied, blood collection for the next few years needs to be raised by at least 9
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    Two centres to close
    63 12 JALAN Hajl Karlm and Kampung Teban community centres, which are afftcted by development project! In the surrounding areas, will be closed from Monday. Kindergarten classes, which were planned for the two centres, will continue to be held In the premises but residents are advised to go
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    Offensive weapon: Three charged
    77 12 CHUNG Hak Sit, 19. was charged in a subordinate court yesterday with having an offensive weapon a pointed can opener— at the void deck of Block 2. Halg Road, on Dec 10 at 8.15 p.m. Two other youths. Lee Wei Seng, 16. ur.d Kwek Wai Chor,
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      227 12 Bringing Up Father By BUI Kavanagh 6c Hal Camp L^~ X HAVENT WE I "USELESS JUNK"- HE MUST HAVE SNEAkED I I TAKE BACK WHAT I J DovouukE V ear enough I'll brain out while my back j sAid- this thing is y |T,DEAR?-I J\ USELESS JUNK THAT INSECT/ —I
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    Kuo Chuan committee sets up toy library
    252 13 TIIK Kuo (liuan citizens consultative committee Ikis set up a toy library for children from lower income families in the constituency. The library, believed to be the first In Singapore, will be sited In a community hall converted from a Housing Board void
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    Pre-U 1: 'It's JCs or Bartley for Malay stream'
    156 13 Pre-U 1: 'It's JCs or Bartley for Malay stream' MALAY stream student-. who are accepted for prr ■nivenity one rUnrs from next year will be admitted to Junior colleges or Bartlry Secondary School, according to Her.U HarUn. Those who score an aggregate of 11 points or less for thr relevant
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    7 Malay tutorial class projects
    144 13 SEVEN projects on tutorial classes will be implemented next month by the Joint committee on tutorial classes which comprises representatives from various Malay educational bodies, says Berita Harian. The projects are methods of selecting and assessing a child; the Kampung Übi tutorial scheme to help
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    STOLE FROM SLEEPING BABY
    92 13 STOLE FROM SLEEPING BABY A MAN took the opportunity, when his sister-in-law went marketing to steal a gold chain and pendant worth about $100 from her sleeping baby daughter, a district court heard. Yesterday, Senin bin Ilyas 32 was Jailed for nine months after pleading guilty to stealing from his
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    Woman fell to death day after grouse
    368 13 A PUBLIC relations officer's wife fell to her death from a block of flats a day after she had complained to her brother that her estranged husband had moved into a house newly bought by his mistress, a coroner's court heard yesterday. Her
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    The lightfingered Christmas shoppers
    127 13 The lightfingered Christmas shoppers FOUR people were each jailed a day and fined $800 by a- district court on Tuesday after they pleaded guilty to shoplifting. Lim Poh Ouan. 21. stole a (34.50 lighter from Plaza Emporium in Toa Payoh on Dec 23. Two women. Elisabeth Hartono. 18. and Parldah
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    New Year party
    64 13 THE Project Club, a group of volunteers, will hold lv sixth annual New Year party for about 200 patterns of the Singapore Cheshire Home and the Red Crou Crippled Children s Home an Monday at 2 p.m. at the Singapore Cheshire Home In Changl Creek. The party
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    Sage's new centre
    47 13 THE Senior Parliamentary Secretary (Social Affairs i. Mr Chan Chee Seng, will open the Singapore Action Oroup of Elders' cultural centre at Apartment Block 2, Kitchener Road ou Monday at 10 a.m. The ceremony will also mark the first anniversary of Sage's activities centre.
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    Crime rate in Marine Parade 'quite low'
    361 13 THE crime rate in Marine Parade for the first 11 months of this year has been, "quite low" police believe compared to other parts of Singapore, Its MP, Mr. Goh Chok Tong, said last night. Speaking at the openIng of the crime prevention
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    Widow's gift of books to library for newsmen
    539 14 THE widow of the late Straits Times senior assistant euitor, Mr N.T.R. Slngam. yesterday presented his lifelong collection of books to the organisation for which he had worked for the last 27 years. The books totalling nearly 1 000 cover a wide
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    Yoga classes
    26 14 TANOLIN community centre will hold yoga, tai chi and beauty culture classes in February. For details ring *****2 between 3 p.m. and 10 p.m.
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    Sailor fined $2,000 for stabbing friend
    175 14 A DISTRICT court yesterday Jailed an Indonesian sailor lor a day and fined him $2,000 in default, six months' Jail lor stabbing his "best triend" in a fight after a game of cards on board ship. Edward Dharmawan Rals. 25. a crew member on
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    Keppel union gets bigger premises
    209 14 THE Union of Keppel Shipyard Employees of Singapore will start its 10th anniversary celebrations by moving Into bigger and more spacious premises today. Union and management cooperation at Keppel has reached such "enlightened" levels that the company has not only provided the union with the
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    Former SBS electrician fined for theft
    82 14 Former SBS electrician fined for theft A FORMER Singapore Bus Service electrician was Jailed for a day and fined $1000 for theft by a district court yesterday. Ong Eng Ching, 40. a Malaysian. Mole a signal switch cover and an oil pressure switch worth a total of $31 40 from
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    New courses
    32 14 BRAS Basah community centre will hold courses on tal chi, children's art and Japanese conversation early next month. For details, telephone *****1 or *****9 between 3 p.m. and 10 p.m.
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    China looks to our banks for hotel loans
    534 14 China looks to our banks for hotel loans CHINA has been discreetly approaching a few Singapore banks for private financing of its hotel projects. Banks here have been in contact with some prominent Hongkong businessmen, who have been appointed brokers by the Chinese authorises to help work out financing deals.
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    SWISS ON $11,000 CHEATING CHARGES
    112 14 SWISS ON $11,000 CHEATING CHARGES A SWISS, Max Anton Herde, alias Prter Jure, was charged in a subordinate court yesterday with four counts of cheating involving a total of $11,009.37. lie was accused of cheating the manager of Messrs Commercial Union Assurance. Mr Kichard Gordon Dougal, by dishonestly inducing him
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    "Russia ready to help China tap reserves'
    166 14 THE Soviet Union is ready to help China Up Its offshore oil potential, said a Russian geologist yesterday. Professor 3.P. Maximov, director of the 80vlet Union Research Institute of Geology and Oil Exploration, said Russia is prepared for all forms of cooperation with
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    SUPPLIES FLOWN FOR OIL HUNT
    164 14 SEVERAL air charter companies have started airlifting supplies and equipment from Singapore to Vietnam to help in the latter's oil exploration programme. The companies arc understood to have been chartered by oil drilling companies which had exploration concessions from the Vietnamese Government. A Singapore firm
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    Lock icon Big Civil Service reshuffle in the New Year
    267 15 Big Civil Service reshuffle in the New Year KUALA LUMPUR Wed There will be a major reshufile ttu biggest so far in the hierarchy of the Civil Service in the New Year A number of senior officers will be prom ued to hlghtr position* The top of the list ol
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    Lock icon Heroin haul: Two held
    42 15 PENANO Wed Central Narcotics Bureau Officers arrested two men and recovered about one kg of heroin In Amoy Lane here last night The drug, believed to be for local distribution can be converted Into about 192.496 ■shots NST
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    Lock icon Power will be back to near normal today
    418 15 K. LUMPUR, Wed. THK electricity supply in Peninsular Malaysia will return to near normal tomorrow md there will be no loadshedding. The National Electricity Board In a statement this afternoon, said there would be no cut-off in supply tomorrow" even for those
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    Lock icon Coupons soon for airport taxi fares
    161 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday A COUPON system for taxi services from Subang International Airport to the Federal Territory and parts of Selangor will be introduced from Jan 1. A spokesman (or the Department of Civil Aviation said the system Is aimed at preventing fare-fleecing by
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    Lock icon Refugees issue 'used to sow disunity'
    124 15 Refugees issue 'used to sow disunity' KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. me parliamentary secretary in trie i-nme Minister s department, Mr Shahrir Aodul Samad today criticised some political parties for using the Vietnamese "boat people" issue to split Malay unity. "The National Front has been accused of strategically inviting these 'refugees' to
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    Missing wife found at temple
    311 15 Missing wife found at temple IPOH. Wed. Housewife S. Letch umi. 42. who loft Madras for Singapore on a MAS flight two months ago but "disappeared" enroute has been found. She was found at a Hindu temple In Sere in Dan on Saturday. Her husband. Mr K. PeriaKaruptan. 55. a
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    34 15 MALACCA. Wed. Housewife Wong Mong Hoi. 41. said her house at UJong Pasir was broken into on Dec 23 when she was away and her jewels valued at $4,900 were stolen. —NST.
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    Lock icon Studying jungle life in comfort
    139 15 KI'ALA Ll'MPl'R, Wed. Young people will soon be able to camp comfortably deep in the Malaysian jungles to study the flora and fauna thanks to a novel project being mooted Jointly by the Education Mln i s try and the Wildl.fr Fund body. Two hostels
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      254 15 Straits Times Crossword Hi IF HP Bf HT H° I H"' I* ACROSS 5 Leaf-fating grub? (8). 8 Sadly vandalised loo dour? b Newt's trail a-wmdlng be(8). lore 13 (4. 6). 9 Fruitful source of love and 7 business matteit demaiulanger? (6). ing tune and trouble 141. 10. 3 4
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    705 16 AT A TIME when there is much concern with preventing "cultural loss" among our various communities, the three-day seminar on Malay culture and nation-building organised by the entt.il Council of Malay Cultural Organisations and the Singapore Malay Teachers' Union is opportune It
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    Lock icon Man of mystery who ruled Algeria
    569 16 AUMFRS President Houari Boumedienne who died today ruled Algeria virtually unchallenged for more than 13 years. A tall fiery-eyed Muslim socialist, he kept >. tight rein on the state structure he built up after overthrowing Algeria's first pfesident. Mr Ahmed Ben Bella, in 1965
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    Helping to overcome that maths anxiety ...
    1095 16  - Helping to overcome that maths anxiety SHEILA TOBIAS What sets maths-avoiders apart is, above all, low self-esteem By in New York THE writer, a maths-avoider herself, became interested in the problem when analysing the choices women make •bout careers. 81m is co-founder of the Wesleyan University math* clinic and author
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    Failings of the 'permissive society'
    562 16  -  JEAN ROBERTS By in London IT LOOKS as though the tide of the permissive society with wave after wave of obsessive "freedom", is starting to turn. And not before time. It seems like only yesterday although it is more than a decade since parents in
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    988 17  -  INGO HERTEL OUR ASEAN PARTNERS -What 1979 may bring By in Jakarta WHAT does 1979 hold for the countries of South-east Asia? Today wa begirt a series of articles in which Reuter correspondents look at the prospects, political and economic, of
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    603 17  - New trends in Japanese emigration NOBUO OHNEDA By IN Tokyo THE Japanese Government now regards emigration as an international cooperation project, and hopes to promote it through close consultations with recipient governments. It hopes the new approach will enable Japanese emigrants to contribute much more towards the economic (ievrlopment of
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    Insurance in plain English
    267 17  -  PHILIP LEE By our London reporter BRITAIN'S largest motor insurance company, the General Accident Group, has rewritten its private vehicle insurance policy, "Keep Motoring" in plain English at a cost equivalentto 5J500.000. The company, responding to calls by consumer organisations to make such documents easier to
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      136 17 I REFER to the letter under the heading "The bus conductor who carried passenger through flood water" by TLN (ST, Dec 14). We are pleased to note your correspondent's appreciation of the civic-mind-ed act of the conductor of Service 180 (SBS 3175K) who carried
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      Fewer than half want to buy those flats
      111 17 Fewer than half want to buy those flats WE WOULD like to inform "Keen Buyer" (ST, Dec 15) that the seven-story block of SIT flats at Redhill Close will not be offered for sale for the time being. This is because a feasibility sale survey conducted last October showed that
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      87 17 Can alter but at their own expense WE WISH to inform Tl. Tan (ST, Nov 30 that he and other residents of Apartment Blocks 430 and 431. Ang Mo Kio. who wish to alter the preconstructed openings to fit their airconditioning units, will be allowed to do so, but at
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      297 17 WHILE one cannot take exception to a lot of what Mr. Scan Chiang Nee has written in his recent series on India in your newspaper, one is appalled at his lack of empathy with his subject and his outrageous exaggerations. For example, he
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      80 17 AS YOUR writer "Creepy (ST, Dec 13) is aware, the growing of climbers along the gable wall ends of three apartment blocks in Marine Parade Estate, is only experimental. The aesthetics of the scheme and any adverse effects as suggested by your writer will be thoroughly studied before
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      320 18 Closing Tone Slightly Steady TURNOVER: Official figures supplied by the Stock Exchange of Singapore Including odd lots 'Ready' totalled: 1.548 units valued at $3,872. Industrials accounted for 1.000 finance 128. hotels 110. properties 101. debentures, loans and bonds nil. oil palms 2. tins 43, and rubbers 155 'Settlement
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      1193 18 BID and offer prices officially .Mil huMnm In and reported to the Stock Ex- hjngf of Singapore yesterday with the number of shares traded shown In brackets In I 000 units unless thervuse specified All Times Settlement Contracts are quoted after the word "sett" Bin Board deal
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      165 18 7% 1/7/79 (290.000) (100.908 101 108) 4 1/2% 1/8/80 (250,000) (99.258 99 30S) 4 3/4"* 15 9 80 (250,000) 99 578 99 655) 5% 15/4/81 (250.000) (***** MIHSI s<* TF 1/5/83 250.000 100 108 100 256) 5 3/4% T F 15/3/83 (*****0) tILSI 5 3/4"* TF
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      1551 18 - HID and offer prices officially livtrd and business tn and rr ported U> the Kuala Lumpur Slock Exchange yesleriaj with the number of ■"■Mares traded shown in bracket* in lots of 1 .000 units unless otherwtse specified INDUSTRIALS t[iu OJU 2 IMI Aic.m ,IS7B IW«I llOl IM A
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      73 18 KUALA LUMPUR Batu Kawan said it will Issue 15 million new Msl shares to indigenous Malay (Bumlputra) investors at $1 10 per share The issue, by private placement. will raise paid-up capital of the company to $114.3 million from $99.3 million The shares will not
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        36 18 Sime Uarl>y Haw Par K 1. Krpo:.g Wrarnes 0 I Hldgs Pahang Cons Spore Bus S«mb Shipyard U I Srcurliies C L C 1M.0W 117.000 47.000 38.000 26.000 25.000 23.900 22.000 21.000 19.000
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        44 18 B T Index: Industrials: Finance Hotels Properties rm» I rubbers 3.C.B.C.: 3 E.S. Ind: Dec2« Dec 27 1674 80 *****4 ***** 348 16 819.19 819 93 274 48 274.48 2104A ***** ***** 158 72 ***** ***** ***** 315 87 314 16 314 58
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        336 18 HONGKONG: The market closed slightly weaker In small turnover as prices drifted lower on lack of Incentive after the holiday break dealers said. The Hang Seng Index fell 7.6b points to 503.70. Concern about the possible effects on world stock markets of developments In Iran and a broker's circular
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        404 18 TOKYO: Share prices rose sharply In very active trading, with buying interest over a wide Front, dealers said. The Dow Jones average rose 53.48 to close at 5,979.08 points, with a volume of 550 million shares. The New Index was 447.35 up 3.55 points. Steels, heavy electrlcals and communication
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        299 19 SYDNEY. Wed The market firmed, with BHP leading the advance deak-rs tald BHP rose 18 cents to A$9 do last weeks report of the Fortescue Three all discovery: WntArld rose 14 rents to M .84. ana other oil slocks, diamond Issues and banks generally firmed, while Pwi.
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        215 19 NEW YORK. Tues Stoclu prices milted In moderate trading after drifting Indecisively much of the day Analyst* said the market ■ras helped by bargain hunting the continued Influence of IBM s planned stock ipUt. seasonal factors, and rtrtsnrr to bad news D- J Industrials added about
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        57 18 THE Straits tin price shed $4 to $1,781 per plcul in Penang yesterday on an official offering up 14 tonnes to 205 tonnes. NEW YORK: Spot tin prices were little changed at 645.00 to 651.00 US cents per lb at noon on Tuesday. Traders called the market quiet.
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        391 18 THE Singapore rubber market yesterday opened around last Friday's closing levels and later r rose slightly on coverIng Interest and lack of selling, dealers said. Trading conditions, however, were very quiet after the long Christmas break. The morning session closed very quiet. Lunch time levels were maintained during the
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        30 18 Rubber Dec 27. Singapore Jan 238.00 cts. (up 0.75 ct.) Malaysia: Jan 241.5': cts. (up 0.75 ct.) Tin: $1,781 (down $4). Official offering 205 tonnes (up 14 tonnes).
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        119 18 DAILY 8SR and &MR prloei it noon yesterday: Ju Fefc 8. (Cwreat Mtk) (Pwwwd MU) Baycra Wm Bayer* fltUwi SSR 20 (1 ton pallet i 237.00 239 OON 238.00 240 PON SSR 50 (1 ton pallet) 234.00 236 00N 235 00 237 OuN MU.LB. SMR 5CV (1
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        123 18 cminisi p n o o u c i ix CLOSING' MICH PIN PICUL Cmnul Oil Bulk llOt Hlltn, old dnim (114 Kllen new drum $11» ..Her. C»»r« Hufd iIoomi VK Coot 170 buy»r». **m»r: Munlok AJJTA whlU fob 1W-, NLW (MTt idlm. 8«rmwak wblu fob. M% NUV (330
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      43 18 KUALA LUMPUR: In-dia-Malaysia Tex tiles announced a net loss of Msl7o mill.on (loss $178 million), for the year ended March 31. on a turnover of $11.77 million ($10.28 million). Accumulated loss at end March was $9.74 million. Reuter.
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      50 18 KUALA LUMPUR: Ayer Hitam Planting Syndicate announced an unaudited pre-tax profit of M$340,000 ($210,000), for the half-year ended September 30 on sales of $820,000 ($680,000). The company said it expected better weather to result In Improved profits in the coming year, with rubber prices remaining steady. Reuter.
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      60 18 Sel Dredge pays 20 pc KUALA LUMPUR: Selangor Dredging announced a pre-tax operating profit of MJ5.76 million ($10.17 million), for the half-year ended September 30. A first Interim dividend of 20 per cent gross (40 per cent gross) payable on February 25. to shareholders registered on February 11, has been
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      64 18 THE Monetary Authority of Singapore <MAS> Invites banks and discount houses to tender (or a total of $55 million Treasury Bills. The Bills are: (A) $35 million 91 -day Treasury Bills to be Issued from Jan 2 to 5 and cBi $20 million 182-day Treasury Bills to
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      173 18 GOLD Futures closed quietly firm after fluctuating narrowly throughout the day, dealers said. Opening quotations were marked up sharply around US$4 50 In most positions following reports that Iranian oil exports have stopped and higher New York sold prices and thereafter the market ruled quiet. Turnover, however, rose to
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      470 18 THIN SUPPORT was noted in selected counter* for the second day running at the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday. The trading atmosphere wa* quite similar to that on the previous day but some urgency to push price* higher wa* apparent in the later part of the
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      431 18 PRICES continued to make slight improvements In dull and sluggish trading at the Kuala Lumpur stock market yesterday. There was, however, little Incentive to deal as most operators prefer to remain at the sidelines. As a result, most transactions concluded were due to bargain— hunting. Trading was characterised
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      84 18 THE US dollar opened lower at $2.1690/10 and fluctuated narrowly around this level In thin and quiet trading In the Singapore (orex market yesterdiay. It closed little changed from the opening level at $2.1690/05. Interbank forward rates at 3.00 p.m. 1-month 2.1634/2.1659 2-months 2 1588/2.1613 3-months 2.1515/2.1545
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      153 18 Interbank r»t*» at 3.00 p.m. Curaodea Nominal rate* Smith*. tu«n Pm«U|i quoted jrnUrdaj (croM) pjuity chuvf US dollar 2.1690 2.1705 ***** —23.07 Sterling pound 4.3725 4 3780 7 3469 —40 49 Hongkong dollar 45.15 45.25 50 51 10.C1 Mslan dollar 98.15 98.30 100 00 1.85 Aust schilling *****0
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      174 18 nterbank rates a* at close on Dec 27. US Dollars (Spot) Offer Bid 7 days 10 3/8 10 1/4 1 mth 10 3/4 10 5/8 2 mths 11 5/16 11 3/16 3 mths 12 1/16 11 15 16 0 mths 12 11 16 12 9/16 9 mths
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      40 18 Closing interbank rate* on Singapore dollar on Dec 27. Offer Bid Overnight 4 1/4 4 1 nun 7 6 7/8 2 mths 7 5/16 7 3/1* 3 mths 7 1/2 7 3/8 Dvernlght Mode 4) Source: Astir? Peare*
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      56 18 KA.NilE or rites olTrrad by dn count houses oa Due 27. Ovrrnlftit 3 10 4'.^ Call deposit 4 to 4'*t Buy (til 3-Mooth Tnasury bllU 1 S 3-Month Bank bills 7 3 7 14 3-Month CD T 1/1 T Month CO 7 11/1* 7 ft/It Iwh: MstlWlal DiKtunt C*.
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      24 18 THE average rate at which Singapore banks are currently prepared to lend to their best customers is 7' 4 per cent.
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      1264 19 Sigma sparks C and C drive to buoyant results WAS THK magic of the 'eek letter Sigma that ovided the spark to Cycle id Carriage's buoyant suits in the year Just past. i the indication yen by the chairman, Mr ma Boon Peng, in his anlal address in which he
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      United Malacca owes success to investment sale
      512 19 United Malacca owes success to investment sale UNITED MALACCA Rubber's Interim ■esults have been considerably boosted by i Msl 576 million profit on sale of investments and it is largely due to this that :he company is looking forward to a rise n the full years results to $6.6 million
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      65 19 South Johore recovers Mil 111 JUHOKE Amalgamated Holdings hat turned in an operating profit of M52U2.000 for the six months ended Sept 30, compared with a loss of $112,000 in the previous corresponding period. However, the board has warned shareholders that this better performance will not be maintained in the
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      63 19 MNANUAL TIMES INDUSTRIALS Tuesday closed Monday closed Week Ago 476.1 DOW JONES AVERAGE INDUSTRIALS Tuesday 816.01 Monday closed Week Ago 789.85 LONDON DOLLAR PREMIUM Tuesday closed Monday closed H X HANG SENG Wednesday 503.70 Tuesday closed Week Ago 408 7» SYDNEY INDUSTRIALS Wednesday 457 01 Tuesday closed Week
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      574 19 The SGV Group Management Consulting Services Due co its expansion program, a large European company engaged in international trading of timber and timber products invites applications from energetic and ambitious candidates for the pott of: I ASSISTANT MANAGER Up to S$ 40,000 p.a. The successful candidate will be primarily responsible
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      651 19 1 af^^aa^l Va^ I in gearing up tor 1979 invites applications for various appointments as mentioned below ELECTRONIC TECHNICIANS Minimum Trade Certificate, ITC/ or Technician Diploma in Electronics with some working experience in designing of electronic circuit and components and/or repair and maintenance of sophiscated electronic test equipment QUALITY CONTROL
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      221 19 MSL, AN EXPANDING COMPANY, invites suitably qualified applicants for the position of FACTORY FOREMAN tor its new factory <n Jurong (near the S B.S. JURONG INTERCHANGE) Requirement* (1) MALE, age 22 29, completed full-time National Service (2) G.C.E. 'O' Level, preferably those who possess a diploma from the Smgopore Polytechnic
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      4061 20 AT YOUR SERVICE SECTION INDEX C 'jw MB^ g^ pSxllir »30am -iOOpm I FOR SALE SHOPPING GUIDE 9*9 mf^W a\% \%ZW fiT jIT ill I A IC 9^ SS I' Hisofe.Pßo™™. CA.T.S. wk^m toi mXwXwm m 1 my mm XmimmWimW iS-HSfi"" iS^rS^ imAAAIJ RATES vm ANNOUNCEMENTS Si PERSONAL Per word
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      519 20 REOUMED BY PUBLIC Accountants. Semi-Senior Audit Clerk O.C.E. "A level with experience and knowledge of Chinese essential Apply ST Box A***** REOUMED FEMALE GENERAL Clerk. Salary $200 WOO plus commission Apply personally *****. Serangoon Road. Spore 12 Tel: *****6 REOUIRED FEMALE TYPIST. Possess OCE O' Level and ability lo type
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      556 20 II EMPLOYMENT WANTED SCHOOL LEAVERS iQeneral Clerk Typist Please apply stating personal particulars and subjects studied Preferably those staying near dist 7 S T Box A***** WELL ESTABLISHED COMPANY requires 1 Male Collection Clerk Minimum (j i E O" level with al least 4 credits (including Maths and English) Able
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      745 20 FEMALE SALES REPRESENTATIVES required b> trnmaimut company Those without experi ence may also apply to: 3-D. 4th Par I'ho Building rlulip Street Spore 1 FULL/PART-TIME MALE and Female Sales Representatives needed Experience not necessary Interested call at 8-C. Hixini 4 3rd floor Kwanxtunn Provincial Bank Hiiililiiik <opr»> site Hong I.
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      468 21 II EMPLOYMENT 31 Situations Vacant M detail* and MsSBjHsM M 1 TSUOA OMOUP ■MM il'luii jll.inv lor I!,.- i 't SALES EXECUTIVE T»e s»lm»ils mm* pssssss •:«HMI I rei enl I "toeraph in THE SECRETARY M 7 OreKars) thapams Centre Ofchatdßoad Spar.* j WANTEO BOVS/GSJM.S t +HISS ANTED MMEOIATELV TEMPO-
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      538 21 AUTO WORKSHOP SUPERVISOR FofSi.r wpHymsM -xpenence II ■anttily salary is majliaali m ci :eee S3 000 pens free awceewMioned tccammadafien and generous tmeje seeiewl* mdwrine numr»r v. 1 InternMionel Plata. A neon Road imeaaant ft well sslaslisKssi csnsSrxcWsw firm w»ilas applirslinws lor: SITE AGENTS Minimum Polytechnic Diplouldtni 'iialex- w ledge
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      608 21 asaaßßSsssssssssssssssssssssssssssssswassvlßWi II EMPLOYMENT ••FOSTER A MANUFACTURER OF AMMO PROOUCTS We require SUPERVISORS (MALE) c tpenence and knowledge in super\isor> field of Her'r a Preferably wilh Degree in Electron* stream c Must have keen interest and Initiative a Age 21-27 years mpleled N S Interested applicants please write in full resume
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      755 21 rTsJAIItePI TRAUB PRIVATE LIMITED We ere a progressive West German Company engaged m ihe manufacture of Cam controlled single spindle automatic lathes The following v». ancles now on ur in our factory ONE DRILLER TWO TURNERS FIVE MILLERS TWO GRINDERS 3 5 years' working experience is necessary and preference will
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      944 21 II EMPLOYMENT A fast uroviing advertising ageniv is looking for Ihe following personnel for heir expansion programme Fmtehed Artist With at least 2 years of agency experience An understanding of English and Chinese typography Ability to produce fast and I clean artwork independently Hardworking Accounts Cleric I With at least
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      349 21 Q 1 i OC UJ OC if] ro Z o O o c- (a* "5 < C/J Al ix) >- c c 3f Mcu<= E OS C > d) T3 <O O) CO 8$ -=>■ -s ►A V en W re 5 c co C ■M %s*l roS2?| •g ill
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      608 21 II EMPLOYMENT Eipandmg printing company requires a) Mala General Workers b) Female Packers Please phone 534M4 or call personally in 11/ IS. Tanglin Melt Close Singapore 3 Week day i and Sunday) EXPERIENCED DRIVERS REOUIRED at CtsUkgl Airport Class 4 or 5 I licence Minimum salary $450 pm Must have
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      692 21 Singapore (Pri.ate) LlmMed I require* FEMALE PRODUCTION OPERATORS We offer c High starting salary r >H 11M 00 per month Afternoon shift SI 00 Per^| day s Nightshirt SlMPerdayH c Semi annual Increments s Attendance benefits ofH SIO 00 Per month Annual wage supplemental Annual leave llday<t>r^B year Free medical
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      533 21 II EMPLOYMENT SOC A SUBSIDIARY OF NIPPON OIL SEAL INDUSTRY CO LTD A leading mternitlon.il oil seals manufacturing Company invites appluations for its factory in Jurong (SOt'l for the following post.s 1. POLISHER/ ENGRAVER (Female) 2. FACTORY OPERATIVES (Male* Females) a Minimum Prirr. ary Education a Completed full time National
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      439 21 m W% MUSTAd In our store- despatch departmwt wa have immediate vacancy for B>e post of GENERAL WORKER (MAIF I Requirements a Compleied N s a (iood physique and ri.i rd vn«a% kMj a Kxperrncr in similat > be an .idnini a Mmm im !'nmar\ rducslfon in Kinlish sir' im
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      381 22 II EMPLOYMENT 31 Situation* Vacant I) Gemermt NTUC COMf ORT mVft#4 ■•ppttC ttNMI ffOVwl •WttMHf eneitis* linaiasil crtuem ler the A) EXECUTIVE OFFICER c ifcjse a UwneraiH »MM er its c Rsspli nan lor treneletmg article* worn Ei igli in te Chinese er siaamsina and plennmg article* >er Oswialers B)
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      410 22 MALAY DRIVER. OVER *> ir~ .>lil MALE 'FEMALE I lex L>nd floor SU SINGAPORE ISHIZAKI mo PTE LTD ELECTRO-PLATING MALE AND FEMALE WORKERS Lining salary Female $175 pm •Set. ttOOpm rniation rale Female $190 p m Mate SIM a.m. a Age Itt years and above c l'nm.ir> education preferred hut
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      781 22 II EMPLOYMENT VEO MAP SENG LIMITED in lies apphc aliens Iran suitably quakhed cendidete* tor the peel* ofLABORATORY TECHNICIAN Applicants srouM possess a good s hii.ii Certificate with a good redil in Chemistry and must be able lo read snd write Mandarin CLERK (FEMALE) The candidate we require must have
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      792 22 SUGAR MOUSTRV OF SINGAPORE LIMITED A) ENGINEERING ASSISTANT (ELECTRICAL) Candidates should preferably ha>e Polytechnic or Ngee Ann Technician Diploma or equivalent E ■perience Prelerably with 2 years practical in electrical maintenance In a large factory Duties To Uke charge of shift for maintaining the factory's electrical and inslrumenution systems Salary
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      1600 22 II EMPLOYMENT WANTED EXPERIENCED LOCAL Malay driver Possess Class 4 driving licence Living in PD 14' 15 Ring *****5 *****3 WANTED FEMALE SHOP AsslsUnt for Boutique Please call personally to Unit 1008. 10th Floor. Shenlon House. Shenlon Way Spore 1 (office hours) WANTED JUNIOR CLERK or draftsman with or without
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      826 22 111 VEHICLES BOATS HOME OF QUALITY USED CARS NO KEONG CAR TRADERS PTE. LTD KM KEAT ROAD. SINGAPORE 12. TELS *****50, 2551T0. 53*5*3. MM I*7*: Honda Civic A/C (2 Dr.) DetaunMOJ Dateun 12*Y A/C Ford Cortina 2000 Gnia A/C 1*77- CoH Sfcjma I*OOGS A/C Mercsß»* Bern 200 A/C Deteun 14OJ
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      924 22 OWNER LEAVING. LATI 1973 Immaculate condition Subaru l)L. air-con, sports-rims new road-ux $7500/- ono Contact *****93 QUICK SALE' 1*73 Chrysler 180 Aircon. PARK eligible, beautiful condition $7,300 o no Enquiries *****9 REGISTERED 1*73 1 owner Morris Marina aircond. radio cassette, seat belts, new tyres, battery good condition 558.350 ono Tel
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      924 22 111 VEHICLES BOATS I*7l MMM MS*. 1 owner sports rims rn.i.l t.ix Wranci new Tip top condition, lei *****8 I*7l VAUXHALL VIVA 1100 cc Lady owner Tyres paint insur unce new Price $4 800 ono Tel *****59 1*72 ALFA ROMEO Berlina. aircond. cassette, sports rims, tax $11,200 Tel *****08 1*72
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      926 22 I*7S SEPTEMBER MERCEDES manual ,)r,i owner n I I*7* TOYOTA CORONA MKH"j owner aircon nr» t.i\ hmjc .m.r tip top rondlUor snoot i oroM lent >m Upper Pay. i I >'t>.ir I pan 1*75 TOYOTA CORONA IMm rr aircond. beautiful oiutmoß Insurance la* I.'l r>b $16Sflj Vie*, call *****71 1»75
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      1078 23 IV ACCOMMODATION A PROPERTIES LENG KEE ROAD Building Compete With a tor Showioom Motor Workshop B| --tore And Available) For Long Lease Fully Equipped l-urther DBtajßl Pleas* Con: 4792(11 OR ST. BOX A***** CHENG CHWEE HUAT INDUSTRIAL BLDG FOR RENT at Pay a Lebar Road Pan Island Express Way unction
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      814 23 IV ACCOMMODATION A PROPERTIES b) Flats •DEAL FOR A SMALL FAMILY liecuWve ApartmaM kifjestnci* Kned Interior With .1 BrrJnionis I argr Living Separate Dining Kitrhrn and Sermclude a large swimming pool, tennis courts squash Available furnished partly lurnishrd SWNC»ALS aieaee Can »SM» AMERICAN SCHOOL VICINITY T.«stelull> furnished executive apartment romplete
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      719 23 OIST IS LUXURIOUS ROOM Ith lurnitur* verandah telephone 1 hjlhriHim uttai hed Single student Contact *****8 *****44 Of«T IS UMFURHHIKD ROOM in semi-detached. 112 Lorong G Tclok. Kurau preferably for working couple or student Tel OIST tt TO LET furnished room Quiet locality preferably stewards- stewardesses Interested call *****72 DISTS
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      593 23 IV ACCOMMODATION A PROPERTIES ■MMtHasfaj) link house .1 bednnimv stud), servant 4 200 sqft $170,000 I.J Realty *****2/*****4 CLEMCNTI PARK BUNGALOW <i 000 sq ft 4 bedrooms, servant's Renovated, beautiful garden $360,000 Tel X ***** DIST 11 IMMACULATE StNOLESTOMY detached, large lounge dining. 4 bedrooms servant's amenities, fully aircond. Italian
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      713 23 SELETAR HILLS JALAN PERA DUN double-storey semi-detach-ed 4 bedrooms, rear extension Price $115,000 Principals Only Tfl *****2S SERANGOON GARDEN ESTATE unglr-storey terrace 2.600 sq ft $***** Single-storey srmi-de-tached 2.300 sq ft $68,000 Single-storey semi-detached. 2.800 sq ft $92,000 Ace *****22 SERANGOON GARDENS SINGLE STOREY terrace near NTUC Supermarket $75,000 Yew
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      681 23 IV ACCOMMODATION A PROPERTIES •I LUXURIOUS PENTHOUSE ANO APARTMENTS FOR SALE hirst rl.iss residential area Central alrcondiliomng Well maintained Kor immediate occupation Contact TEL: ttlMO/»!7m J ROOM HOB FLAT in Holland Drive Swimming pool nearby Highest offer secures Please call Mrs Ho *****0 4-ROOMCD H.D.B. IN Queensway renovated $41,000 Mcl
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      685 23 DIST I OFFICE SPACE .it .lit lerent si/es available Interested can Btnni FOR SALE /RE NT 2-storef detached Ofhccs/CIUB Outside CBD Built-in are*: Above 10.000 sq ft Total area: Approximately I 8 Freehold Available immediately Contact 235J479 (Owner) FURNISHED SPACIOUS OFFICE space for rental at Central Building Call *****0 FURNISHED
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      724 23 V SERVICES BUSINESS NAME CAROS QUICK Vnnt B Krskme Road ofl South Bridge Koa.i (behmd Maxwell Road market I Tel 220M77 PROFESSIONAL POLISHING. CLEANING..! noon b) c u.ili lied, experi'nrerl cleaners si ments !*t***** RADAR COMMERCIAL INVESTIGATION Agency for private cimmerciai Investajatlons and undercover surveillance Call SHOWS SANITARY PLUMBING 1
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      599 23 LADY REQUIRES lift from Clement! I.irk 10 H.itter\ Ko.ni c inortimK 1 .nut VII I Ptrmnit 1 Oti »e.'kct Saturdays I Millnm tc pa) Km* W..11K 'Mmwifi Hi 171 itter Item or 6TOMO after spin TRANSPORT REOUIRED FROM cmi X.mi! tci Polytechnic (."on t.nt Refina il 78 Dressmaking DRESSMAKING 1
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      439 24 VI EDUCATION TRAINING o ATT language centre SCHOOL OF LINGUISTIC SKILLS Lonquocje courvei ond privote tuition ♦or icKool nominotions ond for buimeu, travel pJeoiure Daily clattcn, mornings ond ofternoons commencing Bth January 197* Children's twice weekly classes, ofternoons commencing Bth January 197' Teenagers' twice weekly closses, evenings commencing Februory 197'
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      809 24 VI EDUCATION A TRAINING AWL ME 'HOTEL PUM.K KelaUon.i Intensive 1 I l:mse .üm mc to apply for PRO J J*x in Air Insurance and Corporations S5O for i- Course Please enrol mi Suite 2401, 24th floor High Street I I Bridge AmLME/nCKETMC RESERVATION e*jna spe. ially designed ers and
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      464 24 ite GIRLS! Joes »c Becoming harder to get you need batler Qualifications The London Chamber o' Commerce and industry Private Secretary s Cen^cate is recogmed mwrnakonally as one o) the honest guaMicakons obtanaMe This examination is me only Private Secei* Summation supervised By Ihe Ministry ot Education Enrol now at
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      738 24 VI EDUCATION A TRAINING Stamlord Group ot Collates Stamtord Educational Towers Asm ru»v *»condrt>oned and largest .^dependent resource centre «> Business Education CITY SCHOOL OF COMMERCE 21S OUEEN STREET SINGAPORE? c SHORTHAND (Theory) a I Tuesday Thursday 9 30a m 11 00 am ommencing 2nd Jan 1979 b) Monday/ Wednesday/
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      663 24 Pi^T lh J«p»r>»s* way 1 Neo Elemenlary Course* Slertmg lan 3< 5 JO-6 30pm > Sun Jan Till nOam- 1200pm i Only limited places niiMit To enrol, please conlecl JAPANESE LANGUAGE CENIRr Drmsmn ol EMS Inlernatwnal 117 Peece Cenlre. Ist Fir. MM] RADIO/TV SERVICING Courses Conducted by Experienced Qualifier! Teachers
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      660 24 VI EDUCATION TRAINING PIANO LESSONS FOR nemnners trades ti> experienced lady teacher lllst M Clll *****15. PIANO LESSONS GIVEN hy 2 ex penenced teachers al Vimlmein 1V...1.1 and Ann Mo Klo Please Madam Chua *****0.1 j l latter Bpm l PRIVATE TUITION AVAILABLE Group tuition arraniceable Kxpenenced tutors for all
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    IN MEMORIAM
    38 25 MRS THANGAMMA RAJAH, Dapartad 2«.i2 73 Ki-.ircsi Am ma. A arautiful soul gone homo III ITS' MisMii bv all whu lovr hrr Allhonifh .1 nuithrr loving < arc mr mbM Wi'Kl.idU kmivk shrrmtsin I- roin lou'd onri.
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      791 25 Deputy Head, Publicity Division Ministry of Culture Applications ore invited from Singapore Citizens la) with Honours Degrees ond at least 6 years m rh« fwld ot moss communication ond publicity' including administrative experience, or (b) at least 10 years experience in a large news organisation, of which 5 years must
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      558 25 QoHei invites applications for PLASTICS MOULDING SUPERVISORS Applicants should have at least 2 years experience in a supervisory level in the setting, genera! maintenance and servicing of plastic moulding machines. In addition, candidates must have a working knowledge of measuring instruments and be able to read technical drawings. STAMPING SUPERVISORS
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      659 25 Tr.NDrK WOTM V Tenders will be received at the Ministry of Health for running a Canteen at the Alexandra Hoapital. Singapore 3. to cater for the Mrmbera of the Hoapi- tal Staff and the Public for a period of 3 yeara commencing from lHth February 1979. Tender forms and further
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    QCs: Panel to study pros, cons
    353 26 A SUB-COMMITTEE has been set up by the Law Society to Investigate if it Is necessary to call for amendments to the Legal Profes sion Act to regulate the admission of Queen's Counsel to the local Bar. The sub-committee Is composed of the society's
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    CC party
    28 26 LENO Kee community centre youth group will hold New Year's Eve party at Stirling Road area office community hall at 7.30 p.m Ring *****7 (or details.
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    Computer services firm for POSB
    115 26 THE Post Office Savings Bank has formed a new subsidiary called POSB Computer Services Pte Ltd to provide Internal computer services and system consultancy. The new company, Incorporated In September oy the chairman of POSB. Mr. Tan Chok Klan and Its general manager, Mr Bertie
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    'Video clubs lending banned films'
    198 26 POUR clubs have been lormed to allow circulation of videotapes of banned films such as Last Tango In Paris, among the members. Yesterday's New Nation reported that potential members -are carefully screened before they are asked to join, and must eitner know other members, or
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    How our leaders can keep people's trust
    213 26 How our leaders can keep people's trust SINGAPORE'S leaders must, through their actions and examples inspire in the people a spirit of sacrificing mere personal good for the common good of the nation, the Senior Minister of State (Education), Mr. Chai Chong Vii, said last night. Only then will the
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    VOSPER APPOINTS OVERSEAS ADVISERS
    88 26 VOSPER Singapore has appointed overseas consultants to advise the shipyard on various research projects on ship structures, propulsion systems and other related systems. The shipyard recently signed an exclusive consultancy agreement with Professor Hans Georg Schultz, Professor of Shipbuilding Construction and Statics at the University of
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    Fireboats order
    38 26 THE two flreboaU built by a local marine firm, Flrst-Rent-a-Boat. (or Ibe Brunei Fire Service v reported In the BtraiU Time* yesterday wu ordered through Taylor BUnley Singapore Pte. Ltd.. the marine Arm spokesman clarified yesterday.
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    An international family
    202 26 FROM different parts of the world they came to Singapore on Wednesday to celebrate the 80th birthday of matriarch Mrs E. V. Davies, a pioneer social worker and the president of tae YWCA in the *****. Here the grand old ladj is seen with the members of
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    Not possible to say precisely how fuel tanks were polluted...
    925 26 REPORTER: BEN DAVIDSON SPYROS WITNESS A CHEMIST told the Spyros inquiry yesterday that from all the informat lon available It was not possible to state precisely how the fuel tanks on the tanker were contaminated. Dr. G.J.G. Atherton, giving expert
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    Hawker jumped to his death
    188 26 A HAWKER discharged from hospital after he failed in a suicide pact with his waitress wife later Jumped from the ninth floor of his father-in-law's flat, a coroner's inquiry heard yesterday. Madam Aw Beng Choo told the inquiry that after the birth of their son
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    Library films
    32 26 TOA PAYOH library will screen three Chinese films Scenery of Taiwan. Chinese opera and Construction and Engineering In Taiwan at Its lecture hall tomorrow at 7.30 p.m. Admission Is free.
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    Hospital roof collapses
    52 26 ALL patients of ward I 12, Mlddleton Hospital, in Moulmein Road were I transferred after a portion of Its roof collapsed un Tuesday mint. i Thoujh no official comment was available. It Is understood nobody was Injured In the incident and that the hospital will sewn repair
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  • TIMESPORT PAGE ONE
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      Lock icon Brearley hit by rearing ball
      353 27 Brearley hit by rearing ball MELBOURNE, Wed ENGLAND captain Mike Brearley needed six stitches on his right eyebrow today after being felled during batting practice for next Friday's Third Test against Australia. Brearley was hit by a rearing delivery on a wet wicket from Leicester shire's young paceman, Jonathan Agnew,
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      Lock icon Greig wrecks hopes of the Cavaliers
      177 27 NEWCASTL3 (NewBouth Wales), Wed. Former England captain Tony Oreig shrugged .off his recent indirTe^nt form to take three'tor 2» and help bundle :>ut an international Cavaliers XI for 113 In a limited-overs Wotld Series Cricket (W*C) match here today But the World Al's hopes
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      Lock icon Glentoran 2-1
      39 27 LONDON, Wed. Results of yesterday's Northern lriih Football League matches were: Glentoran 2 Coleralne 1, Bangor 2 Ards S, Cll'lonvillf 3 Distillery 0. Lame 1 Crusaders 1, Llnfleld 6 Ba'lyrrwna Utd. 1, Portadown 5 Olenavon 1. Reuter.
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      LEADERS STAY AHEAD
      343 27  -  WINSCR DOBBIN: By London, Wednesday IJVERPOOL trounced Manchester United 3-0 at Old Trafford yesterday to lead the English League soccer standings by one point at the half-way stage of the season. Liverpool, leaders sluce the start of the season, recovered their away form after two successive defeats
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      Lock icon Liverpool rout United
      489 27 witn a fine individual goal after 68 minutes. West Bromwlch Albion made the third position in the standings their sole property with a 2-1 win in a superb match at Highbury. Unbeaten for 10 weeks, Albion raced to a 2-0 lead after Just five minutes. Robson hit
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      Lock icon Menotti for Uruguay?
      175 27 BUENOS AIRES. Wed. Cesar L. Menotti. who resigned last week as coach of Argentina's soccer team, says he is considering an offer foe a similar position with Uruguay's national side until the 1982 World Cup. The newspaper Clarln, which reported the offer In an interview with Menotti
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      Inderapura Stable are poised for title
      609 27 RACING. .with FAIRWAY PENANG, Wed. Inderapura Stable, who look poised to capture the owners' title for the first time this season, can crown a great season with a Gold Cup win. Their only big race success so far was a victory In the Pesta
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      Lock icon Six-wkt win
      35 27 SYDNEY. Wed Kerry Packer's Australian XI bowled the West Indian XI out for only 66 runs in a one-day World Series Cricket Cup match here today and romped to a six-wicket win. Reuter.
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      PRO-AM ENTRIES
      523 27 EVTRIES for the combined amateur and professional meeting at Kuala Lumpur on Jan -7: PROFESSIONAL HORSES Class I 12— metres: Barry Lyndon. Bold Hunter. Candid Glow. Copper Field. Destination 11. Fax Horizon. Guard Duty. Hopefully, The Professionals. Ranad. Why Why. Zara Heritage. Class 4 1.200 metres: Arlfl. Antasena.
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      BRIEFS
      100 27 STOCKHOLM. Wed Swedish triple Wimbledon champion BJom Borg U to tr.airy his Rumanian fiancee Mariana Simionrscu next year, but no details have been finalised. Borg and Ma-iana. 22. were engaged on Nov. 5. 1976 Jimmy Connors has been named the top men's player in the United States for the
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      Lock icon BORG TO MARRY NEXT YEAR
      139 27 Dion Clemente Sanchez. 30. was shot to death during an argument, after a motor accident in Mexico City. In Bologna (Italy). Alfredo Evangelists, of Spain, retained his European heavyweight boxing title when he knocked out Italian challenger Dante Cane, In the fourth-round uf a 15-round
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      Keegan tops poll
      144 27 PARIS, Wed. Kevin Keegan, of SV Hamburg and England, was named by the magailne "France Football" as "European Player of the Year." He is the third English footballer to be awarded the famous "Golden Rail" after Sir Stanley Matthews, in 1956 and Bobby Charlton, It years later.
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      Lock icon Braine dies
      45 27 BRUSSELS. Wed. One of Belgium's most famous football names from the *****, Raymond Braine died at the age of 71 in his Antwerp home yesterday Bralne, who was capped 54 times for Belgium, mad» his international debut at the age of 16. AFP.
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      Results, tables
      953 27 nRKT DIVISION Arsenal 1 West Bromwlch 2. Aston Villa 2 Leeds 2. Bristol City 5 Coventry 0. Ewrton 1 Manchester City 0. Ipswich 1 Norwich 1. Manchester United 0 Liverpool 3. Middlnbroufh 1 Bolton 1. Nottingham Forest 1 Derby 1, Queens Park Rangers 2 Tottenham 2. Southampton 0
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      78 27 F&N SPECIAL "f| **^^^aw^^^^ One tin of F&N Sweetened I Condensed Milk with every purchase of any m Bfe 3 cases of F&N soft drinks. Sp9 m This offer is good from now till 20th m S\ January 1979. Jk m*. ll fc-fl So hurry to your favourite soft drink
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  • IX OBITUARIES
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      65 28 YEO CHENG HAK Air 12 78 IM HUH RHKMQ iAH and t«w Oanaamn in v. Tan Burk Slam i^Uni Chin \ro\L \<rr X Sinn Alr»-rt \rrlrr\MU Dvug^ttft/ B*W Ml law n T>< k Mary Prl*i Barh C*rt*9* Htm MO. Mk 13 M« »t Dr,y. (opp NTUC Ouaana*awn Sup Knot.! Car-park)
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      140 Acknowledgements
      34 28 MM f MUNUSAMY |>4Mrd u».,\ BMMMll m 1» 12 .Hand Diin.il u> a a. 12 78 isrd and Mirtan (SlrJl^^ FlMCi 'hunk r^ l.i 1 1\ f- v and dq|«ncrs. Md tatxaac*
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      26 28 MOM CHAN POM CHAN Departed 23/12/71 Mrs I-uhk Me* Warm m-r Ch.iii I'oh Chan I PM lllrir hr;irtf«-lt lid Trwnds Kin! MMM r>f Uinr rtrenl Hi
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      60 28 MUS RADMA RAJAH. vtlfr ol late lUfhten. Mrs J i l.i M tin .1111 Miss O lh. MIIISluincam ad Mr M Th.iinhyah. and ss Uifir .'Kinks and iiratiludr to ml staff of the A and .11 I Mcilit .1! .ind Inlrn- OCk Stiik ind all In^nds and in Sinaporr Malaysia.
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      142 Deaths
      134 28 MADAM WONG KUM VONG Ml passed away peacefully on 25/12/78. leaving behind beloved husband Pang Pui Kwan. von Ye* Wing, daughters How l-rnu hook Hmg. Sye Hlng. Ming Hing. Lai Hing. sons-in-law. Soon Boon (hing. Tan Hwee Khiang. Robin Chan, grandchildren and greatgrandchildren to mourn her loss Cortege
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      56 28 MM. LEE ENQ ANN ■MHi IMI pt-aiefully on 25-12-7H leaving b>«rilnd r«lov«-d wiff. M.slrr mx sons, a d.iughur. two daughlers-in-liw and four Krandsui^ idrirge will leave Hli.i-k 6. 1 Kallang Bahru 12.X p in 29-l2-'.8 'or Bright Hill (rernatonuin HOUOAV COWARD OUEMT (NED) puMd away prarrfullv in <>n 24th Dfrrmbfr
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      144 In Memoriam
      27 28 f MO LIANG BOOM Dcpartad M. 12.77 On* y**r ha* pmrt but nwnotm Sidl» mmd by SnHr (v*. Brother In. Law Enc and N<*c*.
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      25 28 M ANTHOMWAMV Dvpariad 2* 1J 1»74 Times M.ivc change many things. but not thr memory this day brings Remembered by son daughur-In-I.aw and Grandson forth*
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      145 Requiems
      26 28 16th D»y Prayara tor lat* MR. GOPAL RENGASAMY will b* h*ld at Mk 11. I*l-0 R*dhill Clom on 2*12.7* at 11 p.m. AH Watcoma.
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      Lock icon Will Nathan be match- winner ?
      293 28  - Will Nathan be match- win ner JOE DORAI By STRIKER Noel Nathan was the toast of the inaugural Interconstituency soccer final at the Jalan Besar Stadium in 1972 when he helped Farrer Park beat Paslr Panjang 2-1 to capture the Prime Minister's Cup. Now. after a lapse of six years.
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      SBA may host Asian tourney
      287 28  - SBA may host Asian tourney PATRICK BASTIANS By THE Singapore Badminton Association may host the Asian Invitation badminton championships next year, if there Is a follow-up to talks between SBA president Dr. Lee Kin Tat, and Mr. E.W. Barker, president of the Singapore National Olympic Council, at the Asian Games
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      Ang, Ismail make debuts
      140 28  -  GODFREY ROBERT By SINGAPORE'S heavywelght boxers Ann Thlan Hock and Mohammed Ismail will make their International debuts at the Malaysian Open boxIng championships In Kuala Lum.iur on Friday, Saturday and Sunday Ang (heavyweight) and Ismail (light-heavy-weight) have never been previously exposed to blg-tlme comrwtitlon because of
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      Today's events
      11 28 Today's events SOCCER Frk-ndly: PARC v Hilton Hotel (Buklt Chermln 5.15).
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      Intermediate set a poser
      231 28 INTERMEDIATE 3 MCIS 2 SINGAPORE'S Intermediate soccer squad handed Football Association of Singapore a poser last night when they beat Malaysian Co-operative and Insurance Society, of Selangc-, 3-2 before more than 5.000 fans at the National Stadium. The poser was: Shouldn't they be fielded for the
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      Lock icon Strong team for Japan
      72 28 JAKARTA. Wed. Indonesia will send a strong team, headed by All-England champion Llem Swie King, for tbe World Badminton Invitation Championships to be held tn Tokyo from Jan 11-18. it was announced here Indonesian Badminton Federation spokesman Suharso said the team would also include Ade Chandra
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      422 28 STRAITS TIMES RATES FOR PERSONAL ADS a OBITUARIES $9 00 tor IS word* (run-on style) $32.25 (or 3cm i 1 col. (»emi-di«pl»y styla) $40.31 lor 3cm x 1 col (ditplay style) CONDOLENCE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the partnership heretofore tubThe Board of Directors of Holi- I Ying. Poon Pino
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      527 28 ■UaMLadaUnaflliMMa^B^a^BHaiHal PUBLIC UTILITIES BORRD TENDER NOTICE GAS DEPARTMENT (Ground Floor. PUB Building. Somerset Road, Singapore 9) 1 I Supply of Cost Iron Fittings m Metric Size (2) Supply ot Single Burner Hotplates with Piezo Ignition WATER DEPARTMENT (13th Floor, PUB Building) (3) Concrete Lining ot Cast Iron Pipe Fittings GENERAL
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    How about a new leaf in new year
    576 29 WILD ABOUT SPORT Tha column that gats down to tha nitty-gritty thr season of goodwill is over. Peace on earth, and all that jazz. Lv once more a thing of the past. Which mnni that the aflWial «f Singapore's varloai sawrts ■aavela
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      SASA wait for reports
      139 29  -  ALBERT JOHNSON By THE Singapore Amateur Swimming Association will study reports from the coach and team manager before they decide on what action they would take against swimmers who withdrew from their events in the Asian Games competition In Bangkok. This Is because the SASA have
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      Chin — Singapore's only racing rower
      334 29  - Chin Singapore's only racing rower PATRICK BASTIANS By SHOCKING as it may seem. Christopher Chin, 17, a student at the Anglo Chinese Junior College, is the only competitive Singapore rower in the Republic today. With only five months of rowing behind him, Chin, Uk smallest and yofltowt rower In Sinrjpwe.
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      Spore karatekas to act as judges
      130 29  -  PETER SIOW By FIVE local karatekas from the Oyama School Peter Chong. Vlnce Ko. Peter Pang. See Cheng Kong and Jimmy Ng will leave on Saturday for the Penang Kyokushlnkal Open the following day But they will not be trading punches in Penang they
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      366 29 VOLVO Invites applications from suitably qualified candidates for the following posts:Service Service Manager Workshop Supervisor Foremen Mechanics Service Receptionist Tool Storekeeper Tester/Inspector Parts Parts Manager Storekeepers Sales/ Administration Accountant Book-keeper Accounts Clerks Salary for the above positions will commensurate with qualifications and experience. Suitable candidates, please apply giving full particulars
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  • ASIAN GAMES
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      Thanks Junie for doing us proud
      106 30 Words: GODFREY ROBERT Pics: MAX MAN SENG SWIMMER Junie Sng was undoubtedly the star of the Singapore Asian Games team. Her two gold-medal freestyle) tally helped Singapore towards the 11th placing in the final medal standing. The shy, 14-year-old Convent of the Holy Infant
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      It was a drag, but Usance beat the favourites in pain
      131 30 THE four sequence pictures show how Thailand's Usance Laopingkarn (third from right) dragged herself past the finishing line in the women's 200 metres at the Asian Games. Usance beat the fancied Japanese, Chinese and South Korean sprinters to win
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      547 30 p publuhttw bm (A memker «f tke Times OrgaolsatlM) Invites saltaMy qmaUfled applicants for tfce past sf I LIBRARIAN I Due to expansion and re-location of our library, we are seeking th« services of an experienced librarian to supplement our library team. The successful candidate should be a graduate from
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      321 30 THK BANKRIPTCY ACT (CHAPTER 18. 1970 EDITION) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the First Meeting of Creditors In the undermentioned cases will be held on Wednesday 3rd January 1979 at the Official Assignee's Chambers. Supreme Court Building, Singapore 6. IN BANKRUPTCY NOS. 30/78 Mrs Fong Fook Choy (m.w.) nee Tan
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    Lock icon A FINAL ROUNDUP
    110 31 It's hail Suchart and goodbye to former sprint champion Anat HAIL Suchart Jaisurapap. goodbye Anal Ratanapol. Their waves have special meaning. Suchart left the Thai sprinter acknowledges the crowd's cheers after his 100 metres victory, while Anat seems to say th.n it's all over for him now.
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    VICTOR AND VANQUISHED
    157 31 THEIR faces tell a story. North Korea's Kirn Ok Sun (left) spreadeagled a 11-woman field to flash home a runaway-winner in the women's 3,000 metres at the Asian Games. Ok Sun, the 18-year-old mediacl student from Pyongyang proved too strong for her rivals as she cruised home
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    Lock icon The greatest pageant
    73 31 TOKYO.Wed -The eighth Asian Games in Bangkok were Asia's greatest sports pageant in 1978 with nearly 3,000 athletes from 25 countries competing, and China emerging as a strong challenger lo Japan's domination. Thailand came to the Games' rescue again, agreeing on Bangkok as the site for th,
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    Gallant Tan's unlucky exit
    110 31 SINGAPORE boxer Tan Cheng Joo made an unlucky exit from the Asian Games competition when a cut left eye forced him to retire in his firstround bout against Burma's Tin Maung Aye. Gallant Tan was ahead 01. points until the latter part of the third and
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    'Sniffer' with a nose for trouble
    368 32  - 'Sniffer' with a nose for trouble PAUL JANSEN By SECURITY at Paya Lebar Airport has been further tightened with the introduction of a mechanical "snifTer" capable of detecting explosives hidden In Thr addition of the explosives detector to existing security measures likf metal detector walk-throughs, baggage X-rays and manual t>pot
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    Lock icon US team greeted by egg throwers in Taipeh
    220 32 US team greeted by egg throwers in Taipeh TAIPEH, Wed.— At least 10,000 egg and mudthrowing protestors greeted a United States delegation at the Taipeh airport today, yelling "Carter Is a cheat" and "How can we believe you now." There were no immediate reports of injuries, but IS Embassy and
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    Lock icon 50 killed
    33 32 LUSAKA. Wed. The bodies of SO people were taken to Kabwe General Hospital after Rhodesian helicopters bombed a Zambian National Defence Force training school last Thursday, hospital sources said today— Beuter.
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    Lock icon $3.7 m bank robbery
    77 32 OENEVA. Wed. Four armed and masked men today snatched 2.7 million Swiss francs (553.7 million) from bank sun at a Geneva shopping centre and escaped In a stolen car. police said. The money Christmas takings from several department stores was being carried to a waiting van
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    Lock icon More blood flows as Iran halts oil exports
    580 32 TEHERAN. Wed TROOPS opened flre on demonstrators today as Iranian oil exports dried up completely because of strikes in refineries and points In the d 1 s t r i b u t ion system. Output today was estimated by a highly
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    Lock icon 'We're the Kampuchea Govt' claim by rebels
    354 32 'We're the Kampuchea Govt' claim by rebels BANGKOK, Wed THE Kampuchea National United Front for National Salvation (KNUFNS) founded on Dec 2 somewhere in eastern Kampuchea, has declared itself the actual government of Kampuchea. In a foreign policy statement published yesterday by the SPK news agency and monitored in Bangkok,
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    45 32 NEW YORK. Wed. Dow Jones averages, based on first hour of trading on the New York Stock Exchange: 30 m-du-s 808 73 off 7.28. 20 transp 209.39 off 1.80. 15 util: 98 11 1 off 0 20. 65 stocks 273.31 off 2.10. UPI.
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    55 32 Late CLASSIFIEDS DEATH MR. VICTOR DAVID, Block (7. 444 H. To* Payoh palsed peacefully on 27-12-78 laavini brhind wife Ivy. one daughter hod two nfu to mourn hla loaa. Cortege leavea Singapore Casket Coupon/ on Friday 2»-12 7S at 11 a.m. for Church of the Rlatr Chnat. Toa Pajroh. and
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      Lock icon 'Wine drinkers have no sense of humour'
      699 1  -  FRANK PRIAL By Wine drinkers in the US are up in arms over an article by a San Francisco newsman named Bob Greene. In his article, Greene hits out at the eccentricities of wine drinkers, which have led the writer here to state
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      Christinas in the US begins in October
      896 1  - Christinas in the US begins in October MILTON CHASE Mail boxes are jammed but not with greeting cards BY Our correspondent in Washington lire in CHRISTMAS in the US begins in October. At least, that's how the stores, big and small, and mail order houses date their Christmas season. October
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      576 1  -  ALINE MOSBY By in Paris THE EYES of building constructor Jean-Marc Moret brightened as he wrote a check for 6,000 francs (aboutSs3,ooo) for a 1929 velvet Mickey Mouse, his yellow mittens frayed, his grinning white face dingy. "I really love the United States, and
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        568 1 Inside LEISURE Naw »p»c ••rial planned to •tart next waafc 2 WOMAN PLUS: So many myths about the maaslai 3 Sore bilingual books from Federal Publications The Orieat la folklore and FOLKTALES 1 FOLKTALES I FOLKTALES 3 FOLKTALES 4 FESTIVALS IN ASIA MORE FESTIVALS Asian Copobllcation Programme myth, Mm« dating
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        Dreamy blonde sees everything in pink
        297 2 LOOKING at vivacious Maria Bonita. one would think her favourite colour would either be sunny yellow or gay orange. Yet this attactive, pulsating package of song and dance from Spain, "sees everything in pink the I romantic colour to her. Listening to her bubbly
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        Enjoyable mix of highbrow music and pop tunes
        404 2 Enjoyable mix of highbrow music and pop tunes AN EVENING of music from a symphonic band may not be everybody's cup of tea, especially on the Satur- > day night before Christmas eve. But to my surprise, I found myself enjoying Symphonic Sound 1978 at the I Conference Hall last
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        Talentime final comes live tonight
        132 2 Talentime final comes live tonight DON'T forget that tonights the big night for the finalists 1 of Talentime m. TV Viewers can catch this exciting grand final live on Channel 5 at 7.55. Results will also be telei cast live at 10.00 p.m. over the same channel. The nine soloists
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        Best of both worlds
        44 2 I .SINGAPORE viewers can row enjoy the best proI p-ammes on both sides of ihe Causeway with Malaysia's launching of its colour TV scheme tonight The scheme, is being introduced on Channel 3. Programmes in colour are in black print.
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        New epic serial planned to start next week
        398 2  -  BAILYNE SUNG By ANOTHER of Taylor Caldwell's gripping best -sellers. TESTIMONY OF TWO MEN, comes on the small screen next week in place of Big Hawaii, whose last episode will be shown on Saturday night The novel, written in 1968 wherever it
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        964 2 TV and Radio 1 SINGAPORE 5 3.00 PM Opening and the World of Sport dent's Speech at the Opening of The Olympic Games For the Parliament (Malay) Physicaly Handicapped 7 55 Talentime 78 (Final live from 3.30 Diary of Events (Chinese) 0 S? e) ■> ir u r s.io nnoda
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      So many myths about the measles
      1127 3  - So many myths about the measles Dr L. H. S. by What's up, a Doc?^ MEASLES is a very topical subject at the moment as the Ministry of Health is running a campaign for measles immunization following an epidemic recently. There are a lot of superstitious and untrue beliefs among
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        Put on your gown tor New Year
        211 3 Put on your gown tor New Year STEP Into the New Year In style and elegance —in gowns fashioned after Louis Feraud\ '79 spring-summer collection. Go to town in sweet feminity and lots of French chic. Drape yourself with soft, soft s"k an(' rrepe de chine to quietly rustle and
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        715 3  -  BETTY ANNE WILLIAMS By WASHINGTON US feminists have described 1978 as the year their movement came of age because of the widely-based effort that won a time extension for the equal rights amendment and the election of more women to state and
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