The Straits Times, 31 January 1979

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    14 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1979 25 CENTS M.C.(P) No. 142/1/79
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    GOH TO TAKE OVER EDUCATION
    1213 1  -  LESLIE FONG, AHMAD OSMAN and GEORGE JOSEPH Lee to reshuffle his cabinet By MR LEE Kuan Yew yesterday announced his intention to reshuffle the cabinet if the seven People's Action Party candidates win the by-elections on Feb 10, giving the important portfolio of Education to
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    Lock icon Kriangsak to visit Russia
    58 1 BANGKOK. Tu«*. Prime Minister Kmngsak Chomanan today ni officially Invited to visit the Soviet Union some time in March. Radio Thailand reported tonight. The irvitation iv handed to Oener.il Kmngsak by the Soviet unbuaador to Thailand Or Laori Kuwetaov. during a courtesy visit this afternoon The
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    At least one walkover likely for PAP
    894 1  - At least one walkover likely for PAP AHMAD OSMAN By AT least one walkover for the ruling People's Action Party appears likely when nominations for by-elections in the seven constituencies close at Victoria School in Tyrwhitt Road at noon today. The uncontested victory Is expected to go to the PAP
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    Lock icon General dragged out of car by mob and stabbed
    478 1 TEHERAN, Tuesday AN Iranian general was dragged from his Mercedes car yesterday and stabbed by demonstrators in central Teheran. The state radio said Gen Taghi Latin (seen In the picture being surrounded by an angry mob>, chief adjutant of the 78
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    Lock icon Indira's seat vacant
    59 1 NEW DELHI. Tues The election commission held today tnat the Chtlcmagalur Parliamentary seat of former prime minister Mrs Indira Gandhi Is now vacant following iutr expulsion from the Lower House. Mrs Gandhi, who was elected to Parliament from Chikmagalur. in Kamataka, South India, last November was expelled
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    Lock icon Police out at KL airport
    227 1 K. LUMPUR. Tu*>«. AN uneasy calm prevailed at Subang airport to'lay as police and units of the para<-mllltarv Police Field Force armed with American V-16 rifles took up positions to orotect MAS executives and 180 youths recruited from Dusun Tua Training Centre to beat the
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    Lock icon Carter, Hua to exchange visits
    88 1 WASHINGTON Mon. President Carter and Chairman Hua Kuofeng have agreed to exchange visits. White House spokesman Jody Powell said last night. Visiting Chinese Se nior Vice-Premier Teng Hsiao-ping personally extended the Invitation and Mr Carter in accepting it invited Mr Hua to visit the United
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    Lock icon Another bid to end Asean-Aussie air fares row
    633 1 Another bid to end AseanAussie air fares row CANBERRA, Tuesday AVIATION officials from Australia and Asean will meet next week in another effort to settle the row over Australia's new cheap fares policy, it was announced today. The move "follows the personal Intervention of Australian Foreign Minister Andrew Peacock, who
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    Raja now more hopeful
    319 1  - Raja now more hopeful LESLIE KONG By FOREIGN Minister S. Rajaratnam yesterday struck a cautious note of optimism about a satisfactory settlement of the growing dispute between Asean and Australia over the latter's new international civil aviation policy (leap). He told the Straits Times In a brief telephone interview that
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    Lock icon Round two
    28 1 DAMASCUS. Mon. Syrian President Hafez Al-Assadi»ncl Iraqi Vice-President Saddam Hussein began a second round of private talks here today on plans to unify their countries. Reuter.
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    Lock icon LATEST PLANE LEAVES AT 8.30 A.M.
    40 1 LATEST PLANE LEAVES AT 8.30 A.M. PASIS. Tact. Members of the entourage of exiled Muslim leader, Ayatollah Khomeiny, said today that he would be taking a plane for Iran at 2 a.m. (8.30 a.m. Singapore) tomorrow. AFP. SEE THIS PAGE
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      92 1 MINISTRY STUDY ON 1,332 JUVENILES Page 5 TENG's visit will end without a communique 2 MANILA to send Tung An away this week? 3 DEFIANT public workers plan more stoppages 4 CHINGAY photo special 6 SMA group: No real shortage of labour here GROI'SES over hikes in cab fares 9
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  • AROUND THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Visit will end without a communique
      479 2 Visit will end without a communique US AND CHINA PLAY IT SAFE OVER TWO KEY ISSUES WASHINGTON, Tuesday CHINA'S penchant for anti-Soviet rhetoric and American concern about Taiwan have apparently killed plans for a joint communique at the end of Senior Vice Premier Teng Hsiao-ping's historic visit to the United
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      Lock icon Congressmen call for sale of warplanes to Taiwan
      233 2 WASHINGTON, Tues CUNSKKVATIVE members of congress just back from visits to Taipeh called yesterday for a US commitment to sell advanced warplanes to strengthen Taiwan's defences against a possible Chinese attack. They said Taiwan could not now control its sea and air
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      Lock icon Teng to get honorary Doctor of Laws
      138 2 Teng to get honorary Doctor of Laws PHILADELPHIA, Toes. Chinese Sentor Vlce-Preinler Teng Hsiao-ping will receive an honorary degree from Temple University tomorrow in ceremonies at Blair House in Washington. The honorary Doctor of Laws will be conferred by Temple president Marvin Wachman. It will be the first honorary degree
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      Lock icon MAOISTS, POLICE CLASH
      86 2 POLICE and Maoist demonstrators clash near the White House in Washington on Monday at the same time that President Carter was hosting a dinner for visiting Chinese Senior Vice-Premier Teng Hsiao-ping. Witnesses said about 500 Maoists rushed at a police line on the sidewalk in front of
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      Lock icon Reinstate the 'deserving' order is given
      374 2 PEKING, Tuesday PEKING has given local authorities throughout China one week in which to rehabilitate all deserving people who had been persecuted or purged by extremist political leaders, informed sources said today. The sources said the local authorities had been warned that the Chinese
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      Lock icon Food price hikes check drop in inflation rate
      215 2 CANBERRA. Tuesday SHARP rises in the price of tobacco, drinks and food slowed a steady decline in Australia's inflation rate which now stands at 7.8 per cent, the Statistics Bureau said today^ The consumer price index for the last quarter of 1978
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      Lock icon Genscher in hospital
      26 2 BONN. Tues. West German Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher,sl, was admitted to hospital yesterday for treatment for a heart ailment, a spokesman said AFP.
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      Lock icon 19 missing
      35 2 SEOUL, Tues. Nineteen people are missing following storms that lashed South Korea's south coast for the past three days, the government disaster control headquarters said today. Most of the missing are fishermen. Reuter
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      Lock icon PULLOUT FROM S. KOREA: CARTER AIDES DIFFER
      357 2 PULLOUT FROM S. KOREA: CARTER AIDES DIFFER WASHINGTON, Tues. US Defence Secretary Harold Brown said yesterday that President Carter still plans to to pull all US combat troops out of South Korea and "remain a Pacific power." But General David Jones, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, reiterated that
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      Lock icon Japan to protest against Soviet build-up on islands
      312 2 Japan to protest against Soviet build-up on islands TOKYO. Mon. Japan will protest against the Soviet military build-up on the Russian-held Japanese islands of Kunashiri and Etorofu in the north-west Pacific, Foreign Minister Sunao Sonoda said today. Mr Sonoda told reporters he has instructed officials of his ministry to lodge
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      Lock icon Shipping rates: Japan to act
      150 2 Shipping rates: Japan to act TOKYO. Tues. The Japanese Transport Ministry will initiate steps to counteract th" low shipping rates of the Soviet firms, ministry sources said today. The ministry's draft proposals, to be presented to the current session of Parliament, would bar foreign or local ships which offer rates
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      Lock icon House arrest for vice-head
      53 2 KARACHI. Tu*s Makhdoom Khaliquezzeaman. vice-president of the Pakistan People's Party of former Premier Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, was placed under home arrest today after being released yesterday after 12 months in jail An official announcement said Mr Khaliquezzeaman's detention for the next 60 days was necessary for
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      Lock icon Home 'TV encyclopaedia' may be a reality soon
      166 2 TOKYO, Tuos. A LIBRARY in every home may become reality soon in Japan in the form of character and pattern telephone access information network system (Captain), it was reported here today. Under the system, now being developed by the Posts and Telecommunications
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      Lock icon Manila to send Tung An away this week?
      392 3 MANILA, Tues. The Hongkong freighter Tung An carrying more than 2,000 Vietnamese refugees will be asked to leave the Philippines this week if no further countries are prepared to accept the refugees, government sources said today. But the sources stressed that the
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      Lock icon 14,000 Viets killed, say Khmers
      196 3 14,000 Viets killed, say Khmers BANGKOK, Tuesday SOME 14,000 Vietnamese soldiers and 300 Russian and Cuban advisers were killed or wounded in fighting between Dec 25 and Jan 25, the radio of the ousted Khmer Rouge regime reported today. The broadcast added that 300 tanks. 2,000 trucks and 12 planes
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      Lock icon Thai bill paves way for elections
      133 3 Thai bill paves way for elections BANGKOK, Tues. The Thai National Legislative Assembly today unanimously passed a bill, paving the way for general elections in the country, expected in April. The constitution says that the elections must be held within 120 days of the date the bill is published in
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      Lock icon Pope Paul puts on Indian headgear gift
      180 3 Pope Paul puts on Indian headgear gift POPE John Paul II wearIng a giant Indian headdress presented to him daring Us visit to an Indian village near Oaxaea., Mexico, on Monday. He was on the fourth day of Us visit to Mexico. The head-dress is worn by Indians during a
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      Lock icon 3 Aussies on drug rap to be put on trial
      169 3 3 Aussies on drug rap to be put on trial BANGKOK, Tues. Three Australians charged with heroin trafficking were waived from summary punishment, including death sentences, after Thai officials ruled out that the case shoulc be decided by the criminal court, a spokesman for the Australian Embassy said today. The
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      Lock icon New minister
      42 3 MOSCOW, lues Mr Pavel Fi ■■ogenov was yesterday appointed the Soviet Union's new Minister of the Defence Industry. Tass news agen y reported Mr Finogenov wa.s First Deputy to the previous minister. Mr Sergei Zverev, who died last month Reuter
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      Lock icon Clashes: Vietnam, China accuse each other
      249 3 Clashes: Vietnam, China accuse each other HONGKONG, Tues. Tension reached a new high yesterday as China and Vietnam accused each other of lunar new year cross-border raids in J areas where intelligence 1 specialists predicted open war could break out between the two communist neighbours. China said the weekend-long attacks
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      Lock icon Dutch bid to get minority group integrated
      220 3 Dutch bid to get minority group integrated THE HAGUE, Tues. The Dutch Government yesterday installed a commission that will coordinate efforts to integrate the restive south Moluccan community into the Dutch system. Deputy Premier Hans Wiegel said the 13-member commission would coordinate government policy towards the 40,000 Moluccans living in
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      Lock icon 'Bhutto govt kept files on prominent Pakistanis'
      319 3 'Bhutto govt kept files on prominent Pakistanis' ISLAMABAD, Tuesday DEPOSED prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto ordered elaborate files kept on the private lives, habits and weaknesses of prominent Pakistanis during the last year of his regime, the government said yesterday. Covering 2,700 people, "the preparation of these dossiers, which ran
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      Lock icon B'desh radiomen threaten all-out strike
      220 3 B'desh radiomen threaten all-out strike DACCA, Tues. Different categories of radio employees throughout Bangladesh who are on partial strike since Jan 23 last have threatened to go on total strike from Feb 1 if their demands for better pay and service conditions were not met by the government by midnight
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      Lock icon Flashback that led to the arrest of burglar
      237 3 MEMPHIS, Tues MR James Herron could not place one of the faces that popped up in a group of family pictures but the police could and it resulted in the arrest of a curious burglar. Mr Herron said yesterday he got a
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      145 3 LEARNER'S T£ DICTIONARY Compiled according to Chinese Phonetic Transcription System Simplified Form of Chinese Characters Jointly published by: NANYANG SIANG PAU UMUM PUBLISHER Features of this dictionary BJm&MH 1 Based on Chinese Phonetic Transcription System simplified form of the Chinese characters 2 5.000 basic Chinese words 15,000 phrases and idioms
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      Lock icon Defiant public workers plan more stoppages
      449 4 Defiant public workers plan more stoppages HOSPITAL workers, ambulancemen, streetcleaners and other public service workers were today planning further strikes to press their claim for double-figure pay hikes in defiance of Prime Minister James Callaghan's appeal to unions to "stop the rot" in Britain's labour relations. Union leaders representing the
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      Lock icon Girl `lit up her day' by shooting at crowd
      229 4 Girl `lit up her day' by shooting at crowd SAN DIEGO, Tues. A 16-year-old girl who said she "didn't like Mondays" and wanted to "cheer up the day" raked a crowded elementary school yard with rifle fire yesterday, killing the principal and custodian and wounding nine students and a policeman.
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      Lock icon Sideliners
      208 4 LONDON Transport is going "pop" with a new bus service to provide soothing music for tired West End shoppers. The 16 red buses, with a distinctive yellow stripe, will ferry passengers around a circular route through London's heavy traffic, taking in most of the famous department stores. Playing recorded
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      Lock icon US abandons 2tier M-E peace effort
      389 4 WASHINGTON, Tues THE United States Government abandoned its "two-tier" approach to the Israeli-Egyptian peace treaty yesterday, after a 12-day mission to the areaby ambassador Alfred Atherton failed to narrow the gap between the parties. Mr Atherton had hoped to bridge differences on some lesser
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      Lock icon GATT reforms: UN 'yes' to resolution
      182 4 GATT reforms: UN 'yes' to resolution UNITED NATIONS, Tuesday DESPITE negative votes from the United States, Canada and the nine European Common Market countries, the General Assembly approved a resolution yesterday calling for reform of the general agreement on tariffs and trade (GATT). The resolution, which passed by 110 to
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      Lock icon $4.3m theft
      25 4 $4.3 m theft LONDON. Tues. Burglars stole Turkish carpets worth £1 million (554.3 million) from a London shop over the weekend, police said today. Reuter
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      Happiness is a first anniversary
      138 4 LOS ANGELES, Taes. A 2Z-year-aM American celebrated the tint anniversary at his marriage to his 78-year-»ld English step-grandmather yesterday and said: "We are very happy and that is what coon to." Mark Gaadmaa wed his wife, Bay, in Las Angeles, •ver the objrrtiMi* af his
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      Lock icon Jenkins: I've fall faith in my deputy
      204 4 Jenkins: I've fall faith in my deputy BRUSSELS, Tues. Mr Roy Jenkins, president of the Earopeaa Common Market commission, yesterday Issued a statement expressing his fall confidence in vice-president Wllhelm Haferluunp, following an attack on the West German by the English magazine, The Economist. The Influential business magazine last week
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      Lock icon Carter orders freeing of newspaper heiress Pat Hearst
      303 4 Carter orders freeing of newspaper heiress Pat Hearst WASHINGTON, Tuesday PRESIDENT Carter commuted the prison sentence yesterday of newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst, opening the way for her to leave prison on Thursday. The White House press office said that the president acted on the recommendation of the Department of Justice.
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      Lock icon PRINCE CHARLES TO VISIT STORE IN MARCH
      147 4 LONDON, Tues. Prince Charles will visit Hongkong, Singapore, Australia and Canada in March and April, Buckingham Palace announced last night. He starts his trip on March 3 with three days in Hongkong. His programme there includes a visit to the 2nd King Edward
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      Lock icon Big burn-up of drugs
      62 4 BANGKOK, Tues The Thai Government will this week burn nearly six tonnes of narcotics, including more than 1.6 tonnes ofheroin seized from drug traffickers, it was announced here today. The secetary-general >f the National Anti-Narcotics Board. police Major General Pao Sarasin, said the public would be
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      Lock icon The elixir of youth?
      58 4 MOSCOW, Tues. The secret of eternal youth may be squeezed from an unripe gooseberry, according to Russian scientists. Research at Moscow's Institute of Biological Physics has shown that the acid in the young fruit can prevent the disintegration of body cells which causes illness and old
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    Love is really blind for Abdullah
    233 5 Love is really blind for Abdullah FOR cane work in■tructor Tengku Abdullah Mohamad. 22, love Is Indeed blind. Thoufh he is not blind he has married a blind machine operator, Masenah binti Mohamad. Bat to Abdullah neither Masenah's blindness, nor the fact that she is 10 rears older are serious
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    Young mums
    50 5 ELEVEN babies were born to mothers who were 10 to 14 years old In 1977 For one of them, H was her third or fourth child, and for the other 10. their first or second child, according to the 1977 annual report on births and deaths rrd marriages.
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    JTC may set up container berths on isle
    231 5 THE Jurong Town Corporation may build container berths on Pulau Damar Laut to help meet the future demand for container wharves instead of converting the island into a base for marine Industries. This follows a study which has shown that the Island
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    Japanese course for teachers
    93 5 Japanese course for teachers THE Education Ministry has invitee those teachers interested in teaching Japanese in secondary schools to apply for a course in the subject. The course will give them proficiency in Japanese up to GCE A' level. Though the training will be held iv Singapore, a ministry circular
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    Chess tourney
    21 5 I QUEENSTOWN community centre will nold its Bth open chess championship for the Jell Challenge Trophy from March 11.
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    Ministry study on 1,300 errant youths
    678 5  - Ministry study on 1,300 errant youths EVELYN NG By THE Social Affairs IK the careers of 1,331 in a study to identii redeemed from a lii It is hoped, that t be separated from othi mlnal ways. The ministry will study the effect of the different orders Imposed by .the
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    900 tourists expected
    46 5 NINE hundred tourists from Banglu lesh are expected to arrive on Saturday. The ship carrying them, Hljbut Bahr. will hold a floating fair on the third day of its live-day stay here, according to the B igladesh Trade Commissioner, Mr D. S. Hyder.
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    'Leave wasps and bees alone' warning
    459 5 ANYONE who finds a nest of bees or wasps tucked away in some corner of his house or on the branch of a tree nearby would be wise to leave It alone and report it to the Environment Ministry. Wasps and bees do not
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    TENG CHEONG TO OPEN ASIA MARINE SHOW
    99 5 THE Minister for Communications. Mr Ong Tens Cheong. will open an exhibition and conference. Asa Marine "79. at Hyatt Hotel on Tuesday. More than 200 companies from all over trie world, Including SingaDore. will participate In the exhibition The four-day event, organised by
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      79 5 fis jM .^^L The Year of the Sheep 7JC KONG *r\ hee W I FATT I choy The Year of the Sheep augurs peace and tranquility For people B and country there 1 shall be prosperity t_^ So, in true festive cheer \£S Carlsberg beer And drink to the year
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      223 5 CHINESE ORIENTAL I LION DANCE perforSONG AND DANCE mance by troupe from ENSEMBLE at National the Singapore Scout AsTheatre at 830 nightly. soclatlon at Specialists' till Feb 16 (except Feb 5. Centre. Orchard Road. 10 and 14>. Admission: from 2 p.m. $3 to $30 BATIK PAINTING EVENING OF POETRY EXHIBITION
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    Young and old join in the show
    543 6 CHINGAY PHOTO SPECIAL WORDS: CHRISTINA RODRIGUES and ELENA CHONG PICTURES: TAN SUAN ANN and CHRISTOPHER LOH THE Chingay pageantry yesterday was the most siKctacular, actionpacked and colourful procession ever organised since the annual event began six years ago. Despite a sccrchlng sun, hundreds
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    We fly the world the way the world wants to fly.
    155 6 Every day we fly the world. We take Americans to Tokyo and the Far East. Business travellers from New York to Frankfurt o Rio. And more Asians to the United States than an; other airline with the fastest one
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    Education: 'Now conies the very difficult task...'
    1133 7 FIRST we have to If Dr Goh had make sure that the to do education, people we are field- we must have someing will be assets and body in whom there not liabilities. Assets in can be no doubts that that they will
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    The dos and don'ts for by-elections
    426 7 THE police yesterday spelt out the dos and don'ts for the forthcoming by-elections in the seven constituencies Nee Soon, Sembawang. Telok Blangah, Potong Paslr. Oeylang West, Mountbatten and Anson. They reminded the public that it is an offence for anyone to operate a loudspeaker
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    Vacant pests: 'Men will have to be tested'
    292 7 Parliament and in the the Memufi.s lioom, Mr Lee said: "Well, being an MP means he (Mr Nain will meet them In the Members' Room. He will meet the.n casually, iniormaily and I hope some of the experiences, some of the conclusions
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    SAF careers
    36 7 AN SAF career exhibition will be held at the Marine Parade community centre from Pri- day to Peb 5. The exhibition I is jointly organised by the People's Association and the Ministry of Defence.
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      460 7 LOOKING FOR A HOME? Then look for it in Business Times classified property advertisements an easy to read guide to the available properties at the top end of the market. Home-hunters are especially catered for in the new LEISURE TIMES supplement that comes with Business Times every Saturday morning. If
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    SMA group: No real shortage of labour here
    555 8 SINGAPORE has no real labour shortage and the labour situation now facing employers Is artificially created by sociological factors. This was the view of the majority of a group of member manufacturers of the Singapore Manufacturers' Association who met last month to
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    Course for secretaries
    40 8 THE Extramural Studies Department of the University of Singapore will conduct a 15lecture course on company secretarial practice at the YWCA Marine Parade, Block 80. Marine Parade, beginning on Feb 6. Fee for the course Is $65.
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    S'poreans boycott Australian goods in anger
    237 8 TH£ current dispute between Australia and Asean over the former's new International civil aviation policy has led a growing number of Singaporeans to boycott Australian products. Angered by what they considered to be Australia's deliberate attempt at reducing the profitability of Singapore Airlines and
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    For Cld folks
    31 8 SIX community centres In the Llm Chu Kang constituency will hold a party for old folks at the Thong Hoe community centre on Feb 10 at 8 p.m.
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    Fire safety
    26 8 DR Ahmad Mattar. the actIng Social Affairs Minister, will open the Fire Safety Week exhibition at People's Park on Feb 10 at 10.45 a.m.
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    Distrust
    137 8 It is compiled by three writers, Thomas O. Mooney, technical consultant Programme In Human Sexuality. University of Minnesota: Theodore M. Cole. MD. Protessor, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation; University of Minnesota; and Richard A. Children, MD. director, of the same university. The article says generations of disabled have
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    CC cruise
    27 8 THE Teloif Blangah community centre's women's tubcommittee will bold a Chap Ooh Men cruise on board the Sea Lion on Feb 11 from 7JO p.m.
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    Editor's talk
    26 8 BUSINESS Times editor Boy M&ckle will talk on the Business Community and the Press at the American Club on Feb 7 at 8 a.m.
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    Enrolment down, so 13 schools closed
    375 8 THE Education Ministry has closed 13 primary schools this year, New Nation reported yesterday. Eight are Chinese medium, three Malay and two English. The eight Chinese-me-dium government aided prhools had suffered a sharp drop In enrolment in the last few years. Most of them
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    'Give disabled children sex education'
    167 8 'Give disabled children sex education' DISABLED children should ideally be given sex education and be helped to realise their sexual potential, says an article in the Singapore Paraplegics, publication of the Society for Aid to the Paralysed. This would be one of the ways In which the disabled can overcome
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    139 8 SIA says 'yes to help for Air Lanka COLOMBO. Tues. Singapore Airlines has agreed to provide assistance for the development of Sri Lanka's new national carrier. Air Lanka, It was announced here today. An agreement has been reached in principle between the two airlines for the provision of assistance by
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    Call to step up Asean, China trade ties
    216 8 SINGAPORE must strengthen its trade and industrial cooperation with other Asean member countries and further promote its friendly trade relations with China, according to the president of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Mr Wee Cho Yaw. Speaking at a
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    Jamilah is Kebaya Queen
    83 8 SINGER, Jamilah Arshad (centre), 18, won the Mlnang Kebaya Queen contest at Minang Night '79, held at Shangri-La Hotel on Monday. First runner-up was Miss Rahman Abdul Hamid (left) a production operator, and second runner-up Miss Srlgunarti Oasuki. a clerk. Jamilah, one of the singers of
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    On careers
    29 8 THE People j Association and the Industrial Training Board will hold a Career In Industry exhibition at the .Tiong Bahru community centre from Monday to Feb 7.
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    Hospital visits by council
    66 8 Hospital visits by council THE Muslim Religious Council (MUIS) conducted visits to five hospitals recently to find out if Muslim patient* faced any difficulties while warded there. The conclusion at the end of the mission which began In October last year: No serious problems. The hospitals visited by MUIS volunteers
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    Why SAF adapts welfare homes
    157 8 THE Singapore Armed Forces is taking to the adoption of welfare homes as part of its service to the community. An example of this Is the "invasion" of the Toa Payoh Home for the Aged Sick by 20 men from 1 SAF Transport Battalion on
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    'Concern over drive for union members'
    212 8 'Concern over drive for union members' AN all-out membership drive by the Union of Security Employees has caused concern among some employers of security guards and watchmen, according to a Sunday Nation report. It says that the union, an affiliate of the NTUC, Intends to Improve pay and working conditions
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    Hon: Havelock will be model district
    68 8 Hon: Havelock will be model district HAVELOCK constituency will become a model district once all urban renewal projects in the area are completed. This was stated by the Minister for Finance and MP for Havelock, Mr Hon Sul Sen, at a Chinese New Year party held at Havelock community centre
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      105 8 CHINESE NEW YEAR SPECIAL DRAWS ADDITIONAL PRIZES TO BE WON Ist 25th FEB 1979 DRAW Nos. 8-15/79 SHARP Ist Pnn Doubt* 12 days tot* of Hongkong. Tap* A Mania by CPA plus $5,000 pocket expenses 2nd Prize Double 8 days lour of Hongkong. Bangkok A Manila by CPA plus SI.SOO
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      206 8 The British Council H English Language Courses IB For the first term at the new British Council Centre a limited programme of courses will be offered which will include the following General English Courses These part time courses, set at various levels, are designed to assist Singaporeans in meeting the
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      209 8 Straits Times Crossword ACROSS 8 Ribbon makes South Afn4 Back tome secret excretes 5* ulet ">■ In Devonshire (6). Done It! Name another 6 Blockhead with big farms correction (10) shoots 13 Nwt y rat* in food? 8 Some acton have runs PPcP e c «**«> <•>• (6). 14 R*
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      Lock icon 'Untrained staff threat to safety of aircraft'
      596 9 K. LUMPUR. Tues THE Airline Employees Union has expressed concern that the recruitment of temporary workers for certain Jobs at Subang airport could jeopardise the safety of aircraft and passengers. Union president Hajl Mohamed Hussln said today that these temporary workers were not
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      Lock icon Handbook ready
      46 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Tuea. The 1977 handbook of Labour Statistics for Peninsular Malaysia Is now available at $2 from the Labour Department at Wisma MPI. This 11th edition will cover population, unemployment, earnings, strikes, industrial accidents and the consumer price Index, among other things. NST.
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      Lock icon PROBE INTO JUMP IN MIC MEMBERSHIP
      96 9 PENANO, Tues. The MIC headquarters Is Investigating a sudden Increase In membership in eight of Its Penang branches. Twelve thousand new members were registered In the branches between January and December last year. At the end of 1977 the eight branches together had *****
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      Lock icon loans to buy shares' plan for bumls
      211 9 loans to buy shares' plan for bumls K. LUMPUR, TuM THE Development Bank of Malaysia has introduced a scheme to provide loans to bumlputras to buy shares in the companies which employ them. Its business department manager, Mr Nik Ibrahim Abdullah, said low Income employees could get loans of up
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      Lock icon Father, son in fatal crash
      63 9 SLIM RIVER (Perak), Tue*. A Singapore businessman and his son were killed after their car, carrying seven other people, plunged Into a ravine near a main highway In Perak, police said yesterday. Dang Kee Meng. 44, died on the spot while his 10-year-old son. Dang
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      Lock icon Rubber plan
      34 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Tv«. The Ministry of Primary Industries U drawing Up an action plan to encourage greater Investment In rubber plantation* to check the country's declining share In world rubber production. APP.
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      Lock icon TWO RED CAMPS FOUND IN YALA
      127 9 YALA. Tues. Combined Thai army troops and police have uncovered two communist camps stocked with fresh rice and medicines in the southern province of Yala on the Malaysian border, police here said yesterday. Police said security forces sweeping in Bannang Sata District along the
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      Lock icon Doctors worried by rise in tough strain of gonorrhoea
      197 9 Doctors worried by rise in tough strain of gonorrhoea KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday THE Malaysian Medical Association (MM A) today expressed concern over the increase in gonorrhoea cases with resistant strains that cannot be cured by penicillin. MMA president Dr 8 Selvarajah said if the current rate continued unchecked. It might
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      Phones: S'pore third in Asia
      117 9 Phones: S'pore third in Asia SINGAPORE has the third highest telephone concentration In Asia with 23.2 telephones per 100 population. The Republic ranks third after Japan and Hongkong, according to an article in the latest Issue of the Mirror, a Ministry of Culture publication. It says that in Singapore, the
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      Family of six made homeless in New Year fire
      216 9 Family of six made homeless in New Year fire A FAMILY of six were made homeless when fire gutted their wooden house in Bah Soon rah Village yesterday. No our was Injured. Construction worker, Mr Poh Guan KUt, 41, was away on duty and Mrs Poh, also 41, was out
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      Grouses over hike in cab fares
      335 9 Grouses over hike in cab fares IF commuter complaints are anything to go by, then taxi drivers were at It again overcharging fares during the Chinese New Year holidays. Scores of commuters complained ye sts t erday that taxi drivers were "even more daring" this year than in previous years
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      125 9 of Singapore's^^^ l%Sfavourite spots lie betweerrtMi i^r our front doors and our jm^ from6p.m. ISK H Regency Lounge^ s^l^lll Gracious service! I Mezzanine meeting <S^^^T I WJ 'j'Garc 1( M 1 Terrace \j^L exciting big bai i< I /jIJ LmLJ Ground floor coffeeshop sounds at 9:15 p.m. k < \^p4l
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      244 9 Bringing Up F>th«r By BUI Ksvanagh Hal Camp —■s. f FATHER'S I I ULP.' SHE MUST I I DARLIN', I'M SORRY 111 INSECT. I 'YOU SNEAKED WHAT ARE A PAVORITE HAVE HEARD ME I STAVED OUT TILL !IN SO VuiETLV' TNEVBR J yOU BAKING? J^ PIE HE'S COMING IN LATE
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    The Straits Times WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1979 TESTING TIMES
    402 10 The Straits Times WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1979 TESTING TIMES THE rationale behind the ruling party's choice of candidates for the coming by-elections is two-fold. First, to provide talent capable of fulfilling Cabinet roles, namely Mr Howe Yoon Chong in the defence portfolio and Mr Teh Cheang Wan in national development.
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    KEEPING OUR COOL
    364 10 A READJUSTMENT of the balance of power in South-east Asia was always probable perhaps even inevitable following the defeat and military withdrawal from this region of the United States after the Vietnam War. Now that changes in the equation are indeed taking place, we should not be
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    Lock icon City where numbers often add up to sense
    561 10  -  JOHN NGAI By in Hongkong HONGKONG must be the most numbers-conscious city in the world as figures dominate the life of a Chinese here from womb to tomb. Before he learns to count from one to 10. a Hongkong Chinese will know
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    985 10 Is America focussing too much attention on the Soviet Union's military might in Europe to its detriment? NEW YORK A KEY QUESTION arising from the new Pentagon budget is whether US military planners, in their effort to strengthen Western Europe against any expansion of Soviet
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    Lock icon Russians finally decide on who to back as Iran's leader
    828 10  -  CRAIG WHITNEY By in Moscow IF THE Soviet Union emerges with increased influence in Iran after the struggle between opponents and supporters of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlevi is over, it will be through little effort of its own. Even as
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      216 10 Direct/Reflecting Speaker^ ACUPUNCTURE New Acupuncture Class lectured in English is to commence on Monday February 2nd, 1979. Students are required to register early to avoid disappointment. SCIENTIFIC ACUPUNCTURE RESEARCH CENTRE 57, KHhney Road, Singapore, 9 Tel: *****5 ALTERNATIVE DEGREE PROGRAMS N 1 Bachelor, Master, Doctorate Business Administration Engineering Public Administration
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  • FORUM
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      No need to acquire these four houses
      95 11 I REFER to the complaints by your reader "Residents" on "Why leave four houses standing'" (ST Jan 15). Your reader was referring to the parcel of State land at the end of St Wilfred Road which is being cleared for development by the
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      Preference is given to relief teachers
      206 11 I REFER to letter 'Relief Teacher left out in the cold" (ST Jan 22). Preference is given to relief teacher, who meet the entry requirements for admission to the Institute of Education's (IE) teacher training course. The entry requirements include passing an English proficiency
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      Double' raises for ex-NS men given once only
      204 11 Double' raises for ex-NS men given once only YOUR correspondent "Money Faced Reservist" complained about "Reservists who lose on their pay" (ST, Jan 23). His complaint is that national service reservists only get a double increment once on joining government service or a statutory board. If they resign from either
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      Medical tests conducted for all who want to donate blood
      167 11 I P.EFER to the letter by a "Regular Blood Donor" (ST Jan 22). Individuals with a medical history of venereal diseases, recent malaria or viral hepatitis are generally not accepted as donors. Every blood donation collected is checked for haemoglobin
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      Laws needed to curb noise from pe(s)ts
      239 11 SINGAPORE is a crowded city and getting more crowded every year. This is bound to create tension especially when one's neighbours are noisy. It is time the Ministry o( the Environment updates its legislation on noise abatement. The new laws should have more
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      Not all fish medicines controlled
      100 11 Not all fish medicines controlled I REFER to the letter "Where have all the fish medicines gone?" (ST Jan 23). I would like to point out that not all medicinal products and industrial chemicals are controlled under the Poisons Act. Only the more potent therapeutic agents and toxic chemicals are
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      Few charge $150
      131 11 WE WOULD like to comment on the report "High House call fees: Dr Toh raps doctors" (ST Jan 25). The Society of Private Practice wishes to point out that to-date, 149 doctors in private practice have volunteered their services in the event of a national disaster. Most
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    Pot of gold lures workers to the Gulf
    1295 11  -  FELIX SOH Immigrants cash in on urgency to build, build, and build By of the Straits Times Foreign Desk THE GULF states are rich in oil but have not the manpower skills of develop their countries. To do this they have had
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      107 11 M"Lohei!" Lvk *mm I *< The best in Szechuanjood tastes ■■H better at the Golden Phoenix. M c boast absolutely the best Szechuan food in to wn. Cooked in the l^BLP*r special way by our Taiwanese chief cook that has made it famous for m pMkM its excellent taste. Spicy,
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      95 11 Penanq-Jwt fane* frtfau day, five times a day, departing,^ Singapore for Penang, with easy connections to Hong Kong and Bangkok at convenient departure times. Offering you Golden Service all the way. For Mas is Malay for gold. And Golden Service is Malaysia's gift to the travellers ***v v of the
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  • TIMES CITY DESK
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        727 12 LONDON. Mon. The market closed quietly mixed, awaiting the outcome of the talks between the Prime Minister and the Trades Union Congress, ciralers said and the P T Index was down 1.7 «t 463.3 points at the close. Sentiment was still depressed by the gloomy industrial background. dealers added,
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        539 12 TOKYO. Tues. The market t closed lower for the first time In eight sessions after late profit-taking pared Initial gains, dealers said. The Dow Jones average fell 6.21 to close at 6.186.08 points with a volume of 380 million shares. The New index closed at 461.85, down 0.24 point*.
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        175 12 SYDNEY. Tue». The market closed weaker following publication of the December quarter consumer price Index rise, dealers said. Peko dropped 30 cents to A*5.60 ana Sims rose five cents to $1.42 following Prko's oSer for Sims. BHP dropped 18 cent? to $9.46 while ANZ Bank firmed one cent to
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        223 12 NEW YORK. Mon. A late afternoon rally was blunted by prom-taking and the stock market settled tor a small lost In moderate trading. Analysti noted the market had finished Friday at Its best level since October and had gained about SS points since the beginning of the year
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        63 12 AMSTEKDAM. Mon. Share prices closed mixed with a lower Dias due to lack of Interest with Unilever and Royal Dutch 0.70 guilder higher each. Hoofoven* slightly lower and Akso and Philips unchanged In Dutch lnternatlons. dealers said. State loans were narrowly mixed. Closing prices In Dutch (ulldert with the
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        151 12 FINANCIAL TIMES INDUSTRIALS Monday 463.3 Friday 465.0 Week Ago 473.1 DOW JONES AVERAGE INDUSTRIALS Monday BSS.7T Friday 859.73 Week Ago 838 53 LONDON DOLLAR PREMIUM Monday 93* to 931 Friday 82* to 03 ILK. HANG SENG Monday Closed Friday 643.06 Week Ago 636.28 SYDNEY INDUSTRIALS Tuesday 475 90 Friday
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      Lock icon Philippines may raise copra export tax
      184 12 MANILA: The Philippines Government is considering raising the copra exports tax to 13 per cent of value from the present seven per cent to encourage more coconut oil processing President Ferdinand Marcos said. He told a meeting of foreign businessmen the government was a
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      Lock icon Temerloh pays 3½pc
      65 12 KUALA LUMPUR: The Temerloh Rubber Estates announced an unaudited net profit of M 5780,000 ($594,000) for the six months ended October 31, on sales of $2.67 million ($2.11 million). Rubber production was 2.08 million pounds (2.12 million) and oil palm production was 5,322 tonnes (4,477). An interim
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      Lock icon November rubber export rises
      164 12 EXPORTS of all types of rubber from Singapore rose to 111,978 tonnes In November last year from 92,435 tonnes in October and 85.078 tonnes in November 1977, the Statistics Department said. Imports or rubber Into Singapore fell to 47.105 tonnes In November from 64,908 tonnes In
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      COPPER
      32 12 LONDON Copper price* on Monday (previous In bracket*). Wlrahar Spot buyers £872 (£BSl>. •ellera £872 <£8«8): Thraa Month buyer* £890 30 (£886.50). sellers <8»1 ({087). Market ten*: Steady. Salet: 13,575 tonnes
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      Money and exchanges
      213 12 LONDON: The US dollar eased In moderately active afternoon trading from relatively firm mid-day levels to close slightly easier on Monday, dealers said. The dollar closed at 1.8590/ 8600 marks, 1 6860 75 Swiss francs and ***** is yen. dealers said. Sterling closed firmer on the day
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        OVERSEAS TIN
        179 12 LONDON: Tin on the day was up £23 for Cash and £20 for Three Months for standard while High Orade rose £27 and £17 on Monday. The market steadied during the afternoon on moderate covering prompted by scattered physical demand. Three Months was traded up to £6.810 at
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        GOLD
        56 12 Mtntfay Friday •lolboume (1) Cloud 207 05 London 336. T58 2*4 708 2M.26S 2M.90S Zurich »S 008 236.238 M 5 7JB XM.OOB Pull 230 85 231. W Horjuoin ClOMd CloMd CIOSOI ClOMd »POf« (J) Cloud CUIUd Cloud Cloud Export pncn in DOB-tttrllu In US dollar p«r oune*. (1> Auatman
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        RUBBER
        167 12 LONDON: Rubber Futures on Monday closed mostly 0.35p per kilo up to unchanged from Friday Dealers said the market held a rjarrow trading range throughout most of the day reflecting Eastern market closures due to Chinese New Year holidays. This morning. Futures closed unchanged to O.ISp higher Rubber Futures
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      579 12 I An established company engaged in plantation is looking: forward for suitably qualified Malavsian for the following positions (it Assistant Manner: No of vacancy (It The Job: Assisting: the Manner of the company. The successful candidate in addition to responsibilities to the Manager will be responsible for the overall administration
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      493 12 ERICSSON 4HT TH X OMMINK :.\TK)N> Sr.MJIRIAN W-.RHAf) Joml vontur* B*f««" LM Eric»»on S— d«" L«m6«j» Tabung Angfcmn T«n»»fs Malaysia SALES REPRESENTATIVE Applications are invited from energetic and ambitious candidates for the post of Sales Representative. Lady applicants are most welcome. Candidates must be aged 24 and above and possess
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      391 12 I I AUM Mr. Mrs. N. Jagatheesan Anand would appreciate the attendance of all relations, friends, teachers and colleagues for prayers followed by dinner on the occasion of the 31st day rites for their beloved ARAVIND commencing 7.30 p.m. on 2nd February 1979 at their residence No. 34, jalan 14/47
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      1161 13 i AT YOUR SERVICE SECTION INDEX t Telephone Service aVf-f-B.) gum* iA a\\ tX tfnff.B.fe 0M m% aflaffa* 0M nY 9M naaVsK eatatatsß Weekdays S3oam- 5 00 p m FOR SALE SHOPPING GUIDE RATES VIII ANNOUNCEMENTS PERSONAL Per word 60 cts (Mm *v 00) IX ORITIIARTF<S Per column cm $10
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      579 13 II EMPLOYMENT k wsM established distributor and etoiior of eudio eojutptnent end requires an: ACCOUNTS CLERK lequieitee OCE "O" LeVel M least 1 year's Accounts ex-p-rtence Al -ounling Certificate Abi -to work in a leun teeee evpty with full resume to THE MANAGING DIRECTOR, S.T. BOX A9OM7 :LERK/TYPIST CUM Telephonist
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      403 13 1 "fflnnlOTnl SINGAPORE PTE LTD requires TELEPHONE OPERATOR/ RECEPTIONIST a With 1 2 years working experience in PABX switchboard c Pleasant disposition with good diction. c Typing speed of 30wpm and experience In tabular typing an advantage, c GCE O' level. Please apply or call personally at: The Personnel Department
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      390 13 II EMPLOYMENT A manufacturing company urgently requires: t SALES ASSISTANTS (FEMALE) j i c GCE O' level with 3 credits c Able to type at 30 to 35 w.p.m. c Pleasant personality c Able to converse effectively In English and Manda- t rln Interested candidates pis ass I call 32*322
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      543 13 REPRESENTATIVE I Male/Female) IE QUIRED BY EXPANDING IMERIC AN COMPANY. Ibove n years old. Fluent in Mandarin. Good business conacts with INDONESIAN OR .OCAL BUSINESSMAN, exceptional financial opporunllles to right Individual TEL: *****7 REQUIRED SEVERAL INDOOR SALESGIRLS/MEN o work for an Airport Shop at Paya Lebar Airport Must be prepared
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      518 13 II EMPLOYMENT ESTABLISHED TRADING FIRM dealing In Electronic measuring I instruments requires Technical Salesman/ Sales Engineer Those with Polytechnic Diploma or similar qualification preferred Those with experience may also be considered. Apply to S.T Box A***** JURONG ENGINEERING PTE LTO urgently requires (1) EXPERIENCED ELECTRICAL SUPERVISORS (2) EXPERIENCED INSTRUMENT SUPERVISORS
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      523 13 Applications are Invited for the following posts: (A) Security Guerds (I) (*2*o/-los4oo'-) (B) Femele Production Operator* (10) (JISS/1M to S3M/-) (C) Electrician (1) (S3SO/- to 9*oo/ Post(A)- Singapore Citizen Aged between 45 55 years Physically fit Possess a Sec 111 Certificate 5 years Police experience Post(B) Singapore/ Malaysian Citizen 16
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      632 13 II EMPLOYMENT Experienced Accounts Clerk (1) GCE. 'O' Level with I.cc Higher Accounting and with at least 5 years experience. (2) Must be able to maintain a complete set of accounting records and knowledge of costing an asset (3) Prepare and process accounting transactions and able to work Independently. (4)
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      269 13 EUROPEAN STANDARD ELECTRONICS PTE. LTD. FEMALE GENERAL CLERK a Minimum (ICE O' Level with at least 1 2 y>-.,{^ relevant working expedience c Ability to type at 40wptn and filing knowledge essential RADIO REPAIRERS Musi have completed Technical education br ITC c Age 18 years and above c Must have
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      507 14 II EMPLOYMENT Situations Vacant t) General sinGQpura FORUM jjj HOTEL invtltn apolicAntt for WAITRESSES in Hie food a beverage depart Hum a Able to eonwrat ana *nte EngNeh c Espi m uil Pleaae apply personally lo THE PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT. SINGAPURA FORUM MOTEL. S4S ORCHARD ROAD. SINGAPORE t. between 10am and
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      536 14 SECURITY GUARDS CUM FIREMEN me job Involve* the maintenance of security as wall as providing general assistance towards ail aspects of fire protection fighting in the company s pieiiHses REQU/REMfNTS Candidates must be be tvwen the ages of 2235 years Previous experience in uniformed service es pecially security work mould
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      1316 14 II EMPLOYMENT STEWARDESSES MONTHLY IN- S >\ COME lIIHTO-S'.toi Pa« Full I lime Apply pers..nall> King of 1a» am Bjaaßßasßjaaßw Kings kl.nl I.our.ge 4 50. 4th UaWasal BbSI I Fir Lucky Plaza. Orchard Road VWJ aVlv U UfIGENTLY REQUIRED female C'lrrk to work In service station Apply personally 239 Whltley
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      1488 14 IV ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES „,...■■■■■■,l TO LET FLATTED FACTORY taBB AND WAREHOUSE ,ata*a^k. SPACE Zm.? hiangkie S S INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX ONE Modern multi-storey warehouse cum lighl industrial complex Excellent location in an established industrial area Convenient access and egress to main roads Minimum floor areas 296 m 2 Rental rates from
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      591 14 IV ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES ASIAN HOUSING AGENCY provides better service for better choice ol rooms flats houses kindly contact *****2. DISTRICT 10 AVAILABLE 2 rooms furnished unfurnished Access to all (acuities Singles only. Phone *****4 FURNISHED ROOMS in high class new apartment Few minutes to town All facilities No transport problem
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      422 14 ATTRACTIVE RATES FOR FIXED DEPOSITS Accounts 8% per annum Kiaw Aik Hang Finance Co., Ltd.. 157. South Bridge Rd.. Singapore 1 I Tai: ***** 5-6. *****2 LUXURIOUS APARTMENTS FOR SALE c Futura $400,000 a r.urnhill Plaza type A- ISMO.000 c Grange Heights type H $3,400 sq.ft iSZsS.OOO c Balmoral Towers
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      992 14 IV ACCOMMODATION A PROPERTIES PEACE CENTRE 61 Shops To Let/For SHOPS Sale/Wanted -i»1 Hoor -4 units each 23 sq met res 280 sq ft I OFFICES 4TH FLOOR lr>2sq metre 1 IKIH sq tl I IM *q amra |*M>*sj it 1 i IMMEOIATE OCCUPATION KIAN AN REALTY LIMITED tel: *****7/1
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  • IX OBITUARIES
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      140 Acknowledgements
      125 15 The family of the late Dr Harold Lim Liat Hln expresses deepest thanks to all relatives and friends for their kindest assistance, attendance, messages of condolence, wreaths and donations during their recent bereavement THE FAMILY Of the late Mr Chan Tsun Doke alias Cheam Toon Doke who passed
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      48 15 DEPARTED ON 31.1.77 FOND MEMORIES OF YOU ARE DEEPLY CHERISHED BY YOUR CHILDREN AND LOVED ONES. LILIAN ESTHER REDOY Depxrled 31 168 Sweet Memories Are Cherished Remembered Inserted Only Son Arthur Reddy Daughter-In-Law Grandchildren it lor lh« lov»d on*i whom you MADAM ONG BIN KIM
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      142 Deaths
      110 15 MADAM NG CHENG EE AGEM passed away peacefully on 27-1 79 leaving behind 3 son*. 1 godson, 1 god-daughter, 4 d»ughl«ri in-law 3 daughlari, 2 sons-in-law, 6 gnndioni-in-liw 9 grand daughters-in-law. 35 grand children. 25 great children. Corteg e leaves 52. Watl*n hsi.it*on 4.2.79 ax 1.00 p.m (or
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      545 15 VI EDUCATION 4 TRAINING ATT *>ECRETARIUS SCHOOL OF SECRETARIAL SKILLS Prepares students for the London Chamber of Commerce Industry and Pitmons Institute Eiominotions The next ULL TIME PRIVATE SECRETARY'S COURSES commence on 12th February 1979 or this course only Lower initial payment 24 hours more tuition time for Singapore citizens,
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      488 16 Palace are through LONDON, Tues Nottingham Forest will have the chance to avenge a recent league defeat by Arsenal when the two clubs clash in the fifth round of the English Football Association Cup at Forest's City ground on Feb 17. I have
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      Lock icon Connors avenges Wimbledon defeat
      358 16 PHILADELPHIA. THi I Jimmy Connors still reigns J is Hh IMM States profes- _«iimai indoor tennis chain--j»in after beating a tired jrt'rthui Ashe in straight sets here yesterday. iWiih the 6-3. 6-4. 6-1, Connors ,iLso avenged his defeat at the hands of Ashe in the 1975
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      110 16 ISLAMABAD. Tues. The Pakistan Amateur Athletics Federation have been dissolved by the government because of the declining standard of the sport in the country. A committee has been set up in their place to develop athletics along scientific lines Pakistan won only one silver medal in the recent Bangkok
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      140 16 Valencia banned for crowd trouble ZURICH, Tues. Spanish soccer club FC Valencia have been made to pay for crowd trouble during their UEFA Cup third round first leg match against England's West Bromwich Albion at the end of November last year. The Disciplinary Committee of the European Football Union imposed
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      272 16 in Los Angeles last night, when he knocked out Scott Clark, of Florida, in the second round with a series of straight lefts that sent the American sinking to the canvas three times. Retirement In the United Nations, world heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali said last night that
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      Euphorick will be one to beat for Cup
      794 16  -  FAIRWAY By EUPHORICK has come right again and appears to be the horse to beat in the $75,000 Tunku Gold Cup over 2,000 metres in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday. The American-bred by Iron Ruler had a disappointing season last year, after showing
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      Lock icon China have to wait
      142 16 LAUSANNE (Switzerland), Tues. Leaders of the Olympic movement yesterday deferred until March a decision on whether to readmit China into the International Olympic Committee. An lOC spokesman said the lOC executive board decided against discussing the China issue at the two-day session which opened here yesterday
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      159 16 MUNICH, Tues. The city of Munich, site of the bloody 1972 Olympic Games, would be prepared to host the 1984 Games if Los Angeles should step back after all, mayor Erich Kiesl reiterated today.. We will help and step in should the lOC ask us to
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      28 16 ADELAIDE, Tues. England and Australia will continue their fifth Test cricket match tomorrow, today being a rest day. Scores: England 169 and 272-2; Australia 164 Reuter
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      327 16 March 1 deadline for LA LAUSANNE (Switzerland), Tues. Leaders of the Olympic movement yesterday gave Los Angeles one month to resolve a new financial wrangle over the 1984 Olympics, or face the prospect of losing the Games. The International Olympic Committee's executive board cancelled yesterday's formal signing of a contract
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      MRU propose to bar S'pore
      316 18  -  KENJALLEHJr. By SINGAPORE, the reigning Malaysian Rugby Union champions, face the prospect of being barred from this year's MRU Cup competition. The Malaysian Rugby Union Council, at a meeting last j weekend, have pro- 1 posed the exclusion of j the three guest teams Singapore,
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      Warren get off with superb win
      804 18  - Warren get off with superb win ERNEST FRIDA By WARREN opened their Singapore Golf Association Fraser and Neave Handicap League campaign with a splendid 3 2 -2 win over Singapore Island Country Club, last year's champions, at Folkestone Road yesterday. Warren, who finished runners-up, just one point behind SICC last
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      1172 18 SATURDAY Clau 1 Div. 12.000 m 2.000 m 8 Assassin 57.0 7 Wing Commander 57 0 10 Keep The Faith n 56.5 9 Cherokee 54 5 5 Technician 54.0 2 Majorana II 53 0 3 Wonder Pearl 53.0 4 Harttrick s Pride 52.5 12 Mount Olympia 52.5 14
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      Parminder case: SHA meet tomorrow
      195 18  - Parminder case: SHA meet tomorrow GODFREY ROBERT By I THE StagapOTC Hockey Association's disciplinary suhcommittee have called for a meeting tomorrow at the Singapore Cricket Club to make a final decision on the Parminder Singh Jatindi'i jit Singh case which has been dragging on for ncii ly five months. The
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      Brunei Police may compete in S'pore meet
      200 18  - Brunei Police may compete in S'pore meet PETER SIOW By LOH KONG WING, the former Singapore karateka, may lead the Brunei Police Reserve Unit team in this year's national open tournament at the Gay World Stadium. I .<>h. who signed a twoyear contract with the Brunei Government last year, is
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      Bengtson for Pyongyang
      56 18 STOCKHOLM, lues Sweden luday i.imed (heir learn foi llmworld t.ible tennLS championships in Pyongyang. Ni>rth Korea from April 25 to May 6 The men's learn include Stella Bengtson. I'll Thoisell. Mikael Appelgren. l.ars Franklin. Ulf Carlson and I hi- women are Ann Chrislin Helm.in. Mane l.imi hi.,
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      20 18 ((INSOLATION ticket numbrr 1 4 Ml In Monday's Hi X Sweep should read Mil*; The error is regretted
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      April date for League kick-off
      231 19  - April date for League kick-off JOE DORAI By WEEKEND MATCHES ONLY ALL three divisions in the National Football League will kick off in April much earlier than in previous years. And. unlike last season, all league fixtures will be played only at weekends, unless clubs have national players involved in
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      590 19 Lim has no regrets about his first love SOCCER PASSPORT TO MANY THINGS MM TANG BOO.N, the rM*K star l» Slacapore'* M»l»\sl» Cap squad, r««M have Inherited Ms father's rkarrwtl banlanm If he had been Involved with soccer, reports JOK DORAI But l.im. 24. Smtfrt IHirc's ri^ht hack, lost his
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      315 19  - Rahim's `young one' beats champion Gopal KEN J ALLEH JR. By NATIONAL champion V. Gopal suffered defeat at the hands of another of "Rahim's young ones" when he lost 6-9. 5-9, 7-9 to Stewart Ballard, 15, in a Group A round robin match of the National selection trials at Kallang
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      Lock icon President's Cup boxing: Indonesians lead
      239 19 JAKARTA. Tues Three Indonesian boxers last night qualified for the semi-finals of the second President's Cup tournament being held here. In the light -fly weigh! class. Harry Maitimu defeated his compatriot Frans Palwael on points Agus Souisa won on points against Takashi Kaneko. of Japan,
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      SABA name Tan for Sportsman award
      320 19  -  GODFREY ROBERT By THE Singapore Amateur Boxing Association yesterday recommended Tan Cheng Joo for the 1978 Sportsman -of- the- Year award. Tan, 24, received the association's unanimous vote for his gold-medal performance at the ASEAN boxing championships in Manila last November. Tan knocked out
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      SCC lose
      24 19 HONGKONG Football Club beat Singapore Cricket Club 1-0 with a second-halt goal in the inter port sa rer match on the Padang
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      Coach Kee praises A-Games swimmers
      356 19  -  ALBERT JOHNSON By THOUGH Junie Sng's two gold medals and one silver overshadowed all the other Singapore performances at last year's Asian Games, the Republic's swimmers, on the whole, did very well in Bangkok, breaking nine national records there. Games swimming coach Kee Soon Bee,
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    Lock icon Freed: Russian jailed for 26 years in China
    327 20 HONGKONG. Tuea. A 66-year-old Soviet citizen, imprisoned in China tor 26 years, enjoyed his freedom today while planning to join his mother ann sister In the United States Mr Roman A Roman crossed the border Into Hongkong on Friday via wheelchair after
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    70 20 BANGKOK. Tues. Nine Thai communist insurgents were shoi and killed in a bid to defect from the movement and turn themselves over to authorities, the only survivor told police yesterday Niyom Chieu-Klom. 21. said he and most of his nine mends had been
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    Lock icon JAL to cut air fares
    67 20 TOKYO. Tues Japan Air Lines (JALi said yesterday it plans to cut return air fares from Tokyo by up to IS per cent next month to compensate for the yen's steep appreciation against the US dollar. Return flights to Europe will be cut by 10
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    39 20 DiATN MARIO tVLVIO HUNCH, 53 puaol away on Saturday after a «hort illnrai Hli body will lit at Singapore Cutn until Tturaday CorteiK will arrive at 11 30 am at lit. Vtrnon Crematorium for crrmatljfl at noon
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    36 20 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. A suspe-ted extortioner was shot and captured after he tried to snatch the service revolver of a police constable after a chase off Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman here this morning. NST.
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    164 20 Indonesia rejects summit invitation JAKARTA. Tues—lndonesia has rejected an invitation to attend the non-aligned summit conference which began in Mozambique today, a Foreign Office spokesman said. The decision was in protest over the recent week- long mourning held in Mozambique to honour the death of the leader of the leftwing
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    53 20 JAKARTA. Tues. Indonesia will not increase the domestic price of tin ore to discourage smuggling of the metal "o Singapore. Attorney General Alt said today. The Indonesian Government loses about two billion rupiahs iS$6 9 million) a year because or me smuggling in tin ores,
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    63 20 KUANTAN. Tues. Marine police seized two Mi 6 rifles from a Vietnamesr refugee boat off Pulau T:oman in the east coast state of Pahang when it arrived here on Sunday, sources said. Marine r.rlice on patrol in the area boarded the boat and found the firearms
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    221 20 TOKYO. Tues. Japan, worried about brewing US criticism of its financial policies, will shortly introduce measures for increased foreign investment in its capital market government sources said today. First to be implemented by the Finance Ministry
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    Lock icon Carter to Teng: We will work for peace
    958 20 'Windows long closed have been reopened' WASHINGTON, Tues PRESIDENT Carter warmly welcomed Chinese Senior VicePremier Teng Hsiaoping to the White House yesterday with a pledge that the Uiat^i States would work with China for peace after a long period of hostility and
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        623 1  -  I LEONG WENG X AM By THIS Chinese New Year is the Year of the Ram. It augurs well for plenty and marks excellent cooperation among people everywhere. The eighth animal of the 12 in the Chinese Zodiac, the Ram is classified as one of the
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        544 2  -  UINU ruur* WAH By WHEN she was here with her mother on vacation last December, little did she dream she would be coming again so soon, this time on a working assignment. But fate had brought Mrs Herminia Atienza llano, a
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        Laughter amid the dissection of a lion-sized musical
        505 2 Laughter amid the dissection of a lion-sized musical IT WAS a hilarious and enlightening time for some 100 teachers who watched characters from the musical Raffles The Lion of Singapore being dissected and certain scenes analysed. This final session of the special drama couse organised by the Extra-Curricu-la r Activities
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        Designer: I'll never swop my job for anything
        314 2 Designer: I'll never swop my job for anything BETWEEN hectic rushes which call for creativity and idle lapses when she is jobless, designing for the theatre can be very exciting but demanding. And with her burning passion for the theatre, Miki Van Zwanenberg, the designer for the musical Raffles The
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        366 2 THEIR powerful voices reverberated through the room, mesmerising the crowd, while their invigorating movements held them spellbound. Svelte and sexy, the SOPHISTICATES, comprising Vickie, Laßue and Cheri, are an audio-visual splendour that sang and danced their way Into the hearts of the Singaporean audience. Not
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        1062 3  -  I Tan Lee Leng By Spice of Lifei HAVING pleasure in food has been part of the Chinese cultuie for centuries. From the peasant to the mandaI rin, the Chinese have always been gourmets. Their philosophy towards food is that since one must
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