The Straits Times, 15 February 1979

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    15 1 The Straits Times I Estd. 1845 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1979 25 CENTS M.C.(P) No. 142/1/79
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    Lock icon Double blow for Americans ENVOY KILLED, ANOTHER HELD CAPTIVE 4 HOURS
    166 1 Double blow for Americans ENVOY KILLED, ANOTHER HELD CAPTIVE 4 HOURS ONE United States ambassador was killed and another held prisoner for four hours with his staff of 70 yesterday m separate incidents m Afghanistan and Iran. In IRAN, leftist guerillas stormed and captured the US embassy m Teheran and
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    Lock icon Embassy captured after gunfight
    818 1 TEHERAN, Wednesday LEFT-WING guerillas today captured the US embassy m a gunfight with marines, wounded two of them, and took ambassador William Sullivan and at least 70 other Americans hostage but released them after four hours. The raid came only hours after religious leader Ayatollah Khomeiny
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    Lock icon Whose bullets killed Dubs?
    332 1 WASHINGTON, Wed US ambassador to Afghanistan, Adolph Spike Dubs, was killed when Afghan police, accompanied by a Soviet adviser, shot their way Into a hotel where he was being held hostage. Mr Dubs bad been kidnapped from his official car by a (roup apparently composed of
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    Teenage gang smashed
    214 1  -  N. G. KUTTY By POLICE believe they have smashed a newlyformed gang of school dropouts who have been robbing and terrorising students m the Central Police district area, with the arrest of five youths yeserday. Two of the gang, police said, have been using their former school
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    Lock icon The hammer brigades
    69 1 BANGKOK. Wed Khmer Rouge forces are using killer brigades especially equipped with hammers to kill their enemies. the SPK news agency of the new Kampuchean regime claimed today. The statement was made during the reopening of the Siem Reap hospital, 250 km north-west of Phnom Penh. Thirty-seven
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    Lock icon US keen on S-EA peace
    68 1 MANILA. Wed. The senior military adviser to President Carter said today the United States looks forward to working with South-east Asian nations in preserving peace in the region. General David Jones, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, said on his Arrival for a
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    Lock icon Just fancy that...
    52 1 KNOXVILLE (Tennessee). Wed. Restaurant cashier Debbie Smith told two would-be robbers yesterday that if they didn't have a gun, they couldn't have the money. The two could not produce the gun, so they took Miss Smith's advW and left, leaving behind the US$l5O that was Ir^ihe cash
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    Lock icon Bhutto gets 10-day reprieve
    316 1 Bhutto gets 10-day reprieve RAWALPINDI, Wed. Deposed Prime Minister Zulflkar Bhutto, under sentence of death for ordering a political murder, won a lastminute reprieve of 10 days when the Pakistan Supreme Court agreed today to undertake a final review of his conviction. Pakistan's highest court set a hearing for Feb
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    Lock icon Refugees: A Hanoi assurance to Hussein
    98 1 Refugees: A Hanoi assurance to Hussein KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Van Dong has assured Prime Minister Datuk Hussein Onn that his government was trying to solve "In a positive manner" thp problem of the exodus of Vietnamese people so as not to create more difficulties for Malaysia
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    Lock icon Arsonists at work'
    64 1 MANILA. Wed. President Marcos said today arsonists were burning down residences and commercial houses around Manila. In an interview with the official Philippines News Agency on the spate of fires around the capital three major ones yesterday alone the President said he was ordering special meeting of
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    Lock icon MAS flies again today
    302 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Wednesday MAS, which suspended all flights two days ago, will resume some domestic flights tomorrow. Transport Minister Tan Sri Manickavasagam announced tonight. He told a press conference that the government only allowed the resumption of the service because it was fully satisfied with the
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    SlA's special low fares
    125 1 SlA's special low fares SINGAPORE Airlines will introduce special SingaporeHongkong and Honolulu San Francisco low fares for oneway or round-trip travel from April 4. The EZ i easy) fares from Singapore are: Sin-gapore-Honolulu $1,012 (or e-way), $1,840 (roundtrip), and Singapore-San Francisco $1,150 (oneway, $2,093 (round-trip). Fares from Hongkong are: Hongkong-Honolulu
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    Boy aged 8 sacrificed
    61 1 NEW DELHI. Wed. An Incident ol human sacrifice has beer, reported at Tekapar village m the central Indian 'state of Madhya Pradesh. Reports today said that two people had been arrested m this connection. The victim. an eight-year-old boy. «a> allegedly sacrificed to propitiate the Hindu
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    Lock icon Talks begin in chilly mood
    38 1 TOKYO. Wed Japan and the Sovet Union today opened long-delayed talks on the economic development of Siberia m a chilly diplomatic mood because of the Soviet militarisation of islands claimed by Jcpan. Reuter.
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    Beirut shelled
    29 1 BEIRUT, Wed. Heavy shelling with tanks, mortars and machine-guns erupted today along the confrontation lines m south-east Beirut between Syrian troops and Christian militiamen U P I.
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    Lock icon Latest Amin calls for UN meeting
    65 1 Latest Amin calls for UN meeting UNITED NATIONS, Wed. President Amin of i.'fanda today called f o i an immediate meeting of the Security Council to deal with "very, very serious situation" near Its border with Tanzania. Western diplomatic observers m Nairobi reported earlier today that an armed force from
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      111 1 JAPAN'S RECORD TRADE DEFICIT Back Page ANALYSTS: Why China won't attack Vietnam 2 SURPRISE Israeli cutback on arms 3 IRAN'S oil-field* in Red hands 4 WHERE power is restored fastest after blackout 5 OCCUPATIONAL sa.'ety level: Keeping fine balance with development 6 DEVAN warns of danger facing free trade unions
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  • AROUND THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Analysts: Why China won't attack Vietnam
      492 2 DESPITE MASSIVE BUILDUP OF TROOPS... HONGKONG, Wednesday THERE are still strong military, economic and political reasons for Peking not to launch an attack against Vietnam, despite China's massive buildup of air and ground forces near the Vietnamese border after Hanoi's takeover of China's ally,
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      Lock icon Couple who lived in cave for 28 years
      87 2 THIS is Stefan Pietrosiyi, 81, (left), a hermit who lived »Ith his Lithuanian-bom wife, Genovefa, 11, m a cave for 28 yean about It km outside Sydney. He emerged from his hideout last Friday to report that his wife had died. Thr
      UPI  -  87 words
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      Lock icon Vietnam demands troop removal
      121 2 HONGKONG, Wed. Vietnam demanded today that China immediately withdraw "all its occupationist troops" from Vietnamese soil, where it said they have seized a strategic hill. The Vietnam News Agency, m a broadcast monitored m Hongkong, said Chinese troops firing mortars and machine guns this past weekend
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      Lock icon Britain to cut bulk of aid to Vietnam
      203 2 Britain to cut bulk of aid to Vietnam LONDON, Wednesday BRITAIN is cutting off the bulk of its aid to Vietnam because of the "present cirumstances of human rights there," the government announced yesterday. In a written reply m the House of Commons, Overseas Development Minister Judith Hart said that
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      Lock icon Prapas to return?
      69 2 BANGKOK. Wed. Ex-deputy Premier Field Marshal Prapas Charusathien today claimed that he had been courted by politicians but said he would as yet refrain from plunging into the political arena. The former military strongman, ousted by a student-led uprising m October 1973. said he would definitely not
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      Lock icon Red Brigades
      41 2 ROME, Wed. The Red Brigades urban guerillas last night claimed responsibility for beating up a local politician, Christian Democrat Luigi Camilli, shortly after he was found handcuffed to railings here with a political banner hanging round his neck. Reuter.
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      PREPARING FOR NEXT FIGHT
      85 2 PREPARING FOR NEXT FIGHT KAMPICHEAN soldiers loyal to the Pol Pot government clamber on to a waiting track to be taken to a new location near the Thai border on Tuesday. The rebel soldiers were in the process of changing their base camp U remain undetected by the advancing Vietnamese
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      Lock icon Land reforms: Why Jakarta faces snags
      224 2 Land reforms: Why Jakarta faces snags JAKARTA, Wed. The Indonesian Government today appeared to be facing difficulties m carrying out its land reform policy as most landlords are high ranking government officials themselves. It was not simple to prove that these officials owned land m a large extent m the
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      Lock icon 'Settle dispute through talks'
      178 2 PEKING, Wed. Chinese Foreign Minister Huang Hua said last night that "there is no reason at all" why China and India "should not be friends with each other" and proposed that their border differences be settled by negotiations. Speaking at a banquet he was hosting in
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      Lock icon 'Radio to blame for dangerous airport'
      140 2 COLOMBO, Wed. The state-owned Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation is responsible for making the country's main international airport one of the most dangerous m Asia, the chief of Civil Aviation claimed yesterday. Civil Aviation director Dayantha Athulamudali said thathis agency had checked reports by pilots
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  • AROUND THE WORLD
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      Lock icon in "palimony" case. Mystery witness tells Lee Marvin: Grow up
      337 3 in "palimony" case. Mystery witness tells Lee Marvin: Grow up IX)S ANGELES. Wed. A so-called mystery witness m the "palimony" case o'. film star Mr I-ee Marvin looked across at the actor m court here today and said loudly: 'You have to grow up. Ijee The surprise witness was a
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      Peanuts?
      24 3 WASHINGTON. Wed. President Carter's peanut plantation is for sale, but so far no buyer has been found, the Washington Post reported today. AKP.
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      Lock icon New policy on China rebuffed
      156 3 WASHINGTON, Wednesday PRESIDENT Carter's new China policy has suffered a setback from a US Senate sub-committee which has tentatively refused to approve funds for a new private institution to replace the American Embassy m Taiwan. Senator Ernest Hollings. Democrat (South Carolina), who is chairman of
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      REFUGEE RACKETS RUN BY CHINESE'
      99 3 HONGKONG, Wed. Some ethnic Chinese flown here from Ho Chi Minh City after t h.' Vietnam war are suspected of being involved m alleged refugee rackteering. sources said today. Since the war ended m lH7f>. Hongkong has accepted more than 4.000 ethnic Chinese from Vietnam
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      Lock icon Rhodesian guerillas hit industry area
      263 3 Rhodesian guerillas hit industry area 4 Communism is a dead dug in Russia itself but for many people in the West, it is still a living lion. The Russian people are behaving as though these vampires, this dragon, that sits over them simply don't exist. This change is, I am
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        Lock icon A much married man
        108 3 LOS ANGELES: Glynn "Scotty" Wolfe, a 70-year-old hotelman, is planning his 23rd wedding to a teenage bride and a new entry m the Guinness Book of World Records as the most married man m the world. He was first married m 1930 when he was 18.
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        Lock icon Stabbed at gang fight film
        49 3 SAN FRANCISCO: An 18-year-old youth was stabbed to death and two others injured m a gang fight m the lobby of a theatre showing a film about gang fights. The Warriors. The cinema's management said it will stop showing the film, police said. UPI.
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      Lock icon Cost of pipe smoking
      168 3 HOUSTON, Wed. TEXAS International Airhnes. saying it is eliminating the "most noxious" smoking fumes, has given passengers a choice between j its low fares and using pipes. The airline announced it would ban cigar and pipe j smoking aboard its domestic and international flights. I'ftivtiw iixla>
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      Lock icon Surprise Israeli cutback on arms
      297 3 Sur prise Israeli cutback on arms TEL AVIV, Wed. Israel surprised the United States yesterday by proposing to cut its longrange weapons purchases by up to 25 per cent, m a move to reassure the US of its peaceful intentions. After top Israeli officials, including Defence Minister Ezer Weizman, briefed
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      Lock icon More US arms for Japan?
      96 3 More US arms for Japan? NEW YORK, Wed. Nobuhiko Ushiba, Japan's ambassador m charge of multilateral trade negotiations, said yesterday Japan will import more military equipment from the United States to strengthen its air defence capability. Japan "wouldn't like" to link its increased defence capability with the lessening of its
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  • AROUND THE WORLD
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      Lock icon PAPER: KHOMEINY HAD HELP FROM RUSSIANS
      117 4 LONDON, Wed. The Soviet I nlan helped stage the AyaUllah Khomrlnv's Islamic revolution In Iran, according to a repart m the Dally Kxpress today. The Kremlin supplied advice and AK-41 combat rifles to the Ayatollah'x xnpporter>, the Teheran correspondent of the newspaper reported. A
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      Lock icon Iran's oil fields in Red hands'
      255 4 WASHINGTON, Wed. Communists and radical groups are m control of Iran's oilfields and may prevent production from being restored, according to US Energy Secretary James Schlesinger. He told a Congressional sub-committee that if Iranian oil did not start flowing again, the world could face
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      Lock icon 3 states recognise Iran's new regime
      141 4 3 states recognise Iran's new regime RABAT, Wed. The Government of Morocco, which has given refuge to the Shah of Iran following the revolution m his country, announced today that it recognises Iran's new Islamic regime. A Foreign Ministry communique said Morocco "recognises the facts of Iran" and expresed the
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      Lock icon Takeover priority
      90 4 BEIRUT, Wed. An "airtight nationalism" of Iran's oil industry is one of the top priority items of Iranian Prime Minister Mehdi Bazargan's new regime, a leftist Lebanese magazine quoted an Iranian official as saying. The Al Kifah Al Arabi yesterday quoted Mr Abu Hassan ben Sadre, economic adviser
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      Lock icon Vehicles battered by freak tide
      110 4 Vehicles battered by freak tide VEHICLES, seme of them displayed (or sale, were among those battered after massive seas swept over Portland m England on Tuesday morning causing massive flooding and wrecking many seafront houses. Horrified families awoke to a thunderous crash and beach stones shot through windows like machine-gun
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      Lock icon Saying it in ads: Happy Valentine's
      255 4 LONDON, Wed. Cryptic, clever, clandestine and crazy sweethearts by the hundreds sent their Valentines through London's classified ads today: "Topsy Roget's Thesaurus 889vb. Shall we 461 vb tonight?" Poodley and Stinker got one. So did Omrskirk, Little Popsicle Toes, Big Fat Wobbit, Piggy Poggy
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      Lock icon DEFENCE MINISTRY OFFICIAL MISSING
      113 4 DEFENCE MINISTRY OFFICIAL MISSING BONN, Wed. The West German Defence Ministry said yesterday that one of its "middle-level officials had been missing for some time, implicitly confirming East German press reports the official had defected. The East German news agency ADN reported yesterday that a West German Defence Ministry official
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      4 sacked
      26 4 MANILA. Wed. Philippine Airlines officials have fired three stewardesses and a flight steward caught with having drugs during Layovers abroad, the airline said today.
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      Lock icon New health hazard for Naples
      218 4 NAPLES, Wednesday A STRIKE by sewage workers posed a new health hazard to Naples today as an international team of researchers was expected m the city to help fight the baby-killing "dark disease." Employees of two companies operating 36 sewage purifying plants m the Campania
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      Lock icon Portugal battles twin problems
      173 4 LISBON, Wed. Portugal's 11-week-old government today battled with the twin problems of the worst floods m a century and defiance of its authority by 10,000 striking telephone workers. Rescue workers, hampered b> the eight-day telephone strike, said about 10,000 people had to be evacuated, over 50
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      Lock icon Snow on roads left unswept
      162 4 LONDON. Wed. Motorists were extra careful today as striking roadworkers left snow unswept on some of the country's main highways. Train drivers, meanwhile, are again threatening to bring England's railroads to a halt if their demands for a 10 per cent pay bonus are not
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    Sewerage worker dies in tunnel collapse
    178 5 Sewerage worker dies in tunnel collapse THE Labour Ministry yesterday confirmed three more deaths from two industrial accidents, bringing the industrial death toll this year to seven. In the first accident, sewerage worker Adar bin Kassim, 28, was buried alive when an underground tunnel collapsed at a construction site m
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    Gang robbery charge
    52 5 HO Nw Wan. 30. was charged m a subordinate court yesterday with committing gang robbery of 1690 and a watch from Mr Lai Chu Kee at Flanders Square on Tuesday at 9.30 p.m. No plea was recorded. He was ordered to be remanded at Central police lock-up
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    New c-centre courses
    38 5 New c-centre courses KAMPONG Eunos community centre will soon hold courses on cakemaking (advanced), tim sum. nony.i kueh, flowermakinj?, padang curry, macrame, children's art and children's pianica Tor details ring *****09 be tween 3 p.m. and 10 p.m.
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    WHAT'S ON TODAY
    177 5 PIANO RECITAL by Marguerite Wolff at DBS auditorium at 8 p.m. Programme includes works by Haydn, Schumann and Chopin. Admission: $1. GERMAN OPERA: The Marriage of Figaro, presented by the National Museum and the Goethe-Institute, at National Museum theatrette at 7 p.m. and at the film room
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    On cookery
    33 5 THE women sub-committee of Serangoon Gardens community centre will start a course on restaurant cooking on March 6 at 2 p.m. For details, ring *****89 between 2.30 p.m. and 10 p.m.
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    Where power is restored fastest after blackout
    490 5  -  Wong Moh-Keed By CONSUMERS who are not living m Housing Board flats should move near the airport if they want electricity restored to their homes as quickly as possible during a blackout. Or they could have other choices like staying near a sewerage
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    WIFE IDENTIFIES DEAD SEAMAN
    153 5 A MAN found dead m lallang at Pepys Road, off Pasir Panjang, on Sunday has been identified as Mr Fong See Kiat, 56, a retired seaman. His wife, Madam Lee Kee Eng, 55, identified her husband, whose body was already decomposed, by his belt, his underwear
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    Sime Darby says it with roses
    110 5 A RED NWMSt Valeattae't Day b Slme Darby rsfnpaay's way «f saylaft "thank y«a" to its "dedicated and hardwarklag" female staff. la this picture, four of the campaay's girls (fr»m left) Miss JaclaU LeMg, Mlas Shirley Lee, Mlm Cecilia Cheaag and Miss S**Chea »re
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    Man who used CBT sum for wife's cure
    139 5 A DISTRICT court heard yesterday that a former salesman used money he had obtained by committing criminal breach of trust to pay his wife's medical expenses. Outlining the case against Tor Tin Kau, 28. charged with 12 counts of CBT, Asst Supt
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    Occupational safety level Keeping fine balance in tune with development
    599 6 Occupational safety level Keeping fine balance in tune with development THE level of safely and health control m the industries here should be tied to the stage of the country's development. Senior Parliamentary Secretary I Labour), Mr Fong Sip Chee said yesterday. *He said this was what experience had taught
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    Rochor CC courses
    39 6 Rochor CC courses ROCHOR community centre will hold a two-month handyman course. three-month courses on restaurant cooking and beauty health and sixmonth courses on beauty culture and guitar playing. For details, ring *****0 between 3 p.m. and 10 p.m.
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    Two new bills
    26 6 TWO government bills the Income Tax (Amendment) Bill and the Public Entertainments (Amendment) Bill will be introduced In Parliament at its next sitting.
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    SILO AND PIEU CUT RICE PRICES TODAY
    167 6 SILO AND PIEU CUT RICE PRICES TODAY THE Singapore Industrial Labour Organisation (Silo) and the Pioneer Indust. ies Employees t'nion (Pieu) will reduce the prices of Thai 100 per cent and Thai fragrant rice at all their supermarkets from todajr. The prices of the two types of Thai rice will
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    IAC hearing
    28 6 AN industrial dispute between the Singapore fortworkers' Union and the Port of Singapore Authority will be heard In the Industrial Arbitration Court tomorrow at 9.30 a.m.
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    Medic-Asia at Hyatt
    62 6 MORE than 200 exhibitors will take part In the first ever International medical and hospital equipment exhibition (or South-east Asia Medic-Asia 79 at the Hyatt Convention Centre from March 20 to A complete range and variety of products and services from 17 countries will be on display.
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    Sats signs $20 m pact with German firm
    188 6 Sats signs $20 m pact with German firm SINGAPORE Airport Terminal Services Sats) yesterday signed a $20 million contract with Mannesmann Dem a g Fordertechnlk of West Germany for the manufacture, fabrication, installation and commissioning of the material handling system for the new air freight terminal at Changl Airport. Demag
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    Work on $185 in joint refinery begins next month
    365 6 WORK on the $185 million joint venture between Singapore Petroleum Company, British Petroleum and Caltex to more than double the output at SPC's present Pulau Merlimau rellnery will start next month. A new company, Slng a pore Refining. In which SPC
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    Ship may have no port of call
    249 6 A FREIGHTER to be used by a Christian organisation to pick up Vietnamese refugees In the South China Sea may be forced to operate as a ship without a port of call. The ship Tungnl, will be operated by a Catholic group, Fatima
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    Day camp
    36 6 THE Metropolitan YMCA will hold a day camp for children between the ages of nine and 14 from March 19 to 21. Those Interested, ring the physical education department at tel *****66 (or details.
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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    Jeya calls press conference to tell 'our side of the story'
    824 7  -  IRENE NGOO By IT was a press conference with a ditference when the Workers' Party secretary general, Mr J.B. Jeya re t tiam, called newsmen to his office on Tuesday. Reporters had expected a strong, hard-hitting statement from him.
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    Waterworks to be temporarily closed
    118 7 THE Public Utilities Board will not be treating water at IU Chua Chu Kang Water Treatment Works till Feb 18. as the water department will be doing inspection and maintenance work there. Consumers will be unaffected as water supply will come from other sources. The
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    Howe's first
    78 7 DEFENCE Minister Mr Howe Yoon Chong. who is also the new MP for Potong Paslr, attended to more than 50 cases during his first meet-the-people session at the People's Action Party branch In Jalan Potong Paslr last nlgnt. On hand to guide him were the former constituency MP.
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    Jumble sale
    32 7 THE Rotaract Club of Singapore (City) will hold a Jumble sale to raise funds (or IU district conference at the Toa Payoh community centre on Peb 25 at iO a.m.
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    Senoko death
    25 7 LABOURER Scow Char Sheet. 22, died on the spot when he fell from an uncompleted block at Senoko Power Station m Sembawang yesterday.
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    Devan warns of danger facing free trade unions
    349 7 FREE trade unions m developing and developed countries were yesterday warned of the danger threa tenlng their solidarity unless there is a meeting of minds between the two. The warning was sounded by the president of the International Confederation of Free Trade
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    'Don't set up more trade barriers'
    329 7 SINGAPORE and Iraq have deplored the protectionist policies of the developed countries and called on such countries to refraUi from introducing any measures which will be Inimical to the interests of developing countries. Thls is dlsclosd m a loint communique after talks between the
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    Minister to open newspaper seminar
    160 7 Minister to open newspaper seminar THE acting Minister for Culture, Mr Ong Teng Cheong. will open the seminar on the Chinese newspaper industry at Merlin Plaza on Sunday. The semtnar is held by the Singapore Baolin Kecreationat Club and the Singapore National Union of Journa- lists. It is sponsored by
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    Raffles Centre project to start by December
    279 7 Raffles Centre project to start by December WORK on the $500 million Raffles International Centre is expected to start by December, a Development Bank of Singapore spokesman said yesterday. The DBS. promoter of the project. wiU invite tenders from local and international contractors around the middle of this year for
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      Lock icon MAS crisis takes toll on nation's economy
      501 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed THE Malaysian Airlines System crisis lias taken its toll on various sectors of the nations economy. Mail has been delayed, transport of passengers and cargo between east and Peninsular Malaysia has been badly hit, tour and travel agents are anxious
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      Lock icon $1.9b in World Bank loans for KL
      233 9 $1.9 b in World Bank loans for KL KUALA LUMPUR, Wed THE World Ban < has given 44 loans totalling about US$9OO million i $19 billion > to Malaysia up to the end of last year. The senior viee -President ol World Bat.k, Mr A. Eroches. who is here for
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      Colour TV survey
      66 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The Federation of Malaysia Consumers Association (Foment is to carry out a nationwide survey of colour TV prices to ensure that buyers get a fair deal, the Malay Mail said yesterday. The results will be sent to the Ministry of Trade within two month?
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      Lock icon 13 MORE CASES REPORTED Fight against cholera is stepped up
      221 9 13 MORE CASES REPORTED Fight against cholera is stepped up KUALA LUMPUR. Wednesday THE Health Ministr environmental sanit fight the spread of eh ry has intensified its ation programme to lolera as 13 more cases 1 were reported today. Twelve of the cases were detected m Perils and one ln
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      Lock icon Three robbery suspects held
      51 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Police picked up three robbery suspects three hour* after a hotel keeper was robbed yesterday. The youths, one from K«mpar m Perak. and the others from Kampung Brunei, all unemployed, are believed to be involved 'n a spate ol robberw.s on midlf-class. hotels
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      Lock icon Alive! after being buried 30 min
      164 9 Alive! after being buried 30 min KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. A carpenter had a lucky escape when he was buried under about three metres of earth for 30 minutes at a construction site m Jalan Tunku Selekoh, Bukit Tunku here, yesterday. His colleagues, alerted by his cries lor help, managed to
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      Lock icon 'PORNO BY POST REPORTS: PROBE ON
      103 9 'PORNO BY POST REPORTS: PROBE ON SEREMBAN. Wed THE Postal Services Department here is invest! gating reports from the public on mail-order pornography. The Controller of Post for Nepri Sembilan and Malacca. Haji Musa bin Haji Abdullah said there was a possibility that pornography dealers made use of post office
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      Lock icon Award of tenders
      90 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Road projects ln Kelantan are being tendered to big Malaysian and International contractors -because local contractors, especially those ln the state, do not have the capacity to handle them yet. The Deputy Minister for Works and Public utilities. Dr Nik Hussein bin Abdul Rahman,
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      467 9 FEBRUARY 19TH ISSUE A NEW ON. CRUNCH AworUoiistionaotaMrMdyiKt Tnaqumnnisoniynowmucndanwge il will Do W«l\ km m conlhct it i> ukaty o>l pnSduction old ntnm ag«n r«»i* pwensis Wv«9. ofxch m turn. coo« Ml o« iOtr ,«<ous ch*n rmctno Inflation and an ncrOMd rak ol rKMMon could b« on iha nonion PI.U&
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      142 9 Straits Times Crossword Bjri I i U KUSS strange uay to pet f.u TCttaf but apt to rAoHNtIMH( 8 fc£oV K. UM culuva.eri 6«■ ol libre contraction »ua.,..unn B LM-T.I 7 a lut,. oa.s.. f,, ,0 uUfo^arters.*, M 12 (.Home 111 »i.h Oeofl* IV 1.-M/...1, s 1001 msn.lV! V" XV
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  • The Straits Times THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1979
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      TUDEH TOMORROW
      358 10 THE collapse of military resistance to the Ayatollah Khomeiny and his supporters last Sunday was ostensibly a victory for him m his long crusade against the Iranian monarchy. His appointee as Prime Minister, Dr Mehdi Bazargan, has been recognised as legitimate head of government both internally and externally.
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      THE FAMILY'S THE KEY
      359 10 EVER since attention was drawn to latch-key children those left to fend for themselves while their parents are at work there has been growing concern about the type of child care available m Singapore. In part there is increasing recognition that the first six years of
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    Jabbing the Soviet rib
    681 10  -  CHARLES MADIGAN By m Moscow KROKODIL magazine (circulation C million) hits the streets three times a month with a satirical assessment of the bump*, ditches and potholes m the Soviet I uion's road to socialism. Its emblem is Its namesake, a small, well-dress-ed crocodile armed with
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    Lock icon The problem in Middle East is poverty...
    2603 10 The problem in Middle East is poverty Time for revaluation of strategy Straits Times Foreign Editor SEAH CHIANG NEE and his assistant, FELIX SOH recently interviewed Israeli Deputy Prime Minister, Mr Yigael Yadin, m Jerusalem. Here are excerpts of the interview. 4 The main problem m the Middle East is
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      23 10 m 7 lynx v Predators IF^J ran -west cptej ltd. ÜBnaUUUf me BUILDING SHOO 1 13 lo*w Gfourt Floe Snanlon Way T.i 2KB3U
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      191 10 Extra Features Head Rest Headlamps //^^aaaufaja«aßa»'|/ /^^aaaufaja«aBa»'| /> >& nuunuV Brake-Booster /^B^^MSE} lkXv. lauW. Chrome-trim J%['^R -anunuK V uuuuuV Tachometer 'A A/BM& -Ajjfcn nunu^^uuHko. Luuuuur W Wtr Due to overwhelming response IST SHIPMENT-SOLD OUT! jTii ifl 2ND SHIPMENT- New Improved I Model on the same scheme at *W'*"BPP^_3 m f
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      Tax relief and orphans...
      126 11 Tax relief and orphans IS THERE a provision under the Income Tax Act for the exemption from tax for orphans who are the breadwinners of the family? In this case, there are three of us working with three depending on us. If there is such a provision, what then are
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      Vote of thanks for thoughtful policeman
      198 11 I AM writing m appreciation of the flexibility and understanding of a Traffic Police Officer on duty at the junction of dementi and Ayer Rajah Road on a recent morning. I was making a right turn from Upper Ayer Rajah into dementi Road but
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      BLINKING LIGHTS
      85 11 THE electricity supply m Block 250 Ang Mo Kio wavers m intensity every night. It dims and brightens and cannot maintain its illuminating consistency. in the few months I have been living here, I have changed no less than 10 tungsten bulbs. My television set has not been
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      Refreshing those election pages
      315 11 THE RECENT "By Election Special" pages m the Straits Times made refreshing reading. They provided an insight into the characters of the election candidates through their speeches and actions as reported by the journalists. In the heat of the campaigning, some hard remarks directed by the
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      Lock icon Given time, Laos will become Viet province'
      1276 11  -  HENRY KAMM By m Bangkok Invasion has pushed Vientiane into Hanoi-Moscow camp VIETNAM'S military campaign to establish dominance over Kampuchea is giving Hanoi responsibility over a second dependent country. It already wields almost total control over another neighbour, Laos. As the United States
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    7 11 'Don't just sit there, Carter. Do something'
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      184 11 Congratulations, you're married. Now what? You're man and wife at last. So now's the time „To find out more about how the Prudential can to think about how you're going to provide help you, mail this coupon today. for the future of your family should anything happen to you. And
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      167 11 The Incredible Xerox 3107. Big or small capability m one efficient copier. The Xerox 3107. What an incredible magic And ihe Xerox 3107 comes with stream feeding machine! for continuous, effortless copying. What's more. Now large documents need not be copied twice it's movable from one point to another. So
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    On Tuesdays
    30 12 'I HE MP for Whampoa. Dr Augustine Tan. will hold his wftkly meet -the- people session at Block 75. Whampoa Drive on Tuesday evenings instead of on Mondays.
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    MAN WHO PERSISTED IN GIVING COFFEE' MONEY
    128 12 MAN WHO PERSISTED IN GIVING COFFEE' MONEY A LABOURER who persisted m giving "conee' money to a H£A works supervisor to the extent of stuffing $2 into the man's shirt pocket, was yesterday fined $800. Chua Kor Pau alias Ah Pau. 63. a rubber company employee, pleaded ttuilty m a
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    'Cloth' run over by police car was a man coroner told
    512 12 'Cloth' run over by police car was a man coroner told A POLICE car on its way to answer a call that a drunkard was causing a disturbance at the admission room of Toa Payoh Hospital, ran over a man lying m the middle of the road leading to the
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    DRUG CASE PUT OFF FOR SIX WEEKS
    126 12 DRUG CASE PUT OFF FOR SIX WEEKS THE case against Australian Lester Charles King. 32. a former oil driller, who was charged on Feb 7 with trafficking 1.300g of. cannabis. has been adjourned to March 28 Hi* counsel, Mr Char les Tan. successfully applied yesterday for a Six-week adjournment to
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    Balladist from Australia
    56 12 AUSTRALIAN bailau.it Robyn Archer will perform at the PUB auditorium on Feb 22 at 8 pm Mlas Archer, from Adelaide, will be accompanied by Jerry We&ley Tickets at tl each are available at the Conference Hall. C X Tang. Cold Storage. Popular Book Co.. World Book Co.
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    Lorryman crushed to death
    166 12 A LORRY-D RIVER was crushed to death yesterday when the lorry he was driving went out of control and landed on its side, pinning him underneath. The tragedy took place at an unnamed road off ialan Perwira m the Jalan Eunos area. Police said Mr Teh
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    350 students for courses by British Council
    421 12 350 students for courses by British Council THE English language courses organised by the British Council will kick off tomorrow or on Saturday with about 350 students. The Singaporeans who will fill 14 classrooms at the councils Collyer Quaypremises, have been picked from more than double that number of applicants
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    Housewife, trader lose gems and cash
    260 12 Housewife, trader lose gems and cash r'OLICE err Ir.vestigat ing twe cmi of theft involving nearly $35,000 m cash and Jewellery' belonging to a Japanese bust nessman and a housewife. In the first case, Mr Kazuo Kai, 31, manager of Sumitomo Forestry of Indonesia, lunched at Ok o v Restaurant
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    Youth group's third meet
    55 12 THE Uppe~.° Serangoon community centre youth group will hold its third biennial ger.eral meeting or. Sunday at 10 a.m. at the centre to elect officials for its executive committee. The group also invites those between the ages of 15 and 30 to join .t. Interested members
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    SHIPPING FIRM SUES 75 OVER DAMAGED CARGO
    202 12 A SINGAPORE shipping company has started a High Court action over damaged cargo against 75 defendants believed to be unprecedented for this type of lawsuit. The company Is Pacli'ic International Unes Ltd m Market Street. Singapore. The defendant companies and individuals are mainly
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    Burmese minister briefed by URA, JTC
    157 12 THE Burmese Minister for Construction, Brigadl c r General Hla Tun. studied Singapore's urban redevelopment programme and its industrial progress yesterday. Here on a four-day visit, he was taken on a tour of various urban renewal sites. He was briefed m the morning by
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      346 12 MANAGEMENT COURSES FINANCE MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING 7th RESIDENTIAL COURSE 1 6 April 1979 Royal Cliff Beach Hotel, Pattaya, Thailand. For directors, senior and middle managers without formal financial training. Aims to provide an understanding and working knowledge of financial techniques which aid decision making, planning, evaluation and control, and improve overall
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      27 12 I rao^^H 4^H w>: '*>** -2mW *r J^mvy&' -^m\ '■^f -9 ■■'2m^J%£- '-'s& TwJm^m^^<Sk^mWmm <^W I M* M 4 April is the day we extend our passenger sel
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    SSO bid to bring serious music to the students
    384 13 THE Singapore S>mphony orchestra will give separate concerts to English and non-English medium j students, the resident conductor, Mr Choo Hoey, said yesterday. This wcuKi not be to Rive them different styles of music Western and Eastern but to facilitate exp'anetions.
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    DREDGE ON FIRE AGAIN
    190 13 ONE of the world s most .sophisticated tin dredge, Bima, caught fire again at Jurong Shipyard yesterday the second time m two days. The $60 million dredge, christened here last November, first caught fire on Monciaj A .shipyard spokesmai. .»aid yesterdays fire *hich brake out at
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    Youth on 35 cheat charges
    126 13 Youth on 35 cheat charges ONG KONG KEE, 19, a businessman's assistant, was charged m a subordinate court yesterday with committing 35 cheating offences involving a total of $15,970.80. between July 6 and Nov 2 last year. In each case, he was accused of cheating the purchasing manager of Diethelm
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    I did not fabricate conversation: Ex-receptionist
    634 13 I did not fabricate conversation: Ex-recep tionist GEMS CASE HEARING A FORMER Mandarin Hotel receptionist denied from the witness stand m the High Court yesterday that he had on the spur of the moment fabricated evidence about his conversation with a Vietnamese shipping magnate, Mr Paul Bui Van Tuyen, when
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    Sisir draws up safety guidelines for toys
    138 13 Sisir draws up safety guidelines for toys THE Singapore Institute of Standards and Industrial Research (Sisir) has drawn up a draft standard for safety requirements for children's playthings. New Nation reported yesterday. It deals only with specific points of design and construction essential for safety. It does not Include performance
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        64 14 i 1 Mill us it Steamship )nenlal Hldgs r h s iin Chew 4 Glass > B S i Enterprises C B C lal Iron toblnson :sso I O B S, C lanyang Press 18S 250 600 390 340 173 448 290 800 635 246 398 338 334 314
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        32 14 ierjuntal I Banking lunlop Est I S T letro Hldg.s > E I M W .'Illlus 770 625 382 480 352 253 152 416 10 10 10 8 8 7 7 8
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        Most active stocks
        32 14 'uns Plant o l ilmr Darby J O B > B S I .mm. in I O F L Kepong Vearnes 181.000 180.000 165.000 160.000 73.000 70.000 54.000 49.000 38.000
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        32 14 B.T. Index: industrials: finance: hotels: Properties: rins: (Rubbers: 3.C.B.C.: its Ind: 1805.62 1845.91 ***** ***** ***** 638.62 282.84 ***** 220.33 219 73 185.55 165.77 542.24 544.54 331 93 ***** 330.74 329.05
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        Hongkong
        311 14 HONGKONG* The market closed mixed In continued quiet trading, with some share prices recovering near the close on selective buying, dealers said. Among leaders, Hongkong Bank eased 10 cents to HKSIB.SO. while Hongkong Klectric, Jardine Matheton and Wheelock Marden were unchanged at $5.70, $12.30 and $3 respectively. Hongkong Wharf
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        Tokyo
        394 14 TOKYO: Share prices rose sharply In moderate trading on buying Interest over a wide front yesterday, dealers said. The Dow Jones average rose 37.39 to close at 6,061.03 points, with a volume of 240 million shares. The New Index was 449.22 up 1.16 points. Market sentiment brightened on hopes
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        Lock icon Wm Jacks (M) gets approach
        91 14 WILLIAM JACKS (Malaya) said It has received an approach from a possible purchaser of its 50.2 per cent shareholding m UK subsidiary William Jacks and Co Ltd. It gave no further details and said It was too soon to say where the approach might lead.
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        GOLD
        286 14 THE KILOBAR market opened at $16,895 and closed at $16,790 m Singapore yesterday. m the Far East, gold opened at US$239 50 240 00 and moved up to a high of $239 80/240 30. When the buying stopped, gold dropped to close near the low at $238.00 238 50.
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        Sydney generally easier
        256 15 SYDNEY, Wed. The market closed lower with mining and industrial stocks leading the decline following a fall m metal prices on the Ixjndon Metal Exchange and on uncertainty over Iran's future, dealers said l>n i r hi u I'n \NI *NZH*nk.. MAI tt«nk NSW rtr.ml.lfHHP U..r..l H
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        New York rises again
        230 15 NEW YORK. Tues. Stocks sroiftl (heir best gain m two weeks today for their fourth straight increase The Dow Jones Industrials rose 5.37 to 830.21 and winners led losers nearly three to one j as volume rose to 28.47 million shares from 20.61 million on Monday,
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        Zurich slightly up
        183 15 ZURICH, Tues Share prices moved slightly higher on selective demand fuelled by a stronger dollar and hopes for a speedy return to stability m Iran, dealers said. The Credit Suisse index rose 11 points to 269.4 CMMBM PKKKS Swissair Br 850 -5 ÜBS Br .t2BO I 30
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        Amsterdam firmer
        135 15 AMSTERDAM. Tues Share prices firmed over a broad front with Akzo and Royal Dutch 1 70 and 270 guilders higher, respectively, m Dutch Inter nationals, dealers said. Deli rose 3.10 guilders. Van Ommeren 3.00. OCE-Van Der tinmen 2 60. KNSM 250 and AholiJ 1 90 guilders. Bergoss. Nedlloyd
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        Selected Indices
        61 15 INDUSTRIALS ruesday 436.4 Monday 468.1 Week Ago 454.8 DOW JONE8 AVERAGE INDUSTRIALS ruesday 830 21 Monday 824.84 Week ago 822 85 LONDON DOLLAR PREMIUM ruesday 91'. tofll 1 Monday 904 to 01 H.K.HANG SENG Wednesday ***** ruesday 530.01 Veekago 553.53 SYDNEY INDUSTRIALS Wednesday 478.44 Puesday 483.23 Veek ago
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        London stock market closes higher
        581 15 LONDON, Tues Share prim closed up to 18p higher m technical rally after recent falls UuyinK interest was also aided by the 81. cars shop .stewards decision to drop strike [ilans. dealers mtt At 3pm the Financial Times index uas up 6 9 points at
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        130 14 THE Straits tin price rose another $6 to $1,883 per plcul m Penang yesterday on an official oflering up 64 tonnes to 155 tonnes. The overnight London market was barely steady with forward buyers gaining £35 to £7.130 per tonne. LONDON: Tin on the day lost £85 (or Cash
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        COPPER
        36 14 LONDON: Copper prices on Tuenday (previous m brackets! Wirekar spot buyers (940 50 ((955). sellers 1W41.50 U957): Three Month buyers £»57 5U lOtlM), sellers (950 .t:.7.1. Marks! tana: Steady at lower Irvel* Bales: 11.000 tonnes.
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        CLOSING PRICES
        33 14 Rubber: Feb 14. Singapore: Feb 243.75 ct s (up 0.25 ct.). Malaysia: Mar 248.00 ct s (up 0.25 ct.). Tin: $1,883 (up $6). Official offering: 155 tonnes (v p 64 tonnes).
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        119 14 CHINIBI moDUCI fXCHANQI, INCAPORI NOON GLOIINU OAT. Cacanut Oil: Bulk 1124 nellers old drum 11.-j aellers. new drum <134 sellers. Capra: Mixed loose i IK Cont J79 sellers. MunlOk AST A while lob 100', NLW *337| sellers Sarawak while fob 9<K NLW *320 aellers. Sarawak special black f.o b.
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        RUBBER
        586 14 THE Singapore rubber market yesterday opened 0 50 cent higher, dealers said. Prices later fell back about one cent on continued speculative stale bull releases and upcountry selling. Short-covering emerged at the lows later to check the oecline The morning session closed quiet. The morning's easier trend was reversed
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        SSR and SMR
        139 14 DAILY SSR and SMR prices it noon yesterday: Mar Apr K A S (Carnal Mthi (F*rwu« Mtb) Hu>rri Sellers Bujers Sellcn SSR 20 (1 ton pa, le' I 236 SO 238 SON 237 50 239 SON SSR SO <1 ton pallet) 233 SO 235 SON 234 oO
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      Share prices level off
      408 14 LACK of follow-through on the firm opening trend made for an easier afternoon session at the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday On balance prices finished slightly down. Stoploas selling against the old big board settlement account was cited as the main dampening factor. There was sign
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      K. LUMPUR
      412 14 AN EARLY attempt at extending overnight gains failed and prices retreated to close mixed to slightly easier on the Kuala Lumpur stock market yesterday. The trend looked promising m the morning as some follow-through enabled prices to Improve further. Support, however, faltered towards the noon close and prices
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      Money and exchanges
      236 14 THE US doUar firmed m the Singapore forex market yesterday following rumours on the Issue ol further Deutsche mark denominated bonds by the Carter Administration. Opening at $2 1780 00 compared with $2.1730 40 at Tuesday's close, the US unit gradually firmed to $2.1820 25 before easing
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      NOMINAL RATES
      170 14 urrrnc.rt JS dollar Sterling pound iongkong dollar vl'Man dollar lust ■'chilling 3cl franc (com) Danish kroner French fraiK Italian lire 1Mb guilder Sot kroner swedlsh kronei Swiss franc Deut mark Japanese vp lust dollar NZ dollar Canadian dollar Henminbi Nominal rate* Smlthavnian Fmrnlifa quoted yntrrd«> I c rout
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      ASIAN CURRENCY RATES
      294 14 Ms/US 2 1985 2 1995 S«/£ 4 3436 4 3497 St M$ 98 91 99 00 HK/US 4 7935 4 7955 US/Can 83 91 83 94 US Pr fr 4 2885 4 2905 US/Yen 200 90 ***** Money market Closing interbank rates on Singapore dollar on Feb
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      Yeo Hiap Seng sees difficult times ahead
      547 15 YEO HUP SENC rates its prospects during tte current year as rather difficult as intense competition m both local and export markets will continue to put pressure on profit margins. But plans are afoot to ensure "sustained jjrowth", says chairman Yeo Thian In
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      Bumper bonus from Parit Perak Holdings
      325 15 Bumper bonus from Parit Perak Holdings THE LONG .veNae In rrew m capiUUs»ti«n at farlt Perak rUMing* finally came wkea the cwnpuy MBvuced *ver the Veekead f«ar-f«r-•ne baau fame, kriaglßg Its sJuur capita] ap $3 mllUan fr»m l.t mlilUn. The pr>p— e*l hwae will capitalise SZ-4 dUJJIm »at of general
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      Selangor coconuts
      133 15 Selangor coconuts SELANGOR Coconuts has declared a two-for-three bonus issue following a revaluation of the company's estates. This will capitalise $22 million from capital reserves. Selangor Coconuts at end June 1978 reported a total acreage of about 24,745 of which 14,333 acres are under rubber, 9,064 acres are under oil
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      CLOSING PRICES.
      1414 14 THK last transacted ready sale at the rlose of busmen on the Stock Exchanfe of Singapore yesterday compared with thr previous day's prices together with high and low Adjusted for vrip rights issue) INIM *l Kl M MM l.a»l lliKh l.o« ONVHI Mi *nrZTl J32 Anna 222 2
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      Unit trusts
      327 14 SINGAPORE UNIT I Xl s I (Manager, price* for Keb It) The Commerce 217 2.30 The Saving Fund 135 1.43 Spore Prog Fund 0.96 1.01 Spore Sec. Fund 1.76 1.87 Spore Invest Fund 1.24 1.31 ABIA UNIT I Xl SI (.Manager, price* for Keb 15) Mai Invest Fund
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      BUSINESS DONE (SINGAPORE)
      1482 14 BID and offer prices officially listed and business In and reported to the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday with the number of shares traded shown m brackets m hits of 1.000 units unless ottnraiM specified All Times Settlement Contracts are quoted after the word "sett" Bik Hoard
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      Govt and corporate bonds
      60 14 4 1/2% 1/8/80 (250.000) (99.258) (4) 99.35 4 3/4% 15/9/80 (250.000) (*****) (4) 99.65 5% 15/4/81 (250.000) (99.558) (4) 99.65 5 3/4% 1/9/79-81 (250.000) (8) 100.60 7<& 1/8/85 (100.000) (1) 101.00 T f 1/5/83 (250,000) (100.108 100.20S) 7 1/4% 15/4/86 (250.000) (100.858 100.955) 7 1/4% 15/10/86
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      1826 14 - BlD. ind offer prices officially listed and business m and reported to the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange yesterday with the number of shares traded shown In brackets In lots of 1.000 units unless otherwise specified INDUSTRIAL! Ai.n.mtt. (2 s*>B> Alorn il 94R> 119) 1 94 A Ch.c 1
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      345 15 uS aafl^H PHASER A NEAVE LIMITED (Incorporated m Singapore) LOSS OF STOCK CERTTFICATK Application has been made to the Directors of this Company by MR CHUA CHEE SENG of 31. Mandalay Road, Singapore 11 for Issue of a duplicate stock certificate for $1,000 Fraser L Neave Limited ordinary stock In
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      426 16 p— E CHINA 6 PALACE RESTAURANT Ist Floor. Wellington Building. Orchard Ro3d S pore 9 lOpp Mandarin Hotel) SI Tel 235 -J6f> 21:***** |B 5 <*<e>»»S>v vat©**®^ v<s>»»Sfc» rtif\ i THE NEW ORCHIDS MAOHJSHALLA S JTry our speciality. Butter^ Chicken with delicious Madhu- Xshalla Na»n al our House ol S>
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      340 16 W* Amrfos! Come try our Mexican Specialities The 'Grand Combination Plate' At economical price Open daily from 1 1.30 a.m. to 11.30 p.m. (If Vlt;MM£St?(£ 13*. First Floor, Specialist Centra. Orchard Road, Tel: 372*43, 3 789 J* ELIZABETHAN GRILL WE BELIEVE IN TRADITION EVERY THURSDAY LUNCH WE SERVE "RUSTTAFEL" BUFFET
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      1385 16 II EMPLOYMENT GENERAL CLERK REQUIRED immedialely (or t months Pie ise write lo ST Box A***** INSURANCE BROKING FIRM requires tapable Female VrounUs Cleft Interested please call 10 .i m vi 6.00 p in at Suite SIS, SI i Hour. Manhattan House. Chin Swee H0. i,l Singapore 3 INTERESTED IN
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      1360 17 v^» x AT YOUR SERVICE SECTION INDEX r l*LJ%&9a\aV M.EJL3 £\M99 g UHEI 1 184 4411 K^^a^^S'n.w.a, IX OBITUARIES II EMPLOYMENT mm^ M AN BTTERNATIONAL COMPANY involved m the oil business has 31 Situations Vacant m „pemng for Ihe position of: Shipping Administration Clerk i ui'lidales should be ln age
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      1088 17 II EMPLOYMENT Applications are invited from euHably qualified candidates lor the W^ 1 following posts j— 1 SKILLED FITTER/ WELDERS LJ J. .as years experience ln fitting <*tll l MM MM M MM. and welding works .ill IMaT *■■»■■> a Ability to read technical draw- I ing is essential. I
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      1228 17 II EMPLOYMENT MUFyiTFnii kiimFß EXPERaDICED ENGLISH SPEAKi!!.IS_. 4 riOSr **O Head Boy required by AusmStJTVMS!!? trallan High Commissioner. PerrnanTniTmishrft preferably over 35 years old r-armamtni ztm snm Good salary. References essen(<m pm- vis am) tla Mr gon 37^1) ext 177 To do material handling, tend between 9 a.m. and 4
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      484 18 EMPLOYMENT 31 Situations Vacant I) General IMMEDIATELY REQUIRED BY Buiines-s Association an AsMstinl Kilitor U> .i^mm Kdllnnal lion's quarterly Business Journal aad I MSH oi newsletters 1 inrninand of fmclish inrt »ilh some viirking experience Please hub: contact telephone number and enclose nonreturnable photograph lo 10-B. Yen San Building. 268
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      581 18 oe A) SALESGIRLS c Total monthly gross income 5304 c singaporean, aged 18 25 years c Mm Secondary education c Mm height 1 55 m c Conversant In English It Mandarin interview time: 12 noon tpm. B) CARPARK ATTENDANTS c Total monthly gross income *215 c Kemale aged: 18-25 years
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      402 18 n EMPLOYMENT COFFEE HOUSE WAITRESSES Sec 2. English educated Pleasant looks, preferably with some serving experience Training provided FEMALE LIFT ATTENDANTS 25 to 35 years Primary 6 edui ution Understand simple English Permanent 2nd shift (3p m lip m i KITCHEN PORTERS Interested, pleass call personalty THE PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT, 7th
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      606 18 has Vacancies for: FORK UFT DRIVER GROSS SALARY RANGE inclusive of leaVe allowance) $353-$685 QUALIFICATIONS Must have at least 1 year's experience as a Korklift Driver: Must have basic knowledge of service of a forklifl In order to perform day to day service of the equipment and emergency minor repairs
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      600 18 II EMPLOYMENT M>VXS Multi-national Company has immediate vacancies for: (1) OPERATORS (MALE OR FEMALE) •-Preferably with secondary education No experience required (2) MACHINISTS Male or Kemale with secondary education or technical 4 or NTT. Grade 3 m Metal Machining (3) MECHANICS Trade Certificate In Electrical fitting or experience m machine
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      674 18 MALAY OFFICE BOY wanted Experience not required Phone: *****. MARISSCO (PTE) LTD A well established Seafood Processing and Distributing Company based In Jurong. Invites applicants (Singaporeans/ Malaysians) for Immediate appointment as FEMALE PROCESSING WORKERS c Age: 16 -40 years c Starting salary: $6.50 per day. On confirmation: $6.90 per day.
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      549 18 II EMPLOYMENT KSS>fHa| Lvb*- JMatnMtjA|aaia^^E eWaißjp*4^oi^Be^^HßßlHw Py»|ii.fßP|JPPß K4ejqafltiajllA^Ua^Bj|^kejafl bhbJmmmHHMSbS BiirU»WßVJ4<AbK»yas>«^»t4M HMMrWlcUlFTlMe>W>ttTT*aV eT^^^Bißlßlß^l^^xl WeH-eetabushed Tyre Manufacturer with good growth potential requires PRODUCTION OPERATORS (Male) 1) Age: 20 years and above. Must have completed full-time National Service or doing part-time National Service. 2) Must work 3 shifts Weekly change 3) Starting pay:
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      755 18 REQUIRED 2 TRAMEf Salesmen with scooter licence and 1 female clerk with knowledge of Book-keeping and typing. Experience not requl.ed. Apply personally to. 32C P-kln Street. Spore 1 Tel: ***** SEAMEN'S PARADISE liar it Nileclub requires wallrt-.sses. full' part-time with pleasant personality Good Income Non-cltlzens can also apply. Call personally
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      1412 18 I EMPLOYMENT Well established organisation invites applications from suitably qualified candidates for the following positions 1) ACCOUNTANT 2) ASSISTANT ACCOUNTANT 3) SENIOR BOOK-KEEPERS 4) BOOK-KEEPERS 5) ACCOUNTS CLERKS 6) CLERKS/TYPISTS 7) OFFICE ASSISTANT Interested applicants should submit full personal particulars, details of qualifications and experience with a non-returnable photograph together
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      871 19 11l VEHICLES BOATS 45 Vehicle For Sate HOME Of OUALITY UttD CAM NO KEOMC CAM TRADERS PTE LTD.. I KIM KE AT NOAO. tIWOAPOWt 12 TEL* 2M1250. 2SSI27S. fIM ■M 1»7» fit HIS MOO Auto A/C 1*77 Ford Cortiw 10OOCL A/C Fiat 131S 1t«0 A/C Toyota Corolla 1200 A/C con
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      946 19 TIONG CHOON CO PTE LTD Spore Ueed Can Centra Plot B. Kampong Jay* Fringe Carpark Junction Ol Bukrt Tmteh t Cavenagh Read Opp Japan*** CX* TEL: 3731«5/*****9/71S1«4I -PRIVATE CARS' 1979 i ord Cortina 1600 Estate AC 1977 Ford Cortina 2 0 Ohla Manual A/C Mitsubishi Coll (Jalan t Toyota Corona
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      1608 19 HI VEHICLES BOATS 1*73. AUSTIN 1300 OT New lax. Ixmsler. cassette $1,200 0.n.0. View: S3. Moulmein Road (beside Shell) 1*73 AUSTM 13*0 ex -company registered, tax till Nov $6300 Ring Philip *****9 1973 WW. AMCOMD. sport* rims, new tax. very beautiful condition $14 500 negotiable Tel: *****94. 1*73 CHRYSLER WO
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      446 19 IV ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES APARTMENT HUNTING? STOP HERE I M^C 1 OWN A PRIVATE APARTMENT IN A CHOICE LOCATION AT A REAL REASONABLE PRICE Pacific Mansion Off River Valley Road Nestled m pleasant gardens and just minutes away from the city. 3 roomy, parquet-floored bedrooms, with 2 bathrooms/toilets. Large Living/Dining area
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      814 19 (V ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY APARTMENT Dlsl. 10. Fully lurnlshed Nice garden $1,200 Many others. $750 $1,600. Contact *****6 BRAND NEW DISTRICT W Doublestorey, semi-detached Bungalow, near American School. Available mid-March Unfurnished $1,500 Tel *****S BUNGALOW DIST. 10 furnished. 4 bedrooms Monthly rental $1,700. Interested, please contact: Ng. *****1 CLEMENTI
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      694 19 a MODERN DETACHED BUNGALOWS with swimming pool. 3 4 bedrooms, spacious living/ dining, servant's amenities IS.OOO 99.000 a DIST. 10 on elevated land detached bungalow with 4 bedrooms, extensive living/ dining. >UM a LUXURIOUS TOWNHOUSE with 3 bedrooms, walking distance to Orchard Road $2,500 CONTINENTAL HOUSING PTE LTD Real Eatate
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      775 19 IV ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES OIST. 9 CAIRNHILL MANSION executive high floor apartment, luxurious Interior layout, spacious llvin*/ dining, separate bar lounge. bedrooms, servant's amenities. :ully alrcondltloned' quality carpeting throughout, fully furnished, inclusive colour TV. washng machine and many extras Only $2,300. Concord *****41 DIST. 9 CAVENAGH HOUSE MB* floor luxurious apartment
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      633 19 EMBASSY/BANKER/JAPANESE linn require houses ipaj Dlsl ID 11 I'onip.mv \mm *****1 EXCLUSIVE CLIENTS REQUIRE Mouses and .ip.irt merit s fur minimum 2 years lease Rental helwtn $1,000 *5.600 p.m Principals kindly contact sek Kay Co Chartered Sui Valuers, Eit Ajcnli i liv Mgrv tel. *****4 3334R5 FRIENDLY AIRLINE COUPLE requires
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      598 20 IV ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES 54 Properties For Sale a) Houses DIST. 11 MODERN DOUBLE STOREY Urr r~,ln«.ms :i bathroom lerrana parquet flooring. $l«.sii«m .summerllome 2551 122 ntT is eeatat-ilerii cenaff -ims and one ser\allt s Land .llea 4 000 (165.000 S a SERANGOON GARDEN <lout>lt- si sl(ire> seinl-rtet.ii .'led on 4.000
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      743 20 nisi 10 OF I HOLLAND ROAD i IV.ubk itowy drlarhr* bun gjlow on f Wvilrd sile 4 Mimiim. study wiihilurh rd halhroorm Lam* living dtninf patio Sfparalr j An* Abovf TO.IMHI <q ft semi-detached house. 6 years old 4 bedrooms. 3 bathrooms. covered backyard, carpet grass etr 5.000 sq ft
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      698 20 IV ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES VACANT LAND AT Andrew Road nisi II for bungalow 13.500 17.500 sq fl al $1500 p.s.f Laurence *****1 55 Properties Wanted ACE HOUSING HAS clients to buy Tal II wan Garden.' Golden Hills/ Serangoon Garden Estate house. Cash transaction assured Call: ■MB APARTMENT REOUMED. Preferably m Fulura
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      621 20 I OFFICE SPACE ranging frorfi 4.000 5.000 sq ft Centrally located with basement car park Rantat SI JO inclusive of service charge CONTINENTAL HOUSING PTE LTD Raal E.1. 1a Agent* a Valuara Tal: US7W ham) PARTITIONED FRONT ROOM Selegle Complex. 290 sq. ft. Furnished 6 tables, phone. Alrcond. Rental: $450
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      787 20 V SERVICES A BUSINESS NOME CLEANING SERVICE rendered house pamling. floor polishing, carpel shampooing, window cleaning at moderate price. Tel: 651«15/281T060 for estimate. Ifta ipacialnt m printing viMim* carrh. lenartiaadi. (Hhi* you mn) Bi)l«. invoien and all kind of Stationary itamj Dasionin«. embomng work! ilio rriilaWa hara FOR OUICK CREATIVE.
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      520 20 DISTRIBUTOR WANTED Well established Trading Company In Singapore seeks the services of a Distributor to market a fast moving stationery products The appointee must have experience and good contacts, preferably with retailing outlets. Pt#ft#o write with dvtwlt to 0.P.0. BOX 196. STORE OR TEL: 47*9211 for turthar information ESTABLISHED HARDWARE
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      270 20 V SERVICES BUSINESS 77 Car Pools UFT AVAILABLE FROM Ang Mo Klo to Jurong Working hours: 8.30 am 5.30pm. Contact 45X188 MrsChellam LIFT AVAILABLE FROM Bedok to Pasir Panjang to and fro. Telephone *****9 Mr. Ong. after 7 00 p.m. MORNING TRANSPORT AVAILABLE Clement! to (Oliver Quay. Battery Road Contact
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      285 20 LORRIES FOR REMOVAL. Household office furniture delivery service Collection warehouse container/ air cargo. *****52 Tan REMOVALS. LOCAL DELIVERY. PSA cargo clearance/ forwarding Reasonable charges. Conlucl Ocean Freight Forwarders, lei: *****5 REMOVALS. PACKING. SHIPPING, consult the experts Nabl Packing Company Fast and efficient. Tel: *****17 Roland/Fernando REMOVALS/TRANSPORT FOR short distance reasonable
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      505 20 V SERVICES BUSINESS mmm^^^^^^ m^^ m^^ m^ TROPICAL T.V. SPECIALISTS 111 QO TV /R«/4,n Btart Wnll tolour Repair. 90 TV. /KadlO Antennae Installation. Tel: mm m^^^^^^^ m t *****2. Far charges guaranteed. SCIENCE TECHNICAL DAY/ Night Service Colour. B/W T V, Ampll- m^^"^ mm^~^ mm^^^ tier. Cassette. Antennae Instal- a<
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      153 21 PROVIDENCE, (Rhode Island), Wed. Muhammad Ali has agreed to fight an exhibition match with Jimmy Ellis here on March 12, as part of what is billed as the World Boxing Association champion's farewell tour. Earlier. Ali had turned down an invitation to visit
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      259 21 FORMER world heavyweight champion Leon Spinks said he would have no qualms about fighting white South African Kallie Knoetze despite the objections of anti-apartheid groups. Spinks' statement yesterday could assume great significance. It comes amid the emergence of two possible ways of finding a new
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      110 21 ADELAIDE. Wed. Polish team Wisla Krackow had their conquering run m Australia halted last night when South Australia held them to a 1-1 draw at the Hindmarsh Stadium. Wisla led 1-0 at half-time. Wisla showed their European class m the first minute when Leslek Kipka beat two
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      53 21 Liverpool \rsrnal Evert on .Vest Brom .reds forest Reuter. 23 17 3 3 SO 10 37 26 14 8 4 45 22 36 25 13 10 2 37 19 36 23 14 6 3 48 22 34 27 12 9 6 49 32 33 22 9 II 2
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      57 21 I.ONDON. Wed Enfjlish Football League games will take precedence over delayed fourthround Football Association Cupties next Saturday, it was decided yesterday. The Football Association anil the Football League agreed that clubs with league fixtures scheduled for Saturday would have to play them if they had fourth
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      33 21 walkover RESULTS of the Singapore Badminton Association's junior interclub knockout matches played lasi night SAFSA wo. Diethlem. Mountbalten OC 4 Sunbeam 1. Police 4 Tractors 1. SAFRA 4 Special Constabulary 1.
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      82 21 NOTTINGHAM, Wrtl Trevor Francis. Britain's first E)l million (s4\:«m) footballer, will not ht> able to make his debut for Knglish League champions Nottingham Forest tomorrow. Francis was to h.ivc played m a league match against Norwich, hut his transfer from Birmingham City has not
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      194 21 PALM SPRINGS (California), Wed. Second-seed-ed Bjorn Barx, or Sweden, was surprisingly eliminated by Bruce Manson m split sets In the first ruund of the I'SS2SI,IM ($541,1 M) \olv.i tennis tournament here yesterday. "I was very tired,' said Borg, explaining his (-7, 1-5, 6-2
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      59 21 SYDNEY, Wed. The first ulfi cial Australian CJranii Masters tennis championship, restricted to players 45 years and over, will be held at the Horde™ Pavilion here from March 22-25. Former top-ranked players m eluding Pancho Gonzales. Ki.ink Sedtfman. Vir Seixas. Si.en n.niilson. Torben Ulrich and Rrx
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      404 21 PENANG, Wed. Juggernaut, who was withdrawn from his race last week, showed that there was nothing amiss with him when he did a dashing gallop on a good track here this morning. The Meadow Mist five-year-old, with Laurie Millington astride, was striding out
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      234 21 LONDON, Wed. Liverpool went back to the top of English soccer's First Division last night with a 1-0 home win over bottom club Birmingham City. Birmingham, who collected £1 million (M34m) last week by selling striker Trevor Francis to Nottingham Forest, surprised the European
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      575 21 VII TRAVEL RESTAURANTS 111 Air Travel AR TICKETS and TOURS lo al parts of the world for further information pJeast cal UNIVERSAL EXPRESS PTE LTD 211. Fook Hai Building Smjapor* 1 i STPB ?94| X^ Tel *****1 t *****4 J BUDGET AIR FARES. Call us for basl values m all
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      571 21 BEST DEAL A for the BIGGEST DOWNUNDER' ISLAND^J First class Traveiodges Breakfast each morning Unlimited sightseeings Optional extensions to TASMANIA'S CASINO GREAT BARRIER REEF GOLD COAST angLO-French bravet 73-75 Robinson Road Singapore 1. Spore (*****22) (Goldhill *****45) K. Lumpur (*****4) Lioan— d by STPB TAOO3 EACTHINUNTO •CfTvirouß I •EAST COAST
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      CYALIST WITH PROMISE
      133 22  -  PROFILE By. KEN JALLEH Jr. PANG CHYE KOWANG, only 17, has earned himself a permanent place m the natonal cycling squad as a result of his impressive performance In the 1M kilometres Open race at Bast Coast Park on Sunday. Despite a bad fall on the 2tth
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      110 22 Pang looks certainty for SEA Games Said Hamzah: "Apparently, he has benefited from the overseas trip* and, If he keeps up his present slx-days-a-week raining programme, he will be a certainty for this year's South-east Asian Games. "Pang has the right height and build to be a I great cyclist
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      265 22 DANIEL LJM, the former Singapore tennis star, leads the 57-strong field m the AMOASSAAAAAA golf tournament at Sentosa tomorrow morning. Warren amateur Lim, whose handicap has now been reduced to four, the lowest m the field, sets off at 8.06 a.m. with Warren manager
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        383 22 Whatever the grouse, umpires' have final say I SEE the Aussies are whining down Sydney way. Former Australian Test cricketer Bill O'Reilly, writing this week m the Sydney Morning Herald, claims that the scoop-up England wicket-keeper Bob Taylor made to dismiss opening batsman Andrew Hilditch on the third day of
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      404 22 AUSSIES CRASH ON FOURTH DAY SYDNEY, Wed. Off-spinner Geoff Miller took five for 44 m 27.1 overs to steer England to a crushing nine-wicket win over Australia on the fourth day of the sixth and final Test here today. Miller's figures, the best of his
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      232 22  -  ALBERT JOHNSON By KENNETH KEE, the Republic's Asian Games water-polo team captain, and his bronze medal-win-ning side have been recommended for the meritorious and "Team of the Year" awards respectively by the Singapore Amateur Swimming Association. The SASA water-polo committee, m submitting their
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      68 22 LONDON. Wed. Arsenal centre-half Willie Young began a battle to regain fitness for Saturday's highlight Football Association fifth round clash at Nottingham Forest here today. Young twisted his knee m last night's 2-1 English League First Division win over Arsenal's London neighbours Queen's Park Rangers, and
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      68 22 SWISS Cottage whipped Can Eng Seng 6-0 m a National Schools South Zone boys' secondary hockey match at Monk's Hill School yesterday. In another match, Raffles beat Whitley Secondary 2-1. In the North Zone matches, boys' section, Upper Serangoon Technical School beat Willow 2-1 and Naval Base trounced
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      Thomson in last four
      53 22 THOMSON and Nee Soon qualified for the semi-finals of the losers' pool m the inter-constitu-enry table tennis tournament at Gay World Stadium last night. Thomson defeated Tampines 32 and Nee Soon beat Queenstown 3-1. Thomson will meet Geylang West and Nee Soon take on Radin Mas
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      37 23 Anglo-Chinese School beat Whitley Secondary 4-1 m the National Schools tennis tournament at the Farrer Park courts yesterday. Other results: Dunearn Technical 5 Upper Serangoon Technical 0. Thomson Secondary 3 St. Andrew's School 2.
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      162 23 Mas'od is banned three months MAS'OD BUANG, of Hume Industries, was last night suspended for three months by the Singapore Business Houses Disciplinary Committee for abusing a referee and showing dissent m a Division Three match last month. Mas'od was alleged to have abused the referee, Taib Haji Ibrahim, m
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      Judo in danger of becoming a dead sport very soon
      412 23  -  PATRICK BASTIANS By LIKE A boxer receiving blows below the belt, the Singapore Amateur Judo Association are reeling with the onslaught of undulating disappointments, so much so that the very 'ate of the sport seems threatened today. It is not
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      285 23 WITH Singapore's 15-year-old star trio Jeremy Yeo, Peter Hill and Stewart Ballard confirming their participation m this year's national junior squash championships starting on Saturday at the Singapore Squash Centre, this promises to be another interesting event, reports PATRICK BASTIANS The draw m the under-19
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      BAS re-elect Phua as head for another term
      152 23  -  PETER SIOW By PHUA BAH LEE, the Senior Parliamentary Secretary (Defence), has been reelected president of the Basketball Association of Singapore The other office-bearers i are Ho Kah Leong (vicepresident). Quek Hiang Chiang (secretary). Lee Kirn Heng and Chen Van Teng (assistant
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      Bartley get a trouncing
      88 23 RESULTS of national schools soccer competition matches played yesterday: Secondary Upper Thomson 1 Parry 0. Upper Serangoon Technical 1 Naval Base 1. Sang Nila Uunu 6 Bartlev 0. St Gabriel's 0 Montfort 1. Serangoon 3 Thomson 2. Dunearn 1 Met Chin 2. Jalan Teck Whye 1
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      Injured Dollah out of team to kL
      392 23  -  JOE DOR AI By DOLLAH KASSIM, vicecaptain of Singapore's Malaysia Cup team, is out of Sunday's tie against Armed Forces at the Merdeka Stadium, m Kuala Lumpur. Striker Dollah. who was replaced by Abdul Halim last Sunday, is suffering from an ankle injury.
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      M-Cup tickets
      77 23 TICKETS for the Malaysia Cap match betweea Singapore and Sarawak at the National Stadium on Sunday week will be on sale at four centres this Sunday from 8 a.m. They will be sold at the National, Qaeenstowa, Jaroag and Toa Payoh stadiums. Tickets are prtoed at $8 (grandstand
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      Manickam heads award nominees
      252 23 THE Football Association of Singapore have selected five officials, including K.S. Manickam, secretary of the Singapore Business Houses' Football League, for Certificate of Commendation Awards, reports JOE DORAI. The others are Maurice Pasqual. Clement Joseph, John Chia and Retnam Pierre. They were selected for outstanding contributions
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      315 23  - Murphy urges: Start them young WILFRED YEO By SINGAPORE have a tennis coach of world standard m Desmond Don, the former national coach and international player. The compliment came i from the widely-travelled Dr. Chet Murphy, who is the doyen of American coaches. But. m order for Singapore to have
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    122 24 Anti-graft drive nets 4,600 civil servants JAKARTA. Wed— There may be no civil servants left m Indonesia eventually because of the success of the governments current anticorruption cam p a i gn. according to Internal Security chief Admiral Sudomo. Addressing an Importers meeting here yesterday Admiral Sudomo said some 4.600
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    481 24 $3 BILLION IN THE RED LAST MONTH Japan's record trade deficit TOKYO, Wednesday JAPAN today announced its biggest monthly trade deficit with the rest of the world since the Japanese economic boom began m the early *****. The January deficit,' on a customscleared basis, totalled US$l.43 billion (Ss3.l billion) and
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    186 24 Former British minister Maudling dies, 61 LONDON. Wed FORMER British cabinet minister Reginald Maudling, once a contender for leadership of the Conservative Party, died m hospital here early today. He was 61. Mr Maudling (above), who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer and later as Home Secretary, was admitted for
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    45 24 JAKARTA, Wed. Pour students went on trial today, accused of rttempts to discredit President Suharto m pamphlets distributed m the east Java city of Bandung. The government has ordered the national press not to report on the trial of antlSovernment students. AP.
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    264 24 Tougher curbs by US on textiles from Asia? WASHINGTON, Wednesday ion is today consider>f textile imports from mcd sources said here. j THE US administrati I ing stricter controls o J Asian countries, infon Tougher controls are desired by the special White House representa- tive for trade negotiations, Mr Robert
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    50 24 KUWAIT. Wed. Queen Elizabeth praised the desert weather ot Kuwait and was treated to a lecture on the fine points of oil technology oy her Kuwaiti hosts yesterday. "The weather was awful when we left London," she was quoted as saying. "It U lovely here. —UPI.
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    32 24 Late CLASSIFIED DEATH Mindore pasptM away peacefully oa n 2 79. Burial at Chua Chu Kan* Hindu Cemetery. L*avm« from 42-K. Block- 5«. Telok Blangah Heights at 2 p m today. MRDESAI
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        619 1 IMOI T\ PaP a LEISURE: A hilarious grand tour' of WOMAN PLUS: Prspara yourself for Ducks play th« piano at this animal l IV I Europ* 2 labour and you may f»«l lc*s pain 3 farm 7 Whatwillyour Children become? Chemist I Analyst seventy VOLUMES Doctor )ii*&nxsHL!flßL^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^a^B the >o v
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      We had a hilarious grand 'tour' of Europe
      395 2  -  SAW PUAY LIM By reporting from HONGKONG As elegant to the eye as it was stimulating to the ear GOING on a literary tour of Europe with four theatre actors sounds like an idea many would dismiss right away. Yet there was
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      Council library holds exhibition on English language aids
      229 2 ARE you looking for more references and books to help you polish your learning of the English language or its teaching? If so, then the English Language Teaching Materials exhibition on at the British Council Centre at the Singapore Rubber House, Collyer
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      When the kidnap victim did not wish for rescue
      410 2 When the kidnap victim did not wish for rescue IN 1960, the Indian hero returned to the movie screen m the film BROKEN ARROW and this started a rehabilitation of Indian attitudes which gained momentum throughout the fifties'. Tonight's WESTERN FEATURE SPECIAL. Tw« Bade Together, on Channel 5, was one
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      Midget marionettes that were as large as life
      273 2 AN YONE watching a perfannance by the Salxbu rg Marionette Theatre might have legitimately wandered if he was In the wrong auditorium watching a mavle ef an opera instead. Bat If yon were hi Hoagkoag's City Hall Theatre, thea there hi no
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        989 2 TV and Radio [SINGAPORE 5 3.00 PM Opening and Sherlock Holmes 7.00 Rampaian (Malay) The Case of the Missing Paint- 7.30 News in Malay ing 7.45 The Six Mhn Dolar Man 3.30 Diary of Events (Chinese) g 45 [jJ^^lXl'frolllitiito 1 3.35 Home Sweet Home (Mandarin J^ |Bd W |(Mme J
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      805 3  -  Dr W.J.H. by TODAY I am going to discuss the phenomenon of pain m labour and m my next article m a fortnight's time, the relief of pain m labour. I am, of course, dealing only with the pain associated
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      287 3 Laroche fashions after the ladybird PARIS The ladybird look is the latest style for one Paris fashion designer's collection today a slanted front hem clearly revealing both legs up to the thighs. Guy Laroche's style has a more modest look at the back with cutaway panels dipping gracefully to calf
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      686 3 LINDA SHAW on a possible post-natal therapy for woman drivers LOUGHTON (England): The driving instructor wanted to know everything about the woman. The questions were sharp and intimate. He asked about her car, about her driving background, and finally about her life. All were relevant
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      Stay chic and cool in a tunic suit
      173 3 Stay chic and cool in a tunic suit WHEN countdown starts before the guests spill Into the home, it's a hassle for any hostess to keep her cool. Bat stop for a second or two to think of the image you want to portray... if it is to be the
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      1201 7  -  BETH NISSEN Organisation trains anything from whales to cockroaches By writing for the Asian Wall Street Journal from Hot Springs (Arkansas) HE COMES on stage purposefully, turns to his glittery piano and, after flipping his white tails, plays a striking series of
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      504 7  -  S V LVAN A FOA By THE UNITED States holds 18.4 metric tons of Nazi-looted Czechoslovak gold m a secret vault and refuses to give it back until Czechoslovakia cleans up its human rights act. The US stand has prompted Prague to accuse
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