The Straits Times, 12 April 1979

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    14 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 1979 25 CENTS M.C.(P) No. 142/1/79
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    Lock icon KAMPALA FALLS TO TANZANIANS
    735 1 KAMPALA FALLS TO TANZANIANS Amin 'no longer in power' KAMPALA, Wednesday KAMPALA fell today to Tanzanian forces and Radio Uganda announced that President Idi Amin is "no longer in power." The Tanzanian troops were met by jubilant residents throwing flowers, reported a Reuter correspondent who accompanied the spearhead of the
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    51 1 HONGKONG. Wed. The beleaguered Hongkong dollar tumbled sharply on the foreign exchange market here today with no sign of any government intervention to support the ailing currency. It fell to 5 13 against the US dollar, a spectacular drop of five cents against yesterday's closing price, dealers said.
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    English FA Cup final 'live' on TV
    65 1 RTS will telecast "Uvf" tke Eagttak PA Cap Baal betweea Arsraal aad Maarhaster Halted at WemMey, Loasoa, aa May 12. BTS ku yet U rMflrm tke exact telecast ttme. kick-aft ttmr U t p.m. local Uffle (M» p.m. Ln4m). ■Job's fHaga.pan Pte Ltd,
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    Lock icon Blast at city ammo dump kills 50
    184 1 Blast at city ammo dump kills 50 RAWALPINDI, Wed. A large ammunition dump in the heart of Rawalpindi erupted today with a thundering explosion, killing at least SO people and injuring 60 others. Unofficial reports indicate that the final death toll could run over a hundred and the estimates at
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    Lock icon N. Yemen Govt 'likely to fair report
    156 1 WASHINGTON. Wed.— US intelligence agencies have concluded that the North Yemen Government headed by President Ali Abdullah Saleh is likely to (all within six months, despite emergency US arms aid, the Washington Post said today. The intelligence estimates circulating within the Carter Administration
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    Lock icon Thatcher pledges biggest shake-up
    364 1 Thatcher pledges biggest shake-up LONDON, Wednesday CONSERVATIVE leader Margaret Thatcher promised today that she would carry out the biggest political shake-up in Britain's postwar history if she becomes Prime Minister next month Launching her campaign (or the May 3 general election, the 53-year-old politician pledged she would steer Britain "in
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    Lock icon Iron Lady's new look
    134 1 Iron Lady 's new look LONDON, Wed. The Coservattve Party plaaged late the electtaa fray by aavelilag a "aew leak" Margaret Thatcher. la her lint campaign press con fereace, Mrs Thatcher tried v tone dawa her "Irs« Lady" kaage hy ■porting a aatter halrd*. She was arttealato, her vatee controlled
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    Lock icon Red carrier
    38 1 TOKYO. Wed. The Soviet aircraft carrier, Minsk, haa entered the Indian Ocean after crulalng off the western coaat of Africa, possibly to join the Soviet Pacific fleet, a Japanese daily newspaper Sankei Shimbun. reported today. Reuter.
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    42 1 NEW YORK. Wed. Dow Jones averages, baaed on drat hour of trading on the New York Stock Exchange: 30 India 87C.30 off 142; trana 234.H off 0 39; 15 utUa 1041* off 0.10; «J stocks 288 35 off OB UPI.
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    Lock icon Suharto sees his envoy
    50 1 JAKARTA, Wed. President Suharto today held talks with his Ambassador to Singapore, ViceMarshal Sudjatmiko, on relations between Indonesia and the Republic. There have been unconfirmed reports about a possible meeting between Mr Suharto and Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew to discuss bilateral and regional issues. AFP
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    Lock icon Early election
    41 1 ROME. Wed. Prime Minister Glullo Andreottl haa bowed to preaaure from leftists and act early national elections for June 3 and 4. Th? caretaker Premier made his decision yesterday despite criticism from all sides of the political spectrum. UPI
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    Power and gas up 1 cent
    738 1  -  IRENE NGOO and JANIE KHOO By ELECTRICITY prices will go up by 0.99 cent per unit and gas by one cent from May 1 in the long anticipated fuel price rise by the Public Utilities Board. This revision will affect all categories of consumers
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    Lock icon Iran to raise oil price?
    396 1 Iran to raise oil price? NEW YORK. Wed. Iran will soon announce an oil price rise which, according to industry sources, will heighten the possibility of a new round of increases by the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries. The sources said Iran would charge U5516.57 (5536.45) a barrel for its
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    Lock icon SPY PLANES IN VIETNAM
    65 1 TOKYO, Weal. Then StTMg UMUC*t*M that two Bevlet Tapelev electreaie spy piaaes landed ia Vietnam today far tke drat ttme, the Japaa Defeat* Ageaey aft Ageaey mmret* aaM that If the piaaes are U he rtatUacd permanently la Vletaam, it will have great Impact m Beataeast
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  • AROUND THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Iran Govt to sack 100,000 employees
      291 2 TEHERAN, Wed. More than 100,000 civil servants will be sacked because they are "unneeded" in their j present posts, Deputy Prime Minister Abbas Amir-Entezam said at his triweekly news briefing yesterday as more than 4,000 enemployed Iranians demonstrated in the capital for jobs. But
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      Lock icon Major air strike by Israelis
      474 2 Major air strike by Israelis BEIRUT, Wed. ISRAELI fighter planes carried out a major air strike against three Palestinian targets in Lebanon yesterday, causing scores of casualties. The Israeli aircraft hit two Palestinian refugee camps at Damour, 24 km south of Beirut, and Raschidiyeh, close to the southern port of
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      Lock icon Alert in Sudan after discovery of plot
      254 2 KHARTOUM, Wed. The Sudanese armed farces have been placed under a state af maximum alert following the discovery af a plat to overthrew the regime af President Jaafar Nuroeiry, the chief af state security said yeaterday. Addreosiag the Sudanese People's Assembly, Major General
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      Lock icon Crackdown on racers
      64 2 Crackdown on racers HONGKONG. Wed Police! have cracked down on tome rich motorists indulging in night racing (or reportedly large aims in bet money. Police reported today that last Sunday they surrounded (0 can in a rural Kowloon Park apparently preparing (or races along a highway. Many of the can
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      397 2 Celebrate Easter in a grand psssstts^^sskX^ssfe^isss^^l I •'y x l™% "C* I way at Shangri-La s Easter m\jsfT %m\ 1 \Af+ 31 rfISTPV C r I Sunday Brunch. This If V> j I sumptuous buffet brunch of K^£lT\C\\/ I local and Western dishes is a ps*P^^#A^s»^^Jl^^^ IVljr :?1 feast for
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      Lock icon Trade talks end after five years
      366 3 GENEVA, Wednesday THE Tokyo round of trade liberalisation talks wound up today after five years of negotiations disrupted by rising oil prices and the decline of the United States dollar. A final meeting of the Trade Negotiations Committee, comprising all 99 nations that took
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      Lock icon ITF plans boycott of Nicaragua, Chile
      106 3 ITF plans boycott of Nicaragua, Chile LONDON, Wed The International Transport- workers Federation (ITF) said yesterday it had called for a full boycott of all transport to and from Chile and Nicaragua. The London-based ITF said it had taken the step because Chilean and Nk-ara-guan authorities had continuously failed to
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      Lock icon 40pc saving on inter-Aussie fares
      146 3 40pc saving on inter- Aussie fares CANBERRA, Wed. Overseas visitors flying to Australia will soon be able to save up to 40 per cent on tickets for domestic nights here, it was announced today. Transport Minister Peter Nixon said the purpose of the new scheme, which comes into operation on
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      Lock icon Garter: I may introduce laws on oil profits
      171 3 Garter: I may introduce laws on oil profits WASHINGTON, Wed. President Carter warned US oil companies he might introduce laws, if needed, to make them use extra profits for new energy exploration. Mr Carter said yesterday the country had a right to expect that profits stemming from his plan to
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      Lock icon Strike ends after action threat
      264 3 Strike ends after action threat CANBERRA, Wednesday FACING a police action threat to forcibly remove huiiJ'.-xis of trucks, the last of the striking truck drivers today dismantled their blockades of major highways around Sydney and Canberra. The New South Wales State Premier, Mr Neville Wran. had ordered the mobilisation of
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      Teamster strike to end on tentative accord
      166 3 Teamster strike to end on tentative accord WASHINGTON, Wed The Teamsters Union reached tentative agreement last night on a new contract with thr trucking industry to end a 10-day nationwide strike that has laid off thousands of car workers. Chief federal mediator Wayne Horvitz said a tentative agreement has been
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      Lock icon Total cutoff will leave French deathly cold
      431 3 PARIS, Wednesday PEOPLE dying of cold, 28 per cent unemployment within a year and a half, gas rationed to 23 litres a month that is the grim scenario foreseen for France in the event of a total cut-off of oil from the Middle
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      Lock icon New Rail record
      61 3 LONDON. Wed. A British pasirager train yesterday travelled 140 km at an average speed of 179.7 km h. a world record for a scheduled rail service from start to stop. A British rail spokesman said the train, with 300 passengers on board, ran from London's Paddington station
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      Lock icon Feet-washing ceremony
      56 3 VATICAN CITY. Wed. Pope Paul II wlO wash the feet oT 12 mentally handicapped old people during a traditional pre-Easter mass tomorrow evening, the Vatican announced yesterday. The rite, celebrated each year in the Roman basilica of T. John Lateran, commemorates the Lat Spper. at which Christ washed
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      Court award for man who lost organ in surgery
      137 3 PITTSBURGH, Wed. A eovt kere has awarded a large mm ef nwnry to a man wbese peals was mistakenly amputated at a hospital jut before his marriage. The award, believed to be VSjSUjm (SI 1.8 mllllea), was given ea Monday to
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      Lock icon Plans to form Viet war veterans reserve
      304 4 WASHINGTON, Wednesday THE State Department disclosed plans to call up Vietnam war veterans to form an "emergency reserve" that could be sent straight to the front line in the event of war and immediately sparked off a furore. The US army would need
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      Lock icon BULGARIA'S FIRST SPACEMAN TAKES OFF
      145 4 BULGARIA'S FIRST SPACEMAN TAKES OFF MOSCOW, Wed. After the worst weather for a manned Soviet space launching, the first Bulgarian cosmonaut and his Soviet flight commander sped today toward a rendezvous with two other cosmonauts aboard the orbiting Salyut 6 laboratory to conduct an extensive research programme. The Soviet news
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      Lock icon 2 bombs sent to Manila ministers
      133 4 2 bombs sent to Manila ministers MANILA. Wed. Manila police authorities today ordered tight security around top Philippine officials following the discovery of three home-made bombs gift-wrapped and brought to the offices of two cabinet ministers and a newspaper publisher. The two cabinet officials are Agriculture Minister Arturo Tanco, who
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      Lock icon Battle of top chess players
      101 4 Battle of top chess players MONTREAL, Wed. Ten of the world's greatest chess players have gathered here and will start play today for US$llO,OOO (5J242.000) in prizes in an international tournament. Two of the biggest names in the group are Anatoly Karpov of the Soviet Union and Boris Spassky, a
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      Lock icon New cure for diabetes
      75 4 TOKYCV Wed A Japanese research learn yesterday announced development of a new drug derived from wiiooping cough germs to cure diabetes. It Is expected 10 supersede all conventional treatments (or the disease The team headed by Professor Uichlo Ui of the (acuity of pharmaceutical sciences of
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      Lock icon The Duke's face in stone
      88 4 The Duke's face in stone AUSTRALIAN seilpUr Brett-LJviagateM Straag, SS, uses partabk jfcekhammer on a 12-Unnr stanr In Las Aageles on Taesday to carve ont Ike famous face af actor John Wayne. The stoae Itself became part af lacal history when a little over a m*nUt aga It Raised the
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      Lock icon Minister dies
      30 4 BANGKOK. Wed. Mr Mok Akun, Economic Minister of the new Vietnamese-barked administration in Kampuchea has died at the age of 45, the administration's radio station announced today. Reuter.
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      Lock icon Smith: Soviets controlling guerillas
      214 4 Smith: Soviets controlling guerillas SALISBURY, Wed. Rhodesian Prime Minister lan Smith said today that senior Soviet officers have taken control at the headquarters of black nationalist guerillas operating from Zambia. Speaking to reporters a few hours after a new Rhodesian air raid on a nationalist camp near Lusaka, he said:
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      Lock icon An incurable snoop
      185 4 BARNSLEY (Britain), Wed. i Janet Dyson was crouched down and peering through the letter slot in her neighbour's front door when she was pounced on and arrested by police. "I can't help myself," she j told a court. "I'll do it again when I feel like it."
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      121 4 Italian Restaurants L Ir 'rial Every dollar spent at La Taverna Business Hours: is worth it! The only Restaurants Dairy Noon pm 5i with traditional Italian decor in 6 pm Midnight the "Lion City" serving genuine Sunday 6pm Midnight Italian food and wines. Come and try our tasty. Irvshly ZjMWA
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      Lock icon Foreign aid under fire by Jakarta paper
      320 5 Foreign aid under fire by Jakarta paper JAKARTA, Wed The nationalist Jakarta daily news- paper Merdeka today virtually called for public demon- strations against the government policy towards foreign economic aid. In a strong antigovernment outburst, the newspaper said foreign aid cannot be separated from the political wishes of the
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      Sihanouk's wish
      65 5 BANGKOK, Wed. Fanner Kampacheaa bead stole Nsrsdam Siaaawak ban expressed Us wish U daaa.tr part •f Us family* wealth U help Kamparheaa retagera la ThaiUarf. Vaftaaa aewspapen reported thai a farmer Tfcal amhaa— 'sr to Kampaebea, Paliee Majar-Geaeral Chaaa Samathavaak-a, said be was asked to keep aaaat ISM,
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      Lock icon Khmer Rouge guerillas in new clash
      221 5 ARANY APR ATHET (Thailand), Wed FIGHTING broke out again today between Khmer rouge guerillas and Vietnamese-led forces about 10 km south of the Kampuchean town of Poipet. Thai officials said the Khmer Rouge appeared still to be in control of Poipet and trying to
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        91 5 RIO DE JANEIRO: A 24-year-old man survived a bullet wound because his heart was on the wrong side, hospital sources said on Tuesday. Olson Alcides De Rosa Filho was admitted to hospital over the weekend after being shot in the back. The bullet came through his
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        113 5 NASHVILLE: Car crash victim Linda Wilson lay bleeding and helpless for two-and-a-half days at the bottom of a ravine while thousands of motorists drove past above. Trapped in her wrecked car with a dead friend beside her. Miss Wilson, 30, survived by drinking rainwater from her
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        Lock icon Villagers went down to death
        70 5 RAWALPINDI: Twelve villagers died in succession when they climbed down a well which contained gas leaking from a kerosenepowered water pump, police said on Tuesday. They said the first victim went down the well to repair the pump in a village about 80km from here.
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        Lock icon Taiwan ties act signed by Carter
        127 5 WASHINGTON, Wed. Although Beijing has termed it unacceptable, President Carter yesterday signed the Taiwan Relations Act outlining how America will deal with Taipeh now that they have no diplomatic status in Washington. The signing culminated four months of controversy which followed Mr Carter's Dec
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      Lock icon Tory lead slipping, says poll
      402 5 LONDON, Wad. THE latest opinion poll in Britain's general election campaign indicates that Prime Minister James CaJlaghan's Labour Party could be gaining ground on the opposition Conservatives. The Dally Express survey, published today, reported that the Conservative lead over Labour bad dropped to 10 per
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      Lock icon Aussie-Asean ties in disarray'
      141 5 AussieAsean ties in disarray' TOWNSVILLE (Queensland), Wed. Australia's overall relations with the Aaean countries were in alarming disarray, Federal opposition Labour pp a rty leader Bill Hayden said here today. Mr Hayden said Australia already had probably missed the chance to develop the hill potential economic relations with Asean. He
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      Lock icon Five ousted
      38 5 PEKING, Wed. Five high tevel officials have been toppled in the late chairman Mao Zedong (Mao Tse-tung) home province af Hunan for wild behaviour and conspiracy charges, Changaha Radio said In broadcasts made available yesterday. UPI.
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      366 5 APRIL 16TH ISSUE THE GHOST OF BHUTTO: The execution c! former Pakistani Prime Minister Bhutto horrified hiscou tin/men and may have put Pakistan on the path to a period o' instability For in the eyes of many Pakistanis. Bhutto is now a martyr PLUS: THE ENERGY TANGLE ANO OIL iiTL^i
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    White collar worker
    99 6 SO YOU waat to he a white collar warkerf Thea yaa shaald read New Nattaa today aad Had *at what the gavenmeat te gtlug to da in this •rea af edaeattaa. M latorvlew with education reporter TERESA 001, the minister la charge af the aewty-laaached Vaeattamal aad
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    S'pore ship believed blocked in Swedish port
    539 6  -  GEORGE JOSEPH By THE Singapore ship Kanuka Forest, which left a Finnish port after industrial action against it was lifted, is now believed to be "blocked" again by similar action! in a Swedish port. The bulk carrier left the Finnish port presumably on
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    $45,665 for crash victim
    150 6 $45,665 for crash victim A MASON, who sued the government for negligence in a road accident claim, was awarded $45,665 all-in damages, plus costs, by Mr Justice A. P. Rajah in the m h Court yesterday. Mr Tan Kirn Beng, 33, of Redhill Close, was riding a motorcycle home from
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    ITF head: I want to meet Devan
    252 6 ITF head: I want to meet Devan THE secretary-general of the International Transport-workers Federation (ITF), Mr Harold j Lewis, said today that he would like to meet Mr) C.V. Devan Nair to discuss the aim and policy of the federation. He said this In reply to the NTUC secretary-gener-al's charges
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    Labourer, 17 charged
    71 6 A CASUAL labourer, Chong Beng San, 17, was yesterday charged In a district court with breaking Into the Hefu Renovation Company at Lorong Halwa In the small hours of Jan 29. and stealing two cheque books belonging to the company's manager, Mr Tsai Pu Tan. The case
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    Charged with taking drug
    59 6 YIP Fook Seng, 27, was charged in a district court yesterday with consuming morphine on April 3, while he was still under a twoyear supervision period following a similar offence in February last year. The case will be further men- i tioned on May 2. Yip.
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    Stole $500 of wiring
    51 6 A DRIVER. Mahat bin Motng, 34, who stole seven rolls of electrical wiring worth 600 from a businessman Mr Ng Soy Ah In Bin)al Rise on Nov 15 last year, was yesterday Jailed for a day and fined SI .000 He pleaded guilty in a magistrate's
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    CC classes
    27 6 ULU Randan community centre *U1 bold art lessons for children rod a count In Chinese tim-aum Fvcry Saturday from 2.30 p.m. HUM Interested should telephone
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    Nora finds the melting pot of Asia's cuisine
    228 6  - Nora finds the melting pot of Asia's cuisine NANCY BYRAMJI By NORA Villanueva Daza, a household name among Filipino cooks, finds Singapore "the real melting pot" for Asia's cuisine. "I could stay here for six months just gorging myself," she said, "and still wouldn't eat enough of it." Miss Daza,
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    Centenary celebration
    58 6 THE Christian Brothers Old Boys' Association (CBOBA) will celebrate the centenary of St. Anthony's School, the 60th anniversary of the CBOBA and the 2&th anniversary of St. Michael's Institution, with a dinner and dance at the Shangri-La Hotel on May 26 at 7.30 p.m. Those interested in attending
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    Doctor's talk
    30 6 DR Ho Kok Tong of the Singapore General Hospital will talk in Mandarin on high blood Vinire a Ghim Moh community centre on April 19 at 8 p.m.
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    Fire at Comcentre
    90 6 TELECOMS staff daahed a«t af their aewly-apeaed Telecams beadqnartrni, Camceutre, in Exeter Ra*4 yesterday when Ore brake aat aa tke 17tk flaar af tke S-sterey baildln K Several imtalnfrn and three fire eagisjes rmeed te tke aeeae, aaly te tlmd rabbis* as Ore aa tke nth flaw.
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      161 6 HEALTH AND THE SEN- 1 admission. ART EXHIBITION by stuIOB CITIZEN a talk by TRADITIONAL CHINESE dents at Institute of Eduoa Dr Lira Chin Eang. regis- MEDICINE EXHIBITION at tion, Paterson Road from trar, School Health Section, the National Museum Art 8.30 a.m. to 5 p m On till Ministry
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    Vandals' big chop
    137 7 POLICE HUNT AFTER TREES AND SAPLINGS DESTROYED POLICE arc l**ki>x tor grasp *f vax la Is www* trees aad apr**i«s! l» Maflaga stoatt* aIMK the Paa UUad Expressway betweea ■Mdt TtmAh aad Ateas tUmi «a Tseadav. Tke aaaage Is estimated fey the the Parka aa4 ■ncrnatUa Departmeat
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    Yoga course
    32 7 KIM Keat community centre will conduct a three-month yoga course on Mondays from April 16 from 6.30 p.m. to 7.30 p.m. The lee is SlB For more details, call 25*0056
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    Band contest
    27 7 THE Inter-secondary school band competition organised by the Singapore Youth Festival Committee will be held at the National Stadium on April 28 at 4.30 p.m
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    Mission to visit NZfor trade talks
    224 7 Mission to visit NZfor trade talks A DELEGATION of local entrepreneurs will leave soon for New Zealand to explore opportunities for trade and Joint ventures, licensing agreements and the sharing of know-how and technology. The group, which will include representatives from Selco, Sime Darby, Straits Steamship, Intraco and Fraser and
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    Court grants armed robber's request
    545 7 THE High Court yesterday granted the plea of an armed robber not to be sentenced in front of his wife and family when it jailed him for life and ordered that he he given six strokes of the cane for armed robbery. Mr Justice D'Cotta
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    Quality of future leaders will be good: Don
    453 7 SINGAPORE'S open, competitive society will help ensure that the quality of the Republic's future leadership will be good although no one among the second echelon leadership can match Mr Lee Kuan Yew's political experience. This is how a political scientist looks at
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    Hospital ship to help refugees on Bidong
    238 7 Hospital ship to help refugees on Bidong VIETNAMESE refugees on Pulau Bidong, off the north-east coast of Malaysia, will soon find medical services a short boat ride away from the island. The medical service will be provided by a floating hospital, Eastland of Light, a converted 1,400-tonne freighter which will
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    Breaking-in man jailed
    76 7 A CARPENTER, who wax checked during a police roadblock, was found to be a wanted man who had left behind his fingerprints when he broke into a house in Pasir Panjang about two years ago. Sei Leong Ping, 28, of MacPherson Road, was jailed for nine months
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    Second talk
    36 7 THE second talk in the series "Time On Your Hands," organised by the adult section of the Marine Parade branch library, will be held in the library's lecture hall at 10 30 a.m. today.
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    Three NPB courses
    85 7 Three NPB courses THE National Productivity Board will conduct a course on Applied Ergonomics from April 20 to May 11 every Monday. Wednesday and Friday, at its town training centre at Hotel Royal Ramada in Newton Road. It will also conduct a course at the same premises on Project Evaluation
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    Swimming gala
    52 7 THE Children'! A& Society will hold a swimming gala at Raffles Institution on June 30 from 2 p.m. to S p.m. to celebrate the International Year of the Child. More than M 0 entrants from charity homes, iiwhuMug the blind, deaf, spastic*, and retarded, will take part in
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    The m-bikes with safest record on the road
    208 8 The m-bikes with safest record on the road MOTORCYCLISTS marklam M brtwwa Ml Md Mtoe eagtaes had the beat reeaH last year ud •aly *ac meh mmrhlnr was lav*l\rd la fatal accMeat, a Traffic P»Uw ■pakesmaa said yeaterHe saM there were aver t,Hi nek marhlxs the r*ad and the aerMeat
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    Used forged passport
    49 8 A THAI woman. Deem Pratipnatalang, 36. was fined $1,000 by a district judge yesterday after she admitted trying to enter Singapore by using a forged Malaysian passport last Monday. Deem said in mitigation that she was a widow and wanted to enter Singapore to seek employ-
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    Neighbourly campaign
    49 8 MACPHERSON community centre will promote good neighbourliness with a campaign in the MacPherson housing estate. Members of the working committee and volunteer workers from the constituency will visit residents in Block 91. Pipit Road on April 17. 19. 24. and 26 from 7.30 p.m. to 9 p.m.
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    PUB urges motorists: Do your bit
    360 8 W^^^^k^^^^^^f^^^^^^^^^l^& '^E*^J t A In reply to AAS chief THE Public Utilities Board yesterday called on motorists to do their part in the nation-wide energy conservation campaign by putting up with changes in the street lighting times. A PUB spokesman j said in reply
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    Lorry drivers filling up here
    251 8 AN ACUTE shortage of diesel fuel in Peninsular Malaysia has driven many lorry drivers as well as motorists to get their supplies before leaving Singapore. Over the past six months, lorry operators and motorists, particularly those plying regularly between the Malaysian Peninsular and the Republic,
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    Coaching in squash
    32 8 THE Metropolitan YMCA will hold a twice-weekly eight-session squash coaching course for its members from April 26 Those interested should contact the association's physical education department at tel *****66
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    Two films
    31 8 THE Singapore Science Centre will screen two films, Mr Sun and Rendezvous with the Sun. at its lecture hall in Science Centre Road on April 22 at 3 p.m.
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    High Court orders removal of liquidators
    576 8 MR CHUA Boon Chin, a minority shareholder in Cycle and Carriage (Realty) Ltd (CCRL).now in voluntary liquidation, yesterday won his court application to have three liquidators of the company removed from their offices. The three CCRL liquidators are Messrs J.M. McCor- mack, Michael Pollen
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    Lav to exeesi Volunteer services to Sana
    269 9 Lav to exeesi Volunteer services to Sana THE MP for Serangoon Garden, Dr Lav Teik Soon, last i night urged more people. particula-ly senior civil ser- I vants add those holding managerial positions in the private sector, to volunteer their services to the Singapore Anti-Narcotics Associattea's Volunteer Aftercare Service. Dr
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    Surgery fails to save boy who fell
    131 9 Surgery fails to save boy who fell DOCTORS at AJesaatta* BsspiUi failed to save the life sdwltoy Ka«* B«ag Beag, U, wk* mrndtt weat mm tmewgemty krala iptraMf after he fell while iiaaiac. at the Qaee— fw Steaflam m Mtaity. Bea« Seat, a SeessMlaty Three papU «f Gs* Bag Bea«
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    Association officials
    46 9 MR Ku Pak Ming has been elector! president of the Singapore Timber E_-p™-ters' Association. The other ofhcuu» aVT Messrs Syed M A AldkJ vice-president, treasurer. Abdulkader F. Tyebally, treasurer rid committee members Chan Wing Khoon. Mohamed Hussein. Chua Eng Wan. N A.Bana and J.T.Mota.
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    New home for aged in Bedok New Town
    468 9 New home for aged in Bedok New Town A NEW home will be built in Bedok New Town for the aged destitute. Part of the money for the setting up and upkeep of the home will come from manual workers, some of whom can afford only 30 cents in monthly
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    Dabbling in shares? Here are the 'Ten Commandments'
    499 9  - Dabbling in shares? Here are the 'Ten Commandments' BOH Tl ANG KENG By STOCK market expert, Mr Peter Sutherland, yesterday spelt out the "Ten Commandments" the investor should obey to make best use of his money. They are: KNOW the objectives and risks the investor can afford to undertake. SPREAD
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    Expect delays
    28 9 THE Australian Poat Office baa advised that owrwi mall to and from Australia Is «üb)ect to delay as a result o( industrial action In the country
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    SISIR TO HOLD WELDING WORKSHOP
    103 9 SISIR TO HOLD WELDING WORKSHOP THE Singapore Institute of Standards and Industrial Research (Sisir) will conduct a one-day workshop for welding supervisors and training officers on May 18 at the Shangri-la Hotel. The course, to be conducted by senior Sisir officers, briefly reviews the various relevant welders' qualification test codes
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    35,700 jobless
    75 9 A HOUSEHOLD survey by the Labour Ministry has estimated that 35,700 people were unemployed in Singapore last year, representing about 3.6 per cent of the total labour force of nearly 996.000. Our report yesterday had said there were 15.224 unemployed In the Labour Mlnlsty's "live register" (comprising only
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    RGPS site taken over by the IEIEC
    455 10  -  JUNE TAN By THE former Raffles Girls' Primary School in Queen Street has been renamed the Institute of Education InService Education Centre (lEIEC). It is now being used by the lE. Catholic High and St Nicholas as a language centre for teachers, Nanyang
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    Didn't turn up for tests
    53 10 Didn 't turn up for tests A SEAMAN Nemat bin Daki, 24. was yesterday fined $1,500 on two charges of falling to report for urine tests while he was under a drug supervision order. He pleaded guilty to committing the offence on Feb 19 and 24. He was fined $750
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    IE staff vote in favour of forming union
    290 10 IE staff vote in favour of forming union INSTITUTE of Education lecturers are keen on forming an academic staff union to add more muscle to their bargaining power on salary revisions. A committee has been set up to look into the pros and cons of forming a union, following a
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    CLASSES FOR MUSLIM STUDENTS
    81 10 CLASSES FOR MUSLIM STUDENTS NANYANG University's Association of Muslim Undergraduates will hold weekend tutorial classes for primary and secondary students from April 22 onwards at the Jalan Majapahit Mosque. The classes will be conducted by nine students from Nanyang University and the Joint Campus, and subjects include Malay, mathematics and
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    Six doctors pass RACS exam
    82 10 Six doctors pass RACS exam SIX candidates were successful at the recent Part I fellowship examination of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. They are Drs Arabinda Chat lerjee (Chattopadhyay), Chia Swee Cheong, Richard Fan Foo Tang, Lee Kheng Hln, Lota Leong Earn and Yeap Choong Ueng. The MP for
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    About the old giving way to the new...
    425 10  -  NANCY CHNG By A VISITING architect from Britain has scoffed at the common belief that progress is only possible if the old gives way to the new. Mr Sherban Cantacuzino, SO, the executive editor of the Architectural Review (published in England) said
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    Pilot plan
    41 10 THE Social Work Service of the Singapore Children's society will hold a press conference to release details of a two-year Pilot LatchKey Child Development Project at Children Centre. Block 94, 272A Henderson Road on April 17 at 3 p.m.
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    Marriages in mosques: Muis sets guidelines
    140 10 Marriages in mosques: Muis sets guidelines THE Maillm ReUgtew < •oncll (Mula) has Riven aumbrr «f giMettao* U enable Muslim marrtagea (aaa4 nlkah) to be held In m—aaesj. The five rwMlltiMM set •at In a letter to the Maaqae Board Committee are: •It moat he held In the masa.Be'* malti-parpmr
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    Firms join hands to set up first reinsurance association
    439 10  - Firms join hands to set up first reinsurance association SOH TI ANG KENQ By ELEVEN reinsurance firms here have joined hands to launch the Singapore Reinsurance Association the first reinsurance club in the republic. One of the main objectives of the SRA is to assist the government to develop Singapore
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    Mum found son and daughter in well
    153 10 A CORONER'S court yesterday heard of a woman's horror on finding her son and daughter drowned in a pond near their home when she returned from work. Recounting the Feb 28 double tragedy, Madam Ng Swee Hee, a factory hand, said that when
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    JTC's two options from July
    767 11 JTC's two options from July Leasing industrial land Prevailing annual rent based on 3f>year lease 60-year lease Option 1 Premium payment Wi of $45 per sq.m. $51.25 per sq.m. $73.60 per sq.m. Option 2 Increase land value for fixed rent 6c6 c f of 145 per sq.m. 6' < 0f
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    52 11 THE Mlafartry «f H*mr Affairs Im remladod mlaan wb* are Staga-pre rltisem by aesceat «r by regtotiiMia, to take the mU af remaetettosi, alleglaaM* *m* toyalty wttkla a year «f reaealag the age «f Thaw wb* tall U d« m will l«* their Stagaparr rittwasalp, a mlmlstry statement
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    PC: I didn't lie to help colleague on trial—
    266 11 PC: I didn't lie to help colleague on trial POLICE constable Koh Mm Chuan, whose colleague is on trial for negligently killing a labourer, yesterday denied he was testifying in favour of the accused. Deputy Public Prosecutor Loke Yoon Kee alleged that PC Koh had lied in his testimony to
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    New officials for institute
    75 11 MR DAVID Ong has been elected president of the Singapore Institute of Personnel Management. Other officials are: vice-presi-dents. Mean Richard Png and Thio Gim Ho: secretary, Mr Cheng Slew Hon; assistant secretary, Mr Francis Law; ■reasurer. Mrs Wee Kirn Chew; -—'■—-> treasurer, Mrs Perllta Tiro; council
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      190 11 Bringing Up Father By Bill Kavanagh Hal Camp "Yrrfe about Lf Me's a Ime ©aye me a free I I I floor wax KM SO PROUD OP V TIME.' j SALESMAN.'/ DEMONSTRATION OF I 2> MV BROTHER BIMAV/ F* \/ynAT HIS PRODUCT j— s B^-i^--^ Blondie By Chic Young I
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      Acute 'artificial shortage' forces up timber prices
      299 12 Acute 'artificial shortage' forces up timber prices PENANG, Wad THERE is an alarming increase in the price of timber due to an acute "artificial shortage," housing developers and builders here said. "The shortage is due to export-orientated suppliers finding the foreign markets paying more for the timber," one housing developer
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      Prices of rubber and tin bounce up
      342 12 WHILE dealers expect rubber to hit the 280-cent-a-kilo mark before the month is out, tin prices gained $24 a picul on Tuesday to touch a high of 12,006. Rubber prices, which have been hovering around the 230-cent mark early this year, reached 276.60
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      25 12 PENANG. Wed. Villagers living along the Krian river in Seberang Prai have formed an action committee to check pollution in the river. NST.
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      Lock icon Tropical storms. hit 3 states
      99 12 Tropical storms. hit 3 states KUALA LUMTUR, Wed. Violent tropical storms which swirled through three states yesterday killed a 63-year-old woman, damaged several houses and left many people homeless, officials here said yesterday. They said the woman was killed when a tree fell on her in an open field in
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      Lock icon Air pact: Korean forKL
      90 12 Air pact Korean forKL KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. South Korea's directorgeneral of Civil Aviation, Mr W.B. Suh, is expected to come here for discussions on the interpretation of the bilateral air services agreement. Mr Suh will meet his Malaysian counterpart, Mr Hamzah Mahid. to try reach an understanding on the routing
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      49 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Malaystan Prime Minister Datuk Husarin Onn is due to visit China early next month Informed sources said that the week long visit is tentatively scheduled to begin from May 2, but details of the programme are yet to be worked out. NST
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      57 held
      38 12 ALOR STAR, Wed. Fifty-seven suspected Malaysian and Thai bar" hats including a Malaysian we man were arrested in Pekan Slam, a Thai border town opposite Padang Besar during a fourhour Joint Malaysian-Thai police opefpttons early yesterday.
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      Lock icon KL urges Kedah to act against sect
      193 12 KL urges Kedah to act against sect KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The Federal G«venim«Bt Ud»y arttrxl Ike KrdaJi State GtvenoiMt to take "•trimgeat measaret" agalast the "ttex-Worr-marrUHtc" sect nrarishlag la tke state. Mlatoter without Part Mi* in tke Prime Mlaistor's De- partment Datak HaJ M«hainod Naalr aaM tke aeet members were
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      111 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Employees of self-service stores are not empowered to check shoppers' bags at their own whim. Deputy City CID Chief (Investigations) Supt. S. Kulasingam said that the retailer should only check the bag of a shopper if he was absolutely certain that
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      289 12 Labour laws and basic rights by MTUC leader KUALA LUMPUR, Wed CHANGES in labour legislation can be achieved only when the labour movement sinks its differences, ignores petty issues and concentrates on major policy issues, MTUC secretary- general V. David said today. In a report in The Star, he was
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      Lock icon MMA tells govt doctors: Don't do part-time work
      263 12 MMA tells govt doctors: Don't do part-time work KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) president, Dr M. K. Rajakumar, advised government doctors today to refrain from work- j ing in private clinics in their free time as this constituted a breach of government service orders. He said the
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      Lock icon Govt urged to beef up the armed forces
      373 13 ifadgmjMdJ.hija KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. A senator today urged the government to "beef up" its national defence in view of the increasing instability in the region, particularly in Indochina. Senator T S Gabriel said, towards this end. Malaysia's armed forces should be equipped
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      Lock icon 'Malaysia not taking sides on border conflict'
      200 13 'Malaysia not taking sides on border conflict' KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. j Foreign Minister Tengku Ahmad Rithauddeen reiterated yesterday that Malaysia is not taking sides in the conflict between China and Vietnam. If there were accusations by certain quarters that Malaysia was taking sides, this was because those quar- ters viewed
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      Lock icon Ghaz on students held under ISA
      104 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. A total of 297 students have been arrested for involvement in communist activities in schools since 1970. They were arrested under the Internal Security Act and were therefore not brought to trial. Home Affairs Minister Tan Sri Uhazali Shafie said yesterday.
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      'Arrest those who exploit refugee issue'
      215 13 'Arrest those who exploit refugee issue' KUALA LUMPUR, Wed A NEWLY-APPOINTED SeMter yesterday called •a the |»vfm»il U place uder ISA arrest thexr members af the p«bUc who are rx pelting the Vtetaames* Illegal Immlgraats lasae. Maklag his maMea speech la the Seaa.tr daring the debate m the MM-Term Review
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      Lock icon Caught in the act
      73 13 MALACCA. Wed. Religious officials today caught a couple having sexual intercouse in the courtyard of the former Drainage and Irrigation Department in Fort Road here on Monday afternoon The 31-year-old man, from Klebang Besar here, and the 27-year-old woman from Sungai Bani Tengah, Masjid Tanah, 29km
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      Lock icon Muslim wife wins right to an English divorce
      292 13 Muslim wife wins right to an English divorce LONDON, Wednesday A RAVEN-HAIRED Mrs Bilquis Quazi, 39, who rebelled against the Muslim wife's subservient role yesterday won the right to petition for an English divorce although her husband Mohammed, 47, a! "strict Muslim" claimed the marriage had already been dissolved twice.
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      Cooperation and air services pact signed
      137 13 Cooperation and air services pact signed KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Bangladesh and Malaysia signed an economic and technical cooperation and j an air services agreement here today. The documents, aimed at strengthening bilateral relations, were signed after wide-ranging dicussions between visiting Bangladesh President Ziaur Rahman and Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Hussein
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      Lock icon No holiday
      34 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The government does not intend to declare Thaipusam a public holiday. Minister without Portfolio in the Prime Minister's Department Senator Pengiran Othman Rauf told the Dewan Negara yesterday -NST.
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      Lock icon 'To let' signs that have no takers
      227 13 'To let' signs that have no takers JOHORE BARU. Wed. Landlords of "posh bungalows" in the town's elite residential areas are finding it hard to get tenants for their houses these days. Several bungalows in the Marine Vista and Fresh Breezes areas have been lying vacant for months. These bungalows,
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    The Straits Times THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 1979 CAUSE FOR ALL
    382 14 The Straits Times THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 1979 CAUSE FOR ALL SINGAPOREANS have been warned for months of an increase in PUB charges; now it has come to pass. The high?r electricity and gas prices announced yesterday are unavoidable. Since the PUB last upped its rates in 1974, Opec has raised
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    KAPAL ALL AT SEA
    381 14 A HIGHLY irate Mr C.V. Devan Nair has pilloried a shipowner, Kapal Management Private Ltd., for "idiotic, brazenly shameless behaviour." The NTUC Secretary -General is understandably irked by the company's footdragging in coming to terms with the Singapore Maritime Officers Union (SMOU) and the Singapore Organisation
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    Those residents' committees can be helpful in many ways
    674 14 Editorial in Nanyang Siang Pau, April 9. IN THE recent budget debate in Parliament, Mr Lee Khoon (.'hoy. Senior Minister of State (Prime Minister's Office), spoke in detail about the setting up of residents' committees the first time the government discussed
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    US textile chiefs weave strategy to slow imports
    943 14  -  QUY HALVERBON I By in Washington THE US textile and apparel industry reeling from mounting overseas imports now is putting together its political and economic strategy for 1979. At issue for the huge ir-iustry, which employs more than 2 million people, most
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    Lock icon Iraq gears policies to meet changes along its frontiers
    966 14  -  ALAN COWELL By in Baghdad IRAQ'S leadership appear* to have launched a fresh crackdown on proSoviet communist* here as part Of measures to prevent regional upheaval from spilling over inside its own frontiers. The writer describes how Iraq is gearing its
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    Canberra wants no confrontation with Asean
    1345 15  -  VINCENT STOVE An Australian view on the Pillay warning By Our correspondent in Sydney THE Australian Government is desperately hoping that Singapore airlines chairman, Mr J.Y.M. Pillay, will quietly disappear or at least remain quiet for the next month or so. The government of
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      1061 15 IN THE light of the Goh report on education to Parliament and its subsequent approval, I should like to raise a number of issues which may well have been overlooked. I should perhaps mention that I am a recently arrived teacher here so
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      Lesson to be learnt from the big blackout
      296 15 THE lesMa we sh«aM lean tram last Friday's major blarkoot is that lift reseae teams are far (ram adeqaato. Hundreds of peaple were trapped lasUe Hfts far bears aa reseae werkers were kept kasy eJseImagJae the agoay tke victims mast have soffer•4
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      1656 16 close of business on the 8locl[ Exchanfe of Singapore yesterday compared wlt;i l X. pr touI )r wlUi U78 high and low < Adjusted for v-nprifhu issue) L..I L»" <«"PW h.i, m tiiin osf I RIALS IB m Acsu 248 5 \W 1ZT Alcom MO IC 110 AIIM
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      1646 16 rill) ;in<l offer prices officially listed and business In and reported to the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday with the number of shares traded shown In brackets In lots of 1.000 units unless otherwise specified All Times Settlement Contracts are quoted after the word "sett" Big Board
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      125 16 4 1/2% 1/8/80 (250.000) (98 tzß 99.508) 4 3/4% 1 8/9/80 250.000 98 80B 99 70S) 5 1/4% 1/3/81 (250.000) 100 208 *****S) 5% 15/4/81 (250.000) (***** 99 70S) 5% T F 1/5/83 (250.000) (100.1CB 100.20S) 5 3/4% T F 15/6/81-84 (2S0.0O0) (101 70S) 5% 13/11/84
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      1519 16 rill) and offer prices officially listed and business In and reported to the Kuala Lumpur Stork Exchange yesterday with the number of shares traded shown In brackets in lots of 1,000 units unless otherwise specified IMM ffIUAUi AJlsisilll i 3 2Ori 3 265) AleaaadtSS) (2) 192 Ur> HaM
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        58 16 (onipl.nl Writ 488 +28 D Krr.m.l 1300 +20 Balu Kiwia 2M +14 Kemayaa 239 +14 G I Hldg. 225 +13 M.l. doff 280 +12 SEAL 215 +11 M Ranking «85 +10 Str.il. Trading 860 +10 8T P 1975 625 +10 Guianeu 530 +10 DBS 500+10 M rmrnl 328 +10
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        30 16 Kramat 332 -24 Troaoh Miac* BSS -15 PAN 570 -10 Taa Caonf 318 -8 Public Bank 246 -6 Duff Dcv 240 -6 Aetna 248 -5 M.ia Rice 168 -5
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        29 16 Sime Darby 717,000 Hi(k Low Cons Plant 216.000 Haw Par 212.000 VOL 167.000 Pahaaf Cons 157.000 G Lumber 147.000 City Dcv 141.000 Olynpia 120.000 Ben 93.000
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        36 16 Apr 10 Apr 11 B.T.lndex: 2072.85 2124.27 Industrials: 385.41 387.66 Finance: 679.09 683 02 Hotels: 287 62 288.67 Properties: 247.69 249 11 Tins: 182.81 182.37 rubbers: 583.71 589.27 0.C.8.C.: 364.39 368.02 S.E.S.Ind: 348.48 35° 65
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        305 16 HONGkONG: Stock prices eased slightly across the board yesterday, in very quiet trading ahead of the long Easter weekend, dealers said. The Hang Seng index lost 0.95 points to close at 529.07 points, and most attention was forussed on the foreign exchange market where the local currency continued its
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        411 16 TOKYO: Share prices rose sharply in active trading yesterday, on increased buying of cheaper Issues following heavy losses of the past two days, dealers said. The Dow Jones average gained 117.16, the largest gain of the year, to 6,043.03 points, with a volume of 480 million shares. The New
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        445 16 From column 5 Hmi Km« U7.508 18 SOS) Kunuttag (3.008 3 06S) (1) 3.00 *nm*t (3348 3.365) (6) 3.34 (9) 3 36 X Kmmpv (3.208 3.305) (4) 3.30 Karfcal (1.808X1) 1.78 Lta««l<ls6BlsBS)<l)ls6xd LP»n*<3 225)(2>3.20 Nalayu c 14.408 15 40S) xd Mime (7.968) cd Hakuw Cm (1.678 1.685) (34)
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        119 16 CHINESE PRODUCE EXCHANGE. SINGAPORE, NOON CLOSING PRICES PEB Pin L YEBTERDAY: Cimil til: Bulk $121 sellers, old drum $126 seller*, new drum $131 sellers. Capn: Mixed (loose) UK/Coal $78 00 buyers Pepper: Munlok AST A while rob 1(W, NLW $320.00 sellers. Sarawak white fob 96. NLW $305 00 sellers.
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        178 16 THE KII.OBAR market (or gold deliverable in Singapore opened ai $17,023 and closed at M6.9K in Singapore yesterday. In the Far East, gold opened at USJ239 00 40 but moved down to a low quote of C3BSO 239 W alter a high of J239 20 60 before closing very
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        273 17 SYDNEY. Wed The market closed firm with mining stocks in the lead. Market leader BHP closed five cents higher at A511.95 on a turnover exceeding 160,000, dealers said. INDUSTRIALS 17*8 A N I 172-3 ■A P M 121 -1 'Ampol Pet 70 unch B H P 1190
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        269 17 NEW YORK. Tues. Stock prices finished at their best levels since last October In moderately active trading, helped by encouraging reports on the teamsters contract talks and bullish early first quarter corporate profit news. Sources close to the talks said the Teamsters Union and the road haulage
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        256 17 AMSTERDAM. Tues Share prices closed mixed with Unilever 090 guilder higher and Akzo 0 60 lower in Dutch internationals, dealers said. HVA lost 3.50 guilders after yesterday's sharp rise. Shares with gains of around one guilder included KLM. Heineken. Middenstandsbank and Algemene Bank Nederland. Lower issues were
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        221 17 ZURICH. Tues Prices were slightly firmer, underpinned by a strong dollar, dealers said. Interest was concentrated on secondary issues, they added The Credit Suisse index rose 0 6 point to 271.2. CLOSING PBICEK Aruons Suisses 301 unch A'usulsse nr 14*5 -10 Alusuuue K.g 9*7 -2 lir.i»n Hoveri
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        581 17 LONDON, Tues Share prices generally finned in light buying, buoyed by the continuing strength of sterling, deal.tn saut At 3pm the Financial Times was up 3.7 points to 535 1 Long-dated Government bonds were up one point on heavy buying following the release of
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        63 17 FINANCIAL TIMES INDUSTRIALS Tuesday 535.7 Monday 531.4 Week Ago 525.3 DOW JONES AVERAGE INDUSTRIALS Tuesday 878.72 Monday 868.33 Week ago 855.25 LONDON DOLLAR PREMIUM Tuesday SI tos1J. Monday 52^. to 53. H.K.HANG SENG Wednesday 529.07 Tuesday 530 02 Week ago 518.44 SYDNEY INDUSTRIALS Wednesday 482.73 Tuesday 482.13 Week
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        33 16 LONDON: Copper prices on Tuesday (previous in brackets). Wirebar Spot £1,042.90 (£1.049) sellers C 1.043.50 (M.049.50); Three Month buyers £1.047 (£1.049), sellers £1,047. 50 (£1.049. 50) Market t«w: Easier X*m: 29.300 tonnes
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        29 16 Rubber: April 1 1 Singapore: May: 276.50 cents (unchanged) Malaysia: May: 279.00 cents (down 0.25 cent) Tin: $1,961 (down $44) Official offering: 210 tonnes (up two tonnes)
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        138 16 THE STRAITS tin price plunged $44 to $1,961 per picul in Penang yesterday on an official offering up two tonnes to 210 tonnes. The overnight London market was easier with forward buyers falling £60 to £7,070 per tonne. LONDON: Tin on the day lost £212 for Cash and £85
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        RUBBER
        449 16 OPENING prices in the Singapore rubber market yesterday were marked down slightly on lower London advices, dealers said. Later prices hardened on speculative and some upcountry buying, coupled with reports of a tentative agreement to end the US teamsters strike. Some profit-taking emerged later to pare the gain slightly
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        85 16 NC M IN VNH «H H H and SMK prim vt«l*rd«v (CurraM Mlkl Bw>*rs S«IUr« llli«ipalWl> .Win MIOOM II l.ai |»lkMi *1i» M6 00N (Forward Mlkl B»y«ra S,ll,r. 1M00 2S.1O0 «S(«iN •-MH .1 NMH i.l' -Mil ■~MH M sMH .1> JMK ili..n ,»IWti ***** 2»4UON .Il..np.lkn I
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      335 16 EXCITED BULLS ranked •ut again an the Stock Rxrkaage M Singapore yesterday, clearly well revived after a breather. Tfcry pushed price* klgker ar rom tkr (ward to Oral clour at the rod of tke day. DeaUag tke seoaad sectlaa mi a«Uve wltk salMtoatUl valome aeea
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      294 16 PRICES bounced back strongly on renewed buying interest and closed on a firm note at the Kuala Lumpur stock market yesterday. Gains were widespread as buyers keenly chased a broad selection of stocks sharply higher. The New Straits Times industrial index, reflecting the general steadiness, rose 3.38 points
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      Money and exchanges
      185 16 THE US dollar opened lower at 12.1980 90 in the Singapore forex market yesterday, compared with C 2055 65 at Tuesday's close Trading was steady with the US unit fluctuating narrowly before closing at $2 2000 10 Interbank rates at 3 p m One month -2.1924 2.1944
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      NOMINAL RATES
      375 16 INTERBANK rates at 3.00 pm: CumnciM Nominal quoted r« Local dollar* to one unit of fort-Inn rurreacy: US dollar 2.2000 Sterling pound 4.6210 Australian dollar 2.4425 NZ dollar 2.3125 Canadian dollar 1.9160 Laeal dollars to IN ■It* of foreign currencies: Hongkong dollar 42.80 Malaysian dollar 99.20 Austrian schilling
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      47 16 X"?3nt ohou.e'o0 hou.e'on 00 A t pr F iM b* Overnighl 3". to 4 Call drpouls I Clo«ia( Hu>i.» S*Hia( 3 month Treasury bills 4 4 3 month Bank bills T 7 3 month CO 8 month CD 7 1/16 Sis/16 Source: National Diacounl Co Ltd.
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      35 16 Closing interbank rates for Singapore dollars on April 11 Offer Bid Overnight 4 4 1 month 6 3/16 8 1/16 2 months 6 7/16 6 5/16 J3monlhs 7 1/16 615/ 16 Overnight mode
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      Minimum lending rates
      25 16 THE average rate at which Singapore banks are currently prepared U lend to I V their best customers is 8 per cent.
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      Properties behind City's pre-tax profit upturn
      496 17 Properties behind City's pre-tax profit upturn CITY DevetopiMMt. made satwteatUl tUMiwud to stow a pre-tax profit for the year en.es Oet SI, 1178 tat laeuretJ a lam at tke attributable level doe to espcfaM. arista, mm tke dlitrtMitlßnanre of niaaafaetartag twrtivlUes by sabsMlary oampguUes. Pre-tax pr«flt far tke perl*, was
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      Rumour of Apollo planning to acquire hotel
      585 17 Rumour of Apollo planning to acquire hotel APOLLO ENTERPRISES' proposed rights issue of onef or -one at $1 par may mark the beginning of an aggressive expansion programme. The company announced over the weekend that the rights issue, which would raise about $16 million, was needed for continued expansion It
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      536 17 a P**^^i k^s Ilk < M f«J TVh% Pvnianßaans^aaa a*iai a vnaa«w4a*wi bbbbbb^^bbbb '^^^Sw^^waaas Wm9 VXDsinuQnu -I*aH*MtBBHBi Jardine Matheson Insurance Brokers Pte. Ltd. CLAIMS EXECUTIVE BACHELOR OF LAWS We are expanding. We wish to appoint a CLAIMS EXECUTIVE to handle our developing INSURANCE portfolio. We are interested in someone with
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      551 18 II EMPLOYMENT Nestle. INTERNATIONAL FOOD COMPANY WITH MANUFACTURING COMPANY IN JURONG REQUIRES GENERAL STORE CLERK (Male) GCE "O" Level Working experience In similar position Preference to be given to candidate who has completed full-time National Service Interested applicants, please come personally for interview. MONDAY To FRIDAY FOOO SPECIALITIES SINGAPORE (PTE)
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      688 18 SINGAPORE SHIPBUILDING c. ENGINEERING LIMITED Mj*MM applicants for the post of SECRETARY Qualifications 1 use or Secretarial Certificate 2 Able to type at least 45 wp in with knowledge of shorthand. 3 Aged between 20-25 years Eiperience: 1 At least I 2 years' secrelarlal experience In a Interested applicants to
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      788 19 II EMPLOYMENT I EMPLOYMENT II EMPLOYMENT N EMPLOYMENT II EMPLOYMENT 31 Situations Vacant Bales Are rsu mtaraaled m a CHALLENO■ao CAREER wish an erterier decageee rsaumsrslisii eui aasa iob MRMvoAoss vacancies lar DC SIGNERS SALES REPRESENTATIVES Appl> S T BOX A**sT7 BATA RETAIL STORE Bukll Timah Plaza requires Salesman Apply
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      733 19 REOUIRED 2* MALAY MALE/FEMALE SALES REPRESENTATIVES a r xpenence not necessary as training will be provided a Income $350 a Malaysians, permanent residents may also apply Can personalty el •09 iTM FLOOR FAR EAST SHOPPING CENTRE ORCHARO ROAD Today a Tommorrow SALESOML REOUMCO Interested rail personally at Blk 113 Aljunled
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      624 19 MCOM SINGAPORE is teat expanding! •nc*tw sMnfflspors w Am#cican ws»is«achirln* plant production of ausiity roller chains and control cablss. Ta caps with our expansion plan, we have the tallowing vacancies: (1) ASSEMBLY SUPERVISOR i Ul shift) a Technician Diploma In Mechanical Engineering or equivalent Experience In a metal fabrication industry
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      546 19 HOIST OPERATORS Required Male Citizens with/ without experience Required to work 2 shifts School leavers will also be considered Interested, p co» 2SMir7/2S**ir* lot aWi 4ippotntm#nt Cw factory requires RADIO TECHNICIAN with previous factory eiporience in lasting and rspslr of F M murtibend transistor radios. Please apply In person to
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      695 19 SANKYO BEKI (S) PTE LTD Manufacturers or Electronic Components have Immediate vacancies ror Males ror the following posts: (A) TWO ELECTRICAL TECHNICIANS With some knowledge or electronics. Recent graduates from Singapore Polytechnic or Ngee Ann Technical College prererred and must have completed National Service. (B) TWO GRINDING MACHINERY TECHNICIANS With
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      633 19 AN EXPEMNCED SITE SUPERVISOR Applicants must be a license' Electrician with at least 3 year relevant experience Able v correspond, supervise and man age a project Independently Can personally snih a pmpirl-ani photo la: IS3-A, Upper Paya Leaer Reed Tel. 2*3*771. APPLICANTS ARE INVITED for thl following positions. Woodwork ing
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      715 19 COUNTER WAITRESS REOUtftEMCNTS: 1 Age: Between It to 25 years 2 Can speak simple English 3 Able to do shift duties and overtime 4 Must be hardworking and healthy. Interested, please apply in own handwriting, giving full partlculars and enclose a recent passport-size photograph (nonreturnable) to: -TririnninlMarniisi, S.T. Boi ASSSSO,
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      400 19 6ENERAI ELECTRIC U.S.A. HOUSEWIVES Come and join us today Asa FEMALE PRODUCTION OPERATOR on the 2nd shift and Earn a $50 bonus General Electric (USA) Television Appliance Pte. Ltd 159-C. Boon Keng Road, Block 2. L Singapore 12. HOTEL PHOENIX has immediate vacancies for: 1) WAITRESSES 2) COFFEE HOUSE DISPENSER
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      455 19 s. LEADING BEAUTY SALON In Or- A chard Ko.irl Hotel requires hair- A dressers, manicurists, pedlcur- W IxUs Please apply with recent I non-returnable photograph and I .salary expected IoST Box I A *****. Singapore -FMC A leading US Patrolaum Equipment Manufacturer invites applications ror the following posts (1) TRAINEE
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      514 19 W% MUSTAD HAS FEW VACANCIES FOR THE POST OF: FEMALE PRODUCTION WORKERS New Attractive Starting Pay a Increment on Completion of Probation. a 5-day Week a No Shift Work a Merit Award for Good Performance a Productivity Incentive a Other Generous Fringe Benefits s No Experience Required A* Vacancies are
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      4123 20 BbIPLOYIWIT HEMPLOYIKNT P EMPLOYIIEHT H EMPLOYMENT MVEWCLESi BOATS J SEMT SA "--«rT *>T* pugja ATTENDANTS IB TO **_sE' t *s*' -ll T We offer an attractive starting CONPOMATION salary, annual bonus and leave, has vacancies for the following to the tight applicant* po«t» Call personally A) MAMOCP. toOBtL WCTAS, TP.ABBNO
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      749 20 DATSUN PICK-UP AND cars for hire. Dally/weekly/ monthly 111-A Jalan Besar *****78. IS FRNII SCST You can rant from us: s brand new car fully alrconditlonrd travel In unlimited Journey (no kilometres charge) Cad us at Tor *****41 Of ***** M A RSWT A BRAND new DaUun pickup from Kirn
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      886 20 FANTASTIC BKAUTtPUL 1977 Coll Sigma O8 with concealed aircond. sports rims. Mitsubishi cassette/ radio, metallic colour, new tax. $31,700 ono Contact MM FOR EXPORT ONLY, 88 MorrU Minor. 71 Volkswagon. 72 Morris Oxford. Morris Marina (dlesel) Tel *****37. *****0. FOR OUAUTV USED Cars 4i Maximum Valuation on your car visit
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      5644 21 11l VEHICLES A BOATS IH VEHICLES BOATS IV ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES IV ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES IV ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES I. 45 VchicMM For Sat* i MERCEDES 210SL SPORTS I Immaculate rnetallK silver with black up'- -netle S month*, tax j«*for Mr Wilson M» 73 JAGUAR XJS 4 2 AwtemetK >uette. tn.SMeno TEL 29aS70S/*****10
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      698 21 DIST 3 PEARLBANK APARTMENT Outram Park, room to let fur- nisheil unfurnished Tel *****09 Adeline FULLY FURNISHED ROOMS Mac- Pherson Quiet locality prefer- j ably students, meals, laundry ar- I rangeable Tel *****60 FURNISHED ROOM al Kalong All > facilities including kitchen Any Nationality. Call: Winston *****27 FURNISHED ROOM FOR
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      798 21 ACE OFFERS: Mugllston Hill luxurious double-storey split level terrace house. 2.000 sq ft 3 bedrooms, servant's $100,000 Call *****22 ATTRACTIVE SINOLE-STORSY bungalow/ terrace SerangOOn (..miens 8.800/2.800 sq ft $185,000 $84,000 Practical Housing *****3/***** ATTRACTIVELY RENOVATED 2smrey semi-d. tached house on Dunearn Road Lounge separate dining. 3 bedrooms Extended kitchen 3.600
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      308 22 IV ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES IV ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES IV ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES V SERVICES BUSINESS VI EDUCATION TRAINING 54 Properties For Sate a) Mamaes omen sale CLEMENTI PARK .'storey demu.ilo* Split level ll\beerooau. ..miMlltlesfcN CHEONG KOON SENG A CO (PTE) LTD (1*10) CKS AUCTIONEERS t VALUERS (PTE) LTD. TEL: am**/ 413 W1< MOM*
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      412 22 b) Flats ACE HOUSMG OFFERS: Westwond Aparlmrnl idist 10) luxuriously exclusive apartment. reniral airrnnd swimming pool. 4 bedrooms servant's Contact 1 ■M Dtetricl 9 Apertivieftls el NHMie* Reed directly behind lucky Pluza. Orchard Road. Choice location with all amenities within walking distance Only 4 wmLs Selling SVO.OOO/- for 2 bedroomed
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      577 22 FOR SALE WALDEN ON LAKE CONROE One hour North of HOUSTON. U S A Choice Waterfront Lots In Prime area of Walden available Contact DA Y» CROMWELL HYATT HOTEL. 3TS-Sll. Room 1403. April 12 IS. deck. JOHORE (GELANG PATAH) 34 1 ACRES YOUNG MATURE RUBBER RIVER FRONTAGE "SUNGEI MELAYU DEEP
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      630 22 58 FactoriM Site*/ Space M MACPHERSON OROUNDFLOOR 1,400 sq ft rental (950: 3.800 sq.ft. (1.00 psf Buklt Tlmah 4.500 6.000/ 11.000 sq ft 75t psf. ConUct: *****7/ *****. SIMS AVENUE GROUNDFLOOR 8.000 sq.ft and Ist floor 2.000 sq.ft. Rent: (8.000. Macpherson groundfloor 3.800 sq ft Rent: (1.00 psf Kallang Basin
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      651 22 NES BUILDING JURONG Conveniently located at Corporation Circus. 320sqft 1500 sq ft Office Space to let Rental: $1.40 psf inclusive of service PUB charges. Please call pur Management Department. LjjjjMjaajaj BJJBJBMBJfJ BMB VACANT OFFICE AT Shenlon Way 504 sq.ft Tel *****30 59 Office Space Wanted ENGINEERING COMPANY REOUMES immediately office
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      569 22 KIM SENG SHOPPING Centre groundfloor shop for sale. For more details, tel *****94 UROENTLV REOMRED AREA of 3.000 sq ft. for a cocktail lounge 'f Either to rent or to buy In dists 0/10 Parking facilities necessary. Call *****4/*****18 r*i LUCKY PLAZA Few shop units available for sale or lease.
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      802 22 DATSUN PICKUP a DRIVER for hire. Friday and every Sunday For appointment call *****07 after 7 00 p.m. DSD DCLMAH TRANSPORT experienced in packing and removal transportation, door-to-door service. Tel *****01 Mr Mohd Noor. HOUSEHOLD OFFICE REMOVALS, Only (2500 Efficient and reliable service. ConUct *****1 HOUSEHOLD REMOVALS. PACKING and transporutlon
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      687 22 GIRLS! Jobs are becoming harder lo gel you need better queWications The London Chamber ol Commerce and industry Private Secretary's Certificate is recognseo internationally as one ol me highest quaMcaoons ootamatt* This exammaaon is the only Pnvalt Secretarial Examination supervised by the Ministry ol Education Enrol now at tnt ITC
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      741 22 SHENG HUA PUBLIC SCHOOL/ KATONG COMMERCIAL SCHOOL 14, MygMslsw Rd Tel: SOWII (beMnd Ketone. Sheaves* Centre) BOOK-KEEPVM (Bee) Mr Bee 1. ntmTptn cemmawelw* 11* a. Se< 1» pm commencing 14/4 TYPWO (new UpewiHets. sircen room.) (toy a night SPORE MTIfUTi OF Science. SB3-A. Serangoon Rd. (25*6-120) Enrol 1979 Physical Scler.ce.
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      114 23 Th« family (wMs. sons, daughters, •on-in-iow: Osorgs. daughters-in-law: Joanta, Madillns. grand-sons: B4Mi|wntn, D•mi n •n d grand daughters: Tasia. AnnaboUe. Diiie) ol the >ate MR. CYRIL LOW K WANG HWEE (BOBBY) expresses their heartfelt gratitude to relatives, friends, the parish and priests of Sts. Peter I id
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      73 23 A yaar has lapsed sine* you Ml without s •ing* word. Fond mamortss of you, dsar, w« will always char i»h forsvsr. Sadly mln id by balovad wife, Matgstsi, 5 sens, 4 daughlar*. 4 daughtors-tn-law, 3 sons-in-law and iigrandcMMran. OUft D£ AREBT MOTHER MOM. LIM HOCK KK>W
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      Lock icon Liverpool take lead to six points
      418 25 Everton saved... THANKS TO Latchford, LONDON, Wed. Alan Hansen stretched Liverpool's lead at the top of England's Football League to six points last night. His 34th-minute effort was the only goal in the First Division clash against relegation-threatened Wolverhampton Wanderers, and it kept Liverpool
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      Lock icon Evonne makes fine comeback
      318 25 HILTON HEAD (South Carolina), W°d Evonne Goolagong, sidelined the past four months with an ankle injury, made a successful return here yesterday when she beat Caroline Stoll. 6-0. 4-6. 7-5 in the first round of the US$l5O,OOO iS3.Ki.OOQ) women's claycourt tournament here yesterday. Only one other
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      Lock icon Borussia look to the final
      322 25 DUISBURG (West Germany), Wed. Borussia Moenchengladbach moved close to their third UEFA Cup final in six years when they held near neighbours MSV Duisburg to a 2-2| draw in their semi-final first leg clash here last night. Gladbach, UEFA Cup winners in 1975, and runners-up
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      France beaten
      84 25 CANNES (France), Wed. Cote Dazur selection, lastminute substitutes for absent Peru, shocked the more J fancied teams by leading Group A, after the firs»t night matches of the 28th international youth soccer tournament yesterday. They defeated France 2-0, thanks to two goals from Nice striker Yves Simi, while
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      Lock icon Ignored, so player appeals to court
      143 25 COLOMBO, Wed. A Sri LaakM cricketer, Rasael Hamer, 31, yeaterday filed aa appllcaUwi la the Cwut W Appeal, alleglag that he had beea wmgtally shut tmt the Sri Laaka team f»r the farthcMnlag PnideatUl W»rld Cap cricket teanuunent la EagUad. He appealed to the
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      Marsh, Bright deny victory to West Indies
      219 25 Marsh, Bright deny victory to West Indies ST JOHN'S, Antigua, Wed. An unbeaten century by Rodney Marsh, in au unfinished partnership of 161 with Ray Bright, denied the West Indians victory in the fifth World Series Cricket Supertest here yesterday. bsbWbjWbbbbsbsbVbbsbbbbbl Marsh and Bright came together immediately after lunch and
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      SCOREBOARD
      181 25 Aastralla Ist Iwu: CM West laalea Ist laaa: 4» AastrauaJad laaa: (Overaiaht Ul-3) R. MeCosker lbw Croft 20 B. LaM c Richards b Padmore 29 M. Keat b Roberts 0 G. Ckappell run out 85 1. ChappeU b Holding 83 I). Hookas lbw Holding 16 R. Mana not out
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      Lock icon India recall Patel and Bedi for World Cup
      186 25 NEW DELHI. Wed. Leftarm spinner Bishen Bedi and powerful right-hand batsman Brijesh Patel have been recalled to join the 16member Indian team for the England tour this summer. However, the national selectors dropped wicketk«eper Syed Kirmani, replacing him with Delhi's I young,
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      Lock icon Changi forced to ballot out 100 golfers
      533 26 CHANGI GOLF CLUB officials had to work overtime yesterday to ballot out 100 golfers from the club's annual Open championship on Saturday and Sui.Jay. Said Tan Eng Tee, the Changi captain: "The response was unexpected. "There were 282 entries from nine clubs the
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      Lock icon Transvaal tour hits snag
      129 26 PARIS, Wed. A tour of France by an all-white South African Transvaal Rugby Union side was virtually wiped out last night, following the cancellation of three of the four scheduled matches. The matches against Dax, in southwest France tomorrow, in La Voulte, in the south, on
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      Tourney rule worries manager Oon
      459 26 BANGKOK, Wed. flmniirr-T team far the East Asm aaaaah cham- I ptoasalps, which begla at the Bayal Baagfcah Sparta Clah here tamarraw, tiaehed aewa at the Daa Maaag Alraart this aftertar nadltiias m wWeh they will have to play. Team maaager Oaa I Chaag Haa
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      Lock icon Player: Augusta is built for drama
      697 26 AUGUSTA, GecrgU, We4M»4»y THE Augusta National Golf Club is, to quote Gary Player, "a course built for drama." The determined little South African showed last year just what he meant. He began the final day seemingly out of the hunt, seven strokes out of
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      278 26 SEOUL, Wed. Taiwan golfers, after winning four previous tournaments on this year's Asian circuit, remain strong favourites to take the US$6O,OOO ($132,000) Seoul Open championship starting here tomorrow. But they will face tough competition from South Koreans, who have so far won six of nine annual championships at
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      Road to Glory shows he is fit in workout
      643 26  -  -AIRWAY By I SUver Arrow Nataraj HI Caesar's Palace Poly anna Tlmbavatl Acquisition II Misty Jadi II Brown Bomber The Mercenaries Grey Eagle ROAD TO GLORY can be confidently followed again, despite his expensive failure in his last start, at this
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      BRIEFS
      193 26 MADRID. Wed. Soviet VicePremier and vice-chairman erf the Olympic Organising Committee, IgnaU Novikov said yesterday that countries having sports contacts with South Africa or Rhodesia would be excluded from the 1980 Olympic Games. Referring to a South African rugby tour of France planned for next autumn, Novikov said "we
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      282 26 Rossman here on Saturday Glaindez. 30, lost the crown to Rossman, 22, who stopped him in the 13th round last September. Newly-crowned WBC's flyweight champion Chan Hee Park. of South Korea, will make his first title defense against Japanese Tsutomu Igarashi on May 20, in Seoul, the
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      Cymru Cup invitation to Spore
      249 27 THE Welsh Football Association have invited the Singapore under-18 soccer team to compete in their annual Cymru Cup competition in Bangor, Wales, from Aue. 13-19. The tournament is for clubs in England, Scotland and a few neighbouring European countries. But, in the case of Singapore,
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      Serjits team triumph
      80 27 Serjits team triumph SEMBAWANG Tamil Association, led by their crack middle distance athlete, Serjit Singh, won the Singapore Amateur Athletics Association's road relay league championship with a total of four points. They won ail the four races, with Singapore Armed Forces A second with eight points and Swifts A third
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      Lock icon India for Merdeka tourney?
      91 27 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. India may be invited for this year's Merdeka soccer tournment, it was learned here today. The Football Association of Malaysia competitions committee have suggested hat India be invited again Last year, India were struck off the invitation list. But with about 10 weeks
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      FAS stand firmly behind team
      528 27  -  JOE DOB Al By Cup GANESAN: NO EVIDENCE OF 'FIXING' THE Football Association of Singapore last night categorically denied that there was any evidence of "fixing" by the national team in Malaysia Cup matches. Said FAS chairman N. Ganesan last night: "In so far as
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      Lock icon Age group tennis
      39 27 HONGKONG, Wed. More than 100 young players tram Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, South Korea, the Philippines. Macao and host Hongkong will be taking part In the annual invitational age group tennis championship which starts here tomorrow. Reuter.
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      Leong falls head over heels after first plunge
      422 27 Leong falls head over heels after first plunge HLS LOVE for diving Is vividly amplified by the glint In Ids eyes and the smile on Us face. Yes, IC-year-ald Leong Siet Fang Is In love! He kas the look that must have lighted ap such old sporting hands as swimmer
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      SEVEN-UP SKI FESTIVAL
      82 27 SEVEN-UP SKI FESTIVAL THE first 7-Up water ski festival, organised by the Singapore Water Ski Federation, will be held at the Sentosa Swimming Lagoon on April 29 (10.30 am), reports KEN JALLEH Jr. Events to be held are the women's tricks, women's slalom, men's tricks, men's slalom, novices' tricks and
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      Raffles edge out SAJC
      43 27 RAFFLES Institution beat St. Andrew's Junior College 6-0 In a national schools post secondary rugby match at Dover Road yesterday. Other results: Post sec.: Anglo Chinese Junior College 40 National Junior College 0; Lower sec.: Raffles 28 Siglap 4.
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      TODAY'S EVENTS
      93 27 TODAY'S EVENTS ATHLKTICS VppeT 9^^ goon Technical school meet (Toa Payoh AC 8-1), Ama Keng meet (Lim Chu Kang 2 30), Siglap meet (Siglap 8.30). BOCKEY National schools' post secondary tournament: VS v RI, TJC v CJC (SRC 2.30 and an RUGBY National schools' lower secondary: SAS v MHS, WAS
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      Junie and Seng Hock lead challenge in ASEAN swim meet
      383 27 Junie and Seng Hock lead challenge in ASEAN swim meet TOKYO Junior Olympic gold medallists, Junie Sng and Lim Seng Hock, of the People's Association Youth Swimming Club, will spearhead their club's challenge in the ASEAN inter-club age-group competition starting tomorrow to Sunday in Penang. The two swimmers are among
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      WILD ABOUT SPORT
      213 27 WILD ABOUT SPORT The column that gets down to th« nitty-gritty AT a somewhat less than 100 per cent sober rugby reunion a few years ago, we each had to attempt to stand up and render our "party piece". Mine, as I remember the occasion, was one of the few
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      A question of peaking at right time...
      437 27 Swimmer junie, Singapore's Sportswoman and Sportsgirl of the Year for the second time running, is well known enough in the Republic. Like the Man from Atlantis, she has spent most of her life in the water no, she definitely isn't blessed with webbed
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    Lock icon Begin calls Sadat on hot line
    171 28 JERUSALEM. Wed. Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin inaugurated the newly-opened Jerusalem-Cairo "hot line" today with a five-minute telephone call to President Sadat, a government spokesman reported. The spokesman said only that Mr Begin had inititated the call and that the two men had exchanged
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    Lock icon 'Pol Pot-Sary clique in Beijing' report
    220 28 'Pol PotSary clique in Beijing' report BANGKOK, Wed. Radio Hanoi today claimed that "elements of the Pol Potleng Sary clique" were in Beijing (Peking). The radio had earlier reported the escape into Thailand of leaders from the deposed Khmer Rouge government, including Premier Pol Pot. In a letter dated April
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    50 die, 600 hurt in tornado horror
    283 28 50 die, 600 hurt in tornado horror OKLAHOMA Cm Wed. Tir—iim watea ripped tkrwga Mrta Text* aai Math- west OHibibm la* Bight have MtipU X at »pii ifoad aad Mt tajpre4. A tan**, wWea straek the tews *f Wleatta Palto, Texas, Bear the OUakwaaa harder, devastated 1( Uaeka at that
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    Lock icon Ship picks up 517 refugees
    55 28 BANGKOK, Wed. A Thai freighter arrived here early today with 517 Vietnamese refugees it picked up in the Gulf of Thailand last Sunday. Immigration officials said the vessel, carrying lumber from Malaysia to Bangkok, found a sinking refugee boat off the coast of the southern
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    33 28 MANILA, Wed. Armed men believed to be Muslim rebels shot and killed five workers at a loggins company in a guerilla ambush In the southern Philippines, military sources said today. UPI
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    33 28 LONDON, Wed. Travellers to and from Britain face long delays at sea and airports during next weekend's national Easter holiday due to a planned strike by customs and immigration officials. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Japan, China sign pact
    58 28 TOKYO. Wed. Japan and China have agreed to produce a three-part documentary film on more than 2.200 years of relations between the two countries. It was reported yesterday. Kyodo news service reported from Beijing that shooting of the first part will start next month in China
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    Lock icon 11 Shah officials shot in a day
    266 28 TEHERAN, Wednesday IN WHAT was the largest number of executions in a single day, 11 more top officials of the Shah's administration were shot dead by firing squads at daybreak today. There were hopeful signs yesterday that the Islamic Revolutionary Courts were ending
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    58 28 JAKARTA. Wed The Soviet Union will hold an industrial and trade exhibition in Jakarta for two weeks starting on Saturday, a Trade Ministry official said today. The exhibition, aimed at boosting economic relations between Indonesia and the Soviet Union, was finally approved by the Indonesian Government after
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    Use less power call by Case
    466 28 THE president of the Consumer Association of Singapore (Case), Dr Lee Ngak Siang, yesterday called on consumers to cut down on power consumption to offset PUB's increased rates. Dr Lee said the consumer had been forewarned of the hikes which were due to circumstances
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    36 28 VIENNA. Wed Simon Wieanith»l. TO. the man who tracked down Adolf Etchmann and aome 1.100 other Nazi war x criminals, was decorated by Queen Juliana yesterday with one of the highest Dutch orders. UPI.
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      The old must give way to new but not completely...
      988 1  -  NANCY CHNG By A two-part feature on the preservation of monuments in Singapore "GENTLEMEN, let us get our priorities right!" exclaims the chairman. "Historic buildings must not be allowed to stand in the way of expensive accommodation for the tourists
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      Tourism should not be the crucial factor in preservation
      574 1 thetic merit, pietas and scenic usefulness. On the first, he says, agreement is the most difficult to reach, since as everyone knows, there is no universal nor objective criterion of beauty. Thus, subjective decisions are made by the authorities, which the
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        Society to promote ballet in S'pore
        363 2 A SOCIETY which seeks to increase public exposure to ballet and enhance the standard of ballet in Singapore is now being formed. To be called the National Theatre Ballet Society, it will be formed under the auspices of the National Theatre Trust. Although a
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        RADO SHOW COMES TO AN END
        102 2 RADO SHOW COMES TO AN END THE last programme of Ike Raa* Skew will be telecast tonight at 8.45 over Channel 5. Artistes appearing in this edition are Pat tie Keith, Ann Hussin, Boney M and The Experiments. Rampalaa Sakaa on Channel 5 at tonight at 7 features the post-secondary
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        A special encore by Tracy Huang at Fanfare Show
        210 2 A special encore by Tracy Huang at Fanfare Show THIS Sataraay's nutan S*»w at Ike Bialrlaalia ■■till— will ar a 4cti- treat fer stager Tracy Huifi ha. She will ac the sale gaest per- Traey was feeiuea' aaMag ether art Mas hi taat weeki shew art *ac to •verwaeUßlag rcaaaaas
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        Rajendra, the film producer who looks for criticism
        548 2  -  SAW PU AY LIM By PRODUCER Rajendra Gour may not find the outlets for all his creative efforts here in Singapore but this doesn't stop him from doing what he really likes filming. Fortunately for him, not all his works are wasted
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        Pre-Good Friday movie treat
        272 2 THE pre-Good Friday movie treat for TV viewers is a 1964 movie titled The Inslakaale Molly Brawn. To be shown on Channel 5 at 10.2S tonight, the film stars Debbie Reynolds, Harve Presnell, Ed Begley and Hermione Baddeiey. It's about the social climb of a foundling
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        939 2 TV and Radio SINGAPORE 5 3.00 PM Opening and Star Performance 7.30 News (Malay) The Test 7.45 New Adventures of Wonder Woman 3.30 Diary of Events (CNntse) The Man Who CouM Move the 3.35 Home Sweet Home (Mandarin ...fiL Drama Serial, repeat) 8 45 Rado Show a$t series) 4.20 Intermission
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        838 3  - When little feet bound women to the home CORINNE THAM By AND IF one had told him that there could be feet like these, little feet thrust into pink satin shoes, no longer than a man's middle finger and swinging childishly over the bed's edge if any one had told
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        1175 3 How far should pregnant women go when it comes to exercises? what's up, q Doc? ;b MY LAST article dealt with the topic of diet in pregnancy. Today, I shall discuss the problems connected with artivltip* <airh as activities sucnas exercise, rest, occupation. travels and sexual intercourse in pregnancy. Pregnancy
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        107 3 WHAT can be more stylish than a welleat skirt-snltr A fashionably elegant •ac! Om that has all the latest fashlon features. Such as open-work lace lasets at the right places, raglan sleeves and a fwekJe-cnt skirt to brlag the salt bang ■p-to-date,
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