The Straits Times, 22 May 1979

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    15 1 The Straits Times I Kstd. 1845 TUESDAY, MAY 22, 1979 25 CENTS M.C.(P) No. 142/1/79
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    Lock icon VIETS DEPLOY TEN DIVISIONS
    846 1 As 40,000 Khmer s cross border.. BANGKOK, Monday TEN VIETNAMESE divisions have been deployed along the Thai-Kampuchean border where about 40,000 Kampucheans have crossed to flee fighting in the west of their country, reliable sources said today. Military sources said that Thai marines guarding areas of
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    Lock icon Vietnam and China in first PoW swop
    204 1 Vietnam and China in first PoW swop BEIJING (PEKING). Mon. China today freed 120 Vietnamese prisoners in exchange for 43 Chinese in the first releases since the month-long Sino-Viet-namese war earlier this 1 year. The official Xinhua (Hsin- hua) news agency said all those exchanged today were wounded or sick.
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    VISIT BY SUPREME SOVIET TEAM
    64 1 THE viconhairman of the Supreme Soviet (Parliament). Mr P. G. Gilashvili. arrived in Singapore wstenlay with a sevenmember delegation for a ■topawr visit. He was received by the Soviet Ambassador. Mr Yuri Razdukhov. at the airport. Mr Gilashvili. who is a ranking adviser to President
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    Lock icon Thailand is accused of 'danger acts'
    269 1 Thailand is accused of 'danger acts' BANGKOK. Mon PHNOM PENH yesterday accused Thailand of sending troops across the border into Kampuchea, violating its airspace and bombarding areas deep within its territory with artillery barrages and mortars. In a sharply-worded statement issued yesterday evening and montiored in Bangkok, the Kampuchean regime
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    Lock icon Cabinet 'yes'
    32 1 JERUSALEM. Mon. Israel's cabinet today approved Prime Minister Menachem Begins hardline opening position (or negotiations with I Egypt on Palestinian autono- my, a government spokesman I said here today. UPI.
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    Lock icon Johnny, doing well, is out of incubator
    275 1 THANKS to the breast milk of about 4» Singapore mothers and the Singapore Breastfeeding Mothers' droop, three-and-a-half month .Id Johnny Chin is now out of the Incubator and doing weU. The baby, fr.m Medan, Is allergic to cw's milk and was admitted to
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    Lock icon Iran tells US: Delay sending new envoy
    394 1 TEHERAN, Mon. IRAN has asked the United States to delay sending a new ambassador here and lodged a strong protest against a US Senate resolution condemning the executions carried out by Islamic firing squads. A Foreign Ministry announcement, which Teheran Radio broadcast today
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    HDB flats: Income ceiling may be raised
    481 1  - HDB flats: Income ceiling may be raised CHRISTINA RODRIGUES DECISION BEFORE END OF YEAR? By THE government is considering raising the monthly income ceiling for the purchase of Housing Board flats from the present $1,500 to between $2,000 and $2,500. A recommendation to this effect is believed to have been
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    Lock icon 'Don't have too many'
    64 1 JAKARTA. Mon. National Security Agency chief, Admiral Sudotno. bluntly told parents today that if they wanted no trouble in getting their children into school ihey "should stop producing too many of them." He also quoted President Suharto as having called for the setting up of more
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    Lock icon Sanjay held
    43 1 NEW DELHI. Mon. Mr Sanjay Gandhi, younger son of former Prime Minister Mrs Indira Gandhi, was arrested today alone with 200 of his supporters for violating a police ban on public rallies, the Press Trust of India news agency reported. UPI.
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    Lock icon RECORD EXODUS OF REFUGEES?
    69 1 GENEVA, Mon. Mr Dirk Clarke, IS Coordinator for Refugee Affairs, said here today the exodus from Indochina was expected to reach a new record this month and that the total camp population of Indochinese refugees In Asean nations was likely to reach half a million within
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      109 1 TRIAL RUN FOR 1980 CENSUS FROM FRIDAY Page 5 HKAT is un M hi* oil users to save energy 2 GLOOMY outlook on Khmer food front 3 BID to block shipping proposals 4 PKTITION by 'deserted' husband dismissed C MINISTRY plans to build arts rentre 8 HOTELIERS reacting coolly to
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      Lock icon Heat is on 20 big oil users to save energy
      571 2 PARIS, Monday THE world's major oil-consuming countries meeting here today face mounting pressure to implement stringent energy-saving measures in the wake of a series of oil price rises. Thp two-day confer ence of the 20- nation International Energy Agency (lEA),
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      Lock icon Gas from leaking pipe kills nine
      121 2 TOKYO, Mon Heavy gas leakage from a defective pipe left nine people dead and at least 26 others hospitalised in downtown Fujieda of Shizuoka province, south-west of Tokyo, authorities said today. Police said a doctor's family of five and four members of a sevenmember
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      Lock icon 'Cattle deaths not linked to N-leak'
      89 2 HARRISBURG (Pennsylvania), Mon. The deaths of 12 head of cattle on a dairy farm near the Three Mile Island power plant probably are not related to the nuclear accident, a spokesman for Governor Dick Thornburgh said yesterday. Mr Paul Critchlow, the governor's press secretary,
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    • THE ENERGY SQUEEZE
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        Lock icon Mexico's appeal to UN
        73 2 CANCUN (Mexico): Mexico will ask the United Nations to consider adopting measures to help countries that are poor and without petroleum. President Jose Lopez Portillo said yesterday. "The price of oil clearly creates disorder and hurts the powerful nations of avid consumpiton, who are wasters of
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        Lock icon 35 pc cut on supplies
        82 2 BANGKOK, Mon. International oil companies will cut the supply of oil products to filling stations in Bangkok and Thailand's provinces by 35 per cent from next month, officials said. Two major oil companies, Shell and Esso, confirmed in April the cutting of premium gasoline by
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        Lock icon New scheme for S. Korea?
        75 2 SEOUL: The South Korean Government is studying a comprehensive new energy saving programme to be put into effect in June, sources at the Energy Resources Ministry said i today. The proposed programme will be a follow-up move to the first stage of the energy-saving measure
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      N-plants: Bone of contention
      40 2 N-plants: Bone of contention YOUTHS wearing skeleton costumes march through Rome on Saturday In protest against nuclear power plants. Their banner says: No to nuclear plants. The dead of tomorrow asks those living today not to die. I PI picture.
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      Lock icon $495 m Airbus pact
      70 2 TOKYO. Mon. Japans Toa Domestic Airlines (TOA) signed a US$225 million (SM9S million) contract here today to buy six European A-300 82-201 Airbus from the five-nation European Airbus Industries consortium This is the first Airbus purchase by a Japanese airline as part of the Japanese Government's
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      Lock icon 'Egypt for revival of Geneva talks but Arabs object'
      394 2 CAIRO, Monday PRIME MINISTER Mustafa Khalil said yesterday that Egypt had agreed to the revival of the Geneva Arab-Israeli peace conference but other Arab states objected to the idea. Mr Kha' told a political rally that he would fight for the
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      Lock icon Students help sell suspended Iran paper
      297 2 Students help sell suspended Iran paper TEHERAN, Mon. Student volunteers today helped distribute the independent newspaper Ayandegan, the mass circulation daily that previously suspended publication for more than a week under pressure from Iran's Islamic authorities. Ayandegan announced it was closing down on May 12 after it was publicly attacked
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      Lock icon 'DEMAND BY PLO' PUTS BELGIUM IN SIEGE
      107 2 'DEMAND BY PLO' PUTS BELGIUM IN SIEGE BRISSELS, Mon. Belgium was plunged Into a virtual state of siege with a new alleged Palestinian ultimatum yesterday demanding the release of two Palestinian terrorists arrested after an attack against Brussels Airport on April IS. The two terrorists were Indicted on Thursday on
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      Lock icon Envoy, hostages escape
      158 2 Envoy, hostages escape SAN SALVADOR, Monday VENEZUELA'S ambassador and seven other hostages escaped last night from the antigovernment rebels who held them captive since May 11 in the Venezuelan Embassy here, police said today. The daring, two-wave escape left the nine rebels, armed with pistols, alone in the building. Reporters
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      Lock icon Swiss vote for tougher nuclear laws
      324 2 Swiss vote for tougher nuclear laws GENEVA, Mon SWISS voters, influenced by the reactor incident at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, overwhelmingly approved yesterday a government proposal for tougher nuclear energy laws. The vote in Switzerland's 25 cantons, or states, averaged around 70 per cent in favour to 30 per cent against. Cnly
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      Lock icon Shanghai's success
      72 2 Shanghai's success HONGKONG. Mon Chinas biggest city. Shanghai, has achieved success in birth control with the natural rate for population growth dropping to 3.07 per thousand last year, Xinhua (Hsinhua) news agency reported today. The agency said the growth rate was the lowest of all the provinces and cities in
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      Lock icon 8 killed
      39 2 MANAGUA. Mon. Sandinis(a guerillas have killed eight national guardsmen and wounded 10 in a bloody street ambush in Nicaragua's second largest city nt Leon, authorities said yesterday. At least one guerilla was killed in the attack. UPI.
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      Lock icon Taking a crack at kidney stones without surgery
      220 2 CHICAGO, Mon. SCIENTISTS have developed a new procedure using a tiny Russian-in-spired "electric jackhammer" to destroy extremely painful kidney stones without the need for surgery. Dr Irving Bush, head of a 13-member team that developed the technique, said yesterday the procedure may
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      108 2 Shangri-La presents DEREK NIMMO and HELEN GILL in In this London West End theatre Derek LONDON Gentle, tender, very, very Nimmo stars as George, a rather prissy funny and extremely touching. Very civil servant whose well-ordered high class and both play and existence is disrupted when Louise performance are to
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      Lock icon Sihanouk calls for world meet
      307 3 TOKYO, Mon. Former K;impuchean head of stair Norodom SihanouK has proposed that an international conference be held immediately to resolve the KampucheanViet names* 1 conflict that toppled the Pol Pot regime earlier this year, it was reported today. Prince Sihanouk, currently on an official visit
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      Lock icon 'Khmers may soon have nothing to eat'
      506 3 'Khmers may soon have nothing to eat' BANGKOK, Monday RAVAGED by revolution and war, Kampuchea seems fated to endure a famine disaster of huge proportions while the world looks on. The famine might kill thousands of people and drive many more to seek refuge elswhere in a world that has,
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      Lock icon Refugees set their boat on fire
      116 3 Refugees set their boat on fire BANGKOK, Mon. A boat hired to send about 600 Vietnamese refugees to sea blew up at the weekend when the refugees set it on fire. Press reports here quoted official sources in Narathiwat in the south of Thailand as saying the refugees were forced
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      Lock icon Big problems beset Hanoi
      137 3 NEW YORK, Monday VIETNAM is wrestling with severe political and economic problems despite Soviet aid estimated at US$2 million (5J4.4 million) a day, according to Newsweek magazine. Correspondent Arnaud de Borchgrave, who recently returned from a week's visit to Vietnam, wrote in the latest issue of
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      Lock icon Bombings in Italy
      60 3 ROME, Mon. Urban guerillas carried out a series of fire bomb attacks against political offices and schools in Italy's major cities yesterday in an intensified terror campaign against the nation's parliamentary elections next month. Fire bombings were reported in Rome, Milan, Naples and near Turin, police said.
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      Lock icon To Mongolia
      54 3 NEW DELHI. Mon. The Dalai Lama, the Tibetan spiritual leader, will pay his first visit to Mongolia next month to open an international Buddhist conference (or peace, his office here announced today. He will leave India, where he has lived since fleeing Tibet in 1959. for Ulan Bator
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      Lock icon Beijing gripped by 'English fever'
      222 3 ENGLISH learning fever has swept through Beijing (Peking), and two television teachers have become instant stars. The Hongkong communist newspaper Ta Kung Pao said today the programme,, broadcast over a Beijing television station twice a day, has an audience of one million. It said that
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      Lock icon Newcomer level with Trudeau, say polls
      323 4 Newcomer level with Trudeau, say polls OTTAWA, Monday CANADIANS vote in a general election tomorrow after a gruelling campaign which may have shaken Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau's 11-year grip on power. Last-minute opinion polls put the Progressive Conservative Party (PC) of newcomer Joe Clark level with Mr Trudeau's Liberals, raising
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      Actor put on 2-year bond for cruelty to son
      206 4 Actor put on 2-year bond for cruelty to son HONGKONG, Mon. Film director and actor Lo Lieh has been put on a HK$5OO (about SJ2IS) good behaviour bond for two years on a charge of cruelty to his seven-year-old son. But Mr John Baily at Causeway Bay Court ruled on
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      Lock icon Spanish trip
      42 4 BUCHAREST, Mon. Rumanian President Nicolae Ceausescu left here today (or a five-day official visit to Spain, the Agerpress agency reported. Mr Ceausescu, who was accompanied by Foreign Minister Stefan Andrei, will be the first communist leader to visit Spain AFP.
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      Lock icon 'Asians may not be allowed back'
      163 4 'Asians may not be allowed back' KAMPALA, Mon. Uganda has said that thousands of Asian businessmen ejected by deposed dictator Idi Amin may not be allowed to return but compensation will be considered on an individual basis. In a major policy speech outlining Uganda's new economic policies, President Youssef Lule
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      Lock icon Chef dies
      37 4 MOSCOW, Mon. A 38-year-old Estonian chef has been executed for killing a man and a teenage girl while under the influence of alcohol, the newspaper Sovtetskaya Estonia reported in an edition reaching Moscow yesterday. Reuter.
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      Lock icon Huge crop at stake
      55 4 DACCA, Mon. Irrigation experts yesterday reported water levels at dangerously low levels in Bangladesh's northern Rajshahi district and predicted huge crop damage unless the monsoons arrive shortly. A prolonged heatwave, with temperatures up to 42.8 C, has caused the prices of the nation's dwindling rice and
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      Lock icon Agreement at last on 11th day of talks
      183 4 Agreement at last on 11th day of talks UNCTAD V MANILA MANILA, Mon. The US-nation, one-month UN Conference on Trade and Development (Unctod), in Its 11th day, today produced Its first agreement that all Its members should attend another international meeting on trade marks. On what a conference Kpokrsnuui described
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      Lock icon Tory Govt's first talks with US
      115 4 Tory Govt's first talks with US LONDON, Mor. United States Secretary of State Cyrus Vance and British Foreign Secretary Lord Carrington today opened the first top-level AngloAmerican consultations since Britain's Conservative Government took office, dealing first with the sticky problem of what to do about Rhodesia. The two men are
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      Lock icon Scott: I once thought of killing Thorpe
      178 4 LONDON, Mon. ON the verge of tears, male model Norman Scott testified today that he once thought of killing Jeremy Thorpe, the former Liberal Party leader, who is on trial for conspiring to murder Mr Scott. Repeating his allegations that he and Thorpe
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      Lock icon Bid to block shipping proposals
      359 4 Bid to block shipping proposals HONGKONG, Mon. Independent oil tanker owners launched a campaign today to block proposals to give a greater share of the world's shipping business to Third World countries. Sir Yue-kong Pao, reputedly owner of the world's largest independent merchant fleet, called a news conference in his
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      Lock icon 'Meeting has achieved little'
      293 4 'Meeting has achieved little' MANILA, Mon. Veteran Argentinian economist, Mr Raul Prebisch, first secretary-general of the UN Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad), addressed its meeting here today and bluntly declared it had I achieved very little. Lack of unity and political will on many sides were spoiling the opportunity
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    Labourer fined for flinging chair at doctor
    206 5 Labourer fined for flinging chair at doctor A LABOI KKR stormed into a clinic at the Kan dang Kernau Hospital on March IS after his wife had a miscarriage, and threw a swivel chair at the doctor, a district court heard yesterday. Sw T«h Pah, the labourer, visited his »ifr
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    SIM course
    39 5 THE Singapore Institute of Management will hold a course on The Effective Executive from June 9 to July 14 at the SIM conference room. Thong Teck Building. Srotts Road The closing date for application is June 2
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    Trial run for 1980 census starts on Friday
    487 5 Trial run for 1980 census starts on Friday Interviews will cover 6,000 households THE Department of Statistics begins the first of its three-stage trial population census this week to prepare for the traditional 10vearly census next month. Stage One, which starts from Friday, will cover 6.000 households in different parts
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    $200,000 break-in at gold smith's shop
    126 6 $200,000 break-in at gold smith's shop THIEVES broke Into a goldsmith's shop in Block 23, On tram Park, and got away with $2M,Mt in cash and Jewellery on Sunday. The break-In was discovered by Mr Leon* Fook Kee, 49, the owner of Memento Goldsmith and Jewellers on the second floor,
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    Thieves' timing off the mark
    112 6 Thieves' timing off the mark THIEVES who stole $37,000 worth of watches and watch bracelets from a newly established watch repair and servicing firm in High Street Centre on Sunday, missed a new consignment of watches worth $100,000, which was to have been delivered 24 hours earlier. The owner of
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    'Can the court try a noncitizen' poser
    422 6 'Can the court try a noncitizen' poser HAS a Singapore court the jurisdiction to try a non-citizen for a corruption offence committed outside the country? This was the poser yesterday at the start of the trial of a mechanical engineer of UIE-Promet Pte. Ltd. facing an amended charge of accepting
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    Ong presents prizes to winners
    82 6 THE Labour Minister and! MP for Telok Ayer, Mr; Ong Pang Boon, last night 1 presented prizes to winners of the basketball (junior) tournament organised by I the Telok Ayer community i centre at the centre. Twelve basketball teams took part in the three-week I
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    Exhibition
    27 6 AN exhibition of the latest in marine technology, Marintec Asia 79, will be held at the World Trade Centre at Maritime Square from June 11 to
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    Hostel to remain open
    108 6 Hostel to remain open THE Singapore Aftercare Association hostel in Dunlop Street is to stay open after all although there were plans earlier to close it as soon as alternative accommodation was found for its 13 hostelites. It is believed this decision was made after rethinking by the association. It
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    Swimming course
    54 6 Swimming course j THE Orchard Road YMCA I will conduct a swimming course at the intermediate stage every Wednesday between 6 p.m. and 7.30 p.m. and on Saturdays from 4 p.m. to 5.30 p.m., starting on June Fees for the 10-session course are $35 for members ar.d $40 (or non-members.
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    PLUCKY GIRL GAVE ROBBER A SURPRISE
    127 6 A MACHINE operator, robbed at knife-point, surprised the robber by snatching back her gold necklace, a district court heard yesterday. As Miss Tan Swee Soo, 18, fled, pursued by the robber, three members of the public went to her rescue and caught the robber.
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    Petition by 'deserted' husband dismissed
    548 6 Petition by 'deserted' husband dismissed Wife: In-laws plotted to send me away A WOMAN from Punjab, who alleged her parents-in-law here schemed to break up her "happy" marriage by sending her in 1973 on a one-way air ticket to India, yesterday successfully opposed her husband's divorce petition, based on alleged
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    Bank's claim on drivers' status baffles union
    304 6 Bank's claim on drivers' status baffles union A TRADE union is baffled by the alleged explanations of a French bank in Singapore as to why seven of its chauffeurs cannot be unionised. The Banque Nationale de Paris (BNP), is understood to have explained that these drivers can overhear conversations of
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    Metric tour of market
    52 6 THE MP (or Alexandra, Mr Tan Soo Khoon, will tour Queenstown 4 market tomorrow at 8 a.m., in conjunction with the Metrication Board's zonal education programme for the Alexandra constituency. A metrication exhibition j will also be held at the Alexandra community centre from I Friday
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    When things get hot down at the courts
    213 6 MORE than those who ran foul of the law were feeling uncomfortable at the Subordinate Courts Complex in Havelock Road yesterday. And all because the central air-conditioning system had broken down for the better part of the day, with the result that
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    Road run's new date
    73 6 THE Singapore Road Run originally scheduled for Jun< 3. has heen postponed lo Jun< 10 at 7.30 a.m. The closing date (or entries has been postponed toMay 30 Those interested in taking'par in the 10km (Seniors) am 6km (Veterans and Women competition should collect their number
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    Baby girl found drowned in basin
    118 6 Baby girl found drowned in basin AN 18-month-old baby girl, Lim Wei Wei, was found drowned in 30.5 cm of water in a basin at her sixth floor flat in Block 130, Ang Mo Kio, on Sunday morning. Her body was found by her parents, Mr and Mrs Lim Ah
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    $1,000 gift
    36 6 THE Chee Tong Temple, Bukit Timah Road, will donate 15 tables and 45 chairs worth $1,000 to the Association for Educationally Subnormal Children at the association's Katong Special School on Sunday at w arn.
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      Lock icon Sarawak polls to be held next month?
      259 7 Sarawak polls to be held next month? K. LUMPUR, Mon THE state election in Sarawak is likely to be held late next month or in July, it was learned here today. Political sources say the best bet is July before the fasting month begins on June 24. If the election
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      Lock icon No need for travel papers
      53 7 ALOR STAR, Mon. Foreigners working on Malaysian fishing boats operating in fishing grounds near the Malaysia-Thai territorial waters need not have valid travel documents, it was officially confirmed today. A governnient spokesman said the reason was that the foreigners were working at sea and not
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      'Outraged'
      32 7 TAIPING, Mon. A housewife reported on Saturday that a neighbour had outraged the modesty of her six-year-old daughter at a house in Kampong Pecah. 16 km from here -N P ST
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      120 7 Vandals attack two Hindu temples IPOH, Mon. Vandals today broke Into two Hindu temples In Perak and destroyed several Images of deities, a temple priest reported here today. The priest In his report to the police here said three unidentified men wearing flowing gowns also tried to set fire to
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      23 7 TANAH RATA. Mon The Perak Tourist Association will send a delegation to attend the Hongkong water festival in August NST
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      'Ground Tebuans' call after 6 pilots die in crashes
      214 7 'Ground Tebuans' call after 6 pilots die in crashes KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Ground the Tebuans. This is the consensus following the latest crash which occurred at the Kuantan RMAF base runway last Friday, the Sunday Mail reported yesterday. Both the pilots, Lt (Air) Rosli Ismail, 22, of Malacca and the
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      68 7 Curfew on jungle areas IPOH, Mon. A round-the-clock curfew has been imposed on all cultivated and jungle areas, covering part of Ipoh town and up to the Keledang Saiong range. A police spokesman said the curfew, which came into effect at 7.00 p.m. today, is to facilitate security forces operation.
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      48 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. Malaysia and Chile plan to establish diplomatic ties soon with the concurrent accreditation of the Chilean Ambassador in Jakarta. Enrique Carvallo. to Kuala Lumpur, acting Foreign Minister Haji Taib Mahmud told reporters today following talks with Chilean Vice-Foreign Minister General Enrique Valdes AP.
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      36 7 MALACCA, Mon. The Federal Government has allocated $18 million for the Maritime Academy to be built on the campus of the Malaysia Maritime Training Centre at Kuala Sungai Bam, 48 km from here. NST.
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      265 7 PENANG, Monday MALAYSIA has decided to provide a further $800 million for the armed forces under the Third Malaysia Plan be- j cause of developments in the region. Deputy Defence Minister Datuk Mokhtar Hashim said here on Saturday night. Datuk Mokhtar said j
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    LABOUR FORCE SURVEY TO BEGIN
    104 8 LABOUR FORCE SURVEY TO BEGIN A LABOUR force survey to collect information on the employment situation in Singapore will be conducted by the Labour Ministry, beginning this week. The ministry has selected a sample of 25.000 households for this sixweek survey Interviewers from the ministry will visit these households to
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    Cake-making
    32 8 OUTRAM Park community centre will hold a cake-making and tim-sum contest at its premises on May 27 at 3pm. For details, ring tel *****51 between 3 p m and 10 p.m.
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    Ministry plans to build arts centre
    328 8  -  GERALDINE TANG By THE Ministry of Culture is planning to build an arts centre to provide more facilities for the mushrooming of local cultural activities. While building plans have yet to be drawn up, it is understood that this proposed centre would art be
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    Jail for extort bid
    73 8 A DISTRICT court yesterday heard how a man tried to extort $10 from a drinks seller after accusing him of getting him into prison for five years. M. Nursah bin Jantan, 33, pleaded guilty to threatening to kill Mr Masudul Hasan, 32, in Selangor Street on
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    Accused: Why I implicated my accomplice
    331 8 Double murder trial THE second accused in the Mount Vernon double murder trial said yesterday that he implicated the first accused in his police statement because he was angry when he learnt that his accomplice "squealed" on him, the High Court heard yesterday. Yeo
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    Sentence varied so man walks out free
    192 8 Sentence varied so man walks out free AN engineering techni- j cian, jailed last October for three years for three homosexual offences at his flat in Sims Drive, yesterday walked out of the Court of Criminal Ap- peal a free man. Lee Jee Tee, 32, represented by Mr Lim Choon
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    Track meet
    23 8 OUTRAM Secondary School will have its 26th annual track and field meet at Toa Payoh Stadium on Thursday from 2 p.m.
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    Midnight ride ends in crash
    86 8 Midnight ride ends in crash PL rtL'C SPIRITED passers-by f«-ued the driver of this smashedup car (above) at the junction of TatnpineM Road and I pper Serangoon Road early yesterday by pulling him nut of the driver's seat. Police said the car, travelling along Tarnpines Road at about 12.11 a.m.,
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    CHOO HOEY TO LEAD VIENNA ORCHESTRA
    148 8 CHOO HOEY TO LEAD VIENNA ORCHESTRA MR CHOO HOEY, the conductor of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, will be guest conductor of the Vienna Opera Orchestra for one night when it performs in Singapore in July. The three-night concert to be given by the 100strong orchestra at the Singapore Conference Hall
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    Vandalism charge
    53 8 TAN Pheng Siong. 23. of Bukit Merah View, was charged in court yesterday with committing vandalism by damaging 22 window panes of the Bukit MeVah community centre on Jan 9 at 5.15 p.m. He was ordered to be remanded at Changi Prison Hospital pending mention of the case
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    Bill seeks to set up Pharmacy Board
    400 8 THE Pharmacists Registration Bill, read for the first time last Tuesday, seeks to set up a Pharmacy Board and to replace j the Pharmacists Registra- tion Act. To be called the! Pharmacists Registration 1 Act, 1979, when approved, the bill provides for the
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    Council to turn wards into home
    250 9 Council to turn wards into home THE Sinn»p»rr C*mtU •f Sarlftl Service to mMvatiag tw« unused wards at the Trafalgar Home Into a tome for the Incurable sick at a rmt ml $S*,m to $tt,MI. The project, which will he kirn m the Nrpc Au kaard H«ne (•r the iMcurahtc
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    Concert
    22 9 HE National Theatre Club hirwse Orchestra will present Chinese orchestral concert t the Singapore Conference lall on Sunday at 8 p.m.
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    Hoteliers reacting coolly to Sentosa
    675 9  - Hoteliers reacting coolly to Sentosa SUSIE SOH ByS I HOTELIERS here are cool to the idea of building more hotels on Sentosa which, a number of them say, lacks a certain something they cannot quite put a finger on. Some who have more definite ideas think the island, known as
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    Throwing some light on the word 'blind'
    318 9 NOT all people considered blind are totally sightless because they can still see, although with considerable difficulty. According to the Singapore Association for the Blind (SAB), the majority of people registered with them are not totally blind as they have some degree of
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    World Bank loans to S'pore total $365 m
    107 9 World Bank loans to S'pore total $365 m SINGAPORE has received 14 loans, totalling US$l66 million (***** million), from the World Bank so far, according to government sources. These loans, disbursed during the last two decades, were extended to the Public Utilities Board, Telecommunications Authority, Port Authority, Ministry of the
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    Culture show
    45 9 THE Labour Minister and MP for Telok Ayer, Mr Ong Pane Boon, will attend a cultural show (or the people presented by the People's Association cultural troupe at Telok Ayer Street in front of the Hokkien Huay Kuan at 7.30 p.m. on Friday.
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    NCC has become part and parcel of his life
    241 10 THK National Cadet Corps has become a pan and parcel of seeondary whMl teacher Major IJm Sm Howe's life. Not only has he served the Carps for years a> an officer, bat wan a cadet during his school days. He also
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    'Study turmoil of teenagers'
    401 10 A STUDY should be carried out to determine the extent and pattern of "adolescent turmoil" among Singapore youths. This call was made by child pychiatrist Dr Wong Sze Tai who said such a study should be made because of the "immense stresses" that adolescents are undergoing
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    Housing assn to amend draft contract
    407 10 Housing assn to amend draft contract THE draft contract, which members of the Singapore Housing Decoration Contractors Association want signed between themselves and home owners before they agree to undertake jobs, is to be amended, the association's chairman, Mr Tan Thian Leong, said yesterday. This will be done on the
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    Gold up again: Second hike in 5 days
    154 10 PRICES of gold are to be further raised by $20 from today only five days after a similar increase was made by the Singapore Chinese Gold and Silver Met chants Association this month. The new prices for gold are: 24 carat $800;
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    Thief fined $800
    46 10 Thief fined $800 A WOMAN, Chew Chai Bee, 25. was yesterdayiailed for a day and fined $800 by a district court for stealing three dresses, three blouses, a sweater and a belt from Isetan Emporium in Havplock Road on Sunday at 11.35 a.m. She pleaded guilty.
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    Film shows
    32 10 THE National Museum will screen three colour films Canadians ran dance, Our street was paved with gold and Saskatchewan. 45 degress below at its premises at 8 p m. tomorrow.
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    Times Publishing's Oman venture
    150 10 TIMES Publishing yesterday announced its inten- tion to go into a joint venture with an Omanbased Arab corporation in the field of printing. A spokesman said Times Publishing will soon be acquiring an i interest in the Arab printing organisation, W.J. Towell and Company, and posting
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    Sunday usage up
    27 10 SUNDAY'S electricity consumption of 14.65 mi lion units was a 2.67 per cent increase over tr Sunday average in March of 14.27 million units
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    Varsities seminar opens tomorrow
    244 10 I THE Senior Minister of I State (Education), Dr i Tony Tan, will give the opening address at a five- day regional seminar on the role of universities in I management education at I the Regional language i Centre tomorrow. The seminar is organised by the
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    Society head
    31 10 MR I>eslie Wong Kok Chin has been elected president of the Singapore Society of Accountants. Other officials are Mr John Curran (vice-president), and Mr Lo Hock I.ing (treasurer i.
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      231 11 4Hfc^^ .^^Bk. S^HBJl^ J^Btffe 1 48 th Branch Opening Branch Moving Branch Expansion Today, Malaysia's biggest bank Business at our Mersing branch is Our Setapak branch has also opens its 1 48 th branch in growing. Already we are looking grown. With over 1 2,266 account Bayan Lepas, Penang. Bringing
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    The Straits Times TUESDAY, MAY 22, 1979 HDB OPTIONS
    393 12 The Straits Times TUESDAY, MAY 22, 1979 HDB OPTIONS THE LABOUR Minister, Mr Ong Pang Boon, has spoken about what has (or long been common practice: Many HDB flat-owners make extensive and often expensive renovations to their flats. In some cases, the money spent was even more than the price
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    CHINESE DILEMMA
    355 12 THE CHINESE press took an unprecedented step last October when the Beijing (Peking) People's Daily acknowledged, for the first time, that China has an unemployment problem. i Since then, the media nave gone further, not i only admitting the existence of such unsocialist maladies as juvenile crime, prostitution,
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      What the SBS has done to improve Bedok services
      847 12 WE REFER to the articles "Commuters hit by changed routes" (ST, April 30) and "How to improve Bedok's bus services" (ST, April 25). Before we examine the problems and suggestions raised by your correspondents, it would be useful to recount the
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    412 12  -  TH AUNG MYINE By in Kuala Lumpur THE Malaysia Government will aelp act ■p M instigate to modernise tb»- profession of tntdlttoul Malay inedlrlaemen. The Instltjte will train bomehs la the scientific use of roots, herbs, barks and potions In treatment for a wide
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    Does the US need to bring back conscription?
    702 12  -  JOHN COOLEY Nation braces for public struggle over peacetime selective service By in Washington SIX years after the last Vietnam-era draftee received his "greetings" from Uncle Sam, the United States Congress and the nation are bracing for a long, public struggle over
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    Trying to find answers to air controllers' grievances
    693 12  - Trying to find answers to air controllers' grievances NORRIS WILLATT A CONFERENCE to be held in Geneva this month, under the auspices of the International Labour Organisation, will look into the different kinds of problems faced by the world's air traffic controllers. This report tells of some of their common
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    Mobilizing the nation's resources in an all-out export offensive
    1748 13  -  JOHN TAN By SOUTH KOREA has mobilised its resources to win international export markets. What lessons can Singapore draw from the South Koreans? John Tan of Business Times, in a special assignment for the Straits Times, went to South Korea to
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      93 13 I)iiiiiiiiiiii[]iniiiiiiiii[]iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiic]iiiiiiiiiiiic3iiiiiiiiiiny G~ THE GOETHE-INSTITUT I SINGAPORE I (Germon Cultural Centre) presents FILM FESTIVAL VOLKER SCHLONDORFF j May 23 Bpm :The Education of Yount j Tories* 24 8 pm: The Sudden Riches of the Poor People of Kombach 25 8 pm: The Moral Attitudes of Mrs. Halbfass 26 7 pm: Summer
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      126 13 TOMORROW: How South Korea is coping with inflation. UOH$ aU juR 0 oNo lN p" P e°nu A CHARITY FILM PREMIERE under the patronage of the Senior Minister of State for Education Mr. CHAI CHONG Yll m aid of Association for the Educationally Sub -Normal Children PRINCE TOmOrrOW 9.15pm rJtt™wi!Ll*\
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      1798 14 810 and offer prices officially listed and tUMIm in an reported to the ExrhanKe of Singapore yesterday »ith the number of shares traded shown in brackets in lots 01 1 .000 uniu unless othentis* sprci[ied All Times Settlement Contracts tre quoted after the word "sen" Big Board
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      Govt and corporate bonds
      181 14 4 \T, 1/8/80 (250.000) (99 328 99.445) 4 3 4"S ***** (250.000)1 99 558 99.655) 5 3/4% 1/6/78-80 (250.000) (100 708 100.8581 I 1 M 1/5/79-81 (250.000) (100 308 100.45.5) 5 1/4% 1/3/81 (250.000) (*****8 I00.15S) 5% 15-4/81 (250.000) (***** 99.655) 5% T F 1/5/83 (250.000)
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      CLOSING PRICES
      41 14 THE laat ImurM rfadv u» at in- rtaar irf hml»f» m Mir Stork K». h.tner of Sm K .i lioiT ifMmky rompaml with ihr prr\-KHi.s pru-n. i.««her oilh m hi B h ..n.1 km A4|M«fd for »mp rights mrl
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      Unit trusts
      158 14 Closing tone: Steady Turnover: Official figures supplied by the Stock Exchange of Singapore including odd lots "Ready" totalled: 4.575.000 units valued at $11,343,000 Industrials accounted for 2.513.000. finance 449.000. hotels 219.000. properties 452.000, debentures, loans and bonds 1.000, plantations 878,000. minings 63.000 "Settlement" contracts totalled: 898.000 units valued
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      KUALA LUMPUR
      1667 14 and business in and reported to the Kuala Lumpur Stork Exchange yes terday with the number of shares traded shown in brackets in lots of 1.000 unit* unless otherwise specified I MM STKIALS Arma i 2 MB 2 70S) cd AjaiMrti < 2 75B 3 MS Kail Aleaa
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        83 14 HONGKONG: Stock prices closed firmer led by properties which saw moderate speculative demand, dealers said. The Hang Seng index closed 3.48 points higher at 568.64 points. The market opened quiet with operators disappointed that there had been no cut in interest rates at the exchange banks' meeting on Saturday.
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        79 14 SYDNEY: The market closed slightly firmer in quiet trading yesterday, with the banking sector drawing most interest, dealers said. The A N Z Baak rose 20 cents to AH 60 on its strong half-year results, while the Bank at N S W firmed eight to S3 58 and the
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        51 14 TOKYO: Share prices closed lower after late profit-taking pared early gains yesterday, dealers said. The Dow Jones average fell 8 76 to close at 6,306.72 points.after reaching a record high of6.346.45 at mid-morning, with a volume of 390 million shares. The New index closed at 453 68. down 0.60
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        GOLD
        110 14 THE KILOBAR market for gold deliverable in Singapore yesterday opened al J18.5S5 and closed al $18. 593. In the Far East, gold opened at USJ2W 40 2980 and moved up to S260 60 260 90 in the early afternoon. Some selling from Europe drove the price down to $259
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        STRAITS TIN
        25 14 THE STRAITS tin price fell $20 to $1,965 per picul in Penang yesterday on an official offering up 12 tonnes to 242 tonnes.
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        RUBBER
        148 14 OPENING prices in the Singapore rubber market yesterday were marked up about 0.75 cent despite lower London advices, dealers said. Values later gained further ground on sellers reserve, covering and forward demand, notably for Jan March and Apl June I960. Some trade and speculative selling influenced by the Thai
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        Closing prices
        30 14 Rubber: May 21 Singapore: June: 291.50 cents (up 5.00 cents) Malaysia: June: 293.50 cents (up 5.25 cents) Tin: $1,965 (down $20) Official offering: 242 tonnes (up 47 tonnes)
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      Shares close off best
      306 14 SHARES continued to shaw ■•deriving strength In qolet aid selective trading on thr Stock K\ change «t Singapore yesterday. Sentiment wan strongest during the tint hour •f the moralng seariwn when speculator* aad Investors went about separating the chaff from the grain. Moat of thr better-quality
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      324 14 TH E plantation counters yesterday again led the Kuala Lumpur stock market to a slightly steadier close under generally mixed conditions. Opening levels were higher after the weekend break, but after some erratic deals, prices began to dip towards the noon close. There was some recovery in the
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      Minimum lending rates
      23 14 THE average rate at which Singapore banks are currently prepared to lend to their best customers Is 8 per cent.
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      SBS has to reconcile profit-making with social objective
      1113 15 SBS has to reconcile profit-making with social objective Hus Service MIM th.it its iwiisn linn i m corporate jlans and strategies and management capabilities will enable it to k -hirve significant improvein hnth qualitative >nd quantitative terms in 'he years ahead. But the impression oiie •••r talking to the ■I
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      Tronoh Mines profit growth slows to 9 per cent
      349 15 Tronoh Mines profit growth slows to 9 per cent AFTER a sharp 71 per cent Jump In earalags In 1177, Tronoh Mlaes Malaysia achieved »nly a madest I per reat rise In pre-tax profit to $24.5 million last year despite hl«hrr tin prices and oatpot. At the attributable level, however,
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      Apollo expects its rights issue to be fully subscribed
      828 15 Apollo expects its rights issue to be fully subscribed kPOLLo Enterprises' ana full subscription or its one-for-one rights ssue of 16 million shares at 1 par. Certain major shareholders of the company have ilready undertaken to sub-<-ribe to 6 11 million shares, paving a balance of 9 892 nillion to
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      South Malaysia Industries
      221 15 SiXTH Malaysia Industries <SMI extended ing earnings headw.iy made in the first half of ii into the MCaßj h i lf and almost tripled its full yiMi pie lax profit to MSI 16 million from $4<»<.(>ll pM-viiMisly The growth was achieved on only I modest 34 per
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      963 16 in The Sunday Times |j II EMPLOYMENT MALE/FEMALE CLERICAL Asulst- ant required with C.CX qualifications Completed full-time National Service Salary J250 for O' leve!. MOO for A' level Upon A completion of 3 months' probaW tlon Apply In own handwriting *»^(-_a*e>a** with recent phoU>Kraph l.sli monlals. references to Person In-Charge.
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      662 17 SALESGIRLS REOUIRED IN bnufor iriurvirw after 11 am at Unit 126. Ist Floor. Plaza Slngapnri. i irrharrl Hi>u<l SALESGIRLS WANTED. INTERVIEW personally at Smlly Fashnin (Pie) Lid 134. Ist floor. SALESGIRLS REOUIRED BY Kalong and Ot.hard Boutiques Oood prospects Apply personally. Unit 129 Ist floor. Plaza Slngapura(2pm Ipm) Salesgirls required
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      715 17 II EMPLOYMENT A leading Shipyard In Jurong Invites applications for 1) Marine Engineers 2) Mechanical Engineers Degree/ Diploma In Marine Mechanical Engineering with at least few years of working experience in Shipyard. Draughtsmen Male or Female with 4 years experience In Shipbuilding 4) Techmeiana/ Sunarvlaoia Minimum 3 years experience with
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      541 17 Applications are invited from suitably qualified persons for the position of:— DRAUGHTSMAN for a proiect which is expected to last several months. Age: Above 22 years Experience: Minimum 2 years draughting experience in piping and civil work preferably related in the petroleum industry Qualifications Secondary 111 and a good working
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      600 17 II EMPLOYMENT PHILIPS requires ACCEPTANCE INSPECTOR (QUALITY CONTROL) c Applicant should posses GCE from Technics Stream or National Trad Certificate (Grade 3) In Elec ironic Servicing/ Mechanl cal field. c Must have completed full time National Service or ex empted from National Ser vice Interested applicants, please sue mil lull
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      627 17 c) Domestic EXPERIENCED GOVERNESS would like to babysit at her own home, dlst 20 Reasonable charges Tel *****37 LIVE-IN AMAH WANTED fur Run. pean family with 2 little children babysitting Tel: *****0 Contact Mrs Becker LIVE IN AMAH. AMERICAN family or 3 requires Kngllsh speaking is amah Upper Thomson Road
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      453 17 II EMPLOYMENT BaT skV^aal A well established Factory in Ju rong Town invites Mele or FemaM Freeh Graduates frcm Economic! Departments of Singapore Univer. ally to be in charge ol some ol its depertments Knowledge „f Mandarin and f'.int'jnese essential Preferably with driving licence or own cat but not necessary
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      590 17 A w»M rt.tnt>*i*h«d and prestigious cocktail k>ung« in Orchard Road raqtmas STEWARDESSES it<-«- monthly Income arooaaj ti M Kxperienre not iifM-pssary Work ■araMtsaaa' arromodatlon provided tor Malaysians Pleaae call personalty RoomM-4. lien Hml Building. 1»3 Tras Street. Singapore 2 Tel: *****1S Mr Johnny T.y EASTERN WIRE MANUFACTURING CO PTE LTD
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      370 18 II EMPLOYMENT 31 Situations Vacant t) General [GET 4 ■THE! BEST! GOBI in c'iitni j and work with us ,i> a FEMALE PRODUCTION OPERATOR .Hid stand lo win a lIT colour TV eel. You mx> earn up to H $27(1- if m>u have ex- piTu-ni in soldf ring. H inspi'rlion.
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      344 18 HYMOLD PTE. LTD reqwrea; MALE GENERAL WORKERS MM pay ata t rmgr- KrtieflLt 1. FOURTH L OK YANG ROAD JURONG. SINGAPORE 22 Feeder bus services 2SO a 2SOA INTERNATIONAL COMPANY RE-OUMCSan'mi.-e Boy Age maximum 18 years Apply in writing lo 804 Ocean Bldg (Oliver s)BB| s pore I HANOO ELITE
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      511 18 II EMPLOYMENT Applications are invited lo fill the following posts (A) LOT CONTROLLER (Male) (B) QUALITY CHECKER (Female) (C) FEMALE ASSEMBLERS fur post (Al Male candidates should have completed National Service or currently serving part-time with OCE Certificate For post (B) The candidates should have a GCE Certificate from a
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      201 18 MANPOWER TEMPORARY SERVICES dedicated TEMPORARY STAFF OF ALL CATEGORIES who are available lor work NOW and have a telephone contact number TELEPHONE *****60 and we'll lell you about the people we need, the work you could do and the money »ou II asm TODAY were particularly tnuresu-ci lo hear f
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      556 18 II EMPLOYMENT OC ETftOH EXETRON CPG PRIVATE LIMITED FEMALE PRODUCTION OPERATORS *YOU c are above 16 years c have primary education c and want to work 3rd Shift (1100pm to 7 00 am) with Saturday night and alternate Sunday night off COME AMD JOIN US Son># ot our b#f*#frts n*c*oo*
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      403 18 BBv^BßßTT^Si^^''Yfnir^RrvHHßßßa BBr^awß^T^^r^TTrVaaßßß! BW^BewTHsfe^TnrisJsi e»rHfcsß*T"BxM*eejiaJMrTTrPa»i HaMaSXlfll SMimnno A leading bicycle components manufacturer is last expanding and raquirM lor immediate employment the following vacancies: PRODUCTION OPERATORS Male and Female $6 80 per day (Male) and $7.04 per day (Female) On confirmation— slo 38 per day (Male) and $7.92 per day (Female) Preferablyhavesecondary
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      638 18 II EMPLOYMENT MALE GENERAL WORKERS required Salary $8 00 per day Please call personally at: 16-A. Moonstone Lane. Spore 12 MALE MACHINE OPERATORS re quired by Chemical Processing Plant In Jurong. Salary around $250 p m Only those who have completed their National Services and are willing to do shirt
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      348 18 a^J^aßßajaasr^aßl PUMP ATTENOANTS/CAR wash*****7 or call personally 870. Dunearn Road. Spore 21 PUMP ATTENDANTS REOUIRED HWI REQUIRED A CHINESE Despatch Clerk Willing to learn Shipping And Documentation duties Age between 20-25 Call *****55 for interview REOUIRED A) TRAINEE Cook Bl Waitresses Attractive salary and fringe benefits for post (A). Good
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      548 18 II EMPLOYMENT P.. placed rforyoul Our operators enjoy a high starting salary 'attractive fringe benefits generous leave provisions incentive awards, and *a pleasant working environment You have a right to these too. Start your career with us as Operators Call at: NMB SINGAPORE LIMITED 1. Chai Chee Avenue Singapore 14.
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      757 18 SPERRY VICKERS 420 Indus Road Singapore 3 requires DRIVER Must possess .i (Iran and valid csmas t iinvitiK licence and have experience in local deliveries Musi be HlKllsh speaking with at least Secondary 2 education Please contact Mr Laurence Lim al 2727*22 lor an interview after Ip.m. TRANSPORT COMPANY REOUIRES
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      1020 19 II EMPLOYMENT 31 Situations Vacant I) General WELL ESTABLISHED REFMOERATWM parts manufacturer in Jurong has vacancies for Factory Workers Must be able to work shift or overtime Female applicants are welcomed Please apply staling details, experience to ST Box A*l3*3 or telephone ■Ml WE REQUIRE (1) Telephone Operator -cum -receptionist*
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      548 19 111 VEHICLES BOATS BEAUTIFUL M 7* SKOOA 1201-S 1 i owner, eircond cassette. 370 M*/ I *****87 38 Hoot Klam Road BEAUTTFOL I*7* ALFA Romeo Sprint. 1300. good sound system and sports rims $28,000 Tel *****1 BEAUTWUL M 72 TOYOTA Corona MXII. 2000 cc aircond. metallic blue Radio, cartridge. PARF
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      875 19 DEC. M 72 MORRIS Marina, excellent running order Tax /Insurance $7,400 Phone *****37 or *****1 (office) DEC" M 73 COLT Lancer 1400. Alrcon Tape Player New Paint. Excellent Condition $10,700/on o *****40 DCC. 1*73 FORO Cortina OXL 2000 Excellent condlUon. PARF eligible Please contact *****0 DEC. 1*73. MAZOA 929 Aircond.
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      855 19 111 VEHICLES BOATS OCT. I*7o FORO Capri 1600. Alrcond, sports rims, metallic paint $5,300 Tel: 8*7514 Mr Chua RCOO. 1*74 COLT Oalant 16O0L Saloon Beautiful condition. $10,300 Private owner. 134* Serangoon Road. 3m .s REGISTRATION NUMBER FOR TENDER EIIIIE MtylveMf OvPOf MCUfM. Interested parties please write la* The Relation Officer
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      1009 19 I*«* MINI Sports rims, console box, cassette, winding windows. Beautiful condlUon Price $4,300 Tel: *****48. I*7o ALFA 17** New taX. sports rims. PARF eligible 2000 OTV external. $9,500 Tel: *****5 I*7o AUSTM MMI Cooper, sports rims, good running condition, eligible for PARF. $4,350 0.n.0 Tel *****9 I*7o FIAT 124 aircond..
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      904 19 111 VEHICLES BOATS I*7l MERCEDES 2*o Complete with aircond. cassette Selling $38,000 ono Interested call *****11 I*7l MMI SPECIAL Metallic paint, lip top condition Price $7 JOO 1 0.n.0. Tel *****73 Charlie I*7*. TOYOTA CROWN 2600 Aircond. radio, cassette. Very good condition Eligible for PARF $11.000.*****1. 1*73 TOYOTA CELICA 2
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      844 19 I*7l. MORRIS MARINA Coupe 2 owners Qood condition $7,900 0.n.0. Tel: *****53 I*7*, FIAT ISI Miration Automatic Radio, cassette 1 private $25,000 o no. Tel: *****. I*7* HONOA ACCORD. Aircond. rims. $25,800 o no. V.M.C.A. Orchard Road (opposite Cathay) 12 8 pm I*7* MERCEDES BCNZ 200. Automatic. One private ownes.
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      633 19 IV ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES I Bukit Timah Plaza Far East Shopping Centre Peninsula Shopping Complex Peninsula Plaza Textile Centre Lucky Plaza C E Shopping Centre and also Shophouses in Orchard, Joo Chiat Roads i ai^ APARTMENT FOR RENT GOLDBEI.L TOWERS 47 SCOTTS ROAD SINGAPORE 9 APARTMENT NO. 47-E, TYPE A, 2ND
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      457 19 OIST. 21 ENO KONG Garden. semi-detached, fully furnished. 2 L airconds. lar«e yard $850 Con- tact *****8 c DIST 21 SINGLE-STOREY OETACHED I badjroom aweaM rurnished/airronrt $1,900 DIST 5 2 1/2-STOREY SEMIDETACHED 6 bedrooms/servant furnished aircond. $I.*oo c DIST. EXECUTIVE APARTMENT with swimminn pool. 3 bedroom- utifully furnlshed/alrcond. within walking
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      612 20 IV ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES 1 51 Accommodation Vacant g Ol Gl a) Houses SEMSAWANG HILLS SINOLE- P< STOREY M-mi-delarhed unfur- [jj nished $420 Immediate act upa lion Seletar Hills single-storey n semi-detached furnished $550 H Available mid July Meng Housing *****49 SEMI DETACHED 11 CLOVER a Avenue off 4 1 2
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      380 20 ST. tO BRAND NEW Maisoniiil unfurnished furnished .200/52.500 Orchard Housing *****3 ST. W. CHATSWORTH COURT. range Road. Luxuriously fur ished apartment. 24-hour seinty. centrally alrcondltloned. rimming pool, sauna, fully car •led. downstairs guestroom, odern kitchen living/ dining/ ilcony. upstairs 4-oeejroomed. rvant's amenities Available lmedlately $4,300 Richard Low ouslng *****81 BT.
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      356 20 IV ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES OIST t LUXURIOUS APARTMENT 24-hour security, swimming pool, tennis rourt, 3 bedrooms study $2 600 Holland Housing *****04 DIST 9 OFF ORCHARD Road 3 bedrooms, wan to- wall carpeted Furnished apartment SI. IOO Short term- acceptable Hilton Towers SMC Tel *****5 Dial. 9 Oxley Garden apartments Spacious
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      427 20 PANOAN VALLEY TOWNHOUSE: with 4 bedrooms and spacious living/ dining area, garden terrace. $2,500 p m partially furnished. Call *****2 Comprehensive Realty PANOAN VALLEY Attractive 2level 4-bedroomed apartment, swimming pool, new furniture, aircons. $1,900 Goldhlll Towers I near Chancery Lane) beautiful furnished 3-bedroomed apartment $1,700 Available 27th June *****92. PATERSON
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      786 20 IV ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES PARTIALLY FURNISHED ROOM i along Orchard Road with at- < tached bathroom Call Del I *****11 PARTLY FURNISHED ROOM near City area for rent $180 $300 I monthly Free parking Contact: I Mrs Tan *****22 ROOM AT SSX Cavenagh Road for immediate occupancy For details, call *****0
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      650 20 ATTRACTIVE BUNGALOW. TON -"los* Changi. 3 bedrooms. 2 bathrooms, renovated. 6.200 sq ft *****00/- Victor L Morris Tel *****. KAUTIFUL LUXURIOUS TOWNHOUSE at Choice location. rooms, study. $785,000 Holland Housing *****04 BEDOK PARK. Brand new doubleslorey semi-detached. Splitflooring terruzzo /parquet Must •ell' *****22 CORNWALL OAROEN VICINITY Luxurious single-storey detached bungalow
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      515 20 IV ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES HOUSE MST. 10 off Pelrce Road on 3/4 acre land 5 bedrooms, all alrcon Large patio and swimming pool, matured garden Freehold Price $2 million Tel *****5/*****0. LA VENTURA MST. 10 BISHOPSO ATt New Spent** Townhouse (3 1/2•ioc#y) in sn •xcKmiv4 condom ml urn of 2i umla
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      628 20 b) Flats APARTMENTS AT PEARL'S Centre for sale on the higher floors, built-in area 1.650 sq.fl 2 bedrooms with living and dining areas 12% property tax Enquiries *****0 APARTMENTS IN DISTRICTS PACIPC MANSION 3 bedroom anatrppnts nestled m pleasant gardens and ius! a minu'e away from the city $87 500'NUTMEG
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      550 20 IV ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES WANTED BOTH COMMERCIAL RESIDENTIAL LAND FOR DEVELOPMENT Any offer of local vacant land either large or small, in the busy commercial districts Any residential area for construction of flats, terrace semi detached houses Please contact Mr. Chong Singapore I Tel: *****58 SEASIDE RESIDENTIAL LAND be neath Ihe
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      771 20 VENIENT Itrii spare. Tras Street Approx 6UU sq :i Monthly rental $600 Further particular* phone *****51 BEACH ROAD. OFFICE space 350 sq.tt Available with carpe.lng. lightings, centrally alrcondltloned Immediately $500 Inclusive of maintenance Contact *****. No Brokers CENTRAL BUILDING Newly Renovated Office Building At The Fringe Of CBD Area Office
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      592 21 IV ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES 61 Shops To Let/For Sale/Wanted LUCKY PLAZA Few shop units available for sale or lease. Contact Miss Doreen Tel: *****11 (12 lines) ORCHARD ROAD SHOPPING i>ntres with area around 1.000 sq fl preferable on Ground Floor or Fan* Floor required Interested parties please reply to. ST. Box
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      737 21 PRtME SHOP SPACES FOR SALE at lower groundfloor C4E Orchard Building From 290 sq ft upwards Bel* pnee SSS* SSOO plelton 10 months time CONTACT: BBSS TAN REQUIRED SHOPHOUSE. Vacant possession Dlsls 6. 7. 8. 9. 14. 15. Phone ***** SHOP FOR SALE The Arcade Shopping Centre opposite Clifford Pier
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      670 21 V SERVICES BUSINESS 1 SUPERVISORS/ LECTURERS FOR new secretarial school on Jointventure basis 55.000-520.000 investment. Salary plus prom sharing Discussions Llm *****3/ *****6. WALLPAPER Cleee: Weetern Deetgn. Size: 0.i3 m I 10 OS m -S« Our waßpaper utection Include* Manufacturers and Exporters THE REAL INTERNATIONAL CO. LTD P.O. BOX S4-103
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      789 21 AVAILABLE 10 FT. LORRY for household removals Per trip $20 with Driver Mr Ang *****85 FOR HOUSEHOLD/OFFICE removals, leave your transport problems to us Contact United Indians *****52/41 5681 LORRIES FOR HOUSEHOLD /Office removals PSA clearance. Contact Carrlco Movers *****52 PROVIOE TRIP SERVICE office, household removals. Lorry Pickup. Ooods delivery
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      682 21 VI EDUCATION A TRAINING GIRLS! Jobs are becoming harder to get you need better qualifications The London Criamoer of Commerce and Industry Private Secretary's Certificate is recognised inter nanonajly a» one ol me rugnest quaMicarions obtainable Th« examination is me only Private Secretarial Examination supervised by the Ministry ol Education
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      761 21 STUOV IN CANAOA77T St Columlent pre-unlverslty courses leadDiploma. Lectures by leading North American and European professors Invites all prospective students to Join its grades 11. 12 and 13 classes for July and September 1979 Oroup travels and boarding available 'Knowledge Is Power' Call now to our appointed representatives and .registrar
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      794 21 VI EDUCATION TRAINING OCNS. Ikrbana S2S. 6 lessons Terrartums/Oardens *20/*lO. 1 lesson Tel: *****7. INTENSIVE COACHING BY reliable, experienced bilingual tutors for all subjects/levels *****3/*****3/*****4/*****00 LEARN CHINESE RESTAURANT Olshes/Tlm-Sum. afternoon/ evening classes commencing soon. Interested, ring: Mdm Neo *****60 LEARN CONVERSATIONAL INOONESIA. and Malay at your home/ office. For appointment,
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      716 21 VII TRAVEL RESTAURANTS SOUTHERN THAILAND By direct 8737/727 service 1 HATYAI SONGKHLA sA^ W§i $199 4days air/coach or vv Yp^T §J $299 4days air I W.r^fccraP' PHUKET PHANGNGA $459 sdays air $549 Bdays air W^W Air tickets only Spore Hdlydi return $289. Tours to oth.-r part of Thailand also available
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  • IX OBITUARIES
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      140 Acknowledgements
      138 22 The family ol the lat* Mr Cnm 8m Fun with to thank all relative*. friend* lor their kmd aaamtance. attendance, condolence*, wreath* donation* during their recent bereavement t THE FAMILY OF THE LATE MR. KHOO BOON CHYE wishe* to aipree* then *incer* thanks to all thaw retelme* and
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      28 22 The Management a Staff of MB MELWAM PTE. LTD. »i»nd their rlaapaat sympethy to the family of late tm. RICHARD SEE departed on 11 5 79
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      101 22 JACK HANCOCK passed away on I Saturday 19th May at Maccels- I field England after long illness I KOH MUI FAN 6 uuM aoay paacatlllty an 21*1 May l»7» iNnng baftmd father. moMtar and 2 brottwn. Cortcga l*av*s Smgapor* CHttl •I 2 p m on 22nd Mar "7*
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      27 22 MARY LEONG LAI WAH who pmaed away on the 22nd May, I*7*. Sadly mraaed. but forever remembered by Husband. c nil (iron Lov#d on*>s
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      540 22 VII TRAVEL RESTAURANTS STPB Licence Ho 003 SCHOOL HOLIOAY SPECIAL CAMERON HIGHLANDS ->I) IN 565 00 A C Garden Hotel I Dep 25 5.1 6 8 64 Every r riday KUANTAN 21) 3N ***** A C Dep 25 5. 1 6. 8 6* Every Friday GENTING HIGHLANDS 2D 3N r7?>
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      306 22 VIII ANNOUNCEMENTS PERSONAL 127 Lost Found GOOD REWARD OFFERED for return of brown Samsonite brief case containing personal files and personal effects missing from a car al Tanglln Post Office on morning i»th May Ring: *****) LOST TRAVELLERS CHEOUES. two Indian passports one L *****2. other Name Sumalhl Sundaram Jain
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      571 22 KaUH^^^IaJLAAAI3^JUI [CAREER OPPORTUNITIES WITnl NEW U.S. COMPANY VENTURE I All applicants who responded to the Appointment Advertisement I appeared in the Straits Times on 1 May 1979 under the above I heading for positions of Toolroom Machinist/Plastic Mould Maker/ I Production Supervisor are informed that their applications are I being
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      205 22 MALAYAN PRODUCE COMPANY SDN. BMO 1 Notice is hereby given that, i pursuant to an Order of Court made in Kuala Lumpur High Court Originating Summons No 125 of 1979. a meeting ol Unsecured Creditors of the above Company will be held at the office of Umtata Sdn Bhd 15th
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      200 22 PALM a VEGETABLE OILS (Ml SON BHD 1 Notice it hereby given trial. pursuant to an Order ol Court made in Kuala Lumpur High Court Originating Summons No 146 of 1979. a meeting ol Unsecured Creditors of the above Company will be held at the office of Unilata Sdn Bhd
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      90 22 REGISTRATION FOR TENDER Contractors are Invited to submit their registration If they wish to be Included In the tender for construction of a cinema building only. Interested contractors should submit details of their organisation and experience together with a list of past and present contracts not later than 23rd May
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  • TIMESPORT PAGE ONE
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      The 'magic eye' does the trick
      410 23  -  FAIRWAY By KI'ALA LUMPUR, Mon. But for the photo finish, there might have been three dead-heats at the Bukit Timah races last Sunday. The "magic eye" how- I ever was able to separate tyro pairs of runners, but the third pair were declared joint
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      1654 23 WEIGHTS for this weekend's race in Kuala Lumpur: SATURDAY Cum* 1 On. 1 JOOm RiffeUlp 570 4 Thanfully 560 a v^v.- 55.5 II Siti Payong 55.5 M Cherokee 54.5 Hi Lover 543 Aggreasor 545 6 Bold Ruffian 543 9 Valattan 54 5 5 Tres Bien U 54.0 13
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      540 23 Ovett cruises to a comfortable victory BRIEFS CORK (Eire). Mon. Britain's top athletics Olympic medal hope Steve Ovett cruised to a comfortable 2.000 metres victory in Tullylease. County Cork today, and said afterwards that he did not expect to break any world records on the track this year. Ovett. who
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    61 23 NARINDER SINGH SIOHU Formerly Spare Parts Manager. Borneo Co departed 11-5-79 In Memory of her late Husband. Mdm Nachhattar Kaur of No. 3506/26. Lorong Balai Ray*. Batu 4%. Jalan Gombak XL. will hold a Bhog Ceremony on 23-5-79 at 3 to 5 p m. at the Gurdawara Tathkhalsa
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      505 23 UNIVERSITI, PERTANIAN MALAYSIA SERDANG, SELANGOR Kenyataan Tawaran 8/79 Tawaran adalah dipeiawa dan Pembekal yang berdaftar dengan Universiti Pertamar Malaysia untuk melaksanakan dan membekal perkara-perkara benkut Tarikh Peli Tender Bu)uk»n Tender Jenis Pembek»lan Tutup No. T 36/79 (102) Membma dan menyiapkan dua 14.6 1979 4 buah Lothousedi Horticulture Unit. T 37/79
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      268 23 LEMBAGA PEMASARAN PERTANIAN PERSEKITIAN KENYATAAN TAWARAN dipeiawa daripada pem-borong-ptmborong atau tyari-kat-ajrarlkat yang b*r ppngalaman untuk -Supply. DHlvtry. Instal latlon. Tm Run and Com mlulonlng of onr Chlllrr Room and SU Cold Room* Complete with Refrigeration Equipment! and Electrical Installation* for the Proposed Fresh Vegetable Grading. Packing and Storage Centre at
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      569 23 MAjgiKAN Kenyataan Tawaran Lembaga Kemajuan Ikan Malaysia T5/79 rawaran adalah dipeiawa daripada pembekal-pem-sekai pukat dari Semenanjung Malaysia dan Sarawak untuk MEMBEKAL DAN MENGHANTAR 3 UKAT-PUKAT ke Projek-projek Penangkapan Ikan viAJUIKAN. di-Sarawak. Jenis Pukat Banyak/Bidang 1 Fish Trawl Nets 50 bidang 2. Drift Gill Nets 30 bidang 3. Prawn Trawl Nets
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      629 23 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, 1965 AND IN THE MATTER OF TEH SOO LYE SDN. BHD. (MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY WINDING UP) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the creditors of the above Company which is being wound up voluntarily are requested on or before the sth Jure. 1979 to send
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  • TIMESPORT PAGE TWO
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      Lock icon Second World Cup!
      430 24 BERNE, Mon Sharper Holland to avenge Argentina defeat? THIS quiet city, with its meandering river and tree-lined streets, is a sharp contrast to the bustling city of Buenos Aires, but tomorrow evening Holland and Argentina meet here for a re-run of the World Cup soccer final. Argentina,
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      345 24 LONDON, Monday ONE of the more improbable events on this year's sports calender, the World Cup cricket qualifying competition, starts in the English Midlands tomorrow. In an age when the high-pressure world of international sport has turned the amateur athlete into something of a
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      326 24  -  ERNEST FRIDA B) NEW ZEALAND cricket captain Mark Burgess tips the West Indies to win the 1979 Prudential World Cup starting in Nottingham on Sunday Burgess, who has represented New Zealand in 47 Tests and scored 9.796 runs in first-class cricket, said in Singapore yesterday:
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      127 24 LONDON, Mon. Rain decimated play in England's 40-over Sunday League cricket yesterday. Only three of the seven matches started and one of them was soon abandoned. The two other matches needed "sawn-off" innings to produce a result. BrW mm: Trip following five matches were abandoned Yorkshirr
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      141 24 Tomorrow: Argentina v Slnxaporr Canada a Malaysia, fWnmark v KIJI, East Africa v Papua Nrw Guinea, Wales v Holland, Israel v I nlted States. Thursday Vrgrntina v EaHt .Africa, Bangladesh v FIJI, Bermuda v Papua New (.Ulrica, Ix-nmark v Malaysia, Holland v Israel, Sri Laaka v nlted States. May
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      S'pore make grand start
      127 24 WHAT A magnificent start by Singapore's Mini World Cup cricket team!. They opened their cricket tour of Britain with an exciting 24-run win over Moseley Ashfield Cricket Club at Moseley, reports ERNEST FRIDA R. Subramaniam, the secretary of the Singapore Cricket Club, says in a letter:
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      183 24 Stagaowc laatagsP.lsawarial b Alderton 7 Makatar Ahmad lbw Alderton 3 L. Ywißg lbw Alderton 7 C. da Suva b Bourne 15 M. Jeevaaathaa b Aiderton 0 S. Haaghtoa c Bourne b Richardson 52 S. Maratfcl b Bourne 9 G«h Sw«e Heag c Raine b Mutten 1 S. SiUWvaU c
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      262 24 Sporting, Boavista qualify for final LISBON, Mon Sporting and Boavista qualified for the Portuguese Cup soccer final here on June 24. In yesterday's semifinals. Boavista beat Braga 1-0, and Sporting defeated Second Division club Fafe 1-0 with a penalty in extra-time. Dutch First Division rrsnlU: Sparta Rotterdam 1 FC Den
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      54 24 NEW DELHI. Mon The 1982 Asian Games, to be held in New Delhi, have tentativelybeen scheduled from Oct 31 to Now 14. according to Vijay Kumar Malhotra, president of the Asian Games organising committee. The dates were chosen as they were the most ideal from the weather
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      Corbie chosen
      36 24 PORT OF SPAIN (Trinidad Tobago), Mon. Beverley Corbie, leading juniors lawn tennis player here, will represent Trinidad-Tobago in Ihp world Wimbledon junior championship in I^ondon this July, a tennis spokesman announced over the weekend.
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      Lock icon Top trio stay away from Italian Open
      237 24 Top trio stay away from Italian Open ROME, Mon. The Italian men's tennis Open starts today without the world's three best players and dogged by the memory of crowd scenes last year. Biora Borg, of Sweden, and Americans Jimmy Connors and John McEnroe have told the organisers they are engaged
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      121 24 MADRID, Mm. World champion Kenny Roberts of the United States rode lite Yamaha to victory In the Spanish SMce motorcycling Grand Prix here yesterday and then refused to accept his prise saying it was "kids' staff". Roberts' win took him to the top of the world
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      Valuable point to Toa Payoh
      179 25 Valuable point to Toa Payoh FOR title-contenders Toa Payoh United, the goalless draw against defending champions Armed Forces in the National Football League Division One match at the Jalan Besar Stadium last night was encouraging, reports JUK DORAI. The valuable point from the hard-fighting Forces boosted Toa Payohs chances of
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      Best is yet to be for local bowlers
      478 25  -  WILFRED YEO By BANGKOK, Mon. Unlike the American Club women bowlers who resigned from the national squad, Peter Lew did not come here to prove a point in the Thai Open championships. Nevertheless, his Masters victory and consistency in the tournament exposed
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      Singapore girls shine
      52 25 SINGAPORE'S eirls national trainees won both their volleyballmatches against their visiting Indonesian counterparts in their two friendly matches which ended at the Gay World Stadium last night On Sunday, Singapore beat Indonesia 3-1. and last night they won 34). But Singapore's men lost both their matches by
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      Thai accepts 'challenge' from Lew
      214 25 BANGKOK, Mon. Even as he was about to complete yesterday's Thai Open Masters showdown with Thailand's world champion. Samran Banyen, Singapore's Peter Lew. the eventual winner, was arranging another confrontation in Singapore at the end of next month, reports WILFRED YKO. And Banyen has accepted
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      295 25 CLIFTON (New Jersey), Mon. Nancy Lopez knocked in a three-metre birdie putt on the second extra hole of a fiveway sudden death play-off yesterday to defend her title in a US$lOO,OOO (5J220.000) Ladies' Professional Golfers' Association tournament here. Nancy and Mickey Wright each birdied the
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      Hartley's request rejected
      389 25  - Hartley's request rejected JOE DORAI FAS will not postpone three league matches By QUOTE 4 IT'S practical l> impossible to potpone matches within 24 hours. We were asked to postpone this week's matches only yesterday. We most also ha\e some consideration for the Hubs involved. They've been \ery co-operative with
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      Lock icon Fernandez stays cool in dramatic finish
      318 25 ST ANDREWS. (Scotland) Mon— Vicente Fernandez, of Argentina, kept a cool head in an icy gale as his opposition fell away around him to win the British Professional Golf Association golf championship with a final round of 75 yesterday. Fernandez, a 33-year-old from Buenos
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      Today's events
      46 25 Today's events SOCCER Malaysia Cup: Armed Forces v Brunei (Merdeka Stadium i; NFL Div. One: Geylang International v Changi Constituency (Jalan Besar. 8): Ovaltine League: Northern Feather v Union Carbide (Jurong. 5.15); Friendly PARC v Sewerage Department (Bukit Chermin. 5.15). TENNIS SIAHilton Celebrity Gala (STC. 6).
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      Sabah turn on the pressure
      229 25 Sabah turn on the pressure SABAH...4 PERLIS...O KANGAR, Mon. Sabah emerged as strong semi-final contenders when they trounced Perlis in a Malaysia Cup soccer match here this evening. The victory brought Sabah's total to 20 points from 14 matches and lifted them to fourth position behind Singapore, Selangor and Panang.
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      Bee Khim shows the way
      153 25  - Bee Khim shows the way ERNEST FRIDA By! KEE BEE KHIM, Singapore's top woman golfer, showed the way in the §ualifying round of the ingapore Island Country Club championship with a two-over-par 74 at the Island course yesterday. Bee Khim, who registered four birdies on the second, sixth, seventh and
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      Lock icon A 'lion's' welcome...
      137 25 THE first baton of celebrities for the Singapore \lrllnes-Hllton Hotel Celebrity Tennis G»U arrived to a reusing welcome at the Paya Lebar Mrport yesterday. Connie Stevens, of Hawaiian Eye, Peter Graves, of Mission Impossible, and professional tennis player Bobby Rlggs were greeted by prancing lions and a
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      REMAINING FIXTURES
      110 25 THE remaining Malaysia Cup fixtures: TODAY": Forces v Brunei i Merdeka Stadium): THI'RSDAV: Federal Territory Sabah (Merdeka Stadium): FRIDAY: Trengganu v Johore 'Kuala Trengganu), SATI'RDAY: Armed Forces v Kelantan (Merdeka Stadium). SUNDAY: Singapore v Selangor (Nati)nalStadium); Federal Territory v Malacca (Merdeka Stadium); Perak v Perlis(Ipoh); Sarawak v Sabah
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      Lock icon It's David at long last
      70 25 BIRMINGHAM. Mon. David Long became the first Irish- j man to win the "Brabazon j I Trophy" in the English Ama- teur Open stroke-play golf i championship at Little Aston I yesterday. And he did it dramatically sinking birdie-putts on the last two greens to
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      There's hope still for Chor Kiang
      322 25  - There's hope still for Chor Kiang BERNARD PEREIRA By I TAN CHOR KIANG, who was dropped from Singapore's national women's badminton squad last year, wins a chance to regain her place after ail. This is the assurance from Robin Chan, the Singapore Badminton Association's coaching and selection committee chairman. Says
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      Kirby will head SAAA again
      81 25 Kirby will head SAAA again A. W. KDtBY was reelected president of the Singapore Amateur Athletic Association at the annual meeting at Sports House yesterday. The other office bearers: Vice presidents: Peter Hsu Tsing (finance), Maurice Nicholas (training and selection), Mok Khoon Yam (competition); Secretary: K.L. Venugopalan; Asst. secretary: S.Balakrishnan
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      SPORTSLETTER
      38 25 SO Singapore are sending a team of five to participate In the Nottingham canoeing regatta two competitors and three officials! Are we oat to make laughing stocks of ourselves? No doubt, the caotaln and manager will be
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      Minarni's question tells the story
      238 25 Minarni's question tells the story THE question "Do they do any physical?" asked innocently, and certainly not spitefully, by Indonesian badminton coach Mrs Minarni, was enough to tell the story of Singapore Selection's futile challenge against the visiting Indonesian Academy of Secretaries and Management Sciences' team in their second friendly
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      Stopping at two ...
      55 25 Stopping at two meeting their own expenses, bat why carry along official titles? To me, this Is what jumping on the bandwagon Ls all about. By all means go for the experience. Bat I leave the titles behind. Sorely we don't need three officials to manage a team of two
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    Tito's No. 2 meets Dr Goh
    157 26 YUGOSLAV Vlce-Presi-drnt VMaJe Zarkovic (right) and Deputy Prime Minister Gall hens S»w sharing a light-hearted moment during their meeting at the Ministry of Education in Kay Slang Road yesterday. Here an a flve-day official visit, the VicePresident, one of eight in Yugoslavia, had called
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    37 26 NEW YORK, Mon. Dow Jones averages, based on first hour of trading on the New York Stock Exchange: 30 indus 841.48 off 0.43, 15 mils 100.81 up 0.20, 65 stocks 288 73 up 0.21. UPI
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    34 26 LONDON. Mon. Britain's new Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher today scheduled her first overseas visit since taking office a one-day trip to Paris for talks with President Giscard D'Estaing on June 5. Reuter
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    Lock icon A move to restructure world shipping
    537 26 r- TALKS OPEN IN MANILA TODAY MANILA, Mon SHIPPING officials are gathering here to discuss restructuring the ownership of most of the world's shipping fleet. They open talks tomorrow which may break solidarity among developing countries. Growing maritime centres such as Singapore, Hongkong, Liberia,
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    Lock icon Saudi call to curb control by oil firms
    241 26 Saudi call to curb control by oil firms RIYADH, Mon. Crown Prince Fahd of Saudi Arabia today called (or coordination between oil producers and consumers to check the power of international oil companies, which he blamed for recent oil price increases. "The major companies are mainly responsible for price hikes
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    Lock icon 'Heavy reliance on US food by oil states'
    168 26 'Heavy reliance on US food by oil states' BEIRUT, Monday THE head of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has said yesterday the Arab oil states are becoming increasingly dependent on food exports from the United States. In an interview yesterday with the Beirut weekly. An Nahar, FAO
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      504 26 BUSINESS TIMbS snm.iporf's Financial D.niy C ;.ver Pr.ce sOe Annn.,i Subscription s/55 r ..r sut)s< npfton i .ill .<7Wil h \i ::<. TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS. FUND mancgers and bankers are now looking into ways of expanding Singapore's role as a financial centre. A committee is now looking into how Singapore can
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      Is it vital information or nonsense statistics?
      1026 1 The British consider the Identity card an Invasion of privacy. Americans worry about how to keep their lives private, away from the computerised voyeurs of 20th century science. Yet In Singapore, Information gathering goes on, without anyone hindering or even worrying about it.
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      Carter's oil-decontrol programme brings new optimism to the industry
      615 1  - Carter's oil-decontrol programme brings new optimism to the industry PAUL SLAMBROUCK By i in Houston "EXOTIC" oil-reeovery techniques will begin to move from the shadows to the mainstream of American energy production as a result of President Carter's phased oil-decontrol programme, predicted petroleum industry officials. But the process will be
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      Lock icon Soviet shortwave listeners causing concern to Kremlin
      1214 1 Soviet shortwave listeners causing concern to Kremlin Call to overhaul propaganda MOSCOW Millions of short-wave radios in Soviet homes are causing headaches in the Kremlin as Russians discover the delights of tuning into uncensored versions of what the outside world has to say. In a country where information is a
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        Impact of Roots and its sequel coming on TV
        276 2 ROOTS: The Next Generation, sequel to the Roots 1 series televised last year, will begin its season here with a documentary on the impact of Alex Haley's best-seller. The documentary. The Phenomenon of Roots, to be telecast on Sunday over Channel
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        Boney M-ania hits 30,000 cheering and clapping fans
        732 2  - Boney M-ania hits 30,000 cheering and clapping fans GERALDINE TANG By "TONIGHT Is the night we give yon the Uck, and when we give yon the kick, yon give us hack the kirk!" Bobby Farrell, the only male singer In the all-black pop group, Boney M, thundered gruffly over the
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        121 2 IN Hard Times on Channel 5 at 8.35 p.m. Captain Hart house tells Bounderby and Louisa of the progress of his political campaign and is invited to stay. He seeks out Louisa as she walks alone in the wood. Using her brother, Tom's unnappiness
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        Band with a deceptively good start has problems
        921 2  -  GERALDINE TANG By WHEN the National Theatre Symphonic Band (NTSB) was formed two years ago, it had 60 active players. Its strength has now dwindled to 45. People come, people go... this often happens in a voluntary band where members are part-timers.
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        85 3 A CLASSIC jersey suit is always a good buy. It doesn't date. One can wear it year in and out, updated with the latest accessories, and it's comfortable to boot! Take this French ensemble for instance. The blouse has a high collar and
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        503 3  -  SHEILA CHEONG By AS IF TO to cushion the blow at the announcement that women were more prone to rheumatism than men (about threefold to be exact), Dr Oon Chong Hau from the Singapore General Hospital, hastened to explain that this was due to the
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        If boys and girls could learn to play at living...
        1427 3  - If boys and girls could learn to play at living. GWYNETH JONES By 6 THE TRUTH is even young men In a 'liberated' generation have been ruined long ago in childhood. At five and six and seven, the boy was already learning, in play, that the domestic essentials of human
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