The Straits Times, 4 August 1979

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    15 1 The Straits Times I Estd. 1845 SATURDAY, AUGUST 4, 1979 25 CENTS M.C.(P) No. 142/1/79
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    NYERERE PLEA FOR NEW POLLS
    711 1  -  SEAH CHIANG NEE Summit begins debate on Zimbabwe By Straits Times Foreign Editor LUSAKA, Friday PRESIDENT Julius Nyerere of Tanzania opened the Commonwealth Summit debate on Zimbabwe Rhodesia today with an appeal to Britain to work for a revised, democratic constitution and internationally-supervised elections in
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  • YOUR WEEKEND READING
    • The Sunday Times
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        CULTURAL REBIRTH: YOUR PRIZE LETTERS
        146 1 THE acting Minister for Culture and chairman of the board of trustees of the Singapore Cultural Foundation, Mr Ong Teng Cheong, recently said: "I would like to extend an invitation to individuals to submit proposals which will enrich and add potentially to our cultural heritage."
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        VIOLET OON ON THE BEST DURIANS
        126 1 THE Singapore variety is a primitive throwback by comparison in Thailand, it Is so much larger you ran hardly hold one seed (with the flesh on it) in one hand. The texture is extra creamy and the flavour is exquisitely indescribable. In Singapore, it
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        'THE GREATEST' – NO, HE'S NOT ALI
        83 1 'THE GREATEST' NO, HE'S NOT ALI SOMETHING special for boxing fans in the SUNDAY TIMES tomorrow; some little-known episodes in the career of the fighter who has been called "the greatest pound for pound that ever stepped in the ring." His name is Sugar Ray Robinson. Read about the time
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    • Sunday Nation
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        FOUR-PAGE GUIDE TO HEALTHY EATING
        169 1 ARE you one of those who believe that healthy eating means expensive eating? That the only way to add zest to a dish is to drown it in chillie sauce or in lard? That the best place to shop for food is the supermarket? If
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        OTHER HIGHLIGHTS
        98 1 Palk Choo on a primer for school debaters: Worthy opponents bunch of Idiots Chang Kal Ming on how he became IS cents richer after a strange and honourable encounter. o Macaw on what he did when Skylab was about to fall. Our If You Ask Me writer says:
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        IN SPORTS NATION
        67 1 A ™}t K T} CS: Tan Kim looks into "Marathon Man M. Kumaravelu's present dilemma. BASKETBALL: Tony Koh shoots down the BAS for their lack of foresight in preparing for the Medan Invitation tournament. SCliBA DIVING: Lisa Gouw takes you beneath the waves on a "wreck dive"
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    I'm so grateful, says Yoke Heong
    259 1 SEVENTEEN years ago, teenage schoolgirl Lai Yoke Heong, with both hands amputated after a school bus accident, felt helpless when she was first fitted with artificial limbs. Today, she Is Mrs James Lav, 35, mother of three children and she runs a busy restaurant
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    Sobering effect of Lee's warning
    414 1 Sobering effect of Lee's warning LUSAKA, Fri. Singapore's warning on the dangers of using conflicts as a means of achieving political solutions has exerted a sobering effect on some of its Commonwealth members, especially among the African countries. The 45-minute speech by Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew was delivered on
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    Lock icon TYPHOON KILLS 12 IN CHINA
    47 1 BEIJING, Fri. At least 12 people were killed when typhoon Hope hit south China yesterday and widespread crop damage was reported tonight by the Xinhua news agency. Rescue and relief work teams have been rushed to stricken areas, the agency said. Reuter.
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    Tarling trial opens on Monday
    81 1 THE trial of Richard Charles Tarling, former Haw Par Brothers International chairman, on five charges under the Companies Act begins on Monday before Mr Justice Kulasekaram in the High Court. The hearing is scheduled to take three weeks. Mr Tan Teow Yeow, DPP, will lead
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    Lock icon Viets to US: Call off rescues
    376 1 Viets to US: Call off rescues HONGKONG, Friday VIETNAM has demanded that the United States call off operations to rescue refugees in the South China Sea by the US Seventh Fleet. The official Vietnam News Agency (VNA) quoted a Foreign Ministry spokesman as saying yesterday that the American action was
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    $20 note out on Monday
    244 1 THE Board of Commissioners of Currency will introduce a $20 note on Monday. It will be the eighth currency note with a bird motif on its front in this case, there will be a yellowbreasted sunbird. As in the other denominations in the "bird" series,
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      171 1 t^jjS wlSiim I READING THE SHIFTS IN POWER BALANCE Page 8 JAPAN keen to hold world meet 2 WEST BANK autonomy: Israel resists US 3 IRAN to take in former Savak officials 4 US HALTS arms to Ulster police 5 GIVE and take plan on Rhodesia 6 SIA TO send
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  • AROUND THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Japan keen to hold world meet
      388 2 TOKYO, Fri THE REFUGEES JAPAN has decided to prepare for an international conference on the Kampuchean refugee problem, including diplomatic contacts with concerned nations such as China and Vietnam, the daily Yomiuri reported today. Quoting a Foreign Ministry source, the independent English language paper
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      Lock icon Woman tells of rape and massacre ordeal
      344 2 Woman tells of rape and massacre ordeal SONGKHLA (Thailand), Friday A 28- YEAR-OLD Vietnamese woman told report ers she was the only survivor from a boatload ol 100 refugees attacked by pirates off the coast ol southern Thailand. Interviewed at a refugee camp in this coastal town, she said the
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      Lock icon New govt for Italy
      48 2 ROME, Fri. Former Italian Interior Minister Francesco Cossiga, who resigned office following the murder of Premier Aldo Moro, today accepted a mandate to form a new government. A presidential spokesman said Mr Cossiga, Si, accepted the mandate after talks with President Sandro Pertini. Reuter.
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      Income from refugees tops coal exports
      230 2 Income from refugees tops coal exports LONDON, Fri. The exodus of refugees from Vietnam has become Hanoi's top foreign exchange earner in place of its biggest export, coal, the Observer reported. Payments by refugees for exit visas and places on boats, extracted by Vietnamese state security officials, brought in £60
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      Lock icon Man defects
      35 2 SEOUL, Fri. A North Korean soldier defected to the South yesterday after crossing the demilitarised zone separating the two Koreas, Hapdong news agency reported. He was identified as Sgt Song Kyong Ho. Reuter.
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      Lock icon Setback for Charan as Law Minister quits
      195 2 Setback for Charan as Law Minister quits NEW DELHI, Fri. Indian Prime Minister Charan Singh, still unable to complete his cabinet, suffered a setback today when his Law Minister resigned, the Press Trust of India (PTI) reported. Th».' news agency said Mr Hans Raj Khanna, former Supreme Court judge, sent
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      'OFFICERS WANT P.M. TO QUIT REPORT DENIED
      117 2 'OFFICERS WANT P.M. TO QUIT REPORT DENIED BANGKOK, Fri. Thailand's military supreme commander, General Serm Na Nakhon, has squashed rumours about groups of military officers calling for Prime Minister Kriangsak Chomanan's resignation and a cabinet reshuffle, the Bangkok Post reported today. It quoted Gen Serm as saying that the armed
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      Lock icon Maternity law is sexist, he says
      105 2 BONN, Fri. A young father lodged a complaint with the West German constitutional court at Karlsruhe charging that a new law on maternity leave is "sexist". The law allows either the father or the mother of a new-born child to extend thair normal maternity
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      Lock icon More dogs to put the bite on postmen
      125 2 MELBOURNE, Pri. Australian postmen are finding that their Job Is becoming Increasingly a dog's life. A survey by the postmen's onion to be used in negotiations for higher wages showed that in 1974 there were an average of 183 dogs for every
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  • AROUND THE WORLD 2
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      Lock icon Sandinistas in Havana
      57 3 CUBAN Premier Fidel Castro posing with Sandinista soldiers in Havana on Tuesday during their recent visit to Cuba. The assault rifle he is holding was a Rift from Dora Tellez, known as "Commander 02" for her role as second in command during last September's raid on the
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      Lock icon Army order
      31 3 KAMPALA, Fri. Uganda's new government, in a determined move to end a wave of murders and robbery in Kampala, today ordered all its soldiers to return to barracks. Reuter.
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      Lock icon US puts pressure on Soviet Afghan policy
      441 3 US puts pressure on Soviet Afghan policy WASHINGTON, Friday THE Carter administration took another step towards a more assertive strategic posture in the Middle East-Indian Ocean region yesterday and reinforced it by putting indirect pressure on the Soviet Union to end its intervention in Afghanistan. n««naaaaaaaaaai In a speech cleared
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      Lock icon West Bank autonomy: Israel resists US
      396 3 JERUSALEM, Fri THE US move to put pressure on Israel to agree to greater autonomy (or Palestinians in occupied territories has run into stiff resistance here because of fears its might ultimately lead to sovereignty. Reports of recent American efforts to moderate Israel's position
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      Lock icon Bamboo bomb charge
      65 3 JAKARTA, Fri. Police have arrested a 23-year-old man in Purworejo, central Java, on charges of premeditated murder of a widow who rejected his love, the Antara news agency reported today. The explosion, from a short length of bamboo filled with gunpowder, killed the woman and two of
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      Lock icon Biggest Israeli raid in eight months
      166 3 TEL AVIV, Fri. Israeli forces, in their biggest ground assault against Palestinian guerillas in southern Lebanon in eight months, crossed United Nations lines today to attack two guerilla bases, the military command said. Troops of the crack tiolanl Brigade killed at least seven guerillas
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      Lock icon Callgirls hired to clinch deal
      128 3 Callgirls hired to clinch deal BRUSSELS, Fri. Two hundred callglrls were employed as "nurses" by the now-bankrupt Belgian group Eurosysteme to clinch a 4MM million Belgian francs (5J2.5 billion) hospital building contract in Saudi Arabia, press reports said here today. The hospitals at Jeddah and Riyadh were left unfinished due
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      Lock icon U.S. ARMY GETS WARSAW PACT WEAPONS
      192 3 U.S. ARMY GETS WARSAW PACT WEAPONS WASHINGTON, Fri. In a move tinged with mystery, the US army has obtained some new communist Warsaw Pact military equipment through a private company whose identity is being kept secret. The situation came to light because of what government officials call a false report
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      Lock icon Libyans won't pay hospital bills
      133 3 LONDON. Fri. London's private medical clinics are packed with Arab patients these days, and moat of their Mill are paid promptly by oil-rich Arabgovernrae.ils. But the Libyans are not .laying up, the Foreign Ofßce has been told by perturbed hospital officials. "We have received approximately
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  • AROUND THE WORLD 3
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      Lock icon 'Pilot did not know an engine had torn off'
      296 4 'Pilot did not know an engine had torn off' CHICAGO, Fri. The pilot of a doomed DC-10 jumbo jet was not aware that one of its three engines had torn off as the plane took off from Chicago last May 25, a board of inquiiy heard today. The American Airlines
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      Lock icon Surprise move by Iran
      308 4 Former Savak men to be re-employed TEHERAN, Fri. IN A SURPRISE move, the Iranian Government announced yesterday that it will re-employ former officials of Savak, the Shah's hated secret police. Interior Minister Hashem Sabbaghian said that the move was taken because Iran needed a new intelligence
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      Lock icon Deterrent theory takes a blow
      246 4 STOCKHOLM, Fri. Technological advances in anti-submarine warfare by the United States are about to destroy the longheld theory of mutual nuclear deterrence, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (Sipri). The concept assumes the invulnerability of both the US and Soviet nuclear submarines and
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      Lock icon 'Mind master' plans 600 m leap
      140 4 IPSWICH, Fri. Self-styled mind master Paul Goldin, who plans to leap 600 m from an aeroplane and land by levitation, made a test jump yesterday. So far, so good. The jump was from a chair 60 cm high ana there was no discernible slackening
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      Lock icon Kurd rally rejects govt accord
      264 4 Kurd rally rejects govt accord TEHERAN, Fri. A Kurdish rally yesterday rejected an agreement which the Iranian Government said paved the way for the self-styled refugees of the western border town of Marivan to return to their homes, Kurdish sources said. An official announcement yesterday said the accord was concluded
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  • AROUND THE WORLD 4
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      Closer Gulf ties: France leads way
      213 5 Closer Gulf ties: France leads way PARIS, Friday FRANCE, backed by its Common Market partners, is taking the lead in establishing closer contacts between the European Economic Community (EEC) and the Arab Gulf states for longterm oil supplies, French officials said today. The move could lead to a top-level conference
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      Lock icon THE ENERGY SQUEEZE
      161 5 In other words I CANT think of any leaders. Isn't this sad? God, that's what's wrong with this country! That's exactly what's wrong. Douglas Fraser, president of the powerful United Automobile Workers' Union, when .isked in a Time magazine survey on what living American leaders have been
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      Lock icon After the crash..
      76 5 After the crash RESCUE workers lock uver the wreckage of the Cessna Citation in Canton, Ohio on Thursday in which the New York Yankees captain and catcher Thurman Munsoit was killed. Mr Mnnson was the pilot of the aircraft. Two passengers he had in the plane survived the crash. A
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      Lock icon Tanker is biggest ship lost at sea
      284 5 ROTTERDAM, Fri. THE supertanker Atlantic Empress, still afire after a collision in the Caribbean two weeks I ago, sank last night in j a mass of blazing oil and became the biggest ship ever lost, salvage and insurance authorI ities said today. Insurers
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      Lock icon Guard hurt
      38 5 ROME, Fri. A machine-gun attack on Christian Democrat leader Flaminio Piccoli in central Rome late today left one of his bodyguards wounded, police sources said here. The attack took place outside Christian Democrat Party headquarters. AFP.
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      Lock icon Strike by World Airways pilots
      183 5 Strike by World Airways pilots r OAKLAND (California), Fri. More than 1,000 World Airways pilots, flight stewards I and mechanics went on strike today after working without a contract for 13 months. World's senior vice-presi-dent Brian Cooke said a number of workers began picketing World Airways headquarters here at midnight
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      Lock icon Deadly rain
      22 5 SEOUL, Fri. Two people were killed and four missing after torrential rains hit central areas of South Korea today. Reuter.
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      Lock icon US halts arms to Ulster police
      305 5 WASHINGTON, Fri. 'Guns used against Catholics' charge THE United States has bowed to Irish-Ameri-can congressmen and suspended arms sales to police in northern Ireland. The State Department said the US had decided to stop the sales to the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) after the
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      Lock icon Ham Jordan's kisses upset grandpa
      198 5 WASHINGTON. Fri. The White House yesterday officially denied a gossip column item that President Carter's Chief of Staff, Mr Hamilton Jordan, upset an elderly man by amorous behaviour with an unnamed woman at a motel pool last weekend. Asked at the White House press briefing
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  • AROUND THE WORLD 5
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      Lock icon Give and take plan on Rhodesia
      348 6 WASHINGTON, Friday THE House of Represenl to a compromise plan thj er to maintain economic babwe Rhodesia unless ride his decision. The Senate, in its first vote on the State Department Authorisation Bill, called for the immediate lifting of the sanctions. The House, going
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      Lock icon 'NO RIGHT TO CHANGE ONE'S SEX'
      121 6 ROME, Krl. The Constitutional Court, Italy's highest tribunal, has ruled that men or women who change sex through surgery must legally retain their old sex. The court rejected a getitlon by an unidenU ed Italian actor who had undergone surgery "so I can be
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      Rich nations paint picture of gloom
      584 6  -  SEAH CHIANG NEE By iIE .b Straits Times Foreign Editor LUSAKA, Friday COMMONWEALTH leaders set aside politics to review international economic trends yesterday and heard half a dozen speakers, mainly from the richer members painting a gloomy picture. The dismal scenario painted by the
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      Nkomo at camp
      79 6 In other words MR Joshua Nkomo, coleader of the Patriotic Front, visiting a refugee camp for women outside Lusaka on Thursday. The °atriotic Front is the biggest guerilla army fighting to overthrow the Salisbury regime of Bishop Abel Muzorewa. UPI picture. IiISIII A Nkomo is said to
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      Lock icon WORLD BRIEFS
      164 6 WORLD BRIEFS MR FRANCESCO Cossiga, a veteran Christian Democrat who won na- tional respect when he resigned as Interior Minister over the kidnap and murder of former Premier Aldo Moro, looked set today to pull Italy out of its protracted political crisis. Mr Cossiga interrupted a sai'ing noliday yesterday to
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    CHANGES IN BEDOK AREA BUS SERVICES
    172 7 CHANGES IN BEDOK AREA BUS SERVICES SINGAPORE Bus Service will change the routes of two services and add a new one to serve the Bedok area from Monday. Service 221 will operate from the Bedok Interchange instead of the Chai Chee terminal. The route is: Bedok Interchange, unnamed road, New
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    Stamp issue postponed
    45 7 THE issue of the stamp com- I memorating the 100 years of I telephone service has been |x>stponed from Thursday to Oct 1. First day covers of this issue will continue to be sold until Oct 1 or until stocks are cleared.
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    Dance course
    17 7 THE Cairnhill community centre will hold a social dancing course on Saturdays. Ix-Rinning next week
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    UNION INSURES ALL ITS MEMBERS WITH INCOME
    77 7 THE Singapore Stevedores Union has insured all its 1,091 members under the group insurance scheme set up Dy Income, the NTUC insurance cooperative. Several unions have taken up Income's group insurance scheme, but only for members who are interested. Under its welfare scheme,
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    SIA to send 26 to Brunei for training
    406 7  -  J ANIE KHOO By SINGAPORE Airlines will send its first batch of pilots and flight engineers to the Brunei airport for its pilot conversion training programmes from tomorrow. Sixteen captains and 10 flight engineers will undergo the training in 11 batches, an
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    Society's new committee members
    77 7 Society's new committee members MR Y. RAJAGOPAL has been elected chairman of the Singapore Government Servants' Cooperative Thrift and Loan Society for the 1979-80 term. Other office bearers are: Mr A.J. Hendricks, vice-chair-man; Mr Michael Wong, hon. secretary; Mr Mohamad Hamid, hon. assistant secretary; Mr Roland Tay Tatt Jin, hon.
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    Symphony's shows
    33 7 JAPAN'S oldest orchestra, the NHK Symphony Orchestra, will give two performances at the National Theatre on Aug 28 and 29. Tickets are available at the National Theatre, C.X.Tang and Cold Storage.
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    Another ship blast victim dies
    119 7 Another ship blast victim dies ANOTHER victim ef the Seiko Mara tragedy died at the Singapore General Hospital at S.IS a.m. yesterday bringing the death tell to five. He wan Mr Urn Beng Seng (above), 23, a greaser, who was among seven who were severely burnt tn an explosion and
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    Inspectors raid sites to check on safety
    277 7 THE Labour Ministry has "swooped" down on several construction sites to pull up those which violate safety regulations. Officers of the ministry's Factories Inspectorate,, which includes its construction branch, conducted an island-wide visit to several construction worksites on Monday and "booked" several workers
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    Art show
    29 7 A NATIONAL Day art exhibition will be held jointly by the Culture Ministry, National Museum and art organisations here at the museum's art gallery from Aug 17-31.
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      206 7 FILM SHOW Ice Sta tion Zebra at the Marine Parade branch library auditorium at 11 a.m., 2.30 p.m. and 6.30 p.m. Admission free. THE WAY TO COURTESY EXHIBITION at the Toa Payoh community centre, from 3 p.m. to 10 p.m. On till Monday. A PORTRAIT IN PASTEL demonstration by portrait
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  • THE PRIME MINISTER ON THE LESSON OF VIETNAM
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      Reading the shifts in the power balance
      2027 8 PM on how to survive in a multipolar world 6 Par three decades after the war, it was Pax Britannica and Pax Americana that held a semblance of peace and stability. Now a new balance of sorts has emerged one which is a
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      Lee: We can take liberties because of stalemate
      1035 8 their weapons system, however, has made them the predominant power today in Western Europe, and slowly but relentlessly an equal naval power in the Pacific with the Americans. Three weeks ago the Japanese, who have taken a very low profile since 1945,
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      Catholics invited to sign up as VAOs
      110 9 Catholics invited to sign up as VAOs THE Singapore Anti-Nar-cotics' Association's Catholic Aftercare (Counselling) Service invites Catholics to sign up as volunteer aftercare officers (VAOs) to help ex-drug takers released from the Drug rehabilitation centres lead normal lives. Volunteers will be trained by Sana. A training course is tentatively scheduled
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      Disabled urged to upgrade skills
      177 9 HANDICAPPED workers must upgrade their skills if they are to survive in the future labour market, says the Handicaps' Welfare Association. It says that as it is, 1 they face many disadvantages in competing for jobs. If they fail to strive for improved skills, they
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      Actor Kiel turns heads at airport
      302 9  -  JANIE KHOO By HEADS tamed at the Pay* Lebar airport arrival hall yesterday as a "man mountain sauntered In with his family. For at 2.18 m. the "man mountain Is none other than American acUr Richard Kiel he is as tail sitting as many
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    School bus fares to rise this month
    135 10 School bus fares to rise this month THE monthly fare for school buses or vans will increase by 10 or 20 per cent from this month, announced the Singapore School Transport Associa- tion yesterday. This means that students will have to pay $1 to 12 more in monthly fares. A
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    Contest for typists
    37 10 FORTY secretaries and students from two local secretarial schools will meet at the Singapore Hilton today to see who is the fastest typist The winner will receive a free six-day holiday at Lake Toba.
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    $30,000 more needed for Deaf assn's tea kiosk
    199 10  -  EVELYN NG By PLANS by the Singapore Association for the Deaf to set np Its second tea kiosk at the East Coast Parkway have come to a temporary standstill because of a lack of funds. Disclosing this yesterday, an association spokesman said
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    Meeting on hypnosis
    58 10 THE Singapore Society for Clinical Hypnosis is holding its seventh symposium at the academy lecture theatrette. Alumni Medical Centre, College Road, this week-end. Two workshops will be held next week-end at the same j place. The workshops will cover talks and case studies on the treatment of
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    Art show
    38 10 A LOCAL professional artist, Mr Siew Hock Meng, will give a demonstration, A Portrait in Pastel, at the National MvI scum Art Gallery today at 11 a.m. and tomorrow at 3 p.m. I Admission is free.
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    Fund to raise skills a month off schedule
    353 10  -  SOH TIANG K ENG By OPERATION of the Skills Development Fund, scheduled to start last month, has been put off until initial problems including objections by employers are sorted out, it was learnt yesterday. Establishment of the fund, with a target of
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    Surgical blood loss was fatal
    481 10 A CANCER patient died of acute blood loss during an operation to assess the possibility of removing a tumour of the lung, a coroner's court heard yesterday. Mr Loh Yean Chuang, 55, was admitted into Singapore General Hospital two days before the operation on May
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    Pensioner loses appeal for $60,000 more in damages
    291 10 Pensioner loses appeal for $60,000 more in damages A MALAYSIAN government pensioner yesterday lost his appeal for an increase of about $60,000 in damages for loss of future earnings, following a motor accident in November 1974. The appeal by Mr Loh Siew Loon, who retired six months ago on reaching
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    Four charged with raping 13-year-old
    160 10 TWO men and a teenager were jointly charged in a district court yesterday with raping a 13-year-old girl (our times in five hours. Between 3 a.m. and 4 a.m. on July 1, the girl was allegedly raped by Abdullah bin Haji Mohammed, 37, at the
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    GE may look to Malaysia for next site
    357 11 ONE of the biggest employers in Singapore General Electric sees Malaysia as the next best site for expanding its operations because of the labour shortage here. Reporting to its management on the suitability of additional sites in the region for investment, GE
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    Post early
    25 11 THE Postal Services Department requests the public to post their Hari Raya cards before Aug IV. The new postal code should be used.
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    S'pore still plays vital role, says firm
    368 11 GENERAL Electric, the giant American multinational, yesterday reaffirmed that Singapore plays a vital role in its operations despite the labour shortage here. In a statement expressing "dismay" at a Business Times report yesterday suggesting that Singapore is no longer attractive as an investment
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    Second hike in ice prices this year
    301 11 Second hike in ice prices this year SINGAPORE ice manufacturers announced yesterday that the price of ice will be increased by $4.20 per metric tonne to $37.70 for fish merchants in Jurong and to $40.60 for the others from Aug 11. The increase is the second this year. The first
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    Course on computers
    57 11 THE National Productivity Board will conduct the Efficient Programming and Information Retrieval course for those with experience in computer programming at the YMCA at Palmer Road from Sept 4 to Sept 27. The course, $120 for members and $150 for non-mem-bers, will be held on Tuesdays and
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    N-Day joy
    35 11 THE acting Minister (or Social Affairs. Dr Ahmad Mattar, will be the guest of honour at the Kirn Seng constituency National Day dinner at Taman Ho Swee car park tonight at 8 p.m.
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    Man held on charge of stealing bus
    145 11 A PSYCHIATRIC report was called for Chng Eng Hoe, 21, unemployed, who was charged in a district court yesterday with stealing an SBS bus at the Ang Mo Kio Bus terminus on Thursday morning. Inspector A.G. Vaz, prosecuting, told the court that SBS
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    YMCA merger 'still in tangles'
    117 11 THE merger of the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) and the Chinese YMCA is yet to be completed, the president of the national council of YMCAs, Dr Gwee Ah Leng, said last night. Speaking at the first national YMCA anniversary dinner at the Shangri-La Hotel,
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    11 11 •THINK METWC, PEAR. I MEAN COUNT TEN, KTORE YOU U)$E YOURTEMPER."
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    Big order for gold plated orchids
    119 11 Big order for gold plated orchids THE gold-plated orchids made by a Singapore company have become a hit in Britain since their introduction at a trade display in London recently. A statement from the British High Commission here said the firm, Setsco Pte. Ltd., which makes costume jewellery out of
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      Lock icon Panel works on rules to check noise pollution
      272 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Friday A NATIONAL committee is now working on a set of draft regulations for checking noise pollution. The director-general of the environment division of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment, Mr S. T. Sundram, said here today he expected
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      Lock icon Sim food aid
      37 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) has approved Malaysia's request for US$2 million (554.3 million) worth of food for refugees here, a Malaysian Foreign Ministry official announced yesterday. Reuter.
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      Lock icon PORT JAM, PLEA TO SHIPPING LINES
      96 12 PORT JAM, PLEA TO SHIPPING LINES KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Shipping lines were yesterday urged to reduce thp flow of 12-metre containers at Port Klang to clear the current backlog. Kontena Nasional general manager, Mr Shariff Leong, said the shipping lines had not kept to their original arrangement regarding container shipments.
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      Lock icon Umno Youth hits out at US move
      150 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The youth wing of the United Malays National Organisation (Umno), has criticised the United States for ordering its Seventh Fleet to save Vietnamese "boat people" in the South China Sea. Umno Youth president Suhaimai Kamarudriin, who is also a Member
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      Lock icon Portuguese residents appeal to Hussein to save settlement
      261 12 Portuguese residents appeal to Hussein to save settlement MALACCA, Fri. The residents of the Portuguese settlement here today sent a telegram to Prime Minister Datuk Hussein Onn asking him not to approve the plan by the Customs Department to build multistorey flats in their settlement. In the telegram, the residents
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      Brain surgeon quits over poor hospital conditions
      264 12 Brain surgeon quits over poor hospital conditions PENANG. Fri. One of two brain surgeons in the government service has resigned because ho was ■frustrated" over the running of health services. Neurosurgeon Dr Swaran Singh, who was with the General Hospital here said: "I am dissatisfied with the way things are
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    $1.3 m suit by owners of tanker seized by crew
    444 13  -  GLORIA CHAN By A TANKER on its way to Penang was a "total loss" to its owners after it was seized by its rebellious crew and diverted to Kampuchea, the High Court heard yesterday. Wong Wing Fai Company, owners of
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    Two face $42,250 theft charge
    78 13 Two face $42,250 theft charge TWO MEN were charged in a district court yesterday with housebreaking and theft of jewellery valued at $42,250, including a $12,000 diamond ring. Ismail bin Somo, 28, and Mat Idris bin Hamat, 25. allegedly broke into the home of Mrs Faye Douglas in Hillcrest Arcadia
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    Lions Club
    32 13 THE Minister of State (Education), Mr Chai Chong Yil, will attend the eighth installation dinner of the Lions Club of Singapore West at the Tropicana Theatre Restaurant tonight at 8.
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    $14m tax appeals: Govt engages QC
    179 13 $14m tax appeals: Govt engages QC MR Donald Charles Potter, QC, of Britain, will appear (or the Comptroller of Income Tax in two related appeals arising from the Comptroller's assessment of income taxes, totalling more than $14 million, on two companies, appellants in the case. The two companies are Beaver
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    Nine pop songs in best-selling book banned
    209 13  - Nine pop songs in best-selling book banned J. D. INDRAN By THE MINISTRY of Culture has directed the local agents tor a bestseUing collection »f pop son** to expunge nine "objectionable" songs from the book. It to understood that the songs are banned here because of their drngtaldng connotations. They
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    Kidnap trader sues paper
    145 14 Kidnap trader sues paper 'BUSINESSMAN Mr Steven Lek Seek Tin yes- terday filed a libel suit against Nanyang Press Singapore and its editori in-chief for an allegedly i false and malicious article written about him in the Nanyang Siang Pau. According to the writ filed in the High Court, the
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    N-Day fair
    24 14 THE Cairnhill community centre will hold a National Day chJdren's funfair on Sept 2 from 8.30 a.m. to noon at its premises.
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    A smile as you cross the bridge
    48 14 THE official courtesy campaign is over. But its "smiling face" symbols still take pride of place among decorations on Anderson Bridge to mark the Republic's 14th National Day on Ang 9 and to greet motorists entering or leaving the city zone.
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    Dinner for the aged
    51 14 SENIOR Parliamentary Secretary (Social Affairs), Mr Chan Chee Seng, will attend a mammoth dinner for more than 500 aged people from welfare orgnaisations on Aug 11 at 7.30 p.m. The dinner is being organised by the Singapore Buddhist Youth mission at its premises at 18, Vaughan
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    Tew have an eye for visual arts'
    479 14 THAT schools here have turned out people of considerable depth of knowledge and means, but who in some cases lack the taste to set up beautiful homes, points to a general deficiency in Singapore's educational system. The principal of St Patrick's School, Brother
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    Poser over PC's claim for $38,000
    567 14  -  BEN DAVIDSON By THE High Court yesterday faced a poser on the amount of damages an employee would be entitled to if his employer repudiates his employment contract by refusing to allow him to work but does not terminate his services. While one lawyer
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    Forum on promoting Mandarin among Chinese in S'pore
    241 14 Forum on promoting Mandarin among Chinese in S'pore A CHINESE forum to discuss the promotion of Mandarin among the Chinese in Singapore will be held at the DBS auditorium on Aug 12. Jointly organised and sponsored by Singapore Baolin Recreation Club (Chinese press club). Sin Chew Jit Poh. Nanyang Siang
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    SCCCI to study need for trade missions
    156 14 SCCCI to study need for trade missions THE Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry's seven newly-formed trade groups will study the need to organise trade missions abroad by the chamber. It will also discuss the proposal of the Trade Department to send a task force to study trade prospects
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      265 14 Straits Times Crossword ACROSS 5 Tidiest way to consume in the 1 Headline-seeker feeling a heel home (7) over (14) 6 Caterpillar for example found 9 ...finding innkeeper prostrate right inside vole inic rock (5) about notice (7) 7 Advances it's impassible to 10 A domestic animal getting in live
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    Quality, not quantity of time spent that matters
    663 15  -  EVELYN NG say busy Singapore fathers By IT IS the quality not the quantity of time spent with a child that is important. This is the conviction of busy Singapore fathers who have little time with their children, yet make the most
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    The big look that is not real
    225 15  -  SIT MENG CHUE By THIS Post Office Savings Bank branch at < 4>Td Storage Supermarket gives you a distinct (eellng of spacloasness when you walk In. Bat a customer who visited It Wednesday was surprised when he made a beeUne for what he
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    Chin: Better quality of life
    111 15 Chin: Better quality of life THE collective success of Singapore is meaningless if it is not seen to benefit the individual citizen whose effort had contributed to it, the MP for Aljunied, Mr Chin Ham Tong, said yesterday. Speaking at his constituency's National Day dinner, Mr Chin, who is also
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    Law catches up after 11 years
    243 15 IT took the law 11 years to catch up with a ship's radio officer, Terence Francis Bodestyne, who was jailed five months by a district court yesterday for misappropriating $5,654.44 entrusted to him as an officer of his ship. Bodestyne, 45, pleaded guilty to
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    Low-cost forum lacks flow and punch
    413 15  - Low-cost forum lacks flow and punch JUNE TAN By who does not know the language at all, no one challenges him. Pressing his point. Prof Ho says knowledge of Chinese language does not necessarily make a person more zealous in preserving such values. Values He adds: "Indeed the Chinese in
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    Remanded on charge
    47 15 KASIRAJAN S 0 SILABAI.AM. 21. was charged in a district court yesterday with having intercourse "agiinsi the order of nature" with a 13-year-old girl in Geyang Rihni on Thursday. He is remanded in Central Police Station penning further mention ol the casi on Friday
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    More land for wood-based firms in Kranji, Kadut
    371 17  -  PAUL JANSEN By JURONG Town Corporation is expected to step up its land development programme at Sungei Kadut and Kranji to satisfy land demand by the wood, rattan and cane processing industries. The companies, experiencing a boom as a result of the
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    Right price
    35 17 THE present price for regulargrade petrol for Shell, Mobil. British Petroleum and Caltex is 75.7 cents per litre and not 68.6 cents as reported in the Straits Times yesterday. The error is regretted.
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    Union employs fulltime social worker
    148 17 THE Singapore Port Workers' Union has set up a counselling centre with a full-time graduate social worker, for members and their families. The SPWU is the first union to employ a graduate social worker to run its counselling services. Several unions have some form of
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    Trading on gold exchange up four-fold
    270 17  - Trading on gold exchange up four-fold SOH TIANG KENG By VOLUME of trading on the Gold Exchange of Singapore has increased more than four times since the exchange was launched last November. Average turnover per day has soared from 70 lots in December to about 300 lots today. The GES
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    Accused hid in cupboard, court told
    359 17 Accused hid in cupboard, court told AIYACHAMI s/o Veeraputhiran, 36, accused of 64 i counts of corruption, was hiding in a cupboard i when police went to arrest him at his Ho Ching Road flat, a district court heard yesterday. I This was disclosed by the arresting officer, Inspector M.
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    Visit to zoo
    18 17 THE Tanglin community centre will organise a visit to the zoo tomorrow at 7.30 a.m.
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    DO YOU KNOW THIS WOMAN?
    65 17 DO YOU KNOW THIS WOMAN? THE Singapore General Hospital is appealing to anyone who knows the identity of this woman (above), to contact the hospital. The woman, 1b her 71s, had no Identification papers on her when she was picked up by an ambulance in East Coast Road on July
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    Story telling contest
    60 17 A CHILDREN'S story telling contest in Mandarin and English will be held for those between the ages of five and 12 years, of the Braddell Heights constituency at the Jalan feck Kee community centre on Aug 18 at 7.30 p.m. Entry forms are available at the centre
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    The Straits Times SATURDAY, AUGUST 4, 1979 APT ANALOGY
    392 18 The Straits Times SATURDAY, AUGUST 4, 1979 APT ANALOGY THE Prime Minister has spoken of the lessons Africa can learn from an Asian situation at the Commonwealth summit. Mr Lee Kuan Yew has drawn an apt analogy between the situation in Indochina and the one in southern Africa. Extrapolating from
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    SCRATCH MY BACK
    384 18 ONCE again the potent weapon of Arab oil is being brandished around, or so it is thought by senior American officials. They believe the Arab oil producers are likely to cut down supplies to the West if there is no discernible headway on the Palestinian issue by
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    Across The Causeway...
    529 18 FEMINISM can sometimes be self-defeating. The rail by the National Council of Women's Organisations to grant house- wives the same personal income tax relief as men certainly has some point; but women would benefit far more from a raise In tax relief for everyone. At present men
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    T.F.Hwang takes you down memory lane
    453 18 Fascinating. HISTORY fascinates me. As some history dates do. Take today's date, August 4. It sends me down Portugal way, all the way, On this day today 468 years ago, the g-eat Portuguese conqueror, Affonso (also spelt Alfonso) d'Albuqueique, captured Malacca. Goa fell to
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    A warning shot across the bows
    1888 18  -  ARNAT By Not so divisive TODAY is the half-way point in the week-long summit conference of Commonwealth leaders in Lusaka. The most contentious item on the agenda, the return to legality of Zimbabwe Rhodesia, was discussed yesterday. This item was presumably placed on the
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      Controversial Lusaka summit issue takes on a human face
      1168 19  - Controversial Lusaka summit issue takes on a human face SEAH CHIANG NEE By Straits Times Foreign Editor reporting from Lusaka > Toughiineove^gmbabwe I KAUNDA SETS Strsits Times, August 2 FOR a Singaporean visiting Africa for the first time, the issue of Rhodesia now with Zimbabwe added to its name takes
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      A critic's awesome role in shaping public opinion and affecting lives
      446 19 THIS is in response to the review of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra concert, "A Perfunctory Performance," by Tan Suat Lian (ST, July 28). The responsibilities of a music critic are awesome indeed for criticisms not only shape public opinion,
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      Measures taken to reduce those frequent lift breakdowns
      189 19 I REFER to the letter by "Clean" (ST, July 19). It has been found that the frequent lift breakdown at Blocks 4 and 5 Sembawang were due to overloading and misuse. JTC together with the lift maintenance company has now introduced measures
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      Thanks, RTS
      52 19 WE WOULD like to express our sincere thanks to RTS far telecasting a Hindi fUm and for Its decision to continue to do so. Hindi films reach a wide audience as Singaporean Indians of all regional origins enjoy seeing them. LAL CHAND SHARM A, Hon. Gen. Secretary, Arya
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      491 19 Weekend TV special Tops shows which you must not miss. Debate '79 Why Judith Holmberg says this year's series is more entertaining Plus Your best bets at the Kuala Lumpur races. SB ANNOUNCING SINGAPORE'S FIRST EVER 58 DG KJC vl HnHLULW .^fll^ «H Pv «HI nW «H^B |!k RADIO CONTROLLED
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      CLOSING PRICES
      1701 20 nth lan transacted ready sale at the close u( huMnev, on the Stork Kxchanjfe of Singa •■-KTday compared with the previous ■lrf> prices together wilh 1979 high and low \iliusted for scrip rights issue) 1979 Laat High Low Company Sale I or■cnoM (ink IM)I STRIAI. COMMERCIAL XI 207
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      BUSINESS DONE (SINGAPORE)
      1381 20 BID and offer prices officially listed and business in an 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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      Govt and corporate bonds
      161 20 4 1/2% 1/8/80 (250.000) (99.158 (100.75 B) W^SS) 5 1/2% T F 15/9/87 (*****0) 4 3/4% 15/9/80 (260.000) (99 308 (100.308 100.40S) 1 9»«S) 6 1/4% T F 15/4/91 (*****0) 5 1/4% 1/3/81 (250.000) (99.708 (100.308 100.40S) 99-80S) 6 1/4% T F 15/7/91 (*****0) 5% 15/4/81
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      1421 20 HID .mil u(fer |h-k-ps officially listed ■ad business in and reported to the Ku.il.i Lumpur Stork Exchange yesImkj with the number of shares traded shoun in hrarkets in lots of I mm units unices otherwise specified INDISTRIALS tJlMOMt* I 2MB) llrmn i 1 Mill 1 WS. (1) I
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        53 20 Tractor* 830 +15 Tan Thong 360 -f 14 M Banking 670 +10 I C B 330+10 K Kampar 318 +8 Oriental Hldgi 308 +8 N B T 217 +7 Sin Chew 420 +6 O C B C 690+5 FAN 555 +5 Guinnex 540 +5 DBS 515 +5 V M
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        36 20 lnt Wood 180 -7 B Sembawang 350 -6 Spore Glasa 235 -5 Glenealy 226 -4 J Cement 155 -4 Knthrnans 440 -2 High A Low 422 -2 Island Pen 398 -2 O V B 322-2
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        33 20 Inrhrapr 327.000 Srmb Shipyard 232.000 Sim* Darby 184.000 Haw Par 114.000 Outhrir 109.000 U E 95.000 Pan Electric 79.000 City Dev 68.00(1 O C B C S2.000 Sim l..m 5J.0UO
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        31 20 Aug2 Aug3 B.T.Index: 2282.10 2294.00 Industrials: 384.41 385.88 Finance: 695.81 699.41 Hotels: 287.99 289.39 Properties: 245 15 245.00 Minings: 203.44 203.54 Plantations: 668.88 668.33 O.C.B.C.: 371.77 373.33 S.E.S.Ind: 338.88 339.93
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        392 20 iONGKONG: Stock prices Irifted lower in thin trading resterday, on profit-taking and ome overseas and speculative elling with properties and ilue chips leading the Hang Seng index down 8.04 to 608.59 mints, dealers said. The market was thinly atended after yesterday's cloure due to Typhoon Hope and ihead of
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        471 20 TOKYO: Share prices rose for the seventh consecutive day j yesterday, with the Dow Jones average reaching a record 6,- I 355.70 points, dealers said. The Dow average rose 26.13 points with volume of 340 mil- lion shares. The New index closed at 447.30, up 1.37 points. The previous
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        85 20 Striking prices of the options officially listed on the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday, the period, bids and offered prices and business done, if any, with the number of options traded shown in brackets. Haw Par (Sept $1.20) (0.268 0.325). Haroe F E (Sept $1.60) (0.438). Pa* Electric
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        121 20 CHINKSE PRODUCE EXCHANOK, SINGAPORE, NOON CLOSING PRICES PER PICUL VKKTKRDAY: Caeaawl all: Bulk $127 sellers, old j drum $134 sellers, new drum $137 sellers. Csfra: Mixed (loose) UK Com $79.00 buyers. Pepper: Muntok ASTA while fob lOC. NLW $345.00 sellers. Sarawak white fob 96. NLW $327.50 sellers. Sarawak
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        202 20 THE KILOHAR market for gold deliverable in Singapore opened at U5519,948 and closed at $20,054 yeslorday In the Far East, gold opened at l'Ss2B6 20 80 and moved up on short-covering and bargain hunting to $288.30 60 before selling from European traders pushed it lower to rloae at $287.60
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        235 21 NEW YORK. Thurs. Profittaking and some unsettling economic news left the stock market mixed in active trading. The Dow Jones industrial average lost 2.39 points to K47.95 but advances led dec lines nearly four to three on a volume of 37 million shares, up bit from
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        310 21 SYDNEY. Fri. Mining stocks led the market higher although turnover was well down on yesterday, dealers said. Ansett firmed five cents to ASI.4S and in a special sale, 200,000 shares fetched $1.50. Western Mining rose 10 cents to $2.70 following agreement to develop the Roxby Downs
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        246 21 ZURICH, Thurs Prices ■losed mostly higher in moderile volume. The steady dollar tided export-orientated leading mlusliials while banks, insurinces and financials were nixed, dealers said. Kli-klrowatt continued to ad..mcc on good demand while ictive Oerlikon-Buehrle closed inchanged Sulzer participalea riTtificates. Ciba-Geigy egkMNd and Nestle bearer ■.I Mgher
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        261 21 AMSTKROAM. Thurs. Shan prices closed higher in hi isk trading wilh Royal Dutch iMimnc two guilders, HoogeWia 150 and Unilever 1.30 guilders in Dutch inlernation.ilv ilimlits said. KLM rose 2.80 guilders after better than expected first quarter results and Heineken put on two guilders. ABN lost 1.50
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        649 21 LONDON. Thurs. Share prices closed steady after Quctuatiflg narrowly in low volume, dealers said. At 3.00 p.m. the Financial Times index was down 0.2 at 456.6 i ;<>sernment bonds finished up to 1 4 point higher in slack trading, with dealers reporting no immediate reaction to
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        63 21 KINANCIAI. TIMKS INDUSTRIALS Thursday 455.7 Wednesday 456.8 Week Ago 461.5 DOW JONES AVERAGE INDUSTRIALS Thursday 847.85 Wednesday 850.34 Week ago 839.76 LONDON DOLLAR PREMIUM Thursday 24 to 24. Wednesday 24 U> 24 H.K.HANG SENG Friday 608.59 Thursday closed Week ago 623.21 SYDNEY INDUSTRIALS Friday 488.01 Thursday 487.39 Week
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        TIN
        130 20 THE STRAITS tin price plunged J25 to $1,900 per picul in Penang yesterday on an official offering up 71 tonnes to 195 tonnes. The overnight London market was barely steady post firmer with forward buyers gaining £50 to £6,600 per tonne. LONDON: Standard tin was £65 per tonne higher
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        31 20 Closing prices Rubber: Aug 3 Singapore: August: 292.00 cents (up 3.25 cents) Malaysia: August: 291.50 cents (up 3.00 cents) Tin: M$ 1.900 (down $25) Official offering: 195 tonnes (up 71 tonnes)
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        30 20 LONDON: Copper prices on Thursday (previous in brackets). Wirebar Spot IXB (£817) sellers £829 (£818): Three Month buyers £840.50 (£830). sellers £841 (£831). Market las*: Barely steady. 5a1e5:25.450 tonnes.
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        539 20 OPENING quotations in the Singapore rubber market yesterday were marked up about 1.50 cents in line with Thursday's after hours' steadiness here and following slightly improved London advices, dealers said. Later the market advanced further on short-covering, speculative and upcountry buying. The morning session closed quiet. The market was
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        114 20 NOON SSK »nd SMR pnc*> ye«erd.y RAB Ailul September !i urrr.t Mthi (Forward Mlkl Buyen Seller. Buyer. S»ll*r. W II lonpallell 278U0N *****N 278.00 2M.00N SSH SO II ton pallet I 275 00 277.00N 275 00 277 00N MRELB SMRCV lltoapalWll ***** :*****N 320.00 324 00N SMR
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      349 20 A FEW firm spats emerged here and there in larklustre trading at the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday. The general trend remained narrowly mixed. Sentiment was still somewhat Inhibited as Investors and speculators were, by and large, holdIng oft for want of fresh induce menu. Bat
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      270 20 MOTOR stocks stole the limelight in a slightly steadier Kuala Lumpur stock market yesterday. Trading, although still hesitant, was generally bet- 1 ter as buyers emerged from the sidelines to trade selectively. Investors' attention was focused on the motor issues which received moderate support to close at the
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      Money and exchanges
      203 20 THE US dollar opened higher at $2 1520 40. compared with $2 1505 15 al Thursday's close, and closed higher at $2.1545 55 in the Singapore forex market yesterday W/iih no major new factors in the market, ahead of ihe weekend, the I S unit was traded
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      46 20 RANGE of prices offered by discount houses on Aug 3: i iv.Tniuht 5". Call deposi' OaaaaJ Bnyiag StlliDf 3 month Treasury bills 5 4 3 month Bank bills 7. 7', 3 month CD 7 7 k 6 month CO 7 7', Source: National Discount < <> Ltd.
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      40 20 Closing Interbank raleOOs f< Singapore dollars on Aug 3: Offer Bid Overnight 7 k 7 1 month 7 9/16 7 7/16 2 months 7 7 3 months 7 7 k Overnight mode M slinhih from I huso qooMd
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      24 20 (THE average rate at which Singapore banks are currently prepared to lend to their best customers is 8.25 per cent. I
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      374 20 INTERBANK rates at 3.00 pm: Currwtcwi Nominal ratal Smithsonian Percentage quoted yntMday (crou)panty change Local dollars to one unit of foreign currency: US dollar 2.1545 2.1555 2.8196 -23.59 Sterling pound 4.8900 4.9020 7.3469 -33.36 Australian dollar 2.4300 2.4420 3 4286 -29 13 NZ dollar 2.1895 2.2125 3.4286 -35
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      675 21 HIGH interest charges incurred by subsidiary Mount Echo Park curtailed an otherwise strong surge in earnings at United Overseas Land for the six months to June 30, 1979. Group pre-tax profit (after minorities) rose 54 per cent to $4.24 million on a 25 per
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      Acquisitions and their many benefits for PP (M)
      265 21 Acquisitions and their many benefits for PP (M) PAPER Products (Malaya,) Is expected to reap the benefits of Its recent acquisitions and vigorous rationalisation programme in the current year ending Dec 31, 1979. Chairman Mr (hang Ming Thien told shareholders that the directors are hopeful the results far the current
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      572 21 MONSANTO, a major U.S. multinational company in ttw fMd of Chemicals Plastics is starting up its Data Processing Function with the Installation of a System/34 lor Its regional headquarters located in Singapore. We invite applications for the position of MANAGER/ANALYST PROGRAMMER The successful candidate will: Ensure efficient timely start-up of
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      667 21 >I1 The SGV Group Management Consulting Services As part of its expansion program in this region, our client, a European banking group is about to establish a merchant bank in Singapore. It now invites applications from suitably qualified and experienced candidates to fill the following positions: CREDIT OFFICER (MS-10/663) Around
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      2839 22 CLASSIFIEDS l^l FORTOURISTS < RED LANTERN fXk REVOLVING RESTAURANT ENJOY TIC PaNORMK MDV Of THE HARBOUR AM) MGHT CITY LIGHTS «MLE YOU TRY OUR MIIOOUS CANTONESI I SHANGHAI CUBMES SCALLOP CHKKEN M CUV Mi BRWSf D TURTLE KITH PORK CUHU FSH BAtl 24 HOURS SERVICE AT OUR OPEN AX BEER
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      468 22 BEAUTIFUL PIANOS JUST arrived. Exccellent tone quality. Instalment available $800 down payment. Tel: *****14/*****20 ELECTRIC PIANO FOR Sale 1 1/2 years old. Asking SI 100 0.n.0. Telephone *****51 .J.P. Venture Into the undiscovered country of the sounds of colour and enter a new and beautiful world through WELSON ORGANS Price*
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      459 22 'LIVE' I ENTERTAINMENT 154 Entertainment MALAYAN CULTUuU SHOW NBHTIY 7.30 PM 9 PM, PALM COURT QUARTET ON THURSDAY, SATURDAY t AND SUNDAY FROM BPM DINE Wtft BY CANDLELIGHT < JAZZ NIGHT AT THE WRITERS BAR EVERY FRHMY FROM 8 PM RESERVATION: < RING *****1 < 3 Aug.- 16 Aug. Direct
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      503 22 (s§) SOUTHRON THEATWE RESTAURANT ft NMMT CLUB Root Oarden. UC BuMdtng. Shawtow Way. 1 Tofc22lll»-» Ulne Dance In cosy atmosphere' Lunch: Dally H.K. Tim Sum from 1 1 am 3pm Sundays it Public Holidays from 10 am 3pm Dinner: Cantonese Cuisine 7 10 pm. Niteclub: 10 pm to 1 45
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      562 22 AVAW-W/UWaV,;; ■I aSStA carpark I I CABARET > tmmm NIGHT-CLUB J" PTE LTD IV TOP FLOOR, MULTI STOREY CARPARK CECIL STREET 1 TEL: MTU/a J> "a Jm%^mwav^ m POPULAR TAIWANESE T.V.. f-OVIE aj a STAR ft SINGER a" ■P PAN HAI HUA *Cspend your weekend* with ua," "aft lei our
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      494 22 iTHE STING: i Good Place lo Refcu with Live Disco Band lor your Dancnt Pleasure j* STRANGER J No Cotet Ch«r,e U Ornas it modtralr price »> Come Jkm| with you partner 4. ft or your tnemh Chjtmmf Hostesses to keep you company Open Nttitty I (Saturday eilended tolini M
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      622 23 tAT YOUR SERVICE SECTION INDEX ea^LaL eft4^BeLeMHMßaiilll«AftMefl aaa^a^^HßßaL at^Bßßatfafl Tlmes'centr* flfiZiZdiLuiTl RmS?l9> VI EDUCATION TRAINING WBmv^BmW W a^ap^a^a^aw '^■^r' VII TRAVEL RESTAURANTS SoocU(M,nS o0cU(M,n ,9 00, g" AS^JaR^FS PERSONAL Per column cm: $10 75 (Mm, 532.25) A UOllUnttltS II EMPLOYMENT II EMPLOYMENT II EMPLOYMENT II EMPLOYMENT II EMPLOYMENT 31 Situations
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      754 23 FEMALE GENERAL CLERK with or without experience, residing at dlsts 22. 21. 10 and 12. Apply personally at: 870. Ounearn Road. Spore 2158. FEMALE GENERAL CLERK required by a well established Company With knowledge of correspondence/ typing/ accounts. Call personally at: Ist fir. 29 Harrison Road, off MacPherson Road. Spore
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      571 23 ASIA PACIFIC DIVISION HO We have a vacancy for a GENERAL CLERK/TYPIST who has: c GCE O' level credits In English and Geography. c 1 year s working experience, preferably In the travel industry. a Typing: peed of 40 wpm. Pis ass send your application in your own handwriting together
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      610 23 PHILIPS requires ACCOUNTS CLERK Applicants must have complete' G.C.E. O1O 1 level and obtained th LCC. I. Intermediate Book keeping certificate. The Successful candidate woul' probably have a year's expert ence In the computation of th pay-roll. Interested candidates, please sut mit fun personal particulars. incluO ing salary expected and
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      681 23 The Diesel/Industrial Division of a well established company Invites applications for the post of: STENOGRAPHER/ SECRETARY Requirements: d c At least GCE O' level. c c Good command of English Typing and shorthand speed of 45 w.p.m. and 70 w.p.m. rea spectlvely c Pleasant personality. Interested personnel are to write
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      613 23 ESTABLISHED DEPARTMENTAL STORE requires salesgirls In M3O, Thomson Plaza, Off Thomson Road. Interested please call personally for an Interview. ESTABLISHED FIRM REQUIRES Sales Representatives with own car. Salary, allowances, and attractive commissions commensurate with qualifications and experience. Apply with photo to: P.O. Box 3505. Spore 9055. EXPERIENCED SALESGIRLS WANTED for
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      599 23 ROBINSON'S Temporary Sales Assistants (Mala ft Female) Required Immediately for Annual Stock-Taking Sale (11/8/79 to 9/9/79) Generous dairy pay offered. Please apply In person or telephone *****22 e«t. 21:Per son net Manager. Robinson a Co. (8) Pte. Ltd. 4th Floor, Specialists Centre Orchard Read Singapore 0*23 BusnessGH T*mporaV y Startf*^)
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      645 23 SALESGIRLS WANTED. GOOD pay must know Chinese English Starting S23OV-. Tel: *****0. SALES REPRESENTATIVES WANT ED for selling new vthlcles Please call personally at: Suite 6 3rd floor. Hotel Mlramar, Havelock Road. THREE LADY SALES PROMOTERS required to promote established brands of consumer products In Supermarkets. Departmental Stores and other
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      564 23 CHIP ENG ENGINEERING WORKS PTE LTD urgently requires SKILLED SEMI-SKILLED MACHINISTS VITB and NTC 2*3 Certificate holders are also invited to apply. Interested please call Jenny at: *****5/ *****15 or write lo: No. 20, Benoi Road Jurong Singapore 2252. ENGINEERING COMPANY requires: A) ELECTRICAL DRAFTSMAN/ TECHNICIAN To prepare tender drawings,
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      575 23 Jurong Baaed Shipyard hat immediate vacancies for: 1. MOTOR VEHICLE MECHANIC c Relevant Trade Certificate c Minimum Secondary Two. a 2 years' relevant expe2. APPRENTICE MECHANIC I c Must be hardworking, completed Primary education and completed National Service Interested candidates please call personally at: 35. PIONEER ROAD SINGAPORE 22*2 TEL:
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      695 24 II EMPLOYMENT II EMPLOYMENT j II EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT II EMPLOYMENT 31 Situations Vacant d Technical invites applications for the posts A) JUNIOR TECHNICIAN (SHEET METAL) R*QUir*ment*:- Completed Secondary II or equivalent from a Government or Government Aided School or Vocational Institute, plus A National Trade Certificate Grade 111 or Trade
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      590 24 ■as^Ti^TnM»^s requires QUALITY INSPECTORS (Process Control) a Minimum 4 GCE 'O' level passes, preferably In Science stream To perform quality control functions on a production line. c Prepared to do 3 shifts. a night allowance b) free meal and tea. c) transport allowance d free medical attention c annual wage
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      617 24 AMAH REQUIRED FOR small bungalow European couple, no children but 2 small friendly dogs. Oeneral house duties and cooking Llve-ln. Nice quarters. Convenient for some one living in Queenstown area. Please apply bringing references to 12. Swettenham Road, Singapore MM, Telephone *****9 before 9.30 I a.m or after 300 p.m.
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      627 24 American Campam; waaiirss an INStOf SALES/WAREHOUSE CO-ORDINATOR Dwtieem (1) processing Inquiries and follow-up on quotations (2) store-keeping, shipping and receiving. Inventory control and co-ordination of Imports and exports. If you have a good general education and the relevant experience and the ability to work under pressure, we offer you a
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      437 24 EUaaßsMa- Monutocturing Compenj m Woodtanda require*: A) MECHANICAL MAINTENANCE FTTTm a Completed National Service c 2 years factory maintenance experience, c Relevant Trade Certificate an advantage. B) MALE MACNSME OPERATORS a Completed National Service, c Secondary education. knowledge of Chlneae Is an advantage c Prepared to work on 2 shifts.
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      564 24 FUJI WATCN CO PTE LTD requires In early August Male Operators and Suparvteor* with watch assembling experience and Female Oairalsri (without experience) age. between 18 <L 30 WE OFFER YOU Oood starting pay Incentive pay Alr-condltloned plant Bonus Many other benefits If you are Interested, please call personally to our
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      501 24 A LUXURIOUS JAPANESE LOUNGE requires HOSTESSES c Attractive Income, not less than $1,000 p.m Transport provided c Short working hours 7.30 p.m. to la m c Experience not necessary as training will be provided. c Office Personnel and Models are welcome. c Part-timers are acceptable. Accommodations will be provided. If
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      511 24 MATSUSHITA PRECISION MOTOR requires: A) ENGINEERING ASSISTANT c Diploma holder preferably major In Electronic c Age below 28 c Interested In micro-motor c 2to 3 years experience c Completed NS B) LINE LEADER/ ASSISTANT LINE LEADER c ITC holder majoring In Electrical or Mechanical Engineering c Completed NS. c Age
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      672 24 SINGAPORE AIRPORT DUTY-FREE EMPORIUM SAOE Invites applications frorr Slngapore Citizens for the following appointments: COUNTER SALES CLERKS 5230 a month In the salary scale en x io van x is an x 20 J457 x 25 SS32) Candidates must have completed Secondary Four education and must he able lo work
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      392 24 Well-established Tyra Manufacturer with good growth potential requires: PRODUCTION OPERATORS (MALE) 1) Age: 16 years and above. 2) Must work 3 shifts. Weekly change. 3) Starting pay: not lasts than $10.00 par day. 4) Shift allowance: 2nd shift $2.00 per shift. 3rd shift $300 per shift 5) Company also provides
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      498 25 II EMPLOYMENT II EMPLOYMENT IV ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES IV ACCOMMODATION ft PROPERTIES IV ACCOMMODATION ft PROPERTIES 31 Situation* Vacant t) General NEW JAPANESE MEMBERS' Lounge requires Hostesses, age 18 to 25. with or without experience acceptable and with good IKTsonalily Attractive salary It commission Transport allowance provided Guarantee monthly Income above
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      320 25 lfil \\i ilifiil i o ttt 88S tS II > LLJ dcC S*g 888 g^° ««°> s ii!!f UU LLJ 5 -E 55u. 2 c/ 5 I I eaai f^^ .J C Hi! 1 SILK KNITTING FACTORY In Eunos Industrial Estate requires lemale operators. No experience required. 8 a.m. to
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      443 25 I WANTED MALE DELIVERY Assistant Age 20 to 30 years. Must possess Class 3 licence Salary will commensurate with experience Apply personally to: 6B 128, Golden Wall Flatted Factory. 2nd floor. Jalan Rajah. Spore 1232. (9 am lpm.) WANTED MALE ASSISTANT to work In a photographic colour laboratory Salary between
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      640 25 WANTED CASHIERS AND waitresses for Cafe lounge Age above 18. Apply personally: Peyton Place Cafe Lounge, 819 Orchard Tower, opposite Slngapura Hotel. Between 230 p.m. to 830 p.m WANTED DELIVERY BOY Age 16 and above, able to ride bicycle and able to speak English Kindly contact *****77. WANTED EXPERIENCED SEAMSTRESS
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      812 25 5^2 ESTATE We need professional advice In selling/leasing/ baying property and we hope we can find yea In "Real Estate Agents" In this section. Se will all real estate agents please contact C.A.T.S. at m-44tt and make themselves familiar teas. Jlijßußß' S K!^ Located on elevated rear private gardens land
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      880 25 DISTRICT 0*23 FURNISHED ground floor flat (Area: 2.500 sq. ft.) 3 alrcon bedrooms with attached bathrooms, spacious living room, separate dining room, servant room, large matured garden, rental $1,800/- Telephone *****44 office hours. DISTRICT 10 Luxurious fully furnished apartment, available Immediately 3 bedrooms, wall-to-wall carpeting, central alrcond, swimming pool 24
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      784 25 YOUR CHOICE DISTRICTS. Wantforeigners. Houses/ Flats, rental $700 $1,800 Owners kindly talk with Ram Mahtanl Real Estate Agency for details *****35/ *****23 (Monday). b) Flats ONE 2-BEDROOMED HDB flat wanted In Dlst. 3, 4 or 5. Ring *****8 5 pm -8 pm. WANTED EXECUTIVE FLAT In Jurong for rental. Blk.
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      802 25 b) Flats A BEAUTIFUL APARTMENT In dlst 10. 4 bedrooms. 3 bathrooms, servant's area, pleasant surroundings, central location. Tel *****88/9 CAIRNHILL PLAZA Better furnished than the show-flat 3 bedrooms, with bathroom attached and 1 servant room. Floor area: 2320 sq.ft With swimming pool and squash courts. Price $490,000 0.n.0. or
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      609 25 SELETAR HILLS. SINGLE-STOREY preferably Jalan Joran Jalan Jltong/ Jalan Redop fur ready buyers Paying above $90,000 Other districts/ any type welcome Meng Housing *****49 WANTED SINGLE OR doublestorey semi-detached or terrace with compound Any districts Contact. *****13 56 Factory Sites/ Space AREA APPROXIMATELY 1.600 sq ti Aljumed Road. Interested parties
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      1171 26 V SERVICES BUSINESS Si >:: Both ot us are working and we have a problem In A v having someone look alter our child. We want to y '■>' contact responsible persons who run creches or ytf kindergartens to look alter our child well while we A are away. v.:j
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      860 26 V SERVICES BUSINESS T.V. SERVICE a Specialists In repairing CTV. B/W TV, fridge, aircond.etc Eeey H.P. terms. 20 CTV downpaymenl $170 Monthly $59. (3 years guarantee). Hl-fl no downpaymenl. c Generous trade-in on old set. Call *****88/ *****57 GAN ELECTRODEX ENGRG (Bedok New Town). L. TROPICAL TV. SPECIALISTS In Black/White.
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      782 26 WINCON ENTERPRISE. Sales, service, repair colour. B/W TV., aerial Installation. Reasonable rental Easy h.p. terms. *****1/ *****56. 91 Wanted ONE USED WOOD moulding ma- chine with at least five head/ cutters. Must be of reputable make and In good working order Offers HI Mr. Llm *****1 ext 28 (Monday to
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      531 26 VI EDUCATIONS TRAINING GIRLS! Jobs are becoming harder to get you need better quaM>cat>ons The London Cnamoer of Commerce and Industry Private Secretary s Certificate is recognised internationally as one of the highest qualifications obtainable This examination is tne only Private Secretarial Examination supervisee by the Ministry of Education Enrcn
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      711 26 PSCS COMMUNICATIONS/ SHORTHAND Typewriting startIng 4.8.79; Saturday 2pm 4.30pm 6pm Singapore Institute of Commerce. 283 C (3rd Floor) Selegle Complex (*****9). RAJA'S COLLEGE OFFERS: Secretarial, Stenography. Bookkeeping, Typewriting. Shorthand, Accounting: Correspondence: Raja's, 333 North Bridge Road (Choon Bee Building, Sth floor). (Near Odeon). STRUCTURED COBOL COMPUTER ProgrammlngCourse for Beginners using
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      691 26 VII TRAVEL RESTAURANTS cAsiaat from 7 to 36 days on the luxurious passenger line KOTA BALI. Romantic, friendly, much as the places she visits. Board her and relax, meet new friends, enjoy the deck sports, the dancing with UVE BAND, dine with attentive service: European/Chinese meals. There are 2 swimming
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  • IX OBITUARIES
    • Obituary
      140 Acknowledgements
      197 27 Mr. a Mrs. Wong Kia Tong andlamiry with to aipraaa thair rtaartfart thanks to raiathraa. coWaaguaa and Irwnda and mambar* ol rha various associations lor thair kind condolancaa, donations, wraaths, scrolls, mght vraiU and hmaral attandanca dufMtQ th#tr r#c#fit b#f#tiV9n*#nl. MRS. BEATRICE NETTO and loved ones wish to
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      117 27 WIFE: MDM CHAU SIEW GEK alias DIEUSIEWGKK SONS: CHWEE SIONG (deceased) CHOOI KEAT DAUGHTERS KEWAH HEE HONG EE TING. Lilian DAUGHTER-IN-LAW WONG SWEE LIN SONS-IN-LAW: LOH BUCK SOON THIAN CHANG KWEE And 6 grandchildran. Funaral leaving Blk. 74, 48S, C'waaith Drlva lor BRIGHT HILL CREMATORIUM, off Thomson Road
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      28 27 In loving mamory of who dapartad without a word on 44.76. Sadly miaaad but not forgottan by Chin Siong and lovad onaa. TAN CHIN UONO
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      83 27 One year today, we never knew the sadness the day would bring The bitter grief, the shock severe To part with you. whom we love so dear. You bade us neither farewell nor goodbye For you were gone before our eyes Too good to go. too
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      131 27 WORKERS FOR CHRIST Goapal RarUe* 1979 on Saturday August 4th and Sunday August Sth nightly at 7 30pm DBS Auditorium Shenton Way. Singapore Special Guaat Spaakar: REV. A. MAXWELL HALL Spacial Item: 4/8/79 Musical Item by "Bible Church (Ming Teck Centre)". 5/8/79 Film show entitled "The Gospel according to most
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      956 27 SEPT. 1672 TOYOTA 2000. Aircond. Feb 1974 Civic. Paint, aircond. tax new Both excellent condition PARF eligible. First offer $9,100 and $13,500. respectively, secures. Call: *****0. SINGAPORE USED CAR (PTE) LTD 29, GOLDHILL PLAZA SPORE TEL: *****11 4 *****90 164, ALBERT STREET SPORE TEL: *****4 a *****4 1676 Austin Allegro
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      994 27 13 MONTHS OLD PORSCHE 624 a Accident free a One private owner a Agent malnUlned throughout a Beautiful number plate a New tyres/ tax a Aircond' stereo system Showroom Condition HIGHEST OFFER SECURES TEL737MS* 1967 MAZDA 600 tip top condition Price $3,950 0.n.0. Interested ring *****94 1968 MAZDA 1500 cc.
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      974 27 1873 FORO FALCON 500 Aircond $4,000 9A. Lorong Shahada Phone *****1 1973 HONOA CIVIC. 1200 Alrcon Tape. 2 owners Very good condition. $11,300/- 0.n.0 Please contacl *****95 1973. MAZDA 1000. Lady owner Tip-top condition Radio, new Ux. $7,800 negotiable View: Blk 4. 398-A. Dover Road (after 5.30pm 1973 MAZDA 806
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      742 28 YARDLEY I Yardley of London (M) Sdn. Bhd. invite applications from suitably qualified candidates for the post of: SALES REPRESENTATIVE based in Johor Baru. Minium Qualifications (1) Malaysian Citizen. (2) Possseses Grade D driving licence. (3) Ability to read and write English, preferably holding an MCE. (4) Aged between 20
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      744 28 Our East Malaysian subsidiary, one of the foremost Companies dealing in heavy equipment invites applications from suitably qualified Malaysians to fill the following position at its head office at TAWAU. Sabah. ASSISTANT ACCOUNTANT The successful candidate will report to the Accountant and is expected to contribute significantly in the following
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      493 28 c WALLS FITZPATRICK'S SDN. BHD. Has an immediate vacnacy for the post of DAIRY FITTER Requirements 1) Malaysian citizen not more than 35 years of age. 2) About 2 years' experience as fitter in an industrial organisation, preferably in a dairy food industry. 3) A working knowledge of Bahasa Malaysia
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      795 28 SAFETY TECHNICIAN Assembly Services Sdn. Bhd a Member of the Inchcape Group of Companies, in Shah Alam invites applications from experienced Malaysians for the post of SAFETY TECHNICIAN An ideal man should be below 45 years old with practical experience in maintenance of all types of fire extinguishers. Remuneration will
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      766 29 The Sole Agent of well-known brands of Swiss watches invites suitable applications for the following positions: A) SALES MANAGER Male At least 10 years experience in the watch trade with good knowledge of Singapore and Malaysia markets. Fluent in English and Chinese, both written and spoken, and knowledge of local
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      624 29 An International. Retail Store chain invites bright, energetic and ambitious individuals to join its fast expanding organisation in the following positions: A. Systems Analyst/Programmer B. Programmer C. Computer Operator D. Key Punch /Terminal Operator Requirements: For Post A and B 1. Minimum G.C.E. 'A' Level with good pass in mathematic.
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      842 29 I I/ACT I I Institute of Advanced Computer Technology I I/ACT, an educational institution who provides I professional computer technology training at all levels I on a worldwide basis, is conducting a seminar on: I AUDIT CONTROLS I I IN EDP SYSTEMS I September 3 8, 1979 This seminar is
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      911 29 IN THE HIGH COURT IN MALAYA AT JOHORE BAHRU ORIGINATING SUMMONS NO. 29 OF 1979 In the Matter ol Legal Charge registered at the. office of the Pengarah Tanah dan Galian. Johore Bahru on the 28th day of August. 1974 bearing Presentation No 6346/74 Jilid 193 Folio 162 on a
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      551 30 /^k Maw Malaysian Tobacco Company Bhd. Applications are invited for the posts of ELECTRICAL CHARGEMAN Candidates should be within the age group of 25-40 years and must possess Chargeman 'NIL' or Chargeman excluding H.T. Power Station Certificate issued by the Chief Inspector of the Lembaga Letrik Negara. He must have
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      756 30 (WANG) still expanding... requires a PROGRAMMER Essential requirements: 1) Sound knowledge of BASIC and/or FORTRAN Languages 2) Knowledge of Principles of Accounting 3) Be able to write and communicate fluently in English 4) Preferably with working experience and knowledge of commercial applications Apply with full resume, recent passport-size photograph and
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      949 30 A Large International Department Store to be opened in Orchard Road area requires DEPARTMENT MANAGERS Duties: Reports to the Store Manager, and assist in the day to day operations Responsible for his/her department's stock maintenance, presentation, decor and promotions Administer the operations of the departments including staff training and scheduling
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      176 30 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 18S AND IN THE MATTER OF CHANDATION PRIVATE LIMITED (In Member*' V«linUry liquids tUn) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Section 272 of the Companies Act. Cap. 185, that a Final MeetIng of the Members of the above-named Company will be held
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  • TIMESPORT PAGE ONE
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      Foreigners win fair share of medals
      514 31  -  CLAIRE MCDERMOTT, By Moscow, Fri. MOSCOW, Fri. The Spartakiad comes to a close this weekend with only a handful of foreigners still involved, leaving Soviet organisers with a mountain of information to digest before the 1980 Olympic Games. Boxing finals between winners of the
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      341 31 BIRMINGHAM, (Michigan), Fri. TOM WATSON, playing impeccably for 17 holes, seized the first-round lead in the Professional Golfers Association championship yesterday with a four-under-par 66 at the Oakland Hills course. Watson marred his card with a bogey at the 18th, but led by
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      Lock icon HK stay ahead
      178 31 COWES (England), Fri. Irish boats stormed through to take the first two places on handicap in the second short inshore 50 kilometres event in the five-race Admiral's Cup series but it was not good enough to topple Hongkong as the top team. Ireland's Regardless and Golden Apple
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      Lock icon Russian breaks snatch world record
      308 31 MOSCOW, Fri. Soviet lifter Sergei Arakelov set j a world snatch record for the 110 kilogramme category when he lifted 185.5 kg during the weight lifting competition at the Spartakiad here last night. The 22-year-old student I broke Bulgarian Valentin Kristov's record by just 0.5
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      118 31 Nancy's a stroke ahead lUNNINGDALE (Engand), Fri. Top money■arner Nancy Lopez acked up seven birdies to tost a 6-under-par 68 and ake a one-stroke lead iver veteran Joyce Kaznierski, after the first ound of the European .a dies Professional Golfts' Association cham(ionship here yesterday. Mardell Wilkins went to he turn
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      241 31 Bringing Up Father By Bill Kavanagh Hal Camp f SURE AND DON'T "N I'M GLAD I 1I IS MAG6IE SHE C3ETS "V I HOPE YOUR FRIEND HAVE worry- 48OUF J f CHANGED MY AS J PRETTIER J WILL STAY FOR DINNER, you MAGGIE SUES MIND ABOUT PRETTY <S EVERY --r\
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      Post Haste looks sound bet in Race Seven
      2014 32 Penang sprint has tuned up Roll Of Honour four-year-old RACING ...with FAIRWAY POST HASTE looks a sound bet in Race Seven (5.05) at Kuala Lumpur today. The Roll of Honour four-year-old was a good fourth to Gunner B over 2,000 metres on
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      Lock icon Yifter continues winning run
      759 32 BRIEFS DAKAR, Fri. Miruts Yifter Followed ui> his marvellous recent double-triumph at the Soviet Spwtaktad, by taking I he (Old medal in the 10.000 metre* final on the first day of I he African athletics championships her* jhiuiiIii Yiftei s time was 29 min. t. scv
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      1331 32 RACF 1 2.0 CLASS 5, DIV 5 1,200m ttAUr, 1 ($9,500 -$6,650 to winner) 1 8899 Dynamic II k Simple Tulloh 7 57 (d2same) 1.200m Podmore il 2 990K Waotarn Pearl r (Eastern) UonK 5 54 (dd -0.5) 1.200m Chetm 9 3 0800 Ditlanl Smile i Smile) Buang
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      131 32 RACE FAIRWAY TET SCRUTINEER Zistman Dark Compat Zietman 1 Dark Compat Hall Of Fame Dark ("oiniut rlepulse Bay Rumhahas Hall Of Fame Claaraway Miaa Maggie The Ninja 2 Arcadia Forest Orgamli Orß.indi Miss Maggie I. .M.Temlot QM(WMJ Pi'uli Shuuyuu Shuuyuu 3 R.Thundei R. Twenties R .Thiindci R.Twenties Brandy LaTI
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      135 32 GOODWOOD, (England). Fri. Ascot Gold Cup winner Le Moss completed British racing's big long-distance double when he outclassed his rivals in the Goodwood Cup yesterday. Le Moss, by Le Levanstell out of the Ballymoss mare Feemoss, amply justified the odds of 1-2 asked about him.
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      849 33  -  KEN JALLEH Jr. By Khoo, Tay, Oon and Ang quartet break open record ANGLO-CHINESE Schools' unshakable dominance of the National schools swimming championships was best illustrated by their freestyle relay swimmers at Barker Road yesterday. The star-studded quartet, comprising Tay Khoon Hean, Oon Jin Teik, Khoo Teng Cheong
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      Gunner B hard to beat
      365 33 R ACING ...with FAIRWAY GUNNER B should prove to be hard to beat in Race Four at Kuala Lumpur tomorrow. The Gulf Pearl four-year-old displayed tremendous speed in his workout yesterday when he drew away from stablemate Ivory House (Chris Gwilliam) at the end of
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        1408 33 RACE 1 1*5 CLASS 5, DIV 1 1,200m iwivsCj ($10,500 -$7,350 to winner) 1 0421 TaiTong(Chens)Teh4 57(u2 2) 1,200m F Hutchnson 8 2 2716 PolykeMlea<Laya>Teh3 56.5(-l) 1.200m Sflf 7 3 9202 Emerald Glow a (169) Yap 8 56.5 (lid -0.5) 1,200m F Chum 1 4 4351 Four Wishes II g
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      Police and Home Office probe Tote's betting
      312 33 Police and Home Office probe Tote's betting LONDON, Frl. Police and the Home Office are making inquiries into Tote, the nationwide organisation that runs Tote betting at British racecourses, following exposure of the Tote's "after time" betting scandal by a sports magazine. Sporting Ufe, In a story published last month,
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      Bee Khim triumphs by 16 strokes
      222 34  -  ERNEST FRIDA By SINGAPORE golf queen Kee Bee Khim reclaimed her Singapore women amateur Open crown yesterday with a magnificentperformance at the Bukit course, beating her nearest rival, Soegiyono of Indonesia, by a massive 16 strokes. The 26-year-old stockbroking remisier did not have to
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      SINGAPORE LADIES AMATEUR OPEN '79
      313 34 SINGAPORE LADIES AMATEUR OPEN '79 She corrected her fault on the way in and immediately stopped spraying her tee snots. As a result, she posted a good second nine score of 36. She had only one birdie in her round and that was on the par-five 13th hole. Superb shot
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      Narrow win
      28 34 DEFENDING champions Bukit Merah beat Port Authority Recreation Club 1-0 and Radin Mas beat Anson 5-0 in the National Day soccer tournament at Bukit Chermin yesterday.
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      Jogathon
      19 34 SEMBAWANG jonstituency consultative management committee are organising a logathon tomorrow at the Woodlands community centre at 8 am.
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      SIA triumph
      21 34 SIA GROUP beat Prisons 3f in a Singapore Hockey Aatociation League Division Two match at the Prisons ground yesterday.
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      SSC reveal plan for new sports facilities
      204 34 SSC reveal plan for new sports facilities A SPORTS complex, one for swimming and another for squash and tennis these are the major developments the Singapore Sports Council have in mind for the near future, reports WILFRED VEO. In fact, according to the SSC's annual report for 1978-79. piling work
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      Best-prepared equestrian aces leave for Perth meet
      270 34  -  BERNARD PEREIRA By PETER ABISHEGENADEN, Mohammed Moiz and Asad Jumabhoy, Singapore's three equestrian aces who leave tomorrow for the Pony Club Rally and Exchange in Western Australia, will be the best Prepared team the Repubc nave ever fielded for an international meet. They
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      Lock icon Pesta Sukan has 39 sports events
      339 34  -  WILFRED YEO By THIRTY-NINE sports events, seven of them featuring foreign competitors, will make up the month-long Pesta Sukan, which started on Wednesday with equestrianism at the Singapore Turf Club and golf at the Singapore Island Country Club. Golf is one of the international
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      MR 25 hold time trial
      33 34 THE Macßitchie Runners (MR 25) will be holding their 22nd time trial over 5,000 metres tomorrow at the MacRitchie Reservoir, starting at the zig-zag bridge at 5 pm.
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      70 selected for Pepsi programme
      411 34  - 70 selected for Pepsi programme PATRICK BASTIANS By AFTER six weeks of planning, the Singapore Squash Rackets Association have released the names of 70 players selected for training under the Pepsi squash programme a unique blend whereby the commercial sponsor pays for the coaching of national squash teams. There are
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      National Day jog-and-walk
      49 34 MR. BERNARD CHEN, the Minister of State (Defence) and MP for Radin Mas. will lead his constituents in a jog-and-walk race, starting at seven tomorrow morning. Certificates of participation will be awarded to all competitors, and more than 100 lucky draw prizes will be given away.
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      So too good for Woo
      72 34 SO POO SAN, the PARC allround champion, proved much too good for Sam Woo, of CA, in the Singapore Junior fourball billiards championship al the Katong Billiards Saloon last night, beating him 200-84 in 40 minutes. Other results: Tham Seeh Sum (PARC) beat Ng Soon
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      Lock icon Business comes first, says sweeper Syed
      389 35  -  JOE DORAI He opts out of the SEA Games soccer squad By SYED MUTALIB, one of Singapore's three outstanding players at last month's Merdeka soccer competition in Kuala Lumpur, has decided to opt out of the team for the South-east Asian Games in Jakarta
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      Women's champion out of Games
      244 35 Women's champion out of Games THE Singapore Table Tennis Association have finally named their team for the South-east Asia Games in Indonesia next month, reports PETER SIOW. They are: men Yeung Hin Chong, Yap Chin Boon, Png Kirn Siang and Lee Yong Kong, women Leow Hock Mvi, Yap Ai Suan,
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      Heather gets her ticket
      66 35 HEATHER MERICAN, Singapore's hurdling champion, receiving an air ticket to Zurich from Jack Chna, sports manager of Wander Singapore Pte. Ltd., makers of Ovaltine. Looking on Is Walter Haennl, Wander's general manager. Heather will compete in the Enropean track and field championships on Wednesday week and
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      Moustaches to keep the birds in flight!
      306 35  -  PETER SIOW By LADIES, beware! If yon are planning to watch the Pesta Sukan shooting competition, starting tomorrow at the Singapore Gun Club, be prepared to be swooped off your feet. The same warning goes to your husbands, linless they are the type
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      Nadarajan tops Games trials
      166 35  -  ERNEST FRIDA By LOVERS hold hands when I they stroll race walking and R. Nadarajan, go hand in hand. Nadarajan, a policeman who hopes to make his fourth South-east Asia Games appearance, at Jakarta in September, is this year's race walking king. He finished the five
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      Lock icon Heavy rain
      198 35 LONDON, Fri. Heavy rain restricted play on the second day of the second cricket Test between England and India at Lord s today. After England had taken their first innings reply to 72 for three at lunch, from their overnight 53 for one, rain fell to wash out
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      Three local boxers excel at Pesta
      439 35  -  BERNARD PEREIRA By THREE Singapore boxers G. Manadevan, V. Mahalingam and Lawrence Cubinar appear certainties for next month's South-east Asia Games in Jakarta, following their creditable performances in last night's Pesta Sukan semi-finals at Gay World Stadium. Manadevan beat Indonesia's Henry Sambeka, on points,
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      Lock icon Bad light saves Essex
      258 35 LONDON, Fri. The massive lead which Essex i hold in the county chamj pionship did not help them j at Colchester yesterday I against Middlesex, who, 'weather permitting, should inflict the first de- I feat of the season on them today. Middlesex took a lead of
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      59 35 FOOD Experience ofi W <(? I >^kj n^hw~~^ *J* x BB^ I v A. BBP^^ .^m HOME Experience 225 Muslim Canteen Caterer We are looking for a Muslim Caterer to run a 24-hour service canteen for our work force of approximately 2,500 employees. Interested parties should contact PVI NS Electronics
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    Lock icon SAVED FROM SINKING BOAT
    50 36 PROJECT chief Ted Agnon helps lift a pregnant Vietnamese woman onto the deck of the Seasweep from a sinking refugee boat in the South China Sea on Wednesday. The American ship rescued 48 refugees from the boat and returned with them to Singapore yesterday. AP picture
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    207 36 TOKYO, Fri. A government advisory group today unveiled a detailed seven-year economic and social plan calling for an average real economic growth rate of 5.7 per cent, reduced unemployment and better welfare benefits. The Economic Deliberation Council, a private organisation, presented the programme to Prime Minister
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    SIAto spread, wings further in US
    307 36 SINGAPORE Airlines will spread its wings further in the United States with passenger or a combination of passenger/cargo services to Los Angeles, Chicago and New York next April. SLA s managing director, Mr Lim Chin Beng, said at the 10th SLA Group business meeting
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    Lock icon US jobless rate up
    52 36 WASHINGTON, Fri. The United States Jobless rate rose slightly in July to 5.7 per cent, up from a five year low of 5.6 per cent in June. The administration expects a worsening of unemployment over the coming months because of the deepening recession now facing the
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    Trust fund value up about three times
    187 36 From Pag* On* the fond had appreciated to more than triple the original sum. The noose in Petallng Jaya, bought In INS for $27,MI, "has now appreciated in value to at least six times Its original cost." The trust fond was terminated in
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    Lock icon PLO rejects US offer of talks
    209 36 BEIRUT, Friday THE Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) has rejected United States offers of talks, saying it was a manoeuvre to gain time and soften Arab opposition to the American-sponsored Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty. "The Americans are playing for time," Mr Yasser Abed Rabbo, head of
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    334 36 WASHINGTON, Friday A US House of Representatives appropriations sub-committee announced yesterday its approval of a U*****.4 billion (*****.9 billion) defence bill that would keep 31,000 US combat troops in South Korea. The subcommittee said the bill is US$2 billion less than
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    37 36 NEW DELHI. Frl. An Indian army captain, R. S. Rathore, has been convicted on charges of spying for Pakistan lor cash and sentenced to 14 years hard labour, the United News of India reported today.
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    30 36 ANKARA. Fri. Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO) leader Yasser Arafat may soon visit several Western capitals to improve relations with the West, a PLO spokesman said here today. AFP.
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      THE EARLY YEARS
      1645 1 Indonesia s fight for Independence INSIDE: a LEISURE: Three plays but on* «hine« above «H m m^^. 2 a WOMEN'S PAGE: What goes on inside this muiutm of plants. 3 INDONESIA'S road to independence was won the hard way. There is probably no period so important for
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      A portrait of an extraordinary public servant
      610 1  -  TAN TEE JIM REVIEWED By SIR Alec was not a THE WAY THE WIND BLOWS: An Autobiography by Alec great politician. Neither Douglas-Home was he an inspiring Quadrangle New York Times Book, 320 pages. leader of men. He pos- sessed none of the
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        Three plays but one shone above all
        601 2  -  DANA LAM LING POON WAH By By Getting into that young at heart feeling again PETER SHAFFER'S The Private Ear is a sensitive play, subtly critical yet poignant with empathy. Bob is the alienated figure trying to reconcile reality with dreams. He finds
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        PICK OF THE Day
        252 2 SHOWBIZ comes to the gogglebox today with some great movies and entertainment. The Saturday Matinee on Ch 5 at 2 is a musical comedy, Springtime in the Rockies with a man trying to patch up his shattered romance before it's too late. Starring Betty Grable, Cesar
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        600 2 TV and Radio SINGAPORE 5 12.55 PM Opening and Sesame Street 1.55 Saturday Matinee Springtime In The Rockies starring Betty Grable John Payne, Carmen Miranda, Caesar Romero 3.25 ABC Wide World of Sports 4.20 Little House On The Prairie The Odyssey 5.10 Sandhvara (Malay Drama) 5.55 Marvel Superheroes 6.30 News
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        357 2 7.30 News (Malay) 7.45 Donny And Marie Show 8.35 The Eddie Capra Mysteries Nightmare At Pentagon's Castle (Part 2) 9.30 News and Newsreel (English) 9.55 Cultural Diary (English) 10.00 Dalas The Red File 10.55 The Bob Newhart Show 11.20 Midnight Movie The New Centurions, starring George C. Scott, Stacy Keach
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        Month-long affair for this year's performance
        475 3  -  GERALDINE TANG SECOND DRAMA FESTIVAL By CURTAINS will go up again at the Victoria Theatre and the Cultural Centre for the second drama festival beginning Sept 7. The first festival, organised by the Ministry of Culture last year to promote local drama groups and
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        Japan in miniature coming to Singapore
        740 3 JAPAN in miniature. That's what the annual Japanese Cultural Festival from Aug 23 to Sept 16 will be. Activities ranging from dance, orchestral, musical performances to Japanese film shows, essay-writing and elocution contests are included in the package prepared by the Japanese Cultural Society
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        412 4 i CAPITOL NOW SHOWING (*****9) 11«n, 1.45.4,6.30*9.15 —No FrM List This is A TRUE STORY! In 1942 MacARTHUR ORDERED 516.000.000 OF PESOS BE DUMPED INTO THE SEA. THIS IS THE TRUE STORY of THE FIGHT for their RECOVERY! f^-Y ft JIM BHOWN RtCHAMO JAECKKL 1 ;IT p PACiFfi:^f/: LIDO: NOW
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        398 4 CATHAY: Now Showing! 5 Shows Dairy: 11am, 1 JO, 4.00, 6.30. 9.15pm > Action That Starts With Flying Kicks! 5 i BB A^ »»t-y^» »t- y^ i BBL y 'js* t**-**^ \j^ i CATHAY: TONIGHT MIDNIGHT! j! She Won't Even Let You Finish Your Scream! c I Ha .jjj I
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        384 5 Braun offers you an^^^ exclusive class of shavers Braun sprint I^2 I w^^l^ BflflM flßtllfl^ktv If you're on holiday or travelling, with I AM OA no electric points or hot water within reach. WArn Hi «fl shaving is a problem Yijm\ &i /ml But there's no problem if you have
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        391 5 M? m\ at MERLIN /sZ^llf^M run day poolside (f/^ML Buffet lunch at $12 Have fun this Sunday. stresses of office. Come on over. The jf&Bf\ house and school- food's delicious, and /^^|Sa_^J^ >sj work. Relax at our the water's fine. 1 poolside. Take a dip, Whafs more, we even J^PTjjV^/
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        What goes on inside this museum of plants?
        770 6  -  SIT MENG CHUE By TUCKED away in the quiet upper floors of some Cluny Road offices, virtually unknown to the public, is the Botanic Gardens' herbarium. It is a storehouse of half a million dried and mounted plants, visited far less often
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        Lock icon Prejudice against 'office ladies' persists in Japan
        451 6  - Prejudice against 'office ladies' persists in Japan RICHARD BILL By in Tokyo KEIKO Yamanouchi puts in a 45-hour, fiveday work week and earns the equivalent of US$l2O (*****). A male colleague the same age and doing the same work receives nearly US$lBO (SS3B3). While wage discrimination by sex is prohibited
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        845 6  -  FRED M. HECHINGER By in New York SALLY I. SMITH has dedicated her book, "No Easy Answers: Teaching The Learning Disabled Child" to her son Gary. She describes him as her finest teacher and hardest taskmaster. As she puts it: "He who
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        290 6 In Female this issue you find... Can your husband stop you from working? What can you do about it? W you find yourself in Female magazine Y^rL YT^ Qf-JT W***iW^ Nutri-Metics the Leader in the field of Pure f0!f 0 vVwyrMl H Hi Nutritious Skin Care and Beauty Aids, are
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        169 6 LOSE A MAKE-UP PROBLEM WITH f (gKQSEl^%C(o]fe Active modern women might have problems with sweat and dryness. KOSE solves it with it's new 2 Way Cake and its two-way wet and dry applications. So lose a make-up problem and keep that pretty face, no matter where the day may lake
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      The difference lies in not what is said but how...
      601 7  - The difference lies in not what is said but how WILLIAM SAFIRE When 'Have A Nice Day' is offensive BY' in New York Saflre on Language WHY ARE so many people now finding such a nice expression so offensive? "Have a nice day grates," writes a reader, "because it pretends
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      529 7  -  BERNARD DEGIOANNI in Venice By FOR years, Venetians and everybody else thought their city was doomed that it was sinking inexorably into the mud of the lagoon. It seems now that the experts were wrong and there is evidence that the
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      Meeting goals — what Year of the Child should strive for
      645 8  - Meeting goals what Year of the Child should strive for SARAH BRANDEL, UNLESS effective actions are taken soon, this International Year of the Child may end up merely humouring the children of the world, two experts warn. By staff associate and DAVIDSON GWATKIN, a senior fellow of the Overseas Development
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      Lock icon Charan — symbol of Jat caste's new prosperity, political power
      869 8  - Charan symbol of Jat caste's new prosperity, political power MICHAEL KAUFMAN in Chaprauli, India By THE Indian village of Chaprauli the home base of Prime Minister Charan Singh reflects the prosperity that has come to his fellow Jats, a caste of peasant landowners. The main r,ad through the settlement is
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      Plan to tap Alaskan natural gas beset with problems
      1047 9  - Plan to tap Alaskan natural gas beset with problems DAVID LASCELLES By AFTER ALASKAN oil, Alaskan gas. One of the priorities listed by President Jimmy Carter in his recent energy speech was construction of a pipeline to transport Alaskan gas to the rest of the US He said emphatically. "I
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      900 9  -  JAMES FOLEY in Iwo Jima By 'THERE IS nothing like a dame' sang the lonely sailors on a womanless island in the 1949 Rogers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific. That self-evident truth remains pertinent 30 years later for 28 US Coast
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        44 9 Congratulations to ORO VISION SALON on their official opening at 105, Coronation Plaza WEUA WE KNOW ABOUT HAIR Sole Agents TAI WAH DISTRIBUTORS (PTE) LTD JIHV Unit 501. Cuppage Centre, U"™ Cuppage Road, Singapore 0922 Tel: *****33 Cable: BEAUTYCO Telex: RS ***** (TAI WAH)
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        633 9 I MANAGER I SINGAPORE SHELL CLUB If you iave had experience managing a sports and social club with 1,000 members or more, you may be interested in this job. The successful applicant will be employed immediately to organise for the opening of the Singapore Shell Club end 1979 or beginning
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        566 9 r/S7^ URBAN kD* authority The Urbon Redevelopment Authority invites applications from citizens, permanent residents of Singapore and other ASEAN citizens for the post of SYSTEMS ANALYST/ PROGRAMMER DuHm 1) To perform systems and feasibility studies in computerising |Obs 2) To design and supervise implementation of new computer applications 3) To
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        556 10 PHILIPS We invite suitably qualified candidates to fill the following positions ENGINEERS (PROJECT) Qualifications/Experience: Degree in Electronic Engineering or its equivalent with a good basic background in TV electronics. Proven experience in the television industry would be a definite advantage. The selected candidates must possess initiative and drive as well
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        548 10 H Generol Electric (USA.) is seek- BJ tai^pF mg suitably qualified candidates B"^ for the following positions:PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR Candidates should have 3 years production experience ond should be college graduates in Chemical Process Technology/Rubber and Plastics Technology/Mechanical Engineering A proven record of leadership qualities and the ability to train and
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        582 10 Mitsuboshi Batting (S) Pte Ltd /a 14, Jurong Port Road, /m W\ Singapore 2291. MiTsuaosHi SINGAPORE Mitsuboshi Belting manufactures ond sells the World's widest ronge of V-Belts. We are a high technology industry ond very successful offer you a challenging career and comprehensive benefits as o Male/Female Production Operators Earn
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        1254 10 I ADMINISTRATION MANAGER > (At least 5554.000 per annum plus benefits) Our client, a reputable and well-established foreign bank, requires a mature forward I s looking person to fill the position of Administration Manager. This is a senior management position. It is the responsibility of the Administration Manager to supervise
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        691 11 I GROUP FINANCIAL CONTROLLER I EAST MALAYSIA PACKAGE $70,000 Per Annum Our Client, a large regional and progressive group of companies engaged in Trading, Plantation, Hotel and Construction activities in East Malaysia, wishes to recVuit a Group Financial Controller. The appointment is the principal executive financial position for the group
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        321 11 GARMENT WORKSHOP WANTS TELEPHONIST/RECEPTIONIST/SECRETARY Requirements Singapore citizen Female Age between 20 25 years A good command of English Apply giving full particulars, present earnings, photograph, expected salary and contact telephone no. to:The Manager, BIANCA (S) PTE LTD., 55*3, Won Hap Complex, Beach Road, SINGAPORE 1719 MARKETING EXECUTIVE COLEMAN Ji'JSSL BUSINESS
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