The Straits Times, 18 February 1980

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    14 1 The StraiTs Times Estd. 1845 MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1J8I 30 CENTS M.C.(P) No. 111/1/80
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    Lock icon CARTER WON'T SAY 'SORRY'
    724 1 Keen on 'normal ties' with Iran, but... WASHINGTON, Sunday PRESIDENT Jimmy Carter has declined to apologise for past American actions in Iran including US support of the Shah and is prepared to go only so far as to express regret over "misunderstandings" with Teheran. He took
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    Lock icon Tito fights for his life
    353 1 Tito fights for his life BELGRADE, Sun DESPITE reports that there was vuiaally on hope of his survival, critically-ill Yugoslav President Josip Broz Tito is fighting tenaciously to stay alive and yesterday regained consciousness to speak to visitors. Disclosing this today, the 87-year-old Yugoslav leader's former private secretary, Mr Joze
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    Lock icon Secret arms deals?
    63 1 LONDON, Am West German businessmen are secretly Irving to supply arms and military vehicles to the Middle East, the Observer newspaper said today. In a front page article, it said that If the deals were allowed to go through, they would be a clear reversal of the
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    Oil use: Raja gives a warning
    268 1 Oil use: Raja gives a warning THE geverameat may have to Impssr regalattona to cheek excessive eil censamptlon In Singapore If Arab oil beeemes scare* and toe expensive. This warning was given last night by the Foreign Minister, Mr S. Rajaratnam, who urged Singaporeans to be prepared fer tke problems
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    Lock icon Tears of joy after 20 years
    425 1 FATHER AND CHILDREN IN AIRPORT REUNION FOR many badminton fans, the arrival of the Chinese badminton team at Paya Lebar Airport yesterday was the prelude to the much-awaited big match against Indonesia on Friday and Saturday. But for Mr Chen Scheng Shien, 40, Singapore's
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    Lock icon 'Look out for Amin'
    55 1 KAMPALA. Sin. IYeaMtM Godfrey Binaisa yesterday directed all members of Uganda's armed forces to seek out and capture former dictator Idi Amin Speaking at a public rally, the President said he now had information Amin had left Libya where he went into exile after his overthrow
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    Roads to avoid
    92 1 MOTORISTS are advtoetf to aveM Street Street 11 awl Avene 4, tag Me Kle, tofey fr*m 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. h these re«4s will be eleaei to traftV for ta* rhlacay premslen f rem I a.m. te 1 p.m. Avene S will be rleaed fren 8
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    Lock icon Viet troops driven back by Thais
    192 1 Viet troops driven back by Thais BANGKOK, Sunday ABOUT 2,000 Vietnamese troops crossed into Thai territory on Thursday in pursuit of a group of Khmer Rouge guerillas, but were driven back into Kampuchea by Thai artillery, military diers of the two warring (actions back into Kampuchea after about 3-12 hours
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    Lock icon Beijing paper out again
    65 1 BEIJING. Sun. Beijing Evening News, the popular newspaper which became famous for its veiled allgerorical attacks on Chairman Mao Zedong, appeared on the Lunar New Year's Eve, 13 years after it was suppressed during the Cultural Revolution. Eager readers lammed news-star.Js during the afternoon and the
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    Lock icon New talks
    52 1 BEIJING, Sun. China and the Soviet Union are preparing to hold a new series of talks on navigation along the rivers on the north-eastern Chinese border despite current international tension, reliable sources here said. These roughly annuai meetings will be held in a Chinese bonier town, probably next
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    Lock icon First winter ascent
    50 1 WARSAW, Sun. Two Polish climbers today made the first ascent of Mount Everest in winter, the official Polish news agency Pap reported. The pair, Leszek Clchy, 29, and Krrysztof Wielicki, 30, were members of a team which had made several unsuccessful attempts on the 8,848-metre peak. Reuter.
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    Lock icon US move for peace keeping force in Kabul
    386 1 WASHINGTON, Sunday THE United States has begun preliminary talks with a number of countries on setting up a peace-keeping force in Afghanistan, but US officials do not foresee a Soviet troop withdrawal soon. The idea behind a peace-keeping unit would be to
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    Lock icon 60 killed in barrage
    57 1 KFOUR AL AARBEH (Lebanon), Sun. About 60 inhabitants of a north Lebanese village were killed in a six-day artillery barrage by Syrian forces which pulverised their homes, residents said today. Refugees from the rightwing Falangist controlled village of Qnat said ratlin* corpses lay trapped under flat
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    Lock icon Convict held
    44 1 BEIJING, Sun An escape* convict was recently recaptured inside the forbidden rit> now known as the Palace Mi scum, while trying to steal a priceless gold seal which one: belonged to an emperor's concubine, the Beijing Even ing News said today Reuter.
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    9 OPPOSITION ASSEMBLIES DISSOLVED
    55 1 9 OPPOSITION ASSEMBLIES DISSOLVED NEW DELHI, Son. Tke latfiaa Gevenuneat ef Premier laalra Gaa4M today tfascived ■toe iffisttlin rma irtate aa—Mes la tke cmutry, tke Pre*« Traat ef iMBa (PTI) repertea. PTI saM tke state an- ■■■■ihllaa Miara a a diawlved la Uttar Pradeak, Mkar, Rakutkaa, Maakya PratfcakTPaaJak, Tamil Na*i,
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    Lock icon 'Rebels sniping at Soviet troops'
    331 1 'Rebels sniping at Soviet troops' WASHINGTON, Sun AFGHAN rebels working in small groups are smuggling light arms into the urban areas of Afghanistan and have begun sniping at Soviet troops in town, according to intelligence reports. Government control in Kabul, Herat, Jalalabad and Kandahar has deteriorated seriously in the past
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      210 1 aw a JJjj9P^T*CwY^2|H| M 8 pages today DAY -CARE CENTRE FOR THE AGED IN HENDERSON Pag* 5 IRAN'S oil output in jeopardy 2 CONSTERNATION follows path of the sun's eclipse 3 SCHMIDT: We'll support the US 4 SPORE-JAPAN computer centre: 1961 target date 7 Causeway Pag* 9 CROSSWORD COMICS t
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  • AROUND THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Europe MPs. lash at Viets on Kampuchea
      258 2 STRASBOURG, Sunday THE European Parliament condemned Vietnamese authorities in Kampuchea for barring Western doctors who want to aid the war-stricken nation. The assembly also decided to consider sending a fact-finding delegation to Kampuchea to check that Common Market aid is being properly distributed.
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      Lock icon New Year, gift
      49 2 BANGKOK, Sun. Vietnamese Ambassador Hoang Bao Son today presented Thai Premier Kriangsak Chomanan with a gift of an orange tree from Vietnamese Premier Pham Van Dong, an official source reported. The gift was presented on the occasion of the Lunar New Year, the source noted. AFP
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      Lock icon Friendship treaty
      58 2 BANGKOK. Sun. Laos and Czechoslovakia today signed a treaty of friendship and cooperation, the Laotian news agency KPL reported. The agency, monitored here, gave no details of the treaty. It said was signed by Laotian Premier Kaysone Phoumvihane and President Gustav Husak of Czechoslovakia before Mr Husak's departure
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      Lock icon Thumbs down
      56 2 UPPSALA (Sweden), Sun. A man bit off another's thumb in a drunken brawl in the centre of this university city yesterday. A police spokesman said the thumb had not been found. "Perhaps the man swallowed it." ne said. The incident happened during a fight among three men all
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      Lock icon Floods hit California and Arizona
      105 2 Floods hit California and Arizona A POLICE helicopter hovers to pick op motorist stranded in hi* track la the midst of swirling rioodwatera caased by four days of pouring rain In Riverside, California, on Saturday. Nine deaths were reported la the rainstorms that swept through southern California. In Los Angeles,
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      Lock icon Soviet missile test violation of Salt?
      291 2 WASHINGTON, Sun The Soviet Union has test-fired a new strategic submarine missile which radioed key information in code to prevent the United States from fully monitoring its performance, Carter administration officials said. The Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (Salt II) bars encoding missile test telemetry
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      Lock icon 'No bases'
      33 2 KUWAIT, Sun. The Government of Oman yesterday s. Id any military facilities to the United States will not include permanent bases or the stationing of American troops on Oman! soil. UPI.
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      In other words...
      90 2 In other words... 4 WE have acted with csacera the Prime Muster's failure to convince evea her own son of the need to sappart British la- q dustry. 7 One British Member of Parliament's comment on Premier Margaret Thatcher's son, Mark, modelling clothes for the Japanese textile firm Kanebo. The
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      Lock icon Iran's oil output in jeopardy
      269 2 Iran's oil output in jeopardy SAY OIL WORKERS TEHERAN, Sun WORKERS in Iran's oil industry have warned that petrol production in the country will be brought to a halt if vital spare parts are not provided quickly, the Kayhan newspaper reported today. The Islamic Council of Oil Workers, a body
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      Lock icon CENTURIES AHEAD OF EL GRECO'S TIME
      110 2 CENTURIES AHEAD OF EL GRECO'S TIME WASHINGTON, Sun. President Carter told editors visiting the White House that El Greco was his favourite artist. But he was a few centuries out as to when the painter lived. The president was responding to a question from an arts magazine editor. A transcript
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      'Revolution does not need ties'
      81 2 TEHERAN, Sun. Iranian president Abolhassan BanKSadr, who nevei wears tie, said on Friday that the Islamic revolution r*old well do without such ornaments. "We do not need to bay ties. The money we spend on ties could boy shirts for the oppressed/ be told a
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      Lock icon Consternation follows path of sun's eclipse
      585 3  -  UPI ROUND-UP A TOTAL solar eclipse swept across Africa and into Asia early yesterday, enthralling scientists, confusing animals and causing consternation among primitive tribes, religious Indians and superstitious Chinese. The moon slipped in front of the sun off western Africa in the Atlantic Ocean
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      Lock icon Two blinded
      59 3 DACCA, Sob. Two youths reportedly went blind here yesterday when they looked at the solar eclipse without eye protection. The dally Sangbad reported today that the young men, one 17 and the other 2t, defied the warnings of scientists not to observe the eclipse with the naked eye.
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      Lock icon Trudeau set for victory, says poll
      306 3 Trudeau set for victory, says poll A NEW Gallup Poll released yesterday points to a solid comeback victory by Pierre Trudeau's Liberals over the Progressive Conservative government of Prime Minister Joe Clark in tomorrow's Canadian national elections. It will end the Conserv- atives' turn at power only nine months after
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      Lock icon 'Soviets fortifying China border
      148 3 - PARIS, Sun. The Soviet Union is in the process of fortifying its border with China, says the latest issue of the International Defence Review, by encasing obsolete tanks in concrete. The report said the fortification, which it likens to the Maginot Line built between the two
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      Lock icon 11 leftists held for plot to kill five envoys
      258 3 11 leftists held for plot to kill five envoys ATHENS, Sun. GREEK police have arrested 11 Middle Easttrained radical MarxistLeninists on charges that they plotted to assassinate five Western ambassadors of the United States, Israel, Turkey, Cyprus and West Germany and blow up their embassies. The group calling itself the
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      Lock icon Sanjay gets back his passport
      94 3 NEW DELHI. Sun. Sanjay Gandhi, younger son of Indian Premier Indira Gandhi, has been given back his passport, impounded by the former Janata Party government, an official communique said today. The communique said government orders had been issued to release the passports of Mr Gandhi
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      Lock icon Mob lynches robber
      61 3 RIO DE JANEIRO, Sun. A mob of 200 people lynched a member of a gang which robbed a grocery shop and killed its owner on Friday in Caxias, one of Rio's poorest and most violent suburbs, police said. Several suspected thieves have been lynched this year in
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      'Only flattery from top people is worth it'
      366 3 LONDON, Sun FLATTERY la mere effective if tke object of the prmiae Meld* the flatterer In high esteem; If the fUtterer to lewer down the ■■rill »r Intellectual scale, the flattery may faU Oat. Recently. •*cl»l»flo*l researcben Investigating the social iae «f
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      Lock icon Mugabe keeps away from polls rally
      263 4 GUERILLA leader Robert Mugabe failed to appear at a major campaign rally today, apparently fearing for his security after two abortive attempts on his life. A crowd of 35,000 people had gathered in a sports stadium in a black township of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe's second
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      Lock icon Red Army alert
      39 4 TOKYO, Sun. Japanese police believe four members of the militant Japanese Red Army guerilla group have left their base in Beirut and are headed for Belgrade, Damascus and Istanbul, Japan's Kyodo News Agency reported today. Reuter
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      Sue wants a title
      59 4 Sue wants a title MIBS Sue Wang, a 18-year-old ■Insuo. l from Wags porn (left), and Barbara Yang, 21, a stadent from Hongkong. pose with a London policeman as part of promotional activity for the Miss Chinatown ltM contest in which they are taking part. The contest «Hwii»— celebrations of
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      Lock icon Kremlin warns Japan
      165 4 THE Soviet Government newspaper Izvestia has warned Japan that the Kremlin might retaliate by cutting fishing rights if Tokyo imposed economic sanctions against Moscow. Izvestia said on Friday the Japanese Government was giving way to blackmail from the United States over Afghanistan and talking about cutting back
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      Lock icon 'S. Yemenis in Afghanistan'
      174 4 'S. Yemenis in Afghanistan CAIRO, Snn. Soviet planes recently flew two South Yemeni infantry regiments to Afghanistan where they will fight together with Afghan, Soviet and east European troops against Muslim Insurgents. In a dispatch from Aden, the newspaper Al Ahram said today the arrival of the Yemeni regiments la
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      Lock icon Schmidt: We'll support the US
      337 4 THE Soviet Union should not hope to drive a wedge between the United States and Europe, whether by coaxing or by threats, West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt has said. Mr Schmidt told a news conference after two days of talks on Friday with his Belgian
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        59 4 THE Israeli pound is now worth one-hundredth of its 1951 value, when the Cost of Living Index was first compiled A 7.3 per cent increase in the index last month, announced on Friday, brought the cumulative index to over 10,000, based on September 1961 as 100 points.
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        Lock icon Farmers' 'rat crop'
        69 4 FARMERS in the central Luzon plains north of Manila are making extra money by selling rats which roam their rice fields to bars and restaurants as food. The fanners use clubs and traps to catch the rats, prepare them like chickens and put them in threes into
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        Lock icon Sweden's film city
        48 4 ONE of the largest cinemas in the world, showing 11 films simultaneously, has opened in Stockholm. "The Film City" runs the 11 films five times daily between noon and midnight. Only nine staffers are needed to operate the 1,367 seat complex, a director said. Reuter
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        Lock icon Carnival cover-up
        42 4 BRAZILIAN police have vowed to promptly arrest any woman baring her breasts during the city's famous carnival parades, beginning today. The debate over naked breasts is raging in Brazil. At carnival, however, authorites are determined to maintain the cover-up. UPI
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        Lock icon Catch of gold
        73 4 A GOLD block weighing 14kg, given to the state by an angler who "caught" it in the sea, has been auctioned in Shimonoseki, Japan, for 75.3 million yen (Sf688,000). Kazuo Uemura, a 44-year-old company clerk, "caught" the gold wrapped in cloth while fishing at a wharf in
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      Lock icon Hijacked to US
      67 4 KEY WEST (Florida), Sun. A band of eight Cubans, reportedly armed with guns, commandeered a small freighter in Havana and forced its crew to take them to the United States early yesterday, officials said. There was no reported violence and the Cubans peacefully surrendered their weapons to
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      Lock icon Carter govt ups interest rate by lpc
      216 4 WASHINGTON, Sunday THE Carter administration has increased interest rates another notch to a record 13 per cent to combat growing inflation. To make borrowing more expensive, the Federal Reserve Board pushed up the rate it charges commercial banks a full percentage point, from
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      Britain traps drug ring chicf
      191 4 Britain traps drug ring chicf LONDON, Son. The British costoms has finally closed the trao on the man who for If yean was one of the worMs richest and most successful drag stragglers. Pakistani Mohammed Ashfaoae Khan, who began as a Karachi coostaaetlon worker and ended op building for himself
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      Lock icon Romulo: I am ready for the moment of truth
      202 4 MANILA, Sunday AILING Philippines Foreign Minister Carlos P. Romulo said today he was "ready for the moment of truth. He is to undergo an operation tomorrow to extract an infected gall bladder "I have every confidence and faith in my doctors,
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    Day-care for the aged in Henderson
    539 5  - Day-care for the aged in Henderson EVELYN NG By A DAY-CARE centre for the aged, believed to be the first in Singapore, is to be set up in Henderson constituenr The Singapore Council of Social Service has submitted plans to the Housing Board to establish the multi-purpose centre at the
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    Old and lonely need social contacts
    376 5 A PICTURE of Singapore's lonely aged in need of social contacts has emerged from a survey conducted by the Singapore Council of Social Service. Of the 535 names of elderly persons submitted to the council as possible candidates for its proposed daycare centre at
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    Envoy's talk
    39 5 THE High Commissioner of India. Mr B. M. Oza. will speak on India's foreign policy at a Foreign Correspondents Association of South-east Asia lunch at the Fuji Room in Ming Court Hotel on Thursday at 12.30 p.m.
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    WATER TECHNOLOGY
    45 5 THE Second Asian International Water Technology exhibition and conference, Asia Aquatech 80, will be held at the World Trade Centre from March 4 to 8. Forty exhibitors will provide a good cross-section of world-wide organisations which have developed commercially valuable products and services.
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    Japanese women whose hearts are at Homes
    262 5 Japanese women whose hearts are at Homes CRITICS whs claim that the Jsommm c*mmutty ben keeps to Itself, skMld n»te the qalet werk being carried hI by i grvap *f wtnei fr«m the JWMNtoMWtah S4iir»p»re. tikik week, they visit hemes for spastles, the mentally retarded, and •14 fofts. They help
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    Two films
    26 5 THE National Museum will screen two colour films In Pursuit of Sensitivity and architect Kisho Kurokawa at its premises on Wednesday at 8 p.m.
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    Hawker centres have lots of pull
    72 5 Hawker centres have lots of pull THE traditional source of fast food the hawker centre still dominates eating habits here, according to a Survey Research Singapore random survey. Of 1,658 adults, 69 per cent ate at hawker centres in the seven days before the sampling. Other eating places included Chinese
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    Barbecue nite
    45 5 THE Kirn Keat community centre youth group will hold the Yuan Xiao Barß-Que Nite at Marine Parade on March V at 6 p.m. Those interested can register at the Kirn Keat community centre in Lorong 8, Toa Payob. Closing date is Feb 36.
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    RULING ON HALCYON ISLE PUT OFF
    137 5 RULING ON HALCYON ISLE PUT OFF LONDON The Privy Council judicial committee in London on Friday reserved judgement on a dispute over who has first claim on the proceeds of the sale in Singapore of the ship Hale von Isle, formerly oelonging to Court Line a British shipping firm. Bankers
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    Youth group's night tour
    46 5 THE Ulu Pandan community centre youth group will organise a night tour on Feb 23 from 9.30 p.m. to 7 the next morning. Application forms are available at the centre. For more details, telephone *****8 between 3 p.m. and 9 p.m. daily.
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    Need for more interest in sci-fi criticism
    391 5 THE healthy readership which science fiction enjoys in Singapore is not matched by a similar interest in its critical appreciation. "I suspected that although most Singaporeans consumed a lot of sci-fi, not many of them are aware of the potential, or take any
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    Changes in 2 papers have not hit sales. -revenue
    237 5 Changes in 2 papers have not hit sales. -revenue SHIN MIN Daily News and Mm Pao are carrying more international and regional news as w"ll as social and economic items in their front pages than before. Their news emphasis has changed since they resumed publication on Jan 9 after a
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    Visit to Home for the Aged
    61 5 THE Boon Lay Residents' Committee Zone E will visit the Social Welfare Woodlands Home for the Aged on Feb 24 at 2 p.m. Funds for this visit were raised from the sale of old newspapers, clothing and other items obtained from the residents. The
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  • LUNAR NEW YEAR ROUND ...
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      CHINS GET AWAY FROM IT ALL AT THE BEACH
      236 6 CHINS GET AWAY FROM IT ALL AT THE BEACH WHILE most Chinese families went visiting, the Chin family of Lim Chu Kang Road decided to spend the first day of the Chinese New Year in a different style at the beach. They got up early and held a family "meeting."
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      New Year babies
      128 6 THESE two babies were born within the tint M mnites of the Year of the Monkey. Mrs Peramal Ramah's bundle of Joy a baby boy arrive* at tke Kandang Kerban Hospital at 12.11 a.m. on Satoxaay. He weighs 2.72 kg aad was expected on Fen 2*. Said
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      MONKEY ANTICS DELIGHT TOURISTS
      129 6 WHAT o««M be mare fitting than a nwnkeyUrn daaee to ■■her In the Year «f the Monkey In the Lton City. The Zt-miMite natt by the Him Hal Athletic *.wrtstl«i at the Mare* Pel* Hotel at thrilled a large crowd of towiats on Saturday. The ''monkey",
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      'Stilted' style of doing a jig in water
      204 6 'Stilted' style of doing a jig in water HOLIDAY makers on Sentosa Island were treated to an off -the-bea tentrack attraction yesterday. Stilt walkers, lion dancers and acrobats ushered in the Year of the Monkey with a lively display to several hundred returning holiday makers, who had gathered at the
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      Siglap CC courses
      34 6 Siglap CC courses THE Siglap community centre will hold courses on car maintenance, Chinese brush painting, dressmaking, ice-cream making, yoga for women and Chinese restaurant cooking at its premises. For more details, ring *****5.
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      Hot pace for Fire Brigade on Saturday
      201 6 FIREMEN had a hectic time on Saturday when they answered more than 10 calls. troyt^ Chong The first fire gutted a house in Jalan Bahar at 12.49 a.m. but no one was injured. At 2.16 a.m., a bookshop in Ang Mo Kio was
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      Ang pow and gold key for car buyer
      159 6 AN ang pow of $1,000 and a gold key to a brand new Isuzu Gemini was given to a surprised Mr Can Kirn Teng on Friday for being the last person to purchase the car at the spe- cial pre-tax price. Despite
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      Doing it in English
      86 6 FORTY Malay teachers who are now taking English courses organised by the Malay Teachers' Union are planning to take the GCE-O level in English as their first language this year. They are doing the courses in English at two centres Monkshill Sec- ondary School and Telok
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      216 6 Straits Times Crossword ACBOBB 5 Hide having swallowed orieatal yarn(s) 7 Take the road of gold (with the 6 Jooes says he ts on the way to appropriate ministry) (5) the wicket (b) 8 to make aa imprcasiM 11 Essential (or keeping bedwhere It won't last <*) clothes in place*
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    S'pore-Japan computer centre: 1981 target date
    472 7 IF ALL goes well, the Singapore- Japan Institute of Information Technology to train computer experts and professionals will be set up early next year. This was indicated on Friday by a spokesman of the Economic Development Board. He stressed that within a decade, the
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    Talks soon onSLF island resort plan
    196 7 Talks soon onSLF island resort plan THE Singapore Labour FWtott— m eyeing an Lsljuid «ff Seatam for its prapased Baton-style MtMay rt**rt entre. The 15. J hectare island, Buran Darat, belongs to the Beaten Development Corporation and formal negotiations to either acquire the island *r take It on lease are
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    Court puts off mortgage hearing
    261 7 Court puts off mortgage hearing THE HIGH Court last Friday adjourned indefinitely the hearing of an interim injunction restraining the Registrar of Titles from registering a mortgage on two shop. units at Golden Mile] Tower "until further notice". The injunction has been granted ex-parte to the plaintiff, International Building Products
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    Joint institute gets green light
    326 7 THE French Government has approved in principle the establishment of a Singapore-French technical institute here to train high level technicians in electro-mechanical engineering. This decision was based on a favourable report by two French experts after their feasibility study carried out last June, a French
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      Monkey — in festive cheer
      103 9 Monkey in festive cheer MONKEY we. mmikey d«. And when this nwnkey saw a fall battle at a timber camp in the Igan area of Sarawak's Third Division reeeatiy, she felt entitled to "do" the RMtente. After all, the Year «f the Monkey started mi Saturday, so It was entirely
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      226 9 ENVIRONMENTAL and consumer education are expected to be incorporated into the integrated science curriculum when it is revised by next year. The secondary science unit of the Curriculum Development Centre, which has been working on a study the last two years hopes to complete it later this
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      Lock icon Rationing in Seremban
      59 9 SEREMBAN, Sun. Water rationing will be imposed in Seremban and surrounding areas from Tuesday in view of the acute shortage, Mentri Besar Datuk Rais Yatim has announced. The town has been broken up into seven zones, each of which will get water supply for a period of
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      Special unit
      34 9 KUCHING, Sun. The Sarawak Government has set up a special advisory unit to help bumiputra contractors be competitive in their tendering (or Government Jobs, the latest issue o( the Borneo Bulletin reported.
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      Lock icon 169 kg of smuggled drugs seized
      160 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun.— A total of 168.46 kg of various types of drugs smuggled in from southern Thailand were seized by Kedah-Perlis police and a special anti-smug-gling unit in the two states last year, a police spokesman said today. Of the total, 129.83 kg
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      185 9 RESIGNATION RUMOURS BASELESS: DEPUTY MENTRI KOTA BARU, Sun. The Kelantan Deputy Mentri Besar, Datuk Haji Hussein Ahmad, has denied rumours he is planning to resign soon, adding that they could have been started by irresponsible people to create confusion among the public. He added that the rumours were baseless and
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      29 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Sub. A seven-member French Senate delegation, led by Senator Claude Mont, now touring South-east Asian nations arrived here last night (or a four-day visit. Reuter.
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      Lock icon Dr M rejects students9 plea to act against Britain
      439 9 Dr M rejects students 9 plea to act against Britain LONDON, Sun DEPUTY Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad has rejected an appeal by Malaysian students in Britain that their government take "economic sanctions" against Britain for imposing higher fees on overseas students. Addressing one of the biggest turnouts
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      Lock icon Sabah's $40m Aang pow'
      68 9 Sabah's $40m A ang pow' KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Chief Minister Datuk Harris Salleh of Sabah has announced a Chinese New Year gift totalling $40 million (or the Sabah people. A dividend of (100 will be paid to each adult person registered with the Sabah Foundation the State Government's welfare foundation
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      Lock icon King watches mock attack
      177 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. The King today witnessed an on-the-spot mock attack and capture of an airstrip by Malaysian troops. The capture of the airstrip was part of the conventional war games, some 20,000 Malaysian troops are currently holding for 15 days in Pahang and Trengganu. The
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      170 9 Bringing Up Father By Bill Kavanagh Hal Camp I'D LOVE TD PLAY FORGET ABOUT THE I BUT RID/CULOUS/A /THOSE DITCWDieeB?^ POKER OINTY BUT I I DITtHDI &©ERS'BALL- I >OUR \HE WOULDN'T &UYS ARE GETTING I HAVE AN INVITATION t FORBID YOU TD RATHEP PfT IN WITH J\ TOO UPPITY -TWEY
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      GULF REMAINS
      383 10 THE US-Iran impasse over the hostages remains. There has been progress of a sort since Mr Abolhassan Bani-Sadr became Iranian president. Although Teheran is still seeking the return of the Shah and has formally applied for his extradition from Panama, it no longer makes this a pre-condition for
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      WISHFUL THINKING
      365 10 THE US is showing alarming signs of sinking into wishful thinking over Afghanistan. Last week, we had President Carter's National Security Adviser, Mr Zbigniew Brzezhinski, bravely proclaiming the token Russian pull-out to be unacceptable and insisting that Afghanistan must be "genuinely neutral, non-aligned (and) truly independent." Now we
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    Across the Causeway...
    621 10 Healthy youth THE Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports proposes to establish three more youth camps under the Fourth Malaysia Plan. These camps will complement the good work boing done by the three others in Penang, Selangor and Kelantan. Since Independence there has been steady progress in
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    'Over-reaction by US could lead to war'
    1445 10 How should the West respond to the invasion of Afghanistan? Here are two views by experienced observers of East- West relations one American, one British American diplomatturned historian, to Professor Emeritus, Princeton Institute of Vdvance Studies. He served in Moscow in the 193*8
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    807 10 Whose turn in 1992? British ambassador in Moscow from 1953 to 1957 and Warden of New College, Oxford, from 1958 to 197 C. He is the author of The Kremlin and the Embassy and Rossi* and the World. THE RUSSIANS seem to invade a country once every 12 years Hungary
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      Developing counterweight to materialism now enveloping the world
      962 11 A solution may lie in initiating dialogue among all the great religions THIS letter is in response to the recent speech by the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. S. Rajaratnam, on "The Creation of a Moral Society," (ST Feb 9). I am
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      389 11 allow me to voice my strong dissent on the letter "not worth watching" (ST, Jan 29). In all fairness to the Indian Section of the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation, it is only proper to point out that locally produced Tamil TV programmes have indeed made remarkable
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      Can the authorities loosen the red tape?
      128 11 Can the authorities loosen the red tape? I AM a woman divorcee who has undergone the usual long wait for a miserable divorce suit and have obtained it after many unbearable experiences. Now I am in the midst of a second struggle, getting a new home for my two children
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      He should get his facts right
      106 11 I WOULD refer to Mr Manuel Gutierrez's comment on "WKRP in Cincinnati" as a second rate comedy (ST, Jan 19) and I would inform him that this series is highly rated on American television, certainly way above "Love Boat and other good series like
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      Evaluation by senior subject teachers not feasible
      214 11 SINCE last year, the evaluation of a teacher's performance has been changed with the implementation of Dr Goh Keng Swee's Education Report. One major change is that the senior teacher will be assigned to observe his colleagues in classroom teaching. This arrangement seems
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      241 11 Usher in the Lunar Year of the Monkey with a bang! Enjoy spectacular stage shows by the Neptune Revue and our singing stars Barbara Yueh and Pearl Cheng from Taiwan. With Faridah Dollah and Jasmine Ismail. So come. Unwrap our festive package and have a fantabulous time! Barbara Yueh Pearl
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  • TIMES CITY DESK
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      WEEKLY SHARE ANALYSIS Money and exchanges
      2133 12 "AS A service to readers, Straits Times publishes I weekly a detailed analysis of shares on the Stock Exchange of Singapore. The year's high and low, are followed by the week's movement in prices, the dividend, the net price earnings ratio ana the volume
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        DOMESTIC
        76 12 THE US SING dollar opened the $2.1545/65 level In the Singapore forex market last week. It was traded narrowly in the band of $2.1530 and $2.1500. with speculators staying out of (he market before the Lunar New Year. MMaJe Rates Feb 8 Feb 15 lib/* ***** ***** ■Strrling TMS
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        DISCOUNT
        218 12 IN CONTRAST to the easy money market condition the previous week, last week saw the market tightening up as a result of seasonal cash withdrawals. CPF payments, tech- nical factors and governmental transfer of funds The interbank Overnight funds were traded generally at U>t to 10 It per cent.
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        Treasury Bill temder
        98 12 THE AVERAGE discount rate for 91-day Treasury Bills firmed at the latest tender to 6.735 per cent from 6.725 per cent previously, The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) said Applications totalled $227.8 million for the $50 million of Bills on offer. About 37 per cent of bids
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        DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
        63 12 Camat Date B k»u W% FebzT Dafl Dev 2.5' Feb V M T C 30.8% Feb 28 MBaakJas. tr.l Feb 29 V H S (8) 5' Mar 11 VBS(Ri) 17-,<a) Mar 12 Per* Pit 12.5% Mar 17 Ittalfer 15% 5% 43.«% 8% 12%(a) 17% 32.5% T.UJf.r Bfcvtowycw fi.5%
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      Singapore produce
      219 12 THE pre-festlve Chinese New Year season last week si w activity (or local commodities decline sharply at the Singapore produce market, dealers said. Dealers said that the season's requirements had already been stockpiled the previous month, and most contracts during the week were scattered in nature. Pepper traders
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      Duty rates
      87 12 THE MALAYSIAN Minister of Finance has fixed these rates for the period bom February 14, until further notice: Ratter: 352 cents a kilo, C*pn: MJ1.045 82 a tonne; Palm kernel: $955.75 a tonne; WMte upper: $4,732.56 a tonne; Black pepper: $3,313.88 a tonne; The rates of duty payable
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      Indices
      51 12 FINANCIAL TIMBB INDUSTRIALS Friday 482A Thursday ...473.8 Week Ago 481.4 DOW JONES AVERAGE INDUSTRIALS Friday 884.98 Thursday. 883.77 Week ago 886 73 H.K.H ANG SENG Friday 953.17 Thursday 981.21 Week ago 907.78 SYDNEY INDUSTRIALS Friday 868.78 Thursday 877.74 Week ago 663.48 ALL ORDINARIES Friday 919.66 Thursday 947.47 Week ago
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      GOLD
      54 12 Frt nan Melbourne (1) 605 95 615.76 London 6C4.008 672.008 665.00S *****S Zurich 664 008 680.008 *****S (BOOS Paris ***** (78 20 flat PM Hongkong elated ctaed closed closed Singapore (1) closed 570.008 closed *****S Export prices in non-sterling areas in US dollar per ounce. (1) Australian dollars per
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      COPPER
      33 12 LONDON: Copp«- price* on Friday (previous in brackets). WirrtMU- Spot L 1.328 (11,325); selWs £1.330 (U.32C). Three Month buyers L 1.345. 345 (£1.340). tellcri C 1.347 (£1.341) Mattel Steady at lower kmk.
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      Banks' Prime Lending Rates
      341 12 BANK'S prime lending rates .is at the close of business on Friday. Feb 14. 1880. BANK'S tPLR Algempne Bank 11 American Express 11 An. dam R'terdam Bank 11 Aoi.i Commercial 10 Asien-Pazifik 11 1 1 Ban Hin l-w Bank Banca Commerciale 11 Banco Do Brasil 10'
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      Prices break barrier
      277 12 CURRENT month One RSS crashed through the $4.00 barrier as prices spiralled from 374 cents to a peak of 411 cents a kilo in hectic and erratic trailing before reacting later, says Holiday, Cstler, Bath ft Company in its review of the Malaysian and Singapore rubber markets
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      S'pore exchange
      510 12 THE Mfpswi sUck market sprue, to life In strtag uie-fesllve mm rmUy led ky nlsatitlsas »nd tanking stocks to ctaae last week Ugker wttk the Straits Times latfnstrtsJ lndei InrMi| ■asttsr new 7-y e»r peak. The market •penrd lightly weriH kit rapidly regilaed Iti —ft— M pUatatlsas rate
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      TOP TEN STOCKS
      106 12 THE fcitowtag Is a list sf the II matt actively traced stocks aa tin Stock Exehaage sf WagapT* last week. It Kivw the tanwver la thsataais sf salts, clnslnf prices on FrMay awl the Ugh a*d taw for ISTI/M Pe»IS im ity Dry Inw Darby Holdings law
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      Kuala Lumpur
      571 12 TRADERS gave the old lunar year a rousing sendoff by boosting prices broadly and sharply higher at the Kuala Lumpur stock market last week. It was indeed a week to remember, being one of the most buoyant in the twomonth long run-up in share prices. Strong buying interest
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      LOCAL STOCK INDICES SINGAPORE
      76 12 LOCAL STOCK INDICES SINGAPORE "BTlndn: ■Industrials .1 Finance: "Hotels: "Properties: Mining*: Plantations: XT* SESInd 3882 30 ***** 847 74 417.46 347 S3 265 40 856.C8 468 44 423 37 3959 50 470 67 846 59 418.94 346.56 2S7.T7 867.40 469 03 ***** 4065.36 473 42 857 07 419 21 350.76
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      MALAYSIA
      57 12 ♦BT Index 6098.58 Industrials: 514.79 Finance: 743.99 '•Hotels: ***** Propertiei: 368 30 Tim: ***** tRubben 1011 24 £230.75 514.20 747.36 127.15 370 10 284 96 1031 47 *****5 6510.16 ***** ***** ***** ***** 227.40 327.23 375.36 378.37 293.09 299.35 *****1 *****3 Una' Una' Una' Una' Una' Una' Una' n
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      646 12 LONDON: The market closed mixed last week, dealers said, and the FT index was up 1.2 at 462.6 points at the close. Government bonds finished up to 1/2 point lower despite the Bank of England's assistance to relieve tight money market conditions. Features of the equity market were
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  • IX OBITUARIES
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      144 In Memoriam
      103 15 IN EVER LOVING MEMORY TO BE WITH YOU IN THE SAME OLD WAY WOULD BE OUR DEAREST WISH TODAY OEAMY MISSED SV LOVING WIFE ANO CHILDREN IN LOVMO MEMORY of A J Perelra. departed 1621* No length of time can dim the past, too many memories hold
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      In Ever Loving Memory of
      39 15 I Badly mm»d and always I rMwnbiftd by tons, daugti- I lan. grandchildren and (unity I In MMnoriam" Mrfi whom you I MRS CHIAQUEE WHATT I NEE MOM. MARY TAN O»p»rl«<l 17 2 78
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      142 Deaths
      68 15 Sadly missed by her parents, brothers and sisters, nephews and nieces. Cortaga KOVWM 17, Klin Kaat Roao on TuMday, 1»-2-M at 11 am to T»a Toh Aum Twnpta lor cremation STRAITS TIMES RATES FOR PERSONAL ADS OBITUARIES $10.50 for IS word* (run-on alyla) $36.00 for 3f m. x
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      Podmore in for good treble
      1320 15  -  FREDDIE KEE Former champion back from holiday By KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Former champion jockey George Podmore, back from a short holiday, has a great chance of landing a treble on Spanish Music (Race Four), Stylish Prince (Race Five) and Cornwall Gardens (Race Nine) here tomorrow.
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      SELECTION
      153 15 RACE FREDDIE KEE L. RANGER SCRUTINEER Mick Tim MiW#f Alaska Field Deep Mystery The Atom Double Bunker Three BeU The Atom Deep Mystery Double Bunker Sfit. Starlight TaiTong Gay Batchelor Sgt. SterHght Gay Batchelor Frond Boss Cat Corona Boy Gay Batchelor California Misty Jadi Allegro Rafftngo Ponderosa Lad Goat
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      Upper Berkeley peaks
      205 15  -  LONE RANGER By UPPER BERKELEY II seems to have peaked la time fer a Taaka GeM Cap attempt He caa ears a berth ia next week's Caa race with a --"-I win In Race Fear teaay. This five-year-eld New Zeaiaad geieUag by Karavar has wea ever distances
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        754 15 RATF 1 130 CLASS 4, DIV4 1.200M IVAV/£i x ($11.000 $7,700 to winner) 1 4467 MickThaMMara (MAC) Mak 7 57 (dd samel 1.200m F 2 2 77* Daop Myrt»ry a Mystery Teh 4 56.5 (dd -li 1.200m fop 13 3 0107 Show Ma g (Golden Trio (Allan 4 56.5 (d2
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        801 15 3 *Siti Payong II Inderapura i Teh 4 53 5 1.200m Ttap 2 4 48 NMnrodl(Zeb's)Zain 5 54.5 <dd +2.5) 1.200m V* 3 5 700 Vino-San (Berjaya) Osman 4 54 (ud -3) 1.200m tank 4 06 KooiZyani Huang TilZain 5 52 5 (15) 1.200ir Hamad 7 7 1479 Top Ftfoui;
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      446 15 VIII ANNOUNCEMENTS I, PERSONAL I 126 Greeting* SUMN VWmNO SMVICf. S wishes ih*lr cllenta friends A Very Happy Prosperous Chinese New Year. 128 Marriage*/ Acknowledgements Mr. and Mrs. S. Kriehnamoorthy who attended Hw wddtwg, tent pf and congratulatory MMugw on the occMlon ol Mte weddtng of Mr. S. H.iMwam»orlh> and
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      22 15 IN EVER LOVING MEMORY OF MADAM KHOO BENG MOON (MRS ONG SENG WAN) DEPARTED ON 15.2 61 INSERTED BY HUSBAND ANO CHILDREN.
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      297 15 KKIfTATAAIf TAWAKAIf PEJABAT SBTIAUS AHA lEEAJAAN PKBAH T^aiiilMiUHiß |MiinlioMim yang berdaitar <<»«§■« Jabatan Kerja Raya dan mana-majia ffjfla.n. Bert«inni/Pi|iii.. Tempatan adalah dipelawa baal maayemukakan tawaran nn^iA masitalaakaii aorta* kerja berikut: MEMBINA DAN MENYIAPKAN 9EBA TANG JALAN MASUK DAJU JALAN BEBAR BITLA W AH KATAM KB KANCANGAN PERUMAHAN AW AM BATU
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      629 16 Fairclough adds punch to reputation LONDON, Sun. David Fairclough, already something of a legend for his extraordinary goal-grabbing exploits, enhanced his reputation yesterday by scoring both goals in Liverpool's 2-0 Football Association Cup fifthround win over Bury. At the start of the second half, with the English champions' being held
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      365 16 ST. PETERSBURG, Sun. Alice Ritzman, on the tour for only 18 months, fired a one-unoer-par 71 to take a onestroke lead on 139 after two rounds in the Ladies' Professional Golfers' Association US$lOO,OOO ($215,000) tournament at the Pasadena Golf j Club. In Tacaaa, Rex Caldwell I shot an eight-under-par
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      246 16 CYCLING World champion Jan Raas, of Holland won Ihe final sprint of the second leg of the seventh Tour Cyrliste Mediterranean, from Antibes to Hyeres, beating West German Klaus Peter Thaler. RUGBY England pipped title-holders Wales 9-8 in a savagely-fontested Five—Nations' rugby union championship
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      27 16 HONGKONG, Sun. Red Star Belgrade yesterday trounced a Hongkong team 5-0 in a friendly soccer match. The visitors led 1-0 at half time. Reuter.
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      52 16 BOGOTA. Sun. Colombia qualified as the second South American team for the soccer competition al the Moscow Olympic Games after drawing 0-0 here on Friday with Argentina. Argentina had already qualified for the competition and the draw gave Colombia the edge over Peru because of a better goal
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      1880 16  -  FREDDIE KEE By KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. With "Yam Sengs" galore's heralding in the Chinese New Year, it was more than apt that Cheers' Stable's Cheer Up won the opening event at the races here today. Ridden by back-inform jockey Subian Dalwee, the Never
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      334 17  -  BERNARD PEREIRA By FROM a freezing minus- 15 degrees Celsius In Beijing to a sweltering 30.4 in Singapore, and yet the 24member Chinese badminton team didn't flinch one bit! With overcoats on and smiling broadly at the Pay a Lebar airport yesterday, they lavished Lunar
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      190 17 MANILA, Sun.— Taiwanese veteran Hsieh Minnam today overtook compatriot Lv Hsi-chuen in the last two holes and fired a two-under-par 70 to win Philippine Masters golf title here. The young Lv, leading by three strokes at the home-stretch, collapsed under pressure with
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      123 17 BOMBAY, Sun. A century by lan Botham helped England to 232 for six wickets, in reply to India's first innings' score of 242, at close on the second day of the Jubilee cricket Test here. Botham, who grabbed six Indian wickets yesterday, hit a majestic
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      323 17 Twe-maa kek pterlags alter feerta aaa HaaJ ru: f Erich Schaerer/Josef Benz (Swit) 4 mm. 9.36 sec. (1:01.87, 1:02.76, 1:02.29. 1:02.44); 2. Bemhard Germeshausen Hans-Juergen Gerhardt (EG) (1:02.58, 1:02.48, 1:03.31. 1:02.56) 4:10.93; 3. Meinhard Nehmer Bogdan Musiol (EG) (1:02.39, 1.02.88, 1:02.86, 1:02.95) 4:11.08. Pigwe ekattH: Pain ekert
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      57 17 THE Knockturnes Cricket Club, of London, beat the Singapore Cricket Association Presidents XI by five wickets in a friendly match at the Padang yesterday. Scene: SCA President's XI 134 (Nalin Perera 24, S. Kasinathan 37, R. Swan 4-18), Knockturnes CC 135-5 (G. Pollard 46, M. Grierson 24 n.o,
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      89 17 TODAY'S EVENTS GOLF Warren's monthly medal (7); Changi's president's prize (7); SeleUr's chairman's prize (6.45). BOCCEB Boys' schools South Zone tournament: Lower secondary Whitley v Monks HiU, Balestier Hill Tech. v Swtas Cottage, SJI v ACS, Christ Church v Rl. Henderson v Bukit Merah (TangUn. 8.30 9.45) Secondary Catholic High
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      213 17 RESERVE sweeper Ahmad Saplee last the chaaee to win a place In Singapore's pre-Olympic Games soccer sooad yesterday, following a right ankle injury, reports JOE DORAI. Ahmad, a farmer Intermediate team regular, suffered the injury when the national squad had their last training
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      325 17 ONE of the most eagerly anticipated battles at the winter Olympics ended dramatically when American world pairs figure skating champions Tai Babilonia and Randy Gardner withdrew because of injury. Defending Olympic and former world champions Irina Rodnina and Alexander Zailsev, of the Soviet Union, took
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    508 18 'DEATHS HAVE RESULTED' GENEVA, Sun UNNECESSARY smallpox vaccinations still required by many governments are causing side effects that can lead to illness and even death, the World Health Organisation said today. In Kuwait, a five-month-old boy developed big, ugly ulcers after he was vaccinated
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    320 18 Move to save 6,000 stranded at winter games LAKE PLACID (New York), Sun. New York State Governor Hugh Carey declared "a limited state of emergency" yesterday to rescue up to 6,000 spectators stranded in driving snow and numbing wind-chill temperatures of minus 23 degrees Celsius at the Winter Olympics here.
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    79 18 LONDON. Sun. Soviet Air Force pilots are forbidden to have sexual relations and drink alcohol on the eve of a mission, western intelligence sources said here today. The sources said there was a serious alcoholism problem in the Soviet armed forces, particularly in the Air Force,
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    55 18 TEHERAN, Sun. The Iranian military authorities today gave several thousand army and air force Junior officers 24 hours to leave Teheran University mosque where they have been staging a sit-in since Tuesday. If the protesters were still in the mosque tomorrow evening they would be expelled by
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    226 18 Israelis in to open embassy in Cairo CAIRO, Sunday ISRAELI diplomats a open their first embai after 30 years of wars Israel and Egypt. Egyptian diplomats are also due in Tel Aviv in the next few days. Officials here said they would arrive today but the Middle East News Agency
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    63 18 DUBLIN, Sun. Irish Premier Charles Haughey, in his first major policy statement on Northern Ireland since taking office, said yesterday Ulster terrorism was costing US$150 million (SW25.5 million) a year and was close to becoming uncontrollable. "Unless a solution can be brought forward soon, the situation could
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      886 1  -  TAN BAN HUAT By THE EIGHTIES will see the century-old Chinese remittance trade dwindle further and probably disappear from the scene when rer-itters here and remittees in China decrease in number year after year. Most of the remaining 50 remittance shops from
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        813 2 PICK of the DAY TODAY, the third day of the Year of the Monkey, will hopefully be auspicious for two new programmes well, one new and the other a continuation. The continuation is that soap opera series, Dallas, which returns to Ch 5 in the 8.40 p.m. prime time slot,
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        147 2 CHINGAY'M at the AL SHOW by the Singa- Road at 12 noon, 3 p.m., Museum Art Gallery junction of Street 11 pore Children's Play- 6.30 p.m. and 9 p.m. from 10.30 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Avenue 4 June- House at Victoria Tickets: $3, 5, 7 and 10. On till
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        1110 2 TV and Radio SBC 5 8.00 AM Openinf folowed by "Lunar 6.30 News In Brief New Year CNngay Procession I 6.35 Muppets Go Hdrywood 1980" (Enffeh/Chinese) (LIVE from 7.30 News Ani Mo Kio Estate) 7.45 Sandiwara Jodoh 10.30 The Happy World Of Hama Barbera I S.25 The Wonders of Bvds
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      1464 3 NOW it sounds so mercenary. But Chinese New Year had, in most of my impoverished childhood, meant sudden and welcomed riches. It didn't matter whether the ang pows were 40 cents or $1.10packets. What mattered was they added up to $40 or $50 which at that time, was
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      131 4 THEFT OF EIGHT M-CYCLES' CHARGE i Two men were charged on Friday in a magistrate's court with stealing eight motor-cycles. Tan Chiang Ming, 20, I faced four counts of stealing four of these worth $3,350. Loon Tuck Chee, 20, faced three counts of stealing another three worth $4,150. Both were
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      134 4 Campaign to keep Marine Parade clean THE Marine Parade citizens' consulative committee will organise a Keep Marine Parade Clean and Beautiful, campaign from May 4 to 25. The campaign aims to: INSTIL in residents an awareness of the part they can play in keeping Marine Parade cleaner and beautiful. GIVE
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      Pulau Übin a bigger 'jail' says ex-detainee
      379 4 Pulau Übin a bigger 'jail' says ex-detainee FORMER political detainee, Mr Lee Tee Jong, who was freed on Friday after 16 years, said yesterday that Pulau Übin where he is now confined to is a "bigger iail" than the ones he had been held in the past. Mr Lee who
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      Istana open to public today
      52 4 Istana open to public today THE Istana grounds will be open to the public today from 8 a.m. to 6.30 p.m. Visitors are reminded not to Utter. Parents should make sure their children do not drop sweet wrappings. Public health inspectors will be on duty to take action against those
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      223 4 USERS of the primary access road into Jurong Jalan Ahmad Ibrahim have been asked to restrain their heavy goods vehicles from travelling along it during peak hours Circulars to this effect X were sent to companies In Jurong last month Heavy-goods vehicles have been
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      31 4 THE Senior Minister of State (Prime Minister's Office), Mr Lee Khoon Ctaoy. will attend a Chinese New Year gathering at Bartley community centre on Feb 22 at 7.30 p.m.
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