The Straits Times, 7 March 1980

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  • 14 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 1989 30 CENTS M.C.(P) No. 111/1/80
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  • 848 1 Captors yield after UN team's threat TEHERAN, Thursday IRANIAN militants holding 50 American hostages said today they will surrender the captives to Iran's Revolutionary Council the first major break in the hostage drama since they were seized 126 days ago. Tnt development came after members of
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  • 241 1 LONDON, Thurs. Sergei Kaosov, M, es- tranged husband of Christina Onaaels, Is Soviet agent who married under orders of the KGB to gain ronfidrntUl informa- ttsa on Western oil supplies, the Dally f Express said today. The treat-page report j said Mr Kaoiov,
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  • 505 1  - Asean, EEC ministers hit at invasions ONG MING SEING By of the Straits Times Foreign Desk KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. Foreign ministers of Asean and the European Economic Community ended their informal discussions here tonight with a consensus to condemn the invasions of Afghanistan and Kampuchea, conference sources said. Conference sources
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  • 93 1 THE widow (front left) and four of the five children of farmer Chinese President Liv Shaoo.l read the news that tke onc*-disgraoed politician, deposed by Chairman Mao Zedong, has been rehabilitated by the communist party. The family disclosed that he died la prison from pneumonia
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  • 68 1 US dollar rises sharply LONDON, Thurs. The US dollar rose sharply on European foreign exchange markets today, recapturing some of its old attraction as an international currency. The dollar traded this morning at around 1.7943 West German marks, well up on yesterday's European level of 1.7885 marks. Dealers agreed that
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  • 30 1 TOKYO, Thurs Flu is spreading throughout Japan and so far about 850,000 people have been affected by an outbreak of the disease, the Welfare Ministry said today. Reuter.
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  • 55 1 RESULTS of last year's GCE "A" level examinations in the English, Chinese and Malay streams will be released today. The Education Ministry said school candidates can get the results from their schools. Private candidates and thosr in the Vocational and Industrial Training Board will be informed
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  • 362 1 Traders hail incentives in Budget SINGAPORE businessmen, while welcoming the incentives proposed in the Budget, yesterday expressed concern over how policies could best be implemented to help them. The chairman of the Singapore Manufacturers Association, Mr Michael Yeo. said he welcomed the assurance given by the Minister for Trade and
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  • 284 1 IT'S OFFICIAL WASHINGTON, Thursday WEST GERMANY yesterday declared officially for the first time that it would not take part in the Olympic Games in Moscow while Soviet troops remain in Afghanistan. This was stated in a joint communique issued by West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt
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  • 347 1 'Tension rising in Kabul' NEW DELHI, Thurs HEAVY artillery fire has been heard in Kabul and tension was rising in the city on the eve of threatened anti-Soviet demonstrations, travellers from Afghanistan said here today. A French teacher said he heard shellfire on the northern fringes of the city around
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  • 60 1 TEHERAN. Thurs Six oil pipelines were blown up in the southwestern province of Khuzestan last night, the Kay nan newspaper reported today. Oil Minister Ali Akbar Moinfar said that the explosions would have no effect on exports but would reduce the capacity' of the Abadan refinery
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  • 41 1 TEHERAN, Thurs. Iran's Revolutionary Coonril is to meet today over taking on the responsibility of the American hostages In the IS Embassy, a spokesman for the militant students holding the hostages said. AP. o SEE THIS PAGE
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    • 175 1 4S pages today SINGAPORE SWEEP RESULTS Page 16 OPEC move to put an end to stockpiling t CHINA suspends talks with Vietnam 3 CARTER'S plan to register youths halted C CORONER not happy with technician's check on flat 8 COUNSEL: Firm's 'no' led to bank's action t STPB rejects bid
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    • 138 2 Taiwan: China copying our goods TAIPEH, Thurs. Taiwan has accused China of copying its industrial products and of putting fake labels on them. In a recent circuar to trade associations in Taiwan, the Board of Foreign Trade said China had bought Taiwan-made products through traders in Hongkong and labelled them
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    • 38 2 FLORIDA, Thurs. Port Everglades authorities investigating a bomb threat aboard the British aircraft carrier H M.S. Hermes, on which Prince Andrew serves, found a birthday cake and an "IRA bomb" a brick wrapped in string- UPI
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    • 101 2 Prisoner's third try at marriage EDINBURGH, Thus. A convicted murderer who was once married In his death cell Is being allowed oat of prison to wed again Us third try at marriage behind ban. Donald Forbes, 45. will leave Peterhead jail In Aberdeenshlre today for a brief clvti ceremony at
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    • 340 2 Threat to cut supplies to violators says report TOKYO, Thur«. SOME Opec members, in a move to muffle intervention over price increases, are demanding that consuming countries abandon national stockpiling, a Japanese financial newspaper reported today. The new requirement is being prepared
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    • 142 2 Disaster risk at Three Mile Island WASHINGTON, Thurs. Danger of a nuclear disaster is growing at the Three-Mile Island power plant in Pennsylvania, officials here warn. The plant was shut down nearly a year ago, after it overheated. Radioactivity has prevented experts from inspecting and doing maintenance work since March
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    • 61 2 A MAGGIE THATCHER DOLL ANYONE? BRITISH Prime Mlnister Mrs Margaret Thatcher perched on a railing outside It Dawning Street? Yes, the doll version of the Iran Lady, that Is. The Margaret Thatcher dolls proved such a hit in America that all models have been snapped np by collectors at lSst4
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    • 108 2 All because she's a woman PM... LONDON. Thurs. Britain's first woman Prime Minister, Mrs Margaret Thatcher, has attracted a host of unflattering nicknames from "rhinoceros to "Attila the hen." The Daily Mail gossip columnist, a supporter of the Conservative Party, said the "rhinoceros" label came by courtesy of West German
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    • 118 2 Old soldier's medals net $127,000 LONDON, Thurs. A bunch of medals and other decorations awarded to Britain's longest serving soldier, whose career of 81 years spanned two centuries, were sold at Sotheby's auction house today for £26,000 (*****.920). The decorations belonged to Field Marshall Sir William Gomm, who joined the
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    • 142 2 NEW YORK, Thursday PLATINUM pi ices, which yesterday shattered the USsl,ooo-an-ounce (5J2.160) barrier here, continued to rise shai-ply yesterday due chiefh to speculative buying, dealers said. Some experts believe the price mitfht soon reach US$l,2OO. The metal is currently trading at abou' U551,062 an
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    • 294 2  - Marine team: Freeze claims till full probe EDMUND TEO By Our London reporter MARINE underwriters should not pay out claims on sunk ships until full investigations have been carried out to determine the circumstances surrounding the sinking of the ship, a team of marine insurance investigators recommended. The Far East
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    • 198 2 FRASER GOVT CUTS INCOME TAXES CANBERRA, Thurs AUSTRALIAN treasurer, Mr John Howard, announced income tax cuts here today that will save the average married wage earner about Ass (SSU.9O) a week. Mr Howard told the House of Representatives (Lower House) the cuts, to apply from July 1, were possible because
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    • 47 2 PHILADELPHIA. Thurs. An earthquake struck subur ban Philadelphia with a lout bang yesterday, rattling win dows and causing scared resi dents to jam police telephon* lines to inquire if a majoi explosion had occurred. There were no repor ed in juries or major damage.
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    • 50 2 HONGKONG, Thurs. Forty people were injured in road accidents and 160 others evacuated from a village during a rain storm this morning. Torrential rain caused widespread flooding and chaos to road traffic. Among the 40 persons injured were 30-odd children whose school bus skidded into a wall. AFP.
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    • 436 3 BEIJING ACCUSES HANOI OF CAUSING DEADLOCK BEIJING, Thurs CHINA told Vietnam today that it was suspending peace talks bet^5 6I! 1> T° cou f ntries which had been frozen since December. However, in a note to the Vietnamese Government released here, the Chinese Government pro-
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    • 101 3 Asian edition for Herald Tribune HONGKONG, Thurs. The International Herald Tribune is negotiating to have an Asian edition printed in Hongkong towards the end of this year. A representative of the daily, Mr Larry Lacore, has just arrived here for detailed arrangements of its Asian edition with pages sent here
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    • 72 3 FEATHERS FLY AT THE KNESSET ISRAELI fanners, protesting against the government's agricultural and pricing policies, trying to break into the Knesset (Parliament) building in Jerusalem on Wednesday. Here, several of the 2t,»M strong demstrators climb up one of the building's fence to hurl scrawny chickens at troops. The troops used
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    • 349 3 Austrian envoy freed by Colombian guerillas BOGOTA, Thursday THE Austrian ambassador to Colombia has been freed by the guerillas holding some 20 other diplomats hostage in the Dominican Embassy. The reason for the release of 47-year-old Mr Selzer, one of about 15 ambassadors held by the guerillas, was not disclosed
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    • 180 3 Khmers fail to cut vital bridge BANGKOK, Thurs KHMER Rouge guerillas have so far failed to destroy a strategic bridge which would give Vietnamese-led forces access to a major stronghold in northwestern Kampuchea, a Supreme Command spokesman reported today. He said the bridge under construction remained intact despite the guerillas'
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    • 191 3 Mekong freedom flight to be on film BANGKOK, Thurs American film maker Hall Bartlett has arrived In Bangkok to spot locations (or a love story based on a factual midnight flight to freedom across the Mekong River. Late in 1978, Australian Bangkok-based journalist John Everingham smuggled his Laotian girlfriend, a
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    • 51 3 COLOMBO, Ihurs. The government revoked a decision yesterday to give all clergy free rides on state-run buses and trains. Minister of State Anandatissa De AlwLs said religious groups petitioned the government saying they did not want any special privileges not enjoyed by the public.
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    • 76 4 JAKARTA. Thurs. Vice President Adam Malik today disclosed that endeavours were being made to hold a summit meeting of world leaders to discuss ways of Improving the world economy. Mr Malik made the disclosure at a press conference in his capacity as a member of the
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    • 347 4 SALISBURY, Thur. BRITAIN may station troops in Zimbabwe for several years after independence to help train former guerillas for a new national army, a senior British officer said yesterday. General John Acland, adviser to British Governor Lord Soames, was speaking at
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    • 162 4 MP TURNS HEAT ON REMOTE CONTROL SCHEME LONDON, Thurs. A British MP has expressed alarm over a scheme for remote control of battery-powered hot water heaters and radiators. The British Broadcasting Corporation is to send out a radio beam to turn on battery chargers in 280 volunteer homes at times
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    • 191 4 LONDON, Thursday THREE policemen were injured and 36 pickets arrested in clashes today outside two south Wales steel, plants as Britain's nine-week-old national steel became more acrimonious. The policemen were hurt when a truck passed through a picket line at a steelworks near
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    • 155 4 CARACAS, Thurs. Striking a blow at Latin "machismo," the Supreme Court has ruled as unconstitutional a law that gave men reduced prison sentences if they killed their wives after catching them In an act of adultery. A campaign to annul the law, Article 423
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    • 233 4 Students' move: Kins of hostages sceptical WASHINGTON, Thurt MOST relatives of the American hostages in Iran were sceptical when they heard today that the militant students had asked the ruling Revolutionary Council to take responsibility for the captives. But some got excited. "Beautiful,"exclaimed Jesse Lopez, father of marine Sgt Jimmy
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    • 337 6 Carter's plan to register youths halted Committee's crucial vote on draft put off WASHINGTON, Thurs PRESIDENT Jimmy Carter's plan to register young men for the military draft came to a halt yesterday as the House Appropriations Committee postponed indefinitely a crucial vote on the proposal. But in the confusion surrounding
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    • 137 6 BOB HOPES TO FIND HIS '11' FROM SIX OOH-LA-LA! Here's a Job Interviewer enjoying his w»rk. Comedian Bob Hope eyes one of the dozens of women applying for a Job in his forthcoming NBC Television special in Los Angeles on Tuesday. Mr Hope narrowed his selection down to six women
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    • 274 6 Tito hanging on against overwhelming odds LJUBLJANA, (Yugoslavia), Thurs. President Josip Broz Tito is probably being fed intravenously and spending much of his time in an oxygen tent, but his condition has stabilised against overwhelming medical odds. The latest bulletin from his eight-man medical team yesterday said the 87-year-old statesman's
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    • 146 6 Baker is out of race after bad losses WASHINGTON, Thurs. Senate minority leader Howard Baker yesterday withdrew from the Republican presidential race following devastating losses in Tuesday's Massachusetts and Vermont primary elections. His decision left eight declared candidates in the Republican field, led by California Governor Ronald Reagan, former UN
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    • 259 6 'Tonto' of Lone Ranger fame dies, 62 LOS ANGELES, Thurs. Jay Silvcrheels, who portrayed the Lone Ranger's quiet-spoken and faithful companion Tonto in 225 episodes of the popular television series, died yesterday after a long illness. He was 62. Jack Staggs, executive director of the Motion Picture Country Home and
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    • 37 6 PRETORIA, Thurs South African security forces have uncovered .i large cache of Soviet-made arms, ammunition and explosives near springs, a 'town 30 kms east of Johannesburg, Police Minister Louis Le (Jrange said here yesterday. AFP
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    • 153 6 JERUSALEM, Thurs. Prime Minister Menachem Begin today accepted President Jimmy Carter's apology for aUS vote against Israel in the United Nations Security Council but said the mixup over references to Jerusalem in the text did not explain US support for other parts of the^esolution hostile
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    • 73 6 TWO administration comments on US President Jimmy Carter's admission that the government had erred by supporting a UN Security Council resolution against Jewish settlements on occupied Arab territory: THE President was remarkably candid. I don't know what's wrong with candour in this world. US envoy at the
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    • 322 7 PARIS, Thurs. SAYS PARIS REPORT The Soviet Union had deployed launching ramps for tactical nuclear weapons in Afghanistan and brought in troops trained in chemical and bacteriological warfare, a French newspaper reported today. The Quotidien de Paris cited "totally reliable, authorised Western military sources"
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    • 325 7 Pakistan says 'no' to US defence and aid offer ISLAMABAD, Thursday PAKISTAN said today it had turned down a defence and aid link with the United States, and would base its foreign policy on the closest possible ties with Islamic countries and the non-aligned movement. Mr Aga Shahi, foreign affairs
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    • 222 7 One million Indians up against abuse of women NEW DELHI, Thus. India has mobilixed thousands of mm and women In a powerful protest aimed at rape and other atrocities against women, representatives of women's and students' organisations said today. A union of 11 organisations met to announce a nationwide demonstration
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    • 124 7 Japan to boost defence on Tsushima TOKYO, Thurs. Japan will strengthen its defence capability on the strategic Tsushima island, situated between Japan and South Korea the army Chief-of-Staff. General Toshimichi Suzuki announced today. Gen Suzuki said that at present a company of about 230 infantry men was guarding the island.
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    • 312 7 TOKYO, Thurs. jArAiN ioaay cruicisea "narrow-minded" environmentalists concerned only with saving schools of dolphins threatening the livelihoods of fishermen. A chief Foreign Ministry spokesman also said, ■the government is worried about the dolphins issue spreading over to US-Japanese trade relations. 1 At least 1,000 dolphins
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  • 569 8 A CORONER yesterday said he was not satisfied with the checking system of a Housing Board electrical technician. The court was inquiring into the death of an unlicensed wireman who was electrocuted while fixing a light to a wire which was "live"
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  • 301 8 Fined $3,000 for cashing in on dud cheque A FORMER nightclub I general manager, who cheated the Post Office Savings Bank of $300 after depositing a worthless cheque drawn on his name into his savings account, was fined $3,000 by a district judge yesterday. Chua Kirn Mm, 34, now a
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  • 53 8 THE acting Minister for Social Affairs, Dr Ahmad Mattar, left for Saudi Arabia last night on a three-day official visit. He will have talks with the Saudi Minister for Pilgrimage Affairs to seek better facilities for Singapore pilgrims. He will also visit several universities
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  • 38 8 THE Salvation Army collected $111,837 from its flag day and residential appeal recently. Those who would Uke to contribute further may send donations to the Salvation Army. KilUney Road Post (X flee Box 196, Singapore 0923.
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  • 204 8 SNEAKED 3 OUT OF S'PORE: TRADER FINED $400 A MAGISTRATE'S court yesterday heard how an Indonesian barter trader helped three illegal Indonesian immigrants in their attempt toleave Singapore. Robin Weni, 31, took the three women Tjhi Thu Moi, 35, Ng Quee Huay, 57, and Tan Gek Nam, 18 in his
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  • 345 8 Spore plan to invest in Malaysia THE Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry is encouraging its members to invest in Malaysia through a "matchmaking" scheme. It has set up a register to bring together potential ioint-venture partners from both sides of the Causeway. This is in support of the
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  • 37 8 THK Senior Minister of State (Foreign Affairs). Mr Rahim Ishak, will speak at the Commonwealth Day celebration to be held by the Commonwealth Society of Singapore at Cathay Restaurant on Sunday at 7.30 p.m.
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  • 147 8 Waiter fined $4,000 for returning to drugs A HOTEL waiter told a district judge yesterday that he returned to drugs alter staying away from them for seven years because his girlfriend's parents objected to his marrying her. "I was very upset by this and was tempted to take some cannabis
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  • 30 8 A FIRE prevention exhibition will be held at the Henderson community centre from March 14 to 16. It is organised by the People's Association and Singapore Fire Brigade
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  • 73 8 THE new Kampung Chal Chee community centre at Bedok North Avenue, when completed by November, will have a squash court and two badminton courts. The $1.N million two-storey building may even have alr-condl- tioned rooms for Its various activities. There will be two table-tennis tables, a hall
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 263 8 Straits Times Crossword Af EUHfl 5 what makes paint spread' This it's been used to cover 1 5 across. Panto, when a bits a pole twice by the Queen! (8) booed off? (5.2,3,4) 6 Put in charge after it goes 9 Come back with copper to wrong* Conceited! (8) replace
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  • 702 9 Counsel: Firm's 'no' led to bank action THE STRAITS TIMES, FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 1980 Appeal to Privy Council against wind-up order LONDON, Thurs MALAYAN Plant (Pte) Ltd., of Upper Bukit Timah Road, Singapore, appealed to the Privy Council yesterday against a Singapore Appeal Court decision allowing a petition by the
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  • 43 9 GHIM Moh community centre will hold a three-month Conversational Mandarin course (part 1) from March 17 on Mondays and Thursdays between 7.30 p.m. to 9p.m. The fee is $30. For further details, tel. *****0 between 3 p.m. and 9 p.m.
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  • 299 9 Second round of air talks with Jakarta SENIOR civil aviation officials will be holding a second round of talks here with their Indonesian counterparts to revise the air services agreement between the two countries. The talks, scheduled to take place at the Department of Civil Aviation at Paya Lebar Airport,
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  • 75 9 Calling all volunteers THE Volunteer Social Service Bureau of the Social Affairs Ministry and the Training and Research Section of the Social Welfare Department will conduct an orientation course for 70 voluntary welfare workers from March 12 to 28. The course is aimed at building up volunteer manpower for public
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  • 31 9 THE Singapore Science Centre will screen three films at its lecture hall on Sunday at 3 p.m They are: The Slender Chance Refining, and A Walk in the Forest.
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  • 540 9 Such risks are not needed Planning and design vital for worksite safety, says engineer EXAMPLES of dangerous work habits such as this at construction sites were not hard to find when a Straits Times roving cameraman went around town yesterday. The worker here at a worksite in the Orchard Road
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  • 250 11 TWO Indian firms will manufacture mini-com-puters and bottle caps in Singapore. The companies, Hindustan Computers and Larsen and Toubro, plan to start production within the next few months, the executive director of the Indian Investment Centre, Mr Harbans Singh, said yesterday. Hindustan Computers
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  • 57 11 A PURCHASING officer misappropriated {12,507.58 from Speed Marine Electrical Engineering Pte Ltd, a magistrate's court heard on Wednesday. Teo Cheng San, 35, denied the charge of criminal breach of trust, allegedly committed between Sept 4 and Dec 8 last year. The case was fixed for hearing on
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  • 166 11 US data bank can now be tapped by firms here AN AMERICAN-based international data bank used by clients ranging from small firms to West European governments is now available for use by companies here. The data bank, located in Florida, is equipped with more than 40,000 items of information on
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  • 32 11 DEFENCE Minister Howe Yoon ('hong will attend the graduation parade of cadet pilots (rom the Republic of Singapore Air Force Flying Training School at Changi Airbase today at S p.m.
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  • 131 11 POLICE last night identified the man who attacked a woman at her Kirn Tian Place home on Tuesday before dawn as Tay rhpnff Wah her huchanH a^n^ather of theu- sfr2e children In that attack which followed a heated argumetit Mrs Tay whose maiden name is
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  • 125 11 What's a copter doing in port? SHIPS and containers are a common sight In the part are*. But a helicopter Part workers stopped to stare when they saw this Sik»rsky-58 helicopter outride the container terminal yard at Tanjong Pagar yesterday. But they soon knew the reason why the hellcopter was
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  • 75 11 GOH See Chok, 32, was charged on Wednesday with stealing a briefcase containing a cash cheque, a cheque book and a passport at a car park in Pearl Centre, Eu Tong Sen Street, on Sept 1 last year. He and an accomplice allegedlystole the items, valued
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  • 164 11 AN OBSTETRlClANgynaecologist, Mr Pan Soo-Yeng, was granted a divorce yesterday on grounds of long separation from his wife, Madam Frances Chan Yu-Sui, an anaesthetist in Hongkong. Mr Justice Chua, who granted the decree nisi, was told that the couple were married in Hongkong in
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  • 50 11 THE French Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Mr Oliver Stirn, wfll arrive here tomorrow for a three-day visit. He will have talks with Mr Lee Kuan Yew and Foreign Minister Mr S. Rajaratnam Mr Stirn is attending the Asean-EEC meeting now on in Kuala Lumpur.
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  • 180 11 Police warn of dud bank drafts POLICE yesterday warned the public, especially businessmen, to be wary of accepting bank drafts drawn from the branch of a local bank in West Malaysia, for they might be counterfeits. The warning came after two Singapore traders were cheated by a man who had
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  • 460 11 PENDING RENEWAL OF LICENCE THE Singapore Tourist Promotion Board has rejected two proposals by C E Tours to allow the company to operate while waiting for renewal of its licence. The first proposal is that the company would provide a
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  • 110 11 Man who got himself tied in knots YEO Seok Chai, 20, tied two pairs of jeans around his left leg, another around his right leg and a forth pair around his waist. He then wore his own clothes over them as a cover and tried to make a quick exit
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  • 32 11 SERANGOON Gardens youth group will start a Japanese language class this month. The fee for the 3-month course is $20. For details, tel *****69 between 2.30 p.m. and 9.30 p.m.
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  • 133 11 PEOPLE'S PARK SUIT SETTLED FOR $170,000 THE High Court yesterday awarded consent judgment of $170,000 to People's Park Development Ltd in its civil suit against Dragon Inn Pte Ltd. Dragon Inn is a restaurant on the ground floor of the People's Park Complex. The suit, fixed for two days' hearing
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  • 49 11 IBRAHIM bin Hoosain, 29. and Sumira binte Abdullah, 20. were charged in a magistrate's court yesterday with stealing $2,148.10 from a safe in Apollo Sentosa Hotel on March 2. They were remanded at Central Police Station pending further mention of their case on March 11.
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  • 295 11 A THAI factory worker told a magistrate yesterday that six men who boarded the company bus < in which she ana her fe- male Thai colleagues i were, tried to "take advantage" of them by sitting beside them. Miss Jongon Chaited was testifying
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    • 498 12 jr j^% /bs£^ 1 T^ cat's out of the bag! J</& \y^ *W*W^\ f~\ e sa^ e y° uve een waiting for starts today 5^\ vl^m, "Tl f* I II I y our once a ~y ear chance to own to P fashion names at discounts up to 50% \t^\
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  • 401 13  -  GEORGE JOSEPH by THE NTUC has set up a management services unit to provide consultancy services, and professional help to streamline the operations of NTUC cooperatives and the other business ventures of its affiliates. And one of its first tasks is to
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  • 371 13  - Golden Shoe: 'Yes' by 13 land owners IRENE NGOO By THIRTEEN of the remaining 17 owners of land parcels in the Golden Shoe area have responded to the Government's call to redevelop their properties. The remaining four did not submit their plans when the "deadline set by the Urban Redevelopment
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  • 80 13 GUAY Teck Seng, a driver, was yesterday fined $500 by a magistrate's court when he pleaded guilty to threatening a police constable. The court heard how Guay, 33, was driving along Jalan Eunos on Feb 6 when he (ailed to give way to traffic coming
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  • 53 13 THE National Junior Chess Championships will be held at Raffles Institution, Grange Road, from tomorrow to March 15 starting daily at 9 a.m. except on Sunday. There will be eight sections: Open Junior, Open Girls. Boys Under 16, Boys Under 14, Girls Under 14, Primary Boys, Primary Girls
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  • 170 13 Don't clog up sewer pipes with rubbish THE Ministry of the Environment has appealed to the public not to choke sewer pipes by throwing solid wastes into the sewerage system. The ministry said blockages are commonly caused by indiscriminate flushing of food wastes into the sewer, especially at restaurants and
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  • 179 13 IF flying is for the birds and being earth-bound gets yon down, and if you've got tots of guts and at least J2,iH to spare, you might wait to take this piece of advice: Get "hug up" on hanggliding. This enthuses Singapore's first "birdman," Mr Enrico
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  • 73 13 SBS will amend service No 55 from Sunday (or the benefit of residents of Stirling estate. The service will ply via South Canal Road, South Bridge Road, Upper Cross Street, Havelock Road. Ganges Avenue, Alexandra Road, Commonwealth Avenue. Stirling Road, Mei Chin Road. Mei Ling
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  • 171 13 15 trade missions coming from France FIFTEEN French trade missions will "bombard" Singapore with 22 visits over the next seven months, reflecting a new vigour in trade interests between the two countries. Amounting to an average of three visits a month, this surge of French attention stems direct'y from the
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    • 550 13 sibijs lm More than a hundred international manufacturers of modern office, equipment representing 1 4 countries will be displaying their latest data processors, computers, microfilm equipment, copiers, communiciation equipments and other business machines at SIBUS '80. The Second Singapore International Business Show. SIBUS '80. to be held at the World
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    • 206 13 SUZUKI o futuristic all glass hatchback SurpriMi 1 Surprise! much ltJ 9Qage space you need 1 an advanced 4 cycl©. 3 cylinder mi i ou«n nw* t irwina <nnra A Hf trnnwArsA onnin« you even more luggage space rMr^^^W Surprise! C^^k You've never seen a car so small on f
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    • 651 14 Is New Nation a news paper, a sports paper, a fashion magazine, a business paper or a home journal? Yes, if s all these and more Extra! Extra! Read all about tTT\"D~*"~~ *7. The Katong kidnap was one X"S Philips iy;,;;^ it in New Nation riDJS tO bUllCl of the
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  • Reactions to the Budget
    • 259 15 That $500 ceiling: A big saving, they say THE fixing by the government of a ceiling of $500 on stamp duty for mortgages and debentures was praised yesterday as a "big bonanza saving." A lawyer said this new maximum rate will boost Singapore's standing as a financial centre and will
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    • 370 15  -  PETER CHIA By of ARNAT THE Government has made clear to industrialists for the first timethat it will also help them achieve higher productivity instead of them depending only on a high wage policy to doit. Manufacturers yesterday said that the
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    • 489 15  - Huffs (from cig makers) and puffs (from smokers) CHRIS LIM By of ARNAT 6 While the local manufacturing industry does not seek protection, it does seek realistic environment in which to make and sell its products. The new duties do not provide this environment and Indirectly fa- A vour imported
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    • 187 15 Manufacturing and Industrial Processing Plant and Machinery Office Equipment: Furniture and Fixtures Data Handling Equipment Telecommunication Equipment Period for which annual allowances are given (Years) 6 10 8 10 Rate assuming initial allowance is claimed (Per cent) 13.3 8 10 8 Transport Equipment: Buses Business Service Passenger
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    • 190 15 If you have sent in your return TAX-PA YEBS this year are a* doubt working oat the baaaaea doe to them aa a reaalt tt the acra— the hoard tax redactions on lacome earned last year, aanoaaeed by the Minister for Trade aad Industry, Mr Goh Ctaok Taag. However, those
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    • 220 15  - Oil commission dispute: Dealers turn to govt NGIAM TONG HAI By PETROL dealers want the government to inter vene in their commission dispute with oil compa nies because they said it has a hand in control ling the oil prices at service stations. Also, they said, the government collects duties
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    • 154 15 QUESTIONS FROM MP FOR 3 MINISTERS THE MP for Telok Blangah, Mr Rohan Kamis, will ask the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Dr Goh Keng Swee, the number of schools to be built in Telok Siangan and when they will be completed, at the sitting of Parliament. He
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  • 514 16  -  IRENE NGOO By TWENTY-FIVE flat owners in Fairer Court have petitioned the HUDC for immediate action to patch up the cracks in the ceilings of their flats. They also want the Building Control Division to check if the ceilings were structurally sound
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  • 108 16 AN ARMED gang took a man for a ride In their ear on Tuesday night and abandoned him In Mandai Road after robbing him of $4*. The victim, technician Mr Yeoh Seow Klat, 21, of Upper Changl Read, was waiting for a bus
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  • 328 16 SCHOOL holidays are here again, and the relaxed mood presents opportunities for the petty thief. Police records have shown that criminals tend to strike whenever people become less cautious. Housebreakings, thefts, robberies, snatch thefts, pickpocketing and bicycle thefts are particularly rampant during this
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  • 57 16 ytlEENSTOWN community centre's youth group will tour the Southern Islands, including Kusu and Sister's islands, on Sunday from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m The fee is $9. Courses on guitar-playing, swimming, dancing and badminton are also being organised by the centre. For fur-ih.-i details, tel. *****0
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  • 246 16 *****87 wins first prize in Singapore Sweep TICKET No. *****87 won the first prize of $500,000 in the Singapore Sweep drawn last night. The second prize of $150,000 went to ticket No. *****11. Third prize of $75,000 went to ticket No. *****27; fourth prize of $50,000 to ticket No. *****09
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  • 33 16 THE founder and current president of the Singapore Chapter of the Administrative Management Society of USA, Mr Vincent Lim. has just been elected a Fellow of the British Institute of Management.
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  • ACROSS THE CAUSEWAY
    • 217 17 'Messiah' gets month's jail for preaching illegally ALOR STAR. Thurs. A 37-year-old man, who a court was told was looked upon by a small group of Muslims as the Imam Mahadi or Messiah, was sentenced to one month's jail by the Syarlah Court on Tuesday. He was found guilty of
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    • 54 17 ALOB STAR, Thurs. The Election Commission has been given $1.5 million to carry out an exercise to demarcate polling districts throughout the country this year. Election Commission secretary Abdul Rashid bin Abdul Rahman said yesterday the exercise was to accomodate population distribution that had taken place over the
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    • 157 17 EAGER haads reach •at to d*aate meaey to kUnd slager Xek Set H*w (arrawed) at the Eastera Cabaret la Kuala Lampar eu 8aaday afteraMa. Miss Kek, whs waa Minded la a savage acM attack by a farmer b»yfrtoad last August far retaatac
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    • 25 17 BUTTERWORTH, Thurs. A cache of 20 newly-made Samurai swords each about one metre long were found by police here hidden in bushes. -NST.
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    • 107 17 Ghaz to Reds: Give up or die KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Home Affairs Minister Tan Sri Ghazali Shafie today called on the remaining communist terrorists in the country to surrender or suffer the same fate as their collegues who had been killed by security forces. The minister congratulated the security forces
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    • 339 17 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Weathergirl Leong Chow Peng is always on Cloud Nine when it rains. Literally. For the diminutive lass is a rainmaker one of two officers in the cloudseeding unit of the Meterological Services Department. The other is a man
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    • 44 17 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Malaysia's exports of canned pineapples has steadily declined since 1970 and its position as the second largest exporter in the world nas dropped to sixth place, the secretary of the Pineapple Industry Board, Mr Azman Saidin said yesterday. NST.
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    • 23 17 TAIPING, Thurs. A proposal to have licensed massage parlours in the town was thrown out by the Municipal Council yesterday. NST.
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    • 464 17  - Defence expo leaves officials redfaced M. Q. G. PILLAI By Our XL correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday ASIA'S first ever defence exhibition ended its three-day run here tonight, with Malaysian officials embarrassed that it precedes tomorrow's meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the Asean and European Economic Community. They took pains
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    • 83 17 Umno Wanita wants ban on nude pix IPOH, Thurs. The Wanita Section of the Umno Ipoh Garden branch has called on the government to ban pictures of nude or scantily-clad females in diaries and calendars. The call, adopted in a resolution passed at a recent meeting of the women's wing,
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    • 44 17 KOTA KINABALU, Thurs About 417,000 people will each receive $100 from the Sabah Foundation as dividends starting from April 5, Chief Minister Datuk Harris Salleh said yesterday. He added that the foundation would pay out. a total of $41 7 million. NST.
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    • 19 17 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. About 12.000 Muslims are expected to make the piUrrimagt to Mecca this year. NST.
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    • 335 17 SURA SAVE I HYPERMARKET 11 Yuan Ching Road, Jurong. (former Jurong Ice Skating Rink), W Singapore 2261. Tel *****84/*****95 EVERY DAY LOW PRICES!!! PARKING EVERYDAY Cffl 1.200 TUNG -I "*mf. Eastern Noodles M I <*»**« 54.90 OurPrlca $1«.3O BOOST 40ug HORIXKS 1 kg RagutarPrfca $410 NESCAFE 250gm HagutarPrlca $850 I
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  • The Straits Times FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 1980
    • 385 18 IT SHOULD be clear to all by now at whom the official finger has been pointed for all our traffic woes first in 1975 and again more recently. But as the writer to our Forum Page yesterday rightly points out, vehicles are not the sole cause of traffic
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    • 381 18 NO ONE, it would appear, believes President Carter's explanation of the US vote on the UN Security Council resolution on Israeli settlements. The PLO representative to the United Nations, Mr Zehdi Labib Terzi, may have put it a little strongly when he called it an excuse which even
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  • 773 18  -  JAMES RESTON By in Washington NOW that the first presidential primary election in New Hampshire is over one down and 36 to go we will begin to see the slide of money and opinion towards the characters with the most votes. Never mind whether they have the
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  • 715 18  - C.Y. Tung making waves in the shipping world RODNEY HOBSON By our correspondent in Hongkong SHIPPING magnate C.Y.Tung and his highly successful Orient Overseas Container Holdings has caused a stir in maritime circles, and not for the first time. The group is attempting to take over the ailing British shipping
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  • 1100 18  -  ONG MING SEING By of the Straits Times Foreign Desk in Kuala Lumpur fy]jfIASEAN-EEC| r I L W I f W 4 What is of greater significance is the fact that the EEC has sent a high-powered delegation to meet its Asean counterpart for
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    • 486 18 fym^y SINGAPORE X*mrs CONTACT LENS X SOCIETY The following members are CONTACT LENS PRACTITIONERS OPHTHALMIC OPTICIANS OPTOMETRISTS E.J. BENJAMIN F.A.A.0.. F.A.C.LP. (W Cewre. Tangun Road p "*****9 *****56 CHEN YIN FOOK dah sin opt co A.0.A.. A.C C LP G-46. Hgn Street Centre 0617! '1671 C.C. CHUI cc chui opt
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  • FORUM
    • 605 19 My son is today self conscious of his badge Z ACS is certainly not the only school at fault. To name a few Mary mount Convent, Methodist Girls' School and Singapore Chinese Girls' School produce such snobs equally. I was so
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    • 178 19 Offering a third language as a ninth exam subject MY CHILD will be taking her GCE 'O' Level examination at one of the elite schools this year. The subjects offered are English, English literature, Malay, elementary mathematics, additional mathematics, geography, biology and physical science. My child has been taking French
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    • 101 19 I REFER to the letter, "What happened to plan of learning at one's own pace?" by "Concerned Parent" (ST, Feb 26). I would like to assure "Concerned Parent" that the great majority of our teachers are patient, sympathetic and kind towards the
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    • 69 19 BEING a regular listener of the former RTS programme "English By Radio: English Through Situation", I gained quite a lot from it. Unfortunately RTS stopped producing this programme a few weeks ago. So I hope the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation will do listeners a favour by either
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    • 46 19 THERE should be some sort of exemption scheme j regarding contributions towards the Skill Development Fund. We are a transport concern and wish to know how we can benefit from this fund. Can the relevant authorities comment, please? CONTRIBUTOR, Singapore Ml 7.
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    • 255 19 WE refer to the report, "Out with this snobbery." in the Sunday Times on March 2 and the subsequent editorial and reports in the Straits Times. We appreciate the Senior Minister of State (Education), Dr Tony Tan, pointing out to us the
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    • 217 19 Parallel services to ensure that few affected I REFER to the letter, "Don't overlook commuters in our areas," by "NH" (ST, Jan 18). For each of the services converted to one-man-operation (OMO), parallel services are provided to ensure that few, if any, are affected. In cases where existing parallel services
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    • 148 19 DON'T BE SHY IF YOU cm spe»k Mandarin and are about U use dialect again, stop yourself and start In Mandarin. The other person may know Mandarin bat may also be shy. Be the Initiator! n-^ CONGRATULATIONS. I I^/^^^^^^^^^^^^—^^^—^-^—.^ Washing Machine B^^dß Lucky Draw Results. T^^^^^^^m^m blues are I Bj^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^*lßj[
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    • 428 19 Are you a RESEARCHER? The Straits Times Group wants you if you are 35 or younger and are seeking a bigger challenge or much wider scope. Write to: The Managing Directoj-, The Straits Times Group, S.T. Box ***** Singapore 1953 Please include details of educational and professional qualifications, working experience
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  • TIMES CITY DESK
    • 1686 20 THE laM tranaacted ready stir at the clow <X buunra ..n the Stork Exchange o» Singa poir yesterday compared with the previous day's pru-es loRrihrr with I9TC high and lu» Ad)uM<il (or M-iip riKhli usue) I t»7t» HO L.,, Hi«h l.o» Conpuy Sale »rSECTION ONE INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL 170
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    • 1927 20 BID and oiler prices officially listed and business in an reported to the Slock Exchange of Singapore yesterday with the number of shares traded shown in brackets In lots of LOW units unless otherwise specified All Times Settlement Contracts are quoted after the word "sett". Big Board
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    • 2156 20 BID and offer price* officially listed and buslnes in and reported to the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange yesterday with the number of share* traded showa In bracket* In lots of 1.000 unit* unles* otherwise specified IMMNTUALH Araa» (3545) (4) 3.54 (21) 3 52 Aleaai (2 418 2 425)
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    • CHIEF PRICE CHANGES
      • 39 20 II Royal Si Stcamnhip Sea View M Cement M.Kh Low J C MPH Public Textile Spore Land Allied Choc 284 565 320 298 496 IS 185 436 147 21 20 18 17 16 15 15 15 14 14
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      • 30 20 Sel Propertiri MiRnum Corpn B»tu I. inning rrmrrloh Y N Lumber Kothmanx 860 -15 755 -15 302 -14 760 -10 635 I -10 117 -9 348 -8 438 -6
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      • 22 20 I'l. l.U£>.UUU 4a» Par 794.000 VI CYedit 646,000 JC-MPH 620.000 Total turnover: 12.72m Total value: $36 52m Srairro- SITS
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      • 30 20 r B.T.Index: Industrials: Finance: Hotels: Properties: Minings: Plantations: 3CBC: Mar 5 Mar 6 4258.21 4291.14 ***** ***** 891.80 894.18 438.07 442.53 371.63 373.00 288.64 ***** 870.57 869.86 494.87 496.04
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    • OVERSEAS MARKETS
      • 364 20 TOKYO, Thurs. Prices closed sharply lower, with energy-related issues down across a wide front on profittaking after the recent rise, dealers said. The market average fell 57.96 to close at 6,736.09, with volume amounting to 400 million shares. The Tokyo Stock Exchange index closed at 463.36, down 2.66. A
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      • 274 20 HONGKONG, Thurs. Prices rallied in quiet trading on moderate turnover as sellers withdrew and buyers returned following the recent sharp decline with the Hang Seng index closing 7.77 points higher at 865.28, dealers said. HKt Amal Rubber S7OB unch Associated Hotels 406 ♦0075 Bowau?rs th'on* Kong 23 2D 01
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      • 227 21 SYDNEY, Thurs. Diamond j and shale oil stocks led gains I in otherwise quiet trading, .ip-ilprs «aid 1 dealers said. Diamond explorer. Leichardt Exploration., leapt AC.SO to j $14.50 while diamond hopeful Om Explorations was up 41 ti M -i-nts at 51 Ji BHP's disappointing test re-
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      • 243 21 NEW YORK, Wed. The New York stock market closed sharply lower in heavy trading w ik. nil -rmm uihirh haH as tne on group, wnicn naa been the markets major sup^ port on Tuesday and early dur- ing the day, gave ground. in^Klnrc <-nntinuoH \t\ ujaitv
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      • 231 21 AMSTERDAM, Wed. Share prices closed higher with Royal Dutch gaining 2.30 and Akzo and Hoogovens 0.50 guilders each in Dutch intemationals. dealers said. Uniiever put on 1.30. after yesterday's announcement of higher dividend and profit per share in 1979. while ABN climbed six. Named 3.40, i Amev
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      • 276 21 ZURICH. Wed. Prices closed mostly higher led by Bank v. orp. with bond prices recovciing for the first time in more than a week dealers said man a ween. aeaien> saia. Rank r«rn rnca nurlv 7 nor Bank Lorp rose nearly i per rent following its ranital
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      • 331 21 (los«l higher in quiet trading. dealers said, and at 3 pm. the rT index was up 4.1 at 460 2. Uovernmmt bonds closed with gains ranging to a (ul. pointin technical reart.on to yesterflay s weakness on rising internal! ,nal inters! rates EquMa. ended firmer
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    • COMMODITIES
      • 187 20 THE Straits tin price In Penang yesterday surged a further MJ50 per picul lo a new cm record. 621 above the International Tin Agreement celling, dealers said. The upward trend was boosted by the metal's continued strength in London and New York and a low supply of tin concentrates.
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      • 30 20 Rubber: Mar 6 Singapore: March: 321.00 cents (down 10 cents) Malaysia: April: 338.00 cents (down 9 cents) Tin: MS2.471 (up M$6O)) Official offering: 142 tonnes (up 6'/2 tonnes)
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      • 33 20 LONDON: Copper prices on Wednesday (previous In brackets) Wirebar Spot £1,170 (£1,147); sellers £1.171 (£1.149): Thrie Month buyers £1.190 (E1.166). sellers £1.190.50 (tl.167) Martet tmt: Barely steady after firmer Sain: 6.700 tonnes.
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      • 495 20 THE SINGAPORE market closed i lower yesterday with March One I RSS buyers quoted at 321 00 cent* per kilo down 10 cent* from I Wednesday's close, dealers said. Morning prices were marked down about 10.50 cents on weaker local and overseas advices coupled with long liquidation whUe in
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      • 100 20 sINIV -.SK and SMK pri.r« vr.trrdu IAS Marck urrr.l Mlkl Baytn Srllrr. HP >l l..n (wlirK M M 'I l..n pall-l i Mill HSU April Kfl >l loniMllrli KiTiKI W9ION Sin I >l i.m pallrtl .ISHflO MUOON All! I 1 1 t .n pallrl I r.':l«l IJSIIlN
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      • 247 20 THE KILOBAR markei (or gold in Singapore yesterday opened at $44. 475 and closed at $44.54«. In the Far East, gold opened ai $632 4634 and n closed at $W3 $6J5 The trading range was between $632 and $636 In London, the metal on Wednesday morning was fixed M
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    • 381 20 TRIE U expecUUMM, ball- I Ish sentiment spread like wlldflre at the Singapore I stock market yesterday as investors welcomed the IIM budget with open arms. Galas were distributed arrasK the baard, bat It waa apparent that aecood-eectlM industrials were eajaylag particularly strong Interest. At
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    • 291 20 LOWER LINHRS set the pace at the Kuala Lumpur stock market yesterday, ending with significant gains on continued heavy trading, Attention was focused on them right from the start, They moved steadily upwards, despite some hesitarn y in ot'ier quarters, to close almost at their day's best levels.
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    • Money and exchanges
      • 369 20 ASIAN currency deposit Interbank rates as at close on March 6: IS Doll.r.lSpol' Offer Bid 7 days 17 16". 1 month 17 9/18 17 7/16 2 months 18 5/16 18 3/16 3 months 18 7/16 17 5/16 6 months 18 7/16 185/16 9 months 18 17 I 12
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      • 52 20 RANUK of price:; offcrro by lilr i ounl houses or. March 6 Overnight: 6 .-6 Call deposit* 6 to 6 ClMUf Buyiag S*Uuf 3- month Treasury bills 6 13/16 6 11/16 3 month Bank bills 10 10 .(months CD 111/16 10 1516 6 months CD 11 10 Sourer: National
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      • 29 20 (.losing lnu-rnuiiK rales Tor SinKupurt- dollars on March G: Offer Bid Overnight 9 8 1 month 11 liH2 months 11 10 3 months 11 10 Overnight mode
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      • 24 20 THE average rate at which maju. ilmgu banks are currently prepared to lend v. their best custurners is 11.8 per cent.
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    • 401 21 Hume(M) set f or record earnings HUME Industries (Malaysia) looks set to breach the $13 million profit mark for the current year ending June 30, 1980. judging from us higher interim earnings which were recently released. For the first half-year ended Dec 31, the group achieved a pre-tax profit of
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    • 281 21 Tasek Cement earnings jump 43.4 pc THE increase in cement price last year, combined with the higher volume of sales, helped lift Tasek Cement's mid-term earnings to a considerably higher level. Unaudited pre-tax profit for the six months to endI December rose by 43.4 per cent to M 517.75 million,
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    • 267 21 THE fortunes of Aluminium Company of Malaysia (Alcom) have taken a turn for the better, with earnings rising sharply as a result of increased sales and improved profit margins. Pre-tax profit for the year to Dec 31, 1979, more than trebled to M 53.48 million,
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    • 664 21 Tender Notice Tenders ore invited for SUPPLIES (a) Tender No. PT/43/80(X) Supply ol 5,500 nos Anchor Iron 25.4mm diameter. Eligibility Registered Controctors Class B, C D Non-Registered Contractors Deposit S$250 00 Closing Dote 28 March 1980 (b) Tender No. PT/44/80(X) Supply of:Item 1 1,400 nos Mastic Seolont Cooted Heat Shrmkable
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    • 918 21 Straits Steamship Company Limited :i „<^^m (Incorporated in Singapore) mti^M -ljjj^M Preliminary Announcement of Results fl V tor tne Y ear ended 31st December 1979 The audited results of the Group for the year ended 31st December, 1979 are as follows: 1979 1978 S-000 $000 Sales 181,394 184,379 Operating profit
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    • 150 21 OFFICIAL NOTICE PROPOSAL TO CHANGE A SHIP'S NAME Notice is hereby given that In consequence of the intended change of name of a ship by our clients MS Meteor Reederei Schiffahrts GmbH KG. we have applied to the Registrar of Singapore Ships under Section 417 of the Merchant Shipping Act
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    • 416 21 IN THE HIGH OOUKT IH MALA V A AT JOHOKE BAHEI OaJGINATING RUMMONB NO: 1W OF im In UkJc Matter of ftsctlon Ms of live National Land Code Art No 54 of IMS Aad In Dm Matter of M«mo randum of Ckarf* over to* whole ol tha Uad ImM under
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    • 387 21 IN THE HIGH OOUBT IN MALAYA AT JOfIOBE BAHRI OBKSINATING SUMMONS NO: «S Or ltt* In the Matter of Section ■o* of the National Land Cod* Act No. M of 1MB: And la the Matter of Memorandum of Charf* over the whole of the land held under Document of Qualified
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    • 3809 22 AT YOUR SERVICE RATES SECTION INDEX Telephone Service: *****22 Q V T 1 mmm^ Mondoy Fr.do» 830om -500pm Ordmory 70 ct» per word (mm flO bOl I FOR SALE SHOPPING GUIDE I «y*> 111^ I Ill^l IJ K^)l iJJIN SSc^ L^Tn, -Tlpm PM^:^ accommodation properties «g*4.^^4 i T«n»sCentre 9 00am
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    • 1236 22 II EMPLOYMENT An opening lor the pott ol: I Dim Io eipenaion tearing ConlinCONFIDENTIAL i SS ETS EC* STENOGRAPHER 1 clerk/typist Mm OCI O' level with to the Public Relation! Manager credit in Knglish •ntU in a leading and wall •■tab- Typing speed IS «»pm li.had group ol companie.. 2/3
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    • 658 23 I H EMPLOYMENT \?^^r^T™ 31 Situation* Viu-ant ing knowledg.- Apply in own s ,tu,t,on.vac.nt „„,.„,..,MT bq.^, gs^ FBMALE TICKETING OFFICER t FEMALE SALES b) SecretmriMl *nd REPRESENTATIVES ClerlCMl b, Tr«-««-, M-atpo^..: 2u, .years relevant expenCORPSIS^OF .-o^wUhAinines S.NGAPOREL.M.TED wnites uppucatlons for the following posU: GENERAL CLERK CUM Typist with or without
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    • 711 23 II EMPLOYMENT r-^ -iNew^oryinAngMo^: 1 4-" lrs ">r 0) book-keeper Should have I.CC IntermedlTh. Tinw. Oraaniution ale Able to keep ami prepare In our expandingTomnuterlsed full set of accounU. Capable »f woMc,,^ i^epe.u.enUy NEWSROOM a's^STANTS ence ins.ml.ar capacity RE.PONS«,L,T.S: (J) CO.T.GCLERK Jd^r'f In^ara^oi g—^ fflgy-ft BgSSffgJSt S^g— a^.-^t^ waoe.personnelclerk T^TuonUo^"
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    • 723 23 II EMPLOYMENT A CAREER !N COSMETICS ""lv vutn Wa ar. looking lo* working ladw. zSssS^h PRnniIPTIDN PART-TIME BEAUTY AOVISORS r n\ju\j\. m ivjn Beauty training, samples and CLERK potential customers provided C^h.ro-™""' p^.-.S^SST' Pr^ably typ.ng speed 30 to NTAT|VE. FOR K&jjt^^ 9,2, Johnson, Lawrence --sonn- tfKSSBS, 14. JOO^SJn ORCLE. "J*JURONG
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    • 663 23 II EMPLOYMENT l«^«!it advantage but not necessary T Sr£Hs ff 1 sum Write with full panculars. A^BB^SaT contact number to The Adver- JiJSm m~ User. 418 Katong shopping Centre. Singapore 1543. "STERN AGENCIES UJ°VI quires an experienced HESHE 2 /^Kr^rXLce g, matur|ty, SA|_ES cTi^^l?'" —2 ASSISTANTS Minimum GCE education (F.mal«)
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    • 683 23 II EMPLOYMENT I |i «»ll r^Mltl SALESMAN d) Tecl""c" required Dy leading Organisation 10 promote A Herman manufacturing sates tor well estabtehed ?om i;anyu a rgenT.y?e U qu a .?es Urlni gn*ol P^gWJe ELECTRON'S TECHNHTIAN SSSSSSS ""TX'ars and above ndUSiTBS. &Z'BSZES±-d emus, M^.^CtMCjJ heStouM have good p,,^^, applications g.vContacts With
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  • Page 24 Advertisements
    • 722 24 II EMPLOYMENT GENERAL DIESEL 31 Situations Vacant '•"v"" -1) SSSciSn TECHNICIAN d> rec/,nic-i Technici.n^uip^ma neennu Minimum 2 years related exA n.put^H. conMruet^n firm ur- pc rlen cc *.n Electronic gOTttynMd. industry experienced female tracer Knowledge of sem.-conduc-(.orCv.Eng.n^.ng Tronic equ pmen"' an Or.ught.m.n.n.p) .Lli equipment i..» ork.itTanjongßhuJob.su,. Tr.Mpon.«K>nwriib.provNiod nPAiirwTQUAM Interested applicants
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    • 992 24 II EMPLOYMENT C D u Metal Box S I NCO M s«gapore Limited PSUS^ST invite* applications from IN PRODUCTION for Singaporeans or Malaysian VI I O Citizens who possess GRADUATES OCE O' Levels or the following positions: full KSC UlL^-lilli-ilf Successful candidates will PflaRfl BSiHM be trained as ASSISTANT liaTiT
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    • 1225 24 II EMPLOYMENT UNIVERSITY Of SINGAPORE fAIWA/ATLAS I k ELECTRONICS H rnr.r.'h.'V^X""^!;!! (Singapore) I Faculty <X EngmMrmg at K.nl DTC ITQ H.dg. Campus rlElLIU has immediate (1) WORKSHOP TECHNICIAN MCanCIBl 1of (2) ASSISTANT WORKSHOP t wwimw mi- j r TECHNICIAN QUALIFICATIONS Pott (1) Singapore Polytechnic or I WEs Niiff Ann Technical
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    • 592 24 II EMPLOYMENT r^"^™"^ P mjULJMU I I HlRfthl p Y^/OCtS I QDDODUD a well established Piasuc ULjLJLJUUU Packaging Industry requires nmtSSTZZZvt, MALE MACHINE/ /NrTriT.! ?../!»i/ri,K nprnPTMTn GENERAL WORKERS Cc J?^ #r a Subsidiary of CoOTS Primary education Porcelain Co. (USA) Must be willing U> work Manufacturers of m <--„m;^ ,r,.^r...H
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    • 735 24 II EMPLOYMENT ~J~ f f GOOD i MPWQf NtWO! E S(NG KOON SENG I Pit LTD Z Jobs at your doorsteps >f (SHIPBUILDING) v |lh. i«*rt«»,i requires j company in Mi-h produels in-* riPPK 5..... Ist Batch Appli-I 1) GENERAL CLERK f urgently to wih.'j (MALE) C loHowino oosuwns lor
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    • 533 25 II EMPLOYMENT 31 Situations Vacant > vacant r Qollei Production m- v- p »»C IWVe a p |ace for y™ l -Ipm^ MALE/FEMALE TWO PRODUCTION HDCDATfIDC Urtrin UnO TUN WAN PRESS ,PTE, LTD appllcaUoVTlo, 1.,e ynM CmDC UfODV '""""""•I NUNSCDrCWUnK A) male apprentice 0-.NOERVTRA.NEE Wllri. "r-r^r.o, •Age 16 30ye.rs f,,m,
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    • 717 25 II EMPLOYMENT ifMMfumn U dln9 Pap#l cl '*<*""" TOMY TOYS MALE MACHINE OPERATORS ?s '«=j= I Prospects for future ad- VW vancement j fl^.'b awr ih coni ci all over the «i 8 WORLD s hi i TOMY A locul switchboard 4 (Pi»iVTAi>«r.i-» M manufacturer has immediate J (SINGAPORE) vacancies
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    • 773 25 II EMPLOYMENT |^■■■§■■■■I^^ T demetron (private) ljmiteo BENSONS METAL urgently requires "SSKSi™ tcivS-T education TEL: *****41 >a Possess Class 3 driving II- "VTgy -i~- assistant ""l,^.^™,^ r=« Jgaaeavs: despatch rider/office assim- I Must have previous ant wanted Telephone *****38 experience and a valid i DRIVING instructors rfouir driving licence eTiK^^R^"
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    • 692 25 II EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCED hanoo restaurant LORRY DRIVERS urgently reau.res rrrrrr SZT benefit* ir> jhoa. mlene!.* pleMe apply per l"ler..led applicant., ploas. oil -ar-- 53 sp m s^""* 11 sp m jSSS« ""STcSitsr-<-^tt&'%,«., "gga- export company reoumes Male Port Cleric Able to handle BHBaw export of plywood Must be •^■^^^■■^■■■■■■■■^■i '^T^?*
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    • 687 25 II EMPLOYMENT M M 1 i..-..,iing Plastic Factory m t.,.. 'V V> V*** f /ffi\/5N sggggP ®C* i <«) MALE EXTRUDER OPERATORS «,m>ei .o f,n the loiiowno 1- or Posts I >to Ml. experienced j Winom saar"^— m receptionist n^SiattSy. •aSS r^:. .:rr,L_, som, „,».„,->« preferred i ««»«mi tr.v.l h—
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  • Page 26 Advertisements
    • 715 26 II EMPLOYMENT c w 31 Situations Vacant ILUKUM^ a^i^B^BHii^.B^ LIGHTING SPECIALIST Ge.ersi iggmmjmjgmmm Q^ii^r MKT Dlalnmi lluT* r^f cal Production Kngineermg £±^n or fl,>si,s Degree with mini--C/ ggjJSSLArss! °R"TE*:r NM°TEL 'FEMALE QUAL.TY TELEPHONE OPERATOR CONTROL INSPECTORS Knowledge of Telex Ma- Holder ol KO I eul with tttu" credits in s.
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    • 764 26 II EMPLOYMENT /^r^ S!SJ^»^: -U**»M*AZ ft h "> and despatch work, cleaning MmHnSfalh /< "nd general work Applicants are r~\ pMjhmq Bhd M'Wled from ex-national service f(-p<\r^^^J men Must have own motorcycle I (sy_^ V and class 3 licence Working place In dlst 1953 Call *****45 ""J^pSSS,",*!™" s^l r-rEZT atngapact
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    • 884 26 II EMPLOYMENT r^,^:,:6^l^^^ I Uo^'^^^rf^s^:^ licence Age 20 to 25 Salary K4O ably experienced in urnHure and above 100. 24th Avenue n1 kX 292 7M) or arjiloinl Ponggol Road. Spore 1954. Tel! lent appoint2tU:t57H meni REQUIRED PSA DELIVERY clerk with motorcycle licence and SS?S?SS*SS ffitMMLT*""" CoUany ttt" 26M813 ""STABLE RESTAURANT
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    • 817 26 II EMPLOYMENT I I^,* experience Salary, service le ,la' S: ar> $To« pc "lv" lvr'«'- free lood. drinks and Illollth nterview BIS (ieylani .in()W K am,.s lsH h3 ,iear ,Tr )ng 3 iIK or tel 454K77S MR 12 Thorn i-orong ,>i raPtoi£EnMtßto»aDM WANTED DESPATCH RIDER with ■>■«*■»■«■> own motorlHke and
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    • 833 26 I II EMPLOYMENT hotel -|3male,female,.,. ..res ants wanted 7:10a mto 4 :«)p m n n.. n..rh rJm o««-. a«. Minimum primary mx Age 17 lo D"("lch cum Bo» Chinese educated Applic.in's must possess <i,,.Ml salary for right persons Claai II Driving Licence and Proapecu promotion to i«l fcompleted Primary Ed
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  • Page 27 Advertisements
    • 1035 27 111 VEHICLES BOATS 45 vhicmFors... 1977 FORO ESCORT lilual 6 auluMB^^a^ „...ii. private owner high power rasM-lle aircond seeing \s be lieving at 48-1). Uirong J. Telok Xi rwu/ Kurau J»J-»T li7i. FORO CORTINA 10(;l. .Mr<ond radio cassette Company mWaM revered Showroom condition l>rlv" I*7t d FOIIOdCO"T"^ie 6 t liL
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    • 801 27 111 VEHICLES A BOATS CITROENA »74 COLT LANCER 1400 3 ov. n.-rv ivsetu- ..ir.-,,n.1 -i-.,,, rims road tax nil Aug Selling k^ /M 1 $12,500 Tel Mis.s Kang. *****62 V J --t-^^A--: 1974 COLT LANCER law _W J^~r~^JPr paintwork, new tyres. PARK '^L'lll eligible Excellent condition JOinine SU« on 257.
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    • 866 27 111 VEHICLES BOATS r shiS2sl v parties, call: 545M53 .r *****3 I*77. HONP* V* V". 1972 ALFA ROMEO lluili.. 1300 roof Sollmii foi $4 SOD»n. i-,,'i Suprr. PARK cllElhlc Nnv: air- fart 7rt944^ cond. radio niv.itlc Seautlful n »T(uiu nnriis conditinn $9,000 .Contact Oi-orge „r I!. '•a2ROIT $8,200 o rio
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    • 1283 27 T^™"l^l^"" J B»^ 1^ P^P~^ ■7rTT«Ti~Mi~TW«TI'ffr\VT^TBT~mTIWiT7~^TW I B^ ■BW^pWlrW^hkjlß^impV^^lßW^Bl ._*^Bl^.^^<^^Ba B^^^ llßT^lnl J f \m%&tK*sMti&!mF^ Luxurious 2slorev 'I liTI I 'l^^ 1^ PasKPan^ogßoad W^^ -I*- t H Jt" -OFS!> «u_~^ I B^BBMte^^ I^El- hii__!_-£*&-■"- JJif n'«l T^'^iS 4lw— g^^-Cz!l^k P HILL-TOP BUNGALOWS 1 .UPTOOA^ FATc° P r, EB,UN.O^^N? f 3
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  • Page 28 Advertisements
    • 407 28 s* m J ii/iisfiS iwlLULky irlLriJifl llk^3 m T f^ M m VHHHHgV^nM 51 Accommodation VaCtlt j^^^^^^^ »> F/*M w *p.nm.n.., To.nh» M. 0..t. 910 1115 21*4 IMi. V«n SMOO furnish- a^,^,. ,2.4.0 pp2L.«.,-mun. 1 ,m PMC.MwMonSa.ooolum.Nh*l d 5h.,.00<l lo.tr li.NO lur- M«i.l«Ji r~.,i *3 aoo ?T^ R^-ood Ap«.m«,l $3,000
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    • 493 28 ßHlHgag^Mg &JSA22SU? A APARTMENT ne.,A,,,,r.,r 5,,HK.1 Available I::1::': d';ctsr; P.U|. squash tennis couru hull> furnished at $2,400 Tel *****52/ **********21 *****59 Menu-lousing Agents «,^r., «^ll^ BEHIND LUCKY PLAZA peted u.rcond. 2-bedroomed rnfm±,Hny..m,,.rti"i." b" INTER.HOMe 6749 DIST 10 APARTMENT WITH UhMrooms, air.-... > senant's in g.H>d reMdeniial ar... lurn.she.l Rental $2,200
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    • 448 28 lgaglßaHßl S'K-SS »'^J^'«^ lti S^RWOOO TOWER a^rtme^ ir^r^an^'a^/n^s ™»75/6 SPACIOUS WALK-UP APARTMENT in Di.sl 10. 4 bedrooms' 4 baths near main road Call Bellian Se- TWO UNITS BRAND exclusive maisonette apartments at 109. b^C,t^*S'tSSU, £"gm ["S^^M ROOmS ANG MO KIO One master bedn"m Tu^rmshed ConUct *****^ BEDOK ROAD .•omforlahlv furm^,l
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    • 939 28 IV ACCOMMODATION A PROPERTIES DIST 10 SINGLE-STOREY BUNGAluw i r>f (inxiiiis, .ipproxnnat*'i> ft; Fl«rs ii'.'liU^T :i l'Li*" nlnlnß P""1 $n«i.O(io Tel bt>J99B DIST 10. 2-STOREY DETACHED .Uf^Bu/g-l i JTC and V^TsVnTßui Tlmah Detached smg.e-storey. 3 rs E"ur plMSpi"" A PROFESSIONAL COUPLE ur- wHh lush ,reen" CV gently requires HUDC, HDB
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    • 976 28 IV ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES WWasm^XS^JS^esema I CHANGI GARDEN CONDOMINIUM g 2nd floor. 3 bedroom.v ).4<>o sq fl 5 HOME Nearing completion Selling X $145,000 Contact32o676 OWNERSHIP CITY TOWERS 3 bedroom,. serI SiSSSS I session $230.000 LM Associate, |iFiS| D.ST 0«2. Km SIA curt. nehmd I viHr; gSfi^ pSSewor*|7£oOO R^■'zSSJsi flteifl --.^L«
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    • 2058 28 IV ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES I REOUIREO FOR IMMEDIATE ,t T MREf TABLE SPACE I I Houan and Seml-detach rental imine.diaieiy in d >-il In. uses .it realistic prices |,,i, call 22I400B <io«id location* $300,000 SI mil- Rental s$120 to S»130 per table lion Lamru *****.V *****1 sp 1<( SPECIALISED IN HOB
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  • Page 29 Advertisements
    • 822 29 (■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■^■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■"■■■■■■■■■■■■■l V SERVICES BUSINESS AMERICAN COMPANY 79 AirrnnHitmn»r«/ require 72 AirCOndltlOnerS/ Refrigerators INDONESIAN CHINESE (M.le/Fem.le) i====^^^^===== AH MEW AIRCONDITIONINO. He REPRESENTATIVE l^Tu^-u'-X^^ fS?^Z£&* PPOtspraying and renUl tel 4******/ ■MM ANLO SPECIALIST IN repairing. respraymg. trade-in and sale of A REGISTERED COMMERCIAL tel *****5. Highway Aircon Distributor, required lo promote Specialised
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    • 637 29 V SERVICES BUSINESS remolals^Ha't'.-so^*.!!! 'llat.sun plck-upi. $40- W0 (IB'lorry) Call 07 C»anmhath/ «***** 8 aieambatn/ OFFICE/FACTORY/HOUSEHOLD Massage H«nmnls l"w"ries drifeivla !*r.'"'.>.'?i.'...'..^'l>.Ti^:...':',■.„■! for hire sloraire odd lobs Call ■^^^"I^"^^^^^^™"™"" l^'l^T AFTER A HARD day's work, kindly Cen'tr" XXIZToW For^'pTATION leave your problems U> pplntment. phone *****73/ us. efficient, reliable Ring *****11
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    • 649 29 aBBB>JB>B>BBJB>BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB VI EDUCATION A TRAINING «TV 3 fefc |C Nx\ I _T_ I N If 1? V^f '»f> v THE GREAT LAKES COLLEGE OF TORONTO, ONTARIO, PANAnA UAWAUA Provides Pre-U ond Semor Secondary educotion for overseoi students wishing fo enter Conodion &U S A nied by '"c testing centre ot
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    • 753 29 B ■BBBBBBBBBBBBa»aa»BB»JBB»a»Bai.B»»BBaBBBBaBBBBBBBBIBaaMBBBBBBBB»aaaBj I VI EDUCATION TRAINING COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING »BJaa4VVßF^all*BB BtIBMfBTIBI9B t1BMfBTIBl9 INSTITUTIONS" EXAMINATIONS |7T |f| A tree talk conducted by prole*- ■•M I V i ■liWffVS nonil .ngm Mrt on t/3 il Ipm on I.^A.LxL-WIJLijl P.rt I» iT .i.m.n.t.on. laadmg lo ■^™™—™^"*—""1*"1 lEE. lERE. I MECH E» I STRUCT
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    • 817 29 VI EDUCATION TRAINING TYPEWRITING (NORMAL/ RAPIO) OUEENSWAY COMMERCIAL one two three month TRAINING CENTRE dall> 800 am/ 900 pm Short(formerly Premier Cony Schorl) hand. Bookkeeping. Principles 208 Ou^n.w., Shopping Cntr. of Account (Sec 3/4/PreU) Sing.por. 0314 T.I «.J46Je/emi2 M"'"'"!. Alt»rnoo'. EwniD|, Revision all subjects: TulftfSS^'SSSSg&I H^uTToJ^^^ZT fS.^S^T l"Ile Ir °m
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  • IX OBITUARIES
    • 41 30 MR. MRS. SUNNY YEO OON JOO AND FAMILY sincerely express their thank* a graniude to friends, relatives a colleagues for their condolences donations, attendance and assistance during their recent bereavement and funeral of the late MOM. SIM GUEK KHM*
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      26 30 The Management and Staff of Starling Drug (S) Pte. Ltd. send their condolence* to the family of the late Mr. Gerard Foo Jit Tarn.
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      115 30 DIANA LIM CHIN NEO AGED 68 YEARS PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY ON 5-3-80 LEAVING BEHIND BELOVED HUSBAND TAN SIN KMT, SON JEFFREY. 2 DAUGHTERS ADELINE AND IRENE.' DAUGHTER-IN-LAW PHYLLIS. SON-IN-LAW FARLEY OUAH AND 7 GRANDCHILDREN TO MOURN HER LOSS. CORTEGE WILL LEAVE 33 EAST COAST TERRACE ON SUNOAY 9-3
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    • 23 30 IN EVERLOVING MEMORY of Woon Chow Kwai who left us on 7.3.69 Alwuy>. remembered by wife, children, son-in-law and grandchildren
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    • 49 30 dapartad v* on 4th March 1980 Within our home when all was bright. God took from us a shining light. We BUM that light, and always will. Hto vacant plan noon* can (in Deeply mined By Wile and Family. ALFRED WONG KAH WENG Aged 30
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    • 16 30 Sadly misaed by friends at Nanyang Umveraity. SEO PECK MOY Departed: 7.3.79
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    • 239 30 In Loving Memory Of SEO PECK MOY To remember Our Friend, whom we loved very much and miss so very dearly. You are always in our thoughts all the time Your very best of friends Ai Lin. S>ew Lian, Harold and Siew Wai. In Everlasting Memory of SEO PECK MOY
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  • Page 30 Advertisements
    • 699 30 VII TRAVEL TOWS Ir% DINERS fl A Reliable Way To Travel 1 WIDEST CHOICE AVAILABLE Escorted Group Departures: 15 days Hawaii, San Francisco, Las Vegas, Disneyland, Los Angeles, San Diego, Mexico, Hong Kong. (19/4, 1 7, 31/5) from $31 60 17 days Hawaii, San Francisco, Las Vegas, Disneyland, San Diego,
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    • 683 30 VII TRAVEL TOURS at a» illllllllilljaassßßßseSk BSfID tLnlmrimi Lfm, satfaBBBBBBW^BBBBBBBsI saV^lSasß #^BE^-«asW »i# II .^slßßbbbbbbbb* Aassl ttaWasßM sßtlH** T^a^B Read all about all the best holiday packages. UNBEATABLE London from oh ly 547 per night VALUE: London as you please: 7 nights S3M Britain Coach Tours: 7days 5612 European Cities:
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    • 699 30 VII TRAVEL TOURS NAM HD /-^ki TMVEL UmCE (S) PTE LTD UJLm J I |J| 'j J Head Office: G l4- 16- 18, Pearfs Centre, Eu Tong Sen St (Yangtze Theatre) Singapore 0105 W±^^—±-^jl^A^^^ Tel: *****33 (7 Lines) Iranch Office: 1 1 9, People's 'ark Complex, Ground Floor, I I
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    • 1270 30 VII TRAVEL TOURS LET ANGEL EXPRESS BRING YOU EOROPE CAMPHOTEL TOURS A MEMORABLE HOLIDAY from 1o I J JHi.i ZJI) SI .'jHi r. v 5U BANOKOK .'PATTAY A $625 [?P c Morro f° 1 /S1 280 al HI) HANOKOK/PATTAYA/ MAS Travel Charter Tel: CHIENCiMAIS72S .1272S. 1 J.<->4»71 [TA 175 1
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    • 71 30 THE KUALA LUMPUR-SINGAPORE EXPRESS SDN.BERHAD The Company has pleasure to announce that with effect from 1st Mrch 1980, an airconditioned night service between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore will be introduced in addition to the normal daily services as follows: Express bus daily departure at both Kuala Lumpur and Singapore 9.00
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  • TIMESPORT PAGE ONE
    • 386 31 West German monopoly on UEFA tightens LONDON, Thurs. Four European Cup soccer quarter-finals last night produced just four goals but that scored by Dynamo Berlin, in England, threatens to prise the trophy loose from the holders, Nottingham Forest. The East Berliners take home a 1-0
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    • 74 31 Knrapraa Cap quarter-fin*! (tint-leg): Hamburg 1 Hajduk Split 0: Nottingham Forest 0 Dynamo Berlin 1, Strasbourg 0 Ajax 0, Celtic 2 Real Madrid 0 Cap-Wlaaen' Cap auarWfln»l (first-leg): Arsenal 5 Ilk Gothenburg 1; Barcelona 0 Valencia 1; Dynamo Moscow 0 Nantes 2; Rijeka 0 Juventus 0. I'EFA
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    • 127 31 BIRMINGHAM, Than. Andy Gray, Britain's most expensive footballer, was given a one-match suspension when he appeared before a Football Association Disciplinary Commission here yesterday. The Scottish international striker, who cost Wolverhampton £1.5 million ($7.38 million) to buy from Aston Villa, Is now in danger of
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    • 135 31 ROME, Thurs. Two prosecutors yesterday started investigations into allegations that 27 Italian soccer players took bribes from clandestine bookmakers to lose key soccer matches. The players from 12 First and Second Division clubs have been officially notified that if the allegations against them were substantiated they may
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    • 19 31 ALMERIA, Thurs. Spain defeated Belgium 2-0 in a preOlympic Games qualifying round soccer match here yesterday. UPI.
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    • 133 31 Football fever grips Nigeria LAGOS, Thurs. Soccer fever has gripped this city with just three day's remaining before the kickoff of the final stages in the African football Cup. From Saturday until Wednesday, Nigeria will play hosts to seven other African countries vying for the title of African champions. They
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  • Page 31 Advertisements
    • 628 31 CIVIL ENGINEERS I Established Malaysian Consulting Engineering firm, working on prestigious public and private sector projects, requires the services of the following Civil Engineers in their Kuala Lumpur head office: A. Senior Engineers (2 Vacancies) Must have good degree and P.E.(M). Preference given for higher degree. Minimum of twelve years
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    • 922 31 XBL BEN AND COMPANY LIMITED (Incorporated in Singapore) S^ Preliminary Announcement of Results 9 for the year ended 31st December 1979 The audited results of Ben and Company Limited and Its subsidiaries for the year ended 31st December, 1979 are as follows: 1979 1978 $'000 $'000 Sales 52,493 58,015 Operating
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  • Page 31 Miscellaneous
    • 190 31 Bringing Up Father By Bill Kavanagh Hal Camp "XT' r WANF AMO N~l I THE POLICE ARE Is| VDU'LL HAVE TO //AIT <£)*r JXcci? ITO SHOVEL I DON'T WHY SIVINS A SUMMONS TILL I FINISH T7VI ™aw V( mv WAL*- J WANT NOT Z, TO PEOPLE WHO yZT^ I GOING
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  • 107 32 You ware a wondertii father, gude. teacher pflar of strength md gave us your selfless low always. Yov aadom «nd coince Mi forever be treasured. Sadty mssed and atoiys renumbered by wte, Mana; cMAm, Jukana. Theresa, Cec*a, Jbsephwe 4 PaJ, sornv4aw Peter 0wdm Mtfk; 7 pandchkten
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  • TIMESPORT PAGE TWO
    • 601 32 India decide to host 1982 Asian Games BRIEFS I NEW DELHI, Thurs. India have decided to host the 1982 Asian Games, the Press Trust of India reported yesterday. It said the decis'on was taken at a Cabinet meeting The Cabinet also de ided to I form a Committee to be
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    • 273 32 Ali signs with Arum to fight Tate CHICAGO, Thurs. Representatives of Muhammad Ali and Top Rank, Inc. signed an agreement yesterday for the retired heavyweight champion to fight World Boxing Association title-holder John Tate. Bob Arum, president of Top Rank, said the purse would be a record and the bout
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    • 305 32 Hunt opens below his best but still wins LONDON, Thura. GEOFF HUNT, of Australia, was well below his best when he began his bid for a record-equalling seventh British Open squash title here yesterday. The top seed made a surprising number of errors, particularly with his backhand, as he beat
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    • 961 32 RAPF 1 2-15 Class 5, Div 4 —1,250 m IW\^r, 1 ($9,500 —$6,650 to winner) 1 7659 Natural Baauty s (Victory) J Breukelen 757 (same) Chi* 2 2 2895 PaarlMatantas(Melanie)Ng3 56.5(rJ2 +2.5) SF... Hrtdioan 5 3 0845 SirOaHva a (Teoh A Teoh) J Breukelen 656 (same M).... Sari
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    • 111 32 JAK \RTA, Thurs. In- I donesian badminton players, who are still i amateui-s, are not allowed to receive cash prizes in any tournament, including the All-England event, f. j C. Tambunan, an Indone- sian official said today. This is in line with an
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    • 35 32 ..ondon, Thurs Taiwan's Lv Liang-Huan, popularly known as "Mr La and his nephew 'Master" I.v Hsi%lL™vl! i 'l» pUiy in 000 1*393.600 Benson and Hedges naliona| (>,*.,, KolHournam,.n, Kulfor!i. from Aur 7in AFP
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    • 343 32  - McGarret should get into winners' circle FAIRWAY B> IPOH, Thurs. McGarret II, beaten into second place last week, should get into the winner's circle in Race Five here tomorow. The Galvinator entire, winner of a Class 5, Division One 1,200 metres race here last year, displayed impressive form when he
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    • 61 32 LONDON. Thurs. Britain's Prince Chalres, who finished second in a flat race at Plumpton on his race-riding debut, will ride Sea Swell over jumps at Sandown Park on Saturday, it was announced here yesterday. The heir to the British throne will compete in the Duke of Gloucester
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    • 258 33 Equipment boost for SBA, SSC KAWASAKI RACKETS (Tokyo) are to donate $4,350 worth of badminton training equipment to the Singapore Badminton Association and the Singapore Sports Council, reports BERNARD PEREIRA. The equipment consists of two sets of automatic lighting systems for shadow badminton one each to the SBA and the
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    • 172 33 BOA may change stand under pressure LONDON, Thurs. Sir Denis Follows, chairman of the British Olympic Association, yesterday claimed that the government could exert strong pressure to achieve a boycott of the Moscow Olympic Games and could influence the association's stand on the issue if they did. After Tuesday's BOA
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    • 33 33 ENTRIES for the Geylane West Constituency annual baa minion championships, which befrin next Thursday, will close an Monday. Entries must be submitted to Geylang West Community Centre. Upper Boon Keng Road.
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    • 90 33 SANTO DOMINGO, Than. The Dominican Republic will not preveat their athletes from taking part In the Mosco* Olympic Games, bat they are considering wttholdlng financial support, a government spokesman said yesterday. He said that the government supported President Carter's stand against the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan, bat they
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    • 692 33  - Coach Chen finds home BERNARD PEREIRA LENGTH OF STAY DEPENDS ON STTA PROFILE By HE was born in Indonesia, lived for much of his life in China, had his only son in Hongkong, but loves Singapore most of all. Sounds more like a line from the nursery-rhyme, Solomon Grundy. But
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    • 127 34 FAISALABAD, Thurs. The first day's play in the second cricket Test between Australia and Pakistan was abandoned without a ball being bowled here today. Heavy rain on Tuesday flooded the ground and though the weather today was bright and sunny the ground committee decided the pitch was
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    • 62 34 ST PATRICKS retained the secondary schools boys' tennis championship when they defeated St Joseph's Institution 4-1 in the final at Kallang yesterday. Third were Raffles Institution, who edged out Montfort 32. Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus emerged champions in the secondary girls' tournament, beating
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    • 397 34  -  JOE DORAI By SINGAPORE, already hard hit by injuries to five regular players, received a scare yesterday when rumours started that midfield star R. Suriamurthy was ineligible for tomorrow's pre-Olympic Games qualfying soccer match against China at the National Stadium (7.30). The rumours, fortunately later proved
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    • 388 34 By ALBERT JOHNSON THREE Singapore referees have brought honour to the Republic by being selected to officiate at the pre-Olympic qualifying soccer tournaments in Kuala Lumpur and Baghdad The FIFA-registered referees S.S. Dhillon Subramaniam Kunalin gam and Lee Kok Leong will leave
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    • 249 34 PATRICIA CHUA, Tay Guat Kirn and Vincent Lim continued their record-breaking performances at the Chinese Swimming Club's multiple age-group meet at the Amber Road pool yesterday, reports ALBERT JOHNSON. Patricia, who broke the 50 metres backstroke record for girls eight-vears-and-under last week smashed the
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    • 451 34  -  PATRICK BABTIANS By But not before licking a few wounds of their own POLICE LIONS beat Pathology Sports and Recreation Club in the opening match of the Gray's Premier Squash League at the Kallang Complex yesterday. But not before they had had to lick
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    • 38 34 NEW ZEALAND Military Police beat New Zealand Finance 4-3 in a friendly soccer match a i Dieppe Barracks yesterday. 2-1 triumph ELECTROLUX beat United World College 2-1 in a friendly soccer match at Dover Road yesterday.
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    • 264 35 Iran seek big win over Indians THOUGH Iran appear almost certain to reach the final, they are not going to take things easy tonight when they meet India in the pre-Olympic Games qualifying soccer competition at the National Stadium (7.30), reports JOE DORAI. The order to the Iranian players from
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    • 38 35 China Singapore North Kowa Iran India Sri Lank* 4 2 2 1113 8 4S•l 7 4 C 4 12 114 4 3 12 15 2 4 5111 4 I I i I I 4 I 21
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    • 27 35 THE Singapore Women's Hockey Association Division One League match between Singapore Recreation Gub and Ceylon Sports Club at Bales! ier Roatl yesterday was rained off.
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    • 139 35 DIANA WILLIAMS, the stylish Canadian golfer, won her first major title in the Republic when she beat a field of 167 competitors to win the Singapore Island Country Club Open championship with a seven-over-par 79 at the Bukit course yesterday, reports ERNEST FRIDA. J. Elias,
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    • 351 35  -  ERNEST FRIDA By TENGAH GOLF CLUB delivered a shock to Singapore's professionals when they withdrew from the Republic's circuit this week. The three-day tournament was scheduled to start at Tengah today, but the club have been unable to find a sponsor. Alvin Llau,
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    • 185 35 BANGKOK, Thurs. Taiwan's Lu Hsi-Chuen fired an eight -under-par 64 in the intense heat here today to atke a fourstroke first-round lead in the Thailand Open golf championship. Lu, the current Asian champion, led more than 150 golfers from 16 countries in the battle for
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    • 119 35 TODAY'S EVENTS HOC'KKY SWHA Lran« DfvMaa Twa: SIA Group v NZ Force (Balestier Rd, 5.10). NfTBALL later-MUatry utnuawl: Finance v Communications (National Stadium car park, 5 45) SOCCER Pre-Olymptr UtoM toanumeat: Iran v India (National Stadium, 7 30). Secondary schools' North Zone tournament third -placing, final (Farrer Park, 3.30) SrbMl'N
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    • 511 35  -  JOE DORAI By. CHINA 7 SRI LANKA 0 CHINA trounced minnows Sri Lanka 7-0 at the National Stadium last night, placing themselves in the box seat and needing just a draw against Singapore tomorrow night to reach the final of the pre-Olympic Games qualifying
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  • 256 36 A FREAK storm with a wind velocity of 18knots an hear which lashed through the northern part of Singapore yesterday afternoon blew off the rooftop** of two houses and tore several zinc sheets covering five other houses, In Kampug Lorong Fattmah, Woodlands. No one was
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  • 235 36  -  LEE KIM CHEW By KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. i Thailand sees the rest of Asean as its closest ally despite the change of government in the country, Acting Thai Foreign Minister, Air Chief Marshal Siddhi Sawetsila, said today. Marshal Siddhi, who had reversed an earlier
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  • 29 36 NBN YORK. Thurs. The Dm Jones average of 3d Industriali wai off 1.62 at K4326 half-anhour after the opening of the New York Slock Exchange, today AP
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  • 264 36 Colonel in Park slaying conspiracy executed SEOUL, Thurs. Colonel Park Hung-iu, the only serving military officer among the conspirators who assassinated President Park Chung-hee last October, was executed by firing squad today, the South Korean Martial Law Command announced. The 40-year-old career officer was shot at an army practice range
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  • 64 36 JEDDAH. Thurs King Khalid of Saudi Arabia was quoted today as saying he would very soon leave the Riyadh hospital where he has been treated since Feb 18. He made the statement in an interview published today by the newspaper Al Jezirah, which carried two pages
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  • 446 36 Mugabe and N komo to form coalition govt SALISBURY, Thursday PRIME Minister-designate Robert Mugabe and fellow guerilla leader Joshua Nkomo have agreed to form a coalition government with Mr Nkomo serving as Zimbabwe's non-executive President, a spokesman said yesterday. The spokesman, Mr Justin Jyoka, also announced that Lt-Gen Peter Walls,
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  • 60 36 MANILA, Thurs. At 118 years, Filipino great-great-grandmother Ceriara Atlas Percy sill goes to market onre a week and remembers the Philippine revolution of 1898. She is possibly the oldest living Filipino woman and in her hometown in Cavite province, just 48 kms northwest of Manila, she
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    • 374 36 BUSINESS TIMES Stngapore'i Financial Daily Co.cr Price sOt Annuol Subscr«il,on 5/55 con *****1 It TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS The man-in-the-street may have been happy with the Budget proposals but not Big Business. Some untypically sharp reactions have been made to Mr Goh's remarks in Parliament on Wednesday. Other items: Straits Steamship unwraps
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    • 161 36 UP TO 1p.m. TODAY: Generally fair TEMP. (C) up to 6 a.m. tomorrow: 32 max., 25 min. SUNSET today: 6.49p.m.; SUNRISE tomorrow: 6.43 a.m. GLOBAL weather AmKterdam 5-9C Cloudy Landan 6-10C Rain Atherot 10-15C aoudy Lm Angeles 13-15C Rain Bahrain 14-19C Gear Mexic* City 10-25C Clear tar ssf ee- Beirut
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    • 5 1 The Straits Times SECTION 2
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        1161 1  -  Silver ingots By LI LIENFUNG WHEN people are baffled by life and life's enigmatic problems such as life and death, happiness and misery, wealth and poverty, justice and iniquity, etc., they often seek escape from their delirium by attributing the answers to fate or destiny. There is the
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      • 72 1 JTHtifcjffi V A SHI THE arrow radical, in its original form: j bears a striking resemblance to an arrow with full tip and feathers. It was later modified to I and finally stylised: ft Emphasizing the difficulty of combating insidiJV ous enemies, the saying goes: "It
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      • 76 1 INSIDER On shopping Beautifully bottled up In laboratories they look clinical... but take a second look at all those chemistry bottles. Transfer them to the kitchen and you've got practical, inexpensive storage. Centrespread Pages 6, 7 Love in disguise Elaborate disguises, young lovers cavorting in idealised pastoral scenes and extravagant
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    • 768 2 PICK of the DAY C SBCTV "FOOD, glorious food, hot sausage and mustard" goes the song. Or it could well be hot kway teow, mee siam or even murtabak. And we Singaporeans are such lovers of food that even the making of it intrigues us. Just that, in a sense,
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      • 239 2 V a V a^aa, a^P ~^al ■r y/ m A It White Panel Stripe Shirt $22 50 MMi Coton Twill P«nts $25.00 4k^9 Come on over dy- to-w ««r bracck: 210/211. 2nd Floor. Peninwla Shopping Comptex. Coleman Street. Singapore 0617 Tel: *****6 Op«n Monday to Sunday (9 30 am 9
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      • 331 2 ASIAMARINE'BO 2nd Asian International Maritime Exhibition Conference. Hall 3, World Trade Centre, Singapore 15 19 April 1980 CONFERENCE FOR THE MARITIME INDUSTRIES llth Floor, PSA Towers, World Trade Centre 17 18 April 1980 Thursday 17th April Friday 18th April 9.30 am Echo sweeping system for 9.30 am High technology vessels
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      • 315 2 OPEN-AIR MUSICAL till tomorrow. PERFORMANCE by the THIRD WORLD KX HiSingapore Infantry Regi- BIT1ON OF PHOTOGRAment Band at the Em- PHY THE PATH TO press Place Hawker's PARADISE at the NationCentre from 1 p.m. to 1.45 al Museum Art Gallery p.m. from 10.30 a.m. to 7 p.m. WHAT'S IN THE
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      • 48 3 A Marehl9Bo $2joo £j^\ M A G A Z 1 N E 1 V^3flH *^Hlllß.^mi^^i^llllllllllll^llllllllllllllllllllllllllll^lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll HB^i v^illlllllllllllllH Xl H IHIIk HHBLk I Bit .ii^^iftH HIV .ia^iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii^S wBbHIIW^^ Published by Times Periodicals Pte Ltd 422 Thomson Road. Singapore 1129. Printed by Khai Wan Press Co. (Pte) Ltd. MQP) 15/2/80
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    • 1151 5 As You Like It A comedy of love The Bard's comedies are often humourous, fantastic and light-hearted, but are unlikely to be 'funny' AS YOU LIKE ITis one of the group of Shakespeare's plays known as the Comedies. It is rather a misleading term these days, for we are apt
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    • 484 5  -  EDMUND TEO By Our London reporter AS YOU LIKE IT is the 21st in the accepted chronological order of Shakespeare's plays and was written Circa 1600. This latest production was recorded on location at Glamis Castle, Scotland, the ancestral home of the Earls
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    • 756 5  - An all-out attempt to rescue ancient Greek drama GREGORY JENSEN By in London SELDOM has so much excitement surrounded a theatrical project as London has seen recently over the Royal Shakespeare Company's "The Greeks." Before the three-part production opened, an eager public bought an unprecedented number of advance tickets, thus
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      • 658 6 That glo look glassy Remember those lowly bottles and specimen jars used to house some small animal or foul-smelling nitrate in the school lab? Just look at them now! I WONDER how many kitchens are like my mother's. She uses the strangest assortment of storage jars the sugar is almost
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      • 161 6 Hand out th ut the puppets WHAT with the wide range of Superman-in-spired toys and other space age toys around these days, some of which even an adult finds intriguing, parents are really stumped when it comes to selecting a toy for junior. And if you're looking for something that
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      • 717 8 WANG COO-KIEN COMPANY PTE LTD 541 Geylang Road Singapore 1438 Applications ,iit' invited for the undermentioned posts: 1) Construction Engineers Degree holders who have minimum 3 years experience in intlim \\nm after graduation. Those with marine works experience are specially welcome. 2) Structural Design Engineers Degree holdei-s who have minimum
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      • 639 9 INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION SINGAPORE Apphcotions ore invited from suitably quolified persons tor the following positions. (A) ASSISTANT LABORATORY TECHtCIAN/ TECHNCIAN (Electronics/TV servicing) Salary Scale $290- 1 SA-320/450-25A-625/650-25A-875 Qualifications 3 GCE 'O' Level Posses plus Trade Certificate in Electronics/TV Servicing Preference will be given to those with working experience in Public
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      • 667 9 jElfiat-alus PARTS MARKETING REPRESENTATIVE We are seeking a Parts Marketing Representative who will be instrumental in the design and implementation of parts marketing programs, who can design and carry out distributor training and development with regard to all facets of parts department operations and who will be responsible for our
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      • 591 10 INVITATION TO TENDER 9-STOREY OFFICE BUILDING AT PHILLIP STREET Description of Land Address Nos. 15 15J Phillip Street Lot No 422 T.S I. Land Area 358 sq. metres (3854 sq ft.) Brief Description of Building 9-storey office building comprising approximately 1218.05 sq. metres (13,111 sq. It.) net area Tenure Leasehold
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      • 489 10 MINISTRY UK IIKII.III TKNDKR NOTICE The following Tenders are invited by the Permanent Secretary (Health (/Director of Medical Services for the New Singapore General Hospital (l)Suppl\. Delivery. Installation and Commisd urn inK of a World Processing System to the Medical Records Department in Block 3 of the New Singapore (ieneral
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      • 802 10 #PWD TENDER NOTICE Tenders are invited from PWD Registered Contractors tor the tollowing(A) Design, Fabrication and Installation of Aircroft Blost Fence ond Foundations for Changi Airport. Eligibility: Civil Engineering or Building $3,000,000/- and above OR Specialist Item (P5) Prefabricated Steel/ Aluminium Structures Above $500,000/- Nonregistered Contractors who have completed relevant
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      • 865 10 Full particulors may be seen and obtomed at the following (i) Items 'A' to 'G' inclusive at the Tenders Contracts Section, Quantity Surveying Branch, PWD, Ist Floor, ND Building, Maxwell Road, Singapore 0106 (ii) Items 'H' to 'J' inclusive at the Office of Electricol Branch, PWD, Kallang, Singapore 1439 (in)
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      • 575 10 TENDER NOTICE Separate tenders are invited for:1 SUPPLY AND INSTALLATION OF MECHANICAL VENTILATION SYSTEM TO KITCHEN AT WORLD TRADE CENTRE Tender Deposit: $1,000.00 Closing Date: 18 Mar 80 2) TERM CONTRACT FOR CLEANING, REPAINTING AND CHLORINATING OF WATER TANKS AT VARIOUS PSA HOUSING ESTATES FOR A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR
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      • 625 11 GENERAL@ELECTRIC USA Electronic Components ot General Electric (USA) Pte Ltd invites suitably qualified persons to till the following positions PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR Graduotes in Arts or Social Science, preferable Possession ot diploma in electrical/ electronic/ production engineering with one year's experience, preferably in an electronic manufacturing company will also be considered
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      • 618 11 (I) Senior Professional Appointments, In The Lands Estates Department Ministry Of Defence Architects, Civil Engineers, Electrical Engineers, Mechanical Engineers, Systems Engineers, Quantity Surveyors, Estates Officers, and Surveyors (Land) The Lands Estates Department, MINDEF requires the above professionals immediately to plan, design, construct and manage buildings and installations Appointments will be
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      • 62 11 TENMR NOTICE Joboton P^ywrcn Mufayto, (D#portiro#nf or mluui 1-* nrooocBinnj muwy nuj Kixsia Lumpur. T notn or* lfflnt#fl f9f ItW Supply or Mttronfi. rTn iifl i niii i 9/JP/TV/M) AN iwtdan mufl be wt>miMad by Monday 31 $1. Mordi. 1990 (12.00 noon). T«naV oocufnwits ara availaD*i front nnancv Dwiwofi, Ospoftm#nt
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      • 502 12 GREVY'S zebra cannot be traded, they decided. Nor can the Guadalupe fur seal or the Chilean mussel. The pigmy marmoset now requires only an export license, they said, and Mearn's quail can be traded without restrictions. Sounds like a zoological swop
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