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Title Section13 1981-09-20 1 The Sunday Times No. 2364 SEPTEMBER 20, 1981 40 CENTS M.C.(P) No. 102/1/8113 words
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236 1981-09-20 1 Volunteer doctors run $3-a-visit clinic KIM Seng community centre in Havelock Road is the only centre in Singapore that has its own clinic which provides cheap all-round medical care for residents in the area. The clinic charges S3 for adults and $1 for children, rates greatly appreciated by the residents236 words
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Article42 1981-09-20 1 JOHORE BAHRU, Sat. Singapore Malays wrested the Sultans Gold Cup tonight after five years when they beat Johore 2 1 in the final at Lartin Stadium Razali Alias scored the winning goal in the 88th minute SEE PACE42 words
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Article28 1981-09-20 1 JAKARTA, Sat. Asean organisation (or cooperation m petroleum affairs, Ascope. will hold a four-day conference m Manila from Oct 7. Inin— lin officials said today. ReuterReuter - 28 words
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Article28 1981-09-20 1 NAIROBI. Sat British Broadcasting Corporation correspondent m Uganda. Cameron Morton, has been expelled from the country, sources m the Kenyan capital said today AFPAFP - 28 words
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Article31 1981-09-20 1 TOKYO. Sat Japan will donate a plot of land m Toyko valued at USJIOO million (SBI6 million) to the United Nations University, the Education Ministry announced yesterday APAP - 31 words
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455 1981-09-20 1 GILLIAN POW CHONG - GILLIAN POW CHONG Register private tutors, say Case and union By THE Consumers Association of Singapore (Case) and the Singapore Teachers' Union will consider ways to control the multi-million-dollar private tuition trade. One way under study is a register listing suitably qualified tutors, which455 words
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231 1981-09-20 1 A WEEPING father and his family m Hull were made homeless yesterday after being evicted from their home by a wealthy lawyer who sold the property to them 18 years aeo with a clause allowing him to buy it back at the sameUPI - 231 words
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213 1981-09-20 1 THE police were attacked by screaming mobs of "rioters" la various parts of Singapore yesterday. Waving banners and armed with battles, stones and sharp objects, the "rioters" defied the law and engaged In pitched battles with scores of policemen. The attacks by213 words
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Article, Illustration750 1981-09-20 1 GRACE CHNG - 40 from Spore among 51 sentenced in JB court GRACE CHNG By A MALAYSIAN magistrate yesterday spelled out a strong warning of the dangers of a secret society revival and then sentenced 40 Singaporeans and 11 Malaysians arrested at a rubber plantation in Johore last month to jail terms, finesALBERT SIM - 750 words
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Article68 1981-09-20 1 call-up NEW DELHI, Sat. Afghanistan's latest military recall has prompted an exodus of abledbodied men from Kabul and crippled services in the capital, according to reports received here yesterday. Some offices in government buildings have become completely vacant, while more and more stalls and shops in the KabulAP - 68 words
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Article21 1981-09-20 1 JAKARTA, Sat. A cholera outbreak m east Sumatra has killed at least 13 people and hospitalised another TAX. upl21 words
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Article47 1981-09-20 1 NEW DELHI, Sat. At least 30 people were killed today in a Are which broke out in a firecracker factory at Madurai in Tamil Nadu, the Press Trust of India reported. Four people received serious burns and were admitted to hospital. ReuterReuter - 47 words
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318 1981-09-20 1 IRAN'S GUERILLAS WARNED ALL WILL BE TRIED AND EXECUTED TEHERAN, Saturday TO QUASH growing opposition to the Islamic regime, Iran's Chief Justice has warned that all suspected guerillas and political dissidents in the country will be tried and summarily executed "in the streets" immediately after their arrests. The announcement ofAP; UPI - 318 words
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Article131 1981-09-20 1 MR and Mrs Lee Kuan Yew will pay a nine-day visit to New Zealand beginning tomorrow. He will hold talks with his New Zealand counterpart, Mr Robert Muldoon, and other New Zealand leaders, including the leader of the Opposition, Mr WE. Rowling, on Thursday.131 words
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Article60 1981-09-20 1 Singer breaks record PARIS, Sat Spanish singer Julio Iglesias broke the world record by having sold 10 million records, more than the Beatles or the Rollins Stones. During a special performance m Paris on Monday, the 38-year-old former Madrid soccer player will be honoured as the world's top record seller,UPI - 60 words
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Article36 1981-09-20 1 OBEDOS (Brazil), Sat. Some 400 people were (eared dead today when an overloaded boat they were travelling m capsized into the river infested with piranha-like Candiru fish at this port, police said. UPI.UPI - 36 words
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Article24 1981-09-20 1 ISLAMABAD. Sat. Minor earth tremors keep on shaking northern Pakistan, devastated by a severe earthquake last week, Pakistan television said yesterday iteuter24 words
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Article55 1981-09-20 1 ZURICH TALKS ON NAMIBIA WASHINGTON, Sat. US AacteUat Secretary of State Chester Cracker wUl fly to Zwich tonight (•r talks next week with Sauth African afflclals to rUtrtry detoils *f m Independence plan far Namibia, tke SUte Department said today. The Ulks were betag held at the request MReuter - 55 words
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135 1981-09-20 2 CAIRO, Sat Britain hat agreed to supply Egypt with advanced Una and help It manufacture heavy field guns, the semi official newspaper. Al Ahram. said today Quoting Defence Minister Lieutenant General Abdel Halim Abu-Ghaza la. the newspaper said the arms sale was oneUPI - 135 words
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172 1981-09-20 2 ARAB hardliners decided today to seek closer ties with the Soviet Union to counter a new strategic cooperation agreement between Israel and the United States. The leaders of Libya. Syria. Algeria. South Yemen and the Palestine Liberation Organisation also called (or Arab states to172 words
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225 1981-09-20 2 a major arms supplier to Libya The five members of what Is called the Steadfastness and Confrontation Front declared in their communique that the US-Israe-li agreement was designed to turn the Middle East into a US base, which would lead toReuter - 225 words
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Article46 1981-09-20 2 RIO DE JANEIRO. Sat. Brazilian President Joao Ftgueiredo, 63, was hospitalised here yesterday after suffering a minor heart attack. An official announcement said General Figueiredo's condition was not serious but his doctors could not say when be would leave the hospital. AFP.AFP - 46 words
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339 1981-09-20 2 Reagan vows a fight to the last for cuts in spending NEW YORK, Sat. President Ronald Reagan, defending his economic recovery programme in the aftermath of the stock market's plunge to a 16month low, vowed yesterday to "fight to the last blow" for nis new round of spending cuts. MrNYT; AFP; UPI - 339 words
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Article138 1981-09-20 2 EA8T 8T LOUIS (1111Mto), Sat. City offlelato said San Prwelse* Midler has Uttlc rtiiw *f getting repayment, plus laterest. on lll-year-*M prtml—rj ■•te. Army s*rgp*nt Robert Ocrmley was leallag tkraagk Us temlly BIMe whea he discovered the note embMMd with the seal sf Bast StUPI - 138 words
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Article, Illustration80 1981-09-20 2 BUILDING contractor Bruce McLaoghliii of South Eutn. Massaekuetta, tkydlvlH for the 236 th time In 24 hoars li wl i world record on Thurada> for tke greatest ■■mber of pantckate Junps. All tke kunps were from tke mhinum altitude of Ml m and from aAP - 80 words
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317 1981-09-20 2 LONDON, Sat. The Reagan Administration is committed to arms control, but its immediate priority is to rebuild the United States' armed forces in order to achieve deterrence, US Defence Secretary Caspar Weinberge* said in an interview yesterday with The Times of London. "ThereUPI - 317 words
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165 1981-09-20 2 Israel may allow Palestinians in talks: Ghali ROME, Sat. Egyptian Foreign Minister Butros Ghali said yesterday Israel "appears disposed" to permit Palestinian participation in talks on west Bank autonomy. He was speaking at a news conference at the end of a three-day visit to Rome during which he held talksUPI - 165 words
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Article70 1981-09-20 2 GENEVA, Sat. An international conference here yesterday formally condemned "the genocide perpetrated against indigenous peoples" in the western hemisphere. Australia and New Zealand. A resolution was passed at the end of a four-day conference by 300 delegates from non-governmental organisations recognised by the United Nations andAFP - 70 words
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336 1981-09-20 2 BAHRAIN, Sat. Saudi Arabia and Britain agreed yesterday to work together for Middle East peace and to try to speed up the EEC's efforts towards a settlement, Saudi Crown Prince Fahd announced. The agreement was reached during a visit to London by PrinceReuter - 336 words
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158 1981-09-20 2 WASHINGTON, Sat. A lew congressional commission met yesterday U consider the idea of once Main making sold the basis of the I'nlted States monetary system, bat could only agree that It could not reach a quick conclusion. The chairman, Treasury Secretary DonaldReuter - 158 words
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Article582 1981-09-20 3 VIETS LOOKED RESIGNED TO DEFEAT' From Our Correspondent EDGAR KOH United Nations, Saturday THE Kampuohean credentials issue appeared to have lost most of its remaining uncertainty yesterda> after Asean demonstrated to Vietnam and others for the third successive year that there was still a two-third majority582 words
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Article327 1981-09-20 3 BEIJING, Sat. Dams on the Yellow River stood the test of the highest tide in more than 30 years but surging waters washed away dykes downstream and flooded low-lying areas, official reports said today Electric Power Minister Li Peng said the 15.000 workers shoring up327 words
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Article286 1981-09-20 3 UNITED NATIONS, Sat. Asean's latest draft resolution on Kampuchea, hailing the recent international conference as "a step forward towards a comprehensive political settlement" of the issue, was tabled yesterday for debate in the 36th General Assembly session. The document, co-spon-sored by five other states would have the286 words
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Article160 1981-09-20 3 UNITED NATIONS, Sat. Visibly angry, the new President of the UN General Assembly chastised delegates for being late for a plenary session yesterday and threatened "other measures" if it happened again. Mr Ismat Kittani of Iraq, President for only three days but a UN Assistant Secretary-General for severalUPI - 160 words
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183 1981-09-20 3 JAKARTA STUDYING 'REDS IN TOP POSTS' JAKARTA, Sat. The ladanesian Oavernment is l««Uag into charges that cemmunists have managed U gala Important pasts la several aeetars, a Home Mlalstry spokesman saJd Uda> Sack allegations should Ht have been made public ulea* there was Mild evMeaee, he said. "We are checkingAFP - 183 words
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Article58 1981-09-20 3 MANILA, Sat. The Philippines Is the leading Asian country m the smuggling of guns into Japan, Thailand of marijuana and South Korea of metha-amphetamines, visiting Japanese customs officials said here yesterday. The English-language daily Manila Bulletin reported on the four-page statistics given by the Japanese officialsAFP - 58 words
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Article, Illustration77 1981-09-20 3 No longer will heads roll THE >im— me (■111*Um kw heea ttfctiiti toac* Jalata Its Ewmh omImii whea Its Nattaaal AMemMy vttrd to iMU the death penalty m r*rla*y. Pint ued li imii the •••t-BevelatUa > M»><h>th. the riIII*Uk'i Maker, Drtatik UiiltetU, eaee rMawhfd: "The «frh«^r>l tarife talk Hke thaafer,AP - 77 words
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243 1981-09-20 3 WASHINGTON, Sat. The United States has accused the Soviet Union of meddling in Polish affairs and American officials believe the latest Kremlin warning to the Warsaw government could be an attempt to set Pole against Pole. The State Department said yesterday's Kremlin message to theReuter - 243 words
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166 1981-09-20 3 MOSCOW, Sat. Bad management and incompetence have caused hundreds of thousands of tonnes of sugar beet to ile unharvested m a main Soviet farming region, a Soviet newspaper said yesterday. The daily Sovietskaya 1 Rossiya also said output of cereals, sugar beet,Reuter - 166 words
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Article82 1981-09-20 3 THAI security forces killed two communist guerillas on Friday and recovered the bodies of three others killed earlier in the week near the ThaiMalaysian border, security sources in Betong, south Thailand, said yesterday. The two guerillas, members of the outlawed Communist Party of Malaya (CPM), wereReuter - 82 words
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Article59 1981-09-20 3 AT THE stroke of midnight tonight the Englishspeaking enclave of Belize becomes independent from Britain bringing an end to four centuries of British colonial rifle in Central America. Tiny Belize, known as the Cinderella of the Caribbean, will take its place as the 156th member of the UnitedAFP - 59 words
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Article60 1981-09-20 3 PHILIPPINE education authorities yesterday ordered a crackdown on rebel students spearheading a campaign against the authoritarian rule of President Ferdinand Marcos. The Education Ministry ordered the expulsion of students behind a school boycott campaign and warned schools of their "grave responsibilities" for maintaining order, in the wakeUPI - 60 words
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Article52 1981-09-20 3 THE SOVIET Union acknowledged today that South Africa had captured one of its soldiers in the latest South African incursion into Angola and publicly demanded his return. An unsigned statement from the official Tass New Agency confirmed for the time that a "military specialist" was in South AfricanReuter - 52 words
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Advertisement293 1981-09-20 2 y^V^ flSt&fl Chinese &y Hcmd-Knotted Carpet Exhibition r SPONSOREDBY GNEE HONG CO.PTE LTD.and GEESIN CO.PTE LTD. Art*eWtoo*rT«t»»!ry 4t v" f^ ua "^^uwi aw fJmtufiMMUt£MM>fe^^^^Lj^B ■K^JI^B^B^BK <jtf"^t TJTr «^E^^^__ Chinese Carpet is one of the traditional handicrafts of Ch' na ar} d ifs history can be traced back thousands of years293 words
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202 1981-09-20 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday SEVERAL Malaysian commodity brokerage firms are being audited regarding dealings on commodity exchanges m Japan, the United States, and Hongkong, the New Straits Times reported today. The Commodity Trading T Council has received 19 complaints involving losses ranging fromAP - 202 words
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Article55 1981-09-20 5 MANILA, Sat. Malaysian authorities have arrested four Filipinos who allegedly hijacked a Philippine trading ship m the Sulu Sea on Aug 31 and killed 10 people aboard, the Defence Ministry said yesterday. The four were captured by a sea patrol m Sabah on Sept 13 andUPI - 55 words
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Article38 1981-09-20 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat. Iran And Iraq should find an Amicable solution to their conflict and end the heavy loss of lives and resources, Speaker of Malaysia's Dewan Rakyat (Parliament) Tan Sri Nasir Ismail said. NST.NST - 38 words
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Article, Illustration486 1981-09-20 5 A FIRM STAND AT MCA MEETING KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday PRIME Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Moha mad said today he will not give in to "excessive demands by the National Front's component parties or any community in Malaysia. Dr Mahathir,Reuter; NST - 486 words
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Article, Illustration213 1981-09-20 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. The government is seriously considering buying tlfe Vought A-7D Corsair tactical Jet fighters instead of the McDonnell Douglas A-4 Skyhawks for its air force. It is learnt that the government has instructed the Royal Malaysian Air Force not to clinch the213 words
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Article60 1981-09-20 5 DATUE Sen Dr Mahathir Mohamad yesterday confirmed that Pabang Mentri Besar Haji Abdul Rahim Abu Bakar will be a member of the Malaysian delegation to the United Nations. The Prime Minister would not comment on whether it is part of a plan to phase out HajiNST - 60 words
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Article57 1981-09-20 5 THE authorities have rejected a request by Malayan United Industries (MUI) and its subsidiary, Central Sugars Ltd, to buy some HKJB64 million ($3lO million) worth of property m Hong Kong, MUI officials said yesterday. The government's Capital Investments Committee (CIC) said the proposed acquisitionsReuter - 57 words
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118 1981-09-20 5 Mustapha: Usno not involved in crisis KOTA KINABALU, Sat. Usno president Tun Datu Mustapha has denied the allegation by Sabah 's Chief Minister Datuk Harris Salleh that his party was involved m the plot to topple the Berjaya government. Usno was never involved m the crisis occuring m Berjaya, he118 words
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Article264 1981-09-20 5 Fraser says sorry to Magathir Kaala Lampar, Sat. i tastrallaa Prime Minister Maleelm l p raaer has seat a pertaaal letter to Malayilan Prime Minister Data* Serl Mahathir Mohamad regretting a ■adlo hesadeast which •Idlealed him, the MaJayataa Farelga Ministry said today. Mr Fraser described be hrsadcast aa a Srlsbaae264 words
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264 1981-09-20 5 MALACCA, tei. A Slaicaparraa, Y«ag Km« Hta, M, mi mtwieti to teata by the High Cwvt hen ye«ter4m v l«r the ■■rJer af a ■Mail five years A mvtm Juy retirard a ■■aalnnn Lw Chla BMk la Air KM* hen. V«ag had heea eharg(4264 words
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Article, Illustration157 1981-09-20 6 Chua had no right to speak for GSIC: Dr Goh THE First Deputy Prim* Minister Dr Goh Kent Swee yesterday issued a sharp one-sen-tence statement saying Ms special assistant had exceeded his authority. Dr Goh. a director of the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation and chairman of the MAS, said:157 words
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195 1981-09-20 6 Aimost all taxi drivers can speak Mandarin ALMOST all 97 per cent of the 22.474 Chinese uud drivers in Singapore can speak Mandarin This is revealed in a survey held by the Registrar of Vehicles among Chinese drivers from last October. Licences The Senior Assistant Registrar of ROV, Mr Seek195 words
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Article105 1981-09-20 6 SUSIE'S BIG SURPRISE FOR THE ZOO SUSIE, the female hippo at tke Singapore Zoological Gardeas, wh lolling In her pool as usual yesterday morn- She then leaned to oae aide and up popped a little head from {he water. Junior ioo keeper Nlckrama Stngam, 23, wh* was at the poolside,105 words
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Article, Illustration424 1981-09-20 6 BEN DAVIDSON - BEN DAVIDSON By friendly' Spiderman WEST COAST'S not-so-friendly neighbourhood "Spiderman", who burgled 16 highrise flats by imitating the wall-scaling techniques of the comic book hero, was Jailed for three years by a district judge yesterday. The court heard how Goh Thiam424 words
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388 1981-09-20 6 IRENE NGOO - IRENE NGOO, By Housing Correspondent MIDDLE-INCOME earners are staying away from Housing Board flats despite an HDB move to raise the monthly income ceiling from $2,500 to $3,500 last month. Available HDB figures show that less than one in 10 new applicants comes388 words
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Article67 1981-09-20 6 THE Public Utilities Board will disconnect its telephone exchange No. *****11 and replace it by its main telephone exchange No. *****88 from next Monday. Members of thepubUc are asked to phone *****88 to reach the following departments or divisions electricity, water and gas departments, customer supply67 words
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160 1981-09-20 6 Police recruiters to go all-out in schools POLICE will begin their biggest ever recruitment drive in Singapore schools from tomorrow. A team of seven senior police officers will give talks at 15 selected secondary schools until Oct 23. Police hope to recruit some 300 constables during their month-long recruitment drive.160 words
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Article24 1981-09-20 6 THE Institute of Internal Auditors will hold a one-day conference OB omputer security. controls and audit at Hilton Hotel on Oct 1224 words
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314 1981-09-20 6 Mother fails to find long-lost son in Bombay WHILE other tourist* enjoyed themselves In right seeing and shopping, a Singapore housewife combed the streets of Bombay (or flve days, paring Into the face* of beggars. Madam R»blar Abdullah, M, waa on a mission U find her Ma who haa bee*314 words
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244 1981-09-20 8 MINISTER for Health and Second Defence Minister Goh Chok Tong yesterday confirmed that the Housing and Development Board did not let out its premises to the People's Action Party they are only let out to Members of Parliament in their individual capacity. Mr244 words
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Article, Illustration551 1981-09-20 8 CHUALEONG KIAN - CHUA LEONG KI AN By LONG LOST TABLET TO THROW LIGHT ON HISTORY? A LONG-HIDDEN tablet recently recovered fromthe dusty storeroom of a temple here may revive controversy over what Singapore was like when Sir Stamford Raffles stepped ashore in 1819. Was Singapore a551 words
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185 1981-09-20 8 ONE HUNDRED civil servants in Division Three and Four have been rewarded with a paid holiday in Malaysia for their good work. They have till the end of the year to accept the offer, made under a scheme which the Finance Ministry started in185 words
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Article48 1981-09-20 8 STALL-KEEPER Lim Ah Ngau, 27, a Malaysian, was fined $800 yesterday for having 126 obscene books at Desker Road on Aug 21. The books, seized by a party of Anti-Vice Enforcement Unit officers, were found In four locked drawers of a locker Lim pleaded guilty.48 words
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77 1981-09-20 8 Income forum on estate duty and taxes A FORUM on Estate Duty and Income Tax has been organised by the National Trades Union Congress Income Summit Club (or next Saturday at 3 p.m. at the National Stadium theatrette. The guest speaker will be Mr Sat Pal Khattar, the director of77 words
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355 1981-09-20 9 THE Singapore Maritime Officers' Union has called (or consultative committees to be formed on board ships after investigating the case of the "idiosyncratic" captain This move follows a "serious dispute" onboard a ship in Europe recently, where one of the officers355 words
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248 1981-09-20 9 ANG Mo kit) aew tewa baa been picked f»r the rlrralt to br balll Ur Irmrnrr driver* to undergo safe drivinic r*«rar. It will be cMMtrartMl m a J.I becUr* sit* la N>lRhb*arb**4 Six ImdwtrUl Park Tkrrr. tid will farm part tbe248 words
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208 1981-09-20 9 THE General Electric Group has forked out $88,000 to workers whose bright ideas have helped lower costs, raise productivity and quality. The sum has been paid out through an employee suggestion scheme introduced two-and-a-half years ago in five of its seven subsidiaries in208 words
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186 1981-09-20 9 Vocational stint helps upgrade skills' THE objective of Singapore's education policy is to provide those who do not succeed in academic education with vocational training, Dr Ahmad Mattar, the Acting Minister for Social Affairs said. He said although the present number of students who enter university is 10 per cent186 words
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Article, Illustration671 1981-09-20 11 JANIE KHOO - JANIE KHOO By Aviation Reporter This high-flyer soars upside down 6 I'm no super pilot. Ninety-five per cent of my Jab Is to test aircraft, write reports, talk to engineers and so on. Stunt flying Is Just one aspect. I like671 words
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478 1981-09-20 12 SYLVIA TOH - High Tea at the 'Y' with The Royal Twosome SYLVIA TOH By |M»WN la U»r kMrmrnl Prlarr < aarlm and |jui\ IMaaa waited to rrcaln thrir vrim. MamraU brf arr, tkr Prnna ta-Caarnc had •topped ap la frwit af tkr arroea to make a ■■MUtlia "Ladlra, wmSi y*a all Ilkr478 words
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Article, Illustration939 1981-09-20 12 OUEK PECK LIM - OUEK PECK LIM LIEN YING CHOW'S STORY OPENS UP A VISTA OF SINGAPORE AS IT WAS By 6 Give Mr Lien an occasion and he will open up a long forgotten vista of Singapore as it was, a land of939 words
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461 1981-09-20 12 Bull's eye Time to sit, stare and calculate THF crisis of confidence in the market appears to have subsided New share offers like IaeUa's are now finding their way to the market and even moribund ones lUre Hytex are seeking funds ftftPT a recent relisting. It is a healthy sign461 words
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Article, Illustration527 1981-09-20 13 A vital question of dedication and experience ENGAGING a private tutor for one's child is no problem. There are so many people, ranging from housewives to qualified teachers, who are only too eager to give up their leisure hours to earn some extra money. But this is where the danger527 words
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1311 1981-09-20 13 A very lucrative business spurred by lure of the paper chase r— When looking £or that— extra bit o£ help PARENTS we often baffled when TAKE note of the tutor's ability choosing a tutor for their child. to communicate. Beware of those Many will cheek the classified who give up1,311 words
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535 1981-09-20 13 Getting a Job as tutor is as easy as picking up the phone IF YOU have at least "O" Level Qualifications and would like to tutor, you will probably not have much trouble getting a job at one of the many tuition centres. All it takes is a telephone call535 words
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509 1981-09-20 14 The Sunday Times SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1981 DOCTORING A NEED IT might seem like a truism to say that the ever increasing cost of health care is a part of life It does not necessarily follow that we should not do something about it and surrender ourselves completely to suffering509 words
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123 1981-09-20 14 LONDON, Sept.17. A new altitude record for aeroplanes has been established over the Severn valley by Captain Cyril Uwins, a well-known airman who, during the War, was a pilot in the Royal Air Force. Flying a 550 h. p. Pegasus Bristol machine, he reachedReuter - 123 words
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124 1981-09-20 14 IPOH, Sept. 17. His reason for wanting to die was his inability to obtain work was the substance of a letter found by the police on a young Chinese boy, who appeared at the magistrate's court at Sungei Siput on a charge124 words
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Article57 1981-09-20 14 SECRETARIES of badminton parties who are desirous of friendly matches with the Wah Chong Badminton Party, are requested to write to either the president, Mr. Tan Chong Beng, c/o Chop Tan Hup Hong, No. 230, Teluk Ayer Street.or to the captain, Mr. Tay Kheng Ann, c/o Straits Steamship57 words
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Article, Illustration886 1981-09-20 14 QUEK PECK LIM - Building a service we could all afford QUEK PECK LIM By There have been proposals to share the burden of health care between the government and employers. Official encouragement has been given to build a private health care and medical industry. The Sunday Times questions what is a raging debate886 words
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Article, Illustration667 1981-09-20 14 RAVINDRAN VELOO - RAVINDRAN VELOO By MY optical enthusiasm for a pretty curve comes under review this week. There I was walking to one of the innumerable bus-stands along the limitless stretch of Ang Mo Kio Avenue 3 when mine eyes picked out this667 words
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Article934 1981-09-20 14 DEMAND for private health care is now so high that in places it is manifesting a symptom usually associated with the ailing NHS (National Health Service) queues for a hospital bed. At the same time, according to the health minister, Dr Gerard Vaughan, the waiting934 words
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511 1981-09-20 15 Singapore Is a Oat, open island with no exhaust-tapping valleys nor the associated smog problem of Los Angeles. We do not need to ape the Americans or the Japanese who have Imposed standards to salt their own enviromental conditions (In addition to the511 words
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401 1981-09-20 15 Blind support, without doubt and question LAST weekend, The Sunday Times aired the views of two readers on press coverage of the Scully suicide. That issue stirred more of you to write in to express your views on what a newspaper's role is in the reporting and dissemination of news401 words
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294 1981-09-20 15 Little concern towards those who were cheated I FOR one feel that the press should report whatever they may have uncovered during their investigations. Readers have a right to know what is happening around them. It would appear to seem that Nalla Tan is very concerned about the families of294 words
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108 1981-09-20 15 Does not explain paper's obsession THE reply given by The Sunday Times that sensationalism is not the object of the paper, is pure bunkum, and does not explain the newspaper's obsession with the Scully case. How else does one explain the paper's action m withholding the story of the family108 words
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Article142 1981-09-20 15 IN the traditional Chinese thinking, a wife of high morals will certainly (or is expected to) try to persuade or influence tier husband to turn away from wrong doings, and, if this fails, then she will not identify herself with her husband's wrong142 words
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Article, Illustration1124 1981-09-20 16 LIM PHAY- LING - LIM PHAY-LING By COME October 1. and all drivers and front ■eat pa— ng»ni will have to belt up or face a $50 fine. You are, after all. responsible for yourself ana $50 is a small price to pay for your life But what about1,124 words
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Article43 1981-09-20 16 6 EVEN rear seatbelts are dangerous because they only hold the child across the lap. In an accident, the child can jackknlfe forward, resulting la severe head and abdominal In- juries. 7 Mr Milton Tan, president of the Automobile Association of Singapore.43 words
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Article235 1981-09-20 16 LAST year, 13 car passengers were killed and 70 seriously injured on Singapore roads. Two of the fatalities were children under 14 years and another two teenagers between 15 and 19. "Why wait for the death toll to rise before things fet done?" said a Traffic 'olice235 words
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Article, Illustration334 1981-09-20 16 CALJFORNIANS have been called the most mobile and leisureoriented people In the world. Now, they can combine the two right to the very end. A San Jose funeral parlour is offering trips to your final resting place In the storage area of a II m Recreation Vehicle334 words
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Article686 1981-09-20 17 MOONLIGHTING millionaire* are causing tome red faces behind the Iron Curtain. The authorities, who some say have been closing one ear to the loud chinks of gold coins for a long time, are finally cracking down on the walking mints. But life was never exactly a bed686 words
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Article, Illustration670 1981-09-20 17 Love comes before all else for a successful marriage EZZ^H A REPORT recently carried in New Smthm came oat with what a panel ef five felt are the five (rat ef tea gives) meat Important Ingredients In a marriage. Tkey were inanlmsns abeat the Mowing: CammaalcaUaa, lave, ■ex, realtetle expeetatteas670 words
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Article, Illustration513 1981-09-20 17 Varille and Picket give idea of fine play at under- 15s International Open CLARISSA Lim represented Singapore in the 1st World Girls Underlte hosted by England last month. She was accompainied by her father as manager. Thirty-two competitors represented 20 countries. The winner was Zsuzsa of Hungary who scored 6513 words
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