The Straits Times Annual, 1 January 1978
1978-01-01
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Article, Illustration330 1978-01-01 8/9 EnterANew-Style Fisherman "in NgPohTip On Board The KL Kurau K Sugumaran Tales Of A Singapore QQ Entrepreneur Ray K Tyers Whispering Ghosts lisa Sharp Football Crazy-Infectious QT Socceritis OI YeoToonJoo Soc'cer’sThe Star Mansoor Rahman The Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde Q Q Of The Animal World OO Yong HoCover by Ayoub Ismail - 330 words
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Article, Illustration1863 1978-01-01 12/13 NG POH TIP - by NG POH TIP Abdul Rahman Muda tried to tell his uncle that for a bigger catch, he would have to get a better trawler net. “And why don’t you use a tickler chain,” he said, eager for a chance to put his newly acquired knowledgePhotos by K. Sugumaran - 1,863 words
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Article, Illustration1846 1978-01-01 16/17 K. SUGUMARAN - with K. SUGUMARAN MONDAY: I’m sitting at a snack bar along Beach Street in Penang, gulping down the beer in nervous excitement, armed with typewriter, camera and notebook, patting the left breast pocket every now and then to make sure that the packet of travel1,846 words
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Article, Illustration2343 1978-01-01 22/23 RAY TYERS - by RAY TYERS Tan Cheng Siang was 92 years young when the author got his first glimpse of this venerable, kindly Chinese gentleman in a courtly scene on Singapore wharf, minutes before the “Rajah Brooke” sailed for a 10-day cruise to Brunei. Cheng Siang was2,343 words
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Article605 1978-01-01 24/25 ELSA SHARP - by ELSA SHARP Tan Cheng Siang passed his last days in misty contemplation of his ancestral home, half-blind and his frail frame confined to a wheelchair. He was regularly wheeled to his ancestors’ altars and tablets, alive with garish lightbulbs, scattered through the airy, fan-cooled rooms of the605 words
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Article, Illustration1959 1978-01-01 32/33 YEO TOONJOO - by YEO TOONJOO In May 1977, one died and 44 were injured in a rampage over football tickets. And they were not even for a cup final. When the Singapore fans cheer, Singapore’s national eleven rises to unbelievable heights. When they jeer, all 65,000 of them at Singapore’sPhotos by Ali Yusoff and Tan Hong Kuan - 1,959 words
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Article, Illustration1871 1978-01-01 34/35 MANSOOR RAHMAN - by MANSOOR RAHMAN Malaysian soccer team manager Encik Bakar Daud literally had a pain in the neck only three days after the start of the pre-World Cup tournament in Singapore in March 1977. Massaging one side of his neck with his left hand and closing the hotel1,871 words
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Article, Illustration480 1978-01-01 38/39 YONG HOI SEN - by YONG HOI SEN The spider has been variously portrayed in folktales and nursery rhymes as heroine, temptress, villainess. symbol of sinister forebodings, the recipient of man's soul after death, in short the Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde of the animal world.Photos by Yong Hoi Sen - 480 words
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Article, Illustration1775 1978-01-01 44/45 ADIBAH AMIN - by ADIBAH AMIN Abdullah Munshi, a nineteenth century Malacca-born social chronicler and critic, wrote with a mixture of admiration and chagrin about Malay women of the East Coast of what is now Peninsular Malaysia. They did the work of men, said he, toiling atPhotos by Salleh Osman - 1,775 words
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Article, Illustration2416 1978-01-01 50/51 JOAN LOW - by. JOAN LOW STONE NEEDLES apparently used for acupuncture in the Stone Age are the tentative evidence for the ancient origins of this controversial science but some authorities think these needles may only have been used for lancing boils and abscesses, it is only fair to add.2,416 words
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Article, Illustration1568 1978-01-01 56/57 Acknowledgements to Charles Burton Buckley s "An Anecdotal History' of Singapore 1819-1867". University of Malaya Press 1965, Fraser and Neave edition. With thanks to Mr. Ray Tyers.from whose book Singapore Then and Now (2 volumes. University Education Press. Singapore. 1976) the caption text for this article hasCompiled by ILSA SHARP from a collection of postcards belonging to Mr. Robert Jeremiah, Kuala Lumpur. - 1,568 words
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Advertisement90 1978-01-01 64/65 The link behind the power A strong and vital link in the demands of industrial progress, Kllat contactors form the final link in the chain of power and progress. Made by BM Electrical in Malaysia, under licence from AEG, Kilat contactors provide renowned German reliability, technical know-how with no delays.90 words
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Article, Illustration2547 1978-01-01 66/67 LLOYD FERNANDO - by LLOYD FERNANDO Early in 1858 on the island of Temate in the Moluccas group, a man lay ill with a high fever. He was Alfred Russel Wallace who had spent over 10 years in the forests of the Amazon and the2,547 words
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Article, Illustration2173 1978-01-01 72/73 CHUA HI CK CHENG - by CHUA HI CK CHENG The oyster divers row out, one man to a boat. There is a weak sun this morning but not a jellyfish in sight. Encounters with jellyfish are quite loathsome, sometimes frightful. These men wear no aids: protection is aPhotos by Koh Ngian Chia and Faisal Shafie - 2,173 words
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Article, Illustration1872 1978-01-01 76/77 TOM EAMES HUGHES - by TOM EAMES HUGHES “CHEAP MEALS FOR WORKERS” that was our brief in the middle of June 1946. The colonial Government of Singapore, which had taken over from the British Military Administration in April, gave the brand-new Department of Social Welfare a float1,872 words
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Article, Illustration153 1978-01-01 82/83 l AT - l AT? In March 1977 Berita Publishing came out with Lots of Lat containing a selection of Laf s cartoons in the New Straits Times. It was an instant hit. The first printing of 30,000 copies was sold within three days of publication. The second printing153 words
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Article, Illustration1969 1978-01-01 84/85 My dear Friend, When you scoff at folk cures in Malaysia because these go against your concepts of medicine in the “western heritage” then you are decrying the traditional wisdom from which your own school of medicine also sprang. I am therefore writing to give you some glimmeringsPhotos by Salleh Osman - 1,969 words
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Article, Illustration2337 1978-01-01 90/91 KHOO KAY KIM - by KHOO KAY KIM Malaysia is well known for its tin; the most important tin-mining belt is located on the west coast of the Peninsula. Here, alluvial mining is the rule. Lode mining is found only in Pahang the mines in Sungai LembingPhotos by Salleh Osman - 2,337 words
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Article, Illustration1041 1978-01-01 98/99 MARIE DAVIES; VIOLET OON - HERE TODAY, GONE TOMORROW by MARIE DAVIES VIOLET OON THE STRAITS TIMES PRESS in Singapore has commissioned two local artists to record in their own individual style the crafts and trades already rarely seen in fastmodernising Singapore, to capture them for posterity before they are no more the paintings have1,041 words
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Article, Illustration1799 1978-01-01 106/107 MAK JOON NAM - by MAK JOON NAM THE ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED WITH THE OBJECT OF PREPARING YOUNG MALAYSIANS TO TAKE THEIR PLACES AS OFFICERS IN THE ARMED FORCES OF THE FEDERATION, IN THE HIGHER DIVISIONS OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE OF THE FEDERATION AND AS LEADERS INPhotos by Tan Hong Kuan - 1,799 words
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Article, Illustration1520 1978-01-01 108/109 NG AI SHA - by NG AI SHA Singapore’s Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, once remarked that Singapore might be a shrimp but it would be a poisonous shrimp he was referring to Singapore’s defence capability. Increasingly, since the British announced their mid-1970s troop pullout in 1967, Singapore has realised itPhotos by Ali Yusof - 1,520 words
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Article, Illustration1939 1978-01-01 116/117 MILLICENT DANKER - by MILLICENT DANKER Twice a year, a desolate bungalow in the seaside resort of Port Dickson comes alive. Wooden shutters swing open, cars pile up the driveway, and playful children tumble on its normally-deserted green. All astir is the great old house as if pleased toPhotos by Salleh Osman - 1,939 words
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Article, Illustration3032 1978-01-01 120/121 ROBERT C.D. OLIVIER - BY AIR TO AKYAB FOR TEA AND CAKES by ROBERT C.D. OLIVIER << alaysian 362 this is Nine Mike («»■/»> Alpha Uniform India. Over". “Malaysian 362 this is Nine Mike Alpha Uniform India. Over”. Uniform India this is Malaysian 362. Go ahead. Over”. The Captain of the Malaysian jet didn’tPhotos by Robert C.D. Olivier and Pat Baskett - 3,032 words
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Advertisement82 1978-01-01 122/123 If there is a single outstanding feature of the Gemini... it must be the handling Without a doubt, the Gemini handling is the best in its price class. Ajto International. June 15—July 15,1977 The new Opel Gemini: an open invitation to people who enjoy their cars. mmm move on up82 words
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Advertisement291 1978-01-01 126/127 m vry as c* o as > '•'O V r*= :4t. Ornamental jewel boxes of brass. Just one example of the exciting assortment of souvenirs and gifts you can take home from your Malaysian vacation. r-: V-y 2» Ve never run out of beautiful, uncrowded beaches even jn Sundays! For291 words
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Article, Illustration2246 1978-01-01 128/129 CHANDRAN JESHURUN - Most people in Malaysia have, at one time or another, heard of the batu hidup, meaning “living stone”. A few may actually have seen one, especially when motoring along country roads, notably in Negri Sembilan and by CHANDRAN JESHURUN Malacca and on the Kota Kinabalu-Papar road in Sabah.Photos by courtesy of Sabah Museum & Malaysian Historical Society - 2,246 words
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Advertisement241 1978-01-01 132/133 One bad apple spoils the barrel w, 1 r D its the same with your (an No matter how good your product is. once it leaves the cannery it’s only as good as the can it’s packed in. So you really can’t afford low quality cans. Because if just a241 words
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Article, Illustration282 1978-01-01 134/135 It is easy to pass over photos like these as just another pretty pastoral idyll. But fanning in Indonesia is a life and death matter on the heavily populated island of Java, for instance, it takes up over 60 per cent of the available landPhotos by Apa Productions, Singapore - 282 words
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Article, Illustration1698 1978-01-01 136/137 JOHN LOFTUS - by JOHN LOFTUS Some Thai theatrical masks are hideous; some are elegant, but all are works of art. While the complete significance of the masks escapes all but serious students of the Thai theatre, every schoolboy knows the masks represent the “goodies and baddies” in the1,698 words
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Article, Illustration1875 1978-01-01 140/141 JULIE Y. DAZA - by JULIE Y.DAZA No one knows when the garments industry was born in Manila, or if it has been born But everybody knows that the fashion show phenomenon came with the first modern international-chain hotel nine years ago. Since then, the fashion show has1,875 words
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Advertisement483 1978-01-01 148 A duty-free Rolex is one of the best buys you can make in Singapore it K Rolex invite you to see their extensive collection at the new Rolex Centre, Ground Floor, Orchard Towers, Orchard Road. There is no duty or tax on watches in Singapore, so you can buy a483 words
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