The Straits Times Annual, 1 January 1979
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Advertisement97 1979-01-01 4/5 Asia is discovering that the old ways should not always be thrown out, only modified to meet present needs. After all, what good is 5000 years of civilisation if you don’t apply its wisdom? Similarly in banking, OCBC remembers. The hard times, our humble beginnings, and the people who helped97 words
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Advertisement280 1979-01-01 18/19 look what Jacks are into J 4 6 If jy.ia *£23 u E 5 t;:ss ciai» Jp m tn mm m KJK^<CI DN 9 F Building materials we supply practically all that it takes to con struct and fit out any building specialised materials for walls and ceilings; tiles for280 words
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Advertisement108 1979-01-01 18/19 THE STRAITS TIMES ANNUAL 1979 MC (P) 4/9/78 Contents Feel Of Our Fisherfolk 20 All Schools Keenly On Pitch 32 Refuge For A Living Fossil 42 Exhibits Alive 50 True Blue Confidence 66 Through A Stained Glass Window, Darkly 76 Racers Of Yore 82 Potted Singaporean Philately 94 Barter Traders108 words
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Article, Illustration13 1979-01-01 20/21 in the afternoon, mending their nets with the infinite patience only fishermen know13 words
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Article, Illustration4960 1979-01-01 22/23 I.M. Chiang - by I.M. Chiang AT THE END of Koh Sek Lin Road, a quaint, narrow artery winding from Upper Changi Road towards the sea, a hardy sixty-two-year-old fisherman plies the only trade he knows. Lured to the sea after the war, Teo York Heng has never leftPictures by Author, Ali Yusof and Too Yeng Long - 4,960 words
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Advertisement159 1979-01-01 30/31 We are a 20th century company and for the last seventy-nine years we ve proven it! Seventy nine years ago, in the first year of the twentieth century, Hagemeyer started trading. So we can truly claim to be a twentieth century company we haven't missed a year. But we belong159 words
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Article, Illustration15 1979-01-01 32/33 practise music under a tree because the school has no hall but who minds that!15 words
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Article, Illustration2728 1979-01-01 34/35 Violet Oon - by Violet Oon THEY ARE MAKING MUSIC in the schools with voices, hands, feet, string and percussion instruments, woodwinds, pianicas, harmonicas, even bell lyres, Indonesian angklungs and xylophones. Anything goes as long as it can make some noise but the result is not necessarily aPictures by Tex: Yeng Long - 2,728 words
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Article, Illustration14 1979-01-01 42/43 a good chance for the Sumatran rhino, if the Endau-Rompin Park is properly kept...14 words
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Article, Illustration4103 1979-01-01 44/45 Ng Poh Tip - by Ng Poh Tip ON THE BRINK of extinction is the Sumatran rhinoceros. And if Malaysians did not know that in their forests lives “the last representative of perhaps the most ancient extant genus of mammals, dating back thirty million years to the middle OligoceneIllustrations by Johan Design - 4,103 words
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Article, Illustration13 1979-01-01 50 science centre, not museum, no hands-off, so touch exhibits, push buttons, turn cranks13 words
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Article, Illustration2747 1979-01-01 51/52 Choy Khai Meng - by Choy Khai Meng, Student MY FIRST VIEW of the ultra-modern architecture of the new Singapore Science Centre in Jurong caused visions of the future to fleet through the mind. The spaceship-shaped ticket kiosk served to confirm my earlier impressions. Once into the lobby, I found it hardItalicised inserts by Lena Bandara; Pictures by Ali Yusoff - 2,747 words
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Advertisement71 1979-01-01 55 It took experience that spanned two centuries foresight that gauged accurately the needs of the future in-depth knowledge and total commitment to make Behn Meyer one gf the largest, most trusted business houses in the region and to keep its reputation of a progressive,dynamic and reliable company i Chemicals Agro71 words
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Advertisement106 1979-01-01 62/63 Size is no measure of miDortance fMnto I' b m 4 n At UMBC, everybody matters The young depositor with his savings or the company executive with his current account. The small businessman in need of a loan or the consortium requiring major financing. We give equal attention to all.106 words
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Advertisement88 1979-01-01 64/65 The link behind the power strong and vital link in the demands f industrial progress, Kilat contactors )rm the final link in the chain of owerand progress. lade by BM Electrical in Malaysia, nder licence from AEG, Kilat ontactors provide renowned German Jliability, technical know-how with o delays. acked by88 words
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Advertisement310 1979-01-01 66/67 A fair maiden of Sarawak coaxes beautiful strains from a traditional musical instrument called “Sapek” which is quite similar to the guitar. u their In the open country of Kota Belud, Sabah’s Bajau horsemen demonstrate i, as they thunder across field and stream with spellbinding fervour. Gentle maidens tarry in310 words
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Article, Illustration13 1979-01-01 68 climb windows to get fingerprints? So I wear trousers, says W/Detective Mary Png13 words
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Article, Illustration2746 1979-01-01 69 John Koh - by John Koh IN BLUE AND WHITE, without the screaming egotism of feminism, women in the Singapore Police Force have taken the opportunities and made the policewoman’s role an increasingly significant one. The principle from which these opportunities come is simple and clear: that jobs are segregatedPictures by Too Yeng Long - 2,746 words
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Article, Illustration191 1979-01-01 76/77 Rebecca Chua - Lines by Rebecca Chua Through a stained glass window, darkly, Unreflecting sunlight filters Cumulus as a mushroom cloudburst of dust. Shadows mesh dark, secret thoughts. Tinted panes sharp with burgundy anguish Of war-begotten tragedies, blood-stained silences, Echoes of passive betrayals, passionate denials, Sins forgotten,Pictures by Philip Lim - 191 words
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Article, Illustration15 1979-01-01 82/83 the superior speed of the local sampans, over that of European boats, was fairly evinced15 words
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Article, Illustration3545 1979-01-01 84/85 Virginia A. Streeter - by Virginia A. Streeter DRAGON BOAT RACING is not new to Singapore. As far back as the *****, similar rowing races had been a part of the New Year’s Day sea sports. These were held in the stretch of sea in front of Clifford Pier (then knownPictures by courtesy of Maritime Museum - 3,545 words
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Advertisement143 1979-01-01 92/93 STAHE YOUR FUTURE H eOLDHILL TERRITORY AND YOU'LL BE SERVED BY A TEAM OF CONSCIENTIOUS PEOPLE Goldhill looks towards tomorrow. We belong to a new generation of land developers that can certainly be put into a class by ourselves. Probing into the nation's past, concentrating on the present and constantly143 words
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Article, Illustration14 1979-01-01 94/95 searchlight in the background, helmet, boots and red circle in the foreground: so subtle14 words
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Article, Illustration4033 1979-01-01 96/97 Koh Seow Chuan; Tay Peng Hian - by Koh Seow Chuan and Tay Peng Hian OVER THE PAST ten years, Singapore has undergone an exciting period in the issue and design of stamps. Between 1948 and 1968, only thirty-four special stamps were issued. There have been more than three times that number of issuesPhotography by Ali Yusof - 4,033 words
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Article, Illustration15 1979-01-01 104 who are these traders? what do they bring? what do they carry back in return?...15 words
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Article, Illustration1955 1979-01-01 105/106 Abdul Rahman Adnan - by Abdul Rahman Adnan MALACCA PORT is not as busy as it was in the fifteenth century, when it had the reputation of being the largest entrepot in the world. Commerce has shifted to the city centre, one and a half kilometres or so inland. WherePictures by Faisal Shafie - 1,955 words
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Article, Illustration14 1979-01-01 110/111 but minor defacements fail to hide the essential beauty of very old Chinese temples...14 words
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Article, Illustration2868 1979-01-01 112/113 Betty L. Khoo - by Betty L. Khoo BEHIND THE STEEL and concrete tower blocks in Raffles Place, sandwiched between the seedy but still charming shophouses in Telok Ayer Street, is the grand old daddy of Hokkien temples, the 138-year-old Thian Hok Keng. A little further along the same street,Pictures by Vince Khoo - 2,868 words
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Article, Illustration13 1979-01-01 118/119 going modern is to debase; no, rather than modernise, let this art perish13 words
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Article, Illustration3062 1979-01-01 120/121 Koh Yan Roh - by Koh Yan Roh PUPPETRY, as can be seen in the Muppets's popularity, is enjoying a twentieth century revival in the West, but it is fast drawing its last breath in the East. In Singapore itself, after more than a century of existence, puppets rarelyPictures by Too Yeng Long - 3,062 words
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Article, Illustration12 1979-01-01 126/127 the past, given with romance and honesty—it wasn’t entirely ducks and stengahs12 words
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Article, Illustration2427 1979-01-01 128/129 Dr. Ban Kah Choon - by Dr. Ban Kah Choon THE SPECIAL WARMTH we feel in renewing old friendships is not often acknowledged. Sheer sentimentality, sneer the cynical. But nostalgia need not be something always to fight shy of. We take care not to wallow in sentimentality, of course, but steadfastly to2,427 words
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Article, Illustration1945 1979-01-01 132/133 M. Shigetsu - by M. Shigetsu FIRST ISSUES, contrary to what we may expect, rarely evoke any nostalgia. If anything, they provoke criticism of the most severe kind. The first Straits Times Annual was published in December 1905. A review of it, fortynine issues later, will have to1,945 words
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Advertisement160 1979-01-01 138/139 The Esso sign means petroleum products for Malaysia I' 1 Esso’s name has long been synonymous with the oil industry in Malaysia. As early as 1893, when we started marketing petroleum products in this country, we were bringing the benefits of modem technology to a country rich in its own160 words
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Article, Illustration169 1979-01-01 140/141 In his acrylic works, one colour dominates —usually blue, green, pink —broken by a few spots of another colour. “I use more sombre colours,” says Wan, "browns and grey. With these, the details are hidden; the169 words
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Advertisement97 1979-01-01 140/141 Ik m A as >■ Wt St' Ml ft v v^n Taking A Long View To Safeguard Malaysia’s Oil Future Oil. A promise of prosperity and security for Malaysia. PETRONAS is committed to keep alive that promise. By striving for a balance between economic recovery and carefully phased resource extraction,97 words
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Advertisement88 1979-01-01 146/147 >- Frolicking in the sun. A pretty halte. dress, the top shirred to cling snugly till the hips. The voluminous, tier 'd skirt is a breeze of softly gathered cotton in bright red and white prints Model: Shigim Fabrics: FOLEX sbjSS t* m X K. pm E f-d if m88 words
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Advertisement253 1979-01-01 148/149 i 1 v> c v 'rx r PERNAS:Refle<ting a (hanging Malaysia. The “Wayang Kulit”, ancient Malay art of shadow play, retelling tales and legends of old. Pernas, Malaysia’s National Corporation, reflecting in its steady growth the new story of a fast developing nation. Malaysia is the country where your investment253 words
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Advertisement125 1979-01-01 150/151 THINK VOTRA More so than ever before a Printer has to think of Votra. Carefully looking after his interest, involves amongst other factors, dynamic salesmanship backed by a first-class reliable machine room that surely must include one or more of the No. 1 range of equipment from Votra. The range125 words
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Advertisement142 1979-01-01 150/151 Sungei Wang Plaza For All Kinds of Everything. iM ,2a A-. 5E-V Malaysia's biggest cinema-Sungei Wang-on the 2nd floor m i*. V if w The Sungei Wang Plaza in Kuala Lumpur is the largest shopping and entertainment paradise in South East Asia. Housing 550 shop lots, a large supermarket, departmental142 words
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Advertisement121 1979-01-01 152/153 THANKS are due the following advertisers without whose support this Straits Times Annual would have cost readers many times more: Amateur Photo Store Banca Commerciale Italiana Bank Bumiputra Behn Meyer Boustead Group Chartered Bank DBS Properties Emporium Holdings Esso Production Fiat Folex Industries Fraser and Neave Goldhill Developments Hagemeyer Harper121 words
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