The Straits Times, 7 January 1978

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    14 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 SATURDAY, JANUARY 7, 1978 25 CENTS M.C.(P) No. 214/1/78
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  • YOUR WEEKEND READING
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        WITTY GANGSTERS THAT EVEN THE MAFIA FEAR
        137 1 rEV are witty, cultured, charismatic and wield a brutal power that Is unprecedented In the international underworld. They are the gangsters that even the Mafla fear. They are the members of the Chinese secret societies. These triads, with the capital of their empire
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        WORLD CUP MEN TO WATCH
        158 1 STARTING in the SUNDAY TIMES tomorrow WORLD CUP MEN TO WATCH. This series is a "must" for soccer fans as it tells you who are the stars that will shine In Argentina from June 1 to 25 when 16 nations battle it out in the
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        Deadly connection
        72 1 IN THE column that h Just for YOU. expert NAIX.A TAN writes about the big mlx-up In people's minds wnen it comes to the relationship Let ween smoking and cancer. She says that it is remarkab'e that so few know the full facts and so many krow the
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        Asean Special...
        46 1 OUR partners in Asean what sort of a year it was for Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines in 1977 and what will be the main problems these four nations will face In the new year. A special report in the SUNDAY TIMES tomorrow.
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        STORY OF LAT: CAPTURING MALAYSIAN LIFE
        155 1 MOHAMED Noor Khalld is as popular as Mokhtar Dahari or Marina Chin In Malaysia today. Better known to the public as Lat, he is a cartoonist whose sketches capture the foibles of Malaysian life. His work appears regularly in Malay and English language newspapers
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        Teaching English without tears
        75 1 LAST month the Prime Minister spoke to the University of Singapore Political Association expressing bis concern about the difficulty that Mm* dialect-speaking primary school children are having with the English language. Columnist Chang Kai Ming gives his views on the matter and says that English can
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        Improving the i/c
        73 1 TVHE national Identity card we carry U useful in certain aspects, says this week's If You Ask Me writer. But there are other things on the card which should not be on it. Like the thumb print for example. He says the print may be relevant' even
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        Sports highlights
        46 1 SPORTS highlights in the Sunday Nation laelude: Why Ernie Shavers (-I'm the only real heavyweight puncher around today") ts too good far his own good. Singapore goalkeeper Edmund Wee has derided U put his career before soccer. Inside Track ILmmagazme" YOU rREE COPY OF
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    Lock icon HANOI: LET'S JOIN HANDS
    855 1 'New form of cooperation' call KUALA LUMPUR, Friday VIETNAMESE Vice-Foreign Minister Vo Dong Ciang in a let's-join-hands appeal aimed apparently at Asean, said today Vietnam is prepared to discuss with all its South-east Asian neighbours a new form of regional cooperation. Speaking to a press conference
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    Lock icon Brez reappears...
    105 1 CJOVIET President Leonid Brezhnew (right) Is seen here on his first public appearance in a month presenting the Order October Revolution to his apparent number two in the Communist Party, Mikhail Suslov in Moscow on Thursday. According to observers Mr. Brezhnev, sa.d to have recovered from a widespread
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    Dr Goh for Thailand
    52 1 THE Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister, Dr. Ooh Keng Swee, leaves for Thailand today for a threeday visit at the Invitation of the Thai prime Minister, O c n c r a 1 Kriangsak Chamanand. He will attend the Thai Armed Forces Day celebrations In
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    Lock icon Overvalued rupiah
    76 1 Overvalued rupiah JAKARTA, Prl. A Parliament financial expert has said that Indonesia's currency was overvalued by at least 50 per cent against the U8 dollar, a news agency reported tonight. Mr. Rachmat Muljomlaeno. chairman of the Parliamentary Commission for Trade and Finances, aald the present exchange rate looked abnormal became
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    Lock icon Opponent for Suharto
    137 1 JAKARTA, Fri. A FORMER MP today declared himself a candidate for the Indonesian presidential election here next March. Mr. Darius Marpaung, SO, who was also former general chairman of the Indonesian Trade Union Federation said in a s'atement he had decided to take part in the election
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    Kriangsak to visit Asean countries
    61 1 BANGKOK, Fri Thai Prime Minister General Kriangsak Chamanand will visit member countries of Asean at the end of this month. General Kriangsak told reporters here last night that the main purpose of his visit to Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Singapore was to strengthen relations
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    Lock icon Dong's troops head for Phnom Penh
    963 1 Dong's troops head for Phnom Penh BANGKOK. Fri yiETNAMESE forces were today reported within 56 km of the (Jain bodian capita 1, Phnom Penh, in a swift advance which diplomats believed could be aimed at forcing changes in the Cambodian Government. Diplomatic sources said the Vietnamese had reached the Mekong
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    Lock icon Hanoi troops routed: Radio
    46 1 BANGKOK. Fri. Cambodian forces have routed invading Vietnamese troops in a counter-offensive official Radio Phnom Penh said today. The broadcast said the offensive by Cambodian troops began yesterday and by today. "we wiped out and crushed the enemy." UPI. (SEE THIS PAGT)
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      227 1 PLOT TO SINK SHIP FOR INSURANCE Page 6 CLARIFY reports on settlements, Israel told 2 U.S.-JAPAN trade row to end soon 3 CARTER pledfce to defend West Europe 4 UNION leaders to urge firemen to end strike 5 NINE shops razed desDlte rain 7 A HEAVY blow for Slngapore-Saudl trade
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      Lock icon 'Clarify reports on settlements'
      379 2 WASHINGTON ASKS TEL AVIV: WASHINGTON. Fri. The jUnited States yesterday asked Israel to clarify reports that it was expanding settlements In occupied Arab lands, which in the US view violates international law. State Department spokesman Tom Reston said the US embassy in Tel Aviv had been
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      Macabre 'fishing' for bodies
      66 2 Macabre 'fishing' for bodies A MACABRE scene out of the dark depths of the Indian Ocean as a naval diver recovers two dead victims of the Air-India jumbo let that crashed on New Year's Day. Meanwhile, naval searchers yesterday recovered the jumbo's flirht recorder which may explain the cause of
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      Lock icon Adviser resigns
      60 2 TEL AVIV, Fri. Prime Minister Menachem Begins information adviser and confidant, Mr. Shmuel Kati, resigned yesterday because of differences with the Cabinet over recent Israeli peace proposals, Israel radio said. Mr. Kati has been noted for his hardline views on the Middle East conflict, opposing concessions offered by
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      Lock icon Three-step Sinai pull-out accord
      243 2 TkTEW YORK, Fri. Egypt and Israel have worked out a three-step agreement for Israeli withdrawal from the Sinai Peninsula, NBC news reported last night. A commission headed jointly by Egypt, Israel and the United States would handle the security of the peninsula during the withdrawal, said
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      Lock icon Hunt for envoy's killer who spoke Arabic
      164 2 LONDON, Friday pOLJCE hunting the killer of Palestinian envoy Said Hammami said last night the man spoke Arabic and used the name Adel when he made an appointment with his victim. Police Commander Jim Nevill of the anti-terror-ist squad told a news conference
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      Lock icon Buried alive
      26 2 JAKARTA. FTi. A bi« landslide In north Sumatra has burled alive 11 people and severely Injured tU otnen, report* reaching here said today. AFP
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      Lock icon F-15s FOR SAUDIS?
      52 2 WASHINGTON. Fri. The administration and Congress have started discussions of a proposal to sell Saudi Arabia 60 F-15 advanced fighters, administration officials said yesterday. A State Department spokesman said the administration agrees with a Ford administration conclusion the Saudis require an advanced fighter to replace their Britishmade
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      Lock icon The world's largest cinema to close
      142 2 NEW YORK, Frt Radio CU> Music Hall, the wo r 1 d's largest cinema and for 45 years one of New York Cltjr'i top tuurtot attractions, will close on April 12, it* owners announced yesterda-. News of thr imminent end to Rockefeller Centre's Palace
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      Lock icon Police fire tear gas at Bhutto supporters
      182 2 Police fire tear gas at Bhutto supporters ISLAMABAD, Frl— Police fired tear gas yesterday to break up demonstrations against Pakistan's martial law regime by supporters of ousted Prime Minister Zulflkar All Bhutto. At least 165 people were arrested in dlfierent parts of the country, reliable sources said. Police used tear
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      Lock icon Begins join Sinai co-op
      72 2 JERUSALEM, Frl. Prime Minister Menachem Begin and his wife have Joined an Israeli cooperative agricultural settlement In the northern Slnal which the Egyptians li.slst must be returned to them. A spokesman for the Prime Minister today said Mr. Begin applied last month for membership In the
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      Employment level up
      35 2 CANBERRA. FrL Federal Minister for Employment Tony Street announced today Australian unemployment level during December 1977 rose by a further 47.000. The nation's unemployment level Is currently at 6.5 per cent. UPL
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      30 2 CAPE CANAVERAL. Prl. A satellite Identical to one destroyed after a rocket (allure lajt September Is to be launched tonight for the International Telecommunications Satellite Organisation (Intelsat). Reuter.
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      448 2 I UinTTEI. ESTRTE I Near the new fly-over at Bukit Timah/Farrer/Adam Road junction At 4Vi miles Bukit Timah, opposite Chinese High School. PIT3S© II FIRST CLASS RESIDENTIAL AREA SPACIOUS GARDEN Most Ideal And Luxurious Treat yourself to the Refreshing atmosphere Split-level garden Houses beautiful greenery and with continuous cool and
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      Lock icon The good guys ride back...
      117 3 SIX-GUNS still wellgreased and Western drawls ever as thick as treacle this stellar trio of Western heroes rode back from the sunset on Wednesday in the direction of ABC television studios in Los Angeles. They brought alon; with them a strong waft of nostalgia as
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      Lock icon Fukuda on smaller units of yen
      134 3 Fukuda on smaller units of yen rnOKYO, Fri. Prime 1 Minister Takeo Fuk ida today said a change lr. the yen's denomination to smaller units would become vital when the Japanese economy stabilises. But he said the situation is not conducive to implementing the cnange at present. A downward change
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      Aussie talks on Concorde
      56 3 CANBERRA. Prl. AustraUai Minister (or Transport Peter Nixon will leave lor Louden en Jan 14 for talks over the future of Concorde flight* to Australia. In a statement today. Mr. JVUon said: "I will be having talks nth the British Transport Minister Clinton Davis and tenlcT
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      Lock icon Asean dialogue
      36 3 JAKARTA. Prl Senior Aaean officials met In Bandung, some 100 km south of here *oday, to discuss preparatl m for tne first AseajiJapan dialogue on cultural cooperation to be held here nest Monday Reuter.
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      Lock icon U.S.-JAPAN TRADE ROW TO END SOON
      434 3 U.S.- JAPAN TRADE ROW TO END SOON Ushiba: Joint statement will announce settlement next week TOKYO, Fri. rpHE United States and Japan are drafting a Joint statement that will announce settlement of their trade dispute next week, External Economic Affairs Minister Nobuhiko Ushiba said today. US special trade negotiator Robert
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      Lock icon 'Buy American' says Japan-made mug
      81 3 WASHINGTON, Fri. American trade official Frank Weil knows at first hand why the United States is running an I'SSB billion (5518.5 billion) trade deficit with Japan. Mr Weil, Assistant Secretary of Commerce, told a Los Angeles audience yet- terday that he could not resist a
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      Lock icon Australia suspends uranium mining, export
      165 3 Australia suspends uranium mining, export CANBERRA, Frl. Australian Deputy Prime Minister Doug Anthony announced today a temporary suspension of the mining and export of Australia's vast uranium supplies. Mr. Anthony's announcement came as the Australian trade union movement prepared to ballot Its members about their attitude towards the handling of
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      Lock icon Stopped by Reds...
      69 3 BANOKOK. Prl. At least 280 students who fled Into the Jungles of northern Thailand after riots In October 1976 want to turn themselves In to government authorities but are being prevented from doing so by local communist Insurgent*. An official source In the northern capital of Chiangmat
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      On trial
      46 3 JAKARTA. FH. A leader of toe "Komando Jihad" (Holy War Commando) has Been put on trial In the north Sumatra capital of Medan on charge* of fit<rmptlng to set up an Islamic state In Indonesia by armed struggle. Antara news agency reported tonight. Heutcr.
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      Lock icon Curfew lifted
      28 3 NAIROBI. FW. EUllopla's Marxist government lifted the a' l- night curfew In violence- pla, ued Addis Ababa to mark th< Coptic Christian celebration A Christmas. UPI.
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      Lock icon Jaworski warns Seoul: Help get Tongsun to testify
      322 3 Jaworski warns Seoul: Help get Tongsun to testify WASHINGTON. Prl. Special counsel Leon Jaworski warned South Korea yesterday that Its refusal to help get Tongsun Park before the House Ethics Committee, "will surely result In the most adverse consequences." Mr. Jaworski said the committee was trying to work out a
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      Lock icon Govt urged to slow down repayment
      188 3 Govt urged to slow down repayment JAKARTA, Friday A LEADING Member of Parliament has urged the government to renegotiate the repayment of loans with foreign countries to avoid overburdening the Indonesian economy. Mr. Sudrajl of the Finance and Banking Commission of Parliament said the 337.6 billion ru plans < about
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      Lock icon Revival of Mekong projects
      84 3 VIENTIANE, Fr 1. Vietnam, Laos and Thailand have signed a declaration to revive United Nations- aided development projects on the Mekong River. The agreement was signed here yesterday by senior officials of the three countries pr-slded by the executive secretary of the UN Economic and Social
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      Lock icon Ecevit list approved
      72 3 ANKARA. Prt. Premier Bulent Ecevlt, promising to move swiftly to tackle Tuikey s domestic and foreign policy problems, named a Cabinet yesterday made up of ministers from hti leftist Republican People's Party, lnuependenU and two splinter groups The list was approved by President Fahrl Koruturk and arterward
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      Lock icon Naked girl found in jungle
      105 3 JAKARTA, Fri. An Indonesian girl, given up for dead mere than 14 yean ago, has been found alive in the Juncles of Aceh, north Sumatra, the XVI news agency said. It said the girl, who was 13 when she disappeared, was found by two villagtrs
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      Lock icon Desai: We'll improvise
      70 3 NEW DELHI. Frt Piim« Minuter MorarJl Deaal has told American senators tnat India will suffer to the spirit of Oandhlan non-rtolence and try to lmprorlse If the United BUUm cuu off the supply of uranium for Its America*. built atomic reactor "Unlike affluent nation*, a country like
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      Lock icon 'Thai woes will come mainly from agriculture'
      229 3 'Thai woes will come mainly from agriculture' BANGKOK, Friday faces serious economic pro1 blems, particularly In the agricultural sector, this year but It Is well prepared to tackle them, according to the governor of the Bank of Thailand, Dr. Sanoh Unakul, yester- day. Addressing the Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand,
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      Lock icon Lance sells bank shares
      57 3 WASHINGTON. Frl. Former US Federal Budget director Bert Lance yesterday formally sold 121.906 share* of his National Bank of Georgia stock to Saudi Arabian millionaire Chalth Pharaon for USta.s million 1 8*5.8 million), his lawyer said. The sale represented 60 per cent of Mr. Lance's stock,
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      'Cut rates' call
      26 3 TOKYO. Frl. The International Air Transport Association today requested for a reduction of the projected landing charge* at the new Narlta Airport. UPX
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      Lock icon Carter pledge to defend West Europe
      442 4 'Protection in any Salt accord* OMAHA BEACH (Normandy), Fri. President Carter yesterday 1 n e c ted new warmth into Franco-American relations with a firm pledge that US troops will continue to defend the freedom of Western Europe. He backed up this commitment with
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      Lock icon Callaghan: It is not your problem
      223 4 Callaghan: It is not your problem DACCA, Friday ORITISH Prime Minister James Callaghan yesterday told Bangladesh reporters British policies on immigration and race relations were not their problem. "Immigration is a problem for us and not for you. They are our laws and they will be administered as fairly and
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      79 4 LOS ANGELES, Frl. Billy Carter says he lies most of the time, can't think of anything lovable about his brother, the President, and his family gets along so badly that "If they ever got together all at once somebody would get k<U- ed," it was reported In
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      Lock icon Chou wreaths
      30 4 PHONO. Frl. Wreath* began appearing In Pelting s Square of Heavenly Peace today aa China prepared (or Sunday's second anniversary of the death of Premier Chou Bi-lal Reuter.
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      Lock icon 'US won't turn its back on Asia'
      256 4 'US won't turn its back on Asia' HONGKONG, Fri.— The United States has no intention 01 turning its back on Asia, Assistant Secretary of State Richard Holbrooke said today. He was speaking to reporters after a twoday policy review meeting- here with the 14 US ambassadors in Asia, the first
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      Lock icon Miss B denies the charges
      130 4 Miss B denies the charges /COLOMBO, Frl. Miss v/ Chandrlka Bandaranalke. chairman of the state-run Estates Development Board while her mother, Mrs. Slrlmavo Bandaranaike, was Sri Lankan Premier, yesterday publicly denied charges of maladministration and abuse of power made against her in Parliament. The younger daughter of Mrs. Bandaranaike, who
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      Romulo's hope for peace
      56 4 MANILA. Frl Philippine Foreign Secretary Carlos Romulo today exprmtd hope the current conflict between Vietnam and Cambocia could be settled soon and on amicable terms. Mr. Romulo stresMd that the Philippines' first concern was peace In South-east Aste and secondly, the avoidance of external Interference in
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      The not-so-secret Secret Service
      121 4 PARIS, Frl American Secret Servicemen protecting President Carter during his visit to Parts have not been as secret as usual their walkietalkie exchanges have been beard at a Paris music halL The director of the Casino de Paris, Mr. Eene Demotier, said his sound engineers had
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      Lock icon Dollar loses ground in Europe
      184 5 Dollar loses ground in Europe LONDON, Frl. The US dollar lost ground agalns; nearly all major European currencies today In early trading on foreign exchanges. In Tokyo it held steady. In Lonaon. the pound opened at U551.9043 compared with yesterday's dosing of .8880. a slide of more than 1.5 cents
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      36 5 ATHBfS. Frl Oale force winds and heavy snowfalls disrupted land, sea and air traffic throughout Oreece today. All flights were grounded and all passenger ships were ordered to remain In port, authorities said. UPI
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      Lock icon Boxer charged with murder
      92 5 Boxer charged with murder rVENVER. Fri. SeU cond-degrec murder charges were filed formally yesterday against leading heavyweight boxer Ron Lyle for the New Year's Eve death of his former trainer. Lyle, ranked fourth in the world as a contender for champion Muhammad All's crown was charged with killing Vernon Clark.
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      Lock icon Sugar price accord now in force
      244 5 /^ENEVA, Frl. A new International agreement to bring world sugar supplies In line with demand and raising the free market price has come into effect, it was announced here yesterday. Mr. Oamanl Corea, I secretary-general of the 1 United Nations Conference on Trade and
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      Lock icon Soviet visit for Sonoda
      58 5 TOKYO, PW. Foreign Minister Sunao Sonoda will visit the Sonet Union from Sunday to Thursday at the Invitation of the Soviet Government, the Foreign Ministry announced today. Mr. Sonoda will then go on to visit Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, the- United Arab Qnlrates and Iran between Jan
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      47 5 DARWIN, Frl A fishing boat carrying about 2A Vietnamese refugees arrived here today, further embarrassing the Australian Qovemment's attempt* to stop Illegal Immigrants The new refugees arrived ouly five days after another boatload of 38 Vietnamese sailed Into Darwin on New Year's Day. Reuter.
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      Laos famine warning
      54 5 BANOKOK, FH. Lao* will suffer Krtoui food ibortafet unleas It receive* large emergency shipment* of rice, a Joint United Nations-Lao Oovernment report said yesterday The report repeated earlter warnings of famine later this year due to drought through much of Lao's prime rice growing areas In the
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      'Human rights breached'
      44 5 CANBERRA, Prl. A ■ecret report on the treatment of abortglnali In the itate of Queensland contenda the toremment has bnachad the Dnttad Nation* unlrerml dacUratlon of human rights. The report alleged that (h« Qmmiilaiiil goTernment I* en■aaed In "muan and oon-
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      384 5 Delegates to vote on motion next week LONDON, Friday I EADERS of Britain's firemen's trade union last night said they had agreed to recommend to their 36,000 members that they end an eight-week-old strike during which the armed services have taken
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    Cyclist killed in crash: Police seek van driver
    230 6 OOUCE want to eon1 tact the driver of a red pick ap van who allegedly sped off after knocking down a cyclist at the Junction of Tang Ching and Kang Ching roads In Jurong at about I p.m. yesterday. The cyclist, Abdul
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    Fine and ban for drunken driving
    129 6 AMERICAN c n g 1 n c er Richard Edmond Oochnauer, 45. was fined $500 and disqualified from driving class three vehicles for a year from yesterday for drunken driving. He admitted committing the offence at the Junction of Orange Road and Irwell Bank
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    SIA's freighter service to US
    47 6 SIA's freighter service to US SINOAPdttE Aidlnet to to operate a twice weekly freighter service from Singapore to San Francisco via Hongkong, Guam and Honolulu from April. An 3IA statement yesterday said this followed the conclusion of an air services agreement between Singapore and the United States.
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    Police probe plot to sink ship for insurance
    353 6  -  J. D. INDRAN By OOLICE have ques- tloned a man suspect c d of being Involved in a plot to sink a Panamanian ship in order to claim insurance on cargo. It is believed that the man. now on bail, conspired with
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    Action against underaged bargirls
    232 6 Action against underaged bargirls HTHE Customs, which caught 22 underaged girls working as bar waitresses during raids last year, is to step up action from now on to prevent the employment of young girls in bars. Under the law, glrli under 17 are not allowed to work In bars. A
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    More land for acquisition
    51 6 THE government will acquire six lots of private land of about 44,500 square metres in Ulu Pandan (or general development. The area, now with squatter h«U and vacant land, lies on the western fringe of Holland Grove Park estate and the west bank of Sungel Ulu
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    Six months for break-in
    77 6 WON Kirn Hoe. 21, m yesterday jailed for dx month! by a district court when he pleaded guilty to breaking Into the office of lion Huat Trading Co at Jalmn Jurong KechU on Sept i at about 1.30 pjn. lart year The court heard that Won
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    Postman fell for marked ballpoint pen trap
    201 6 A DISTRICT court yesJ\ terday heard how the Postal Services Department used a ballpoint pen to trap a postman suspected of stealing I articles from the mall. The court heard that a superlntendant attached to the postal security section. General Post Office. Mr.
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    No licence
    31 6 SITW Yong Oiuan. 21, was yesterday fined $65 by a magistrate for selling Chinese medicine In RoweJl Road on Jan 5 at 6 p.m. without licence. He pleaded guilty
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      183 6 Swiss Trade Technology Fair 1 1^ Singapore, 12 -15 January 1978 V*nu«: Shangri Li Hotel Tim«: 9.30a m Bp.m. daily The Swiss companies exhibiting at SWISSASEAN wish to develop new business relations and to ccment old friendship ties, especially with companies of the ASEAN nations. Many of the Swiss firms
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    9 shops razed despite the rain
    257 7 rpWELVE people were made homeless when a Ore roared through a row of two-storey shophouses in Alexandra Road despite heavy rain yesterday morning. Nobody was Injured In the Mase which started Just after 10 a.m. The cause of the Ore, believed to have started
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    Shirt theft
    37 7 LIM Soon, 25, was yesterday Jailed for one day and fined 1250 by a magistrate for stealing a shirt worth $15.40 from John Little's department store on Jan 5 at 525 pm He pleaded guilty.
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    ASEAN VICE MERRY GO ROUND
    242 7 ASEAN VICE MERRY GO ROUND VICE rings are now beating the immlgra- tlon laws of Singapore and Malaysia by flying Thai girls in and out of these two countries without visas. The girls, as nationals of an Asean country, are allowed to enter Singapore and Malaysia for periods of up
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    $34,000 sports shop theft
    59 7 POLICE are lnTertlmUn* a report of theft of M 4.474 from a iporU (hop In J»l»n Betir on Tbundar. The proprtetor of Adldaj Bporu Shop. Mr. Harviinrtar Sbich. Si. said the money was kept In an unlocked drawer of hli office desk on Wedneaday. He diaoovtred
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    Manager of shop offers to repair faulty watches
    255 7 Manager of shop offers to repair faulty watches T<H£ manager of a Beach Road watch shop, which sold faulty digital quartz timepieces and has since closed down, has contacted the Consumers' Association of Singapore, with an offer to repair the watches. Mr. Ivan Baptist, CASE executive secretary, said yesterday that
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    Folk dance at Sentosa
    53 7 POLK dancing enthusiasts can now dance at Sentosa Fblk Dance Centre, located at Block 18, opposite the roller skating rink every Sunday from 11 am to 1 pm from tomorrow. Application forms for Sentosa Club membership are also available at Sentosa, Reservation Office, Jardlne Steps or
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    Sir Harold's lecture
    54 7 FORMER British Prlnv Minister, Sir Harold Wilson, will give a public talk on Euro communism, British position In the world and her economic outlook at the New Lecture Theatre Two. University of Singapore, on Wednesday it 6.30 pm Those who wish to attend the talk should be
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    Temple trustees' refusal to move hampers site work
    269 7 npHB refusal of the trusX tees of the Tang Suahn Klong San Soh Hoo Chu Buddhist Temple to clear out of ltt present site In Henderson Road U hampering development works In the area. According to a Housing Board spokesman, the 930
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    Queenstown scholarships, bursaries
    57 7 Queenstown scholarships, bursaries APPLICATIONS for the 1978 Queenstown citizen's consultative committee scholarships/bursaries are now open to Singapore citizens In the constituency. Applicants must be attending a government or govern-ment-aided secondary school this year and should not hold any other scholarship or bursary. Application forms are obtainable at the queenstown community
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    On accounting
    21 7 THE University of Singapore's Extramural Studies Department will hold course, Introduction to Accounting, at Nlsaen Hut 9 from Monday.
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    Fridge that runs on solar energy
    18 9 Dr. Toh inspect* a solar fridge at the Engineering Faculty's open day.
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    3-point plan to boost S'pore exports
    491 9 3-point plan to boost S'pore exports Govt to adopt more organised approach TMII government will strengthen Singa- pore's export capability this year by a more organised approach in educating local entrepreneurs on international marketing and widening their horizon on the world market. Adopting a three-point strategy, experts will first fathom
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    Engineering students at varsity may double in 4 years
    440 9 FE University of Singapore Engineering Faculty may take in a record number of 500 first year students two years from now to meet Singapore's manpower needs in this field. This announcement by the Dean of the Faculty, Dr. Huen Yuen Kong,
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    Youth hike
    20 9 BUONA VKU community centre youth group will (*1»nlae hlktaf expedition at the MkdUtchl* ReaerYotr tomorrow at I ajn.
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    Raja hits at motorists who break law
    298 9 Raja hits at motorists who break law MOTORISTS who break traffic laws should be regarded as criminals and a disgrace to society, the Foreign Minister. Mr. S. Rajaratnam, said last night. He likened a moving cat on the road to a bullet fired in a battlefield, and said crossIng the
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    208 10 THE growing affluence of the population of many countries, the relaxation of the travel restrictions in some Asian countries, the growth of incentive travel coupled with reasonable air fares have created new groups of travellers who are more knowledgeable in their travel plans and more discerning in their choice
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      Theme: Meeting the Challenge of a growing travel market
      672 10 DEDICATION to the interest of the travelling public has been. Is and will be the cornerstone of the service provided by the multl-mllllon dollar worldwide network of C E Tours. This philosophy has helped our network, which started 15 years ago
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      SIA Chye will open conference
      471 10 ONE of South-East Asia's biggest travel conglomerate. C 4 E Tours, begins Its three-day Fourth International Management Conference at the Singapore Hilton today. The conference will be officially opened by Mr Chye Toh Chong. Manager Singapore of Singapore Airlines at 2.30 p.m. this afternoon at
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      Delegates have vast travel experience
      385 10 THE overseas delegates and local management executives who are attending the three-day conference have hundred of years of travel experience and know how between them. Three of the oldest, In terms of service, are Mrs Evelyn Leong. Messrs Jack Koh and George Chan who Joined
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      WHAT OTHERS SAY
      452 10 "THK >oung couples did s good job as goodwill ambassadors of wur country. What diplomatic and trade relations have accomplished officially, the newlvweds have softened official relations between our countries with their narmlh and loving ways. It is lo their credit that they have created closer understanding
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    A heavy blow for S'pore-Saudi trade
    718 10  - A heavy blow for S'poreSaudi trade AHMAD OSMAN By Regulation on second cert of origin disrupts the flow of goods TIRADE between Sin- gapore and Saudi Arabia will be seriously disrupted by the implementation of a Saudi Arabian trade regulation which makes it virtually impossible for local businessmen to continue
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    5 suspects of Johore Connection detained
    302 10  - 5 suspects of Johore Connection detained PAUL WEE By SINGAPORE narcotics agents and Johore CID officers have smashed a newlyformed drug syndicate with the arrest of five key members here and the seizure of 10 kilos of morphine and opium over the past week. Sources said yesterday the new drug
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    YMCA to hold GP classes
    56 10 THE Educational Enrichment Department of the YMCA will hold three 10month courses on the General Paper at 1U Orchard Road premiaei from Jan 7, 9 and U respectively It will also hold a similar English Language (OCE "O" level) course there every Friday from Jan
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    RELC seminar
    28 10 THE Institute of Southaaut Asian Studies will bold seminar on Trends In the Philippine* at the Regional Language Centre today from tun. to J. 30 p.m.
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    MALAYS STUDY MANDARIN
    91 10 MALAYS STUDY MANDARIN MORE Malays are learning Mandarin and enrolment for courses at the Muslim Missionary Society of Singapore have been increasing every year. A spokesman for the society said its Mandarin course was attended mostly by working girls and students. The weekly course, one of about 30 offered by
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    Taximan did it right on the road
    145 10 TXAXI DRIVER Tan A Kok Chai was yesterday fined $390 and disqualified from driving all classes of vehicles for one year when he pleaded guilty to driving while under the influence of alcohol on Nov 30. The court heard that PC Kasmln bin
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    Sacked workers seek legal aid to get pay
    243 11 ABOUT 60 Singapore workers who were Tepatriated by the Saudi Arabian Government followa wage dispute with their employer are seeking legal advice to recover wages due to them. A spokesman (or the group, mostly Indian labourers, said yesterday that the firm which
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    Office boy jailed for break-ins
    87 11 MOHAMED Zln bin Hassen. 21. was jailed for 30 months by a district court yesterday when he pleaded guilty to two charges of breaking into SKF factory In Oul Circle last year. Mohamed. an office boy In the factory before the breakIns, was jailed for
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    'WE EARN ONLY TWO CENTS ON SUGAR' CLAIM
    194 11 'WE EARN ONLY TWO CENTS ON SUGAR' CLAIM rE general secretary of the Singapore Provision Shops Friendly Association, Mr. Chong Kar Kee. ■aid yesterday that provision shops only made a profit of two cents when they sold sugar at $1.30 a kilo. It was unfair to allege that they were
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    Kindergarten registration
    54 11 REGISTRATION for kindergarten students will take place at the community centre at S3 Toa Payoh Central, on Monday between 8.30 a.m. and H urn Only children born in 1972/ 73 will be absorbed In the two classes which will begin next month. Registration will be on a first
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    Rotarians help out
    71 11 THE president of the Rotary Club of Singapore East. Dr. M.G. John, presented on behalf of the club a cheque for 10.000 rupees <Ss2 500) to the Indian High Commissioner, Mr V. Siddharthachary, for the relief of cyclone victims In South India. The presentation was made at
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    Rotary bid to stress intrinsic values of life
    397 11 The panel which will go up on buses Test to curb materialism THE Singapore Rotary Club yesterday iai:nched a New Year project to jog Singaporeans, young and. old and in all walks of life, into a conscious realisation that intrinsic values are
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    Importers to ask for higher Thai rice quotas
    332 11 Importers to ask for higher Thai rice quotas rpHE Singapore General 1 Rice Importers Association Is to ask Thai officials to Increase the rice quota allotted to Singapore importers. The Thai Government had announced that from Jan 1, Singapore rice merchants can only Import a total of 7.000 tonnes of
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    Sundry shops in hospitals to close
    81 11 Sundry shops in hospitals to close SUNDRY shop operators In government hospitals will have to wind up their businesses by the end of March. The Ministry of Health hai aaked them to quit becauae the shops sited along the hospital corridors obstruct the free flow of patient* and visitors. A
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    Avoid these roads
    57 11 THX Htctriettr Department will lnstal a J3o*v oUfllted cable from Chua Ctiu Kjvng snhatatton to Senoko power station at Admiralty Road Weat from mid-January. Work on the cable route, which follows Woodlaada Road and Admiralty Road, la expected to take six month*. MotorHU are aikcd to lue
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      Lock icon Pledge to work for regional peace, stability
      485 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Friday 'CONDITIONS ARE FAVOURABLE FOR MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL RELATIONS' MALAYSIA and Vietnam are of the view that the present situation in South-east Asia has undergone deep changes favourable to the development of mutually beneficial relations among countries in the region. A Joint
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      Lock icon VIETNAM AGREES TO JOIN RUBBER GROUP
      164 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Vietnam has agreed to join the Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries (ANRPC), Vice Foreign Minister Vo Dong Oiang said here today. Speaking at a news conference at the end of a four-day official visit to Malaysia by Vietnamese Foreign Minister
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      Snatch theft suspect held in Negri
      184 12 Snatch theft suspect held in Negri PORT DICKSON, Friday POLICE captured a man believed to be a notorious snatch-thief operating In Singapore when they raided a house in Bukit Pelando, 27 km from here, last night. A Joint SingaporeMalaysian team of policemen led by the OCPD Asst. Supt. Megat Mohamed
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      2nd break-in at shop
      68 12 IPOH. PH. Thieves got ■way with about 525.000 worth of sparr parts, children's and babies' wear and Jeans material belonging to Tong Pong Auto Parts Company ln Jalan Chamberlain here last night the second burglary ln the premises since It started business ln May last year.
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      $300,000 ore seized by Johore Customs
      221 12 $300,000 ore seized by Johore Customs JOHORE BAKU, Fri. Customs officers today discovered the latest and the most sophisticated method of smuggling tin ore with the seis v r e of $300,000 worth of the ore from a liquified gas tanker. Two men aged 34 and 42. were detained. Duty
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      Shot fired in robbery bid
      66 12 BUTTERWORTH. Fri. A gunman opened fire, narrowly missing a sundry shop keeper, ln tn abortive robbery attempt at Bagan Jerna! last night. Shopkeeper Cheng Bwee Huat, 35, managed to escape through the back door to summon the police. The gunman and his accomplice then fled
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      Weapon found
      34 12 KUALA LUMJ>UR. Fri. City police yesterday recovered a hammer, the weapon u.*d ln the killing of businessman Yong Kok Leong. 33. at the 11 H km Jalan Puchong here on Dec IS.
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      Two say 'no' to DAP panel as rift spreads
      329 12 PENANG. Fri FORMER Penang DAP chief and national vice-chairman, Mr Yeap Qhlm Ouan, today rejected his appointment to the interim panel formed to take over the Penang standing subcommittee of which he was chairman. The Interim panel, headed by DAP national
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      STRICTER SECURITY CHECKS AT SUBANG FROM TODAY
      136 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. IT.HE Dkrector-Oeneral X of Civil Aviation. Encik Hamzah Abdul MaJld, today chaired a three hour meeting on the implementation of stricter security measures at Subang Airport. It was attended by representatives from the Malaysian Airways System, the Malaysian Airlines Pilots
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      277 12 A Special Invitation To Exclusive Exhibition Sale of Chinese Oriental Antiques Works of Art by SHANG ANTIQUARIUM 7th January 1 5th January 1978 10 am to 9 pm Carlton Hall, Goodwood Park Hotel Scotts Road, Singapore 9. Tang Horse with Lady, y#T J^^^ m^L authenticated with Certificate from Japan, worth
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      58 12 Hi II i r k£j Ljj Antique Investments A collection of antique Korean three layer Mti f^ B and two layer chests, coin and medicine Kjk W\ M^ W' M chests, curio cabinets, stands, end tables V k J^BV-\ and artifacts in a variety of natural woods. S?^rS-^T^?^ 33A 35A
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      134 12 Straits Times Crossword ACROSS coune (8). 7 Satisfied by story-book B |*°*ogr»P»U condenser.? 8 EnterUln/nj person, the KSLiPJft* CPOW<I RT but un S£S ?>«•»•* 11 SST.s, 10 to ?Sf ln «Sr d uSf but 12 cS h pbcopall n C'jSTa^ 14 BSKSra-i^Wp-iu-f. »>Bs«»"i*«p-di«! •s.^Tommy might do? (J. p^^ Metßdl 23
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      Hussein and Mahathir to be top 2 in Umno?
      375 13 Hussein and Mahathir to be top 2 in Umno? Posts unlikely to be contested KUALA LUMPUR, Friday pRIMK Minister Datuk Hussein Onn and his deputy, Datuk Seri Dr. Mali ath i r Mohamad, are likely to be elected Umno president and deputy president, respectively, without contest, at the party's election
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      RIMV officer stabbed
      89 13 |>ENANO, Fri. A Registry and Inspectorate of •T Motor Vehicles (RIMY) enforcement officer was stabbed by an assailant In front of his house In Aboo Sltte Lane here this morning A police spokesman said Chin Yin Fat, 27, was about to take his wife to work in
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      Crash kills lecturer, injures another
      158 13 Crash kills lecturer, injures another I(UALA LUMPUR. 1Y Fri.— A lecturer at Universlti Pertanian, Dr. Faisal Che Imbi, 33, was killed and another lecturer, Dr. Sheikh Mohamed Amin Batjee, was injured when their car was involved in a headon collision with a van at the Kuala Lumpur-Seremban Serdanf traffic lights
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      57 13 RAUB (Pahang), Fri. The army and police have launched joint operations to track down terrorist agents who yesterday killed two I members of the Police Field I Force In a coffecahop near I here. A 24-hour curfew over the areas around Sungel Ruan village, where the
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      Concorde: KL is unhappy with British attitude
      192 13 Concorde: KL is unhappy with British attitude KUALA LUMPUR. Fri THE Malaysian Oovern- ment is very unhappy over the whole attitude and approach of the British Government In dealing with many issues concerning Malaysia's interests. Communications Minister Tan Sri V. Manickavasagam said today. He was clarifying a Jakarta report which
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      25,000 BOOKED FOR TRAFFIC OFFENCES
      98 13 PNANO, Fri. Tra- i fflc police here booked 25,015 people many of them "racing devils" and collected $500,000 In compound fines from traffic offenders last year. A po'ice spokesman said the amount in compound fines was almost double that of 1976. The number of often-
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  • The Straits Times SATURDAY, JANUARY 7, 1978
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      DOLLAR TACTICS
      329 14 WHILE the Carter Administration's decision to give the ailing dollar a vitamin Injection is to be welcomed, for It will no doubt stabilise Its condition over the next few weeks, there must be caution about the long-term prospects for the full recovery of the currency. Washington is engaged
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      CAUTIOUS BUDGET
      343 14 AS IN the previous year. President Suharto has adhered to a balanced budget aimed at development. Set at 4,800 billion ruplah (Ss27 billion) the draft budget presented to Parliament represents an Increase of more than 13.6 per cent over the current one which itself had been set about
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    T.F. Hwang takes you dowm memory lane
    467 14 T.F. Hwang takes you dowm memory lane rpHE new Legal Year. It opens today tt the Supreme Court. An annua' traditional occasion, proudly kept. We can give '.hanks to that. Just the other day. a Memory Lane reader reminded me of what I wrote here on a similar occasion last
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    Across the Causeway
    508 14 EXCERPTS of editorial comment from the New Strait* Times, Malaysia. rat report that it will be full steam ahead on the negotiations to exploit the Kuala Langat tin discovery is great news indeed— for our tin industry, for Selangor and for Malaysia. By any standards, five bsslHtu
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    1950 14  - How the two superpowers face up in global military stakes RICHARD BURT NEITHER SIDE COULD CONCEIVABLY BE A WINNER IN A MAJOR NUCLEAR WAR By in WASHINGTON THE writer reviews an official government report on the military problems confronting the US around the world and the adequacy of its armed
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      How we can save our 'vanishing trades' for posterity
      630 15 How we can save our 'vanishing trades' for posterity IRQ-1ER to your recent article "Protect our vanishing trades" (ST. Nov. 24) and would appreciate your giving some apace to a few additional thought-provok-tngly points of Importance. The Straits Times Group Is, first of all, to be congratulated for publicising our
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      213 15 A PAGE OF YOUR LETTERS RTS's recent telecast of Its programme on leprosy was most welcome. I must add. however, that the production could have been better. After the programme I was left wondering whether the objective ot the documentary was to
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      'Spore Phil; provides fine Xmas fare
      165 15 'Spore Phil; provides fine Xmas fare MAESTRO Yoshlnao Osawa and the youthful Singapore Philnainomlc Orchestra made an impresive debut last September and the same relatively high standard was maintained (if not surpassed) at the Christmas Concert at the Singapore Conference Hall, where the fare was comparatively lighter than at their
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      SUCH A SHAME TO SEE NEW ROADS DUG UP!
      148 15 SUCH A SHAME TO SEE NEW ROADS DUG UP! VERY often traffic jams have been due to parts of our roads being blocked for laying of cables and sewerage pipes, and repairs to manholes. Also, it Is a shame to see a beautifully metalled road being dug up out here
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      Reducing the trade gap with Japan
      424 15 rE Imbalance In trade Is an Important economic problem taring Japan and Singapore. According to the Slnga pore Monthly Statistics, Imports' from Japan during the first eight months of 1977 amounted to 552.750 million. whereas exports to Japan In the same period totalled only
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      WATTING TWO YEARS FOR NEW MARKET TO OPEN
      105 15 WATTING TWO YEARS FOR NEW MARKET TO OPEN «rE have waited for Tv more than two yean for the Dover Road Market to be opened. Even the people responsible i.e. the HOB Hawkers Department and Queensway area office do not seem to know when It will be opened. Vague excuses
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      SELLING BATTERIES IN PLASTIC WRAPPERS OPEN TO QUESTION
      163 15 mHE present method of 1 selling batteries. In plastic wrappers. Is open to question. How are buyers to know the batteries are fresh or not, without breaking the plastic wrappers? On many occasions, when opening a packet of four pen'.lte batteries I
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      582 15 On your TV SINGAPORE 5 1.00 PM Opeiiit art Sesame Street 2.M Lassie Feature— The Disappearance, star ring Lassie, Jon Provost and June Lockhart 3.50 Soccer MCFA Cip Final-Singapore n Per* (Englisk. Repeat) 4.51 Sandiwara Miang Miang Keladi (Malay Drama. Repeat) 5.41 Little House on the Prairie— Tie Race 6.30
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      348 16 CHINESE CARwrr KKHIBITION VictoriQ Memofiol Holl Date: 4th -T6th Jon 1978 Time: 10. 300 m 9. 30pm mmmmm^lMS^^f^mmlßiSSimm u^SSmSmmSXK^MfJ&'&mmmm ■> Ibl bb^^bHßv' Tientsin Talien Peking Tsingtao Hopel Shanghai QI6E Hona co.pn.oD.^umu.Amm^m Carpel Deot 1-28. "eninsula Shooping C«ntreColernan Street. Singapore 6 Tel *****. *****6 GP O Box No 239 Telex RS
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    METRO MARINE PARADE TO CLOSE DOWN
    121 17 MABINE Parade resident* will toon have one department ■tore less to ahop in because Metro is closing down ito branch there in March. A spokesman of the company said poor bmslneM forced the •tore to close although Yaohan Katonc. the other department store in
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    Study awards offer by Rotary
    76 17 THE Rotary Foundation is offering study awards to young people who are Interested in world affairs and who can fulfil the dual role of student and "ambassador of goodwill." Thr awards tre of five types graduate fellowships, undergra dua t c scholarships. technical training journalism
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    Emergency landing
    40 17 A KLM plane with 139 passengers aboard made an emergency landing at Paya Lebar Airport yesterday afternoon i afW a hydraulic failu.-e. The plane, a DC- 10. from Colombo, landed i safely and continued ius flight to Jakarta.
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    Hon: We'll make every effort to woo investments
    413 17 -'Much scope for foreign capital' SINGAPORE will do all it can to attract foreign Investments required to achieve greater integration of the manufacturing sector and enhance the Republic's role as a centre for regional and international warehousing of capital goods and equipment.
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    Singapore has 'best climate in tAsean' for investors
    420 17 Singapore has 'best climate in tAsean' for investors SINGAPORE has the most favourable Investment climate among the Asean nations, according to a report In the Wall Street Journal. It rates Malaysia second, followed by the Philippines, Thailand and Indonesia in that order. The report was based on a 420-page Asean
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    Man who assaulted contractor fined
    149 17 pONTRACTOR Ng Kam Yong. 48, was fined $400 by a magistrate yesterday when he admitted beating up another contractor who, as a result, had to ue hospitalised for 11 days. Inspector Kaka Singh, prosecuting, told the court that on Oct 21, 1976. Mr. Chye Yew.
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    Angpows for the old
    65 17 rE chairman of Over-sea-Chinese Banking Corp.. Mr. Tan Chin Tuan and his wife yesterday visited Villa Francis to distribute anspows to the Inmates. The visit Is part of Mr. Tan's annual visits to homes for the aged as a New Year goodwill gesture. He visited two
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      CLOSING PRICES
      1204 18 f^HI last traruactcd ready sale at the A cloae or burtnea on the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday compared with the prevtou* days prtc« together with 1974 high and low. /dju»t*d for Kript/nghti lame) INDISTRIAL8 1*77 Last Mick Law Cmmmmy 9«ta +or54 134 Aetna 138 unch 04 185
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      Unit trusts
      326 18 Closing Tone: Mixed TURNOVER: Official figures supplied by the Stock Exchange of Singapore Including odd lots 'Ready' totalled: 1.181.000 units valued at $2,005,000 Industrials accounted for 797.000, finance 44.000. hotels 88,000. properties 58.000. debentures, loans and bonds 10.000, oil palms 28,000. tins 8,000, and rubbers 130,000 'Settlement Contracts'
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      BUSINESS DONE (SINGAPORE)
      1534 18 BID and offer prices officially listed and business In and reported to the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday with the number of shares traded shown in brackets In lots of 1.000 units unless otherwise specified All Time Settlement Contracts are quoted after the word "sett." Big Board
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      Stock options
      70 18 Stock options STRIKING prlres of the stock options officially listed on the Stock Exchange of Singapore, the periods, bid and offer prices and business done yesterday, with the number of options traded shown In brackets. Inchcape (March -$2.10) (0.13B 0.I5S) (June $1.90) (0.30B) Sime Darby (March $2.75) (0.59B). (June S2.7S)
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      115 18 Government and corporate bonds 4 3/4% 1/5/7* (250.000) (100.S2B 100 MS) (10) 100 65 (4) 100 63 5 1/4% 15/10/79 (250.000) (100 98B 101. 15S) 5 3/4% l/S/78-80 (250.000) (101.00B) 4 3/4% 15/»/80 (250.000) (99 40B99 50S) C 3/4% 1/12/80 (250.000) (103.60B) 5% T F 15/4/81 (250.000) (101. SOB) 5%
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      1268 18 ntD and offer prices ofD flcially listed and business In and reported to the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange yesterday with the number of shares traded shown in brackets In lots of 1.000 units unless otherwise specified INDUSTRIAL* Anna u.s«B>. AliKMWte U.1IB). AMMt (IBIS) l.SB. A. ChM (1.1TB 1MB)
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      31 18 J. 39 ft 70 ->■ ue k id S 70 180 .08 .04 (M) 2 06 i 220 ISO .04 04 .03 LM I an and L xm 2.15 nk 2.34
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      39 18 500 .08 y »nrt N SM .08 CheraonoK MA A 2 34 1 55 08 OS OC.BC O Lumber C. Prop Mil Fn/t OM 1 16 .04 .04 m v ma OS Olympu PMtfle Orv 1 77 21» 2.4S
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      67 18 THE Malaysian Minister of Finance has fixed these rates for the period from Jan 5 until further notice: Rubber 198 cts a kg, Copra $942 21 a ton. Palm Kernal $239.03 a ton. The rate of duties payable are: Rubber 30) cu a lb. Research cess one cent
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        25 18 JTPIt7J :SecuriUM Su«ar» Vi.Ukoff 5 Lumber fcaj Goodwood Park [•land Pen Pcrlli Plant 61$ 128 25S 177 85 434 288 214 153 1< I
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        36 18 r Harbour L'hcm Ind Krmpn VTllOM Jungei Bwi IMS rinw* Pub K*N JOB fin Chew 282 146 380 207 496 230 37« 3S2 288 196 -48 -10 -S -5 -4 -3 -2 -2 -2 -2
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        29 18 N«ny«nf Pnn Pan Electric Jardinn Apollo G Lumber Olympia Sin Chew Srrurilin Sriron Sifm. Mrul 75.000 73.000 M.000 48.000 43.000 41.000 38.000 31.000 28.000 25 000
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        36 18 Jan S Jan i B.T. Index: Industrials: Finance: Hotels: Properties: Tins: S rubbers: O.C.B.C: 3.E.8. Ind: 495 77 499.11 ***** ***** ***** 420.2. 171.27 171.81 163.30 ***** 140.29 139.21 417.54 420.01 ***** 237.81 ***** 230.2:
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        Hongkong
        340 18 HONOKONO: The stock market generally rose across the board In quiet trading, after a firm opening due to light buying Interest, dealers said. Prices eased slightly towards the close on light profit-taking, they said The Hang Seng index was up 2.23 to 394 82 Turnover on the four exchanges
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        369 18 TOKYO: Share prices closed higher yesterday In active trading led by populars and big capital issues, dealers said. The Dow Jones average rose 33.47 to close at 4.874.65 with a volume of 400 million shares. The New Index closed at 370.15, up 2.14. Yen Allnomoto Altai Asahl Chem Auhl
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        377 18 SYDNEY: Share prices fell yesterday with mining and Industrial leaders losing ground on lack of buying support following adverse overseas news and concern over government policy on the exchange rate, dealers said The Sydney All-ordlnarles fell 0 29 point to 473.94 BHP dropped two cents to ASS 66. ACI
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        COPPER
        32 18 LONDON Copfwr pnrM on Thursday ipnvtoua In brtcluU) Wtnktr Spot buytra f«77 (IM4). Mllcn i«7« (f««S). Thra* Month buyen {Ml. SO (£«78), ••lien (1*92 (i«T»). HirkM |m firm IiIm: 12.100 tonoti
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        149 19 T^EW YORK. Thurs. x^ Gloomy Investors reversed a sharp morning rally on renewed concern over the dollar's longer term fortunes, slumping car sales and prospects of a higher prime interest rate. Analysts said investors were worried that the government's efforts would cause only temporary relief to the currency
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        Amsterdam
        58 19 AMSJTiRIMM ThUTS prlc s following the sharp recovery of the dollars dealers said Royal Dutch, over three jrullders higher, led gains Dutch lntemaUonals Shippings gained up to 3 20 guilders Kl M. Hrtnrtrn. Pakhotd »nd Ahold. OrjrlnU-n. Amro and Aba were amon* isolated lower spot* 8t»te loans Armed. <
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        170 19 Gen Instrument 20', unch Gen Moton 61', H Goodyear 197, _i 4 Gulf Oil 2-, B W« -3* Intern Harvester 29V, unch Int. Tel 4 Tel 30-, _»j Kaiaer Aluminium .31 +^4 Litton 1( Ux-kheed 13;, t Mobil OH W 4 —1H, American 5 uncD Prpalco Inc 27'. >4
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        Indices
        227 19 FINANCIAL TIMES INDUSTRIALS Thifsday 494.5 Wednesday 487 8 Week Ago 456.7 DOW JONES AVERAGE INDUSTRIALS Thursday 804.83 Wednesday 813.58 Week Ago 843 30 LONDON DOLLAR PREMIUM Thursday 70k; to 70»J Wednesday 68>-i to 68\ H.K. HANG SENG Thursday 392.59 Wednesday 388.29 Week Ago 419 90 SYDNEY INDUSTRIALS Thursday 414M
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        TIN
        140 18 THE Straits tin price edged one dollar higher to $1,692 per picul in Penang yesterday on an official offering down 25 tonnes to 210 tonnes. The overnight London market was steady wtlh forward buyers slipping £15 to £6.365 per tonne. LONDON: Tin on the day lost £22 for Cash
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        RUBBER
        507 18 rpHE Singapore rubber M. market yesterday opened unchanged then hardened one cent on continued demand for January RSS One which have gone to half a cent premium over February, dealers said. Weekend short-covering and tome speculative buying aided steadiness towards the closing stage. The morning session closed quiet. Slightly
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        SSR and SMR
        119 18 ,/.ILY SSR and SMR price* at noon yesterday: 1 Jan Fefe LA.S. (Carrent Mth) (Forward Mtb) B07«n Sellers Buyer* Sellers R 20 (I ton pallet) 190.00 192 COS 191 00 193.00N R !>0 (1 ton pallet; 188 00 190.00N ***** 191 OON M.R.E.L.B. Feb. Mar. m 5
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        PRODUCE PRICES
        121 18 /'HINttI FRODUCI v CMANOI. tlNOAPOM MOON CLOSING PRICI» »t» PICUL YIITIRDAY CmwojC Ml: Bulk «S5 HUm. oli dim WO MlKn. d»w drum tSS Kiln C*»r>: Mixed HOOM) L'K/Cont. |M bujrcn. *T MuotoK AST A white fob 100* NLW |44S Milan. Sarawak whlu fob M« NLW Mll«n. Sarawmk >p«cial
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        CLOSING PRIGES
        28 18 Rubber Jan 6. Singapore: Jan 198.00 cts (up 1.25 cts). Malaysia: Feb 199.50 cts (unchanged). Tin: $1,692 (up $1). Official offering: 210 tonnes (down 25 tonnes).
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        GOLD
        60 18 Thursday Wtdntiday Melbourne (1) 131.15 147 65 London 166 23B 171 OOB 166.758 171.308 Zurich 165 SOB 171. SOB 18*258 172.258 Paxla 172.M 178.7» Friday Thurtdiy Hongkong 189 1OB 1M.80B 169.4OS 1U.308 Spor* (2) 189 97B 167 1 SB 170.638 167X28 Export prtcea in non-iterlln( areai In US dollar
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      Buyers stay out of mart
      444 18 Buyers stay out of mart PRICES took on (lightly easier bi»i ia quiet trading on the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday. There were more signi(least price fluctuation* in the commodity lector than the net of the market. Confidence in the market was generally lacking with a weak undertone prevailing. Analyst*
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      K.LUMPUR
      341 18 SOME covering activities In a generally dull market made for a mixed to slightly easier finish at the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange yesterday. The light support coming In the afternoon lifted prices of a handful of Issues to better levels but these did not carry enough weight to stage
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      Money and exchanges
      214 18 THE US dollar opened at $3.3450/60 In light trading In the Singapore forex market yesterday, and eased to as low as $***** with some commercial sales of dollars. Trading was fairly active but thin and the US unit closed In quiet pre-weekend trading at $2 3440 50
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      NOMINAL RATES
      141 18 Interbank rat CunencKi US dollar Stirling pound Hongkong dollar M'slan dollar Aust schilling Bel franc (com) Danish kroner French franc Italian lire Neth guilder Nor kroner Swedish kroner Swiss franc Deut mark Japanese yen Aust dollar NZ dollar Canadian dollar tes at 3.00 p.m. Nominal rate* Smithsonian PfrcenUf*
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      ASIAN CURRENCY RATES
      194 18 NOTE: These rates may differ Mightly from those quoted by bank* to their cuitomers. a SIAN currency deposit In- terbank rate* u at doie on Jan 6. IS Dollars (Spot) Offer Bid 7 days 6 7/8 8 3/4 1 mth 7 1/2 7 38 2 mths 7
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      Money market
      38 18 Closing Interbank rates Singapore dollars for Jan Bm vernlght mth mths mtlis Sourer: 3 1,2 S 1 4 5 3 8 5 1 2 AiUct tt 3 s s i s Pt*r 1 1 3 re
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      DISCOUNT
      34 18 RANGE of ratel nttrrtH by dltrount noupfs on Jan 4. Overnight 2 lo Call dcpoall a, •I PI Month Treasury b bull Month Bank bills Month CD Month CD t 5 5 i
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      Minimum lending rates
      54 18 ACB<: 7 Algemra* Bank 7 Banfkok Bank 7 B.nkofAmwk-a 7 BankuHhin. 7 Bank of Tokyo 7 Bank ton Indonma 7 (harlrrvd Bank 7 hair Manhattan 7 DBS 7 hir.l hi,.«o ilibank 1H HSB< I lndo.u«-/ 7 M.lm.n Bankin« 7 Mil.uiH.nk 7 ()<B< iii h ICH I I
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      UMF profits from low wheat price
      569 19 UMF profits from low wheat price SHARPLY lower cost of wheat grains was the main factor behind the explosive rise In earnings seen at United Malayan Flour Mills for the year ended July 31. 1977. Against only a group pretax profit of MS293.516 achieved previously, earnings this time round amounted
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      Perlis raises estimate
      208 19 Perlis raises estimate HERLIS Plantation has revised its parent com-pre-tax profit upwards from the earlier estimate of MS750.0O0 to $1.43 million for the year ended Sept 30. 1978 The earlier estimate was given In Its half yearly report. The company, in a statement to KLSE said, "Due mainly to income
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      618 19 A88I8TANT TO THE COMMERCIAL MANAGER Our Client, one of the major electronics Companies, requires the above position for its Malacca factory. This Is a senior appointment and the successful candidate will be assisting the Commerlcal Manager In the functions of capital budgeting, cost computation and control, financial and stores administration.
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      625 19 ■■Prosper withH Vmatsushita^ come join us MATSUSHITA ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (M)SDN BERHAD I Applications are invited from suitably qualified I I Malaysian citizens for the posts of: MALE CLERK I (3 vacancies) (Bumiputra) I Age Below 21 years. I Qualifications MCE. with credit in I Mathematics. Preference will I be given
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      578 19 I Permohonan permohonan adalah dipelawa^H I daripada warganegara Malaysia untuk memenuhi I I jawatan berikut: MALIM (PILOT) (Kumpulan Gaji 'A') I A22 $745x60 865/ 9afix 60 1225/1345x60 I 1705x100-2005. V I Umur: I i. Untuk lantikan terus tidak melebihi 40 tahun. I ii. Oari pegawai-pegawai yang sedang berkhidmat tidak melebihi
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      675 19 m MONOLITHIC MEMORIES MALAYSIA SDN BHD VACANCIES THE POSTS: A) PRODUCTION GENERAL FOREMAN B) PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR C) EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN REQUIREMENTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES A. 1) Bachelor of Science or Engineering Irom any recognised university with production experience at any semi-conductor plant. 2) The successful candidate should be assertive and with
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      491 20 CLASSIFIED ADS AT TOUR SERVICE >^ Telephone Service:- Ufc_J^l. Weekdays Jfe 1 flft 8 30am -5.00pm \—.^9 Saturdays /*> fjflam 3.00 p.m Public Holidays C.A.T.S. 9.00 a.m. 100 p.m. a3f***77J Counter Service Regular office hours Ansafone Service After office hours RATES Per word 60 eta (Min. $9.00) Per column cm
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      494 20 Imported Si local refrigerators, freezers available. GENERAL ELECTRIC KELVINATOR PHILCO LEONARD WESTINOHOUSE A. E.G. KENWOOD HITACHI SANYO NATIONAL ACMA PAN ELECTRIC Also available all kinds of washing machines, televisions 4 household appliances °Esoy t#fnM s?rsnQ##to4#* For more details contact HENQ COMPANY 3M. JALAN KAYU (S) 2S. BRANCH: 2012. CMANOI VILLAGE
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      711 20 I FOR SALE SHOPPING GUIDE OAMAQt SALE SATURDAY 10 00 m 2 00 p m household goods books, alrcondltloners fridge BMW 1800 IMS. Austin 1 100 1964 flee. Kampong Bahru Road. Singapore 4 Telephone *****32 OMI WECt r x 12' Peking handmade carpet blue, white and beige colour with pretty
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      808 20 WANTED SEPARATE PRCAMP and poweramp Mult be under guarantee Preferably Mclnlosh Ring *****5 after 2 00 p m LUXMAN CL12 VALVI preamp only 2 month! old Telephone *****27 MAGNEPLANARS DON T LOOK like speakers, don't sound like speakers They sound like you're there Sound Systems Pt« Ltd O45 High Street
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      647 20 II EMPLOYMENT •T. ANDREWS MISSION HOSPITAL for Children MIDICAL OFFICER Preferably with Paedlatrlc experience Application forms obtainable from: SECRETARY St. Andrew's M It Ion MuipWll 2S0 Tan|ong Pager Mead Tel: M11SS3/ 4 I INTERIOR DESIGNERS required Knowiedge of English fc Chinese Complete Natlonai Serylce Driving Licence Write resume and salary
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      776 20 AN ESTABLISHED GROUP Of COMPANIES IftKI TO EMPLOV:PERSONNEL ASSISTANT (MALE) H S.C. or good School Certificate with at least 3 yean of experience In a similar capacity The right person for this post must be familiar with the various aspects of personnel work Including government legislations on employment Candidates wHh
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      825 20 II EMPLOYMENT A Leading Property/ Hoy Group o» the post or: COMFIOiMTIAL SECRETARY Pre-reovteKee tor thte poaMon ara> Over 21 years of age Should have a good school certificate with credit In English (minimum P3). Should be able to work under pressure Accurate shorthand of 100 w.p m and typewriting
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      680 20 HAQEMEYER GROUP OF COMPANIES Invite suitably qualified and experienced Singapore citizens to fill the following positions A) Sale* R*pr*s«ntartlv* SalM R«jprm«ntatlvw (liquor and **ne) OueUftcattone/ experience must have several years relevant experience In the trade preferably completed QCE possess own car with good driving record completed National Service obligation age
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      583 20 II EMPLOYMENT REQUIRED SALESMEN WITH pleasant personality, willing to work hard Must have completed National Service Apply personally 171 Orchard Road between 3pm p.m WANTED SALESGIRLS CALL at Rugdee. 40 Bru Basah Road. S'pore 7 during office hours WE AM LOOKING for male/ female outdoor Sales Representatives to sell suiting
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      660 20 RIOUIRIO BY COMPANY IN JUHONO OUTFITTING SUPERVISOR Must have minimum S years experience In supervising plumbing works and general home furnishings Sound knowledge of furnishing materials essential CIVIL STRUCTURAL DRAUGHTSMAN Must have School Certificate with minimum 5 years experience In Draughting In civil engineering firm and relevant Diploma/ Trade Certificate
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      5530 21 II EMPLOYMENT II EMPLOYMENT j II EMPLOYMENT IV ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES j |lV ACCOMMODATION 1 PROPERTIES A well established Printing Company Invites applications from Singapore citizens for the Dost of FEMALE SUPERVISOR Must possess a minimum Secondary Four qualification and 3 years experience In supervising a big group of female work
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      593 21 ONC VACANT ROOM to 1ft at 102B. Sophia Rd Singapore 9 Tel: MM SHAME FURNISHED FLAT at Sea Breeze apartment All facilities $180 $200 Tel *****3 after 2 00 p m DIST. 15 FURNISHED ROOM to let to Indonesian students Contact *****4 Mdm Chua DIST. IS LUXURIOUS ROOMS with furniture,
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      447 21 BuiH m area over ?000*i A Garden aru over 4000 so. Economic pricing Luxurious lf eenowiand Book Now INSTALMENTS AVAILABLE PROMPT DELIVERY Thomson Hill Ltd. 'yr Floor Far East Snopoinq Ceni'e MS Orcnard Road Singapore 9 Tel *****11 19 lin.jl *****5 of cwmnoN v u n 1AU FURNISHING I iff
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      653 22 I IV ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES V SERVICES BUSINESS VI EDUCATION 4 TRAINING 1 1 VI EDUCATION TRAINING VI EDUCATION 1 TRAINING m) Houses WEST POMT NML OAROEN Special Offer on Semi-detached bungalow at West Cout Road 3.250 sq ft Built-in area 2.500 sq rt Split level. 4 bedrooms. bathrooms and extra
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      620 22 ASIAN APPRAISAL COMPANY PTE. LTO. FOR SALE (1) OREENHILL BUILDING T0-7T O»t»»r Road. Slngapf 10 A 4-storey apartment block i, insisting of 10 fully-fur-nished apartment units located in one of Singapore* excellent residential districts Land Area 2219.8 sq metres 1 23.89* sq ft Apartment Areas Range* from 16V so metres
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      705 22 Wt HAVE A t. .11. >f experienced workers specially trained to handle any Interior decoration/ renovation Our specialised services Include works on Terrazzo Marble. Ceramic. Wall Tiles. I Vinyl Tiles. Parquet. Mosaic. Carpentry. Painting. Iron Grilles for morten, offices, shophouses. JTC HDB If HUDC Flats 2 mm Vinyl Tiles flooring
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      504 22 PART-TIME PRIVATE SECRETARIAL COURSE You can now take a pan time evenings only, private secretarial course at Singapore's elite Private Secretarial School 1 Our next one year part time course staits TODAY! Call our Principal for further information today International Training Centre I Supreme Houie. Penjng Road 5 Singapore9 Tel
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      1172 22 rivliCouRSES COMMERCIAL EDUCATION AH NEWTON CENTRE Account* Clark Court* Full-time day course morning/ afternoons 9 Jan ABB STAMFORD GIRLS 8CMOOL CENTRE 8AA/AAAA, AMOAS CortMcal* In AefrarMalng Advertising Psychology k Research Tue (.49 8 45pm 10 Jan Import and Export Proeaduraa and Docufft#nt*MtOfi foe tHc BuwoHnnifl Frl fi )S fl IS
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      618 22 TiM»iM"f (r«»M 10 mto| (dally 8 00 am 9 00 pm) PubNc RateHona: 3 months course commencing 7 1 78 (Satur 2 30 4 30 pm) EnfMen tor Commerce: (or LCCI/ Pitman (London) April Exams: commencing 6 1 78 (Frld: 6 30 8 30 pm) Shorthand Bagmnon: (1st week) (morning/
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  • IX OBITUARIES
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      142 Deaths
      43 23 MRS. YAP CHWEI LIOMO Htt MOM WAN LAI MEMO Aged 51 pasted away on 4.1.78 mourned by beloved husband, daughter, god-daughters, parents, inlaws brothers, sisters, nephew, nieces and relatives Cortege leaving Singapore Casket Sunday 8 1 78 10.30 am for Brlghthlll
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      17 23 FARLEIOH M. THCMIRA deparu-d 1.1 78 Always loved and remembered by wife, children and grandchildren.
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      30 23 MRS. TAN SWn LAN NCI LIM Cortege will leave Singapore Casket Co at 11.00 a.m. on Sunday 8 1 78 for Service at Mount Vernon Crematorium Chapel.
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      16 23 Sadly mlased but never forgotten by wife. son. daughter, son ii daughter-in-law, grandhlldren. relatives and friends.
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  • Article
    Ong's twostage plan to stabilise book prices
    456 24 Fairdeal told: Import direct 'J'HK Labour Minister, Mr. Ong Pang Boon, yesterday suggested a two-stage plan for the NTUC book cooperative, Fairdeal, to stabilise book prices in Singapore. Speaking at the second annual meeting of the society at Trade Union House In Shenton
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    Released yacht coming to S'pore
    159 24 Released yacht coming to S'pore rIE seized American yacht, BrUUg, Just released by Vietnam. k> expected to arrive In Singapore early next weeK, weather permitting. The yacht, with three Americans on .board, left the port of Vung Tau on the south-east coast of Vietnam at about 6.30 a.m. on Wednesday.
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    Symphonic concert
    36 24 Symphonic concert THE National Theatre Trust will present the National Theatre Symphonic Band at Singapore Conferenr* Hall on Jan 18 at 8 30 pm Ticket* at and $1 are available at the National Theatre box office.
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    Short cut in park proved fatal for sergeant
    212 24 Short cut in park proved fatal for sergeant AN army sergeant who took a short cut uuring a stroll at MacKitchie Heservolr drowned when ne trlea to swim across a stream, a coroner's court heard yesterday. S(t Koh Kian Seng, testiiylng at an Inquiry Into the deatn of Sgt Ang
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    Gotong royong concert
    54 24 Gotong royong concert THE Senior Parliamentary Secretary (Labour) and MP for Kampung Chat Che«. Mr. Pong Sip Chee. will launch a gotong royong project at Jalan Jasa In KakJ Buklt on Jan IS at 8 am About 700 volunteers will help metal about 480 metres of earth track at Jalan
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    Folk dance
    20 24 A FOLK Dance Nlte wiu be held at Kallang community centre on Jan 14 at 7 JO p.m.
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    BIDS INVITED FOR 'EG' SERIES CAR NUMBERS
    91 24 rE Registry of Vehicles Is Inviting bids for motor car registration number In EG series from 6001 to 9999 from today to Jan 19. The numbers In EG series can only be used for first registration of new private cars. Each number In
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    'Don't let kids wear gems'
    100 24 'Don't let kids wear gems' PLJCE yesterday advised parents not to let their young children wear expensive jewellery as these were easy and favourite targets of robbers. The police reminder came after a young schoolgirl was robbed of Jewellery worth $845 by a snatch thief on Thursday. Llm Boh Choon,
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    Monowai due on maiden voyage
    77 24 Monowai due on maiden voyage THE Royal New Zealand Navy survey ship Monowai (left) will arrive in Singapore on its maiden voyage on Tuesday. Built in 1960 as the trader Moana Roa. the ship was bought by the navy In 1974 to replace its previous survey ship. HMN7.S Lachlan. The
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    Graduation
    29 24 THE Chinese Physicians Training School will hold 1U 12th graduation ceremony at the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry premises it Hill Street tomorrow at 1.30 pjn.
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    Jurong tour
    28 24 A NIGHT tour of various pliccc of Interest In Jurong will be organlaed by Radln Mai community centre's youth group on Jan 14 at 10 pm.
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  • Page 24 Miscellaneous
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      169 24 Bringing Up Father By BUI Kavanagh «c Hal Camp I WONPER WHO THE GUESS WHO I MET NORA DOES VERA MAGGIE. I JUST MET A MAN WAS THAT VERA DOWNTOWN TODAY, J i SHAPELY USUALLY HANPSOME CHARMING _J MET"- SHE DIDN'T A1A06IE VERA J j WEAR ©LASSES WAN.' IW SORRY
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  • Obituary, Illustration
    IN EVER LOVING MEMORY OF
    40 25 "A* thoM low*, dapart. Wa d* in part. String aflar Wring It tavarad front tha laarr. Sacly mlttad but foravar Hamamoarad by Wif» ft Chlldran. MtM at Si Fttima* Church at 7.00 am. on liTi
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    NOTICES
    65 25 Mr. Lim T«ck Swn, age 63. Proprietor of straits Typewriter Agency passed away peacefully on Friday 6th January 1978 leaving behind beloved wife Phua Soh Khlm, 2 sons Eng Guan. Eng Soon and daughter Irene. Cortege leaves Blk 16. 100-C, Boon Tiong Road. (Tel:- *****03 off Tlong Bahru Koad
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      598 25 GOVERNMENT OF BRUNEI VACANCIES IN THE MARINE BRANCH, ROYAL BRUNEI POLICE FORCE Applications are Invited from suitably qualified candidates to fill the following vacancies In the Marine Branch of the Royal Brunei Police Force. 1. MARINE INOINIIR: OuaHfteattone and Experience: Chartered Engineer, and hold Certificate of Competency as First Claas
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      850 25 IN TNI MIQM COURT IN MALAYA AT MMMIAN COMPANII0 WINDING UP NO. S OP 1077. In the matter of Ufa Food SuppHw Sdn. Bhd No. 75, Jaian Paul, MM And In tt>a mattar of the Companiaa Act. 1966. NOTICE la haratoy given that a peWon for the Windlngup of the
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      565 25 JAWATAN K080NQ Permohonan adalah dipelawa dan Warganegara Malaysia untuk mengisi Jawatan i. Pegawai Halehwal Penuntut Kawaaan Kuata Lumpur II. Kerani/ Jurutaip dlpejabat-pejabat Kawasan Yayasan Sabah di Sungei Petanl, Meiaka dan Kuala Trengganu PEOAWAI HALEHWAL PENUNTUT KAWAtAH (a) KELAYAKAN DAN PENQALAMAN (Jawatan 1) UMUR Caiun-calun untuk lantlkan terus hendaklah berumur tidak
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      728 25 CHASE CHASE invites applications from well-qualified Singapore Citizens for the positions of: CREDIT ANALYST OPERATIONS SUPERVISORS 1) CREDIT ANALYST He will analyse and evaluate existing loans and prospective lending situations. He will also assist lending officers in loan-marketing activities and administration of the loan portfolio. 2) OPERATIONS SUPERVISORS They will
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    $9.31 for month's pay: AUPE seeks the answer
    244 26 $9.31 for month's pay: AUPE seeks the answer rS Amalgam ated Union ol Public Employees tAUHE) has written to the Ministry ot Health asking for an explanation ol Its "inhuman attitude" towards a hospital employee who received only *y 31 tor a month's pay alter a heavy deduction by the
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    Aussie handicapped praises warmth of Singaporeans
    242 26 Aussie handicapped praises warmth of Singaporeans VJO tour operator out11 tide Sinnpott would do this so spontaneously, said Australian tour leader Ron O'Brien as he watched two local tour operators, Messrs Eddie Chong (centre) and Ng Kwant Sent (right) help 137-kg Reg Hulbert, an Australian quadriplegic, into a car for
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    Property: Hopes that worst is past
    227 26 Property: Hopes that worst is past rnHE success of several new housing develop--L ment projects has given rise to speculation that the worst may be over for the ailing 1 property market. According to a Business Times report yesterday, there Is still a large number of Singaporeans who prefer to
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    SCRAPPED: BONDED WAREHOUSE PLAN
    147 26 SCRAPPED: BONDED WAREHOUSE PLAN fITHE Port Authority has A scrapped Its plans (or a bonded warehousing scheme because of the better demand for normal warehousing. A PSA spokesman said the proposed bonded space at the Paslr Panjang warehouse complex had been converted Into normal warehousing. He said the PSA would
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    Lock icon Yanti ordered seized in Baluchistan
    104 26 Yanti ordered seized in Baluchistan KARACHI Frt. The 8 1 n g a pore registered ship M.V. Yantl was ordered seized by the Baluchistan High Court on Wednesday. The medlum-itMd vwael U either berthed or grounded at Oadanl beach, about 64 km weet of on the Arabian Sea. R ni
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    4 YEARS AND 20 STROKES FOR ROBBERY
    232 26 4 YEARS AND 20 STROKES FOR ROBBERY AWOODBRIDGE Hospital attendant was jailed four years and ordered given 20 strokes of the rotan by a district court yesterday on two charges of armed robbery. Mokhirlml bin Sarten, 33. who had three other charges taken Into consideration, was sentenced to two years
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    Gifts to aged
    36 26 THE MP for Buona VUU, Dr. Ang Kok Peng, will present Chines; New Year (1ft* to old folks at Buona VUU community hall in Holland Drive on Jan 29 at 4 p m.
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    Burst water main repaired
    106 26 Burst water main repaired REPAIR work on the ruptured major trunk water main running under Penang Road, which caused flooding on Thursday, has beer completed despite con tlnuous rain yesterday Work on the damaged road surface Is also being carried out so that the road can be re opened to
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    Lock icon 'Second class citizens' row on Xmas Is.
    185 26 'Second class citizens' row on Xmas Is. MELBOURNE. Fri. A major International row Is loomlns over allegations of racism against Asians on the tiny Australian territory ol Christmas Island. Race relations on the phosphate rich island in the Indian Ocear. will be probed by Commissioner for Community Relations Al Grassby.
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    Desire to learn more about other countries
    228 26 Desire to learn more about other countries rB acting Culture Minister, Mr. Ong Teng Cheong. said yesterday that Singaporeans had over the last decade developed a strong desire to learn more about other countries and this was in line with the Republic's global city concept. He described this desire to
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    Wallet found
    26 26 THE owner of a wallet found oil Ayer Rajah Road, Siva Dai a/o Manlam. u Hiked to oonUct RJ bektel at telephone number 479M3S.
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      331 26 JEANS SPORTSWEAR Joint Sponsors for WILSON DAVID in REMEMBER ELVIS CONCERT at the National Theatre Sunday 8th 1978 In conjunction with this special tribute, WHEELS will be giving away a cash prize of $1,000 weekend stay lor 2 at the Oberoi Impurial Suite (including breakfast), 20 Wheels Shirts and 5
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      104 26 CAR CARE Changing dampers ■o«« 1 «p««w,,9» P" I'M GLAP TOl/RE A^^K^CI If I PuT (V NEW RUBBER BUSHES AND TIGHTEN MERE, FRED, I AM T^**irT? ML X MOOEHATHi HAJDSOASNOr TOCKUSH AB0LTTTOCHAN6Ey^ J»y^H Vmrktm. <| lHi BuB&lR. TH£ LOCK NUT SHOULD BE PUT IN THE. NSW ONE IF YOU HAVE
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  • TIME SPORT PAGE ONE
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      Pragmatist should outstay his rivals
      1661 27 Going Forecast: Good RACING. With BLUB PETER pRAGMATIST should outstay his 13 rivals in Race Five at Ipoh today. The Entrepreneur three-year-old impressed at Kuala Lumpur last month when he came from a long way back to finish fourth to Miss Macintosh over 1200m. Today's
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      SELECTIONS
      127 27 *CI 1 t a 4 S T NAP: I blui piTiR Trr P. Prkwnt Gray Rhythm Honskoai Cantos Orcy Rhythm Bunbury j.imi P. Charm Chanoa HI U> Template Jaim* Altrm Jrtft* lh..>r Sltl ■ooodarl Bang Bam Mm Muiit Bin Sooodan OyarantM Pratty Pittarn Wla« Twtcr I Don't Can 8upcnonlc
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      Ovation III impresses
      444 27 fPOH, Frl— Ovation HI, I engaged In Race seven on Sunday, did a winning gallop here today With apprentice P. X Yeap astride, the five-year-old by Biscay breezed over 600 m In 352 seconds. Blntanc Timor II (Larry Olsen). also In the tame race, was not extended
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      Today's card
      1313 27 If I JM2.30 Class 6, Div 3 1000m .traight ■iUSaUi ($8,000 $5,600 to winner) 1 M6 M<#«| N (Kowloon) N| 4 M (tame) 1280m 10 18»7»*»tamtaa(HongSeng)Crieng6 56(dd*J5> lWOm Oi.rail 5 1 0807 Qraw* Oman (Oeorfc) West 5 58 5 (lame) 1250m OtJaw 8932 »»mmf a I George) Wwl
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  • TIME SPORT PAGE TWO
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      Cramer turns down Egypt's offer
      235 28 r^RANKFURT (West Gerr many). Fri. Dettmar Cramer, trainer of West German Pint Division soccer team Elntracht Frankfart, said yesterday be had tamed down an offer to manave the Egyptian national side. Cramer, 52, who Joined Frankfort last month after having led Bayern Munich to the
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      Lock icon Leeds look to Clarke again
      362 28 Leeds look to Clarke again fONDON, Fri. Former England striker Allan Clarke, out of football since early this year with a knee injury, could be back in the Leeds United side to play Manchester City in the Third Round of the English Football Association (FA) Cup tomorrow. The man Clarke
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      Lock icon Sore ankle but Chandra will be fit, says Bedi
      360 28 Sore ankle but Chandra will be fit, says Bedi SYDNEY, Fri.— Star Indian leg spinner Bhagwat Chandrasekhar has a nagging ankle injury on the eve of the Fourth Test against Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground. C Ira ndra sekhar has been having trouble with a new pair of cricket
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      Timid Wasim lets England off the hook
      281 28 Timid Wasim lets England off the hook HYDERABAD, Fri.— England's prospects of drawing the Second Cricket Test improved considerably here today after a timid declaration by Pakistan captain Wasim Bari. Bart waited *itll 20 minutes before trie close of the fourth day before making his declaration, with Pakistan 259 for
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      SCOREBOARD
      93 28 PAKISTAN 1st Inns: 275 ENGLAND 1st Inns: 191 PAKISTAN 2nd Inns Sadiq c Edmonds b Cope 22 Muddaiar c Taylor b Willis 66 WuU Raj* c Edmonds by Willis 24 Harooo c Brearley b Cope 35 JiTef Dot out «1 8haflfc not out 27 ExtiW: 24 Total (4 wkts
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      Vilas triumphs over Connors
      213 28 Vilas triumphs over Connors NEW YORK, Fri. Top-seeded OulUermo Vilas. of Argentina, recorded his second straight victory In the Colgate Grand Prix Masters tennis tournament, edging out Jimmy Connors, 6-4, 3-8, 7-5 in a tit antic three hour struggle before a world record indoor crowd of 18,590. In an epic
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      Lock icon Near- perfect round by Watson
      216 28 rpuQSON (Arizona) Fit X Tom Watson, of the United 8tates, posted a nine-under-par-63 for the lead yesterday In the opening round of the Joe Oaraglola Tucson Open golf tournament. He had a near perfect round with nine birdies, no bogeys, and he missed only one
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      Sunday's card
      935 28 m f VJ MM 2.0 Class 2, D»v 5 1200m MiUaMm (112.500 $8,750 to winner) 1 MOO »ir«m Mm t (Perfact) Mtiuor s M (dd-i.s> 1230m 9 Wataan 3 !8905C'aalLa Via a < FlneaM > Julu 5 58<d2->2 51 1230m M -Ha 1 I 0849 Charekea illm Chaah)
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      Thais for WBF meet
      125 28 BANGKOK, F r 1. Thailand are sending a five-member team to the Inaugural championship of the World Bad mlnton Federation (WBFi In Hongkong from February 22-26. The secretary of the Badminton Association of Thailand, Mr Plensak Sosotlkul, said the team would comprise four men and one
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      504 28 Mini Clubman... the true slate of the economy! ECONOMY Mini Clubman. Always economical. A miser on petrol. Inexpensive to maintain and service. Comfortable, a pleasure to drive. VALUE —Mini Clubman gives you value that stays with you. And grows on you. With a proven high resale value. .<r No wonder
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      118 28 [The premier South Australian darling Sale 1978 Horses of the calibre of Taj Rossi. Favoured. Authentic Heir. Desirable. Cap D Antibesand Pago Pago with classic and major race successes have demonstrated that there are few better investments than a yearling bred in South Australia Here, with only 10 per cent
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  • TIMESPORT PAGE THREE
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      SURPRISE SELECTIONS...
      489 29  - SURPRISE SELECTIONS... JOB DORAI S'pore team for match against Pahang My CEBASTIAN YAP marks his appointment as new Singapore soccer coach by springing two surprises for tonight's friendly match against Pahang at the National Stadium (7.30). He has decided to leave out two regular members of the team, goalkeeper Eric
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      officials criticise ref Lim
      157 29 officials criticise ref Lim OFFICIALS of Jebsen and Jessen and United Motor Works, the Singapore Business Houses League Division One soccer teams, yesterday criticised referee, Llm Beng Kwangs sending off of two players In their 1-1 draw at the Jalan Besar Stadium on Thursday night reports PATRICK BAST1ANS. Beng Kwang
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      Johore AFA: It's for Zainol's own good..
      396 29 JOHORE BAHRU, Fri. The Jo ho re Amateur Football Association have deliberately refused to state specifically why they have banned goalkeeper Zahioldin Ahmad for life "for his own sake," an official said here yesterday. "It's enough for us to say only that he
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      Nairobi cricketers open tour today
      337 29  - Nairobi cricketers open tour today ERNEST FRIDA By KATHIAWAR Sports Club, of Nairobi, the first cricket team from Africa to visit Singapore, will play two matches this weekend and hope to find a third fixture. They have one-day matches against Indian Association today and Singapore Recreation Club tomorrow, and have
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      Khoo for Manila
      80 29 Khoo for Manila KHOO Kay Eng. president of the Singapore Amateur Weightlifting Federation, leaves today for Manila at the invitation of the president of the Philippines Amateur Welghtllftlng Federation, E. 8. Dorotheo. The PAWLF have through the president of the A8EAN WelghtUfttng Federation, Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jnr known m "Bong
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      Lock icon 'No' to offer
      33 29 BRISBANE. Thun. Au»tralUn Test feat bowler Jeff Thomaon haj turned down lucrative offer to play (our aeuona with the IhcUah county ride. Suntr, It wu announced here lut night. Reutcr.
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      Chelliah's goal decides
      47 29 Chelliah's goal decides PETTER CHEWS beat Oeoon 1-0 In a Dlv Three match of the Business Houses Ftxitball League at Oeylang yesterday. Louts Chelllah scored the goal In another match, Singapore Automotive beat Koon Wah also by 1-0. The other matches were washed out by the rain.
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      Karate feat
      114 29  - Karate feat PATRICK BASTIANS By AFTER 10 years at the sport, Wong Tuang Seng and Victor Sim have become the first Singaporeans to be awarded the fourth dan in Shitoryu Karatedo by grandmaster K e n Ei Mabuni. It is a splendid reward for perseverance in a sport that has
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      Lew to be coach?
      437 29  -  WILFRED YEO By OETER LEW, Singa- pore's representative at last month's Bowling World Cup, yesteraay came in from the cold of the American winter and ran smack into the warmth of an offer to be national coach. The offer was a per- sonal Invitation from Wee
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      60 Germans for the first S'pore Marathon
      174 29 60 Germans for the first S'pore Marathon WEST GERMANY will send 60 top runners to compete In the first Singapore Marathon on Sept 3. Dr. Knelfel Sernreisen, of the West German Amateur Athletics Association, said yesterday: "The runners are from all walks of life from doctors to artisans. "Most of
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      BAS Seek help from SSC
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    334 30 Aceh rebels in terror attacks JAKARTA. Friday ANTI government rebels had at one stage hoisted "Free Aceh" flags as they launched terror in several towns in the fanatic Muslim province of Aceh. north Sumatra, army sources said here today. The sources said the rebels hoisted the flags In the provincial
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    68 30 MID- SEA OIL TRANSFER THE crippled American-o wned supertanker Venoll (left) seen alongside the British tanker, the 300.000tonne Litlopa in Aloga Bay off Port Eliiabeth. South Africa, on Wednesday. Picture was taken when the supertanker was transferring its 250,000 tonnes of crude oil careo. The VenoU collided with its unladen
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    862 31  - Americans flock to 'sunshine state' of Fliruda MILTON CHASE By in Sarasota, Florida. J^S icy winds, snow, sleet and frigid temperatures begin to torment much of the Tnited Stales each winter, millions of Americ a n s emulate migrating birds and flock southwards to the "sunshine state" of Florida. There
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    528 31 No more fear of any bust in real estate market But 't has experienced a boom and a bust in previous years. Its first boom began shortly alter the end of World War I when thousands of American servicemen who had trained ii the state, liked what they saw and
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    602 31  - Where power blackouts are now an everyday fact of life JAMES NEILSON By in BUENOS AIRES DLACKOCTS have become an everyday fact of life for most of the nine million inhabitants of Greater Buenos Aires. Only a few select areas are spared when the power station managers decide to cat
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      296 31 A monthly section ■H/ffffAviffllRpP^^ iBT^^ appended to j s HER World MHH^^^^^^h^^ \^HF§^ LhJCh^^h^^^HHF 0 h^P'e your MEN 'k \9^^^H^^V I fcrNaHaTan a Creator Exotic^ JOrf \S IN HER World nandle boyfriends, husbands, male colleagues and men bosses T*ij) FEATURES Dr Nalla Tan takes over from Dr. M Independence and
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      1131 32 A LEAP TO A %m A j& PROFESSIONAL VjBK^ CAREER X^H£Lr Be qn Infantry Junior Commander The |unior commander in me SAF leads e"> active, outdoor lite A^ Whether it is training his men in the field or on a parade square, he is in r*" v|^^ the forefront of
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      542 33 I REGIONAL MANAGER- 1 I NEW PRODUCTS I Gillette, a ma)or international Company in the field of Personal Care Products and Writing Instruments, requires a Marketing Manager to head up an aggressive program of new product introduction in South East Asia. The position will haye regional responsibility with travel throughout
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      724 33 The SGV Group Management Consulting Services A large American company engaged in big-ticket equipment financing is looking for a highly-motivated man with strong personality traits to fill the post of: ASSISTANT TO THE GENERAL MANAGER Around S$40,000 p.a. Plus Incentive Bonus As the No. 2 man in the local organisation,
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      570 33 GPS 1 Computer Processing Services Pte Ltd. A member of the Straits Group CPS, a member of the Straits Group of Companies, is South East Asia's only regional computer bureau. We are a rapidly expanding computer services company operating IBM37O computers in Singapore, Hong Kong and Malaysia, catering for a
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      489 33 Sinppora (Privtte) Limittd requires an H INTERNATIONAL CONTROLLER! The Controller will be responsible for the financial management of Intersil Operations in Singapore. Essentially, this will include responsibility fo': 1 All accounting functions tuch at but not I limited to: a) maintain proper books of accounts, b) submit all necessary reports
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      831 34 CAREER OPPORTUNITIES I/A National Iron Steel Mills Ltd. is engaged in the manuESBj| facture and marketing of steel products. The Company has Wm subsidiary operations engaged in other activities such as the manufacture marketing of lime products, recycled jA metallic tin, wire products and shipbreaking. Annual sales IS of the
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      584 34 fA leading Multinational Company with^^ its Regional Head Office in Jurong I seeks the services of an ADMINISTRATIVE EXECUTIVE to coordinate divisional administrative I matters between Indonesia and I Singapore. As the duties include ac- I counts and logistics, a good working knowledge of these is vital The right man
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      721 35 r Multi-National Company require SALES I REPRESENTATIVES for: A. Pneumatic Tool Hoist, Winches Compressors. B. .Construction mining Equipment. Age: above 25 years. Nationality: Singapore Citizen. Minimum 2 years proven sales capability in engineering equipment products. Full Certificate or Higher Educational qualification preferred. Own a personal car. Must have good business
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      456 35 wy I C A large European trading Company has vacancy (or a STORE MANAGER The idea! candidate should possess the following experience and qualifications Qualifications/ Eip«riti»ct Several years warehousing experience in a supervisory capacity with good Knowledge of modern storekeepmg techniques, shipping and documentation procedures. HSC plus relevant qualifications in
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      699 35 f GENERAL MANAGER 1 Ml IU II AM IUVK Compensation negotiable. Our client, a subsidiary of a substantial Malaysian financial institution, is an expanding, profitable merchant bank based in Kuala Lumpur. They provide a full range of merchant banking services. Our client now wishes to appoint a General Manager who
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      73 35 BAILIFF'S SALE In The Subordinate Courts Of The Republic Of Singapore Writ of Seizure fi Sale No. 2301 of 1977 In The Cause Of Central Provident Fund Board Plaintiff Versus Maxklene Pte Ltd. Defendant Auction Sale Of Refrigerator, trolleys, office furniture, etc. To Be Held At No. 565C, MacPherson I
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