The Straits Times, 19 April 1978

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    14 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 1978 25 CENTS M.C.(P) No. 214/1/78
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    Lock icon GANG: WE'VE KILLED MORO
    704 1 ROME, Tuesday Hundreds search for body in lake THE terrorist kidnappers of former Premier Aldo Moro announced in a communique today that he has been executed, the Italian news agency Ansa reported. The communique, signed by the Red Brigades, said his body could be found in
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    Lock icon Tycoon abducted by 'policemen'
    207 1 Tycoon abducted by 'policemen' MILAN, Tues. rpHREE men dressed In police uniforms kidnapped a Milan tycoon today on the outskirts of this north Italian city, authorities reported. Police said the three kidnappers stopped a taxi which the businessman, Mr. Carlo Levazzari, 53, was taking from home to his office and
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    Lock icon Enter Danny —in spectacles
    228 1  -  EDMUND TEO By JAMES MacArthur, J better known to Hawaii Five-O fans as Danny Williams, has no qualms about playing side-kick to Jack Lord's Steve McGarrett. In fact, he sees the role quite matter-of-factly as "doing a Job and nothing more." "It's Just a movie. We're
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    Lock icon Explosives: Man held
    58 1 BEIRUT, Tues A Sri Lankan man was detained Kstcrday as he was about to board a plane for Kuwait carrying 2.5 kg of TNT, two hand grenades and detonators, security sources said today. They quoted htm as saying he was an oil engineer and used explosives lr.
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    Lock icon TAX REBATE FOR VOTERS?
    81 1 TAX REBATE FOR VOTERS? BANGKOK, Tues The government is considering a tax rebate to eligible voters who cast ballots in the general elections expected in March next year at the latest. Director of the elections division of the local administration department, Mr Yuwarat Komolvech, noted that the offer would be
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    Lock icon The weather
    17 1 UP TO NOON TODAY: Isolated showers in late morning, according to the Singapore Meteorological Service.
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    Lock icon Woman Red killed
    103 1 SECURITY forces shot dead a woman guerilla and reportedly injured two more, believed to be males, In an encounter in the Jungle of Sungel Dua near here yesterday. The body of the woman, yet to be Identified, was brought to the Ben- BENTONG. TUM. tong district hospital
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    Lock icon Asean annual meet in June
    74 1 Asean annual meet in June MANILA. Tues. Foreign ministers of Asean will hold their annual meeting )n Bangkok from June 14 to 16. Thai Foreign Minister Upadit Pacharlyangkun said here today. Mr. Upadit. current chairman of the Asean standing committee, said this wa> agreed in the course of his tour
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    Lock icon Khmer shelling wounds five
    134 1 Khmer shelling wounds five BANGKOK, Tues At least five villagers were wounded and several houses in the eastern Thai border district of Aranyaprathet damaged by last night's shelling from Cambodian troops, police said today. They said the living quarters of policemen at a police station in the district were also
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    50 1 NEW YORK. Tues. The Dow Jones industrial average, a 14 99-polnt winner yesterday, was off 3.46 points to 806.65 around 11 a.m. today, after being down nearly five points earlier. The average had climbed 43.83 points the previous three sessions and 34.91 In the past two sesslors. UPI.
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    Lock icon Peace talks: Hopes dashed
    858 1 J^IIODHSIA'S interim government last night dashed all prospects for an allparty conference on the country's future, rebuffing an Anglo-American peace initiative. All lour members of the multi-racial administration told US Secretary of State Cyrus Vance and British Foreign Secretary David Owen that the internal settlement worked
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    Lock icon Guerilla raids: Arafat gives pledge
    458 1 Guerilla raids: Arafat gives pledge BEIRUT. Tues. DALES TINIAN guerilla leader Yasser Arafat was today reported to have pledged a moratorium op crossborder attacks into Israel to accelerate its withdrawal from south Lebanon. The independent Belrut newspaper An Nahar said Mr. Arafat made the promise during his 70minute meeting in
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    Lock icon RHODESIAN SUMMIT IN MAY?
    68 1 LONDON, Tuet Foreign Secretary David Owen said tod; iy he hoped to bring all parties together for a new Rhodesian conference some time In May Reporting to Parliament on his tour of southern African c >untrles with US Seer, tary of State Cyras Vtnce, Mr. Owen
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      240 1 STORE AID FOR LANKA Page 6 EXPORTS by Japan will increase in dollar terms 2 CARTER is ticked off by his staff 4 FOREIGN banks' starting pay shock 8 BOARD to hear appeals by parents 9 FIRST girl to be Soldier of the Month 11 NTUC call to amend law
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      28 1 LORD KING world time clock Model: NS— 35 (Battery Operated) I iMljk Bk I I T( ln9 I rNROi Ba I WORLDand I rd Bt VII LOCAL time
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  • AROUND THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Exports by Japan will increase in dollar terms
      396 2 Despite voluntary curbs... TOKYO, Tuesday JAPAN'S exports will continue to rise in dollar terms despite voluntary curbs on export shipments announced by the government last weekend, the Japan Foreign Trade Council said today. The council, which represents leading Japanese trading companies, said
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      Lock icon New steps by Tokyo to cut surplus
      181 2 New steps by Tokyo to cut surplus TOKYO, Tuesday THE Japanese Government will this Friday introduce a new package of measures, including stepped-up economic assifitance to the Third World, to trim its swollen trade surplus, a government spokesman said today. Chief Cabinet secretary Shintaro Abe said the meeting was scheduled
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      Lock icon New move to break M-East deadlock
      158 2 CAIRO, Tues. American officials travelling with Secretary of State Cyrus Vance said today President Carter will announce a US Initiative soon to break the Middle East deadlock. They said they found nothing new In the latest Israeli rjeace guidelines, which called (or continued Jewish
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      Lock icon All that's left after tremors
      78 2 All that's left after tremors SICILIANS rummaging through the debris that was once their homes in Palermo on Monday after a catastrophic series of 40 earth tremors and aftershocks jolted the quake-prone island. Four eluerly people died of heart attacks and a fifth was killed by a passing car as
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      Lock icon Owen told to stop giving out photos of himself
      136 2 Owen told to stop giving out photos of himself LONDON, Tues Britain's handsome young Foreign Secre tary, Dr David Owen, has issued 25,000 photographs of himself at public expense, a Parliamentarian of the ruling Labour Party alleged today. Mr Arthur Lewis, a London Member of Parliament, said Dr Owen's habit
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      Stopover by Fraser
      54 2 MANILA, Tues Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser made an hour-long stopover here today en route to Japan but was unable to meet Philippine President Marcos who was holding talks with political leaders at Malacanang Palace. He left shortly afterwards for Tokyo where he will meet Japanese Prime
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      Lock icon Hope for new trade pact
      60 2 WABHJNOTON. Tues. President Carter'! special trade representative raid yesterday there Is a "reasonably good chance" that a new world trade agreement can be concluded by the end of the year. Mr. Robert Strauss told a US Senate sub-committee that "after three years of Idling along,
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      Lock icon Firemen save chimpanzee
      42 2 KASSEL (West Germany V rues. Local firemen last light chalked up their trangest-ever assignment hey rescued a drowning hlmpantee. The chimp has escaped rom Its kerper and dived nto the chilly Klver FuMa liter performing In a circus. Reuter.
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      ROBBERS LEAVE TRAIL OF DIAMONDS
      89 2 HONGKONG, Tues. The streets of busy central Hongkong were Uttered with diamonds today, police said. Twenty small packets of diamonds worth about USS2OO.OOO (SM60.000) were strewn all over Theatre Lane shortly after 11 a.m. when two suspected robbers were beinc chased by police. Police subsequently
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      Lock icon Japan's railway services are crippled by strike
      349 2 SEVERAL Japanese rail services were vi r t ually paralysed today and 450,000 commuters affected when leftwing railway unionists launched a 48-hour strike after rejecting an offer to Increase their average wages by 3.8 per cent. Some freight handling operations at major ports,
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      189 2 For 46 years Singapore has had one great book store Now it has two. Every great city has one renowned book store. In Singapore for almost half a century that recognition has been bestowed on Ensign Book Store in High Street. We are, in fact, so much of a local
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      Lock icon There is a place for dissent: Judge
      305 3 There is a place for dissent: Judge MANILA, Tues A PHILIPPINE Supreme Court Judge has told a university graduating class here the government should not stifle dissent even with martial law, or the country might drift towards communism or other forms of dictatorship. Speaking a week after the country's first
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      Lock icon Saigon's open air markets to close
      130 3 HONGKONG. Tues. The Vietnamese authorities have decided to end "all Illegal activities" of open air markets in Ho Chi Mlnh City, (Saigon) Radio Ho Chi Minh City reported yesterday. A communique of the municipal people's committee said the open air markets were places which
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      Lock icon JAIL FOR FRAUDS IN POLLS: MARCOS
      72 3 MANILA, Tues—President Marcos vowed to jail anyone involved in frauds in the recent Philippine elections as poll authorities officially confirmed the government's election victory in an extraordinary near-midnight session last night. But while he admitted that it was possible anomalies might have been committed
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      Lock icon 'SENKAKU ROW MAY BE A RADICAL PLOT'
      401 3 TOKYO, Tuesday THE row between China and Japan over the disputed Senkaku Islands could be a plot by Chinese radicals to discredit and embarrass the Peking regime, commentators said here today. This view was reinforced by the re-entry yesterday of Chinese fishing boats
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      Lock icon Refugees get a 'No' from Kenya
      166 3 Refugees get a 'N o' from Kenya MOMBASA (Kenya), Tues. A party of 51 Vietnamese refugees plucked from a sinking ship in the South China Sea by the crew of a Greek freighter was refused permission by Kenyan authorities to land at this Indian Ocean seaport yesterday. Port police boarded
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      Lock icon Rioters jailed
      25 3 TAI.PEH. Tues. Eight people Involved in an election day riot last year have been given pjlson terms of up to 12 years. Reuter.
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      Lock icon Four hurt as Indira turns up in court
      211 3 NEW DELHI, Tues. Four policemen were injured in clashes with several hundred demonstrators who surged around a district court here today as former Prime Minister Mrs. Indira Gandhi appeared on two charges. They were hurt as some of the demonstrators threw stones
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      Lock icon Bangkok bomb blast injures eight
      93 3 BANGKOK, Tues. Eifht people were Injured, two seriously, when a home-made parcel bomb exploded at a beauty salon here today. Felice, who ruled out a terrorist act, said an unidentified man delivered the bomb to the salon owner a minute before the blast. Officers, meanwhile,
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      Lock icon They fled with Viet troops
      56 3 They fled with Viet troops REFUGEES from Cambodia wandering aimlessly in this huge, primitive camp jnst inside the Vietnamese border, 72 km west of Ho Chi Minh city. They claimed they had fled Cambodia early this month with withdrawing Vietnamese soldiers as the Hanoi forces wrapped up a one-month-long counter
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      Lock icon New road
      31 3 RANGOON. Tues. More than 10.000 prisoners will be used to build a new 688 km expressway between Rangoon and the northern city of Mandalay, officials here said today. Reuter.
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      103 3 Wn thank friends and business associates who sent flowers/greetings and all those who attended our opening on April 15 for their kind wishes and attendance. We apologise to those who could not gain entry into our showroom on April 15 because of the huge crowds. They are cordially invited to
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      Lock icon CARTER IS TICKED OFF BY HIS STAFF
      383 4 WASHINGTON, Turn PRESIDENT Carter was criticised by members of his Cabinet and White House staff at a meeting summoned to review his administration's performance, White House spokesman Jody Powell said yesterday. "Everyone Involved. Including particularly the President, was most frank in expressing assessements
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      Lock icon 'Swapo getting set for new offensive'
      217 4 'Swapo getting set for new offensive' ti/INDHOEK, Tues. TT South African security forces here said yesterday they believe the South-West African Peo p 1 c's Organisation (Swapo) Is preparing a new offensive against South African troops In northern Namibia. A military communique published here also said the South Africans had
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      Billy taken ill
      30 4 PLAINS (OeorvU). Tuea. Mr. BUly Carter, beer(unllnc brother of US president Jimmy Carter, has been admitted to AmericusBumter county hospital, but hi* doctor refuses to say why.
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      Mugabe aide shot dead in Rhodesia
      133 4 Mugabe aide shot dead in Rhodesia SALISBURY, Tues.—One of Marxist guerilla leader Robert Mugabe's leading political spokesmen inside Rhodesia has been shot dead as a curfew breaker, military headquarters said today. Security forces shot businessman George Slmbl, 49. last Thursday. The African National Council -Zimbabwe, which represents the Patriotic" Front
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      Lock icon Rationing ends
      20 4 HONOKONO, Tues. Hongkong today ended water rationing Imposed last June after the worst drought here this century. Reuter.
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      Prince who was saved by maid from abductors
      122 4 A PLUCKY maid and a yellow sweater saved Prince Mcvitz of Hesse, seen here shortly after his rescue, from the clutches of his abductors who dragged him out of bed on Monday night. The prince, who is related to the British royal
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      Lock icon Riots after Turkish mayor's murder
      133 4 ANKARA, Tues.— Riots broke out in the Turkish town of Malatya during the night after a parcel bomb killed the mayor. At least 1,000 people have been detained, a security official said. Troops raced into the streets today to restore order as fires raged In
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      'No force used'
      75 4 'No force used UNITED NATIONS, Tues.— Soviet diplomat Arkady Shevchenko met on Sunday night with Russian representatives and told them his refusal to return to Moscow was a decision "of his own free will" and no "external coercion" was involved, his lawyer said yesterday. Mr. Shevchenko also wants an "early
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      916 5 THE STRAITS TIMES, WEDNESDAY APRIL 19, 1978 PAGE 5 Thomson Plaza offers pleasant, quality shopping and recreational facilities. Wanted 150 retailers to set up shop with Yaohan at Thomson Plaza your utilities bill. This means more profit for you. Energy-saving features include:— maximum use of natural light. use of thermal
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    At 57, she volunteers to help adolescents
    361 6 RETIREMENT for Mrs. Ng Wai Mun two years ago could have meant relinquishing all responsibilities after 28 hectic and tiring years as a teacher. But she chose instead to pitch in oner again to help students during their difficult adolescent years. As a
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    PILGRIMS WARNED ON DEPOSIT DEMANDS
    103 6 rw\HE Majlis Ugama Is1 lam Slngapura (Muslim Religious Council > yesterday urged wouldbe pilgrims to Mecca to make a report to the organisation If they were approached by travel or pilgrimage agents demanding a deposit for their trip. Muis president, Haji Buang Slraj, said this
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    589 6 COLOMBO, Tues yiSITIXG Singaj)ore Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew and Sri Lanka's President J.R. Jayewardene have had informal discussions at Nuwara Eliya, official sources said. Mr. Lee, who arrived last Saturday accompanied by his wife, on a fiveday informal visit to Sri Lanka,
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    Youth camp
    24 6 THE K>mpong Kembangan community centre youth group will hold a two-day hike cum-weekend camp from May 27 at Paslr Ris Holiday Complex.
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    Lords to give judgment on Tarling case appeals today
    311 6 THE House of Lords will give judgment in London today on the appeals by the Singapore Government and by Richard Tarling, former chairman of Haw Par International Ltd., who faces extradition to Singapore on charges relating to the company's affairs. The
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    Imaginary tour through musical America
    234 6 Imaginary tour through musical America THOMAS Mclntosh from the USA presented what seems a novel idea, and a good one at that, in his "multimedia" concert at the DBS Auditorium on Monday night. A Ju 1 1 i a rd-trained pianist, his concert took the form of an Imaginary tour
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    M-CYCLIST DIES AFTER HITTING LAMP-POST
    73 6 AM O T O R CYCLIST travelling along Holland Road died after he lost control of his machine which hit a lamppost on Monday night. Lee Fook Choy. 23. was riding along Napier Ulu Pandan when his motor- cycle skidded near Henry Park and hit
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    Chinese jetliner flies in to pick up youth acrobats
    182 8 4 TRIDENT Jetliner J\ flying the flat of the People's Republic of China flew in from Rangoon yesterday morning to pick up the 50-mrmber Kwangtung Youth Acrobatic Troupe after their sojourn in Singapore. During their three-week stay in Burma, the troupe,
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    CPI FOR MARCH DOWN BY 1.7 PER CENT
    127 8 CPI FOR MARCH DOWN BY 1.7 PER CENT rE Consumer Price Index (CPI) in March fell by 1.7 per cent to 154 points compared to February due to lower food prices which declined by 3.2 per cent to 171.2 points. The Statistic Department said cheaper fish, pork and poultry more
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    Motorists told: Avoid these roads
    100 8 Motorists told: Avoid these roads MOTORISTS are advised to avoid Bras Basah Road, Queen Street and Stamford Road today between 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. to make way for a religious procession. A police statement said the stretch of Queen Street between Bras Basah and Stamford Roads would be closed
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    Foreign banks' starting pay shock
    395 8 Foreign banks' starting pay shock JTOURTEEN foreign banks belonging to the Singapore Employers Federation (SEF) have been asked to cut the starting monthly salary for new clerical employees from $325 to $250 for parity with local hanks. They are, however, to raise the starting pay for non-clerical employees from $129
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    Lower cold storage charges
    79 8 THE PSA has reduced its cold storage charges from five cents to three cents per kilogram per week from this month to provide facilities and services at competitive rates. Its cold storage space at Keppel Wharves has also been increased nearly five-fold from 285 cubic metres
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    Varsity's law library
    71 8 THE University of Singapore's law library will be moved to the central library at Kent Ridge this month, and not be located with the Law Faculty at the new premises as reported by straits Times. The library will be housed together with the architecture and engineering libraries
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    Cooking, piano courses
    27 8 Cooking, piano courses THE Rochore community centre Is holding courses in restaurant cooking. piano playing and halr-dresslng. For details, ring *****0 between 2 p.m. and 10 pm
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    Quality of life: 'Little headway made'
    238 8 Quality of life: 'Little headway made' rE acting Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Lee Khoon Choy, yesterday spoke of Singapore's "gross cultural product," which was making little headway despite the soaring gross national product and per capita Income. Opening the Exhibition of Chinese Blue-and-Whlte Ceramics at the National Museum Art
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
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      251 8 Straits Times Crossword J»~^ HH HM HH HHf B ACROSS 7 Boy not gelling up to 1 Kind of folding chair and dance <!0>. table OOp. 9 Word-comers got lesson 1 B Move by slow dtgrect in wrong (10). church (4 1 12 The significance of having 10 Decided to
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    Star of I Will, I Will...For Now is really a bit more conservative
    232 9 Star of I Will, I Will... For Now is really a bit more conservative VICTORIA Prin- cipal (above) has been saying: "I am real, I am real to many Singaporeans who have met her since she arrived on Sunday. It is not that anyone doubts sTir is the lovely star
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    Esso employees collect $1,302 for deaf
    209 9 Esso employees collect $1,302 for deaf ESSO Singapore Pte. Ltd. has donated $1,302 to the Singapore Association for the Deaf to help the association start classes for 160 children on its waiting list for Primary One. Disclosing this yesterday, an associationspokesman said Esso employees collected the money after showing their
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    Prices of Chinese herbs rise by 30 pc
    274 9 Prices of Chinese herbs rise by 30 pc /CHINESE herbs are fast becoming the medicine of the rich and a luxury for the poor as prices have gone up by another 30 per cent during the last three months. Prices oi ihe herbs have continued to rise for the last
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    Guitar music recital by ensemble
    74 9 TKE Ministry of Culture will present the Robeit Luse Guitar Ensemble In the Music for Everyone series tomorrow at 8 pm. at the Conference Hall. The programme Includes four modern and two Baroque works Guitar soloists will be Winne Poo and Leonard Tan. Tickets tt
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    On driving test
    27 9 QUEENSTOWN Library will hold a talk in Mandarin on How to Pass four Driving Test, on Friday at 7.30 p.m. at its lecture room.
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    Board to hear appeals by parents
    480 9 Board to hear appeals by parents THK government's Joint Admissions Board will meet this week to consider appeals by parents dissatisfied over the recent postings of GCE "O" level students to junior colleges and other tertiary institutions. According to sources, the meeting will examine appeals by parents whose children were
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    Lock icon 'SRI LANKA HAS MUCH TO LEARN FROM SINGAPORE'
    243 9 'SRI LANKA HAS MUCH TO LEARN FROM SINGAPORE' /COLOMBO, Tues. Sri \j Lanka has many lessons to learn from the success story of Singapore, the Ceylon Daily News said today in an editorial in connection with Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew's visit here. "The People's Action Party led by Mr.
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    Semi-finals of youth group's debates
    92 9 Semi-finals of youth group's debates THE MacPherson youth group will hold the semifinals of two public debates at the MacPherson and Sims Avenue community centres on April 30 at 7.30 p.m. Motion for the debate at MacPhmon centre is that the Singapore Bus Service should not go public but be
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    Mission holiday
    29 9 THE Indian High Commission will be closed on Friday to mark Mahavira Jayantl. a festival to observe the birthday of Lord Mahavlra. who founded the religion. Jalnism
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      731 9 111 It i ii •jjiir^r""* A HIJi THK API t:\LOI rKKiKOTWU LIES MITS MANY STRONGPQINTS STRONGPOINT THREE: Particular attention has been paid to safety in the Peugeot 604. f SAFETY Starting with a strong rigid body, two shock -resisting areas have been built at floor and waist level. Three roof
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    DANCEGIRL WHO BIT WPC FINED $750
    259 11 DANCEGIRL WHO BIT WPC FINED $750 A DANCE hostess was yesterday jailed for a day and fined $750 for biting a woman police constable at the Paya Leb a r police station where she was detained on suspicion of taking drugs. Inspector A.J. Vaz, prosecuting, told the court that Sutlnam
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    First girl to be Soldier of the Month
    240 11 IT WAS bound to come. Singapore's gills just had to show their male counterparts that they were equally good at getting awards, even if it's merely being Soldier of the Month. Singapore's glrb just had to show their male counterparts that they
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    HDB CLERK ACCUSED OF CORRUPTION
    98 11 HOUSING Board clerk Kandasamy Jayaseelan, 25, yesterday claimed trial to three counts of corruption mv o 1 v Ing $450. in a subordinate court yesterday. Kandasamy was accused of corruptly accepting $100 from Chong Fook at a work site in Bedok North Avenue 3 in
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    Australia to accept refugees from hijacked freighter
    354 11 Australia to accept refugees from hijacked freighter A USTRALIA has A agreed in principle to accept for resettlement some of the 34 Vietnamese on board the hijacked freighter Yam-Co 24. A team of Australian immigration officials will fly here later this week to Interview about 21 of them who have
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    ANOTHER WEEK OF RAIN
    59 11 ANOTHER WEEK OF RAIN THE present spell of Isolated afternoon showers will continue for another five to seven days, according to the Singapore Meteorological Service. This might be followed by morning showers (or two to three days before the end of this month. Rainfall {or this month is expected to
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    Installation queries reduced by TAS pilot plan
    274 11  - Installation queries reduced by TAS pilot plan EDMUND TEO By A PILOT telephone installation appointment scheme, introduced by the Telecommunication Authority of Singaj)ore last October, has helped cut down inquiries from applicants at the various Telecoms installation bases by about 70 per cent. r The scheme, aimed at Improving the
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    Accused: I had pistol buried in the floor
    298 11 Accused: I had pistol buried in the floor A JURONG boatbuilder, charged with unlawful possession of a pistol and four bullets, yesterday admitted at his trial that he had the pistol buried in the earthern floor of his house when a CID party recovered it last June. Tan Bee Cheng,
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    Former Sats man who took $19,000 bribes is jailed a year
    421 11 Former Sats man who took $19,000 bribes is jailed a year CHAN Koon Kow, 55, a former senior records officer with the Singapore Airport Terminal Services (Pte) Ltd, was jailed a year by a district judge yesterday after he admitted corruptly receiving a total of $19,320 from an engineering company
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      212 11 Of all the fleets that serve this port, China Airlines. WBf is the one we recommend. ■E mUlt^^^* ast mov n9n 9- ww tn connections to fIMHiMHW Wl I markets, buyers, ■HHKmfm W financial centers of W a^HmAmlrEk free Asia and the v^ est ■HHpßffW*^ Smooth sailing, working S ww
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  • The Straits Times WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 1978
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      PRICE OF RICE
      347 12 THE Inflationary spiral will pick up In Singapore this year. The latest in a series of price increases that of rice comes at an inopportune time, after hikes In hospital and dentai charges, cinema tickets and impending or expected rises in bus fares and PUB rates. Cumulatively,
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      ON THE FENCE
      324 12 THE Thai Foreign Minister Is making a tour of Asean capitals to brief Thailand's partners in the organisation on his Prime Minister's visit to China. From what he has already disclosed In Kuala Lumpur publicly, General Kriangsak seems to have gone to Peking at the right time,
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      Ministry alive to need for quality teachers
      188 12 I REFER to the letter by ZalbunSiraj (ST. April 8). The Ministry of Education requires teachers of KiiKhsh language and literat ur c mathematics, physlci and chemistry The teachers to be recruited either on a parttune or full-time basis should be able to
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      75 12 WE WISH to inform H.Y. Lee (ST. Mar. 23) that the opening in the road divider in front of the Queensway Shopping Complex near the Alexandra Fire Station is meant for the use of the fire engines and ambulances to gain access to Queensway The problem of motorists making unauthorised
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      91 12 WE would like to Inform I.E. Yeoh (ST. March 11) that the Parks and Recreation Department is watering roadside plants during those hours when the traffic is lightest. For most roads it will be during ofl-peak hours. But within the CBD, watering is done during the hours when the ALS
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    Honeymoon between Japan and Australia truly over
    1005 12  -  VINCENT STOVE PREMIERS TO MEET FOR CRUCIAL TRADE TALKS By in SYDNEY NOT only Australians are closely watching the visit of Australian Prime Minister J. Malcolm Fraser to Japan this week. Most Asian and Pacific countries are taking a keen interest in his
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    Row over seductive TV advertising of sugar-filled foods
    1052 12  - Row over seductive TV advertising of sugar-filled foods MILTON CHASE —By The first of two articles. The second will be published tomorrow. In WASHINGTON A multi-billion dollar battle is underway in the US with the sugar, food and television industries allied on one side and concerned civic, medical, dental and
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      27 12 HOHNER SUPER CHROMONICA fcU**a%aWita^*#af^a High quality C iromatic Harmonica, i2-hol«, 48-r»ed, specially mad* for Artistes. $41.75 each (Cash discount allowed) T M.A. (PTE) LTD., «1/U, High Singapore
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      277 12 ZEROSTAT For the scientific treatment law. 2)tiu 'At This is the Zerostat anti-static pistol, which resembles a toy pistol and is aimed at the record surface from about a foot away Pressing the trigger gently creates positive ions, and releasing it produces negative ions These ions are attracted to any
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  • TV TIMES EVERY MONDAY WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY
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      Commercials drive them crackers...
      446 13 Commercials drive them crackers TF there's one plea a 1 great many television viewers would gladly want RTS to answer, it is this: Cut down that long train of commercials, please! One can hardly watch, say. Starsky And Hutch or Book And Sword without being fed an Incessant deluge of
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      Bruce Lee's last film
      361 13 BRUCE Lee fans here can see their idol in his last action-packed kung-fu movie, GAME OF DEATH, on Saturday next week when it goes on midnight at three cinemas. Mr. S. Y. Kong, local representative of Golden Harvest the Hongkong company which produced the film yesterday
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      Bilingual forum in Mandarin
      186 13 rpHE Prime Minister is M. to appear over TV again to discuss bilinguallsm, but this time he will speak in Mandarin. The Mandarin version will be even longer than the first one held in English which lasted two hours. The forum will be split Into two
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      Tomorrow's Western
      90 13 CURTAIN CALL AT CACTUS CREEK is the Western Feature Special tomorrow night on Channel 5 at 10.25. An innocent roadshow property man gets himself involved with bank robbers. He becomes the hardpressed fugitive hounded by bandits and a posse of enraged citizens. The chase takes hunters and bunted
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      Two going to study Telematch
      136 13 Two going to study Telematch TWO officials from the People's Association and Radio Television Singapore will leave for Germany early next month to study the popular German television series, Telematch. Mr. Douglas Koh, aast. director of the PA, and Mrs. Goh Guan Slew, senior producer of RTS, will be with
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      85 13 For all those who jf^r^LPT we can be you've want a24 hour S/TLTxY fo "nd what makes unlimited mileage spark- VVs^/y Avis so special ling clean new car for /mk^J\ Be sure to ask Avis touring, shopping or 4T*SZ*\\ about our other Avis whatever. Another /JrhA VVX special Specials. Avis
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      21 13 Singapore's I^^S^M irnMn Leading Fashion! WMM l^l-^ltfHl Department VII IJLIUI I Store Open Daily K)am-9pm ■H»velock/Outnm Roads. Spore 3 Tel *****1
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      176 13 M Im HflTl Hnk ■K^fr3\ ■pf-. 1 <9 v f With the opening of its new Coffee Lounge, Goodwood Park Hotel brings you into a world of elegance. A world where you can enjoy afternoon *ea in one of the most beautiful restaurants in Singapore. Whilst mannequins float by in
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      196 13 *i Ik The Coffeeshop's row tier savoury Singaporean dishes like Buah Keluak Ayam, Fried Kang Kong, Heinanese Mutton Soup. Fried Beef Kuey Teow. For dessert try something delightfully different like Bobur Cha-Chaor Gula Malacca. In the evenings, tnere's seafood chillied crabs, steamed prawns. Really fresh and good. Our Satay is
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      891 13 Today's TV and Radio SINGAPORE 5 3.M PM Opening aid SernaiU (Malay- 7.31 News ad Newsreel (Malay) N«0 7.55 Music at Haremrt-Cariival of tie iUi3.25 Diary of Events (Malay) nuls (Lart episidej 3.31 Btuua-Tkc Gold Plated Rifle 1.25 Mist Waited-Tle Hit Mai 4.15 Intermission J.3| News S.M Opening aid Electric
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  • TIMES CITY DESK
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      CLOSING PRICES
      1221 14 THE last transacted ready sal* at Urn clow of business on the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday compared with the previous day's prices together with 1977/78 high and low, ('Adjusted for script/rlghu lame). SECTION ONE INDUSTRIALS 1»77/» L«t High Low Company Sato 181 132 Anna 172 -3 213
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      Unit trusts
      325 14 BIMGAPOKK I'NIT TRUST IMaugera' prim for April II) The Commerce 182 2.04 The SavuiKFund 113 1 2u Spore Pri* Fund o 91 0M Spore Security Fund 1 7S 1M Spore Invest Fund lid ASIA UNIT TRUST l.M.n.frr.' prim hr April It) Mai Invest Fund 1.78 1.87xd Mai Prog
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      BUSINESS DONE (SINGAPORE)
      1874 14 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 "set" Big Board
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      Options
      66 14 STRIKING prices 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. C and G (June $2.20) (1) I.U r and N (June $3.10) (I..12B) Inchcape (June $1.90)
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      Government and corporate bonds
      52 14 4 3/4% 1/5/79 (250.000) (101. 10S) 5 1/4% 15/10/79 (250.000) (101 60S) 5 V 4% T F IV6/81-84 (250.000) (102. 905) 6 1/4% T F IV4/9I (250.000) (100. 70S) av 5"5 11 <25oooo) f.aT Fl/v>7 (*****0) S 1/4% T F IVV»S-»7 (250,000) (100.50S) 7% 1/7/79 (200.000)
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      KUALA LUMPUR
      1573 14 BID and offer prices officially 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 INDUSTRIALS Acm» (1 74B> Ai.ntm.lo (2.10B) XALL Alum (1 N7BI 14) l.M XALL.
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        363 14 HONOKONO: The market closed firm on local buying towards the close In thin tradIng after a quiet opening, dealers said. The Hang Seng Index surged 6 89 points higher to 441.18. on a combined total turnover volume valued at $39.10 million. APR IS HK» Amal Rubber 1 87B 0
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        Tokyo
        368 14 TOKYO: Share prices closed slightly lower after a firm start, dealers said. The Dow Jones average fell 9.89 to close at 5,534.72 points, with a volume of 430 million 413.88, down O.«7 point. APK li AJInomolo Akal Asahl Chem Asahl Glass Bank Tk Banyu Bndgestone Canon Chlyoda Chubu Pwr
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        284 14 SYDNEY: The makret closed mixed with BHP falling two cents to AW 38 on profit-taking and CSR seven to $2.75. dealers said. The Sydney All-Ordlnarles added 0.89 to 470.18 points, on a total turnover volqme of 3.48 million shares. APR la Onu +i- AC. 1 170 uneh AN 1
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        KL prices
        286 14 From col five Malayan (9.0OB 9 SOS) Pshang Can (1.48B 1.47S) (42) I 43 (6) 1 49 (46) 1.47 (3) 1.46. P.UIInj (S.60B 5 753). Rahman Hytf (3 «6B 3 P08) CD. Rtn*n( (2.20B) XD. I Dridn (4.20B 4 228) (2) 4. IS (2) 4.26 (1) 4 22
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        COPPER
        32 14 LONDON: Copper prlc*s on (onday (previous in bracket!) Wirekar Spot buyer. (701 i«93 sOi. aellera <?ul ((••«>: "hrrc montha buyera 1717 30 {70s 501. Milan 1711 <f7uv> Mirkil tint: Steady. IV.ta lonn—
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        217 15 j^EW YORK. Mon.-Jubl-lant Investors, hardly having relaxed from Friday's momentous advance, put on another record shattering performance on Wall Street today, driving prices sharply higher In the heaviest tradIng ever. Analysts said Investors were cheered by Indications that the US economy may have snapped back from the adverse
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        Indices
        155 15 FINANCIAL TIMES INDUSTRIALS Monday 446.7 Friday 447.4 Week Ago 483.3 DOW JONES AVERAGE INDUSTRIALS Monday 810 12 Friday 799.13 Week Ago 775.U5 LONDON DOLLAR PREMIUM Monday US to 115", Friday 106 to 108* H.K. HANG SENG Tue«day .'.441.18 Monday 434.29 < Week Ago 449 83 SYDNEY INDUSTRIALS Tuesday 409
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        Amsterdam
        184 15 A MSTERDAM, Mon —Share prices firmed over a broad front In fairly active trading. !ed by Royal DuWh and Hoocovrns !n Dutch International*. Other firm shares Included K.L.M HnlUndachr Belon, Roskalto and MlddrnsUadtbkok. Shippings weakened, led by Nrdlloyd. while Insurances tended lower Cloalnf prlcn in Dutch guildrri vltb the
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        TIN
        153 14 THE Straits tin price edged two dollars higher to $1,528 per picul in Penang yesterday on an official ottering up 56 tonnes to 266 tonnes. Ihe overnight Louden market was tinner with forward buyers gaining £85 to £6.000 per tonne. LONDON: Tin on the day rose £25 for Cash
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        CLOSING PRICES
        30 14 CLOSING PRICES Rubber Apr 18. Singapore: May 203.25 cts (up 0.75 ct). Malaysia May 207.75 cts (up 0.75 ct). Tin: $1,528 (up $2). Official offering: 266 tonnes (up 56 tonnes).
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        GOLD
        59 14 Monday Fridiy Mrlbournr II) 15*10 156 111 London 173 7..B 178.OOB 174 SOS 17S.5OS Zurich 174 2SB 17S.25B 175.008 179.008 P«n« 1758H 179.6S TuMday Mtndty HonKkonc 173 4UB 176. 2UB 173.708 176.408 S pori- 174. 23B 177. 87B 174.878 17H.2KS KxiKirt iiru-rx In non-llrrllnn arraK In i's dollar per
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      RUBBER
      418 14 OPENING quotations in the Singapore rubber marked ip^^inaHy dialed sai^. marßmaHy Prices later advanced further on stile's reserve and good lorward dema:.d. especlally for July Sept and Oct Dec 1978. with shortcovei in? and some speculatlve buying also aiding sen-"^nt-taking at the highs however, took prices off best levels.
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      SSR and SMR
      113 14 T-|AII.Y SSR and 8MR prices at noon yesterday: May Jaw K.A.8. K urrent Mtb) (Forward Mth) Buyer* Scllen Buym Seller* SSR 20 (1 U» pallet) 194.50 196 SON 195.50 197.50N SSR 50 (1 ton pallet) 192.50 194 50N 193.50 195 50N M.R.E.L.B. !MR 5CV (1 ton pallet)
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      CHIEF PRICE CHANGES
      125 14 RfMs Most active stocks Carlabcrf MO +20 A p 208 000 OCBc" 7?5 X» }M.«g i»S 414 +1* Sl«C«4»W 177,000 M.I.V...I. 2M +14 Hi«h*Uw 189 000 nal Iron MO +IU ud*«.i ai rv^i DBS 348 +10 HRoy«l 83,000 Horn Lnoi 290 +10 M.i.koff 272 +10 imrMnro ducu
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      Bulls go on a rampage
      458 14 THE bulls took the Singapore stock market by storm yesterday in one of the moil active trading tesiiom for the past five years. Blue chips, led by Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation's group of companies, showed the way for the rest of the market. Gains registered among
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      K. LUMPUR
      335 14 BLUE chips and heavierweighted stocks led in a steady advance amid fairly selective conditions on the Kuala Lumpur stock market yesterday. In generally light to moderate trading, these counters saw strong support to close with impressive Kains. Playing a prominent role in yesterday's stirring performance were motor stocks
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      Money and exchanges
      193 14 >j»HE US dollar displayed a firm undertone when It opened at $2 3230 40 In the Singapore fcrex market yesterday. It was bade up to the $2 3290 level Influenced by a sharp rise in the stock market In New York with many participants believing that the
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      NOMINAL RATES
      128 14 Interbank rates at 3.00 p.m. Currencies Nominal rates 'Smithsonian percenUft quoted ynterdsy (croa*) parity chance US dollar 2.3270 2.3280 2.8196 —17.47 Sterling pound 4.2858 4.2910 7.3469 —41.06 Hongkong dollar 50.37 60 44 50.51 0.27 M'slan dollar 97.72 97.82 100.00 2.28 Aust schilling 15.7998 15.8309 12.1012 +30.56 Bel franc
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      ASIAN CURRENCY RATES
      187 14 Interbank rates as at :Iose on April 18. US DoOan (Spot) Offer Bid 7 days 7 6 7 8 1 mth 7 1/16 6 15 16 2 mtiis 7 3/16 7 1, 16 3 mths 7 5/16 7 3 16 6 mths 7 3/4 7 5/8 9
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      Minimum lending rates
      68 14 THE PRIME rate or moat commercial banks in Singapore now ilandi at 7 per cent. Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation is still offering 6 l per cent to its best customers while United Commercial Bank in maintaining; its prime rate at 7' 4 per cent. The stated prime rate
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      Money market
      91 14 Clewing interbank rates on Singapore dollars on April 18. Otter Bid Overnight 3 1,4 3 1 mth 5 4 7 8 2 mths. 5 4 15,16 3 mth.s 5 1/16 5 Source: Astley Potrce. DISCOUNT RANGE of r»tn offend by discount homes on April 13 Overnight 2 to
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      Weak upturn at Ben not sustained
      396 15 Weak upturn at Ben not sustained SHAREHOLDERS of Ben and Company who had been anticipating a strong turnround Into the black In 1977 must be thoroughly disillusioned by the results Just released. Oroup operating profit for the 10 months to Dec 31, 1977 came to a mere $139,000 against a
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      Times Pub profit up 11.5 per cent
      210 15 HIGHER profits were announced yesterday by Times Publishing and Straits Times Press (1975) for the half year to endFebruary 1978. In Its Interim statement, Times Publishing reported an 11.5 per cent increase In group pre-tax profits to $10,268 million from $9,212 million previously
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      API brings in new blood
      212 15 ASSOCIATED Plastics Industries announced that it had appointed a new managing director, deputy chairman and two other board members to replace four directors who have resigned. At the same time the company revealed a loss of $1.06 million before tax for 1977. The new managing
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      895 15 ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK The Asian Development Bank is an International development finance institution, based in Manila Ph.Npp.nes and established for the purpose of lending funds, promoting investment and prov.dmg technical assistance to developing member countr.es nnrt qenerolly, for fostering economic growth in the Asian region The Bank offers challenging opportunities
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      641 15 CONTROL OFFICER Disbursement of Bank funds in accordance with agreements ond contract documents, rev.ew of tender and other similar documents m the context of procurement and disbursement procedures of the Bonk, administration of the Bank's accounting system m respect of administrative expenses technical oss.stance ond agency trust funds, preparation of
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      462 16 CLASSrU UbLJO ADS AT YOUR SERVICE s^* Telephone Service:- U. t\ Weekdays ,fe )8^ 8.30 a.m. 500 p m W Saturdays /T> 8.30 a.m. 3.00 p.m. Public Holidays C.A.T.S. 9.00 a.m. 1. 00 p.m. (235.6*77 Counter Service Regular office hours Ansafbne Service After office hours RATES Per word 60 cts
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      538 16 PHILIPPINES FOOD COVERS EMBFODEDWITH RAFFIA DESIGNS OVALS9OO DlA4lcm(l6 141 4 I ASEAN FESTIVAL FIRST FLOOR C.K. TANG LTD. attention L, EXCLUSIVE 1 ANTIQUE 'i GRANDFATHER t 1 CLOCK I 1 6' ft. high) f k FOR SALE 4 A It come originally from A 5 China in the eorly days
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      747 16 I I I First Floor Plaza Singapura E Tel: *****3 J RENOVATION \Sale I v* s 50% CALLING ALL FAMILIES IN SINGAPORE! Oel our American Designed Fully up-hol«tered sofa set Al Decor Furniture a Df COR FURNITURE PTE. LTD. 1*23. I*l FLOOR. LUCKY PLAZA. ORCHARD ROAD. SPORE 9. TEL: *****4
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      283 16 1 1 1 First Floor I Plaza Singapura Imported Leather Handbags Shoes from Italy, France Germany. ii SAL€ I STOCK CLEARANCE 1 ALL GOODS TO CLEAR i AT I FANTASTICALLY LOW < PRICES I I SOME ITEMS EVEN] SLASHED TO 1 1 PRICE \MaifMai/ CO, IPTEI LTD. S SPECIALIST IN
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      536 16 20%] DISCOUNT INTRODUCTORY OFFER. (FOR APRIL ONLY) S RACK SYSTEMS You may create your own I design for your stereo system. telephone table. TV Stand IB tea trolley and many others. GUAN CHUA CO. II 137. Albert Street, Singapore, 7. Tel: 391*4/ *****1 M SPECIAL OFFER MM^^^^^^^ ft fl f—
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      278 16 inuimnmu| DELICIOUS CHICKEN BERIYANI With Achar. Dalcha And A FREE DRINK (A large glass of root beer or orange) All for $3.00 only Viait RESTAURANT A COFFEE HOUSE 343-346 2ND FLOOR, PEOPLE'S PARK COMPLEX TEL *****0, *****3 IVORY SPECIAL INTRODUCTORY WHOLESALER and RETAILER We Specialise in loom Cir»in| !utk Mjhioin
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      251 16 ft? For All Latest Models n And Made-To-Order fl H Cane Furniture At Aj REASONABLE j PRICE COME W^ LEE'S CANE i. FURNITURE M 409, River Valley Road, Singapore. 10. Tel: *****72 ■aaV^'al ENGINEERING ASSISTANT (Male) QUALIFICATIONS: Singapore Polytechnic Diploma in Electronic Engineering. NATIONALITY: Singapore Citizen AGE: Below 30 years
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      315 16 Gifts With Fantastic Discounts D Com* to PEARL HOUSE. 3 »*Mment 36 People* Park I S Centre (11am p.m. dally). WsNpsp#f (linport#o trocn j W. Oermeny) C i{ $3. per roll C I* Frame Peeten L $3 50 each jj Of n#m#n t il Pott Ml Pletn ts $2/- up
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      708 17 II EMPLOYMENT CTSWei—l SANYO ELECTRONICS (S) PTE. LTO. Vacanclaa r*r. MALE ACCOUNTS CLERKS Account* Clerk (A) (nvsjntOeTF Control.'- Check and verify stocks levels Keep track of movements of the electronics components Accounts Clerk (S) Keep track of all company's assets records In charge of Insurance on all assets REQUIREMENTS: Per
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      789 17 GULF EAST INTERNATIONAL (PTE) LTO. Invites applications for the following vacancies (1) DOCUMENTATION CLERK a Candidates must have practical experience In preparing L/C Documents. Import/ export procedures and must be familiar with Customs regulations. (1) JUNIOR SECRETARY a Applicants should be fluent In English, with some working experience, should possess
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      703 17 II EMPLOYMENT I Urgently required EXPERIENCED SECRETARY ■Mnvrtuin H.S-C- "jftwi kfwtjnoopt of Engstoh and Manderln Muet be *bt* to handl* correepondence InInterested applicants are kindly requested to submit a complete resume, together with nonreturnable photograph, contact telephone number and salary expected to: 80S, Poo* Hal Building. SB) Floor, 180. South
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      834 17 WANTED INDUSTRIAL SALES Representative Applicants must be bright young man with technical education Completed N.S. Experience not necessary but willing to learn. Interested please apply wtth full resume and recent passport-size non-returnable photograph to S.T. Box A***** Spore. WC ARE LOOKING for young, energetic Male/ Female who wish lo take
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      1367 17 II EMfIOYMtNT I Well established company dealIng In building materials requires MALE/FSMALI SALES EXECUTIVE We are looking for a mature and Intelligent person with outgoing personality who Is able to converse and mix well with people. We are Interested In training this person to Join our sales team In promoting
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      1369 17 II EMPLOYMENT I ran Wfj rvquiTV 1) MACHINE OPERATORS (mala) 2) Q.C. OPERATORS (Male/ Female) OuaNflcatton*: Certificate in Metal Machining or Technical education. Age 19-22 Muet have completed National Service. Previous eiperience not required. We shell teach you. If you are looking for good career opportunity, call *****5S to arrange
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      689 17 II EMPLOYMENT I MALE STOREKEEPER < a Minimum 4 year*' i pertonce working a* Store- i I keeper end having being In S charge of at lea*t J-5 i < subordinates i I > a PoseeeeGCE '0' level or i a Pnsms good knowledge or X I i Math* and
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      584 17 CYCLE A CARRIAGE QROU* In view of our rapM expeneton. msbSs atfteaMai inn Mr utinn a In f it ■■V WTWrSBj ta^ESJESJEJBJBJBJfSBJ fSJf DIV (A)WORKSHOP SUPERVISOR a National Trade Cert, in motor vehicle mechanics or Industrial Technician Cert In mechanical engg. or with 10 15 years workshop experience In a
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      604 18 II EMPLOYMENT RKIH-A KMIPMRNT .UTHOHm Applicants are Invited from suitably qualified Singapore Citizens for the pott of ASSISTANT OARMNSR/aCNERAL HELPER Duties (a) To assist the Gardener In the management and maintenance or nursery and landscaped areas. Including the application of fertilisers/ Insecticides, watering, pruning and propagation of plants and weeding
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      584 18 NATIONAL TILES PTE LTD. Due to our expansion In the Plastic Division, we are now looking for suitably qualified applicants to work In our Plastic Division Applicants must satisfy th* Mould making Pattern Forming CARPENTERS Applicants must hay* at leaet few years working eipertenc* In furniture making: Kitchen Cabinet Installation
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      1360 18 II EMPLOYMENT I a SUNLIGHT H TIMBER U requires fi MALE/FEMALE I PRODUCTION I OPERATORS I PAY: 1 Male $220 p.m. I Female: $210 p.m I*3 shlfu 1 Transport, uniforms and 1 hostel provided Interested applicants are In- < vlted to call personally at: i Rm 346. People's Perk Ctr.,
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      1496 18 II EMPLOYMENT I APPLICANTS FOR THE POST OF I (1) PRODUCTION a INVENTORY I CONTROL ANALYST (2) COSTING CLERK (3) ACCOUNTS CLERK (4) KEY-PUNCH OPERATOR (5) TIMEKEEPER advertised recently are Informed that the vacancies have been filled Due to overwhelming response It is not possible lo reply each applicant individually
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      733 18 II EMPLOYMENT I GENERAL WORKER A city beeed UssWl( end wU cc HtSIWH Pteyei hsj Caiissswt re- Applicants should be prepared to handle all types of meat Completed/ exempted/ or doing part-time National Service. Starting salary: (ISO p.m. plus coldroom allowance of (20 p.m. Pot femur rtng: 221 (41 PLEASANT.
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      700 18 ESTABLISHED HEALTH SERVICE requires experienced masseuses 4-figure income per month 21 years and above *****6. GENERAL WORKERS WANTEO. Cull personally to: Lilian Furnishings Centre. 5. Aljunled Road, or Ring: *****00 ESTABLISHED PRINTING FIRM has vacancy ror an Experienced Heidelberg Kord Machine Operator Oood salary Call tel: *****13 during office hours.
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      967 18 111 VEHICLES BOATS (f NQ NOIAP AGENCY (■> 112,^ Spore 20 1(77 Cortlnj Ghla 2OSOAlreond $23,600 1(72 AHe Romeo 2000 Berttna Air cond $11,200 1(71 Alfa Romeo 17(( OTV Mlnlllte rims $10,500 Exchange can will be considered WILLIAM TAN 404J12 TOYOTA SUPER CROWN automatic Alrcondltloned/ radio. Company regd. 1971. Well
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      1015 18 O HONDA SOO four Engine en rellent condition Selling, (l. (oo Tel *****79. Dave (anytime). 1(7( MERCEDES BENZ 280 S. con < ealed alrcon. immaculate condition, one owner Tel: *****3 MAZDA 1500. 1(70 May Insurance new Oood condition. $5,100 on o. Interested contact ***** Mr Ng 1(70 OATSUN 1(00 SSS
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      943 19 HI VEHICLES A BOATS 120 Y. Excellent condition Tax and Insurance July 110 000 o n o Contact *****40 No dealers IS7] DECEMBER FORO b Oft 1100 Immaculate condition, new paint and tyres, insurance. $6,700 Ring *****2 197$ NOVEMBER COLT Mlnlca F4 300 c c 1 owner, accident free, new
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      860 19 1972 MINI 127S CT Two owner excellent condition Many accessories King *****32 900 a m to LATE IS7I VIVA SL9O New paintwork/ 5 tyres/ battery Oood condition $4,350 Tel *****6 REGISTERED I*7o MAZDA 1500 Oood condition PARF benefits Tax/ Insurance till September $4,300 View 75. Keng Lee Road after 10
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      726 19 IV ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES Houses We have a comprehensive luting of: DETACHED BUNGALOW, APARTMENTS AND SEMI-DETACHED BUNGALOWS In popular reeldentlel location* In- 1 die**. S. 10. 11. 21. S. Furnished/ partly furnished to suit Individual requirements j Swimming pool, tennis courts and central alrcond are some of features that come with
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      800 19 ORCHID INN VICINITY OIST. 11 Single-storey detached bungalow. 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, study, servant's amenities. 3 alrcons. above 7.000 sq.ft. Rental $1,800 unfurnished 0.n.0. BRADDELL HEIGHTS DIST. 1$ Single-storey detached bungalow I bedrooms. 3 bathrooms", servant s amenities. 14.000 sq ft $2,000 fully furnished 0.n.0. MING TECK PARK DIST 10
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      856 19 IV ACCOMMODATION A PROPERTIES 1 IMMEDIATE OCCUPATION Cavenagh Court sth floor, fully furnished $1,300 Jalan Sirw Bintang 3 Units Flat $300/- each I Paair-Ria Way 2-storey detached bungalow partly furnished $950/CHEONG KOON SENG a CO. (PTE) 1 LTD., (1920) CKS AUCTIONEERS 1 VALUERS (PTE) LTD., TEL: *****8/ *****9/ M23SO j
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      797 19 OIST. 9 AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY furnished 3-bed-room apartment with telephone and aircon Call *****6/ *****5 before noon. DIST. 10 SPACIOUS FURNISHED 2 -bedroom flat with separate servant's quarter at Gallop Road near Botanic Gardens. Available immediately. Principals only. Ring ***** ext 23 Mr Howe LEONIE TOWERS, DIST.S Type A new block,
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      601 19 IV ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES DISTRICTS 10 AND 11 required urgently. Apartments, terrace or semi-detached Call *****87' *****08. WANTED BUNGALOW. SEMIDETACHED, Terrace, apartment various districts (long lease) rooms required for couple single *****23 b) Flats 3-BEDROOM FLAT OR House wanted in Dlst 12 preferably near Boon Keng Road Rental not more $500
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      692 19 I IMMEDIATE TAKE OVER. Prestlt I gious. fully furnished office 528 T sq.ft with 2 telephone lines j available lor rental $633.60 p m Call personally at: 442. Katong it Shopping Complex or ring: >) *****57 -8 from 900 a m to 600 le p.m. Vincent/ Joan SELLING CHEAP: Golden
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      846 19 IV ACCOMMODATION A PROPERTIES Balllan Sscurffl** P*> Ltd (R**l EM*** DM***n) oftaf on tMtiatM on cMMtta FOP. SALE Well Hup Camptai 1100.086 Jalan in.at $115,000 Mandate* Tow*» $1(0.000 Nam* Crwcwrt SHS.OOO WMttnßoad $J70.000 Bukrt Tungo*! Read $345,000 AnotW nOMJ vsMQiQQQ P*rbury Avscmm -On Application Pt*#*e contact: Th* M*n*qt Towar 2101
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      653 19 DIST. 1$ TELOK KURAU Doublestorey corner terrice 4 bedrooms, servant's 3.4(i0 sq.ft. Freehold Vacant possession $110,000 negotiable Call: *****60 DIST. 1$ DOUBLE-STOR V TER1 RACE house 4 bedrooms, large hall Parquet terrazzo/ mosaic 1 flooring Freehold 20.000 negotiable Tel *****44 DOUBLE-STOREt TERfACE SIXTH Avenue Ming Te< k Park. OflHnll.indKo.nl lust
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      717 20 lIVI IV ACCOMMODATION 4 PROPERTIES 5-STOREY SHOP BUILDING LOCATED AT SOUTH BRIDGE ROAD AVAILABLE FOR MEDIUM/ LONG TERM LEASE EACH FLOOR APPROX. 1.700 SO. FT. INTERESTED PARTItS PLEASE CONTACT MR. TAN TEL: *****78 (DURING OFFICE HOURS) PEACE CENTRE SHOPS Ist floor 65 sq metre (695 sq ft). ■asks 2nd floor
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      720 20 SHOP WANTED. PREFERABLY r stretch between C X Tang tt Cold Storage Apply ST Box A***** BUKIT TIMAH SHOPPING Centre Unit 352 for sale. 190 sq ft J77.140 Contact William Ho. *****04 (morning). FOR RENT: GREAT Eastern Hotel Shopping Centre. For showroom, shop or office. Ist floor Tel *****32/ *****97
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      4034 20 V SERVICES I, BUSINESS VI EDUCATION A TRAINING VI EDUCATION TMMIHC |j VI EDUCATION I. TRAINING „,■■,■>.,. I „^.T ..^rnnan I WE ASSIST SMALL/ medium factories to expand through Joint ventures and additional Investment Telephone Lee *****/ *****5 EARN UP TO SlOO weekly. workIng part-time, selling sundry Imports Call Beulah
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      119 20 EFFECTIVE TUITION FOR All md Subjects at your home Success guaranteed Tel 4M204 *****« EXPERIENCED TUTORS WILLING to give Tuition In all subjects. ipeclallslnf in conversation also available Tel *****32/ *****}/ *****40 *****6 GUITAR/ r.UTE/ SAXOPHONE/ violin Tuition by experienced teachers' professional musicians. Inquiries at La Classlque Guitar Muslcentre. 425.
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      369 21 VII TRAVEL I RESTAURANTS WORLD CHARTERS ORGANISATION for the most economical 4 reliable airfares to Lenewn Eureee USA/C*nade AaillHl BrlebeiM Avoklend ataoosn MRrMn Duo#l KuwaM Tehran DeM Jekerta MtM Menee Bangkok Hen*ke«g Tokyo Rnvso4, AFRO-ASIA BLDO.. M. ROBINSON RD, SINGAPORE 1 Tel: 230*233 221 MM 2321*41 *****11 Moloeo STPB Lie
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      305 21 EUROPEAN TBURS FIVt CAPITALS 7 Days $2145/RNINt CRUIM. PARIS. AMSTERDAM 8 days $2407/EUROPEAN ROUNDTRIP 14 Days $2604/Curepeen renter 14 Days $2629SPENDID CITIES 19 Dayi $3062/-Prirr-s Include Airfares Daily Jumbo Flights European Tours arrom twin snarling) 2 Transfers Airport Hotel Airport in London A Handsome Travel Bag Number of days specified
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      1328 21 j VII TMVEL HiSTAtIMNTS 1 ARCHIPELAGO 3 days XL/ Oentlng Coach/ Air $jso 4 days XL. CH. Pen (Cent) Coach/ Air $210 5UaysKL/Pen/CH(Qent) $175 5 Days Pen/ Oent XL. (Air/Coach) $250 6/7 Days XL. CH $185/ Pen (Gent) $175 7 days East Coast $215 dep: 28/5. 4/6. 11/6. 18/6 S
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      823 21 TENTERA DARAT MALAYSIA PEMILIHAN TERBUKA UNTUK JAWATAN PERINGKAT RENDAH 1. Caluncalun yang berkelayakan adalah dipelawa untuk berkhidmat sebagai rekrut Angkatan Tentera Darat Malaysia. KELAYAKAN 2. Akadrmik. Sekurang-kurangnya tamat Darjah VI disebuah Sekolah Bantuan penuh Kerajaan 3. Laln-lain: a. Warganegara Malaysia b. Lelaki c. Umur diantara 18 hingga 23 tahun isemasa
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      635 21 LEVER LEVER BROTHERB (MALAYBIA) SDN. BHD. InvUes applications for the post of RAW MATERIALS MANAGER Applicants must:(1) be Malaysia citizens; (2) be between 35 to 40 years of age; (3) have at least a Cambridge School Certificate and several years' experience In store/ warehouse management and control; (4) write and
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      311 21 IN THE HIGH COl RT l> MALAYA AT Kl ALA I.I MI'I K COMPANIES (WINDING IP) NO: I* OF 1*78 In the matter of Zazco Gemini 1M1 Sdn. Bhd.i AND In the matter of Section 218 ill ibi of the Companies Act. 1965. ADVERTISEMENT OF PETITION Notice is hereby given
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    IN MEMORIAM
    54 21 IN EVERY LOVING MEMORY OF MRS. Tan Choon Swee (nee Md. Bessie Lim Bok Swee) who was called to be with the Lord on 19th April 1977 (Tuesday). "Though a year haa passed away, Her Tender Love will always stay." Greatly missed and always cherished by loving children,
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    94 21 ft KM \N KAIR passed away Hilly on 17/4/78 at home in Abul Khair, Gurdaspur. India exactly 9 months la the day of death Of her beloved husband Dahp Singh. BHOG on 2<i 4'78 in India Sadly mourned by children BHOG C«f mony IN EVER LOVING MEMORY of LATE
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      40 21 140 Acknowledgements THE FAMILY OF the late Mr Scan SbMt SariK sincerely thank all friends, relatives for their att»n- dunce and assistance and es- peclally Rev Tony Chi from Wesley Methodist Church who performed the services during their recent bereavement
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      129 21 I SARDAR J ASWANT SINGH I (JHwrna) I dapartod UJt On 23.4.78. a Bhog ceremony will be held at 3pm at Ouru Khalsa Sabha. Sembawang in memory of 1 our most beloved father who passed away peacefully In his > hometown at Pannlwala Fatta, India Painfully mtaaad but
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      50 21 IN LOVING MEMORY of Tan Hung Slah departed 16-4-78. Memories of you bring sadness among us. your friendliness and kindness with always be with us. Richard. Bert, Ricky, Thlan, Mike, Tommy. Bernard, Oan. Raymond. Eddy. Willy. Chuang and the rest. Remember 1 your loved ones In Mvworiflof
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      596 22 SANYO SANYO INDUSTRIES (M) BERH4D CORDIALLY INVITES APPLICATIONS FROM VIALAYSIAN CITIZENS TO APPLY FOR THE FOLLOWING POSTS 1 Mechanical Engineer Qualification Mechanical or Production Engineering Diploma from a recognised Polytechnic or College. Knowledge in drafting would be an asset Age: Hetween 25 to 32. Kxperience: 2 to :t years practical
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      400 22 Zjjxor BUSINESS INVITATION Luxor is one of Scandinavia's largest colour TV manufacturer. We are now seeking contact with parties interested in acting as our AGENT/DISTRIBUTOR and/or LOCAL ASSEMBLER for Malaysia. Our product are TOP-OF-THE-LINE and we are also introducing a strong line suitable for local assembly, having the technical back-up
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      880 22 If STRAIMg THE STRAITS TIMES PRESS (1975) LIMITED (Incorporated in Singapore) Half Yearly Report and Dividend Announcement The Board of Directors of The Straits Times Press (1975) Limited announces the following net unaudited results for the half year to 28th February, 1978. Turnover 22.278.000 18,542.000 Trading profit before taxation 2,860,000
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      488 22 METROPOLITAN YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION PREQUALIFICATION OF TENDERERS Prequahfication applications are invited from tenderers with the necessary stipulated qualifications for the following works in: The Proposed 4-Storey Hostel/Recreation Building with Basement at Stevens Road, Singapore. (A) MAIN CONTRACTORS (CLASS A PWD or Equivalent Standing) Main Contractors interested in tendering for
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    153 23 FIREMAN HURT IN HOTEL ROOM BLAZE A FIREMAN was Injured when a fire one of the two yesterday broke out In a room on the first floor of Hotel Negara in Claymore Drive. He was cut by a piece of broken glass when he tried to enter the room by
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    63 23 New phone link with Chad AN international telephone service with the Republic of Chad has been introduced by the Telecommunication Authority of Singapore. The hours of .service will be continuous and call bookIngs can be made through Telecoms' International assistance operator by dialling 904. The charge Is $45 for a
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    LAWYER FACES FOUR MORE CBT CHARGES
    114 23 LAWYER Slvagnanam Santhlran, 39, who was charged In a subordinate court last week with criminal breach of trust of $147,410.34 from the law firm of Braddeli Brothers, now faces another four similar charges. In these four charges preferred against him yesterday morning. Santhlran is
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    446 23 T» WO companies .yesterday lost their appeals in a Hinh Court suit where a casual labourer, paralysed in a crane accident on Aug 19, 1972, was awarded $177,305 damages and costs. The award for Mr. Wee Peng Whatt, 36, was granted by Mr. Justice
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    41 23 cultivation DR. Leong Poo Chow, abstain principal primary production officer, will give a talk-cum-demonstration on Soilless Plant Cultivation (Hydroponics) for the Hcme at the lecture hall of Toa Payoh library on Friday at 7.30 p.m. Admission Is free.
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    25 23 THE Catholic Welfare Services will hold a donation draw In aid of th? poor and social and educational development projects on May 27.
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    Reshuffle of top police posts
    148 23 Reshuffle of top police posts AM MBI of top police posts have been reshuffled following the recent appointment of Asst Commissioner Tee Tua Bah as director of the Central Narcotics Bureau. Mr. John Hanam, the former CNB director, has tone back to Customs. He is now Senior Asst. Comptroller. The
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    Need for dental health
    109 23 MP for Ang Mo Kio, Mr. Yeo Toon Chia, has said that the government's drive to stress to the public the need to look after one's teeth was part of its aim to have healthier Singaporeans, both physically and mentally. Speaking at the dental health exhibition
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    NTUC call to amend law on overtime
    307 23 NTUC call to amend law on overtime NTUC has called on the government to amend certain provisions of the Employment Act so that public sector employees could be paid for overtime work and work on rest days. Public sector employees are not bound by the Act and therefore not entitled
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    376 23 Asean officials prepare for talks to boost trade with US SENIOR Asean trade officials ended a two-day preparatory meeting here yesterday to work out strategies to increase trade with the United States within the framework of the current multi-lateral trade negotiations (MTN) in Geneva. The meeting was held to work
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    Another 750 items to be added to list?
    138 23 i SEAN economic minisA ters will meet in Jakarta next month to consider adding another 750 items In the fivenation grouping's preferential trading agreement (PTA). Of these, 250 Items were recommended by Asean officials at a committee meeting on trade and tourism
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    Lock icon EX-S'PORE DOCTOR ON 166 FRAUD CHARGES
    103 23 PERTH. Tues. A former Singapore doctor was charged In court today with 166 counts of false pretences In v o 1 vlng government health Insurance. A c u p u n c turlst Dr. Shlk Aun Low. 42, is the first doctor In Western
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      1284 23 Ms €fSr^=M JHHttgi Power Jet System "Sj^ IB a^k PROVEN WOW with Asian Autos sth Wheel. Fuel-Saving Test Power Boosting Test Car_ Petrol Mile SPEED MPG Saving Top Gear Power WITHOUT Coit Lancer 76 $7 60 85 40 37 80 ii 5 2 Seconds PJS FordGhia 77 '$6 90 65
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      505 23 DEATH y& 0 Madam LIM GEAK NEOH Age 84 years Beloved wife of the late Mr. LEAN TAT TOE, passed away peacefully on Sunday 16 April 1978 at 10.30 hours. Mournfully missed by Sons Dr. Lean Tye Cheen Dr. Lean Tye Hln Daughters Lean Siok Hoe Dr. Lean Siok Keng
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      268 23 THE METAL BOX COMPANY OF MALAYSIA LIMITED (In Members' Voluntary Liquidation) Nona or Anal MIE'IWU NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 272 of the Companies Act. Cap. 185 that the final general meeting of The Metal Box Company of Malaysia Limited will beheld at the office of Peat. Marwick.
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      605 23 LEMBAGA LETRIK NEGARA TANAH MELAYU EXTERNAL LIGHTING FOR MALACCA AND PAPAN SUBSTATIONS Tenders are Invited from Claaa 'A' registered Contractor* with the L.L.N. (or the supply, delivery, installation and commissioning of marshalling kiosks, street and switchyard lights, switchyard floodlights, aircraft warning lights and associated cabling and equipment at Papan Substation
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    Robber to be detained for 10 years
    178 24 Robber to be detained for 10 years A 33-YEAR-OLD man was yesterday put under preventive detention for 10 years by a district court on 14 counts of armed robbery. The prosecution preferred two charges against Neo Kee Leok and the rest were taken into consideration. Neo. with six previous convictions,
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    Jumabhoy is president
    24 24 MR. J.M. Jumabhoy has been elected president of the Singapore Indian Chamber of Commerce Mr. Jumabhoy. 59. Is a company director.
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    RECORD FIRM BUILDS NEW PLANT
    195 24 RECORD FIRM BUILDS NEW PLANT A DUTCH record and cassette manufacturing Ann which started business here 11 years ago with a mil'ion-dollar plant will quadruple its investment with a new factory. A Business Times report yesterday said the Arm, Phonogram International, will close its present factory in Commonwealth Drive and
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    Credit scheme will help S'pore yards
    252 24 SHIPYARDS here will be able to comoete on equal terms with foreign rivals when they are provided financial assistance under the proposed export credit and finance scheme. Local yards are now being outpaced by foreign yards mainly because of overtonnaging and poor financing the
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    277 24 'It won't help to suspend crash drivers' THE Automobile Association of Singapore (A AS) will oppose any measure to suspend motorists involved in fatal crashes until the completion^ of court proceedings. AAS president, Mr. Milton Tan, said such suspension would be tantamount to passing judgment on a mo*—'-* hearing was
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    64 24 MR. Suresh Karunan has been elected president of the Singapore Kairalee Kala Nilayam. Others elected were Mr. Joseph Cross, vice-presi-dent; Mr. M.P. Premraj. secretary; Mr. Yesudassan. asst. secretary; Mr. N. Saslkumar, treasurer; Mr. V. Ravindranath, asst. treasurer; committee: Mr. TV. Sukumar. Mr. V.K.O. Nalr. Mr. S.M. Noohu,
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    31 24 THE Singapore Furniture Manufacturers and Traders Association will hold a dinner to mark its 33rd anniversary at the auditorium of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry tomorrow.
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      1455 24 Bousteadco Singapore Limited Preliminary Announcement of Results Notice of for the Year Ended 31st December 1977 Annual General Meeting The audited trading results for the year ended 31st NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the THIRD December 1977, compared with the previous year ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF BOUSTEADCO lre: SINGAPORE LIMITED
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      318 24 BY ORDER OF THE OFFICIAL ASSIGNEE AUCTION SALE Ol Valuable Property To Be Held Al No. 58 Market Street. Singapore 1. ON WEDNESDAY. 2<>th April 1978. At 2.30 P.M. No. HI Genting Lane Lot 2757 Muklm XXIV Area: One undivided seventh <l/7th) share of tfie land area 44.889 sq. ft.
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      176 24 Bringing Up Father By Bill Kavanagh <s< Hal Camp BECAUSE X HOW DO YOU LIKE "*j I AND THE BUSES AND],! VOU'LL^) DON'T W©«RY, TPinpvv^L IPO^BIDIT- THAT? MAGGIE y TAXIS ARE ON "I SET/ KUMQUAT- TM a^TCBoIorTNV™ O6^ THINGS/ TOOK HE/? CAR STRIKE .'-UOW'LL T f HURT, >. PERFECTLY/ nunciSrejf
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      Those tinted car windscreens: Traders appeal
      825 25 \/f OTOR traders ap- pealed to the authorities today to accept the manufacturers' certification on the degree of tint on car windscreens. This is one of the proposals which representatives of the Malaysian Motor Traders' Association put forward to the director-general of road transport,
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      Getting ready for CTV
      127 25 Getting ready for CTV KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. Telecoms has berun modifying the microwave system and replacing transmitters for colour television transmission by the end o. the year. Telecoms directorreneral. Tan Sri Datuk Hajl Mohamed Hassan bin Abdul Wahab, said today the work involved the modification of the microwave system between
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      Two killed in crash
      47 25 IPOH, Tue». Two people were killed when the van they were travelling in crashed head-on with a lorry at the 19-km Ipoh-Kuala Kanisar road today. Felloe ldentlfled th?m as the driver of the van, Tey Jim Kuan, 27, and Tea Tian S.e. 31.
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      99 per cent ALI-BABAS IN THE LOGGING BUSINESS
      183 25 KOTA BARU, Tues. The Mentrl Besar, Datuk Hajl Mohamad Yaakub. said today that almost 99 per cent ol the bumlputra logging firms in Kelantan were belru run on the "AliEaba" basis, whereby a bumlputra franchise holder leases his concession to a Chinese
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      Fida explains govt policy to ACCCIM
      226 25 KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday rpHE Federal Industrial Development Authority explained various aspects of government policy to Chinese business leaders at a closed-door session here today. The functions of Fida and areas where the Chinese business community could participate in Industrial development were explained at the
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      80 25 Pirates problem KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Malaysia has taken up with the Thai Government the question of increasing piracy affecting Malaysian fishermen, especially in waters off the east coast. Foreign Affairs Minister Tengku Ahmad Rithauddeen said today the Thai authorities had taken steps to combat the threat and so far there
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      Lock icon Manicka for Jakarta
      61 25 JAKARTA, Tues. Malaysia's Communications Minister Tan Sri Manlclcavasagam will meet his newlyappointed Indonesian counterpart, Air Marshal Rusmln Nuryadln. for consultations here tomorrow. Informed sources said Tan Sri Manlckavasagam would Inform the Indonesian Ocvemment on the latest developments In the talks between Malaysian. British and Singapore officials on
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      LNG project 'must be on target'
      388 25 MALAYSIA'S implementation of her $2.4 billion liquefied natural gas project in Sarawak should be on target to catch the competitive market. This is the view of top Shell executives who along with their chairman, Mr. Jan de Ruiter, negotiated the conclusion of the tripartite
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      Lock icon ANNE'S FATHER FLYING TO HER BEDSIDE
      83 25 AUCKLAND. Tues. The father of a seriously 111 Malaysian student. Anne Clalr Morals, is flying to her bedside tomorrow on a ticket sent by her fellow students. Twenty-year-old Miss Morals had been in New Zealand only six weeks when she was injured falling from
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      637 25 W GUTHRIE BERHAD SiSUiliiS Incorporated m the Republic of Singapore NOTICE OF MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Ninth Annual General Meeting of Guthr.e Berhad will be held at the Registered Office 39 Sixth Avenue, Singapore 1 0, on Friday, I 9 May 1978, at 1 2 noon to
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      756 25 BIN THE HIGH COI'RT Of THE REPI'JI.H OF SINGAPORE Companies Winding up No IH of 197 M In the Matter of the Companies Act (Chapter 185) And In the Matter of Amesja Kibreglass Industry Pte Ltd ADVERTISEMENT OF PETITION Notice is hereby given that a Petition for the winding up
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      Lock icon COUTINHO: THE ULTIMATE TEST
      590 26 LONDON, Tues. Claudio Coutinho, manager of World Cupfavourites Brazil, is confident that if his team beat England in a friendly soccer international at the Wembley Stadium tomorrow, Brazil can go on to capture the cup for the fourth time. "Since England's victory over Italy and the
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      208 26 UEFA: Israel membership to be discussed ISTANBUL, Tues. Israel's prospective membership of the European Football Union is expected to be discussed at the UEFA annual congress here on Saturday, a top Turkish soccer official said yesterday. Oguz Oken, secretary-general of the Turkish Football Federation, said several UEFA members were involved
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      Boston Marathon to Bill Rodgers again
      229 26 BOSTON, Tues. Bill Rodgers, Just 18 seconds on his record set in winning the 1975 Boston Marathon, yesterday won his second laurel wreath, beating Jeff Wells in the closest race in the event's 82-year history. Rodgers, a former school teacher, wore the Mickey Mouse-style
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      146 26 HONGKONG, Tues. India's Padukone Prakash and Syed Modi entered the semi-finals of the men's doubles at the third Asian Badminton Invitation Championships in Peking yesterday. They defeated Bandid Jalyen and Surapong Suraritdamrong of Thailand 15-12. 9-15, 18-16 in a match that produced the best badminton
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      Chris treads da Silva path
      328 26  -  ERNEST FRIDA By rvHE name of da Silva is back in Singapore cricket. Chris da Silva, 21, the Armed Forces allrounder, was yesterday named for the Republic's team to meet Selangor in the Malaysian Cricket Association inter-state match on the Pariang this weekend. Former Singapore
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      Maybe Mahal is ready for a win
      459 26  -  BLUE PETER By KUALA LUMPUR, Tues Maybe Mahal, engaged in the Class 3 Div. 2 1,200 metres race here on Sunday, is shaping up for a win. The four-year old by Minor Portion put up a smart display when third to Saddleback over
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      [ STIPE'S REPORT –
      651 26 STIPE'S REPORT AMATEUR rider Dino Llm was reprimanded by the stewards for riding an Illjudged race at UM Kedah Gymkhana meet in Alor Star last Saturday. Lim. who rode Casabaianca II In Race 6. Teas told that In spite of having a good jump, he kept his mount on a
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      W. Indies in the driving seat again
      351 26 W. Indies in the driving seat again pORT OF SPAIN, 1 Tues. Bowlers Derek Parry and Norbert Phillip scored a century between them to haul West Indies back into contention on the third day of the fourth cricket Test against Australia here yesterday. Parry arrived at the wicket in mid-afternoon
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      88 26 W Indies Ist Inns: 292 Australia Ist Inns: 290 W. Indies 2nd Inns: Grcenidge c Thomson b Yardley 69 Williams c Yallop b Simpson 24 Murray lbw Clark 4 Gcuks c Simpson b Higgs 14 Kallirharran c and b Clark 27 Bacchus c Wood b Yardley 7 Shivnarine c
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      130 26 A-GAMES: INDIA TO RECONSIDER MEW DELHI. Tues— Prime x^ Minister Morarji Desai yesterday said that his government was prepared to reconsider holding the 1982 Asian Games in India provided the costs were not pruhtbitive. Mr. Desai gave this assurance to Vijay Kumar Malhotra. M.P. and president of the Delhi Olympic
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      CHOO TO MISS AWARDS CEREMONY
      197 27  - CHOO TO MISS AWARDS CEREMONY DHARSAN SINGH By FORMER national soccer coach Choo Seng Quee will not be present to receive his Coach -of -the- Year award during the presentation ceremony at the Penthouse Negara on Friday night. Choo has written a letter to the Singapore National Olympic Council secretary,
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      England, Japan trips for youth players
      229 27  -  JOE DORAI By compete in the Jakarta Anniversary Cup. Details of the England and Japanese tours will be finalised next month. Bangkok to compete in the King's Cup tournament. After their return, they will be sent to THE Football Association of Singapore are planning
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      That poor Penang show-a move for more money?
      352 27  - That poor Penang show-a move for more money? PENANG, Tues. Penan* soccer fans are still dazed over the stale team's shocking display in last Sonday's drawn match against Perak. The question they are asking is: Was Sunday's performance a warning :o Penang officials that the players should be given more
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      FAS suspend two
      140 27 /CHRISTOPHER RAJEN-*-J DRAN, of Serangoon Gardens Recreation Club, and Mohammed Ibrahim, of Jubilee Sports Association, have been suspended by the Football Association of Singapore from playing In the National Football League for two months. The ban lasts until May 31, reports WILFRED YEO. Rajendran and Mohammed had
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      DIARY
      99 27 BADMINTON National schools tournament Junior Individual; secondary boys semi-finals (New Town. Buklt Ho Swee 2 p.m.) secctiUary girls semi-finals (Saint Margaret's, Henderson 2 p.m.). RUGBY National fchools tournament: Post-secondary: Catholic Junior College v Saint Andrew's, Saint And* rew's Junior College v Anglo-Chinese Junior college (Police Academy 3.30 n.m. and
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      Five say yes to Pesta Sukan tourney
      264 27  - Five say yes to Pesta Sukan tourney PETER SIOW By FVE countries Kuwait. South Korea, Hongkong. Indonesia and Malaysia have agreed to compete In the Pesta Sukan basketball championship at the Gay World Stadium from Sept. 1-10. This was disclosed at the Basketball Association of Singapore's monthly committee meeting at
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      Under-23 final an all SAFSA affair
      155 27  - Under-23 final an all SAFSA affair ERNEST FRIDA By SI NG A PORE Armed Forces "A" waltzed their way to a convincing 3-0 win over Jansenites in the Singapore Hockey Association Un-der-23 knock-out semifinal match at the Padang yesterday. The nnai will be an all Armed Forces affair with the
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      Three ordered off in schools rug by
      291 27 DOUGH PLAY forc- ed the AngloChinese School versus Chung Cheng High School clash in the Natlona: schools Secondary rugby t o u r n ament to be abandoned the first time this season at the Raffles Institution ground yesterday. ACS were then leading
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      182 27 rpHE second ASEAN 1 Schools athletics meet will be held in Kuala Lumpur from July 31 Aug. 2. Mr. Abdullah Marzuki, secretary of the Malaysian Schools' Sports Council, cald Indonesia, Singapore and Thailand had confirmed their participation. Mr. Abdullah, who had Just returned from the
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      Misunderstanding cleared
      143 27 A MISUNDERSTANDINO that nearly cost Singapore their place in the Tour of North Malaysia cycling meet from May 6-9 has been cleared up by a telephone call to Darshan Singh Gill. ihalrman or the organising committee, by the Singapore Amateur Cycling Association, reports PATRICK BASTIANS. A report In
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      Singapore CGS meet results
      311 27 Singapore CGS meet results Results of Singapore Chinese Girls School's 12th annual track and field chamships held at the Farcer Park Athletic Centre on Monday Secondary Division 100 metres— l Wendy Tan 14.3 sees 2 Sellna Quek 3 .Cim Ann Brodle. 200m 1 Chong Leng Leng 29 8 2 Sellna
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      Tampines hand a 5-2 thrashing to Geylang
      412 27 RESULTS at a glance: Tampinei Rovers 5 Gcylang 2; Scmbawang 3 Toa Payoh 1. A FTER three disappointing seasons In Dlv One of the National Football League, Tampines Rovers are now showing solid signs of championship football, reports JOE DORAI. Last night, they
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      Sembawang shock
      385 27  -  WILFRED YEO By IF you passed through Sembawang late last night and noticed an unusually happy group of revellers in the village sarabat stall, they must have been the constituency's soccer team and their supporters. The cause of their revelry was the 3-1 giantkilling the 'kampung boys' had
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    162 28 GENEVA, Tv«» A UNITED Nations agency said yesterday i n d u s t rialised countries appeared to have exaggerated the extent of unemployment caused by cheap imports from Third World states. In a report on growing protectionism In International commerce, the secretariat of the
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    Late CLASSIFIEDS DEATH
    48 28 Late CLASSIFIEDS DEATH MM. NO BOON INC. aged 73 paurd away peacefully on 18-4-78 leaving behind hn beloved wife, S mmm. 0 daughter*. 4 aom-ln-Uw, 2 daughlfrj-ln-law and 11 grandchildren to mourn till loaa. Conege leaving 40 Brtdport Avenue for Bright Hill Crematorium on 22-4-78 at 1 p.m.
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    100 28 rpHE marathon men are on the run again in the 82nd Boston Marathon, the most gruelling test of endurance and courage in sports. A field of over 4,000 runners are seen here just after the start of the 41 -km race on Monday. Last year's winner and
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    277 28 CHIBA. Tuesday UOUR leftwing supporters of farmers who oppose the opening of Tokyo's new international ai r port were indicted today for attempted murder the sternest charge brought against any opponent of Narita airport, the C h i b a District Prosecutor's Office said. The
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    733 28 LONDON. Tues Equities dosed higher In light trading on a technical reaction following the advance on Wall Street yesterday, while government bonds firmed slightly At 3 pm. the Financial Times Index was up 9 3 points at 456 0 However, gold shares fell by up to US$l 25
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