The Straits Times, 24 April 1978

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    14 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 MONDAY, APRIL 24, 1978 25 CENTS M.C.(P) No. 214/1/78
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    WEST BANK: NEW OFFER by ISRAELIS
    933 1 Dayan: We are willing to consider any Arab proposal for partition TEL AVIV, Sunday FOREIGN Minister Moshe Da yan said yesterday Israel was willing to consider any Arab proposal for partition of the West Bank of the Jordan River, but still rejected a full
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    Lock icon THREE SHOT DEAD IN CLASH
    90 1 THREE SHOT DEAD IN CLASH NEW DELHI, Sun. Police shot dead three people in a clash at Siswan railway station near the north Indian city of Gorakhpur on Friday night, newspapers here reported today. The reports said the clash occurred when a railway police constable was pulled irom a train
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    Lock icon Mosque blast: Three jailed
    72 1 JAKARTA. Sun. —'Three men connected with the Muslim underground "Jihad (holy war) Command" have been sentenced to long-term imprisonment for bombing a mosque in the west Sumatra provincial capital of Padang in wovember 1976. Antara news agency reported today the Padang district court had sentenced Zulfikri
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    DAP chief arrested under Secrets Act
    267 1 DAP chief arrested under Secrets Act MALACCA, Sunday J)AP secretary-general and parliamentary opposition leader, Mr. Lim Kit Siang, was this morning arrested at his home in I'jong Pasir here on five charges under the Official Secrets Act 1072. He was later taken to the Central Police Station here where he
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    MAN STABBED TO DEATH BY GANG
    281 1 MAN STABBED TO DEATH BY GANG A POLICE hunt is on here for a band of men who attacked four friends on Saturday night and stabbed one of them to death. Two other victims were seriously injured. The assailants are said to have numbered more than 15 and they fell
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    Lock icon Move in IMF to defend dollar
    458 1 MEXICO CITY, Sun. An International proposal to defend the US dollar by swapping unwanted dollars for socalled paper gold will be advanced here this week during high level meet ings of the International Monetary Fund. The United States is taking a neutral attitude towards
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    Lock icon TERRORIST RING: 5 MORE SUSPECTS HELD
    105 1 TERRORIST RING: 5 MORE SUSPECTS HELD CAIRO, Sun. Egyptian security forces, which have smashed a terrorist ring alleged to have plotted assassinations and sabotage attacks in Egypt, arrested five more suspects today, police sources said. This brought to IS the number of people detained so far in connection with the
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    Lock icon New plea by the Pope to Red Brigades
    1399 1  -  DAVID WILLEY in ROME VATICAN CITY, Sun DOPE Paul today renewed his dramatic personal plea to the Red Brigades urban guerilla kidnappers to spare the life of former Premier Aldo Moro. "We still tremble, always hoping and pray ing that the announced
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    Lock icon LATEST Kidnap suspect arrested
    69 1 LATEST Kidnap suspect arrested NUREMBERG (West Germany), Sun. Police making a routine traffic check here today arrested Gennaro Luise, 31, who is suspected of masterminding the kidnapping of Italian socialist politician Guido De Martino in Naples in April last year. Mr. Martino, secretary of the Naples Socialist Federation was released
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      116 1 -0 PING For those who > v\ wanttoplay ft^sj^^X Ancnt J^ -f& WINSTON'S PTE. LTD. Smgapofel Tel **********53 CP CALL TO BREAK CLASS BARRIERS —Page 8 'BULLETS ripped through Jetliner' 2 ADVANCE made in Salt talks 3 HUSSEIN replies to New Economic Policy criticism 5 MONEY and clamour in curative
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      195 1 TOMORROW'S I TECHNOLOGY. H TODAY'S ijpji^ FASHION. [fy^ IMI LADY SEIKO 111 -1 SPORTS WAT( H. mSS^jg I SEIKO -3f Olivetti Which logos is the right business calculator for you? Olivetti Logos: A range of calcu Logos 75B It sets totally new stanlators designed to do more hard dards for
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  • AROUND THE WORLD
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      Lock icon 15,000 IN ANTINAZISM PROTEST
      119 2 SOME of the 15,000 people, many of them foreigners, who took part in a peaceful demonstration against neo-Nazism in Cologne on Saturday. A planned counterdemonstration by rightwing extremists was banned. The rally was organised by West German and international antiFascist bodies to protest against the alleged
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      Lock icon 'BULLETS RIPPED THROUGH JETLINER'
      875 2 Survivors tell of air attack HELSINKI, Sun. gULLETS from Soviet jet fighters ripped through the fuselage of Ml off -course Sout h Korean airliner as it zigzagged over an area of northern H uBB i a bristling with missiles, passengers said today when they returned from
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      Lock icon Turkish plan for Cyprus rejected as 'divisive'
      123 2 Turkish plan for Cyprus rejected as 'divisive' NICOSIA, Sun. The Greek Cypriot government yesterday formally rejected Turkish proposals for the future of Cyprus as "divisive" In In a document handed to the United Nations acting special representative on the Island. "These proposals are divisive and lead to the partition of
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      Lock icon France says 'yes' to ADB special fund
      274 2 VIENNA, Sun FRANCE yesterday agreed for the first time to contribute to a special fund set up by the Asian Development Bank to finance cheap loans for some of Asia's poorest countries. But participants at a meeting here of countries putting up money
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      Lock icon Crime writer's crime
      101 2 LONDON. Sun. Britain's Crime Writers' Association has discovered dark doings in its midst and foiled an at- tempt to carry orl one of its trophies unlawfully. An association panel voted Fire in the Bareley 1 by Frank Parrlsh the best first crime novel of 1977. But Mr.
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      Lock icon Tornado toll
      36 2 BHUBANESWAR. Sun. The final death toil in the tornado which destroyed 10 villages in the eastern Indian state of Orlssa last weekend has been put officially at 173 with more than 600 Injured. Reuter.
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      755 2 J^^^E^^PLANNIHG A TO THE WEST? Here's why you cannot go wrong by joining one of C E's fascinating holiday plans. WHY MORE PEOPLE CHOOSE C&E TOURS FOR THEIR HOLIDA V FIRST 1 ,000 CUSTOMERS WHO JOIN OUR TOURS MENTIONED IN THIS PAGE WILL BE INVITED TO A GRAND GET-TOGETHER PARTY
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      141 2 I^^ Your first year together. a time of comV kH plete love for mother and child. Filled with "~Tw tenderness. the first time he smiles, V l *t p^ Mf reaches out to touch you, gurgles W/0t* "ma. ma". Delightful moments that W \i^ i <^#^^ strengthen the special bond
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      Lock icon Volks strike averted
      67 3 SALZGITTER. Sun— The first strike in the history of Volkswagen was averted yesterday when the Metalworkers' Union accepted a 5.9 per cent pay rise. T.ie 106.000 workers at Volkswagen. West Germany's biggest car makers, had voted overwhelmingly to strike for an eight per cent increase. Uut the
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      Lock icon Inter-locked directorates come under fire
      396 3 WASHINGTON, Sunday A US Senate com- mittee criticised the American business establishment today and recommended that interlocking directorates between corporations with assets of more than US$l billion (552.31 billion) be prohibited. The Senate committee on government affairs carried out a 10-month study which disclosed "an
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      Lock icon SHARE BUYING SPREE IN NEW WORK
      105 3 NEW YORK. Sun.— Several hundred clerks and brokers on the world's largest securities market were called yesterday to work on book-keeping left in disarray by a record buying spree that saw more than 212 million shares change hands this week. No shares were being
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      Lock icon Advance made in Salt talks: Vance
      392 3 Pledge to carry on efforts MOSCOW. Sun. AMERICAN Secretary of State Cyrus Vance said today he had made sonic progress during three days of intensive talks with Soviet leaders towards reach ing a vital new strategic arms limitation (Salt) pact. Speaking to reporters at
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      Lock icon PEKING TIES: 'USE QUIET DIPLOMACY'
      270 3 PEKING TIES: 'USE QUIET DIPLOMACY' HONGKONG, Sun. A former American Ambassador to China yetsterday said he favours "quiet diplomacy" in attempts to peacefully solve the thorny issue of Taiwan in the process of normalising US-China relations. Mr. George Bush, chief of the US liaison office in Peking in 1974-75, also
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      Lock icon 203 cholera deaths
      68 3 MALE. Sun.— More than j 200 people have now died in i the cholera and castro- enteritis epidemics which have now spread to 93 islands lin the Indian Ocean Republic of the Maldives, health authorities said here. The death toll up to Fri- day was put at
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      Lock icon World's last case of smallpox?
      186 3 GENEVA. Sun. The World Health Organisation (WHO) says smallpox, the once-dreaded. highly contagious virus disease, may finally have been eradicated from earth. In the latest issue of its magazine, the organisation said no cases of smallpox have been reported anywhere in the world in six
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      Lock icon Britain is accused of human rights violations
      187 3 STRASBOUG I France Sun. The British Government will appear twice before an International court here this week, accused of stifling free expression over the thalidomide controversy and of allowing degrading treatment of young offenders on the Isle of Man. Two days of public
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      Lock icon 24-hour strike by Japan railmen
      242 4 TOKYO, Sun EMPLOYEES of major private Japanese railway companies launched a 24-hour strike today as a prelude to a possible mass transport stODDage In the annual spring labour management wage dispute. Motormen and ticket sellers In the 210.000member General Federation of Private Railway Workers Union
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      Lock icon LISBON JUNTA WARNS NATION
      81 4 LISBON JUNTA WARNS NATION IISBON, Sun.— ln an J unusual and str o ng communique, the military's Revolutionary Council yesterday alerted the nation to what it termed "it dangerous escalation" in attempts to destroy democracy in Portugal. The 19-man Revolutionary Council is headed by President Antonio Ramalho Eanes and includes
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      Lock icon Torture ruled out after new autopsy
      185 4 Torture ruled out after new autopsy MANILA. Sun. A j joint government Jesuit panel has ruled out torture in the case of teenage Filipino opposition poll watcher who died while in mili tary custody, military authorities said today. A military report carried by the official Philippines news agency said a
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      37 4 MADRID. Sun— Spanish Communist Party secretary general Santiago Carrlllo and President Dolores Ibarruri were re-elected In their posts yesterday at the final session of the first communist national convention at home in 46 years. AP.
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      DANGER OF RETURN TO TARIFF BARRIERS
      324 4 Fraser warning on trade talks TOKYO, Sun. \US T R A L I A X Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser said here yesterday there was a danger of some countries reverting to protectionism if forthcoming international trade talks were not successful. But Mr. Fraser told
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      Lock icon Presidential election on June 3 in B'desh
      269 4 Presidential election on June 3 in B'desh DACCA, Sunday 'THE Bangladesh chief election commlsx slon last night announced schedules for the presidential election on June 3 and said the polls would be "free, fair and impartial In a broadcast over radio and television, Commissioner Nurul Islam, a former Supreme Court
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      Lock icon Franco's daughter to face gold coins charge?
      186 4 Franco's daughter to face gold coins charge? MADRID, Sun. A Spanish contraband court is to decide whether to charge carmen Franco, Marchioness of Villaverde and daughter of the late Generalissimo Franco, with attempting to smuggle gold coins out of the country. The case has been referred to the court by
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      Lock icon Rubens found
      40 4 ROME. Sun. Italian police have recovered 10 paintings, one of them a Rubens. stol:n from a Florence gallery on Friday, the government anncuncea today. Three people were arrei-ted in a police iwoop in Florence late last night. Reuter.
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      Lock icon Four killed in ambush
      54 4 BANGKOK, Sun. Four people were killed and 10 others wounded In a communist guerilla ambush In north-east Thailand, a military spokesman said today. The incident occurred on Friday waile a military and civilian construction team was working on a road Unking two districts in Udon Thani
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      Lock icon 'Ethiopians massing for attack' report
      108 4 KHARTOUM, Sun. Soviet and Cubanbacked Ethiopian troops are baildint up five massive concentrations for an all-oat attack on Eritrean secessionists, the Sudan News Agency reported yesterday. The Sudan National Defence Council met on Friday to review the situation and expressed (rave concern over the threat
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      Lock icon Science, culture teaching must improve says Teng
      250 4 Science, culture teaching must improve says Teng rpOKYO. Sun. China's 1 Vice Party Chairman Teng Hslao-plng called on an educational conference on Saturday "to improve the quality of education and raise the level of teaching in' science and culture" In. China, the official Hslnbua news agency reported. Mr. Teng said
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      Biszku out
      31 4 BUDAPEST. Sun.—Communist Party central committee secretary Bela Blszku was veottrday retired from his duties to be sueeaeded by Mihaly Koran, untli now Justice Minister. It was announced here today—AFP.
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    Hussein replies to New Economic Policy criticism
    1248 5  -  ABDUL KADIR JASIN By in Kuala Lumpur |)ATUK Hussein J Onn could not Jfove picked a more filing occasion to reiterate the Malaysian Government's total commitment to the New Economic Policy as a vehicle for the creation of a ui.ited, secure, socially just
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    U.S. COACH TOURS FOR HOLIDAY MAKERS
    159 5 U.S. COACH TOURS FOR HOLIDAY MAKERS THE vict-presidrnt of Greyhound International. Mr. Elliot Heit (above), yesterday showed holiday makers who wished to see the I'nited States how they could tour the country with deluxe couches offrr-d by his company. His audio-visual presentation of the services offered by his company, which
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    Overstay: $800
    29 5 MOHAMED N o o r bin ,'aafar. 23. from Malaysia, was fined $800 on Saturday for remaining here alttr his visit pass expired in December last year.
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    Budget fares boost travel to US
    181 5 Budget fares boost travel to US THE introduction of new budget fares between Singapore and the United States has stimulated more travel between the two countries, according to the director of Pan Ameri can World Airways, Mr. Arthur Wee. The budget fares were Jointly offered by PanAmerican and North west
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    Labourer gets nine months
    53 5 HVSSEIN bin Abu Bakar. 26. a labourer, on Saturday admitted being among a dozen youths who broke Into a nodown and stole nearly ***** worth of transistor radios in 1972. He was Jailed nine months for his part in raiding the uodown in Kuching Road, on
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    Goodwill mission off for tour of Japan
    79 5 THE second cultural goodwill mission organised by the Japanese Cultural Society, Singapore, left yesterday for a 16day tour of Japan The main objectives of the 51-man mission led by Dr L.Y. Lai are to promote mutual understanding and friendship between Singapore and Japan,
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      148 5 Straits Times Crossword ACROSS noses somehow? <5. 41 1 Get one hundred and 8 Coalman versus a goddess? 5 H7r n Ma?e UU S ty SS he Sacs he Sack (7 ben- Enter w.th a pair of boots S Her Majesty S DBCK Den r«nlvp m ililpmm-i ches make amends
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    Pigs hitby new strain of disease
    194 7 PIMARY Production Department experts studying an outbreak of Aujeszky's disease among some pigs in the sprawling new Punggol pig farm have discovered that the animals have been hit by a new virulent strain of the disease. This discovery has required the ordering of a
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    Addict jailed
    30 7 NOOR bin Abdul Assiz. 27. was Jailed for three years on Saturday fc.r taklrg morphine in Lower Delta Road on Jan 31. He had a previous similar conviction.
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    VC absentee
    28 7 I.UM Woh Soon was jailed three months on Saturday for absenting himself from Vigilante Corp training for 56 months, between August 1973 and March this year.
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    MONEY and GLAMOUR in CURATIVE MEDICINE
    606 7 Preventive measures lose out MEDICAL expert said one of the obstacles to disease prevention was that "money and glamour are in the cure of the disease rather than in its prevention." PROF. PHOON WAI ON, head of the Department of Social Medicine and Public
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    STPB chairman to open Food Asia
    118 7 STPB chairman to open Food Asia mHE chairman of the X Singapore Tourist Promotion Board, Mr. Tan I Tong, will open FoodAsla the International Pood. Drink. Catering and Hotel Equipment Exhibition at Hyatt Hotel on Wednesday at 10.15 a.m. The event features more than 200 manufacturers and suppliers from 13
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    Live firing exercises
    43 7 RSAF aircraft will be conducting live firinf? exercises at the Southern Islands live firing range at Pulau Pawal from today to Friday between 9 ajn. and S p m dally. The public is warned tc keep clear of the range.
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    – JOINT – VENTURE FARM TO START IN MAY
    147 7 JOINT VENTURE FARM TO START IN MAY A LIVESTOCK project A. to be operated Jointly by Singapore and Thailand will start next month at a 610-hectare site near Haadyai in southern Thailand. This was disclosed by the Thai Minister for Agriculture and Cooperatives, Mr. Prida Karmasut to RTS before he
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    PA diary
    189 7 EXHIBITION on Community Centres Past, Present and Future at Kirn Keat community centre from Wednesday to Friday and at Nee Soon community^ centre from Sunday to Tuesday, open from 3 pm. to 10 p.m. dally. CONCERT by Goh Soon Tioe String Orchestra at Joo Chiat community centre tonight
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    Breaking down class barriers in housing estates
    715 8  - Breaking down class barriers in housing estates LECNG WENG KAM By T»HE class barriers A which exist in Singapore, as depicted by the different qualities oi public housing estates, must first be overcome if social education and community development are to succeed. There would not be unity, a sense of
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    20c A DAY RAISE FOR RELIEF TEACHERS
    153 8 20c A DAY RAISE FOR RELIEF TEACHERS RELIEF teachers obtained a maximum gain of 20 cents a day after the recent consolidated salary exercise, unlike the bulk of teachers who gained by at least $200 a month. Since April 1, relief trained non-univer-sity graduates have received an increase of six
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    Attendance at English courses up
    300 8 Attendance at English courses up INITIAL hostility among teachers when they were first informed two months ago that they had to attend English proficiency courses appears to have aied down. This is gauged from improving attendance at the Language Project Centre in Portsdown Road, where the English courses are held.
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    'Housemen hike won't make us return'
    457 8 THE new $340 pay hike for housemen in Malaysia will little entice Malaysian medical students here to return home to do their housemanship unless this one-year stint Is made part of their national service, many oi the students said. They were commenting on the
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      108 8 Learning to type without drudgery The picture shows students at Secretarius, the school of secretarial skills, who have progressed to the second stage in learning touch typing. Teaching is by the highly sophisticated Sight and Sound system and the emphasis is on good techniques using manual typewriters. It is used
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    Try the human approach to boost output, firms told
    299 9 AN executive of a Ja- panese shipbuilding company which successfully motivated its workers to step up productivity through the "human approach," has suggested that other companies in Singapore try the method in their establishments. Mr. Lai Park On, personnel manager of
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    Playhouse school of acting
    103 9 TOA Payoh Playhouse has clarified that its school of acting has "nothing to do" with the so-called new school of acting, a report about which appeared in yesterday's Sunday Times. Two advisors cum instructors of the playhouse, which is conducted under the patronage of Toa Payoh
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    Maestro's first session
    317 9 MAESTRO Lee Xi Hong, 54. from South Korea, yesterday had his first rehearsal with the Singapore Philharmonic Orchestra at the auditorium of Yamaha Music School. Mr. Lee, who is guest conductor of the orchestra, arrived here on Saturday for the SPO's two concerts on Thursday and Friday
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    Art exhibition
    31 9 THE Permanent Secretary (Labour), Mr. William Cheng, will open a public art exhibition by artist Thomas Yeo at the National Museum art gallery on May 4 at 5.30 p.m.
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    I've been very lucky says Yit Kin
    228 9 SINGAPORE concert pianist Scow Yit Kin. 23, who is back in Singapore lor a celebrity recital tonight, said yesterday: "I've been very lucky." He said most performers in London had to teach to earn enough for a living, but he earned enough from
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    A FREE CRUISE FOR A NAME
    141 9 A FREE CRUISE FOR A NAME THE name, Rasa Slngapura (Tastes of Singapore), has appropriately won its author a 14-day luxury cruise for two on board the Rasa Sayang. The lucky man, Mr. Peter Ng Kiat Seng, 30, provided the English version. The Singapore. Tourist Promotion Board supplied the Malay
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    Church opens
    23 9 THE Archbishop of Singapore, Mgr. Oregory Yon; opened Hl4 St. Stephen'r Church near the CanaEsu Convent, off Aljunled Road on Saturday.
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    Making money is not primary target
    479 9 Making money is not primary target 'Job satisfaction comes first' JOB satisfaction rather than just making money is the objective of a majority of University of Singapore undergraduates when they graduate, according to an authoritative research body- Only 11 per cent of the 1,400 first-year students surveyed at the University
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      246 9 Bridging Up Father By BUI Ka vanagh 6c Hal Camp /-^jTTTT" ~n) I YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO I AHA/ CAUGHT >| \*[MA&GtE! WAKE UP/ WHAT JJOWS.' WAKE UP/ DO SLEEP IN THE AFTERNOON IN THE ACT/ Jjl TI/ME DIP YOU GET HOME J \VOUR SLEEPING AT NICSHT/ if YOU'D COME
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    Move to raise freight rate: Call for rethink
    229 10 Move to raise freight rate: Call for rethink rTHE shippers' councils •1 In Singapore and Malaysia have called on the Singapore and West Malaysia/West Africa Freight Agreement to reconsider its proposed 13.4 per cent freight rate hike because the increase was "unjustified." The Singapore and Malaysian National Shippers' Councils, under
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    Threatened marriages: More wives seek advice
    481 10  -  CHRISTINA nODRIGUES By jyjORK Singapore wivev c s whose marriages arc headed for the rocks appear to be abandoning the old style of suffering their misery in silence without seeking professional helpFor, judging from an increasing number of women who flock to family counsellors
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    Bank may expand office in S'pore
    115 10 ONE of the biggest Swiss banks, the Union Bank of Switzerland i ÜBS i, may expand its office in Singapore, according to its executive vice-president and head of Its International division. Mr. G. Hanselmann. At present, ÜBS has a representative office here which looks
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    Hunt for 'most wanted' Singapore gunman
    174 10  - Hunt for 'most wanted' Singapore gunman PAUL WEE By MALAYSIAN nolicr are hunting for one of Singapore's most wanted (unman who is suspected of a bcing involved in a recent spate of highway robberies in Johore. The gunman, w ho has been on the run for the past two years,
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    POSB branch
    23 10 THE new Whampoa Drive Post Offloe Savings Bank branch, at Block rn2. will open for business at 8.30 a m today.
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      125 10 RESULTS DRAW No: 32/78 5 OUT OF 49 32, 29, 49, 47,8 ADD. No 44 3 CIRCLES 32, 11, 10 PUB NOTICE TO CONSUMERS INTERRUPTION OF ELECTRICITY SUPPLY The Electricity Department will be carrying out urgent maintenance work on the High Voltage equipment at Lengkok Bahru Outdoor Substation. To facilitate
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    The Straits Times MONDAY, APRIL 24, 1978 FAMILY'S ROLE
    355 12 The Straits Times MONDAY, APRIL 24, 1978 FAMILY'S ROLE THE primary responsibility of looking after the aged lies with the family. Of this there can be no doubt, although the Acting Minister for Social Affairs, Dr. Ahmad Mattar, has raised the problem of reaching a good balance between what society
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    PULLOUT DELAY
    306 12 THE decision by President Jimmy Carter to delay the scheduled withdrawal of American combat troops from South Korea has been taken primarily on domestic grounds. The White House has blamed Congressional inaction on the President's request for an US$BOO million (551.850 million) arms transfer to the South Koreans
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    Why new dial tone was introduced
    474 12 Why new dial tone was introduced WE WOULD like to thank 'Tone Deaf (ST. April 18) for his observations on the main areas of improvement by Telecoms It Is noted that "Tone Deaf" has preference for a different dial tone and has commented on the sevendlfjlt numbering scheme. We would
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    Brez's tour and Soviet-Japan relations
    697 12  -  MASAO KANAZASHI By FOCUS ON JAPAN a regular weekly feature published by special arrangement with the Japan Economic Journal. DESPITE its obvious implications for the already stained relations between his country and China. Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev's tour of the Soviet Far East also held
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    The Suharto way to a better life...
    1060 12  - The Suharto way to a better life... BILL CAMPBELL PUSHING ECONOMIC GROWTH THROUGH COOPERATIVES By PRESIDENT SUHARTO was speaking in almost a literal as well as a figurative sense when he called on the Indonesian people to walk "hand-in-hand" with him in tackling the enormous tasks of development confronting his
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      142 12 i CM* yearsin flgg) v^SlNGptolf^sy To commemorate this event, Joanne Drew is throwing nfi* open its doors. To all ladies! Whether you just JMM Hk^^SrfP^l HB^ 1^ """*^i want to come and browse around. Or whether you have I pi i»^*L.. a figure problem you would like to discuss with
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      Goldie for golden voiced Tracy
      218 13 Goldie for golden voiced Tracy SINGAPORE singer Tracy Huang has won a gold record for outstanding sales achievement lor her first English album in Hongkong recently. The album, entitled Feelings, sold more than 15,000 copies In Hongkong alone. It sold for about the same number of copies in Singapore. The
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      BAHAS DEBATES START TONIGHT
      154 13 STARTING tonight, TV Singapore will telecast BAHAS '78 a series of Malay interschool debates every Monday. The debates, jointly organised by the Education Ministry and RTS, saw a total of jjj) schools, where Malay is taught as either the first or second language, taking part in
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    Haw to chase away a hangover
    159 13 Haw to chase away a hangover WHEN you go on a binge and end up mooching around with a stale hangover the next day, what do you do to kick yourself out of this moody cloud? There are some who believe that downing another few glasses of cold beer is
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    Exit Carnforth, enter Onedin
    292 13  -  GERALDINE TANG By THE exit of the shortlived legal drama series, The Carnforth Practice, sees the beginning of another BBC productlon taking over its slot tonight on Channel sat 10.50. THE ONEDIN LINE, a romantic adventure drama, revolves round a Liverpool shipping family where a brother
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    One for children, another for the family
    236 13 /CHANNEL 3 tonight has \j two hilarious shows one for children and the other for the family. Kids will love the mad adventures of the three robonic stooges in the series. SKATEBIRDS, at 7.25. In this episode, "Superkong," a giant gorilla terrorises the
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      23 13 i Singapore's irT^ll" Leading Fashion K^tf I^l-^1 #H I Department ULIUI I Store Open Daily 10am -9pm Havelock/Outram Roads Spore 3 Tel *****1
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      437 13 lAAWhatman welcomes delegates to the REGIONAL CONFERENCE TECHNOLOGY n FDfl RURAL DEVELOPMENT KUALA LUMPUR 24-29 APR.. 7B lOrgineed by MALAYSIAN SCIENTIFIC ASSOCIATION. MALAYSIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY MALAYSIAN ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION. )MMiTTE ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES (COSTED) In cooprraiKxi with MINISTRY OF SCIENCE. TK HNOKX.Y A I AND ENVIRONMENI
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      944 13 Today's TV and Radio SINGAPORE 5 3.00 PM Opening followed by Nalla Ulan (Tamil 6.35 Marine Boy r fipi^ c i n m 7.00 DM't Ask Mt 3.30 Diary of Events (Tamil) 3.35 Afternoon Matinee The Scarlet Hour 1M ews """I" (Part 1), starring: Carol Ohmart, Tom Tryon, 7.45 Batas
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      33 13 WATER WATER consumption on Saturday was 667,000 cubic metres (146.7 million gallons), 27,000 cubic metres (5.9 million gallons) less than on Friday. THE yard is going away. The metre is here to stay.
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      WEEKLY SHARE ANALYSIS
      2317 14 AS a service to readers. Strait* Time* publishes weekly a detailed analysis on the Stock Exchange of Singapore. The year's high and low followed by the week* movement In prices, the dividend yield, the net price earning* and volume of business. NOTE: Closing Price meant the price
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      183 14 YORK. Frl. The A^ stock market drifted lower In active trading, reflecting Investor fears of tiling interest rated. Prices began weakening after the opening In response to the Federal Reserve's report late yesterday of a big rise in the nation's money supply, analysts said The Dow Jones Industrial
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      164 14 ZURICH, Fri. The stock market ended the week barely steady In very quiet trading, dealers said. The Credit Sulsse index was unchanged at 244 5 points. Closing prices In Swlaa francs with the difference on the previous session's prices. P Swissair Br Sl7 2 ÜBB Br 2»«5 +10 ÜBS
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      159 14 FINANCIAL TIMES INDUSTRIALS Friday 455.0 Thursday 454 8 Week Ago 447.4 DOW JONES AVERAGE INDUSTRIALS Friday 812.80 Thursday 814.54 Week Ago 795.13 LONDON DOLLAR PREMIUM Friday 107 to 107i Thursday 107J to 108 H.K. HANG SENG Friday closed Thursday 448.91 Week Ago 436.96 SYDNEY INDUSTRIALS Friday 409.7J Thursday 410.95
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      BT Industrial group Indices
      127 14 1977/7S Week 1 Action Point High Low Industrial Group 14th 21st Change 269.96 145.M0 Automotive 261.US Z6».9C 496.57 328.67 Banks, Insurance, Finance and Trustee* 364.32 367 21 186.11 135.80 Chemicals, Rubber Products, Refining and Smelting 186.31 184.7* 141 S40.13 181.1* Conglomerate 24Q.1S 238.58 1.55 294.16 221.37
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      LOCAL STOCK INDICES
      161 14 SINGAPORE Apr 17 Apr 18 Apr 19 Apr 20 Apr 21 ft B.T. Index: 781.32 799.61) 807.24 801.69 833 J21 Industrials: 299.24 300.38 304.14 304.41 303.96 Finance: 478.85 484.C4 485.30 484.45 483.02 t Hotels: 186.71 188.99 190.44 191.10 Hl.M Properties 171.42 172.32 174.02 173.27 174JS t Tins:
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      DIVIDEND ANNOUNCED
      129 14 UE (Ord) UE (Pief) Jardlnes OCBC OUT OUB UMW Utd Plant Times Pub 8TP (1975) Sigma M Flour PELS Current Date Total for payment payable the year 10% Jun 5 10% Jun 5 7V4% S% Jun 9 6% 12% Jun 10 17% (c) 12% (b) Jun 12 12%
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      S'pore produce
      587 14 T*HE return of buying interests, both local and and overseas, took the Singapore produce market to higher levels last week. Benelittlng most from this resurge of demand were the pepper dealers. The white grades received better attention than the black. Consequently, all the white peppers «ere traded »20
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      185 14 TOKYO, sat Price, cloai J*i sll«ht'y hl«her as revived Interest In blue chips pared an Initial fall, dealers said. The Dow Jones averaged 5.506.04 points, with a volume of 160 million shares. The New index closed at 411.74, down 0.90 point. Todays closing prices In yen with the difference
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      130 14 A MSTERDAM. Pri. Share prices closed mixed following overnight firmer Wall Street prices, dealers said. Akao, Royal Dutch and Unilever firmed, while Hoocov«n» and Philips were lower In Dutch internationals. State loans edged lower. Closing prices in Dutch guilders with the difference on the previous session's prices: r M«O
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      MEETINGS
      121 14 Ajinomoto (M) Bhd: AOM to be held at 6* miles. Simpang Salak. South Baharu. Kuala Lumpur, at 9.00 a.m. on April 25. National Iron and. Sted Mills: AOM to be held at the board room of Development Bank of Singapore Ud. DBS Building. 6 Shenton Way, at 2.30 p.m.
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      60 14 THE average discount rate on 91-day Singapore Treasury Bills fell to 3.165 per cent at the latest tender from 3,200 per cent previously, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) said. Applications totalled E75.3 million for the $25 ■nllllon of Bills on offerAbout 10 per cent of )lds
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      GOLD
      57 14 Friday Thursday Melbourne (1) 149 20 153.59 4>ndon 171 008 168.508 171.508 168.008 ;urlch 170.258 168.508 171.008 16*258 •arts 168.58 170 51 Saturday Friday longkong 170. 308 Closed 170 70S Closed 'pore (2) 171.0K8 171. 208 171.808 172.008 Export prices In non-sterling reii In U8 dollar per ounce. (1)
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      47 14 pOR the week ended Saturday k April 22 the ranee of call rate received from Short Deposits Ili) Berhad was as follow: BANK FUND: 3 3/8 to 4 3/8 per cent. CENTRAL FUND: 31 to 4 3/8 per cent. Movements of fund totalled 1443 million.
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      COPPER
      33 14 LONDON: Copptr prices on 'rlday I previous In bracksu). Wirabsr Spot buyers J692 fSSH), sellers £552.90 (£BBB 50): lire* months buyers £708.50 f7OS). sellers £710 (£705.50). Market tens) Steady. Ssitt: 8.700 tonnes.
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        219 14 pOLLOWINO the recent sharp recovery in the New York stock market, the US dollar opened firm at the 2.03 level against the mark. The US unit was further propelled upwards when the US Treasury announced that It will sell gold from its reserve, which was interpreted as measures taken
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        236 14 THE dollar experienced a E significant recovery Jump jng from Swiss franc 1.88*2, i>ulBchemark 2 0353 and yen 219 87 to Sf 1.9635. Dm 2 0755 and yen 225.60 In European .forex markets last week. i The Unfcrovetnent of the .dollars exchange rates appeared In the second half of
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        DISCOUNT
        200 14 •pra recent ***** million Government bond Issue met with overwhelming response, resulting in the storks being twice oversubscribed. The average successful tender price for the three-year stork at 100.56 gave a yield of 4.79 per cent, a level which was below market expectation. The Interbank market last week did
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        204 14 SIAN currency average deposits rates for the week ended Frldav April 21. US* (Bid Prices) Hlfh Low 7 Days 7 6 7/8 1 Mth 7 3/8 8 1/2 2 Mths 7 5/18 6 7/8 3 Mths 7 7/18 7 3/18 6 Mths 7 3/4 7 1/2 5
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        LOCAL MONEY MARKET
        129 14 THE Interbank Overnight market was moderately active last Monday with the result of the Government bond issue. Trading went up to seven—6| per cent but generally eased off and maintained IU level to close 31 —three per cent. Terms tradlne saw a drop by 1/4 par cant
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        Lock icon TOP TEN STOCKS
        106 14 THE following 1M of stocks rives the It most traded in on the Stock Exchange of Singapore last week. It gives the turnover In thousands of units, closing prices on Friday and the high and low for 1977/71. lPI lime Derby iln Chew Jit Poh nty Developments
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        Minimum lending rates
        69 14 THE PRIME rate of most commercial banks in Singapore now stands at 7 per cent. Oversea -Chinese Banking Corporation is still offering SV, per cent to its best customers while United Commercial Bank is maintaining its prime rate at 71.7 1 per cent. The stated prime rate
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      547 14 PIBLY buoyant trading conditions prevailed at the Stock Exchange of Singapore last week when the Straits Times industrial ordinary share index shot past the psychologically crucial barrier of 300 point*. Although the bull run was not fully sustained throughout the week, gains recorded were considerable in extent, particularly
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      K. LUMPUR
      489 14 BULLISH support fo- cussed on selected Issues amidst generally bouyant conditions made for a very steady market last week. Throughout the week, the market was a hive of activity with dally turnover well above the four million -unit mark, suggesting heightened participation by usually cautious market operators anxious
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      495 14 LONDON: Stock prices made modest net gains in light trading last week, dealers said. The FT index rose by 7.6 on the week to 455.0 points. However, gold shares fell sharply In line with the bullion price, which was further depressed by news the US planned to sell
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        Steadier trading
        268 14 A STEADIER note crept Into ■^trading last week, reflecting In a gradual upward movement of some lour cents and more. In condition! more active than of late, says Holiday, Cutler, Bath In IU weekly rubber review. The strong recovery of the US dollar, affecting as it did overseas
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        161 14 T ONDON: Tin on the day rose £125 for cash and £75 for Three Months in both contracts on Friday. The market was well maintained during the afternoon with the further tightening in the nearby supply position widening the backwardation to around £45. Three Months was traded
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        Rubber easier
        157 14 I ONDON: Terminal rubber finished at or near the days highs on Friday, but still showed losses from the previous close 0.60 to 0 25p per kilo. Values hardened from earlier lows a» the afternoon with Jobber shortcovering and weekend factors contributing much to the support, dealers said.
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      579 15 I *^W fl (^^^^(^LfafaK AH ft Having a Sale? Special Offers? Discounts? mm/Ke>l Jut inWEEItf RADi^AlKl^ r^*^ J ebl every Wednesday in yy j IVI I U▼▼C C l\ DAKUAinS k-^J fif^ nT^^T Th Stroitf Timet Classifieds. II EMPLOYMENT inlngua SCHOOL OF LANGUAGES requires Teachers oi German and Italian for
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      715 15 FEMALE JUNIOR STENOGRAPHER required, below 30 years of age Completed LCC Intermediate Book-keeping. Able to type accurately and to take Shorthand al 80 100 w.p.m. .Salary $300 $400 Apply with non-returnable photo lo S.T Box A(.HS» INTERNATIONAL COMPANY IN Jurong requires Stenographer Must possess riuency In English, good speed in
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      552 15 II EMPLOYMENT Well established Ak Freight Company has immediate vacancies for the post of DELIVERY CLERK Must have valid class 3 driving licence preferably residing In district 12 13. 14. 19 and be prepared to perform shift duties pi**m talephon* (1(4(2 between a.m. and 1 pm for Intonrlow. REOUIRED 1
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      735 15 ESTABLISHED INSURANCE COMPANY requires Agency Organisers to expand Sales Programmes perlenced In relevant field need apply Attractive overriding commission and production bonuses Call Ricky Leow personally at Room 1206. 12th Floor. International Plaza. Anson Road 10 00 am 5 00 pm Today Tomorrow ELECTROLUX S.E.A. PTE LTD (Domaatlc Division) requires
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      536 15 II EMPLOYMENT I ASCOT CO. PTE. LTD. requires OUTDOOR SALESGIRLS Salary MOO p*r month piua good Apply personally at SSO-A. B*i**ti*r Road, Slngapor* 12. or tel SS7MO/SS(2**/*****7. SALESGIRLS REOUIRED IN People's Park Complex Preferably with electronic sales experience Apply personally: 79 81. I'agoda Street Spore 1 from 9.30 a.m. 12
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      577 15 A CAREER IN SECURITY STERLING KNIGHT (PRIVATE) LIMITED SECURITY DIVISION r*qulr** 1. TRAINEE ELECTRONIC SALES ENOINEERS Qualification: City Oullds. Polytechnic or University graduates 2. TRAINEE ELECTRONIC SALES TECHNICIANS Qualifications: Vocational School or City It Oulld (Part I) I Knowledge of Mandarin an advantage Please apply In writing. enclosing photograph to
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      307 15 II EMPLOYMENT DOMESTIC HELP WANTED. Spore 3 Cooking and general housework Stay out Pleasecall *****8 t) General a^r^^B BTa^r^ BTaTr^L^aTaTr^WKkßTaTj aY ~~H Bi!] L^B ~BE»F~^H aL>r-raß 'VC4 CHARTERED INDUSTRIES OF SINGAPORE PTE. LTD. requires (a) MALE AUDIT ASSISTANT Qutl' Motions 5 OCE. O1O 1 Level passes Including Mathematics LC C
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      455 15 OiMNOiJ Slngapor* (Private) .!mn*d I requires FEMALE PRODUCTION OPERATOR* W* Otter High starting salary o'.'ffl U 10 per day 0 Attractive pioductlvlt)^| incentive set- erne while under probatt ?n Confirmation rate SIM Per month a Salary scale SIM $?40 00 •™H ■Uowatnc*) Afternoon shift Sl 00 PerH day Nightshirt Si
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      359 16 II EMPLOYMENT f| General GENERAL ELECTRIC Television a Appliance Pte Lid requires FEMALE PRODUCTION OPERATORS 5 Day Work Week No microscopic work No routing shift Good working condition Attractive fringe benefits Increment after 3 months' probation On-the-Job training Quick promotional opportunities 13th month Annual Wage Supplement Good recreational program and
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      623 16 r BMI PTE. LTD. urgent l> r< quires (A) ASSISTANT VAN DELIVERY BOY (B) WAREHOUSE WORKER Minimum baafc salary $180 00 m Please call personally lor Interview al Rm MM. Malayan Credit House. 9*. Somerset Road. Singapore t. today between 9.00 a.m. and 2.30 p.m. FEMALE PRODUCTION OPERATORS Experience: not
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      769 16 II EMPLOYMENT 11. is mime.ii.it.- raeanesM IM 1 Front Office Cashier 2) Restaurant Cashier 3) Coffee House Waitresses Pleas* apply personally to Hole! Royal Ramada Newton Road Singapore 11. EXPERIENCED OFFICE MESSENGER. Class II POL. must l>. staying in dlst 12 15 19 Age above 20 Salary $180 per month,
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      696 16 JONE S ENTERPRISE has immediate vacancies for PRODUCTION WORKERS MALE FURNACE ATTENDANTS (Melting Aluminium) Starling pay: WORKERS Male no*-**M pin I Female $170 $200 p.m I ATTENDANTS > too p m 1 S worklllK days a week Nan citizens may apply interested applicants please apply j personally with I.e. during
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      626 16 II EMPLOYMENT ODS NAGASAKIVA PTE LTD opp Haw Par Villa requires EXPERIENCED RESTAURANT BAR CAPTAIN Please apply personally to Per lonnel OHlce lo see Irene Tsn setween 11 am 5.30pm k newly established woodworking 'act or y in Jurong requires immediately |1) WOODWORKING MACHINISTS Applicants should possess ITB Trade certificate
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      646 16 (1) FEMALE GENERAL Clerk Secondary 4 possesses knowledge of typing, correspondence, and conversant in Mandarin (2) Outdoor Sales Representatives Call personally (after 5 p m 1 at 208. 2nd floor Textile Centre Jalan Sultan Spore 7 or tel *****15 Rsquirsd A) MOULDERS B) MOULDER TRAINEES C) GENERAL LABOURERS D) NIGHT
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      841 16 111 VEHICLES A BOATS Cool healthy pollution free driving with mAßuenu COOL. rfnfk /MAS T£f7 /AWk\ Car Air-ConrJitoner Check our cool features INSTANTS CONSTANT COOLING with coppei lubmg tor the evaporator 3-WAY DIRECTIONAL LOUVRES tor total-car cooling FACTORY-MADE MOUNT KITS FOR MOST JAPANESE CARS FITSANYCAR PERFECTLY MAN MOTOM WWVMII UMfTtO
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      958 16 1*77 MITSUBISHI COLT Oalant Sigma 1600 I) 1 1 owner, concealed alrcond radio, road tax August 1978 Insurance February 1979 $20,600 on o Tel *****0 I*7l CORTINA GT. With tax insurance, cassette tip lop condition Tel *****50 REGISTERED 1*74 SUBARU OTT Coupe aircond console box. c.irtndKe immaculate condition Knqinrles tel
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      1196 16 111 VEHICLES BOATS URGENTLY REQUIRED SCRAP/ LADY PERSONNEL REQUIRES any Mion.lh.ird cars Am make and make of sports car or Mercedei model He-t price ■■>■ 111 CaU 200 Call 44«4:1H7 Miss Ng MB»l3u REQUIRED 1 MOTORCYCLE or BEETLE LOVER LOOKING lor scrap vehicle for PARF Contact VolklWUfen I.JOO c c
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    43 19 THE People's Association cultural section will stage a choir-cum-drama road show at Changi community centre on Wednesday at 8 p m Oroup and solo singing will be featured In the first part followed by a JO-mlnute classical drama.
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      283 20 KI'ALA Ll'MPl'R, Sunday pORMP:R I'mno Malaysia's publicity chief Haji Sulaiman Palestin, and former Umno Youth national leader, Datuk Harun bin Haji Idris, were nominated to day to the posts of l/mno's president and deputy president respective!) They were nominated by members of Sungei
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      209 20 KUALA LUMPUR. Sunday T^HE Malaysian Natural Rubber Institute in 1 London is looking :nto the possibility of using natural rubber aj a "cushion" in highrise buildings in earthquake-prope countries. Primary Industries M.nister, Datuk Haji Taib Mahmud, said today. He said Malaysian en gineers
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      48 20 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun The Special Sessions Court here today fixed four da>s from May 19 for the extradition proceedings filet 1 by the Uniteu States Oovernment agalmt Penang businessman Chua Han Mow. 34. If extradited. Chua will face three counts rclat'ng to drug offences in California.
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      265 23  -  ERNEST FRIDA By SINGAPORE scored a thrilling six-wicket win over Association's interstate league match The final scores: Selangor 90 and 190, Singapore 174 and 108 for four. Singapore were set 90 minutes to chase 108 runs for victory and they did It with three balls
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      323 23  -  JOE DORAI By WITH three of the six coun- tries entering near-national-strength teams, Singapore's Intermediate squad face an uphill task In the King's Cup soccer tournament starting at Bangkok tomorrow. Thailand, Indonesia and South Korea are reported to have entered their Internal lonal squads.
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      376 23 |NAN A (Japap), Sun.— Kuo Chiex Hsiung, 37, of Taiwan, carded a six-under-par 66 today lor a brilliant four-day total of 23-under-par 265 to win the US$7O,OOO ($164,500) Dunlop International Open by nine strokes here. Kuo, who had won the Indonesian Open, won the
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      585 26 A multi-national company providing a range of oilfield ser- vices throughout South-East Asia and Australasia and with its administrative offices in Singapore invites applications for the post of: ACCOUNTING AND ADMINISTRATION MANAGER Negotiable around 5540.000 p.a. Reporting to the Far East Manager, the successful candidate will head a department of
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  • FIRST WORLD PRINT CONGRESS Special Feature
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      How and why it was organised
      117 27 qiHE First World 1 Print Conrrrsa which starts from today affords an op--portnnlty for Asian printers to meet to evaluate new tecbnolo- flies and to assess currrnt and future market trends. Over the years, the printing industry has been expe r i c ncing
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      689 27 IN March last year, a group of printers from America, Australia and Europe met officials from the Master Printers Association of Singapore to discuss the organisation of a World Print Congress. The congress was to be the first ever worldwide gathering of printers.
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      Delegates to present 20 papers
      631 28 cr/WENTY papers will be 1 presented during the five-day congress at the Mandarin Hotel, and, if topics are anything to go by, the 350 delegates will not be disappointed. In the first day's programme, the director of Mondadorl International of Italy, Mr. Enzo Angeluccl, will
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      Simplifying production methods
      419 28 Simplifying production methods KODAK Singapore Is now regularly conducting demonstrations to local graphic arts technicians in the photomechanical transfer (PMT) materials that simplify and reduce production methods of paste-up copy preparation and proofing. Introduced In 1969 in a major graphic arts breakthrough, the materials produce highquality, positive, reflection copies with
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      How the Master Printers Association grew
      448 29 THE Master Printers Association was formed In 1937 with membership Initially limited exclusively to Chinese printing firms. Up to the end of 1941, members met weekly at their premises In Hill Street which Is still the premises today for weekly dinners. When World War
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      About photo typesetting
      225 29 PHOTO typesetting is one of the most rapidly expanding fields In the printing Industry. In 1964, only about seven per cent of all typesetting was done photographically. Today, it is estimated that almost half the text Is done by photo typesetting. It is estimated that approximately 75
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      10 new products introduced
      148 29 KODAK Introduced 10 new products for the American printing industry last year. These Include the Kodak line film 2555 (Estar base), Kodak high-speed duplicating matte film SO- 116, Kodak RL duplicating film, Kodak RL contact film and Kodak high-speed photo typesetting film 6593. The introduction of
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      143 27 "J* c are lm P° rteps and v-^Sj^pW Exporters of rebuilt te^aJKlf Printing Trade Machines All enquires are given prompt attention tgzsJjT ire Purchase terms J&^c T are available MV&xm Wl Our Ex-stock machines are as follows:M O SORD offset 25 Va" x 353/s" aJhpß O KORD offset 18" x
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      140 28 oolliecJr INKS CMPHIC ARTS lUPPLIK lUNKCTS LITHO CHEMICALS ink the link between the written »nd the printed word pliyi mott important role in the *mtl design, determining it* quality and talei appeal With over 80 years ot enpenence. constant laboratory on sue research. Coilws have attained a world wide reputation
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      142 29 ''-afl J TnOX 5%^ 1 -NX //A r 4^J\ fra -tt S JffISJBSMIMBM] A)«inO 1 I COLUMBIA OFFSET PLATE MAKING Ca PTE LTD J 77 C, LORONG 19. GEVLANG. SINGAPORE .I 4 TEL: *****6 *****7^<M Monotype Jt International W The Monotype Corporotion (S.E.A.) Pte Ltd welcomes oil delegates to the
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      516 29 FOUR-COLOUR SHEET-FED OFFSH MACHINE You wint in offMt priu tailored to your special production requirements Mt can offer you such a machint Whether you with a single two three-, fourfive-, six or even an ei(Mcolour press for ttie sizes 4 6 7. 8 or 8* the PLANETA VARIANT series certimiy
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      1022 30 rmiDB I invites applications from suitably qualified persons for the following appointI ments Appointment Qualifications A Consolidated Experience Salary Scale A)SENIOR ACCOUNTANT/ Bachelor of $2225INTERNAL AUDITOR Accountancy from $26)5 n recognised University or equivalent. Applicants must possess at least 5 years relevant post-quali-fying experience B) SENIOR ESTATES OFFICER p w
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      10 30 LOOK UP GOOD BUYS IN "FOR SALE A SHOPPING GUIDE"
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      170 30 AA) MOTOROLA Malaysia Sdn. BM. Communications Group Penang Motorola, one of the world leaders in the manufacture of communications equipment requires the services of qualified Malaysians for the following positions in Penang. We are looking for suitable candidates to fill positions in the following areas: ENGINEERING [Research Development] QUALITY ASSURANCE
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      496 30 X 4 X TENDER NOTICE g; Singapore Airlines Limited invites tenders for &7 A the supply and delivery of the following items A J «1 Toilet Rolls, Serviettes and Face Tls- 1^ ™> 9 V (Tender Reference 79) 7< *k «2 Sugar in Sachet 4 (Tender Reference 80) WA *3
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      667 30 IN THE HKJH COURT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE Suit No. 2577 of 1977 Between ASIA COMMERCIAL BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED Plaintiffs And 1. LOH KOON CHOONG 2. LOH KOON HONG 3. WONG AH CHENG 4. TAN HA MOOI fe TONG HA MEI Defendants NOTICE OF ADVERTISEMENT To: 1 LOH KOON
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      726 30 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 185 AND IN THE MATTER OF SIAM ROOM (S) PTE. LTD. (In Voluntary Liquidation) MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY WINDING-UP NOTICE IS HEREBY OIVEN that the Creditors of the abovenamed Company, which is being voluntarily wound-up, are required on or before 24th May. 1978. to
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