The Straits Times, 25 December 1978

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  • 14 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 MONDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1978 25 CENTS M.C.(P) No. 211/1/78
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  • 1412 1 Victim of Khmer rebels? PEKING, Sunday BRITISH leftist Malcolm Cald well named by the Singapore Internal Security Department and Singapore lawyer C. Raman last year as a member of a Euro-com-munist group seeking to discredit the Singapore Government was shot dead in a Phnom Penh government guest
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  • 168 1 Carter-Brez summit off I BRUSSELS. Sun. The summit which President Carter hoped to be able to hold with Soviet head of state Leonid Brezhnev in mid-January has been postponed indefinitely. Their meeting will now have to wait until the US and the Soviet Union have resolved the last difficulties standing
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  • 415 1 SEVEN top scholars have joined the police force under the newly launched Police Scholarship Scheme. Two of them, probationary inspectors Ting Sent Kiong (left) and Chng Eng Teck are seen flanking a senior officer, Asst. Supt. Khoo Boon Hui (centre), also a scholar. The new
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  • 74 1 NEW YORK. Sun Rebel Ethiopian air force pilots tried to shoot down the plane carrying President Mengistu Halle Mariam as he returned to Addis Ababa from Bulgaria on Dec 13. Newsweek magazine reported yesterday in its latest issue. The report, quoting diplomatic sources, said that Ethiopian
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  • 57 1 COLOMBO. Sun. Chrlitmas shoppers In Colombo hart a surprise yesterday when they found their President. Junliu Richard Jayewardtne, among the jostling crowd. He had to press money Into the hands of traders who at first refused to accept the money for fireworks and other gcods he
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  • 104 1 LONDON. Sun. Thatland Is forcing Kampuchean refugees into the ranks of special Thai ArirtV frontier forces, the Observer reported today, "Scores of Kampuchean refugees, usually young men without families, have been taken against their will from the reception centres where new arrivals are held.
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  • 337 1 Hop a pink bunny for a ride downtown DALLAS, Sunday AFTER c x t c n sive market research, the Dallas Transit System has concluded that It can improve the downtown bus service by painting its buses pink, adorning their fronts with a nose and two buck teeth and sticking
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  • 36 1 TEHERAN. Sun. AntlShah demonstrators In %m eastern city of Masshad today lynched three men said to be army troops In civilian dresi, relU'Ue sources reported. The Incident camp during a protest strike— AFP.
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  • 45 1 TOKYO. Sun. A Vietnamese freighter laded with 215 tonnes of rice and 13 tonnes of canned food leaves a port In northern Japan tomorrow lor Haiphong to help ease the recurring food shortage in Vietnam. Some 80.000 Japanese farmers made the donation. ypi.
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  • 447 1 38 dead in Turkey riots ANKARA, Sunday TWO days of rioting, shooting and amlnish attacks by rival religious and political extremists left about 38 dead and some 150 injured in the town of Kahramanmaras in impoverished southeast Turkey yesterday. Scores of injured were reported in critical condition, many with bullet
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  • 18 1 THE Prime Minister in his Yuletide message said yesterday: "I wish all a Merry Christmas."
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  • 24 1 The Straits Times wishes its readers a Merry Christmas There will be no issue of the Straits Times tomorrow. Publication will resume on Wednesday.
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  • 160 1 Xmas joy blacked out SCORES of residents in the Woodlands area were yesterday without lights and the glittering of Christmas tree decorations due to a power failure. Upset residents, with spirits already dampened, received another shock when the Public Utilities Board said that electricity supply to the area would be
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  • 22 1 TEL AVIV. Sun. Egypt Is still training Palestinian frogmen for terrorist attacks against Israel, the dally Haaretz charged today —AFP.
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  • 57 1 ALGIERS. Sun. Sabaran nationalists killed 120 Moroccan soldiers and took two prisoners in operations in southern Morocco and the Western Sahara territory between Dec 19 and 21. a communique said here today. The Algerian-backed Polisario Lib n r ation Movement said 42 of the Moroccans died
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    • 432 2 HE'S GETTING MORE PROPERTY FOR HIS FAMILY, SAYS BROKER REPORTS are circulating among real estate brokers here that the Shah of Iran is shopping for a large amount of land in the plush Bel Air section apparently to build a palace
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    • 238 2 Slain oil firm exec may have been on death list TEHERAN, Saa. Tie lint farciga victim af the Iran traahtea may have bee* the death list af man than M peaaie Im the •II ladastry drawn ap by a hitherto ukMwi extremist grass, iffiatlii mrmnM teaay. Mr. Paal Grimm, aa
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    • 330 2 BRUSSELS, Sunday ISRAELI Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan has said that Israel could accept up to an estimated 150,000 Arabs under a scheme of family reunification agreed at the Camp David summit. This referred to Arabs who left the areas after the
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    • 252 2 POLICE KILL 15 PIRATES IN AMBUSH BOGOTA. Sun. Police ambushed a group of pirates trying to loot a British ship anchored off the Pacific coast port of Buenaventura, killing up to 15 members of the "Los Diablos" gang, press reports said yesterday The Shootout occurred early Friday when three pirate
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    • 50 2 MADRID, Sun A reform of the code of military justice permitting the death penalty only in time of war took effect yesterday with its publication in the official bulletin Under the new law the most severe penalty in tim* of peace will be 30 years imprisonment. UPI
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    • 42 2 JAKARTA. Sun A toul of 59 people have been declared missing since Indonesian search and rescue teams tailed to find them after their ship sank in the deep Banda Sea. East Indonesia, a shipping department spokesman said here today AFP.
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    • 27 2 RANGOON, Sun Some 131 insurgents of the exiled Parliamentary Democracy Party surrendered to government troops earlier this month, an official statement said today. UPI
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    • 62 2 Where Christ was born AN ISRAELI soldier la Bethlehem In the occupied West Bank leaning on a police van yesterday which Is parked next to the town's Christmas tree In Manger Square near the Church of Nativity, where tradition says Christ was bora. The nlne-metre-hlgh tree Is decorated with gold
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    • 109 2 Trudeaus get together for Christmas VANCOUVER Sun Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and his estranged wife, Margaret, are spending Christmas together with their three young sons at the Vancouver home of Mrs. Trudeau's parents, a member of the family said yesterday. The Trudeau's separated in May, 1977, but Mrs. Trudeau
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    • 26 2 MANILA. Sun Eleven people, including four children, died from dog bites this month in the Southeastern port city of Davao, police said today. Reuter
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    • 362 2 RACINE (Wisconsin). Sunday THIS Christmas, Shawn Bonenberger's family will open the gifts the 10-year-old boy got for them after deciding against further treatment to prolong his life. He had decided his "days don't count unless they're good days." Shawn,
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    • 340 2 French drug rings now forging money PARIS, Sun. French gangsters have apparently diverted their energies from the international drug traffic to forging currencies and are even using covers like old folks' homes for their dud-note operations. Their activities have cast a shadow of anxiety over Christmas shopping in the city.
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      522 3 If YM are feeling a little '.epressed around the Cartatsnas-New Year holiday, deal worry, Its nor mat Next to ayrta». depressions and Irlati omir MM often <lunn« a HoIkU> period, a study shows Dr Fred Vondraoek of Penmyrvaaia State Univer siiy reports depressed people took around in the holiday
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    • 250 3 Indira to stay in jail a while longer NEW DELHI. Sun. Former Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's stay behind bars will be extended because the present parliamentary session has been prolonged to at least Dec 26. Last week's ruling by the Lower House stipulated that she remain in jail until
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    • 158 3 More time, more tif fs: Kriangsak BANGKOK, Sunday PRIME Minister Kriangsak Chomanan said yesterday that the Political Parties Bill will be presented to the cabinet on Tuesday, and that he is recommending a maximum of 45 days for pre-election campaigning "If more time is given, there will be more quarrels."
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    • 140 3 Sihanouk may have a speech impediment HONGKONG, Sun US Central Intelligence Agency i experts who have examined the recent photographs of Kampuchea's former head of state. Prince Norodom Sihanuouk, suspect he may have a speech impairment, the Far Eastern Economic Review reported. According to the Review, CIA experts, who based
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    • 85 3 I.IVORNO. Sun Mrs Tullia Zarrhelli. 43. jumped to her death from a fifth-floor window yesterday. after biting the hand of her husband who was trying to stop her. police said They said Mrs Zarchelli. who suffered from mental depression ■af had attempted suicide five times
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    • 188 3 MANILA, Saa. Muslim rebels la I the saathera Philippines have gaae tato the slave trade, according to military authorities; yesterday. I*ey said the mostly -Christian girls were kidnapped and saM as slaves. Arrordlag to Cal. Madrlno Manas, commander af the Mth Any
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    • 430 3 'China paving way for West-style parliament Jurists now debating legal changes TOKYO, Sunday JURISTS in China are debating legal changes to pave the way for Western-style Parliament, Japan's Kyodo news service reported yesterday. It quoted informec sources in Peking as sayinj such debates were promptei by the Chinese peoples' bit
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    • 180 3 BANGKOK, Sun. With the approach of tomorrow's deadline for the expulsion of some 1,400 Burmese workers from the tin mines in southI crn Thailand, informed j sources say the government stands to lose about 17 million baht (5J1.836 million) < per month
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    • 109 3 VietnamChina rail link suspended HONGKONG, Sun. Vietnam today announced the suspension of its international train service with China, according to the Vietnam I News Agency. The agency, monitored here, said the suspension followed a similar announce- ment by the Chinese earlier I this week. The train service, running 1 from
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    • 85 3 CAIRO. Sun Ugandan VicePresidetit Mustafa Adrisi has left for home after spending eight months in hospital here recovering from multiple leg fractures following a car accident in Uganda, an embassy spokesman said today The spokesman said General Adrisi left yesterday with his wife who has been
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    • 88 3 2 CRUSHED TO DEATH AS QUAKE STRIKES TAIPEH, Son. A strong earthquake hit narth-eastern Taiwan late yesterday, killing two people and Injuring several others, a preliminary police repart said. The Taiwan Central Weather Bureau said the quake was measnred S.l on Rlchter scale. Its epicentre was lacated at about 128
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    • 248 3 'Russian advance into Taiwan possible' TOKYO, Sun. Japanese Foreign Minister Sunao Sonoda yesterday indicated that the Soviet Union might advance into the Taiwan area following normalisation of US-Chinese diplomatic relations. Mr. Sonoda was answering an opposition member in Parliament who asked whether Japan's security might be affected if a conflict
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    • 43 3 MANILA. Sun A Manila newspaper reported today that Filipino and American negotiators have reached agreement on a formula for maintaining US military bases In the Philippines. Foreign Minister Carlos P. Romulo immediately issued a statement denying the story. AP.
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    • 388 4 Fakes mar HK image as shoppers' paradise HONGKONG, Sun. It may say Gucci, Pierre Cardin or Christian Dior but the odds are growing that if it's bought in Hongkong, it may be an Italian, South Korean or local imitation. Hongkong's reputation as the shopping paradise of Asia has been tarnished
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    • 130 4 Way being paved to rehabilitate Stalin? MOSCX)W, Sun. Stalin's birthday will be officially remembered in the Soviet Union next year for the first time in 20 years, according to the 19T9 Communist Party calendar. A drawing of the late strongman appears on the page for Dec 21 Stalin's centenary in
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    • 272 4 Rhodesian troops free 33 from camp SALISBURY, Sod. fthodesUn troops and warpUaea struck deep Into Zambia U attack Mack nationalist gaerUU baaea aver the weekend and to free S3 peaple from prta*B camp. A security farces ■pakeamM said the raids were Uueked pirely agalaat gaerllla bases. "No Zambiaas were Involved
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    • 54 4 TOPEKA, (Kansas) Sun Nancy Landon Kassebaum. daughter of Republican patriarch All Landon. became the only female US Senator yesterday. Mrs. Kassebaum. a 46-year -old radio station executive, was sworn in as the junior senator from Kansas as her 91-year-old father, a former Kansas Governor and 1936 presidential
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    • 181 4 Woman to be charged for killing mother FLEM1NGT0N (New Jersey), Sun. Authorities planned to arraign a 48-year-old woman yesterday on charges of strangling and decapitating her mother, then throwing her head on the sidewalk of the Capitol Building in Trenton aftecrashing a car into the building's steps. Hunterdon county prosecutor
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    • 422 4 WASHINGTON, Sun. Discrimination against foreign businessmen by the US may disappear in 1979 under a new international code on government purchasing. Negotiations should finish by the end of January. But it will be much later in the year before the
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    • 133 4 LITTLE COMPTON (Rhode Island). Sun. When Joseph and Anne Bouchard bought their home 16 years ago, the basement workbench was cluttered with paraphernalia. One brown quart bottle was marked "glycerin." They never opened it, moved it or even gave it a thought until last week
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  • 541 6 THE Adult Education Board will continue to run two-year preUniversity courses despite the recent decision by the Education Ministry to stream students into two-year and threeyear classes from next year. The cut-off point it has set for entry Into pre-unlversity classes an aggregate
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  • 232 6 Cabbies split fares to beat crackdown SINGAPORE taxis which ply Malaysia have stopped picking up passengers from Johore Baru on their return trips because of a crackdown by the Malaysian authorities. Instead, Malay slan cabbies now bring passengers past the Causeway checkpoint, where Singapore cabbies take over the rest of
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  • 76 6 THE president of the Singapore Art Society. Mr. Liv Kant?, will open an exhibition of Chinese paintings by Connie Ho and Vivian Young at the Singapore Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Wednesday at 5.30 p.m. The exhibition, held by the society and the Slaw-Tao Chinese Calligraph
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  • 42 6 THE Ooethe Innltute will conduct German language courses at the German School lii Chatsworth Road between Jan 15 and April 27. Enrolment for all courses Is between Jan 2 and 12 at the Ooethe Institute at Par bast Shopping Centre.
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  • 38 6 KALLANO community centre will hold tai chi chuan course at its premises next month. Those interested can obtain application forms for the course froir. staff of the centre at 37. Block 22. Boon Keng Road.
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  • 255 6  - Early start on keyboard for Ping Ping ELENA CHONG By SOME people believe in starting their children young, especially in a discipline like playing the piano. Ihree-year-old Chia Pine Ping's parents are among them. And so Ping Ping becomes the youngest at Whampoa community centre to take up keyboard lessons.
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    • 325 6 t Vj Going back YXjr I to school I S U; 1 vAI 1 WJbm W Yes, it can be, especially if your children have new schoolbags, flH^^^B^B|^^^^^^^J pens, pencils, notebooks, colour pens. Or even a new pair of shoes. I With all this, they'll be dying to go back
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    • 150 6 CHILDREN'S VARIETY EXHIBITION OF CON- i to 7 p.m. On till Dec 31. SHOW by RTS Children's TEMPORARY ART. fea- TRADE AND FOR Workshop at Victoria turlng works by local rn «»m ivhirition Theatre ut 8 p.m. Fea- and Asean artists and NaUonal Mwum tures harmonica en- sculptors, at National
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  • 613 7  - Textile men to get 'special' quotas LET KIM CHEW 'Definite share* of EEC market B- TEXTILE ;md cmimjil iiKinufatturcrs in Sing;i|>ore will |r> allotted "protected" miotn for their exports imder refined (n(ui;ilised System of Preferences proposed hv the European Kcononiic (]omiminity. The revised GSP, which applies only to textile products
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  • 77 7 ANO Mo KlO new town will have four area offices. One has been completed while the other three are under construction. The completed office Is In neighbourhood three The office at the town centre Is scheduled to be completed by the nrst
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  • 28 7 JOO CHIAT community centre will conduct courses in simple hume appliances repair, glass painting. Chinese calligraphy, kite-making, macrame applied arts, and des-tert-making early next year.
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  • 158 7 'Help cut crime in Boon Lay estate' THE MP for Boon Lay. Mr. Ngeow Pack Hua. has urged residents In Boon Lay Gardens to support residents' committees and help cut down the crime rate in the Housing Board estate He said the crime rate in the estate was higher than
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  • 19 7 THE Regional Youth Council (Central) will hold its dinner and dance at the Tropicana tonight at 8.
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  • 45 7 THE Kampung Padang Terbakar community centre will hold a Christmas party (or children at Its premises today at 3 30 p m. The Tanjong Pagar community centre will hold its Christmas party at the Duxton Plain community centre tonight at 8 p.m.
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  • 342 7 A SCHOOLBOY who failed to return hnmp nfti»r hpina home alter being chased by dogs near j Mandai Lake was 1 found drowned In the lake the next day a i>arnm>r'« ~T,,r t ♦ii court was told on Friday. Suthe r a rajan, 11.a
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  • 87 7 HORSF trainer Samsun bin Abdul Rahman was fined a total of $2,400 by a magistrate on Friday after he admitted tailing to pay Central Provident Fund contributions for eight of his workers on 16 occasions On etch of the offences which he committed between June
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  • 13 7 A feather fan dance by the Singapore University Dance group
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  • 177 7 THE third Let's Get Together Show went on the road on Saturday night with hundreds of Toa Payoh residents revelling in songs and laughter in a tacked community centre hall. Boon Teck constituency was the third and last of the live constituenciei in
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  • 131 8 Ex-HDB man on cheating charges A FORMER Housing Board employee. Shatr Jang. 31. was on Saturday charged with two counts ot cheating a Hat applicant ot a total of $192 by deceiving n into believing that the money was for legal fe«s He is alleged to have deceived Madam Ramlah
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  • 35 8 A MALAYSIAN student was found hanged In the toilet of her sister's house in Duku Road yesterday morning. Kam Slew Lan, 17, came to Singapore two weeks ago during her school vacation.
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  • 531 8  -  MAUREEN CHUA By LATEST statistics from court files have shown that more people have been arrested and taken to court to answer charges before a magistrate than the previous year. Magistrate arrest cases, as they are called, came to ***** on Dec 21 marking
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  • 320 8 Police warn of high accident rate at junctions MOST road accidents within the city arra occur at junctions, according to studies by the Traffic Division of thr police. Thr risks of potentially dangerous situations at junctions are further increased when drivers fail to give way or Insist on their right
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    • 189 8 Bringlaf Up Father By Bill Kiv»n»gh <c H»l Camp v~7 ytc-i'ii "1 I vVHAT REPAIRING I I OH, DEAR IT'S V TM MAN, WHATEVER YOU YOU'RE V SING IT FOR AREYOU\S THE -A SO BADLY OUT 1 SORRY, DID TO THAT PIANO, WRITING I YOU AS SOON DOING, I (PIANO-J
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  • 43 9 MR. Roger Wee has been elected president or the Singapore lae Kwon-Oo Gymnasium. Other officials are Mr. Michael Tar., vice-president; Mr. Tan Tuck Pcok. secretary; Mr Stephen Koh, asst. secretary; Mr. Stephen ran, treasurer; and Mr. vMlchael Son. asst. treasurer.
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  • 489 9  -  PAUL WEE By mics. the rest are engineering scholars. Since donning police uniforms, all of them have been put through a crash orientation programme and they underwent various polica routines. Rudiments During their initial month-long training, they were posted
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  • 145 9 SOUTH Korea's biggest car manufacturer, Hyundai Motors, will export its Pony four-door saloon cars to Singapore In the first quarter of next year. A spokesman for the commercial division of the South Korean Embassy here said four officials from Hyundai were In Singapore last month
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  • 100 9 CHAMBER SAYS 'NO' TO REQUEST THE Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry has rejected a request by a member firm to Invite a government minister to open the company's $15 million exhibition next year. The chamber feels if the request is granted, it will set a precedent. The firm
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  • 75 9 FISHERM AN Llm Be n g Kang. 27. of Semba'.vang Road, died In the Inaian Ocean on Dec 13 while tryIng to disentangle some ropes from the propeller of his fishing vessel. Urn was one of the 10 fishermen on board the vessel which left Singapore on
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  • 265 9 How SAF blood donations helped THE development of hlg h ly specialised fields of surgery In Singapore has been boosted by the blood donations from the Singapore Armed Forces. An article in the latest Issue of Mirror, a publication by the Ministry of Culture says: "Without their donation, high ly
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  • 28 9 THE Singapore Government has banned two Malaysians from entering the Republic They are Low Hee Seng. 29. from Herat and Chan Heng Kum, 23. from Jonore.
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  • 419 9 SINGAPORE Jus Service will add a new senrlce and change two others to operate as semi-ex-press services to cater to Aig Mo Kio residents from Friday The new service. No. 133. which will operate from Ang Mo Klo to North Bridge Road, will provide
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  • 250 11 LABOURER K Periakaruppan 55 is still waitIng Jor the arrival of his wile Madam 8 Letchu mi. 42. who was due here two months ago from Madras. While airport authori tWs in Singapore confirmed that she dirt arrive on a Malaysian Airline
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  • 38 11 wrnmrnt has releasrd details of t tie duties to be paid lor varirus item* impanM into a.ngapore. I tie details are continued m the Customs Duties Order 1979. Hccording to the latest government gazette
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  • 207 11 'Bookshop damaged by man who threw brick A BOOKSHOP owner in South Bridge Road has reported to police that I one of the glass panels of his shop was smashi ed by a man who hurl- ed a brick into the premises early on Wednesday. Mr. Tai See Khong. 67,
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  • 64 11 A NGEE Ann Technical College part-time lecturer. Miss May Than Nwe. will give a 12-lecture course on Introduction to Electrotechmcs at the University of Singapore's Bukit Timah campus. Nissen Hut 108. on Tuesdays and Thursdays between 7 and 9 p m from Jan 16 The course is
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  • 76 11 A LORRY driver was fined $70(i on Saturday and banned from driving all I oi vehiries for one year for dangerous driving Kwek Kok Seng. 28. pleaded guilty to driving his lorry daii2erou>lv by overtaking ancther lorryin Tampines Road on Any 12. resulting in a head-on
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  • 683 11 MR. Lee Kuan Yew has said that recent events in Vietnam and Kampuc hea, and the hordes of refugees leaving those countries, must have left political detainees in Singapore with a "nagging doubt" that communism is the cure-all. This Is not the magic
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  • 71 11 THE Leng Kee community centre will hold a New Year's Eve party at the Stirling Road area office community hall on Dec 31 lrom i 30 to 12 a.m. The centre's Youth Group will also hold Indoor gan.es and slng-a-long sessions (or its members at Block
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  • 313 11 Barriers to growth of a national culture DIFFERENCES in the levels of cultural achievements of the four main ethnic races in SineaTore are a hindrance to the devvelopment of a national culture. This was a point raised by the general secretary of the Central Council of Malay Cnltur a I
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  • 108 11 Students' photo contest in March THE Photographic Society of Nanyang University will hold its 17th Singapore International Students' Photographic competition in March. The competition will be divided into three sections: Black and white prints, colour prints and colour slides. Each participant is limited to a maximum of eight entries in
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  • 53 11 THE Department of Trf.de. the Timber Industry Board and the Singapore Manufacturers Association will lake part In two trade fairs In the United States next year. Some electronics and lurnlture films from Singapore will take part In an exhibition in Chicago In June »nd one
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 301 11 Straits Times Crossword ICMM 6 Swaps dialogue 1 i9> 1 The upper nun put lea 1 Coup by no Uof an eight? in tup* in lite ah <6j. (6i 4 n brains, ana a .lead 8 Old thing mat took to uostrve lit. troubles wuh smilts (S-S). 9 One pounu
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  • The Straits Times MONDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1978
    • 374 12 IN recording a verdict of misadventure on the death of a national serviceman trainee corporal, who had suffered gruelling punishment meted out by his training officer, the State Coroner, Mr. Chang Kok Ming sharply criticised the instructor concerned for punishing the youth according to his "whims and fancies."
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    • 382 12 ON A day supposed to be filled with peace and goodwill to all mankind it may seem "picky" to take issue with the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board. But Singaporeans are notoriously serious when it comes to their bread and butter, and the tourist industry certainly is
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  • 446 12  -  ROBERT MUSEL By is much of a danger to the quack advertisements in the back pages of cheap popular magazines promising everything and delivering very little. However, new lines of research are appearing and the British Medical Journal has given one of them
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  • 3084 12  - The church, the state and you ILSA SHARP By THE CHRISTIANS IN Singapore are discovering new muscle. The emergence of prominent citizens m converts or activists and crusades like Billy Graham's have given the Church new impetus. In this Christmas Day feature, the writer traces the many paths to Christ
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  • 699 12 Man who was 'born again' alter flight on plane DR. AUGUSTINE Tan Hui Heng, Member of Parliament for Whampoa and associate professor of economics at the University of Singapore, has been born again." Despite his Roman Catholic upbringing he has only this year becomg a "Born Again Christian", a distinctly
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  • 55 12 SOME paragraphs In Straits Times Foreign Kdltor Seah Chlaag Nee's report on India, In Page of the Straits Times on Saturday, were Inadvertantly printed In the wrong aeooeoee. The ninth to nth pars graphs should have come after the 23rd paragraph which ended with this sentence: dally livelihood
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  • FORUM
    • 374 13 WHEN I went to the Queenstown Driving Test Centre in Commonwealth Avenue on Thursday at 11.25 am to renew my car road tax, I was barred from parking in one of the several empty lots in the centre's premises. I had in fact
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    • 62 13 MOST residents of Spottiswoode Park have to walk through the railway station to the bus stops at Keppel Road. For the safety of the residents, I hope the PWD will erect an overhead bridge across the railway lines. I don't think the overhead bridge at the T-junc-tion
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    • 666 13  -  KEVIN DUNN By THERE IS a joke, often told to foreigners, that in Spain nobody speaks Spanish. But the joke became reality on Dec 6 when the country's new democratic constitution was approved in a national referendum According to the constitution's third article, the
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  • TIMES CITY DESK
    • 2433 17 NOTE: (losing Price meant the price of last reported trantaction on Friday. The second column five* the price movement against the previous week. Dividend yield is the grott iividend per share divided by the closing price. Price Earning* Ratio is the market price divided by the net
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    • Money and exchanges
      • 253 17 TRADING In the Singapore ho. ex muikei was gentikilv calm ana steady but *«t« arspite me uiuuoiiisn.g t tuck of the Optc s it.a t*i cent oil price MMM Whilst mmi} expected a S and M per cent increase, te» expecteu an mcrea« 01 such a magnitude. The unlial
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      • 195 17 INITIATED by an unexpectedly hlfh oil prue increase the V8 dollar experienced a Mairp downfall but later last week It earned back some of 1U lu—i due to mauive Intervention* by central banka On a week-to-waek buu it weakened from INN to 1 8MJ Swim franca, from 1 1950
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      • 236 17 THE Bfgmnine of last week ui interbank overnight funds trading up to 8 per cent during clearing hours. Ihe tigher money condition >u attributed to the heavy cash withdrawal* lor the Christmas season. However, following official support tor the weakening US dollar, the interbank market showed sum of easiness
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      • 82 17 ACU: Ratea moved up abarply to toucb highest on Wedneaday and continued holding strength on Thunday but eaaed off tbelr highs at end of laat week However Friday wu quiet In contraat attributed to dealera having squared their books abead of ion* weekend holidays. Ratea at cloae
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      • 250 17 deposits rates lor the week ended Friday, Dec 22. USI (Bid Prices) I Hifh Low 7 Days 14 10 1, 16 1 -Mtn 11 13 16 10 5 8 2 Mths 12 1 16 11 5 16 3 Mths 12 1 4 11 11/16 6 Mths 12
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      • 268 17 BANK'S prim* lending rates as at the close of business on Friday, Dec 22 Airmen. Ba,k ,J American Express Asia Commercial 7Si Asien-Pailflk Ban Htn Lee Bank 71,71, Banca Commerciale 8 Banco Do BrasU Bangkok Bank 1% Bank Negara Ir.do 7-% Bank of America Bank of
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    • 306 17 LONDON, m Share prices closed slightly higher in minimal trading dealers said. The FT closing index was up 11 at 479 3. Market sentiment was alued by the OECD half-ytaily forecast of an improvement in the UK balance of payments in 1979. they added. Gola shares held steady
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    • 185 17 NEW YORK. Frl. An economic Christmas present in the iorrn of a slowing in the use of con&umer prices pushed slocks broadly and sharply higher in modsrate trading. The Labour Department said the US consumer price index rose a seasonally adjusted 0.5 per cent in Novtmber, oft from
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    • 639 17 ZURICH. Frl. Share prices firmed slighjfJy in active settlement day trading reflecting the calmer currency situation and high market liquidity, dealers said The Credit Suisse index added 1.7 to 252.4 points Closing prices in Swiss francs with the difference on the preP Swissair Br 795—4 ÜBB Br 31)00 unch
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    • 60 17 Current Date Total for Total for payment payable the year previous year XT Pau 7'/d Jan 22 1% 30% UM Flour 20Tc(t» Jan 25 20'; 20% Utd Malacca 8%1 Jan 27 8% IM Kulim 10. I Jan 31 10% 23% M Cement 12 s'. mi Peb 8 12.5%
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    • 353 17 THE festive season continued to take its toll on activity at the Singapore produce market last week with trading Demg done at mininval levels. Dealert. said that with most ot the western world already geared up (or tr.eir annual celebrations, »ew changes if any *ere noted the commodity
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    • 199 17 TOKYO. Sat Share prices fell slowly on sporauic liquidations mith exporionentated issues, real estate and many populais leaO.ng the way. dealers said. The Dow Jones averages (ell 259 b to S.BSK34 points on a volume of 160 mil, ion shares. The New Index slipped 1.38 to 439.1t) points. Today
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    • 156 17 i AMSTERDAM. Frl Share prices closed mostly higher in dull trading ahead of tlie long Christmas weekend, dealers said. Royal Dutch lost 0.10 guilders in otherwise hlgner Dutch Internationals with Hoofovena one guilder higher. State loans edged higher in dull trading. I Closing prices in Dutch guilders with the
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    • 68 17 1 THE average discount rate for 91-day Binga pore Treasury Bills eased slightly to 4.030 per cent at the latest tender from 4.035 per cent last week. the Monetary Authority I of Singapore (MAS; said. Applications totalled $72.45 million for the $35 million of Bills on offer.
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    • 94 17 Pabanf Consolidated Company Ltd: AOM to be held at Sungel Lemblng, Pahang at 11.30 am today. Synthetic Besina (M) Bbd: AOM to be held at Suite B, 2nd Floor, Bangunan Ming, Jalan Buklt Nanas, Kuala Lumpur at 3.00 pm on Dec 28. Honfkonc Tin Ltd: AOM to be
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    • 43 17 29 Short-term deposits FOR the week ended Saturday Dec 23 the range of call rate received from Short Deposit (M> Berhad wu as follow: BANK FUND: I. to 4 per i GENERAL FUND: 2 to 4>4 per Movement of fund totalled (881 million
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    • 63 17 Friday Thurida» Melbourne (1) 184.50 188.00 London 215 008 213.008 215 508 213 758 Zurich 215 758 212 SOB 218.508 213.258 Paris 217»1 216.00 Saturday Friday Hongkong 2K.008 21S 008 21 508 216 508 8 por« (2) 215 008 215 SOB 216.008 215. 90S Export prices In non-aterling area
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    • 394 17 QI'ITE oblivious of the bearish Impact of the 14.5 per cent oil price hike by the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, spec ulators went on a buying spree on the Stock Exchange of Singapore last Monday, happy in the knowledge that the SES had lifted the 20 per
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    • 117 17 The following list of stocks five the ID most traded in on the Stork Kxchanfe of Singapore last week. It give* Um. tornovrr in thousand! of unit*, closing prices on Friday .and the high »nd low for 1978. Company Turnover Price Ht(h Low 000 Dec 2? 1978
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    • 365 17 THE decision by Opec ministers last Sunday at the Abu Dhabi meeting to raise oil prices by 14.4 per cent shook stock markets all over the world and prices tumbled in its wake. The Kuala Lumpur stock market, moving in line with the worlds leading market, also plunged
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    • 164 17 SINGAPORE Dee 18 Dec 19 Dec 20 Dec 21 Dec ft B.T. Index: 1,681.79 1.631.74 1,647.91 1,665.68 1,661.47 Industrials: 349.72 343.99 343.81 345.15 345.53 P r inane-: 623.74 613.70 615.00 618.82 61(s.»l Hotels: 247.8S 272.52 272.S2 273.26 274JI Properties: 2J3.08 210.76 2lO.«9 109.; 1 210.01 t Tins:
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    • 456 17 LONDON: Share prices drifted slightly lower last week with activity much reduced by seasonal factors. At the close the FT index stood at 4793 down 1.7 points over the period, dealers said. The weakness of the dollar, following the projected Opec oil price increases, and the resulting pressure
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    • COMMODITIES ROUNDUP
      • 125 17 Tin price falls LONDON: Tin was up £22 (or Cash put down £22 for Three Months standard while High Grade was up £45 and down £7 on Friday. Expectation* of a moderate fall in stocks sustained the cash position and widened the backwardation to around £100 by the close from
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      • 37 17 LONDON: Capper price* on m(Uy iprjuoui In bracket!) Wlrahar apM buyera £77» 50 1*774 SO) Kllen 1777 (£775). Three Month buyen <TtT i(7«0S0i. aellen £787 SO (£7*1, Market tem Steady at lower leveu (•!•< 2". 000 tonn*>
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      • 406 17 PRICES appreciated Si cenU I»r kilo from the bottom In leas active conditions than of late, to Anally cloae some 31 cents up on balance last week, aays Holiday. Cutler. Batb In Its weekly rubber review. Presently, something of a stalemate has <>*veloped with operators generally disinclined
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      • 169 17 LONDON: Rubber futures closed on Friday with gains from yester-. day of 0.25p per kilo hiall positions. Values were marked up against the east by around 0.45p at the open-" ing Turnover was 66 lots of 1* tonnes Including three Kerb trades. No Options were traO- t ed.
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    • 936 19 IV ACCOMMODATION ft PROPERTIES 61 Shops To Ltt/For '"SSpT" Sate/Wanted KK>W> 2nd floor 4 units each 23 sq riSLif If "2" RR nl IJO OfFICf 8 4TM FLOOH c all *****31 Mr Koh IS2 sq metre 1 1S3« s<j U > SELL SEEK '"-•-«««""•*■«■> MMKOIATE OCCUPATION for rent/ sale through
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    • 903 19 VI EDUCATION TRAINING o ATT language centre SCHOOL OF LINGUISTIC SKILLS Language courses and privote tuition for school dominations and for business, travel pleasure Daily classes, mornings and afternoons commencing Bth January 1979 Children's twice weekly classes, afternoons commencing Bth January 1979 Teenagers' twice weekly classes, evenings commencing February 1979
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    • 1192 19 I VII TRAVEL RESTAURANTS J tfY/rfast^f* tours BANGKOK PA TTAVA^CHIFrVGIMAI D»yS MP O*TE ifI.M.IW. 2Jrt.asVl.J»Vl $695 SPECIAL FIESTA FNJPINA 7 OaryS M* O»te Vl.Sfl fWI 22f1.25f12w1 594"5 ALL TAIWAN (MO AUCNI 9 O»VS ?*<> o*n w,9n.nn.nn.nn.nn I^Bs TANVAKVHONGKONG 1 2D*V» oc oat( 1/1 syi iv nnitnitf C I*+9s TAMWAN/HON43KOt«G/B>«fMGKOK MO«VS
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  • IX OBITUARIES
    • 42 22 m EVER LOVING memory of Augustine Teo Seng Kong who was calkd to rest on 25 12 74 Two tired eyes are sleeping Two weary hands are still The hands that work so hard Are Resting In Clod's will
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    • 60 22 MR. LEE SANG CHOW Two years today you left us so suddenly Thought 1 of you bring many a tear Kond memories of you will always remain deep In our hearts We pray that your soul may rest In heavenly peace Sadly missed but always
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    • 86 22 K.MMtKAJMN Departed 2S.12.73 Sadly missed but memories of you will linger on and always be remembered Beloved wife, daughters Indra Hemalatha and all In-laws. In Loving Memory of Mrs. Hoo CK#w Huvn Mm Yew Hteng Khuti Passed away on 25th December. 1973 Sadly missed by Husband.
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    • 43 22 IN EVERLOVING MEMORY KHU CMING KHIAM departed 25/12/77 Dearly mitaad by beloved wife, children and grand children In loving memory of our mother, MRS S.V. VUILLEUMIER One year you have gone today But in our hearta you will alwaya «tay. Inaerted by Children.
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  • ACROSS THE CAUSEWAY
    • 266 22 'Salleh to be new chief of Petronas' KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday THE government's Chief Secretary, Tan Sri Abdullah Salleh will take over as chairman of Petronas, According to informed sources here. The Petronas post was left vacant following the death of Tan Sri Kadir Shamsuddin on Nov 8. The late Tan
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    • 202 22 $56m plan to boost Asean's cultural image KUALA LUMPUR. Sun Fourteen projects tc enhance the cultural identity of the Asean region will be implemented early next year. The projects, funded by a US$26 million (about 5556.6 million > grant from Japan, will cover fellowships and scholarships on the various performing
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    • 219 22 David is likely choice as MTUC sec- gen KUALA LIMPIR. Sun. —Mr. V. David is likely to take over as secretary general of the Malaysian Trade Union Congress to replace Mr. Vahaya Mohamed Ali who will retire by the end of the year. Union sources told the Malay Mail that
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    • 26 22 JAKARTA. Sun The military attache at Malaysia s Embassy in Indonesia. Colonel Arlfin Muda. died this morning of heart failure He was 41. Reuter
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    • 56 22 BUTTERWORTH, Sun. A 17-year-old girl has reported to police that she was beaten up and raped by a man on five occasions since last month. The girl from Tasek Glugor, 24 km from here, said the man dragged her out of bed and raped her In
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    • 231 22 STRAITS TIMES RATES FOR PERSONAL ADS ft OBITUARIES $9.00 lor 15 word* (run-on style) $32 25 lor 3cm. x 1 col. (»emi-di»play style) $40.31 tor 3cm x 1 col. (dnpl»y stylo) THE BANKRI PTCY ACT (CHAPTER 18, IJ7» EDITION) NOTICE OK INTENDED DIVIDEND In Bankrupts Nos 491/70 Hakim Khan s/o
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    • 578 22 In Ever Loving Memory He will always be f^^J| remembered as a kind T r3m hearted, unassuming man who spent most of his life in service a^k to his family and if^Jj others. l*^* Though gone but Y.B. Sim Kim Chong i k m.s., p.m. tarmr Kit. never forgotten by
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    • 640 22 f A7 PETROLIAM NASIONAL BERHAD PETRONAS Permohonan adalah dipelawa daripada Warganegara Malaysia yang berkelayakan untuk memenuhi kekosongan bagi jawatan-jawatan: PEGAWAI UNDANG UNDANG Pemohon-pemohon mestilah memilikki ijazah Undang Undang dari Universiti-Universiti yang diiktiraf serta mempunyai pengalaman di dalam bidang pengurusan kontrek, perjanjian, hal-hal pensyarikatan dan pengetahuan yang luas dari segi undang
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  • TIMESPORT
    • 639 23 NEW YORK, Sun. Henry Roru, the stole, sullen-faced Kenyan, who runs with the ease and precision of a metronome, strode to a remarkable four world long distance recoras in 1978 In one of the most Incredible performances in track, and field hist0 The
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    • 1417 23 Chelsea 0 Bristol City 0. Coventry 3 Everton 2. Derby 0 Alton Villa 0. Leeds 3 Middlesbrough 1. Liverpool v Wolverhamplon postponed. Manchester City 0 Notts Forest o. Norwich v Queen s Park Rangers postponed Tottenham 0 Arsenal 5 FOURTH DIVISION Bournemouth 1 Wimbledon 2. Craw Darlington
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    • 852 23  -  LONDON, Sun. Due to sudden disinterest, Christmas may be cancelled in parts of north London and Liverpool. In Liverpool. Everton fans, who had planned to celebrate their side's ascension to top spot in the English Foothall League First Division yesterday, had the stuffing knocked
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    • 338 23 lONDON. Sun Most peopie probably agree that cricket balls suffer enough ot a hammering already But In 1978 they were subjected to even more punishment than usual Not only did they 'md themselves being driven, cut and hooked by thousands ot English county
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    • 76 23 Guinness Stout is carefully brewed for its traditional goodness. T And its full-bodied, satisfying taste. c^i^ilSiw^^^^ It's the choice of real stout drinkers in |Cl I .w '-sV^^.lllm^cA^ Singapore and the world over. BJHH W f£s// V \v/A> Guinness Stout puts back what the day takes out. 'I" jljfl I
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  • TIMEPORT PAGE TWO
    • 2535 24  - $632 shock win by Mekong- Sam FAIRWAY By PENANG, Sun. Mekong Sam, ridden by A. Rahman, sprang a spcitacular upset in the Penang Turf Club Christmas New Year meeting here today. Mekong Sam survived an objection, for alleged interference, by the rider of Ivory Tower, Bruce Compton, to win Race
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    • 403 24  -  R. VELU By KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. —Soccer coach M. Chandran, who took Selangor to their Malaysia Cup triumph this year, has been replaced by Chow Kwal Lam for the coming season. Chandran's replacement has been expected, following tiffs with the FA of Selangor officials when
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    • 19 24 THE consolation number in the sweep drawn on Race 9 at Penang on Saturday Is No *****.
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    • 82 24 Major upset by French schoolboy MIAMI BEACH. Sun. French schoolboy Thierry Tulasne scared a major upset when he won the under16 tournament at the Orange Bowl International Junior tennis championships here yesterday. The unseeded 16-year-old Tula.iiie scored 7-6, 2-6. 6-1 victory over second used i Mike Falberg of the United
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    • 48 24 AMES Teo beat V M. Lin four and one In the flnul of the Seletar Oolf Club mutchplay handicap competition at Seletar yesterday. In the semi-finals. Ames Teo beat Richard Llm 4 and 3. and V M Lin edged Andrew Teo at the 19th hole.
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    • 841 24 NEW YORK, Sun. If 1977 was the year of flaming youth Steve C a v th c n Tracy Austin, John McEnroe and the like its successor, 1978, was the year of the "Over the hill gang" and comeback miracles. In the year's biggest
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    • 562 24 A i >(>(» c otions ore invited h I suitably quoUied candidates tor the position of I »»^B MANUFACTURING ENGINEER I Candidates must be groduotes m Mechanical I Engineering of Rubber ond Plastics Techno- I ■«ith 2-3 yeors' industrial experience The successful candidate will be responsible I lonnmg ond preponng
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    • 594 24 OKKHMI NtrTM K PROPOKAL TO H W.K OF SHIP'S NAME We. Emmanuel It Partners of 11 M Asia Insurance Building. Kmlayson Green. Singapore hereby Rive notire that in consequence of our clients' Intention to change the name of their motor ship "BOLINA". we have applied to the Registrar of Singapore
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    • 355 24 MacGregorVlP "They're the best set of clubs you can buy. f Your pro can "Your pro knows you. Net mult' Grmrrdisuncr He knows your game. wuhoui changing your wi. k He's the best one to irll you "The straight tet design v why these new MacGregor another feature I had
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  • TIMESPORT PAGE THREE
    • 378 25  -  JOE DORAI By ENGLAND, West Germany, two Middle Kast and five top Asian countries are likely to be among the teams to compete in next year's Under-16 soccer tournament for the Lion City Cup at the National Stadium. The Asian countries are
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    • 628 25  -  ERNEST FRIDA By THE new 18-hole Sentout golf course, which will rise from the sea. will be one of the moy. beauutui and challenging courses in the world wnen completed in late 1980 Land reclaim tion work on this exciting course will start next month
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    • 467 25  -  WILFRED YEO COMMENT... by CHRISTMAS Is a time for making merry, rather than making sombre sermons, but in the light of the failure of Singapore's bowlIng team at the Asian Games, perhaps a sermon would prove help- towards providii.g the Singapore Tenpin Bowling Congress
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    • 38 25 MEMPHIS (Tennessee i. Sun. Running back James Wilder ripped the LSU defence for 115 yards and one touchdown yesterday and Missouri withstood second-half comeback to whip the Bengals' 30-15 In the 20th annual Liberty Bowls. DPI.
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    • 34 25 LIEOE (Belgium), Bun. Lucitn Rodriguez of Frar.i* underlined his hopes of a return European title Srht against Spain's Alfredo Evkiigellsta when he outpointed the Belgian-based Ballon Domenlco Adlnoift over ten rounds. AFP.
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    • 221 25  -  PETER SIOW By SINGAPORE'S table tennis coach Chen Sheng Heng plans to get his players to train longer hours as from next year. Chen who is a stickler for discipline, believes that only through more training can Singapore players improve on their international ranking.
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    • 107 25 ADELAIDE, Sun. England and South Australia tied their match at the Adelaide Oval here today. The scores of the two teams were level at close of play. Scores: South Australia 241 for seven declar- ed and 231 for six deI clared <R. Blewett 51, Emburey
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    • 132 25 Isa goal turns boos into cheers KUALA LUMPUR, Bun. —Malaysia, fielding practically the team that played in the Asian Games, displayed the brilliance that was lacking in Bangkok when they beat Snahbuz, oi Iran. 3-0 at Merdeka Stadium last night. The Malaysians were booed by disappointed fans when they appeared
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    • 50 25 Congratulations Best Wishes to Sanyo Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. on the opening of SANYO CENTRE THE MITSUI BANK, LTD. SINGAPORE BRANCH Congratulations Best Wishes to Sanyo Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. on the opening of SANYO CENTRE <► THE SUMITOMO BANK. LTD. SINGAPORE BRANCH (INCORPORATED IN JAPANI DBS BUILDING 6. SHENTON WAY. SINGAPORE
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    • 136 25 Heartiest Congratulations SANYO MALAYSIA SDN. BND. on the Official Opening of your new Sanyo Centre at Ist Floor, Peace Centre (Rear Podium) on 26th December 1978 I from LuCJ c/gwUttt foanspowatiOK ca(pte)ftd. OFFICE: No. 10, Lim Teck Kirn Road, Singapore 2 Cable: "LEONTRANS" Telex: RS ***** LEON Tel: *****66, *****34
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  • 278 26 is Man of the Year Teng NEW YORK Sun Senior Chinese VicePremier Teng Hsiaopinit. t h e apparent mastermind of China's, current push towards modernisation has been named Time magazine's Man of the Yeas for 1978 The magazine said Mr Tengs effort to move China into the modern world is
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  • 116 26 ONE OF LUCKY 21 WHO SURVIVED A SURVIVOR of the Alitalia l)C-9 rrafh which resulted in 108 deaths being wheeled into a Palermo hospital Only 21 of the plane's 129 passengers on i Christmas holiday flight from Rome survived when the plane plunged into the sea on Friday. Frogmen are
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  • 62 26 LONDON, Sun. Christmas holiday flights to London were disrupted by thick fog yesterday. Arrival at Heathrow were delayed by four to five hours although departures were not affected. Delay* of up to 10 hours hit Incoming and outgoing flights at Oatwlck, London's second airport, which
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  • 874 26  -  VINCENT STOVE By AUSTR ALIAs decision to go ahead with cheap air fares to Europe without agreement with dissenting Asean and European nations is certain to have major repercussions. Singapore A 1 r 1 ines. Thai Airways. Malaysian Airline System. KLM. UTA, Alitalia and
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  • 194 26 HONGKONG, Sun. A Panamanian registered vessel whicn steamed into Hongkong with 2,700 Vietnamese crammed aboard apparently picked S9 its human cargo from o Chlh Mlnh City during the last two weeks, sources close to the HongKong Government said today. "mis is more likely
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  • 87 26 Late CLASSIFIEDS DEATH CHARLIE EDWARD EIPERCKA MAN, axed 65 passed away p*arr< fully 24 12 7* IravltiK behind wif< Clarir. daughter Shtron. brother ln-la» LWvid Victor iNST XL' •Uter iixtrr-in la» and brothri to mourn hit lons Funera amtlltrmrnt rinn TVI »1275S resldrnrr. 22. Jilan Dunan Satu Tainan Chtnii. X
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  • The Straits Times SECTION TWO
    • 5 1 The Straits Times SECTION TWO
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      • 824 1  -  Khek clans By LEONG WENG K AM LEADERS oT local Khek clans were among the pioneers in the promotion of adult education in Singapore. For as early as 1835. The Nanyang Khek Community i;uild an amalgamation of Khek clans here, had al ready started
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    • LEISURE
      • 420 2 AT YULETIDE the words, "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town ring out ever so often but at 10 am on Channel 5 today, children can find out why Saata Claas bat Caaolag to Tewa. This is the special Christmas treat
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      • 128 2 Overview of year's world events FOR aa •vervtow tain yc*r*a *g»*rWt w*rM fvmti, tua U Chaise I S iMMmw Might at X.SS far the pn|ii—r THE WORLD IN IVIB. Thl» year has heea a ye*r at rijpriflraat paUtiral «rvel«awf with the Halted States aad ChJaa aaaeaaelag their drrlirioaa to MmaUse
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      • 516 2  -  THERE are some of us who may prefer to spend a quiet Christmas at home with the family instead of joining festive revellers in public spots. To add to the festive spirit of the day, RTS has lined up an attractive package of
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      • 148 2 Yuletide songs 'on the air' FOR your listening pleasure today, quite a few radio programmes will also have their accent on Christmas. Christmas with Norrie $aramor and the Big Ben Banjo Band comes on the air at noon. It will feature Yuletide tunes and old favourites At four, it's RTS
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      • 85 2 3M FAMILIES IN LOYANG it 9.10 on Channel 8 tonight, .'hong Kang loses his temjer over the self-sacrificinß leroine Vi Wen's continuing o see Yui San without his cnowledge. Meanwhile in Kai Fung, Vi Wen's father— gives a ieath-bed instruction to his servant who hands
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      • 1353 2 TODAY TOMORROW SINGAPORE 5 SINGAPORE 5 10.00 AM Open* and Santa Claus Isn't 5.15 Father Knows Best Home For 3.00 PM Open* fofcwed by I Dream of 8.10 Howl Nants He* Us ComSTLn Chrhtmas fiTiSffw-0 ES-Sli^tE open* 11.05 Hofday Matinee Your* Pioneer 7 M animated Christmas fantasv of S"! 'P
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      • 193 3 DRESSING up can be fun It c*n also be a chore, depending on how one locks at It. There are countless times, to be sure, when a woman Is ever so conscious of clothes that crease only too easily, of zippers that come unfastened (It
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      • 654 3  -  KATHARINE WHITEHORN LONDON Lillie Langtry's love letters have just sold at Christie's for £8.000 (5J34.800) The Duchess of Windsor is threatening to publish hers to prove she was not a scheming adventuress. Both ladies may well have had hearts of gold for
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      • 34 3 I W^ HfsaaO HyjjSaSl^l Poh Heng Goldsmiths (Pte) Ltd WE OPEN TODAY People's Park Branch Katong Branch Toa Payoh Branch Paul Jewellery WE CLOSE TODAY Head Office and Poh Hong Goldsmith I 1^ —^r
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      • 64 3 I Good Buys J I SPREAD the warm glow of YaletMe with these decorative candles that come la a wide raage of aojojaj aad assorted designs to match yoar aeeda. To complement the pictue, floral candle holders made of erwhaMe and washable polyester silk. Caadles from $3.2* to SO are
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