The Straits Times, 1 January 1979

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    14 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 MONDAY, JANUARY 1, 1979 25 CENTS M.C.(P) No. 142/1/79
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    Lock icon THE KEY TO A BETTER LIFE
    633 1  -  Mr Lee The PM's New Year message by 6T H E outlook for 1979 is fair with lightning and thunderstorms from time to time. But we shall make it. Let us work to make it another year of prog r e s s and
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    Lock icon 40 executed
    35 1 CAIRO. Sun. Forty Libyan officers were recently summarily executed by firm* squad for "rebellion" on the orders of head of state Col. Muammar Oaddafl. accordIng to the Egyptian Weekly October here today. AFP.
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    Top priority for Labour College
    336 1 THE labour movement In Singapore will give top priority to a futureoriented trade union education programme to prepare young workers to cope with the future. In this connection, the National Trades Union Congress will seriously consider setting up a Labour College. NTUC secretary general C.V.
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    ALL QUIET IN TAIPEH
    103 1 TAIPEH. Sun. All was quiet here today, the eve of the United States' switch of diplomatic recognition from Talpeh to Peking. Hostilities and violence displayed before the American Embassy and military Installations In Talpeh following President Carter's announcement of the decision two weeks ago and the
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    Lock icon Start of new era in China-US ties
    549 1 Start of new era in ChinaUS ties WASHINGTON. Sunday THE United States and China open a new era in relations tomorrow, setting aside ideological differences to forge a political link that could have lasting impact on the global power balance. The Chinese will host a simple evening ceremony here at
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    Lock icon Every four minutes
    57 1 TOKYO. Sun— There Is a divorce every four minutes in Japan where the total number of separations reached a record 132,000 this year. Statistics compiled by the Health and Welfare Ministry released today showed that the divorce figure is 1.16 cases per 1.000 Japanese. Last year's rate
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    Lock icon Bakery blast
    34 1 WINDHOEK. Sun. Police yesterday accused the Swapo Nationalist Movement of planting a bomb which injured 37 people in a bakery in Swakopmuiid. a town on the coast of Southwest Africa (Namibia). AFP.
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    Lock icon Freed after 36 days
    59 1 SAN SALVADOR, Sun. Dutch businessman Frits Schuitema was freed unharmed by bis leftwlng guerilla kidnappers last night after 36 days In captivity, police said. Mr Bchultema. manager of the Philips Electrical Company here, was found by a passing taxi driver about four kilometres from the centre
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    Lock icon Shah to leave' reports persist
    644 1 Shah to leave' reports persist BUT PALACE SAYS 'NO' TEHERAN, Sunday AMID speculation that efforts to instal a civilian government in Iran had run into deep trouble, reports persisted last night that the Shah would leave the country at a convenient time "for a while for the purpose of medical
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    Lock icon The 'good omen' the Shah hailed a year ago
    193 1 The 'good omen' the Shah hailed a year ago WASHINGTON, Sun HAILED on New Year's Eve 1977 as a good luck omen for Iran in 1978 was President Carter. Mr Carter celebrated the New Year In Iran, which he proclaimed "an Island of stability." At midnight on New Year's Eve
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    Lock icon High growth target
    67 1 TOKYO, Sun. Japan's Prune Minister Ma&ayothl Ohlra stressed in his New Year message that the country would pursue a high economic growth and a redaction in the surplus in the international payments balance for 1979. The Prime Minister xald the Japanese Government did not abandon a 7
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    Lock icon LATEST China's envoy summoned
    171 1 LATEST China's envoy summoned LONDON. Sun. The Philippine Forel|H Office In Manila today summoned the Chinese ambassador and told him that since almost all of the 2.JO0 refugees on board the freighter Tung An were Chinese. China should help in taking some of the refugees, the BBC reported today. PRESENT
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      20 1 The Straits Tunes wishes its readers a Happy New Year NEW Nation and Badness Times will not be published today.
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      132 1 SIX DIED, 800 HURT IN BUS MISHAPS Page 9 "KENNEDY and Kin* killings result of conspiracies" 2 MALIK poser on Indochina: Are they "willine" allies? 3 "CARTER ready to enter into new world trade pact" 4 HONESTY and commitment marks of leadership 8 BIGGEST Jump of 11 pc for "O
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      Lock icon North Europe in the grip of 'big freeze'
      274 2 North Europe in the grip of 'big freeze' WEST BERLIN. Sun Extreme temperatures and heavy snowfall* swept across northern Europe yesterday isolating West Berlin and plunging the Soviet Union into a miniature ice Train services between WEST BEKUN and West Germany broke down for 13 hours at midnight and police
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      Lock icon 'SHOOT IF YOU MUST ORDER TO TURKISH TROOPS
      113 2 'SHOOT IF YOU MUST ORDER TO TURKISH TROOPS ANKARA Sun. Turkish troops were today authorised to open fire if necessary to prevent further violence which has caused 800 deaths in the country this year The authorisation was given in a military proclamation covering the 13 provinces, including Ankara and Istanbul,
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      Lock icon Rebel claim
      31 2 KHARTOUM. Sun. The Erltrean People's Liberation Front (EPLF) said yesterday its forces virtually destroyed 11 newlyrecosatructed Ethiopian military ramps last Thursday, inflicting heavy casualties on the defend ers. -AFP,
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      44 2 4 The United States (iovfrnment, After yean, has taken Its first step the long trip to restore the soal of this A country. 7 Lawyer Mark Lane, author of two bestsellers, alleging there were conspiracies to kill both President Kennedy and Dr. King.
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      Lock icon 'Kennedy and King killed as result of conspiracies'
      438 2 'Kennedy and King killed as result of conspiracies' WASHINGTON, Sunday CONGRESSIONAL investigators have concluded after a two-year US$5 million (Sslo.B million) probe that President Kennedy and civil rights leader Martin Luther King were probably killed as a result of conspiracies. The House of Representatives assassinations committee, in a startling final
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      Lock icon Did lack of fuel cause crash — and save lives?
      173 2 Did lack of fuel cause crash and save lives? PORTLAND (Oregon), Sunday INVESTIGATORS were yesterday probing a theory that lack of fuel caused the crash of a US airliner here and also saved the lives of all but 10 of the 185 people on board. Chief investigator Elwood Driver told
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      Lock icon Sex killings toll may be the highest in US history
      185 2 CHICAGO, Sun. Police digging today for more bodies under the house of suspected sex-killer John Wayne Gacy now expect the number of victims to exceed 32, making it the biggest mass murder in American history. The police have so far
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      Cave raid
      38 2 TEL AVTV. Sun. About 300 Jewish demonstrators forced their way into the Muslim prayer area of the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron in the occupied west bank of the Jordan River yesterday. Israel Radio reported
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      Lock icon Cargo for outer space: 266 bookings
      285 2 Cargo for outer space: 266 bookings I NEW YORK, Sun. If the National Aeronautics and Space Administration had i provided tickets to heaven for a congregation of curious theologians, the excitement could not have been greater. What it did provide, in January 1977, was a chance for amateur scientists, students
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      Lock icon Launch with illicit cigs blown ashore
      72 2 Launch with illicit cigs blown ashore BASTIA( France), Sun. A launch carrying 30 tonnes of contraband cigarettes was driven ashore by gales yesterday on a beach north of this Corsican town. Iv crew of three Italians and an Algerian were arrested by police and customs men after being spotted dumping
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      Lock icon Back in the fold?
      53 2 PEKING. Sun. A new wall poster says that the disgraced former mayor of P"fctng, Mr Peng Chen, has returned to the capital and diplomats say that his rehabilitation may be imminent If the news is true. The poster, headlined "Good news," went up overnight on Peking's
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      ENVOYS IN U.S. LOSE SOME PRIVILEGES
      110 2 WASHINGTON, Sis. Theasaads sf ferelga dtpssaats la tke Uatted States last same af their privileges yesterday aider the terms af a law passed by the US Caagreas m aatama aad slgsed by Presldeat Jimmy Carter. TW law strictly limit* dlptematfe Immuity, partteabvty regardiag dvtl
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      Lock icon Refugees in Huey Fong in better shape
      225 3 Refugees in Huey Fong in better shape HONGKONG. Sun The onre-wicidal 2.700 refugees aboard the Huey Fong now appear in bet ter shape though then- is no end in sight to their hMwijr vigil on the high Chu Hing-man, a 46-year-old former travel agent from Ho Chi Minn City, told
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      Lock icon EX-REBELS JOIN MILITIA FORCE
      148 3 EX-REBELS JOIN MILITIA FORCE MANILA. Sun. The Philippines has built up an anti-rebel milita force comprising 75.500 villagers, nearly 8.000 of whom were themselves former rebels, the Defence Ministry said yesterday. The vigilante units, offi- cially called the Civilian Home Defence Force (CHDF), were organised by President Marcos after he
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      Lock icon Murder and suicide
      65 3 NEW YORK. Sun An official of the US mission to the United Nations shot and killed a woman fnend on Friday then took his own life apparently because she did not return Ms love. Police said Darlan Billupt.37. an adviser on African political affairs, shot Blanche Ambrose.
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      Lock icon Vietnam rejects Spratly claim
      124 3 Vietnam rejects Spratly claim HONGKONG. Sun. Vietnam today rejected China's claims of sovereignty over I the Nansha (Spratly) Islands and stated that both Spratly and Pratas islands are part of Vietnamese territory. The Vietnamese Foreign Ministry in a statement quoted by the Vietnam News Agency said that "we completely reject
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      Lock icon Isles dispute: Peace soon?
      72 3 BUENOS AIRES. Sun A Papal envoy mediating a territorial dispute that brought Chile and Argentina to the verge of war yesterday said their positions were still "very distant." But Cardinal Antonio Samore said his mission to settle the two countries conflict over three barren islands in
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      Malik's poser: Are they 'willing' allies?
      452 3 Vietnam-Russia and Kampuchea-China ties HONGKONG, Sun. Indonesian Vice-President Adam Malik has called for a more understanding attitude towards Vietnam and the other Indochinese states in order to realise Asean's objectives of a neutral South-east Asia. Mr Malik told the Far Eastern Economic Review that
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      Lock icon 'Computer power'
      68 3 TOKYO. Sun China's biggest I power artwork linking the cities of Peking. Tientsin and Tangshan lot recently introduced etectroa- ic computers to its operation, the I official Hnnhua news agency reported yesterday "It reduces the time needed to check the power generation and supply situation from between 1
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      Lock icon Hess enters hospital
      92 3 BERLIN. Sun Rudolf Hess. 84-year-old former deputy of Adolf Hitler, has been transferred from the four-power Spandau prison where he is serving a life term •or wax crimes to a British military hospital for treatment of a circulatory ailment, a British spokesman disclosed yesterday He said Hess,
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      Lock icon Java culture expert dies
      82 3 JAKARTA. Sun. Profcssm Tjan Tjoe Siem. a noted expert in Javanese language and literature who lectured at leading Indonesian universities and occasionally ai Singapore's Nanyang University, died here yesterday at the age of 70. A third generation Cluneae-In-donesian citizen and a devout Muslim, he died as
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      Lock icon Wolff team visit 'a junket' says newsman
      214 3 Wolff team visit 'a junket' says newsman MANILA, Sunday A TOP Filipino news commentator today criticised the current fact-finding visit here of a four-member US Congressional delegation led by Representative Lester Wolff and described the trip as a "junket." "If the US Congress must send their congressmen out on pleasure
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      Lock icon Two-headed baby
      66 3 MANILA. Sun. A two-head-ed 2.7 kg infant was born in hospital to a young housewife in Negros Occidental, Central Philippines, the official Philippines News Agency (PNA) reported today. A PNA dispatch quoted hospital doctors as saying that the baby born on Friday bore a second head on the
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      Lock icon Boost legal system call
      57 3 HONGKONG, Sun. A national procuratoria) work conference has ended in Peking with an official call for the legal system to be strengthened. Hsinhua news agency reported today. It laid that China's chief procurator, Mr Huang Huo-ching also called for democracy to be systematised and "put into
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      Lock icon BHUTTO: INDIRA'S PLEA TO WORLD LEADERS
      197 3 BHUTTO: INDIRA'S PLEA TO WORLD LEADERS NEW DELHI, Sun. Former prime minister Mrs Indira Gandhi disclosed that she had written to several world leaders earlier this year pleading that deposed Pakistani Premier Zulfikar Ali Bhutto should not become a "victim of injustice and vendetta." Mrs Gandhi, who was addressing a
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      Lock icon Two bankers spared
      77 3 SAN SALVADOR, Sun. Kl Salvador guerillas did not carry out their threat to kill two kidnapped British bankers yesterday, sources said here. The National Resistance Armed Foroes(Farn) seized bankers Ian Massie and Michael Chatterton on Nov 30. In a communique sent to all El Salvador newspapers the
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      Lock icon Aussie tour firm sued by Bali hotels
      129 3 Aussie tour firm sued by Bali hotels JAKARTA, Sun. A leading Australian travel agency has been sued by 11 Bali hotels for alleged non-payment of US$2OO,OOO (*****,000) debts, hotel and restaurant association sources said here. The hotels have appointed an Australian lawyer, Mr Ken Davenport, to press their charges against
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      Lock icon Taiwan eases curbs on travel
      66 3 Taiwan eases curbs on travel TAIPEH, Sun. Beginning tomorrow, Taiwanese can go abroad as tourists and stay away up to three months every year. Until now, Taiwanese could go abroad only on business, at the invitation of foreign firms or organisations, or to visit close relatives Government officials said that
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      Lock icon 'Khmers badly mauled"
      67 3 'Khmers badly mauled" HONGKONG. Sun. Vietnamese troops wiped out three Kampuchean regiments during heavy fighting last week in Tay Ninh border province northwest of Ho Chi Minn city. Radio Hanoi reported tonight. The three regiments launched a cross-border attack on the west bank of the Vam Co Dong River on
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      Lock icon Lame lines, slow steps in Peking
      439 3 HOW DO you ask a Chinese woman at a party in Peking to dance after a decade of no dancing in China and tight restrictions on contacts with foreigners? "Would you like to dance?"is the lame line that comes to mind. With that invitation,
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      68 3 Learn trench the easy way! In a French atmosphere with French teachers Modern audio-visual methods Classes for Adults Children all levels Beginners' to very advanced courses Conversational French Business French Translation French shorthand CLASSES START on JANUARY 8 Registration now open (weekdays, 9.00 am— B.oo pm. Sat. 2.00— 5.00pm) ask
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      222 3 NEW YEAR Best Wishes to All Blankets (4 colours) 100% Cotton Now $5.90 Batik Shirts (New designs-all sizes) $5.90 Swimming Trunks (Many colours) $1.90 Men's socks (Many colours) $1.00 Bedsheets Single 100% Cotton $5.50 Pillow Cases White 100% Cotton $1.25 Bedsheets Double 100% Cotton $.10.90 Bath Towels (Many colours) $1
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      34 4 POPE John Paul n holds his ears against deafening applause duing an audience in St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican on Saturday for 50,000 members of Italy's Catholic Action Movement. UPI picture.
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      Lock icon No peace at all over the Nobel peace prize
      509 4 No peace at all over the Nobel peace prize NEW York Times humorist Russell Baker •n the war of words which could flare op if the Nobel Peace Prixe were to be withdrawn from this year's recipients. THE Nobel Peace Prize Committee has sent the following letter to Prime Minister
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      Lock icon Protective helmet for policewoman
      80 4 WOMAN police constable Gerett Wright, from Stevenage police station in Hertfordshire, England, wearing one of the protective helmets being issued for the first time to policewomen there because women are increasingly in the frontline of police work. The helmet is specially reinforced, and in addition to
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      Lock icon Israel likely to rejoin peace talks
      304 4 TEL AVTV, Sun. Barring last-minute hitches, Israel is likely to decide today to rejoin peace talks with Egypt, the state-run radio said yesterday. It said the Israeli cabinet, at its weekly meeting today, will express readiness to discuss outstanding issues that have held up
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      'US mercenaries planning to invade Uganda' claim
      296 4 UCANDA claimed yester'Uy It ha* clnrummtary pvl iljmk <• nJvrwln« h tnrty of 500 AmiTli-Mn fiMTiiTwif liti In pl«nnln« In N|mirtMMl nn Inviurion <4 Ihe HJuti Afrb-nn finikin, a|i|Mirenlly In a Mil In in|)|iir I'iKl.k-ni lill Amlli I ?»i»U llaillu Mlit ifelallo 111
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      'Carter ready to enter into new world trade pact'
      630 4 'Tariff cuts and 10 codes against barriers' plan HONGKONG, Sun PRESIDENT Carter is expected to notify Congress next week of his intention to enter into a new world trade pact consisting of tariff cuts on thousands of items and 10 codes
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      QUOTE
      74 4 We air living In a world where money 9 bites money and money bites men. The prolonged recession has caused a rise la criminal offences connected with money. Here have been a major increase In robberies. We are .suffering from uneasiness, confiwion and dissatisfaction daring an age where we
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      49 4 TOYKO, Sun. Japan's Prime Minister Masayoshi Ohira plans to visit the United States next May, the Japanese daily Yomiuri reported today. It said Mr Ohira decided to go to the US before a summit meeting of seven industrialised countries scheduled for June In Tokyo. AFP.
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      Lock icon Soviet move for Saudi ties
      148 4 PARIS, Sunday THE Soviet Union, its Iranian oil pipeline clogged by the turmoil there, has made overtures to Saudi Arabia to normalise relations between the two countries, according to an Arabic weekly published here. I The Saudis are staunch I anti-communists and are wary of
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      211 4 PEDRO Vial was all set to die. He turned on the gas and lay down on his bed to fulfil his death wish But he decided to have a final cigarette. Pedro lit a match and ooom! The explosion blew out the windows and set his apartment in San
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      'End Muslim revolt' call
      64 4 MANILA Sun President Ferdinand Marcos said today the Philippines should strive to end the Filipino Muslim revolt in the south to achieve national unity. He referred to the revolt in his New Year's Day message. More than 50,000 people have been killed since It flared up
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      31 4 PERTH, Sun Bus Wires sweeping through a large area of Western Australia have killed at least 5.000 sheep and burned out thousands or hectares of farmland, authorities reported today. UPI.
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      879 5 Some everyday incidents in the life of a Rolex Oyster There are many people who would like the pleasure of owning a (in the case of the professional diving S Rolex. In 18ct. gold, stainless steel or even platinum, with matching bracelet models, 600 metres for the and immaculate hand-finish,
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    ACBC votes against 7.5 m shares for the UOB
    434 6 SHAREHOLDERS and directors of the Aftta Commercial Hanking (.'orj)oration Untiled (ACBG), in an extraordinary meeting ever the weekend, voted against the issuing of 7..") million new shaies to tlu- United Overseas Hank (LOB). The meeting, reported by the Nanyang Slang Pau
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    LOVERS TAKE THEIR ROW TO POLICE STATION
    129 6 LOVERS TAKE THEIR ROW TO POLICE STATION A MAN who with his lover took their quarrel to a police station in the early hours of the morning, was fined SISC by a magistrate's court on Saturday for disorderly behaviour. The court heard that Lim Get Chon. 28, and his secret
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    A fresh line-up for New Year
    177 6 AFTER the display of fine emotive lines, colours and the imaginative splendour of weird sculptures in the threeweek long exhibition of Contemporary Art which ends today, the National Museum has something different lined up for the New Year. To start off, an exhibition of
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    Soceer fans camp ourt for tickets
    163 6 Soceer fans camp ourt for tickets A SOCCER match for these, soccer fans (right) is worth giving np a food night's sleep on soli, i-omi) beds for the long and arduous queue at the National ,-tadium for tickets of the opening match of the Malaysia Cup between Singapore and Malacca
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    Two for consumer course in KL
    99 6 Two for consumer course in KL SINGAPORE will be represented at the subregional course on "Consumer education through broadcasting" to be held in Kuala Lumpur from tomorrow to Jan 26. The publicity and research officer of the Consumers' Association of Singapore (CASE) Mr Samuel Lieu, will attend the course at
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    Hawkers told: Don't force kids to help
    320 6 HEALTH Minister Dr Toh Chin Chye yesterday urged hawkers not to force their children to help them at their stalls. For in these days of wider educational and employment opportunities, the children should be allowed to pursue their own ambitions, he said. Dr
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    Marriage talk
    38 6 MlBB Che* Lay Y«n. a ratal welfare officer from the Department of Social Welfare will give i talk on Marriage: The Selection of a Llfe-lvng Partner, at the Bennett community centre on Jan 12 at p.m.
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    Festival at temples
    46 6 THE Thalpuiam festival will be held at the Thandayuthapani Temple in Tank Road and other temples as usual arid not. as reported In the Straits Tunes on Saturday that the festival will "not be held In other temples a temple trustee clarified yesterday
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    Consumer talk
    32 6 MR Bet Choon Kok, a pubU-catlons-cum-research officer from Trade Union House, will give a talk In Mandarin an consumer education at Bra* Btith community centre on Jan 12 at p.m.
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    5 homeless after fire
    56 6 FIVE people were made homeless when a flre broke out In Lorong Khatljah, Oeylang. on Saturday night. A vacant house was razed and a provision shop partially damaged In the blaze, first spotted by residents just before midnight. No one was Injured and the flames were
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    On I-tax
    30 6 MR Tarn Kuek Sol, principal of a commercial school, will give a talk In Mandarin on Income tax at Katong community centre on Jan 18 at 8 p.m.
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    Stern order to SIA flight crew
    225 6 Stern order to SIA flight crew SINOAPORE Airlines has Issued a stern circular to Its flight crew, re-formu-latlng specific Instructions and guidelines to ensure that they act as a "cohesive" team. Vesting the commander with full authority tor the flight which he Is assigned and during the stopover period at
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    New book series for the young
    100 6 A SERIES of books aimed at Influencing young people culturally and encouraging them to adopt positive attitudes have been produced Jointly by Nanyang Slang Pau and Educational Publications Bureau. This series, to be produced twice a year with new titles at each publl- cation,
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    Bilingual books: Unesco picks Singapore
    410 6 Bilingual books: Unesco picks Singapore SINGAPORE'S recent emphasis on bilingualism and books of Asian cultural values for schoolchildren has received a boost with the Republic being commissioned by Unesco to publish a series of such books in both English and Chinese. The buoKs, comprising Asian short stories tor children, has
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    Designing began as hobby
    253 6 MISS Soo Kirn Tiang, 33. gave up her Job as a clerk two years ago to start fashion designing and has not looked back since. She said she has been interested in fashion designing for a long time, starting it off as a hobby. She Is
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      278 6 What do these newspapers, magazines and press agencies all have in common I manual Times, London Hsinhua News Agency, Peking The Washington Post, Washington DC. The Wall Street Journal, New York SiOM Harapan, Jakarta Daily Express, Manila The Associated Press, New York United Press International, New York Far Lastern Economic
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      61 6 CHINESE FINE ARTS Glam community centre and antique furniture from 6 p.m. Admission: exhibition at 4th floor, 20 cento. On tlU Feb 4. K 1 1 J?Tn rr< EXPOSITION at the ttn^Ln™ Pm On Junction of MacPherson till Sunday. and p^ TRADE EXPOSITION Road from 6 p.m. Adand carnival at
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    Honesty and commitment marks of leadership
    699 8 Honesty and commitment marks of leadership 'Sceptics have priorities wrong'— SCEPTICS who feel i that recruits to the j second generation political leadership in Singapore are' mostly technocrats without political acumen have got the priority wrong, Se- i nlor Minister of State (Finance). Mr. Ooh j Chok Tong, said yesterday.
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    In-camp training for part-time NS men in SC cut down
    138 8 In-camp training for part-time NS men in SC cut down SOME 10.000 part-time national servicemen in the Special Constabulary would no longer be required to perform mcamp training every year from this year. A spokesman for the Special Constabulary said the men would now have to go for in-camp training
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    LOVE FOR MUSIC BROUGHT THEM TOGETHER
    133 8 LOVE FOR MUSIC BROUGHT THEM TOGETHER A GROUF of five musicians of dtfterent nationalities has not only found a common language in music, they have also discovered a common bond. Called the Ensemble, the group was formed five years ago after they learned about each other in international concerts. "It
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    Rotary talk
    35 8 MR Roderick Mac Lean. executive director of the International Chamber of Commerce, will speak on Forecast for 1978 at a Rotary Club of Singapore lunch meeting at Gallery One. Mandarin Hotel on Wednesday.
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    Devan's date
    37 8 TH« secretary-general of the National Trades Union Congress. Mr C.V. Devan Nalr. will open the NTUC Women's seminar on The Responsibilities and Aspirations of Working Women In Singapore, at the DBS auditorium on Jan is.
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    Curbs lifted, so exports to S. Korea may go up
    477 8 SINGAPORE has brighter prospects of increasing its exports to South Korea under its import liberalisation scheme which allows a total of 819 items to be traded without restrictions from today. This prediction was made by the director of the Korea
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    Nantah job seekers told: Don't be choosy
    494 8 Nantah job seekers told: Don't be choosy A SINGAPORE employer has advised Nanyang University Job-seekers not to be choosy when applying for their first Job. Mr. Wong Hong Sze, Shell Eastern Petroleum's recruitment officer said those new to the labour market have hazy ideas about the Job that they are
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    Mobile crane killed three at worksite
    234 8 Mobile crane killed three at worksite CORONER Mr Rahlm Jalil recorded verdicts of misadventure on Saturday on the deaths of three men who were killed after a truckmounted mobile crane fell on them at a Sembawang worksite. The accident occurred at the Sen o k o Power Station phase 2
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    S'pore bans 10 from Malaysia
    84 8 S'pore bans 10 from Malaysia THE Ministry of Home An airs has permanently banned 10 Malaysians from entering Singapore. The 10 are aged between 19 and 24. They are Mohd Rashld bin Rahmat, 22. Tee Tlplng. 22. Low Boon Seng. 20, Muthusamy a 1 Veeramall. 19. and Yee Wai Ping.
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    $120,000 for the aged
    66 8 NOEE Ann Kongsl has donated $120,000 to the Singapore Council of Social Service lor the development of day-care facilities for Uie aged. The Kongsl donated another $30,000 to six local charitable organisations Chen Su Lan Children's Home. 8t. Joseph Home for the Aged. Students Care Service.
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    Museum films
    23 8 THE National Museum will screen three films. Tomorrow's Canberra, Adelaide Celebrations and Water (or a City on Wednesday at I pjn.
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    NARCO DOG SNIFFS OUT DRUGS
    111 8 NARCO DOG SNIFFS OUT DRUGS CUSTOMS officers seized six phials of opium and three straws of heroin hidden under it seat in an SBS bus at the Woodlands checkpoint on Sunday afternoon thanks to Cahn, the narcotics detector dog. i Cahn was on duty at the checkpoint with its handler,
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    SAF exercises in five areas
    122 8 THE Singapore Armed Forces will conduct military exercises in five training areas between today and Sunday from 8 a.m. to midnight. They are at Pulau Tekong from today to Sunday, Marslllng from torn or row to Saturday, Tamplnes on Wednesday and Friday, and Namazle Estate
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    Metal scaffolds make it safer for workers
    156 8 THE above picture (hows the new metal scaffolding that the Public Works Department is using for it* bu Idinc activities instead of the old wooden or bakan sca/loldii»r. The metal scaffolding has been introduced as it is safer and more secure, since there
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    On solving problems
    47 8 MR Chu Tee Seng, training manager of Shell EwMn Petroleum (Pte) LU1 wlU ■peak on An Approach Toward* Solving Problems and Making DecMons at U» Phoenix Hotel on Jan 11 at 7.30 pm. The talk U orranlaed by the Singapore Training and Development Association.
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    Economist: Open policies make S'pore tick
    501 9  - Economist: Open policies make S'pore tick SIXGAPORE'S success lias been attributed by an American economist to its open policies "in eveiy sense of the word" to foreign and domestic business. According to Professor Melville Uimer, an economics lecturer at the University of Maryland. Singapore is not a paradise of the
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    Six commuters died and 800 hurt in bus mishaps last year
    413 9 Six commuters died and 800 hurt in bus mishaps last year SIX passengers died and about 800 were injured whi'.e retting on or off moving buses last year, according to the Traffic Police yesterday. The six who died and half of those injured had either jumped or fallen off the
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    100 START BUILDING TRADES TRAINING TOMORROW
    145 9 100 START BUILDING TRADES TRAINING TOMORROW THE construction trades training scheme. Jointly organised by the Housing Board. Singapore Contractors Association Limited iSCAL) and Industrial Training Board, will start with 100 new trainees tomorrow. Of these. 88 trainees will be trained under the HDB and the rest under Woh Hup Pte.
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    Man brought to court—in pyjamas
    263 9 Man brought to court in pyjamas A MALAYSIAN, Lim Cheng Guan, 61, at large for the past four months after he jumped bail, was brought to court on a warrant of arrest on Saturday morning still 1 in his pyjamas. Arrested by the Malaysian police in Klang after tip-offs from
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    Silo picnic for 1,000
    61 9 ABOUT 1,000 Singapore Industrial Labour Organisation iSiloi members and their families will attend a mass picnic at Silo's newly-bougut recreational centre, Big Splash, today. There will be a talentlme, dancing competition arid entertainment by Taiwanese singers, winners of the RTd Chinese Talentlme 1977, singers of the
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    Appeal for witnesses
    59 9 POLICE here appealed to eye-»unesses of an accident involving Mr All bin Ahmad. 21. to contact Inspector Hoong Kan Kuan of Sepoy Line police station. Mr. All died in Alexandra Hospital on Wednesday from injuries he suffered in the accident, which happened while he was riding a
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    Seminar on first aid
    62 9 THE chairman of St John Ambulance Association. Mr Runme Shaw, will open a two-day seminar on Emergency First Aid at the Happiness Room. Hotel Merlin, on Saturday at 2 30 pm The seminar, organised by the association, will deal with I topics like worksite emergen- j
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    Motorist produced driving licence ot namesake
    212 9 Motorist produced driving licence ot namesake DISQUALIFIED motorist Ng Ah Beng, 39. who produced his namesake's driving licence when confronted by a mobile squad constable, was jailed a day and fined a total of $3,000 by a magistrate on Friday for three traffic offences He was also disqualified from driving
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    Martial arts courses
    67 9 Martial arts courses OHIM Moh community centre youth group will hold threemonth courses on the following: yoga (elementary) on Tuesdays from 7 p.m. to p.m. from Jan 16. shou lin on Wednesdays and Fridays between 7.30 p.m. and 9 p.m. starting from Jan 5 and tae-kwon-do on Tuesdays and Sundays
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    Easing traffic snarls in Victoria Street
    81 9 POLICE will Implement a scheme when school reopens tomorrow to ease traffic congestion along Victoria Street. Under the scheme, only school buses will be allowed to park along Victoria Street ln single line to wait tor students between 12.30 p.m. and 1.30 p.m., and
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    Teacher's talk
    30 9 MR. Tan SI ah Kwee, a teacher, will give a talk ln Mandarin on the modern woman at Ghlm Moh community centre on Jan 13 at 8 p.m.
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    Raise for 52 under new wage pact
    145 9 THE Singapore Industrial Labour Organlsa tlon has signed a colectlve agreement with Stone Marine (S) Pte Ltd. which will give employees of the firm an annual Increment of $18 to $35 monthly. To be back dated to July 1 last yew. the agreement
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      212 9 1 CHINESE FINE ARTS X I AN f I ANTIQUE FURNITURE 9 I EXHIBITION I THE MANDARIN HOTEL g (FOURTH FLOOR FOYER) 8 DATE: 1 JAN. 1979 7 JAN. 1979 4 S 2 TIME: 10.30 A.M. 9.00 P.M. H ORGANIZED AND PRESENTED EY S 5 CHUNG HWA GALLERY CHUNG HWA
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      213 9 Straits Times Crossword ACKOSS 4 Fairer type ol vessel (7i Behave w.U, -r.UU, Z^Zy^T" SI' 1 comedo on U.e £'^'3 '.r* 61 l ciln becoUU Unusual lor' good man to 10 I? Ute it. I u> R,,!!2rt n *f£ l Minetoad <«> (13 11 rruit <x Ul »e may »uh
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  • The Straits Times MONDAY, JANUARY 1, 1979
    • Article
      LOOKING AHEAD
      396 10 1979 will be another year full of promise for Singapore. There is every reason to believe in the Prime Minister's optimistic message given at the last National Day and reiterated by President Sheares at the reopening of Parliament. However, the optimism is contingent on there being no deep
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      TO EACH HIS OWN
      349 10 RELIGION, even in modern times, can be a very emotionally charged subject. Supposedly contemporary minds have fallen into the trap of being outwardly accommodative but in fact privately, or perhaps subconsciously, rejectionist of the faiths of others. Sometimes of course religious intolerance is open and strongly
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    Was Carter kidding himself?
    687 10 NEW YORK Times columnist WILLIAM SAFIRE in an essay entitled "This above all," says that President Carter, "entranced by the trappings of peace-making," misread the Soviet reaction to US normalisation of ties with China. AFTER aeeedlag to Ckiaa's draisad far reeagalttaa aa Its awa terms, did
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    Lock icon China opens its doors – and its cash registers
    792 10 China opens its doors and its cash registers CHINA hat not waited for today's normalisation of Has with the United States to begin taking all its "foreign friends" for "rich Americans." Prices are spiralling in a country which prided itself on "non-inflation" and one official service is showing nmmr capitalistic
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    The elderly eat up growing share of the US budget
    1221 10  -  STEVEN ROBERTS Basic assumptions guiding retirement policy are being rethought By AN INCREASING segment of Americans are elderly, and every year, persons over the age of 65 eat up a growing percentage of the federal budget. This year, US$ll2 billion
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      Posted to school far away from her home
      680 11 EVERY y««r for the last five or six years, the Education Ministry has never failed to spril many parents' Christmas. I received a letter from the Ministry of Education that my daughter was p4m- Nobody feels sadder over India's state YOUR Foreign
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      Three grounds for opposing postings
      208 11 Three grounds for opposing postings WE ARE Tanjong Katong Girls' School Secondary Four leavers and we wish to raise objections to the posting of Pre-U admission classes on three grounds. 1. DURING the briefing on Dec 15, a booklet issued stated the availability of commerce classes in TKGS. Without prior
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      Highlight religious similiarities, not the differences
      429 11 Highlight religious similiarities, not the differences SKCTIONS af yaw twa articles sa aristtaalty by lisa Sharp (ST, Dee. left aw «sg— led, aaa ■amewbat marred my Cbriitmii First, the repart aa Dr A an— rtae Taa wba was "bara mala." I astve aa straag abjee Oaas to Dr Taa's ripm■toa
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      Is this food seasoning harmful?
      95 11 Is this food seasoning harmful? A DOCTOR friend of mine once told me that a regular consumption of monosodium glutamate which is used a lot in the preparation of food is harmful to the liver. One of the "killer" diseases is cancer of the liver and I wonder whether there
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      The crucial decisions that Marcos faces this year
      1147 11 THE PWUppiaes ud la particular Its straagmaii Prmldeat Fcrdlnaad Marces face a aeries af eraclal ieeMii in lff». Feremsst long them to whether to lift martial law after nearly sevea yean af crisis geverameat which gives Mr Marcas, wba to aba prime
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      Why hasn't India gone communist?
      291 11 MR SEAH Chiang Nee's discovery stories on his recent visit to India are interesting reading' He found, without much effort, I quote, "one of the basic differences between the ethnic Indians in Singapore and the Indians in India," as a result of an incident of
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  • TIMES CITY DESK
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      WEEKLY SHARE ANALYSIS
      2326 12 AR a Mrric* to rarim, Strmiu Tim— puaUafcM »mU; feUiM tMlnlt of Am* Om Suck EzcWa** Why in. TW jwi Ugh u4 tow. an fciiw l j by tW la UN «TIMI JIMi, UN Ml ptlOV NOTE: Owing Price means the price of last reported transaction on
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        Domestic
        342 12 THE US dollai ended 1978 hat wees wen above its M>ws lor tne year in uun ana c*im w«aiii» LVe.mig at S2 1720 40 It reacitea a high vi u.i7m,9u beiure news of o*i.er>oial.ng puuttcal unre.t In Iran urougm It uuku to a low U W I»<U 2a. Newt
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        Overseas
        114 12 IN a short week and a thin market the US dollar was under heavy pressure and weakened from 1.6615 to ***** Swiss francs, from 1 8545 to 1 1350 Deutsche marks and from 1M 75 to 1M 40 yen In the European forcx market last week. Massive interventions by
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        DISCOUNT
        180 12 THE last week of the vear witnessed very dull Interbank Overnight market with rates being traded mainly around ■> per cent 4 per cent level. Term rates remained rather steady with the one month being dealt at 7 6% per cent while Three months was traded at T, 7N
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        ASIAN CURRENCY RATES
        235 12 A 8 I A N currency average dtposiis rates (or the w«k enuM Friday, Dec 29. ISt (Bid Prices) Hi»n Lew 7 Days 12 1/2 10 1/4 1 Mlti 11 13/16 10 6/1 2 amis 11 7,8 11 3/16 3 laths 12 11 3 4 Mtns 12
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        LOCAL MONEY MARKET
        104 12 LOCAL MOMIV MARKIT: Int.rbank monry market wai wy turouKhout lax week with overnight rat* closing at 2 1/4 per cent for the year-end. Ternu rate* were Heady closing off at S 15 18-8 7 t 7 3/18-7 3/18 and 7 7 18-7 3 18 for the One*.
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        Banks' Prime Lending Rates
        288 12 BANK 8 prime lending r*Us as at the close of hunrmi on Friday Dec 39. BANK* triM Algemene Bank T\ American Express t Asia Commercial 1% Aslen-Paxlnk Ban Hin Let Bank 74 Banca Commerclale Banco Do BrasU Bangkok Bank 7Vi Bank Negara Ir.do 1* Bank of
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      LONDON STOCKS
      730 12 LONDON. Frt. mmn prlcea iloaia IM year ar. an ca*.»r note aftrr a fairly quirt ihiim with unfavourable barfcftround M«a Inhibit me bualiwai. doton MA Th* riaanrbil Timrg Indu was «o«n 2 o at 47U.V. Ttw rrnn ui Iran •umlnatt^ maik.'t Mt-ntinwnt and 6rprr«*«d o.l. »h<r» «P kMt
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      New York
      232 12 NEW YORK: Stocks settled lor toa\tn io&j u> Moueiaw: uaauig fciiua last inmute tax kculUg »liU O«.fc"-" «>"lji.g ag«u»*<, it inixtu u>.ws keMavktbUllU. /uiai>sU said conceriis about uuieet in Irmi Kept buyers 0.1 me sid^jmts <w piw; Mjme tHVouTKUie eccuouuc n^ws yt»wroa> on traae, vie economy <nu ibe
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      Indices
      66 12 FINANCIAL TIMES Ii>UIjSiKIALS Friday inuisday j;c.» WttK Ago 4(«.3 UOW JONKB A\ tRAt.t INUtSIRIALS Friday M5Ol Thursday flf WeeK Ago 808.47 LOnDON DOLLAR HKt.Mll M Friday 81% to i\\ Tnursday M« to 83* Wednesoay «3% to U% M.K. HANG SENG Friday *96-51 Thursday 500.09 Week Ago &08.02 SYDNEY INDUSTRIALS
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      DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
      65 12 Current Date Tctil for Total for uymtnt payable the year prtvlous >i»i B M Trust 1»% Dee 15% »5% BAT 17% Feb M 17% "si 25% Feb 19 4«% 4«% Bel Dredge Feb t5 19% 55% G I Hold. 15%1 Feb I* 15% STPUVFS, ».S% U*r I «.S%
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      S'pore produce
      431 12 AT THE height of the lestlve season last week, the Stngapuie Pioauoe Exchange vutuaiiy caine u> a sUi.siUi. Commodity dealers reported that trading had been can.ed out In extiemely dull conditions with very lew stock movement* and price changes. They noted that most of the major producing countries
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      Amsterdam
      177 12 AMSTERDAM. Frt Kiaie pi.ctk c«,iw iwiicwly hiuj in very iiiniUu iiaaii.fr, a* bourse ciom.u muy muaj. utkßrs s.ud. Imo(ii>mi. finned CM gUlitKi.s. < nilrw r v»m >.i.cuuiiKiu. wrule <»«■», i*buia> ana Itw^h ivwvi Oce-Vaa Dtr t.rinun rcie 2.30 Kuiiucis and KL«f ISO. while ihaies with gains up to one
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      Lock icon Treasury Bill tender
      122 12 THE average discount rate for yi-day Singapore ireasury Hills rose silgntiy to 4.035 per cent at tne latest tender from 4 030 per cent last previously, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) said. The average rate on 182-aay paper rose strongly to 4.250 per cent from 3.930
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      COMPANY MEETINGS
      111 12 Faber M«ti;.i Malaysia Bhd: AOM to be held at Hotel Merlin, Jalan bulian Ismail. Kuala Lumpur at 9.30 a.m. today. Sovran Industrie* Bhe: BOOM to be held at the Conference Room, 14th Floor, Bangunan Hong Leong. 117, Jalan Bandar. Kuala Lumpur at 10.00 a.m. today. General Ceramics Bhd:
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      GOLD
      199 12 THE KILO bar mark:t opened at $15,889 per kilo In the Singapore gold market on Satuiday. It moved In line with the International gold market to the hi«h of $15,945 but closed lower at $15. The London afternoon gold fixing last Friday was at U*****.00. The European market was
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      Short-term deposits
      41 12 FOR the week endrd Saturday Dec 30 the ranue of call rate received from Short Uepoalt (M> Berhad wa* aa follow. BANK FUND: 1 to 3 per cent OIHIRAL FUND: II to 41 per Movement of fund totalled $864
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      S'pore exchange
      412 12 SEVERAL shares including few Mae chips were singled oat foi windowdressing in a generally quirt market on the Stock Exchange of Singapore last week. The prices of these counters were falsely marked up during the closing minutes of Thursday and Friday the last trading day of 1978 when
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      TOP TEN STOCKS
      113 12 The following list of stock* give thr 10 most tr^drd In on thr Stock Exchange of Singapore Ust week. It fives tiir Tuinover In thousands of units, clcsinf prtcrs on Friday and the hlfh and low for 1978. Company Turnover Price High Low y'mr Darby law r
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      K. LUMPUR
      376 12 THE last week of 1978 would have ended on an extremely dull note If not for the last minute burst of support among selected plantation and Industrial stocks at the Kuala Lumpur stock market last week. The late afternoon bullishness, although on a modest scale, caught the generally
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      490 12 LONDON Share prices closed the year on a dull note with the crisis in Iran dominating market sentiment, dealers said. The FT index was down 8.4 on the week at 470.9 points (years h'K n low of the index was 535.5 and 433.4. The year on year fall
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      LOCAL STOCK INDICES SINGAPORE
      151 12 LOCAL STOCK INDICES SINGAPORE Dec 25 Dec 26 Dec 27 Dec 28 Drc 29 ft B.T. Index: 1,661.37 1,677.14 1.671.01 1,674.68 Industrials: 345.33 348.16 346.71 MM.Ib Finance: 61K.91 619.93 619.00 623.19 1 Hotels: 274.71 27t.48 274.85 275.08 Properties 210.01 210.61 210.54 210.31 t Tine: 157.10 156.72 156.44 15fc.4» t J
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        Tin price gains
        140 12 LONDON: Tin Rained £10 tor Cash and 110 lor Three Months standard, while High Orade was up £45 and £37 on Friday. Sustaining Influences were the lurther rise at Penang and expectation of a fall In warehouse stock*, with the tightening nearby position widening the tackwardation to
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        Toshiba expects lower profit
        139 12 Toshiba expects lower profit KUALA LUMPUR: Toshiba (Malaysia) said estlma'ed group pre-tax profit fQr the year ending June 30. 1979, Is expected to fall to MsBoo000 compared with an audited pre-tax profit of $1.88 million in the previous financial year. It gave this profit estimate in a reply to a
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        COPPER
        33 12 LONDON Copper price* on Friday (prevtoua In brackets). Wirakw Spot buyers (772 SO If772i. Mllen 4773 50 <£772SOi: Three Month buyers (?■>« JO <<TM). aeltan £7s7 (f7M.M) Market t«M: 81e>dy talet: 2ft.23O tonnes.
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        Rubber down
        138 12 LONDON: Rubber Future* closed officially uncertain on Friday, mostly 0 65 to 0.95p per kilo clown Irom yesterday. Turnover was 44 lots of five tonnes and 722 lots of 15 tonnes which was boosted by several large blocks of cross trades. Terminal closed tiie morning quiet and easy
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      448 13 II EMPLOYMENT SINGAPORE OILSEAL COMPANY PTC. LTD A SUBSIDIARY OF NIPPON OM SEAL MOUSTRV CO, LTD. A leading international oil seals manufacturln Company invites applica tions for Its factory In Ju rong (SOCi for the follow in; posLs CHEMICAL ENGINEER II Candidates should possess Singapore Polytechni Technician Diploma i (heuncal
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      489 13 II EMPLOYMENT AVA'.%SSVUVSVaVW^ Applications arainvilad from: I" EXPERIENCED 'I ULTRASONIC OPERATORS > ■Juaving the following mini-Ji %mum qualifications Lloyds approval (Grade l's to 3 only) »a aP* SASAR certificate -J. r preferred ,s Completed NS Class 3 driving licence. a' Applicants must be prepared [a aTto travel and work ouLsta-'a
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      235 13 II EMPLOYMENT G3SES B22T2ea»»^Laaaaaaa! BaH^l^BaßVi^l STEWARDESSES MONTHLY INCOME SlOOO-Sl5OO. Parl/Kull lime Apply personally King of Kings Cocktail Lounge 4.50. 4th Kir.. Lucky Plaza. Orchard Road TEMPORARY TRADING CUM Despatch Boys required Immediately Write ST Box A***** giving particulars and contact telephone number 111 VEHICLES BOATS 43 Vehicles For Hire RENT-A-TRUCK
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      321 13 A manufacturing firm in Jurong requires the following (1) MANAGER a Several years experience in industry and administrative management. c Preferably University of Singapore graduate (2) SECRETARY and at least with HSC qualifications c Preferably Singapore U graduate. (3) ELECTRICIAN ANO MECHANIC Diploma from Polytechnic or Ngee Ann college (4)
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      612 14 VI EDUCATION ft TRAINING ATT SECRETARiUS SCHOOL OF SECRETARIAL SKILLS Prepares students for the London Chamber of Commerce Industry ond Pitmons Institute Exominotions The next FULL-TIME PRIVATE SECRETARY'S COURSES commence on 2nd January 1 979 The next PART-TIME PRIVATE SECRETARY'S COURSES commence on 15th January 1979 The L.C.C.I. certificate is
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      503 14 PRIVATE SECRETARY'S CERTIFICATE COURSE 1) LCCI REVISION CLASSES (Far June Tt Eiame) commencing 15th Jan 2) BEGINNERS FULLTIME CLASS (For ISSO Exams) commencing 2nd Jan. For enquiries, contact: SYSTEMATIC BUSINESS TRAINING CENTRE 6th fir. Orchard Shpg Clr (above Mohan's) S.S Tel. 23S»SSS/324SSS/*****2 SINGAPORE INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE (REGD. IN 1940) 593*.
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  • IX OBITUARIES
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      144 In Memoriam
      87 15 m LOVING MCMOHV .>t Tay Ah Hah all<-<1 Uj rest wiih th<- lord ■>n I- 1-75 Always rrmrmbrrrd h) wife Kdna ilaughlrr Hrlrnr M,n in law Hock Ppng MOU.K MWSOW 1-1-78 l<> 11-79 Sa(r in thr arms of Jrsus Knim lirr lovrd onrs CHAN WAN CHIP Sadty
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    BROTHER JOSEPH 'SUPER SCHOOL' PRINCIPAL
    130 15 BROTHER JOSEPH 'SUPER SCHOOL' PRINCIPAL THIS is Brother Joseph Chanel. 60, principal of the Maris Stella Ht(h School, one of nine Chinese schools chosen to train the top eicht per cent of Primary School Leavlnc hxamination pass students under the government's new Special Assistance Plan. A member of the Roman
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    'Brighten up schools' call by ministry
    197 15 'Brighten up schools' call by ministry SCHOOLS could brighten up their atmosphere by displaying sculpture, painting, art work, potted plants and floral or leaf and plant arrangements. The suggestion that schools set aside a corner, ledge, table or display cupboard for this purpose, which is aimed at developing an appreciation
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    Old Bartleyans Association officials
    110 15 Old Bartleyans Association officials CAPT TH. Koh manager of a shipping company! was elected president of the Old Bartleyans' Association (OBAi at Its annual meeting recently. Other officials are: Mr Peter Teo Beng Poh vicepresident Mr O. Raj. secretary. Miss Seow Mel Mel. asst secretary. Mr James Khor, treasurer. Mr
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    Only 450 apply for 550 places in NJC
    194 15 Only 450 apply for 550 places in NJC NATIONAL Junior College is the only two-year pre-university centre where vacancies for this year's provisional admission outnumbered the applications. New Nation reported on Saturday that only 450 students had applied for the 550 available places In the college, (t was thus forced
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    On nutrition
    29 15 STAFF nurse Miss Soh Char Lee will give a talk on the nutritive value of frown fish at Slglap community centre on Jan 19 at 8 p.m.
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    'Enough science teaching aids now'
    147 15 'Enough science teaching aids now' THE inadequacy of good science teaching aids at the primary and lower secondary levels has been remedied following a study by the Science Council. The council recommended that schools be supplied with well-illus-trated modules to help teachers explain dimcult concepts, and models and charts to
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    Tribute to those who provide leadership
    338 15 THE acting Minister for Social Affairs, Dr Ahmad Mattar, has paid a tribute to people who have natural talent and are able to lead and provide the necessary breath to sports, social and cultural activities In Singapore. He said these people are running the
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    'Strikes don't mean union power'
    313 15 'Strikes don't mean union power' THE general secretary of the Singapore Industrial Labour Organisation, Mr. Phey Yew Kok, has debunked the general belief that strikes are the ultimate demonstration of trade union power. Mr. Phey, who is also president of the NTUC, stressed that strikes might prove too costly for
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    BOGUS POLICEMAN STRIKES AGAIN
    120 15 A BOGUS policeman, who preys on schoolboys in the Katong Geylang area, robbed his ninth victim in less than a month on Saturday. Schoolboy Adnan bin Salleh, 13, and a classmate were at the Katong shopping complex that afternoon when they were confronted by the man
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    Biggest jump of 11pc for 'O' level trainees
    455 15  - Biggest jump of 11pc for 'O' level trainees KOH VAN POH Bid to better terms of teaching servidfc By THE trainee teacher with GCE level qualifications stands to gain the most, in percentage terms, from the Education Ministry's latest bid to improve terms and conditions of the leaching service!. Under
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    Committees to run canteens on their own
    410 15 THE 12-year-old guidelines on the management ot school canteens have been revised, to give, among other things, absolute power to tne canteen committees from tomorrow. There will no longer be an Education Ministry representai tve on such committees in both primary and secondary
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    Introduction to economics
    66 15 THE Department or Extramural Studies. University of Singapore, will hold a 10lecture course on Introduction to Economics at Nlfeen Hut. 7A. Bukit Tunah 3mpus on Wednesdays sam 7.30 p.m to 9 p.m. a The fee for the coa**. beginning on Jan 10. Is |35 It U essentially
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    Health talk
    28 15 A HEALTH educationist. Miss Choo Bwee Lee. will give a talk on female personal hygiene at Boon Teck community centre on Jan It at p m.
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      1575 16 *J/§ \i WAHEGURU JI KA KHALSA /Z^M^l Z I 1 WAHEGURU JI KI FATEH 1 1 II THE KHALSA IS OF THE LORD THE VICTORY IS OF THE LORD w SIGNIFICANCE OF SIKH SYMBOLS Kesh (anshorn hair) MB(Nm^^^^P^^^^^^^^^^^^B L° n 8 Hair is a mark of holiness and The Sikh
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  • ACROSS THE CAUSEWAY
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      The Masquerades unmasked
      303 17 IT'S the moment thousands of television viewers had been waiting for as these four smiling members of the singing quaitet. Masquerades, threw away their masks and revealed their identities for the first time during the RTs Ta-Irnt-time finals on Thursday night. They are (from left) William Pang.
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      Manhole covered
      64 17 THE Drainage Depart- I ment has covered the uncapped mannole near Block 425 in An X Mo Kio The danger of the uncapped hole was brought to the attention of the authorities after a Straits Times report last Wednesday. Measuring about 0.914 m In diameter and two m
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      Photo copy prices survey by N. Library
      660 17 THE National Library is conducting a survey of the prices of photostat copies in Singapore. The results of this survey are expected to atlect the charge of 20 cents levied by public libraries on each photostat copy. The director of the National Library.
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      Closed today
      14 17 THE Blood Donation Outre •t the Singapore Ocntnl Hoipiui is clowd todajr.
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      Lock icon 'Don't make baseless allegations'
      375 17 'Don't make baseless allegations' Hussein's New Year ca11... DATUK Hussein Onn tcxhiy remind cd the jK'ople nol to distort the aspirations and objectives of the education policy and the new economic policy by making baseless allegations against the spirit oi the implementation. The Prime Minister said such allegations would create
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      Court order sought
      105 17 PENANO, Sun. The DAP State Assemblyman for Kampung Kolam, Mr 00l Ean Kwong, yesterday filed an application In the High Court here seeking an order to declare the Essential (Community Self Reliance > Regulations, 1975 null and void as It was "ultra vires" the constitution. Named as
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      DZULKIFLI ARRESTED BY NBI ON GRAFT CHARGE
      146 17 DZULKIFLI ARRESTED BY NBI ON GRAFT CHARGE KOTA KIN AB ALL San. D»«uk Diulkifli Abdul Hamid (above). deputy president of the United 8 a bah National Organisation (I'sno), waa arrested by National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) officials here yesterday In connection with a corruption case. Datuk Diulkifli if a former
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      Earlier flight
      30 17 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. MAS said today that Tuesdays night MAMS wIU leave Kuala Lumpur for Kuchlng on* hour earlier at 5 am Instead of at 6 a.m.— NBT.
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      Cambridge accepts SPM on par with GCE exam
      218 17 Cambridge accepts SPM on par with GCE exam KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. Cambridge University has recognised the All Bahasa Malaysia SIJH Peiajaran Malaysia (SPM) examination as equivalent to the British Oeneral Certificate of Education lOCE) examination Education Minister Datuk Musa Hltam said today. In a special New Year message, he said:
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      164 17 ■rtngi»» Up FathT By Bill Kavanagh «c Hal Camp Luuv am- **V BROTHEP I WORRY fIMfIi^V6O~VDU FINALLY 111 SHE'LL BE fil AD SIMMY HASN'T vVHENr-miN* WADE IT'I'LL To kNOW W ST^U* I CC^E HOME HE'S OUT SO I^l TELL MA J AU.THoSePeSpIE MAGGIE?/ LATE WrrH ALL |Na»,,cVrt>U'RE HOME-- ROAMIN6 THE
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      China honour their Asian Games heroes
      308 18 HONGKONG. Sun. Chinese sportsmen and women, who brought China glory at the recent Asian Games in Bangkok, have been honoured in Peking, the New China News Agency reported today. It said that 295 of them and their coaches were awarded Orders of Merit and
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      Lock icon 'BOSSES' KNOW THE WAY NOW
      604 18  -  MATTHEW ENGEL HOW TO SUCCEED IN SOCCER? Ey LONDON, Sun. Soccer bosses in Britain, which taught the world how to play, start 1979 knowing that the way to footballing success is to learn from abroad. The year Just ending will be remembered as the one
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      Fitness test next year
      89 18 THE next National Aerobic Fitness Award (NAFA) test will be held at the National Stadium on Saturday at 4.30 p.m. Registration forms, available at all the booking offices and swimming pools of the Singapore Sports Council, must be completed and returned to the SSC before the
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      Lock icon Mangan in last four
      50 18 PORT WASHINGTON (New York), Sun. John Mangan, of Rye, New York, who had to qualify to make the main draw, reached the *e-mi-flnals of the boys 18-and-under division of the International junior Indoor tennis championships yesterday by upsetting fourth-seeded Ben Vletter. of Holland 7-5. 7-6. UPI.
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      Lock icon Holland named Europe's best
      143 18 BELGRADE, Sun.— World Cup finalists Holland were named "The best European footbail team of 1978" by Yugoslavia's top sports daily newspaper "Sport." The Dutch were awarded 301 points in the annual poll. Run-ners-up were Italy (244) and Austria (108) were third. Former world champions West Germany
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      Results, tables
      1226 18 HUM DIVISION Arsenal 3 Birmingham 1. Bristol City 1 Manchester City 1 Everton 1 Tottenham 1. Ipswich 5 Chelsea 1. Manchester United 3 West Bn.mv.irh 5. Queens Park H.innrrs 1 Leeds 4. Wolverhampton 1 Coventry 1 THIKD DIVISION Brentford 0 Carlisle 0. Bury 0 Mansfield 0. Exeter 3
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      Bose wins an countback
      40 18 Bose wins an countback JEFFREY Bose returned the best gross score of 75 to win the Medal of Medals competition, on a countback from Steven Poon, at the Selctar Golf Club yesterday. Joseph Yeo returned the best nett of 65.
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      Rangers win
      22 18 SELVARAJAHS goals enabled Changl Rangers to beat Telok Blangah 2-0 tn a friendly soccer match played yesterday at Parrer Park.
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      Lock icon Malaysia may cut team for Jakarta
      427 18 Malaysia may cut team for Jakarta KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Malaysia may not enter for certain games and events of the Southeast Asia Games in Jakarta in September next year, the vice- president of the Olympic Council of Malaysia. Datuk Mohamed Rahmat, said today. Datuk Mohamed. who was Chef de Mission
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      Lock icon AAAA hand in petition
      190 18 TOKYO. Sun. The Asian Amateur Athletic Association handed a petition here today to the International Amateur A t h 1 e t lcs Federation, asking them not to punish those who participated in the eighth Asian Oames held in Bangkok earlier this month. The petition was
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      821 18 HUGHES TOOL COMPANY (Far East) PTE., LTD. A fast •apanding worldwide American organisation dealing in th« manufacture of oiiw»H drilling tool* hat imm*dialt vacancies lor th« following position* 1. Quality Assurance Supervisor Responsible to the Quality Assurance Manager To carry out the day-to-day supervision, control and co-ordination of Quality Assurance
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      104 18 The knockout came at 2:05 in the 13th round /> ii 1 of scheduled 15 round title bout before 2.500 iM3PHQQIr ACOC TillO spectators at Chamshil Student Gymnasium here. KJ<X\^llO<XJ\ iv/OV/O Li LI" Saensak, 28, attempting the eighth defence of O^ A the title he won in September 1975, weighed
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      373 18 MacGregorVlP "They're the best set of clubs you can buy. Your pro knows you Nci result' Greater distance. P^F He knows your game. without changing your swing pB He's the best one to tell you The straight set design v PV why these new MacGregor another feature I had built
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      Aylmer Road easily wins Gold Cup race
      2235 19 PENANG, Sun. New champion owner Inderapura Stable's Aylmer Road, bril-liant-handled by New Zealand jockey Bruce ompton, scored an easy win in the $70 000 Gov c r nor's Gold Cup here today. Running a well-up fifth most ol the way, the xtashua four-year-old
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      BIG SWEEP
      44 19 FIRST No. ***** ($2,902) SECOND No. ***** ($725) THIRD No. ***** ($362) STARTERS ($4O each): No*. ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** CONSOLATION ($36 each): Nos. ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** *****
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      Attractive year ahead for Singapore tennis
      321 19  -  1 BERNARD PEREIRA B> THE year 1979 promises to be the most attractive ever for Singapore tennis, with three glamorous events gracing the calendar. It kicks off from Saturday, with the fourmonth -long AlitaliaSingapore team tennis championship at the Kallang courts. Ten teams A
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      Fok eager to set new record
      331 19  -  PATRICK BASTIANS By FOX Keng Choy. 28. national shot putt record holder, and heavyweight lack of all trades, is so convinced he can break his shot putt record of 13 48 metres set In 1970. he can hardly wait for the Singapore Amateur Athletics
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      Lock icon Lim: Singapore will do well again in the Malaysia Cupl
      392 19  -  JOE DORA I By SINGAPORE'S national soccer team are not likely to do worse thar>: last year in the new Malaysia Cup season which begins with a homfc 'game against Malacca at the National Stadium on Sunday. This was the
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      Shan will lead Tampines' strike force
      218 19  - Shan will lead Tampines' strike force WILFRED YEO By E. SHANMUGARETNAM, the Singapore intermediate squad striker, will lead Tampines Rovers' new-look strike force in their friendly soccer match against Hong Chin, Selangor's Premier League leaders, at the Jalan Besar Stadium tonight at 7.30. Shanmugaretnam, who signed for Tampines on Friday
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      India's spin-attack causes WI collapse
      237 19 India 's spin-attack causes WI collapse CALCUTTA, Sun. The West Indies collapsed against an accurate Indian spin attack this morning, losing four wickets for 21 runs. But by lunch, on the third day of the third Test here, they had recovered to 285 for seven In reply to India's first
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      Lock icon SCOREBOARD
      62 19 INDIA Ist Inns 300 WEBT INDIES Ist lniu (overnight 209-3) Kalllcbarran c Ran b Venkatraghavan 55 Holder c Rao b Venkatraghavan A Murray c Dcv b Venkatraghavan 0 Shivnarine n.o. 37 Parry b Bedl 4 Phillip n.o. 25 Extras 14 Total 285 Will fell at: 210. 213. 218. 230.
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      Inter-club meet to raise standard
      208 19  -  PETER SIOW By FOR the first time, the Shitoryu Karate Association will organise an Inter club competition with the aim of uplifting their karatekas' standard. The tournament, which begins In February, will Involve all their. 10 branches SKA, Vigilante Corps, Police Academy, Port Authority Recreation
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      197 19 Busy hotels I must have something good going for them. Ours reflects in ow steady 85 occupancy rate. J A few minutes drive from Subang Airport and Kuala Ljmpur 370 tastefully furnished rooms with central, yet adjustable air conditioning. T.V. and telephone in every room A block of chalets for
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    Lock icon Woman shot in Shanghai demo
    130 20 PEKING. Sun A woman was shot and wounded when Chinese police opened flre after a group of workers from a silk weaving factory in Shanghai demonstrated on Friday In protest against their low wages and work schedules, a Western eyewitness said here today. The shooting
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    Most scholars come from modest and poor homes
    441 20 CHILDREN of manual workers formed the biggest group of government sponsored scholars making up as much as 39 per cent of the total in the last 10 years. A total of 259 of them were selected by the Public Service Commission over
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    Lock icon Viets sighted on roads to Phnom Penh
    257 20 Viets sighted on roads to Phnom Penh BANGKOK, Sun. Special Vietnamese commandos were sighted today on the access roads to the northern and southern suburbs of the Kampuchean capital of Phnom Penh, a reliable source said here. At the same time, the Vietnamese army continued its advance in the northern
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    'Children hooked on drugs' shock
    400 20 HUNDREDS of thousands of children in the world are enslaved by drugs, a new UN publication revealed today on the eve of the International Year of the Child. Children and Drugs, issued by the UN Division of Narcotic Drugs, cites 130 000 young druK users
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    Lock icon 'Barefoot doctors'
    54 20 HONGKONG, 8un. Cilna if providing Intensive advancccl training (or Its 1.S million "barefoot doctors" In :ural •reo&, the Hslnhua news agency reported today. Most of the country's 2.C00 counties run school* or retresher courses and aend some of the medical personnel to classes on necial sv*>Jects at hospitals,
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    90 20 N. rOMMUSAMV, afed TO. of 31 LclMter Btrt«t. OrmoM Victoria J204. Aualrall*. former principal of Aruuo lntecraled Pr School, paaaco iwi y peacefully in Chun* oa 29 12.T8. leaving brhind 2 aona. 2 JauKhtera. 1 aon-lel-law. 2 (laugh. «rain-law an 4 T (TU«chlMren ft. P—M VII MCIAM (Age T>
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    Lock icon US investors to finance Dawe's fight
    582 20 At stake: Recovery of $151 m in assets AN unldenti fled group of Americans have agreed to finance former Singapore company director Amos Dawe's fight against Moscow Narodny Bank for control of up to US$70 million ($151.2 million) in assets. A San Francisco lawyer.
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  • The Straits Times SECTION TWO
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        Proverbial anecdotes To catch a cub, one must enter the den
        361 1 Proverbial anecdotes To catch a cub, one must enter the den DURING the Eastern Han dynasty, there was a man called Ban Chao who fought against the Xiong Nu(the Huns), a tribf of barbarians. He was later sent to the states on the western border of China to prompte better
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        Chinese without tears
        33 1 ft* tfew >f x u perhaps y*y»o ato« kave tiiit P*r ex»mpie, >•« may > V rhM wUI «1m do Tl )Txu h^ Ui mraniBK. "Perhaps he yexiag all right may e*me."
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        Bookshelf A journal for Chinese teachers
        390 1 Bookshelf A journal for Chinese teachers THE Singapore Chinese Second Language Teachers' Society, started in April 1976, a halfyearly publication called YUWEN. Uke any other academic publications of professional bodies, problems facing YUWEN are a lack of good readership and sufficient writers to fill the pages with up-to-date, factual and
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        189 1 Quotations Self-confidence and self-reliance are the mainstays *t a strvag character. English proverb Correct Nandtrtn R fl THE »tk rm«« Ulk glnghuon replace jioyi dorr*note Rfijio Confuconat eamrt Maatorta pr*auiwt tat IN rii-rl (Cat- .J* v 5 «ffli wilt.) IMto »h*«o" col Honyu Cheese f w wQmen flnJ '"■HP"* Y
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        Fun with Chinese Characters
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        76 1 \aW A little lemon T -^l^ Sqezy a long long fe, New Lemon Squezy v*/ill astonish you with its improved dishwashing power. It's thicker to give you more lather. Richer so the lather lasts longer. And it contains new, improved grease ILJ J<a cutters for clean, sparkling dishes. And aJL
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        RTS offerings for your New Year Day viewing
        549 2  - RTS offerings for your New Year Day viewing SAW PUAY LIM By LOVE, reputed to work wonders, transforms a prim, dedicated schoolmaster in a boys' school, to a very likeable chap. This is the theme behind the story of GMdkye Mr. Chips, first filmed in 1939 and re-produced in 1970.
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        Epic that runs beyond its margin
        279 2 Epic that runs beyond its margin DR. JAMES FU, an English lecturer at the University of Singapore, recently gave a talk on The Epic Dimension of the Water Margin. It proved to be illuminating in the literary sense and was an eye-opener for fans of the unsatisfactory Hongkong TV series
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        Tension mars re-union in 'Loyang'
        142 2 Tension mars re-union in 'Loyang' IN TONIGHTS t pan it «f FAMILIES IN LOYANG, Sa Kaag has served ate aeateace aaa) b CMalag bMMi. VI W«l »nd (■•ok Kaag prepare* a small rrnalMi (Huer for him bat It U Ml v entirety happy ■riradMi stoee the heiwiae is still nearatag
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        Thames' tune keeps money flowing in for composer
        370 2  - Thames' tune keeps money flowing in for composer PHILIP LEE By in London I SINGAPORE TV viewers must be familiar with the eight catchy notes which mark the start of every Thames Television programme broadcast by RTS. Each time this signature tune is played —and it is indeed heard hundreds
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        Invitation to jazz 'jam session'
        59 2 Invitation to jazz 'jam session' JAZZ musicians and enthusiasts are invited to a "jam session" at the Holldandse Club in Adam Road at 8 p.m. tonight. This session is held on the first Monday of every month and is open to both members and non-members. For more information call Mr.
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        90-member Chinese troupe due here for lunar festival
        378 2 THOSE with a penchant for cultural dishes will be pleased to hear that the Ram has already prepared a sumptuous meal for them early in its year. Starting on the fourth night of the new lunar year, the National Theatre Trust will
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        English films beaten' by kung-fu ones last year
        246 2 English films beaten' by kung-fu ones last year BOX office takings in Singapore show that it is still flying kicks and other kungfu stunts that delight cinema-goers. Star Wars may be the top hit among the English films last year collecting $550,969 But this figure is far below that grossed
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        132 2 r instantly Iw.rh TSUB|SH| t BALL POINT I c Sole Agents s H_J INTERNATIONAL LTD. ?41 ALEXANDRA ROAD SINGAPORE 3 TtLS 645 461/5 HAVEAN i ORANGE EXPEWENCE EVERVMK s s I k J. t Annual TRAVEL: the F 2PHILIPPINES m. ,|**f MANII A* i«lif aaf ■laV 4 /M/MilL/\; JaaaawHaal aa^^^
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        90 2 WISHING YOU A HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR ASIA FURNITURE CO. PTE. LTD. Block 9, Nor 1-3, Kalians Place. Singapore. 12 TEL: 25M«35. *****49 #WITH EFFECT FHOM 1 1 79 ASIA FURNITURE CO IS KNOWN AS JT r Out Manatmant «mat you ID aw Sho« v V^i^^^^^^ rcom to iaa
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        833 2 )TV and Radio SINGAPORE 5 i i— 10.00 AM Opeiinf and Laff-A-Lyrojjics j 5.45 Sirtfapore in '78 (repeat (cartoon) Malay) 10.25 Holday Matinee Goodbye, Mr. i 6 30 News in brief Chfcs starrinf Peter OToote, Petub j 6 35 Clue Club Clark, Mchad Redfrave. 7.00 Don't Ask Me 12.30 Welcome
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        239 4 i APEX CLUB OF SINGAPORE (CITY) presents A GRAND FILM PREMIERE! under the distinguished patronage of the Member of Parliament for Telok Blangah Encik Ahmad Haleem in aid of SINGAPORE CHILDREN'S SOCIETY REX-Thurs 18th Jan 9.15pm I I H I m^^^.^^ X v^aHJ aj /jo^^ £«s^2^| HfllaV^a^!^^^^^ ■J^ULUt^UU B^I V
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        315 4 i; Season's Qftttings\ \\^HBHBHMsaißak "a" ■;f£jf»nll^^ showing! j; I Orchard Rd. Tot: *****96 4 9.30pm *I iJ^^a^B^BflßßßßaV^m V J aflE^"'^ SILENT PARTNER:; 1 Chnstopher Plummer -f Elliott Gould "f Susannah Yorki* J Oinetaa by OA«n DWCE cotM j;^,© aj JJT^TCTT.ILASI 1-kW UAIfSJ: > %MajJLaVaJai# 11am. 1.30. 4.00, 700 Mn StJUn.
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        385 4 I Chappy new year 1 I I faE^W ß^^^T*^^BßW*J**T IIBBBBBBBBBBBBBBJBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBJl lBBBBBBBBBBBBBBJBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBJ jl^s shows AnA|iJ|ni\ii a m. 130.4 00.; if 11TH BIG DAY! < lAn Unforgettable Story v* -^Sb^ iJ| In Which A New Legend a^fln^ Is Born. 4 j BBr^/aBJ| i i i ft _^^B|j| i i y j^\\ bvJ
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        468 4 -£|*HAPPS I i BVSjJ T, |T Ti*t^B Q K2XXJI 9 11 1 -'OW SHOWING- J Shows SI < 11am. 1 30. 3.30. 7. 9 15pm i I f-Tl Jacky Chan in KXQ3aKZnZ9 I 12th EXPLOSIVE DAY 1 I 11am. 1.30. 400 (.30. 9.15pm INo Frff Lisl' i I- 1 Xj^t
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      'New broom' a timely shot in the arm for Nato
      756 5  -  WALTER ELLIS Germany's Hans Apel is stirring up Nato By in Bonn A NEW member of the council of Nato. West German Defence Minister Hans Apel, is forcing colleagues from both sides of the Atlantic to think afresh about the
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      Gypsies — non-people of Czechoslovakia
      618 5 Gypsies non-people of Czechoslovakia LONDON: The Czechoslovak dissident movement. Charter 77, in its latest public document alleges that Czechoslovakia is discriminating against the 300,000 gypsies in its population. Gypsies, or Romanies as they are called in this report made available by the Ha lac h Press, are to be found
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        257 5 Wishing You a Happy Prosperous €1979 SSlsßlslstaSlalaSls From taESEESSSIsSSE \*\T~ PIERSON- ITALY THE BEST IN FURNITURE ITS LUXURIOUS EXCLUSIVE SUPERIOR Yet You can AFFORD it s J riMLJC //V Dear customers You can now TRADE-IN 14IBF Of iDi^UA your old furniture ar) d get a Brand New f^S^#l%r#lTl*#iU ITALIAN set
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      The scarf gets a new look
      332 6 THE SCARE, M a fashion aeceaiory, ku uriergeae a change. It Is m leager tke standard affair tkat a woman wean aroand ker seek «r to keep tke wind frem whipping ker kalr iato a rlgkt royal mess. Those were tke days wkea scarves
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      American models are 'in' in Paris because they are efficient and have longer legs
      552 6  - American models are 'in' in Paris because they are efficient and have longer legs JENNIFER SMALL By PARIS Ha Paris label is a status symbol on a piece of clothing, modelling the garment can be the same for the girls who do it. "When you leave America and come here
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      Good Buys
      77 6 WHITE sheets and pillow cases may be a little on the unimaginative side bat manufacturers of bed linen have come op with a cheeky Idea. Namely, "fly-by-night" pillow cases such as these with a message or Just "Yes" all over It! Others read Fantasyland, Sweet Dreams, I Love
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        75 6 m W% Presented by Mel-Ltn Chew mm—m—^L 1 V\\ IM. i II Aim lnisnl m\ v V B^sn^nWa^lnTßr nm w i /f jfe^' *^^^^B3w£jrißn^A :SIb^bI H^BaB^B^BSB^B^B^B^B^B^nH '^■n^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^BBB^B^B^B^B^B^M B^B^a^^B^B^B^B^Bß^lSrik^BM^n^Blnl W o^, Hl SINESS I V >AL TODAY nfinW m «p3i Bb Jim. m- **^Tv *<» ~^^^~^mm *MBBmTn\l_ UISnJL CASTMN TtJAWWOM <?■■■
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        217 6 pßMflhmi JrWmm bY v* Poh Heng Goldsmiths (Pte) Ltd WE CLOSE TODAY Head Office Poh Hong Goldsmith People's Park Branch Katong Branch Toa Payoh Branch Paul Jewellery Ciiusf i*^^ An internationally validated mW secretarial qualification W^ can be yours through the I.T.C. 1 B^Ba^^i^^^^^^ ■TTnB LJU t year full-time course
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      Will the real Mr Jimmy Carter please stand up?
      2102 7  - Will the real Mr Jimmy Carter please stand up? TIMOTHY SCHELLHARDT By QUOTE Jimmy Carter is like the shell-game operator. With him, you're really never sure under which shell lies the pea. Robert Market of Springfield, Massachusetts WASHINGTON: Jimmy Carter stands at the cTOSsroads of his presi dency. His troubled
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        658 7 An Amencon mirtti-notional manufacturing company operating in Jurong invites applications for the position of Confidential Secretary to the Managing Director Requirement* (1) The successful candidate, preferably in her lote twenties, should be mature, intelligent, with a high degree of tact, initiative and integrity (2) At least 5 years' experience as
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        731 7 IN THE HICII COIRTOF THE RF.PlBI.irOF si\<;apork Divorce Petition No. 743 of 1978 Between SNG WEE TONC Petitioner And ESTHER YEO SIF.W CHOO Respondent ADVERTISEMENT OF SERVICE OF PETITION To: Esther Yeo Slew Choo formerly of No. 259-G Block 104, Lorong 1. Toa Payoh. Singapore. TAKE NOTICE th;it a Petition
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        608 8 HONG LEONG GROUP Our 38 years, of growth have given us cause to be proud today. t IQ7Q^ k Today, the S* 1^ 111^ 1 I fc^^ s ln the hotal industr y' our Jt is our aim t0 promote the use f *f^S Hong Leong Group |fl I existing
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