The Straits Times, 4 January 1979

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    14 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 THIKSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1979 25 CENTS M.C.(P) No. 142/1/79
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    Lock icon VIETS CROSS THE MEKONG
    650 1 Provincial capital 'encircled' BANGKOK, Wednesday A VIETNAMESE-LED invasion of Kampuchea has crossed the Mekong River for the first time and encircled a key provincial capital 64 km from Phnom Penh, according to a broadcast by the clandestine radio of the Kampuchean rebels. 1W broadcast, monitored in
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    Lock icon Alert at hospital after baby snatch
    378 1  - Alert at hospital after baby snatch PAUL WEE By THE Singapore Genera! Hospital has alerted its staff to keep a look-out for would-be child snatchers following the abduction of a baby from one of its wards on New Year's Day. The hospital is also taking steps to tighten security at
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    Lock icon Governor shot dead
    45 1 MADRID, Wed. The military governor of Madrid died in hospital after being shot by gunmen outside his home today, official source* said. Major-general Constantino Ortin Gil was hit by four bullets as he^tepped out of his on. Si a 1 car. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Asean, EEC talks on industries
    135 1 BANGKOK, Wednesday THE second conference on industrial cooperation between Asean and the European Economic Community (EEC) will be held in Jakarta from Feb 26-28, according to the secretary-general of the Thailand Board of Investments. Mr Somporn Punyagupta told reporters here yesterday that the conference will
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    Lock icon Haig to quit
    50 1 CASTEAU. (Belgium). Wed. US Oeneral Alexander Haig. Nato's supreme commander In Europe, announced today he would resign on June 30 Gen Haig. who has been rumoured as a possible Republican presidential candidate, told a news conference he had no plans at present to go into politics. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Africa trip
    30 1 HONOKONO. Wed. Chinese Vice-Premier Li Hslennien and his party left Peking today for an official visit to Tanzania. Mozambique. Zambia and Zaire, the Hsinhua news agency said. UPI.
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    Lock icon 20 hurt in rail crash
    53 1 BENGAM (Johore). Wed. Twenty people were injured, three of them seriously, when the Kuala Lumpur-bound night mall train Jumped the rails and collided with a stationary goods train in Rencam last night. All the injured wtre taken to the district hospital. Three were warded. Renter.
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    Lock icon Kriangsak to visit Laos
    66 1 BANGKOK. Wed Thai Prune Minister Kriangsak Chomanan eoes to Laos tomorrow for a three-day official visit marking the latest phase of his overall policy of improving relations with all Thailand's neighbours. It will be the first visit General Kriangsak has paid to communist Indochina since taking
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    Lock icon Baktiar takes over in Iran
    561 1 Baktiar takes over in Iran TEMERAN, Wednesday IRAN's Parliament today accented the Domination of former opposition politician Shapur Baktiar as the country's next Premier, paving the way for his official appointment by the Shah in the next few days. Dr Baktiar has already drawn up most of his cabinet list,
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    Full-day school for some in 1980
    385 1 Full-day school for some in 1980 FULL-DAY schooling will be introduced as a pilot project in selected secondary schools in 1980, the Education Minister, Mr Chua Sian Chin, says in his addendum to the Presidential speech at the opening of Parliament last week. This is to allow a more thorough
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    Lock icon Less crime in Manila
    69 1 MANILA. Wed Philip pine police today reported a sharp decline in crime incidents in Metropolitan Manila from 75 1» per cent uf the national total m 1971 to 29.7 per cent last year. Major-Oeneral Fidel Ramos who is director-general of the national police, reported that the
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      243 1 'BRIGHT ONES NOT ALWAYS FROM RICH HOMES' Page 9 Ys -SOVIITS heading for a clash' CHINA gets new chief of propaganda 4 TRANSIENT, daycare scheme for aged under study 6 ■MALAY flat dwellers do gather together' 7 REVISED system to minimise wastages in schools X SEWAGE leak dampens life for
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  • AROUND THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Japanese unhappy with govt: Poll
      180 2 Japanese unhappy with govt: Poll TOKYO. Wed The Japanese people are strongly dissatisfied with government today but they do not want major chance ta the political system, according to a public opinion poll of the mass-circulation national daily Asaht Shimbun published today A total of (1 per cent of the
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      Lock icon STRIKING STEEL WORKERS STORM CITY HALL
      132 2 MUELHEIM (West Germany), Wed. Angry workers stormed Muelheim's city hall today where trade union officials announced that they would resume negotiations in an attempt to settle West Germany s steel strike.now in its fifth week. About 400 hundred workers, who had waited in snow
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      Lock icon SENATOR WARNER SWORN IN
      61 2 WITH klB trtnw wile KllmkfU T»ytor htHlig tke Bible, RepaMleM J«ka Winer take* tke Mtk af «fflc« m 11i|M|-| a«w ■>— tir la Btdunaad Taeatey. Retfftag SeasUr WllUam Se*tt rerigMri «U> mriler te glv« Mr Wuwr •mbc MMtority «ver ather tBr*mlag fiirtiim ton. Mis* T»yl«r married
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      Lock icon More smoke in southern Vietnam
      80 2 More smoke in southern Vietnam HONGKONG. Wed. There is more smoke in southern Vietnam than meets the socialist plan, Hanoi's official Vietnam news agency reported yesterday. The dispatrh monitored in Hongkong said "the southern cigarette complex fulfilled its 1978 plan on Dec 25 with 150 million packs of cigarettes, 24
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      Lock icon Airline chief
      28 2 ISLAMABAD. Wed. Mr Enver Jamal has been appointed chairman of Pakistan International Airlines to replace retired Air Marshal Malik Nur Khan, the Defence Ministry said. Reuter.
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      Lock icon US, Soviets 'heading for a clash'
      306 2 rNatural resources at stake THERE is an increasing danger that the United States and the Soviet Union could be dragged into a Third World conflict where access to natural resources is at stake, according to US Secretary of Defence Harold Brown. The Washington Post
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      Lock icon FINANCIAL TIMES' BID FOR EUROPE, U.S.MARTS
      152 2 LONDON, Wed. Britain's financial and business daily the Financial Times, yesterday launched a major bid to capture markets in Europe and the United States "The pink newspaper," as it was called, from the co- lour of its newsprint, was printed on Monday for the
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      Lock icon Volks' new car a hit in US
      116 2 Volks' new car a hit in US DETROIT, Wed. Volkswagen of America sold more cars in mid-December than third-ranking American Motors Corporation (AMC), while overall US car sales fell 3.9 per cent, the industry reported yesterday. It was the first time since Volkswagen started building subcompact Rabbits in this country
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      Lock icon UN envoy for talks
      73 2 UNITED NATIONS. Wed. UN Secretary-General Kurt Wald helm's representative for Namibia Martti Ahtlsaari will go to Pretoria next week for talks with South African leaders at their request. UN sources said here yesterday. The sources said Mr Ahtisaari's mission would be aimed ai clarifying some points
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      Lock icon Growth drops
      44 2 MANILA. Wed. A nearly 10 billion peso <S*3 3 billion) trade deficit and reduced agricultural production pulled down the Philippines' economic growth In 1378 to 5.8 per cent from Its 6.3 per cent rate in 1977, says a yearend government report. UPI.
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      Lock icon Parking offenders get away with it
      122 2 Parking offenders get away with it SAN FRANCISCO, Wed. Parking ticket offenders are smiling in San Francisco: the city cannot tow away illegally parked cars because its new towing contractor reportedly has only two tow trucks, both unlicensed. Police Sgt Edgar Emil said no cars will be towed for illegal
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      THIEF PRAYED WITH INTENDED VICTIM
      120 2 MELBOURNE, Wed. Aa arises! barguu-, fraated with the kaaseewMr dartag a hreak-ia ■ere, eaaea ay arayiag with hto lateasM vtettm aad fleeimg empty hiaded, aatteesaM. Deetrleiaa Peter Lyaeh waaea »y aaiaea aecaated the HMked latnder aa the stain af Us aaaae, he ssia yjstorday. "I
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      Lock icon Guerillas tunnel into base to steal arms
      178 2 Guerillas tunnel into base to steal arms BOGOTA, Wed. Leftist guerillas yesterdayclaimed they tunnelled more than 80 metres into one of Colombia's major army bases during the new year weekend and stole 5,000 weapons ranging from pistols to mortars and bazookas. The Defence Ministry said top officials of the armed
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      Lock icon Fraser raps EEC for "subsidise and dump' policy
      216 2 Fraser raps EEC for "subsidise and dump' policy WASHING i ON, Wednesday AUSTRALIAN Premier Malcolm Fraser said yesterday that Western European countries are encouraging high farm production through subsidies and dumping the resulting surpluses abroad at low prices. His charge was directed against the nine countries of the European Economic
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      Lock icon Cleveland to lay off 400 civil servants
      223 2 Cleveland to lay off 400 civil servants CLEVELAND, Wed. Cleveland defaulted yesterday on a US$5 million (SJIO.B million) employee pension fund payment and Mayor Dennis Kucinich detailed plans to lay off 400 city employees, effective on Friday, because of the city's financial problems. The city's inability to pay into the
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      Lock icon Heiress dies toasting the New Year
      69 2 Heiress dies toasting the New Year LONDON, Wed. Olga Deterding who inherited US$5Omillion (Ssllo million (when she was 10, died with a glass of champagne in her hand raising a toast to the New Year. The cause of death was not known Madam Defending, whose father founded the Royal Dutch
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      Lock icon Envoys meet
      39 2 BANGKOK. Wed Ranking American diplomat* from 16 Allan and Pacific countries began a four-day meeting here today to dlacuai general developments in the region, including the paMam of Indochlnese rr'.\tge*u. tBj 1 Sino-Soviet onflicl aad Aieaa. AP
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      Lock icon TV news plays big role in diplomacy: Study
      303 3 RADNOR (Peaaxylva- RADNOR (Peuwylva. ala>. Wed. TetevjImpartaat part af farH|th dlptamary aad Its eaverage af it Khaald be haadM likewise, acearalag to a Maaaarkasetto lastttate af Teckaalagy stady sa«aa«red by TVGaMe. "If tetevtstoa aews has bwogK a itage apon whirh lateraaMsaal maaseavres
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      Lock icon 'Saudis fed up with Carter'
      251 3 REPORT CITES GROUSES OVER FOREIGN POLICY NEW YORK, Wednesday THE Saudi Arabian Government is becoming increasingly disenchanted with the policies of the Carter administration, the weekly Mideast Report said yester^av This explains, in part, why the Saudi Oil Minister, Sheikh Ahmad Yamani. did not press
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      Lock icon 3 nations where life has improved most
      296 3 3 nations where life has improved most WASHINGTON, Wed Japan. Spain and Taiwan have the best records of adding to life expectancy and teaching people to read, according to a study published by the Overseas Development Council. Mr James Grant, president of the independent organisation, is pioneering a measurement that
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      Lock icon Art theft
      34 3 MELBOURNE. Wed More than 100 of Australia's best known paintings, worth more than All million ,SC 47 million > have been stolen in thr nation s biggest art theft, police said today AFP
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      Lock icon Ethiopians kill 13 Somalis
      77 3 Ethiopians kill 13 Somalis ADDIS ABABA, Wed. An Ethiopian task force in a mop-up operation killed 13 "Somali government infiltrators" in the El Kere region of southern Bale province on Dec 16, it was reported here today. The official daily newspaper Addis Zemen said two machine guns, five automatic rifles,
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      Lock icon TANKER BLOWS UP AND SINKS IN CARIBBEAN
      226 3 TANKER BLOWS UP AND SINKS IN CARIBBEAN SAN JUAN (Puerto Rico), Wed. An American-owned oil tanker caught fire after an explosion and sank in the Caribbean today with the loss of more than 30 lives. Survivors said many crewmen leapt into the sea most of them without life preservers after
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      Lock icon Seven killed
      28 3 PESHAWAR. Wed. Seven government soldiers were killed in Afghanistan's eastern Kunar province by guerillas opposed to the country's pro-communist regime, dissident sources reported here today.— Reuter.
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      18 Reds in Iraq army executed
      81 3 KUWAIT, Wed. The leftist Iraqi Government has executed 18 communists serving in the army, a Kuwait newspaper reported today. As Siyassa quoted travellers from Baghdad as saying the soldiers were executed Dec. 24 after being found guilty of conducting illegal political activity in the
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      Lock icon Pak talks
      31 3 RAWALPINDI. Wed Vietnam'i Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister. Nguyen Duy Trinh yesterday had Uiks »ith President Zia ul Kaq at the start of a three-day official visit Reuter
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      Lock icon Thief who fell asleep
      66 3 OKLAHOMA CITY. Wed. Police caught up with a 22-year-old burglary suspect when he apparently fell asleep on the job. Police said today that Paul Edward Debusk was found on Sunday lying face down on the floor of a car dealership, surrounded by an eight-track stereo, an
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      Lock icon Anti-graft chief held for graft
      130 3 BAMAKO, Wed. Mall's rullaK military committee has arrestod the head M the amtteaai laqalr> nomtastoa set last Pebnary to prsbe pssaiblt c»rrapttoa, abase aad lajastlee by tffleials arrested after discovery «f m alleged c*ap pUt. Cataael Joseph Mar* is aeeoaed «f rmbmlpnwnt aad r»rmptl«n. He
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      Lock icon Spaceship pump explodes in test firing
      271 3 Spaceship pump explodes in test firing WASHINGTON, Wed.— A pump in a test version of a space shuttle engine exploded during a ground firing last week, the Space Agency reported yesterday. The failure threatened a new delay in the ship's maiden orbital flight. Astronauts John Young and Robert Crippen are
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      Lock icon Israeli jets fired on over Lebanon
      130 3 Israeli jets fired on over Lebanon SIDON, Wed. Palestinian commandos fired at Israeli military aircraft which flew low today over two refugee camps and the port of Tyre in southern Lebanon, residents said. Israeli warships were also sighted off the south Lebanon coast, Palestinian sources said. Classes at southern refugee
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      Lock icon 'Churchill called for nuclear war on Soviets'
      291 3 LONDON, Wednesday WITHIN three years of the end of World War Two, Sir Winston Churchill urged the British and American governments to launch a nuclear war against the Soviet Union, according to newly released state papers. At that time, April 1948, the Soviets
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      Lock icon Devaluation
      31 3 KINSHASA. Wed. Zaire yesterday devalued its currency by about SO per cent, making one zalre equal to U50.65 cents (Ssl.4o).This is the fourth devaluation In the past two months. Reuter.
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      Lock icon 'Ransom paid to avert shelling'
      198 3 'Ransom paid to avert shelling' BEIRUT. Wed. Southern villagers today said that they paid a ransom of 1,800 Lebanese pounds (5J1.296) to prevent Israeli-backed right-wing militias frpm shelling the border village of Tibnine over the New Year holiday. They said the money was paid to the border regions militia boss,
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      Lock icon They'd rather go to jail...
      59 3 CHICAGO. Wed An entire village council went to jail rather than issue permits far 11 new houses to be connected to the local sewage system they said was overloaded. The six men and two women of the council of Carpentersville, a commuter village northwest of
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      JAKARTA BAN ON CHINESE BOOKS
      98 4 JAKABTA, W*4. TVIsdaaraUa Gcveraaaeait luw ha—Bi Ike Impart, Ml* ami 4iatribattM «f b««k», m>|[HiTi. aewspaprra mmi krackara prtaM la (-Blame raarmr lan, It was aaaaaaeed here tatey. TMae aad C— ptrttlvea MlaisW lUdlas Prawiro said the hu waa to help de\elop faasaMatM cultoxe aad to
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      Lock icon 27 killed in violence
      54 4 MANAGUA. Wed. The worst violence since last September's civil war has killed at least 27 guerillas, soldiers and civilians in two days of countrywide fighting, military sources said today. The deaths raised to at least 206 the number of killings since the war, which left at
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      Lock icon PEKING'S LOVE TO AMERICANS
      69 4 TUESDAY was "Lave America" day In Peking an the front page at the People's Dally, the Chinese Commnnist Party newspaper that far mare than 21 yean denounced the inited States. Aad, on wall posters, the message was of the lave of Americans for the people of
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      High-flying record
      51 4 UNITED NATIONS, Wed. The world's airlines carried a record 573 million passengers last year, in part because of fare-cutting, the International Civil Aviation Organisation said yesterday. Traffic on scheduled routes was up 12 per cent over 1977, a growth rate surpassed only once this decade, the UN agency
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      Lock icon 'Japan, China goods may delay Asean growth'
      198 4 'Japan, China goods may delay Asean growth' MANILA, Wednesday THE flow of Japanese and Chinese goods into Asean may delay the industrialisation of this region, according to Philippine Foreign Minister Carlos Romulo. Mr Romulo told a television interview on Monday night that except for Singapore, the other Asean countries, the
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      Lock icon Sideliners
      243 4 LOCAL planning authorities in this old Welsh market town of Brecon insist that property owners preserve the historic atmosphere so antique dealer Hugh Morris is opening a sex shop. The authorities rejected Mr Morris's request to convert his antique shop in this 6,000-strong town in west Britain into commercial
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      Lock icon Bus plunge
      47 4 SEOUL. Wed Nine people were killed when a bus without a driver plunged off a cliff into the tea in southern Korea last night, police said today The bus ran over the cliff edge when the brakes failed while the driver was relieving himself Reuter
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      Lock icon Press curbs lifted
      65 4 DACCA. Wed. Bangladesh President Ziaur Rahman today repealed a law restricting press freedom and allowed newspapers to print stories on any subject (or the first time since the country's birth in 1971. The law, passed in 1973 during the regime of former president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, restricted
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      Lock icon Black mayor
      35 4 WASHINGTON. Wed. BUck activist Marion Barry, who narrowly escaped death two years ago when a group of black Muslims stormed the city hall here, was sworn in yesterday as Mayor or Washington. Reuter.
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      China gets new chief of propaganda
      541 4 Hua's right-hand man sacked PEKING, Wednesday Sudden A CLOSE collaborator of Senior Vice-Premier 1 Teng Hsiao-ping has taken over the duties of propaganda director from Mr Chang Pinghua, a close associate of Chairman Hua Kuofeng. The announcement of Mr Hu Yao-bang's appointment was published
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      Lock icon China pulling troops from Taiwan target
      302 4 LOS ANGELES, Wed.The United States envoy to Peking says China has been pulling troops away from coastal areas facing Taiwan and putting them nearthe Russian and Vietnam frontiers, the Los Angeles Times reported yesterday. During negotiations that led to establishment of diplomatic relations between
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    Transient, day-care schemes under study
    729 6 Move to help the aged THE Ministry of Social Affair j is closely studying two proposed schemes to provide transient and day-care facilities for the aged at Woodstock Home. This was disclosed by deputy director of Social Welfare (General Services), Mrs S.C. Chai. in an
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    Amah stole $11,000 then lost it all at casino
    397 6 AN AMAH, after stealing from her employers, gambled away her 111-gotten gains at a Genting Highlands casino, a district court heard yesterday In the dock was Lee Slew Eng, 44, who pleaded guilty to stealing more than $11,000 In valuables and
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    SHOWERS IN NEXT FEW DAYS FORECAST
    130 6 SHOWERS IN NEXT FEW DAYS FORECAST SINGAPORE is likely to have a spell of showery weather in the next three to five days. A Singapore Meteorological Service statement yesterday said this is due to the north-east monsoon which is expected to strengthen over the South China Sea during the period.
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    On growth
    31 6 AN American cltniclal psychologist. Dr Dale Bailey, will conduct a one-dav workshop on Dynamics of Communication and Growth at Hyatt Hotel on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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    Course on unionism
    47 6 THE Singapore Industrial Labour Organisation (Silo) will hold a two-oav orientation course on trade unionism for newly-elected union branch leiaers at Silo Headquarters in Rutland Road from Jan 10. The course will be in two parts. Introducing the Union and Leadership in the branch.
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    15 th floor death fall
    57 6 A YOUNG woman fell to her death from the 15th floor of a block of flats in Gbim Moh Road on Tuesday. Relatives of the dead woman, Tan Mvi Kwan, 20. said «he was once admitted to Woodbiidge Hospital. She lived with her family on
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      186 6 VOICE, presented by the Novels of Jane Aus- i exhibition at 4th floor. the University of Slnga- ten by Dr Arthur Llndley Mandarin Hotel, from pore Choir, at Conference an English lecturer, at 10.30 a.m. to 9 p.m. On Hall at 8.15 p.m. Admls- Room D, English Lan- till Sunday,
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    Envoy's h wife conducts course for admin officers
    354 7 Envoy's h wife conducts course for admin officers THE wife of the British High Commissioner here hat become the only person to have conducted a written English course for administrative officers in the Singapore civil service. Mrs Joanna llennincs completed the nineweek course for IS such officers a key part
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    $10,000 for book prizes
    36 7 THE trustees of the Isaac Manasseh Meyer Fund have donated $10,000 to the Prime Minister's Book Prizes. Last year they donated 55.000.. The book prizes are for students who are effectively bilingual.
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    Library films
    32 7 TOA Payoh Library will screen three films on Korea Korea Land of Contrasts, Beautiful Korea and Revitaiisation of National Culture— at its lecture hall tomorrow at 11a.m. Admission is free.
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    For 3 months
    22 7 MOUNTBATTEN community centre will hold a threemonth elementary restaurant cooking course from today from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.
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    Malay flatdwellers still mingle: Sociologists
    359 7 'Kampung concept missing among others' MALAYS in highrise flats still maintain their traditional life styles by socialising among themselves unlike other ethnic groups who are influenced by an individualistic kind of life. This kampung concept of living In which the Malays cooperate and involve themselves
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    Grass-cutting by hospital servants is frowned on
    641 7 EVERY time a hospital servant is made to cut grass in hospital compounds, the government spends more money, wasting manpower in a labour shortage situation. And if this is not bae enough, the grass is also being cut at irregular intervals, says the
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    Supervisees moved to Seletar
    70 7 Supervisees moved to Seletar SOME 187 criminal law supervisees from the Ahmad Ibrahim Camp in Sembawang Hills Drive have moved to the former British army quartet s in Seletar air base. This is because the Ahmad Ibrahim Camp has been acquired by the government for development of the Ang Mo
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    $3.5 billion for govt coffers—up 12 pc
    238 7 $3.5 billion for govt coffers up 12 pc TOTAL revenue collected by the government for the financial year 1977/ 78 was $3,555 million, up 12.6 per cent or $399 million more than the previous year. According to the Audi-tor-General's financial report, the main sources of funds came from Income tax.
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    PLEDGE OF CONTINUING AID TO BOOST EXPORTS
    204 8 PLEDGE OF CONTINUING AID TO BOOST EXPORTS FINANCE Minister Mr Hon Sui Sen has pledged continued government support to enable Singapore exporters to put the Republic In the forefront of trading nations. He says this in a message in the new trade directory of the Singapore Chinese Chamber I of
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    Record number of first year places
    156 8 Record number of first year places THE university of Singapore will reserve a record number of 500 firstyear places in the Engineering Faculty for national servicemen for the academic year 1979/80. THE Education Minister. Mr Cbna Sian Chin, disclosed this in an addendum to the Presidential address at the opening
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  • Revised system to minimise wastage in schools
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      Assessment unit to keep track
      109 8 SCHOOLS will need to remain on their toes with the setting up of an assessment unit to see that they maintain comparable standards. The unit will define standards expected of pupils and provide assessment guidelines in all examination subjects at every level. By 1980 to
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      The Kent Ridge campus
      97 8 The Kent Ridge campus THE second phase of the development of the university at Kent Ridge should be completed in 1981. By next year at least one hall of residence should be ready for accommodating 450 students on the campus. Nanyang Unl v c rsity will recruit more high calibre
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      Threefold aim of system
      168 8 Threefold aim of system WHAT the education system strives tor is spelt out by Mr Chua wno says that In schools It will focus on three main areas: bilingual competence, Inculcating Asian values and a sense of national identity through both the mother tongue and English, ana providing a broadbased
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      Stress on basic concepts
      96 8 Stress on basic concepts IN THE teaching of science at the primary level, more attention win be given to the understanding of basic concepts and there will be a corresponding reduction In the learning of facts by rote. Secondary school pupils will continue to offer a mix of arts and
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      Centre a pilot project
      101 8 Centre a pilot project A VOCATIONAL guidance centre will be set uo in the new year as a pilot, project, which will serve as a perma lent display area for "ference materials and L formation handouts. In addition, guidance counsellors will be available for consultau )n by pupils leaving sch-ol
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      In-depth study by unit
      111 8 AN ASIAN economic research unit Is to be set up at the Institute of South-east Asian Studies for In-depth study of the investment and trade opportunities in the region. The Institute will continue to offer Itself as a base for regional and international research programmes on
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    Vocational training to be expanded
    641 8 SINGAPOREANS will have more facilities for vocational training as existing institutions are expanded and new ones built. Full time industrial training capacity will increase from the present 10,000 to 16.000 by 1981. when full-time commercial training capacity will be slightly over 5,000, says Dr Ahmad
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    Parliament to sit on Jan 10
    92 8 THE office of the Clerk of Parliament announced yesterday that Parliament will sit on Jan It. Parliament has also appointed the following as members of the Committee of Selection: Minister for Law, the Environment and Science and Technology, Mr E.W. Barker; Senior Parliamentary Secretary
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    Malay Pr 1: Only 67 pupils enter
    94 9 Malay Pr 1: Only 67 pupils enter ONLY 67 Primary 1 students entered the Malay stream which has places for 250 students In six Malay primary schools this year. Merlimau Primary School topped the list with 41 students, with nine each In Pulau Sudong and Punggol Primary Schools and eight
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    Bright ones not always from rich homes -CHECK SHOWS
    717 9  -  JUNE TAN By DO ACADEMICALLY bright students come from rich homes? Public Service Commission figures show that by and large they do not, and a Straits Times check i yesterday of 20 Secondary 1 stu- dents from two of the nine
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    Immersion classes: Students may be told today
    132 9 SECONDARY 1 students of the nine super Chinese-mediant schools arr expected to be told today where to to for immersion classes. This was learned jester Jay when spokesmen for some of the schools commented on a New Nation report that some Secondary 1
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    Pyrography technique
    50 9 MR CHOU Vi T,un. an art instructor at thf Singapore Boy's Home will demonstrate pyrography on .'Jaturday at the National Museum Art Gallery at 11 a.m. This medium in this Art in Action series achieves its characteristic effects through the careful burning of designs into wood with heated
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    Party for 200 newsmen
    58 9 Party for 200 newsmen THE Holiday Inn and Hagemeyer Singapore will hold a party lor 300 members of the presi at the hotel s Garden Ballroom tomorrow from (30 p m Air tickets to Jakarta and Bangkok donated by Cathay Pacific Airways as well as hi-fi sets cameras and other
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    PO for renovation
    68 9 MACPHERSON Road post office will be closed for renovation for three months from Monday. During the closure a mobile ix»t office will operate in the compound of the post office to provide facilities for the sale of postage and' revenue stamps, postal orders and stationery acceptance of
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    Woman who took 30 pills leapt to death
    224 9 Woman who took 30 pills leapt to death A HOUSEWIFE who swallowed 30 sleeping pills and lived killed herself the next day by leaping six floors to her death, a coroner's court heard yesterday. Lim Mci Wang, 54 made the fatal jump from the hospital ward the day after she
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    Police seek helpful cabbie
    161 11 Police seek helpful cabbie POLICE wish to contact a taxi driver whose pu-blic-spirltedness helped them to arrest a man involved in a series of snatch theft cases in the Joo Chiat Road area. The cabbie had taken down the registration number of a thief's getaw a y motorcycle at Tanjong
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    Sewage leak dampens life for the Hamid family
    281 11 THK family of Mr Abdul Hamid say that for the past year, they have been trying hard to keep their heads from being soiled by sewage water which leaks from the ceiling of their toilet. Mr Hamld told the Straits Times that
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    Thieves take $11,000 from 4 offices
    178 11 Thieves take $11,000 from 4 offices THIEVES raided four offices In the new Fook Hal Building in South Bridge Road during the New Year holidays and stole money totalling about $11,000. Police said the four firms were Tony International Company. Foong Sun Shipping and Trading Company, Angullla Oriental Shipping Pte.
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    Jail, cane for robbing couple at knifepoint
    161 11 Jail, cane for robbing couple at knifepoint TEO Buck Ho. 27, who robbed a courting couple at knifepoint at the East Coast Parkway Lagoon on March 7 last year was Jailed 30 months and ordered to be given a total of 20 strokes of the rotan by a district judge
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    Foundation fund at $550,000
    99 11 DONATIONS to the recently set-up Singapore Cultural Foundation have reached $550,000. The latest donors are Singapore Turf Club tsso.ooo>. Shaw Foundation ($50,000). Chartered Industries ($3O000) and National Iron and Steel 020.000). all to be made founder members of the foundation, and Prima Ltd (f 10.000). which
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    Varsity choir concert
    47 11 THE University of Singapore Choir will give a concert at the Singapore Conference Hall today at 8 15 p.m. Tickets at *5 S3 and 12 and donation 'eats from $10 upwards are available at the Cold Storage CX Tang and the Department of Music.
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    Mysticism talk
    48 11 THE author of the book. Mysticism in Malaya and president of the Singapore Institute of Planners. Mr ACS Danaraj. will give a talk on Mysticism and IU Effects, to the Lions Club of Singapore North at a dinner meeting today at the Hyatt Hotel at p.m.
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    Health talk
    22 11 PROPESSOR E.B. Montelro will speak on The Health of Singapore to the Nightingale Alumni at Phoenix Hotel tomorrow at pm
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      195 11 Straits Times Crossword U'ROSS 6 Name made by Ellis on ISJZtSUZ'JSi .j^ET'-k** a nar "sw Sr"= 12 Little boy gave vi some It Possibly the pony East pun? <6> lave the beginner 14 Matured old elm we chop- 19 Note played? <6>. ped up (I) 21 Going out to get
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  • THE Straits Times THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1979
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      HANOI THREAT
      377 12 SIGNS are increasing that the Hanoi-backed Kampuchean rebels assisted by Vietnamese troops are tightening their stranglehold on Phnom Penh. The Kampuchean insurgents are claiming they have encircled the provincial capital of Kompong Cham. If it falls into rebel hands, it would effectively cut northern Kampuchea from Phnom Penh,
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      PRO SPOKESMEN
      338 12 THE letters from the Permanent Secretary (Finance Budget), Mr G.E. Bogaars, to a number of ministries and statutory boards concerning public relations are recognition that the government's performance in that field leaves much to be desired. In recent years, most government bodies have appointed public relations officers. But
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    Catch as catch can in rush for sea territory
    604 12 I.uMXiN THE Beagle Channel dispute may serve .is an unsvaNon.il reminder n( th< amount of illwill .imone men that has been 1 1 rated by the new international fashion of sea ■raMMnj The MM little islands in dispute between Argentina .md
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    Third World blow for Japan
    749 12  -  KEVIN RAFFERTY Tokyo to rethink policies after defeat at UN By in London JAPANS RATHER brusque and certainly self-centred dealings with the Third World are now under urgent reconsideration in Tokyo's Foreign Ministry after the country was dealt a severe snub by poor Bangladesh backed
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    Lock icon Doubts about safety of foetal checks
    970 12  -  JANE BRODY By in New York THE ORWELLIAN scene of electronically controlled childbirth is becoming commonplace in hospitals all across the United States. Perhaps half of all American babies are being monitored during birth by machines designed to tell doctors whether the babies are
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    Birth control: 'Singapore shows how'
    508 12  -  MILTON CHASE By our correspondent in Washington SINGAPORE'S effective population control programme is a parable for the rest of the world. This was the thrust of a fiveminute segment narrated by top US TV newsman Walter Cronkite in the nationwide Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) prime
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    'Weak' recruit found dead at flats
    286 13 'Weak' recruit found dead at flats A NEW army recruit, described by a fellow recruit as "physically weak. "and unable to cope with some of the Army training exercLses. was found dead at the foot of a block of flats on his first visit home after his enlistment. Yong Vim
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    Piano recital
    28 13 GERMAN pianist Peter Sclim.iltu.-s mill give a recital at the Singapore rlilton un Pttday at 730 pm Tickets at 112 can be 'ought at the hotel.
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    Lock icon Fire—and whole village ready to evacuate
    286 13 Fire and whole village ready to evacuate AN ENTIRE village in K i m Chuan Road, off Paya Lebar Road, stood by for instant evacuation early yesterday when I niging fire, which razed a godown, destroying goods and property estimated at $2.6o million, threatened to spread and engulf the area.
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    On inventory control
    57 13 THE Department of Extiamur.il Studies cl the University of Singapore will cooduct a 10-lecture course on Inventory control and coat reduction at Buklt Timah Campus, from Jan IS on Mondays and Wednesdays from 7. 30 p.m. to 9.30 p.m. Application forms car. be obtained from the department
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    $2,000 for the retarded
    40 13 EXXON Chemical Singapore yesterday donated $3,000 to the Singapore Association for Retarded Children Trie cheque was presented by Mr HI Katmi. the company s general manager, to Mrs Franceses Lim. vicechairman of the associations appeals committee.
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    Traffic; signals for junction ready
    77 13 THE Public Works Department has completed the Installation of traffic signals at the Junction of MacPherson Road and Howard Road which will operate from 10 am today. It wiU help traflc out of Howard Road and pedestrians croulni; MacPherson Road The existing U-turn near Howard
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    $500 fine for woman who stabbed supervisor
    305 13 $500 fine for woman who stabbed supervisor A FORMER seamstress who stabbed her factory supervisor during an argument over the quality of her sewing, was fined $500 by a magistrate yesterday. Koh Choon Heoh. 24. was found guilty of causing hurt to the supervisor. Madam Oan Ah Kheng, 33, at
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    Vocal recital
    32 13 MRS Ell* Kiang Hwt and Mr Wong Tit Poo will give a vocal recital, organiaed by the National Theatre Club, at Singapore Conference Hall on Jan 15 at 8 pm.
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    Two jailed 8 months each on break-in charges
    138 13 Two jailed 8 months each on break-in charges TWO men were each Jailed eight months by a district judge yesterday after they admitted breaking into two offices in Joo Koon Road In August last year with three others and stealing a total of $2,351 in goods and cash. A B
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    'Spore traders have role in Asean commodity clubs'
    409 13 THE executive director of the Singapore International Chamber of Commerce, Mr Roderick Maclean, yesterday urged local businessmen to play their part In supporting Asean commodity clubs for sugar, pepper, livestock and animal feed. Speaking at a Rotary Club luncheon held at the
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  • TIMES CITY DESK
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      CLOSING PRICES
      1371 14 TH» last iranwrwd ready at Uw r tow oCbwMma on Uw Stock Exrhan«r of Wtnipiii i MMrtv compared with Utf prrvtoui day pncw lofrilwr with itTt hifh and io» Adju*t*d for *rtip/nffhu taturi ■F<TION ONE IMU -TRIM ir7*-7» Last Hk«a Law Cmmpmmy Hal* 171 IS Aetna S7 Km
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      Unit trusts
      315 14 SINGAPORE UNIT TRUST (Maaagan' artaw krJutl The Commerce 2.08 1.1* The Saving Fund 127 1.35 Spore Prof Pund 0.92 0.97 Spore Sec Fund 168 I.It Spore Invest Fund 1.20 1.17 ASIA UNIT TRUST (Mutm' arteai NfJul) Mai Invest rund 2.19 2.27 Mai Prog Fund 100 1.16 Mai Security
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      BUSINESS DONE (SINGAPORE)
      1142 14 BID and offer prices officially I mte<l and business In and reported to the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday with the number of shares traded shown In brackets In lots of 1.000 units unless otherwise specified All Times Settlement Contracts are quoted after the word "sett" Big
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      Government and corporate bonds
      163 14 4 1/1% 1/8/80 (250,000) (M.338 98 388) (1) 99.30 (2) 98 33 4 3/4% 15/9/80 (250.000) (99.658 99.708) 6% 16/4/81 (250X100) (99.758 98.825) (4) 99.75 6% T F 1/6/83 (250.000) 100 108 *****8) 6 3/4% T F 16/6781-84 (250.000) (102.306) 6% T F 13/11/84 (250,000) (100
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      KUALA LUMPUR
      1540 14 BID and offer prices officially listed and business in and reported to the Kuala Lumpur Stork Exchange yesterday with the number of shares traded shown In brackets in lots of 1 .000 units unless otherwise specified INDUSTRIALS AiinemeU Ale.m |l| IN A 1 ;.'H I" B ni.ii i|
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      Lock icon Guthrie-Ropel merger plans approved
      87 14 Guthrie-Ropel merger plans approved LONDON: Outhrie Corporation said the merger of its subsidiaries Outhrie Ropel and Kum pitlan Temiang Sdn Bhd was approved by Outhrie Ropel's shareholders at a meeting on December 29. It said Temiangs issued capital has been transferred to Outhrie Ropel while the purchase is being settled
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        Rises
        60 14 lerjuntal 4tfnum Corpn Xinlop E*t r h s C B C fe c Harbour •crIU Plant Eempu Ilftl Low >«n tings ■ab»r Merlin lime Darby C B "an Chortf 880 *X 380 *X 380 +8 3» +6 180 +S 530 +5 MS +5 ao +s 396 +4 348 +4
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        Falls
        18 14 long Leonf I Banking luthrte Securities I A T :arlst>erg 39 800 140 81 ISO 3SS -I
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        Most active stocks
        32 14 lime Darbjr Ity D»» law Par C L Kepong C B C ons Plant o b llfh 4 Low «04, 4M. 95. 82, 38. 33. 32. 904.1 4381 9S.(
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        INDICES
        43 14 BT Index: 1870.46 Industrials 348.38 Finance 823.19 Hotels: 274. 85 Properties 209.12 rins 1M «i I Rubbers: 525 28 3.C.B.C.: 31SM > F S Inrt 111 m 1884 02 348 88 823.37 275.37 209 49 157 03 528 71 318 75 117 ru
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        Hongkong
        329 14 HONOKONO: The market firmed slightly In very quiet trading and the Hang Seng index rose 2.66 points to 406.49, dealers said. •focdine Matheaon rose 20 cents to HKS11.70, Swire Pacific "A" 15 to $7.50, Wheelock five to $2.55 and Hutehi»on-Whampoa 2". to $3 97V,. while China Light fell 10
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        Stock options
        99 14 Striking prices of the options officially listed on the Stock Exchange of Singapore, the period, bids and offered prices and business done yesterday with the number of options traded shown in brackets. C«M Storage (March $1.80) (0.358 0.458). Hame F E (March $1.45) (0.278 0.355). lax-beape (March $1.30)
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        72 14 KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Government said it has lowered the total export duty on crude palm oil to M$353 39 per tonne from $363 46 effective from January 2. Export duty on processed palm oil was also cut to $444.36 from $446.47. Export duties were set on
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        GOLD
        298 14 THE kilobar opened at $15,530 in the Singapoie gula market yesterday, it was traded up to a high of (15.640 Delore closing at (15.507. Alter the morning London fix at US$227.15. gold was traded quietly around (227.00 for the rest of the morning session In the aliernoon. gold was
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        Treasury Bill tender
        41 14 THE Monetary Authority oi Singapore iMAS> Inv.tes banks and discount houses to tender for a total of S2O million 91day Treasury Bills to te issueu from Jan 8 to 11. Each tender must not be less than $*****0
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        COPPER
        36 14 LONDOV Copp«r prim on Tueid*y iprcvioui in bracket!). Wlr«*ir Ipot buytrs I7M 30 <IT72il). tellers (TNM K77JK.I Three Month buyera '7*4 HTHM). «ll«ra 1784 50 «I7»71. Mark. I UM Rarrlv .Irani tin I3 00<> lonnr.
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        Sydney advances strongly
        438 15 SYDNEY. Wcd.-Thf market continued to make tolld advances with old and diamond stuck* and especially BHP. again at the forefront dealera said. Coal miner Thieaa added 13 cenu to 12 S3. but turnofer was Ught, on the news of 1U successful Af21.S bid for the Queensland hydroelectric
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        New York slightly higher
        333 15 NEW YORK Tues Late strength In a few key Issues fueled a final hour rally that provided the stock market with a small gain in light trading today Stocks closed higher with the New York Stock Excltange Index up 031 to 53.93 and the Dow Jones
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        Amsterdam prices mixed
        221 15 AMSTERDAM. Tue* —Share price* closed mixed with a lower bias in quiet trading »tth 1'nUerer and Eoyal Data* 0 30 guilder lower each in otherwise slightly hifh Dutch internationals, dealer* said Van TTT- rose Hz KWMers and ilaiarken 1.40. AkwM was OH guilder higher. The company announced
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        London firmer on selective demand
        647 15 LONDON. Tues Equities gained narrowly on selective demand but market sentiment still over-shadowed by the Iranian crisis, dealers said At 3 00 p m the Financial Times index was up 1 4 at 472.3 having opened at 488. 8 Gold shares were marked up with
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        TIN
        229 14 THE Straits tin price recovered $1 to $1,821 per picul in Penang yesterday on an official offer ing down 10 tonnes to 230 tonnes. The overnight London market was steady at lower levels with forward buyers falling £45 to £6.815 per tonne. LONDON: Tin on the day lost £35
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        CLOSING PRICES
        30 14 Rubber Jan 3. Singapore Jan 232.00 cts (down 2.50 cts). Malaysia: Jan 235.00 cts (down 4.00 cts). Tin: $1,821 (up $1). Official offering: 230 tonnes (down 10 tonnes).
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        PRODUCE PRICES
        125 14 SINCAPORC MOON CLOSING MIICII PI« PICUL YESTEIt DAY. C*»nut Oil: Bu'.k JllO Mllen. old drum »H6 sellers, new drum Jll'l Mllcrs. C»»n: Mixed IIOOMI I'K Com. t?Ut buyer! PipHi: Muntok AST A white fob. 10O«t NLW t347| Mllers. Sarawak white fob. »«<t NLW f 330 ullera. Sarawak .pecimi
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        RUBBER
        610 14 OPENIN3 quotations in the Singapore rubber market, yesterday were marked do#n 1 15 cents In line with lower London advices and following easier conditions alter tne clo.e here on Tuesday. The market fell further on stoploss selling oners and reserve of Buyers, taking January to a low of 231.00
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        SSR and SMR
        114 14 DAILY GSR and SMR prices »t noon yesterday: ju Ttb RJl.g. (Camat MOD <F»iw»»« Mtt) Bayer* Belew B«y«« S«U» 88R 20 (1 ton pallet) 231 50 233.S0N 232 00 234 00N SSR 50 (1 ton pallet) 228.50 230.50N 229.00 231 00M SMR CV (1 ton pallet) 240.50
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      Shares climb on late buying
      439 14 TRADING volume at the Stock Exchange of Singapore was bolitered yetterday by two large Married deals la the late afternoon. The lint wm Air 1,2*8,000 unit* of Fiber Merlin on a delayed bails at M oenU. The other deal, also on settlement, waa for 423,000
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      K. LUMPUR
      361 14 A RESURGENCE of buying interest among a handful of the better-classed stocks In the late afternoon took the Kuala Lumpur stock market moderately higher yesterday. The late rally, which was undoubtedly one of the most encouraging In recent weeks, took the blue chip indicator, New Straits Times Industrial
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        NOMINAL RATES
        157 14 Interbank rates at 3 00 p in urrrnciri Nominal rates Smith* nUn Percentage quoted ynlerdajr (crosal parity chaace US dollar 2 lfiSO 2.1660 2.8196 Tt"HI Sterling pound 4.3990 4.4035 7.3169 4U.1J-. Hongkong dollar 45 20 45.30 50 61 10 ol Ms, .in dollar 98.15 98.25 100 'iG 1
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        ASIAN CURRENCY RATES
        178 14 ASIAN currency deposit interbank rates at at close on Jan 3. is Dollars (Spot) Offer Bid 7 days 12 3/8 12 1/4 1 mth 10 7/8 10 3/4 2 mths 11 1/2 11 3/8 3 mths 12 11 7/8 6 nuns 12 5/8 12 1/2 9 mths
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        Money market
        40 14 Closing interbank rates on Singapore dollar on Jan 3. Offr* DM Overnight 8 3/ 4 I 1/2 1 mth 7 1/8 7 2 mth.x 7 5 16 7 3/16 3 mth.-, 7 1/2 7 3/8 hoorc*: AtUcy Ptarcc
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        DISCOUNT
        61 14 RANGE of run offered by di< count houses on j*n 3 Ovrrmvht 4 11. Call deposit 4 1 I MM Buy Sail 3-Month Treasury bill* 4 11 4 3 Month bank bills T 7/1* 7 5/1) 3 Month CD 7 7/1* 7 S It t-Munth CD 7 .1 i
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        Minimum lending rates
        23 14 THE average rate at which Singapore banks are currently prepared to lend to their beat customer* is 7•« per cent.
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      Hong Leong may need to expand capital base
      684 15 Hong Leong may need to expand capital base MONO Leong Finance's ItMest offer for Singapore Tfnance Ltd is good news SFL shareholders but ''•nay require HLF holders to fork out more cash to lnrrease their company's esrpital base The document accomtfenying the new bid reveals (hat to comply with the
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      186 15 Supreme Corp's convertible issue SUPREME CORP BHD announced that Its subsidiary Johore Oil Palm Plantations Sdn Bhd has placed s M 53.135 million five-year convertible secured loan stock with bumiputra Investors through an agreement with a banking consortium led by Chartered Merchant Bankers Bhd. It said Interest on the loan
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      355 15 FUSAN FISHING NET MANUFACTURING said that Its profit for the year ended Dec 31, 1978 Is not expected to change dramatically as compared to the previous year. However, the indications are that the level will be "reasonably better". Profitability Is expected to be "much better" after the expansion
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    116 15 LIONEL MARTIN CHARLES Born 1905, went away to be with the Lord on Tuesday 2nd January 1979 deeply mourned by his beloved wife, Helen Charles hi* daughters: Muriel Jones, sons-in-law: Moses Gertrude Charles Charlotte Jungjohonn Heinz Bessie Charles his sons: Morley Charles daughters-in-law: Carol Hector Charles Be|inda Victor Charles
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      418 15 ***mm dlllf ■■HklF*M M bm BEHN, MEYER invites applicants for the following vanciesA) SALES EXECUTIVE Appliances B) SALES EXECUTIVE mmmt CTV Products. The requirements for the above positions are:1) Minimum academic qualification: Senior Cambridge. 2) Relevant experience in sales or Household or Hi Fi/CTV Products. 3) Below the age of
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      209 15 "fyuifpfifit (BRUNEI) LTD hove o voconcy for RESTAURANT MANAGER/ CONTROLLER DAIRY FARM (BRUNEI) LIMITED ore.seek.ng on experienced ond qualified Manager for o new development in Bandar Sen Begowon, Brunei, consisting of on Ice Cream Parlour, a 70-seot Specialist Restaurant and a small Specialist Food Retol Outlet The successful applicant must
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      2592 16 tAT YOUR SERVICE SECTION INDEX •l RATES vm ANNOUNCEMENTS it PERSONAL 22 Per word: 60 ctst Mln $9.00) tv rmiTIJARIFS I Per column cm: $10.75 (Mln. $35 25) 1A ÜBI U AftiE B N EMPLOYMENT I FOR SALE SHOPPING GUIDE II EMPLOYMENT ENGINEER (MALE) QueaWcetiona: Diploma holder In Production Engineering
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      624 16 A WELL ESTABLISHED company requires a) female general clerk, b) female telephone operator/ receptionist. OEC 'O' level, typing speed 35 wpm Please submit your full personal particulars with a recent photo to: the Personnel Department. P.O. Box 009 Kallang Basin Post Office. Spore 13 CLERK REQUIRED. Interested please write In
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      500 16 II EMPLOYMENT FEMALE MARKETING CLERKS c OCE O- level c Able to speak English and Mandarn c Able to type c Preferably with some working experience in Marketing Interested applicants pis ass can at: Teco Electric Machinery Pie Ltd.. M. Third Chin Bee Road. Jurong. Singapore 22. Tat SI MM,
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      465 16 JUNIOR OIRL FRIDAY inexperienced preferred. training provided from copy typing (30 wpm) to direct sales co-ordination In small establishment. Long hours expected Salary: $300 raising to $1,300 p.m.(Annual Increment: $50). Pleasant personality (aged: 18 25) and ambitious career comes first. Please apply with non-returnable photograph and telephone contact to: PO
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      756 16 II EMPLOYMENT We innte applications from suitably qualified candidates for the position ot: SECRETARIES The candidates should possess the foMowino, pre-roo,uisitos c A recognised Secretarial Diploma or equivalent and at least a tood 0' level with a good credit In English c Typing/shorthand speeds of at least 50/ 100 wpm
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      625 16 c) male* SUPREME DEPARTMENTAL STORE Due to further expansion, we require several EXPERIENCED SALESGIRLS Preferably with knowledge of Japanese language Attractive salary plus very good Incentive for the right persons Apply peraonaily to 2SO Orchard Road (nexl lo FitipatrKk's T~ a Boutique With Exclusive^ Clientele requires EXPERIENCED SALES LADIES Experience
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      576 17 II EMPLOYMENT 31 Situations Vacant c) Bairn* f XPANOSNG OROANMATION MALE/FEMAIf SALES REPRESENTATIVES Me espenenee isajawsd. warning 9»cciis«ul oppacaMs wan receive ion nusulim end treaepert IninmeJ paaapr rail personally UMt JO2 304 PEARLS CENTRE Ec Tang Ban Street 9 fiaiiM from II 00 s m *****pm EXPERIENCED PRODUCT SALES MAN
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      749 17 REQUIRED Experience indoor aalasmgn/ Saeaagtrfs on shift dutiaß at Bufcit Timah Plaza. Singaporo 21. Applicant, must be experience in Household wares. kitchen utensils and Electrical Appliances Please apply enclosing a non-returnable photograph together with a contact telephone number to Owen Road P O Box 75 REOUBan PART-TIME BALES on 15
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      723 17 II EMPLOYMENT WANTED EXPERIENCED SALES Assistants for established boutique Attractive salary plus commission Interested please rail personally at 2 8 Lucky Plaza. 2nd Floor WANTED SALESMEN PREFERABLY with driving licence, completed N S for direct sale Salary plus commission Only those who are prepared to work hard tel 284*850 Sharon
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      604 17 FOREMAN REOMNEO Preferable with 3/4 years working experience in civil engineering Age above 30 years old Interested applicants please apply with personal particulars, summarization of working experience and a contact telephone number together with a non-returnable photograph to The Manager. PO Box 119. Serangoon Road Post Office. Spore 12. 6ENERAI
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      694 17 I EMPLOYMENT BsC3^a^«^^^^^s^us^sßa^s^ssfßßa Bm BBal REOUIRED 2 TECHNICAL Assistants. Qualifications not important, preferably from V I to do manufacturing work and site supervision. Knowledge of English essential Salary around $150 to $200 Oood prospects for right persons. Call *****29 or come direct to: BE/9E. Blk. 3 Toa Payoh North for
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      867 17 BOOK-KEEPER Expanding International Freight Forwarder offers attractive salary to responsible Bookkeeper wlthmlnlmum 5 years' experience and able to tork independenUy LCC Higher Certificate required Interested parties please reply .Ist ing salary required to: S.T BOX ASO4OO. BOUTIQUE REQUIRES ADDITIONAL sewing girls Good workIng environment, meals 'tea provided Apply personally 9
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      673 17 II EMPLOYMENT WsM sslamtahad Tyre Manufacturer with good growth potential requires PRODUCTION operators IMb} 1) Age: 20 years and above. Must have completed full-time National Service or doing part-time National Service. 2) Must work 3 shifts Weekly change. 3) Starting pay: 88.40 per day. 89.40 per day (If completed N.S.)
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      601 17 SOC A SUBSIOI ARV OF NIPPON OR. SEAL INDUSTRY CO.. LTD. A leading International oilseals manufacturing Company Invites applications for Its factory In Jurong (SOC) for the following posts: 1. POLISHER/ ENGRAVER 2. RUBBER COMPOUND TESTER 3 TRIMMING/ SCREENING OPERATOR 4. METAL CASE OPERATOR 5. PACKER a Minimum Primary Education
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      568 17 II EMPLOYMENT TiGRSL DEPARTMENT STORE invites applications for the following positions: (1) FEMALE SALES ASSISTANTS I Age t8 23 yean) Qood Secondary education, preferably OCE Musi be able to converse fluently In English and a Chinese dialect Salary 8225 p m after probation (2) TELEPHONE OPERATOR/ TYPIST (Age 18 24
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      639 17 FTTZMmtHX'II POOD SUPPLItS BM UMfTID requires urgently For rls Jurong Wereheuee/Ofhce MALE CLERK (3 vacancies) Candidates snould meet with the following requirements c OCE "O" Level with a pass in Mathematics c Able to type at 35 -40 wpm c Must have completed National ServlifFor its Bukit Timah Plus Super
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      530 18 U EMPLOYMENT 31 llfrMtisni Vacant I) Qttmrmt level with al least 3 credits Including English Lan- Preferably with one to two years working experience as a Storekeeper Between 21 and 30 years of age Ability to type al least 30 w pm Willing to work on shift Surting salary depends
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      769 18 MARATHON Lf TOURNE AU OFFSHORE PTB LTO 1. DRAUGHTSMAN A Candidates must possess OCE O' level Certificate or equivalent with credit in Mathematics and Technical subject B Have a minimum of 2 years relevant experience 2. DRIVERS A Candidates must possess a clean class 3 driving licence B Be able
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      690 18 H EMPLOYMENT SALIS REPRESENTATIVES (MslsrFimrts) c Below a years old c With valid driving licence c Must be able to conuct and converse with Management Personnel TRAM«EI SERVICEMEN c Below 25 years old c Completed N S c Preferable with Electrical experience c Driving licence Appty with MSB rsmrnatli frapftt*S.T
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      882 18 SUMPSSN SINGAPORE PTE LTD IS. Owl Way Jurong Singapore M requires GENERAL OPERATORS (Mass 'F i m sis) PsywsMs. Salary SS9SO per day Male SSS 00 per day Female I SMR —iwsrci SS2 SO 3rd shift SSI M 2nd shift c Tree transport at pickup points o Annual, marriage and
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      686 18 II EMPLOYMENT WORKSHOP IN KATONO requires One Female Dress Cutter with knowledge of drafting Salary $300 $900 3 Sewing Olrls on piece rate, salary $200 $350 Tel *****1 WANTED IMMEDIATELY AN office boy Preferably Malay with or without driving licence Call Miss Leong or Mr John Tan. Cheong Lee Engineering
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      840 18 Well esUbllshed motor company requires urgently AN EXPE NRTMCEO ORtVt R Applicants must hold clean driving record Finn call YORK HOTEL has vacancies for the following posts: 1) RECEPTIONISTS o OCE O' level with credit In English c Above 18 years old c Preference given to those with working experience
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      875 18 111 VEHICLES A BOATS LATE 1970, MINI Cooper Sport rims, console box. new Ux $4,700 o n o View 262. Tanjong Kalong Road. Spore 15 LATE 1971 MAZDA Capella 1800 c.c 4-door, alrcond. sports rims. PARF eligible Excellent condition $6,500 o.no. Lorong 2 Toa Payoh. Blk 153. 1023E LATE 1t72
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      1027 18 YOU CAN AFFORD a car nn hirepurchase terms from Hong l.eong Finance Moderate interest rate Repayment up to 2 years. Immediate approval Telephone *****33 Permit No 1923 1 OWNER 1971 Flat 128 Coupe, cassette, paint/tyres new Showroom condition $10,000 Call *****91 $1,300 CAN DRIVE away 1971. Ford Capri Aircond. sport
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      818 18 111 VEHICLES BOATS 1974 COLT LANCER 1400 5-sperd. rles Showroom condition 111. WO negotiable ConUcl *****.1 Jessie 1574 COLT LANCER 1200 c c Radio' cassette, good condition $10,000 on o Tel *****9 1974. DAIHATSU LORRY registered mid 1975 for sale 2nd owner $8,000 o no Tel *****7 1974 DATSUN 120
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      746 18 A GENUINE BUYER rtejMn ta CeliiH. (iiil.inl Mini Clubman Honda i'mc *****47. Cindy (residence *****6) A HOUSEWIFE REOUMES Maid a 1000. Colt Lancer Oalant. ToyoU enroll i Renault 12. DaUun 100A Appointment *****91 -Jenny A HOUSEWIFE REQUIRES one economlcal car preferable Mini Clubman. Renault. Kscort. Subaru. Honda Contact 883.187 ANY
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      885 19 IV ACCOMMODATION A PROPERTIES SI ACCOrTtrTtOdStKHI VSCBflt e¥/ SffVBBW CLEBMNTI PARK SPLIT -LEVtL tl»Ht»ln» 3 bedrooms SI.BM. ttnlatiiii Immediate occupation Call PAA *****6 *****0 CORNER TERRACE HOUSE at Serancoon Oarden U> let Contart Tan Tel *****01 OIST IS ATTRACTIVE 1-BfD-ROOMED bungalow Large garden situated on elevated position Available no* for
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      647 19 BBS REALTY SERVICES TELEPHONE MI2JI Often Bukit Timah CHESTNUT avenue single storey Detached 4 rooms. 3 bathrooms, etc Garden 6.300 sq ft Furnished with air -conditioners $1,000/ pei month MBNUN PLAZA prime position, ground floor shop units Rent negotiable Asao otkor nouooe Bate avaeV atta THOMSON MLLS. 2 1/2-STOREV terrace
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      814 19 IV ACCOMMODATION ft PROPERTIES OMT. PC ARLBAMK split-level apartment with panoramic view. rooms, carpeted throughout Furnished $1,300/- Homer *****44/ *****7 OtSTJ BRAND NEW luxuriously furnished 4-bedroomed maisonette Swimming pool, tennis' squash courts $I JOO *****17 Miconn OIST CIBMBBLL PLAZA Exquisitely furnished high floor apartment with swimming pool 3 bedrooms/ servant's
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      651 19 TO LET t rooms Roae Garden flat, groundfloor unfurnished Tel Alfred *****8 VACANT FURNISHED ROOM for working bachelor District 16. terrace house Rent $190 Telephone *****47 52 Accommodation Wanted a) Houses REGIONAL EXECUTIVES OF AMERICAN CORPORATION require Several Bimgalnwi. Apartmenta T ownli oyaaa, fwnioliaoY Partly turmelved For 2 Vaan Laaao
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      559 19 IV ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES Located on elevated land tn Katong Luxurtoua apMt-lrrol houaoa noorthotoa MQnMual front and roar Prtvaea gardon Modarata prtco Prompt handing ovor of houee. FraohoMlanda Eaiy Instalment loons available Enquiries LUCKY REALTY CO. ITU 15th Fir, Far East Shopping Centre. Orchard Road, Singapore 9. Tel *****11 (12 lines)
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      660 19 WALMER DRIVE DIST 19 Sinfk *tor*y wmi-deUrhed bungalow 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1 toilet, vpante living big dining room and kitchen. Am: 4.700 iq ft Pric*: $118,000 0.n.0. MOONBEAM TERRACE 2'i storey new semi-detached I bungalow with roof garden. I 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, study, spilt level living I dininf
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      755 19 IV ACCOMMODATION A PROPERTIES c) Land DISTRICT Ift MARCO POLO Hotel vicinity Beautiful rectangular piece of residential land Ideal for one luxurious bungalow Area: 16.000 sq ft $22/ per sq. ft Tel: Greenacres *****a 55 Properties Wanted A BUSINESSMAN requires vacant land (residential/commercial) houses apartments for Investment Owners please call
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      695 19 7 ADJOINING STUCK) OFFICE UMTS OF MO SO FT. EACH Are Available For Immediate Sato) Or Rental. Have Panoramic Seaview And Ample Covered Carpark. Conveniently located And Accessible At All Times. INTERESTED CONTACT MISS TAN, 2920*11. I J FURNISHED TOWN OFFICE about 450 sq ft near Market Street for take-over
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      749 19 V SERVICES BUSINESS CROTHALL SUPREME provides you with the right kind of carpel shampooing and floor polishing services Try us today by calling: Andrew Jimmy *****4 EVERYTHING AT COMMUNICATE Private Limited The Secretary. Clerk. Typist. Telex Operator. Courier. Telephone Answering Service and Mailing Address Personalised, private and confidential 24-hour service
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      689 19 I MANGROVE LOGS AVAILABLE X). mm tons per month Pr*e U s $21 00 pt t ion Long term basis Contact *****58 ONLY $20 MONTHLY cujpplrte i telephone answering' mailing facillties/prestlgeous office ad- dress. Telex available *****0/ *****5 OUR NEW 200 grams butter cookies in red packing are suitable as
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      521 20 V SERVICES BUSINESS -^0 TV/Radw 91 Wanted •CSnatl Tf CHMCAI DAY Night WANTED SECONDHAND PIANO at V Ampli- reasonable price Any brand, any >»tl» Antennae Instal- condition Call 4****** £S"!L.2n!2-; (!u ir w(l wanteo to purchase satai rei *9»14S 44SS8S3 W(>o<l interested, please dial lIAM CNUAN EUCTRONK rue- *****7 3S-M.
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      666 20 VI EDUCATION A TRAINING ABU ORJVBJia SCNOOL Special Offer Hourly/Ouaranleed Courses 13. Selegif Road. Tel: *****7/*****7/*****6 BOS) DRtVsNG SCHOOL hourly and guarantee courses 221. Clemen reau Avenue (near Yaohan) Tel *****8.*****6 HOURLY 99.90 DATSUN 1200 fetch/ send The First Driving Centre. 449 Chanel Road *****37 LUCKY CUasfUTERJBED DRrVBM Highway code,
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      749 20 GIRLS! Jobs tn bsoomnQ hvdv tOQM tiiiiniMOimw i>— i Tho London Cwnbor ol Commvcv nl Induiky Prtvsto Stcrtiary's C*sflN*Ca>to V roooojnwd •t^wistfsOfiMsy SB ons of ww Mghsat qmWr aanrsi oCHnaMs TNa axsYninaaon ila oMy Prtvan Sacraißrial ExaYninaaon supanriaati t* rm Mmawy o< Educator Enrol rww sllhs ITC Our naxi fcjMm*
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      643 20 VI EDUCATION A TRAINING B a m| s f^t9Xt(iESKaoAoiMru| /IBJO9UKO r«)«i I ftg!"ym:gi»4»7 32ii*i| Al>9>lfS> PtlOC# ROOrW group cctmncATts m I IW9MIRI l»l STUO9IS 3-month course for Students/ School-leavers to be trained as Typists. Receptionist Clerks, Junior Secretaries. Clerical Assistants. Accounts Clerks 9»a+acta- Typewriting. BKpng, Shorthand and Of Ice Practice.
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      837 20 P**ci C*ntis Ciwmnrclsl »cnool the shorthand specialists Only three candidates In Singapore passed the 1878 LCCI Shorthand Speed Fxamlnatlon at 14* ■*jn. and a** *njo*m, MkM Oak iMj*»n cv M) Ofwj Wm DWfIV Out tmumn SOerthond Bsgsnnar. Cewm for school leavers/ office workers will commence train 5.1.75. Morning afternoon, evening
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      1172 20 VI EDUCATION TRAINING INTENSIVE COACHING BY reliable, experienced bilingual tutors for all subjects/levels Conversation also available *****2 '*****3 '*****43/*****00/ *****4 LEARN DRESSMAKBrO. Complete quick learning, metric method course Accomplished in 4 months. Tel *****8 Kathleen MATHEMATICS TUITION AT Bedok Moderate charges, improvement guaranteed. Ring Jenny (*****8) between 10 am to
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      536 20 VII TRAVEL I RESTAURANTS EUROTOURS TRAVEL PTE LTD offers THE BEST MOST RELIABLE SERVICE it AIRFARE TO BANGKOK -.MANM.A.. HONOKOMO TAIWAN TOKYO BALI JAKARTA. PERTH SYDNEY MELBOURNE N.ZE ALAND LONDON PARIS AMSTERDAM BRUSSELS FRANKFURT ZURICH ROME COfCNNAOCM OSLO LOS ANGELES NEW YORK TORONTO VANCOUVER MONTREAL and many many other destinations
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      779 20 WEST MALAYSIA HOLIDAYS 1) 4 DAYS GENTINO/ FR ASER'S HILL $145/ Dep Date 8/1. 18/1 2) 6 DAYS KUALA LUMPUR/ PENANO/CAMERON HIGHLANDS/ OENTINO $17S/Dep. Date 8/1. 15 1.22 1 3)5 DAYS KUALA LUMPUR PANGKOR FRASERS HILL/ GENTINO $170 Dep. Date 8/1. 15/1. 22/1 SPECIAL CHINESE NEW YEAR TOURS 1) 5
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    22 21 mtmoti 0 QEP.M.D DON CMK KNO who miitiil, Minn 4 1 i»7» "IniJ by parent*, yonngn breWMr. r»ltli— and Manda.
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      791 21 VI TRAVEL I RESTAURANTS 116 WtwrttoEat 117 WtwrttoStey f™ ■■■■■■■■■■■■•^••■■BBa, CMENO RESTMOUSE Double fimm MOO p m Group SS per day Dancing hall lor rental 107 Mi -Pnncr-f^H>m rim Parade *****6 M^SHr/ CLASSIFIEDS CMKSCMSM reach Q000MII HSTMUMn I OUi fir Hong Leong Bldg M an. xiomi 500,000 cANTONia cue** CKM
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      515 21 IN LOVING MEMORY OF P SALWARAJ TTY 4-1-77 Two years has passed since you left us so suddenly Gone but not forgotten by parents, brothers, sisters, brother-m law, sister in law. nephews A nieces I irrtel TECHNOLOGY INTEL Technology, a sophisticated I.C. test plant in Penang invites applications to fill
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      774 21 A WELL ESTABLISHED BANK Invttßs appfcatJonß I from experienced Senior Forex Money Market I Dealers to f* the foftowing positions: I A. CHIEF DEALER Bj The Job |k The Chief Dealer who wi be responsible to the X Manager of the International Department will be fully in charge of operations
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      853 21 BERJUNTAI TIN DREDGING BKRHAD (Incorporated in Malaysia! UNAUDITED MIKING AND FINANCIAL RESULTS FOR THE HALF YEAR ENDED 31 OCTOBER 1978 Half Ybbt Half Ymr Yaar andad enovJ ended 31.10.78 31.10.77 30.4.78 Mining results Output of tin concentrate -P'culs 37,093 41.200 82.267 (tonnes) 2,243 2.492 4,975 Average Penang price per picul
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      380 21 AUCTION SAfE Mortgagees Sale of Valuable Properties To Be Held At Ni.. .S8 Market Street On Wednesday. 17th January 1979 At 2.30 PM Particulars: I) Ne 44 Wee Me* Cftew ■jbbl v..r<»nt Possession Lot i:-4H Mukliti XXVII Area: 700.8 sq mttrew Title: Estate In-f^e simple Solicitors: M/s I.ee>, Woo Si
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      572 22 KOTA KINABALU. Wad DATUK Dzulkifli Abdul Ham id, a leader of the opposition United Sabah National Organisation (Usno), went on trial In the High Court here yesterday on charges of receiving and disclosing sec r et Information about Filipino refugees in Sabah.
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      347 22 Timber firms facing log shortage KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday TIMBER firms In Peninsular Malaysia are facing a serious shortage of logs and are looking to Indonesia, Sabah and Sarawak to meet the acute shortage in the timber Industry. Sources said many timber exporting and importing firms are making preparations to acquire
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      29 22 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Tengku Mohamed Talb. 34. former New Strait* Times reporter bejan dutv on Monday u Press secretary to the Prune Minister. Datuk Hussein Onn NST.
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      74 22 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed More than 16.500 head.- ol cattle have been destroyed by authorities since an outbreak of foot and mouth disease In the areas borderIng southern Thailand In October last year, a spokesman for the Agriculture Ministry said today. The government has paid about USt 1.75
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      165 22 20 hurt as XL-bound train crashes RENGAM (Johore), Wed. The Kuala Lumpurbound nicht mail from Singapore crashed into a stationary goods train at the railway station here last night injuring 20 people, three of whom were hospitalised. The driver of the mail train, Mr Mohamrd Zain Bujang, 53, from Seremban,
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      100 22 KUALA LUMPUR, ?ed. The Malaysian C wernment Dlans to rec. lit about 50 foreign docU rs this month to overcor c the shortage of doctors and specialists in tl c country. Deputy Health Minister Dr Sulaiman Daud said last night that an official
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      248 23 MELBOURNE, Wed. Australia regained their cricket pride here today by beating England by 103 runs on the last day of the third Test, throwing wide open the Ashes battle. The Australians took only 25 minutes this morning to hand Mike Brearley his first defeat as
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      137 23 CALCUTTA. Wed The West Indies clung on grimly during the 20 mandatory overs to draw the third Test with India here today after losing nine second innings wickets The game was finally called off in the second last over after repeated appeals against
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      238 23 MELBOURNE. Wed. Argentina's Guillermo Vilas scored a 6-4. 6-4. 3-6, 6-3 win over Australian John Marks in the men's singles final of the Australian Open tennis championships at Kooyong here today. In the semi-finals yesterday Marks survived two match points on his way to a shock
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      101 23 IPSWICH, Wed. English Football Association Cupholders Ipswich Town yesterday rejected an offer of around £500,000 ($2. 2 m) for England defender Kevin Beattie. Beattie was dropped from the Ipswich team last Saturday, but manager Bobby Robson said: "Beattie is not for sale and that is the
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      487 24  -  WILFRED YEO By ASIAN sportsmen, so the just-concluded Asian Games in Bangkok showed, are strides behind their western counterparts. But in terms of "scientific progress" the phrase being a blanket description for medical science, techniques, synthetic preparations and other what-nots that have surfaced in
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      82 24 KUALA LJMPUR, Wed. The Malaysian hockey team will tour Australia as their final preparation for the Junior World Cup finals in Paris in August. The Malaysian Sports Ministry, who are the sponsors, intend to coincide the tour with the Perth international tournament scheduled for April 20
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      93 24 BANGKOK. Wed. Thailand's former World Boxing Council junior welterweight champion, Saensak Muangsurin, has decided to retire following his defeat by South Korea's Kirn SangHyun in a title fight in Seoul last Saturday. Speaking to reporters here today, Saensak said: "I am planning to go into business. I will
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      121 24 TAURANCA (New Zealand) Wed- Bob Charles won the New Zealand Professional Golfers' Association championship here yesterday with a seven-under-par four-round total of 277. The New Zealand left-hander finished with a 71 which put him three strokes ahead of Australian Cuy Wolstenhobne. Simon Owen, of New Zealand, was third on
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      274 24  - S'pore lifters to get IWF gifts PATRICK By BASTIANS THOMAS AJAN, of Hungary, the International Weightlifting Federation's secretary-general has promised Singapore two sets of international competition weights valued at $14,000. He also offered to send films and colour slides of weightlifting greats, such as Russia's Vasily Alexeyev and Vaycheslav, and
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      315 24 been voted European Sports-per-sonality of the Year in the annual poll conducted by the Polish News Agency. Runner-up was women's high jump world record-holder Sara Simeoni. of Italy .and third tennis star Bjom Borg. of Sweden. BADMINTON Fleming Delfs. of Denmark, the top-seed, yesterday beat Peter Brandt (Sweden)
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      467 25  - Fandi in Cup squad JOE DORAI HARTLEY SPRINGS A SURPRISE By FANDI Ahmad, captain of the under- 16 Lion City Cup winning team, was last night included in the Singapore Malaysia Cup squad for the match against Malacca at the National Stadium on Sunday (7.30). The move by coach Trevor
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      518 25  -  A record field c' 90 amateur golfers rom nine clubs and 30 professionals will take part in the Cycle and Carnage pro-am tournament at Seletar today Jimmy Stewart, the former Singapore amateur champion who turned professional last year, is among the top professionals comi*ting in the
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      209 25 Pahang FA are in two minds KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Pahang are undecided whether to field Malaysian B team goalkeeper Lim Chuan Chin or state regular Redzuan Shamsuddin for their opening Malaysia Cup soccer home match against Kedah on Friday. Both players have been showing equally good form In training and
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    147 26 MADAM Lit LVI KlOW.CfCilii aged HI pu»d peacefully on 3-1-7* at 3.10 p.m. leaving behind ion Yea dteng Song, daughter! Yea Chew Sim. Yea Cheng Tee, Yeo Cbenf Sok. 3 ■oni-in liw. 1 dauchter-ln-law. 10 ■Krand aona-in-law. 7 grand dauKhtcn-m-law and 24 great grandchildren to mourn her loaa. Cortege
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