The Straits Times, 19 January 1979

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    14 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 1979 25 CENTS M.C.(P) No. 142/1/79
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    U.S. WARNS RUSSIA, VIETS
    701 1 'Don't threaten Thai security' WASHINGTON, Thursday THE United States has warned the Soviet Union and Vietnam against endangering Thailand as a result of the Kampuchea conflict, President Carter said yesterday. "We are very interested in seeing the integrity of Thailand protected, the bowtttl not endangered or
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    Lock icon Thai trawlers, caught in crossfire, sunk
    166 1 Thai trawlers, caught in crossfire, sunk BANGKOK. Thursday EIGHT Thai trawlers were sunk and several fishermen reported missing when a fleet of fishing vessels was caught In the crossfire of a sea battle yesterday between Khmer Rouge soldiers and Kampuchean rebel forces. i The Thai Department of Fisheries, which disclosed
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    New malaria strain found
    78 1 MANILA. Thurs. Soldiers fighting «s<nTiern Philippine Muslim rebels were down with a malaria strain that is resistant to Its usual medication of chloroqulne. the military deputy surgeon general said today. Lt Col Florentlno Marpa said, the number of afflicted could not be disclosed for security reasons,
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    Lock icon We'll hit back if fighting spills over KRIANGSAK
    552 1 We'll hit back if fighting spills over KRIANGSAK TOKYO, Thurs. Thai Prime Minister Kriangsak Chomanan vowed today that foreign troops would meet tough resistance if they ever tried to Invade Thailand. "If fighting in Kampuchea spills over the Thai border, we plan to resist fiercely," he said. General Kriangsak took
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    Lock icon BLAST IN JERUSALEM MARKET HURTS 21
    140 1 BLAST IN JERUSALEM MARKET HURTS 21 JERUSALEM, Than. A bomb exploded today in a crowded openair market in the heart of Jerusalem and police said 21 people were injured. The bomb was among a stack of cans piled up close to a fruit stall on the edge of the Mahane
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    Lock icon Anti-govt chief shot dead
    77 1 JAKARTA. Thurs. The leader of the Komando Jihad (Holy War) anti-government movement, accused of killIng two Indonesian soldiers last year, was shot dead while resisting arrest during an identity check, the Jakarta Military Command announced today Command spokesman Lt Col Anas Malik said Syarlf Oonzall was
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    Lock icon Delegates all children at this conference
    143 1 NEW DELHI, Thurs. An international child conference with a difference will be held in New Delhi this year all the delegates will be children. The conference, being organised by the International Union for Child Welfare, is to be held in November and will focus
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    Harbans Singh is UPF's man for election
    696 1 Harbans Singh is UPF's man for election THE United People's Front yesterday named its general secretary, Mr Harbans Singh, 53, as Its candidate for the coming by-elections. He will contest in Sembawang, the seat vacated by Mr Teong Eng Siong of the PAP. Undeterred by three defeats In the 1963.
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    Lock icon Thai forces seize food
    67 1 YALA. Thurr Th»i «ecurity farces have seized two food dumps after a clash with communist guerillas extorting supplies from villagers. In the southern province of Yala on the Malaysian border, a police spokesman said here today. The guerillas fled leavtog behind large quantity of unhusked rice,
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    Revised code of conduct for ministers
    584 1  -  IRENE NGOO By A MINISTER is now officially allowed to hold shares in a private company formed to hold family assets solely for the purposes of mitigating the effects of income tax or of estate planning. This new provision is spelt out in a
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    Aussies urged to delay new air service
    567 1 Aussies urged to delay new air service in Britain and other Commonwealth countries. A Command Paper containing the revised code, which has been submitted to Parliament, states that the code Is being promulgated afresh with certain amendments to enable ministers to: CARRY out their functions and duties according to the
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    LATEST FOUND DEAD AT FLATS
    48 1 LATEST FOUND DEAD AT FLATS A MAN was found dead at the foot of Block 34, Bukit Ho Swee late last night. He was identified as lim Ah Chai of Indus Road. He h believed to have fallen from one of the top floor* of the same block.
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      300 1 DEARER FOOD PUSHED UP LIVING COST Page 13 GRAFT makes comeback at port Report REFUGEE quota to increase? 3 PROBE Into "textile swindle" by HK traders 4 BIG arms shift to West Germany 5 STRIKE crippling British economy 6 POLICY to regulate production of pigs urged S AUSSIE fare plan
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      Lock icon Graft makes comeback at port: Report
      260 2 Graft makes comeback at port: Report 'SO DEEPLY-ROOTED IT'S HARD TO FIGHT' JAKARTA, Thursday CORRUPTION has staged a comeback at Indonesia's principal seaport of Tanjung Priok, where businessmen have to bribe up to 35,000 rupiahs (S$118) to have one document cleared by the customs it was reported today. Delivery companies
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      Lock icon Business as usual while on trial
      147 2 Business as usual while on trial JAKARTA, Thurs. An Indonesian property tycoon held on charges arising from a multi-million dollar corruption scandal will be allowed to carry on his real estate business while in detention during his trial, lawyers for Endang Wijaya said today. The company, Jawa Building Indah Company,
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      Lock icon 'Carry On' actor dies
      46 2 COVENTRY, Thurs. British comedian Peter Butterworth, former star of the "Carry On" film series, died here yesterday, apparently ot a heart attack. Butterworth, 58, found dead in his hotel room, had been appearing in the pantomine, Aladdin at the Coventry Theatre Reuter.
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      Lock icon Mail delay
      36 2 KARACHI. Thurs. Several thousand letters and some 6,000 other items of mail destined for overseas are lying undespatched in Pakistan's post offices due to a work-to-nile, the Associated Press of Pakistan said yesterday Reuter
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      Lock icon Alitalia profits
      50 2 ROME Thura. Italy's national airline, Alitalia, had a profit of about 11 billion lire (SJ2B million) in 1978. officials said yesterday. The airline, which pulled out of deficit in 1977 for the first time since 1970, increased global traffic revenue by 11 per cent, the officials added Reuter
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      Lock icon Hitler's cellar
      22 2 MUNICH, Thurs. The beer cellar where Adolf Hitler made his first attempt to seize power Is scheduled for demolition Reuter
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      Lock icon More aid for energy to developing nations
      154 2 More aid for energy to developing nations WASHINGTON, Itu*. Drvptoplßß ttiaj Will get nMre aM far eaergy pNjecta, Ike W*rM Baak «M here Wday. Laaaw la this sector ■■MM atuta US$l Mlttosj (Ss2.l« billtoa) a year brtwe«a wwati IMS. la the r*mliiK tfcrae financial yean, M all *r mtvml gaa
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      Lock icon AUSTRALIA TAKES SOVIET BIKINI DEFECTOR
      172 2 AUSTRALIA TAKES SOVIET BIKINI DEFECTOR SYDNEY, Thurs. Russian I bikini girl defector Uliana Gasinskaya will be al- lowed to stay in Australia Minister for Immigration Michael MacKellar granted permission today to 18-year-old Liliana Gasinskaya who defected bysqueezing through a porthole in nothing but a red bikini, to stay in Australia.
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      Lock icon Jakarta bankers worried by flight of money
      253 2 JAKARTA, Thurs. Indonesian national banking circles are concerned over a suspected money flight from Indonesia to foreign countries, notably Singapore, in the wake of the Nov 15 rupiah depreciation. To prevent such an outflow, national bank executives have called for restoration of a
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      Lock icon The biggest
      26 2 HONGKONG, Thurs Shanghai harbour, the biggest in China, will be modernised to top world standards within three years, Hzinhua news agency reported today. AFP.
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      Lock icon First copy of federal budget off the line
      100 3 MR JAMES Mclntyre, director o! the Office of Management and Budget, holding one of the first copies of the United States federal budget as It comes off the assembly line at the Government Printing Office In Washington yesterday. The budget for fiscal
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      Refugee quota to increase?
      257 3 US Govt hopes to take in at least 100,000 WASHINGTON, Thursday THE United States Government hopes to raise the quota of Indochinese refugees to be admitted later this year to at least 100,000 double the number arriving under the present scheme, official sources said yesterday. While
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      Lock icon S. KOREA, TAIWAN TO CUT TV EXPORTS
      169 3 S. KOREA, TAIWAN TO CUT TV EXPORTS WASHINGTON, Thurs. Taiwan and South Korea have agreed to cut back their exports of colour television sets to the United States by 40 or 50 per cent in the next 17 months, President Carter's special trade representative said today. Mr Robert Strauss said
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      Lock icon Sary missed at Peking banquet
      314 3 Sary missed at Peking banquet PEKING, Thurs. —The Foreign Minister in the Kampuchean Pol Pot Government, Mr leng Sary, was missing last night from a Peking banquet marking the anniversary of the founding of the "Kampuchean revolutionary army," suggesting he may have quietly slipped away from the Chinese capital. There
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      Lock icon Ministers do their bit
      57 3 COLOMBO, Thurs Sri Lankan cabinet ministers yesterday decided to contribute X per cent of their salaries each month (or one year to a cyclone relief fund. In November last year 1,500 people died and more than 800,000 were made homeless in a cyclone which devastated parts
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      26 3 MANILA, Tbun. Oil-rich Kuwait and the Philippines have agreed to open diplomatic relations at amtasMdorlal level effective today, the Foreign Ministry here announced. AFP.
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      Lock icon Love too serious for lovers in Peking
      161 3 PEKING.Thurs. Love is too serious a thing (or lovers, the newspaper Peking Daily indicated today. Young men are quite wrong to choose their brides because they are attractive or because they have money. Their "Ideological tovel and mutual understanding" is more important, the
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      Probe into 'textile swindle' by HK traders
      336 4 CUSTOMS officials in London are investigating an alleged multi-million dollar textile swindle involving manufacturers from Hongkong and possibly Singapore and other countries which are exporting to Britain under the Multi-fibre Arrangement (MFA), New Nation reported yesterday. This follows the seizure of more than
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      Lock icon China's new libraries
      49 4 HONGKONG, Thurs. China is preparing to establish nine central libraries of foreign textbooks. Hsinhua news agency reported today. These libraries, expected to open this spring, will house the more than 71,000 textbooks on science and engineering that China has brought in from abroad since OT7. AFP.
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      Lock icon More cancer?
      37 4 LOS ANGELES. Thurs. The cancer that caused doctors to remove John Wayne's stomach was also detected in his gastric lymph nodes and may spread to other parts of his body, hospital officials said yesterday. UPI.
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      Lock icon More riots in Ahmedabad
      175 4 NEW DELHI, Thursday PROTESTORS threw stones at banks, tried to loot one and set another ablaze as violence erupted again today in Ahmedabad, western India, over a work slowdown by bank employees, the United News of India reported. It was the fourth day of rioting in
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      'Most wonderful human being'
      97 4 LONDON, Thursday SID Vicious, the former Sex Pistol charged with murdering his girl friend, Nancy Spungen, in a New York Hotel, has been voted "the world's most wonaeriui numan Deing. In a poll conducted by New Musical Express, Johnny Rotten came second to his former Pistol's
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      325 4 TWENTY-POUR km south of Bangkok is the world's largest crocodile farm. The farm, begun in 1960, offers daily crocodile wrestling shows besides selling stuffed crocodiles and a varietyof shoes to visitors. UPI. TENS of thousands of Parisians arrived home late from work last night because a stray Alsatian dog
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      Lock icon Man arrested for arson
      69 4 TOKYO. Thurs. Police said today they had arrested a man suspected of at least 12 arson attacks in the past year resulting in one death and the destruction of property valued at 115 million yen (SSI.2 million). The man, who was not named, told police that
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      Lock icon Rolling Stones
      111 4 "People have been trying to write off its obituary for months, but now the new wave of rock and roll has received an overwhelming vote of confidence from music fans. In almost every category, from best group to pin-up of the year, the vote went to the new
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      Lock icon Travel time
      26 4 FRANKFURT. Thurs. A European trade union leader said yesterday, workers should be paid for the time they spend travelling to and from work. Keuter.
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      47 4 Country Club injakarta An Olympic-sized pool. You'd expect it in a country club. It's nice to get it in a hotel. HOTEL Borobudur J *>m^ INTEK'CONTINtNTAI JAKARTA- INDONESIA Hotel Pan aja ex Mai ««ttt There arc 20 other great Inter Continental Hotels in the Pacific and Asta
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      AROUND THE WORLD 4 'US must be ready to launch on warning
      12 5 AROUND THE WORLD 4 'US must be ready to launch on warning
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      Lock icon 'Carters given $8m loans'
      219 5 WASHINGTON, Thursday I PRESIDENT Cirters forI mer budget director, Mr < Bert Lance granted the Carter family's peanut business loans at preferential interest rates while he was director of the National Bank of Georgia, according to a report made public here today. These interest rates relating
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      Lock icon Jumbo runs amok
      59 5 NEW DELHI. Thurs. A circus elephant ran amok during its performance yesterday, dashed out of the arena, down a raa4 and across the border into Pakistan, police reported at Bishna, border town about 100 km north-east of Lahore, Pakistan. Officers said India's border security force had asked
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      Lock icon Man's 4m-year link to past
      141 5 CLEVELAND, Thurs AN ape-like ercatve Uut strafe the Savawuk* af Africa f««r milliM yean ag* has beea Idrnttflcd as the *4t*t knawn direct aaceator «f maa, anUir«poi*KiKta said U4ay. The ereatve, tabbed the Afar ape mas, walked upright with a homan-Ukr hody bat had the
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      Lock icon Big arms shift to. Germany
      446 5 EQUIPMENT WILL BE STORED FOR USE IN CASE OF WAR WASHINGTON, Thursday THE Defence Department is sending billions of dollars' worth of military equipment from United States bases to West Germany, where it will be stored for use in case of war. The programme, called
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      Lock icon Now Britain'faces coffin shortage
      90 6 Now Britain' faces coffin shortage LONDON, Thurs. The head of one of Britain's main coffin-manufacturing firms warned yesterday that his product might be in short supply unless striking truck drivers called off their pickets outside his factory gates. Mr Vie Fearn, whose company is based on the Isle of Wight
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      Lock icon Blasts rock London: IRA blamed
      242 6 Blasts rock London: IRA blamed LONDON, Tkirt. Twi m»J»r expiMteM nckt4 Ike Baat Emt ot LMdM Me la«t aljrhtffriHM J M fcteettves mM tetoy they were OMvtoeea IrWi RepahßeM Amy (IRA) "steeper" uit. have bt*m •rtlvfttari 1- Brltoii. Oh expieriea eaased m fire si tke Oreeawlek flamrks. Tfceseeeai Hew s*
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      Lock icon Treasury sells gold to boost the dollar
      248 6 WASHINGTON, Thurs. The US Treasury said today it raised US$329 mil lion (SfTIO million) by auctioning 1.5 million ounces of gold yesterday as part of a programme to bolster the dollar. It said one million ounces of very high quality gold was sold
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      23 6 PARIS. Thurs President Giscard d'Estaing and his wife left here today (or Bucharest (or a three-day official visit to Rumania AFP
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      Lock icon Strike crippling British economy
      373 6 LONDON, THURSDAY THE British economy was sinking further into paralysis yesterday as the road haulage workers strike forced shutdowns in the motor industry and a basic item like bread was increasingly hard to find in foodshops in some areas. The alarm was sounded by the manager
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      117 6 BREST (France), Thurs. The shovel and bucket are the best weapon against oil pollution on beaches, director of the Spanish Institute of Oceanology, Mr M. Turnay said here yesterday. Mr. Turnay, who headed a Spanish delegation to the local oceanographic centre, sak), heavy equipment used
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      223 6 Now. Immediate $1,000 withdrawals at 144 locations. That's right. You can now withdraw up to $1,000 from your Savings Account at any of Malayan Banking's 144 branches throughout Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei. Regardless of where your account is maintained. That's twice the amount you could withdraw before. Which is yet
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      67 7 The tall and short of it a11 SANDY AIM, wta« Is 2.3 metres tell, stendlnfc with Patty M»toMy (left) —i Jerry Mama (rlgkt), bath «f whim are lev tfcaa 1.2 metres tall, during a break la the OlmlaK of a movie on Tharaiay la Lss Aageles. Tke movie Is being
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      190 7 SECURITY Council members last night failed to reach agreement at a closed door-meeting on the text of a resolution extending the life of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon < Unifil) But a final text is expected to be completed in time for adoption at
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      Lock icon Freight cars jump rail
      63 7 LISBON. Thurs Two runaway freight can catapulted onto a pajarngtr platform at thr central railroad station here yesterday killing a bystander and injuring seven others. Officiate said the two boxcars slipped tree of their locomotive in a nearby rail yard and charged into downtown Santa Apolonui
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      303 7  - 'M-E pact 99pc ready' WASHINGTON,w ASHINGTON, Thurs. PRESIDENT Carter said last night 99 per cent of the issues in the Israeli-Egyptian peace treaty negotiations had been resolved. In a televised interview with NBC, Mr Carter said he hoped the remaining issues could be worked out through contacts at the foreign
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      159 7 KNESSET YES' TO $86m FOR OUTPOSTS JERUSALEM, Thurs. The Israeli Knesset (parliament) yesterday approved a budget of 741 million Israeli pounds (SsB6 million) for the improvement of settlements in the occupied territories. More than half the money is destined for settlements in the north of the West Bank area, the
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      999 7 STOREWIDE 2CKDISCOUNT THREE BIG WEEKS Bth Jan.-27th Jan/79 Prior to the ChinewNew Ytw when the impact of consumption It at the peak, we decide to give patrons 20% discount for three big weeks. valued patrons to greet you with best wishes for the coming W Lunar Year of Goat. I
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    Policy to regulate production of pigs urged
    440 8 Farmers' call to the PPD FARMERS yesterday urged the Primary Production Department to formulate a policy to regulate the production of pigs to help stabilise prices. They feel that only the PPD, which monitors the pig population in the farms monthly, is in
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    Charged with $60,480 fraud
    81 8 Charged with $60,480 fraud LAU PANG HOCK, 38, was charged ln court yesterday with cheating an Indonesian, Irwan Kafßlah of US$2B,OOO (8$60,480) by deceiving him into entering a Joint business venture which was non-existent. The business deal was alleged to have Involved, among other things, the buyIng of land In
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    Murder charge
    48 8 Murder charge LJM Lai m charged ln court yesterday with committing a murder which occurred about five rears ago. Urn, a Malaysian Is alleged to have murdered On Kek 63. ln Dover Road on Nov 17, 1973. He was remanded pending further mention of ha case next Thursday.
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    Two films on Korea
    36 8 THE National Museum will screen two colour (lima (or student* at Its prsmlsw tomorrow »t 10.48 MB. The (Urn* an, Soccer OioM (or Park's Cup and 2.000 Yean of Karen's Fine Arts.
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    Valuers' date
    22 8 THE Singapore Institute of Valuers will hold Its 16th annual dinner and dance at the Cathay Restaurant tonight at 8.
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    Four to six days of showers likely
    134 8 Four to six days of showers likely THE present spell of dry weather over Singapore is likely to be Interrupted by four to six days of isolated afternoon showers, the Meteorological Service said yesterday. This Is doe to the formation of a weak tone I Of unstable weather close to
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    Visit to aged
    46 8 SENIOR Minister of State (Finance) Mr Ooh Chok Tong, will visit the homes of needy and aged residents in the Marine Parade constituency of which he Is MP. on Sunday between 9.30 a.m and 1 p.m. and bring them ang pows and foodstuffs.
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    Day for senior citizens
    53 8 THX dlrniUll cltlaent' consultative committee and the community centre m*nfcgfment rnmmlttfm will bold a •onlor dtlatn day on Sunday at Calmiilli r^in*" l^"*^ centre. Minkter (or National Daveiopment, Tiw^ Kirn San who U alto UP (or CalrnhUl. will preterit ang powi to about so old ;olka
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    33 banks have paid NWC hikes so far
    176 8 33 banks have paid NWC hikes so far THE Singapore Bank Employees" Unloix has reported that 33 banks have so far paid out the 1978 National Wages Council Increases to Its members. The union had to refer to the Industrial Arbitration Court case of one bank, the Banca Commercial Itallana,
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    Husband who kept late nights...
    598 8 A COMPANY executive's wife, married here ln May 1968, told the High Court yesterday that between that year and January 1975 her husband habitually kept late nights despite her objections. Mrs Tan Swee Leong (nee Maureen Wilson), a sales and marketing executive, said during that
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    Aussie fare plan 'a move to kill Asean airlines'
    741 9  -  LEE KIM CHEW By A U STR A L I AS latest interim air fare proposals for travel to the Asean countries and beyond has been described by aviation sources as a calculated attempt to impoverish and kill airlines in the
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    NEW SYDNEY – LONDON RETURN FARES PROPOSED BY AUSTRALIA EFFECTIVE FEB 1979
    44 9 NEW SYDNEY LONDON RETURN FARES PROPOSED BY AUSTRALIA EFFECTIVE FEB 1979 COST OF STOPOVER ALLOWED ALLOWED OFF-PEAK (LOW-SEASON) «568 (*****0) AJIOOO (*****0) A5432 (SJ1080) 76% SHOULDER (MX) SEASON) »«70 (5J2175) AJI2OO (S*****) «330 (SSB2S) m PEAK (MGHSEASON) AJ99B (5J2495) ASI3OO (*****0) AS3O2 (5J755) 30%
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    RAJA TO GIVE TALK ON GLOBAL POLITICS
    137 9 RAJA TO GIVE TALK ON GLOBAL POLITICS FOREIGN Minister S. Rajaratnam, will give a talk in Kuala Lumpur today on the current state of global politics and his observations on the Indochina situation. The address on Old Maps in a New Age will be at the Faculty of Arts Lecture
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    Singapore invited to attend expo on oceans of world
    215 9 Singapore invited to attend expo on oceans of world SINGAPORE has been Invited to take part in an international exhibition and symposium on the oceans of the world in France next year. The exhibition, the fourth of Its kind. Is to be neld in Bordeaux, France, from March 4 to
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    Man on bribe charge sigiap concert
    145 9 PNG CHL A SENG, 47, was charged in court yesterday with bribing a policeman not to take action against him for committing a traffic offence. l*ng, a Malaysian to alleged to have corruptly riven $10 to PC Urn Lian ttenr in River Valley Road
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    Quota on coffee. pepper exports to S'pore
    177 10 Quota on coffee. pepper exports to S'pore THE Indonesian Government has imposed a quota system on exports of coffee and pepper to Singapore since last month. Exports of coffee to many other countries have also been suspended since last week. According to an official of the Indonesian Embassy here yesterday,
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    Man handed dud notes, court told
    389 10 A CASHIER supervisor's suspicion was proven right when a US currency note she was asked to change turned out to be counterfeit, a district court beard yesterday. Miss Wong Huen Tee of Hyatt Hotel testified that on Jan 12 last year at about 8.45
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    PLEA TO DEAD MAN'S KIN
    60 10 PLEA TO DEAD MAN'S KIN POLICE are looking for the relatives or friends of a man aged about 30 /ears who was found dead at the reclaimed land off Nteoll HUhway at 5.10 p.m. on Wednesday. The man, about 1.6 m tall, was wearing a black shirt and Mack trousers.
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    Hampers gift
    36 10 THE acting Social Affairs Minister, Dr Ahmad Matter. will present New Year hampers to recipients of social welfare assistance at Brickworks estate market at Block 6, Jalan Buklt Merah. on Sunday at 8 a.m.
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    3 CHARGED WITH MACHINERY THEFT
    102 10 3 CHARGED WITH MACHINERY THEFT THREE men were Jointly charged yesterday with breaking Into a Jurong factory, and stealing $137,000 worth of ship machinery. Mohamed Abu Bakai bin Abdul Majld, 25, a clerk, Ahamud Meeran. 29, a labourer, and Abdul Hadl bin Osman, 58, a security guard, were alleged to
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    Forum on the teacher
    71 10 THE Singapore Educational Administration Society (Seas) will hold a forum on The Teacher In a Changing Society at the DBS auditorium on Peb 33. Taking part wIU be Mr Eugene Wljeyslngna, chairman of the forum panel and vice-chairman of Seas; Mr Ooh Klan Chee of the
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    Careers in industry
    50 10 THE People's Association and the Industrial Training Board will hold a Career In Industry exhibition, from Friday to Sunday at Kallang community centra. The exhibition will be repeated at Whampoa community centre from Monday to Jan 34, and at Kuo Chuan centre from Jan M to ST.
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    On tim sum
    25 10 KIM Tlan community centre will won bold courses on tlm turn and cake-making, and a six-month children's art ooune at Its premises.
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    Lawyer leaves 3-page letter for wife
    369 10 LAWYER Chan Kirn Chye, 49, who was found dead at the foot of Maxwell House Maxwell Road, on Wednesday night, left a three-page letter addressed to his wife, Madam Fang Chooi Ling, police said yesterday. The letter, handwritten in English, was found on his
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    Quarrels with father led to suicide
    164 10 Quarrels with father led to suicide CLINIC dispenser Ong Ah Chlew, 20, who had frequent quarrels with her father because he objected to her wearing black was found dead at the foot of a block of flats a coroner's court was told yesterday. Ong's mother, Madam Khow Ah Chew testified
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    Unlicensed travel agency: Two partners fined
    245 10 Unlicensed travel agency: Two partners fined THE managing partners of a transport firm were fined a total of $4 000 by a district court yesterday for illegally operating a travel agency without a licence. Tan Wah Hal alias Tan Puav Seek and Tan Lay Oeoh of Sampai Express Service Agencies
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    Ang pows for the aged
    69 10 THE MP for Ang Mo Klo. Mr Yeo Toon Chia, will present ang pows to the aged at Ang Mo Klo Primary School hall on Sunday at 11 a.m> At 4 p.m. the Ang Mo Klo Residents' Committee Zone "E" will visit the Afig Mo
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    $9,000 gift
    31 10 THE Lion Chapter Carneglans Alumni Association will present a cheque for about $9,000 to the Singapore Leprosy Relief Association at its Lorong Buang Kok premises tomorrow at 4 pjtt.
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    Woman asked for a simple funeral
    144 10 THE day before Goh Chor Tuan, 55, was found dead In bed with tissues stuffed in her mouth she told her family she liked her funeral to be simple, a coroner's court heard yesterday. Mr Mok Lip Kiang testifying Into the death of his
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    Higher cost of living caused by dearer food
    624 13 HIGHER food prices forced up the cost of living by 4.8 per cent last year compared to 1977, according to the consumer price index issued by the Statistics De p artment yesterday. Food 'prices rose by 5.9 per cent and accounted for
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    Two cadets far India
    68 13 TWO Singapore preuniverslty 2 students have been invited to take part In India's National Day celebrations. Chan Eng Ann of Raffles Institution's National Police Cadet Corps and Ruffell Lim of Anglo- Chinese Junior College's National Cadet Corps will leave tomorrow and return on Jan 29. In
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    Pick-up skids and overturns: 13 hurt
    147 13 Pick-up skids and overturns: 13 hurt THIRTEEN people taking part In a funeral procession were lnjnred, when a pick-up conveying them skidded and overturned along; Jalan Ahmad Ibrahim yesterday. Five of them were warded, and eight were treated as outpatients. This accident was one of the three major traffic accidents
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    Improved life policy scheme for SCs
    147 13 Improved life policy scheme for SCs THE Special Constabulary has launched a new campaign to encourage special constables (SCs) to take up life insurance. Under the new scheme, handled by Great Eastern Insurance, SCs will be covered up to $10,000 for death, permanent disability for an annual premium of $18.
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    Spyros families to get second payment
    211 15 Spyros families to get second payment Donations are from accident relief fund THE Labour Ministry's Industrial Accident Relief Fund Committee is to mail Chinese New Year relief cheques to the injured and bereaved families of the Spyros disaster from donations received from the industrial accident relief fund. The amount of
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    Japanese trade team here an twoday visit
    249 15 Japanese trade team here an twoday visit A 34-MEMBER delegation from Japan Chain Stores Association arrived here yesterday morning in the course of a visit to the Asean region. Their visit is in line with the Japanese Government's policy to promote Imports from the region to balance trade, which has
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    Campus talk
    46 15 VISITING Pulbrtsht Professor OS. Sharat Chandra of the Unlversltl Kehongsaan. Belangor, will give a lecture on Approaches to the Teaching of Creative Writing at Room D, of the Department of English Tarmnse and Literature, Joint Campus, Buki t Timah Road, today at 4 pj&.
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    Promotion to DSPs soon
    66 15 Promotion to DSPs soon THE Public Service Commission is soon to interflew senior police officers for promotion to deputy superintendents. A police spokesman, who confirmed tbe promotion exercise, said the dates of tbe interviews are not yet known. But they are likely to be held some time this month. It
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    On problems of science
    60 15 THE University of Slngapon Extramural Studies Department wul hold a public talk on the Problems of Science and Technology In Asia at New Lecture Theatre I, Built Timah campus, on Wednesday at p.m. The speaker Is Professor. A. Rahman, chief of planning and head of the
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    Dance, music courses
    34 15 Dance, music courses ALEXANDRA community centre will hold course* In guitar playing, harmonic*, pianlca and cultural dances for this year. No dates for the course* have yet been fixed. Those Interested should call 641M1.
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    Flower display
    20 15 A FLOWER arrangement demonstration, will be held at the Whampoa community centre conference room tomorrow from S ,->. m.
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    'Indian ventures can aid chemical industry here*
    168 15 'Indian ventures can aid chemical industry here* INDIAN enterprises and organisations could set up joint ventures with Singapore to develop the local chemical Industry and assist in developing local entrepreneurshlp, an official of the Indian Institute of Technology, Professor D.K. Ouha said. Prof Ouha who Is attending the ChemAsla exhibition
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    $3,600 bursary awards
    68 15 CHILDREN of the Public Dally Rated Transport Workers' Union received $3,600 worth of bursary awards from tbe Union's president. Mr M. Nagamuthu. on Monday. The bursaries, of $50 each. were presented to 72 chUd-i ren. who have passed their Primary School Leaving S> amlnatlons to enable them
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    NEW TRADE BODY TO BOOST EXPORTS?
    95 15 NEW TRADE BODY TO BOOST EXPORTS? A SEFABATE statutory body, probably to be known as the Trade Development Ooivril (TDC), U likely to reformed and given th« task of export promotion, now the Job of the Trade Department. Trade promotion is presently only a small part of the work done
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    Nightclubs in quandary over Cisco decision
    466 15  -  JANIE KHOO By WITH Cisco standing firm on their decision to withdraw guards from entertainment spots, nightclub owners are in a quandary on the question of security ot their premises. Faced with the choice of hiring private guards who are unarmed, and bouncers who
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    Girl, 19, died after fall in cycle mishap
    166 17 TWO boys and a girl were whizzing down a steep slope at Sentosa on their bicycles when one of them crashed into the bicycle in front and somersaulted. Hok Chwee Mvi, 19, the girl, died of a fractured skull six days later
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    Five picked for training in Osaka
    58 17 Five picked for training in Osaka FIVE Singaporeans have been selected to attend a six-week course on factory management in medium scale Industry training in Osaka. The course Is sponsored by the Association for Owtrsov Technical Scholarship. A reception will be hejd at the Japanese Association in Scotts Road on
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    Good health campaign
    63 17 THE Senior Minister of State (Foreign Affairs) aad MP for Slglap. Mr A. Rat 1m bhak, will launch a monthlong campaign, Good Health Through Qood Habits, at Slglap community centre <>n March 3. The campaign will include a two-day exhibition, talks, film shows and an essay competition
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    Blaze destroys cinema screen
    166 17 A FIRE which broke out at the Palace Cinema in Katong yesterday destroyed the whole screen, Snt^m^h. 6'6 11«1 1« P;^h dljruptlng the 7.15 and 9.30 p.m shows According to the theatre management, there Will be no snows for the next three or four days, There
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    ON ROBBERY CHARGE
    82 17 POUR men were charged in court yesterday with robbing a labourer, Shamsuddin bin Suriman, of $9 and his sunglasses worth $17, at a car park near the Victoria Memorial Hall in Empress Place, early Wednesday morning. Hussein bin Deud and Lange Raggtnaled George, both 36. Abdul Malik
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    Johore fire causes haze
    4 17 Johore fire causes haze
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    Festive show
    22 17 THE Alexandra community centre will hold a New Year evening show at Tanglln Halt hawker centre tomorrow at 7.30 pit.
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    Charity effort pays off in more ways than he expected
    404 17 Charity effort pays off in more ways than he expected BANK clerk Winston Tan's efforts to raise funds for the National Kidney Foundation net ted more than he and his friends bargained for. His 45- minute musical. Happiness, to r alst money (or the foundation, paid off In unexpected ways.
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    Child portrait contest
    65 17 THE results of the 1978 Kodak Under 12 Child Portrait of the Year contest will be announced in the Jupiter Room, 18th floor, Apollo Hotel at 4 p.m today. The first-prize winner will receive the grand prize of five-day visit to Disneyland in California, for three (child
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    On swimming
    22 17 the ymca of Singapore will conduct a 10 ißlllon Intermediate swimming course from Peb 7. Tot further details, telephone *****8.
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    Suspects arrested soon after hold-up
    174 18 Suspects arrested soon after hold-up FOUR suspects were arrested by the police, soon after a couple were held up at knifepoint in East Coast Park at 4 a.m. yesterday? Mr Chua Kee Tong, 25, and his girl friend Miss Tan Xl Hwee, 22, were at the car park when four
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    MAN HIT DURING FIGHT HOSPITAL
    165 18 MAN HIT DURING FIGHT HOSPITAL A LABOURER. Phuah Say Lam, who was bashed on the head after he bad a heated argument with a man at Commonwealth Crescent at about S JO a.m. yesterday, died on admission to the Alexandra Hospital. Phnah, of China Street, who was recently released from
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    Three films
    39 18 on Japan TOA Payoh library's adult section will be screening three English film*, A Day with a Japanese Family, Gardens of Japan and Flowers of Japan, at Its lecture ball today at 11 am. Admission Is fret.
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    Recruit drive by Jaycees
    30 18 THE Singapore Jaycees will hold a pre-membershlp orientation for potential members at Singapore Hilton today at 7.30 p.m. Members of the public are Invited to attend.
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    'Language benefit from national service'
    187 18 'Language benefit from national service' MAST&RINO a new tongue has been a benefit national servicemen acquired during their national service. Parliamentary Secretary (Home Affairs), Mr Chin Ham Tong, also the MP for Aljunled. said this while officiating at a send-off ceremony for national servicemen at the Aljunled community centre on
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    Giant mooring system to meet refinery's expansion
    304 18 Giant mooring system to meet refinery's expansion A MULTT MILLION dollar giant single buoy mooring system is to be built within the next 18 months, to meet the expansion needs of the partly govern-ment-backed Singapore Refining Company (SRC). The system wUI help to more than double the production capacity of
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    Management course
    47 18 Management course THE Institute Of Management Services, Singapore branch will bold a court* leading to a Management Services certificate (United Kingdom) from Feb 10. Those Interested should contact Mr B.C. Llm ctel *****S ext 153) during office noun or Mr P. Chan (tel: *****7* after office hours
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    Police alert over stolen traveller's cheques
    384 18 SINOAPORE police have been alerted by Interpol that the West German authorities have reported the following unsigned traveller's cheques, issued by various banks, stolen from the He'delberg branch of the Dresdner Bank on Aug 2, 1978: Dresdner Bank (Prankfurt/RPA) 60 Deutschemark. Serial numbers 500
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      Lock icon Court puts off hearing on debate in Senate
      735 19 FENANG, Thurs THE High Court here today adjourned hearing on an application by Mr Teh Cheng Poh to stop the president of the Dewan Negara from conducting a meeting, held this afternoon, to debate the Emergency (Essential Powers) Bill. 1979. Mr Justice
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      Lock icon Lawyers blast Emergency Powers Bill
      312 19 KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday MALAYSIA'S lawyers have blasted the government for ramming through Parliament, an Emergency Powers Bill to legalise security regulations ruled by the Privy Council In London last month to be unconstitutional. I The Bar Council Issued statement describing the Emergency (Essential Powers) Bill
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      Lock icon End to free govt mail?
      68 19 KUALA LUMPUR. Thun. A plan to cut free mailing services for the various government departments and agencies is now under study, postal director-general M Rajaslngham said on Tuesday. He said If the privilege was stopped it could earn for the department about 118 million and
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      Lock icon Suspect's escape bid ends in sprain
      183 19 Suspect's escape bid ends in sprain PENANO. Thurs. A suspected secret society gang leader made a desperate attempt to escape from a police party by Jumping down from the roof of a coffee shop at Chulia Lane here yesterday morning. Unfor tunat c 1 y. he sprained his left foot
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      Big Indian Army reunion planned for Hussein
      236 19 NEW DtLHI. Thur* THE Indian Army has organised a big reunion for one of its most distinguished ej soldiers Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk K-j«seln Onn. Datuk Huiseln. who is paying au official four-day visit here from Jan 22 to 25, carried out bis
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      Lock icon Dzulkifli now faces graft charge
      266 19 Dzulkifli now faces graft charge KOTA KINABALU, Thursday FORMER State Finance Minister Datuk Dzulkifli Abdul Ham id (above) was charged in court here today with corruption over the purchase of a $4." million computer for Sabah The charge on nine counts under the Emergency (Essential Powers' Ordinance of 1970 was
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      Lock icon 5,916 teachers
      37 19 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs A total of 5.918 teachers will graduate from all the tea-cher-training colleges In the country this year, the Education Ministry's research and planning division director. Haji Ahmad bin Salleh said today.— NST.
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  • The Straits Times FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 1979
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      HUNGRY HANOI?
      359 20 THAILAND has maintained admirable calm in the face of the takeover of power in neighbouring Kampuchea by the Vietnamese military and their Khmer agents. Prime Minister Kriangsak Chomanan has said there is no need for "undue alarm" and he believes the Vietnamese will stand by their pledges of
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      NORM AT THE TOP
      361 20 THE integrity of a political leadership is often the crucial factor in determining whether a society moves forward towards progress, stagnates or goes backwards. For transitional polities, especially in less developed countries in the Third World, this quality the incorruptibility of politicians has played a decisive
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    31 20 4 We consider the USSR to he the truest great power for the cause of peace mad non-interference In the Internal affairs of others and peaceful A co-existence. Mr Amin.
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    56 20 6 It was the armed farces, brought over to the cum by the undercover work of Mr Amis, a Columbia I'nJversity-tralned college prigesssr, that overthrew the government of Mohammad Daoud last April and Installed the Khalq. And It is the armed forces that keeps the Khalq in power with
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    Those London cabbies, they are priceless
    530 20  -  KATHERINE WHITEHORN in By London WHEN visiting journalists fly into a city to cover a crisis or a convention, the first thing they all do is to talk to their taxi-drivers (about the only thing some of them do, actually). The remarks of these
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    Leftist Kabul has got the West vexed
    2281 20  -  BARRY KRAMER By writing far the Asian Wall Street Journal KABUL: "Call us whatever you want," Afghanistan's Foreign Minister Hafiztillah Amin says peevishly when asked to identify his regime's ideology. Ever since April, when Afghanistan's Russian-train-ed armed forces brought to power the Afghanistan
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      334 21 THE Aaatraiiaa-Aaeaa air tana dlapate baa aaswa ap the Aaatraftaa tieverame«t la very bad light. Altkaagh I arrsiaallj fed UM the law air fana taipslj will be a nap la the lea« raa, tab fam af pratoctsaaaam Is caaeeraaa aad sbeaM eat ar
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      428 21 I REFER to your editorial on Australian aviation policy (ST, Jan 12). In your call for action against the monopolistic Australian airline policy as followed by the Federal Minister for Transport, Mr Peter Nixon, the people of Singapore can be assured that they have
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      Selection o 'cream' approach too elitist
      422 21 I WHOLEHEARTEDLY agree with the views expressed in your recent editorial under the heading "Moving Ahead." The government's recent education policy and the sieving out of the "cream," based on academic performance alone, to be nurtured as future lead- ers for Singapore is too
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      Looking for contacts
      98 21 I AM professor of contemporary history of Asia in Naples Oriental University, and I am interested to contact students and scholars interested in social and institutional history of China (Ming and Ch'ing dynasties). So I would be grateful, if you would publish my letter and address. PROP.
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      765 21  - End of an era for Japanese workers MARK MURRAY Lifetime job security is no longer guaranteed By IN Tokyo THE SACK has arrived in Japan. And for a generation that has known little job insecurity, it has come as an unpleasant shock. It's a bit like a child finally discovering
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  • TIMES CITY DESK
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      GOLD
      193 22 THE kilobar market In Singapore yesterday opened at $15,918 and reached a high ol 815.988, before dosing at *15,533 In the Far East, gold upened at U*****.30 227.60. It moved up to a high of 8228.20 228.60, but some pro-fit-taking saw it finishing at 8337 00/227.80. Gold was fixed
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      Unit trusts
      317 22 SINGAPORE UNIT TRUHT (Managan' pries* for Jan It) The Commerce 2.15 2.36 The Saving Fund 1.34 1.41 Spore Prog Fund 0.88 1.00 Spore Bee. Fund 1.75 1.66 Spore Invest Fund 1.24 1.31 ASIA UNIT TRUST (Managers' price* far Jaa It) Mai Invest Fund 2-24 2.36 Mai Prog Fund
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      128 22 4 1/2% 1/8/80 (250,000) (***** 99.248) 4 3/4% 16/9/80 (250.000) (M.528 99.608) 6% 15/4/81 (250.000) (99.658 99.708) 5% T F 1/6/83 (250,000) (100.108 100.255) 6 3/4% T F 1&/8/81-84 (250,000) (102.305) 7% 1574/85 (250.000) (100.758 100 80S) 7% 1/8/86 (250.000) (100.658 100.806) 7 1/4% 16/4/88 (250,000)
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      KUALA LUMPUR
      1641 22 BID and offer prices officially listed and business in and reported to the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange yesterday with the number of shares traded shown in brackets In lots of 1,000 units unless otherwise specified INDUSTRIALS leant ,\am l»38) (2) 193 ill I »2 Al.i Hald 1 1
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        40 22 HONOKONG: The market closed mixed In moderately active trading after late profit-taking pared early gains, dealers said. The Hang Seng index shed 0.07 to 540.37 points. on a combined total turnover volume valued at $88.13 million. JAN IS HKS
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        12 22 TOKYO: Share prices closed slightly lower In mixed trading, dealers said.
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      Duty rates
      85 22 THE Malaysian Minister of Finance has fixed rates for the period from Jan 18 until further notice. Rubber 238". 2 cts a kg. Copra $1,173.96 a tonne. Palm kernel $955.75 a tonne. White pepper $4,801.67 a tonne. Black pepp«r $3,055.61 a tonne. The rate of duties: Rubber 52%
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        COPPER
        33 22 LONDON: Copper prlcea on Wadnesday (prtvtoua In brackets). wira»ar Spot buyers (834. 50 (f«2S>. sallera £825 50 (£828): Three Month buyers 1840.90 (£841.50), sallars £841 (1841). Market tan*: Steady Salsa: 18,200 tonnaa
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        CLOSING PRICES
        30 22 Bobber Jan 18. Singapore: Feb 233.25 cts. (up 275 cts.) Malaysia: Feb 237.50 cts. (up 250 cts.) Tin: $1,750 (down $5). Official offering: 190 tonnes (up 13 tonnes).
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        PRODUCE PRICES
        118 22 CHINBSB PRODUCE SXCHANUg, SIMUAPORi NOON CUIINi. PRICtI PIR PICUL VIIIIR DAY. Caaanut Oil: Bulk fill* aallera. old drum 8123 acllara. ntw drum »130 aellcn. Casra: ktued (loose) UK/Coot. »74 buy.r. P.p».r: Muntok AST A whit* fob. IOC-7, NLW »34ft sallars. Sarawak white lob. 98* NLW 337| sailers, Sarawak
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        RUBBER
        346 22 OPENING prices in the Singapore rubber market yesterday were about unchanged from Wednes day's close following lower London advices, dealers said. The market later rose en trade and speculative buying coupled with upcountry demand. Some profit-taking emerged at the highs to pare the gain slightly The morning session closed
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        SSR and SMR
        114 22 DAILY BBR and BMR prices at noon yesterday: Fab M»r MJLM. (Cmal Mthl iForwd Mtfc) Buyer. Mm Bnj«r» lailsf* 88R M (1 ton pallet) 239.00 231.00N 239.60 231 SON SSR SO (1 ton pallet) 230.00 2MOON 226 50 228.50N M.R.E.LB. SMR CV U ton pallet) 239.60 241.60N
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      BUSINESS DONE (SINGAPORE)
      1201 22 BID and offer prices officially listed and business In and reported to the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday with the number of shares traded shown in brackets In lots of 1.000 units unless otherwise specified All Times Settlement Contracts are quoted after the word 'sett Big Board
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      Mart stays thin and quiet
      406 22 QUIET and selective trading was still very much the order of things at the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday. Trendwiee, it was touch and go throughout the day. It would appear that during the current lull. Investors are separating the grain from the chaff. Part
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      K. LUMPUR
      380 22 PLANTATION stocks were again the outstanding features In an otherwise dull and lethargic market In Kuala Lumpur yesterday. These shares, In selective trading, received moderate Investor support to close with fair gains. Of plantation stocks, Kuala Lumpur Kepong and Highlands and Lowlands were most impressive. Both gained six
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      Money and exchanges
      194 22 THE US dollar opened higher at $2.1665 85 yesterday following the Bundesbank's claim that it has not changed its dollar support policy. Trading, however, was thin and quiet with the US unit closing little changed al $2.1665/70. Interbank forward rates at 3.00 p.m. 1 month 3.1632/2.1641 2
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      Minimum lending rates
      23 22 THE "average rate at which Singapore bantu are currently prepared to lend to their best customers is 7.75 per cent.
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      Sime to wait a year if Guthrie says 'no'
      732 23 SIME DARBY will wait a year before mounting another bid for Guthrie Corporation if its current offer fails. This indication was given by Sime's chief executive Mr. James Scott, in an exclusive interview with Business Times's London correspondent. Mr Gerald Colverd.
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        New York slightly lower
        269 23 NEW YORK, Wed. Late strength' of the dollar helped the stock market reduce earlier losses today to finish slightly lower in moderate trading. The dollar was boosted by West German assurances of continued support for the US currency Yesterday, the dollar fell sharply on European currency
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        Sydney market recovers
        282 23 SYDNEY, Thurs. The market recovered on renewed buying after two days of profittaking, despite the falls on Wall Street and London overnight, dealers said. Golds continued to benefit from improved international gold prices, especially Central Norseman which rose 70 cents to $16.50. INDUSTRIALS ACI 189 1 Ampol
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        Zurich shares down
        176 23 ZURICH. Wed. Prices closed lower on reduced volume with investors holding back following today's drop in the dollar rate, dealers said. The Credit Suisse index fell 2 0 points to 261.0 CLOSING PRICES Swissair Br 805 -3 ÜBSBr 3185 -25 ÜBS Reg 810 -2 Swiss Bank Br
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        Amsterdam prices easier
        136 23 AMSTERDAM. Wed Share prices closed mostly slightly lower with Akzo and Royal Dutch 0.70 guilder lower each in Dutch internationals, dealers said Robeco and Rolinco lost 1 40 and 1.30 guilders respectively, and HVA ISO. In the rest of the market declines were limited. Higher issues included
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        London stocks ease in quiet trading
        626 23 LONDON. Wed. The market closed generally lower in quiet trading, dealers said. At 3pm the Financial Times index was down 7.2 at 474.3. Industrial disputes continued to affect sentiment and government pnr|MMfiliT for tougher price controls were an additional depressant, dealers added Closing middle
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        Selected Indices
        64 23 FINANCIAL TIMES INDUSTRIALS Wednesday 4HJD Tuesday 4813 Week Ago 479.9 DOW JONES AVERAGE INDUSTRIALS Wednesday 834.20 Tuesday 835.59 Week ago 817.39 LONDON DOLLAR PREMIUM Wednesday 88. toB9 Tuesday 90 to 90"^ H X HANG SENG Thursday 540.37 Wednesday 640.44 Week ago 607.19 SYDNEY INDUSTRIALS Thursday 474.38 Wednesday 472.77
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      Offer by UOB extended by one month
      308 23 Offer by UOB extended by one month UNITED Overseas Bank has extended its offer period for acceptances by Singapore Finance shareholders. The offer lapsed yesterday but the bank has now made a one-month extension to Feb 19 the same date on which Hong Leong Finance's offer will lapse. All terms
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      544 23 (A Member of The Times Orgonisotion) invites suitably qualified applicants for the position of VISUAUSER We offer the opportunity for a creative Visuoliser, who is able to prepare and design all types of publicity material from concepts at initial briefing through to finished artwork and print specifications, to be part
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      755 23 i|Do|||su|| Business iW) ASSOCIATION Of SMGAPORfi THE INDONESIAN BUSINESS ««^^^^S> ASSOCIATION OF SINGAPORE would like to thank all tenderers who have responded to theii recent advertisement in the Straits Times for a media representative. GRAY A ASSOCIATES has been duly appointed to officially represent the Association in all matters relating
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      663 23 GOVKRNMKNT OP THK KKIM BIJ( OF SINUAPOKK THK PLANNING ACT (Cap. Nt, Iflt Kd.) THK MASTKR PLAN RI'LKS. ite N.ttw mm**r Rak It Notice Is hereby given that the following proposals for Alterations to the Master Plan were submitted to the Minister (or National Development for approval: (I) ReaMlag «f
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      765 24 I FOR SALE SHOPPING GUIDE 13 Hi Fi A Stereo RECORDS FOR LOAN) 5 day period. $1 50 per record. Noah's Sound Record Library, 217. 2nd Floor. Plaza Slngapura *****9. RECORDS FOR HIRE/ Sale/Cleaning Ecosound Centre. 228. 2nd Floor. People's Park Centre. ***** 1 10 am to 9pm dally 14
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      972 24 N EMPLOYMENT A WELL ESTABLISHED composite Insurance company requires One Claims Assistant with minimum 3 years experience and One Motor Clerk/Typist with 1 year's experience for non-life department. Qualification GCE O' level, preferably with credits In English and Maths Apply please state full personal parti- culars and salary expected to:
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      1007 24 MERLION PARK SIR STAMFORD RAFFLES Landing Sit* 163 Bfmity Salons/ Wl^ammmmWaW^^ Massage 1:1 -f ~*j «S EMPEROR HEALTH CENTRE 1,1 I esl most luxurious) Y..r I HMPfViMIMpMMJHMII Hotel. Mount Elizabeth Ring daily 1 1 am to 10.30 pm MaM^H /^ii^m^l SINGAPORE ACUPUNCTURE HEALTH CLUB CENTRE Acupuncture tuition J available. 104,
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      589 24 II EMPLOYMENT GENERAL CLERK REQUIRED Knowledge of office procedures preferred Experience essential Call personally at: Slang Hock Tradg Co 318 Jalan Besar. Singapore 8. Inter-Oecorators Co (Pte) Lid requires ACCOUNTS CLERKS Quahhcations LCC Intermediate bookkeeping c Experience In keeping a full set of books c Mature and capable Applicants should
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      628 24 REQUIRED URC.KNTI.Y CLERK /TVFtST c OCE O' level with credits IR< KnKlish It Maths c Neal and accurate typing of af least 30 wpm c Must be able to work inrtr"-' pendently Pteeee apply m centtdence giving fun personal detent, a passport site phetegrapn. contact phone number (H any) and
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      5007 25 AT YOUR SERVICE SECTION INDEX A Tefcjafceae Service LTtV;*; Jr h« vm announcements personal 284*4422 Perword 60ctS(Mln $9 00) TV ORTTTT ARIFS L__L_!_l_J Per column cm $10 75 (Mln $35 25) IA ÜBIIUAKILb 111 EMPLOYMENT I II EMPLOYMENT I EMPLOYMENT N EMPLOYMENT SINGAPORE (PRIVATE) LIMITED requires MAINTENANCE/FACILITIES TECHNICIAN c Preference
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      656 25 II EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCED PILING MACHINE/ CRANE OPERATOR required b> construction company in Sabah Must be Malaysian citizens Attractive remoneretions. For appointment, tel BJMBI from 7.30pm 9.30pm. Fashion Trading Co. has the following vacancies A) ACCOUNTS CLERK c Female, between 19 23 years c Completed LjCjC Book-keep-ing, c At least 1
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      593 25 IMMEDIATE VACANCIES FOR: (A) PERSONAL DRIVER I Able to speak simple English > Holds a valid class 2 and 3 driving licence with a cleaj) record 3. Owns a scooter 4. At least \'2 years of exptv nence as a Personal Driver (B) DESPATCH RIDERS 1 Completed Primary education 2
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      530 26 II EMPLOYMENT 31 Situations Vacant C*m*rmi LOCAL TRADE MATEB Of) 3RD CLASS GUNNERS Required to man harbour crafts operating within port limits of Singapore Applicants should call personally at: Tien San Shipping (Pie) Lid Suite MM. Mth floor International Plaza Anaon Roed Singapore 2 Tel: 221 1ttS(«Hnee) for an interview.
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      325 26 Due to massive expansion programme, we have varan-c-ies for 1) FEMALE OPERATORS eCompleted Primary education c Age 16 to 30 years c Singapore citizens and permanent residents c High salary c Periodic wage adjustments review after every 3 months. a Transport allowance c Attendance allowance. c No shift and microscopic
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      1040 26 II EMPLOYMENT aS has immediate vacancies for ACCOUNTS CLERK Candidates should possess a GCE O Level with credits In Mathematics and English Preference will be given to those with LCC Intermediate Bookkeeping Ability lo type Is essenSECURITY GUARDS (MALE ft FEMALE) Candidates should have secondary education with some experience In
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      605 26 II EMPLOYMENT SUMITOMO (S.M.M.S.) An established Entorpnee manufacturing electronics components requires Singapore citizens tor the toHowmg posts PRODUCTION OPERATORS (Male) O.C. OPERATORS (Female) c Age 16 -25 years. c Primary six education c No experience required. c Completed NS for male applicants. WE OFFER: c No shift worv toe fwnwo
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      657 26 requires A) COCKTAIL LOUNGE WAITRESSES CUM HOSTESSES Minimum education Sec 2 (English). Mutt not be above 25 years •nd have pleasant personality. Height 1 .62 m (5' 3") and above. Willing to work shift duties. B) ROOM STEWARDESSES Must have Primary 6 education (English). Previous experience an advantage C) SECURITY
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      1398 26 H EMPLOYMENT 1) FEMALE CASHIER a Able lo operate NCR Cash Register 2) MALE GENERAL HELPERS 3) STEWARDESSES Working hours for all posts will be from 3 p.m. to 11.45 pm Pereonei interview wM be conducted rrom 3p m to 9 p.m at SMGAPURA BAR S RESTAURANT (MTECLU9)) PTE LTD
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      1738 26 IH VEHICLES A BOATS ALL NEW. DATSUN Pickup. Mil subishl Pickup. Toyota Van Mazda Truck for hire. 621 Changl Road. *****35 EASTERN CAR RENTALS. I.alesl alrcon self-drive Dalsun I2OY Singapore or Malaysia tours al special price Tel: *****01/ *****38 EASTERN UNTTED^^^^^" RENT-A-CAR My from 92V fj ♦RENT-A-TRUCK My from Sty-
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      1817 27 111 VEHICLES A BOATS 45 Vehicles For Sale Ziebart: Proven Pe. lui.iKjnce the name to trust in the fight against rust QZiebart Tel Singapore *****12/3 A A Centre *****47 YOU CAN AFFORD I M on InreMsrclMM lerms from Hong l.eong Finance Moderate inle- j rest rate Repayment up to 2
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      1591 27 HI VEHICLES BOATS J BUSINESSMAN REQUIRES PRI- PROBLEMS SELLING YOUR se VATE < nmp<tn> vehir:rs in k iod condition Immediate payment Non-PARF also considered Tel MM BUSINESSMAN REOUMES VOLKSWAGEN I.M) Ford Escort. Morris Minor. Renault 12TL or any I good used car Call *****35 BUSINESS MAN REOUMES Mercedes Benz 200
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      810 27 I aaßaaaaaaaaaaaaiaaaaaaiaaiaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaiaaaaiaaaiaaiaiaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaKßn—^ V SERVICES ft BUSINESS I JEUMCSSE ET BEAUTE for your MP«/-4,.r«w snpnlific relaxing massage. r c ln fl' sauna baths, spotreduclng Removals Men's Department: 22 Ngee Ann Building telephone *****2 MANDAMN HEALTH CENTRE ALWAVt CARHICO MOVERS.' Mandarin HoU-l. 3rd floor MasSpecialism household/ office S" 1 S*"" 1 111
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      736 27 VI EDUCATION 4 TRAINING 101 Driving Schools ADULT EDUCATION BOARD Highway Code for Learner Drivers commencing 23 31 Jan 79. ROY will conduct Highway Code Written Test on completion of two weeks' course 10 Hours) Tuition fees 110 Vacancies for either Mon/Wed/Frl or Tue/ riius.it 7.00 p.m. 9.00 pm For
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      633 27 GIRLS! Jobs are becoming harder get you need better qualifications The London Chamber ol Commerce and Industry Private Secretary s Certificate is recognrsed inMrnationalry as one ot me i°*Qfwst QusMicßttons obtsinsbte This examination is trie only Private Secretarial Examination supervised by the Ministry ol Education Enrol now al the ITC
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      1129 27 VI EDUCATION TRAINING STAMFORD CENTRE EXECUTIVE ENGLISH A Certificate Course commencing: 3rd February 1979 Effective Communication in business management; positive qualities of effective written communication; human relations aspects; visual methods; use of conferences and meetings; writings of reports, Tetters and development of communication skill, etc. Courseduration 10 weeks 2-hour weekly
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  • IX OBITUARIES
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      142 Deaths
      125 28 I passed away peacefully on IS-1-79, leaving behind his beloved wile Chang Poh Lean, sons Lee Fook Shin and Lee Chee Shin, daughters Lee Yoke Cheng, Lee Nyuk Lan and Lee Yoke Foong, aona-m-law Kee Saik Khuen, Lim Kay Mm. Yin Ec Khlam, daughters-in-law Muriel Chua and Law
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      140 Acknowledgements
      178 28 THE FAMILY OF the late Mrs Martha Bateman wish to express their heartfelt thanks to all relatives, friends and priests for their kind attendance, condolences, donations and valuable assistance rendered during their recent bereavement expresses heartfelt thanks to doctors and staff of SGH Wards 23 and 12A and
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      144 In Memoriam
      130 28 IN LOVING MEMORY Of MISS CHAN YIT HOE who passed away on 19th January 1974 I o#>#ply rnisc#d by sll n#f mvml on#9 IN EVER LOVING ANO CHERISHED MEMORY OF OUR BELOVED RAJINDERPAL KAUR (NINDM) DEPARTED 19 171 One year today, we never knew the sadness the
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      719 28 VN TRAVEL A RESTAURANTS I' "D USAHA EXPRESS TRANS UNIVERSAL PTE LTD lATA APPROVED AGENTS SELL ALL AIRLINES TICKETS ARRANGE TOURS TO JAKARTA. JOGJAKARTA I BALI. DAILY DEPARTURE G5/7. PEARLS CENTRE. 100 EU TONG SEN STREET. SINGAPORE 1 TEL *****55 STPB TA 300 111 Air Travel DCLMOej THAVfIS PTE LTD.
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      296 28 TOUR SUPER sMARTj BEST OF ASIA Philippine; /J»pan/Kore»/ Taiwin/Hong Kong/Bangkok U/?odiys **********680 XL $2635/***** 27/1 Alternate Siturday SAKURA FANTASY At Japan/Karea/Taiwan/ Hong Kong/Bangkok 17/19/21 days *****0 ***** $27 90 KLS266O $2760 J286 0 Dep 29/1.5/2 12/2.19/2. 26/2.5/3. 12/3. 19/3. EVERY MONDAY SCENIC TAIWAN *****0. ***** ***** KLSI4M.SIS9O ***** Oep 22/1.29/1.
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      1030 28 VI TRAVEL A RESTAURANTS SEE EXCmNO EUROPE 7t BY TRAFALGAR/SOUTHBOUND/ I HOLY LAND/EURAM. VOUTHPASS BOOK NOW AT MTERNATIONAL AW TRAVEL AGENCY PTE LTD SPECIALISTS CENTRE Rm M7/MS. 2nd Fleer 277. Orchard Road TefcS7lS77 STPB BM TRAFALGAR 79 From 10 days 34 days Ewopean Spree Great European t many eitras in
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      846 28 VIII ANNOUNCEMENTS A PERSONAL LOVER MARRIAOE-AB Bureau CHINTAN ENTERMMSES CONFI- SPECIAL OWNCR/OANCE Meet assists you to get your friends. DENTIAL Introduces Friend/ more friends through PhoenU lifetime partners privately, partner. Singapore/ Malaysia Marriage Aid Friendship Club confidentially Personal genuine Write Crawford PO Box 748 Kree enrolment *****0 introductions guaranteed Call
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      1597 28 IV ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES ARVRTMENT HUNTING? I STOPHERE 1 A -Si^feJ 1 OWN A PRIVATE APARTMENT IN A CHOICE LOCATION AT A REAL REASONABLE PRICE Kimlin Mansion Off Grange Road A serene spot in an area exclusive for its impressive homes. Just minutes away from bustling Orchard Road. Apartments are 3-bedroomed,
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      1412 29 times friday properties PEACH GARDEN. LUXURIOUS 4 bedroomed apartment Swimming pool, maximum security Furnished unfurnished available RT( *****11/*****16 ■P~FUTURA. 3 bedrooms, attached I bathrooms, study, living I I dining snd separate I I servant's amenities. I Swimming Pool. Full) furnished $4,000 JJ SOMMWVB.LE PARK 4 bedrooms, brand new lownhouse. rental
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      1227 29 IV ACCOMMODATION A PROPERTIES 2-BEDROOMCO FLAT near Orchard Road furnished with healer, no aircond. budget $500 Apply to: S T Box A***** c) Rooms RESPONSIBLE YOUNG COUPLE requires 1 room Preferably in a compound house Willing lo pay $200 $300 Ring Mr Ooh *****74 5 54 Properties For Salt a)
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      1224 29 IV ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES DIST 5 HIM SEND Garden 2nd floor 1.730 sq ft 3 bedrooms (attached baths), split-level living/ dining Swimming pool, squash courts $117,000 negotiable Uniwest: *****8 ***** OIST 7 BENCOOLEN STREET. High floor flat with 3 bedrooms. 2 baths, spacious hall 1250 sq ft Price $85,000 0.n.0. To
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      1442 29 IV ACCOMMODATION ft PROPERTIES Ready for occupation, j Limited units ava lable; 20 y earsconcessionet y rate of only 12S pa. property tax *No restriction to foreign buyers Booking/Enquiry Mon Sat 9 am to 5 p m Sun 9 a.m. to 1 p.m OUTRAM RIiALTT CIVTaVaUrO l>«rriC«ntr« EuTongSrn Si Sport
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      565 30 REPCO REPCO MANUFACTURING PTE. LTD. An Austrodan Pioneer Compony whose multirrnHion dollar plant in Jurong will be m operation soon invites /jpplications from coreer-mmded and dedtcateß candidates to fill the foHowmg positions 1 INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING ASSISTANT Reporting to the Industrial Engineering Manager, the incumbent is to assist in plant !oyout,
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      568 30 Dv Pont For Eost Inc, a leading US Chemicol Company in Singapore invites applications from suitably qualified candidates to till the position ot TECHNICAL SALES REPRESENTATIVE Responsibilities: The successful candidates will be responsible tor developing and penetrating the market for the Compony's explosive products, specifically quarry, mining and construction Requirements:
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      658 30 I 1 I UNDETEVES-JACOBERG H offers career opportunities in the following positions 9 SALES EXECUTIVE INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT 9 M HARDWARE BJ The position calls for the promotion and marketing of SJ industrial equipment viz mechanical handling equipment, ft machine tools and hardware, power tools, slings, etc. m Applicants should have
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      646 30 f MARKETING EXECUTIVE $25,000p.a. A Marine Engineering Organisation specialising in corrossion control applicants for the marine industry seeks the services of an experienced Marketing Executive. The successful applicant will promote and market an established brand of corrosion control material to the heavy marine industry including shipyards, oil-rigs, oil-tankers, etc. A
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      825 31 A MINISTRY mS^ OF THE ENVIRONMENT TENDER NOTICE DRAINAGE DEPARTMENT I (I) The Cleansing ond Desilting of Drains and Canals in District No. 1 for the period 1 4 79 to 31 3 80 Ref TEN(ENV)O6779/l Restricted to ALL PWD Registered Contrcctors oil classes I (II) The Cleansing and Desilting
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      763 31 #PWD TENDER NOTICE Tenders are invited from PWD Registered Contractors for The f olio wing: (A) Construction of An Additional Hall to Mount Vernon Crematoria at Upper Aljunicd Rood. Eligibility: Building $500,000/- and above Closing Dote: 5 2.79 at 10 30 am (B) Construction of Demonstration Algae Ponds. Eligibility: Civil
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      736 31 TENDER NOTICE Separate tenders are invited for:1 RECLAMATION OF SENTOSA FOR GOLF COURSE DEVELOPMENT TENDER DEPOSIT $1,500/CLOSING DATE 20 FEB 79 SITE SHOWROUND 24 JAN 79 AT 9.30 AM MEET AT CONTRACTS DEPARTMENT 2 GENERAL REPAIRS AND REPAINTING TO "BEMAKAU", "PEMALANG", •SECHIRIT" AND "PENYA- BEACONS IN THE VICINITY OF SHELL'S
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      715 31 TENDER Tenders are Invited by the Chief Supplies Officer, Central Supplies Department. Singapore for the supply and delivery of the following items: a Bread. Bun. Yeast. Ice Cream, Reconstituted Milk and Yoghurt to Singapore Hospitals. Prisons or any other Government departments at any site in the Republic for the period
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      598 31 TENDER Tender wlll be receivedfor the supply of the folowing undermentioned Items, in the Ministry Of Defence (Logistics Division). Tanglin. Singapore 10 up to 11.00, a.m. on date shown againstthe Items:I. SASH WAIST RED WITHOUT TASSEL Tender No: MINDEF (LOG) 16/79(3) Closing Date: 16-2-79 Tender Deposit: $100.00 I BADGES Tender
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      1895 32 OUNrTED CHASE MERCHANT BANKERS LIMITED ANNOUNCEMENT OFFER BY UNITED OVERSEAS BANK LIMITED TO ACQUIRE THE WHOLE OF THE ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL OF SINGAPORE FINANCE LIMITED. The Directors of United Overseas Bank Limited (UOB) are pleased to announce that the Offer by UOB to acquire the whole of the issued share
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      489 33 Our Client has been in the development and construction busineaa for not less than a quarter of a century. During these years of operations, they have built many residential developments commercial buildings and hotels They haveat I the moment few protects in the pipe-line for development As aj such they
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      122 33 PORTABLE CAMP ACCOMMODATION Large quantity of 10' x 30' fully furnished skid-mounted camp units available ex-stock Singapore. Suitable for accommodating up to 400 men. TEL. Singapore *****1 for details. PLATE BENDING ROLLS ONE SET USED 10M X 2SMM M.S. PLATE BENDING ROLLS AVAILABLE FOR SALE N SINGAPORE MANUFACTURED BY RENNIE
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      137 33 This is to advise that Mr. Ibrahim Bin Ahmad NRIC No: 07 ***** J is no longer employed by our company w.e.f. 17th January 1979. He has no authority to transact ony business or prder or collect any articles for and on behalf of the company. PLESSEY SPORE PTE. LTD.
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      524 33 IN THE HIGH COURT OP THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE CwipulM WUkUjik Ip n». m m im In the Matter «f the Computes Art (Cm- IK) AND li the Matte* et R»n Hut Caartretiea. (Pte.) LM. ADVERTBEMENT OP PETITION NOTICE is hereby given that a Petition for the Winding Up of
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      400 33 mmu/ssMM MS/ CHANQI AIRFREIGHT TERMINAL F INVITATION TO TENDER FOR 4 EMERGENCY GENERATOR SETS A Singapore Airport Terminal Services Pte Ltd W, invites tenders from specialist contractors m, registered with the PWD, under financial yk category $500,000 and above for electrical A works and generators (G2) for the Sub- A
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      328 33 IN TIIK HIGH COURT OK THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE Companies Wlnding-l'p No. 198 of 1978. In the Matter of the Companies Act (Chapter 185) 1970 Edition. And In (he Matter of E A ENTERPRISES (PTE) LIMITED ADVERTISEMENT OF PETITION Notice Is hereby given that a petition for the wlndlng-up of
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    218 34 Adding punch to that vodka ad... TBE Singapore Girl appears to have landed herself with an additional jot— that of an advertising model. Any Singaporean, or anyone who has flown on the Singapore Airlines for that matter, wUI instantly recognise the familiar batik uniform in this advertisement (right) for vodka.
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    179 34 Former SBS man used invalid bus pass AN ex-employee of the Singapore Bus Service who worked with the company for only three weeks was yesterday fined $300 for using his Invalid bus pass seven months after his resignation. Ng Hong Huat, 21, now a technician, had reported the "loss" of
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    280 34  - Concorde: Airline staff offered half fare GERALD pereira 3v EMPLOYEES of Singa pore Airlines Singapore Air Terminal Services and British Airways and their spouses have been offered half fare for travel on the Concorde when the service begins operations later this month. A one way ticket from Singapore to London
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    CALL TO SET UP ACTION GROUP
    116 34 CALL TO SET UP ACTION GROUP AN AD HOC committee which took charge of last month's Malay Culture seminar has asked the Central Council or Malay Cultural Organisations to form an action committee to implement the resolutions adopted during the seminar. The committee's secretary, Mr Yusnor Ef, yesterday said it
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    $10m Jurong garden to open soon
    97 34 THE $10 million Mltaukcvshl Garden In Jurong is expected to open late next month or early March. The garden's manager, Mr Philip Urn, told New Nation on Wednesday that there are plans to engage an underwater ballet team from Japan to perform on the
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    93 34 CAB owner* can bid for ear registration numbers in the EJ series, from EJ «M1 to MM, from tomorrow at 9 a.m. to Feb < on prescribed forms) at the EefUtry of Vehicles <ROY) office In Middle ■Mi These numbers can only be used
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    70 34 THE European branch of the Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies invites entries for Its Commonwealth Short Story Competition, for which a prize of $2,170 (£500) will be awarded. ThoM interested are to write to the secretary, Department of English Language and Literature.
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    Poster design discussion
    52 34 THX National Museum will organlie a dlacuulon on poster dcatgn tomorrow at S D.m at 1U art gallery In oonJunctlon with the Best BwlM Poßter» exhibition. A panel of apeakers. '.ncludlng designer* arid Instructors. Will »T« n1 nf the p lao Uce and teaching of Doater detlgn
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    A salt water fish farm planned
    206 34 A GROUP of businessmen here are planning to set up the first salt-water fish farm, which could cut down reliance on outside fish supplies. According to a New Nation report yesterday, they engaged three specialists from Hongkong to carry out a preliminary study, and
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    406 35 War of words' among Chinese dailies Follow-up reports i on child killings A "WAR of words" is now going on among four major Chinese dailies in Singapore over follow-ap reports on the murder of the four Tan children in their Baru home on Jan 6. Involved are the Nanyang Slang
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    RTS, PA to hold joint debate
    91 35 RTS, PA to hold joint debate A DEBATE in Mandarin for out-of-school youth will be jointly organised by the People's Association and RTS. Thla debate, for which the topic will be decided later, Is for Singapore cltlzeni or permanent resident* between the ages of IS and SO yean. It Is
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    6 S'pore girls vie for Miss Chinatown
    204 35  - 6 S'pore girls vie for Miss Chinatown PHILIP LEE By our London reporter I JUST a few days after the Chinese Chamber of Commerce here announced that it would be holding a Miss Chinatown beauty contest to celebrate Chinese I New Tear, six Singapore girls have responded as aspirants. The
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    It's a bald bird, it's a smeliy rat—no, it's the naked bulldog bat!
    246 35 It's a bald bird, it's a smeliy rat— no, it's the naked bulldog bat! THEY have a bandog's face, a pig's ears, the body of a frog, a rat's tall and feet with claws like those of a hawk. And If that Is not weird enough, they are smelly and
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    Buffet and dance
    42 35 BEDOK oomimmtty centre will hold a Chap Ooh Mcl buffet and dance on Peb 10 at the Bedok South arc* office community hall at 7 pjn. Tickets are available at the community centre fxom 3 pjn. to 10 D.m.
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    Traders: It's not our 'custom' to offer women
    350 35  - Traders: It's not our 'custom' to offer women EVELYN NG By BUSINESSMEN in 8 rejected out of hand tain that It Is their men to their oversea jlngapore interviewed a suggestion ln Brl"custom" to offer wos clients as part of a business deal. They do sometimes bring along social escorts
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    CC courses
    27 35 SHC Keat community centre wUI hold daises on children* planlca. ballet and cultural dances, handyman coune, dnmnaklng and f*^tiwtHTH next month. POr detail* telephone 2MOOM.
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    ITB display
    33 35 THI Bnlor Ulnimr of SUM (National Dmlopowt), Mr 8. Dhanabalan. win attsnd U» "l""'"? owmaoai of an Industrial Training Board talk and exhibition at Kallam community ewtn today at I PJB.
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      Lock icon WEDNESDAY HOLD ARSENAL AGAIN After three replays it's still a deadlock
      446 36 WEDNESDAY HOLD ARSENAL AGAIN After three replays it's still a deadlock LONDON, Thurs. Two unlikely statistics were last night added to the colourful history of the English Football Association Cup the tie that remained unresolved after seven-and-a-half hours and the side that lost 1-0 after leading 2-0. The third-round, third
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      483 36 BRIEFS Sprinter Wells takes both titles HASTINGS, New Zealand, Thurs Alan Wells, of Britain, beat Don Qu&rrie, o( Jamaica, and Hasely Crawford, of Trinidad, to win vie 100 metres in an international athietics meeting here last night. Welis SHCond to Quarrie in the Commonwealth Games in Canada, clocked 10.25 sec.
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      34 36 PALMERSTON NORTH. New Zealand, Thurs Pakistan beat Central Districts by eight wickets In their tour cricket match here today. Scores Central District* 17M dec and 153. Pakistan 232-6 dec and 94-2 Reuter
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      Lock icon Liem is the top seed
      144 36 Liem is the top seed TOKYO, Thurs. All-Eng-land champion Liem Swie King of Indonesia and women's first world champion Lene Koppen of Denmark are the top seeded players in the first World Cup championships badminton tournament beginning here tomorrow.' The star-studded field of 55 top players from eight nations also
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      462 36  -  FAIRWAY RACING.by ENGLISH jockey Lester Piggott is sitting pretty. He has several fancied mounts offered him in his bid to win the Lion City Cup four times in a row at Bukit Timah on Sunday. Piggott worked Blue Star, on whom he won in 1976
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      220 36 ENGLISH jockey Brian Taylor is venturing out East again after a lapse of eight years.reports FAIRWAY. For four years, from 1967 1970, Taylor spent the English off-season riding in Calcutta until a nasty racecourse riot on Jan 26 that year made him flee the country
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      468 36 MECHANICS Four Groups of Mechanics for Logging Company Logging Company requires for its concession areas in East Kalimantan four groups of mechanics Each group to consist of average four experienced mechanics to cover repair and maintenance of full complement of equipment and machinery in each of four camps Equipment in
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      128 37 Lucius to face old GN rivals LONDON, Thurs Lucius, last year's Grand National winner, and the horses which finished third, fourth and fifth, are again entered from the famed steeplechase at Aintree, Liverpool, on March 31. The only absentee from the 1978 principals when the entries were announced yesterday for
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      319 38  -  JOE DORAI BILLY Graham, the American evangelist, who recently took over the National Stadium, tells his followers: "What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and suffers the loss of his own soul!" It is a
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      Lock icon Cycling sprint event cancelled
      145 38 Cycling sprint event cancelled KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs The 200-metre sprint event has been scrapped from the 9th Asian cycling championships to be held here from 0ct.17-30. Said Darshan Singh Gill, vice-president of the Malaysian Cycling Federation "This event cannot be held, even though it was originally included in the programme
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      110 38 Indian team to tour Malaysia KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs A women's football team from West Bengal will tour Malaysia next month, the secretary of the Malaysian Women's Football Association. Dana Teoh Chin Chye said here today. The Indian team will play five friendly matches in various Malaysian states beginning with a
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      285 38  -  BERNARD PEREIRA By KEE BEE KHIM, Singapore's queen of the greens, is keeping her fingers crossed these days. That's because she hopes to be selected for the Asian women's golf championship in Bangkok from Feb. 15-17. Actually, she should not have to worry. Not
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      384 38 Grand Prix at Upper Thomson Road. But, it was until 1976 that Gerry managed to find sponsors who thought they had discovered a winner. Guan Hoe, the sole agents for Suzuki machines, made Gerry their first-choice rider instead of being dependent on their "works"
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      143 38 PARIS, Thurs Bjorn Borg, the Swedish maker of modern tennis history, became the first man to be awarded the title of "world champion" when he was awarded the coveted title for his performances in 1978 by a three-man jury here today. Former champions Donald Budge, Fred Perry
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      325 38 BUENOS AIRES, Thurs. After football, motor racing is the most popular sport in Argentina. It is no surprise therefore that with four days to go until this year's Formula One Grand Prix championship gets under way here on Sunday, all 60,000 places at
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      Thirteen competitions await local sailors
      212 38 By PETER SIOW AFTER the current Singapore Yachting Association dinghy championships, local sailors can look forward to 13 other competitions from next month until December. Around the corner is the very popular round-the-is-land race, which usually attracts more than GO boats and involves about 200
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      163 38 When you open a Charge Account with Cortina, shoppinc at our gieat department store becomes a thing of luxurious ease and convenience. Gone are the days of lugging cash with you. All that is required is for-you to sign the purchases you make, anytime. Then we'll send, you a statement
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      Padmanathan and Halim in tour team
      420 39  -  JOE DORAI By SINGAPORE'S regular strikers, Arshad Khamis and Dollah Kassim, and goalkeeper Edmund Wee were last night left out of the 18-member squad for the away Malaysia Cup soccer matches against Brunei and Sabah in the next few days. Two intermediate team members,
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      TODAY'S EVENTS
      111 39 TODAY'S EVENTS omr Jurong Open (Jurong i Country Club). SOOCOt Mssijssi Cap: I Trrngganu v Malacca, Kelantan v Federal Territory, Kedah v Negrl SetnbUan, BUTL ssarssv rat DlvlsUa II: Stock Exchange v SBS (Toa Payoh), Inchrape v Goodwood Group (Gey- i lang Stadium). DMstsa Hi: J L Morrison v Peninsula
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      Koh will lead SCC against W. Germans
      246 39 WILFRED Koh, a former i national player, will lead I Singapore Cricket Club against the Bavarian All Stars, of West Germany, in a friendly soccer match at the Fairer Park Athletic Centre tomorrow (s), reports JOE DORAJ. Ho Kwang Hock was also selected,
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      389 39  -  WILFRED YEO By THE impish Alvin Urn was again the boys' saving grace, as promising girl stars Pauline LJm, Grace Cheong and Jasmine Sim continued their assault on the records at the Singapore Amateur Swimming Association's age group champion- ships at Amber Road last night
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      182 39 KUALA LUMPUR, Than. Ss* CaJa Au will c«o ttaae to trala with the state lean aad play la BeUa«sr^ Malaysia Cap sseeer aattehes if 1» eiasM la the Nat>«p •tosafto adag "stripped" •f the eaptoJB J s past," Chla Aaa, wham the FA
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      237 39  -  PETER SIOW SPECIAL Constabulary have a tight sports calendar ahead of them this year a total of 27 events, to be exact. The progamme will liter- i ally begin with a bang on Sunday when the SGs meet the Vigilante Corps at Kolam Ayer for their
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      Lock icon Penang look for a back-up striker
      296 39  -  S.C.SEKARAN By KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Penang's struggle to earn full points away against unrated Malacca confirmed their crying need for a backup striker to support Isa Bakar if they are to win the more demanding Malaysia Cup soccer matches ahead. Team manager-cum-coach Lim Boon
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      208 39  - Heli Orient score their first success BERNARD PEREIRA By HELI ORIENT, who won promotion from the Second Division, scored their first win in three outings in Division One of the Business Houses Football League when they beat Hilton Hotel 3-1 at Jalan Besar yesterday. Victory for Hell, whose two earlier
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      111 39 Nathan off a through-pass from Jayaram. Hilton then managed to save face with a consolation goal three minutes from time when Aziz Ibrahim nodded home a free-kick from just outside the box. In a Division Three match at Toa Payoh, Indosuez P.E. beat Peter Chew's 24. GROUP A P
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      83 39 ROCHORE beat Leng Kee 3-2 in the inter-constituency table tennis championship at the Gay World Stadium last night. Other results: Ang Mo Kio 3 Bkit Merah 1; Kampoog Clam 3 Bukit Panjang 0; Ponggol 3 Mountbatten 1; Tanjang Pagar 3 Caimhill 0; Potong Pasar 3 Delta
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      Immigration beaten
      28 39 POLICE defeated Immigration 40 In Government Service* League Div 3 aoccer match at Geylang Stadium yesterday. Scorers were Hashim Kamart (2). Mohamed Atta and Ismail Mohammed.
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      32 39 SAID SIDKK. Singapore's soccer goalkeeper in the IWTs. died last mghl He was Cortege will leave 35. Bussorah Street at 1 p.m. lor the Chua Chu Kang Muslim Cemelery
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    155 40 THIS AMX IS tank parked on the porch of Havelock Road community centre is the "star" of the Singapore Armed Forces exhibition which opens at the centre this evening. The AMX IS can hold three people. The SAF exhibition at Havelock centre is the
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    552 40 PRESIDENT Carter yesterday appealed to Iranian religious leader Ayatollah Khomeiny to give the newly formed government headed by Prime Minister Shapur Baktiar a chance to succeed. He said Tie expects Iran to remain a close and "stable" US ally once It sorts out
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        281 2 THANKS to his penchant for 'misty' themes, abstract artist Anuar Rashid has helped me to strike a rapport with his paintings. Abstract art has always been one of the "imponderables" to me for very often I cannot conjure up even the foggiest idea of
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        84 2 Trainee teachers' drama course ONE-HUNDBED tnlmt* teackara tram the UirtJWf MaeaUaa will atteari a five-toy came aa eleaieats *f Theatrical Pratoettaa, argaahni hy the Extra Curievhv AetfvMM Crutrr af the Mlalitry af Kdacatt**. atortteg fram Maaiay. The toetwe~eaaa-wwrfc-aha* aeriea will he <-. B ducted by Mr lv Sealer aaaMr Uehari
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        562 2  -  LING POON WAH By THIS handsome, fair six-footer who hails all the way from Canada is not just a charming, smooth talking giant. For, 25-year-old Abi King who is of Persian parentage, has a vast 'kingdom' under his sway.
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        123 2 WATCH eat fer Jtey's Blue Eyes ea Channel S at II.M pm tealgfet which aces Michael Anna.-* gaeet-atarrlag aa aa exeeavJet wfce waste ta tan ever a aew leaf. He Urea Reckferd to combat aa underworld KTMip'B efforts to steal Us restaurant bartanai The ROCKFORO
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      1224 3  - Hongkong's Philharmonic wracked by discord RODNEY HOBSON Accusations of racialism, low pay and outside interference By our Hongkong correspondent WITH THE Hongkong Arts Festival slightly over two weeks away, there are rumblings within the colony's philharmonic orchestra. In Singapore, our recently formed Singapore Symphony Orchestra is doe to make its
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        123 6 Good Buys HERE is one quick and easy way to tell your temperature if you feel feverish the cllnitemp fever detector, which comes like a plastic tape. If your child does not fancy having a thermometer in her month, this is a practical way. Just place it against her forehead,
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        182 6 Max Factor's Beauty Studio moves on Due to overwhelming response we are moving the glamour and excitement of Hollywood to Yaohan, Plaza Singapura. Learn to make yourself up, under the expert supervision of Max Factor's trained Consultants. P^^ a* i^fl >^^- A 20-minute programme to help you create a lovelier
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      957 7  -  CHARLES BREMNER Kremlim assessing two years of ties with post-Franco government By in Madrid WITH THE first visit to the Soviet Union by a Spanish foreign minister earlier this week, the Kremlin will be assessing the uneven results of its two
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      Lock icon Italy has some 4,600,000 works of art
      751 7  -  JULIUS HUMI in Florence By NAPOLEON AND Hermann Goering had agents in their invading armies plunder the art works of Italy, and no wonder. Art is the nation's most valuable but often neglected patrimony. Figures released by the Italian Ministry of Culture and
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      1164 8  -  BARRY JAMES in Abu Dhabi Oil divides the have and have-not emirates By THIS IS A land that can count its dollars almost like grains of sand. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has an oil income of more than US$l million (552.16 million)
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