The Straits Times, 25 January 1979

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    10 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 25 CENTS M.C.(P) No. 142/1/79
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    Lock icon ARMY BLOCKS KHOMEINY JET
    220 1 Tanks prevent take-off to Paris TEHERAN, Wednesday THE aircraft due to bring back the Shah's arch foe Ayatollah Khomeiny, after 15 years 1 exile, was blocked by soldiers who occupied the airport here today at the order of the new Iranian government. Striking pilots of the
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    Kissinger blames US for Shah's downfall
    240 1 WASHINGTON. Wad FORMER Secretary of State Henry Kissinger yesterday blamed shifts In American .foreign policy including President Carter's human rights campaign for the downfall of the Shah of Iran. We owe tue Shah of Iran at least the decency of recognising he was a
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    Hit-and-run victim
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    New threat to poison Israeli oranges
    123 1 New threat to poison Israeli oranges THE HAGUE, Wednesday AN ARAB extremist group has threatened to poison Israeli exports of oranges and other fruits as well as vegetables to Europe, according to letters posted to EEC and several other governments In the last few days. Both the Dutch and Swedish
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    United Front to PAP: Let's have a TV debate
    591 1  - United Front to PAP: Let's have a TV debate AHVAD OSMAN By THE United Front yesterday called a press conference to introduce the party's three candidates for the coming by-elections and challenged the People's Action Paity to a television debate The candidates introduced by UF secretarygeneral Scow Khee Lens were
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    Cholera toll
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    Lock icon Student revolt crushed
    63 1 PARIS. Wed. Zairean troops crushed a student revolt In the neighbouring central African empire at the weekend after a plea for help from Emperor Bokasaa. official French sources said yesterday. Travellers arriving In Chad which also borders the country, one of the world's poorest, said the troops
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    Lock icon Viet envoy pleads: Don't stop aid
    111 1 TOKYO, Wed. Chinese troops may invade Metnani Just before Senior Vice-Premier Tent Hsiao-ping departs (or Washington on Jan £8 kor talks with IS government leaders. Tokyo newspaper said today. 'I'he Yomiuri Shimbun aaid in a front page report tnat information on the possibility of
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    Lock icon Asean summit: 'No rush'
    64 1 JAKARTA. Wed. Indonesia sees no urgency for the Asean 'o hold a third summit meeting In the near future. Information Minister. All Murtopo said today. He told reporters after a three-hour cabinet meeting on political and security affairs that the current situation Indicated that a summit
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    Raja: 'New story in ties with Canberra from Feb 1'
    217 1  -  S. M. MUTHU By He did not elaborate, although he said it twice during an Interview at Paya Lebar Airport on his return from Kuala Lumpur, where he had talks with Malaysia's Foreign Minister, Tengku Ahmad Rithaudceen. on Australia's controversial
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    Lock icon Thailand joins news group
    58 1 JAKARTA. Wed. Thailand was unanimously elected yesterday a new member ot the e'.ght-nation Organisation of Asean News Agencies (OANA). leaving Singapore the only Asean country not represented In the group. Participating members In the four-day meeting said Singapore Is not a member of OANA because It
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    232 1 NEW DELHI, Wed. THE long simmerIng crisis in Prime Minister Morarji Desal's ruling Janata Party ended today when dissident leader Charan Singh was brought back into the cabinet as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance. Also named Deputy Premier was Defence Minister Jagjivan Ram, a powerful
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    Fire at Expo
    53 1 KOI R stalk were raxed when fire broke out at the Aiu Mo Kio Imposition in Avenue 1 lite last night. The timely arrival of firemen prevented the blaze from spreading to some 70 other stalls. The expo was organised by the Ant Mo Kio community centre
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      219 1 FAMILY LOSES RACE WINNINGS. Page 6 FAVOURABLE U.S. trade terms for Russia, China? 2 SMALL firms bit by devaluation of rupiah 3 SIX Viets held by HK police 4 SOVIET pressure on Japan to keep up Viet aid 5 SALES exec admits CBT of $158,000 9 FEWER fatal road deaths
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      Lock icon Favourable trade terms for Russia and China?
      347 2 Likely decision by US Govt PRESIDENT Carters Adm.nlstration is actively considering ways to grant mostfavoured nation trade status to both the Soviet Union and China, US State j Department sources said yesterday. The sources said no final decision has been made, but that
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      Lock icon Callaghan: We're running out of patience
      289 2 LONDON, Wednesday PRIME Minister James Callaghan, in his toughest statement yet en Britain's worsening industrial chaos, has warned striking labour unions that the nation's patience is wearing thin and that they may face new laws curbing their power. Mr Callaeham's warn- A ing In
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      Lock icon SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH OF NEW TRIDENT MISSILE
      203 2 SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH OF NEW TRIDENT MISSILE CAPE CANAVERAL. Wed. A powerful new Trident missile was successfully fired from here yesterday in the US Navy's .18th and final land launch of the rocket. Tne missile is scheduled to become operational as a submarine-based weapon later this year. The navy said the
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      Lock icon Sworn in asG-G
      55 2 OTTAWA. Wed. Mr Edward Schreyer, a, former premier of Manitoba province, was sworn in on Monday as Canada's GovernorOeneral. He Is the 22nd person to hold the post, now largely ceremonial. since Canada became a Federal Union In 1867. The 43-year-old QovemorOeneral Is the official representative of
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      Spike Milligan going on goon strike
      253 2  -  WAN HULAIMI London, Wed By BRITAIN'S arch-goon, and humorist Spike Milllgan added further confusion to Britain's severest winter of discontent by declaring that he will be going on a joke strike, to join in the plethora of striking lorrydrivers, train- drivers, hospital workers, and
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      Lock icon Saudi loan to Pakistan
      57 2 ISLAMABAD, Wed. Saudi Arabia will grant a US$92 million (8*198.7 million) credit to Poklstan to finance the establishment of a thermal power station, official sources said today. The Saudi Development Fund will provide the loan The total cost of the pro-je-t is US$3l7 million, of which
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      Lock icon Picture that tells a thousand words
      58 2 IN THE CAN a portrait of the Shah, who left his country on indefinite leave last week, rests in a trash can beneath a sign denouncing the monarch. The portrait and slogan were placed on a main street in Teheran a few days aso
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      Lock icon Shelling just before border ceasefire
      246 2 Shelling just before border ceasefire TEL AVIV. Wednesday A CEASEFIRE took effect today along the Le-banese-Israeli border, according to an authoritative Israeli source, after Israeli guns fired an unprecedented 1 000 shells yesterday at Palestinian military and civilian targets in south Lebanon. The ceasefire was negotiated under the auspices of
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      Lock icon Key clauses rejected by Israel
      202 2 Key clauses rejected by Israel JERUSALEM. Wed. The Israeli Government today rejected a compromise formula worked out in a week of talks between Israeli and US officials, for two key clauses in the proposed peace treaty with Egypt. The clauses in articles four and six. relate to military security arrange*
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      Lock icon CALL FOR CHINA TO JOIN UN DISARM GROUP
      214 3 CALL FOR CHINA TO JOIN UN DISARM GROUP GENEVA, Wed A new United Nations disarmament committee opened today with rails for China to join the world's four other nuclear powers in an enlarged forum, also involving 35 non-nuclear state* The place reserved for China between Canada and Cuba remained empty
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      Lock icon Small firms hit by devaluation of rupiah
      310 3 Small firms hit by devaluation of rupiah JAKARTA, Wodnooday MANY small-scale and home industries in the Jakarta area had to stop production and more than 1,100 workers were thrown out of jobs following the devaluation of the rupiah in November, the chairman of Indonesia's Institute for Social and Economic Research
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      Lock icon Farmer bites rats to death
      109 3 JAKARTA, Wed. A tooth for a tooth, a farmer believed and bit several rats to death in a recent communal large-scale hunt for the rodents in Demak, central Java, it was reported today. The fanner groped with his hand into a rat hole, and got
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      26 3 JAKARTA. Wed. Natural disasters In Indonesia hit some two million people and claimed 1.000 lives a year, a Social Department study said today. UPI.
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      36 3 RIO DE JANEIRO, Wed. Nineteen people have died and 3,000 have been Ht homeless by floods resulting from more than two weeks of rain in parts of central Brazil, civil defence officials said yesterday. UPI.
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      Flood havoc
      22 3 KUNCHAL (Madeira). Wed. Storm-triggered mud avalanches buried and killed six people, Including two children, on this midAtlantic resort island. upi.
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      Lock icon Aussies 'not courteous' to Asean
      145 3 Aussies 'not courteous' to Asean MANILA, Wed. Australia has been accused of showing "diplomatic discourtesy" to Asean in pushing through a controversial air fares policy which Asean members believe Is detrimental to their airlines. Quoting Philippines Foreign Ministry officials uno>r a front-page banner headline "Australia hit for cheating Asean", Manila's
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      29 3 Schoolchildren in Nanking on Sunday demonstrate on a street to propogate the theme of good behaviour and cleanliness for the coming Spring Festival or Lunar New Year. UPI picture.
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      65 3 EEC study onl tunnel LONDON, Wed. The EEC commission has ordered a study to probe the profitability and eco nomlc advantage to Common Market countries of linking Britain to the continent by means of a channel tunnel, the daily Guardian said today. It said the commission had set aside £300.000
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      34 3 WASHINGTON. Wed. The United States Navy yesterday announced plans to retire 37 ships. Including the flagships of the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean and the Seventh Fleet In the western Pacific. Reuter.
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      Lock icon 'Eight peasant protesters have died' claim
      180 3 PEKING, Wed EIGHT peasants who came to Peking to appeal for justice have died of "cold and hunger" since their demonstration on Jan 14 in front of Chongnanhai, the residence of top leaders, members of Chinese human rights movements said here today. For several
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      Sideliners
      203 3 KI.(H)I) transfusions may soon be made with a synthetic substitute says one of the world's leading blood chemistry searchers. Professor James Collman of Stanford University told the congress of the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science (ANZAAS) that artificial blood could be made from the
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      FRASER OFF TO INDIA TO HEAL WOUNDS'
      187 3  - FRASER OFF TO INDIA TO HEAL WOUNDS' VINCENT STOVE By Our correspondent m Sydney PRIME Minister Malcolm Fraser flew out of Australia tonight (or an eightday official visit to India. Relations between the two countries have been far from close in recent years. There has been an indifference, bordering on
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      Lock icon Hungry dogs
      39 3 SAN ANTONIO (Terns), Wed An 83-year-old man. described by neighbours as a "kind man" who cared (or 15 stray dogs, was found dead at hit home, hit corpse eaten by some of hi* dogi. police said AP
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      Lock icon Six Viets held by HK police
      72 4 HONGKONG. Wed. whether the 2,290-tonne Taiwanese freighter was involved in smuggling refu- gees to Hongkong. The six were among the 3,318 Vietnamese refugees on the Huey Fong, which was stranded off Hongkong Trail Le Phan, a 2t-year-old pregnant Vietnamese refugee taking a nap at
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      Regime's drive to show they are in control
      34 4 BANGKOK, Wednesday VIETNAM and its new client administration in Kampuchea have embarked on a campaign to show they fully control the country, official media indicated yesterday.
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      Lock icon Grouping to boost ties
      56 4 OTTAWA, Wed.— Mrs Margaret Trudeau, estranged wife of Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, has entered hospital here for treatment of bleeding that followed an operation to remove her tonsils earlier this month. A hospital spokesman said Mrs Trudeau, 30, was in good condition but would stay
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      50 4 TOKYO. Wed. Japan produced a record 927 million can and other vehicles last year, it was announced here today. The figure, up by nearly 9 per cent from 1977, wax helped by increased domestic sales, which offset a slight fall in exports, the Automobile Manufacturers Association said. Reuter
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      Lock icon Support gathers for cuts in aid
      155 5 Support gathers for cuts in aid STOCKHOLM, Wed CM srtv.itive Party leader liohm.in. s|>carheadinjj a campaign to cut down BtMtfM aid to Vietnam. criticised a government proposal to increase aid to a v. in me nation and drew immediate support from several M^fn "When nations such as Japan and Denmark
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      Soviet pressure on Japan to keep up Viet aid
      714 5 Soviet pressure on Japan to keep up Viet aid rOKYO STAYS FIRM ON RIGHT TO OWN FOREIGN POLICY THE Japanese government is now under increasing Soviet pressure to maintain its aid commitments to Vietnam, New Nation reported yesterday. The paper's Tokyo reporter. Swadesh de Roy. said the pressure is in
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      56 5 EL SEGUNDO (California). Wed. The US Group Computer Sciences Corporation today announced that It has signed a US$22l 5 million (*****4 million) contract to supply a nationwide data system to Saudi Arabia The five-year contract was signed with the Saudi Interior Ministry after nearly six months
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    OBSCENE VIDEO CASSETTES: FINED $1,500
    118 6 OBSCENE VIDEO CASSETTES: FINED $1,500 AN enrtneerinf Arm's propiie'or was fined 5.1.5*0, In desalt two months' jail, in a district couit yesterday for havinx 22 obscene \ideo cassettes for circulation. Liau Su Yin. 33. pleaded gni ty to committing the offence at his office in President Shopping Centre in Serangoon
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    Festive party
    30 6 THE Singapore Textile Dealers Friendly Association will hold a Chinese New Year cocktail party at Its premises at Arab Street on Sunday between 1 pjn. and 3 p.m.
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    Chief guest
    27 6 LABOUR Minister Mr Ong Pang Boon will attend a Chinese New Year buffet at Block 538, Upper Cross Street, on Jan 31 at 7.30 p.m.
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    New Year cruises
    81 6 THE Port of Singapore Authority will run special Chinese New Year harbour cruises on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday hourly from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. The cruise will start from the World Trade Centre ferry terminal and pass Keppel Wharves, Container Terminal and Sentosa, before returning to
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    Chinese brush painting
    59 6 MR Nal Swee Leng, a graduate of the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts and a founder member of the Black Weaving Art Association, will give a demonstration on the art of traditional Chinese brush painting at the museum art gallery on Feb 3 at 11 am and
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    Green light for Metro project
    577 6 METRO Holdings has been given permission to develop its 13.9 hectare site at Orchard Square. The approval in principle has been granted for the development of a shopping mall, reported the company in its first press release since it requested suspension of its stock last
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    12 th Welcome mart
    53 6 NTUC Welcome will open its 12th supermarket today at Aljunled Avenue 2 in Oeylang East housing estate. Welcome secretary, Mr Ivan Baptist, said yester- day the supermarket together with the 11 others and the 1,001 Fair Price shops would further strengthen Welcome's ability to stabilise prices,
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    Family loses $10,000 race winnings
    321 6  - Family loses $10,000 race winnings N. G. KUTTY By TWO armed robbers, one of them masked, held up a family in Jalan Chengam, Sembawang Hills Estate yesterday afternoon and robbed them of the weekend race winning takes of over $10,000. One was armed with a dagger and the other had
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    EDB to send six
    84 6 THE Economic Development Board will be sending six more training officers to Japan to be trained as instructors in the proposed JapanSingapore training centre at Bukit Merah. expected to be operational in the middle of the year. An EDB spokesman told RTS that two officers have
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    Lions award
    36 6 SINGAPOREAN Mr Eng Ah rfoon. an international director of tr.t International Association of Lions Clubs, has received an American award for his role In helping the associat-on with its goal of worldwide humanitarian service.
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    For 4 months she did not know...
    352 9 For 4 months she did not know FOR four months, a housewife did not realise that she was beirn; conned of $87,000 for the purchase of an apart ment until she visited U and found that it was already occupied, a district court heara yester day. Madam Chew Hoey Moey's
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    Evening of poetry
    44 9 THE National Museum and the Society of Singapore Writers will hold a Joint evening of poetry by Mr Bryan Walters, at the muvrnn's theatrette on Jan 31 at b ,'jn Admls&u..-. is free but on a first come first served basis.
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    CONCERTS WILL BOOST CULTURE FUND
    120 9 CONCERTS WILL BOOST CULTURE FUND FUNDS for the Singapore Cuiiura.l Foundation will be farther boosted by concerts presented by the National Theatre Trust. The performers will include overseas television artistes and an orchestra from Japan. Among the cultural bodies that will be performing under the Trust's auspices are the Er
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    Why 17 said 'no' to vice-principal job offers
    240 9 Why 17 said 'no' to vice-principal job offers LONG working hours have prompted at least 17 of about 100 teachers and senior assistants to reject the Education Ministry's olfer to become vice-principals. They would otherwise have to stay in school longer than a teacher does from 7.15 a.m. to 3.45
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    MF to launch gotongroyong
    103 9 THE MP for Changi Mr Teo Chong Tee, will launch a $173,500 gotongroyong project at an open space in front of the Pulau Tekong Primary Integrated School, on Feb 4 at 9 a.m. About 1.400 volunteers will take part in the gotong-ro-yong. They Include schoolchildren, residents,
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    Sales exec admits CBTof $158,000
    216 9 Sales exec admits CBTof $158,000 FORMER Hong Leong Holdings Ltd. sales executive Wong Kum Chee yesterday pleaded guilty to misappropriating $158,640 belonging to the company. Wong nad earlier claimed trial/ She changed her plea after her cautioned statement admitting the charge was ruled admissible by the court at the end
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    Three for Unctad meet in Tanzania
    117 9 Three for Unctad meet in Tanzania THREE officials from the Foreign Ministry and Trade Department will leave Singapore for Tanzania on Feb 1 to attend a meeting convened by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (Lnctad). The Singapore team will Join other delegates from the "Group of 77"
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    WHAT'S ON TODAY
    271 9 BONSAI and Chinese Ink painting exhibition at the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry building from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Last day. SIN G A PORE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA inaugural concert at Conference Hall today and tomorrow at 8.15 p.m. All tickets sold out. GOETHE INSTITUTE
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      95 10 Now The fastest flight to London under the sun. 'til!* ™t mm We'll fly you to London in the space of a morning On the British Airways Concorde. Have a leisurely breakfast in Singapore and arrive in j^gm^. London, relaxed and refreshed, just after one o'clock. m/K/ttk The whole journey
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    Spore Symphony starts on right note
    531 11  -  LESLIE FONG By Straits Times News Editor THE first of the three inaugural concerts by the Singapore Symphony Orchestra (SSO) at the Conference Hall got off to a rousing start last night even though it began IP minutes late. The 41 -strong orchestra struck
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    In one bold, imaginative step, our very own orchestra
    358 11 A CAPACITY crowd at the Conference Hall gave the Singapore Symphony Orchestra a warm and enthusiastic reception at its debut concert last night. It is only on rare occasions, such as last night, that the reviewer finds himself in the pleasant
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    Scientists urged to help govts in policymaking
    239 11 SCIENTISTS and technologists must give more thought and time to the problem of how to help governments In their policy-making. Dr Ferederico Mayor, deputy se-cretary-general of the United Nations Educational. Scientific and Cultural Organisatioii lUnesco), said yesterday. He described this as a new
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    Union office
    32 11 THE NTUC secretary-general Mr C. V. Devan Nalr will open the office of the Public Dally Rated Health Workers' Union at Block 2SI. Waterloo Street, on Saturday at 4 p.m.
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      440 12 ONE OF INDONESIA'S NGGEST TIMBER GROUP JiMJI WOODLANDS EQUIPMENT CHOOSFS^B MiX THE CHAMPION ■WB TIMBER HARVESTER SESSSSE3SSESS6 g^f^aar-;"*"" wsMgsrsassifsaß ment Pte. Ltd, they had many good reasons for choos.ng the We have picked c FMC equipment because it is a revolu- rrent flv e-year plan American-made machines tionary time machine
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    Drop in road deaths in the last six months
    347 13 Thanks to the Traffic Police FEWER fatal and serious accidents have occurred over the last six months thanks to the Traffic Police's latest policy of selective enforcement against serious traffic offences. I Last month, 20 people died on the roads compared
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    522 interethnic group marriages in 1977
    214 13 522 interethnic group marriages in 1977 CUPID's arrow crossed cultural iron tiers and struck bulls-eye 522 times bringing marital bliss for inter-ethnic couples in Singapore in 1977. Marriages between European grooms and Chinese brides under the Women's Charter formed the largest single combination with 116 cases. Indian grooms with Chinese
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    Sage show
    47 13 THE Senior Parliamentary Secretary (Social Aflalrs). Mr Chan Chee Seng, will be the guest -of -honour at ft Chinese New Year drama show, organised by the Singapore Action Group of Elders. iSagei at its cultural centre. Block 2. second floor KitdK-ner Road, on Feb 3.
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    Never expected to find such double joy...
    195 13 WHEN bank clerk Winston Tan, 25 embarked on the production of a musical, Happiness to raise funds for the National Kidney Foundation, he had only the welfare of the patients at heart, never expecting his efforts to be recognised. But his efforts netted
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    Pleads guilty to having fireworks
    77 13 QUEK Thlam Slew. 30, was yesterday fried $1,500 after pleading guilty to having 46 p.tckets of fireworks In Pagoda Street on Jan 20 at 9.40 p.m. Quek. unemployed, did not pay the fine and will serve two months' jail In default. The court heard that
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    EDB man in Houston
    51 13 MR Oan Chong Cher, a mechanical engineer, has been appointed to represent the Economic Development Board In Houston. Texas, from next month to promote Singapore as an investment centre for American oilfield equipment manufacturers. He replaces Mr Eric Ooh Wai Mun. who will return to Singapore
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    Awards for children
    43 13 THE Public Dally Rated Housing and Development Board Workers' Union recently awarded $50 each to 110 of Its members children. A total of 15 students who scored top marks In examinations were also given prizes together with the cash awards.
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      186 13 Straits Times Crossword 1 A pulpu. the intricate sort, peculiar (7). 5 Indians order back u.e pro-war party (7). 9 sileigrr. -oi nana expert lrom Paris tried it, got In a mess <IS>. 10 Get ready foi harvest, with ntads wf reaping instrument b*kid« enclosure (6). 11 ihe Queen, though
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      105 13 northwards (5). 5 College savant taken round strange eastern land 6 Companion sheltered by mean accommodation a box-lik* pen to> 7 A lorm of drop«y that an obst&tlve teetotaller hu? 11, 2. 3, 5). Progress made by highway journeys (V). 13 Waggish one is writing, not vi words or pnraia.s
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    High house call fees: Dr Toh raps doctors
    363 14 THE Health Minister, Dr Toh Chin Chye, has hit out at doctors who charge exorbitantly for making house calls. He said the practice of doctors visiting patients in their homes is dying out, and when they do. their charges are as high
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    Swiss bank branch
    75 14 UNION Bank of SwlUerland Swltterland's largest bmiK In terms of ousets, customer deposits and capital reserves (share capital and reserves) will open an offshore branch In Singapore before the middle of this year.. The Monetary Authority of Singapore has given the bank the go-ahead to deal In
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    Temple call
    26 14 THE Chettiars' lemple Is advising kavadl carriers taking part In the Thalpu&am procession on Peb 10 to reach the temple by 9 p m
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    Fake jeans: Trader cleared
    141 14 Fake jeans: Trader cleared THE Chief Justice, Mr Wee Chong Jin, yesterday quashed the conviction of a shopowner in Peninsular Shopping Complex in a case involving the sale of 90 pairs of jeans bearing a counterfeit trademark. He made the order when he allowed the appeal of L.D. Partabrai, proprietor
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    Man came home and found stranger in room
    231 14 Man came home and found stranger in room A YOUNG husband got home at three one morning and found his wife in a "see-through gown" with a barebodied stranger, the High Court heard yesterday. Mr Tan Siang Hong, 25, said when he con iron ted the stranzer (identified as Mr
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    By-elections
    39 14 CANDIDATES for the coming by-«lectlons should tile their nomination papers at Victoria School In Tvrwhitt Road on Jan 31 between 11 a.m. and noon, and not 8 a.m. and noon, as reported on Tuesday. The error Is regretted.
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    Sumitomo chief arrives today
    142 14 THE chairman of the Japanese conglomerate, Sumitomo petrochemical Co., Mr Noiishlge Hasegawa, will arrive here this evening for a twoday visit. During his stay here, Mr Hasegawa will hold talks with Mr Lee Kuan Yew and the Finance Minister, Mr Hon Sul Sen. on the petrochemical
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    10 yean for man who left robbery victim to die
    314 14 AMIR bin Madiali I I was jailed 10 years by the High Court yesterday and ordered to be given six strokes of the cane for Ms part In the rob bery of a seaman decomposed body was found by the
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    198 15 IT appears that the days of the Causeway crawl are over. The 14 new immigration and 14 new customs check point bays on the Johore Baru end of the Causeway were opened on Tuesday evening at 6 p.m. Within Half an hour of the opening,
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    I'm more confident of my chances...
    358 15 says Chiam Jnd) LAWYER Chiam See Tong, 44, an indepvnoent candidate contesting In Potong Paslr in the Feb 10 by-elecUons, said yesterday that from the way th»> PAP selected Its candidates, it was quite clear It had the government's interest at heart and not
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    Youth found dead after scolding
    163 15 A TEENAGER who re'urned to drugs soon after his release from a drug rehabilitation centre was found dead at the foot of a block of flats In Halg Road early yesterday, several hours after being chlded by his tamily. Abdul Marican, 17. left his home
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    Chap-jikee case: Woman wins appeal
    162 15 Chap-ji-kee case: Woman wins appeal THE High Court yesterday allowed an appeal by Madam Goh Ah Lng, 36, a widow, in a chap-ji-kee case and ordered a refund to her of $2,000 which she had paid as a fine. The case over, Madam Goh, a mother of three, told her
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    Knocked down and killed
    51 15 A PEDESTRIAN. Toh Chan Rum. Vi, a Malaysian died on the spot after he was knocked down by an SBS bu* along Jalan Kayu yesterday. Those v.ho saw the accident are asked to get In touch with Inspector Tan Kirn Ling o( Traffic Investigation Section t*l
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    Accident causes traffic jam at Woodlands
    244 15 Accident causes traffic jam at Woodlands JOHORE bound traffic had to be diverted near 24km Woodlands Road early yesterday, when an accident between a van and a petrol tanker lorry caused a big jam. Police said the mishap at about 5.50 a.m. caused a heavy traffic snarl In the area
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    Korean films
    27 15 THE National Museum will screen three colour film*, Bulkuksa Temple, Beautiful Korea and Korean Youth, for students at Its premises on Saturday at 10.43 a.m.
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    FAIR TO DRAW IN THE BARGAIN HUNTERS
    63 15 A WEEK LONG discount fair where customers will be given price reductions will be held at the World Trade Centre from Dec 17. According to Its organiser. Trade Fairs and Exhibitions Limited, the fair will be oriented to bargain seekers. The exhibition is
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      199 15 After a ten year stint with the legendary Dutch Swing College Band, Bert de Kort decided that he wanted to do something different. He wanted something old and yet something new. A sound that was bigger, wider, deeper. A sound that would get people tapping their feet the world over.
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    750 16  -  RUSSELL BAKER in New York By THE CXMJNTRY is awash in statistical studies that tell us what we already know By now. you might suppose, all men. women and children know that cif»arettes i may be the death of them, but here is another fat. expensive
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    110 16  - Country in a hurry to get ahead SEAH CHIANG NEE The Omani people are not too preoccupied with their past for them the future appears far more exciting By Straits Times Foreign Editor IN THE second and concluding part of his article on Oman, Seah Chiang Nee looks at the
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      205 16 j^JK Housawife JEcfiA mIUWS... it is difficult to prepare a meal which retains all the important Vitamins and Minerals. L(^ She shops for GUARDIAN -SSS MULTIVITAMINCap- .Lw., -JM sules which will supple- 62 ment all her family's diets with the essential Vitamins i and Minerals, all in a T* ONE-A-DAY
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      Well done RTS but there's still room for improvement
      308 17 I WOULD like to congratulate RTS for the better presentation of the news at 9.30 p.m. Your picturenews has generated new interest for people like me. Previously, I always found the news presentation a very boring affair. But with the picture-news,
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      Help my family to find a home
      216 17 MY FAMILY and I have been living in Jalan Alsag off since September 1975. We have now been told to move out by April because the area is due for clearance. No alternative choice of residence has been offered by the HDB. because
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      159 17 WE THANK your writers TAX (ST Oct 13) and B P Ng (ST Oct 24) for drawing our attention to the fact that our current presentation of amortization costs for HDB car parks has in fart created the erroneous impression that the HDB made
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      A straightforward answer please
      199 17 I REFER to the letter from Mr. Lim Heng Tow, PRO of RTS (ST Jan 13) in reply to the letter from "TV Licence Holder." The reason given by RTS for not televising "I Claudius" is unfortunately, typical of the vague and nebulous replies being given
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      Water at swimming pool clean
      91 17 I REFER to the complaint by "Keep Pool Clean" (ST Jan 19). The water of the Toa Payoh Swimming Pool is clean and maintained in accordance with set standards of hygiene. All water samples of the pool sent to the Department of Scientific Services for
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      Drivers have been warned
      90 17 I refer to "Stick to bus lanes for sake of passengers" by "Communter" (ST Jan 8). The drivers of Service 200 (SBS 4270 L 1028R) have been reprimanded for failing to stop when hailed. Should they be caught committing the same offence again, we will not
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      698 17  -  ROBERT CRABBE in Peking By THIS CHINESE capital, with scratchy telephones and bicycle clogged streets, is to become one of the great busiless centres of the world. Seldom has such a role been thrust on a city that was so little prepared for
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      740 17 LEAD ON WITH VANE JEANS Wl WM W VANE has perfected the art of making jeans and WM W shirts. You have the artistic flair for casual fashion. WM W Together you make a great pair. So hug a VANE on *m M WM W your hips and one on
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      CLOSING PRICES
      522 18 MALAYAN BANKING. which has already establishtil itself as the largest hank listed on the Stock F.x rhangp of Singapore, seems iloji'i mirKfi to win the distinction of being the biggest profit maker in the business The group announced on Tuesday a sharp increase in its net attributable earnings
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      BUSINESS DONE (SINGAPORE)
      1558 18 BID and offer prices officially llßtad .md business In and reported to the Stock Exchange nf Singapore yesterday with the number of shares traded shown In brackets In lota of 1.000 units unless uiherwi.se specified All Times Settlement Contracts are quoted after the word "sett Blr Board
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      Govt and corporate bonds
      137 18 4 1/2% 1/8/80 (250.000) (99.188 99.245) 4 3/4% 15/9/80 (250.000) (99.458 99.585) 5% T F 1/5/83 (250.000) 100 108 100.20S 5 3/4% T F 15/6/81-84 (250.000) (102.305) 5% 13/11/84 (250.000) (100 008 100.05S) 7% 15/4/85 (250.000) (100 808 HUH) 7% 1/8/85 (250.000) (100 708 100.85S) 7
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      1913 18 BID and offer prices officially listed and business in and reported to the Kuala Lumpur Sto> li Exchange yesterday witi the number of >hares tiaded shown In brackets in lots of 1.000 units .intrss otherwise specified INDUSTRIALS Ajinamata (7 S3B I Alcam il »3B 2 0081 A Chac
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        385 18 TOKYO: Share prices rose sharply In very active trading, pushing the Dow Jones average to a new high of 6,150.96 points, dealers said. The Dow gained 24.95 points from yesterday's close, with a volume of 530 million shares. The New index was 461.69, up 1.91 points. Buying interest was
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        63 18 THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) Invites banks and discount houses to tender for a total of $40 million Treasury Bills. The Bills are: (A) $30 million 91-day Treasury Bills to be issued from Jan 31 to Peb 2. (B) $10 million 182day Treasury Bills to be
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        174 18 THE KILOBAR market opened at $16,357 and closed j about unchanged In Singapore yesterday. In the Far East, gold opened at US$233 50 ***** It then traded between the $233.50 and 1234.60 range for the rest of the day before closing at $233.70 234 10. After the London morning
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        70 19 FINANCIAL TIMES INDUSTRIALS Tuesday 467.6 Monday 4T3.1 Week Ago 481 .5 DOW JONES AVERAGE INDUSTRIALS Tuesday 84« 8S Monday 838 53 Week ago 835.58 LONDON DOLLAR PREMIUM 1 Tuesday 90 to 90 I Monday 80. to 89. H X HANG SENG Wednesday 535.22 Tuesday ***** Week ago 540.44
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        175 18 THE Straits tin price edged another $9 lower to $1,751 per plcul in Penang yesterday on an official offering up 14 tonnes to 240 tonnes. The overnight London market »us easier with forward ouyers falling £145 to £6.700 per tonne LONDON: Tin on the day was down £70 for
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        32 18 LONDON: Oopper pne*a on Tueaday (pnvloua In bracketa). Wtrakar Spot buytra 1547 < £832 50). afllen lt*H (<«S3): Tnrte Month buyera £883 50 (£SCB). aellcra £SM (£BW).. Markat tana: steady. >>!•■ 11,000 tonnea.
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        508 18 THE morning session of the Singapore rubber market yesterday closed slightly lower In line with a lower after hours' here on Tuesday, dealers said. The market letter recovered slightly on some covering Interest, but trading was very quiet in advance of the forthcoming Chinese New Year holidays. The morning
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        125 18 DAILY GSR and EUR prices at noon yesterday: K.A.S. (Correat Mth) (Forward Mth) Hayer* Seller* Bayer* Seller* SSR 20 (1 ton pallet) 229 00 231 OON 229 SO 231.50N SSR 50 (1 ton pallet) 226 00 228.00N 226 50 228 JuN NHE.LB SMR CV (1 ton pallet)
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      Metro leads the way
      424 18 METRO HOLDINGS was highlighted in bullish trading in a generally erratic, and at time* volatile, market at the Stock Exchange of Singapore yeaterday. The share hit an all-time high of $4.20 following the announcement by the company that it had been granted approval in principle to
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      K. LUMPUR
      449 18 SHARE prices were sought to slightly better levels for the third consecutive session on the Kuala Lumpur stock market yesterday. Trading was. however, erratic. Opening slightly easier prices recovered on moderate support in the afternoon to close with marginal gains across a fairly broad front. The KLSE Industrial
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      17 18 NOTE: The&e rates may differ slightly from Uiose quoted by bants to their customers.
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      BATS may soon overtake Rothmans in terms of sales
      321 19 BATS may soon overtake Rothmans in terms of sales IT MAY a»t be lamg brfarc the Stagapare British American Tibtrri Campaay evertakes Rotamam as the market le*dTMs to the unpre— lia eae gets whea camparlag bath campaalea' latest remits. Par BATS, last year's maiden year perl arms arc aa a
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      Folex now in the black
      140 19 TRUE to chairman Datuk Chan Tak Cheung's expectations, Folex Industries finally moved into the black after four years of consistent losses. For the year ended last August, the company achieved a net profit after extraordinary items of $565,385 against the previous year's loss of $3.27
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      779 19 aaa^^^aßar^^y*al 1 3k T ll Z*£.tflM i «a|l SI I H a? 1 «XCfil Stlt^^ Parmohonan adalah dipolawa dari Warganagara Malaysia yang mamHiki kalayakan dan pangalaman tartantu untuk dipartimbangkan bagi jawatanlavntan barikut di Intthut Latihan Lambaga Latrik Nagara, di Jalan Sardang. Nafta* NAMAJAWATAN: A JURUTEKNIK TINOKATAN TERTINGGI (INSTRUKTOR KANAN INSTRUMENT
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      312 19 IN THE HIGH COUBT IN MALAYA AT KUALA LUMPt'K CIVIL SUIT NO: IM7 OF II7S BETWEEN 1. Lai Yoke Quln lan Infant splnater> sulnr by her mother and next friend Chlew Ah Soo 2 Chlew Ah Soo Plaintiffs AND Gan Choa Lai Defendant NOTICE To: Gan Choa Lai No. IS2-B.
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      600 19 GENERAL MANAGER The Company, a member of a substantial Group of Companies, recently appointed as the sole distributor in Singapore for a high performance, prestigious German make of motor vehicles, invites applications to fill this key position. The incumbent will be responsible for the overall management and profitability of the
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      2242 20 AT YOUR SERVICE SECTION INDEX j J 1- JtoeTVaa^ ■»«T"/«.'»i KATES vm ANNOUNCEMENTS Si PERSONAL 254-4422, Perword «octs(Mln (9 00) iv OBITUARIES I 1 Per column cm (10 75 (Mln. (35 25) 1A UDiiUftniU) I FOR SALE SHOPPING GUIDE 1 Aniiques PRIVATE SALE Collectors an- VjlpV uque furniture for sale
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      1239 20 H EMPLOYMENT Established Firm requires APPLICATIONS ARE INVITED COMPETENT STENOGRAPHER to fill the following vacenicee IN BRUNEI c Minimum 3 years experience c Good command of English cTcunrniDur.il essential; only good credit In STENOGRAPHER English at GCE "0 1 level will be cum considered _„_r ,r--r« r>w Able to correspond
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      1371 20 N EMPLOYMENT SHIPPING FIRM URGENTLY requires 1) Experienced Accounts "if f^*^aa Clerk (minimum 2 years 'elevant W p experience) and 2) Telephone Operator/General Clerk. Write ■k to: Sea Transportation Pte Ltd J Colombo Court P.O Box 590. Xi Spore 6. i^V 1 »> TYPISTS/RECEPTtONISTS/TELEX fcsf fc*UJf>ITMVJH 0 Operators. For those
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      1174 20 I EMPLOYMENT ESTABLISHED COMPANY REOUIRES Repair Terhiii.i.ui (or iE^''^S y i*rja. electrical machine With ITC or t\ Interested, please apply to PO Lit Box 1472 with telephone number v^eVVs. 1 INTERIOR DESIGNER AND Interior \>OC*T+*JW Draftsman with minimum .1 S g?j«y years" experience required mi mediately Send resume and salary
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      972 21 N EMPLOYMENT TECHNKIAN 31 Sltll*tlOn» VaCWil rrvMXT a nd maintain elr<trogjjjjjjjjjß^paßaß^ajaßjßßß^Bjjjßj******! mechanical of lice equipment Kx-NS men aged around 25 Class II QDL and motorbike d) Trrhnitmi mmmmt T^TZ^^TTT^^^? A PP |V to Paya Laaar P.O. Be* M UNITED ENGJNEERS (SINOAPORE) PTELTD. TECNWCIANS r«i««m« Ouewhcewone Trade S. ln><> l.rlillialr In
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      586 21 I EMPLOYMENT „^■■■■■l LMbjW COPAL SINGAPORE PTE LTD ANEOUALOavONTUMITY reqiHree EM^ oYglt FEMALE fSTTI PRODUCTION KJ OPERATORS a Age above 16 years old Primary education and above bj service international a Working experience not b»c necessary MibeNfcenr o« eu-Myofte* mo Residents or non-resi-inviiw application! for the dents are welcome, following
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      949 21 II EMPLOYMENT DRIVER WANTED. Must h*\- EXPERIENCED DRIVER CUM Ctaai 111 driving licence, prefer- Delivery Clerk. Salary $250 ably staying around Paya Lebar »300 Apply In writing to 413/414. area Ring 6&3068 Blk 1. PSA Multi-Storey Complex. Paslr Panjang Road. SlngaffSHl^^^^^H^H^H^P^Bjaj P°re 5 Photograph required I FEMALE DRIVERS FOR 3-tonner
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      916 21 H EMPLOYMENT m 9 SANYO ■tOQI INDUSTRIES (S) PTE LTD mfiKM 1 FACTORY WORKERS ■^krie^Bl (MALE* FEMALE) c Minimum Primary 8 education and 16 years of age Due to our rapid expansion our Malaysian cltlxen will be confoundry in Jurong Invites appll- sldered cations for: coo AY PAINTERS ruurwriT urEHAlims
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      1336 21 N EMPLOYMENT U GENERAL DIESEL Unioaar* (Prhrat.) Llwßed require* requires FEMALE (1) PURCHASING CLERK PRODUCTION OCE O level w.th minimum I OPERATORS year s experience Ability lo type and operate We oner telex machine an advantage c Hlfh starting salary ofaffM SlflO 00 per month (2) ACCOUNTS CLERK SMR eae*enc«
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      1516 22 N EMPLOYMENT •___S^aaBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBK 99 COFFEE HOUSE/ SEAFOOD PALACE (Oopo*rt*H*wP*r V**) t) General «ro*«tiy r******* (1) FULL-TIME EXPERIENCED SERVICE PROMOTERS REOUMED RESTAURANT CASMERS (2) FULL-TIME WAITRESSES Brarh Road. Spore 7 (opposite tor coM** nouaa and r**taurant. 'Ih'januaVv ''lo'i'm'u.'s Int rMl d P""* c Personally in January 10 a m to s
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      1753 22 11l VEHICLES 4 BOATS MERCEDES 2*oB AUTOMATIC 19*7 AUSTIN MINI 850. very good LATE 1974 Showroom condition < onditlon, new paint and casRoad tax new Low mileage .sette $2,950 Tel *****42 19-A. Butterfly Aye Singapore IM7 MINI STATIONWAGON Engine, bodywork good condiMGA I*oo MX 11. 1961 Fully re- tion Tax
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      1522 22 IN VEHICLES BOATS 1973 MOOEL TOYOTA Corolla 1200 1977, DATSUN PICK-UP. Long c c Sports rims, lyres, excellent body 1 owner Showroom condlcondltlon $9,150 Blk 161. 1616-A tlon $9,500 *****2 Lorong 1. Toa Payoh DATSUN 120 V Lady owner 1*73 PEUGEOT 50*. 1 owner, air- Tax. insurance tyres new con.
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      1408 22 IV ACCOMMODATION* PROPERTIES DIST. 10. DOUBLE-STOREY DE- OIST. CAMNHM.L PLAZA excluTACHED Bungalow with 4 bed- sive type A. 4-bedroomed apartrooms and a large living and ment with central alrcond. dining room. Enquiries Steven swimming pool, squash court *****59/*****40 $3,300 partially furnished. Also DIST. 10 EXECUTIVE double- available type Al B
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      1169 22 IV ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES W b) Flats I ATTRACTIVE SPLIT-LEVEL ■Ma%|tNtH|B>*_*J I APARTMENT at Faber Mills phase LlßJ^ujl—H II 7. Type <" SwunminK pool, len|aT|nT'Bß9BV2BHfPjH^^| ms court, loan available $125,000 ■VMUUILUSgKCIISiaIBVfI tieiioiiiihle I.J Realty *****2/ |7T*TT>?fXVli^fl 1 1 9'.fAM ■■Ma»A«aiia^iila»4aaaJ*l B*Hwn Sacuritw* (S) Pta Lid Raal E alata Dmaion V £-f
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  • IX OBITUARIES
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      135 23 ELIZA ESPECKERMAN departed 11.179. interred 14.1.79. Family thank Frs. Bala and Guterres. St. Joseph's P.M.; Fr Moses Tay. Canoslan nuns. Confraternity OL. Seven. Dolores Society. St. Vincent de Paul, relatives, friends for condolence, messages, prayers, assistance, donations, attendance. ma v"» _j Klaaa all IK* IriakniHa) iHflj uOQ DiOSi
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      101 23 Our deepest condolence to Mrs. Pauline Neon and the bereaved family ot the late Mr John Neoh Chee Khuan from the Board of Director*, Management and Staff of Stevic (Singapore) Pte Ltd and Fleet Private Limited. and the bereaved family ol lha lala MR. JOHN NEOH CHEE KHUAN
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      238 23 IN EVER LOVING memory of Mr Kan Pak Onn. 1 year has paased since you have gone, but sweet memory still lingers on Always remembered by A P N 3. Woodbridge Hospital IN LOVING MEMORY of our dearest MICHAEL GOH CHOO WAN (Pur.ar S S Kola Ball)
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      641 24 f AUDIT SENIORS We have vacancies in our Kuala Lumpur Office for ambitious young men and lady accountants interested in pursuing a career with us. Candidates should possess several years experience in a professional office either in Malaysia or overseas. Attractive salaries will be paid. Brief but cor .prehensive personal
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      357 24 KERETAPI TANAH MELAYU Tawaran-tawaran adalah dipelawa danpada pemborong-pemborong yang berdaftar didaiam jabatan Kejuruteraan Raya, Keretapi Tanah Meiayu. Kuala Lumpur untuk kerja-kerja yang tersebut dibawah:(i) Cadangan membina satu unit Rumah Kerani dan 4 unit Rumah Pekerja terns berderet di jerantut (Kelas C) (ii) Cadangan pemb naan 10 unit Rumah-Rumah Pekerja Keretapi
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      8 25 USE LOGOS IN YOUR SEMI-DISPLAY ADVERTISEMENT FOR PROMINENCE
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      568 25 invites applications from MALE Singopore Citizens for appointment as:(A) ESTATES/LANDS OFFICER QUALIFICATIONS: (i) Bachelor of Science (Estate Management); OR (ii) Passed Final Examination of the Royol Institution of Chartered Surveyors, OR (iii) Degree from a recognised University with at least 3 years administrative experience in a large organisation. Preference will
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      404 25 A progressive manufacturing company has new openings for: SKILLED UNSKILLED OPERATORS in the following operations:- Copper or Aluminium Wire Drawing Horizontal or Vertical Enamelling Conductor Stranding PVC Cable Extruding Copper Annealing Cable Repair and laying up of Sector Shaped Cables Attractive starting wages are offered:Operator $370.00 p.m. Trainee $280.00 p.m.
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      52 25 FESCO-INDIA LINE M.V. "ARKADIY KAMANIN" Arrived: 16.1.79 at Godown Nos: 300 Paslr Panjang Wharf General Survey on damaged cargo ex. above vessel will be held on 27th January, 1979 as from 9.00 a.m. to 12.00 p n. No further survey will be held. Agents: Singapore Soviet Shipping Co. Pte. Ltd.,
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      204 25 OFFICIAL NOTICE PROPOSAL TO CHANGE A SHIP'S NAME We Donaldson Burklashaw of 6th floor Clifford Centre, Raffles Place, Singapore 1, hereby give notice that In consequence of the Intended purchase Of the motor vessel "SUSANNE" by Archdale Limited of 80 Broad Street. Monrovia, Liberia, application has been made to the
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      575 26 OUERSERS TRPinmC A reputable Japanese Company, manufacturing zinc castings invites applications for specialised training in the following (a) Tool Die Making and Maintenance (b) Plastic Injection Moulding (c) Diecasting (d) Chromium Plating (c) Polishing Buffing Qualification Experience Male Singapore Citizen. 23 to 29 years of age who have completed National
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      536 26 W'^ The Straits g^.^ Steamship Group The Group is a leader in its various fields of activities which comprise Shipping, Property, Industrial Trading, Distribution, Engineering, Oilfield, Leisure, Data Processing and Insurance. We are looking for suitably qualified, experienced and highly motivated individuals to fill the following two positions in one
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      593 26 FTTZPATRIOOS FOOD SUPHJES (FE) LTD Financial and (T^sTl Management Accountant (MCS *****) CIRCA $40,000 PA. BENEFITS Oir client, Fitzpatrick's wishes to appoint a Financial and Management Accountant Based in Jurong, he will report to the General Manager and be responsible for statutory and management accounts, budgets (including cash flow forecasts)
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      282 26 FOR SALE LUXURY DIESEL YACHT ORIGINALLY BUILT HONGKONG 1965 COMPLETELY REBUILT AND OVERHAULED 1977, AND NOW AS NEW LENGTH OVERALL 43 FT TEAK CONSTRUCTION WITH FIBREGLASS HULL TWIN PERKINS 1 20 HP DIESEL ENGINES SPEED 7 10 KNOTS CRUISING RANGE 1 500 MILES FULL RADIO EQUIPMENT GALLEY TOILET/SHOWER WITH HOT/COLD
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    CJ: 6-year ban on rider not too long
    147 27 A BIX-YEAR total disqualification order on a motorcyclist. described colloquially as a hellrider, is not an excessive period, having regard to the nature In which the offence is committed. The Chief Justice. Mr Wee Chong Jin. said this when he dismissed an
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    Assn flag day
    22 27 THE Malay Youth Literary Association will hold its annual flag day on Saturday (or 1U educational and welfare funds.
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    Dispute over so shows to go on
    146 27 Dispute over so shows to go on CATHAY Organisation will go on with Its mld- 1 night and 9 a.m. dim shows at all its cinemas during the Chinese New Year weekend. A Cathay spokesman said yesterday that a dispute with the Film Industry Employees' Union has been resolved and
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    Wait-and-see by SIA on longer haul for Concorde
    413 27  -  PHILIP LEE By our Lcndon raportar CHAMPAGNE FLIGHT DUE IN TODAY THE joint Sngapore Airlines British Airways Concorde supersonic service took off from Heathrow Airport yesterday afternoon, amid celebration with champagne and wine, ior its nine-hoar flight to Singapore In "the not-so-far
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    60 pc rise in visitors from India
    216 27 60 pc rise in visitors from India PASSENGER traffic from India to Singapore by air and sea have Increased by 00 per cent over the past few months following the relaxation of exchange controls and customs duties in India. It was learnt yesterday that air flights and ship passages between
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    School alumni officials
    43 27 MR O V Nathan has been elected president of toe Upper Serangoon Technical School Alumni. Other offlclai* Include Mr One Kok Thai, Tloe-prrsl-dent, Mist Sng Oeok Huay, execuilvr secretary; Mr Beet Yong. auUtanc txecutlve aecretary; Mlsi Yam Kah Yee, treasurer.
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    ACCIDENT RELIEF FUND TOPS $4.4 m
    116 28 THE Industrial Accident Relief Fund has topped $4,469 million with the new donations collected by Sin Chew Jit Poh (M/ Ltd. Rrdif fusion (S) Pte Ltd. and Nanyanc Slang Pau. Yesterday, the Senior Minister of State (Labour) and chairman of the Industrial Accidents Relief
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    Day the smoke got into seaside houses
    391 28 THE Burmese ship, Pyidawnyut, which was still smouldering after a fire on Monday, flared up again yesterday, causing smoke to blow into beach houses off Sembawang. Fanned by strong winds from the South China Sea, the smoke caused inconvenience to many villagers near
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    Chok Tang to launch anticrime project
    104 28 THE Senior Minister of State (Finance). Mr Goh Chok Tong, will launch the Ministry of Social Affairs 1 neighbourhood project on crime and drug abuse prevention, and recruitment campaign for volunteers at Marine Parade HDR community hall on Feb 16 at 7.45 p.m. The
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    Kinabalu trip
    30 28 THE Singapore Adventures' Club will organise an expedition to Mount Klnabalu from Mar 11 to 19. Those Interested can write to the secretary c/o Oeylang P.O. Box 100.
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    Magistrate was justified, says CJ
    146 28 Magistrate was justified, says CJ THE High Court in an i appeal case yesterday upheld a magistrate's I observation that commerc i a 1 or "whitecollar" crimes are on the Increase in Singapore. The Chief Justice, Mr Wee Chong Jin, said the magistrate was justified in making the observation and
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    Envoy back
    31 28 THE Singapore Ambassador i to Japan. Mr Wee Mon Cheng last night returned home from Tokyo for a one-month vacation and to celebrate Chinese New Year with his family.
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    GP course
    26 28 THE Orchard Road YMCA will hold a nine month course on General Paper, at Its premises from Feb 8. Those Interested, please call *****8.
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      187 28 Bringing Up Father By Bill Kivimgh <c Hal Camp V A *Wi THOUGHT II I HOPE SHE *\~l g^^g^TT/vIM NOW I KNOW ~j JICX3S, WHAT'S A FISHING EVERYBODY DOESN'T FINISH Bm^^ WHY YOU KNOW SO A "HieuT CRAWLER "J WOR«.' I kXEW THAT.' J HER PUZZLE BZflgV' MUCH ABOUT S.
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  • ACROSS THE CAUSEWAY
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      335 29 NEW DELHI. Wed MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Datuk Hussein Onn said today that Asean would not become a military grouping following the Vietnam-ese-backed takeover in Kampuchea. Datuk Hussein, speaking at a press conference here on the third day of a four-day official visit, said "We
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      Lock icon 59 HELD IN JB RAIDS
      103 29 SOME of the 59 people detained In Joh o r c Baru yesterday in anticrime raids on three major office and shoppine complexes in a bid j to clean the town of bad bats and criminals before the Chinese New Year Police said of the
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      Lock icon Labuan to have SI .6 b aluminium plant
      179 29 Labuan to have SI .6 b aluminium plant KOTA KINABALU, Wed. A $1.6 billion aluminium smelting plant is to be built at Labuan In Sabah soon with foreign capital participation. The project, a Joint venture Involving French, South Korean and Malaysian Interests, was finally approved by the three partners at
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      Lock icon Betong Reds in smear drive against troops
      175 29 Betong Reds in smear drive against troops IPOH, Wednesday THE hard-pressed communist terrorists in the Betong salient have resorted to a smear campaign against Malaysian troops, according to some Thai officials here. The campaign, they said, Is aimed at stirring up ill feelings among the residents over the presence of
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      Lock icon SIX HOURS OF TV TIME IN COLOUR
      109 29 SIX HOURS OF TV TIME IN COLOUR KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. —TV Malaysia is offering a "bonanza" for holiday revellers 14 hours of viewing pleasure, six of which will be In colour. Information Minister Datuk Mohamed Rahmat announced today that on national public holidays, TV Malaysia will start screening Network One
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      Bid to evade duty: $5,000
      53 29 JOHORE BARU, Wed A Singapore businessman was today fined $9,000. In default four months' jail, for attempting to evade duty on $1,900 worth of batik and embroidery cloth. Zahaii Hajl Said. 40. pleaded guilty to committing the offence at the Causeway checkpoint here at 4.15
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      46 29 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. A group of Malaysian businessmen will toon m&ks a vim to Bangladesh to ttudy the poaabtUty of aettlnc up joint ventures In Jute buttM Thli was dliclOKd yesterday by BangUrtwh High Commissioner to Malaysia, Major General KM Saflullah. AFP.
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      342 29 jjm£ G raham vSjP G reene f^T he Human Factor^ La^r aaV jMm Wmfff^ r 1 i I L _i faw^aW^^Wa^B L L-* AmmrJmwi > haW M 'Probably the best espionage novel ever written.' Richard H Growald, UPI 'A major literary event a marvellous tale of spies and intrigue spun
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  • TIMESPORT
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      Lock icon Keegan's contract may tie him down
      116 30 HAMBURG (West Oermany). Wed. Soccer star Kevin Keegan s new three-month contract with American club Washington Diplomats will probably keep him out of the early rounds of the European club competitions next season, soccer sources said yesterday. Keek a n. England's European "Footballer of
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      Lock icon $1.3 m Mike Channon for sale
      113 30 MANCHESTER (England). Wed. Mike Channon, a regular member of the England soccer side until last season, is for sale. His club. Manchester City, announced this yesterday. Manager Tony Book said: "We both accept that things have not worked out the way we wanted. I
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      113 30 BRUSSELS. Wed. Magistra.es yesterday dropped charges against Anderlecht and Barcelona soccer piayers, who refused to submit to a police drugs test after the European Cup-Win-ners' Cup match here last Oct 18. The Anderlecht players defied the test fol- lowing the refusal by me Ba-celona team. In London,
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      An exclusive by Club 45
      41 30 A return air ticket to Penang. donated by Cathay Pacific Airways, awaits the winner of tonight's Club 45 bowling tournament at Tenpin. The tournament Is organised specially for managers and secretaries of Japanese firms In Singapore.
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      Lock icon Mays elected
      34 30 NEW YORK. Wed. Willie Mays, one of the greatest centre fleMers the game has known waa elected to the baseball Hall of Fame today in his ;.rst year of eligibility I —Reuter.
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      Lock icon Gavaskar back to relentless best
      381 30 NEW DELHI. Wed. Captain Sunil Gavaskar scored an unbeaten 119, as Ind a hit a punishing 264 for the loss of only one wicket on the first day of the fifth Test cricket match against the West Indies here today, i Gavaskar's century was Ls
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      SCOREBOARD
      40 30 INDIA U« Inns Gavaskar not out 119 Chauhan c Parry b Phillip 60 Vens«arkar not out 65 Extra* 30 Total (for 1 wkt) 364 WkU. fell at: 119. Bowling: Clarke 8-2-46-0. Phillip '8-2-76-1. Holder 24-5-65-0. P«rry 16-4-39-0. Shlvnarine 2-0-8-0.
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      135 30 ROTORUA New Zealand. Wed A painstaking 85 by Auck'and's John Reid kept Pakstan in the field for most of the first clay of their three-day cricket match against a young New Zealand side here today He came in with his side struggling at eight for two.
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      Koreans lose
      32 30 PORT Authority RC beat Korean Residents Association 1-0 in a friendly soccer match played at Buklt Chermin yesterday. The winning goal was scored by Alias Yun from a first-half penalty.
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      Lock icon England rout Aussies again
      209 30 MELBOURNE. Wed. England humiliated Australia aKi.in here today with an effortless sevenwicket win In their one-day 40-overs-a-side cricket match. The Australians, who already have lost the Ashes in the Test series, were no match for the well-disciplined England players, who had today's game in thtir keeping
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      Lock icon Riches to the victor
      81 30 THE message in the picture (above) seems to be clear: "To the winner goes the money." The picture is a reproduction of one of heavyweight champion Muhammad All's paintinrs an early effort done in 1968. A one-man show of 24 paintings done by AH will be
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      Tonga displays striking form
      160 30  -  FAIRWAY By KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Tonga, who will shoulder bottom weight of 47.5 kilogrammes in the Class 4, Div I 1.800metre race on Sunday, showed striking form in a workout here today. With Richard Ang astride, the Classic Mission five-year-old was hard held all the way,
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      20 30 The Hustler South Pacific 111 Desperado Village Sheriff II Cressida Eastern Music Altares Sydney City Sudden Invincible
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      Lock icon Hiroshima get backing for 1990 Asian Games
      105 30 TOKYO, Wed. Japan's Olympic Committee and the Japan Amateur Sports Association have decided to support Hiroshima's bid to stage the llth Asian Games In 1*490, a JASA spokesman said today. He said a Hiroshima representative had also asked the Education Ministry to support
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      249 30 TEL AVIV, Wed. The Israeli Olympic Committee last night leversed an earlier decision to break all sports relations with South Africa and deciied to continue to compete against the republic. A report on sports In China to be heard by the executive board of the Olympic Oamet on Monday
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      GOLF NOW NOT TENNIS
      266 31 SINGAPORE are a count-y whose power-lusting sports officials are not exactly wont to encourage their competitors to thick for themselves. So Daniel Lim who Is Just about the most outspoken sportsman In the Republic and he has the suspensions behind him to prove It! i£ like
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      Lock icon Mikkola still in the lead
      223 31 MONTE CARLO Wed. Hannu Mikkola. of Finland, and his Swedish team mate Bjorn Waldegaard kept their Ford Escorts comfortably in the lead in the 47th Monte Carlo rally as surviving crews reached the half-way stage of the gruelling 1500 kilometres second leg of the competition
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      Lim's British Open drive
      510 31 but it's only really a question of whether or not I'll be accepted as a pro when the time comes," says the superconfident Lim. "Then, as a pro, I only need enter." Which Is a determined attitude so unlike those of most Singapore sportsmen and women,
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      Ponggol only seed to fall by wayside
      223 31  -  PETER SIOW By PONOOOL have been the only seeded team to fall by the wayside as the inter constituency table tennis tournament enters the second round tomorrow week. Ponggol's ignominy was caused by Queenstown, who whipped them 3-n in the opening match and
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      Singapore to give this meet a miss
      178 31 Singapore to give this meet a miss FOR the nrst time since the Inception of the Commonwealth table tennis championships In 1971, which Singapore hosted, the Republic will tournament, reports PETER SIOW. The desire to do well In the world championships in Pyongyang, North Korea, from April 25 to May
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      62 31 Today's events SOCCER SBHFL taara*mtnl Division I: Outhrle Singapore Hilton (Jalan Beau- Stadium;; Division II: BtrslU Times v OCBC 'To» Payoh., BBS t MJUubUhl (Purer Park Athletic UenU*>: BGBFL taaraaaaaa* Piiisi'a II: University of Singapore v Prisons (Purrsr Park i, BAPBA A T Telarec i Oeylang Stadium) Dirties III: Supreme
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      TAI DEFIES THE PAIN
      341 32  -  KEN JALLEH Jr. A PICTURE OF CHUBBY COURAGE Profile... By JED TAI, the chubby seven-year-old who bagged two gold medals at last week's Singapore Amateur Swimming Association age -group championships, is a picture of determ i n a t i o n and courage He knows
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      Cha unlikely to play for West German team
      104 32 DARMSTADT, (West Germany), Wed. South Korean soccer international Cha Beum Keun is unlikely to play for West German ciub Darmstadt this season because he cannot get a discharge from the air force until May, club president George Schaefer said yesterday. Cha flew
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      65 32 LIVERPOOL EYE COHEN TEL AVIV, Wed. Avl Cohen, a young Israeli soccer star who Is being sought by English club Liverpool, said here that the European champions' interest In him was "the most flattering thing that ever happened to me." Cohen, 22, a centrehalf of Egyptian origin. plays for Maccabi
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      Coaching problem
      132 32 I AM a keen tennis player, but need coaching. I was very happy to find an excellent coach, who, besides, happens to be the Singapore champion In the doubles. As I do not belong to a dab, I have to play on public courts. Now, recently, I was
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      Schools beat BA boys
      199 32  -  BERNARD PEREIRA By SCHOOLS 1 BABFC o BY mutual agreement. It was to nave been a friendly match between the visiting British Airways Boys' Football Club and Singapore Under 15's. But In reality, It turned out to be BAB against a Combined School? 1 side, some
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      West Bengal women's tour is off
      200 32 West Bengal women's tour is off THE West Bengal women's soccer team's lour of Singapore next month is off, reports BERNARD PEREIRA. Tills was told to me by Katharyn Yeo, secretary of the Women's Football Association of Singapore yesterday. The 20-member Indian team had planned to tour Malaysia, Singapore and
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      Leblond lose
      21 32 UNITED Motor Works crushed Lebloud Asia 5-1 to win the Jurong Inter-Company soccer title at Jurong Stadium mat night.
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      Gill explains why referees had been absent
      320 32  -  WILFRED YEO By THE Football Association of Singapore's Referees' Committee have taken the blame for the recent spate of absenteeism at league matches. Col. M.S. Gill, the Referees' Committee chairman, said yesterday that It was the carelessness of their appointments secretary that had
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      80 32 EAST BERLIN, WedEast German women soccer players have been granted their own national championship. The soccer magazine Neve Fussballwoche announced yesterday that the East German Football Association had relented to growing female pressure and would arrange qualifying rounds this year leading up to national finals in
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      Was Arshad forced out by hecklers?
      30 33  - Was Arshad forced out by hecklers? WILFRED YEO By THERE is, apparently, more than meets the eye In the surprise retirement of striker Arshad Khamls from the Singapore soccer side.
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      29 33 NATIONAL players from left Llm Tang Boon, Mohamed Noh, Hashim Hosni, Ho Kwang Hock and Syed Mutallb on arrival at the Singapore Airport yesterday. Picture by TAN SCAN ANN.
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      Nestles fifth triumph
      250 33  -  PETER SIOW By AFTER two fruitless attempts. Nestle finally looked like achieving success In Division Three of the Business House; Footba.l League. At Farrer parjt yesterday, they hammered Riectrolux 4-1 tor their fifth straight win in Group D. All they neea Is another win from their next
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      Fire in their young hearts
      570 33  - Fire in their young hearts JOE DORAI SINGAPORE SHOW SKILL AND COURAGE By KOTA KINABALU. Wed. The Football Association of Singapore should try to persuade striker Arshad Khamls to withdraw his resignation, and persevere with the present newlook squad. The Singapore team wiped oui the fears of FAS chairman N
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      31 33 FOOTBALL Association of Singapore chairman N. Ganesan, (left) chats with coach Seak Poh Leong and Ronald Naidu, assistant team manager. at the Singapore airport yesterday. Picture by TAN SI AN ANN.
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      Singapore to send Sabah match report to FAM
      108 33  -  KEN JALLEH Jr By better se cur 1 1 y for matches there In future." "I will be having a meeting with our team manager to find out what happened and our report will be based on that." New Nation photogra- in
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      Mokhtar may be striker again
      100 33 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Selangor have apparently run out of ideas on how to pack more punch Into attack and it looks as If Mokhtar Daharl will play as striker again. "Mokhtars conversion to mldfleld hasn't been very successful, although he hasn't been doing too badly
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      Soh to play for Malacca
      87 33 langor captaincy recently. "I will be forwarding the letter for Son's release tomorrow. He is at present residing In his home town, Alor Gajah. According to competition rules, Son requires 14 days residence here before he can play for Malacca," said Malacca FA secretary Andrew
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    68 34 WITH China roinc "modern" what could be more apt than screening Charlie Chaphn's "Modern Times" in the country's cinemas* The late film actor peers j from a billboard In front of a bicycle park j in Tsinan. capital of Shantung province, to advertise his classic
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    67 34 COPENHAGEN. Wed. At least 5.000 seabirds were today leported trapped and dying .n a mixture of ice and spilled oil off the east coast of Jutland. Danish biologist Ebbe Boegebjcg Hansen said oil from a Swedish tanker which ran around last Sunday had drifted to waters
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    Privy Council rules far Botak Chin
    39 34 Privy Council rules far Botak Chin LONDON, Wednesday THE conviction and death sentence passed on Wong Swee Chin, alias Botak Chin, for possessing firearms in a security area, should be set aside, the Privy Council in London recommended today.
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    Brazil to admit 26 Viet refugees from S'pore
    10 34 Brazil to admit 26 Viet refugees from S'pore BRASILIA. Wed
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    86 34 ROME, Wed. A public opinion survey reported yesterday that Pope John Paul 11 Is liked by 84 out of 100 Italians and 70 per cent say he Is the right Pope for the Roman Catholic Church at this moment. The poll by the Doxa public
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    10 34  - 3 HELP IN ARREST OF ROBBERY SUSPECT K.S. SIOHU By
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    33 34 TOKYO, Wed. Pour men have been arrested for selling a quack remedy made of dried lotus and mud as a cure-all for everything from diabetes to cancer, police reported today. Reuter.
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    110 34 Carter: I won't sign Salt II unless WASHINGTON, Wednesday PRESIDENT CARTER said last night a new strategic arms limitation agreement (Salt II) with the Soviet Union would serve the cause of peace, but pledged he would not sign it unless it preserved Ame r i c a's overwhelming nuclear strength.
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    A JERRY SEH EXCLUSIVE
    65 34 SINGAPORE'S Malaysia Cup team returned yesterday. On the same plane was New Nation's chief photographer Jerry Seh, who, like the players, was in the thick of the action in Kota Kinab a 1 v. Though he was floored by angry fans, he managed to capture the
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    42 34 BERNE, Wed. A Bwt« Ban* consortium has agreed to lend Indonesia 226 million Swiss francs (*****.5 million) to help pay for Swiss equipment and services in building power stations and other plant, the Federal Economics Department announced yesterday. Reuter.
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    Search goes on for missing RMAF jet
    75 34 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Bearch and rescue operations were resumed today In an effort to locate a RMAF Northrop built F-5E Jet fighter, reported missing 36km north-east of Kuantan air base yesterday. RMAF public relations officer, Capt Mohamed Nor, told newsmen that several aircraft
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    Late CLASSIFIED DEATHS
    104 34 Late CLASSIFIED DEATHS OH. HAROLD LJM UAT HIM M. pturd «w«y pe»er fully on H 7» after a ihort Illnca*. H< Uvai behind hU beknrad wife He I to. daufhten Joyce L.'m Kirn Uanc, Dr. Connie LJm Kirn Loan, aon Dr. Urn Klan Poaa aad 4 grandchildren to mourn their
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    590 1  - The paradox that is Washington MILTON CHASE By our correspondent in Washington In the 1950s there began in Washington what was known as the white exodus. Today, the cycle is being reversed with the blacks leaving the city to settle in the suburbs. The reversal has been attributed to a
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    LIFE in AMERICA
    392 1 LIFE in AMERICA professionals, mostly single or childless couples. It will be interesting to learn what the' actual census figures will show in 1980. The last official census in 1970 showed there were 547,238 blacks and 209,272 whites. TALKING about population trends, the 1980 national nosecounting already is facing a
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    652 1  - 1979 a crucial year for America's blacks THOMAS JOHNSON By VERNON Jordan Jr, president of the National Urban League, declared last week that the condition of black Americans verges on the brink of disaster. He added that 1979 promises to be a year of crisis for America's I lack people.
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      373 1 c LEISURE: Individual «ty lea emerging in batik art form 2 jl MlaH«- RISING problam in Japan thay just don't aat enough rice 3 n WOMAN PLUS: Why drug* can cause jaundice in babies 6 Assassination trial: Finger points at Pinochet 8 eP|||pP^ A freehold shop |iii§r investment in the
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      393 1 V jV USUAL USUAL NO. WEIGHT: afUCE: SPECIAL: NO. WEIGHT: PRICE: SPECIAL: DIAMOND MINGS: DIAMOND PENDANTS: 1636 O.34CTS. i 870 00 522 00 6596 O.S2CTS $1,000.00 600.00 «bbbW»Jv*> ieao 900 -sow 000.00 ee&ee- wot o.«e e©w 1.***** e?a.oo 1506 O.M 1,030.00 818 00 3100 0.66 9oM 1,550 00 968*6- A^%\
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        240 8 AUCTION SALE Mortgagees Sale of Valuable Properties To Be Held In Our Sale-Room No 58 Market Street, Singapore I ON WEDNESDAY, 7TH FEBRUARY 1979 At 2.30 PM Particulars: 1) No 5 Poole Rood Vacant Possession Lot 103-65 Mukim XXV Area: 8,676 square feet Title: Grant No 91 Solicitors: M/s Shook
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        139 8 Have a splasfeing gopd time this bußai* Nan Year A* i xjv Mr^ <&Cg/ QX) aj^| hQ? >^ jf >v y^ Jt m± mm. i \v s s^ jS t^^M- T~» ill ft j B 'B*i- »otßotWi_ \AhJk-. If I" B_i ß l t jfc >« j —J^M Kj*m"C \i
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      Variety show to herald the Year of the Goat
      50 2 Variety show to herald the Year of the Goat COME 11.45 Saturday night and the reign of the Goat will be celebrated on television with a Chinese musical variety billed the LUNAR NEW YEAR SPECIAL. This Si-minute programme, produced by Mr Kok Ying Poh, will be telecast on Channel 5.
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      Rado show tonight
      45 2 THE Rado Show comes "live" from Studio One of RTS tonight at 8.45 on Channel 5. Audience and home viewers alike will be entertained by Michael Isaac, Rina Rahman, Wang Ying Ju, The Sophisticates, Wilson David and Debbie Boone (on film let)
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      Samudra at seven
      44 2 Samudra at seven SAMUDRA comes on at seven tonight on Channel 5. Viewers who enjoy this series of Malay semi-classical music, songs and dances will see Hamilah M. Said, A. Razak Adam and Abdullah Mohammed in this edition. They will each sing two numbers.
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      She foiled bid to kiU Roosevelt
      97 2 AT 10.30 on Channel 5 tonight, viewers can see the story of a dauntless young woman who escapes from the Yuma Territorial Prison to foil an assasination bid on President Teddy Roosevelt. WILD AND WOOLY which is the title of Western Feature Special stars
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      21 2 Picture shows artist Marjwte Lee Claus discussing the batik painting "Laving Staters" with its artist Tay Che* Ton at the exhibition.
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      Individual styles emerging in batik art form
      530 2  -  LING POON WAH By THE tendency towards individualism seems to be asserting itself on traditional batik art, if the burgeoning diversity in substance and styles is anything to go by. Indeed creeping signs towards contemporary modern art are discernible at the Second Batik
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      Competition of Malay music at Conference Hall
      39 2 Competition of Malay music at Conference Hall THE third annual hadrah and kompang competition organised by the New Ray Muslim Welfare Association (Persatuan Kabajikan Islam Slnaran) will be staged at the Conference Hall on Monday at 7.30 p.m. i
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      She wants to help create a local art of dance
      285 2 She wants to help create a local art of dance A TAIWANESE dancer and choreographer, who plans to set up a dance school and professional company here, hopes to help Singapore develop its own style and direction in dance. And if anyone can do it. it looks as if Madam
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      Why Marie said 'no' to Grease
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    481 3  - Rising problem in Japan they won't eat enough rice ANDREW HORVAT By YOU CAN make coffee from it, or juice or booze. You can mix it in bread, and promote it in advertising campaigns. And you can sell unlimited amounts to the government. You can do nearly anything with rice
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    715 3  -  MARK MURRAY By thousands of workers becoming redundant JAPAN'S economic forecasts are notoriously unreliable Uist year, for example, real gross national product grew b per cent, making nonsense of the government pledge to achieve 7 per cent. This year the new sdministration of Prime
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      243 6  -  ENID NEMY By they leave for their places of business, or during the morning, with a telephone call. "It doesn't matter where we go," said Mrs Elliott, "to La Goulue, La Grenouille or a pizza place, I feel as though I'm sneaking off
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      152 6 having lunch with her husband because it makes her feel as though "we don't need other people with us to be happy." "At night, we are out with friends, or we have friends in to visit us," said the Moroccan-born Mrs Traulsen. "We discuss
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      121 6 Accessories are bags, shoe?.. Jewellery, and scarves created in the same luxurious spirit. We show here two of Philippe's charming numbers, both reflecting the current retrospective mood. Top right: Navy bine silk crepe de chine dress with white trim. Note the swirling pleated skirt. The other Is a navy and
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      374 6  -  BAILEY MORRIS By THE membership is composed of bankers and corporate executives, artists, economists and media people a disparate group by any measure. Their backgrounds are different, their philosophies varied and their politics, unaligned. In fact, the only common denominator linking
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      64 7 THE DIRECTORS, MANAGEMENT AND STAFF OF I I ASSOCIATED PAN MALAYSIA CEMENT I I SDN. BERHAD I I CEMENT MARKETING CO. (MALAYSIA) I I SDN. BHD. I I PAN MALAYSIA CEMENT WORKS (SPORE) I I PTE. LTD. 1 I EXTEND THEIR DEEPEST CONDOLENCE I TO DATIN NG HONG HENG AND
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    499 8  -  DEBRA BEACH As bishop's conference prepares to roll off By WHEN Pope John Paul II convokes the third Latin American Bishops conference on Jan 27, it will be a moment long awaited by the Latin American Roman Catholic Church. Slightly more
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