The Straits Times, 23 February 1979

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    14 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1979 25 CENTS M.C.(P) No. 142/1/79
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    Lock icon RUSSIANS MOBILISE
    1121 1 Chinese advance on broad front HANOI, Thursday THE SOVIET UNION was reported today to have begun mobilising its forces along its border with China as Chinese troops captured a key provincial capital and pressed across a broad front m northern Vietnam. At sea, the commander of the giant
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    Japanese fears of large scale war
    307 1 TOKYO, Thursday JAPANESE Foreign Minister Sunao Sonoda today expressed anxiety that hostilities between China and Vietnam may result m a large-scale war, and said Japan is ready to serve as a mediator. "There are fears that this will be a long-term affair," he told
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    Lock icon Police boost
    41 1 MANILA Thurs President Ma:cos ordered today the Immediate hiring of l 575 men to reinforce Manila's poUce force m an tffort to Hop a repoCcd Increase U crime m the capital region, the official Philippine news agency reported AP
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    Lock icon Fraser's minister resigns
    77 1 Fraser's minister resigns CANBLRRA, Thurs— The Liberal-National Country Party Government of Prime Minister Malcolm Fras«r suffered a blow tonight when Finance Minister Eric Robinson res tried his portfolio. The resignation of Mr Kobnson, a close personal friend of Mr Fraser, surprised political observers here. It was announced m the House
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    Japan mission for Iran
    62 1 TOKYO, Thurs. Japan will soon send a Urge official economic mission to Iran to explore the fltlds and size of Japanese assistance for the oil-rich nations rehabilitation, government sources said yesterday. The sources said the mission will be headed by International Trade and Industry Minister Masumi
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    Lock icon Rice imports
    27 1 JAKARTA. Thurs. Indonesia will Import about "50.000 to one million tonnes at rice to meet Its demands for this year, It was announced today. AP.
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    Lock icon Thai troops kill 100 in sweep
    219 1 Thai troops kill 100 in sweep HAADYAI, Thursday THAI army troops have killed more than 100 communist guerillas and detained 20 suspects m the current 18-day-old operation launched against their bases m southern Thailand. I Southern Ti-.alland military region commander, Lt-Gen Pin Tnammasir, told Reuter his troops had also seized
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    Lock icon Suit against Karpov
    78 1 MANILA, Thurs. A Dutch court has summoned Worm cness champion Aiiatoly K.arpov to appear before It to answer a suit by Russian detector Viktor Korchnol seeking to annul tne rtsun of their world tii.le match, a Pmiippine chess official said today. International Checs Federation (Fide) Deputy Undent
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    Lock icon 'Asean summit with Carter' report
    124 1 BANGKOK Thurs The five Asean heads of government will hold a summit meeting with President Carter when he makes a visit to ThaiUna, tentatively scheduled for June, official sources said here today. They are expected to discuss with Mr Carter the potential threat posed to
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    Lock icon Egyptian commandos sent to Oman
    105 1 CAIRO, Thurs. Egyptian commandos and paratroopers have been sent to Oman to help combat any renewed leitwing Insurgency m the pro-Western sultanate, sources close to the Egyptian Government said today. Officials m Cairo declined to comment on Gulf newspaper reports of the move, but the
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    leap: Asean agrees not to hit back yet
    590 1  - leap: Asean agrees not to hit back yet LEE KIM CHEW By Straits Times reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday ASEAN economic ministers today agreed to shelve retaliatory measures against Australia's air protectionist policies m favour of a ministerial meeting with Canberra next month m another effort to resolve the issue. Winding
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    Lock icon US to cut aid to Afghans
    129 1 US to cut aid to Afghans WASHINGTON Thurs The United States plans a sharp cut In aid to Afghanistan following the kidnap-murder last week of the US ambassador In Kabul, Mr Adolph "Spike" Dubs. US officials said today. The officials said the decision was prompted by the Afghan Government's handling
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    Lock icon OAU meeting today
    69 1 NAIROBI, Thurs. African foreign ministers begin a twice-yearly conference m Nairobi tomorrow facing their customary task of promoting unity on a continent riven by national, racial. Ideological and religious conflicts. The ministerial meeting of the 49-member Organisation of African Unity IOAUI is officially meant to concentrate on
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    Lock icon 'Neutralised zone' call
    40 1 ANKARA, Thurs. Rumanian president Oaucescu suggested today that a "neutralised zone" be created In Lurope between Warsaw Pact countries and Nato nations as part of a transition to military disengagement and a concrete reduction of aims. AFP.
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    Lock icon Security Council to meet?
    41 1 Security Council to meet? UNITED NATIONS. Thurs. T.ie United States decided today to call, with a number of other members, for an urgent meeting of the Security Council to consider the situation m Indochina, reliable sources said. Reuter. SEE THIS PAGE
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      Lock icon Asean tobe asked to mediate in Khmer conflict?
      339 2 Asean tobe asked to mediate in Khmer conflict? PARIS, Thurs. ASEAN may be called upon to act as mediator and possibly to organise and supervise a referendum m Kampuchea to choose a new government, diplomats said here today. The diplomats said the United States and a number of other countries
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      Lock icon Japan keeps ties with Pol Pot -regime
      181 2 Japan keeps ties with Pol Pot -regime- TOKYO, Thurs. Japan maintains diplomatic relations with the ousted Kampuchean regime of Mr Pol Pot despite lack of recent communications between them, Foreign Minister Sunao Sonoda reportedly said on Tuesday. Mr Sonoda, speaking at a meeting of the Japanese Parliament's Foreign Relations Committee,
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      Lock icon OHIRA: WE CANT RETRACT AID BUT
      136 2 OHIRA: WE CANT RETRACT AID BUT TOKYO, Thurs. Prime Minister Masayoshi Ohira said today Japan could not retract aid already pledged to Vietnam for the current financial year, but he added the government would need time to consider any fresh aid. "Japan has already committed to extend aid worth 14
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      Lock icon 'Soviet defence budget more than necessary'
      304 2 LONDON, Thurs. THE Soviet Union is building up its forces well beyond purely defensive needs, the British Government said today. It said the Soviets are spending between 11 and 13 per cent of their gross national product for military purposes compared with 5 per
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      Lock icon Charged with cruelty
      61 2 DETROIT. Thurs. Th» uncle of five orphans who claimed he kicked (hem out o( his house m sub-zero temperatures is to be formally charged on five counts o( cruelty to children, authorities said yesterday. Clark Hurd Jr. the children's uncle, arranged to surrender for his arraignment today
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      Lock icon Imelda visit
      38 2 VIENNA. Thurs. Imelda Marcos, wife of Philippines President Marcos, will vist Morocco later this nonth to seek King Hassan's support m ending a rebellion by Islamic guerillas m the southern Philippines, informed sources said today Reuter
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      Lock icon China may be worse off after invasion
      522 2 Ties with three nations marred WASHINGTON, Thursday CHINA is expected by experienced observers of Asian and communist affairs to end up worse off after its promised troop withdrawal, than it was before it invaded Vietnam. Relations between Peking and Hanoi have been poisoned
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      Lock icon Comedy with longest run
      59 2 LONDON, Thurs. The West End hit play, No Sex, Please We're British, tonight became the longest running comedy m the world when the curtain went up for the 3,214 th time. The play, which opened at the Strand Theatre on June 3. 1971, has been seen
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      Lock icon Tests issue
      49 2 NEW DELHI. Thurs. The issue of British virginity tests on immigrating Indian women will be raised by India at the United Nations Human Rights Commission because the tests may have been conducted m a "racially discriminative" manner. Indian External Affairs Minister A.B. Vajpayee told Parliament yesterday. AP.
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      Other developments
      243 2 CHINESE peasants In the Slno-Virtnamese harder region have started to return home, now that China's "counter-attack" against Vietnam has made Its safe for them to do so, Hsinhua news agency (NCNA) reported tonight. Tke agency qaeted the villagers as saying: "We have long beea wishing far the frontier
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      Lock icon No change in policy, Japan tells Asean
      193 2 No change in policy, Japan tells Asean TOKYO, Thursday FOREIGN Minister Sunao Sonoda today assured Indonesia that a Sino-Japanese peace and friendship treaty concluded last year did not affect Tokyo's policy towards Asean Mr Sonoda told visiting Indonesian Foreign Minister Mochtar Kusumaatmadja, who is also chairman of the Asean standing
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      Lock icon Puzzle over foreigners
      71 2 MANILA. Thurs. The Philippine Government today remain puzzled over two foreigners, believed to be Westerners, whose personal belongings were found m a recent army raid on a Muslim rebel camp m the south. Military authorities disclosed their names as "Dieter" and "Loiskat whose belongings were said to
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      Lock icon Israeli women defy call-up orders
      323 2 Israeli women defy call-up orders TEL AVIV, Thurs A GROUP of Israeli women angered by laws that let many of the country's draftage women escape military service are risking jail sentences by refusing to report for army reserve duty. In an unprecedented move, three women have been arrested m the
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      33 2 CLEVELAND, Thurs. Charges were filed m Juvenile court yesterday against a teen-aged boy and girl accused of paying US$6O (SI130) to have their father killed because he was too strict. AP.
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      Lock icon Talking it over at breakfast
      85 3 Talking it over at breakfast ISKAKIJ F«relgm Minister Maafee Dtyu, Egyptian Prime Minister Mutate khalll (centre) and IS Secretary of State Cyras Vance talking aver breakfast at tke Camp DavM presidential retreat on Wednesday. The ministers had breakfast together Informally just before they opened a preliminary round of meetings La
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      Lock icon Israel warns
      41 3 TEL AVIV. Thurs. Israel said today it would have (o demand the departure o( the Iranian contingent among United Nations forces separating Israeli and Syrian troops m the Colan Heights buffer zone if anti-Israeli statements continued m Teheran. AFP.
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      Lock icon Sadat: 111 step in militarily
      288 3 If oil flow to West threatened... WASHINGTON, Thurs. PRESIDENT Sadat has told the United States he would be ready to order military forces into any conflict which threatened the flow of Middle East oil to the West, US Government sources said today. Mr Sadat's willingness
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      Lock icon Saudis want to buy Iran's F-14 jets
      206 3 Saudis want to buy Iran's F-14 jets WASHINGTON, Thursday SAUDI Arabia, concerned with the vulnerability of the Persian Gulf, wants to buy all of Iran's 77 Grumman F-14 Tomcat jetfighters from the new government, Aviation Week and Space Technology reported yesterday. The magazine said the Saudis are "concerned over the
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      Lock icon Ballot to change monarchy to a republic
      265 3 Ballot to change monarchy to a republic TEHERAN, Thurs. IRAN'S new government announced yesterday that it will hold a national referendum m 15 days on the issue of formally changing the nation from a monarchy to an Islamic republic. The government statement, published m afternoon newspapers, said the single question
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      Lock icon Tube births
      43 3 MELBOURNE, Thurs. More than 100 Australian women are expected to have operation! aimed at producing "test tube" babies within the next year, a Melbourne doctor said today. About 10 per cent of the women are likely to have successful pregnancies. AFP.
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      Lock icon Gunman in the guise of donkey
      126 3 Gunman in the guise of donkey TEHERAN, Thurs. A gunman who opened fire on a Teheran street on Tuesday found an original way to conceal his position he disguised himself as a donkey, according to the newspaper Kayhan Eyewitnesses said shooting broke out m south Teheran, killing one youth but
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      Prisoner charged with tax fraud
      124 3 MILWAUKEE, Than. Prisaas are often described as places where lamates caa pick ap aew crlmlaal taleata. Bat at gevenuneat expease? Aa ladtetmeat rrtarned la a federal court this week charged that (lilfard Pteaey, SS, toak a carrespaadeM* caarae m larame tax praeedares aflrred aader Waapaa
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      Lock icon Business council proposes test for Asean
      321 4 Business council proposes test for Asean MANILA, Thurs. Southeast asian businessmen proposed today the establishment of a regional trading corporation and two other Asean companies to test whether Asean has the political will to achieve its avowed aims. Delegates attending a twoday meeting of the Asean Business Council (ABC) said
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      Lock icon Heatwave in Santiago
      54 4 SANTIAGO, (ChUe), Thurs. Santiago's four million residents sweltered yesterday m the hottest temperature recorded this year -35.5 C. The city's numerous shady parks were crowded with adults, many reading newspaper reports •bout the massive snow storms that struck the eastern coast of the United States and northern
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      Lock icon 'No military reason for pullout from Korea'
      461 4 'No military reason for pullout from Korea' 4 Philippine women are the real power behind their men who by nature are wasteful and destroyers. In developing countries, it Is now necessary that the wise leader must harness women m every stage of activity, m all sectors of ac- <m ttvity.
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      Lock icon 3 billion world tourists by 2000
      187 4 3 billion world tourists by 2000 UNITED NATIONS, Thurs. World tourism, already bigger business that iron and steel or armaments, will more than double m the next 20 years, the World Tourist Organisation predicted yesterday. The nations of the world can expect three billion international and domestic tourist arrivals by
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      Lock icon Rescue teams fight lava to reach isolated village
      296 4 JAKARTA, Thurs. RESCUE teams wearing gas masks to protect themselves from lethal fumes today fought their way through mud and lava to reach a village still cut off from the outside world after a volcanic eruption m central Java which left at
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      Lock icon 'Minister forgot'
      72 4 JAKARTA, Than. The ttmtrwu vateaa* eruption wma hardly by the eaMaet meettag yesterday brrauwr B«ctal Affairs Minister Sapartß wfc* haadlea natural til— alert, ipparfatly target to repert It to the meedac, •ecardlag to lafarautUaa Minister AU Martope. "I myself target atwat It (the disaster), bat fortanalrly the PrcaMesjt
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      Lock icon Tanzanian occupation
      50 4 NAIROBI. Thurs A Ugandan Government minister said today Tanzanian forces had occupied large areas of his country and had pushed to within 140 km of Kampala Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Mativa Lubega told reporters "We want peace, a ceasefire and a withdrawal from our country." Reuter.
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      Lock icon 14 killed
      30 4 LAHORE. Thurs A warehouse full of materials used to make firecrackers exploded m Lahore's ancient walled city yesterday, killing 14 people and injuring 75 others, police said. UPI.
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        Lock icon The hoax that wasn't
        78 5 Zl RICH: The telephone operator at Zurich County Hospital thought it was a hoax when the caller said: "This is the Pope." 'If you're the Pope then I'm the Empress of China,' she replied But it was Pope John Paul IL making a call from the
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        Lock icon Too fat for his job
        81 5 FLORISSANT (Mlmoari): A ditch digger who was (■red from his city job for being overweight has filed for election to the city council m hopes of overturning Mayor Jim Eagan's anti-fat programme. John Uittrell. 24, is a victim of the mayor's campaign to wipe out
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        Lock icon Get rid of my job'
        69 5 HAPPY VALLEY (California): Larry Arheatel, Happy Valley school district administrator and school principal, has asked the school board to consider eliminating his own job. Mr Arheatel. who earns U5525,740 <5555,855) annually, said yesterday that "I can't m good conscience tell my board to get rid
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        Lock icon China's 'sex revolution'
        64 5 PKKING: This year should be declared "the year of sexual breakthrough m China", a poster hung near "Democratic Wall proclaimed today. The poster, consisting of two short pages stuck to a tree trunk, was entitled Sexual Breakthrough, and called for "modernisation m living styles" m China. It
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        Lock icon Super vending machines
        38 5 TOKYO: From glasses of sake to dozens of condoms, 3.769,950 vending machines m Japan sold a wide range of goods, worth 2,238,200 million yen (5524,282 million last year, or 19,450 yen per average Japanese. AFP.
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      Lock icon Tying the knot — via computer
      192 5 Tying the knot via computer NASHVILLE, Tkan. Thr Rev Mercer MrKln ■ey hM married couples •n borsrbax-k, la an »lrboriw hrUecpter and on dlvlßK baard. Now he plans anoUrr arlbeat way t* the nupUal kmi lonx-dUtaarr wrddinx vU rompater. Thr bride and bridtRrMm, Mias Linda Crldrr and Mr Brian Barber,
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      Lock icon Carter approves textile industry protection plan
      329 5 WASHINGTON, Thursday PRESIDENT Carter has approved a plan designed to protect the US textile industry against surging imports and speed action on an international trade pact, Special Trade Representative Robert Strauss said today. Mr Strauss informed the key House of Representatives Trade Subcommittee m
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      Libya raises oil price by spc
      195 5 Libya raises oil price by spc NEW YORK, Thurs. Libya raised its oil prices by 5 per cent yesterday, and several American oil companies announced reductions m deliveries to their customers as the effects of the cutoff m Iran's petroleum exports continued to spread. The price rise by Libya followed
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      Lock icon La Malfa agrees to form new Italian govt
      246 5 La Malfa agrees to form new Italian govt ROME, Thnrs. Republican Party leader Uge L* Malfa today agreed to form a lew government, thus breaking a 33year monopoly by tne Christian Democrats of Italian polities. Aa Initial attempt to farm a gavenuneat by outgoing Prime Minister Gtatta Andreotti of the
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      Lock icon POLICEMAN DIES AFTER 20-HOUR DUTY
      113 5 POLICEMAN DIES AFTER 20HOUR DUTY NEW ORLEANS, Thurs. A police captain died of a heart attack yesterday after 20 hours on duty, and as New Orleans showed signs of weariness from a police strike that has dulled the mardi gras spirit. The strike has led to cancellation of all remaining
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      Lock icon Diplomats abroad to join in wage -strikes
      239 5 Diplomats abroad to join in wage -strikes- LONDON, Thurs. Britain's pay revolt will spread abroad tomorrow as diplomats at several embassies join the workers at home striking for higher wages despite a decision by ambulancemen to call off a 24-hour wildcat strike. About 3,000 Foreign Office staff here and m
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      Lock icon Steel workers storm TV relay station
      160 5 LONGWY (France), Thurs. Angry steel workers, fighting government plans to lay off au.OOO workers m the industry, occupied a television relay station m this eastern steel town and took 19 journalists hostage last night. Television screens m parts of eastern Prance were blacked out
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    Fighter pilot material? Test for 5 girls
    247 6 Fighter pilot material? Test for 5 girls IT is up to the girls now the first five woman trainees of the RSAF who have begun training as pilots at the Flying Training School (FTS) at Changi Air Base. If they can prove they are fighter pilot material, the RSAF will
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    RSAF to the rescue of two hurt
    115 6 RSAF to the rescue of two hurt seamen AN RSAF helicopter went on a mercy tiight yesterday and evacuated two injured seamen from the Liberian tanker Adnatco Alain. 76 km east of here. A Ministry of Defence statement said an urgent request was received at 11.20 a.m. from the Marine
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    Guard foils bid to take $30,000 loot
    255 6 Guard foils bid to take $30,000 loot AN alert CISCO guard foiled a gang's attempt to escape with about $30,000 loot i n two suit cases after a robbery at Oriental Emporium m Raffles Place early on Wednesday morning. Cisco constable Abu Bakar Bin Sabudin, oin duty at Clifford Centre,
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    $70,000 THEFT FROM SHIPYARD
    100 6 $70,000 THEFT FROM SHIPYARD THIEVES forced open a strongroom m Jurong Shipyard md gat away with mere than f7MM cash early on Wednesday. Tke break-In was discovered by the shipyard's accountant, Mr Wee Seng Gaaa, SI, who found the steel handle of the strongroom cat and the door farced open
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    Volunteers sought for YWCA
    78 6 Volunteers sought for YWCA THE Metropolitan YWCA is looking for more volunteers for its seven-month community tutorial project beginning m April. Volunteers will have to tutor for 30 minutes during weekends. The subjects to be covered are mathematics, general science, Chinese and Tamil at primary five and six levels; remedial
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    Talk and tour
    69 6 THE National Library's central adult section will hold a talk on the library's services and a conducted tour of the central adult section, young people's section reference services division on Wednesday. The library will screen three films There's Something About A Story on March 7, From Socialble
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    'Asean not likely to fear surge of investment to China'
    630 6  -  LING POON WAH By ASEAN countries and Singapore m particular, are unlikely to view with suspicion a possible surge of Chinese investment m the region to China m the wake of normalised Sino-American relations. The consensus of four speakers discussing
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    Glaucoma patients generally to go blind
    471 6 Glaucoma patients generally to go blind PATIENTS suffering fom glaucoma, one of the leading causes of blindness m Singapore, generally prefer to go blind than take medication. The reason for this medical phenomenon was explained to the Straits Times yesterday by Dr Thorn J. Zimmerman, a visiting American Associate Professor
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    Haze over Singapore
    75 6 IT was a misty Singapore yesterday following the presence of a light haze which blanketed the whole island from late morning till dusk. The mist, according to our weathermen, resulted from an accumulation of dust particles m the air A spokesman of the Meterological Service said the
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      380 6 SINGAPORE SYMPHONY does il mean? by Prof ORCHESTRA in concert at Friedhelm Lach at Nanyang Conference Hall at 8.15 p.m. Academy of Fine Arts at today and tomorrow. Tick- 7.30 p.m. ets: $3, $5, and $8. SEMINAR on The roles of FILM SHOWS at "the retention, production and Singapore Science
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    Lock icon Banker: Asean could use Spore dollar
    410 9 INDONESIA'S leading bank or Omar Abdulla said yesterday that among Asean countries the Singapore dollar was now the outstanding currency and its possible use as a monetary basis should not be precluded. But he said a switch away from the present monetary orientation towards
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    WEEVILS IN CAKE MIX
    49 9 THE NTUC Welcome Consumers Cooperative was fined $80 by a magistrate yesterday for selling a box of cake mix which contained an "abundance" of weevils, to Mr Soong Cher Kiang, at its supermarket m Serangoon Garden on Nov 14 last year. The cooperative pleaded guilty.
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    Adding to Orchard Road skyline
    139 9 Adding to Orchard Road skyline THIS b an artist's Impreasioa of the proponed $2* million six -storey C ft E Orchard jointly developed by C ft E Toors Holdings Ltd and Midland Development Pte Ltd. The baildlng is on prime land along the Orchard Road tourist belt. It has an
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    US display
    33 9 THE United Slates Marketing Centre will hold an exhibition on electronics industry production and test equipment at its premises at the Malayan Credit House, Somerset Road, from April 23 to 27.
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    More jobless may be the trend says Sef chief
    865 9 SINGAPORE will, m the future, have more underemployed and workless than employed, if the experience of advanced nations is anything to go by. For this seems to be the hallmark of economic success, Mr Jack Chia, president of the Singapore Employers'
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    Lawyer on domicile of foreigners
    291 9 A FOREIGNER could be considered m law to be domiciled m Singapore from the day he marries a Singapore girl if he has by then been granted permanent residence and has already been working here for several years, a lawyer submitted m the High Court
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    Income tax talk
    45 9 THE Bukit Merah community centre management committee will hold a talk on Income Tax at 8 p.m. today. The Bukit Merah community centre will hold a metrication mobile exhibition at its premises from 6.30 p.m. to 10 p.m. from today to Sunday.
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    Hit wife when accused of having affair
    255 9 Hit wife when accused of having affair A POLICE sergeant, who had been keeping late nights, assaulted his wife when she accused him during a row of having an extramarital affair, the High Court heard yesterday. Madam Poh Kwee Eng said that what was then only a suspicion on her
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    Man dies after five vehicle pile-up
    188 9 Man dies after five vehicle pile-up A LORRY collided with four other vehicles at the junction of Jalan Eunos and Sims Avenue on Wednesday, resulting m the death of a pedestrian. Mr Sulaiman bin Ahmad, 33. died at Tan Tock Seng Hospital, after being admitted with head injuries. He had
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    On crocs
    32 9 THE Singapore Science Centre will screen a film about the Australian crocodile and the effects of the handbag industry on it at its lecture hall on Sunday at 3 p.m.
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    Telling the story of Singapore in slides...
    331 10 THREE companies and the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board have agreed to embark on an over half-mil-lion dollar venture to tell the story of Singapore. Under an agreement reached this week a new firm. The Singapore Experience Pte Ltd will be set up and
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    Prize-giving
    28 10 THE Labour Minister. Mr Ong Pang Boon, will present prizes at the Bilingual Composition contest ceremony at the Telok Ayer community centre on Sunday at 7.30 p.m.
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    Jurong River cleared of dead fish
    81 10 WORKERS from the Environment Ministry yesterday cleared most of the dead fresh-water tilapia (Japanese fish) from the Jurong River. A spokesman for the ministry said the fish died because they were flushed from the fresh water Jurong Lake m an overflow to the Jurong
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    New breeding estate a boost for aquarium fish
    379 10 New breeding estate a boost for aquarium fish AQUARIUM fish production is expected to rise substantially with the development of the 21.8 hectare breeding estate m Tampines. The estate is developed by the Primary Production Department to resettle aquarium fish breeders affected by public development projects. It will become an
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    On cooking
    35 10 THE Mountbatten community centre will hold a three-month elementary restaurant cooking course at its premises every Thursday from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. For details ring *****7 between 3 p.m. and 10 p.m.
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    Man on $110,000 fraud charges
    192 10 A FORMER administration manager of a marketing firm was yesterday charged m court with 72 counts of cheating the company of about $110,000 by deceiving the company into making out payments on fictitious claims. One of the charges accused Abdul Wahab bin Monamed Ibrahim, 37,
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    Query for minister
    54 10 THE MP for Thomson. Mr Ang Nam Piau, will ask the National Development Minister, Mr Teh Cheang Wan, at the next Parliament sitting what plans he has for developing Lorong Kundang. He will also ask whether the minister will consider issuing hawker licences to those affected residents
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    Team leaves
    28 10 A NINE-MAN Spanish trade team left Singapore yesterday after a four-day visit m which impossibility of Singapore being a distribution centre for Spanish exports was discussed.
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    Namibia: Raja pledges continued -support
    277 10 Namibia: Raja pledges continued -support SINGAPORE will continue to support Halted Nations-backed actions designed to bring selfdetermination and independence to Namibia (South-west Africa). The leader of the IN Council for Namibia, Mr Winston Tubman who Ls IJberian Ambassador at UN, said that SingaportForeign Minister S. Rajaratnam had assured him of
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      152 10 ft^ Sifl^l MAS international services resume Monday, 26 Edbruaiy From Monday, 26 February, we are pleased to announce the resumption of scheduled services. For destination details and departure times please refer to our current schedule, valid to 01 April 1979, below. Should you require further particular information on MAS domestic
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      201 10 Straits Times Crossword ACROSS 6 Island topped with cold7 srzsrjnz S?'H on changtai 8 aweet drln*. In the rock*? cttmu *>■ 19). IS Craiy person wlJi 6 heads 9 Availing oneself of quo is (5). wrong (.i). 14 One who pleads lor title 10 Celebration In which on* to be
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    'Don't be worried by cancer reports'
    473 11 'Don't be worried by cancer reports' PEOPLE should not be unduly disturbed by the constant press reports on scientific findings of cancer-causing agents. This advice was given yesterday by Dr A.M. Jelliffe, a visiting leading British expert on cancer research and treatment for the past 30 years and author of
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    Research on liver cancer and Pill link
    130 11 Research on liver cancer and Pill link THE Singapore University's Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Kandang Kerbau Hospital has plans to find out if there is a link between cancer of the liver and the taking of oral contraceptive pills New Nation reported yesterday. Quoting a doctor m the
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    Language courses at varsity
    57 11 Language courses at varsity THE Language Centre of the University of Singapore will hold a number of courses during the long vacation. Registration for these Chinese. French and German courses has already closed but students may still enrol for a Japanese course, which starts m April. Those interested may submit
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    'It's so shameful' ruse to escape
    187 11 A DRUG suspect pleaded with police to unlock his handcuffs as it was "shameful" for him to face his family fettered, a district court heard yesterday. But when PC Ismail bin Yusof released Jamalu bin Mohamed. 22, he (Jamalu) pushed the constable aside and
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    PUB daily rated unions may merge
    158 11 PUB daily rated unions may merge THE four Public Utilities Board daily-rated unions have decided to merge. The unions involved m the merger are Public Daily Rated (Pl'B) Electrical Workers' Union, Public Dally Rated (Pl'B) Gas Workers' Union, Public Dally Rated (I'lR) Transport Workers' Inion and Public Daily Rated (PUB)
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    $400 fine for theft from coffee stall
    100 11 TENGKU Mahmood bin Tengku Shariff, 22, was fined $400 by a district judge yesterday after he admitted stealing $10 from Mr Mahajul Hag so Muichtar, 37, a coffee stall assistant. The court heard that on Feb 22 at 3 a.m. while Mr Mahajul
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    Leng Kee meeting
    56 11 THE management committee and the youth executive committee of Leng Kee community centre will hold their biennial general meeting today at Bukil Merah Secondary School and Jalan Pagak community centre respectively at 7.30 p.m. Nee Soon community centre will hold a New Year dinner cum variety show
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    Band show
    37 11 THE Singapore Police Band, >ed by the director of music m .he Police Academy. Mr Haji Ri<tawan Mulok. will entertain visitors to the Sentosa Swimming Lagoon on Sunday from 3.30 p.m. to 4 30 p.m.
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    Bukit Merah
    47 11 courses THE Bukit Merah community centre will conduct new courses on dressmaking (elementary), lantern making, inacrame, cooking, nonya kueh, Mm sum, restaurant cooking, handyman class, beauty culture, rug making, yoga, pugilistics, tai chi, karate, guitar (elemanury), Japanese language and social dance. For details, call *****7.
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    Singapore banks have the most assets
    498 11 SINGAPORE banks take up the biggest slice of total assets and deposits of banks among the five Asean nations. In total loans and profits, Singapore banks have the second largest share But m asset rankings among individual banks m Asean, Singapore banks failed to
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    Population 15,000 up from June to December
    100 11 Population 15,000 up from June to December SINGAPORE'S population increased by 15,000 between June and December last year, bringing the total population figure to 2,349,400. Males outnumbered females by 1,196,900 to 1,152,500, according to Department of Statistics figures. In terms of ethnic grops there were 1,789,5000 Chinese 353,000 Malays, 160,300
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    PA to audition 100 for children's choir
    190 11 THE People's Association will soon form a children's choir for those between five and five-and-a-half years of age and who have studied a PA kindergartens. An audition for about 10b members will be held at the PA headquarters at Kallang Road tomorrow at
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    EX-MANAGER CHARGED WITH CHEATING POSB
    118 11 A FORMER nightclub manager Chua Kirn Mm, 34. was yesterday charged m court on six counts of cheating the Post Office Savings Bank of about $32,130 by using bounced and dud ?heques. Four of the charges alleged that he had cheated various branchis of the
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    Cut-off date: Talks still going on
    434 12 THE Insurance Commission- i ers department is still m the process of consulting the insurance industry on a cut off date after which no new agent will be allowed to sell life insurance policies unless ne has successfully completed the certificate course offered by
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    Schoolboy who drowned after party
    121 12 THE coroner's caurt yesterday recorded a misadventure verdict on schoolboy Rajah Sockalingum who drowned when he fell into a swollen monsoon drain m Sembawang last Dec 2. Samuel Muthusamy, 12, testified that he and Rajah, 10, were returning from a party at 5 p.m. .that
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    Grade's mum is always by her side
    287 12 Grade's mum is always by her side FOR Hongkong singer, Grade Rivera, mom Is chaperane, manager and confidante all railed Into ane. She has never travelled ant of her homeland without Mrs Larenta Rivera since she embarked an her singIng career, na matter haw brief the trip. And her current
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    CC courses
    32 12 THE Kirn Real community centre will hold a handyman's course from March 5 from 7.30 p.m. to 9.30 p.m. Fee for the twomonth course is $20. For details ring *****56.
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    'Friendly shops' to seek rice from Welcome
    429 12  -  ALICE WONG By MEMBERS of the Singapore Provision Shops Friendly Association are to seek rice supplies from the NTUC Welcome because of their dissatisfaction over the higher prices charged by local wholesalers. A spokesman for the association, m an interview yesterday, said that
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    Social dance classes
    39 12 THE Kirn Keat community centre will hold a social dance class every Wednesday from 7.30 p.m to 9.30 p.m. soon. Fee for the three-month course is $18. For details, ring *****66 (between 3 and 10 p.m.).
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    Joint venture to build tin dredges for SEA
    143 12 Joint venture to build tin dredges for SEA A SINGAPORE and an American firm have signed a joint-venture agreement for the design and construction of tin mining dredges for the South-east Asian region. The agreement was signed m Singapore last November between Promet of Singapore and Consolidated Purchasing and Designing
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    Repair of wheelchairs: We can do it. says society
    155 12 Repair of wheelchairs: We can do it. says society THE Society for Aid to the Paralysed has questioned why hospitals here do not send their wheelchairs to its workshop for assembly and repair. "Our mechanics are totally conversant m this work, and so, why don't they (the hospitals) do that?"
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    Extension
    106 12 CARRYING on with the existing sub-contract work like footwear, carpentry, leadwire, connecting rods, transformer casing and decoupage work CONSIDERING extending the work activity from merely doing the sub-con-tract work through a third party to doing the subcontract work with the main contractor, as m the case of the footwear
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    On marriage
    36 12 A TEACHER from Monks Hill Secondary School. Cik Saerah Taris. will present a talk and film show on Teenagers: Preparation for Marriage at the Marine Parade Branch Library lecture hall tomorrow at 3 p.m.
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    Lee back from trip
    60 12 MR LEE Kuan Yew returned here on Wednesday evening after a visit to Hongkong and Taiwan. During his three-day private visit to Hongkong, he was a guest of the Hong- kong Governor, Sir Murray Maclehose. With the Prime Minister were Mrs Lee, the Speaker, Dr Yeoh
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    Sana's first nine ex-addicts for school talks
    253 12 Sana's first nine ex-addicts for school talks THE Singapore Anti-Narcot-ics Association has recruited nine ex-addicts for its programme to help spread the anti-drug message m schools and youth clubs. Three of these will give their first talk to aftercare officers of the Ministry of Social Affairs at the ministry's conference
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    Had stolen cycle
    108 12 ABDUL Hamid bin Karim, 22, was fined $500 by a district judge yesterday after he admitted dishonestly retaining a stolen bicycle belonging to stevedore Lim Put Tay, 51. The court heard that two constables (whose names were not given) were on rounds at Lorong G, Telok Kurau
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    Cabbies told to devise secret SOS code
    268 13 POLICE have advised taxi drivers' associations to devise a secret code to signal for help through their radio telephones during robberies. The code should only be understood by taxi drivers and the operator at their association headquarters. This will allow the police to
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    SPECIAL STAMPS ON SALE TOMORROW
    145 13 SPECIAL STAMPS ON SALE TOMORROW METRICATION special postage stamps and a new pictorial aerogramme will be on sale at all post offices from 8 a.m. tomorrow. The General Post Office will be open from 8 a.m. to 4.30 p.m.; Killiney Road and Singapore Airport post offices, 8 a.m. to 9
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    Scholars get priority
    55 13 IT wa» wrongly i-eporwd yesterday that cA the two groups of Asean candidates, scholarship holders and private students, who may apply for admission to the I'nivi-rsity of Singapo'-e. the private students will be given preference. The Asean scholars are 'he ones who will be given pi e'er
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    Suicide verdict
    48 13 THE Coroner's Court yesterday recorded a suicide verdict on Lim Ah Tai, 75. who was found hanged m his flat m Oulram Park last Oct M. The court heard that Lim was suffering from giddiness and abdominal pains and had often said he wished to die.
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    Asian builders more aware of industry's image
    219 13 Asian builders more aware of industry's image CONTRACTORS m the Asian and Western Pacific region are becoming more aware of the importance of the image of the construction industry. They will submit a paper on improving the image of the industry to the Confederation of International Contractors Associations (CICA) m
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    Contesflor students
    57 13 THE Chinese Language and Literary Society of Nanyang University, the Singapore Chinese Middle School Teachers Union and Nanyang Siang Pau will jointly hold an on-the-spot Chinese composition writing competition for secondary and pre-uni-versity pupils on April 28. Schools that wish to take part are required to complete entry
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    Alderman coming
    38 13 THE Alderman for Port and Economic Affairs of Rotterdam, Dr Jan Riezenkamp, will visit Singapore from Monday to Wednesday. He will visit the port, World Trade Centre, Trade Department. Neptune Orient Lines and Dutch companies here.
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    Why PPD keeps an eye on pig exports
    170 13 Why PPD keeps an eye on pig exports THE Primary Prod action Departmeat monitors the export of pigs to easare there will he sufficient supply of marketable pigs la the local market la the subsequent months. It said yesterday there is no baa on the export of pigs from Singapore.
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    Dead man identified
    37 13 THE dead man who was recovered from the sea off Clifford Pier on Sunday has been identified as Loo Hong Fall. 78, of Blk 2, St. George Road. Police do not suspect foul play.
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    Taken over
    22 13 THE government has acquired a 435 7 squill land m I'asir Panjang for general development under the Land Acquisition Act.
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    Retraining before computerisation vital, bosses are told
    347 13 BOSSES must have a carefully worked out redeployment and retraining staff programme before introducing the computer into an organisation, to ensure a painless transition. This point was stressed by the Dean of the science faculty, University of Singa pore, Dr Ang Kok Peng,
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      203 13 Bribing Up Fatter By BUI Karanagh H»l Camp .N TM£ I HE'S HELPINS I V I CERTAINLY "S I if" 1 /YOU SHOULD WHERE'S A LfßßAHfr' Wi^H HER WIT-H HER I WILL W«TURB I SEE H» 9ROOVCR?// DltAPl£S SH(= LESSONS, SO P^l, HIM r— REPORT CARD/ J r^ 6OT A
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    1067 14  -  TAN LIAN CHOO Hanoi sympathisers upset over human rights issue By our correspondent m Paris THE CURRENT war m Indochina fought among the world's communist powers has deeply divided Eurocommunism m general and the proSoviet PYench Communist Party m particular. The French Communist Party
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    The Straits Times FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1979 PEKING GAMBLE?
    398 14 The Straits Times FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1979 PEKING GAMBLE? FIGHTING on the Sino-Vietnamc?se border has escalated as the Vietnamese rush troops to battle the Chinese invasion force. Tnere is no telling when or how the war will end. At the beginning of the incursion, the Chinese said their aim was
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    KEEPING CLEAN
    328 14 THE complaint by a Jurong company director has once again highlighted the serious pollution problem not only of the Jurong River but also of the industrial estate. While it has been established that the fish m the Jurong River died because of the sudden change from their fresh
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    Lock icon Jakarta's anti-graft drive not bearing any fruit
    452 14  -  ISA ISMAIL By m Jakarta EIGHTEEN MONTHS after the Indonesian Government launched its strongest-ever antigraft camapaign, whitecollar crime does not show any signs of slackening. Official figures just released by the government indicate that corruption and embezzlement of state funds are on the
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    Nuclear sub research report stirs hornets' nest in Tokyo
    690 14  - Nuclear sub research report stirs hornets' nest in Tokyo RYUNOSUKE lORI By m Tokyo AN INNOCUOUS report m a science newsletter alleging that the selfdefence force has been conducting clandestine research on nuclear submarines for the past five or six years has stirred a hornets' nest m Japan. The report
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      Does RTS' silence mean yes?
      191 15 Does RTS' silence mean yes? MICH HATKR has Hawed undrr the Kirn Sear, Bridge since Mr Urn Hn« T*w, PRO or KTS, «m asked lint by a "TV I Jcrnrr Holder" and later by "PHN" <ST, Jaa 15) to Kivr an explanation as to what fitting m with proRraminlnß requirements
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      Traffic anomaly which deserves explanation
      467 15 Traffic anomaly which deserves explanation THERE exists an anomaly m our traffic offence system which I feel deserves an explanation and rectification. On many open roads m Singapore (e.g Thomson Road between the Police Academy and Adam Road; Whitley Road; and Holland Road between Napier Road and the Queensway Fairer
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      38 15 Caption error IN THE caption to yesterday's Straits Times picture showing a neonazi meeting, it was stated that the meeting took place m Germany. This is incorrect. The meeting took place m the US. The error is regretted.
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      Progress will be dependant on future generations
      713 15 Last Sunday there was a seminar held to discuss the future of the Chinese Press m Singapore. Here are editorials from the two major Chinese-language newspapers m Singapore. Editorial from the Sin Chew Jit Poh of Feb 20 THE SEMINAR on the Chinese
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      201 15 Large bills and the woes of conductors WITH reference to 'Told to get off the bus 1 by Embarassed' (ST. Jan 21), I wish to clarify that our conductors will accept a $1 note for a 20 cents fare. Generally, our conductors should have no problem m returning change for
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      813 15 Chinese press must look to future challenges Need for unity and cooperation Editorial from the Nan yang Siang Pau of Feb 20 AT A time when education and language environments are being continuously improved, the holding of the seminar on the Chinese press is a timely move. On the one
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      CLOSING PRICES
      1416 16 THE last transacted ready sale at the close of business on the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday compared with the previous day's prices together with 1978 high and low < Adjusted for «rnp rights Issue) IMM STRIAIJ? Hick lx.« Sale +or272 132 Arm* 180- 123* Alrom I7i 107
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      313 16 Closing Tone: Easier. TURNOVER: Official figures supplied by the Stock Exchange of Singapore Including odd lots 'Ready' totalled: 4.127,000 units valued at 19.111.000. Industrials accounted for 2,174.000 finance 564,000 hotels 227,000 properties 381,000 debentures, loans and bonds 1,000, oil palms 2,000, tins 87,000, and rubbers 891,000. Settlement Contracts
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      BUSINESS DONE (SINGAPORE)
      1388 16 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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      1808 16 BID and offer prices officially listed and business m and reported to the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange yesterday with the number ol shares traded shown In brackets m lots of 1.000 units unless otherwise specified. INOUITRIALS Ajinamata \2 60B) Alaam 11.9381 (4i 193 bill 12 4SB) IS) 2
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      125 16 BONDS 4 1/2% 1/8/80 (250.000) (99.408) 4 3/4% 15/9/80 (250.000) (99 658) 5% 15/4/81 (250.000) (99.638 99.755) 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) 100.808 100.955) 7% 1/5/85 (25C.000)
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        126 16 THE STRAITS tin price edged «2 higher to $1,900 per plcul In Penang yesterday on an official offering down 23 tonnes to 152 tonnes. The overnight London market was easier with forward buyers falling £55 to £7.160 per tonne. LONDON: Tin on the day lost £60 for Cash and
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        32 16 LONDON: Copper prleea on Wed neaday (previoua In brackets). Wlrakar spot buyers ii.oil (£994.50). sellers £1.012 (£8*3.50) Three Month buyers £1.031 K1.O1250). sellers £1.031.50 (£1.013). Markat tana: steady. Saiat: 16.700 tonnes.
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        30 16 Rubber: Feb 22. Singapore Mar 254.00 cts. (up 6.75 cts.) Malaysia Mar 256.25 cts. (op 5.75 cts.) Tin: $1,990 (up $2). Official offering 152 tonnes (down 23 tonnes).
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        114 16 INCAPORE NC3N CLOSING PRICES PER PICUL YESTER DAY. Cacanul Oil: r.ulk $125 sellers. old drum (130 sellers, new drum $135 sellers. Copra: Mixed (loose) UK/Cont. 179 buyers. Pappir: MuntoK AST A white fob 100--, NL.W ***** sellers, Sarawak white fob. ««<* NLW $320 sellers, Sarawak special black fob. 9«%
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      502 16 PRICES In the Singapore ruober marxet yesterday were marked 0.75 cent higher at tne opening m response to higner overseas advices and news of tne escalation of the China/Vietnam war. dealers said. Prices later rose fairly sharply un covering Interest and speculative buying, with proflt-takinic well absorbed. Trading was
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      122 16 DAILY 88R and SMR price* at noon yesterday: Mar Apr B.A.S. (Carnal MU) (Forw«4 Mtk) Bayers ScOcn Bujtn Seller* 88R 20 (1 ton pallet) 241.00 243 00N 242.00 244.00N SSR 60 (1 ton pallet. 238.00 2»U OON 239 00 241.00N M.K.EJ.B. SMR CV (1 ton pallet) 253
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        57 16 M Banking S*C 3CBC rractors Sin Chew Mat Iron ."arlsNrn tm Metro Hldgs jentings V H s Msla MniK Court 1IOF Malayawat. i V H S DOB Island Pen iime Darby 580 304 765 SOS SOS 326 620 404 392 330 318 273 240 196 228 330 324 310
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        32 16 snne Darby L'ons Plant U O B K I. Kepong U O L etc DBS 0 Lumber 1 I Securities 200.000 205.000 196.000 127.000 121.000 82.000 76.000 58.000 58.000
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        34 16 Feb21 Feb22 B.T. Index: Industrials: Finance: Hotels: Properties: Tins: Rubbers: O.C.B.C: S.E.S. Ind: 1841 68 1805.34 ***** ***** 827.37 S18.44 275.38 272.48 221.38 213 00 185.77 164.84 543.26 541.13 328.50 ***** 324.70 317.55
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      461 16 A SELLING wave hit share* at the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday. There were moments when the selling was so per vasive that bids were immediately met by sellers. It was typical of the illogical behaviour of stock markets m Singapore, Malaysia and Hongkong of late.
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      377 16 THE STEADY erosion In prices took the Kuala LumRur stock market broadly >wer yesterday. Caution and uncertainty gave way to nervousness as sellers flooded the market In an effort to clear positions. The widespread selling forced the blue chip Indicator, the new Straits Times industrial ordinary share Index
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      196 16 THE US dollar opened at U. 1725 35 m the Uingapore lorex market yesterday, unchanged from Thursday's closing level. Trading was moderately active with the US unit nuctuating within the range oi $2 1693. 2.1745 belore closing at $2.1700/ 10. Interbank forward rates at 3.00 p.m. 1-month
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      146 16 Interbank rates at 3.00 p m. Currencies Nominal rate* Smith* nUn Percentage quoted yesterday (ci oi»i parity chute US dollar 2.1700 2.1710 2 8196 —23.04 SUriing pound 4.3t>0j 4.36sO 7.3409 —40.65 Hoi.gnong dollar 4b uu 45.10 50 51 —10.91 Msi-n aolur 9tJ ,a 98.90 100.00 1.25 Lei Iranc
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      197 16 ASIAN currency deposit Interbank rates as al close on Ftb 22. US Dollar. (Spot) Offer 7 days 10 5 16 10 3 16 1 mth 10 7 16 10 ft, 16 2 mths 10 9 16 10 7 16 3 mths 10 7 8 10 3 4
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      44 16 Closing interbank rates on Singapore dollar on Feb 22. Oifcr Bid Dverninlit 5 4 3/4 1 mth 7 1 16 6 15 16 2 mlhs 7 18 7 3 mlhs 7 14 7 1,8 Overnight mode 4 3 4 Sourer: Aitlry Peartc.
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      51 16 count h«i».i on K»b 22. Overnight 4 to 4 Call drpu.ii 4', to 4>i% CKiini 3-Month Tnwn bnii 4 t/u s in 3-Month Bank bllla 7 III* T */l« 3-Month CD 7 5/16 7 1/1* Month CD 7 71* 7 I/U tcurM: Natlwial Ol»*unt C*. Her slightly from those
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        302 16 HONGKONQ: The market closed mixed yesterday with a marginally firmer bias and the Hang Seng Index rose 0.96 points to 515.95, dealers said. Green Island Cement rose 50 cents to HK531.50. Hongkong Wharf 40 to $28 80 and Hongkong Bank and Jardine Matheaon 10 each to $18 and $11.60
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        399 16 TOKYO: Share prices closed slightly higher In limited trading yesterday, led by export-orientated Issues, dealers said. The Dow Jones average rose 8.46 to close at 6,105.83 points, with a volume of 190 million shares. The New Index closed at 451.62, up 0.47 FEB 22 Yen AJtnomolo MO Akal 3tO
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        84 16 Striking prices of the options officially listed on the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday, the period, bids and offered prices and business done, if any, with the number af options traded shown m brackets. Hume F E (March $1.45) (0.375). Inrbcape (March $1.30) (0.238). Paa Electric (March $1.20)
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        84 16 THE Malaysian Minister of Finance has fixed these rates for the period f»-om Feb 22 until further notice, Rubber 243] cts a kg. Copra $1,293.84 a tonne. Palm kernel $955.75 a tonne. White pepper $4,672.53 a tonne. Black pepper $2,982.85 a tonne. The rate of duties: Rubber 55}
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        290 16 THE KILOBAR market opened at $17,506 per kilo and closed at $17,5*7.00 m Singapore yesterday. In the Par last, gold opened at U*****.25 '249.75 ana moved higher to $249. ;0 290.10 with some shortcovering ahead of last nights CBA auction and it closed at $230.00, 250.4. 'ihe p.m fixing
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        254 17 SYDNEY. Thurs Selected mining and industrial leaders made modest gains m a day of generally mixed Hading, dealel's said CRA, which today announced an AS62 million cash share issue, closed seven cents ahead at $365 while Western Mining gained six cents to $2.17. Ji ni i ni
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        208 17 NEW YORK, Wed. Stocks lost ground m moderate trading as investors took profits on the gains scored yesterday when Eastman Kodak reported strong fourth quarter profits. D-J industrials lost a fraction and losers led winners seven to six as volume expanded to 26 million shares from
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        195 17 ZURICH, Wed The bourse was mixed with a lower bias m active turnover, with the stability of the dollar and continued foreign demand for beam shares and participation certificates providing MUM support, while recently favoured shares suffered from profit taking, dealers said. The Credit Suisse index fell
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        Amsterdam ends mixed
        118 17 AMSTERDAM. Wed Share prieM closed mixed m quiet trading with Aik* edging Iow«m m otherwise steady to slightly higher Dutch internationals, dealers said. Firm shares included OceVm Der (irtnten, KLM, I Ml. AlKemene Bank Nederlud and OCKM. State loans weakened. CLOSING PRICES lKZO 31.80 -.10 [on. Hoogovens
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        570 17 I.OMXIN. Wed Government ImmK closed unchanged today and shares finished up to 6p easier m quiet trading, dealers ■M At 3.00 p.m. the Financial Times index was down 1.9 at 458.4. r\ I I Allied Brew Barnix*:. li.irrlay> Baachuni HOC Blui-i-in-li-HCK'Intl BlM.l.S Buwatrr HATS Britannia HI'
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        64 17 FINANCIAL TIMES INDUSTRIALS Wednesday 456.9 Tuesday 480.3 Week Ago 457.4 DOW JONES AVERAGE INDUSTRIALS Wednesday 834.55 Tuesday 834.55 Week ago 829.78 LONDON DOLLAR PREMIUM Wednesday 89' i to 90 Tuesday 89'. to 90 H.K.HANG SENG Thursday 515.95 Wednesday 514.99 Week ago 538.95 SYDNEY INDUSTRIALS Thursday 487 40 Wednesday
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      Sime Darby aims to be major cocoa producer
      442 17 Sime Darby aims to be major cocoa producer SIME Darby Holdings, already an industry leader m oil palm and rubber, announced its intention to become a major producer of cocoa within the next 10 years. Sime's chief executive, Mr. James R. Scott, said yesterday the group intends to have at
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      Associated Plastics back on profit path
      272 17 Associated Plastics back on profit path ASSOCIATED Plastics Industries (API) has climbed back inte the black with a group net unaudited profit of Ms7s,IM far the year ended Dec. 31, 1978 r-ompared with a loss of Jl.lt million the year before. This represents a turnaround of some $1.83 million reflecting
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      Idris Hydraulic's setback
      186 17 nr AS EXPECTED by chairman Mr J.N. Savory, IK-lncorporated Idris Hydraulic Tin Ltd. suffered a sharp profit decline for the year ended last December. Estimated pre-tax profit before exchange adjustment plunged 4t per cent to f:2SB,SM following a 21 per cent decline m sales M tin concentrates
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      745 17 r Our Machinery Domestic Appliances Division has vacancies for the following i Sales Representatives The applicants must have a proven record of successful marketing experience m the field of domestic appliances particularly that of refrigerators, cookers and washing machines. Hardworking and aggressive. 25 35 years old. fluent m English and
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      728 17 If you are looking for a career job we'll offer you the post of PLANT MANAGER The Company responsible for the effi-ient day We are a large and successful to day running of the plant incement manufacturer m Singapore, eluding Quality Control. He will and we invite applications for the
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      649 18 (164) AnewctOT (Io4) c.r*t C*d (IM) l^rit.^ r.».r« .16l| S*eea»i« sooocwa (ISSI AMiami-Crotn (ISS) Cntol 4 Glatwor* (164) Lmjsoai iromle. (IS3) Mmm| tooth*, t^%W A -IP* .-dB *^nt.P* S W&lT" »S S^^ 1 lIS SET ii st^r c""c (i Ml MM ■-M■.M |m lSr p w iss £F- iss ISS-
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      646 18 FOR LOVERS OF K.i itmrian and Punjabi cuisine come t<i New orchids MadhuaheJla and try our snectaliues M High street Te I 3X1571 f SMETMI "I \noones\un uc*st ucjiiant Have you tried our King-size prawn .sarr.bal? Otrter daily specialities include F ish head m assam (,ravy Ikan Pepes (tisn and
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      632 18 155 Art/Crafts/ Souvenirs FKnotted OnentJ^ Carpets I AHa Handicraft I IMA Smfjport HmlKrirl Centre I I I***) Bojd In ****** 158 Wear's* Accessories 159 Precious metals/ stones GEM IDENTIFICATION CENTRE For identification, quality analysis and certification of diamonds and coloured stones. By appointment only Telephone *****67 FEMALE ACCOUNTS CLERK Age:
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      1418 18 II EMPLOYMENT I 5 LIBRARIAN THE JO* I The main function of >i I the position is to maintain an established library containing books dealing with accounting, finance, commerce and general management and to carry out research work under supervision. THE PERSON The successful candl- date will be a female
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      4748 20 H EMPLOYMENT j II EMPLOYMENT II EMPLOYMENT II EMPLOYMENT 111 EMPLOYMENT 11 Situations Vacant General HOTEL VACANCIES EXIST m nrvily established hot»l foi r h.tmbermaids. doormen, junioi housekeeper and female recep tionist Attractive salary anc inrals provided Apply pervin.ilh <>r write to 401. MacPhersor Road Spore 13 Kmttmg Company repwa
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      799 21 111 VEHICLES 4 BOATS 45 VthiCNM For Sate •msv C2*^ KEEP jockey GRIPHOIST HANDY TO FREE CARS IN MUD OR PIT TO PULL/LIFT HEAVY LOADS TO TENSION WIRES/ CALL BOON KIM TEL 221 7166 FOR V. FURTHER DETAILS J LATE I*7l COLT (ialant GTO. Nt .urranrj. sports rims, cassette, beautiful
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      879 21 REGISTERED I*7l COLT Sigma !600(iS concealed aircond. 1 owner low mileage. $20,800 1349 Srrangoon Road. 3 ms (office hours) REG JAN. 71 Toyota Corolla 1200 Casseiie Radio Tax June, metallic paml excellent condition $8,900/- o no Tel *****71 REG 1*72. MM) Clubman Tax 7 79 Cartridge, sport rims, new paint
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      942 21 111 VEHICLES BOATS 1972 MERCEDES BENZ 200 Saloon Airrond cassette Tax new Tel: *****0 or view 52 Lor 2SA. Oeyiantf 1972 MMI CLUBMAN 1000. with sports rms tyres, cassette, accident free, beautiful condition Interested tel *****1 1972 RENAULT 12TL 2-owners. Tax/ insurance July "79. Cassette. Excellent condition. Price: $6.300 Tel
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      761 21 V SERVICES BUSINESS WORLD TRADE DIRECTORIES for sale Contact Asatraco 1801 High Street Centre. Spore 6 Tel *****/***** ISO NEW PRODUCTS, invention, import, export offer publications available Free brochures from GPO. Box 2193. Spore 1 500 PIECES OF Imported Imitation Jewellery with perfume (necklace) selling as one lot $3 50
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      569 22 EUROTOimS a TRAVEL PTE LTD i OFFERS THE BEST RELIABLE 1 < SERVICE ANO MOST ECONOMI- CAL AIRFARES AND TOURS TO L ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD I LAKE TCtBA S$ 480 1 BALI TOUR S$ 565 i BKK/PATTAVA S$ 6.V, I MANILA/HONGKONG *****0 I NEW ZEALAND 5J2890 1 NEW
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      563 22 VII TRAVEL A RESTAURANTS I Over 900 passengers join- 1 ed our 20 Days American f \l Canadian tour and 28 i I Days Round the World I tour with LONDON at J t no extra cost last year, i I This year we are increas- 1 ing the tour
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      33 24 KUALA LUMPUR-, Thurs The two-year compulsory government service (or dentists has been abolished because there are now enough dental officers m Malaysia, a spokesman of the Dental Council said here yesterday. NST.
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      332 24 JOHORE BARU, Thursday INDONESIAN immigrants entering Malaysia are now using a "new method" to avoid being caught by police and immigration authorities. Police sources said yesterday, on entering the country, the illegal immigrants report to the police that they have lost their identity cards.
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      142 24 2 S'poreans without passports fined $150 JOHORE BARU. ThursTwo Singaporean? who entered Malaysia without passports, to settle certain customs matters involving their lorry at the customs complex, were today fined $150 m default two months' jail by a magistrate. Chia Mvi Leng, 30, and Low Eng Kuan, 32, pleaded guilty
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      245 24 Govt asks court to review death sentences KUALA LUMPUR, Thnrs. The Malaysian Government has asked the Federal Coaxt, Malaysia's highest eaart M law, to review the eases of 11 propir sentenced to death after trial under the security rt«j;nlatta— which the Privy Council m London held to be unconstitutional. The
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      133 24 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The Selangor Graduates Society today joined several other academic bodies m opposing the discipline of staff rules which restricts freedom of expression of university staff. In a statement today, its president, Mr Gurmit Singh said that the society opposed the rules as they would
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      353 24 KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday PRIME Minister Datuk Hussein Onn has ruled out a joint stand by Asean against a threat by the International Transport Workers Federation (ITWF) to mount a world-wide boycott of the Malaysian Airline System if a pay dispute with
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      187 24 Cholera: 'Don't serve food and drinks' KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The Perlis state government has asked the public not to serve food or drinks at any gatherings following the worst outbreak of cholera m the state m 30 years. The States Chief Minister, Mr Jaafar Hassan, told reporters today that the
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      201 24 Temple deaths: Joint trial ordered KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The High Court here today directed the Sessions Court of Selangor to try jointly eight Malaysian Indians charged with culpable homicide not amounting to murder of four Muslims at a Hindu temple. The High Court gave its ruling on how the accused
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      37 24 JOHORE BARU. Thurs. Customs officers detained a man and seized 652 kilos of tin ore worth $20,483 m an ambush on a mini-lorry at Kulai last night. Duty on the ore amounted to $4,183. NST.
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      39 24 KUUM. Thurs. A villager round a 14 kilo bomb while clearing some land on a hill at Junjong. about 10 km from here yesterday. The bomb was later detonated by a bomb squad from Alor Star NST
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      218 26 MADRID, Thurs. The United States, winners the last three years, were given an easy first-round match against the Philippines when the draw for this year's Federation Cup women's tennis tournament was made here yesterday but received no other favours. The tournament the
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      363 26 Brownlee moves into final SOWERBY (England). Thurs. New Zealander Bruce Brownlee beat second-seeded Maqsood Ahmed, of Pakistan 9-7, 6-9, 10-9. 9-0 m the semi-finals of an international squash tournament here last night. In the second semi-final, Qamar Zaman. Pakistan's world No. 1, beat Ahmed Safwat, of Egypt 5-9, 9-3,
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      152 26 LUCKNOW (India). Thurs India were dismissed cheaply for 224 runs after Pakistan's medium pacers ran through their first innings on the second day of the fifth and final under-19 Test here today. India, comfortably placed at 190 for one before lunch, wilted under the attack of
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      Martina cruises to easy victory
      145 26 DETRIOT, Thurs Top seed Martina Navratilova scored an easy victory over Kate Latham, but third-seed Creer Stevens was upset in the second round of the US$l5O,OOO ($325,000) women's tennis tournament. Martina, who flew in from Los Angeles just five hours before her match, had little
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      136 26 Connors scores second victory DORADO BEACH (Puerto Rico), Thurs. Jimmy Connors beat fellow American Vitas (ierulaitls M, «-4 for his second victory m the (S$3H,Nt (UU,m) Tournament of Champions here yester- In other matches m the six-man, round-robin competition,, American Peter Fleming also won for a second time beating Ku
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      172 26 England selectors leave out captain Uttley LONDON, Thurs. England's selectors yesterday omitted captain Roger l.'ttley from the side to face France m a European rugby union championship match at Twickenham on March 3. Uttley pulled out of the team on the morning of their match against Ireland last Saturday because
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      62 26 JAKARTA, Thurs Fourteen top Indonesian badminton players will lake part m the All-England tournament m March, Mulyono, secretary of the Indonesian Badminton Federation, said here yesterday. Former eight times men's sin gles champion. Rudy Hartnno and another top Indonesian player Hie Sumiral. will not take part
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      512 26 LONDON, Thurs Liverpool send Norwich reeling to stretch further ahead EUR9PEAN Cup-hold-ers Liverpool swept into a three-point lead at the top of the English Football League First Division by trouncing Norwich 6-0 last night. After Scottish international Kenny Dalglish scored the opening goal m the third
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      115 27 ARCADIA (California), Than Steve Caathea will apparently try his hand on British tracks after the tmi af the BuU Anita sfVfa an April 8. William McDmwM, a spokesman for British stable owner Robert Saagster, announced that he expects to Riga a contract with the 18-year-old Jack-
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      278 27 Australia score exciting victory over WI KINGSTON (Jamaica), Thurs. Fast bowlers Max Walker and Jeff Thomson eked out 12 runs for the last wicket and gave the Australians an exciting one-wicket victory over the West Indies m a limited overs World Series Cricket match here yesterday. The Australian bowlers did
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      128 27 Pakistan select same side AUCKLAND, Thurs. Pakistan, one up m the series, go into the third and final Test against New Zealand at Eden Park, Auckland, tomorrow, with a will to improve on their performance m the second Test match at Napier. Pakistan have given a vote of confidence to
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      Police enter semifinals
      42 27 POLICE beat Scorpions A 14-0 to enter the semi-finals of the Singapore Cricket Club seven-a-side rugby tournament at the Padang yesterday. Other results: SAFSA B bt Minor Units 22-4, Red Bees bt Bunnies 184. SCC bt Bucks A 106.
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      41 27 The Justice Brothers autocross championships will begin on March 11 at Senoko. It will be interesting to see how the JB team, including Croc Tang, tare against Singapore's top drivers like Cliff Zimsen and Nick van Nugteren.
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      577 27 Antasena looks ready to re-enter winning list RACING. ..with FAIRWAY MALAYSIAN-BRED Antasena looks ready to re-enter the winning list m Race Eight m Ipoh tomorrow. The Man of Honour gelding, with Jimmy Lam asindf. showed up smartly m his workout yesterday morning when paced by Montana Bill (Ismail Asban) and
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      77 28 ROLEX Masters 79 Bill Bosley. who is making his farewell appearance m the Rolex Masters, leads the amateurs with a splenJU tM He leaves for Australia m July after a 10-year stay m Singapore. Bosley, who shot a 67 m the practice round on Wednesday, is determined to win the
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      267 28 FIRST round scores m the Rolex Masters Open golf championship: 71 Lim Swee Chew 37-34. 73 Mohammed Ali 36-37, Teo Chin Seng 38-35, Poh Eng Chong 37-36, M.Marimuthu 37-36. 74 Alvin Liau 38-36, Ali Ratim 37-37, Phua Thin Kiay 36-38. 75 Shamuri Sidek 39-36. Lim Swee
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      206 28  -  PETER BIOW By THE Singapore Gun Club will use the Pesta Sukan shooting competition m August to gauge their shooters' calibre for the SEA Games m Jakarta the following month. This was revealed m the SGCs monthly bulletin, which added that trials for the SEA
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      205 28 Jacklin, Faldo still undecided HONGKONG, Thurs. Top British golfers Tony Jacklin, Nick Faldo and Peter Townsend are still undecided whether or not they will play m next week's Singapore Open championship over the Singapore Island Country Club's Bukit course, starting next Thursday All three told me here today that they
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      96 28 JAKARTA, Thurs. President Suharto has ordered co-ordinator Minister for Economic. Financial and Industry. Widjojo Nitisastro, to solve financial problems facing the South-east Asia Games committee. Junior Minister for Youth and Sports Affairs, Abdul Ghafur, told reporters that the Games committee were still short of
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      793 28 DEREK WILD reports from Hongkong HONGKONG, Thurs. Graham Marsh, the former mathematics master from Perth, Western Australia, subtracted four strokes from par at Fanling's new course here today to share the lead at the end of the first round of the Cathay Pacific Hongkong
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      235 28  -  ERNEST FRIOA By LIM SWEE CHEW, who registered three birdies without dropping a stroke m the last seven holes yesterday, seized a two-stroke lead after the first round of the $12,200 Rolex Masters Invitation golf championship at the Bukit course. Swee Chew, who is
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      486 29  -  JOE DORAI By HUME SPORTS CLUB, the bottom-placed team m the Singapore Business Houses' Football league Division Three, have been suspended for two years from competing m all SBHFL tournaments. The suspension was meted out by the SBHFL Tournament Committee following investigation into
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      376 29  -  PATRICK BASTIANS By TWELVE players, from which the final seven will be chosen, have been shortlisted for Singapore's squad preparing for the East Asia squash championships m Bangkok from April 11-15. Because of injuries suffered by Raymond Ong, Ranjodh Singh
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      124 29 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. India's youngest player. Syed Modi. 17. will lake on Saw Swee I.eong m the opening match of the Thomas Ccup Asian zone badminion final at the Stadium Negara here on Saturday and Sunday The draw made (his evening M .ilaysians first I
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      356 29  -  BERNARD PEREIRA By WEE Choon Seng, Singapore's former Thomas Cup star, has been offered the job as coach of the Republic's national women's badminton squad. Wee's assignment will be to groom them for the inaugural World Cup team and individual
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      Singapore Airlines have secret weapon
      186 29  -  PETER SIOW By I SINGAPORE Airlines will unleash a secret weapon m their assaults on three basketball tournaments this year the National Superleague (May). Phey Yew Kok Cup (June) and Far East South Pacfic international m Australia (October). Says Chan Wah Kwee. the Italian-trained SIA
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      Hua Vi score third win in schools' meet
      312 29 HUA VI Chinese Secondary, last year's runners-up. scored their third whirlwind victory m the national schools girls' badminton tournament when they thrashed Tiong Bahru Secondary 5-0 at Lower Delta yesterday, reports BERNARD IKKKIKA. Hua Yi. who had earlier beaten St. Theresa's Convent
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      127 29 INDIA HOPE RIVAL BODIES TO MERGE KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. India are hoping that the rival International Badminton Federation and the newly-formed World Badminton Federation will find a solution and merge, Indian Badminton Association's senior vice-president, Fazil Ahmad, said today. Ahmad, who is here with the team for the Thomas Cup
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      43 29 CONVENT of the Holy Infant Jesus trounced Singapore Chinese Girls 5-0 m a national schools secondary girls' tennis match at Farrer Park yesterday. In the other matches. Dunearn Technical thrashed Si Anthony's Convent 5-0. while Raffles Girls humbled Thomson Secondary 5-0.
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      156 29 SPORTING Crystal of Peru and Inter-Milan of Italy are negotiating with the Football Association of Singapore to play friendly matches at the National Stadium. The two top Continental clubs have asked the FAS for suitable dates and reasonable match fees for their r .aches against
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      Samad, Dollah get thumbs-up from doctors
      296 29 CAPTAIN Samad Alapitchay and striker Dollah Kassim were last night declared fit to play for Singapore against Sarawak m the Malaysia Cup match at the National Stadium on Sunday, reports JOE DORAI. Samad had been on the doubtful list for the last two days,
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      19 29 PORT Authority Recreation Club beat Jalan Besar 1-0 m a friendly soccer match al Bukit Chermin yesterday.
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      41 29 COLOMBO, Thurs. Sri Lanka were 257 for six on the first day of their three-day unofficial Test cricket match against the West Indies here today. wettimuni hit 84 and Tennekoon 63 for Sri Lanka. AP.
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      280 29  -  ALBERT JOHNSON By POON KAH LEONG'S record-breaking performance m the 100 metres backstroke event of the Singapore Amateur Swimming Association's age-group meet on Tuesday, may earn him a ticket to the junior Olympics age-group competition m Tokyo next month. Though the SASA have yet
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      169 29 POON Kah Leong toppled yet another national record the 100 m butterfly for under-14 boys on the third day of the Singapore Amateur Swimming Association age-group meet at Tanjong Rhu yesterday, reports PATRICK BASTIANS. Poon, swimming m his favourite event, froze the watches at 1:03.5 m the
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      85 29 BADMINTON National schools secondary, posi second ary boys tourney (various \.-nu.I.OL*' Rolex Masters inviia iion championship iKukit Course. HOCKKY N»Ul— I irMi' •rr. toyi Uarary: Willow v Barti. Base v Thomson iToa l';.y,,h. J45. 3 30) >«•( 4 Kit >HHKI Mru meal MiMii HI: l>remiri Milk i Singapore- Automotive. Mobil
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    301 30 UNLESS THE WAR ESCALATES^ WASHINGTON, Thurs A SENIOR State Department official said yesterday that the Carter administration did not expect the Soviet Union to retaliate against China for its attack on Vietnam unless the SinoVietnamese conflict escalates significantly. Speaking to a group of news
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    206 30 Dockers ordered to disband action panel KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The Malaysian Government has ordered the dissolution of an action committee believed to be organising industrial action by 12.000 dock workers at Port Klanc. The registrar of trade unions, Mr Abdul Othman. told newsmen today that the order was served on
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    51 30 PARIS. Thurs. Striking bank stal today forced the main gate of the Paris Stock Exchange and demonstrated on the steps. The bank staf, on the second day of a strike, are demanding higher pay, joo security and a cut m till* working week to 35 hours.
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    226 30 CIORGI CARLO PIRIIR*. 77. (Architect) puwl away peacefully on 21 /2.7 V after an Illness, bravely borne. leaving behind wile Deanor Vioetta iBUn). •ona Spencer. Glenn daughter Valeric. daughter-in-law Motra Tuiley. aon-ln-law John McMurtrj <NZ) grandchildren Anna Hark, Michael, Dominic. Caroline. Benedick. Angellne. relative* and frienda to mourn his
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    578 30 IRANIAN troops m the Kurdish city of Mahabad have fled their barracks after suffering more than 100 killed last night m a pitched battle with Kurdish separatists. Assistant Prime Minis ter Amir Entezam told a press conference that the Kurds had now
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    274 30 TOKYO, Thur«. THE Bank of Japan sold about US$l.5 billion on the Tokyo foreign exchange market today m a determined effort to stem a sharp dollar rise, dealers said. The doiiar which briefly touched a threeweek hiph of 202.70 yen m heavy trading
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      475 30 BUSINESS TIMES Singapore s Financial Dally Cover Price SOt Annuoi Subscription SISS For subscription, call *****1 tzt 231 TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS. tXPfcCTATIONS ore high that something concrete will come out ot the coming Asean-EEC conference m Jakarta. However, the optimists may be disappointed it they set their hopes too high. There
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        ELEMENTARY CHINESE –
        481 1 ELEMENTARY CHINESE Bookshelf A cheap and well-compiled Chinese course for beginners Xfiii^ip By KWANZI "ELEMENTARY CHINESE" is a course intended for beginners, who are learning Chinese as a foreign language. Complete with a set of tapes and textbooks, it aims to help students develop practical skills m the Chinese language.
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        Humour "Dear fathers..."
        62 1 Humour "Dear fathers..." My son is participating m an oratorical contest, and is practising very hard at home. I volunteered to be the audience. He began, "Dear teachers, fellow schoolmates But I said. "I am neither your teacher nor schoolmate. How should you say it then?" Immediately he changed and
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        At your service the old faithfuls Bilingual page
        459 1  - At your service the old faithfuls Bilingual page LEONG WENG KAM By 4fl»tWAn Bit &mm* w¥»au SAfnffl MLft*Mitfllfl*« *^»s atfifr "MM" £tt*«±Bf*S«iffjft of J*W-«fc "Bffl" B*filSiS •fflff/trwasw-t ■&n% "&<*" *fn «sJs*frUMe* &M0f#«&l!iJo FOR 40 years, Madam Lav Ah Yee, 60, has been working as a domestic servant one of the
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        Fun with Chinese Characters
        72 1 %Hlti>3» y This character Is applicable to that which has passed GU through ten months O a tradition dating back ten generations. It includes anything very old, ancient, of an_J_ old; ancient tiquity whether valuable, invaluable or valueless. Our |_4 Also a Chinese picture illustrates the
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        Chinese Without Tears
        37 1 Chinese Without Tears guloo undent gddai ancient times gudian classical gudong antiques guguiii peculiar gu|i historic monuments V guguo ancient state For example, you may say, Luoma you xuduo meaning, "There are many historic monuments m Rome."
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        LEISURE Third SSO concert series to start tonight
        372 2 LEISURE Third SSO concert series to start tonight THE Singapore Symphony Orchestra will give its third series of concerts at the Singapore Conference Hall tonight and tomorrow night. For these concerts, the SSO, under Choo Huey's baton, will present a programme of five classical works. The programme begins with Mozart's
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        HOW LEE VIEWS INVASION OF KAMPUCHEA
        161 2 HOW LEE VIEWS INVASION OF KAMPUCHEA SINGAPORE'S Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew will give his short comments on the recent invasion of Kampuchea m Rediffusion's International C*U tonight at 8.30. In an recent interview with BBC South-east Asia correspondent Adrian Porter, Premier Lee expresses anxiety that Vietnam might now set
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        Showcase of Mandarin singers
        90 2 Showcase of Mandarin singers SOME of the artistes appearing m tonight's MUSICAL SHOWCASE on Channel 8 at 7.55 include Pao Na Na, Ling Scow, Tze Ling, Lim Oon Ai, the Ming Choo Sisters, Mimi and Chen Chiat. The Missing Jewels is the story m the Mandarin drama production, THE SPICE
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        Lively wit and humour served over the table
        295 2 ALAN Ayckbourn's Table Manners drew three curtain calls on its opening night on Wednesday a flattering addition to the polite two at most other plays. And that despite little action and no change of scenes. Produced by Stage Club president Chris Allen,
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        No more gastritis for artist Yeo now he's wed
        478 2  -  GERALDINE TANG By FOR years, when Singapore artist Thomas Yeo was still a busy bachelor, skipping meals was a habitual thing and frequent attacks of gastritis was something he grew to live with. Keauy, wnen painting is your full-time profession and
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        Boney M to sing here in May?
        191 2 BONEY M, the popular rack music gronp who sent every pop music fan humming with their hits Brown Girl In The Ring, Rivers of Babylon and Rasputin, may be singing In Singapore an May 22. A lor.J promoter is trying to bring the
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        185 2 C sm r Al -r An *^^XC (r^Hi This dress has to make way for the Hi renovation. 0 It's on special sale with many others. Petite Finesse Boutique is getting a new face. And before the renovation, our clothes from France and Italy are on sale. Along with all
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        249 2 t^m^S SINGAPORE B<g>g CONTACT LENS SOCIETY The following members are: a CONTACT LENS PRACTITIONERS a OPHTHALMIC OPTICIANS D OPTOMETRISTS EJ. BENJAMIN EOWAfIO J bemjamin pte ltj F.A.A.0.. FACLrV fk 104. f»n()lin Shoppy Centre. Tanghn Road. (9) Til *****9/*****56 CHEN YIN FOOK oah sin opt CO A 0.A.. A C.C.L P.
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        958 2 TV and Radio SINGAPORE 5 3.00 PM Opening and Housewives' Matt- j 7.30 News and Newsreel (Malay) nee Second Spring (Hokkien 7.55 Sports Parade fj| m repeat) '-30 Inventors The Dynamite Man m 9.30 News (English) 4.35 Intermission 9 45 Cuftura| Kary (En|fi$h) 6.00 Opening and Andy Griffith Show 9.50
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      Myth of Interpol agent lurking on foggy wharf
      1048 3  -  JIM BROWNING By m St. Cloud (France) DESPITE its commanding view of the Eiffel Tower, Interpol 's concrete headquarters m this sleepy Paris suburb bears a disconcerting resemblance to a Kojak television set. In the Fraud Section, for example, two bored young
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      Lock icon Death of the Don ends generation of godfathers
      476 3  - Death of the Don ends generation of godfathers FRANCOIS B. CASTERAN By THE LAST of the old generation of Mafia dons, Girolamo Piramalli, nicknamed the "Godfather of the Godfathers has died m his fiefdom of Gioia Tauro aged 61. For three years Piromalli. also called "Don Mommo", had been under
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      The great ball to round up Vienna's waltz season
      456 3  - The great ball to round up Vienna's waltz season TOM HENEGHAN By m Vienna IN A SWIRL of white gowns and black tail coats 7,000 guests will waltz under ornate chandeliers m the city's opulent opera hall at the highlight of the Vienna social season, the Vienna Opera Ball, this
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      Lock icon Roving magic lantern shows call up ghosts of the past
      737 3  -  GREGORY JENSEN By m London IHK and Anita Lear are a rheerfolly hard up young couple who roam the country m a floating theatre and earn their living showing moving pictares from before movies were Invented. "Don't forget the magic
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        Tax strategy: A matter of finding ways to pay less
        487 6  - Tax strategy: A matter of finding ways to pay less MOH-KEED WONG By MENTION Income Tax and most of us will make a face. The words connote, besides a pinch on our pockets, the arduous task of filling forms, reading instructions and doing arithmetic. For some of us, filling Form
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        When is joint assessment best?
        674 6 signs the Notice of Election on their tax return. After two people are married, the tax department will only send one form to the couple. Once she signs the notice, she will be assessed separately but she still fills the same form as her husband.
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        The 'specially qualified' mum can get more child relief
        297 6 BEING a woman can give you one up sometimes, especially if you are a specially qualified person and a mother. It entitles you to more child relief. To be specially qualified for this purpose, you must have obtained a degree from
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        Meet Anne, the sports editor
        324 6 People NAMING the first woman sports editor m its history, The New York Times triggered tavern talk galore. After all, it was November a*>d the football season wasn't even at halftime. Sensitive to the odds, Shop Talk sachems Larry Stessin and Gloria Zukerman invited 33-year-old
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        340 6 I^m I ILJ 9L mmm COLLoB j^^J^w^ 1 <Tyf Qrlane's B2lUne has captured 21 elements essential for your skin Your skin is exposed constantly to Orlane's 821 Line of skin care dust particles and varying temperatures, cosmetics contains these 21 elements, from air-condition comfort to hot humid which include ammo-acid,
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        45 6 i i Dresses REDUCED to $29.50; $25.00; $19.50; $15.00 Skirts REDUCED to $19.50; $15.00 Blouses REDUCED to $10.00 T-Shirts REDUCED to $5.00 WHILE STOCKS LAST Exclusively by ASIA ARTS <SNGAPC*E> PRftATE LIMITED 2. 3, 17A. 178. International Building 360. Orchard Road. Singdpore9 Tel: *****1 *****9
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        783 7 Separate tenders are invited for any one or all of the following: 1) ERECTION AND COMPLETION of 2 blocks of 26-storey 5 -room Point Block (Total 191 units 1 block of 5-««orey car park, 1 block each of dustbin compound and electrical substation, 1 No. of children playground Type 'F'
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        810 7 #JTC TENDER NOTICE Tenders are Invited for the following projects:A CONSTRUCTION OF MINOR SEWERS AND MANHOLES AT PENJURU LANE AND ALONG WEST COAST ARTERIAL ROAD (NEAR PANDAN CRESCENT), JURONG TOWN B CONSTRUCTION OF MINOR SEWERS AND MANHOLES ALONG PART OF KRANJI WAY, KRANJI LOOP AND SUNGEI KADUT DRIVE, SINGAPORE C
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        693 7 TENDER NOTICE SALE OF SECONDHANDJPRINTING AND PACKAGING MACHINERY Times Printers Sdn Bhd invites offers, by tender, for the purchase of various items of machinery which are surplus to requirements., Details are os follows:I. CAMERA EQUIPMENT 1. Durst Loborator 1 84 enlarger 1 967 S/N A25 1 760/***** for screening with
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        638 7 [DIIDB I INVITATION TO TENDER Tenders ore invited tor the Supply ond Delivery of eoch of the following* items 1) Black Perforated Polythene Bag* for 1 year expiring on 31.3.80 Size m mm Estimated Other Cost per *v WxHxT Qtyßeqd Specification 1000 pcs 180x150x0.10 70,000 12 holes on (o s
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        243 7 PHARMACEUTICAL DEPARTMENT TENDER Tenders will be recieved from registered tenderers at the Pharmaceutical Department. 1 Jalan Bukit Merah, Singapore 3, up to noon, on Monday, 26th March 1979, for the supply of the following Items: 1) Tender (or sapply of Automated Sranalng Sprrtrophotometer System. Ref: Pharm Dept Tender No: (/It
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        399 7 TENDER Tenders are invited by the Chief Supplies Officer. Central Supplies Department. Singapore for the supply and delivery of the follow ingltems:a) Envelope X-Ray, size 400 x 440 mm, made of kraft paper to Central Supplies Department Closing date and time: 21.3.79 (12 noon) b) Ammonia Printing Papers, Ammonia Intermediate
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        741 7 n.MiKK una Tenders are Invited for the supply and delivery of the following live potted plants M inrl when required by the Director. Department of Broadcasting. Singapore to Radio and Television Singapore and the collection therefrom on the following day for the period of one year from the date of
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      Lock icon Winter stokes political tempers in Bulgaria
      1264 8  -  PATRICK WORSHIP By Reporting from WARSAW QUESTION: What was a "natural disaster" called before the war? Answer: Winter. Imaginary small ad m Warsaw daily: "Would exchange central committee for central heating." As winter tore a destructive path through Poland, the poles consoled themselves with
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      Lock icon Sofia — a placid town with an equally placid population
      795 8  - Sofia a placid town with an equally placid population RUTH GRUBER By m SOFIA, Bulgaria THE shaggy-haired young man m the blue denim suit exploded at the waiters of Sofia's fashionable Krim Restaurant m what became a minor brawl. "Somebody," he bellowed, "stole my coat." The waiters had a difficult
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        319 8 U j£\ SINGAPORE fj^ SPORTS ■ram council Applications ore invited from Singapore I Citizens or Permanent Residents for the I eppomtment of INFORMATION RESEARCH OFFICER ($1045:1095:1145) $1195-50A-1495/1575-65A-2160 Qualifications/Experience An Honours or Generol Degree m Sociol- I ogy or Social Science with o sound working knowledge of statistical and survey methods
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        426 8 SENIOR SERVICE ENGINEER required to head team of service stoif deohng with sophisticated electronics communication ond rodor equipment Ability to organise workshop ond outside services Must have hod at least 4 years practical experience on servicing and exposure m supervising technical staff A recognised qualification m communications or electronics engineering
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