The Straits Times, 6 March 1979

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  • 16 1 The Straits Times I Estd. 1845 TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 1979 25 CENTS M.C.(P) No. 142/1/79 I
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  • 426 1  -  LESLIE FONG By Straits Times News Editor BUDGET STATEMENT: PAGES 14. 15 EUDGET SPECIAL: PAGE 13 REST OF PARLIAMENT: PAGES 12. 13 THE Senior Minister of State (Finance) Mr Coh Chok Tong, yesterday presented what he described as a completely painless and even mildly pleasurable Budget
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  • 875 1 -with a call to do even better All who watched him In the House yesterday were leit In no douot that he was more than equal to the task as he went about his one- hour address with ap.omb and a remarkable feel for the
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  • 662 1 Warning of possible oil shortage LOOKING AT THE YEAR AHEAD SINGAPOREANS should strive harder and use less oil and electricity m the year ahead m view of slow world economic growth, spreading protectionism and a possible oil shortage. This was the call made by the Senior Minister 01 State (Finance).
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  • 181 1 JERUSALEM, Mon. The Israeli cabinet today approved recommendations made by Pr me Minister Menachem Begin on new proposals for peace with Egypt put forward m Washinrton by President Carter. But an official spokesman stressed the approval was tor Mr Be g i n's sag gest'ons only,
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  • 601 1 CHINESE BEGIN PULLOUT 8223E53 PEKING, Monday THE Chinese Government announced this afternoon that its troops today began withdrawing from Vietnamese territory, but warned Hanoi that it would launch a new offensive if the troops were attacked during the pullout. There was no immediate reaction from Vietnam, which earlier today ordered
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  • 238 1 Thais seal off border BANGKOK, Mon THAILAND has sealed off its border with Kampuchea and ordered the armed forces to be on the alert following the intrusion of Khmer soldiers yesterday which left one Thai trooper dead and two wounded. Prime Minister Kriangsak Chomanan told newsmen today that Khmer soldiers
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  • 28 1 HONGKONG. Mon Customs officers today seized nine tonnes of marijuana valued at HKSI3S million (SS67 million) on board a cargo ship which arrived from Bangkok —AFP.
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  • 34 1 Carter to fly to Egypt and Israel WASHINGTON, Mon President Carter will fly to Egypt and Israel this week. Senate Democratic leader Robert Byrd told a news conference today. Reuter. Srr THIS PAGt
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    • 243 1 SPYROS AND FITTER ARRESTED Page 9 OPEC spells out terms for future oil sales 2 TROOPS mass on border poised to enter Laos' 3 ECONOAUC blueprint targets too high: Li 4 'SMALL family may be cause of lonely youths' 8 BLINDED by teargas: Dad of eight accepts S65.O00 10 ORDER
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  • AROUND THE WORLD
    • 307 2 Birthday party turns into death trap for family JACKSON (MlssiiMippi), Mon. A barrage of ballets tamed a family birthday party into a deathtrap as a teenager calmly entered a room and killed his father, mother and I wider brother, police said. A third brother, whose birthday was being celebrated, and
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    • 389 2 OTEIBA: HELP US TO M-E SOLUTION ABU DHABI, MON THE head of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) oil cartel said yesterday that future oil sales to consumer nations should depend on whether they help bring about a Middle East settlement
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    • 357 2 TEHERAN, Monday THE Iranian revolutionary government planned a dramatic demonstration to the world today of its oil production capacity by setting the maximum output of six million barrels a day. For the first time m 69 days, m which the strikebound oilfields
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    • 192 2 NEW YORK, Mon. OIL consuming nations should consider coming together to boycott profiteering oil producers and middlemen as a means of countering sharp increases m petroleum prices, oil expert Walter Levy said today. "If the (oil supply) shortage continues over the year 1979, and there is c .cry
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    • 151 2 Brothers 'stored away for a private party SAN FRANCISCO, Mon. Two young brothers stowed away m a downtown department store over the weekend and had themselves a private party, straight out of a Willie Wonka fantasy. Employees at the big downtown Wool worth's said ihe boys scattered expensive model trains.
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    • 69 2 MADRID, Mon. A 14-year-old boy was killed by a police rubber bullet here tonight m clashes between riot police and demonstrators, south of Madrid. Police said Gursino GallegoNicasio was killed and four policemen were inured when riot police fired rubber bullets and smoke bombs to disperse
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    • 30 2 MANILA, Mon A suspected communist guerilla was killed and three others were captured m a shoot-out with government forces on Samar Island, central Philippines, authorities said today. AFT.
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    • 29 2 NAIROBI. Man. Kenya has extended its exclusive maritime economic zone to 432 km, effective from Feb 28, Economic Planning Minister Robert Ouko said here last night. AFP.
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      40 2 THE smiles were wide and florid, and the beaming faces fresh as President Carter and Mr Begin headed for crucial Middle East peace talks m the White House on Saturday. The mood then was one of infectious optimism, but
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      51 2 twelve hours later on Sunday morning, the scene became one of deflated optimism as these two tired, worn-out faces show. The late night meeting had ended m deadlock. As Mr Carter bade Mr Begin goodbye, he was also saying farewell to immediate chances of Middle East peace. AP
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    • 175 2 Urgent Israeli talks on new proposals JERUSALEM, Mon. I The Israeli Government held an emergency meeting today to discuss "impoi tant" new proposals made by President Carter to break the deadlocked Middle East peace talks. The meeting was called after a phone call from Israeli Premier Begin m Washington to
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    • 82 2 Do weddings spell the end? CAIRO, Mon. With marriages like these, who needs funerals? In the past three years, guests fii ing wild celebratory bursts fix m their small-arms have killed 76 fellow guests at Egyptian we Idings. Those who escaped will w Kinds totalled 3,087. "he Interior Ministry has
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    • 44 2 TKHEIAN. Sat Eight people includiig four Iranian generals were executed by firing squad at dawn today, sources said. The eight brought to 17, the number of top officials of the Shah's regime, executed since the revolution ended on Feb 12. AFP.
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    • 45 2 MANILA, Mon. Some 859.400 tourists visited the Philippines last year, an increase of 17 7 per cent over the 1977 figure, the Tourism Ministry said today. They spent an estimated USUSS.3 million (5J767 million) compared with USJ3OO million during the previous year. Reuter.
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    • 31 3 NEW YORK. Moo New York's mayor. Mr Ed Koch was mobbed by Mack demonstrators tonight and art-used of being a racist when he visited the city's Harlem .lisliKt AFP.
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    • 59 3 Space shuttle is unveiled THE space shuttle "Columbia", Its sides partly covered with tUmnm ds of heat-ab-sorbing tiles, was unveiled for the first time on Saturday at the Rockwell International assembly plant In California. The skip will be flown to the Kennedy Space Centre In Florida on Friday for final
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    • 296 3 TOKYO. Mon. VIETNAM claimed today that China has moved many divisions of troops to the border of Laos m preparation for an invasion of that country. The official Vietnam News Agency (VNA), monitored here, carried a government statement from Hanoi saying: "According
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    • 252 3 Soviets lead walkout at Escap meeting MANILA. Mon. Four communist nations led by the Soviet Union and Vietnam marched out of a UN economic conference today m protest against a Kampuchean speech condemning the Vietnamese invasion of Kampuchea. Soviet and Vietnamese officials followed by delegates from I-aos and Afghanistan staged
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    • 164 3 KLONG LUEK (ThaiKampuchea border), Mon.— The Vietnam led invasion of Kampuchea came to a symbolic end today as the flag of the pro-Hanoi forces was raised at the Thai-Cambo-dian frontier. The flag-raising capped a drive that began at the Vietnam border last Christmas day
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    • 103 3 Plea to spare Bhutto's life RAWALPINDI, Mon. The attorney for condemned former Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto today ended eight days of legal argument with a plea to the Supreme Court to spare his client's life. Attorney Yahya Bakhtiar urged the seven-Judge High Court to review its 4-3 split derision
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    • 248 3 Russia paints itself as cautious hero MOSCOW, Monday THE Soviet Union painted itself today as the cautious and restrained hero of the Indochina crisis, saying it held back because it recognised the action as a Peking plot to start trouble between the United States and the Soviet Union. The official
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    • 285 3 SYDNEY, Mon ASTRONOMERS using the Anglo-Australian optical teiescope m the Australian outbark have found what they believe is a gigantic "Black Hole" m space wh'ch is devouring stars at the rate of one a week. "It's possibly the most energetic object ever discovered"
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    • 155 4 Brezhnev elected for another 5 years MOSCOW, Mon. SOVIET President, Leonid Brezhnev, was elected to another five-year term last night along with all the other 1,499 candidates handpicked by the communist party. The outcome was so certain that Tass news agency merely reported the percentage of voters who cast their
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    • 82 4 MANILA. Mon Philippine Airlines (Pal) has confirmed its letter of intent to buy a fourth DC10 large capacity jetliner from McDonnel Douglas for delivery m November next year, a spokesman said today. The spokesman said the aircraft would cost about US$44 million (SSB.6 million)
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    • 350 4 Economic blueprint targets too high: Li TOKYO, Monday CHINA has been over hasty m its economic modernisation programme and may have to slow down, Vice Premier Li Hsien-nien said yesterday m an interview with the Yomiuri newspaper. He said the ambitious target of producing 60 million tonnes of steel a
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    • 167 4 CAPE TOWN. Monday SOUTH African heart transplant pioneer Professor Christian Barnard said today there was a need for the law to allow doctors to practise active euthanasia in certain cases where prolonged life for dying patients who would die in any case became intolerable. Speaking at
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    • 62 4 LAFAYETTE (Georgia). Mon Divers rescued a college professor and six students trapped m a north Georgia mountain cave last night, ending an ordeal of nearly 29 hours m the flood-blocked cavern. Dr Barry Beck, an experienced cave geologist, had taken the group on a geology class
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    • 59 4 NEW YORK, Mon. Saudi Arabia's United Nations Ambassador Jamil Baroody, the unofficial doyen of the UN diplomatic community, died m a New York hospital today at the age of 74, a UN spokesman said. Mr Baroody had headed Saudi Arabia's delegation since 1947 and had served longer than
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    • 222 4 'Sarah Amin fighting Tanzania troops' NAIROBI, Mon. Sarah Amln, one of Ugandan President Idl Amln's two wives, is taking part m combat against Tanzanian troops and has Just successfully carried oat a "difficult mission" at the head of a unit of women commodo soldiers, Radio Kampala said yesterday. The report
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    • 298 4 'Loafer' Slava is not slaved to a job MOSCOW, Mon THE Soviet Union claims to have no unemployment, but it has another kind of problem all its own parasites. Some are lazy. Others are dropouts from socialist society, while a few are out to "beat the system." What they all
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    • 148 4 PEKING. Mon. The Bank of China has further expanded its contacts with American financial institutions with the announcement m Peking today that it had established full commercial banking relations with New York's Citibank, the world's second largest commercial bank Citibank's China coordinator, Mr Robert
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    • 334 4 The Shangri-La Health Club. A new concept m fitness and resort living. Cycle five miles a day. Take part m your own Walkaton. Then follow j^ up with a little weight-lifting. Vibrate away the lunches left on your hips. Ith Exercise every inch of your body. rf^§ II Then relax
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    • 253 4 \d\crtlsrm+mt 1 master English?!^ A GOOD COMMAND OF ENGLISH can ensure success in your present job— improve your chances of promotion and increase your earning power. You can acquire it quickly and easily. When you can talk itaelf both written and fluently and effectively— spoken write clearly and concisely, If
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  • 2972 5 'ARE THE JAPANESE AS CONVINCED AS WE?' THE rapidly evolving geopolitics In the Sooth-east Asian region and how Japan should come to terms with the new realities this was the main theme of a speech delivered by Foreign Minister S. Rajaratnam at
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  • 91 6 Raja pays courtesy call on Ohira FOREIGN Minister S. Rajaratnam, talking with Japanese Prime Minister Masayoshi Ohira, at the premier's official residence m Tokyo yesterday. Mr Rajaratnam, who was paying a courtesy call on Mr Ohira, said the conflicts m Indochina would help cement relations between Asean member countries. Mr
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  • 139 8 Snatch thief caught by victim A WOMAN, whose handbag was snatched chased the culprit and detained him with the help of a few passers-by, a district court heard. Yesterday, soldier Thorasamy Chandrasegran, 21, was charged with stealing a handbag containing $26 from Madam Chia Chui Houng at the junction of
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  • 59 8 HE thief of (k-neral Staff of the \i Zealand Army. MajorOneral B.M Poananga. will visit the Singapore based units of the New Zealand Force South-east Am.) Ihls Mi *ill arrive today for a sixil.i> visit during which h<> will cail at the New Zealand Force headquarters
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  • 298 8 Rescue ship owner is refused entry THE director of the Catholic group, Fatima International, Mr Robert Bergin, who wanted to use a ship to rescue Vietnamese refugees stranded m the South China Sea, has been refused entry into Singapore. Immigration officials at the airport refused him entry on the grounds
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  • 46 8 ENTRIES for the essay competition entitled Industrialisation m Singapore m the 1980s, organised by the Economic Society of Singapore, will close tomorrow. Results of the competition will be announced at the annual dinner of the Society at the Mandarin Hotel on April 6.
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  • 98 8 Harbans' flat fire incident probed Ql EENSTOWN police are investigating an incident following a fire m the HDB flat of lawyer and secretarygeneral of the United People's Front, Mr Harbans Singh, on Sunday. Twa firemen and a policeman were kept In the flat on the 13th floor of block 415,
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  • 69 8 PAP courses for children THE People's Action Party Telok Ayer branch wll hold a course on Art for Children at No. 263, fifth floor. Block 538, Hong Lim Complex m Upper Hokien Street from March 15 at 7 p.m. It will conduct a similar course at 105-B, Amoy Street from
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  • 49 8 A NINE-MEMBER Italian trade mission organised by the Consorzio Ilcxport arrived here yesterday for a four-day visit. The mission is led by Mr N. Cameroni. director of Consorzio Ilexport a consortium promoted by several industrial and commercial unions of Lecco m Como province m northern Italy
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  • 488 8 THE small family may be one of the factors leading to "a brood of young people" with feelings of loneliness, hopelessness and rejection, a Social Welfare Department executive said yesterday. Making the point at a two-day seminar on "Meeting the child's needs
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  • 22 8 SIGLAP community centre will hold a talk m English on Magic Show, at its premises on Sunday at 7.30 p.m.
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  • 248 8 The problem children: A big rise CHILDREN with emotional problems who attend the child psychiatry clinic for the first time shot up by 178 per cent from 180 m 1974 to 501 last year. The acting Social Affairs Minister, Dr Ahmad Mattar, said this m his opening address at the
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  • 315 8 WHAT'S ON TODAY CELLO RECITAL by Kurt Hess at DBS auditorium at 8 p.m. Accompanied by Seah Khung Img at the piano. Tickets: $1. EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS by Belgia at the Singapore Hilton Hotel from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. On till Friday. FILM SHOWS at Singapore Science Centre at
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  • 84 8 THE Singapore Blood Transfusion Service received 3.856 units of blood last month. The total number of donations during the past week was 846 units while transfusions given totalled 963 units. Highest on the list of group donors was Guillemard Camp with 82 donors, followed by Tengah
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  • 25 8 THE youth executive committee of Canberra community centr* will hold iis biennial general meeting at the centre premises on Saturday at 8 p.m
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  • 576 8 Kuching Port Authority sues firm for $166,000 THE Kuching Port Authorit, h suing an insurance cc upany here m the High Court for M.daysian $166,666 da nages arising from an allege breach of contract by a load shipbuilder who was aw it ded a $1,666,000 contra I to build two
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  • 277 9 Narco dog became groggy on the job A TWO-YEAR-OLD Narco dog named Phoo became groggy and vomited after sniffing out an estimated 700 grams of a brownish substance believed to be heroin m a pirate taxi at the Woodlands Checkpoint early yesterday. The dog, a German shepherd, was sent to
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  • 74 9 AN international exhibition on safely, security and fire-fighting equipment Intersafe 79. will be held at the World Trade Centre m Singapore from Sept 4 to 7. The exhibition will feature property and human protection equipment o( about 200 major manufacturers from all over the world II will
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  • 47 9 Charged with rape ONG Teng Hee. 28 was yester day charged m cour* with raping a woman (age not disclosed) at a flat m Block A, Pacific Mansions, last Friday at 2.15 a.m. He was remanded pending a further mention of the case m two weeks' time.
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  • 21 9 JAI.AN Kayu community centre management committee will organise a Southern Islands trip for families on Sunday at 9 a.m.
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  • 87 9 THE newly elected MP for Telok Blangah, Mr Rohan Khamis, has started a new programme to supplement his weekly meet-the-people sessior.s. In addition to these sessions, Mr Rohan will also visit residents once fortnightly He will cover one block m each visit During
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  • 297 9 THE 35,67«-Unne Greek tanker Spyrw and •Jurong Shipyard fitter Urn Hack H«e, •ne af thase held re- spawdMe by a Commlttee Inqalry for the fire and explosion •n board the taaker, are under arrest. The Spyros was arrested aa a High Caart arder last
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  • 332 9 Reserved places: SU clarifies criteria MALE students seeking admission to universities will be selected and have places reserved for them on the basis of the criteria existing m the year of their application. The University of Singapore confirmed that those who are doing national service now and who have reserved
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  • 111 9 Appointed acting chief planner MR Loh See Hong, 48, deputy chief planner was appointed acting chief planner, Planning Department on Feb 12 m place of the chief planner, Mr Lim Leong Geok. Mr Lim was seconded to the Singapore Bus Service as its executive director last month. According to the
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  • 346 10 Rice: 'We can do nothing if Welcome refuses to supply' THE chairman of the Stagapore Provision Shop Friendly Association, Mr Wee Boon Ckye, yesterdmy uid the association could do nothing If NTUC Welcome refused to sapply rlee to Ito memkera. The ■nfwrlstisa sought rice supplies from Welcome becaase It was
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  • 23 10 THE Kalians community centre will organise a Tioman trip from April 13 to IS. Transport, food and lodging will be provided.
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  • 341 10 Talks on how to improve school milk schemes NUTRITIONISTS, educationists, and representatives from dairy industries, the Breast Feeding Mothers' Group and the Consumers' Association of Singapore attended a round-table discussion yesterday on the topic, School Milk Food for Thought Held by a packaging firm, Tetra Pak South East Asia Pte
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  • 18 10 THE Kirn Real community centre will organise a family picnic at Pasir Ris on March IB
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  • 233 10 Blinded by teargas: Dad of 8 accepts $65,000 A FATHER of eight, blinded m both eyes by police teargas used "to save people inside his home" at Block 74, Commonwealth Drive, on June 24, 1973, yesterday accepted through his counsel a payment offer of $65,000 and costs m settlement of
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  • 42 10 THE MP for Delta, Mr Yeo Choo Kok, will flag off a walkathon at Queenstown Technical Secondary School on Sunday at 8.30 a.m. The walkathon. organised by Delta community centre and the building fund committee, will end at the same place^
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  • 222 10 THE Singapore Bus Service will introduce a new trunk service No. 1 to link Bedok New Town with the Eunos housing estate m Jalan Eunos under stage two of the New Bus Plan for Bedok starting on Sunday. Under the plan, the
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  • 45 10 THE Amalgated Union of Public Employees (AUPE) said yesterday an officer from the Police Department has been asked to repay more than $1,000 for taking no-pay leave, and not a police officer as stated m yesterday's Straits Times The error is regretted.
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  • 39 10 A LABOUR Ministry inspector. Miss Lim Chin Fang, will give a talk m Mandarin on The Employment Act and You at the Toa Payoh branch library on Friday at 7 30 p.m Admission is free.
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    • 244 10 Straits Times Crossword ACROSS no' particulars apt I 1 Terrible rows with Ger- sH h fashion' (7) m an r^"', UrlStS ll h 1 8 Advice of prophet pre6. 13. Deatl. notice (A dv- wee b h l< (or Ar ect translation of passmg nlm edes? .6. 3. 4 2.
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  • 202 11  - Woman held in $2.5 m drug case a S'porean K. S SIDHU By THK ORtrml N arctic* Bare»« \e*lrrd») c— l\itar4 that a wvniaa anrxtrd Ip Parts mm Keb S lar allegedly mimrkUmr six kilo* tl heroin wvrth tl.i million Is a Singapore Htitra. She haa been Identified as Mlm
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  • 54 11 THIEVES brake into Oak Hin Ttaiimß Company m Jalan Sultan dvi ing the weekend and escaped I with 11.5U0 and I jide ring worth 11 .500 IVlmt said the thievos gained entry by forcing open the rear door of IN- dim. which deals m industrial supplies and
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  • 50 11 THK Diploma m Management Studies Alumni will hold a talk on Business (>)ipc)i lunilies for Executives and Managers by a business and management consultant. Mr l.im Boon Tong. at the Hyatt Hotel un Sa'.uiday Intel ested members CM ring Mr Urn Kok Eng at lei 91«65 for .k-i.uls
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  • 273 11 Suit by opera actress over shares adjourned A CIVIL suit by a former Cantonose opera actress, who is married to a local public accountant, against her husband's brother and two other parties over shares m a private company was yesterday adjourned sine die by Mr Justice Chua m ;li»- High
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  • 37 11 MR l.im Kok Eng has been elected chairman of the Breadline Group Other otficals are: Mr Richard l.im (vice-chairman). Mr Ching Huay Yong (treasurer), Ms Juni per Lhu (secretary) and Miss Amy Tsang (assistant secretary).
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  • 30 11 I'KK Kio community centre m I'otntHidge Road will hold a talk m English on how to fill your income tax forms at its premises today at 8 p.m.
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  • 264 11 A DISTRICT court yesterday hoard how a youth kept ■aldi while his accomplices followed a 62-year-old taxi driver into a lift to rob him. In the dock was labourer Gan Ong Kiong, 17, who pleaded guilty midway through a trial to robbing
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  • 272 11 Poor safety precautions on construction sites SLX contractors have been ordered to cease work and four others issued with notices of composition by the Labour Ministry since Feb 21 for contravening worksite safety rules. The inadequate safety precautions were discovered by ministry inspectors
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  • 51 11 HOCK Lian Seng Engineering (Pte) Limned of Upper Paya Lebar Road was fined J6OO by a rtiagistrates court yesterday for breeding mosquitoes at the proposed Kuala Loyong Road on Nov 24 last year while it was the contracting firm occupying that The company had five similar previous
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  • 184 11 Split shift system to ease labour shortage THE Labour Ministry has suggested to employers that they implement special short shifts fo housewives who are willing to work but are unable to do full eighthour stretches m factories. According to a New Nation report yesterday, a ministry official urged factories to
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  • 102 11 STATE Coroner Mr Chang Kok Ming recorded an open verdict on Mr Ng Swee Chun, 75, who died from head injuries after he was found lying on the ground floor of the Little Sisters of the Poor Aged Home on Nov 22 at 6.20 a.m. Mr
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  • 167 11 Housewife picked handbag during rush hour A DISTRICT court yesterday heard how a housewife picked a shopper's handbag during a sale's rush hour on Saturday afternoon at a department store. As she walked off with the shopper's wallet. Tan Lee Hiang, 30, was stopped by salesgirl Miss Young May Farr
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  • 95 11 650 SCORE SCHEME WORKERS LOSE JOBS SOME 650 prisoners under the Singapore Corporation of Rehabilitative Enterprises (Score) scheme have been told by an electronics firm that their services are no longer needed. The firm is reported to have run into difficulties and its staff retrenched recently. Score, however, has found
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  • 32 11 Management course THE Metropolitan YMCA will conduct a nine session couth on personnel managemen. ev#ry Tuesday. Thursday and Saturday beginning on March 13. For details, contact the Education Centre at tel *****66
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    • 166 11 FROM BERGAMO, FIRENZE, MILANO, MODENA, PISTOIA ITALYs BEST IN LEATHER GOODS back to Singapore presented by IiUROPEL r~ I I r> f\ D E" I A selecte d Group of the LUnUr L L. most famous ITALIAN MANUFACTURERS CIIDADCI of HANDBAGS, TRAVEL GOODS, POCHETTES LUnUr l L. beach bags, gentlemen's
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  • THE REST OF PARLIAMENT
    • 271 12 Seven new MPs take oaths THE seven new MPs took their oaths of allegiance In Parliament yesterday They are the Defence Minister and MP for Potong Pasir, Mr Howe Yoon Chong; the National Development Minister and MP for Oeylang West. Mr Teh Cheang Wan; Senior Minister of State (Education and
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    • 852 12 SECONDARY schools which will pioneer the full-day school scheme should preferably be located In Housing Board estates so that teachers and pupils Involved In the project need not travel far Irom their homes. They must also be adequately equipped with all
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    • 372 12 THERE were five to six times more Singaporeans than foreign students awarded Asean scholarships In the past three years, Parliament was told yesterday. The number of undergraduate scholarships awarded to students from Asean countries to study at universities here was 21 In 1976,
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    • 346 12 THE government is considering some revisions to improve the 1973 leave scheme. The benlor Minister of State (Finance), MR GOH CHOK TUNG, said views of serving officers and choice of leave options of new recruits had led him to believe that the
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    • 320 12 IT IS not feasible to have a single authority to take charge of the two universities, Institute of Education, Singapore Polytechnic and Ngee Ann Technical College, the Education Minister and Deputy Prime Minister said yesterday. DR GOH KENG SWEE said this was because the
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    • 166 12 THE government has no plans to set a taiget date banning the use of non metric weighing and measuring instruments. Parliament was told yesterday. The Political Secretary (Science and Technology), Mr liin Chee Onn, assured the member for Thomson. MR ANG NAM PI AH, that
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    • 688 12 Reporters: ELENA CHONG and KOH VAN POH ASEAN has become more united m its reaction to the turbulent political developments m the region, the Minister of State (Foreign Affairs). Mr S. Dhanabalan, told Parliament yesterday. Asean's solidarity was demonstrated
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    • 644 12 THE Housing and Development Board Is reviewing existing facilities m the older housing estates and will upgrade them wherever possible to standards close to those of the new towns This was disclosed by the Minister ior National Development and MP lor Geylans West,
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  • BUDGET SPECIAL
    • 1142 13 BY AN economist yesterday described the 1979 Budget as a "mature budget for a middle income country," the hallmark of which are only minor changes and not a major overhaul. The budget received a favourable reception from a three- man panel assembled to discuss it by tne
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    • 127 13 Pay rise for judges bill THE Judges Remunera tion (Amendment) Bill was elven its second reading m Parliament yesterday to give legal effect to the increases m pensionable salary of the Chief Justice and the puisne juries. The Finance Minister Mr Hou Sui Sen. said that as r consequence of
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    • 523 13 Incentives for exporters to sell overseas THE government has given Singapore exporters yet another incentive to sell abroad double tax deduction for all expenses incurred on overseas market surveys as well as advertising and promotional campaigns. With the slowdown m exports last year and constrain' d by a small domestic
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    • 466 13 LOCAL contractors last night welcomed the official move to provide them with a 5 per cent preferential margin m bidding for government tenders building projects This move, they maintained, will stimulate the local Industry and strengthen their hand against fierce foreign competition, particularly from the
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    • 256 13 More govt aid to boost R and D MORE government assistance to help promote research and development (R and D) m manufacturing firms was announced by Mr Goh Chok Tong, the Senior Minister of State (Finance), yesterday. Mr Goh noted that, so far, the nations industrialisa'.nn drive has depended largely
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    • 425 13 Farliament Reporters: CHIA POTEIK, SOH TIANG KENG and LEE KIM CHEW THE government will spend an estimated $5.93 billion during the new fiscal year from April 1 this year to March 31 next year. This will be 3 per cent more than last
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    • 333 13 INCENTIVES for the development of first-class resort hotels m Sentosa will be considered by the government as part of its strategy to boost Singapore as a more attractive destination m the Pacific basin for holiday makers. Disclosing this m his Budget speech yesterday, Mr Goh
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    • 271 13 Law to allay futures brokers' anxiety THE mere fact that there is no physical delivery of futures commodities does not by itself afTcct the validity of such contracts, the Minister for Law and Scieive and Technology, Mr E.W. Barker, said m Parliament yesterday. In moving the Civil Law (Amendment) Bill
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    • 245 13 Br»^^^^— nplj 1 1 1 iflfijpfafffißwQi fn T^i^^^tyi T i F**^ H Will. i 'l^j?^ pi Wli iflf.lj 1 r""^^ —^rs r— </^ K \=a©t~ r-Qi^ 3^ m ChweeChian Garden occupies a site at the foot of ■■i^bib^bbi IBr Kent Ridge, along Chwee Chian Road, at 5V2 mile v p£i
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  • The Straits Times TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 1979
    • 402 14 MR GOH CHOK TONGS first budget may not be excitingly innovative, but it is still one of which he can be proud. For although it is basically fairly restrictive of the Senior Minister of State, the restrictions arise from serious external constraints and unpredictability rather than his own
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    • 348 14 IRONICALLY the problems relating to problem children have grown rather than receded, despite the fall m child population and improved standards of living. This was clearly brought out at the seminar on meeting the child's needs m a changing society. The number of problem children who have
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  • 664 14  -  DEV MURAKA By m Moscow STRONG evidence that the Indian Government of Mr Morarji Desai is abandoning non-alighnment and moving towards a quiet alignment with the west has left the Russians shaken and upset. Soviet Prime Minister Alexei Kosygin's visit to India next
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  • 5061 14 Prepare for the worst and work to achieve the best Text of the 1979 Budget statement gives by Senior Minister of State (Finance) Mr Goh Chok Tong m Parliament yesterday. WORLD economic performance m 1978 was lackadaisical. The industrialised countries grew at 3.5 per cent, a quarter of a per
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    • 27 14 FOR THOSE WHO CRAVE POWER... -Ifyt UTCHIH\<*JUOPTELn> H Jfm 22i. '"*f»" Onl*HtlU.S'pm9 Ttl )2 \U 1 MaY M9l Lmctt PUtM. Orchid HI S fun 9 Ttl J7TOV
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  • FORUM
    • 186 15 WITH REFERENCE to the letter captioned "Passport wait which was unnecess-iry" (ST Feb 22) we wou.u like to thank the writer or his suggestions. The Visa and Visit Pass Section is usually very busy as it handles about As soon an application has been P"**88"1.
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    • 115 15 I SHOULD like to know whether funds administered by the Central Provident Fund Board which for one reason or another are unclaimed by contributors who are over 5a years of age will still earn the normal rate of inter est. The reason for
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    • 46 15 1 REFER to the letter captioned "No entry permit, no flat" from "Homeless" (ST2I Feb). To enable us to look into the matter, will the writer please contact me to furnish more details of his application? CHONG NYDK UN (MDM) for «nlr*llrr «f Immigration
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    • 250 15 WILL the Chairman of SBS be kind enough to wake his divisions and tell us, the wide-eyed, halfawake residents around the Bedok South Avenue 3, SBS depot, when exactly the depot will be resited. Maybe then if we brace
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    • 72 15 WE THANK LMC (ST Feb 21) for pointing out the hazard posed by overhanging branches at the pedestrian crossing m Braddell Road. The Parks and Recreation Department has pruned the branches of the Yellow Flame there, and the traffic lights are now unobstructed. Regular checks are also made
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    • 214 15 MY MKART-FELT sympa thy to "Dilemma" for his loiig wait for a HUDC flat (ST Feb26). It is comforting to have achieved, after working hard, the status a salaried pi ofessional a slightly ■■per middle class But alas. wt>
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    • 153 15 ■7-^^aaflaaV W a a^a. c^^aaT^K^^Baa. VxV^V i bba I x» aaaial Baaaav wab m t j Jat jßLaafJ JMaaßH^aaaS I aft 4^ mAfAl*lfl C for the entire family |t. Buy your tickets now from Cold la^ Storage. C. K. Tang and the Gay jatasl aa^NyJ/taPPWr I World Stadium at popular
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  • TIMES CITY DESK
    • CHIEF PRICE CHANGES
      • 75 16 ll.-nuntai UBS S.I Iron Strait* Trading rractorn Magnum (orpn Sin Chew ientin*. Darby L'OF Spore Glau Dunlop tut High A Low J f B f r M t'l-mrnl old Storaxr Krck Seng K I Krp.mil 76S 466 63S 560 520 382 348 336 310 210 180 396 366 342
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      • 9 16 MurtHiur icmi lousleadcu 212 188 ■a -10 -2
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      • 35 16 ■Jimr Darby Haw Par I' O L C A 0 U <> H ll.inm.u DBS on. Plant f B C K I. Ktponn 530.000 400.000 313.000 230.000 202.000 138.000 13S.O00 135.000 85.000 78.000
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      • 28 16 3.TInde*' industrials: Finance: ("Iris Properties: lins rubbers: 3.C.B.C vE.SInd: 1830.75 18P2.73 ***** ***** ***** 632.67 268.83 "^090 218.83 ***** ***** ***** 544.22 ***** ***** ***** 317.17 323.47
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    • OVERSEAS MARKETS
      • 285 16 HONGKONG: -Price closed firmer in sluggish, cautious trading as operators awaited developments in the ChinaVietnam conflict and further indications of local interest rate trends, dealers said. The Hang Seng index closed 7.08 points higher at 529 06 points. The day's combined total turnover volume was valued at $60.29 million.
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      • 246 16 SYDNEY: -Resource stocks rose in quiet, firm trading, dealers said. The All— Ordinaries slipped 0.17 to 589.97 points, on a total turnover volume of5.70 million shares. mar i» Cenu INDUSTRIALS A. C. I IK I A. N. I ITS -3 Atnpol Nt b a p icto Bank NSW I
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      • 389 16 TOKYO:- Share prices closed slightly higher in limited trading after late profit— taking and liquidations pared early gains, dealers said. The Dow Jones average rose 2.97 to close at 6,014.23 points, with a volume of 170 million shares. The New index closed at 445.13, up 0.02 point. MAR 06
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      • 86 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 of options traded shown in brackets. Hame K E (March $1.45) (0 3SB0.40S). Inrhcmpr (March $1.30) (0 30B0.35S). Pw Electric
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      • 122 16 (HINKSK I-KOIII K EXCHANGE, SINGAPORE, NOON CLOSING PRICKS PER Hill, YESTERDAV: IVtuI *U: Bulk 1125 sellers, old ilium SIX) sellers, new drum S13S sellein Opn: Mixed (loose) UK font 179 00 buyer*. Pepper: Munlok AST A white fob li»r NI.W $332.50 sellers. Sarawak white (ob 98'. NLW $315 00
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      • 172 16 THE KM nllAK market yesterday opened at $17 020 and closed al $17.153. In the Far East, gold opened at US242 60 243 and moved up immwJi alely on very guod buying interest to $244 X 60 by the lunrh closing In the afternoon, after an initial fall to
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    • COMMODITIES
      • 27 16 THE STRAITS tin price surged another $1 higher to $1,927 per picul m Penang yesterday on an official offering up 34 tonnes to 167 tonnes.
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      • 369 16 OPENING prices in the Singapore rubber market yesterday were marked down 1.50 cents following easier London advices, dealers said. The market later fluctuated narrowly in quiet trading due to prevailing uncertainty in Indochina. Towards the morning close levels fell another one cent on a fresh wave of selling from
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      • 88 16 II .,»l < .■-II >H I iuIU-ii I Ml iulk-< i Hank H .rrr.l Mlkl H«>rr<iS*liVr> .•II -«i j4i;<i\ A(.r.l iForward Mlkl Hu» rr. Srllrr. US Ji J44 '<IN .'IM .'II 'dlN >IKM II Mil I I Mil C.I' •Mil •Mil •Mil ■>• •Mil •> Mi ikilWn
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      • 29 16 Rubber: March 5 Singapore: March: 247.50 cents (down 1.50 cents) Malaysia: March 252.75 cents (down 0.25 cent) Tin: $1,927 (up$l) Official offering: 167 tonnes (up 34 tonnes)
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    • 330 16 SKNTIMKNT changed for the better with the return of baying Interest spread lag over a wide front at the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday. The Improved trend was attributed to the Singapore's better-than-experted performance and partly to the ceasefire In the Sino-Vietnam border conflict. Galas overwhelmingly
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    • 278 16 SOME CONFIDENCE flowed back into the Kuala Lumpur stock market yesterday with shares being traded higher under sustained buying interest. Values improved right from the opening bell and the firmer trend lasted throughout the day, resulting m most counters closing at the day's best. Trading during the day
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    • 119 16 THE US dollar firmed further m the Singapore forex market yesterday m line with its recent firmer trend againstthe mark and yen. Opening at $2.1675/85, the unit was traded higher m quiet trading to reach $2.1750 55 at the close. Interbank forward rates at 3.00 p.m. I—
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    • 162 16 INTERBANK rates at 3.00 pm: Currsncm Mo«nin»l rtlH Smith»oni»n P.tc.nlag. quoted yntofday (cro«»)p«rlty ch«no« Local dollars U one unit of foreign currency: US dollar 2.1750 2.1755 2.8196 -22.86 Sterling pound 4.3880 4.3915 7.3469 -40.S5 Australian dollar 2.4375 2.4490 3.4286 -28 91 NZ dollar 2.3015 2.3025 3.4286 -32.72 Canadian
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    • 207 16 NOTE: These rates may differ tllghtly from tho«e quoted by bank* to their customers. ASIAN currency deposit Interbank rates as at close on March 5: IS l)..M«r«l Spoil Offer Bid 7 days 10 i 10'1 month 10 10'. 2 months 10 10 3 months 10 10 6
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    • 32 16 Closing interbank rules It Singapore dollars un March 5 (>ri)T Bid Overnight 8 7 1 month 7 5/16 7 3/16 imonilu 75/18 73/18 3 months 7VI6 1 Ovrrniiiht mode 7
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    • 48 16 KAN<;K ill price* offi-ml by ill ciunl houkft on Man h I >\.i mghl 4 i C*l*VMtU 4 to 4 H»>i>| Sflliag I inuiiih rmsuryMIU 4 7/16 4 5/16 I moiilh Bank bills 7 7> linunllil'L) 7S/I6 7t/l« i month CU 7 7 <Mm: NkltMBl Dtwvaal < I.U-
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    • 1749 16 Closing lone: Steady. Turnover: Official figures supplied by the Stock Exchange of Singapore including odd lots "Ready" totalled: 4.127.000 units valued at {10.125.000 Industrials accounted for 2,365,000, finance 716,000, hotels 116.000, properties 345,000, debentures, loans and bonds 1.000, oil pahns 14,000, tins 96,000, and rubbers 474,000. "Settlement contracts"
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    • 1541 16 BID and offer prices officially listed and business In and reported to the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday with the number of shares tnidert shown In brackets In iii's <>( 1.000 units unless otherwise specified All Times Settlement Contracts are quoted after the word "sett" Bin Board
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    • 1480 16 BID .ind otter prices of finally iLstcit and business in and reported to the Kuala Lumpur Stork txchange yesterday with the number of shares traded shown in brackets in lots of 1.000 units unless otherwise specified imm wmut* tJtMnwu .will LM) AdMT It 1711 I -'IS I iuu
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    • 519 17 K\ KN artarr tkr Ink kaa dried aa Its aew offer, Sim* Darky Hilitngi kaa ■erared a aaajar victory la Ita takeover Ud for <.«t*n> Corporation. In tkr Urtli 91 irtermiaed apparition from th«board at i.othrV. Sime ■aaaaai i d aa Friday
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    • 982 17 ON FUNDAMENTAL consiileiations alone, there are strong reasons why Sime Darby shares ought to be rerated substantially higher if the revised offer for Guthrie Corporation succeeds. A straight, albeit crude, comparison of the stockmarket's valuation per acre of plantation belonging to the enlarged Sime
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    • 373 17 MALAYAN Hankie has confirmed m a short state ment to the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange yestei day that it has sold its 20 per cent interest m Arab Malaysian Development Bank The sale to Malaysian Industrial Development W" nance on Feb. 23 mak(>s
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    • 427 17 KILLINGHALL Tin(M) (KTM) will be convening an extrai>nlin.ii> general meeting on Maii-h 15 to ratify an agreement it signed earlier with Killinghall iRuHn-n Development Syndicate Ltd for the Acquisition of a mining lease involving 326 acres of mining land The land, hold umler
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    • 262 17 Sparkling results so DBS raises dividend THE Development Bank of Singapore revealed aa Friday a set ef sparkling results which pat It a class above other banks. Ureap net earnings grew at a nhraamriasl 8C.2 per cent to $37.1 million with the bank Itself registering an almost similar growth rate
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    • 111 16 7 If. I.VIO/86 (250.0U0) (100& SB) 7 1 r; I/.V87 (250.000) (100 BOB) 5 1/2 '< T F 15/9/87 (2SO.000) (100.358 100.425) 6 1/4* T F 15/4/91 (250.000) (100 358 100 455) 0 1/4* T F 15/10/93 (2S0.0O0) (100.258 100 355) 6 1/4SS T F 1/5/97
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  • Page 17 Advertisements
    • 917 17 SINGAPORE vSI PO LYTECHMIC APPLICATIONS FOR ADMISSION WTO FULL-TIME COURSES FOB THE 1979/80 ACADEMIC SESSION COMMENCING 21 MAY 1979 1. /Vpfcca* 10 ore invited from General Certificate m Education (Ordi- Nary Level) holder* for admission to a firat year course m the following full-time courses of study: 1.1 Civil, Electrical,
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    • 682 17 INDUSTRIAL TECHNICIAN CERTIFICATE COURSES Applications are invited from Singapore Citizens or Permanent Residents tor admission to the following fuM-time Industrial Technician Certificate Courses 1 Airconditionmg and Refrigeration Courses conducted ot Singapore Technical Engineering Institute <STI) commencing 9 April 1979 2 Mechanical Engineering 3 Mechomcal Engineering Drowing ond Design 4 Automotive
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    • 452 17 THE BANKKI PTTY ACT v, wtkr m, in* KnrnoN) TAKK NOTICK that (;i) Receiving and Adjudication Orders were made Mi. inst the following debtors on 23rd February 1979 In Bankruptcy Nos 316/78 Ng Kirn Thong of No. 40. Jnlan Pelatlnu. Singapore 20 1016/78 Goh Lak Song or No. 91K. Blk
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  • Page 18 Advertisements
    • 508 18 fit CLASSIFIED ADS 284-4422 I FOR SALE SHOPPING GUIDE 1 Antiques FOR tUKRIOR QUALITY Irak I red run ifires armchairs Visit Art 4 W.m .1 ratt arovndnoor. I u.ky re »el3 Birds ••PORTED CAGE WITH hudgerli ialc Also iin|ln| Tlirilslles I Mill hobb) King 23MS.TH for details 7 Fish Aquariums
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    • 499 18 GREATZ COLOUR T V LII DMBBM i model owner lisllnt Tel *****X.S 7 am 3 pm M.aaj neajeMaMs HAMMONO ORGAN WITH Leslie n.i i sssettea at li price Interested call Jter 600pm HURRY. HURRY SALE at all The 1 .Klues lor 2 weeks. March 7th to list raslnon l.ixige Rainbow
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    • 531 18 I FOR SALE A SHOPPING GUIDE 27" OLIVETTI S4 Fie. trie typewriter m g.KHi working condition sale I'nce S7SO Tel 363H» [or Miss Inn during .iifi. c limns 10 Furniture ADO TROPICAL CANE Furniture la your home Call al Tanglm Cane Furniture. 32. Tanglm Road Ist dcHir. .Singapore 10. Tel:
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    • 532 18 14 Machinery For Sale/Wanted GOING CHEAP BRAMtL model ISO standard 16 Floor Polisher. Australian made Inquiries, call Mr Yeo *****43 durlrtg office hours HONDA GENERATOR MODEL E3OO. 300 watts Hardly used $450 on o CcmlactOey. *****2 MACHINERY WANTED. Power ■Tees It 2."itiiiis steel Culler 4' x 16g. new or secondhand
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    • 568 18 II EMPLOYMENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM requires AUDIT CLERK with 1-2 years eiperience and preferably pursuing praprofessionel course. Please apply m own handwriting siatmii full personal, particulars, experience, qualifications and current salary, together with recent photograph lo: ALWYN LM CO Public Accountants Singapore Unit 12-321. Merlin Plata Beech Road Singapore 7
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    • 364 18 Australian Meat Livestock Corp. requires for its newly established regional office a Confidential Secretary Essentisl requirement* At least 2 to 3 years experience m a similar position Must have a good command of English, able to speak Chinese. Proficient m shorthand, typing, telex operation and simplified accounts. Able to work
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    • 623 18 AT YOUR SERVICE Telephone Service Weekdays SMa m Public Holidays 900 am Saturdays 8.30 a.m. ountrr Srrvirr Times Orchard c tntrr. M lOfi Lucky Plaza i9> ■Times Centre .%>»■ lmtijstn.il K,w/ < 191 'Antafonr Srrvirr A f iff office hours RATES' Per word: OOets < Mln $9 00) Per column
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    • 704 18 (II 00am tor Sun Timrsi Hegular office hour* GENERAL CLERK Candidates must have credits m English and Maths at O Level with good command of spoken English and al least 1 other Chinese dialect Be able lo type 40 w.p.m Her iob includes typing, contacts with vendors and other genera!
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    • 625 18 SECTION INDEX I >OR SALE SHOPPING GUIDE II KMPLOYMENT 111 VEHICLES BOATS IV ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES V SERVICES BUSINESS VI EDUCATION TRAINING VII TRAVEL RESTAURANTS VIII ANNOUNCEMENTS St PERSONAL IX OBITUARIES I! EMPLOYMENT Olivetti requires FEMALE INVENTORY/ CLERK TYPISTS Qualifications: Singapore citizen Typing speed 40 w p m AgoiHltlCK BC Some
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    • 746 18 ROTHMANS OF PALL MALL invites applications from suitably qualified Singapore Citizens for the position ol BUDGET CLERK •as* a Educational Qualification* Applicants must possess OCI A I rtrel and LCC HigherCosUni Certlfleal* Eiperience: Preferably the appointee should have a minimum Of I years experiein m capital budgeting sndcotlrsj Attractive salary
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    • 780 19 II EMPLOYMENT 31 Situations Vacant b) Secretarial and Clerical WELL ESTABLISHED SWISS Hotel Siipplv t (i requires one Female Mi k I tfitrol tieneral Clerk *it M pretiou* experience tn similar position Apply m own handwriting with non-return able photograph to The Manager P O Box 183 S. Spore 1
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    • 562 19 FAST SELLMG LOW price cosmetics company requires parttime Beauly Advisors, free samples Training provided Very high commission Call *****0 FEMALE SALES ASSISTANT Experienced m furnishings and interior decorations Interview I:! 2pm 6th March at 301. Shaw Centre Scotls Road or tel *****< lor appointment FULL/PART-TME LIFE Agents American Life Insurance
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    • 795 19 II EMPLOYMENT RCOUMED MALE SALESMEN Singapore cHuons. between »-M rears o4d S*>coo4£##y tcHool #ducetttofi Muet speak English. Mandarin and weal dialects Possess a vettd driving ncence. 3 years sales eiperisncs m as slings with consumer goods lo provision shops and super mar* els Interested please call personally at SINSIN FOOO
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    • 749 19 Defecations are mulled to» the following poets 1 VEHICLE MECHANICS c 2to 4 years working experience m repairing and servicing ol all kinds of vehicles, trucks, etc c Knowledge m overhauling vehicle, diagnose faults and perform road testing 2. PANEL BEATERS c 2to 4 years working experience m similar position
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    • 656 19 II EMPLOYMENT LARGE TEXTILE COMPANY requires a Boilerman with second class Steam Boiler Certificate Please apply personally al: 301. Boon Keng Road during office hours C ALTRON IPTE) LTD ELECTRONIC TECHNICIANS Applicants wllh knowledge and experience In AM KM VHK transceivers for land and marine operations are invited to apply.
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    • 862 19 MALE ELECTRICIANS (TRAMEES) anted by .engineering Company Possess ITB certificate etc Apply personally with NRIC It photograph to 7 Link Road. Jurong. Spore 22. Tel: *****0 MECHANIC WANTED ABLE to adjust power press/cutler/ bender Contact Miss Kwok *****55 Modern Plastic Injection Moulding Plant requires (1) SEMOR MOULDING SUPERVISOR c Minimum
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    • 757 19 II EMPLOYMENT A leedmg department store m Orchard Read requires urgently A DRIVER CUM MALE STORE ASSISTANT The successful applicant must be a Singaporean, age 10 26 years with a OCE or a good Secondary education und be able to speak English and a Chinese dialect Possess valid driving licence
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    • 726 19 FPIR mOTE LOOKING FOR HIGHER INCOME? JOIN THE HAPPY ASAHI SPORE PEOPLE AS FEMALE OPERATORS A last expanding alac troniCS minufacfurar ol FAIRMATE cassatta tapa recorder* and radios uroanlly requires 300 additional staff for Hs now final assembly line Raoulrameot*: c Completed primary 6 education, age 16-30 years No experience
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    • 628 19 II EMPLOYMENT aa^aT* COPAL SINGAPORE PTE LTD requires 1) FEMALE GENERAL CLERK a Singapore citizen Age 20 22 a GCE "O Level a Able to type 35 w.p.m. a Some working experience Is required 2) FEMALE OPERATIVES a Singapore citizen oi permanent resident. a Age 16 and above. a Education:
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    • 641 19 Established Trading House m Jurong nee vacancy for SHIPPING EXECUTIVE a Around 30 years c Possess own transport c Experienced m documentation and clearance of goods rrmn PSA c r'umiltur with customs procedures, marine survey .mil claims c l\is.sedG('E'O' level Please apply m own hand* riling giving details of experience
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    • 601 20 II EMPLOYMENT 31 Situation. Vaunt t) Gmmwmi HOTEL MERLIN SPORE A COMMMCOOK (Mass) B CARPARK ATTENDANTS Peel A Oro!» pay $350 to $400 per month c At least 2 years experience m i ooking local and western dlihes c < ompleled secondary 2 education c Age between 22 30 years
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    • 403 20 sinGOpuro FORUM j{( HOTEL invit** eftpp4tCa>fttt to* WAITRESSES ■n Ihe Food a Bavaraga Depart c Pleasant disposition c Age above 16 c Able to convene and write English c Experience not essential Pteeee apply personally to: THE PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT. SMGAPUMA FORUM HOTEL. MS ORCHARD ROAD. SINGAPORE <Rollei Invites applications for
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    • 580 20 II EMPLOYMENT REQUIRES IMMEDIATELY: A) MALE/FEMALE KITCHEN HANOS B) WAITRESSES C) ELECTRICIANS Minimum 2 years' working experience In electrical field Possess ITC Certificate would be advantageous CeH pereoneMy at THE PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT. 14*, IST FLOOR. BALESTIER ROAD. SINGAPORE 12. LJ GENERAL DIESEL BILL COLLECTOR c Completed secondary 4 education. c
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    • 591 20 MALE WORKERS 1 GENERAL MATERIAL HANDLER Permanent let Shift (7 am -4.13 pm) c Starling pay $12.00 per day c Must be strong and healthy c willing lo work hard 2. MATERIAL HANDLER Permanent 2nd Shift (4.03 pm 1 16 am) To do material handling, tend and maintain production machinery
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    • 705 20 U EMPLOYMENT invites applications from Singapore/Malaysian Citizens to fill the following positions: (1) FOREMEN c Technician Diploma holders m Production Engineering from the Singapore Polytechnic or equivalent qualification c Those without the above qualification but with at least 3 years working experience In an electrical appliances manufacturing company m a
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    • 489 20 PHILIPS requires GENERAL HELPERS c Applicants should be physically fit and have completed Primary education c Only applicants who are exempted or liable for part-lime N.S or have completed N.S. will be considered Please call personally for an Inter view today between 9.00 am. 11.00 a.m. 4 2.00 p.m. 4.00
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    • 600 20 II EMPLOYMENT STOP PRESS Earn an EXTRA $50 when you join us TODAY as MALE/FEMALE PRODUCTION OPERATOR USA. TELEVISION APPLIANCE PTE LTD 159 C BOON KENG ROAD BLK 2, SINGAPORE 12. STORE LABOURERS REOUIRED by well established company lo work m Jurong. Singapore Citizens, completed NS. and understand English Interested
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    • 740 20 VACANCIES FOR WAITRESSES. Door-Boys and Part-time Salesgirls Please call personally to Ttvoli Coffee House. 290. Orchard Road between 9a m. Sp.m WAITRESSES WANTED Please apply personally at: Hotel Mlramar Coffee House. 401 Havelock Road. Spore 3 during office hours WANTED BOY HELPERS for a snack bar Salary $160 plus tips
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    • 741 20 111 VEHICLES BOATS 40 Boats for Sale/Wanted APOLLO AND ACHILLES inflatable boats, rowing inflatable (nuts, life jackets, surf riders, new Tomos outboard motors Agents Soon Cheong Pte Ltd 33 Ptkla Sireel Spore 1 Tel: *****3 197« HOBIE 10 a*MhMj dinghy. $900. PSA no SZIBOOA Contact Kdward/Kok Wah *****76 2NO HANO
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    • 895 20 I FOR tXPORT 1971 Morris Minor i ono si.swn Votkawaaen i.wo $1,600 Prices nefotlable Uolh i an. original condition Tel: C-.501 FOR EXPORT 19M Mercedes 280 S. manual wllh alrconditloner. new caaatHf radio, good condition $H 000 o n 0 Contact office: ■lUßorhoaM Mm FOR EXPORT 19M Morris Minor 1098
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    • 964 21 111 VEHICLES BOATS 45 Vehicles For Sale REG JAN 7* COLT Cialant Sigma n Rims luetle Tax June Original Paint Tip-Top Condition $21 900/- o no *****00 RCG JUNE i»n Vauxhall Viva 1256 c c Ml owner, tax 79 $6 500 reg i*7o Austin start* lose c 1 $:i .SOU
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    • 976 21 1*73 CHRYSLER I*oo Aircon. cas ■MM Hnad T.ix new 2nd owner FTsca $10,000 Tel *****95 1973 CORTINA isaoL Aircunditioner. $6,700 n>guti.ir>le Eligible for PARF View 145 Dunlop 1973 FIAT 132 it'i aircond. radio/ cassette melall paint Tel 2S4f.NI *****1 1173 FORO CAPRi 1300 re New paintwork tyres, cassette player Asking
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    • 655 21 111 VEHICLES ft BOATS 46 VohicHM Wanted ACCOUNTANT REQUIRES Mini clubman. Toyota Corolla. Dalsun 100A or 1200 Stationwagon. Mazda 1000 Appointment *****7 Richard ACCOUNTANT URGENTLY REQUIRES good used car below 1600 c 1971 onwards No dealers I all *****16 ADVERTISER URGENTLY REQUIRES 1 Mercedes. Toyota. Honda. Lancer or Galant *****47.
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    • 646 21 MERCEDES 200 OR 230 1974 Must be m lop condition *****1 Capt Suneson. residence *****78 REQUIRED IMMEDIATELY PARF cars. 2000 r.c and above Contact. *****5. SCOOTERS/MOTORCYCLES URGENTLY wanted Cash transactions High prtre offered. Interested parties contact George *****83 SCRAP TAXIS WANTED. Best price Call *****55 SECRETARY REQUIRES URGENTLY a car.
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    • 693 21 IV ACCOMMODATION A PROPERTIES OIST. 10 LUXURIOUS doublestorey detached In prestigious locality. 4 bedrooms, study. T V room, huge entertaining area, separate servant's, high quality furnishings, beautiful matured garden Appointment. Concord *****41 DIST. 18 MINO TECK PARK. Beautifully renovated doublestorey semi-detached, split-level living dining, music room. Fully carpeted Fully furnished.
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    • 638 21 is, LUCKY VafW semi-detached 2-storey. 4 bedrooms, servant's room. $650 unfurnished Deland Company *****/***** 2-STOREY SEMI-DETACHED 3 bedrooms and servant's quarters off Dunearn Road. 6 m.s Furnished with aircon and telephone $900 Newly painted sbedroomed house at Jalan Llmau Manls off Bedok Road $750 furnished Available Immediately Contact *****3 Amy
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    • 782 21 IV ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES DIST. 18 FULLY FURNISHED Apartment with telephone, airconds. bathrooms attached Spacious living/ dining carpeted Reasonable rental •mterp. DIST 10 HKW FLOOR 3 bedrooms. 1 servant's. Fully furnished. 4 airconds new fridge. $1,600 Tel *****14 Sprlngland DIST. 11 GOLDHM.L PLAZA v'clnlly. 3-bedroomed home, spacious llving/dlnlng. tastefully furnished, within
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    • 813 21 FRIENOLY AIRLINE COUPLE requires flat/house Furnished/ unfurnished Rental $250 $2000 Mr. Lye *****49/*****29 HOUSE WANTED. Either Bungalows or Luxurious Apartments with/ without swimming pool, flexible rental budget, good lease terms assured Call *****1/ 2 I CAN PAY only $450 to $550 unfurnished or $700 furnished Katong. Selelar Hills. Thomson or
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    • 438 21 I '-*^WCseaß»^searTa?i« QSSBsSSSZESS Located on elevated land In Katong Luxurious split level houses overlooking the sea. Individual front and rear Private garden Moderate price Prompt handing o»*r of housa Freehold lands Easy Instalment loans availab Enquiries: LUCKY REALTY CO. LTD 15th Fir. Far East Shopping Centre. Orchard Road. Singapore 9
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    • 756 21 SEMBAWANG HILLS ESTATE exquisitely renovated singlestorey terrace house. 2 bedrooms, 1 living room, separate dining area, beautiful floor tiles from living room lo kitchen, freehold. 1800 sq fl approximate Selling $69,000 Please cal. *****8 SINGLE-STOREY CORNER semidetached. I badIOOBM and servants room. Jakui liumbong No agents please King *****78 FOR
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  • Page 22 Advertisements
    • 712 22 IV ACCOMMODATION ft PROPERTIES 52 Accommodation Wanted b) Flats HANG TAT GARDEN i-aioray Deluxe Luxurious lpfc.l level Apartments. Bslairler Road, (behind Prewdenl Theatre) Near Completion Only a few minutes walking distance, buses, markets, (hopping complex, bank, post office, schools entertainment CONTACT i *****0/***** NOB S-ROOMED POINT block In dist 12
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    • 753 22 REOUHWO HOUSES m dlsl 10/ 11. preferably wmi-delached or corner terracr. Tel Springland. 2.1M414 REQUIRED RESIDENTIAL LAND about 30.000 sq ft preferably around Katong' Macpherson Oeylang Tel *****14 Sprlngland Housing WANTED URGENTLY HOUSES Apartments for expatriates Good lease assured *****8/ *****7 56 Factories Sites/ Space FACTORY AT 14/ 36 Oenling
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    • 718 22 V SERVICES ft BUSINESS AH K.IEW AJftCONDinONMG Refrigeration Service Specialists m sale, repairing, respraylng and rental Tel: *****1 ELEGANT ELECTRICAL SERVICE Pte Ltd Rental. Repairing. Respraymg. Sale of Aircondltloners and Refrigerators Tel *****1 JOO KHENG SERVICE Rentals. service, spray painting, repairs, sales of refrigerators and aJrcon(lilinners Tel *****3 NATIONWIDE SERVICES
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    • 547 22 AT $20 MONTHLY complete telephone answering/ mailing facilities prestigious office address Telex available *****0/ *****5 BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES, monthly trading magazine, worldwide circulation, tells you where and what lo sell and to buy throughout the world For brochures ring Singapore *****69/*****50 or Malaysia *****8. PO Box 285. Petaling Jaya BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES:
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    • 705 22 V SERVICES BUSINESS 87 Steambath/ Massage ATTENTION LADIES. Scientific slimming and spotreduclng at Louise Klerk's Salon. 22 Ngee Ann Building, telephone *****2. FLEMtNOO MASSAGE STUDIO. 248C-5. Orchard Road, (opposite Mandarin Hotel). Tel: *****1. Open 10 am to 9 pm. MANDARIN HEALTH CENTRE Mandarin Hotel. 3rd floor. Massage/ Sauna/ Steambath/ Facial
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    • 368 22 90 TV./Radio SCIENCE TECHNICAL DAY /Night Service. Colour. B W TV., Amplifier. Cassette. Antennae Installation. Service Guaranteed. Tel: *****8/*****23. TECHNICAL SERVICING COLOUR B/W TV installation col TV Antennae reasonable charges Day night Tel: *****23 TIAN CHUAN ELECTRONIC Service Colour. Black/White TV. Amplifier. Cassette. Fixing Antennae. Household Appliances *****68. TROPICAL T.V.
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    • 656 22 VI EDUCATION A TRAINING GIRLS! Jobs are becoming harder to ge< you need better qualifications The London Chamber of Commerce and Industry FVvate Secretary s Certificate is recognised internationally as one of the highest qualifications obtamaoie This examination is the only Private Secretarial Examination supervised by the Ministry of Education
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    • 680 22 School ol Electronic Training c RADIO SERVICING (BEG) Frl 7- 10 pm Commencing itth Mar 1»79 Tues/Wed/Thur Uam-lpm Commencing ISHi Mar It7t Sun Only 6.30-9.30 pm Commencing 11th Mar It 7* Sun 9 00- 12 00 noon Commencing 11th Mar 1579 Mon It Wed 6.45-8.15 pm Commencing 14th Mar i»7v
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    • 548 22 VI EDUCATION A TRAINING RsJiabt* bfhngucl taachan giving tuition m Science. Maths. English eu al all levels Tel *****6. *****3. *****43 Eiparwncad graduates provide tuition In Science. Maths. English etc at your home Tel: *****5. *****4. *****7 Qualified bilingual teachers available for Science, Maths. English at any levels Tel. *****3.
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    • 425 22 CANADIAN UNIVERSITY GRADUATE offers tuition m M.ildf mtllCl (Alt A' B\ Further. Additional. Modern. University level). Physical Science (Ordinary. Advanced) 4<P22oKlt CORRECTIVE TUITION Patient couching and notes In Sciences. Mathematics. Mandarin. English 2840 M 3a UerBpm ECONOMICS. ACCOUNTING. FOR Pre-U students Chinese. Knglish. Malay. Mathematics. Science and Art subjects (*****4
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  • IX OBITUARIES
    • 209 23 ONN wish to express their heartfelt thanks and gratitude lo doctors, nurses and staff of Ward 6, Changi Hospital all relatives, friends, business associates, and associations for their condolence, donations, ance during their recent bereavement. wish to express their heartfelt thanks to the Doctors. Nurses of Ward 44
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    • Obituary, Illustration
      203 23 MADAM TAY GUAT WAH aged 71 of 249 C Balestler Road passed away peacefully on 4/3/79. Cortege leaves Singapore Casket at 11 am on 6/3/79 for Mount Verii'in Crematorium. (Wit* of late Mr Ong Yu Thoh) Aged 64 March 1979 leaving behind Sonj: Ong Chwee Kiat, Chwee Tm.
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      103 23 IN EVERLASTING MEMORY ul Tay I'eiiu Souk, departed 6 .1.78. Thoughts of you bruin bacfc sj.d memories and tear-. I'aii) and grief remain always m our hearts. Deeply missed by wife. Mins and daughters (Departed 6-3-1975) Constantly Remembered By Wile. Nelly Got). Brother*: Thiain Kit. Tln.ui Cheong.
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  • Page 23 Advertisements
    • 694 23 VII TRAVEL A RESTAURANTS HAPPY HOLIDAY it ALLOW US TO MAKE YOVH HOLIDAY <* MEMORABLE ONE. JVST PICK ANY V) OF THESE SCHEDULES: EUROPE A AMERICA TOURS B AMERICAN WEST COAST S^ m^ m m JAPAN TAIWAN 1Q |RBH IM.HAMOU* Jj MGiUS/IKMVLJMO E SI 16 28 18 i "worjo' s*»
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    • 546 23 Vil TRAVEL RESTAURANTS O Oi Global goes Chinese For 1979 Global presents an entirely new 19 days "Golden Europe" tour for S $2299. The tour price is inclusive of, London accommodation, Chinese speaking Tour Manager and a Chinese dinner every night of the tour We have 16 other tours of
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    • 391 23 Xblsinessman/ package to/ i jakarta i Incl. of epon. class air pass., 2 "nifjits ace. at either Hotel Kartika Chandra or Sari Pacific Hotel, transfer breakfasts. Tour Price: $5 16.00 Dep. Dail> 14 DAYS DISCOVER INDIA Visting Bombay Jaipur Srinagar Agra (Taj Mahal) Khajuraho Varanasi Kathmandu. Incl. First Class/Deluxe acco.,
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    • 231 23 „D OT PEN CHS OH S2OO 2113S C.FNTINCi $69 00 (FRIDAY) ZDOENTINO BY AIR $129/$139 61) MANILA BAGUIO $877 10 .1 I1L«H 71) IM BANGKOK $619 $519 (SUN) r,l> Ill- SB TYO l i KG $2290 1 4 2!l Ml) 121) Ill- HKli $1545. $1445 9/3 MODERN TRAVEL SERVICE (S)
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    • 86 23 117 Where lo Stay CHENG RESTHOUSE (AIRCONDITIONED) S4OO per month Oroup $5 00 per person Dancing hall for rental Tel *****6. 107 Marine Parade. Spore U SLOANE COIMT HOTEL. 17. Balmoral Road. Orchard Area Monthly $870 Dally $40 Telephone 23M3U (Singapore) CLASSIFIEDS reach 500,000 readers NEW ZEALAND PASSPORT Numher R*****0
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    • 868 23 GOVERNMENT OF MALAYSIA RMN DOCKYARD COMPLEX AT LUMUT, PERAK NOTICE OF PREQUALIFICATION OF JKR CLASS 'A' CONTRACTORS FOR THE PURPOSE OF FORMING JOINT VENTURE WITH PRINCIPAL INTERNATIONAL CONTRACTORS TO TENDER FOR I THE ABOVE COMPLEX The Government of Malaysia wishes to prequalify a X number of JKR Class 'A' contractors
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    • 15 23 through want ads. USE Fast Action Classifieds for all your want ad. needs RING *****8
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  • Page 23 Miscellaneous
    • 101 23 129 Miscellaneous CHINESE CAREER GIRL seeks sincere tall friends, age above 35 years ['lease write with telephone no. to S.T. Box A***** CHINESE MAN SEEKS friends. Phone, photo appreciated Replies assured Owen P.O. Box 25. S"pore 8. HONEYMOON MARRIAGE AID confidentially Introduces to you Secretaries, Nurses. Executives. Teachers, Engineers. Business
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  • ACROSS THE CAUSEWAY
    • 324 24 accord by XL and Jakarta JOGJAKARTA, Monday MALAYSIA and Indonesia today agreed that Asean should mediate m the Indochina conflict if requested by the parties involved. Their accord on this was reached today after a three-hour long discussion between Prime Minister Datuk Hussein
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    • 161 24 'Concorde six-month trial period a farce' KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. A Malaysian environmental protection executive today expressed fear that the sixmonth trial period for the Concorde overflights would turn out to be a "farce" if there was no immediate monitoring on its environmental effects. Mr Gurmit Singh, president of the Malaysian
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    • 231 24 Gunman, 4 others rob lorry of tin ore KIANTAN, Mm. Five mea, our armed with a pistol, fired a wanlag shot before rob Mag a driver aad his ■ttraint of their lorry laden wit* Un are worta a boat SCM, •M oear Sri Java, abeaf M km from here tkb
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    • 57 24 MALACCA, Mon. A mother of five was fined $180 or one-am'-a-half months' imprisonment m the Syariah Court yesterday for khalwat. Saniah ninti Baba, 40, was found guilty of committing the offence with Urn Tak Wee at her home m Sungei Udang, about 19 km from here,
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    • 90 24 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) will send a reminder to the Prime Minister every week requesting a meeting to discuss the MAS issue until he agrees to do so. MTUC president Dr P. P. Narayanan said today two earlier cables
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    • 243 24 FOUr more MAS workers arrested KUALA LUMPUR, Monday FOUR more employees of the state-run Malaysian Airline System (MAS) have been arrested under the Internal Security Act which empowers police to detain people for indefinite periods. Police said the arrests were m connection with their investigations into reports of sabotage of
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    • 217 24 'Need for restraint on illegal strikes' PETALING JAVA, Mon. An employers association today said that there was a need for restraint on illegal strikes by unions as they were not conducive to the good relations between the two parties. Malayan Agricultural Producers' Association secretary, Mr S. J. Chelliah said such
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    • 113 24 SEREMBAN, Mon. The Negri Sembilan State Development Corp (PKNNS) will spend about $5.34 million to open up three new industrial sites m the state. Disclosing this at the weekend, PKNNS development officer, Cik Siti Aishah Baharum. told the National Echo that the sites
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    • 99 24 Mara Express to Cameron Highlands TANAH RATA, Mon Commuters and tourists will be able to travel direct from Cameron Highlands to and from Penang and Kuala Lumpur with the launching of the Mara Express service from tomorrow. It will leave the Highlands every day at 10 30 a.m. to reach
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    • 35 24 KUALA LUMPUR. Moo. Children below the age ol six m Sabah can be admitted to primary schools because of a lack of kindergarten facilities there. Education Minister Datuk Musa Hitam said yesterday. NST
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  • Page 24 Advertisements
    • 728 24 m JOMALIN A i (g SDN.BHD. In view of our rapid expansion we invite applications from Malaysian Citizens to fill the following vacancies m our fully integrated Palm Oil Refinery at Telok Panglima Garang Industrial Estate. Kuala Langat, Selangor EXECUTIVE (MARKETING RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT) EXECUTIVE (COMMERCIAL) The successful candidates are
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    • 766 24 WANTED A Palm Oil Mill m Kemayan, Pahang requires exp?rienced Malaysian for the following positions one of each:Supervisor, Ist Grade Boiler Chargeman, Electric Chargeman (including Power Station). Ist Grade Engine Driver, Lab. Assistant, Fitter, XSeneral Clerk and Clerk/Storekeeper. Please apply stating salary expected including i/c size photo to reach before
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  • Page 24 Miscellaneous
    • 264 24 Bringing Up Father By Bill Kavanagh Hal Camp HZ" 7hIOW> ARE >t?U SURE DONT WOPPV-I PUT BEFORE VDu SO SMOPPINS DAPLIN I >. SWEET 1 MDU'LL BE ABLE HER IN A ©OOP MOOD/ OARLIN', ADOLP YOU -f NEVER SAW YOU QP YOU jTO ©ET OUT, JI&SS? r SHESWWkPPED MIND UNWRAPPING
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  • 520 25  - S JC's top trio with 8 Als each JUNE TAN By THESE three St Joseph's Convent girls each scored eight Als m the recent GCE 'O' level examinations, placing their school at the top of a Straits Times list of the English-medium schools which produced students with the maximum number
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  • 32 25 Nonya kueh course ANG Mo Kio community centre wil hold courses on nonya kueh, beauty culture, hair-dressing. Western cooking, cake-making. I'.'ul.'inu curry, dress-making and tailoring. Those interested may ring *****44 for details
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  • 116 25 I MRS Ix)w Peng Chow, wife I of a company director, was granted a decree nisi and costs by the High Court yes- terday m her uncontested j divorce suit alleging cruelty on the part of her husband. Mrs Low (nee Tan Yong Suat), married
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  • 239 25 Soybean meal 'best protein for pigs' SOYBEAN meal is by far the most widely researched and accepted source of protein for pigs, a swine producti consultant for American Soybean Association, Dr Ken Lepley, said last night. From a nutritionist's viewpoint, it is an ideal ingredient to build a ration around,
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  • 187 25 Man stole car with keys from Sungei Road A BUNCH of keys bought from Sungei Road enabled a man to steal a car for joy drives, a district court heard yesterday. Tang Fook Loi, 24, unemployed, was arrested by a police patrol while he was cruising m the stolen car
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  • 43 25 BUKIT Timah community centre will be organising a civic tour to the Malayan Breweries. Batik Centre and Beecham Pte Ltd on March 23 at 9 a.m. Those interested can contact the centre for further details at tel *****2
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  • 46 25 THE Kalian* community centre's health club will be open daily •from 3 p.m. to 10 p.m Admittance of women will be on Mondays. Wednesdays and Fridays and for men on Tuesdays. Thursdays and Saturdays Special group admittance can be arranged on Sundays
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  • 61 25 A BRITISH-TRAINED photographer and technical adviser to the YWCA Photographic Club, Mr Francis Chiam. will soon conduct a course on Advanced Practical Photography at the YMCA Orchard Road. It is to be held on Mondays and Thursdays from 7.30 p.m. to 9.30 p.m. Fees are $60 for
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  • 27 25 THE River Valley community centre will hold an outdoor drawing session for children, at the Elizabeth Walk, on Sunday, from 9 a.m. to 12 noon.
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  • 220 25 Put aside part of profits for ITB. firms -urged- THE director of the Industrial Training Board, Mr Urn Jit Poh, yesterday urged Industry to (ace up to its responsibilities by supporting Industrial training. Support can be m the form of bursaries or donation of equipment, he said at the presentation
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  • 74 25 24 teams in cadet drill finals THE national finals of the National Cadet Corps annual drill competitions will be held at Nee Soon Camp on Saturday at 8 a.m. A total of 12 boy teams and 12 girl teams will compete for the Haddan Cup and Lv Yaw Cup respectively.
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  • 30 25 THE director of coaches. Football Association of Singapore. Mr. Trevor Hartley, will speak on Singapore Soccer Stars at the Kampong Kembangan community centre on Saturday at 8 p.m.
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  • 317 25 POTENTIAL engineers, accountants, lawyers and historians should be encouraged not to be architects because the profession is facing bad times due to poor demand for their services. According to the University of Singapore School of Architect Journal, the last
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  • 37 25 SINGMARINE Shipyard m Jurong has won a contract, worth about $5 million, to build a supply ship for a Dutch firm, Dreco International. The ship is expected to be delivered by June.
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  • 25 25 A TALK on Industrial Training and Your Future will be held al (he Bukit Merah community rentre on Saturday at 8 p m
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  • Page 25 Advertisements
    • 135 25 J. \J ZZZ afl pH* |H I Maafajinyi^^^p^ jll aW littilw lull Ll W^ Take off on our weekday holiday package and enjoy $35 off normal rates Package Cost (2 days 1 night) Single Occupancy 5587.00 Twin Occupancy SSIIO.OO Triple Occupancy SSI43 00 (Max. no. per chalet) Children under 12
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    • 654 25 •C0!^!C 0 KENYATAAN JffiClS TAWARAN Tawaran adalah dtpeiawa daripada pemborong/pemoekai yang berpengalaman untuk keriakeria benkut Bagi tawaran H Khas untuk pemborong BUMIPUTRA sahaia A. BP.NO: 70/79 Membekal membina dan menyiapkan bangunanbangunan keria-keria keiuruteraan awam dan rumah kakilangan di Kiiang Sawit Lok Heng Kola Tmggi Jonor ($2 000 00 senaskhah $1
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  • TIMESPORT PAGE ONE
    • 1494 26 WEIGHTS for this weekend's races at Bukit Timah. SATURDAY Clan 1 Dtv.2 UKm 13 Motion Picture V 57.0 7 General Trong IV 57.0 4 Credit Centre n 56.5 17 Sentimental Reason 56.5 12 Cannw 56 11 Genthus 56.0 2 Keep The Faith II 54.5 3 Cheroxee 54
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    • 149 26 ICC still seeking facts CAPE TOWN, Mon. A visiting delegation of the International Cricket Conference have held talks with members of the anti-apar-theid Black Cricket Union led by Hassan Howa. Jack Bailey, ICC secretary said the weekend meeting was "impressive" bu( he would not comment further "because we are on
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    • Heavy landings
      • 136 26 LAKE PLACID (New York). Mon Phil Mahre's chances of becoming the first American ever to win the World Cup apparently came to an end after he suffered a painful leg injury m a giant slalom race at Whiteface Mountain here yesterday. Mahre. 21, hooked the tip
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      • 115 26 OSAKA (Japu), Mm. JtpH'i Iraduu jarkry Yatrhl Fakauga *v listed la critic*! rcaditiM after saHerlac miltiplr bead CMtaatMs and Mttag hi* toagar la a twa-fcarse spill la a majar race at the Nlkawa track here yesterday. The M-yrar-sM jaekey, wk« has keea IradlaK la aaaaal
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    • 97 26 Italy's David m critical condition after fall LAKE PLACID (New York), Mon. Italian teenager Leonardo David, who underwent brain surgery on Saturday, remained m critical but stable, condition at the Burlington Medical Centre here yesterday. David, 18, was being kept under sedation to maintain complete stability,
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    • 181 26 LAKE PLACID (New York), Mon. Peter Luescher, a bashful, 23-year-old Swiss ski racer, almost certainly will be the 1979 World Cup champion, but he doesn't particularly like the way he did it "The victory would have been far better if Phil Mahre were here," said Luescher The
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    • 135 26 ARCADIA (California), Mon Last year's triple crown winner Affirmed, brilliantly ridden by Panamanian jockey Laffit Pincay, won the US$3OO,OOO ($651,000) Santa Anita handicap Classic here yesterday. Affirmed was the big favourite and held back as Painted Wagon, mounted by young Steve Cauthen, who will ride m
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    • 815 26 THE Stipendiary Steward's report on Sunday's races: State of track: Good. RACE 1: Approaching the 600 metres, apprentice S.B. Tan allowed The Pinky to gradually shift towards the rails about two horses and, as a result. Lady Serene (Harris) had to be steadied onto Tartar (Podmore), who. likewise,
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    • 511 26 Racing. ..with FAIRWAY CUP-KING Teh Choon Beng is turning out to be a stayers' specialist of late. Promising Road To Glory and Good Report II scored for Teh during the Penang meeting where he top-scored with five winners. In the just-concluded Ipoh meeting,
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  • Page 26 Advertisements
    • 238 26 Anew Honda Showroom to bring you even better service J/^r^i 9 mmj my^ aaaaflaKA aaaai H V 10 aaW ■aaaßßß^^^ bbbß I r C' :v* A.. HONDA CIVIC HONDA ACTY HONDA ACCORD Unique trapezoid configuration for exceptional roadholdmg Exceptional fuel economy. Plush full tricot upholstery for living room luxury Incredible
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    • 53 26 I^l Drug NO! ItTtrf Health YES! HOW? Play TENNIS and SQUASH WHERE? at SINGAPORE TENNIS CENTRE The Best Tennis Complex m Asia SINGAPORE SQUASH CENTRE The largest m the world 1 0 JOIN NOW X for aa> dc'ailv write to SINGAPORE TENNIS CENTRE 10^) fasi MM Partway. SiniMporr 15 Icl
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  • TIMESPORT PAGE TWO
    • 159 27 LONDON, Mon. Athletes will continue to die or be permanently disabled unless governments act to clean up widespread drug abuse m sports, according to Olympic drug expert Professor Arnold Beckett. "Coaches and even doctors are ruthlessly pursuing a cat and mouse game with drug
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    • 83 27 A clean sweep by Filipino karters MANILA. Mon. Filipino karters outclassed their Hongkong counterparts to capture the 1979 ManilaHongkong interport races here yesterday. Butch Campos, Popong Andolong and Jimmy Gosiaco finished 1-2-3 m the field of 20 select karters to lift the Philippine squad to a 563-539 card over the
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    • 368 27 ORLANDO (Florida), Mon ROOKIE Bob Byman won the US$250,000 (VHO.KO) Bay Hill Citrus golf Clastic yesterday with a par on the second hole of a play-off with John Sehroeder. Schroeder. a 10-year veteran, whose last victory was in 1973, missed a short putt on
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    • 258 27 SARASOTA (Florida), Mon. SALLY LITTLE, of South Africa, made four consecutive birdies on tne back nine for a two-stroke victory over defending champion Nancy Lopez m a Ladies' Professional Golfers' Association tournament here yesterday. Sally, winning her Mird LPGA tournament m seven years on the
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    • 297 27 SAN REMO (Italy), Mon. A weeping Rocky Mattiola, of Italy, last night conceded his world lightmiddleweight boxing title to Britain's Maurice Hope after fighting for eight rounds with a broken wrist. Mattioli, 26, insisted on fighting on after damaging his right wrist m
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        240 27 fjQ gLXj S MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Mon. Top-seeded Jimmy Connors defeated Arthur Ashe 5-7, 6-3 yesterday in the final of the United States indoor tennis championships to become the second player in the long history of the event to win it five times. The defending champion's victory, worth US$40,000 ($86.400,
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        124 27 SHEFFIELD, England, Mon. World champion Geoff Hunt wanned up for the defence of his British Open squash ''He later this month by beating Qamar Zaman, of Pakisi.in. m the final ol the International Squash Players Association tournament here last night. The Australian toppled holder Zaman, the man he defeated
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  • 489 27 BRIEFS Ligiers' run ends KYALAMI (South Africa). Mon. GiUes Vtlleneuve s triumph m the confusing S-juth African Grand Prix here on Saturday gave the Italian Ferrari team their first win of this season's world championship and stopped the French Ligiers' run of successes. Jacques Laffile and his Ligier partner. fellow-Frenchman
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  • TIMESPORT PAGE THREE
    • 207 28  -  WILFRED YEO By A re-organisation, with the aim of injecting and encouraging new blood, can be expected when the newly-formed Tournament Committee of the Singapore Tenpin Bowling Congress set to work on the national squad. For one thing, they have done away with the
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    • 464 28 Head tournament faces shocks before its start MALAYSIA, Indonesia and Hongkong have produced a wave of shocks only four days before the start of the inaugural Head junior invitation tennis tournament at the Kallang Tennis Centre from Friday to next Tuesday, reports BERNARD PEREIRA. Shack No. 1: Malaysian under-18 champion
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    • 19 28 NAIROBI, Mon. Kenya today announced that they will host the fourth African Gamps scheduled for 1982. -AFP.
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    • 97 28 DAYTON (Ohio), Mon. The Dayton Journal Herald, m a copyrighted story, said yesterday that Jimmy Connors is secretly married to 1977 Playboy magazine "playmate" Patti McGuire, and th couple is expecting a child this summer Citing unnamed sources, the paper said the two were married last autumn m
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    • 211 28 Musician Yee wins Masters title MUSICIAN Gordon Yee, using "house" ball and shoes, staved off strong opposition to win the men's Masters title m the Malaysian Closed bowling championships m Kuala Lumpur's Star Bowl last night. Yee was m good form and bowled consistently to brush aside top seasoned campaigners
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    • 588 28  -  BERNARD PEREIRA By A SLIGHT loss of concentration, caused largely by crowd disturbances and bad line-calls, robbed American Tom Leonard of the $5,000 top prize, and with it, the Emporium Holdings Tennis Classic title m an otherwise-exciting final at the Singapore Tennis Centre yesterday.
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    • 44 28 SINGAPORE Chinese Middle Teachers' Union beat SWEE 64-52 m an Industrial and Commercial Cup basketball match at the Cay World Stadium last night. Other results: SATU wo Allied Chocolate, WANT AT bt National Iron 89-46, Ewins Hardware bt Singapore Bus Service 97-42.
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    • 277 28 THE encouragement of parents and guardians is the best motivating force to attain excellence m sports among the young. This was the highlight of a speech by Dr. Tan Eng Liang, chairman of the Singapore Sports Council, at this year's launching ceremony of the Cando
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    • 112 28 RANDERS (Denmark), Mon Swedish tennis star Bjorn Borg yesterday changed the venue for his scheduled exhibition match with American John McEnroe to this northern Danish town from Gotenburg, Sweden, m protest over Swedish Press coverage of a threat to his life made last week. The best-of-five set
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  • TIMESPORT PAGE FOUR
    • 194 29 Geylang, Forces favourites DEFENDING champions Armed Forces and President's Cup holders Geylang International should be the favourites to win the National Football League Division One title which starts on Friday week, reports JOE DORAI. Two other teams, Toa Payoh United and Tampines Rovers, with their new signings, cannot be underestimated.
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    • 126 29 FORUM Singapura last night partly accomplished their bid to regain their former Division One status wnen they beat Rothmans 10 m the Singapore Business Houses Football League Division Three semi-final match at Jalan Besar Stadium. Forum, were one of the top sides m the
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      129 29 NIFTY DRIVER! Neville "Nifty" Mnllln, tbe burly 2»-year-*ld Australian wlm wm U* lonftdriving witest, ipiMirti by Elk Golf Manufacturing and the Austral Golf Ball Compwy, at the Singapore IhUum! Country dob's Buldt course on Sunday, snows off the nptmtn' goods that helped him win the $I, MI rheqne.
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    • 372 29  - A generation to produce world beaters ERNEST FRIDA By IT will take another generation before Singapore produce world class golfers. That is the opinion of Peter Thomson. Australia's five-time winner of the British Open. Says Thomson: "It takes at least two generations before a country can produce world beaters. "Take
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    • 209 29 Lu leads in the overall placings Ll Hsi Churn, of Taiwan, who collected the $21,« M first-prise money for hitting a Uttle white hall 28t times at the Singapore Open golf championship, leads the overall placings on the Asian circuit with 37 points. La, who fell m love with the
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    • 221 29 Bembridge: Singapore ideal start BRITISH Ryder Cup golfer Maurice Bembridge says Singapore would be the ideal starting point for next year's Asian circuit, reports ERNEST KRIDA. He comments: "With the Philippines off the Asian circuit, I would think Singapore was the logical starting point. "From Singapore, we could move to
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    • 356 29 Bava happy with CPA sevens draw By DHARSAN SINGH SINGAPORE are happy to be drawn with New Zealand. Brunei and Malaysia m Group D of the Cathay Pacific international seven-a-side rugt>y tournament m Hongkong on April 7 and 8. Said Singapore coach Natahar B;iva yesterday: "Judging from recent performances wo
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    • 312 29  - Bartley hit seven past East Payoh PETER SIOW By IT was like throwing a fish into a pool of piranhas as Bartley devoured East Payoh m their North Zone boys' secondary hockey semi-final match at Cedar Avenue yesterday. The goal-hungry Bartley forwards put seven goals past goalkeeper M. Zulkifli without
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    • 128 29 MANILA, Mon. The Association of South-east Asian Nations will exchange sports experts, starting this year, to upgrade their sports standards. ASEAN Schools Sports Council president Datuk Chan Siang Sun said today. Datuk Chan, also Malaysia's Deputy Minister of fc^ou ■.'•on. told the official Philippines N'°ws Agency m
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    • 32 29 PARIS. Moo. The official uniforms and costumes for next year's Moscow Olympics go on show for the first time here and m five other cities throughout the world tomorrow. AFP.
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    • 477 29  -  JOE DOR AI By THE Football Association of Singapore are to urge the FA of Malaysia to take strong action against two Kelantan officials. The FAS are accusing the officials of misconduct during Friday's Malaysia Cuptie m Kota Bahru.
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    • 552 29  -  WILFRED YEO By o I p .s«t. Tech 4 Montfort THERE was a slight breeze at the Tanglin soccer pitches yesterday, but really, the Upper Serangoon Technical School flag did not require winds to keep it flying. The speed and power of their
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    • 65 29 TODAY'S EVENTS BEPAK TAKBAW HvWoi I Leagae: Sri Kallang v PARC. Bawean Putra v Jurong Town (PERSES Centre, 7.30); Interconstituency tournament (various venues. 7.30) SOCCEB SBHFL Mtar k»»efc t UuuiMtl: Straits Times v Hobday Inn (Jalan Besar Stadium); Jutor: Electrolux v Cold Storage (Fairer Park Athletic Centre), Singapore Automotive v
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    • 138 29 TEAMS V W D L r A Pts Singapore Selangor Penang Kelantan Pahang Trengganu Kedah Perak Sarawak Perlis Negri Sembilan Sabah Malacca Federal Territory Johore Armed Forces Brunei 8 8 7 8 7 7 5 8 8 7 7 6 6 5 5 5 5 4 4 4
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    • 48 29 This issue has been completed This announcement appears as a matter ol record March 1979 BATU KAWAN BERHAD New Issue Of 15,000,000 Shares Of $1.00 Each At $1.10 Per Share Managed and placed with subscribers approved by the Ministry of Trade Industry by 4SMMMNKERS UN 4SE4MEL4NKERS M4L4YSM BERH4D
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  • 112 30 March 20-21 date for air talks with Aussies? JAKARTA, Mon A high-level meeting between Asean and Australia to solve dUlerenc.es over Australian cheap air fares to Europe is lUely to be held here on March 20-21, Asean diplomatic sources said today. Australian Foreign Minister Andrew 1-eacock and Transport Minister Peter
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  • 70 30 WASHINGTON. Mon. Senior princes m Saudi Arabia's royal family are preparing for the possibility that illhealth may force King Khalld to leave his throne m the next few months. US Government sources said. Crown Prince Fahd the sources said. Is certain to be the next
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  • 41 30 Swiss no' BERNE, alon. The Swiss Government today In effect turned down an Iranian request to freeze Swiss assets of the deposed Shah, suggesting that revolutionary authorities resort to ordinary legal channels to seek repatriation of any funds considered illegal.— AP.
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  • 43 30 NEW YORK. Mon. Dow Jones averages, baaed on first hour of trading on the New York Stock Exchange: 30 indust 823.54 up 7 78, SO transp 210.41 up 185. 16 utui 103. 31 up 0.10. <6 stocks ***** up 2.I7— UPL
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  • 615 30 Raja to Japan: Let us have weapons of investment JAPAN and other non-communist nations can help Asean successfully fight communism by providing the regional grouping with "weapons" of investment, access to her lucrative markets, transfer of technology and generally getting away from the concept that Asean should only be a
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    • 305 30 BUSINESS TIMES Singapore s Financial Dally Cover Price 50f Annual Subscription SISS. ..ibscnption, call *****1 txt 231 TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS. THE much-awaited Budget come and went yesterday hardly causing any ripples of excitement The extensive changes noted m last year's Budget were not repeated m yesterday's. Notwithstanding the lock of excitement,
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  • The Straits Times SECTION TWO
    • 5 1 The Straits Times SECTION TWO
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    • 927 1 Shanghai No. 1: China's top shop By JAMES HILDRETH m Shanghai ON THK fourth floor of a depart ment store in China's largest city, perhaps 100 people stand silently and watch a tow of television sets. Not one of the TVs is turned on. 'They just like to comp and
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    • 1142 1  -  MICHAEL GOODWIN By I m Jersey City FOR ANIBAL Cotto and the other adult males who live at 356 York Street, the night is not for sleeping. Instead, it is the time to be alert, to wait and to watch
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      • 149 2 FOUR first-class restaurants, each with a different decor and atmosphere, one casino where you can while away time playing roulette or blackjack, 10 bars, two nightclubs featuring some top international entertainers, one cinema large enough to seat 500 people comfortably. Four swimming pools, two
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      • 85 2 IT'S DANCE TIME FOR THE TEACHERS THE Sinitaporr Tearfcera Dane? Group hM started ft falk dam* sessivn for members U upgradr the standard and to promote the enthusiasm of teachers m the teaching «f dancing In sch«*ls. This scssiMi will be held every third Sunday •f the month from 2
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      • 670 2  - Graceful art of chanoyu or serving tea GERALDINE TANG By SILENCE reigned m a large function room of a hotel here when more than 50 Japanese housewives clad m traditional kimonos and a few men dressed m Western suits gathered last Monday to savour the essence of drinking tea Theirs
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      • 227 2 REDIFFUSION is planning a series of 13 programmes m Mandarin on childcare and management of children to honour the International Year of the Child. The series is aimed at parents who have problems managing their children and would like advice or assistance. It will be
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      • 1007 2 TV and Radio SINGAPORE 5 3.00 PM Opening folkmed by I Dream of 6.30 News in Brief Jeanne (r) 6.35 SUM Socce' «m«w SEW' 3.35 Afternoon Matinee The Rocking i 7.45 p U sparama (Malay) Horse Winner Part 2, starring 8.35 The Duchess of Duke Street John Mills, Valerie Hobson,
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      • 1511 3  - Never too late to join in the 'paper chase' SHEILA CHEONG By IHE vanity examinations are on right now and she some six thousand men and women [i rvenlly pursuing a degree are a handful of married women, some with children, who have not tUowvd family life to hinder them
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      • 432 3  - Painless birth doesn't harm the baby ROBERT MUSEL By LONDON A team of specialists, studying reports that some obstetric procedures can affect the behaviour of the newborn, have offered reassurance to mothers who fear they may have somehow failed their babies because they needed medical intervention at the birth. Dr
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      • 43 3 p White'sa soft jM^gl for baby. Mcv VN Your baby's gentle skin needs soft textured Dr. White's Baby Napkins. Made from pure cotton, the double layered fabric is highly absorbent. Your baby deserves Dr. White's they're just right! [S(M: I Smith Nt-phrM Product
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      • 207 3 rfln.m\\ m k U I 1 sZfiinA Vrk W v W 11 f I m I I x j I ft mW^k Ll m WklJ'.J Ami A *^V^2 km I il j^^lßft \m t *^B^ tv t» f^TjP^^i All-day confidence starts with Rexona IVB2IH *t In today's hectic world, you
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      • 326 4 I *************************0 JURONG DRIVE-IN CINEMA: OPENS TODAY! 2 SHOWS: 7.00 t 9.15 PM. Man4a<i* Picimt Colamtiaft JjCjljßUaUAai^aJßal^LLkaWaaß y* \y* ~H< NOW SHOWING SIMULTANEOUSLY AT i GALA MAJESTIC RUBY >| ODEON-KATONG SILVER CITY V «PPBB| |BB|HHhi| 5 BaMMMBBVIBW^ 5 starrimg JAMES VI LUI 'y I l[ Caßtßßtta-Calar»caßa«EHl'« 1 sMht tl >
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      • 409 4 WhyWOOD'79 f is important to you. Between July 1 6 and 20 1 979, South East Asia's leading businessmen and developers m the timber industry, and the world's most established manufacturers of timber equipment will meet m Singapore for Wood 79, the first International Forestry, Timber Processing and Woodworking Exhibition
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      • 252 4 Hfej cello recital a I KURT HESS I $>^^^ seah khung img Ikfl at the piano B B tt+K tuesday 6-3-79 PS^J I 8 pm I DBS auditorium Sonata m E Mam Ftancna FVancoaut B Divcrlinwnto m 0 Main Jo»«ph Haydn Arpegqiooe Sonata Fran; Schubart Variation* on a Rococo Patat
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      • 102 4 IMPERIAL UPPER THOMSON ROAD TO-DAY 2.15. 7.1S 9 30 P.M. yah Hwa, Mwig Fai. Loh Lwh 'FIVE KUNG-FU DARE-DEVIL HEROES" Mundarin Colorscope with f nyM i Sul. l itlrs We're just a call away C.A.T.S ■■11l im ZZIJT»S QHfIWIMPJ 3* )00l»J0«.l» A Mandarin Picture m Coloutscope nwn JnwninU. nol,mo<i 1
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      • 265 4 m JOGGING ASSOCIATION OF SINGAPORE i A GRAND FILM PREMIERE H undti th* dittmguithad pauonag* ol is. SENIOR PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY MINISTRY ot SOCIAL AFFAIRS aj i Mr. CHAN CHEE SENG at LIDO TOMORROW 9.15pm I .n «d o. ASSOCIATION FUNDS a Admission S3. S5 SlO and $20 Tickets available at
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      • 525 5 111 l 1.11/ <lHllM>imiO\ (M\l.\hlßh MIX. Kill). MARKETING MANAGER THE COMPANY We ore on international company engaged m the marketing of sowmilling, plywood, food processing, machine tools ond automotive products Soles are handled directly with end users ond through o network of dealers m Singapore and Indonesia THE JOB To
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      • 525 5 GENERAL ELECTRIC (U.S.A.) HOUSEWARES PTE. LTD. Apphcotions are invited from suitably qualified candidotes for the post of:LABORATORY TECHNICIAN Applicants should possess a diploma m Mechanical/Electrical Engineering or equivalent ond have on aptitude for Mechanical/Electrical instruments and equipment The successful condidote will be responsible for maintaining equipment and testing facititi*s Assist
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      • 463 5 ,-usso) ESSO PRODUCTION ESSO PRODUCTION MALAYSIA Inc. invites applications from suitably qualified Malaysians for the position of: SECURITY ADVISOR THE JOB: Develop, maintain and co-ordinate a comprehensive industrial security programme for the recognition, evaluation and control of potential security risks. Co-ordinates all facets of the programme, both within the Company
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      • 471 5 GENERAL\@)ELECTRIC (USA) APPLIANCE COMPONENTS PTE. LTD. invites qualified candidotes for the position of QUALITY CONTROL ENGINEER The Job The incumbent will establish ond maintain procedures for assuring quality of incoming materials, in-process production, out going products and quality cost; provide an interphase with customer and production on quality requirements From
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      • 231 5 THE BANKRIPTCV ACT HAPTER 18, mi EDITION) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Klrst Meeting of Creditors m the undermentioned cases will be held on Wednesday, Hth March 1979 at the Official Assignee's Chambers. Supreme Court Building. Singapore 6. In Bankruptcy Nos 709/77 Yong Tuck Hong of No 25D. Blk
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      • 767 6 I t, .r the post of POLICE CONSTABLE (MALE FEMALE) Applic otions ore invited from Smgapore/Malayituens or permonent residents, of Stngoore above post They should meet the following requirements v level posses or its equivalent, b> between 18 ond 25 years of age with good health, normal heormg and perfect
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      • 325 6 Jl||tf COMPUTER PROCESSING IAM CT SERVICES PTE LTD A member of Straits Steamship Group CPS, a leading computer bureau m Singapore with bureaux operations m Kuala Lumpur and Hongkong, is looking for suitably qualified and experienced professional to strengthen its Management team. Applications are therefore invited for the following vacancy:SYSTEMS
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      • 301 6 Training Officer, SAF Boys' School Ministry of Defence Apphcotions ore invited from Singapore Citizens below 40 yeors with Technician Diplomas or Industrial Technician Certificates m one of the following disciplmeso Automotive' Motor Vehicle Mechonics b General Fitting c Metal Machining Preferences will be given to those with teaching qualifications Duties:
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