The Straits Times, 8 March 1979

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    14 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 1979 25 CENTS M.C.(P) No. 142/1/79
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    Tit-for-tat treatment for ailing health minister
    169 1 Tit-for-tat treatment for ailing health minister LONDON, Wed. British Health Minister David Ennals the government official most closely involved m negotiations with striking hospital workers was hospitalised himself yesterday and immediately told he would be a "target of industrial action." "That meant," said a union spokesman, "no early morning tea.
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    Lock icon Woodcock's credentials
    58 1 PEKING. Wed. The first American ambassador to the People's Republic ol China. Mr Leonard Woodcock, presented hit, credentials this morning to Mr Ulanfu. a vice-chairman of the standIng committee of the National People's Congress. China's parliament China and the United States established diplomatic relations on Jan 1. but
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    Lock icon MORE REFUGEES
    61 1 HONGKONG. Wed Another 226 Vietnamese refugees arrived today after being rescued by three Hongkong fishing boats otT Hainan Island five days ago when the vessel on which they fled Vietnam took m water. In BANGKOK, a group of 127 Vietnamese refugees sailed into the southern lhailand province of
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    Lock icon Trade visit
    40 1 BANGKOK. Wed A ninemember Chinese trad* deleeat lon arrived In Bangkok today for a seven-day official visit aimed at expanding bilateral trade hetween China and Thailand The delation 1* led by Chinese Forelcn Trade Minister LI Chiang. AFP.
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    Lock icon VIETS WON'T HINDER PULLOUT
    626 1 VIETS WON'T HINDER PULLOUT A pledge and a warning HANOI, Wednesday HANOI said today it would not hinder the Chinese pullout from Vietnam but warned that Peking's troops will be "duly punished" if they commit "acts of war" during the withdrawal. The Vietnamese Communist Party newspaper Xhan Dan. confirming that
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    Lock icon $230,000 fine on 'royal' Madame
    68 1 $230,000 fine on 'royal' Madame PARIS. Wed. Madame Marie i -Billy i Soccodato. aged 78. was yesterday fined 450.000 francs (*****.000> on charges of procuring prostitutes. She was allowed a month to pay. falling which she will be Jailed. Mmc Soccodato had run a hotel and call girl system since
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    Lee to visit Batam on Sunday
    108 1 MP LEE KUAN YEW will v•.s i t the Indonesian island rf Batam some 20 km south of Singapore on Sunday to observe development projects a spokesman o.' the island's r.dir.inistration said here toiay. The KinTrpore Prime being industrial centres the two would need
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    Lock icon It's death for four rapists
    47 1 FOUR blindfolded men standing before a firing squad shortly before their execution m Teheran on Tuesday. The four were convicted by an Islamic court of raping a 23-year-old male student who had recently returned to Iran from the United States. AP picture.
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    Lock icon Carter sends Constellation to M-East
    732 1 Carter sends Constellation to M-East WASHINGTON, Wednesday THE 80,000-tonne US aircraft carrier Constellation has been ordered from the Philippines on a show-the-flag mission m the Middle East to underline US objections to Soviet involvement m fighting on the oilrich Arabian peninsula. Administration sources disclosed yesterday that President Carter ordered the
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    Lock icon Bazargan quits over revolution groups
    599 1 Bazargan quits over revolution groups SAYS REPORT TEHERAN, Wednesday A TKHERAN newspaper reported today that Premier Mehdi Bazargan has resigned because of his failure to control the Islamic revolutionary committees. The Teheran paper said Dr Bazargan went to the holy city of Qom to submit his resignation to Islamic leader
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    Lock icon Iran oil output hits 2m barrels
    169 1 Iran oil output hits 2m barrels TEHERAN. Wed IRAN'S daily crude oil production rose by 300,uOO barrels m the past 24 hours to two million barrels, the national Iranian Oil Company announced today as the country's biggest refining complex neared maximum capacity. The company has said production would peak at
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    LATEST SOVIET SHIPS IN DA NANG
    56 1 LATEST SOVIET SHIPS IN DA NANG BANGKOK. Wed. Amidst reports from Washington that Russia had sent a warship and two reconnalsance vessels into the Vietnamese port of Da Nanj for the first time ever, Hanoi announced today new Chinese attacks m northern Vietnam, threatening chance* for a peaceful withdrawal of
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      97 1 TRAINING PROJECT FEASIBLE, SAYS TEAM Pag3 5 C\KTI R to urge trade-off on two Ml issues 2 VIETNAM puts country on war footing 3 SIA poised to hit S!b revenae, says report 6 "NKW car parks will end staff shortage" 7 DROP m ITB trainees "reflects a chance" 8 Causeway
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      Carter to urge trade-off on 2 M-E issues
      383 2 WASHINGTON, Wed PRESIDENT Carter will try to convince Egypt to drop its demand for autonomy m Israeli-occupied Arab territories by a specific) date m return for Israel's agreeing to let Egypt retain its defensive treaties with other Arab countries, informed sources said
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      Lock icon South Africa's white miners strike
      178 2 South Africa's white miners strike JOHANNESBURG. Wed. Most of South Africa's mining industry including the country's gold mines was hit today by wildcat strikes by white workers protesting the opening of more jobs to blacks, the South African Press Association reported. South Africa is the world's largest gold producer, digging
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      Lock icon Uganda: CIA supporting Tanzanians
      89 2 NAIROBI, Wed. President Idi Amin's Ugandan regime charged yesterday that the Central Intelligence Agency was supporting the Tanzanian invasion and denounced President Carter for failing to condemn the attack. Official Radio Kampala, monitored here, quoted a government spokesman as noting that Washington had condemned Uganda after
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      Buffalo makes detour at derby
      70 2 Buffalo makes detour at derby JIM Raferty, track photographer at Gulfstream Park, In Hallandale, Florida, beating a hasty retreat on Tuesday, after a wild Malaysian buffalo dumped its rider and attacked photographers and others. The animal, taking part m a unique race on the Florida Derby Day programme, decided that
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      Lock icon Bomb cache
      24 2 BELFAST. Wed Northern Ireland police today uncovered a cache of about 40 guerilla bombs stockpiled (or a massivr attack on Belfast AP
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      Lock icon Minister: Iran will ban abortion
      111 2 Minister: Iran will ban abortion TEHERAN, Wed. Abortion will be banned m Iran's new Islamic republic except where the mother's health is m danger, Health Minister, Kazemi Saami said today. "In an Islamic republic, there is no place for abortion," he told reporters. Abortion is one of the issues affecting
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      Lock icon Money found
      40 2 NEW BRUNSWICK (New Jer sey). Wed. Mr Donald Uxjk. a business student stumbled across two money bags yesterday containing U*****,000 (5J900.550) m rash that dropped out of an armoured car. He turned the money over to police. UP!.
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      Lock icon Arab oil good for 'another 50 years'
      474 2 ABU DHABI, Wednesday ARAB countries will remain m a dominating position on the oil market for another 50 years, but a marked increase m crude oil prices will be needed to preserve a balance between energy supply and demand, several experts said here
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      Where power is cheap
      122 2 PEOPLE m oil-rich Ar Arabia and Kuwait are their electricity is unrea told a conference here. Professor Edith Penrose of the French-based European Institute of Business Administration said many Saudi electricity supply companies were running at a loss. She told the first Arab Energy Conference "The
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      Lock icon Bomb blasts on buses
      56 2 JKKISAI.KM. Wed A bomb wounded two passengers on a bus at the Allenby Bridge over the Jordan River this morning amid new "terrorism" fears. Another bomb also exploded m an empty tourist bus parked at the Intercontinental Hotel on the Mount of Olives m East Jerusalem
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      Lock icon Twist record
      37 2 COLOMBO. Wed Mr Rohana Seneviratne. a 19-year-old slu ik-nl. claimed a new record for Ihe twist today hy dancing for 131 hours. He said he would go on dancing until he was completely exhausted Reuter
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      '20 Libyans executed'
      168 2 CAIRO, We J THE Egyptian daily Al Ahram today reported that 20 Libyan officers had been executed for plotting a coup d'etat against the regime of Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi. The report said that after an armed forces' underground movement to overthrow the regime was discovered
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  • AROUND THE WORLD 2
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      Lock icon Hanoi to cooperate with UN on migration
      314 3 Hanoi to cooperate with UN on migration BANGKOK, Wed VIETNAM has agreed to <-ooperate with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to facilitate the legal emigrak>n of Vietnamese to countries ready to accept them. This was announced here yesterday by Mr Dale de Haan. the deputy high commissioner,
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      Lock icon Rats cause panic in West Java
      101 3 JAKARTA, Wed. Thousands of rats have Attacked people's houses at igentor and (ipedes, m West Java, causing panic amonn the local inhabitants, the armed forces bulletin, PAB, reported today. The rats had eaten up rice, dry fish and other food supplies of the people,
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      Lock icon Act as bridge with North, Japan urged
      242 3 TOKYO, Wednesday MINISTERS and experts from nine AsiaPacific countries ended a symposium on North-South problems today by urging Japan to play a more committed role m finding an effective solution to the gaps between developed and developing nations. They called on Japan to
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      Lock icon Plane crash kills four
      115 3 Plane crash kills four .lARKARTA, Wed. An Indonesian airliner crashed m stormy weather near the Bromo Mountain m East Java, killing at least four crew members, government radio said today. It said an F-28 airliner belonging to the Garuda national airlines left Banjarmasin last night for Surabaya m East Java.
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      Lock icon Inflation up by 11 pc
      41 3 JAKARTA. Wed. Indonesia's inflation reached 11.18 per cent m the first 11 months of this fiscal year. State Secretary Lieutenant General Sudharmono said today. Last month alone, the inflation rate was 2.34 percent, he said. AP.
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        Lock icon Artist's brush with the law
        67 3 PARIS: Paris painter Gerard Zlotykamian, 38, hired by authorities to decorate public buildings with mural frescoes, was arrested on Tuesday because patrolmen thought he was smearing the wall with graffitti. Police booked him anyway on charges of despoiling private property before releasing him. They said
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        Lock icon 'Procrastinate' week put off
        99 3 NFW YORK: It was time on Tuesday to finally get around to calling the people who declared this National Procrastination Week. There was no rush. Although the week formally began on Sunday, it will not be celebrated until next week at the earliest, according to Lew
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        Lock icon Fire-engine abaze
        82 3 SYDNEY: There were red faces among firemen here on Tuesday when a grass fire they were tackling set their brand new fire engine ablaze and destroyed it. The firemen parked the engine on a burnt area of a suburban field and rushed to a nearby railway enbankment where
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        Lock icon Wales rallies round the leek
        88 3 I LONDON: Welshmen are up I m arms over an EEC plan I to "standardise" their naI tional emblem, the leek. Under EEC proposals for standardisation of vegetables, the Welsh leek would be replaced m the markets by the bigger French variety. Conservative Member of
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        Lock icon $234m deals with Japan
        66 3 $234 m deals with Japan LONDON. Wed. British firms have signed deals wotth £54 million (***** million) to supply goods and equipment to Japan, Mr T.iiichiio Matsuo. leader of the Japanese mission to Britain, told a news conference yesterday. The deals include selling 1.000 Rover 35 cars, the first time
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        Lock icon Car racket
        27 3 ROME. Wed. A multi-million dollar racket m stolen cars has been broken up by Italian police with the help of Interpol, police said yesterday Reuter
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      Lock icon Chinese trawlers off Japan
      79 3 Chinese trawlers off Japan A PART of a large fleet of about 181 Chinese trawlera were spotted yesterday off Japan's southern island of Kyushu. Ten Soviet naval vessels have also said the Chinese fleet may be checking the Soviet warships moving southwards from Vladivostok, the Russian naval base In the
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      Lock icon Lao Buddhist leader flees to Thailand
      226 3 BANGKOK, Wed. The Supreme Buddhist Patriarch of communist Laos escaped past armed patrols to Thailand yesterday aboard a makeshift inner-tube raft towed m pitch darkness across the Mekong River by religious followers. Thai officials said today. The 87-year-old supreme patriarch, Phra Thamyano, the leader
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      Lock icon A 35-day trek to Pakistan
      168 3 PESHAWAR, Wednesday A PROMINENT Muslim religious leader sought by the pro-communist regime m Afghanistan has crossed into neighbouring Pakistan after a 35-day trek, exiled Afghan dissidents said yesterday. Mian Gul Jan Agha, 72, had declared jihad (holy war) against the regime of President Noor Mohammad
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      Lock icon Vietnam puts country on war footing
      234 3 Vietnam puts country on war footing HANOI, Wednesday THE Vietnamese Government Council today issued a decree listing concrete and sweeping measures to be taken to "militarise" the country. Observers said the measures amounted to placing the country m a "state of war". The decree said that all citizens of fighting
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      Lock icon More feature films
      49 3 HONGKONG. Wed. China is to produce colourful feature films to replace the present "monotonous" documentaries, Rsinhua news agency said yesterday. The agency said the decision was made after a recent meeting of China's film studio heads who aim to produce SO feature films this year. Reuter.
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      Lock icon Thailand visit?
      86 3 BANGKOK, Wed. Laotian Premier Kayoone Promvihan has expressed his intention to pay an official visit to Thailand early next month, a well-placed source revealed today. It said the l^iotian leader's intention was made known tv Thai authorities by a visiting Loation Government delegation headed by Mr Thongsawad Kai
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      Lock icon 'We hope Thais won't mar ties'
      128 3 MANILA. Wed VIETNAMESE Vice-Foreign Minister Huang Bich Son said tads* he hoped ThaiI land would do nothing to I harm the friendly relations I his country was trying to j establish with Bangkok. The minister, attending the Kconomic ami Social Commission for Asia and
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      Lock icon Naval games
      36 3 JAKARTA. Wed. Indonesia anil MM Philippines will hnlil I joint naval exercise m the Java Bm pi olnhly next week aimed at fostering con|>eration between the Iwn navies, a navy spokesman said today. AFP.
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      Lock icon 'Revolutionary system' to recycle garbage
      221 3 TOKYO, Wed WHAT is claimed to be a revolutionary system for recycling the ever-growing piles of garbage has been developed by a Japanese Government institute. The new system, developed and named "Stardust 80" by the Industrial Science and Technology Agency, can process. garbage into compost
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      Lock icon N. Korea hits out at war games
      167 4 N. Korea hits out at war games PANMUNJOM, Wed. North Korea today bitterly criticised South Korea for staging giant war games as the two sides work to reopen reunification talks. North Korean chief delegate Kwon Min-Jun told reporters after a meeting between North and South Korean delegates here that 140.000
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      Lock icon $122 b spent on on defence by Third World
      390 4 $122 b spent on on defence by Third World THREE TIMES DEVELOPMENT AID LONDON, Wednesday OF THE 38 countries spending over US$l billion (552.17 billion) each annually on defence, half are developing nations, said a British Government policy document published today. In 1976 the military spending of the developing countries
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      Lock icon It's 'oui' to EMS
      65 4 PARIS, Wed. President Valery Giscard D'Estaing said today France has withdrawn its objections to the new European Monetary System and will propose that the Common Market put it into effect next week. The EMS was originally scheduled to start on Jan 1, but was delayed by
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      Victims of floods, landslides
      60 4 Victims of floods, landslides INJURED villagers of Larataka village In the Indonesian island of Flores lying on the floor of a hospital last week. The villagers are victims of flood and landslides which hit the island In the Lesser Sunda group on FebTl. A total of 164 people died and
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      Lock icon Nato woman defects to E. Germany
      93 4 Nato woman defects to E. Germany BERLIN, Wed. A woman employee of Nato headquarters m Brussels, has defected to East Germany with war plans of the Western alliance, the East German news agency ADN said yesterday. Ursel Lorenzen. a confidential secretary tn the executive staff, crossed into East Germany on
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      Lock icon 'China will go ahead with deals' forecast
      312 4 'China will go ahead with deals' forecast TOKYO, Wednesday 6 Americans are rnntemptaons of dumb drivers. They believe that driving, if not what life is ail about, is at least a test of fitness for Ame- dj| rican citizenship. New York Times columnist Russe] Baker. CHINA is revising its ambitious
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      Lock icon US airlines cut flights
      65 4 NEW YORK. Wed. Two big US airlines have cancelled hundreds of flights due to supply diffiml ties. United Airlines is cancelling 429 (lights a week (or the rest of this month This company, the largest operating inside the US had already cancelled some (lights last weekend.
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      Lock icon 290m below poverty line
      51 4 290 m below poverty line NEW DELHI, Wed Nearly hal( of India's total population of 580 million live below the poverty line. Prime Minister Morarji Desai told Parliament today. He said 46 33 percent or about 290 million people live below the poverty line of 40 rup«fs (SSlO.Kii a month
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      Lock icon Failed bid
      40 4 BANGKOK. Wed. Flench stu dent Christian Joseph Bouraud yesterday lost a bid to appeal against drug charges and was sentenced to 27 years imprisonment (or possession o( an attempted smuggling Ol heroin (or sale, polk-e reported today AFP
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      Lock icon 'Lockheed pledged to pay Tanaka $5.3 m' claim
      244 4 'Lockheed pledged to pay Tanaka $5.3 m' claim TOKYO, Wed LOCKHEED Aircraft Corp. promised to pay 500 million yen (SIS. 3 million) m cash to former Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka for his help m promoting sales of its airplanes m Japan, according to a former Lockheed vice chairman. Mr A.
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      Lock icon Army chief sacked
      47 4 SALISBURY. Wed. The commander of the Rhodeslan army. Lieutenant-General John Hickman, has been dismissed, the transitional government's joint Defence Ministers an nounced tonight. No explanation was given tor the premature retirement of General Hk-kman. 47, but mili tary sources cited disciplinary i ".iviriN Reuter.
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      Lock icon Minister dies
      31 4 NAIROBI. Wed. Zambian Minister of State (or Foreign Affairs. Mr Creen'.vood Silwizya. died of a brain haemorrhage at Nairobi Hospital last night, a Zambian Embassy official said today. Reuter.
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      Lock icon Prostitutes win first round
      209 4 Prostitutes win first round LONDON, Wednesday PROSTITUTES trooped into the House of Commons yesterday and saw the assembled lawmakers vote on a bill to give them a better deal One prostitute was so happy that she called off her threat to name prominent clients of prostitutes. By 130 votes to
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      Lock icon $409 billion budget for Japan approved
      128 4 TOKYO. Wed. The Japanese Lower Hous^ today approved a national budget for the 1979 financial year beginning next month, which totals 38.6 trillion yen (SJ4O9 billion), up 12.6 per cent from the current financial year. The budget bills including a loan and investment programme
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      Lock icon Illegal 'love line' lands Leonardi in jail
      91 4 BOLZANO duly), Wed. Lavesirk Claadio Le«nardl finally collected the bill today far d— ens «f illegal free telephone calls to his fiancee In Germany. A ceurt here sentenced him to II months Jail and a I<MM lire fine (S$2M) for the calls he
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    Father of four stabbed to death
    191 5 Father of four stabbed to death A M-VEAR-OLD father at taw, Mr PaNvftMuuiuui Sl«n»r»m Pakklriaamy (»b*ve >, wm «Übfce< to feat* with brake* battles la Anxy Street early yc*tertoy maralng. Pattfc believe tbe dmlive far the murder was rabbrry A pallee spakranuui a»M that failawtax rail, pallee rushed to Amay
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    Talentime
    49 5 THE SAF Reservists' Association will bold a lalentime which will be open (o its members and the public, al the DBS auditorium on May 27. Entry fees are {1 for members and $3 (or non-mem-bers. Application forms are obtainable from the association's counter from March 14 to 28.
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    Training project feasible, says team
    484 5 Institute for middle management A PROPOSED joint West German-Singapore training centre here for middle management workers is feasible, pending final formal discussions between the two governments m September. A five-man West German technical survey team reached this conclusion after discussions during the past three weeks
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    3 ganged up to rob teenage girl of gems
    294 5 THKKE teenage girls ganged up and armed with penknives, robbed another of her jewellery after demanding for money to settle a "misunderstanding." A district court was yesterday told that Yeo Sook Kiang, 16, a factory hand, and two of her girlfriends
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    Jobless youth robbed two caddies
    167 5 Jobless youth robbed two caddies A DISTRICT court yesterday heard how a youth chased a jogger and robbed him of his money. Aw Tian Eng, 17, unemployed, had seen caddy Mohamed Kahiri bin Hussain, 15, jogging along Sime Road on Feb 25 at 6.15 p.m. He asked the caddy of
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    On skin care
    29 5 THE YMCA will conduct a count on personal skin care and makeup at its premises in Orchard Road. For registration and more information, call 3Z7S38 f
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    SIA poised to hit $2b revenue, says report
    438 6 "1.4 m passengers m six-month period' SINGAPORE Airlines is "fast approaching" an annual revenue of $2 billion, its managing director, Mr Lhn Chin Beng reported m the company's ninth business meeting recently. <■ His report, carried m the latest issue of the
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    Four films
    23 6 THE National Museum will screen (our colour films for students at its premises on Saturday at 10.45 a.m. Admission is free.
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    SIA WILL FLY TO BRUSSELS ON APRIL 1
    107 6 SIA WILL FLY TO BRUSSELS ON APRIL 1 SINGAPORE Airlines will start passenger and freighter services to Brussels, the heart of the European Economic Community on April 1. The two 8707 services will be weekly. The passenger service will depart Singapore every Sunday and return the next day while the
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    Open verdict on drowning
    74 6 THE State Coroner Mr Chang Kok Ming yesterday recorded an open verdict on labourer Cheok Seng Kee alias Sow Koon, 40, who was drowned during the big flood that hit Singapore on Dec 2 last year. He was last seen on Dec 2 at 5 p.m.
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    GP course
    27 6 THE YMCA Educational enrichment department will conduct a nine-month General Paper course" (or students at its premises m Orchard Road. For further information call *****8
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    Airline will send 40 to help Lanka
    227 6 Airline will send 40 to help Lanka SINGAPORE Airlines will second over 40 of its staff to help develop Air Lanka under an assistance agreement between the two airlines. SlA's latest issue of Outlook, its monthly publication, said the Singapore team will include senior and graded staff. Various appointments are
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    DREAMS COME TRUE FOR MISS HAWAII
    171 6 DREAMS COME TRUE FOR MISS HAWAII TO Miss Rllzabeth Kapu'uwailani Lindsey, 22, the reigning Miss Hawaii, nothing Is difficult or impossible to attain all one has to do is dream. And dreams have won her three beauty titles plus appearances m movies like Hawaii FlveO, Paradise Hawaiian Style which featured
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    Symposium on public finance
    99 6 Symposium on public finance THE Singapore Economic Society will organise a twoday symposium on Issues m Public Finance m Singapore at the Regional Language Centre (RELC) beginning on March 23. Papers on taxation, non-tax issues and policy questions will be presented during Ihe symposium which will end with a panel
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    Domicile not proved, so petition dismissed
    295 6 Domicile not proved, so petition dismissed A DIVORCE petition by a foreign national, married to a local woman, was dismissed by the High Court yesterday on grounds that he has not m the judgment of the court proven his claim that he it now domiciled m Singapore. The coutt has
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    Husband kept on postponing marriage rites
    420 6 A SEAMSTRESS told the High Court yesterday how her hawker husband refused to stay with her after the registy wedding saying that he no longer loved her or cared for her. Madam Chong Mci How, whose marriage on April 25, 1974 was declared null
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      326 6 Straits Times Crossword across 5 The lav U embarrassed 1 Comic story, uh? What's with nothing on top (7). wrong with being wavy- 6 Artist of quality as three haired? 12 < out of filly left iTi 8 Fundamental to a large 7 It's not a purge but it number
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    Charles' princely charm disarms students
    218 7 DRESSED m a casual shirt and with many a stop to chat about their life and activities. Prince Charles yesterday left several students at the United World College impressed and charmed. He offered no formal handshakes, only a smile, as be mingled among the students,
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    CRASH TRAIN IN MIDDLE OF ROAD
    102 7 CRASH TRAIN IN MIDDLE OF ROAD THIS «••*> train seems to br eacraacalag traffic »l*n X JaiM Bcklt Men* m TaeMUy n»ral>K m It lay with Ito eaglae earnpartrm nt la the middle af tfcerwrf. What really happened mi that the empty train crashed taraoßa a railway rrassiag Kate, gmashliK
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    Visitors briefed on 'garden city' drive
    139 7 A 33-ItfEMBER delegation sent by the Trengganu State Secretariat yesterday attended a briefing on Singapore's "garden city" campaign at the Botanic Gardens. The briefing, by Mr Ang Gek Choo, assistant commissioner of the Parks and Recreation Department, also touched on the organisational set-up of
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    Doctor warns of heart danger in extra-marital sex
    451 7  -  BE NG TAN By SEX IS healthy for the heart patient, but when engaged as an extra-marital activity, it can lead to coital or "sexual death", according to a Singapore cardiolgist. Dr Richard Ng said that non-marital sex may led to profound
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    DID YOU SEE THIS FATAL HIT-RUN?
    99 7 TRAFFIC police yesterday appealed for eye-witnesses of a hit-and-run fatal accident which took place at the junction of Tanjong Katong Road and Branksomeßoad, at 10 p.m. on Feb. 24. Police said Ng Ah Heng, 44, and an unnamed friend were walking there when they
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    Death fall woman feared she could not marry
    208 7 Death fall woman feared she could not marry THE mother of a 12-year-old boy, who feared that she might not be able to get married, plunged to her death from the 24th floor of a block of flats m Toa Payoh last year. Chee Yoke Shin, 39, a victim of
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    On English
    43 7 MR Urn Tong Tang, a lecturer from the Language Centre, Manyang University, will conduct a 15-lecture course on basic English on Tuesdays and Thursdays at the Queenstown Library from 6.45 p.m. to 8.45 p.m. beginning March 15 Course tee is $45
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    Management seminar
    60 7 THE Institute of Advanced Computer Technology, represented m Singapore by SGV-Goh Tan Pte Ltd will hold a two-day seminar on Effective Computer Operations Management at the Shangri-La Hotel on March 22 and 23. Topics for the seminar will include the role of management objectives, procedures and effective use
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    Skin care talk
    49 7 THE National library Central Young People's Section will hold a ta Ik -cum -demons trat ion with slides on A Guide To Teenage Skin Care by Miss Julie Urn. a skin-care therapist, on March 10 at 2.X p.m. at the library's lecture hall. Admission is free.
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    'New car parks will end staff shortage'
    260 7 THE present shortage of car park attendants is expected to be solved m the 1960s when the Urban Redevelopment Authority, their employer, phases out street parking m most areas and builds more multi-storey car parks instead. An URA spokesman said this when commenting
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    Test tube blast: Teacher, 8 pupils hurt
    164 7 Test tube blast: Teacher, 8 pupils hurt A WOMAN chemistry teacher and eight pupils were slightly injured when a test tube exploded at Yock Eng High School m Tanjong Katong Road yesterday. The incident took place at about 10.30 a.m., when the teacher was demonstrating an experiment to the pupils
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    Sunken tug refloated
    55 7 THE tug, Keppel 2, which sank at Keppel Harbour on Tuesday after colliding with a freighter was refloated yesterday. Salvage tugs from Smit International South-east Asia refloated the tug and delivered It to the owners, Keppel Shipyard. Keppel 2 collided with the freighter.Gudmn Bakke, while towing it
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    B'desh minister arrives on two-day visit
    137 7 B'desh minister arrives on two-day visit THE Bangladesh Minister for Industries, Mr Jamaluddin Ahmed, arrived m Singapore yesterday for a two-day visit with a personal message from President Ziaur Rahman to Mr Lee Kuan Yew. During his visit Mr Ahmed is expected to meet top officals from the Finance Ministry
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    Mission to NZ
    53 7 A SINGAPORE technological mission will leave for New Zealand for a 13-day visit on April 28 to explore and identify joint industrial ventures to be set up here. It is organised by the Singapore Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry and the Singapore Institute of Standards
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    Restoring art
    41 7 THE chief conservator of the Regional Galleries Association Conservation Centre m Victoria, Australia, Mr Matthew Moss, will talk on the Restoration of Old Master Paintings at the National Museum Art Gallery at 8 p ro today. Admission is tree.
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    Piano duet
    31 7 PROFESSORS Astorelli and Per rotia of Milan will promt a piano duet at the Singapore Conference Hall on March It at 8.30 p.m. Admission is by complimentary tickets only.
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    Youth's switch from academic to technical field pays off
    264 8 I.IKK ether >••■* mri, Urn km* Hark (reabr). It, ha* great amMtions ot climbing thr ladder M «rrm and hrrvmliig an engineer. Bat even at It, krng Hook knr» hr had Mr Hg drawback hr waa B*t ga«d m hi* stadie*.
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    Drop in ITB trainees 'reflects a change'
    392 8 Drop in ITB trainees 'reflects a change' INDUSTRIAL Training Board enrolment figures which have been steadily rising since the ITB was set up m 1973 dropped for the first time last year and fell even further this year. Such a trend is indicative that the priorities of the proposed Vocational
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    Prospects good in building careers, says Teh
    232 8 Prospects good in building careers, says Teh INDUSTRIAL Training Board graduates seeking careers m architectural, building and civil engineering firms were yesterday assured of good job prospects by the Minister for National Development, Mr Teh Cheang Wan. He was addressing the graduates m building drafting, electrical fitting and installation and
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    8 RENT SPACE IN P.U.B. BUILDING
    92 8 8 RENT SPACE IN P.U.B. BUILDING THE response to the Public Utilities Board's offer to Vent out office space m its new Somerset Road building has been described as "good". So far, seven companies and an embassy have rented space m the premises, including the Swedish Embassy, an engineering firm,
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    All in colour by March
    53 8 RADIO and Television Singapore will telecast all programmes m colour by March next year. Under the 1979 Budget. RTS has been allocated a sum of $4.58 million for this project. The additional funds will bring RTS to the last phase of plans to telecast all
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    Folk dancing
    26 8 THE Orchard Road YMCA (oik dance group will conduct a folk dancing course for beginners starting on April 7. For further information call *****8
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    MAN SHUTS HIMSELF IN AND THROWS BOTTLES
    123 8 A SJ-YKAR-OLD man. Lee Sze Wan, who barricaded himself m his house and threw empty bottles at the police was overpowered four hours later by Reserve Unit troopers. The man's family rang Paya Lebar police station at 10.30 a.m. yesterday after he became
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    Some accepted ways to cut your taxes
    310 8 Some accepted ways to cut your taxes NEXT to being shot at and missed, nothing is said to be quite as satisfying as receiving an income tax refund or exemption. And a tax authority, Mr Brij Soin. believes he has just the idea on how to achieve this with two
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    New post for Chee Onn in NTUC
    75 8 MR Lim Chee Onn has been appointed a deputy secretary general of the National Trade Union Congress with effect from March 6. The other deputy secretary general is Mr Lawrence Sia Khoon Seong. Mr Lim will be m charge of industrial relations. He
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    Body to boost trade with Manila?
    350 8 Body to boost trade with Manila? LEADING Singapore and Philippine Chinese businessmen yesterday agreed m principle to set up a working committee to exchange views on how to promote trade, industry and agricultural products between the two countries. The suggestion for committee was made by the outgoing president of the
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    Graduation
    35 8 MR Chor Yeofc Eng. Senior Par liameniary Secretary (Environment), will attend the 13th gi actuation ceremony of the Chinese Physicians Training School at the Toa Payoh Chuna Hwa Ftf»» Clinic on Sunday al J^.m
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    Filthy toilets a deep seated problem?
    576 9 DIRTY public toilets, the source of endless complaints, will remain, as long as public apathy and unfamiUarity with seat toilets exist. This was stressed by the managements of shopping centres, theatres and members of the public when they commented on the dismal condition of
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    Spyros: Other relatives seek legal aid
    148 9 Spyros: Other relatives seek legal aid THE Legal Ai 1 Bureau is looking into another caae where relatives of a victim m the Spyros disaster have sought tie bureau's aid to claim damages. This means that four more relatives of workers who died or who were injured during the fire
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    Ministry's press section to shift
    104 9 Ministry's press section to shift THE press section of the Ministry of Culture will shift back to its permanent office on the ground floor of City Hall, St Andrew's Road, on Friday. The office of the Prime Minister's press secretary will also move back the same day to City Hall
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    UOB to issue $55 m notes
    72 9 THE United Overseas Bank intends to issue US$25 million (SJSS million) m floating rate notes due 1989 through an international syndicate of underwriter! led by Credit Suisse First Boston Ltd. The notes, to be offered m the Asian Dollar and Eurodollar markets, will be
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    Move to bring more Afro-Asian writings into schools
    593 9 Move to bring more Afro- Asian writings into schools MORE educational and literary works from AfroAsian countries should find their way into school and university syllabi m developing countries if a proposal to set up a Bureau of AfroAsian Authors and Translators (Boat) is officially accepted. The 30 people who
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    AUTHORS WANTED BY N.Y. PUBLISHER
    39 9 Leading book publisher seeks iiiiiiiuM'ripte of all types fiction, nun-iirliuii. put-try technical, scholarly and religious works, rle Ne» authors welcomed Send for free booklet SS-4 Vantage Press 516W 34 ST New York 1000 l
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    Stallholders help to raise funds
    159 9 STALLHOLDERS m the Pei Chun Public School canteen will donate today's takings towards the construction of a four-storey extension to the school. The M block, which will consist of six classrooms and four double-sizd rooms, will cost about $350,000. A school spokesman yesterday said building
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    MURDER BID CHARGE
    50 9 THRKK m<» were charged la Mart yesterday with the attempted marder «f Mr V. Srvaiyah m Tuesday at midnight by sh*«tI»K him la Tetok Blaagah ■Mi. Anutwganiaa Palagaa, it, Raaiarhaadraa Ckaadracegarm, ti, *ad Paiaalsaim CkcHtek, IS, were mntadrd at Oiitral Larfcap till farther mratlaa «f their rate.
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      Lock icon Demo school: Govt to act if teachers are involved
      311 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed THE Selangor state director of education, Mr Mohamed Diah bin Haji Nordin, today warned the teachers of Maxwell Secondary School that action would be taken against them if it was found that they had instigated the 2,000 pupils
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      Crooked army paymasters 'stole $1.4 m in two years'
      309 10 Crooked army paymasters 'stole $1.4 m in two years' KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday CROOKED army paymasters are believed to have stolen more than $1.4 million m the past two years, the Star newspaper reported yesterday. Other army staff connected with them are also believed to have siphoned off a few hundred
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      Lock icon Mining firm, British estate sign land deal
      174 10 Mining firm, British estate sign land deal KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. A mining company owned by the Selangor State Government today signed an agreement with a British rubber estate to acquire 1,700 hectares of rich tinbearing land. Brooklands Estate, a wholly owned subsidiary of British-regis-tered Plantation Holdings, from which K»mpui»» Perangsang
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      Lock icon Link road to be ready
      56 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. A highway under lUMtmctton to link Perlis with Thailand border province at Satun it expected to be completed early next year, Sute Chief Miatater Datuk Jaalar Kuun said here today. The «-km road will cost H.S mlllloa and t* to be shared
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      Lock icon Kidnap trial postponed
      45 10 KANGAR. Wed Toe trial ol 10 men Jointly accused of Udnappins three estate owners fixed for hearing In toe Sessions Court yesterday was postponed to Sept 9. Court President T.S Marbeck granted the postponement and set five days (or the hearing. NST.
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      Lock icon Hai Hong skipper to be charged soon
      230 10 Hai Hong skipper to be charged soon KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The captain of the freight er Hai Hong, which brought 2,450 Vietnamese refugees to Malaysia, will be charged m court soon, Deputy Home Affairs Minister, Syed Ahmad Shahabuddin. said yesterday. "Investigations into the intrusion of the ship with Vietnamese refugees
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      Council probes dakwah groups
      170 10 ALOR STAR, W«d. THE SUte Islamic ntonV (Uas Caudl is lavestti»tU( the aettvlttM dakwah (missionary) grwps Uuu get tegetfcer Md cfcMt tfcemselvm iato a tnuK*. Krdah chief kadi Sheikh Ismail Ma Omar saM yesterday the wdl •Nen* tke lavesttgfttlMi after reparts af nek activities hi BaUag,
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      Lock icon Move to plug loopholes in trade union laws
      176 10 Move to plug loopholes in trade union laws KOTA KINABALU, Wed. Amendments to plug loopholes m Malaysia's trade union laws will be tabled m Parliament as soon as the draft is ready. Law Minister Datuk Seri Hamzah Abu Samah said here yesterday that the reviewing of the laws might not
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      110 10 AIRBUS DEAL: MAS WILL GO AHEAD KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The Malaysian Airline System (MAS) is going ahead with its purchase of three wide-bodied Airbuses despite losses m revenue brought about by the wage dispute with its 7,000 employees. Dispelling rumours that the airline had shelved its plan to buy the
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      29 10 JOHORE BARU, Wed A 16-year-old girl reported to the police she had been raped three times by a medium m his house at Plentong near here. NST
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      179 10 Bringing Up Father By Bill Kavanagh U Hal Camp /iILSAV' I I I'M ©LAO VOO I M3U WE«E DOIN& 1 |*5O FINE \/l'M BRC*tA YOU CUM /NOW I CALL^-PLEASE^ FOfifTY IN A )^-i ORFIVE I I'-L^AKE CLEANED MA^ETO PIC* UP *»V AUNTIE 20-MILE 2DNE-/ f JDfcSIN A TME JA IL
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    Boy killed by lightning
    123 11 SCHOOL-teacher Low Choon Yong was marking some papers at the Geylang West School on Nov 10 evening when he saw a flash of lightning followed by thunder, although it was not raining then. Immediately after, he saw some students running away from a tree about M
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    Minister in charge
    49 11 IT WAS erroneously reported m yesterday's Straits Times thai Mr Urn Kirn San is the chairman of the Public Utlities Board. This Is incorrect. Mr Urn is the minister m charge of the board. The board's chairman is Mr Lee Etc Tieng. The error is regretted
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    Rotary talk
    41 11 MR Chin Chun Wan. a graduate o( the Nanyang Academy at Floe Arts, will give a talk on Ink and Wash Technique, at a Rotary Club of Singapore, East, meeting on Friday at Singapore Hilton at 1 p m
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    Parent-child separation not always harmful: Prof
    680 11 SEPARATION of parents and children is not m itself harmful it may m certain cases even be beneficial to the child. There is no cause to exhort mothers to stop going to work, and pleas for warring and hostile parents to stay together "for
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    1,000 FOR SAFE CYCLING RALLY
    108 11 1,000 FOR SAFE CYCLING RALLY MORE than 1,000 children from 130 secondary schools will take part m a safe cycling rally to be launched by the Traffic Police at the East Coast Parkway Cycle Track near the HUDC chalets on Sunday between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. The rally is
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    48 11 Smoke from the 1 tth floor of the 2t-storey Yen San Building. A fire officer records the movements of firemen and equipment on a control board with oxygen tanks, gas masks, ropes, and axes lying nearby. Firemen donning masks and carrying oxygen tanks prepare to enter the building.
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    Out in force to fight highrise blaze
    221 11  -  K.S.SIDHU By FIREMEN tamed ap la fall force to tackle a 45mlaate loag fire m Yen San halMtag yesterday, the first fire la a high-rise commercial halldlag tab year. Altaoaga the Ore wu eoaflaed to the Itth floor of the boJldioK, the firemen
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    Upgrading and expansion of refineries helped
    214 11 SINGAPORE'S role as a balancing centre m the international oil trade has been enhanced by the constant upgrading and expansion of refineries here, a Japanese oil executive said yesterday. The leader of a mission from the Petroleum Association of Japan (PAJ), Mr S. Hatayama,
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    Hair-styling
    25 11 HENDERSON community centre will hold a free hair-styling and cutting demonstration by Mr Simon Lee at its premises, on March 16 at 7.30 pm.
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    Hess gives a fine and sensitive cello recital
    282 11 A FINE and sensitive cello recital by Kurt Hess was presented at the DBS Auditorium by the Ministry of Culture on Tuesday night. The Swiss cellist was m excellent form and was obviously a performer with a lot of natural ability m
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    The Straits Times THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 1979 PANDORA'S BOX
    395 12 The Straits Times THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 1979 PANDORA'S BOX NEARLY two months after the collapse of the monarchy m Iran, the situation is still very fluid. No one is m clear control of the country. Nominally the government of Dr Mehdi Bazargan is m charge but its authority is rivalled
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    DOCTOR AND CITIZEN
    344 12 A WOMAN doctor was reprimanded last Saturday by the State Coroner for not stopping to attend to a man she saw lying m the middle of the road. If she had, he might not have been fatally run over by a passing police car two minutes later.
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    Growing influence of the Russian Pacific fleet
    657 12  -  MICHAEL RICHARDSON By m Singapore A LOW-KEY but far reaching modernisation programme for the Soviet Pacific fleet has already had an impact on the tactics underlying China's "limited" invasion of Vietnam, according to Western intelligence analysts m Asia. They believe that Soviet naval
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    Lock icon Carter's cards in gamble for a Mid-East pact
    1079 12  - Carter's cards in gamble for a Mid-East pact JAMES RESTON Opting for temporary possibles rather than insisting on the impossible By I m Washington What are the cards President Carter holds m his bold gamble to personally go to Cairo and Jerusalem? This article analyses these cards and their chances
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    Lock icon Ex-premier's ghost returns to haunt Iranian politics
    772 12  -  BRIAN JEFFRIES By In Ahmadabad (Iran) FORMER Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadeq, whose brief rebellion against the Shah was ended with the help of the American Central Intelligence Agency, has become a rallying point for millions of Iranians seeking freedom and democracy for
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      Bus stop has been moved
      70 13 WITH reference to the letter from "Aries (ST Feb 19). I am please to inform him that the bus-stop m Kampong Bahru Road near Block No. 5, where building demolition work is being carried out. has heen shifted to a tempo--;uy site nearby. I would
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      Undue fuss over 'top seven' forum
      523 13 I REFER to the letter of Mi Sim Teng Yong (ST Mar 3) of the Singapore Teacher's Union (STU) criticising the statements made by the "Top Seven" on bilingualism and moral education m a recent forum telecast over RTS. If Mr Sim found himself
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      Teachers in English medium schools also committed
      260 13 WE ARE a group of English school students who would like to voice our views regarding the article entitled "Importance of moral studies, good teachers" (ST March 1). According to one of the speakers, teachers m English medium schools are generally less committed
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      Can't the HDB get private information privately?
      158 13 IHK HDB recently sent oat a form to all Marine Parade residents requesting information on flat dwellers: Rare, dates of birth, occupations as well as monthly incomes of respective dwellers and vehicles owned. These are very private and confidential information but the HDB
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      Appeal to raise income ceiling
      107 13 IT WAS announced in Par liament and published in the press about a year ag that the HDB is considet ing raising its ceiling on the $1500 monthly tot .1 family income of applicants. This is in line with tie present escalating cost of living
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      Street can t be closed
      54 13 WE REGRET that we cannot act on jour correspondent Elvis Lee's (ST 3 Feb 79) suggestion that Smith Street be closed to traffic. The roa<l is needed by transport vehicles which serve the shophouses and other offio-s there. LAI NAM CHEN (MISS) for Periranent Secretary
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      Lock icon Woman who toppled America's most powerful political machine
      1052 13  -  GRAHAM STEWART By m Chicago AMERICAS most powerful political machine, courted by every presidential hopeful m the Democratic Party for nearly 50 years, has been stopped m its tracks by a woman. The machine is Chicago's democratic organisation, which has long wielded
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      373 14 Singapore Tourist Promotion Board Applications are invited from citizens/permanent residents of Singapore and other ASEAN citizens for the following posts: (A) Executive Officer (Finance) (B) Research Assistant QUALIFICATIONS ft EXPERIENCE (A) A Degree m Accountancy, Business Administration or Commerce from a recognised University or A Qualification from a recognised professional
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      798 14 SALES PERSONNEL We are an established and progressive group of companies with varied manufacturing and distribution facilities throughout Malaysia and Singapore. In view of our major expansion and upgrading programme, we invite applications from suitably qualified sales personnel m the following categories:— ft) Sales Administration Officer based m fenani b)
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      236 14 TENDER NOTICE Tenders are Invited for the supply and delivery of the following Items to the Singapore Institute of Standards and Industrial Research (SISIR) 1. AUmlr \hmrpOm Spertr*t IMveraU Latter b) Pawcr Haeknw r) Sfcaptag MhHm Tender documents are available from: SISIR 2nd Floor SISIR Building 179 River Valley Road
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      1031 14 /I HUME INDUSTRIES (FAR EAST) Wm LIMITED COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT FINANCIAL RESULTS FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED 31ST DECEMBER, 1978 The directors ore pleased to announce the following unaudited result* for the six months ended 31st December, 1978: GROUP COMPANY 1978 1977 1978 1977 SS'OOO SS'OOO Variation SVOOO SS'OOO Vonotiop Gross
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      723 15 SAMCO, an aircraft maintenance Company is looking for technically -oriented young persons to participate m its next APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMME IN AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE Applicants for the above must: Be Singapore Citizens below the age of 22 years; Have attained GCE 0 level passes at one sitting m a) Elementary or Additional
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      769 15 SGS-ATES. an established nwnufacturer o« wide rang* of santconductor products for tno owcuomc mousiry. smks <nc Mivitas of quafified persons for the foiowing uppfljntiwnjq m Hs SinQflpon) ptontz A. Production Supervisors (Assembly or Testing) To supervise and motivate a team of production operators to meet production and quality targets, and
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      782 15 A well established U S Corporation is looking for a suitably qualified person to till the position of ASSISTANT ACCOUNTANT The successful candidate c must possess o degree m accountancy from a recognised institution must have at least I yeor's supervisory experience m related accounting field preferably with knowledge m
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      243 15 m Goh. Tan Co requires AUDIT ASSISTANTS B Ace Oegree or its equivalent preferably with at least 1 year experience m Auditing ACCA finalist with 3 4 years exper lence m Auditing AUNT CLERKS GCE A level or its equivalent Audit or related experience Preference will be given to those
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      CLOSING PRICES
      1654 16 THr last transacted ready sale at me close of business on the Stock atxchanß* of Singapore yesterday Compared with the previous days .rjc« together with 1978 high and tow ("Adjusted for scrip/ rights I" 11" «ctionon« l»7«'7» La.t •«a Law Coapaay Sale *••> 72 132 Anna 213 +1
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      BUSINESS DONE (SINGAPORE)
      1405 16 SID and offer prices off icHlly sterl and business In and ■ported to the Stock Exlange of Singapore yesterday ♦nh the number of shares traded shown In brackets In I its of 1.000 units unless < therwise specified All Times eitlement Contracts are i loted after the
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      1357 16 BID and offer prices officially listed and business in and reported to the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange yesterday with the number of shares traded shown In brackets in lots of 1.000 units unless otherwise specified. IMM STRIA.L* \rm» i 1MB) AjbMaMte(2«OB2.70S) Mr«ail93S> Mm h«m a us* A fkar
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      104 16 4 1/2% 1/8/80 (250.000) (99.308 99.405) 4 3/4% 15/9/80 (250.000) (99.578 99.675) 5 1/4% 1/3/81 (250,000) 100. 188 100.275) 5% T F 1/5/83 (250.000) (100. 108 100.20S 5% 13/11/84 (250.000) (100 008 100.05S) 7% 15/4/85 (250.000) (100.858 100.955) 7% 1/8/85 (250.000) (100.758 HUH) 7 1/4% 15/4/86
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        68 16 Tronoh Mine* 780 +90 Sunicei He-. 780 +40 Keck Seng 212 +17 Rolhmans 300 +15 T Harbour 316 +12 Setron 180 +12 V A C 350+10 Tan (honn 292 +7 Bonstead 280 +7 Intraco 202 +7 High A Low 372 +6 Ol'B 350+6 Inland A Pen 312 +6 Paper
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        24 16 Petaliag 725 -25 Textile Corp 77 -13 Malayan Tin 1340 -10 V I C 306-4 Cona Plant 190 -3 Spore Glaaa 177 -3
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        30 16 Haw Par 273.000 I O L 266.000 Sime I)arhv 195.000 Selron 157.000 Cona Plant 147.000 BAT 109.000 Harimau 96.000 it> Dcv 77.000 OCBC 74.000 High Low 68.000
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        34 16 Mar 6 Mar 7 B.Tlndex: 1889 13 1892 15 Industrials: 355.23 356.71 Finance: 633.79 635.46 Hotels: 271.35 271.47 Properties: 220.93 222.72 Tins: 167.22 168.51 rubbers: 549.36 550.25 OCBC: 332.14 333.28 S.E.S.Ind: 323.89 325.16
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        Hongkong
        329 16 Hongkong:— Prices were marginally lower in the absence o' new factors yesterday, dealers said. The Hang Seng index closed 4.40 points down at 529.27 Dealers said a normal day's selling had a disproportionate effect as new funds were hesitant on entering the market. Rumour of further local interest rate
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        445 16 Share prices rose sharply yesterday in light trading on cheap buying and selective interest in electricals, breweries and some petroleums, dealers said. The Dow Jones average rose 24.44 to close at 6,017.28 points with a volume of 240 million shares. The New index was 445.47 up 0.75 point. Buying
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        117 16 CHINESE PRODUCE EXCHANUK, SINGAPORE, NOON CLOSING PRICES PER I'll I I YESTERDAY: Caeaaat ail: Bulk $125 sellers, old drum $130 sellers, new drum $135 sellers. Caara: Mixed (loose) UK Com $79.00 buyers. Pepper: Muntok ASTA white fob 10P. NLW $327 50 sellers. Sarawak white fob 96', NLW $310.00
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        GOLD
        189 16 THE KD.OBAR market opened at $16,848 and closed at $17 000 m Singapore yesterday. In the Far East, gold opened at U*****.60 240 00 but continued to firm on buying interest to close at $242.00 40 After the London morning fix at US $*****. gold firmed to $240.60 *****.
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        Treasury Bill tender
        43 16 THE Monetary Authority of Singapore has invited banks and discount houses to tender for a total of $40 million 91-day Treasury Bills to be issued from March 12 to March 16. Each tender must not be for less than $250,000.
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        Lock icon November tin output falls
        95 16 Peninsular Malaysian tin concentrates output fell to 6,853 long tons m November from 7,082 lons m October 1978. but ruled higher compared with 6.204 m November 1977. the statistics department said. Output from January to November 1978 totalled 74,633 lons compared with 70,601 m same period
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        Sydney shares easier
        247 17 SYDNEY. Wed. The market closed weaker after a day of (Lit trading, dealers said. INDUSTRIALS VI 187 2 An M ).J I'M n I \SI 172 I AN/ H.mk *V, ->uixh ATM I2H I M.uik NSW 1M llniml.l.- 1911 un.h HHI IIIHII urxh ((..ml M uni-h (HA
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        242 17 NEW YORK. Tues. Savings and loan slocks were among the few bright spots in a generally dull market as prices pulled back in light trading following strong (?ains yesterday. Analysts said investors were awaiting further developments in the Middle East peace talks and were concerned about
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        178 17 ZURICH. Tues. Prices firmmi slightly in moderate trading nitled by technical (actors and the recovery of Wall Street, ilenlers said. Closing piices were delayed. The following are Monday's closing prices CLOSING PRICES Swissair Br 823 -7 ULKRr 3300 '20 UBSkr* 612 »3 MM Bank bi 392 -2
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        161 17 AMSTERDAM. Tues. Share prices dosed mostly firmer wtih Royal Dutch 1 40 guilders higher in Dutch internationals, d( .ilri s said. Unilever closed 0.40 guilder higher I 123.70. but (ell to 123 in a (tei-- bourse trading after announcing a higher 1978 pretax pro'it of 1:607.7 million.
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        64 17 FINANCIAL TIMES INDUSTRIALS Tuesday 4882 Monday 484.6 Week Ago 460.3 DOW JONES AVERAGE INDUSTRIALS Tuesday 826 58 Monday 827 36 Week a«o 834.56 LONDON DOLLAR PREMIUM Tuesday 80 to 81 Monday 81 to 82 H.K.HANG SENG Wednesday 528.27 Tuesday 533.67 Week ai:o 5M SYDNEY INDUSTRIALS Wednesday 488.66 Tuesday
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        587 17 LONDON. Tues. Government bonds closed over one point lower oil profit-taking in (airly active trading, while equities returned to around opening levels after earlier easiness, dealers said. At 3pm the Financial Times index was down 0.1 point at 484.5. INDUSTRIALS Allied Brew M unch Babcorks
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        TIN
        128 16 THE STRAITS tin price recovered $28 to $1,933 per picul m Penang yesterday on an official offering down 50 tonnes to 150 tonnes. The overnight London market war steady with forward buyers gaining £90 to £7,215 per tonne. LONDON:— Tin on the day was down £55 for Cash and
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        Closing prices
        30 16 Rubber: March 7 Singapore: March: 245.50 cents (down 2.25 cents Malaysia: April 249.75 cents (down 2.50 cents) Tin: $1,933 (up $28) Official offering: 150 tonnes (down 50 tonnes)
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        34 16 LONDON: Copper prices on Tuesday (previous m brackets). Wirebar Spot £984.50 (C986.50). sellers CS86 (KXL989 50). Three Month buyers £1,003 (1.1.005). sellers U. 004. 00 (C1.005.5O). Market Use: Barely steady. 8tka: 20.400 tonnes.
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        RUBBER
        542 16 OPENING quotations in the Singapore rubber market yesterday were marked down following continued London easiness and reports of Vetnam's willingness to hold immediate talks with China provided Chinese troops withdraw from its territory, dea;ers said. The market later fluctuated narrowly in uncertain trading and some last minute covering of
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        102 16 MM IN SSR and SMH pucr. vnlrnkv HAS M.r.h April K'yrml Mlh) (Forw.rd Mlk I Bayer. Sell.r, Buyrr. S*ll*r« SSH .1 .npallrtJ .'40 50 HI SON 241.50 SOS ■la cii.kii»ii«i ar jo 23* son zu so 2405ns MRELB AprU May SMKCV Ultaip^Ml iS.150 2SS5ON 254 00 25SOON
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      323 16 IJKK THE prevloas day, shares generally finished around overnight levels at the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday. Volume was slightly reduced and the balk of Interest was still to be seen on the ready board. A new feature In the market was the steady baying support
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      307 16 PRICES at the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange yesterday opened firm but softened towards the close by some light selling pressure. Gains where recorded were generally small during the day as were the declines, although a few selected issues managed to enjoy a more substantial appreciation. Most of these
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        NOMINAL RATES
        159 16 INTERBANK rates at 3.00 pm: Currancim Nominal rates Smithsonian Percentage quoted yesterday (cro«)parity change Local dollars to one unit of foreign currency: US dollar 2.1725 2.1735 2.8196 -22.95 Sterling pound 4.4035 4.4060 7.3469 -40.06 Australian dollar 2.4365 2.4485 3.4286 -28.94 NZ dollar 2.2795 2.3025 3.4286 -33.36 Canadian dollar
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        200 16 ASIAN currency deposit interbank rates as at close on March 7: US Dollar.! Spoil Offer Bid 7 days ioi. 10--1 month 9 9. 2 months 10 m 3 months 10' 10 '< 6 months 10 10. 9 months 10 13/16 1011/16 12 months 10 13/*****1/16 SwJ'ri. Dm.
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        35 16 Closing interbank rates for Singapore dollars on March 7: Offer Bid Overnight 6 5 1 month 7 3/16 7 1/16 2 months 7 7. 3 months 7 5/16 7 3/16 Overnight mode 7
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        DISCOUNT
        59 16 RANGE of prices offered by discount houses on March 7. OvernigM 4 Call deposits 4 to 4 Cloaiag Bayiaf Stlliag 3 month Treasury bills 4 7/16 4 5/18 3 month Bank bills 7 7 3 month CD 7 5/16 7 3/16 6 month CD 7 7/16 7 5/16 Maarre:
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      Sime raises its Guthrie stake to 29.9 per cent
      543 17 Sime raises its Guthrie stake to 29.9 per cent SIME DARBY Holdings has purchased a further 9.9 per cent of the equity of Guthrie Corporation m the London market, bringing its total stake m the UK corporation to 29.9 per cent. A report Irom London indicated (hat the 294 million
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      Bearish market cuts into UIS earnings
      506 17 Bearish market cuts into UIS earnings THE SHARP fall la the stock market during September through December last year was the main reason behind the redaction of the net tangible assets of raited International Securities (UIS) to only 8S cente per share at end U7B. CiaaiHsati* assets of the closed-end
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      682 17 Developer of Multi-Storey shopping cum office complex due for completion soon, invites (applications from suitably qualified candidates for the following positions (A) RESIDENT ENGINEER The successful candidate will be required to supervise the contractor's work ond liaise with consultants concerned to ensure the successful completion of the proiect A graduate
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      682 17 PUBUt UTILITIES BORRO 1 TENDER NOTICE GENERAL MANAGER'S OFFICE/ELECTRICITY AND WATER DEPARTMENTS (BTN FLOOR PUB BUILDING. BOMERSET ROAD. SINGAPORE 9) 1 Laying and welding of 2,875 metres of 500 mm dia pipeline along Telok Blangoh Rood, Henderson Road, Telok Blangah Drive and Telok Blangah Street. 2 Supply of 15mm galvanised
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      506 17 IVI »j •Jo] M|f T lD| LV LABUAN QOLF CLUB INVITES APPLICANTS FOR THE POST OF MANAGER Applicants should possess a sound educational background and have experience m running a Golf Club, Sports Club or Private Club. Must be proficient In Bahasa Malaysia and English. Having good knowledge of operating
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      235 17 KENVATAAN TAWARAN UNIVIRMTI KHANOMAN MALAYSIA Teaaran daripada pamborong yang Derdattar dengan JKR did Ham k*u c oan kmiu Kapala rv Pecahan Kapala 12 ai.u pamboronu parabul yang -bona Me' akan dHarlma dl Pc- -A laaat Banoahan. UnNenM trthangeaan Maiayeia. Pirn •angunen Pantadbtrang. Profek H. Kampu* Bangl. Selangor untuk kw|a a«*ndry
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      1012 18 *t CLASSIFIED ADS 1184-4411 184-4411 1 I FOR SALE ft SHOPPING GUIDE 1 Antiques COLLECTOR'S ITEMS Opium Bench. Pair of Carved Doors. Carved Headboard of Bridal bed. Indonesian Chest. Filipino ralesa bar Cash and carry Call *****22 extension 292. 900 ,ii: 12 00 noon. *****8 after 100pm 9 For Salt
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      359 18 $400^* KONGGO CHAIR 6 DOUBLE MATTRESS SSO BEDROOM SUITE S4SO WARDROBE 2 DOOR S SO MOOERN DOUBLE BED Sl2O ENG LEE FURNITURE CO BLK BS. NO 113 TEL 913*33 KIM SENG ROIBESIDt CANAL! MOM. SAT. Him- B 30 pm IB TEL P*****1H SELLING CHEAP: All 18 colours and designs of
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      372 18 I FOR SALE SHOPPING GUIDE SOFA WE REUPHOLSTER all types of sofas office chairs Contact *****21 WATTEN CANE FURNITURE 44. Wallen Rise, for prompt delivery of cane/wicker furniture and household /decorative accessories Tel: *****5 11 Gardening FRUIT PIAiTS available various types and sites Special offer now. 49 Tavlslock Avenue (19)
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      417 18 15 Musical Instrument* USED PIANO WANTED, any condition, at reasonable price Phone *****88 ex 563 anytime 18 Pets LOST IN THE Paterson Road Vicinity white Cockatoo. Reward offered Ring: *****18. ONE YEAR OLD Female Dachshund for sale to good home only. Price $120. Call *****19. WE SPECIALISE M training of
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      316 18 II EMPLOYMENT A Japanese Electronics Company requires FEMALE GENERAL CLERK c Age above 20. c OCE O' Level. c LCC Intermediate typewriting. c Minimum 1 year relevant experience m similar capacity. Please submit a complete resume with a passport eiie photograph (non-returnable), salary expected and contact telephone to: HOSIOEN SPORE
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      422 18 An established Travel Agency Invites applications for a FEMALE CLERK/TYPIST c Must have a good command of English and preferably with experience In travel Industry. Please apply giving full personal particulars, experience, salary expected and contact phone number to: S.T. BOX A*****. An eetaMiehed organisation requires JUNIOR STENOGRAPHER c Shorthand
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      657 18 AT YOUR SERVICE SECTION INDEX w'ee'kdajs'"' IXa.m -500pm FOR SALE SHOPPING OUIDE Public Holidays 900 am —1.00 p.m. tt itvidi nvvrcMT Saturdays 830 am -3.00pm fcMfLUYMfcNI (IIOOKm tor Sun Times) 111 VEHICLES BOATS Coußter Service Regular office hours l\ ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES Jenue M ,05 Luck, Plaza (9) V SERVICES BUSINESS
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      806 18 Established International Constm«i invite applications for the IdIOWiOQ posts: (1) SECRET AAV (Aoa above X reari) (2) JUMON SECRETARY (3) RECEPTIONIST (4) GENERAL CLERKS (Typing not essential) (5) BOUTIQUE SALESGIRLS c Pleasant personality and attractive, c Completed GCE secondary education, c Speak fluent English and dialects c Age 16 to
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      576 18 II EMPLOYMENT Immediate vacancy avertable GENERAL CLERK/ TYPIST Requirement! c OCE O' level c Accurate typing speed of 40 wpm c Ability to do payroll is an advantage c 1 to 2 yeprs' relevant experience c Age below 25 years Please call personally with 2 copies of passport size photographs
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      796 18 Public Accountants require (1) AUDIT ASSISTANTS (2) AUDIT AND ACCOUNTS CLERKS (3) TYPISTS Salary commensurates with experience and qualifications Please apply In own handwriting giving personal particulars, experience, qualifications and current salary with recent photo (non-returnable) lo S.T. BOX MtW REQUIRED A FEMALE Clerk Able lo type, must have knowledge
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      787 19 II EMPLOYMENT 31 Situations Vacant *c) Bales Calling all office OsrU, Jactocy Cilrls and housewives. ■toy waste your lime at home' Tofne and join nur Sales Force md earn an income o( $10 Ui $20 per evening selling beautiful '.drugs Interested call *****1 for interview contact Mr Tay Working time
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      673 19 SALES EXECUTIVES Age 21 30 i) level Mu.st br fluent m Knglish Mandarin t Cantonese Must poueM valid driving licence and a car Basic Salary, attractive commission, bonus, patrol allowance proPreleraMy with experience but nol essential as training will be pronded Apply with personal particulars. contact telephone, a nonreturnable photo
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      739 19 II EMPLOYMENT MANUFACTURING COMPANY OF last moving consumer product* requires i I i V.m salesman (2) sales Personnel preferably with own transport. 13) Sales Manager Attractive salary commission Interested please apply stating details of qualifications, experience, telephone contact together with a non-returnable photo to The Advertisers T Box A9lBOl WANTED
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      717 19 Applications are invited Irom Singapore citizens lor th t positions sty 1) CLERK c Minimum Secondary English education c Ability lo type c Prepared to work on 2nd shift m the video tape library Salary $2 49 per hour. 2) WAREHOUSE HELPERS c Minimum Primary 6 English education c oood
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      696 19 II EMPLOYMENT Tri State FIRST CLASS MACHINISTS American OH Field Company requires: 16 FIRST CLASS MACHINISTS We offer first class rate of pay for First Class Machinists with at least 2 years' experience In the shop. We provide: Medical and Hospltalisatlon benefits, transportation, nth month pay and all other amenities.
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      719 19 MALE SHIFT LEADERS on rotating shifts required by Plastic Industries m DM 12 Only ExNational Ben* cmen need replyTel *****2 INTERNATIONAL COMPANY REQUIRES Male and Female Laboratory Assistants with good GCE O' Level Please apply ith non-returnable photograph, giving full personal particulars, slating salary expected, and contact telephone nummber In
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      530 19 II EMPLOYMENT LIVE-IN AMAH REOUIRED lor Knglish family 2 children Very kimml M| and condition Dist 20 Phone 4&***** WANTED AMAH FOR general <luties from 9a m Spin Contact Agnes lei: *****5S WANTED COOK/BABY amah Preferably stay-in for Indian working couple Please call *****48 after lpm YOUNG GIRL TO look
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      698 19 ARCHITECTURAL DRAUGHTSMEN WITH experience and Kemale Typist Cleric wllh experience required Apply ST Box A***** ASIATIC NAVIGATION LTD requires DRIVER/DELIVERY MAN a Must be able to drive pick-up c Salary $300 p.m. OFFICE BOY c With experience and must be able lo read and write Kngll.ih c Salary $200 pm
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      643 19 II EMPLOYMENT //imJr** lIJ f 'wm**' requires ROOM STEWARDESSES (CHAMBERMAIDS) Must have Primary 6 education (English). Previous experience an advantage. Please apply personally during office hours together with a passportsize photograph at: Mandarin Hotel Personnel Department F4B 49 (3rd floor) Orchard Road Singapore 9. V J WANTED OFFICE PEON. Please
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      562 19 ENGINEERING FIRM INVITES applications for Messenger Must own Motorbike Call OT3BJ VIM for appointment ESTABLISHED MEDICAL CLINIC In ■list 8 requires Doctor's Nurse remale) vit i knowledge o ■woken Chinese dialects ami Malay desirable Apply staling I ge. quallf witlons and a nol leturnable passport si/c phouKraph riios" who sit
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      436 20 II EMPLOYMENT 31 Situation* Vacant I) CenermJ mum A LUXURIOUS JAPANESE LOUNGE rtquKH HOSTESSES Attractive Income Transport provided Short working hours 7.30pm to I.ooam Those interested, please apply personalty at: 4.1 4.2. 4th floor Lucky Ptaza Orchard Road Singapore 9 L between 100pm t.OOpm 9 SANYO fIECTWWCS(S)PTr.ITO. ASSISTANT OFFICER (Suppliers
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      535 20 LADIES MTERESTEO IN BEAUTY CULTURE join us as Bsaa*» AeVissrs. a stepping stone lo your beauty career No capital required, work when you're free Attractive incentives and commission given Call Peggy/John at 235*517 between 1 1 30 am to 130 pm (CARBON FILM DIVISION) FEMALE PRODUCTION OPERATIVES Q.C. OPERATIVES Requirements
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      492 20 II EMPLOYMENT FQIR ITIPTE A last expanding •(•ctronics manufacturer ot FQIR mPTE cassette tape) recorders and radios urgently requires the following positions: (A) STOREKEEPER Possess GCE O' levels preferably with some warehouse working experience S pore Male citizen aged 20-25 years, completed N.S. (B) MALE OPERATORS (Moulding Spray Coating) Completed
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      400 20 Qollei Invites applications for FACTORY OPERATORS Rs>^uir#fn#ntS" 16 years and above Singapore/ Malaysian Citizens and Permanent Residents Primary education m any Language Stream No working experience required, as training will be provided RoJMh provides good wages and benefits as: Service Allowance Monthly Food Allowance Shift Allowance Production Incentive payments Transport
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      516 20 II EMPLOYMENT FPIR ITIRTE A fast expanding •lactronics manufacture* ol FAIR mOTC cassette tap* racord «rs and radios urgently requires 300 additional staff for Its new final assembly line. LOOKING FOR HIGHER INCOME? JOIN THE HAPPY ASAHI SPORE PEOPLE AS FEMALE OPERATORS Requirements: Completed primary 6 educat ion age 1
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      504 20 SINGAPORE AVIATION a GENERAL INSURANCE CO (PTE) LTD SAGI invites applications for the following appointments: ACCOUNTS OFFICER (Within the salary scale $345 x 20 $445 x 25 $720 x 30 $870 x 35 $1010) REQUIREMENTS GCE with minimum 5 passes at O' level Minimum 3 years' experience In accounting department
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      436 20 II EMPLOYMENT LEADING HOTEL REQUIRES Few Chambermaids I non-experi-enced will be accepted) Please reply with 2 recent non-return-able photos to: S.T Box A***** JEWELLERY SHOP REOUIRES Sales Assistants. Attractive salary plus commission Call personally at: G-83. Ground floor. Lucky Plaza, between 1030 am 7p.m Nestle. INTERNATIONAL FOOD COMPANY WITH MANUFACTURING
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      778 20 SINGA,»ORE FUJITEC ELEVATOR CORPORATION LIMITED The Only Lift Manufacturer m South East Asia requires: 1. TRAINEE JUNIOR EXECUTIVES (MALE ft FEMALE) c Diploma m Mechanical/ Electrical/Production Engineering. 2. TECHNICIANS (MALE) c I.T.C. In Mechanical/Electrical Engineering from Singapore Technical Institute. 3. STENOGRAPHERS c O.C.E 3 O' level passes with credit m
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      683 21 AUGUST 1973 FIAT IL>4 with new .urcond, second owner Tax July 1979 Excellent condition. Price Sll SOOono View at Block A' 2o9 In.cv uld> Koad. Off Baleslier Koad BtnaaujNß 12. (Tan Tock Beta] Hospital Quarters! AUGUST 197* FORO Granada 28 litre Automatic, beautiful condition aircond radio, power windows sports rims
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      873 21 1977 FIAT 131 S. ltiod. Automatic 2nd owner ..ssette low mileage »!9.5000n0 Tel *****77 1»77 JULY MERCEDCS 200, registered beautiful number 550.500 View 27-A Truro Road off l>or.el X...111 B porcH 1977 JUNE MOOEL PEUGEOT aM n i x. ellent condition Interested please call *****7 1977 MERCEDES BENZ 280S showroom
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      604 21 11l VEHICLES ft BOATS WANTED TO BUY a scrap ar Eligible for PARF Am capacity and make Tel 252.17K7 WANTED 3 S ton truck, any make Call 44:***** Mrs (how 1974/7$ FORD ESCORT XL. 1300 i c If the condition is lood, interested m buying for SsB.ooo immediately Private owners
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      497 21 1974/7$ MERCEDES JtiO Genuine enquiries Irom private owners welcome Fair price assured Tel *****6 47 Scrap Vehicles TWO SCRAP CARS required. One below 1000 I c another 1900 CC PIMM ring *****7 BRAND NEW TOWNHOUSE Near American/ Japanese Schools. 5 bedrooms, living/ dining, beautifully furnished. Swimming pool, security, etc Viewing:
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      321 22 OUTS IS AND M beautiful exclusive detached bungalows. Very unique In design with 2 swimming pools 13.000 38.000 sq ft. S&&0.000 $18 million Seeing Is believing' Principals only EBC 3797W/23&5540 DMT. IS, BUKIT TNtAM 4 miles modern doubie-storey detached bungalow Selling 5240.000 Please Tel *****74/*****08 Public Housing DIST IS BUNGALOW
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      413 22 KATONG SIGLAP 2-STOREY Corner Terrace. 3.000 sq ft near main road/market 15.000 Metroland *****82/*****20 c A 2-etorey semi detached bungebnt at Jalan Bahaea, area: 3 000 eejJl To rahnqmah two luiurious SHailwmila at Merlin Plata, Beach Road a To rehnourah haghriee apartment ai Sherwood Towera, Upper Buklt Tirnart Shop* and
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      400 22 IV ACCOMMODATION 4 PROPERTIES JOO CHIAT MAISONETTE, new ultra-modern design, split-level dining hall. 4 bedrooms with bathroom attached to master bedrooms, containing 2.400 sq ft built-in area, aluminium sliding windows, private car-park. Victor tt Morris Tel: *****. ATTRACTIVE RATES FOR FIXEO DEPOSITS Aaaountt 8% por annum K.ew Aik Hang Financa
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      466 22 55 Properties Wanted ACE HOUSING HAS buyers for houses and apartments ($lOO,OOO $750,000) Immediate cash purchase assured for the right properties. Owners, please call: ATTENTION!! FUTURA APARTMENTS OWNERS in*.*!, en buying 2 unit* Future Ap#rtm#ntl (Ve>Ce>At p099#99i0fl Of Preferably high floor, immediate cash transactions. Owners please call 2157*77 EH 2
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      388 22 IV ACCOMMODATION 4 PROPERTIES r Industrial rTOpejfileJl c Freehold Industrial Sites at Upper Thomson Last remaining lots. c Terraced factories at Upper Thomson for tale/ rent (approx. 410 m» Freehold title. Flatted factories at Mac I Pherson, Psys Lebar, I Jalan Pemimpin and I Havelock Road. 57 Godowns Vacant/ Wanted
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      346 22 OFFICE SPACE AVAILABLE for rent Malayan Bank Chambers Fullerton Square 1233 m 2 (1.327 sq ft). Contact ***** Ext 49 OFFICE SPACE AT Merlin Plaza, facing sea. Approximately 425 sq.ft. Rental: $700. service Inclusive Immediate occupation Contact: Karlna *****28 OFFICE SPACE AVAILABLE for rent 45-D. Robinson Road. Area: 3340 sq
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      702 22 IV ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES ACE OFFERS: I'arklane Shopping Centre. 2nd floor shop facing concourse $285 psf Tel *****22 DMT. S LUCKY PLAZA shop for sale or rental 400 sq ft Mezzanine floor Principals call *****77. FOR SALE 2-storey. price $255,000 at Telok Kurau Bright Centre, tel. *****06 LUCKY PLAZA. ORCHARD Road
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      737 22 MERLIN PLAZA groundfloor facing main entrance, area; 900 <q ft Rental S5OO psf negotiable Viewing, tr-l *****8 Mr. Wong ORCHARD TOWERS NIAR theatre 280 sq ft IBSO pm Orchard Housing *****73 '4 SHOPHOUSES. RESIDENTIAL HOUSES and factory for primary Industries for salt Tel MMOJB 3-STOREV SHOPNOUSE HOC entrance, Oeylang main
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  • IX OBITUARIES
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      140 Acknowledgements
      133 23 FAMILY OF THE I ..t.- Mrs Susan Reglna Oroi <■ express ineir heartfelt lhanki to priests. Little sisters ol i tie Poor CanoaHaa nuns relatives and friends lor their attendance. wr»idon it ions during llii-i! .-lit The Family ol the tale MR EDWARD JAMES NEUBAONNER relatives, Inendj r
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        44 25 ON BEHALF OF TflETAMLVOF THE LATE MADAM LIU LIAN CHOW, WE WISH TO EXPRESS OUR GRATEFUL THANKS AND APPRECIATION TO ALL RELATIVES, FRIENDS AND ASSOCIATIONS FOR THEIR KIND ASSISTANCE, CONDOLENCES, SCROLLS. WREATHS AND DONATIONS DURING THEIR RECENT BEREAVEMENT. WONG MENG YUEN (EDDIE)
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        142 Deaths
        161 25 ANTHONY WEE SWEE HONG AGED 82 Paeeed away peacefully on the 6th March 1979 leaving behind Beloved Wife: Beng Sual Son: Chwee Kirn Daughters: May. Lily. Margaret And Elizabeth Son-ln-Law: Denis Ooh Daughter -In-Law: Dolly And three Grand-daughters and a Grandson Cortege leave* 45, Siang Kuang Avenue at
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        144 In Memoriam
        237 25 MR. FRANCIS SAVERIAS Departed 8/3/1960 Nineteen year* have passed •ince you left us with thought* of your love and understanding bringing silent tear* to your loved one*. In our dream* we see the light ol your lace that will never be forgotten by your beloved wile and
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        IN MEMORIAM
        45 25 In ever loving memory of MB. K. NADABAJAH Bern: 2lst June 1921 called to Reat: Bth March 1976. "Though you have left ua. your memory shall never periah: Your loving care, your tender smile shall ever linger on" Beloved Wife and loved onea.
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      100 24 Now m Singapore! Contemporary flair with a European accent. Michel Rene (HK) Ltd Far East Representative i for Michel Rene products is pleased to appoint Yangtzekiang Garnnent Mfg (S)Ca Pte Ltd as its sole agent and distributor for Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia. Michel Rene is an exciting new approach to
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  • TIMESPORT PAGE ONE
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      Village Sheriff II looms as big threat in Derby
      727 25  -  FAIRWAY BY VILLAGE SHERIFF II can pose a big threat m the $82,500 Singapore IDerby on Sunday week at Bukit Timah The Capistrano four-year- ..1.1 has improved by leaps and bounds At Penang m !>••< tnN't, he won a Class 2
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      25 25 Good Report II The Mercenaries Bold Hunter Glow Great Wall II Purple Destiny 11 Bold Ruffian Regal Mate I\ Keep Smilin' II Cellnl
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      Allan's Zermatt is a classy newcomer
      714 25 CHAMPION trainer Ivan Allan will introduce a classy sprinter m Zennalt during the Singapore Turf Club Derby meeting beginning this Saturday, reports KMKWAY A five-year-old chestnut Mew ZoMand gelding by Taipan II out of Silver Fair. BsnaaM comes with an imI'ivvc record. As two-year-old,
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      Spectacular Bid wins hands down
      81 25 Spectacular Bid wins hands down HALLANDALE. (Florida). Weds. Spectacular Bid continued h s drive towards this spring's triple crown events yesterday by winning the $200,000 ((434.000) Florida Derby at Culfstream Park by four and a half length! after having to ro wide around the field twice. Spectacular Bid was boxed
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      54 25 SECRETLY married Tennis stor Jimmy Connors strolls with farmer Playmate of the Year Patty MrGnire. onnors is rumoured to nave been secretly married to I'atty since last autumn, according to the Dayton Herald yesterday. In a copyright story, the paper says the couple are expecting a baby this
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      BRIEFS
      481 25 LUSAKA, Wed. Ivan Denisov, the Soviet vice-president of the organising committee of the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games, said here yesterday that Rhodesia and South Africa would not be allowed to take part m the forthcoming Games. Addressing a press conference he explained that sport should not be used as
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      Lock icon Russia ban Rhodesia, S. Africa from Olympics
      233 25 Russia ban Rhodesia, S. Africa from Olympics Chapman, m straight games, even though some of the rallies I were long. England's N0. 2 Angela Smith, also made a good start, beating Ginny Akabane. of America 9-1. 9-0. 9-0. She now seems set for a quarterfinal clash with Barbara Wall. England's
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      Lock icon Hall of Fame candidates
      126 25 TAMPA. Wed. Hack Wilson, whose 1930 hitting statistics rank among the greatest m major league history, and Warren Giles, who has been president of the National League for 18 years, are the likely candidates for induction into baseball's Hall of Fame by the veterans committee of
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      Lock icon Invitation to China
      109 25 WELLINGTON. Wed China will be invited to take part m the Pacific Conference Games, lo be held m Christ, hunh m 1981, it was announced here yesterday Games committee chairman Graham Davey. of Auckland said approval had been given to extend an invitation to China subJiii i»
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      74 25 Come watch the r head Junior Tennis Tournament The first Davies Cup format junior tournament m I ft South East Asia J at the Kallang Tennis Centre A wL 9th ro 13th March M commencing Ham (admission free) W Co-sponsored by m «t^-Singapore Head-USA ft UCnn is the official tournament
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      186 25 OFFICIAL NOTICE PROPOSAL TO CHANGE OF SHIP'S NAME We. Karthigesu Arul of 2500 Clifford Centre Raffles Place Singapore hereby give notice that m consequence of our clients' Intended purchase of the motor vessel •HENRIK SIF" We have applied to the Registrar of Singapore Ships, under Section 417 of the Merchant
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      223 25 IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE ompaairs WUmUir Up n*. m *f it» > Id the Matter ol the (umpanirs Art (Chapter 18S) Aad In the Matter Pouxsol Centre Private Limited NOTICE OF WINDING-UP ORDER In the Matter of Poussol Centre Private Limited Winding-Up Order made the
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      647 25 TT V> "TONG TECK" \J /S (Admiralty m Rem. No. 714 of 1978) Sf PARTICULARS OF VESSEL Sr" C~_J Nam«of VMart "TONG TECK" ex C~J "IRENES PRIDE" ex J? £j "SANTA LUCIA" Qj Port of Registry Singapore \S C~\ Typa 6 hold/6 hatch doted fhalwr deck vattel with N^ JJ
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      Lock icon Everton close in on leaders Liverpool
      472 26 LONDON, Wed. Ross Jack, a 19 year-old Scot deputising for Andy King, helped Everton cut Liverpool's lead at the top of the English First Division, by scoring on his debut at Middlesbrough last night. Everton won 2-1, while Liverpool were held to a goalless
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      35 26 LONDON. Wed Defending champion l.iem Swie King, of Indonesia, will meet Denmark's V.T. Nielsen m the opening round of the All-England badminton championship, the unofficial world championships, starting here on Wednesday week AFP
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      Suresh shock inclusion in Malaysian side
      343 26  - Suresh shock inclusion in Malaysian side BERNARD PEREIRA By MALAYSIA yesterday sprang a surprise when they included their under-18 champion, Suresh Menon, m their line-up for the inaugural Head junior invitation tennis tournament, scheduled for tomorrow until next Tuesday, at the Kallang Tennis Centre. Suresh, 17, was said to be
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      ST. PAT'S WIN 5-0
      118 26 ST PATRICK S SCHOOL thrashed St. Joseph's Institution 5-0 to win the national schools secondary boys tennis title m the final at the Singapore Tennis Centre yesterday. Raffles Institution took third place beating Montfort 3-2. The secondary girls' title went to Swiss Cottage, who edged out
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      P. Panjang have it easy
      96 26 PASIR PANJANG scored a runaway 3-0 win over Tampines m their opening match of the interconstituency sepak takraw tournament yesterday. Other results: Farrer Park 2 Mountbatten 1. Alexandra 3 Delta 0. Tanglin 3 Havelock 0, Toa Payoh 2 Jurong 1. Ponggol 2 Tanjong Pagar 1,
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      Lock icon Pressured, but Rangers 'survive'
      358 26 COLOGNE, Wed. Glasgow Rangers' stubborn defence m the face of unrelenting pressure from Cologne here last night earned the Scots a first-leg European Cup quarter-final result they should be able to turn to their advantage at Ibrox Stadium m two weeks' time. Rangers, conquerors of Juventus
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      Lock icon Mueller joins Strikers
      74 26 FORT LAUDERDALE (Florida), Wed. The Fort Laoderdale Strikers of the North American soccer League yesterday signed Gerd 'the bomber' Mueller, a seven-time leading scorer m West Germany's First Division and European 'Player of the Year m 1971.' Terms of the contract signed m Munich were not disclosed.
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      France XV for friendly
      200 26  -  GODFREY ROBERT BY SINGAPORE RUGBY UNION will field an invitation side when they entertain the French national team m a friendly match at the Jalan Besar Stadium on April 29. Said SRU president Howard Cashin yesterday: "It will be unfair to pit the national team against
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      Is it a bird? A plane? no! It's Super'min!
      438 27  -  WILFRED YEO H IS It a Wrdr Is It pUat* N«! It's Suprr'min! alias Mohammed Amln, that is the se^minjcly wlngrdwonder striker of Ipper Serangoon Technical School's soccer team. The opening qocntioas have often been hi the mlndn of awed opponents
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      SIA lodge protest after match
      157 27 SIA lodge protest after match SINGAPORE Airlines last night lodged a protest to the Singapore Business Houses Football League alleging that Oberoi Imperial had used ineligible players for the senior knockout match. SI A lodged the protest after they were beaten 2-0 by Oberoi Hotel at the Jalan Besar Stadium.
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      Bee Khim stands above her rivals
      263 27  -  ERNEST F RID A By EXCEPT for Kce Bee Khim, the other 165 competitors will be playing for second place m the Singapore Island Country Club women's Open golf championship, starting at Bukit course today. A total of 166 from SICC, Keppel, Jurong, Seletar,
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      Haundan is the star in hockey final
      272 27 HAUNDAN BUANG may be only 1.4 metres tall, but with a hockey stick m his hand he stands 10 feet tall, reports ERNEST FRIDA In yesterday's East Zone Stvondary Schools boys hockey final at the Victoria School ground, he played a leading role
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      Taiwan's Ho spoils his card with bogey at 17th
      151 27 Taiwan's Ho spoils his card with bogey at 17th KUALA LUMPUR, Wed Australian John Clifford and amateur Tan Beng Hock {handicap 15) won the proam tournament of the Malaysian Open golf championship at the Royal Selangor Golf Club course here today. They had to survive a rountback. for also on
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      SBS, Sinmah triumph
      56 27 SINGAPORE Bus Services beat National Iron 59-36 and Sinmah he.it Kwins Hardware 76-75 m the men's second round of the Indus 1 1 i.i I and Commercial Cup basketball tournament at Boon Keng CjC. last night Satu beat Ching Yuen 42-37 and Singapore Teachers I'nion beat Ccc
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      TODAY'S EVENTS
      70 27 TODAY'S EVENTS AlaJrttn National inter scheol 1-nis.s country Macßitchie 3). Bukrtaail Friendly SIA v r Yugoslavia Airline (Boon Teck i LV7 30) Uest SHT omens Open championship ißukit course 745) Stb.li lakraw Div 1 league. Police I Cisco. Segia Bahti v Pi isons i PERSES Centre 7.30). Seccer SBHFL knock-out
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      Lock icon Ali trots in first
      96 27 CHICAGO. Wed World h.\.\y»eight boxing (ham pinn Muhammad All made his debut as a trotting driver at the May wood Park MMWl here last night And in typical Ali style. h<- »on the BOO-metre charily race' which was orgatiiviI to raise funds for a Chicago hospital
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      WILD 'Shifty Nifty' hits KL Corral
      603 27 WILD 'Shifty Nifty' hits KL Corral ABOUT SPORT The column thai gets down to the nitty-gritty "NIFTY" MULLIN will be feeling a littl like the Fastest Gun m the West today when he swaggers onto the Royal Selangor course for the first ronnd of the Malaysian Open golf championship. Nifty
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      Awards will spur yachtsmen to soar
      209 27  -  PETER SIOW COMMENT.By THE meritorious awards given recently to sailors Tan Swee Hung. Tan Kok Wah and Louis Liem the first to be won by yachtsmen will propel the sport to higher plane. Swee Hung. Kok Wah and Liem were bronze medallists m last
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      Coach Hartley brings in two more strikers
      325 27  -  JOE DOR AI By THE Malaysia Cup squad were increased last night to 25 members with the inclusion of two more strikers, Aziz Ibrahim and Mohammed Taib, of the intermediate team. Singapore coach Trevor Hartley has decided to include them because of indifferent
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      Lock icon Ex-film star to teach 'clean living' karate
      378 27  -  PETER SIOW E DUBBED as the karateka with the film-star looks he once acted m a movie Jimmy Ng, however, has no intention whatsoever of becoming a full-fledged actor. Instead, the 22-year-old salesman aims to propagate Oyama karate an art which he took
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      213 27 THE United States national soccer side and a North American Soccer League club, Sting of Chicago, are negotiating with the Football Association of Singapore for matches at the National Stadium, reports JOE DOR A I These two teams are being lined up for a tour
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      51 27 Misbun for England KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The Badminton Association of Malaysia yesterday included Misbun Sidek m their three-man squad for the AllEngland championships starting at the Wembley courts on Wednesday week. Misbun, 19, Moo Foot Lian and Ong Teong Boon, will leave on Monday with BAM vice-president Wong Heng Kiong.
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      Tourists have a fearsome record
      186 27 Tourists have a fearsome record -SINGAPORE Airlines, freshfrom their recent success over Sabah's Mercedes Benz 2624, will find Yugoslavia Airlines worthy opponents m tonight's basketball friendly (starting 7.30) at the Boon Teck Community Centre, reports PETER SIOW. For the visitors have come with a fearsome reputation they are the champions
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    Captured Viets in Chinese uniforms
    38 28 This picture was released by Hsinhua news agency with the caption: 'Tart of captured Vietnamese soldiers m full new uniforms provided by Chinese frontier forces on Tuesday m prison camp near the border."
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    75 28 TOKYO. Wed. Pertamlna. Indonesia's rtate-run oil corporation, has told Japanese nil Arms It will cut shipments of crude to Japan by 10 per cent from April to June, the Tnternatlonal Trade and Industry Ministry said here today. The ministry said no reason was given for
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    353 28 Singapore again raps Aussies over lcap SINGAPORE yesterday criticised Australia again before an international forum for its "crippling" international civil aviation policy (leap). The Senior Minister of State i mreign Anairsi, Mr Kahim ishan, said it will radically alter the existing international aviation system whicn has been widely accepted for
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    36 28 NEW YORK. Wed. The Dow Jones Industrial average, which eased o 78 point yesterday, was ahead 4.85 points to ***** around 11 a.m. today The Dow climbed more than 11 points on Monday. UPI.
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    133 28 KUALA LUIVBPUR, Wednesday IN an effort to generate more funds for welfare services m the country the Malaysian Social Welfare Services Lotteries Board plans to introduce an annual $1 million jackpot prize from next year. All majo*- prizes will be doubled for the
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    Lock icon Vote for industrial action
    158 28 PETAUNG JAVA, Wed THE University of Malaya Academic Staff Association has voted to take industrial action to resolve their dispute over the recently gazetted discipline rules for university staff. The association's president Prof Abdul Kahar Bador. m a statement said 927 per cent of its members
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    60 28 SYDNEY. Wed. Ground sufl at Sydney airport today 'voted to join colleagues at other major alrpc.-ts end ata t :i ree-yeek-old strike which had disrupted some international flights. About 6.000 airline workers, striking for an A»3O (8573) wage Increase, forced some passengers to change travel plans
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    66 28 MANILA. Wed. The Defence Ministry has ordered the arrest of 116 people for their suspected Involvement In arson last year In various parts of the Philippines, military sources said today. Trie disclosure followed an announcement last weekend by Defence Minister Juan Ponce Ekirlle. that nearly 240
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    387 28 Accused of espionage and subversion BANGKOK, Wednesday LAOS today accused China of espionage and subversion and massing several army divisions on its northern border. In a statement broadcast by Laotian Radio, monitored here, the Laotian Government accused Peking or sowing "subversion and division among minority
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    HOUSE TO SIT ON MARCH 14
    60 28 HOUSE TO SIT ON MARCH 14 PARLIAMENT will resume its sitting on March 14. The main and development estimates for the financial year April 1 to March 31 next year will be discussed at the session. The Finance Minister, Mr Hon Sui Sen. has allocated seven days for the discussion
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    36 28 BOBTON, Wed. Dr John Knowles. president ol the Rockefeller Foundation sln?« 1972 and called "one of the most brilliant men In America," died of cancer yesterday at Massachusetts General Hospital. He was 52. UPI.
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    55 28 Bid to prop up yen TOKYO. Wed. The Bank of Japan sold about US$25 million i 8574.2 million) today on the Tokyo foreign exchange market to help support the yen against the American currency, dealers said. The dollar closed trading at a rate of 204.65 yen, up marginally from Its
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    43 28 CANBERRA. Wed. Australia will proclaim a 320 km fishing zone next month, Primary Industry Minister lan Sinclair said today. The Anal date has not been decided and could depend on completing negotiations with the Japanese and South Koreans. he said. AP.
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    151 28 Late CLASSIFIEDS DEATHS HRI IO1AHHA ALEXANDER aned 48 Oiled to rest on 7-3-79. Cortege Kivn 23. Jalan Tan Zkpln. off Jalan Kayu. to Apoatotie Cnurcb V Irrawaddy Road, S pore 12. for service at 2.00 p.m. and Ihrnce to C.C.K Chnattan Cemetery at 3 00 p m nth March. No
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      Mr Teng's chat with a spook
      756 1  - Mr Teng's chat with a spook SETH LIPSKY By Managing Editor of the Asian Wall Street Journal JUST THE other evening m Peking, a stranger appeared outside the Great Hall of the People. A tall, gaunt figure the colour of clouds, he approached the vast facade of the meeting hall
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      Christians in Russia see new hope in Pope
      756 1  - Christians in Russia see new hope in Pope DAVID WILLIS By m Vilvius. Lithuania AT 7.30 a.m. the winter air is cold and dark. About 50 people crunch across the snow to worship amid the sculptures and the marble of the baroque Peter and Paul Cathedral. About 40 are elderly
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        109 1 INSIDE: a LEISURE: Experimental Theatre get* the bouquets 2 d WOMAN PLUS: Hop* ol a cur* for acne victims 3 CffAAl e#t Sm structural! ■Pf JjjV I^jFßpk aCamda^BaWa* laM Jli W '.-irayftw ,8S ll I rOm IrKlid Ujßaflt; '^^^^^^^H BkSs 55a ss§'? q§§9S» ''*'>> V > -w w JaSt v
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        When Moyra learned to breathe again
        433 2 FOR Miss Moyi a Fraser, switching to acting from ballet involved more than just having to learn lines. She had to change her whole breathing system! me a>yi\ir oiu nriusn n< 11.-N.S who played m Bedn«ni Farce at Singapore Hilton last weel\ sjiid o>at
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        NEW WONDER WOMAN SERIES NEXT WEEK
        159 2 WONDEB Wimi «f the Riprr-aausa piwrrs takes sver fraai the Msafc srtlvittes KTVSiMU- DrtUr Nu Beit ""1. Tk« srraad serifs, which ha* bm Barnes Tke N«w Advratares af Waadrr Wmh, Is aa ■pd*t«i ventaa af the arigbwl series skew* kere laat year. Lyad* Carter,
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        FOUR STARS GO ON PARADE IN SAMUDRA
        194 2 SAMUDRA, which is a series of Malay semi-classi-cal music, songs and dances, comes on tonight at 7 on Channel 5. Artistes featured this week are Lucy Ahmad, A. Razak, Tina Sarbini and Siti Mariam. And on the RADO SHOW at 8.45 on Channel
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        326 2  - Jacky Chan the new kungfu superstar CHAN HOK-KEUNG By m HONGKONG AFTER years of trying to recapture the magic box office formula, Hongkong's film industry has at last come up with a worthy successor to the late kungfu superstar Bruce Lee. The new champion of the flying fists is Jacky
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        Experimental Theatre gets the bouquets
        468 2  -  SAW PUAY LIM B) STAGING a Shakespeare play is an ambitious project not many people would care to undertake. Doing it successfully is tough work. But it may also well be that many feel it is irrelevant to our modern lives and only great faas
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        177 2 Holiday bonus. Something to really look forward to MIL-*! when you fly with us. Like having just that little extra to spend on vacation. Which can make all the difference between having a nice time and having a really delightful one. On Aeroflot, you'll enjoy pleasant cuisine that will make
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        152 2 THE BRITISH COUNCIL—^ presents AN EXHIBITION OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING MATERIALS 15 FEBRUARY 9 MARCH 1979 Monday Friday 10am 6pm The British Council is to hold AN EXHIBITION OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING BOOKS, PERIODICALS AND AUDIO-VISUAL MATERIALS m the Exhibition Areaof its new Centre on Collyer Quay. The exhibition is
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        342 2 TV and Radio 3.00 PM Opening and Japanese Monkeys 3.30 Diary of Events (Chinese) 3.35 Home Sweet Home (Mandarin Drama Serial, repeat) 4.20 Intermission 6.05 Opening and What's My Line 6.30 News in Brief 6.35 The Senses (Last Episode, repeat) 7.00 Samudra 7.30 News (Malay) 7.45 The Six Mfen Dolar
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        301 2 SINGAPORE 5 Deadly Countdown (Part 2, Last Episode) S.45 Rado Show 9.30 News and Newsreel (English) 9.55 Cultural Diary (English) 10.05 Rhoda 10.35 Western Feature Special Wyoming Renegades, starring Phil Carey, Martha Hyer and Gene Evans 11.50 Close SINGAPORE 8 8.45 News (Chinese) 9.00 Tamil Cinema Maanikka Thottil (Part 1)
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        199 2 followed by Public An nets MS Daily Digest t.tM Sunset Serenade S.J5 Financial and Share Market Report 1M News 7.IS Arts Circle 7.M On Feminine Lines 8.M Preview S.M News S.ll Prog Summary followed by Strictly Instrumental J.M Ring a Request II. IS Science Report lt.M The RTS Orchestra II.
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        526 3 SEVERE acne, previously resistant to all the usual forms of treatment, is clearing dramatically with a new experimental treatment. Tests with a synthetic vitamin A derivative for four months c leaml or almost cleared lar^e inflamp..iti>iy nodules on the faces .'.ihl chests of
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        400 3  -  LINDA KRAMER By SALEM, Oregon Tacked on the wall of John and Greta Rideout's sparsely furnished apartment is a hand-let-tered sign: "I^ove can endure all things." The Hideouts, who captured international attention when wife ai < used hMslmnd of t.i|>e then stunned everyone by
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        Pyjama suit for casual evenings
        99 3 FOR SHEER comfort, you can't beat the pyjama salt. No, It's not made for bedtime, bat for haws of fun and relaxation, offering you ease of movement aplenty. This one m satin silk trimmed with X old, Is fluid, sleek, slinky, luxurious. Great for disco
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        780 3 Protect your child through immunization What's up, a Doc?qs by Dr L.H.S. J PRESENT day children are indeed lucky for they can evade all the nasty childhood infectious fe\crs which were the bane of children before the modern era of immunization. Many children used to die or were severely incajacitated
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        345 4 I 2ND Action-Packed WEEK iizx ODEON IT TAKES A SUPER-HERO TO SAVE A GREAT CITY FROM A SUPER THREAT. W (^auWtJfvBONSATLOF^wPOBEm iA^CS'MHtan&ynOßf RT JAXS-[>»ct*lbvK»»SAHOF V JURONG DRIVE IN CINEMA TOMORROW SATURDAY MIDNIGHT 9 ODEON CATHAY ORCHARD SATURDAY AT MIDNIGHT J JURONG a ODEON a CATHAY— Cantonaaa ORCHARD: Mandarin X UNGAIMAyLUNGSEHCHIAjTUjJ^JpIi
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        217 4 CHMD LAST DAY! Vd f loo. Ontmd Inm Orciu.0 Id 5 Shows it Itppoult TV Won TH ?3VMt n m 30. 4 00. 6 4b I 9 30pm ijtV-.: ti LANDO v ROSSANA ITj^I BUZZANCA PHBTA I^^hIIIm^ TOMORROW "THE DEADLY GAME OF DIRTY POLITICS" 1 Njfta Sw» SokUi Tmn IT
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