The Straits Times, 10 March 1979

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      • 114 1 WHILE the world seems to comp up with more and more reported sightings of UFOs each year, bringing to the fore the age-old question of what sort of life there is m other parts of the universe, a scientist m Russia has come
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      • 98 1 HONGKONG, like Singapore, has the reputation for being one of Asia's top shopping, sightseeing and entertainment destinations. Now, with a billion -dollar effort, the Crown Colony may add another feather to its cap it may be the future home of the sporting champions of the
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      • 71 1 SINGAPORE'S writers face their big test as they bare themselves to the world. Find out what this test is. ARE we heading for the type of society wejvant? Nalla Tan examines this very important question. FIND out if you are the winner of $100 m the contest that
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      • 78 1 A LONG LETTER by a reader complains that the Housing Board gives those wanting to sell their flats before five years a raw deal. The unfairness: An arbitrary calculation from a predetermined price list that fails to take into account the quality and condition
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      • 50 1 CHINA'S rather rusty sword failed to make any dramatic thrust into Vietnam, nor it seems, did It pit itself against veteran Vietnamese regulars. It was not exactly a devastating blow, but was it a lesson? If not, what are the consequences? Chang Kai Ming comments tomorrow.
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      • 65 1 "HIS EYES are blue (some say cobalt), his hair brown and the waves just so, his fingers slightly on the wrong side of plump and his voice, aaahh, I love his voice. Not teddibleah upper crust as expected. Mmmm, maybe the cream on the crust." PAIK CHOO
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      • 53 1 THE GENTLE GIANT a special spread on on 1978 Sportsman of the Year, rugby captain Song Kcon Poh. TENNIS: Alfred Tongs exclusive interview with Mark Cox, winner of the Emporium Holdings Tennis Classic. A PREVIEW of tomorrow's match between Singapore and Trengganu. AND IN THE ASIA MAGAZINE: Seeing
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  • 519 1 I know Nato's top secrets CLAIMS DEFECTOR URSEL EAST BERLIN, Fri A NATO secretary who defected to East Germany three days ago says, she knows many of the alliance's top secrets, including its military alarm plan for an East-West emergency. In an interview on East German television Miss Ursel Lorenzen
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  • 41 1 MELBOURNE. Fri. More than 15 million Australian women m private employment will be allowed to take unpaid maternity leave for up to 12 months under a decision handed down yesterday by the full bench of the Arbitration Commission. AFP
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  • 814 1  - NEW CURBS ON MEDICAL INTAKE JUNE TAN Aim is to achieve better spread of talent By FROM this year, no more than 15 per cent- of the cream of university applicants that is, those with 60 to 64 points m the CCE A level examination will be allowed to study
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  • 324 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Friday AN "air war" between Malaysia and Australia seems in danger of erupting tonight with Malaysian Airline System (MAS) cancelling all services to Australia after a boycott of its aircraft there ami Q a n t a s overflying Kuala Lumpur
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  • 62 1 THREE workers died when they plunged ahtftt 40 metres down an uncompleted lift well at a b; xk #t HDB flats n King Georges Avenue, off Jalan Jessr*, yesterday. They were working with three others on the 12th floor of the well when the wooden platform
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  • 271 1 LANG SON IN RUINS say reports BANGKOK, Friday CHINESK troops withdrawing from Vietnam destroyed bridges, rail, road and other installations in the border areas and virtually reduced the strategic town of Lang Son to ruins, reports received here said today. Western correspondent who entered Lang Son after the Chinese pullout
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  • 40 1 JAKARTA. Frl. Foreign Minister Mochtar Kiuumaatmadja today denied reports that Indonesia and Malayda have offered to host peace talks between China and Vietnam. "There is no truth whatsoever m these reports." th«> minister said.— ri»l. SEE PACE 14
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  • 261 1 China: Our troops shelled BANGKOK, Fri CHINA today said |ta troops have been harassed by Vietnamese flre during the withdrawal back to the border, wrrle Hanoi vowed to go on fighting until every single Chinese soldier has pulled out from its territory. Hanoi had earlier this week said It would
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    • 195 1 THE SHOE RIGHT \J\ifiJU^ Mack jn England What hope after that stretch m jail? ILSA SHARP takes an unsentimental look at the chances of an exprisoner getting and holding a steady job: Pace 16. Peace pact soon-. Sadat Page 4 JAFAN fears Sino- Soviet clash at sea 2 KNORMOI problems'
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    • 483 2 DISPUTED PARACEL ISLANDS MAY BE A TROUBLE SPOT' TOKYO, Fri. JAPANESE Defence Ministry officials today expressed concern over a possible naval clash between Chinese and Soviet warships m the East and South China seas. The officials specifically mentioned the Hsinsha (Paracel) islands m the
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    • 291 2 Bid to triple refugees quota in US WASHINGTON, Friday FACED with its largest influx of refugees since World War Two, the US administration asked Congress yesterday to triple America's annual quota for political refugees to 50,000. The proposed increase would mark the first major change m US refugee policies dating
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    • 246 2 Pol Pot men under more pressure BANGKOK, Fri. The new Kampuchean Government, supported heavily by Vietnamese forces, appears to be putting more pressure on guerillas of the toppled regime n Thal-Kampuchean border areas and a historic cliff temple has been abandoned, senior analysts said today. For the first two months
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    • 27 2 WASHINGTON. Fri. Americans smoked enough cigarettes to provide 198 5 packs for each adult m the United States last year, the Agriculture Department says. I'PI
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    • 106 2 Kosygin to Desai: No differences between us NEW DELHI, Fri Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin flew into New Delhi today and told greeting Indian Prime Minister Morarji Desai that "there are no differences between us." A tired-looking Mr Kosygin, accompanied by a 41member delegation, told an airport news conference: "One thing,
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    • 277 2 Military call-up in full swing NEW DELHI, Fri DESPITE China's announced withdrawal, a general mobilisation is in full swing in Vietnam, an Indian correspondent reported yesterday from Hanoi. "Air raid shelters, covered like bad memories since the American withdrawal, are being opened up," reported Mr Saeed Naqvi, the correspondent of
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    • 36 2 HONGKONG, Fri. China published more than 30 million copies of textbooks m Korean. Mongolian. Uygur. Kazak. Tibetan and other minority languages last year, the highest figure since 1966, Hsinhua News Agency reported today. Reuter
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    • 31 2 KANKAKEE (Illinois). Fri. Flood waters carrying ice Hoes as big as houses forced hundreds of people lo evacuate their homes along the Kankakee River m northern Illinois today. Reuter.
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    • 352 2 It's Peking calling believe it or not PEKING, Fri IT is now possible to telephone directly from Peking to Taipei, although a recep- tionist m the Taiwanese capital has found that hard to believe. Chinese authorities said they were also accepting telegrams to Taiwan, but officials said it was not
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    • 102 3 TOKYO, Fri Mrmtx-i unions of the pnuerfill Jap.in Iron ;.ntl Stin>l Workers' ri'doiatii i started the annual sluing inborn offpnsi\f lixlny with an average 7.1 (*i cent wagi- increase llt M 1. ."1 111 I \r i ,i' ion officials |iicN.'iiiod the pay demand '>f
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    • 35 3 AWARD FOR HITCHCOCK ALFRED Hitchcock jokingly pats his American Film Institute award under his coat after the 79-year-old director was honoured with the Life Achievement Award of the institute m Hollywood on Thursday. UPI picture.
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    • 611 3 'Enormous problems' facing Indonesia Poverty, jobs serious tests: Bank HONGKONG, M INDONESIA faces "enormous problems" m reducing poverty and providing jobs, food and other basic necessities for its people, the Asian Wall Street Journal reported today. The journal, quoting a re- port from Jakarta made by the World Bank, said
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    • 204 3 BANGKOK, Friday JAPAN has agreed to buy five billion baht (*****.5 million) worth of Thai products m the next six months to help offset Thailand's large trade deficit with Japan, a spokesman for the Commerce Ministry said today. The agreement came at the
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    • 179 3 TOKYO. Fri. A Japanese university is unveiling a pollution free car that uses liquid hydrogen instead of petrol as its fuel. Professor Shoichi Puruhama of the internal combustion engine department of Musashi Engineering University of Tokyo announced the development of the new fuel system
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    • 44 3 NEWCASTLE I Australia). Fri. Four workmen died today when a (trilling machine disintegrated hurling red-hot shrapnel across the deck <rf a dredge m Newcastle harbour. Three workers were badly injured m the pre-dawn blast aboard the drilling dredge. Gemini, UPI
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    • 403 4 Even guns won't stop us, say Iran's women TEHERAN, Fri ANGRY Iranian women are now vowing that "not even guns" would force them to wear traditional Islamic dress against their will. Thousands of women demonstrated for the second day against religious leader strongman Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeiny's order that they wear
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    • 130 4 'Khomeiny still supports cabinet' TEHERAN, Fri. Iran's Islamic leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeiny "still supports the government," a key member of Prime Minister Mehdi Bazargan's provisional cabinet said today. Mr Dariush Foruhar, Minister for Labour and Social Affairs and a leader of the National Front political party, said: "I don't know,"
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    • 34 4 TEHERAN. Fri Teheran Radio today quoted Islamic clergymen as advocating that Iranians get rid of all furnitur*. such as tables and chairs, from Ujeir homes and sit on carpels KS< ead UPI
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    • 141 4 No more aid for Egypt CAIRO, Prl. Iran's revolutionary government announced yesterday it was cutting off all grants and loans to Egypt, a move sources described as aimed at President Anwar Sadat's spirited defence of the exiled Shah. The timing of the announcement by Iranian Deputy Prime Minister Amir Entezam
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    • 31 4 UNITED NATIONS. Fri.— The UN Security Council condemned Rho<)esia's recent raids on black gu«111a bases m neighbouring stales yesterday and rejected its flections set for next month AP.
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    • 34 4 SAN SAEBASTIAN (Spain), Fri. The police chief of a Basque town was shot dead this morning by three men with revolvers, sources said. The shooting was at Beasian m Guipuzcoa prcvince. AFP.
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    • 33 4 NICE. Fri. French police last night announced the arrest of six Italian suspects and the recovery of over US$2 million (Stt.3) worth of stolen stocks and bonds and other securities. AFP.
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    • 397 4 Sadat: We're on verge of peace accord ALEXANDRIA, Fri But Carter is more cautious PRESIDENT Sadat said today he believes Egypt and Israel are "on the verge" of signing a peace treaty except for "a few words." But President Carter was more cautious, saying that "there are still some problems,"
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    • 148 5 Times back on the streets in April I.OMMIN, Fri. Britain's oldest and most Influential dally newspaper. The Times, yesterday announced It planned to resume publication on April H. Management of the TimeN newspaper group and labour unions agreed early yesterday, after II hours of overnight talks with Kmptoyment Minister Albert
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    • 86 5 France backs Rumania's foreign policy BUCHAREST, Fri. Rumania received backing from France, for its independent foreign policy line yesterday when President Valery Giscard d'Estaing said East-West detente should take national independence into account. The French leader told President Nirolae Ceausesru. his host for a three-day visit, that detente required a
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    • 507 5 For protecting Gulf oil routes NEW YORK. Fn THE Carter Administration, worried about stability m the Middle East and the protection of oil routes leading out of the Persian Gulf, is considering the creation of an Indian Ocean fleet to bolster American influence m
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    • 174 5 GENEVA, Fri. World airlines will meet at the end of this month to discuss possible increases m passenger fares and freight rates because of increased fuel prices, it was announced yesterday. The conference, to start on March 28 and last two or three
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    • 35 5 DELHI. Fri. Prime Minister Morarji Desai has written to Pakistan President General Zia-Ul-Haq "expressing concern" over their reported preparations to develop a nuclear bomb, the Delhi newspaper Indian Express reported this morning. AFP.
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    • 270 5 Arabs to plan for best use of oil reserves ABU DHABI, Fri. At ab scientists, economists and technicians have agreed to work out an energy policy to make the best use of remaining Arab oil reserves. At the first Arab Energy Conference, which ended here yesterday, delegates from 22 countries
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    • 348 6 US seeks ban on 'how-to' article on N-bomb WASHINGTON, Friday THE United States Government has asked a court to prevent the publication of a magazine article which it said would help other countries developthermonuclear weapons. The action was taken last night by AttorneyGeneral Griffin Bell against the Progressive magazine which
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    • 201 6 US may scrap air pact unless... WASHINGTON, Friday THE United States Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) may scrap the British-American air agreement unless Britain shows more flexibility over prices and access to routes, according to a document obtained by Reuters. In an internal memorandum on US Negoti .un? strategy, CAB pricing
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    • 276 6 Probe into student visa frauds NEW YORK, Fri IN ITS latest effort to ensure foreign students m the United States are indeed going to school, the Justice Department is cracking down on colleges that allow aliens to get student visas without enrolling. The department said yesterday it has begun a
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    • 79 6 Stole more than what they wanted DETRIOT. Fri. Thieves who stole a 0.5 cubic metre freezer from a warehouse apparently got a lot more than they bargained for. Police yesterday said the freezer held 70 pint-sized clear plastic bottles of serum believed contaminated with infectious hepatitis virus. "Somebody stole that
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    • 59 6 CANBERRA. Kri The Austra lian Government yesterday introduced legislation that would impose a new penalty uf life m prison without option of a fine for persons convicted of trafficking m commercial quantities of all drugs Under the law, narcotics agents investigating drug offences would be able to
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    • 188 6 NIXON BID TO STOP PLANS FOR LISTENING POSTS WASHINGTON, Fri. Mr Richard Nixon filed suit yesterday to block government plans for setting up centres around the country where anyone can put on earphones and listen to tapes of White House Watergate conversations. The former US President called the plan an
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    • 69 6 TOKYO. Fri A gangster who helped cheat Japanese tourists of nearly US$3 million m a card game at a South Korean hotel was sentenced today to three years hard labour. The Tokyo District Court said Katsuhiko Yoshihara, 36. and two other members of the crime syndicate
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    • 53 6 PORT MORESBY. Fri Two volranologistf have been killed by an eruption of the Karkar volcano, north of Madang m Papua New Guinea, the Rabaul Observatory said today. They were Mr Robin Cooke. a 40-year-old Australian, and Mr Klias Ravian. a Papua New Guinea national, who was m
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    • 45 6 SANTIAGO, Fri. The Chilean military government has decided to extend the state of emergency which has prevailed for more than five years, reports said. The state of emergency was introduced m September 1973 following the military coup against President Salvador Allende AFP
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    • 38 6 NEW DELHI. Fri. Seventy-five people have been killed m an avalanche m the Lahaul Valley at the foot of the Himalayas near Simla. 450 kms north of here, the United News of India reported today. AFP.
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    • 160 6 ATHENS, Krl A woman diased a lawyer with petrol and set him afire hecaase he failed to wia her divorce ease, police said today. The lawyer was killed and the fire spread to nearby offices. Police said Nlkl SkaarU, 52, walked iato the
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  • 221 7 Two new towns to have 70 schools THIRTY-NINE schools will be built m Bedok New Town alone while 31 schools will spring up m Ang Mo Kio New Town, the Minister for National Development, Mr Teh Cheang Wan, announced yesterday. This is m line with policy of locating more i
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  • 193 7 LORRY driver Scan Chea Hee, who was among six people dealt with m a district court yesterday for driving or riding while under disqualification, was fined a total of $1,400 and banned from driving all classes of vehicles foi 10 years. He was also
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  • 24 7 THE Buona Vista community BBHM »dl hold a talk on the imimiancr of mental health m chiMhood at 8 p.m. on Wednesday
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  • 68 7 THE National Productivity Board will hold a course on Materials Store Accounting and Control from March 28 to April 6 between 7 p.m. and 9.30 p.m. The board will also be conducting a course. Local Labour I.aws from March 19 to April 4 between 9 a.m. and
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  • 184 7 Judge allows divorce cabbie's request A TAXI-DRIVER who has five children (all girls) told the High Court on Thursday that after his estrangement from his wife, only the eldest child, aged 13, is now with him while the others are with their mother. Mr Lim Khye Huat. of Changi Road,
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  • 156 7 NEW NATION cameraman Steven I^e has won the first prize m the Singapore National Union of Journalists (SNUJ) news photo competition. His prize-winning picture shows a man wielding a chopper and an iron rod confronting a detective protecting himself with a baton and a
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  • 370 7  -  N.G. KUTTY By A 41-YK AK Ol.l) construction worker yesterday recalled how he and two other colleagues stood "horrified and hclplt-ss" a> three other colleagues hurtled some l» metres to their drath down an uncompleted lift well m King George's Avenue, off
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  • 43 7 THE Central Adult and Young People's Section of (he National Library and the Singapore Family Plaining and Population Board are organising an exhibition on Family Planning m the National Library from March 14 to 17 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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  • 140 7 Jurong firm awarded $6m contract JURONC Kngineoring has won a $6 million contract to earn ol W()|k '<" the proposed Royal Thai Naval Dockyard near Ilanckok The company, a subsidiary of Juronj; Shipyard, won the contract after boating several firms, including South Korean ones. The contract calls for the design,
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  • 51 7 TDK Mctinnohian YMCA will hold its Dag day an March 17 lo laise funds for iis project tnv ilv ing children and youths It will also stall projects involving youths using mini hikes anil having a mobile rectcat on centre, to mark the International Year of the
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  • 727 8 SECRET societies, once feared during the Fifties for their clandestine operations and violent gangland clashes may disappear within the next 20 years and become purely of academic and historical interest. The non-triad societies are slowly disintegrating to become little more than
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  • 157 8 CHINESE Foreign Trade Minister Li Chiang will visit Singapore on March 18 to explore the possibility of closer economic cooperation. He will lead a nine-mem-ber mission m talks with Finance Ministry officials and businessmen from the private sector. Mr Li, who will be
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  • 90 8 UOL plans new share issue UNITED Overseas Land will issue 13.5 million ordinary shares of $1 each to Orient Leasing Company of Japan at $1.50 per share. The issue is subject to the approval of UOL ordinary stockholders at an extraordinary general meeting on March 28. It will represent about
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  • 266 8 Top police officer slated to be GM of Cisco ONE of Singapore's Up police officers, Asst. Commissioner Lionel Chee, 48, is slated to be the general manager of Cisco. It Is undrrMOMi that Sootland Yard-trained Mr Cher, wha ha.s already been seconded to (isco, will act m the post pending
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  • 53 8 THE Deputy Director (Operations). PSA. Mr Cheng Tong Seng, and the master of the conlainership. Nedlloyd Hoorn, Captain N.P. TUlemar, exchanged gifts yesterday to mark the vessel's maiden voyage to Singapore. The Nedlloyd Hoorn operated by the Scan-Dutch group, now starts weekly full container sailings between the Far
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  • 1006 9  -  PAUL JANSEN By A PUBLIC opinion poll conducted recently by a professional survey research organisation has shown that generally the population of Singapore has a positive image of the police. In the survey, conducted under the sponsorship of Times Organisation Singapore by
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  • 68 9 Ratings of police on selected characteristics Characteristic ExFairly Just a bit Not at all Total tremely Efficient 24.3% 68.8% 5.6% 1.3% 100% Intelligent 16.6% 76.0% 6.6% 0.9% 100% Friendly 14.9% 71.3% 11.7% 2. 1 100% Secretive 15.9% 25.7% 32.3% 26.2% 100% Rude 1.0% 8.6% 30.8% 59.7% 100% Interfering 1.4% 6.0%
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  • 171 9 Passports of 100 taken, then returned IMMIGRATION officials took away the passports of about 100 Indian tourists for investigation when the passenger ship, Chidambaram, docked here on Thursday. The passports.which were taken away because the tourists were low on money,were returned to them when it was learnt that they had
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  • 106 9 Applicants told: Switch to these flats THE Housing Board is to build fewer modified corner flats m its new housing estates and more three- and four-room ordinary flats. As such, the HDB has advised about 8,000 applicants of modified corner flats to switch their applications to the ordinary three- or
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  • 78 9 Shed swept away AN hour-long storm which swept through Jurong and Tengah areas last night carried away a steel car shed for more than X metres at the Toyolron Private Ltd., m Shipyard Road, Jurong. No one was injured, but m the process, it ripped down an electrical lamp-post before
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  • 28 9 THE management committee of the Siglap community centre will hold a talk cum film show on Droplel and Food Handling Infection at 5 p.m. next Saturday.
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  • 24 9 THE youth executive committee ill the Kampung Chai Chee youth centre will hold its biennial general meeting at 2 p.m. next Sunday.
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  • 241 9 Safety campaign to be launched for cyclists POLICE are launching an island-wide campaign to ensure road safety among cyclists. Cyclists found flouting traffic laws will be booked or warned by traffic and divisional police, depending on the seriousness of the offences. The more serious offences include riding against the flow
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  • 109 9 THE Indonesian Minister far Research and Technology, Dr. B.J. Habibie, arrived bere yesterday to accompany Mr. Let Kuan Yru to Batam Island on Sunday. Speaking to KTS, be said his government experts to sign an agreement with Singapore by tke middle of
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  • 343 11 THE Industrial Arbitration Court (lAC) yesterday ordered the National Aerated Water Company to reinstate six employees which it dismissed on grounds of redundancy and reorganisation. The court found that five of the employees were sacked because they were members of the Singapore Industrial
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  • 92 11 These seven can vote, ministry rules THE Labour Ministry has ruled that seven of the 12 Class B officers of the Banque Natlonale de Pans can vote m a secret ballot for union membership. New Nation reported yesterday that flve others cannot vote as they are specialists. Including auditors and
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  • 286 11 Kelongs go into fish farming with cage-nets SOME 20 krlon? owners have ventured into commercial fish farming m coastal waters using intensive cagenet culture, a method developed by the Primary Production Department. The Ccparunent's latest bulletin reported that the method enabled rearing of fish m floating wire cages or nylon
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  • 122 11 MAN AND BOY FALL TO DEATH AN elderly man and a boy fell to their deaths Irom housing board flats yesterday morning. The unidentified man, about 65. was found dead on a ledge on the first floor of Block 56, Oeylang Bahru at 6.42 a.m. Police described him as 1.65
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  • 48 11 THE National Productivity Board will hold a course on the supervisor and his Job at the NPB town training centre at Hotel Royal Ramada from March 26. Course fee is *80 for members and $100 (or others. Ring *****5 ext. 147 for details.
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  • 25 11 THE Singapore Science Cenire will hold two science demonstrations (or the public on Wednesday at 11.30 a.m. and 3 p.m. at its auditorium.
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  • 116 11 DISCIPLINARY action taken against silat instructors by their organisations will not affect their right to teach the martial art, according to a Berita Harian report. Further, their Silat instructors certificate will not be revoked by the Martial Arts Control Unit (Macu > A Macu
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  • 44 11 Population at 2.35 m SINGAPORE'S population m December last year was 2.35 million compared with 2.32 million In December 1977. Of these. \2 million or 51 per cent were males. By ethnic groups, there were 1,789.000 Chinese 353,000 Malays, 160,300 Indians and 46,900 others
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    • 151 11 What's new at Metro Have you seen the new arrivals m the Ladies Department m every Metro store? Just yr^ unpacked is a great new range of leather goods elegant shoes from Spain, and from Italy, l\ roomy all-occasion tote bags and soft styles m disco bags. Come on over
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    • 248 12 rI<jHOTRIC*ITOHCmiOrTEu*HCmiOTEI>H r TO S 1 MR. SHIN KYUK HO, S PRESIDENT OF LOTTE GROUP OF COMPANIES g 5 ON THE GRAND OFFICIAL OPENING OF 5 a HOTEL LOTTE, SEOUL, KOREA ON 10TH MARCH 1979. I i li i I g HOTEL LOTTE SEOUL KOREA C. P. O. BOX 3500 SEOUL,KOREA,
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  • 110 13 INJURY is »nly a carelew slip away for tbeat tw« construction workers painting thr rMfUp the new Havp|«x>k R«»d commanity eeatre. HffiamHy aMlvtou U Uhtmmf iMiKkt %mi da,ngir, (key lMk<4 irla\rd and anhanird la thrir work, •itk m thMßht a( safrtv
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  • 159 13 NO PAY LEAVE' OFFICER: DEDUCTION PUT OFF The Finance Ministry budget section has instructed the Police Department to defer deduction of the February and Mar h salaries of an officer for his 31 days of "no pay leave." The ministry's instructions came after a request by the Amalgamated Union of
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  • 102 13 Employed two without licence THE proprietor of Ho Kar Choon Musical Revue at New Bridge Road. Ho Ah Sian. was fined a total of $400 by a magistrate yesterday after he pleaded guilty to employing two girls, C'heaw l-iy Khim. 13, and Koh Lai Eng. 12, to give public entertainment
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  • 543 13 THE Development Bank of Singapore (DBS) has come out with what may be the most rational answer to the Post Office Savings Bank's (POSB) dominance of the savings deposit market. It may also be the first salvo m a battle among banks here
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  • 50 13 MORE than 800 developers' packets have so far been sold under the Urban Redevelopment Authority's seventh and biggest sale of sites for private development. The URA sale of sites m the Central Area closes on March 15 and that for the Marina Centre on May 25.
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  • 244 13 PENALTIES for contravening the provisions of the Rubber Industry Act have been raised from $10,000 to $25,000 under a Rubber Industry (Amendment) Bill which was given a first reading m Parliament on Monday. Where the Rubber Association of Singapore is satisfied, after railing on a member
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  • ACROSS THE CAUSEWAY 1
    • 536 14 K. LUMPUR, Fri MALAYSIA has taken further diplomatic moves to explore China's views to try to bring about an early negotiated settlement to the Sino- Vietnamese conflict. The Foreign Ministry has instructed the Malaysian ambassador m Peking, Datuk Abdul Rahman Jalal, to explain
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    • 50 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri Malay eta. which ha* more than a quarter o( a million drug addict*, la to host a conference on drug abuse next month to be attended by countries from the Commonwraith, the Pacific region and Aaean. Malaysian Home Minuter Tan Sri Chazall said yesterday Rmiter
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    • 28 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. Chinese Foreign Trade Minister Li Chiang will arrive here on Tuesday with a nine-member trade delegation far a six-day visit to Malaysia. NST.
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    • 322 14 Union urges Hussein not to tighten labour laws KUALA LUMPUR, Friday THE Prime Minister has been urged not to consider tightening labour legislation just because of the action of one union m the recent Malaysian Airlines System dispute. I In an open letter to Datuk Hussein Onn, the Metal Industry
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    • 193 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. A $1 -ni'lion lighthouse has been built near Batu Pahat m pie) -a rat ion for the Introduction of the proposed traffic separation scheme m the Straits of Malacca. Two more such navigational aids would be built under this scheme, Transport
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    • 163 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Berjuntai Tin Dredging Bhd. announced today that its negotiations with Kumpulan Perangsang Selangor Bhd (KPS) over the leases of its land have been resolved satisfactorily. A statement said KPS has "transferred" to Berjuntai the leases to the 1,600 hectares
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    • 41 14 TELUK ANSON. Fri. Coffee shop owner Chua Chuan Lock. 68. was killed and nine people were injured, six seriously, when the bus they were m collided with a tanker at the six km Jalan Batak Rabit here today. NST.
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 1551 14 -A meeting of experts Mr.A.G.H. Elsegood, Service Manager of Pitman Publishing Ltd., London, who \^i^ty9t^ s a well-known authority on Pitman shorthand, addressing a group of y\ shorthand teachers at ATT Secretarius. If you are thinking of a secretarial career, please call A fl^^ ATT SECRETARtUS 75 Tanglin Road '^HHV
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 313 14 Straits Times Crossword ACROSS authoiised routes they 1 Don't ve-* .■uuiil pa-aicn do malicious damage i9>. m uic c«*e Km 1 Eastern princess lying m 4 wine sunjiieu uy drink- tiuie m a uuny cue O>lug |iMt Lompiat fe.ui 8 Requne a nauative poem bag <o>. th«t s heartless, sh.irp
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  • ACROSS THE CAUSEWAY 2
    • 436 15 Norwegian: Pirates killed my wife MUARA (Brunei), Friday SULU Sea pirates have struck again, this time killing a woman on a yacht about 248 km north of Sandakan Her husband said he and their three-year-old son were lucky to escape with their lives. The story of the harrowing ordeal was
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    • 337 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The government has appointed a leading American law firm to challenge the US Government's proposal to impose countervailing tariffs on Malaysian textile exports. Lawyers from the Washingtonbased firm were here last week for discussions with Trade and Industry Ministry officials
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    • 221 15 KOTA KINABALU, Fri. Taxi drivers here have devised stringent measures aimed at safe-guarding their lives, including the fixing of "danger lamps" on their vehicles. When switched on, the lamps give "SOS signals" that will alert police patrols. These measures are being taken m
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    • 104 15 ADB team to study jetty crack KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. A team from the Asian Development Bank will arrive here later this month to help determine the nature of the crack at a jetty of the Kuantan Port whose opening has been postponed indefinitely. Transport Ministry secretaryge ral Haji Mohamed Noor
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    • 190 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri Malaysian lawyers have strongly protested to the government against what they call ill-treatment of people held m detention without trial under stringent security laws. A lengthy memorandum sent to the government by the Bar Council listed allegations of prolonged solitary confinement.
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    • 161 15 KROH, Fri. Communist fraerillM ambushed Malaysian army rmvoy •a a mala read near the Thai harder, killing tw« ••Idlers and seriously wounding five other*. It was announced here Uday. Perak Mrntrl Besar Datuk Han Mohamrd Teh told newsmen In this harder town that
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    • 31 15 HAYEAN i ORANGE EXPERIENCE t EVERYMy. i I 7 4 1 LA 4 A T 4 k 1 k S y k wtiMorm k XL l k I 4 4 t
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  • 4940 16 OFFICER Krupke. he shouldn r be here this boy don't need a couch, he ne*ds a useful career. Society's played him a terrible trick und. sociologically, he's sick! (Chorus: 'We are sick, sick, sick, like we §M sociologically sick')... "Dear kindly social worker,
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    • 76 16 H^L .^b^L^bW^b^B I^V m^ttr*^' \-3 act'- 3^. A I i Isetan sets a new track record! ™sO Iseton races ahead with the largest selection of radio-controlled toys and hobby kits m town. We're first m the line-up with ready-assembled racers to run as you direct or S'pore^Teiephone 432^ challenging make-it-yourself
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  • Page 17 Advertisements
    • 319 17 Parfums Rochas Paris thank Davidson Singapore (Pte) Ltd for their excellent past services and wish to inform the trade that the agency transfer m January 1979 was due to conflicting agency interests a PARFUMS ROCHAS PARIS Who can measure up to your every room aircon need? IHHffiHHBH^H§HHi^^ The Carrier Man
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  • 381 18 The Straits Times SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 1979 MINIMUM FUZZ THE results of a survey on public attitudes towards the police mast give a lift to our boys m blue. Using a random sample of 1,000 persons, the study was based on a questionnaire designed by the police. Assuming that the
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  • 364 18 SOVIET Premier Alexei Kosy gin's visit to India is obviously not unconnected to the recent thawing m Sino-Indian relations. But m fact it had been arranged before Indian Foreign Minister A.B. Vajpayee's ill-starred trip to Peking some three weeks ago. What has prompted Mr Kosygin to come
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  • 491 18 T.F. Hwang takes you down memory lane Wise Words. They abound m great books of old. Schoolkids m my time learnt by rote proverbs, maxims, sayings and great literature pieces. To good purpose, m good time. Community elders frequently referred to wise words from sages while addressing conferences and assemblies.
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  • 596 18 Editorials from Malaysian newspapers this week. AGAINST A background of rising oil prices, it is natural that consumers of electricity here, particularly big industrial and commercial users, should be worried that higher rates may come. Energy Minister Leo Moggie's recent assurance that at the moment no further
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  • 1102 18  -  PATRICK SEALE By THE Arabian (iulf appears to be the next political tinderbox with the present miasma of conflicts destabilising the geopolitics of the region. We carry two articles today on the volatile situation there: One on the perils facing Saudi Arabia's ruling junta of
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  • 600 18  - New war being fought with old weapons JOHN FIALKA m Washington By IMAGINE A war on remote turf m which each side is pounding away at the other using 20-year-old Russian weapons at outposts along a mountain road, and you have some idea of what's involved m the escalating fighting
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    • 8 18 j IH i O_hCWW that puls no punches.
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  • FORUM
    • 330 19 I WOULD like to complain about the Ministry of Health's rules on whom blood donors can nominate to receive medical benefits. As a regular donor. I have no real problem m that I nominated my mother to receive the benefits as she requires medical attention regularly.
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    • 1149 19 IN THIS United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (Unicef) survey, some of Thailand's children speak their minds on a gamut of subjects ranging from adults ("They are not very good at doing their jobs") to the scourge
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    • 123 19 COULD THK Housing Beard clarify as to whether the CATV (central television antenna) fee of $5 is valid for a full year. Ours was installed m September 1978. When it came Into use m October 1978, I paid $5 assuming that
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    • 194 19 I AM writing this letter m the interest of companies that need manpower, and who have no choice but to recruit Malaysians and other foreigners. Singaporeans are not keen to work m factories like those m the timber trade, and other non-air-conditioned factories. Nowadays,
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    • 65 19 WE WISH to reply to the letter from "Spirit" (ST. Feb 28). We would like to assure "Spirit" that there is a wide range of fare m our programming. We do not. however, telecast ghos\ and horror movies beCSUM of the effect that such programmes
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    • 69 19 WE WISH to inform your correspondent, "Safety Kiist (ST 20 Feb), that the Public Works Department has already acted to provide traffic lights at the junction of Ang Mo Kio Avenues 1 and 3. Tenders wore called last month and work is expected to start soon.
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    • 162 19 '41 MODULkR *SS j 6>f!j<f booking mode KITCHEN SET 10% /r^ j a I* w from 17ttl Fob tO Thls ©'egantly-styled cabinets are made from tou^~i '/^Km 9 /IP 4 AM* UNM>k 'TO MELAMINE chipboard and laminated on the v IQIII muivil outside with green wood grain TACON polyester. >
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  • TIMES CITY DESK
    • 37 20 THE last transacted ready sale al the close of business on the Slock Exchange of Singapore yesterday compared with the previous day's prices together with 1978 high and low ('Adjusted for scrip/ rights Issue). 1
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    • 182 20 (letting lone: Mixed. Turnover: Official figures supplied by the Stock Exchange of Singapore including odd lots "Ready" totalled: 3.027.000 units valued at $7,141,000. Industrials accounted for 1.523,000, finance 379,000, hotels 107,000, properties 439,000, debentures, loans and bonds nil. oil palms 1,000, tins 86,000, and rubbers 490.000. "Settlement contracts"
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    • 1436 20 BID and offer prices officially listed and business In and rhange of Singapore yesterday with I he number of shares traded shown In brackets In lots of 1.000 units unless otherwise specified All Times .Settlement Contracts are quoted after the word "sett". Bm Board deal In lots
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    • 135 20 4 1/2% 1/8/80 (250.000) (09.32B 99.40S) 4 3/4% 15/9/80 (250.000) (99.57B 99.67S) 5 1/4% 1/3/81 (250.000) 100 22B 100.26S) 5% 15/4/81 (250.000) (99.61B 99.71S) 5 r i TK 1/5/83 (250.000) (100.IOB MUM) V<. 13/11/84 (250.000) (100 00B 1O0.05S) 7% 15/4/85 (250.000) (100.85B HUH) TH 1/8/85 (250.000)
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    • 1525 20 BID and offer prices officially I listed and business In and I reported to the Kuala Lumpur Stork Exchange yesterday with the number of shares traded shown In brackets in lots of 1 .000 units unless otherwise specified IMII STKI\I.S tk-wn Iffii iuu (1 *ih> iii2S0(iu« Dm .ukMlllttSi
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    • CHIEF PROCE CHANGES
    • OVERSEAS MARKETS
      • 122 20 HONGKONG Stock prices closed firmer over abroad front m moderate trading, dealers said. The Hang Seng index closed 5.46 points up al 533.74. After a quiet, hesitant start,prices moved steadily higher on the strength of overseas markets and with investors not anticipating a local interest rale rise this weekend.
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      • 60 20 Share prices closed higher in limited trading yesterday led by high-priced issues and speculatives, dealers said. The Dow Jones average rose 16.93 to close at 6,042.94 points, with a volume at 220 million shares. The New index closed at 447.19, up 1.10 points. Export-orientated electricals rose reflecting an overnight
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      • 226 20 THE Kll.oliAK market opened ai SJ6.7K5 and closed at $16,874 in Singapore yesterday In the Far East, gold opened at UB $239 30 239 70 It moved down to a low of $238.90 239 30 before recov- ■i -n« to a high of $241.00 40 as new buying interest
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      • 130 20 (HINKSK KKlllH I K K\< H\M,r SINUAPOKK. NOON CLOSING PUCKS PKk fli 1 I. YESTKRDAV: Cw«Mt «U: Bulk S12S sellers, old drum $130 sellers, new drum JUS sellers C*pra: Mixed (loose) UK Corn $79 00 buyers Pepper: Muntofc ASTA while lob IOC. NI.W $322 50 sellers. Sarawak while
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      • 55 21 SYDNEY. Fri Stock prices closed mixed m active trading, dealers said Ampol Exploration gained nine cents to $1.64 while AOG cltsed five cents ahead at 99 ceils. BHP was erratic, climbing to $11 00 at the opening, falling back to $10.80 and closing at $10.85 for a
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      • 122 21 NEW YORK. Thurs. The stixk market closed at its highest level since the end of January today, with casino shares at the forefront of the rally. Analysts said the two major factors that contributed to the advance were the fact that the US wholesale price statisticsfor
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      • 29 21 ZURICH. Thurs Prices finished barely steady m moderate trading with investors cautious after the strong rise of the Swiss consumer price index m February, dealers S.IIII
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      • 59 21 AMSTERDAM. Thurs. Share prices closed lower m general with Royal Dutch 0.20 guilder higher ahead of its 1978 results due to be announced Later today, dealers said. Weak shares included KNSM. Heineken. KLM and liisi Broc.-ules, closing three. 210. IN) and 130 guilders lower, respectively. Nationale Nederlanden.
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      • 49 21 LONDON. Thurs The market closed firmer m active trailing on investor confidence m the economic outlook, dealers said. But equities saw some profit taking and finished below the day s best levels At 3pm the Financial Times index was up 3.3 points at 5002
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      • 64 21 FINANCIAL TIMES INDUSTRIALS Thursday 500 3 Wednesday 488.9 Week Ago 478.1 DOW JONES AVERAGE INDUSTRIALS Thursday 844.85 Wednesday 834.29 Week ago 815.84 LONDON DOLLAR PREMIUM Thursday 80 to 80' 1 Wednesday 79 to 79 H.K.HANG SENG Friday 533.74 Thursday 528.28 Week ago 522.00 SYDNEY INDUSTRIALS Friday 489.79 Thursday
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    • COMMODITIES
      • 133 20 THE STRAITS tin price edged another $4 lower to $1,921 per (mill in Penang yesterday on an official offering down SO tonnes to 135 tonnes. The overnight London market was firmer with forward buyers sagging another L45 to 1.7.165 per tonne. LONDON:- Tin on the day was up £12
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      • 30 20 Rubber: March 9 Singapore: April: 249.00 cents (up 2.50 cents Malaysia: April 252.50 cents (up 2.75 cents) Tin: $1,921 (down $4) Official offering: 135 tonnes (down 50 tonnes)
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      • 34 20 LONDON: Copper prices on Thursday (previous in brackets). Wirebar Spot L980.50 (£993). sellers £981.50 (£994); Three Month buyers 1397 (El .011. sellers (ju£998. (£1.011. 50). Market Use: Steadier after easier Sale*: 15.775 tonnes.
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      • 293 20 OPENING quotations m the Singapore rubber market yesterday were marked up following the recovery m London overnight, dealers said. Later the market fluctuated narrowly m quiet trading. The morning session closed quiet. The afternoon session was quiet and unchanged but levels improved slightly after the close on some weekend
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    • 337 20 TRADING on the Stock Kxrhange of Singapore yesterday was typical of a market that was entering a transitional phase. II was just touch and go most of the way with investors still adopting a wait-and-see attitude. Blue chips still find favour among these big, often
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    • 276 20 SHARE prices on the Kuala Lumpur stock market yesterday were marked higher initially, but later retreated under a combination of light profit-taking and stale-bull selling. On balance, the market closed on a narrowly mixed note, with mostly small price changes on the day. Sime Darby, on the other
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    • Money and exchanges
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      • 53 20 ASIAN currency deposit interbank rates as at close on March 9: Closing Asian dollar certificates of deposit for prime names: Hid Offrr 1 month 10.45 lo :ts 2 months 10 55 10.45 3 months 1065 1055 4 months 10.75 10 65 :> months 10 90 10.80 6
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      • 88 20 Closing interbank ra Singapore dollftn on Man h B <>11.-r Bui OverniKhl 4 4 1 month 7 7 2 months 7 7 .< month* 7:1 11. Overnight mo<ie Roarer MarrlM Lyacfe latot national (Asia) DISCOUNT RANGE of pri<-es uifen-d by dis count houses i»n Man h I U\.-t
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      • 25 20 THE average rate at which Singapore I banks are currently prepared to lend to their best customers is 8 per cent. J
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    • 604 21 Guthrie forecasts 50pc rise in this year's profit THE BOARD of Guthrie Corporation has projected that its current year profit will be nearly 50 per cent higher than its forecast profit for 1978. The latest forecast is made m connection with the company's call to shareholders to reject Sime's offer
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    • 299 21 SIC 'no' to Singapore Paper Products share swap THE Securities Industry Council has ruled against the proposed sharp swap between Singapore Paper Products and two private companies, Bored Piling and SoU and Foundation. A SPPL aaaoaacement ■•Id tbe council ruled shareholders of these two private companies were acting la tmmeert
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    • 144 21 Queries on broker licence THE Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange has written to two members who are currently without licences to trade asking them whether they intend to appeal against the decision by the Registrar of Companies to turn down their licence applications about three weeks ago. The two brokers, Mr
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  • Page 21 Advertisements
    • 596 21 NGEE ANN TECHNICAL COLLEGE invites applications from suitably qualified citizens/permanent residents of Singapore and other ASEAN citizens to till the following posts m the MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DEPART MENT ond SHIPBUILDING REPAIR TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENTConsolidated Solary Scale (a) Lecturer I $1315x65 1835/ 1900x65-2420 (b) Assistant Lecturer $1120x65-1250 (c) Senior Academic Instructor $1245x*****5/
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    • 619 21 I National ■^StTTiEiJ Matsushita Electronics, a leading manufacturer of electrical/electronics products offers Technical Training m Japan and a career m our new colour T.V. department as: ASSISTANT PRODUCTION LEADERS ITC m either electronics/electrical or production engineering Preference given to those withsome experience m either colour TV assembly and/or repair Ability
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    • 442 21 L®J INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION r*Y\ SINGAPORE Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for the following Lectureship posts (A) LECTURERS IN PRESCHOOL EDUCATION Qualifications (1) Candidates must hove speciohst Kmdergarten/infant training overseas for teaching five year old children with specialisation m one or more of the following areas(a) Eorly childhood
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    • 740 22 II EMPLOYMENT CORRESPONDENCE SECRETARY CUM GIRL FRIDAY to Chief Executive/Director Requirements: 1 Minimum qualification (iCE A level 2 Must have good command of spoken and written English and Mandarin (al It-ast o level credit m English and Chinese) X Must be able lo correspond independently 4 Kasi and accurate typing
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    • 650 23 QUIRES Male/Female Salea Representatives. Basic salary, transport allowance Tel *****64 EXPERIENCED SALESGIRLS required for batik boutique Please apply personally for interview to: 3rd floor. r"2 K3 Mandarin Hotel Shopping Arcade. Orchard Road. EXPERIENCED SALESGIRLS wanted Please call personally al: G76. K along Shopping Centre. Spore IS. after 11am FAST SELLING
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    • 610 23 VACANCY FOR SALESMAN lo handle chemical cleaning products for building and factory maintenance. Experience would be an advantage. Reply to: S.T Box A***** WANTED SALES REPRESENTATIVES for a printing firm. Preference will be given to candidates who have completed National Service Please apply with a recent photograph (nonreturnable) to P.
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    • 571 23 Established furniture manufacturer requires the following: OUALITY CONTROLLER c Ability to read technical drawing c Will have full control and responsibility over quality c Able to work with large production fore? c Experience m woodworking and furniture makii.; Is essential c Able to report to managerial level SKILLED FITTERS c
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    • 634 23 INJECTION MOULDING FOREMEN with some years of relevant experience and willingness to work hard are Invited to call: Mrs Ip Tel: *****94 for Interview appointment. Leading Shipyard m Jurong invites applications for1. Draughtsmen Male or Female with 4 yea's experience In ship building 2- Juniof Of MftptitsnMfl School certificate with
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    • 675 23 SINGAPORE ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING PTE LTD requires Draughtsmen for iLs Aviation Division In Selelar. Applicants should possess the GC.E 'O' Level with credits In Mathematics. Physics and Technical Drawing or its equivalent Candidates must have a knowledge of electrical wiring diaKram and some relevant working experience An attractive salary of about
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    • 716 23 RYOOCN (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD invites applications for the post of: SPECIALIST SALES EXECUTIVE lor specialised equipment for buildings Minimum qualification Singapore Polytechnic diploma In Flectronics Singapore citizens or permanent residents only with good connections with contractors, architects and consultants Must possess own transport Apply m own handwriting giving personal particulars,
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  • Page 24 Advertisements
    • 1477 24 II EMPLOYMENT '31 Situat ons Vacant t) OsMNMVI An established Electronic Manufacturing Company urgently invites applications from suitable candidates to fill the post of STORE SUPERVISOR c Minimum GCE O Level or 1 Is equivalent c Al least 4 year working experience m similar rapacity c Good knowledge m electronic
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    • 1258 24 II EMPLOYMENT GARMENT MANUFACTURER REQUIRES Lady cutter experl-en.-ed/inexpenenced and general workers Interested, call 2MOISB during office hours GENERAL HELPER URGENTLY required Primary Six or Secondary Education with some working experience Salary offered $240/- with other benefits Applicants must possess Class 3 Driving Licence. Call al 3823. Block 2 Redhlll Industrial
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    • 1098 24 II EMPLOYMENT A M. jmlLf ssTtMlBsH BsaTal IBs\ vttsd from surtafcry qua KM psrsoirs to fill tin fD.kjw.nf wcancifs: AUDIT CLERKS Rsquir-mtnts: GCE '0' Ltvtl and LCC Intermedinte Book kttping. WORKSHOP RECEPTIONIST/ CLERKS Require mants: Completed Secondary 4 preferably with technical/ vocational background and with jo me experience m servicing
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    • 1075 24 II EMPLOYMENT ■■■■B^ OFFICE PEON REOUMED urgent SECURITY GUARDS c Completed Primary education or higher c Physically fit with good eyesight. c Must be prepared to do shift work. c Ex-Mllllary/Pollce per-, sonnel or those with security experience would be an advantage. The Compeny oilers good working conditions and a
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    • 1115 24 II EMPLOYMENT TRAINEE COMPUTER OPERATOR (male) required to operate Wang 2200 mini-computer Qualification: GCE -O' level with credit In Maths Experience not necessary Please forward details with contact telephone lo PO. Box 153. Tanglin Post Olflce. Spore 10. VACANCIES FOR MALE i FEMALE FACTORY OPERATIVES c Attractive starting taiery Male
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  • Page 25 Advertisements
    • 1303 25 IV ACCOMMODATION k PROPERTIES 51 ACCOmfWOOaVtrOO Vacant a) Momams lllMMfiritOialS PTE LTD 47-B OoMMa Plate t*oomwn Vtocfc Mwtovi Ao#o flwfpori KxcluMve detached available im- I mediately DSTN 1 1 $5,000 unfurnished t2) $2,800 furnished and also semi-detached m disl I II $2,800 furnished. Disl 10 $2,300 furnished 'Also available accommodation
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    • 1422 25 IV ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES WANTED MORE HOUSES/ flats for ready clients (families/singles) m all districts. Furnished/ unfurnished/partially furnished Contact *****6/*****59/ *****15 54 Properties For Sale a) Houses DETACHED 4-BEDROOMED BUNGALOW at postal district 12 Area 18.000 sq ft Cheap accessment Vacant possession. Selling: $175,000 on o Contact Amy: *****3. DIST. 10
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    • 555 25 IV ACCOMMODATION* PROPERTIES DISTRICT 15 GENUINE clients require apartments, semi-detach-ed houses, bungalows Purchase or for rent. Contact Ram Mahlani Real Estate Agency telephone *****0 DISTS. $710/11 houses/apartments wanted for Immediate purchase. Budget $150,000 $300,000 wllh/wtlhout tenancy Please call *****31/*****54. HOUSES/ APARTMENTS/LAND urpurchase. Flexible budgets. Principals call: *****77 ext. 9. I
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    • 523 25 FOR SALE/LEASE Flat factory, ground, mezzanine Ist. 2nd b 3rd floor at King George's Avenue/Lavender Street. Spore. Interested contact Mr. S Rengam: *****31 58 Office Space Vacant CHEAP BUT GOOO 240 sq.ft office space m Woh Hup Complex. Beach Road. sth floor $420 inclusive of maintenance Tel: *****00. GROUNOFLOOR SPACE
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    • 765 25 V SERVICES A BUSINESS AMY WEE OF Michelle Beauty Salon offers the most comprehensive training to be a Professional/ Personal Beautician It Hairdresser. New classes begin Ist of each month Telephones *****5/ *****39/ *****3 Now at 811. Far East Shopping Centre 75 Building Decoration/ Maintenance For better workmanahip and reliable
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    • 453 25 REMOVALS/TRANSPORT FOR short distance reasonable charge Call Conlal Decoration Contractors Pte Ltd. Tel: *****67/ *****64. TAXI. TRUCKS URGENT transport service. Phone Mr Lim/Mr Ton* *****3/*****3 79 For Hire 80 Hairdressmg PROFESSIONAL HAIRDRESSING COURSES Now commencing. Conducted by London Diploma Trained Teacher with experience of local requirements. RING *****03 OR *****8
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    • 721 25 VI EDUCATION TRAINING <4€BCoURSES I COMMERCIAL EDUCATION AFB STAMFORD OWLS' SCH CENTRE Import ano Export Proceojuree ano Documentation lor the Swei~ neesman Wed/Frl 7.00 -8.30pm 14 Mar Offtc# Proc#dur# lot Cl#ffci Tue/Frl 7.00 9.00 pm 16 Mar The Association ol Cert Wed Accountants (Foundation Eiam Part A) Tue/Frl 6.45 9.4S
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  • IX OBITUARIES
    • 50 26 wishes to thank all friends for their love-gift during the funeral service for the late Mr*. Sosamma Al*iand*r who was called to rest on 7.3.79. Please be assured that your girt will be fully used for the spreading of the glorious gospel of Jesus Christ ASIA EVANGELISTIC FELLOWSHIP
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      149 26 Passed away peacefully at a.ro a.m. on 9lh March. 1979 leaving behind Baaei Anthony Lim Meng Shal Peter Lim Meng Liang Daughters: Margaret. Theresa. Maureen Doreen Sons-ln-Law: Alfred Heng. Stephen Tay. Wong Kok Chew Chew Suang Heng Daughlersln-Law: Maureen Alison Adopted Son: Jang Kai Jang Grandchildren: Eight grand-sons
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    • 87 26 ESTATE DUTY PROBLEMS Our Mr. Lim may b* abl* to help you. EPATAS TAX SERVICES PTE LTD T*l: *****40. In ttv# •v#rl*»linfl m#fnof y of Ihe late MR. JAMES LIM CHWEE BENG who i*tl ua on 10.3.1977. Two yean haa paaaed but many pleasant memorial of him
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  • Page 26 Advertisements
    • 1154 26 VI EDUCATION TRAINING S«amfor<JQroupol College* ~^> I— lne-MnilliitUT— a»ra Aeia'a fuMy atfeontJMtoned and largaat moepeident reaource contra m Business Education CITY SCHOOL OF COMMERCE 218 QUEEN STREET SINGAPORE 7 Pre-Unlversity I A II Fulltime and Part-time Courses 1) GCE 'A' levei Commerce. Arts, and Science. 2) HSC (Commerce Stream). 3)
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    • 1081 26 I VI EDUCATION A TRAINING I r r TMCtVtn h»-' asttawl m Malhv Srieni ■<■ and English at all levels Tel *****6 MC7S3 *****64 EXPERIENCED TUTORS WILLING lo give tuition m all subjects/at your home/our centres Conversation also available *****3 43C122/ *****5 *****0/*****40 EXPERIENCED GRADUATE TUTOR required to teach A
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    • 983 26 I VII TRAVEL RESTAURANTS aaaM».a»a..a»— aa— aa—a— I l»?s«assss»»s^aasa^aasssssssss«aaasss»^iss»sssssssssssssssis»aassaassaaaaassa»sssssssssi I' "D USAHA EXPRESS TRANS UNIVERSAL PTE LTD lATA APPROVED AGENTS SELL ALL AIRLINES TICKETS ARRANGE TOURS TO JAKARTA, JOGJAKARTA BALI. DAILY DEPARTURE. G5/7. PEARLS CENTRE. 100 EU TONG SEN STREET. SINGAPORE 1. TEL. *****55 STPB TA 300 TOUR SUPER I
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    • 938 26 VIII ANNOUNCEMENTS PERSONAL 127 Lost A Found A MUCH LOVED male boxer called Trusty about 4 years old. white with brown and black patches missing around Sennett Estate near Cedar School since sth March Any information please call Mrs. Wong *****3 a rter6pm or before 10 am Reward given 129
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    • 1683 26 times Saturday car mart DECEMBER 1977 HONOA 550K Original bike, good condition. •a itli Komi suspension and safety lock Contact Yus tel: *****60 DEC 1971 CB 175 Honda $780 1966 Yamaha 80 rr $140 Aug 1977 TS 185 Yamaha $1,700 or exchange RXIOO 125 Tel: *****89 Patrick 1896-L. Blk 98.
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  • Page 27 Advertisements
    • 2679 27 tones Saturday car mart 1973 MERCEDES 230 Aircond MM steering, radio cassette Very good condition $17,800 Mad Mr Clua *****2 1*73 SUBARU 1400 DI. Aircon. radio i i ndition I lovri Rd off Killiney Rd 1*73 TOYOTA CROWN Deluxe. lape. eligible for PA R X price $11,800 ono Inlensted call
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    • 658 27 IfILMIW The list of applications will open at 12.00 noon on Wednesday March 7, 1979 GOVERNMENT OF MALAYSIA Issue of $650,000,000 Registered Stock Loan No. 1 1979 6.125% Per Annum Maturing January 31, 1982 6.375% Per Annum Maturing January 31, 1984 7% Per Annum Maturing January 31, 1989 7.625% Per
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    • 657 27 LAND SURVEYORS An East Malaysian Survey Organisation invites applications Irom Malaysian Citizens lor tit* loWnmnq positions to be based <n Sabah Position Job De»crlption Qualification Requirement SURVEYORS 'control surveys with ED M 'MIS (M'sia). RICS. MIS (Aust). •preliminary investigations MIS (N2) or equiveient tor the preparation ot layout 'at least
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    • 250 27 THK COMHANIKS ACT (Wi KDITION) IN THK UK. II (Ol XT OK THK Kll'l XI.X OK SINGAPORE KIRST MKKTIMi OK CKKMTOK.S AM) (ONTKIBI TOKIK.S Name or Cempmny Kie Hock Shipping (1971) Pte Limited. Address of Krgistered Office; formerly of No 48 Cecil Street. Singapore 1. Court: Supreme Court. Singapore 6.
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  • Page 28 Advertisements
    • 590 28 MALAYAN TIN DREDGING (M) BERHAD (Incorporated m Malaysia) UNAUDITED MINING AND FINANCIAL RESULTS FOR THE HALF YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 1978 Harf Year Half Year Year ended ended ended 3112 78 3112 77 30.6.78 Mining Results Output of tin concentrate piculs 26.094 20.621 42.464 (tonnes) 11.578) (1.247) (2,568) Average price
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    • 115 28 KENYATAAN TENDER KEMENTERIAN PERI'SAHAAN I'TAMA IBl' PEJABAT JABATAN FENYIASATAN KAJIBI'MI TENDER MP:KB/T/t«/t N».l/1» Hi Tender tender adalah dipe lawa untuk pembekalan 1 unit 35 mm micro film camera <2i Butir butlr lanjut dan bo rang tender boleh didapati di Pejabat Ketiia PengaraJi, Jab* tun Prnvlamntan Kajlbuml, Jalan Gurney, Kuala Lumpur.
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    • 666 28 Sime Darby Holdings Limited EXTRAORDINARY I GENERAL MEETING I NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of Sime Darby Holdings Limited will be held m The United Nations Room at The Regent of Kuala Lumpur Hotel, Jalan Sultan Ismail, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Monday 26th March 1979 at
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    • 605 28 UNIVERSITI PERTANIAN MALAYSIA SERDANG, SELANGOR Kenyataan Tawaran 3/79 Tawaran adalah dipelawa dari pembekal yang berdaftar dengan Universiti Pertanian Malaysia untuk melaksanakan dan membekal perkara-perkara berikut Rujukan Tender Jfils P«mb«kalan Harga Tarikh Peti Tender Sena»kah Tutup No. T. 9/79(803) Strength of Materials $10.00 29 3 1979 5 T. 10/79(102) Membekal polypropylene
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    • 534 28 TBrVyyJ PERBADANAN KEMAJUAN PELANCUNGAN MALAYSIA JAWATAN KOSONG Permohonan adalah dipelawa daripada Warganegara Malaysia yang berkelayakan untuk mengisi kekosong jawatan yang berikut (1) PEQAWAI KEWANGAN -Kumpulan A (Tetap) Gaji Bersih. $745 x 60 865 985 x 60 1225 1345 x 60 1705 x 100 2005. UMUR: (i) Caluncalun bagi lantikan terus
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  • Page 29 Advertisements
    • 908 29 Our client, an established timber company, invites applications A from suitably qualified persons for the following posts 1. FOREST MANAGER, with a B Sc m Forestry who has at least 9 years experience m logging operations and production. 2. PLANNING FORESTER, with a B Sc m Forestry who has at
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    • 696 29 GOVERNMENT OF BRUNEI VACANCIES IN THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT invites suitably qualified candidates for appointment as EDUCATION OFFICER and TEACHER for Teachers' Training College and Secondary Schools and TEACHER for Primary Schools. The following subjects are required:1) TEACHERS' COLLEGE: a) Mathematics c) Geography b) Science d) History 2) SECONDARY SCHOOL: a)
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    • 527 29 Permohonan adalah dipelawa daripada Warganegara Malaysia untuk mengisikan kekosongan-kekosongan berikut Jawatan: (A) Pegawai Perk hi dm at an Pertanian (B) Pengurus Projek (C) Pembantu Ladang Kod dan TanßKagaji: Untuk jawatan: (A) A18: $985 x 60 1.105/1.225 x 60 1.465/1,585 x 60 1.705 x 100 2.205. (B) B 8: $685 x
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    • 564 29 GOVERNMENT OF BRUNEI VACANCIES FOR DENTAL OFFICERS Applications are invited for appointment to the posts of Dental Officers m the Medical and Health Department, Brunei. QUALIFICATIONS: Applicants must possess any of the following qualifications a) L.D S/B.D.S (Singapore) or b) B.D.S. (Malaya) or c) Any degree, diploma or licence which
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  • Page 30 Advertisements
    • 628 30 I REFINERY PLANT OPERATORS I SHELL invites suitably qualified Singapore citizens to apply for the above positions based at Pulau Bukom Refinery Complex. THE JOB involves the operation m shift teams of modern petroleum processing plants and associated facilities. THE CANDIDATE we require should: have attained G.C.E. '0' level passes
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    • 434 30 Our client, a large U.S. corporation m the marine service industry invites application for the position of: REQOML I ncroums mnmcEß I (Salary: Up to $50,000) 1 The successful candidate: must possess a degree m accountancy or equivalent from a recognised tertiary institution m the U.S.A., Australia or the U.K.
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    • 521 30 Nov>s you get even better value for your money with NESCAFE^ Pkis that delicious, natural coffee freshness If you lead a busy life and always enjoy a You'll be surprised at how little it costs, good cup of coffee when you have a break, And the bigger the pack you
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  • 393 31  -  KOH VAN POH By THE English and Chinese stream GCE 'A' level results have dropped for the third year running, while Malay stream results have improved successively over the same period. An Education Ministry statement shows that 57.7 per cent of the
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  • 635 31 MISS Tan Mvi Hwa, 20. has succeeded m sending off St Andrew's School's last batch of pre-universi-ty students with a perfect score of five distinctions. This self assured 1973 Seap Games reserve m the athletic relay team is the school's top student m last
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  • Page 31 Advertisements
    • 190 31 «*ss PEOPLE'S EMPORIUM LTD. Geylang/Taniong Katong Road Spore 14 u<kn Round Htck t Sh'tn i '^^M B^ «**T »5.90 Mosnuiang Cleansing lonor H (phis Satura Fmthanef _^^^s^.«^^^ak Fn» V*M 1 SO. PANDA 8Mk 11 X I I^. •**fltf .11.90 V^ laW^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^V EGRET LaKi»a** Auto umbr«Hla 1^ 1 M^^Hl aaaaaaaaaa^aaaaaaV Plastic
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  • Page 31 Miscellaneous
    • 227 31 Bringing Up Father By Bill Kavanagh Hal Camp mo vt-xi I ALWAYS EXCEPT I NEVER I JK3&S IS ALWAYS IODONG 1I- HE TOOK" A NAP AT jAv/=A A H AVE A MARD i FOB YOUR J LEFT A^Y ABOUT YOUR APTERNOON HIS DESK BEFORE UAon X\ DAY AT THE LON©
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  • 412 32 'Ask exporting nations to supply more' PLASTIC mould and moulding manufacturers want the government to ask exporting countries to supply more raw materials at reasonable prices to ease the current "critical" shortage faced by the industry. tMn^nMHH The Singapore Plastic Mould and Moulding Manufacturers
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  • 146 32 MORE than $50,000 worth of tickets has been sold for the International Year of the Child Charity Show, to be staged at the National Theatre tonight and tomorrow. Proceeds will go to six welfare homes: The Singapore Children's Society, Singapore Association for Retarded Children,
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  • 217 32  - The chain that tripped a managing director SIT MENG CHUE By THIS was tlie chain at Cathay Cinema car park which tripped a managing director of a contractor's firm, Mr ('ting Hwa Nam, resaltUg m his lowing a front Woth and fracturing his left elhaw. Mr Ckag successfully claimed $l»,H»
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  • 428 32 Architects' future not so grim: Institute THE local employment situation facing architects is not as "grim" as portrayed by the editorial of the University of Singapore School of Architects Journal, the Singapore Institute of Architects declared yesterday. President of the SIA, Mr Sim Hong Boon, said that based on a
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  • 57 32 MR PANACHAND A. Doshi has been elecied president of the North Indian Hindu Association. Other officials are: Mr Premnaih Tiwari, vice-president; Mr Srinath Rai. general secretary: Mr I'ma Shanker Dube. asst. secretary; Mr Mukteshwar Rai, treasurer; Mr Vijay Narain Dubey. asst. treasurer; Mr Ram Dulare Rai.
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  • 146 32 POLICE have arrested seven men believed to belong to a gang which specialised m petrol kiosk break-ins and thefts over the past three months. The gang had broken into several petrol service station m the early hours, and stole cash and items from the premises. The
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  • 82 32 THE proceeds from a night of music and drama at the National Theatre last December by the Lak Aik Amateur Musicals and Dramatic Association of $11,184 was given to the Industrial Accidents Relief Fund. The Minister of State for Labour. Mr Sia Kah
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  • 33 32 THB. management committee ol the Kampung Chanlek Bahru conmunily centre will hold a fun I raising film show at the Gaia theatre. Bukil Timah shopping centre at 8.30 am next Suiiday
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  • 176 32 A DISTRICT court yesterday heard how a barber set out m a stolen car with an accomplice .to rob a petrol kiosk with both using handkerchiefs as masks and arming themselves with a knife and broken bottle. But when Foo Yoong Tork. 23, a.nd
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  • Page 32 Advertisements
    • 949 32 introduces the only washing machine with a unique ZOOM device. From Candy the people who produced the Ist Candy 's New Features: Italian washing mac him-, the Ist fully automatic JM Detergent Saving -In most washing machines, detergent washing rruichine and who were the lsttousean BBBBBBBn* K^t down ttncxnlet or
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  • TIMESPORT
    • 505 33 Golf hazards, many of the painful variety ment by golf balls. GOLF is the name of the game that my colleagues Ernest Frida and Derek Wild, m their milder moments, play; theirs, of course, is not the inspired variety the competitors m the Malaysian Open are displaying. But the way
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    • 5 33 Sports feature ...By Wilfred Yeo
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    • 94 33 LOS ANGEI.ES, Fri Vuki Korgon, Sandra Spuzi<h and Jerilyn Blitz sharp the first-round lead of the US$lOO,OOO ($217,000) Sunstar Ladies Professional (^)lfers' Association tournament. All Ihiw carded rounds of 6H on the par-72 5,641-metre R.incho Park course for a KM strokp load over Nancy l.ti|f/ and
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    • 125 33 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The Philippines Open, traditional opening leg of the Asian golf circuit, will be reinstated next year after a break this year. Disclosing this here today, Colonel Nereo Andalong, president of the Philippines Golf Association, said: "We will definitely be back m the circuit
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    • 554 33  -  GEORGE DAS By KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Chubby Rudy Lavares has to be content with yet another American Mick Soli sharing the lead with him after today's play m the second round of the Malaysian Open golf championship at the Royal Selangor Golf Club
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    • 544 33 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri The scores at the end of the second round of the Malaysian Open golf championship here today: 1M R. Lavares (PI) 68, 71 (3536); M. Soli (US) 71. 68 (32-36). 14* I.v Hsi Chuen (Tai) 69, 71 (36-35); T. Irie (J) 73, 67 (33J4).
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    • 183 33 FORT LAUDERDALE (Florida). Fri. Former Masters champion Tommy Aaron and rookie Wayne Levi carded six-under-par 66s today to share a onestroke lead after the first round of the $634,000 Inverrary Classic golf tournament here yesterday. Larry Nelson was alone at 67. Another stroke back were Australian
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  • Page 33 Advertisements
    • 297 33 Ist Fl OOR. C ENTURY PARK SHERATON HOTEL NASSIMHIL I. SINGAPORE 10 (OPPOSITE THE SINGAPORE TOURIST PROMOTION BOARD) MASSAGE STEAM BATH SAUNA BATH OPEN DAILY FROM 10.00 a.m. to Midr^ht Other Services Available: BARBERSHOP Business Hour: 10.00 a.m. to 8.30 p.m. BEAUTY PARLOUR HAIRDRESSING SALON Business Hour: 10.00 a.m. lo
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    • 198 33 f? SANYO System FISA ■HF \mm Matched components for superior reproduction jMUvv^nL Compatible matching of electronic •^^^rM'i^Jl components is an advanced science and Sanyo are experts. And to integrate perfectly balanced components to produce superb sound is the achievement of the P^fecH^rVr^ Sanyo System FISA. Compact, totally *wT U9* effective
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    • 2721 34 RACING. ..with FAIRWAY VISITING Sydney jockey John Duggan, who has victories m the Melbourne and Caulfield Cups to his credit, will be the focus of attention at Bukit Timah today. He rides several fancied mounts and I fancy him to win on Mar De
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    • 1985 34 RACE 1 2.0 CLASS 5, DIV 6 1,200 m IVA^r, 1 ($9,500 -$8,650 to winner) 1 4.53R Blim Andrea g (Transit) Heddle 657 (d 4* 2.5) 1.200 m F •fte S 2 0097 Luck (Beh) Paul 7 56 5 (d 4+ 2 5) 1,200 m SnJ 13 3
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    • 466 34 M MEDIC-ASIA^' The First Comprehensive Medical and Hospital Equipment Show for the ASEAN Market. ■m V TH Lar^^VtV>«V I LaaW. ad ajc** jßaafl BaVaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaßßaaaaßM I K9 ifaW/i it s*A:\ 4m4 m 51 THE PARTICIPANTS: Manufacturers and distributors of medical and Sr hospiul equipment from all over the world, I particularly
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    • 80 34 CJ Jf"'*TOW\ k mm Jaaaaaaal •PS 1 JFl*i*l?l*W?! "^Ti 1 S 1 1 aaaWN. *J A\ S~ I J =~^§S^* aaL^^^^ "t^ Ky£* S "St^ £^H aaa«H m^s~~*'f H I f* QT» I JCSSSggrf.g^- fi X\ (J. %r\ a""V ""V -BB^^^Sds^Z =^K~ Yj X -rfr x aaaT* HaBVv^VS-'iiaJrtV-Bi^SS^-^S^^^ afl \N
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  • TIMESPORT
    • 2308 35 DAfr 1 1.30 CLASS 2, DIV 11,600 m 1,600 m ivrtv^J^ i ($16,000 $11,200 to winmr) 1 ill Master Maimed a Master Maxmen Bougoure 457 pr same 1 1.850 m Hawaii 18 2 4271 Above All X s l AAA) E Breukelen 56 (ud-4i1.«50m Mew***! 6 3 K216
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    • 588 35  - Nucleus shows top form in gallop FAIRWAY By NUCLEUS has made splendid progress since joining trainer Colin Tulloh and can prove to be hard to beat m Race Nine at Bukit Timah tomorrow. The Kaoru Star five-year-old, showing top form, did a winning gallop yesterday morning when he went better
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  • Page 35 Advertisements
    • 330 35 Bo^r ,y* yO mm\ Bb^YbbmYb^b '^S^Hbs! \^r <S* JmW H B BW^BBaa fl BaT^Bßaa «Br^Bar W a» I^B. Wr Cr V aff wr H^bbMH f& mM \FI£\AM W)M\A Iml \mm\ llvwf Wmmwr^M M\*mW^nwr% j^!jWSl! W A "•■l JM^^BB*BBB*t»f»l»iiL^ 'Baa mm* aBBr ?B Ife E^^Bai J* '^^Bal Saw """^^i^^H W'^i^l^Jg ":V>
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  • TIMESPORT
    • 379 36 LONDON, Fri. The prospect of a Wembley appearance looms heavy tomorrow for the six clubs who battle for places m the semi-final of the English Football Association Cup. Only three of the (our quarter-finals will be played as Southampton and West Bromwich
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    • 571 36 NATIONAL squash champion, Venkatesan Gopal may seethe m anger at the possibility of disciplinary action being taken against him by the Singapore Squash Rackets Association, but he should remember, he brought it upon himself. SSRA secretary Harldas Nair personally handed
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    • 456 36 COPENHAGEN. Fri. Sweden's tennis Superstar Bjorn Borg has received another death threat on the eve of his challenge match with America's John McEnroe at Randers. Jutland. The threat, m the form of an anonymous letter to a Danish newspaper, reads: "If Bjorn Borg plays on Danish soil he'll be
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    • 299 36 Borg gets another death threat most explosive punchers m the sport, defends his World Boxing Council super-bantamweight title against Colombian veteran Nestor "liana" Jiminez at Madison Square Garden tomorrow night. GAMES China will hold their fourth national Games m Peking from Sept. 10-23 with 31 teams taking part m 34
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    • 90 36 TOKYO. Fri. Boxers, judoists. wrestlers, karate experts and other crack athletes will vie for more than 10 million yen ($lOB.500) m prizes m the first "martial arts free-for-all Olympics" to be held on June 26 here The competition will be open to any non professional male fighter
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    • 411 36 Little -known Dane beats Padukone COPENHAGEN, Fri. Joint top-seed for the Wednesday week's All-Eng-land Prakash Padukone, of India, was beaten 15-2, 15-3 by a little-known Dane, Gert Helshold, of Denmark, m the second round of the the 27 th Danish international badminton championships here today. Earlier m the first round
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    • 135 36 Football strikers take case to court MADRID. Fri. Spain's Professional Footballers' Association are to go to court to fight a decision b; the club presidents to fine SPFA members who went' on strike last Sunday. The court action is over the presidents' decision to fine the players 10 per cent
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    • 24 36 THE MP for Mounlbatlen, Mr Eugene Yap. will attend the Mounlbatlen lonstituenry table tennis tournament prize presentation al 4 p.m. this Sunday
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    • 223 36 SHEFFIELD (Yorkshire) Fri. The remarkable Heather McKay, making a comeback m defence of her title after a two-year breaJt reached the quarter-finals of the women's World squash championship at the Abbeydale Park Club here last night. The 37-year-old Australian player who lives m Canada, was a
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    • 356 37  - Ang, Aziz out of final 16 JOE DORAI HARTLEY'GOALHUNGRY SINGAPORE SHOULD WHET APPETITE TOMORROW By DON ANG, the matchwinner m the Malaysia Cup-tie against Armed Forces three weeks ago m Kuala Lumpur, and Aziz Ibrahim, of the intermediate team, are the only players left out of the Singapore squad for
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    • 202 37 S.S. DHILLON.the Singapore National Olympic Council secretary-general yesterday said that it is unlikely that women's hockey and tenpin bowling will be included m the Southeast Asia Games m Jakarta from Sept. 21 to 30, reports ERNEST FRIDA. Dhillon said: These two sports were discussed
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    • 137 37 Malaysia sound out their challenge VETEEAN Malaysian diiMM One Tang heads the challenge from across the causeway for tomorrow's Staftapart Motor Sports Club-sponsored autocross for ihe J B trophy (9.30 a.m.). The Malaysian entries will he mv Works Minis and a Foid Escort. Tang's compatriots will be Kenny 1-ee and
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    • 540 37  -  BERNARD PEREIRA By INDEKDOGS Singapore staged a stunning daredevil coup on the first day of the Inaugural Head Junior Invitation tennis tournament when they toppled second seeds Malaysia 3-2 to qualify to meet the favourites Indonesia m the final, at the Kallang Tennis
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    • 179 37  - A-Games comeback attempt by ABBF PATRICK BASTIANS By BODYBIiLDERS all aver Asia are holding their breath In anticipation of a wind-bark m time to the ISSI Asian Games In New Delhi, when bodybuilding was included m the Inaugural programme. Singapore's Paul hua, secretary-general of the Asian Bodybuilding Federation, wants to
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    • 189 37 Brunei hold Johore to draw JUHORE 1 BRUNEI 1 JOHORE BAHRU, Fri. Brunei held Johore to a 1-1 draw m a lifeless Malaysia Cup soccer match at the Datuk Haji Hassan Yunos Stadium here tonight. The first half ended with both teams, who are struggling at the bottom of the
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    • 276 37  -  ERNEST FRIDA By SEAM bowlers Mahesh Kumar and Harnam Singh, who gave a splendid performance against Negri Sembilan m last month's Malaysian Cricket Association match m Seremban, will not be available for today's clash with Malacca at Tanglin. Kumar, who split the Negri Sembilan innings
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    • 229 37  -  WILFRED YEO By THE nomadic days of hunting for a permanent training ground seem to be over for the Archery Association of Singapore. They have, through their newly-elected president Alec Kuok. obtained permission to use the University of Singapore's field at Bukit Timah
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    • 35 37 TOMORROW: Negri v Brunei (Station Padang), Malacca v Sabah (Kudu Stadium), Perak v Federal Territory (Stadium Perak), Selangor v Kedah (Merdeka Stadium), Singapore v Trengganu (National Stadium). R AHlM...performed well In King's Cap.
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    • 362 37 THE Kelantan Football Association yesterday denied reports that they would be replacing their coach Mohammad Che Su for his conduct m the Kelantan versus Singapore Malaysia Cup soccer match at Kota Bahru on Friday. Kelantan FA secretary Syed Ahmad Kuning described as "rubbish"
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    • 191 37  -  SHUKOR RAHMAN By KELANTAN 2 PENANG 0 KOTA BHARU, Fri. Kelantan shattered Penang 's undefeated record with a goal m each half here tonight. A weakened Penang, without regulars Ooi Hock Kheng and Radzi Ahmad, were no match for a rampaging Kelantan side. The marauding Kelantan strikers,
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    • 57 37 FORUM Sinßapui.i Hotel, the Singapore Business HMM FOSI ball 1-eague Division Three finalists, yi'slenl.iy li'.nol their first hurdle m the junior knockout competition when they beat Stock Exchange 4-0 at the Fairer Park Athletic Centre, reports JOE DORAI. In the other matches. Far-easl I^vingston beat OCBC
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    • 287 37  -  ALBERT JOHNSON By THE three-member special panel appointed to investigate into alleged indiscipline by two Asian Games swimmers m Bangkok last year, yesterday submitted their report to the Singapore Amateur Swimming Associaton. Last week, the two swimmers, whose names were not disclosed, attended the inquiry
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  • 57 38 A SECTION of the 15.000-strong crowd of Iranian women who converged on Central Teheran on Thursday to protest against strict Islamic dress codes ordered by religious leader Ayatollah Ruho.lah Khomeiny. "Not even guns will force us to wear traditional dress," some of them were quoted
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  • 116 38 TEHERAN, Frl FIRING squad today executed Iran's former national police chief and two other officers found guilty of treason and murder under the Shah, the national "Voice of the Revolution" radio said. The three men were tried last night by revolutionary courts and shot this morning,
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  • 44 38 NEW DELHI. Fri. The Lower House today passed a bill to set up special courts to deal exclusively with offences committed by "persons who held high public or political offices" during the emergency rule of former Prime Minister Mrs Indira Gandhi— AFP.
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  • 42 38 NEW YORK. Frl. Dow Jones averages, based on first hour of trading on the New York stock Exchange: 30 Indus 847.37 up 2 52. 20 transp 214.79 up 0.97. 15 utils 104.06 unch. 65 stocks 285 95 up o.Bl— UPI.
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  • 95 38 MRS. RAOHA RAJAH, wire or the kite Mr A. Rajah, iwased away peacefully on 9 3 79 leaving behind daughters. Mrs. I. Thanabalaslngam. Miss G Rajah and Mrs. R. Truimby«h. sons-in-law s. ThanabalaslnKsm and M. Thambyah. grandchildren Anuradha. Aruna. Anand. Ashvin and AmblKat. Pleaae ring *****0. 12-K Jalan Ulu
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  • 35 38 HONGKONG. Fri. Mr Ulanfu. vice-chairman of China's National People's Congress, has been exonerated of "trumped-up charges' that he had plotted a coup m Inner Mongolia with Soviet backing. Hsinhua news agency reported today. Reuter.
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  • 28 38 HONOKONO. Pri. Marine police launches today Intercepted six Vietnamese refugee boats but later allowed the 352 refugees on board to sail m on humanitarian grounds. APP.
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  • 36 38 BONN, Pri. Willy Brandt. 65, chairman of West Germany's ruling Social Democratic Party, and his Nor-, weglan wife Rut Hansen. 59, are to seek a divorce, a spokesman for Mr Brandt said yesterday. Reuter.
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  • 27 38 BANGKOK. Frl. China has agreed to sell an additional 200.000 tonnes of crude oil to Thailand. Prime Minister General Kriangsak Chomanan told reporters today. Reuter
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  • 31 38 BONN. Frl. All West German ramllles will be able to choose to be known by either the wife's or husband's surname from July 1. Parliament decided here today—APP.
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  • 254 38 NAIROBI, Frl THOUSANDS of Ugandans, fearful of the approach of a Tanzanian invasion force, have fled the capital of Kampala, residents and diplomatic sources said today. The exodus began earlier this month but has accelerated m the last few days, the sources said.
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  • 490 38  - New plan to train more transport pilots PAUL JANSEN By THE Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) is studying the feasibility of implementing a special programme to train commercial pilots to fly transport military transport aircraft. At present all applicants to Join the air force are put through a demanding
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    • 439 38 BUSINESS TIMES Singapore s Financial Dally Cover Price SOt Annuol Subscription 1/55. For subscription, call HOOll txt Ml TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS. THE Prime Minister's visit to the Indonesian island of Bat am tomorrow increases immeasurably the chances af a three-way cooperative effort to develop that island. The Indonesian government has recently
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    • 5 1 The Straits Times SECTION TWO
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    • 1052 1  - Help your child enjoy pleasures of art RACHEL BARNES By Straits Times guest writer HAVE YOU ever thought, looking at your child's latest series of scribbles, that this could be an early work of a great artist of the future? The answer to this is that m many respects it
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      • 317 1 am r I UNIVERSITY OK Z H n NtW SOUTH WALLS INSIITUTLOF ff J& ADMINISTRATION l^f RESIDENTIAL S COURSES IN MANAGEMENT I The Institute conducts a wld« variety ol R»3KJ«ntial Courses suitable for the professional development of I managers Nominations are now being received for the a| ■j following courses
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      • 277 1 INSIDE: G LEISURE: Raj Kapoor laments over the «tar system c BACK to the city movement hitting th* poor d WOMAN PLUS: And why cant we do the proposing? WHEN YOU RE ON A BUSINESS TRIP, LUXURY BECOMES A NECESSITY. From March 10th BHIV Mil Seoul be3ins offering I^^^^K that
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      • 91 1 mf We are having a Regular L\ \l 'SATURDAY SURPRISE!' W W^ HAPPY SHOPPING HOURS 'fcWfe^a FROM 3 till 7pm ISNG»PPBCJ, with terrific bargains tfcNpKjajQL I Cultural Dances '-vtljyj^ V^« r^lv Er to entertain you p-3"t-p2»i V*!** j from 5.30 till 6.1 5pm I\^-^ **^3~4f^%. Hl^LajLaaMknU Magic Show and Plenty
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      • 499 2  -  LING POON WAH By THE film-making industry m India is now "diseased" by excessive commercialisation, thanks to the i "star system" so lamented Raj Kapoor, one of the Indian celluloid giants. There is no acting m the movies, said Raj, who decried vehemently
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      • 61 2 PART 2-A of the Bnve New W«rH for the Best Sellers series will be telecast on Channel 5 tonight at 10. John, who is attracted to I-enina. is appalled by the way of life In the Brave New World His mother, Linda, is kept m seclusion on
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      • 110 2 SEA SAGA AND SPY THRILLER FOR Saturday matinee on Channel 5 at 2.X pm, we have the Son of Captain Blood whose adventures while at sea as a navigator included a pretty girl whom be met with his other students. They are attacked and captured by pirates. The stars are
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      • 396 2 The three 'soft spots' of artist Joon Wong THE oft-forgotten poor living m dilapidated Chinatown buildings, the dingy-looking Singapore River and even a filthy beach all these have an enchanting freshness under watercolour artist Leng Joon Wong's "magic" touch. Yes, he confessed to having a soft spot for these fast
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      • 496 2 ll* _VUb* (fOmHJtfms The Republic ol Singapore Naw may be relatively young but its rate of growth is comparable to that of any othtr Navys of the world. To keep up with this rapid growth, we are inviting young men like you to ioin us m the different vocations we
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      • 180 2 I > /P Chicken\__x\ m Clay Pot try this exclusive _r^"\^£ Vchicken idea TODAY/ 1 x *W__ Come m today and fifk try mommy^s speciaJL*«^v and many other \^\^§&__£><* F7F 7 exclusive ice X^ v k cream dishes. havtfa V_4_J UAfMVL* _A_ _l_kt VMRf txg tcoop WAnQrV __k /mlj c?*m
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    • 844 3  - Back to the cities movement is hitting the poor BRUCE STOKES m New York e y THE "back to the cities" movement m which the middle classes are rediscovering the delights of urban living has recently been heralded as the tonic needed to revive cities that are dying financially and
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    • 591 3  - World's most expensive maps up for sale GREGORY JENSEN m London By CAMPING was getting boring, so the vacationing Dutchman wandered into a Belgian bookshop and idly pawed through a stack of old fashion plates. At the bottom of the pile he found a grubby atlas. He knew nothing of
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    • 76 3 As the drive to revitalise many of the world's cities, both financially and socially is taking shape, there is disturbing evidence that the drive is resulting m the displacement of many of the poor residents of these cities. As city planners take upon themselves the
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      • 405 3 imWJWWriV including B'^&^fl ■•'»Vt*»»»«'^^Bt^' specialities like I OH W^^ Braised Roast Duck, UM Dried Scallop m Garlic fl Salt Baked Chicken Wtt and Pan Fried J^H IS' A nfciiiiwrftii Pomfret with C^^^H HHHUMikk |zechuan Bean W 1 CdL Lll Co pjSjg y <5r5 r What is life really like for
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      • 367 4 QOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOC 8 JURONG DRIVE-IN CINEMA !j| OPENS TODAY! 7.00 9.15PM. > 0 Jar IcHoungA i««' C O "Ta^a^^liSmSi^SXaS^TifSXMK^ <! 1 GALA: NOW SHOWING! tf3R3S& > f (Tomorrow Eilra Show 11am) f 0/|A A lUVN S Of :»mi l^p >at*^ JMB^^FfrT*jßTaiVti Jiw tnwf, cmn Ij QK|] 1 IbT'\~lj^bbbbbbbbbbbbVbbbbbbbbl muw. nWMiVW pMBBBBIMN
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      • 547 4 I opens "ii i" d o f 6b ay i (Phone *****4) 5 shows: 11am, 1.45, 4.00, 6.45 9.15 SEE: Magic Ring to be invisible SEE: Muenchhausen shot and riding on a Cannonball I SEE: Giant Balloon ride to the Moon SEE .Magic potion to remain young and immortal J
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      • 316 4 ■"CAPiToL'iith'DAY" i "(Phone *****9) 1 lorn, 1.45, 4.00, 6.30, 9.15. KRIS (A Star Is Born) KRISTOFFERSQN and ALI (Love Story) MacGRAW excitingly teamed (or the first time m an ultimate action drama Directed by SAW (Wild Bunch) PECKINPAH i t —A .«aBBBBBB*^^^ ***** bbbbblbß* Oai •bbbbbbbbbbbbb bbb BBBaf I KRIS
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      • 277 5 >:snrC: 5nrC i SENSATIONAL gUINCHOO "Sis EMI Recordina Arti.l«. 2°2 d Bl M hh 1"—1 to entertain you. Bands m attendance Southron Orchestra led by Philip Wong the images g- -<^ Sundays holidays Hoof Garden. Floor UIC Bl fl 55 Singapore 1 Tel: *****33 g PUBLIC RADIO THE WAY TO
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      • 217 5 ALL MODERN KITCHENS BEGIN WITH A LA GERMAN IA > gas cooker, with a range of more than 30 models and 6 colours (Green, Yellow, Blue, White, Beige, Brown) to choose from. cooker hood, m stainless steel, green or beige. washing machine, m 3 models. CFREEQIFTS 4 pieces of quality
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      • 1058 6  - And why can't we do the proposing? LEE GEOK 801 By "WILL YOU marry me?" says she to he. And what does he say? "Yes sweetheart?" Perhaps he wants more time to think about it? Or does he head for the nearest exit? Who should propose? He or she? Or
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      • 112 6 It's time to look like a woman again... THE SHAPE of clothes to come points to a slim silhouette with wide shoulders, cinched waist and over the knee skirt. It's a shape that cleverly combines the square at the shoulders with the round at the hips. A playing with straight
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      • 438 6 THE NECK is a dead give-away to a woman's age. Yet more often than not, it is relegated to a fish-fowl position and horribly neglected until it's too late and the unattractive damage done which the brightest of jewellery will not improve. Away with the
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      • 191 6 The Beauty Brief If s glamour on the move. Worth $1 50, yours for $19 when you buy 2 or more Ultima II products. At all Ultima II counters. Mar. 10 18. Whilst stocks last. I'M l<iw' r jfe< dl I ■5 1-1:11 MA i Fashionable bag, hand-carried or sling,
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      • 55 6 mt Mode): 550 -$560 per set I 4' Ro«dE»Mo^a( T,bl« OftY J330 I< w> iZEfffiSd on i I iwll H|^— fr> Mode): 450$ $2W per set \mtmJ "Konjo J520 per set Model: 580 {300 per set Mode): 430 $100 -without mattress Model: 100 complete with 6 chars $195 Model: 310
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      • 580 7 1 J Bg TECHNICAL/ §§9 PRODUCTION maris PERSONNEL The Matsushita group is one of the biggest conglomerates m japan Due to rapid expansion, the Singapore company is looking for suiiabiy qualified persons to perform technical /production work m the Compressor manufacturing factory m Bedok and Foundry m jurong. Good prospects
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      • 592 7 McKIM ENGINEERS (S) PTE LTD requires 1) SALES EXECUTIVE (3 positions) Duties'. To promote ond sole ot air filtration equipments related to air conditioning ond ventilation system to consultants, engineers, architects, contractors, building owners etc Qualifications: Technical college or Polytechnic Diploma m mechanical or electrical engrg or certificate from ITB
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      • 695 7 TENDER NOTICE NO. 3/79 (FOR SALE) 1 unit Alouette 111 Helicopter complete with accessories ond spare parts DIMENSION AND SPECIFICATION:(i) Alouette 111 Model SE. 3160 Helicopter VRUDY, S/No. 1691 (Registered on 1 09 1970) equipped with wheel type landing gear and turbomeca ortouste 1118 engine S/No 1109 and complete with
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      • 1092 7 fi&THE DEVELOPMENT BANK OF SINGAPORE LTD (Incorporated m the Republic ot Singapore) To All Shareholders NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING Notice is hereby given that an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company will be held at 11.00 am on 2nd Apri1,1979, at its registered off ice, DBS Building, 6 Shenton
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      • 508 8 I Hooker, a wholly owned subsidiary ot Oca- I I entol Petroleum Corporation, ond a large I I USA manufacturer of chemicols ond plastics I I is looking for a I SALES REPRESENTATIVE I I tor their Singapore subsidiary Hooker Chemi- I I cal Far East (S) Pte Ltd I
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      • 777 8 -SENIOR ACCOUNTANT A renowned French corporation, which is one of the largest automobile and truck manufacturers m Europe, will be establishing a wholly-owned subsidiary company m Singapore to market and service their products m East Asia. The company will initially occupy approximately fifteen hundred square metres of warehouse space with
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      • 660 8 New American Manufacturing Company invites applications for the following positions: QUALITY CONTROL COORDINATOR The candidate we are looking tor must possess a degree m Chemistry, Applied Chemistry, Microbiology or Pharmacy He should have ot least 3 yeors quality control experience at management level and be able to relate with all
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      • 575 8 RSAF PILOT TRAINING The Republic of Singapore A>r Force invites application from young Men and Women for Pilot Training. Requirements: 1. Between 16Vi and 27 years old. 2. Minimum 3 GCE '0' Level preferably with English, Mathematics, and one Science subject. 3. Minimum height 1.58 metres. Have good eyesight. Should
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      • 533 9 THE WILLIAM JACKS GROUP The Group is m the business of marketing a comprehensive range of products and services m the building, engineering and electrical industries. Its main markets are m Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia and the United Kingdom. We are looking for a suitably qualified, experienced and highly
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      • 747 9 I The SGV Group Management Consulting Services A U.S. -based multinational Company engaged m the manufacture and sale of industrial and consumer packaging products m this region wishes to employ an energetic and ambitious individual with a lot of potential to fill the position of: SALES EXECUTIVE- I SOUTHEAST ASIA
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      • 721 9 EDP Appointments (C&L) Our client with an IBM 370 DOS/VS installation operating multiple partitions including ClCb, has vacancies tor tnc following positions: Systems Analyst (*a *****) His responsibility will be to determine user requirements and design new systems or modifications to existing ones. Preference will be given to recent University
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      • 610 9 EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES SAUDI ARABIA SCCL a Singapore based Construction Company invites application for the following positions for its building project m Jeddah, Saudi Arabia A) PROJECT ENGINEER The successful candidate will be responsible for overseeing the progress of construction and implement the construction schedules. He will also be responsible tor
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      • 511 10 whipstock, iniTX requires OILFIELD SUBSURFACE SURVEYORS EASTMAN WHIPSTOCK INC, the leading sub-surface survey company m the oil indusis looking for qualified persons fo enter a training progrom The successful applicants will possess the following qualifications 1 A University degree m engineering or science 2) A background of experience m using
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      • 556 10 _M©bil APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING SCHEME Mobil Oil Singapore Re Ltd m conjunction with the Industrial Training Board is instituting Singapore's first Apprenticeship Training Scheme m petroleum refining. This scheme is registered with the Industrial Training Board. Applications are accordingly invited from suitably qualified Singapore citizens who have completed National Service and
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      • 344 10 SINGAPORE #§%> POLYTECHNIC Appointment of Deputy Registrar The Singapore Polytechnic invites applications from suitably qualified persons for the post of Deputy Registrar. Candidates should possess a good Honours degree or equivalent professional qualification, with at least 7 years' administrative experience m a senior capacity. Administrative experience m the following establishments
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      • 661 10 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP IN AND IN THE MATTER OF CHUAN HIP CRANE TRANSPORT PTE LTD (In members' voluntary liquidation) MEMBERS' VOLI NTARY WINDING M' NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the creditors of the above company, which is being voluntarily woundup, are required on or before
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      • 751 10 THE BANKRUPTCY ACT (CHAPTER 18) IN THE HIGH COl/RT OF SINGAPORE IN BANKRUPTCY NO. 1330 OF 1978 RE: LIOK YEW LIONG EX PA RTF: CHING KHIAW FINANCE LIMITED (In Voluntary Liquidation) CREDITORS NOTICK In the Matter of a Bankruptcy Notice filed on the 1 lth day of December, 1978. To:
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      • 727 10 IN THE HIGH COIRT OF THE KKIM B .H OF SINGAPORE ampank i WMla* I p Ne. a M II7J In Ike Matter thr •mpanlr* Art IMI, Chapter IKS «aj la the Matter ef OCEAN MARITIME (PTE.) LIMITED ADVERTISEMENT OF PETITION Notice Is hereby given that a Petition for the
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