The Straits Times, 13 March 1979

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    14 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 25 CENTS M.C.(P) No. 142/1/79 TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 1979
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    ENERGY PRICE HIKE SOON?
    1512 1 Impending oil shortage, 50. Chok Tong also warns of possible surcharge THE Senior Minister of State (Finance), Mr Goh Chok Tong, last night indicated that an energy price increase, both for households and industries here, was imminent because of an impending oil shortage and the accompanying
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    Lock icon ENGINEER FORCED TO MARRY VICE GIRL
    97 1 TEHERAN. Mon Iranian engineer Bani-Talebl went out m search of a prostitute but hours later round himself married to the woman he had picked up. the Kayhan newspaper reportted nere today. The report said that as the couple hurried; along the pavement after agreeing
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    Lock icon Girl pipers at temple opening
    181 1 EAST met West yesterday m a swi.l of bagpipes at the opening ceremony of the Kiew Lee Tong Temple m Jalan Tambur, off Upper Thomson Road. The smartly-dress-ed girl pipers of the Peoples A.sso i.ition played S.ottis.i tunes against a backdrop of dragons, lions, phoenix,
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    Lock icon Ghazali: We won't stand for it
    418 1 Ghazali: We won't stand for it Boycott of MAS plane KUALA LUMPUR, Monday MALAYSIA will not be subjected to any form of intimidation from any quarter m handling its internal affairs, Home Affairs Minister, Tan Sri Ghazali Shafle, said today. "We shall brook no nonsense." he said when commenting on
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    Lock icon Malik call en Japan ties
    54 1 JAKARTA. Mon. Vice President, Adam Malik, today called (or stepped up efforts In expanding economic links between Indonesia and Japan. The Indonesia Government's efforts to expand economic relations with (friendly) countries particularly Japan must be stepped up. Mr Malik told a meeting of the Indonesia-Japan
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    Lock icon Joint war games
    57 1 MANILA, Mon. Indonesia and the Philippines are to hold naval manoeuvres m the Java Sea this week as part of fost cnng cooperation between them. Philippine naval sources said today The sources said the exercises will end with a mock attack by marines of both forces on
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    Lock icon Pakistan quits Cento
    46 1 ISLAMABAD. Mon Pakistan today quit the Central Treaty Organisation (Cento), saying the defence alliance had lost its relevance to the country's security. Earlier today, Iran also announced Its decision to withdraw from the organisation, originally formed to fight communism. Reuter. SEE PAGE 3
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    Lock icon Laotians call for threenation war pact
    578 1 HONGKONG, Monday THE Laotians have called for i "dose military alliance" of Laos, Kampuchea and Vietnam. The call was followed by a Vietnamese accusation today that China is plotting to annex Laos. The Laotian sta'.e-run newspaper Sieng Pasason said in an editorial yesterday that
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    Lock icon Freeze on 14 billion yen aid lifted
    148 1 Freeze on 14 billion yen aid lifted TOKYO, Mon JAPAN has lifted a temporary freeze on its 14 billion yen (S$150 million) economic aid programme to Vietnam for fiscal 1979 despite Hanoi's involvement in the Indochina conflict Foreign Ministry officials here said today. "The government's decision to implement the pledge
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    Lock icon LATEST ISRAEL 'YES' TO EGYPT PROPOSAL
    56 1 LATEST ISRAEL 'YES' TO EGYPT PROPOSAL JLRI SALKM. Mon. The Israeli Government has accepted an Egyptian proposal calling for the early establishment of administrative autonomy In the Gaza Strip. Israeli Radio reported today. But the radio said Israel was sticking to its position on the supply by Egypt of oil
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      132 1 PRESS TOLD: STRIKE RIGHT BALANCE Back Page JAPAN must cut trade surplus with US: Ohlra 2 SAUDIS fear big power clash over Yemeni war 3 SCOTS, Welsh force crisis on Callaghan 4 LIBYANS want out a/ter 200 killed 5 BRIBERY case worker fined $2,000 6 PM on what Is needed
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      Lock icon 'US style anti-war activists in China'
      223 2 BANGKOK, Mon. HANOI claimed yesterday, an American-style anti-war movement has sprung up m China to protest trie war m Vietnam. Like "Jane Fonda m the United States" the Chinese activists are "distinguishing themselves by brave antiwar acts," Radio Hanoi said m a broadcast monitored
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      Lock icon 232 flee Kampuchea to Thailand
      90 2 BANGKOK. Mon A total of 232 Kampuchean refugees fled to Thailand yesterday, official sources reported today Mostly women, the refugees crossed the border at Ta Phraya district m Prarhin Buri province, about 30 km east of Bangkok. Latest official statistics said a total of 1,792
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      Lock icon After a 3-death crash into sea...
      64 2 A DIVER wading aaharr after salvage operations to tow a Swift Nord aircraft m for Invrstigatians after It crashed Into the sea about I.C km off Marina del Rey, In California. Hit re people were killed and four survived the crash which occurred when
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      Lock icon TV ads make debut in China
      286 2 TV ads make debut in China TOKYO. Mon. China has broadcast its first television commercial. Radio Peking reported yesterday. The first Chinese TV spot advertised "Happiness Cola" and the personalities pushing the soft drink were members of a popular men's basketball team, Radio Peking said in a broadcast monitored in
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      Lock icon Greening of Red China?
      90 2 PEKING, Mon A gigantic tree-planting operation known as"Green China" was launched in China today, the People's Daily reported. The newspaper announced that hereafter March 12 will be known as National Tree Planting Day. In the capital and its suburbs alone, some IS million trees are expected
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      Lock icon McGovern opts out
      57 2 WASHINGTON, Mon. Senator George McGovern, beaten for the US presidency by Richard Nixon in 1972, said he does not intend to try again. "I can look you in the eye and tell you with complete candour that I am not planning on doing that." he said in
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      Lock icon Japan must cut trade surplus with US: Ohira
      449 2 PRIME Minister Ohira said today that Japan must act with boldness and courage to solve as quickly as possible the problem of its trade surplus with the United States, which reached US$11.57 billion (S$25 billion) last year. Mr Ohira told the Diet
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      Lock icon Sales fail to stop $ rise
      123 2 Sales fail to stop rise TOKYO, Monday THE Bank of Japan today sold more than US$lOO million (Ss2l7 million) on the Tokyo Foreign Exchange market, but failed to prevent the American currency from rising briefly to a nine-month high of 205.70 yen. Some dealers said central bank selling to support
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      Lock icon US bank chief for talks on loan to Peking
      145 2 US bank chief for talks on loan to Peking TOKYO, Mon. Bank America president A. W. Clausen is holding talks in Peking this week on a major financing deal with China, banking sources said today. If the deal goes ahead as planned, Mr Clausen will make an announcement of the
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      Lock icon College chief kidnapped
      48 2 MANILA, Mon. Muslim rebels have kidnapped the American president of a college in the southern Philippines, military authorities said today. The authorities identified the victim as Lloyd van Factor who was kidnapped on Friday for ransom, from the Dansalan Junior College in Marawi City. AFP.
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      Lock icon 'China won't use military force'
      225 2 'China won't use military force' TOKYO, Monday TWO top American officials said today they doubted China would use military force to gain control over Taiwan. Mr Richard Holbrooke, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific affairs, and US Ambassador to Japan, Mr Mike Mansfield made their remarks at
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      Lock icon Steel talks
      47 2 JAKARTA, Mon. The b annual meeting of the South-east Asia Iron and Steel Institute (SEAISI). will be held m Jakara from April 2-6, to be attended by more than 150 stee industry experts and businessiren from Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines. Thailand, Singapore and Taiwan. Reuter.
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      Lock icon Polls held
      39 2 TOKYO, Mon. North Korea held elections yesterday for 24,247 seats m city and county 'people's asemblies,' the North Korean Central News Agency reported today. Only a single state of candidates ts offered m North Korean elections. AP.
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      Lock icon Tractor that'll stop when you scream
      189 2 TOKYO, Mon. An agricultural engineer in northern Japan has developed a device that automatically switches off a moving farm machine moments after hearing alarming human voices. The device, known as "engine stopper," is equipped with eight integrated circuits and picks up the voices of
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      Lock icon More held for demo at Carter's reception
      87 3 More held for demo at Carter's reception JERUSALEM, Mon. Israeli police arrested another 80 extremists of the ultra-nationalist Gush Emunim organisation, after militants disrupted a reception held for US President, Jimmy Carter. The arrests last night brought to 120 the number of Gush Emunim members detained since President Carter's arrival
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      Lock icon Drug cache
      45 3 MANILA. Mon Philippines! and American anli narcotics agents seized about US$5OO,OOO I SSI 8 million) worth of heroin and morphine m raids m Manila and the far southern town of Zamboanga City over the past few days, the anti-narcotics agency said today Reuter.
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      Lock icon Saudis fear big power clash over Yemen war
      383 3 Saudis fear big power clash over Yemen war BEIRUT, Mon.— Saudi Arabia is increasingly worried that the obscure border war between the Yemens on its southern flank may build into a strategic confrontation pitting the United States against the Soviet Union. Saudi newspapers, which often reflect official opinion, urged the
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      Lock icon India decries US naval move
      202 3 India decries US naval move NEW DELHI, Monday FOREIGN Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee today expressed India's "distress" at the reported decision of the United States to dispatch a carrier-led naval task force to the Indian Ocean and the Gulf area. In a statement in the Lower House of Parliament, he
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      Lock icon Iran to pull out of Cento
      64 3 TEHERAN. Mon. Iran has decided to withdraw from the Central Treaty Organisation, saying it is no longer eifective in protecting the rights and interests o( member stales. The Foreign Ministry announced this yesterday after Pakistan's Foreign Minister. Mr Agna Shahi. ended a three-day visit
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      Lock icon Summit talks
      28 3 PARIS, Mon Common Market leaders today began a iwo-day summil meel'ing which will taikle the nagging problem of unemployment m the nine European Community countries Reuler
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      Pravda: US fanning conflict
      143 3 Pravda: US fanning conflict MOSCOW, Mon THE Soviet Communist Party Daily, Pravd* aeCHsed the United States today of trying to fan up the harder conflict between north and south Yemen to distract attention from an EgyptianIsraeli peace agreement. Commenting on President Carter's Middle East trip, Pravda said Washington appeared ready
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      Lock icon Bullfight toll
      38 3 CUENCA (Ecuador). Mon At least 15 spectators were killed at a village bullnghl and more than 100 were seriously injured, when meial reviewing stands collapsed east or there m Gualaceo yesterday, it was reported today. AFP
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      Lock icon Iranian women take to the streets again
      332 3 Iranian women take to the streets again TEHERAN, Mon. ABOUT 10,000 fist-wav-ing women marched through the streets of Teheran today in a show of power to protest continuing moves to restrict their rights under a proposed Islamic republic. The crowd swelled after gathering on the campus of Teheran University. But,
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      Lock icon Oil industry 'copters flown out of Iran
      147 3 Oil industry 'copters flown out of Iran TEHERAN, Mon. A number of oil industry helicopters have been flown out of Iran from an island in the Gulf and extra government patrols have been ordered in the area, according to Teheran newspapers quoting the Minister of Defence. One of the papers,
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      Ping-pong talks broken off
      180 3 PANMUNJOM, Monday SOUTH and North Korea today broke off talks by their sports officials without any accord on the formation of a single Korean team to the 35th world table tennis championships to be held in North Korea from April 25 to May 6. A three-hour
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      Lock icon GISCARD'S URGENT MOVE ON JOBLESS
      87 4 PARIS, Mon PRESIDENT Valery Giscard d'Estaing today called an emer- gency session of Parliament for Wednesday to j debate France's unemployment crisis. The move came after weeks of violent protests by steel worktrs at government plans to streamline the industry and axe more than 21.000
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      Lock icon Debate in Bonn over missile threat to Europe
      271 4 THE threat to Western Eu rope posed by Soviet medium-range, nuclear-tip-ped missiles has spawned a debate m West Germany over detente and Bonn's relationship with Washington. Both the opposition Christian Democratic Union and Chancellor Helmut Schmidt's Social Democratic Party have expressed concern
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      Lock icon 'SPACE TRUCK' TO REFUEL SALYUT 6
      97 4 'SPACE TRUCK' TO REFUEL SALYUT 6 MOSCOW, M«a. The Soviet I today launched a spare freighter, the Pr*greas-5 "space truck," to deliver fuel Mid supplies to the or hi ting spare station Salyut i, the Tarn News Agency reported. Salyut has been In earth orbit far mm 18 months. It
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      Lock icon Clash: 6 die
      48 4 MANILA. Mon. Two gun bat- j ties between government troopers > and the communist New Peoples Army (NPA). North of Manila, left six dead, including the chief of police of a town outside Clark US air base and a Philippine constabulary soldier, police said today. AP.
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      Lock icon Scots, Welsh force crisis on Callaghan
      395 4 THREAT TO TOPPLE LABOUR GOVERNMENT PRIME Minister James Callaghan faces a crisis with Scottish and Welsh nationalists threatening to hook up with the opposition Conservative and Liberal parties to bring down his minority Labour Government. The two nationalist factions warned Mr Callaghan at the
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      Lock icon Moscow has its share of crime too
      247 4 Moscow has its share of crime too MOSCOW, Mon MUGGINGS, murders, looting, rape, burglaries, grand larceny, prostitution and "flashers," too. Like every major city. Moscow has a crime problem. It is less visible than in many western cities, and the Soviet press tries to perpetuate the myth that the capital
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      Lock icon Eureka! Two solve maths poser
      201 4 Eureka! Two solve maths poser PROVO (Utah), Mon. Two college professors say they've found the answer to a famous mathematical problem, but they also say you won't want to know about it. The problem itself is difficult to state, and an explanation of the solution takes 25 pages. The solution
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      Lock icon 4 Boeings for Garuda
      77 4 JAKARTA, Mon. The Indonesian Garuda Airways has signed a contract for the purchase ot four Boeing 747s worth USJ23»i million (SJ513 million), an airlin.spokesman said today. Under the contract signed here yesterday. Garuda will make the payment in instalments over ten years starting on the arrival
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      9 sacked
      28 4 JAKARTA, Mon. About nine civil servants m Indonesia are being dismissed every day for alleged corruption, Admiral Sudomo, Chief of the Anti-Corrup-tion Operation (Opstib). said today
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      LAUGHING THROUGH A MEAT SHORTAGE
      69 4 LAUGHING THROUGH A MEAT SHORTAGE QUESTION: What is it metres long and eats rabiHrt Answer: A line outside a Russian butcher shop. Question: la It potmible for a horse to gallop from the city of Leningrad to Moscow? Answer: In theory, yes, but In practice, no, because the horse would
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      Lock icon Maggie won't be telecast
      166 4 OTTAWA, Mon. An Ontario Supreme Court Justice upheld an interim injunction yesterday prohibiting the broadcast of a filmed interview said to contain Mrs Margaret Trudeau's admission of a love affair and material which would influence the next federal election. The ruling by Mr Justice David Henry
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      Lock icon Time runs out for last 23 in syphilis study scandal
      275 4 TIME runs out this week for the last 23 of some 600 black men who stand to collect thousands of dollars because they were tricked into taking part in the United States Government's infamous Tuskegee syphilis study. During the US
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      Lock icon Paper is banned from printing charges
      280 5 Paper is banned from printing charges JOHANNESBURG. Mon JUSTICE Minister, James Kruger, today secured a court order forbidding the Rand Daily Mail from publishing allegations against him in connection with South Africa's big government scandal. Final editions of the Rand Daily Mail and other newspapers in the same group, appeared
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      Lock icon War killings
      39 5 N DJAMENA (Chad*. Mon At least 200 Muslims have been killed m two southern villages m the second major massacre m Chad m ten days, according to informed sources m this vast, war-torn central African nation AP.
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      Lock icon No talks until pullout: Amin
      146 5 No talks until pullout: Amin NAROBI, Man. Ugaadu President Idl Amln said today he would meet Tanzanian President Jailus Nyerere to negotiate an end to their four-month old war tat only after Tanzaolaa troops withdrew from Uganda. "I cannot negotiate when the enemy Is still 1M kilometres Into Uganda," Marshal
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      Lock icon Namibia: More talks
      159 5 RENEWED talks on the stalemated United Nations plan for elections and independence for South-West Africa (Namibia) are to be held in New York next week, with at least two of the territory's political parties invited to attend. Mr Andreas Shipanga, leader of the Swapo-Demo-crats, an internal, moderate
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      Lock icon Conflict has Rwanda seeking help
      79 5 Conflict has Rwanda seeking help NIAMEY (Niger}, Mon. Rwanda is appealing for outside help in overcoming the effects of the conflict between Tanzania and Uganda which is strangling its economy, Rwandan Foreign Minister Francois Ngarukiyintwali said here today. The minister, who conferred here with President Seyni Kountche of Niger, said
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      200 killed, so Libyans want to return
      494 5 200 killed, so Libyans want to return LIBYAN troops sent to bolster President Idi Amin's faltering regime have refused to be involved m any further action and have requested to be flown home after about 200 of them were mistakenly killed by Ugandan troops, diplomatic reports from Kampala say. DAR
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    LIONESS, LIONS' HOME FOR AGED PROJECT
    159 6 LIONESS, LIONS' HOME FOR AGED PROJECT A HOME for the aged will soon be set up jointly by the Lioness Club and eight Lions Clubs in Singapore. Disclosing this yesterday, Mr H.K.Uu, the Deputy Distict Governor, said the home will be located in the void deck of a Housing Board
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    On moulding
    39 6 THE Chemical Process Technology Division of the Singapore Polytechnic will conduct a fiveweek course on modern injection moulding at its Dover Road campus m May. Details can be obtained from the division. Registration ends on March 31.
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    Bribery case worker fined $2,000
    409 6 Bribery case worker fined $2,000 A PRIMARY production worker, Phua Say Peck, 48, was fined $2,000 by a district judge yesterday after he admitted receiving a $500 bribe from a broker for "settling" an alleged police investigation against the broker. Phua, who was a vice-chairman of the PAP Thomson Branch
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    Cabbie's high PUB bill due to leak
    168 6 Cabbie's high PUB bill due to leak THE high utilities bill chalked up b> a taxi driver living In a hot in Woo Mun (hew Road was due to a leakage In his internal water service pipe, a Public Utilities Board spokesman said yesterday. As a result, Mr Wahab bin
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    Where donors can give blood
    108 6 Where donors can give blood BLOOD donors can give blood at the Cisco headquarters at the National Stadium tomorrow from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.; on Friday between 9.30 a.m. and 3.30 p.m. at the Singapore Conference Hall, and on March 19 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m at the
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    New bill
    26 6 THE Minister for National Development Mr Teh Cheang Wan will introduce the Sale of Commercial Properties Bill at the next sitting of Parliament tomorrow.
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    Aussie envoy: A pity if rows hit totality of ties
    272 6 Aussie envoy: A pity if rows hit totality of ties THE Australian High Commissioner here, Mr G. J. Price yesterday said it would be a "great pity" if disputes between Australia and Asean were to spill over to infect and spoil the totality of the relationship of his country and
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    Court told of hotel hold-up by trio
    192 6 THE High Court heard yesterday how three robbers forced a waiter at gun-point to the reception counter of a Geylang hotel where t'.uy helped themselves to more than $300 m cash. DPP Ismail Hamid said th<s at the trial of Ham Beng Jit,
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      164 6 HOLIDAY ON ICE at Gay Child at the National MuWorld Stadium at 8 nightly, seum Young People's Galtill March 25. Matinee shows lery, from 10.30 a.m. to 7 at 4 p.m. on weekends. Tick- p.m. On till March 31. ets: $5 to $25. ART EXHIBITION by Mr INTERNATIONAL SUR- Chen
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    CAJ meet studies problems of Asean press
    740 7 THE many-sided problems of the Asean press came under close scrutiny yesterday during the Third General Assembly of the Confederation of Asean Journalists. These range from establishment of an Asean press agency, issue of an Asean press card, to formation of a common
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    'Newsmen set for active role'
    513 7 THE Confederation of Asean Journalists (CAJ), representing nearly 5,000 newsmen, is poised to play a more dynamic role to help the economic and social reconstruction of this region. Rather than allow itself to stagnate, it will become an active partner in modernising this area. This
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    SATS MAN ON GRAFT CHARGES GETS 8 MONTHS
    115 7 SATS MAN ON GRAFT CHARGES GETS 8 MONTHS A SINGAPORE Airport Terminal Services employee, KkM Sm Jin, 51, wm Jailed eight months by a district jndgr yesterday after be w«* found guilty m Imt c*ute af reeelvlßg bribes totalling The e«wt waa told that be received the maaey as rewards
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    MP not minister
    42 7 A STRAITS Times report yesterday carried a heading that said Dr Ang Kok Peng is a minister This is incorrect. Dr Ang is the MP for Buona Vista and does not hold any ministerial portfolio. The error is regretted.
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    Sales exec jailed 20 months for $158,640 CBT
    264 7 A FORMER sales executive. Wong Kum Chee, 29, was jailed for 20 months by a district judge yesterday after she admitted committing criminal breach of trust totalling $158,640 m 1976. She admitted committing the offence between May 17 and Nov 30 that
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    Fresh NZ troops due in May
    143 7 Fresh NZ troops due in May FRESH New Zealand troops are scheduled to arrive here in May to replace some of the soldiers based here as part of a routine annual exercise, a New Nation report said yesterday. A spokesman for the NZ forces here said this exercise would continue
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    Special Hindu prayers
    47 7 THE teachers and students of the Hindu Endowment Board's religious classes will be conducting the 39th Mandalabishega Ubayam today at the Sri Srinivasa Perumal Temple at 397, Serangoon Road. Special prayers will be held from 7.30 a.m. to 11 a.m. and at 6.45 p.m.
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    Man found dead
    52 7 THE BODY of an unidentified man was found dead at the foot of Block 37 m Circuit Road, at 9.10 a.m. yesterday. Police said the man, aged about 40, was wearing clothes like those worn by Woodbridge Hospital inmates. It was not immediately known which floor he
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    Bricklayer ticked off for neglecting wife
    227 7 Bricklayer ticked off for neglecting wife THE State Coroner Mr Chang Kok Ming yesterday chided a bricklayer (or neglecting his young wife, children and family to indulge in gambling, resulting in her committing suicide. At an inquiry into the death of housewife Madam Toh May Kee, 23, he said her
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    Family plan
    50 7 ML^S Ann Marican. a staff lurse of he Still Road Polyclinir. Ministry of Health, will give a talk m Malay on How to Plan Your Family, followed by sbd«s and a film show at the National Library lecture hall on Saturday at 4.30 p m. Admission is free.
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    It all depends on the principal, who sets the tone
    3093 8 PM on what is needed for the success of the immersion scheme: MADAM LIU MON LING of Whampoa Secondary School: I would like to mention two factors in the immersion scheme. First, for the non-eight per cent group of pupils,
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      231 8 Bringing Up Father By Bill Kavanagh Hal Camp V" I HAVE AH Is! A LIKELY STORY' I |SO ITfe TRUE FORGIVE I'M GLAD J\£>eS WHATDOYOU APPOINT/VHENT -l'U- CMECk WITI-I ME FOR DOUBTING r— /'"""V IS ON HIS W^v' MEAM,MDU"RE I WITH DR. -^1 HIS SECRgT^PV- YOU r V IJ 1
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    DBS cheated by forgery syndicate
    335 9 DBS cheated by forgery syndicate THE High Court yesterday heard how a syndicate involving Taiwanese, Thais and Indonesians used forged Development Bank of Singapore telex message forms to cheat the bank of US$250,000 (SJ.S42.5O0) in December 1977. DPP Ismail Hamid was reading a summary of the prosecution's case against Moses
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    'let press members do their job with dignity'
    189 9 'let press members do their job with dignity' A MAGISTRATE'S cart wma yesterday UM that members af tke press, far tke sake af pabllc interest, skaald be allowed to ■a about tkelr dattes Im "dlgalty" and wlth.it being placed la fear ef Injury »r MBkaJt. Mr Janhoft Um made this
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      107 10 ¥>uti like an easy day s ride to the heart ofTexas. Who cares? Catch our Texas Express from Singapore. Leave town before high noon and you're m Dallas-Fort Worth soon after sundown. >9I The British Airways Concorde takes the fastest trail to me^^^Er: <^> West: London* m the space of
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    Three workers killed in a single day
    112 11 THE industrial accident death toll has risen to 12 with three of the fatalities occurring m a single day. This happened list Friday wbea three eaastructUn workers plunged to their death down an uncompleted lift well In King Gearge'a Aveaae. They were working
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    Lock icon Rearing of carp soon at Pandan and Kranji
    510 11  -  JANIE KHOO BY A HIGHLY successful culture of the big-head carp at the Seletar Reservoir is to be introduced to the Pandan and Kranji reservoirs soon. A senior biologist of the Public Utilities Board water department's biology unit, Mr Yang Swee Leng,
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    10 GROUPS DONATE $19,900
    114 11 10 GROUPS DONATE $19,900 THE Industrial Accident Relief Fund now stands at $1,682.819.41 (excluding donations directed specifically to the Spyros fund) with the latest donation from 10 organisations which participated in the "Warmth and Humanity" charity show last December. A donation of $19,947 was presented to the Minister of State
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    $3.2m deal for two sludge tanks
    104 11 $3.2 m deal for two sludge tanks THE Port of Singapore Authority has awarded a $3.2 million contract to a local firm for the construction of two 10.000-tonne tanks for slop reception on Pulau Sebarok The contract with Wah Chang International also calls for other ancillary work, like construction of
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    MAN GETS JAIL FOR BREAK-IN AND DRUG TAKING
    155 11 MAN GETS JAIL FOR BREAK-IN AND DRUG TAKING KOH Chick Par, 39, was jailed four years by a district court yesterday after he pleaded guilty to housebreaking and theft involving $966. He was also jailed three years for consuming drugs while under a supervision order. Sentences are to run concurrently.
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    Motivating the worker
    42 11 THE Metropolitan YMCA will hold a workshop on Motivating the Worker, on Saturday and Suntiay. for executives and supervisors m a leadership position Fees (or the workshop are SCO foi members and 565 for others For details telephone *****66
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    Talk on love
    38 11 MISS Maimoon Salim from (he children and young peoples seclion of the Social Welfare Department will talk m Malay on Love, Marriage and Parenthood at the National Library lecture hall tomorrow at 4 p m
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    Spyros: Yard, officers face 5 charges
    293 12 JURONG Shipyard, along with its machinery repairs manager and an assistant safety officer, were yesterday summoned to a magistrate's court on a total of five charges of contravening the Factories Act and Port of Singapore Authority regulations m connection with the explosion on board
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    Fitter charged with 'rash act'
    166 12 Fitter charged with 'rash act' MALAYSIAN Otter Urn Hock Hoe, was charged m a district court yesterday with causing the deaths of 7C people working m and around the engine room of the tanker Spyros, by doing a rash act not amounting to culpable homicide. He allegedly used an oxy-acetyleae
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    Estate duty
    27 12 A LAWYER. Miss Rosalind Tan will give a talk m English on Estate Duty at the Marine Parade Blanch Library on '"riday at 8 p.m.
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    Too ambitious a programme
    323 12 IT was a very sad experience to witness a young and talented pianist struggle through a difficult programme and end up being overwhelmed by it. Singapore pianist Vivien Ngo, in her recital at the DBS Auditorium on Sunday night, was quite clearly a pianist with the
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    Management course
    62 12 Management course THE Metropolitan YMCA will start a diploma course m management to prepare students for the Institute of Administrative Management examination m December from tomorrow. The four subjects m the course will be taught on Wednesdays and Fridays at $500 for members and $520 for non-members, payable m five
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    Cultural show
    43 12 THE young people's section of the Marine Parade branch library will hold a Malay cultural show on March 24 at 3 p.m. m (he library auditorium. Admission is by free tickets obtainable from March 20 onwards ai the library's adult infor-
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    Jakarta panel to get S'pore's views
    114 12 Jakarta panel to get S'pore's views AN Indonesian Supreme Advisory Council team is expected to visit Singapore on March 20 to Ret its views on the political developments in the region and the international arena. Led by its vice-chairman, Mr Soenawar Soekowati, the delegation may try to assess Singapore's perception
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    Promotion exercise for CPIB officers
    127 12 Promotion exercise for CPIB officers THE Corrupt Practices investigation Bureau (CPIB) is now holding a promotion exercise for senior officers, after a lapse of four years. The last exercise was m 1975 when two special investigators were promoted to senior special investigators. Present vacancies available are two posts each for
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    For women
    41 12 THE women's subcommittees of Kampung Kapor. Manila Street and Stamford community centres m conjunction with the Rochore constituency Women's Month, will organise a fashion show, flower-making demonstration and cooking competition on April 21 and 27 and May 20 respectively
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      163 12 Straits Times Crossword ACROSS 1 To upset me, the couple hug each other (7). 5 Scottish baldheads' location? (7). 10 A giant with expectation (4). 11 Light glass In the air passage, a bad weapon (6-4>. 12 Take when one gets the chants? (6). 13 "Hair-does" Is Incorrect In this
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      94 12 6 I take to the Turf without work, being a louse (6) 7 Leader, one of those wearing appropriate headgea I (3. 6). 8 first attractive t0 (7 1 9 ..one not wearing appropriate headgear (9. 4i. IS Epistle by a man. leader of apostles In transgre;slons (9). 18 A
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    Bureau's bid to woo Aussie seminars to S'pore
    192 13 Bureau's bid to woo Aussie seminars to S'pore THE Singapore Convention Bureau will invite the "most promising" Australian convention, incentive tour and seminar ckrision makers to Singapore for a site inspection in the near future. This follows a successful promotional tour of Perth. Adelaide, Sydney and Melbourne by an eight-man
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    Detained fishermen: Lawyer for Burma
    103 13 Detained fishermen: Lawyer for Burma THE Singapore Marine Product Workers Union will send a lawyer to Burma on Sunday to try and secure the release of 15 local fishermen detained there. The lawyer was to have left two days ago but the trip was postponed because the Ministry of Foreign
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    Gas main
    40 13 THE Public Utilities Board's Gas Cepartment will be laying a new ■M main along Nutmeg Road (from Jalan I-ada Puteh to Mount E'izabeth Nutmeg Road junction), from March 19 Work is expected to take one month to complete
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    Death plunge
    67 13 A 31-\ KAK-01.11 con- I struction worker fell to I his death from the 12th floor of an uncompleted nliM-k of Housing Board nate In Aljnnied Road yesterday. Seh kok Hua, of Sem- bawug, km m a crew erecting scaffoldings at the Mock when thr mishap occurred at
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    CBT: Wife of lawyer is fined $5,000
    472 13 CBT: Wife of lawyer is fined $5,000 A DISTRICT court yesterday heard how a senior lawyer's wife committed criminal breach of trust of $20,000 from the Clients' Account of her husband's firm to use as security for a loan to buy a house. Housewife Lee Mae Fong, 39, wife of
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    On his behalf
    41 13 THE MP for Brickworks, Dr Ahmad Matiar. will officiate on behalf of the MP for Pasir Panjang. Mr Othman Wok, at a balloting ceremony for the sale of 156 units at Ayer Rajah estate today at 3 p.m.
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    $989,030 suit by architects' firm
    621 13 HEARING of claims for a total sum of $969,030 by a firm of chartered architects, Yao and Quek, against Hong Leong Holdings Ltd began before Mr Justice P'Cotta m the High Court yesterday. The claims are allegedly m respect of "fees due" from Hong I<eong
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    Police to publish 120-page safety manual
    146 13 Police to publish 120-page safety manual THE Traffic Police Division is to publish a 120-page safety manual, the first of its kind by the division to educate the public, especially the children, on road safety. Disclosing this yesterday, a Traffic Police spokesman said the book is expected to be out
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    Talk on labour
    57 13 PROFESSOR Derek Robinson of the Institute of Economics and Statistics. Oxford University, England, will speak on Current British Labour Unrest at the seminar room, Department of Economics. House 5. University of Singapore, Bukit Timah Road tomorrow at 3 p.m. The public can raise questions after his talk.
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  • The Straits Times TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 1979
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      POWER POINTS
      400 14 EVEN IF the world oil supply position improves, one thing is obvious. Like all oil-con-suming countries, Singapore has to come to terms with making do with less of the fastdepleting commodity in the future as well as paying more for it. This was made quite clear by the
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      MORE ASEAN NEWS
      349 14 MR ONG TENG CHEONG, acting Minister for Culture, was flattering enough, in his address yesterday to the Confederation of Asean Journalists, to suggest that the press has the power to shape Asean's future. While what politicians and economists do and say will undoubtedly be at least as
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    Lock icon Computers can talk, but few can listen
    486 14  -  PETER KIERNAN By I m Washington COMPUTERS can talk, even read out loud, but as yet lew can listen. Human speech is too complicated for a computer to be programmed to understand except in a highly simplified and stylised form "The very idea
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    Doubts over Ohira's purpose in US visit
    949 14  -  MASAO KANAZASHI By m Tokyo through special arrangement with the Japan Economic Journal PRIME Minister Masayoshi Ohira has at last made up his mind to go to Washington from the end of April through the beginning of May for talks with President Jimmy
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    Lock icon EEC polls: Crucial question is will voters vote?
    711 14  - EEC polls: Crucial question is will voters vote? PETER MILLAR By m Brussels IN THE world's first international elections, voters' chore of candidate may be less important than whether they bother to vote at all. With direct elections to the European Economic Community (EEC) parliament taking place from June 7-10
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    Lock icon Seoul is paying a heavy price for economic boom
    877 15  -  JAMES FOLEY By m Seoul SEOUL is paying a heavy social and environmental price for South Korea's phenomenal economic boom. More than three million people have poured into the South Korean capital looking for work and better education over the past
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      Delay was caused by bus breakdown
      208 15 Delay was caused by bus breakdown I REFER to 'Surely buses can run on time" by "A long waif (ST, Feb 12). On the date and time m question, the 18 buses rostered for Service 175 were on the road as scheduled. However, it was found that a bus which
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      Plans to ease Upper Thomson traffic congestion
      248 15 Plans to ease Upper Thomson traffic congestion I REFER to the letter by V F (ST., Feb 5) and wish to assure him that the Public Works Department is aware of the congestion along Upper Thomson Road and Lorong Chuan. We have m fact begun two major projects to alleviate
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      Request for women's day
      64 15 I AM one of those shy women who love swimming, but have had to give it up since authorities stopped setting aside one day m the week as a women only day at swimming pools. I would appreciate if the relevant authorities would bring back the
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      Noise from gongs will be cut
      148 15 I REFER to 'Gongs, drums and shattered nerves' by 'Nerve Wrecking Crescendo' (ST.Feb 21). The lion dance troupe of the MacPherson community centre, which was formed recently, had its practices on the basketball courts opposite the centre earlier on, causing no disturbance to residents.
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      HDB's rejection policy unfair
      373 15 THE CURRENT HDB policy on rejection of flats after balloting is unfair. Under the old policy, an applicant, after rejection, was automatically placed at the bottom of the waiting list. Failure to take part m a ballot was not counted as a rejection. Under the current
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      Why is it, why is it, my country?
      244 15 Why is it, why is it, my country? WHY is It, why Is It, my country? That practically the only time yea ever see a traffic cop is when be nabs you...from behind? When afterwards yen receive a traffic ticket that Is not altogether fair, the general consensus ef the
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      Sweet smell
      76 15 PLEASE refer to the letter by "Regular Bather" (ST, Feb 28) concerning smell from a factory next to a swimming pool. Our investigation has disclosed that the faint smell at the swimming pool is from the boiling of sugar m water by a nearby factory. The factory has
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  • TIMES CITY DESK
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      CLOSING PRICES
      1770 16 THE last transacted ready sale at the close of business on the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday compared with the previous day's prices together with 1978 high and low <'Adjusted for scrip/ rights Issue) SECTION ONE INDUSTRIALS Closing tone: Barely Steady. Turnover: Official figures supplied by the Stock
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      BUSINESS DONE (SINGAPORE)
      1387 16 BID and offer prices officially listed and business m and reported to the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday with the number of shares traded shown In brackets In lots of 1.000 units unless otherwise specified All Times quoted after the word "sett" Big Boar* deal (In lots
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      Govt and corporate bonds
      87 16 4 1/2% 1/8/80 (250.000) (09.308 99.405) 4 3/4% 15/9/80 (250.000) <99 578 99.675) 5 1/4% 1/3/81 (250.000) (100.188 100.28S) 5% T F 1/5/83 (250.000) (100.108 100.20S 5% T F 13/11/84 (250.000) (100.008 100.05S) 6 1/4% T F 15/4/91 (250.000) (100 358 100 455) 6 1/4% T
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      KUALA LUMPUR
      1304 16 BID and offer prices officially listed and business In and reported to the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange yesterday with the number of shares traded shown In brackets m lots of 1.000 units unless otherwise specified INIMSTWU.N \juiianli (2 MB 2 70S) Aleata il 925) A Caar il 21B)
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        Rises
        42 16 Ithn Malayan tothmana lalu Kawan ■rlaling llhn Kinta > M HldK» Leek Si-n* C M li.nl. Ell li-trn HldRS Harbour 1250 336 192 730 60S 2S0 229 490 412 344 324 50 fl6 6 5 5 5 S 4 4 4 4
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        Falls
        43 16 K Kampar O C B C •Beriunlai Straits Trading blympia Magnum forpn Nat Iron V O F Ol'B Sin Chew 304 810 T70 560 180 160 384 63S 202 350 340 -16 -10 -10 -10 -9 ■8 -6 -5 -5 -4 -4
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        Most active stocks
        32 16 I'up.-r Products IOL 1'oni Plant Haw Par Sime Darby K I KrponK DBS I- O B l.i-ntinu-. HiKh I <>» 400.000 314.000 239.000 174.000 106.000 96.000 90.000 56.000 54.000 45.000
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        INDICES
        34 16 3T.Index: industrials: Finance: •lot. 'Is Properties: fins. rubbers: D.C.B.C: S.E.S.Ind: Mar 9 Mar 12 1907.86 1899.12 359.62 359.32 632.11 630.16 272.33 271.92 224.82 224.52 173.42 173.91 ***** 554.51 334.80 333 18 326.23 *****
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        Hongkong
        351 16 HONGKONG:- Stock prices closed slightly firmer m quiet trading yesterday with investors hesitant ahead of major companies' results to be published soon, dealers said. The Hang Seng index closed 1.27 points up at 535.01. Greet- taiam* Cemeat closed 25 cents up at HK534.50 and Cbeug Koag 30 cents up
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        Sydney
        308 16 SYDNEY: -Oil stocks, led by BHP, and selected coals at- traded interest m a quiet but generally firm market, dealers said. BHP firmed on its Exmouth Plateau drilling programme, rising 30 cents to A511.15. while elsewhere m oils A O G added three to $1.02, WswdsMe two to 78
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        Tokyo
        427 16 TOKYO:- Share prices closed slightly higher m limited trading, led by pharmaceutials, chemicals and speculative)*. dealers said. The Dow Jones average rose 5.15 to close at 6,062.58 points, with a volume of 190 million shares. The New index closed at 448.51. up 0.45 point. Export-orientated issues closed generally higher
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        Lock icon Malayan Tin half-year
        77 16 LONDON:— Malayan Tin announced a pre-tax profit of MJ17.52 million ($11.21 million), for the six months ended December 31. Earnings per share is 64 cents (41 cents). Pre-tax profit, after mining profit was $13.49 million ($8.37 million) and dividends was $2.20 million ($1.02 million). Tax was $11.57
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        GOLD
        178 16 THE KILOBAR market yesterday opened at $16,938 and closed at $16.890. In the Far East, gold opened ai US 5241 00 241 50 and moved up to a high of 5241. 80 242.20. Heavy liquidation emerged as soon as news that Prime Minister Begin had resolved some key issues
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        PRODUCE PRICES
        125 16 CHINKSK PBODI CR KXCHANtiE, SINUAPOBE, NOON CLOSING PRICES PER PICI L VKSTKRDAV: Caraaat aU: Bulk SI2S lellers. old drum $130 sellers, new drum $135 sellers. Caprm: Mixed (looae) UK Cont T79 00 buyers Pepacr: Muntok ASTA white fob 100. NLW 5320.00 sellers. Sarawak while fob 96- NLW {305
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        STRAITS TIN
        26 16 THE STRAITS tin price perked another $23 to $1,948 per picul m Penang yesterday on an official offering up 49 tonnes to 185 tonnes.
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        RUBBER
        360 16 OPENING quotations m the Singapore rubber market yesterday were marked down following lower London advices, dealers said. First business was struck at 249.50 cents for April due to a lack of sellers and speculative buying. Trading then became idle as most operators remained reluctant to open new positions m
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        Closing prices
        30 16 Rubber: March 12 Singapore: April: 248.00 cents (down one cent) Malaysia: April 251.50 cents (down one cent) Tin: $1,948 (up $23) Official offering: 136 tonnes (down two tonnes)
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        SSR and SMR
        75 16 IAS WH «J 4RKLB K and SMR prif. II l.aipallrli 'lM(*mrrdat April *!■> (Carrol Mtk) (Far«>rd Mlk) Bayers s,llrr. Baycn s»ll»r. •4loi MUON -'4«l>l 24SOON MM) NIM M1JI j4i«iN Mk c ■NIK II. \ll< lip ■\IH I •MK »i •MM II l.« pallru .1 ...,,,-11,1. ,1 i.^p.lU.1.
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      Irregular and quiet trading
      357 16 SELECTED ISSUES came In for support m generally quiet and irregnlar trading on Ike Stock Exrha-srje of Siiifraparr yesterday. IV announcement by United Oversea* Baak of a rise In Its prime lending rate to 8 per cent this to the drat local hank to ralae Its
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      K LUMPUR
      264 16 THERE WAS only a handful of firm spots on the Kuala Lumpur stock market yesterday as prices pulled back to close slightly easier. Reflecting the easier trend yesterday, the New Straits Times industrial index slipped 0.33 point to 395.32 while the volatile Business Times index fell 8.54 points
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      Money and exchanges
      88 16 THE US dollar opened at $2.1715,30 m the Singapore forex market yesterday, littied changed from last week's close of $2.2710/20. The US unit was traded firmly throughout the day, rising to a high of $2.2755 65 before closing slightly easier at $2.1745/55. Xl ALA LUMPUR:- The US
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      NOMINAL RATES
      150 16 INTERBANK rates at 3.00 pm: Currancwa Nominal rataa Smithaonian Parcantaga quotad yaatarday (croaa)parity < hang* Local dollars to one unit of foreign currency: Sterling pound 4.4300 4.4350 Australian dollar 2.4385 2.4505 MZ dollar 2.2860 2.3095 Canadian dollar 1.8410 1.8430 7.3469 3.4286 3.4286 -39.70 -28.88 -33.17 Local dollars to
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      147 17 BERJUNTAI TIN dredging has confirmed press reports on the position of its expired leases. The board has held further discussions with Kumpulan Perangsang Selangor Her had (KPS) since early November last year and now confirms that the matter has been satisfactorily resolved. On March 1. KPS
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      1282 21 IV ACCOMMODATION A PROPERTIES DIST. 10. FREEHOLD DOUBLESTOREY corner terrace 3 bed- S <! sfca^ rooms. 3.900 sq fl Selling with .-a*Sa» short term tenancy, fully fur- J-pi^Vnil PkU lIAMf nished Ideal location. 5 mins m TUU LAH HUH from University. Interested call DABBMII IB TO *****24 No brokers DUKKUII
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      712 21 IV ACCOMMODATION A PROPERTIES DIST 15, AMBER TOWER laillll sea. maisnnetlr 2 .000 sq fl Terrazzo/parquet $150,000. EBC *****40 23SSM1 Dial. Apartmantt at Nutmag Road, directly behind Lucky Plaza. Orchard Road. Choice location with all amenities with m walking distance Only 4 units Selling $99,000 for 2 bedroomed units and
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      1260 22 VI EDUCATION A TRAINING GCE LEVELS 'I CdMWWt 1* March IST* BaJLal^atP G.P tngnsn you naea oaaar guaWcaaong Economics Th* London Chamber ol Commarce Geography Add. Maths ana Muß»y PrtvaM Secretary Certteaa* racograaad PTeUI*MCOB»MCRC6 oMmaaonaly a* on* o( iht GP Accounting raghaat guaMcetiom obtainable Economics Add Maths JrataxajtwaataiaitieonryPrtvala Manase- Geciaf
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  • IX OBITUARIES
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      140 Acknowledgements
      125 23 BETTY BONO FAMILY wish to thank all their friends for Uielr kind condolences, lovely flowers and for their attendance during their recent bereavement. It Is nice to know that so many people care MP.3 ELBA GROUNOWATER wishes to express her gratitude and sincere thanks to all friends for
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      79 23 MAOAM MARIA LEE CHWEE NEO Aged 75 (wife of the late Mr. JaaaaM Sim Meng Cheng) passed uway peacefully on 12th March 1979 Leaving behind her son Bernard Sim Kirn San. daughter Sim Hong Kee and future daughter-in-law Julia Cheang Chin Neo Cortege leuves at 169A Block 86
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      74 23 ESTATE DUTY PROBLEMS? Our Mr. Lim may be able to help you. EPATAS TAX SERVICES PTE LTD TEL: *****40. In Ever Loving Msmory ol MR T.C. MATHEW Departed on 13-3-76 j Sadly missed but always remembered by wile children. In memory ol In* late LIM TEONG HUAT.
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      461 23 VIII ANNOUNCEMENTS PERSONAL LOVER MARRIAGE AID BUREAU ivsiMv you to get your lifetime partner:, privately 131 ReltgtOUt irruoductioru gtTa^ntred'T'aTi Announcements IHTM.nally 202. 2nd floor People s Park Centre S pore 1 Tel: ***** V T"«'TnST THE HO.-ICE -.OVE-ENT. A Able To s£ak Mandarin Prefer iuncn llm la 1 on The
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      809 23 I STERLING k| Our clitnt. a leading international manufacturing company situated m Ulu Kelang with Headquarters m New York, invites qualified Malaysians 94 for the following positions GRADUATE MECHANICAL ENGINEER (Raf: R79/1131 To act as a factory Engineer m charge of Maintenance, Fire Safety and M Protect Department. The person
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  • TIMESPORT PAGE ONE
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      Lock icon MAJESTIC MAJID
      172 24 Pakistani opener hits dashing century MELBOURNE, Mon. Pakistan restored their reputation as a strong batting side by reaching 279 for five in their second innings a lead of 307 on the third day of the first cricket Test against Australia here today. Asif Iqbal (41 not out) and
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      77 24 PAKISTAN Ist lux: IK AUSTRALIA Ist lan: 1(8 PAKISTAN tat MajM Khaa b Border 108 M*Ma Khaa r and b Hogg 14 Zahter Ahhas b Hogg 59 Jave Miaadad c Wright b Border 16 Asif Iqbal not out 41 Mashtaq Mahammad c Higgs b Sleep 28 Wasim Rahi not
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      149 24 BRIDGETOWN (Barbados), Mon. Australia's bowlers, spearheaded by a fiery early spell by Dennis Lillee and Jeff Thomson, earned their team an important 72run first-innings lead over the West Indies on the third day of the second World Series Cricket Supertest here yesterday. The West Indies then struck back
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      52 24 DUBLIN. Mon Philip Kenyon. of Britain, won the Irish Open squash rackets championship here yesterday, defeating Australian F Donnelly M. 1-9, 94. 9-3 in the final. Mohamed Saleem. of Pakistan, defeated C. Blackwood, of New Zealand. 9-10. 9-3. 9-5. 4-9, 9-7 in the play-off for third
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      I'VE DONE IT...
      218 24 FIRSTS for Nelson and Nancy FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida, Mon. Larry Nelson won his first professional golf tournament yesterday when he carded a one-under-par 71 for a three-stroke victory in the US$300,000 ($651,000) Inverrary golf classic. Nelson, a 31-year-old veteran of five years on the tour, wound up
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      152 24 NEW YORK, Mon. For the second successive year American Kurt Thomas has won the America Cup for gymnastics with a performance watched by about 14,000 spectators. Thomas, 22, ended the general individual competition based on six exercises with a score of 58.10 points yesterday. He came
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      188 24 LAUSANNE, Mon. China yesterday repeated their readiness for immediate round-table talks with Taiwan sports authorities aimed at clearing the way. for the communists' first appearance in the Olympic Games next year. Chinese Olympic Committee officials called on the International Olympic Committee during their
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      BRIEFS Killanin: IOC support for FIFA
      391 24 BRIEFS Killanin: IOC support for FIFA LAUSANNE, Mon. The International Football Federation yesterday won support from other Olympic sports bodies for their decision to exclude East European and Latin American World Cup players from the 1980 Olympic tournament m Moscow. Lord Killanin, president of the International Olympic Committee, told a
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      360 24 ALL THAT GLITTERS I IS NOT GOLD I But SINGAPORE BUSINESS The Stock Market: Chan Bong Soo, YEARBOOK 1979 shows you, gold always Business Times writer, traces the activities glitters. Dr Gan Tjoen Hok of the United m the local stock market over the past year Overseas Bank explains why,
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      726 24 ffi?< MALAYSIA SHIPYARD ENGINEERING Mjjpr SDN. BHD. w A progressive and fast expanding Shipyard invites applications from m experienced and suitably qualified Malaysian Citizens for the following §f position: I PURCHASING OFFICER M The appointee will be responsible directly to the Purchasing Executive S (Machinery) for the Company's purchases and
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  • TIMESPORT PAGE TWO
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      Genthus now among favourites for Derby
      774 25  - Genthus now among favourites for Derby FAIRWAY By TRAINER Teh Choon Beng's Genthus is now among the favourites for the $82,500 Singapore Derby over 2,400 metres on Sunday following his spectacular win in Saturday's Class 1, Division 2 1,850m rtice. Genthus win left little doubt in the minds of racegoers
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      Nugteren speeds in, Tang spins out
      258 25  - Nugteren speeds in, Tang spins out DHARSAN SINGH By TOP Malaysian rally driver Croc Tang's hopes of capturing the JB challenge trophy for his country spun out at Senoko. Tang, hoping to capture the trophy by clocking the Fastest Time of the Day, spun off the track and overturned during
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      1336 25 WEIGHTS for this weekend's races at Bukit Timah: SATURDAY CtaM 1 On. 4 1.400 m II Trendy 57.0 13 Soon Hong 56.5 I iii 'i edit Centre II 56 5 1 Sentimental Reason 56 5 4 Tin Hien II 56 5 15 The Slin-a 56 5 <
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      71 25 Iv_nr.wiNu r^uwiN iciNVj \y 1 1 LIU. 1 1 y^U) Licensed Auctioneers Valuers No 58 Market Street, Singapore I Tel: *****8/*****9/*****0 H Singapore H 1 Turf Club I 4-DIGITS Ml A new branch office for H yj the sale of 4- D tickets K| R will be opened tomorrow, VI
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      115 25 'AUCTKH^ALn^ Valuable Singapore Properties To be held at our sales-room, No. 67A, Telok Ayer Street, Singapore, on Tuesday, 20th March 1979, at 2.30 p.m. I. FUt No. it\ Jalaa Mala Ayer, (iardenla Caart, freehold. (Messrs. Bosw'ell. Hsleh Urn Solicitors). MORTGAGEE'S SALE t. Na. 7*, (r»»bur»t Drive, Seraag««i (iardea Rattle, area
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      Idiosyncrasyreal name of the game
      525 26 Idiosyncrasyreal name of the game SPORTS FEATURE... By WILFRED YEO IT takes all kinds to make the world, and Nature, m its effort to colour the globe, certainly did not overlook those who indulge m sports. Indeed, whatever the sport, idiosyncrasy seems to be the real name of the game,
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      Pereira raises team's hopes
      450 26  -  BERNARD PEREIRA By UNSEEDED and unheralded Victor Pereira injected the sparkle into Singapore's hopes m the Head junior invitation tennis individual singles championship when he ousted thirdseeded Indonesian Toto Anuraga 7-5, 0-6, 6-2 to qualify for the semi-finals at the Kallang Tennis Centre yesterday. The victory
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      Champion to defend title
      70 26 LAIDERHILL (Florida). Mon. Tom Weiskopf. who had once withdrawn, changed his mind late yesterday and will defend his title m the U*****,000 (5M2.000) Doral-Eastern Open golf tournament this week. Weiskopf told officials by telephone early over the weekend that he was suffering from a stomach ailment,
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      Ranjodh bows out gallantly
      409 26  -  PATRICK BASTIANS By RANJODH SINGH, showing a remarkable ability to peak at the right time, was beaten 9-4, 9-7, 9-6 by the seemingly-formidable Peter Hill, m a round-robin squash tie among players m Singapore's East-Asia squad at the Kallang Complex yesterday. Despite the loss Hill took
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      Lock icon Japanese fail to achieve hat-trick
      203 26 Japanese fail to achieve hat-trick COPENHAGEN, Mon. Japanese players won twc of the five finals played yesei day in the Danish international badminton touina ment. Their wins came in the men's doubles when ineir powerful pair of M tsao Tsuchida and Yoshitak; lino beat Britain's Eddie futton and David Eddy
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      Lock icon Sue meets Heather in final
      129 26 SHEFFIELD (England), Mon. Britain's top player, 5ue Cogswell, reached the f nal of the "Pretty (Jplly" women's world Open squash c lampionship at Abbeydale Pirk here last night with a 9-'., 9-5, 7-9, 9-7 win over Vicky Hoffman, of Australia, the No. 2 seed. >ue,
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      STBC plan formulated programme
      182 26  - STBC plan formulated programme WILFRED YEO By FORMULATED training programmes will be introduced when the bowling national squad are formed after selection trials, which start on Sunday. The training, said M.K. Lee, chairman of the Singapore Tenpin Bowling Congress' tournament committee, will be geared towards Singapore's participation m the various
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      564 26 Our client, an established timber company, invites applications 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 least
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      704 26 adalah dipelawa dari Warganegara Malaysia vang memilikil kelayakan dan pengalaman tertentu untuk dipertimbangkan bagi jawatan berikut di dalam perkhidmatan Lembaga Letrik Negara NAMA JAWATAN PEGAWAI PENTAOBIR PENOLONG SETIAUSAHA (Undang-Undang) TANGGA GAJI A22 8745 x 60 865/985 x 60 1225/1345 x 60 1705 x 100 2005 KELAYAKAN OAN PENGALAMAN Calon-calon bagi
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      149 26 PENANG TURF CLUB NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of the Members ot the Penang Turf Club will be held at the Tote Hall. Grandstand. Race Course. Batu Gantong Road. Penang on Thursday. 29th March. 1979 at 5 15 pm BUSINESS 1 To confirm the Minutes of
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  • TIMESPORT PAGE FOUR
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      Boxer Selva has weighty problem
      332 27  -  GODFREY ROBERT By BOXER K Selvarajoo, who apparently missed the President's Cup boxing tournament in Jakarta last month, because of weight problems, is in the same predicament again. Selva, the national featherweight champion, is among the seven boxers selected for the King's Cup tournament in
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      Hartley ticks off senior players
      457 27  -  JOE DORAI By SINGAPORE came close to their first Malaysia Cup defeat against Trengganu at the National Stadium on Sunday mainly because the senior players did not utilise their experi- 1 This was the point Singapore's coach Trevor Hartley drummed into the minds of the
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      Junie Sng sets two records
      279 27 THREE records were set on the opening day of the Singapore Amateur Swimming Association junior championships at the Toa Payoh pool yesterday and international Junie Sng claimed two of them, reports PETER SIOW. In the process, Junie rewrote former swimming ace Patricia Chan's 10-year-old 400
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      Singapore confident of victory
      136 27  -  ALBERT JOHNSON By DEFENDING champions Singapore leave for Medan today, confident of retaining the title in the five-nation international invitational water-polo tournament in Indonesia starting today until Friday. The tournament for champion club teams in ASEAN, was won by Singapore's Queenstown last year. Team manager Tan
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      Another wait for the sailors
      205 27  -  PETER SIOW By LOCAL sailors keen on competing m the world Enterprise championship m Ireland m August will have to wait until next month for the Singapore Yachting Association's decision. Actually, the decision was to have been taken at the SYA's monthly meeting last week.
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      Drawn match
      27 27 GEYLANG United drew 1-1 with Woodbridge m a friendly soccer match at Woodbridge yesterday. Rahim Yakub netted (or Geylang and Mohd Shariff scored for Woodbridge
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      82 27 •SEQUENCE pictures by Straits Times cameraman ALBERT SIM shew how Trengganu came close to scoring another goal against Singapore m their Malaysia Cup-tie at the National Stadium on Sunday night. In picture A, Singapore captain Samad Alapitchay (N0.4) Just manages to scoop the ball away from the
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      UMW reduce the odds
      94 27 UNITED Motor Works, who will meet Guthrie m the Singapore Business Houses Division One final m June, shaved the odds against their completing a double when they beat Mandarin Hotel 1-0 m a senior knockout match at the Jalan Besar Stadium last night, reports WILFRED YEO.
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      Rozario gets chance to earn Cup berth
      234 27 Rozario gets chance to earn Cup berth BRIAN ROZARIO, who dropped out of the Singapore soccer scene 18 months ago. is making a comeback tonight when he represents the intermediate team against Brunei m a friendly match at the National Stadium (8). reports JOE DORAI. Rozario joined <he intermediate squad
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      86 27 BADMINTON Junior individual championships (SBA hall. 7.15). SKPAk TAKKAH Division One League: Prisons v Vigilante Corps, Sri Kallang v Setia Bakti (PERSES Centre, 7.30). SOCCER Malaysia Cup: Singapore v Brunei (National Stadium 8pm), Armed Forces v Sabah; Singapore Business Houses Football League senior junior knock-out: Vosper S'pore v Singapore Bus
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    643 28 y ASEAN urgently needs well-informed and highly competent journalists w who can interpret the realities of the region fairly and perceptively. They should rise above the temptations of A filing irresponsible or frivolous copy y for the sake of instant popularity. THE acting Minister
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    67 28 REFUGEES SWIM ASHORE TWO of the 100 Vietnamese refugees who made a mats escape bid from the freighter Skvluck on Sunday swimming towards Hongkong s shoreline. Fiity of them were plucked from the sea by police and returned to the ship. The rest made it to the island of Lamma,
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    177 28 Terrorist caught, rifle and food seized YALA (South Thailand). Mon. Thai security forces yesterday captured an armed communist terrorist collect ing supplies m Thai land's Ya 1 a province near the Malaysian border police said here today. They said the troops tipped off by villagers caught the terrorist m a
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    37 28 PARIS. Mon. The New European Monetary System (EMSI. grouping the currencies of the European Economic Community except sterling, will start working at the opening of foreign exchanges tomorrow, it was announced here today. AFP.
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    35 28 AMMAN. Mon. Fourteen people died end another 35 were injured m an explosion last night at a Jordanian factory making inflammable products (or the building trade, it was announced here today. -AFP.
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    285 28 Carter 'blows his top' in Knesset JERUSALEM, Monday PRESIDENT Carter today blew up m anger at the Israeli Knesset (Parliament) when Prime Minister Menachem Begin introduced a "serious new complication" to his quest for a Middle East peace agreement and the American leader now appears on the brink of returning
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    76 28 Late CLASSIFIEDS DEATH MATTHCW MINOIS, formfrly <B,lef repmentatlve StrelU Echo X L.. pnu attach*. Malaysian (^nhtMy press attache. Mitayaiui High Commission In Sinmpore. passed away suddenly HIT* In Mary Land U.S.A. laavinx behind beloved wife Lilian S sons. 1 oaut-hter. 2 daunhtm.»li« and 2 frtndchildren MRS AMODA OAROVA, aited 73
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    42 28 NEW YORK. Mon. Dow Jones averages, based on first hour of trading on the New York Stock Exchange: 30 indust 839.48 off 3 38. 20 transp 213.14 off 0.87. IS utiLs 103.52 of! 0.64. 65 stocks 283.61 off 1.26.— UP1.
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      Lock icon No resistance if process is natural
      791 1  - No resistance if process is natural WILLIAM SAFIRE Language and change By m Now York NOBODY resents language change that comes about naturally for example, people who once said of their mental state, "I'm hurting," now say, "I'm in pain," and we accept this as a normal turnover of vogue
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      575 1  - Sarong weavers in Indonesia adapting slowly ADLAI AMOR By m Bandung, Indonesia FORTY-FIVE kilometres from this summer capital of Indonesia is a town called Majalaya. Its houses are packed by the roadsides, leaving the rest of the land planted to rice and vegetables. Like any other Javanese town, Majalaya is
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        419 2  - Nancy just won't give up her 'good luck' mole GERALDINE TANG By I THE one dark distinctive mole sitting smack m the middle of her forehead looks like a blot on fairi complexioned leading Hongkong actress Nancy Sit Kar Yin. HMMaMM Friends have even asked her to get rid of
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        299 2  - The first tease-by-TV campaign is now on AL JE AN HARMETZ By m Los Angeles WHAT one Columbia executive calls "the first tease-by-television campaign in movie history" has begun. Nearly US$3 million (S$6.51 million) is being spent on a series of five commercials for The China Syndrome a movie about
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        Row over an erotic song
        94 2 Row over an erotic song CHIBA (Japan), Mon. The newly-written Ichihara citizens festival song has set the whole town agog with its controversial and somewhat erotic lyric lines that goes something like: "...Blow wind, you freak gust lifting up the hem of the bathrobe that cute little girl wears... "...When
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        49 2 THE Festival of Arts I*7B Highlights on Channel 8 at 7.10 tonight features orchestral and choral items by the Chan Yong Shing Chamber Orchestra, Mutiara Ghazal Taman Jurong, a veena-venu-violin performance and the Metro Philharmonic Choir. The compere is Pamela Tan. Nancy. ..no limit to success
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        144 2 SHARP NIGHT TO MAKE COMEBACK SHARP Night, sponsored musical vartety-rnm-qali show la Mandarin which was popalar In tfce early Seventies, wUl be revived on U-leviston in later next month. It will retain in a series of IS shows to be telecast "live." Thr programme is scheduled tor telecast »n Friday
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        RTS' bagful of eight meaty documentaries
        1096 2  -  SAW PUAY LIM By WATCHING a good, indepth documentary is surely a light and convenient way of getting a comprehensive insight into various subjects since all the research's been done for you. The documentary buff should then be quite pleased that RTS has again
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        355 2 The Republic of Singapore Navy 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 join us m the different vocations we have to offer.
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        859 2 TV and Radio SINGAPORE 5 3.00 PM Opening followed by I Dream of 6.35 Skilful Soccer Jeaimie (repeat) 7 05 Tne Ph Silvers Show Bilko vs r C __B. k x Covington (repeat) 3.25 Diary of Events (Engfsh) 7 30 m (Malay) 3.30 Afternoon Matinee All The Way j 7.45
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        117 3  -  Wong Lai Wah i Edil«d by KLKCiANCK, glamour, these are the password* U fashion this year. Forget about free and easy, comfortable looks. Don't go to the extreme of decking oat in overly tight restrictive clothes either. The thins to do Is t« strike a
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        1736 3  -  ERIC MORGENTHALER By PATERNITY leave involves the feeling among many men, as well as women that fathers really should be mote involved m raising their children. It's good tor children, these people say, and it's good for fathers. STOCKHOLM Jonny
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        764 3  -  SHEILA CHEONG By WHEN HIS son Sher Han was born two years ago, sales manager, Philip Urn, 30, happily chipped in to help from a "safe distance". I'nlike his Swedish counterparts who are obviously acquainted with the A to Z of childcare. Philip
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        220 4 7,000 applied for five state govt jobs, says CM MALACCA. Mon. A total of 7.000 people applied for five vacancies in the State Economic Corporation recently. Chief Minister Adib Adam said last night. Emphasising the acuteness of the umemployment problem among youth, he said the government is doing its best
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        Lock icon Boss robbed of payroll
        50 4 KLANG. Mon. An armed man assaulted a coconut plantation owner before robbing him of a 16.000 payroll at the Jalan MemSireh traffic lights junction here this morning. The robber, armed with a sharp object, escaped in a car with his two accomplices towards Jalan Rireh NST.
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        327 4 KUANTAN, Mon. Law Minister and Attorney General Datuk Seri Hamzah bin Abu Samah announced that the jury system will come up for a critical review soon. He said the review was necessitated by thinking in the government that the jury might not be suitable and
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        233 4 KL: No offer to be host for peace talks KUALA LUMPUR, Monday MALAYSIA has denied it offered to be host at a peace conference or mediate m the Indochina conflicts and was not contemplating sending a ministerial delegation to Peking for such a purpose. The Foreign Ministry statement issued today,
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        221 4 Man paid $10,000 for Viet girl he wanted to marry AI.OK STAR, Mm. A sk«p assistant wa* admltted harbouring an 18-year-old Vletaameae illegal Immigrant Uld a magistrate's court here today how he (eU la lave wltk tne girl am) paid SII.IM to bay her out from a bar at Pekaa
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        97 4 $20,000 for crash woman PENANG, Mon. A 43-year-old housewife whose left leg became 2.5 cm shorter as a result of an accident in which her husband was killed, was awarded $20,000 damages by the High Court here today. According to a consent judgment recorded by the court, factory supervisor Khoo
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        346 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Monday PROPRIETORS of shops and business premises can have their application for a business licence turned down if they do not give prominence to Bahasa Malaysia in their signboards or advertisements under a Bill to be tabled in the coming Parliamentary
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