The Straits Times, 14 March 1979

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  • 14 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 1979 25 CENTS M.C.(P) No. 142/1/79
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  • 33 1 Special stream for Extra year for Refinements, but the weaker the less able gtj no basic change primary pupils secondary students for the brightest
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  • 1997 1 6 IT has not occurred to many Singaporeans how unnatural the present school system is. Most school children are taught In two languages English and Mandarin. Eighty-five per cent of them do not speak either of these languages at home. Our system is largely modelled
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  • 355 1 DR GOH Keng Swee and his Education Study Team have recommended that formal instruction m moral education be given m all classes and all streams, taking the place of the present Education for Living (EFL) for primary and the civics course for secondary schools. The subject
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  • 346 1  - Team raps ministry for too many meetings KOH VAN POH By MOST officials m the Ministry of Education are conscientious and concerned, but the defective system under which they work prevents many of them from giving of their best. Dr Goh Keng Swee and his Education Study Team has thus
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  • 113 1 TEHERAN, Tues. Revolutionary firing squads today executed 12 men, Including the former chief of Iran's national news agency, on charges of political crimes against Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomelny. mass murder and torture. Mahmoud Jaffarlan. former chief of the state- run Pars news agency, and Parvli Nlkkhwah. former news
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  • 483 1 JERUSALEM, Tuesday PRESIDENT Jimmy Carter left Israel today with a Middle East peace treaty still beyond his grasp despite a non-stop round of bargaining on which his personal prestige had been heavily staked. I The sombre mood of the American delegation contrasted sharply with
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  • 497 1 BANGKOK. Tuesday CHINESE troops are building a permanent position in an attempt to hold territory up to a kilometre inside Vietnam, intelligence analysts said here today. The sources said that Vietnam was concerned about the Chinese move and had sent elite units of its
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  • 389 1 Refugee isle: Jakarta calls for talks K. LUMPUR, Tue» INDONESIA has proposed a meeting of Asean and other countries accepting Vietnamese refugees to discuss In detail a proposal to set aside an Indonesian island to process such refugees, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said today. Indonesia proposes that the meeting be
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  • 74 1 Refugee boat heads for Penang KUALA LUMPUR, Tue*. A refugee boat earning some 100 Vietnamese, which was prevented by authorities on Malaysia's East Coast from landing, was reported today to t» heading for Pens ng Police said the SO-nvstr* long wooden boat was one of four which tried to beach
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  • 68 1 PARIS. Tues. The nine-nation European Economic Committee announced today that In the face of the energy upheaval caused by the Iranian revolution, it would reduce Its total oil consumption to 5M million tonnes this year. The EEC wiU use about 25 million tonnes less this
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    • 81 2 Hua leads tree planting CHINESE Communist Party Chairman Hua Kuo-Feng (right) and Senior Vice-Premier Teng Hsiao-Ping (second from left) leading more than 1,000 cadres and people m tree-plant-ing m Taihsing County near Peking on Monday. More than 15 million trees will be planted around the Chinese capital as part of
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    • 274 2 WASHINGTON, Tuesday JAPAN has averted a threat made by the United States to bar Imports of a wide range of Japanese manufactured goods, White House trade negotiator Robert Straus said. Mr Stratus said m an announcement yesterday the threat was
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    • 306 2 Slogans? No, we prefer money, say peasants PEKING, Tues The Chinese media today quoted peasants as saying they want money before slogans. The Hsinhua news agency said peasants m Dangtu county of Anhwei province complained that "moraleboosting posters and slogans painted on boards, quotations from Chairman Mao Tsetung carved into
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    • 54 2 OSAKA. Tues. Philips Petroleum of Banlesville. Oklahoma will contribute funds to a petrochemical project m Singapore, a Japanese company reported today. Sumitomo Chemical Co. said the US company agreed to its request for capital participation m the establishment of an ethylene manufacturing firm Sumitomo plans to establish m
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    • 361 2 TOKYO, Tuesday JAPAN, which relies on imports for more than 99 per cent of its vital oil supplies, was told today by three major exporters that its supplies will be cut, according to local trade sources. Exxon International Corporation told Japanese trading companies and
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    • 220 2 The good, the bad and the ugly in China's films HONGKONG. Tues. Chinese film fans want the stuff of Star Wars but cannot stand suspense or violence and get embarassed by certain love scenes m their movies, the official People's Daily newspaper said yesterday. Splashed across a full page devoted
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    • 50 2 SEOUL. Tura A US Air Force T39 aircraft from Japan crashed this morning along Korea's southwestern coast, killing two of its three crew members. American military officials reported. A third crewman known to have been on board was missing and a search was underway, the officials said. UPI
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    • 292 2 Pros and cons of going without TV KOBE, Tues. Forty-two families set out to see what would happen if they went one month without watching television. One family did not last one month. By the end of the test, four families had dropped out and cheating was also reported, such
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    • 224 3 Woman marchers attack TV network chief TBHERAN, Tues. Renewed demonstrations were staged today by angry Iranian women who marched onto the national television station to protest its failure to film their battle against the enforced wearing of the traditional veil Revolutionaries fired into the air to scatter several hundred women
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    • 39 3 TOKYO. Tues. Japanese companies last year spent nearly 1.9 trillion yen (5520.6 billion) on domestic advertisements an increase of 12.4 per cent over the previous year, Dentsu Incorporated, a leading advertising agency said here today. Reuter
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    • 306 3 Plan to arm woman soldiers in Britain LONDON, Tuesday. BRITAIN'S woman soldiers will be trained to shoot to kill and, for the first time, will regularly carry arms, under plans now being finalised The Defence Ministry today said an announcement on arming women m the army and m the air
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    • 169 3 NEW DELHI, Tues. Four-month-long efforts to reunite india's divided Congress Party under the leadership of former premier Indira Gandhi were officially called off yesterday. Former defence minister Swaran Singh, leader of the official wing of the party, told a press conference that nothing concrete
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    • 77 3 INDONESIAN Information Minister All Murtopo speaking to government officials yesterday: "The big powers are afraid of each other. They always avoid nuclear war because they know such a war will destroy themselves, they will have no funds to rebuild their countries and they will not become super-powers
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    • 38 3 JAKARTA, Tues. A three-hour (ire has gutted hundreds of shops m a Banjarmasin marketplace m South Kalimantan, causing damage estimated at US$2.4 million dollars (555.2 million), Antara news agency said today. No casualties were reported. Renter
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    • 251 3 Another secretary defects to East Germany? BONN, Tims. THE secretary of deputy chairman Kurt Biedenkopf of the Christian Democratic Party, has disappeared and apparently defected to East Germany with a spy, security officials said today. Officials said police broke into the apartment of Christel Broszey, 31, when she did not
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    • 71 3 Demand for ransom MANILA, Tues. Muslim rebels who kidnapped an American missionary m the southern Philippines have demanded a 100,000-peso (5J30.380) ransom (or his release. Church authorities said today. Negotiations (or the release ot Lloyd Vanvactor, 55, have been m progress since the United Church ot Christ Missionary was abudcted
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    • 70 3 NEW YORK, Tues. Silent-film star Gloria Swanson has agreed to write a candid autobiography, set for publication m 1980, her publishers said yesterday. The 80-year-old Miss Swansea, who was married six times, said: "Age, If nothing else, entitles me to set the record straight before
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    • 275 3 TOKYO, Tues. A third world diplomat who has been to Hanoi recently said that Vietnamese Foreign Minister, Nguyen Duy Trinh, may soon step down m favour of a younger and more forceful top party official. The Pan-Asia News Agency (Pana news), m a despatch
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    • 137 3 JAPAN has decided to continue aiding Vietnam's GCMMQIK QCVM#pOIGIt b^~ cause It hi satisfied that Hanoi is oot likely to embark on aay oUur adventure la South-east Asia, New Nation reported la Singapore yesterday. The paper, la a report filed by its Tokyo
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      • 70 4 MIAMI: An alcoholic who tried to ease the transition from drinking to doing without by swallowing 10 bottles of mouthwash was reported resting m satisfactory condition on Monday. Police said they were summoned on Sunday by a convenience store clerk who became alarmed at the amount
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      • 77 4 SACRAMENTO: California Assembly Republican leader Paul Priolo wants to rename Los Angeles International Airport m honour of movie star John Wayne. "Too often we wait until people have died, and I'd like to do it while he can still appreciate it,' Mr Priolo said of the
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      • 79 4 MOSCOW: A high divorce rate, blamed on the irresponsible attitudes of newlyweds, is a "cause for concern" m the Soviet Union, especially m the spartan settlements of east Siberia, a women's magazine says. The article m Rabotnitsa (Working Woman), summarised om Monday by the Tass news
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    • 340 4 'BOMB ATTACKS IN KAMPALA' NAIROBI, Tuesday UGANDAN exile sources said yesterday that Tanzanianbacked rebels had encircled President Idi Amin's counter-at-tacking forces and cut them off from Kampala, while urban guerillas were hitting targets m the capital and elsewhere. The sources said the encirclement followed a
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    • 320 4 Allaying fears of black boxes at the booths SALISBURY, Tues. Thousands of superstitious and illiterate Rhodesian blacks, allowed to vote for the first time m their lives, are being told not to be frightened by the little black box they will find at ballot booths. The director of next month's
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    • 96 4 PARIS, Tues. European foreign ministers meeting here last night, agreed that sanctions against Rhodesia should be continued after the elections planned there m April 19 by the interim government, French Foreign Minister, Jean Francois-Poncet said. The ministers held a regular political coordination meeting
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    • 62 4 Shapes of cars to come? TWO unusual vehicles on display at the carrent Hannover ABP 75 fair for holidaymakers. In the rear is a USs37.* 7M (S$Bl,BH) Sea Ranger amphibious vehicle and m the foreground, a plastic two neater powered by a 49 cc molar. Despite Its size, the small
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    • 51 4 JAKARTA, Tues. IndoaMia and Thailand have signed .i memorandum of understandlflf: on the possible use by Thailand of the Indonesian Palapa domestic satellite communications system. The memorandum, signed here yesterday by representatives of the two governments, said the agreement was aimed at strengthening the spirit of Asean.
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    • 54 4 RIO DE JANEIRO, Tues. Around 82,000 primary and secondaiy school-teachers m the city and state of Rio de Janeiro went on strike today m pursuit of a pay claim. Nearly two million pupils will be affected by the indefinite stoppage, the first by teachers m the
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    • 173 4 AMERICUS (Georgia), Tues. Gloria Spann, President Carter's sister, forfeited a US$2O (about 5J43.4) bond yesterday, rather than face further publicity over her refusal to quit playing the harmonica at a Waffle House restaurant m Americus. About a dozen reporters and television cameramen were waiting
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    • 361 4 The Shangri-La Health Club. A new concept m fitness and resort living. Cycle five miles a day. Take part m your own Walkaton. Then follow up with a little weight-lifting. Vibrate away the lunches left on your hips. m^~ Exercise every inch of your body. |r^^ 111 1 Then relax
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    • 135 4 AUSTRALIA Real Estate Agent visiting Singapore from March 15th. to 17th. to discuss investment m Australian Real Estate m parcels of SAust 1 million. Further details contact John Cougle at Goodwood Park Hotel, Phone 377 411. ALTERNATIVE DEGREE PROGRAMS > ■Bachelor, Master, Doctorate Business Administration Engineering Public Administration Education ,^H
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    • 212 6 JERUSALEM, Tues. Police said yesterday they uncovered a plot to roll flaming tyres into President Carter's motorcade on its way back to Ben Gurion airport A police spokesman said an army patrol discovered a stack of motorcar tyres and six jerrycans full of petrol
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    • 92 6 LONDON, Tues The loss by the United States of its Iranian listening posts is likely to result m still closer intelligence links with Britain, links that are already far closer than is generally recognised. Experts say that data about the Soviet Union that had
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    • 232 6 Secret papers that make excellent fertiliser CAIRO, Tues. If you tiptoe through the tulips at the American Embassy m Cairo, you will step on the remains of classified documents and maybe a discarded draft of a peace treaty. "The ink and the carbon paper make excellent fertiliser." said Mr Lee
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    • 134 6 BKIRUT, Tues. Palestine Liberation Organisation leader Yasser Arafat says Washington is grooming Egyptian President Anwar Sadat to replace the Shah of Iran as its Middle East enforcer. In a speech yesterday at the Arab University m Beirut, Mr Arafat added a new line at r rationing to
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    • 381 6 LIKE an embarrassed guest helplessly witnessing a family quarrel, President Carter sat stoically yesterday through a raucous session of the Israeli Parliament. A dozen members heckled and shouted angrily against peace talks, Prime Minister Begin, President Sadat and President Carter himself. The heckling broke
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    • 75 6 UNITED NATIONS. Tues. Iran tonight called on the Security Council to impose sanctions against Israel to ensure compliance with past decisions concerning the occupied territories. Iranian Charge d'Affaires Jamal Shemirani said his government would cooperate fully with international efforts aimed at "undoing the violations commit ted
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    • 51 6 In other words 6 Sadat is actually In a limbo, neither fish nor fowl. He broke with the Arab world and cannot reach agreement with Israel. Whereas Sadat takes a global view of the situation, Israel dwells on every Jot and tittle on the draft peace A agreement. President Jimmy
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    • 359 6 THE United States plans to send as many as 300 military advisers to North Yemen over the next two to three years to help train North Yemeni forces m the use of American weapons being sent to that country, a top State Department
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    • 125 6 BEIRUT, Tues. THE leaders of North and South Yemen have agreed to meet on neutral ground m an attempt to end their border conflict that has triggered a naval show of strength by the United States. The Iraqi News Agency said yesterday North Yemeni President Ali
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  • 492 7  -  SUSIE SOH By THE hotel industry, which started conserving energy after the oil crisis m 1973, is stepping up its conservation programme m view of a new fuel crisis. Another reason for the consumption cutback is that hotels do not enjoy industrial rates but
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  • 113 7 VIEWS ON WAGE HIKES SOUGHT THE public are invited to give their views about the 1978 wage adjustment guidelines to the National Wages Council (NWC), which is now m session to discuss this year"s recommendations on wages and other related matters. Those who are submitting their memoranda must not be
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  • 44 7 THE president of the Singapore Association for the Deaf, Dr Jerry Gob Ewe Hong, will give a talk hi What It Means To Be Deaf at the International V's Men's Club o( Singapore's lunch meeting at Shangri-La Hotel on March 24. x
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  • 216 7 Fiji PM here to find more outlets for sugar THE FTJUa Prime Mimbtor, RaU 8k Kambear Mark, arrived kere yesterriay far a one-day private vtadt U Had mk •atleto far Fljan ngar. He will meet Imulmmman, Rcbert Kiok, today to ascertain marketing pMriMHUes *f expartug PljUa sugar to China, Saatk
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  • 473 7  - Nude scenes, so film festival cut to two days SENG TAN By I A FIVE-DAY gala of French films scheduled to begin this weekend has been cut down to two days because of nude scenes m most of the films. Originally, the organisers, 1/ Alliance Francaise, were to have shown
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    • 252 7 FILM SHOWS for the public at 4 p.m. on weekends. Tickat National Museum at 8 ets: $5 to $25. p.m.: Modern Architecture INTERNATIONAL SURitl Japan, Mankind and the VEV AND DRAFTING Sea. The Natural Domain- EQUIPMENT SHOW at IsBirds and Animals in Japan, land Foyer, Shangri-La Fr*e admission Hotel, from
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    • 249 8 1 VonMtutatiom I ii Ci^ S OUR CHAIRMAN Dato' Ong Kian Teck dpm s j.p. W* ON THE CONFERMENT OF M DATO' PADUKA MAHKOTA SELANGOR (D.P.M.S.) g| S by HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE SULTAN OF SELANGOR P m SULTAN SALAHUDDIN ABDUL AZIZ SHAH IBNI ALMARHUM m SULTAN HIS AMUDDIN AL
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  • 795 9  - Plan to inject more muscle into body SOH TIANG KENQ By THE Confederation of terday put forward an the organisation. The 60 delegates split i tees to get down to the nil forward by heads of del day of the CAJ third g Apollo Hotel. At the end of the
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  • 140 9 MINISTER HOSTS DINNER FOR NEWSMEN THE Minister far C»mmnnlcktioaM and Acting Minuter far Cnltorr, Mr Oag Teig Che«Mg last night hasted a dinner for delegates U the Caafederation af Aaeaa Javaalista third geaeral assembly at the Shangri-La Hatel. Alm present at the dln■er were the Deputy Speaker, Mr Tan See
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  • 83 9 Did you lose things from your car? POLICE appeal to members of the public to report thefts of items from their vehicles parked at Warren Golf Club, Dover road, Toa Payoh Stadium and National Stadium. A man was charged m court recently for several cases of stealing from vehicles parked
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  • 36 9 SENIOR Minister cm State (Finance), Mr Goh Chok Tong will officiate at the swearing-in ceremony of the Singap ire Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry's SS-tnember 40th management committee next Saturday at its premises.
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  • 35 9 THE art director of Nanyang Siang Pau, Mr Urn Siah Tong will give a talk m Mandarin on the art of cartooning at the Queenstown library's lecture room on Friday at 3 p.m.
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  • 74 9 THE Ministry of Labour has directed the Century Park Sheraton Hotel to recognise the Food. Drinks and Allied Workers' Union as representing its workers. This is because the ministry has ascertained that most of the workers are members of the union There are about 240
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  • 443 9 SINGAPORE yesterday took over the presidency of the Confederation of Asean Journalists. At the close of the second day of the third CAJ general assembly, Mr Pat Gonzales, the outgoing chief, passed the torch to the Mr Ismail Kassim, the new president Under the changing of
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  • 39 9 THE MP for Tiong Bahru, Mr Ch'ng Jit Koon, will officiate at the Tiong Bahru youth group's (Lst term youth executive committee, inauguration ceremony, to be held at the community centre on March 25 at 7.30 p.m.
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  • 179 9 NANYANG University has received a research grant of $12,000 from the Asia Foundation for the cultivation of winged bean, making Singapore another country m the world which is researching the potential of this bean. The research, to be done by Dr Hew Choy
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  • 31 9 A TALK cum demonstration on Social Charm and Facial Skincare by Miss Julie Urn will be held at the Serangoon Garden community centre on March 22 at 8 p.m.
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  • 28 9 A GERMAN feature film. "The Brutalisation of Franz Blum" will be screened at the Regional Language Centre on March 29 at 8 p.m. Admission is free.
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  • 249 10 'Will RTS be a statutory body?' query byMP THE MP for Thomson, Mr Ang Nam Piau is to ask the Minister for Communications and acting Minister for Culture, Mr Ong Teng Cheong, whether he will consider turning Radio and Television Singapore into a statutory body. Mr Ang, who will raise
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  • 39 10 Mrs M.P.D.NaIr has been elected president of Kamala Club Other officials are Mrs J. Hamid, first vice-president; Mrs M. Viswalingam, second vicepresident; Miss S. Kamala, general secretary; Mrs N. Gopal, assistant secretary; Mrs M. Emmanuel treasurer
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  • 281 10 live' post killed schoolboy during heavy floods A CORONER'S eaaxt yesterday heart haw la the mMst the ehaaa caved by the widespread n««ds on the Island last Dccemhw, a schaalbay lay eleetroritrd by a "live" lamp-past m the read. Aw Khlm Eek, 11, was f»ond dead at If km Upper
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  • 27 10 THE National Museum will screen three films at its premises on March 28 at 8 p.m. They are: Mt Fuji. Touring Japan and Exposition 1970.
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  • 145 10 SCIENCE FAIR TO BE HELD AT CENTRE THE Singapore Science Centre, Singapore Polytechnic, Ngee Ann Technical College and Ministry of Science and Technology are jointly organising a Technology Fair at the centre from Dec 7 to Dec 11. Students m the two institutions of higher learning may take part m
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  • 189 10 THE Singapore Housing Decoration Contractors Association has set up a $2 million cooperative to buy decoration materials m bulk from overseas for its members. Its main aim is to stabilise the prices of decoration materials m the local market. The prices offered by the cooperative are
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  • 123 10 Ohri heads pro-tern committee of tour body MR Prem Paul Ohri, managing director of G. C. Nanda and Sons, has been appointed president of the pro-tern committee of the proposed national body of travel agents. Other officials are Mr Y. K. Tan. secretary-general; Mr Victor Goh Chor Guan, treasurer; Mr.
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  • 321 10 At T. Blangah, Clementi and Ang Mo Kio THREE more Singapore Bus Service interchanges will come into operation by the end of this year, bringing the total to five, under the company's rationalisation scheme to upgrade the present bus network. The three new
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  • 27 10 AN INSTRUCTRESS, Madam Urn Slew Mui. will give a talk-cum-demonstratton m Mandarin on doll-making at the Aljunied community centre on March 23 at 8 p.m.
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  • 233 10 Problem of working a split shift THE president of the Singa pore Garment Manufacturers' Association, Mr Lam Thian, said it was difficult for textile factories to introduce the split shift system whereby a housewife could be employed for four hours a day. The idea was good but not feasible, he
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  • 156 10 Computer plan for optimum use of energy THE Public Utilities Board is now working on a computer programme which will be used for two main models, for optimum energy allocation and energy forecasting purposes m Singapore. PUB corporate planning officials are now erecting the optimum energy allocation model by transforming
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  • 60 10 THE National Museum is screening a series of films for students during the week-long school holidays. Two documentaries will be screened a day at 11 am and 3 p.m. The films are: Today Jamaica (11 a.m.), Korea (3 p.m.); Tomorrow Nepal (11 a.m.), Peru
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  • 31 10 A COOKING instructress. Madam Yu Yoon Gee, will give a talk m Mandarin on Indonesian food at the Nee 3oon community centre at 8 p.m. on March 23.
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  • 191 10 A CHARTERED architect, Mr Yao Swee Yum, from the firm of Yao and Quek, yesterday continued for the second day his evidence m the High Court m a suit, claiming a total sum of $989,030 from Hong Leong Holdings Ltd. He and his
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  • 67 10 A LOCAL machine manufacturing firm, Chan Ho Engineering, is to invest $2.5 million to double its production capacity and diversify into other products. The company m Jurong, which produces sheet metal 4 working machines, will also make more sophLstu ai.sl items such as high panjn«n| radio
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    • 407 10 J Hands up if you can guess M where Korean are flying to next. f^mr /,^OT^ ft I 4\%. fI A aj 'i Vwt l^r Mm -b^bl i buK V On March 29* Korean start flying direct to New Connecting flights from Singapore link-up York from Seoul three times a
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  • 369 11 A REAL estate developer. Melodies Ltd.. which spent $173,000 on maintenance and repair works for 33 tenants of four blocks of flats, is seeking to recover $190,033 from the tenants, the High Court was told yesterday. The defendants m the suit are Mr
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  • 175 11 HDB plan for study and goodwill tours THE Housing a.id Development Board is planning two more goodwill and fact-find-ing tours for its senior officials to neighbouring countries. Details of the trips are being worked out, a board spokesman said yesterday. The hoard started the scheme late last year, sending delegations
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  • 38 11 THE Pttra String Quartet of Tasmania will perform at the DBS auditorium on Sunday at 5 p.m. Thr concert is held by the Ministry of Culture. Tickets at $1 are available at the usual booking centres
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  • 176 11 'Big scope for food and trade ties with Sri Lanka' THERE. Ls great trope for raaprratloa between Singapore and Sri Leak* f*«d products and trade mmtu-.- the Sri Uliu Minister for F;w4 and Cooperatives, Mr S.B. Herat (a have) said yesterday. He said that Stagapare entrepreneur)* r*ald ate* take advantage
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  • 73 11 Calligraphy display at library THE adult section of Toa Payoh branch library will hold an exhibition on Chinese calligraphy at its lecture hall on March 22 and 23 from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily. Some thirty pieces of works by 17 members of the Chinese Calligraphy Society of Singapore
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  • 333 11 SHOPOWNERS m People's Park Complex m Chinatown have accused the developers of levying high transfer fees and withholding of property title deeds. The Singapore People's Park Complex Merchants' Association is unhappy because they allege that the developers were imposing "exhorbitant" transfer fees which
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  • 182 11 Barred rescue ship official leaves MR Robert Bergin, director of the Catholic group Fatima International, who was refused entry into Singapore recently hy immigration authorities, has left Malaysia for Australia. Mr Bergin wanted to use the ship Tungni, which the group bought m Singapore, to rescue Vietnamese refugees stranded m
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  • 28 11 A TALK on Indusrial Training and Your ■•'"uture by Miss Lee Seok Cheng will be held at the gueenstowr, community centre on Saturday at 7.30 p.m.
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  • 388 11 Call for more participation by disabled EFFORTS should be made to ensure greater participation by the handicapped at future national and international gatherings which concern them, according to the Handicaps' Welfare Association (HWA). An editorial m the latest issue of the Handicaps' Monthly says the apparent absence m large numbers
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  • 148 11 A CISCO gunl aa patral dut> an aa aff share Island saw a headless earpse floating la the sea, a earaaer*s eaart heard yesterday. After als sigattag Irani the embankment an PaUn Pesek, aff Jaraag, the guard, Mr Mtkamrd Dan* Ua Maaajnea* Zaia, nuked
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  • 210 12 Assn plea to ease curbs on sugar imports THE Singapore Snjar Traders AaMeUttaa ha* asked the government I* recMKMer Its refami to relax restrletton on the Imports of sonar. The request wm made by the ararlatif rluUrman, Mr Kor Km* Hoo at the sweariag-ia cercmaay for its new •flk-UU.t at
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  • 87 12 Two absent NS men fined ONG Sing Hwa, 25, was fined $60 by a district court yesterday on each of 10 count;; of absenting himself from deployment training at Jalan Tentaram community centre between Sept 18 and Dec 28 last year. He pleaded guilty. In the same court. Selvarajoo Ambalasamy
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  • 116 12 THE deputy director (Family Services), Social Welfare Department, Mrs S.N. Thung, will open a specialised course on child welfare for volunteers at the Ministry of Social Affairs conference room today at 6 p.m. The course, first of its kind, is organised by the ministry's Volunteer
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  • 525 12  -  EVELYN NG By E FUTURE children's homes here should be planned as family-like "caring complexes" with retired persons as houseparents, working youths staying m hostels m the complex and other children looked after m day-care facilities there. This integrated approach, suggested by the assistant director
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  • 207 12 -Meeting in next few months on straits scheme SINGAPORE. Malaysia and Indonesia will meet within the next few months to discuss the implementation of the Traffic Separation Scheme (TSS) m the Singapore and Malacca straits. Though most of the technical details have been ironed out, the date of implementation has
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  • 152 12 ABUSE OF DRUGS TO BE DISCUSSED TWO symposia on drug abuse will be included m the tenth medical convention of the Singapore Medical Association, to be held from March 20 to 24. On March 23, the President of the Singapore AntiNarcotics Association, (Sana), Mr Baey Lian Peck, will speak on
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  • 60 12 KWEK Siong Hai, 71, was charged m a subordinate court yesterday with causing grievous hurt to Madam Lee Wee SioK, 40, with a chopper at Block 38, Upper Boon Keng Road on Jan 29 at 7.30 p.m. Kwek, who '-laimed tr'al, was released on bail pending
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    • 893 12 Be among the Elite SAF Combat Officers have better salaries, benefits and prospects Are You A Leader? An SAF Officer is a leader. His job offers more to a young man just out of school than most other jobs could ever do. He is given responsibility at an earlier age
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 272 12 Straits Times Crossword ACROSS 1 Posted striker to give show of force (6. 4). 1 Hospital head In a good deal of pain? (4> 10 Run home with something from the bar? 1 6-4 1 11 Girl returns to take part In board meeting (4). 13 Bird worried? (T>. 15
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  • 519 13  -  ILSA SHARP By EVERY daredevil motorcycle-racer knows it could happen to him and it did to 26-year-old Anthony Woodman of New Jersey, at the North-West 200 championship race in Northern Ireland in 1965. A top-notch rider for the American importer of the
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  • 383 13 Cheaper housing eases rising CoL for expats A DECLINE m housing cost is easing the rising cost of living for expatriates m Singapore. A preliminary expatriate price index (EPI) compiled by the Singapore International Chamber of Commerce showed a 8.3 per cent decrease in cost of housing last December over
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  • 77 13 Saya evening of poems and drama THE 10th anniversary of Saya, a students' publication, will be celebrated with An Evening of Saya with poems, a play and a story by five schools at the Cultural Centre, Fort Canning, on March 22 and 23 at 8 p.m. The schools are Balestier
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  • 48 13 THE Ghim Moh community centre women's sub-committee will hold a three-day tour to Frasers Hill and Genting Highlands from April 12. Cost is $115 per person which includes meals, accommodation and travel by air-conditioned coach For details, telephone *****0 between 3 p.m. and 10 p.m
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  • 31 13 The Registry of Vehicles yesterday said that with effect from yesterday, the City Shuttle Service will add three fare stages for services 1, 4 and 8 along Nieoll H«hway
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  • 176 13 'Quality of seamen getting better' THE quality of Singapore Mtfunen Is improving as better-educated men are applying U g* to to sea, the National Maritime Board said yesterday. NMB's director, Mr Cbeang Kok Ming, said «47 applied applied for jobs durin* ito recent recmltmrnt drive compared to IM for the
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  • 216 13 THE advice on physical education to Special Assistance Plan (SAP) school principals is misunderstood by some parents and the public as an attempt to downgrade the importance of physical education m the interest of cultivating bookworms. This is stated m the editorial of
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  • 117 13 THE eight national tourist organisations with representatives m Singapore will hold their first joint promotion at the Singapore Conference Hall on March 24 and 25. The promotion will feature touristic films of then countries Malaysia, Indonesia. Thailand, the Philippines India, Hongkong. South Korea and
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  • 65 13 THE Singapore Society of Friends (Quakers), is presenting a lunch talk on The Care of the Dying, at the Oxford Restaurant m the Regional Language Centre today at 12.30 p.m. Mrs Clare Norton, a British nurse attached to the Hospice Movement m Britain, will talk on
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  • 30 13 THE Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Labour, Mr Pong Sip Chee, will open a one-day semi- nar on Professionalism m Safety, organised by the Singapore Institute of Safety Officers.
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  • 426 13 If bunker prices rise again ANY further rise m bunker prices will see the doom of smaller and financially -weak shipping companies, according to an article m the latest issue of Seafreight, a publication of the Singapore Shipping Association. The article on World Shipping
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  • 60 13 THE Telecommunication Authority of Singapore introduces international direct dialling (EDD) telephone service to Austria from today, bringing the total number of countries with which Singapore has such a service to 38. It said yesterday the charge for an IDD call is $9 per minute. Charging will
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  • 62 13 THE Acting Minister for Social Affairs, Dr Ahmad Mattar, yesterday officiated at the balloting for the sale of 156 units of three and four-room flats m Ayer Rajah estate, at Block 2, Dover Road. In the ballot, the highest registration numbers reached for the three and
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
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  • 767 14 The Straits Times WEDNESDAY, ARCH 14,1979 MAKING HASTE SLOWLY PARENTS still smarting from the changes introduced last year to the education system are likely to groan at the prospect of yet more changes to come. To be sure, there will be significant changes made following Cabinet acceptance of the report
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  • 400 14  -  GRANVILLE WATTS By< m New Delhi THE US Government has banned it and a World Health Organisation (WHO) report calls it "ethically doubtful." But m India the controversial brain surgery called psychosurgery for behaviour modification and removal of aggression is still going on. Surgeons
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  • 4139 14 Helping slower learners cope in school It was recognised that one contributing factor was virtually automatic promo- Letter to the Prime Minister MLWUl'mk, c# «trlfcBtU». We *r* »»y tsperUtte til tie MJafcrtry 1 E4«c»- witoww «f the wtowt- |tt tor mmMMi. «e kt> W Al«t»r, mt, thM*M» ttttwrf *M«M we
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  • 325 15 Moral education A must for all classes and streams to which the people of recent migrant origin will be willing and able to defend their collective Interest. They will not be able to do thin unless individuals belonging to the group are able to discern that an enlightened view of
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  • 805 15 CHAPTER FIVE of this report reviews the functioning of the Ministry as an administrative machine. The set-up is defective m a number of important respects and will need a major overhaul to make it a more effective instrument for policy decision making, policy implementation and general supervision of
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
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  • TIMES CITY DESK
    • 1751 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) Closing tone: Easy. Turnover: Official figures supplied by the Stock Exchange of Singapore including
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    • 1194 16 BID and offer prices officially listed and business In and reported to the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday with the number of shares traded shown In brackets In lots of 1.000 units unless otherwise specified All Times Settlement Contracts are quoted after the word "sett" Big Board
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    • 1197 16 BID and offer prices officially listed and business In and reported to th<* Kuala Lumpur Stork Kxchange yestern.i> with :he number of shares traded shown In brackets m I its of 1.000 units unless otherwise specified I MM NTKIALS »taa«a«al2.«B2 7«S)(I>2.M \k>Mß 11 9251 Alex H«M il 206)
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    • 109 16 4 l/2'rf 1/8/ HO (250.000) (99.308 99.405) 4 3744 15/9' Bo (250.000) (99.578 ?0028S)" 3/81 (2SOOOo >< lo °188 ■Maf 1 44 1 (*****0 >< 996| b lOO2OsV /5/83 (*****0 >< IO< "OB s'* T r 13/11/84 (250.000) I 10(1 00H 100 058) 6 1/41 T
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        54 16 \nkam Sunftri IW.i Kg I .imul Srlron A DBS Dunlop Ksl V V II Ciinilan Malavawala 0 C B C llrrjunlai Nat Iron Slhn Kinla Tractor* >■" 810 220 180 167 ¥a 406 308 304 228 80S 765 630 600 530 -15 -10 -K -7 4 -6 A -i>
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      • 28 16 Searorp 780 \mt Hilatn Til 1240 I ..nsplanl Wrl« 436 M.ii.ik..rr 240 rganu Drv 139 Kolhm.nK 340 l)«h YunK 105 3) LI 6 •ft •ft •4 »1
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      • 33 16 Simr l)«rb> Cons I'l.mi K I. KrponK Haw Par V O L I' O B (iinlinns KnuKlOHd I P llanmau 101.000 87.000 86.000 81.000 72.000 71.000 fiO.000 39.000 33.000 28.000
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      • 34 16 B.T Index: Industrials: Finance: Hotels: Properties: Tins: rubbers: O.C.B.C: S E.S.Ind Mar 12 Mar 13 1899.12 1886.76 359.32 358.03 630.16 632.30 271.92 271.20 224.52 223.54 173.91 172.50 552.20 552.11 333.18 330.97 323.90 321.38
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    • OVERSEAS MARKETS
      • 349 16 HONGKONG:- Prices closed firmer yesterday m thin trading mostly on overseas buying interest but with local investors hesitant ahead of major company results due soon and fears of a local interest rates rise next weekend, dealers said The Hang Seng index closed 3.20 points up at 538.21. Property shares
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      • 405 16 TOKYO:- Share prices closed slightly lower in mixed trading yesterday after late liquidations and profit-taking pared early gains, dealers said. 4.28 to close at 6,058.30 points. with a volume of 250 million shares. The New index closed at 448.89. up 0.38 point MAR 13 Yen Ajlnomoto 582 unrh Altai
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      • 62 16 KUALA LUMPUR:- Timuran Holdings Berhad announced an unaudited group 1978 profit of MJ2.46 million ($1.84 million), on a turnover of $70.87 million ($55.42 million). The parent company's net profit was $1.58 million ($1.71 million). A final dividend of 17.5 per cent (15 per cent) less tax, payable on
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      • 250 16 THE KILOBAR market opend at $16,892 and closed at $16,949 m Singapore yesterday. In the Far East, gold opened m line with New York closing, but good short-covering took gold up to a high of U*****.00 40 before closing steady at $240.70 241.10. After the London morning fix on
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      • 121 16 CHINKKK PBODtCE KXCHANCE, XINUAPUBE, NOON CLOSING PRICES PEB PICIL YEBTKBDAV: Caeaaal all: Bulk JI2S sellers, old drum $130 sellers, new drum 5135 sellers Caprrn: Mixed (loose) UK Cont $79 00 buyers Pepper: Muntok ASTA while fob 1(W NLW 1320 00 sellers. Sarawak while fob 96'- NLW $305 00
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      • 272 17 SYDNEY, Tues. Stock prices closed firmer with further gains by oil issues and selected coal stocks highlighting a day of active trading, dealers said BHP reached a new 1979 peak of $11.30, up 15 cents. AOG gained three cents to $1.05 and Woodside three cents to 81
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      • 264 17 NEW YORK, Mon. Stock market prices closed slightly higher m moderate trading today as investors became more confident US interest rates will not rise immediately. Federal Reserve action to lower interest rates m the money market was read by economists as a signal that the central
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      • 233 17 AMSTERDAM. Mon. Share prices closed mostly lower with Akzo and Hoogovens 1.10 and one guilder weaker, respectively, m Dutch internationals, dealer said. XI.M fell 3.30 guilders. Ogem 1.10 and Fokker 0.80. Firmer issues included Deli. Naarden and Algemene Bank Nederland. Ballast nedam rose 2.40 guilders on the
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      • 223 17 ZURICH. Mon. The bond market was weak, affected by Friday's announcement of a 3.25 per cent coupon for Union Bank of Switzerland's 100 mil lion franc bond, dealers said, and share prices fell m sympathy The Credit Suisse closed at 2669 \i I ►> iruonj SuUM lltuuWr
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      • 611 17 LONDON. Mon The market closed mixed m moderately active trading dealers said. Al 3pm the Financial Times index was up 29 points at 518 3 Leading equities, after initial profit taking. m et fresh institutional demand although buying was mainly m second- j ary stocks
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    • COMMODITIES
      • 130 16 THE STRAITS tin price fell $13 to $1,935 per picul m Penang yesterday on an official •offering up 69 tonnes to 205 tonnes. The overnight London market was steady with forward buyers gaining E5O to £7,225 per tonne. LONDON:- Tin on the day was down E5 for Cash and
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      • 30 16 Rubber: March 13 Singapore: April: 248.25 cents (up 0.25 cent) Malaysia: April 251.75 cents (up 0.25 cent) Tin: $1,935 (down $13) Official offering: 205 tonnes (up 20 tonnes)
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      • 35 16 LONDON: Copper prices on Monday (previous m brackets). Wirebar Spot E937.00 (L 971. sellers L 938 (E972): Three Month buyers C 955 (£987.50. sellers ()u£955.50<t958). Market laae: Steady al lower levels. Sales: 16,500 tonnes
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      • 298 16 OPENING quotations m the Singapore rubber market yesterday were marked down 2.50 cents m line with the weakness m London, dealers said. The loss was recovered subsequently on speculative and upcountry buying. The market eased slightly towards the morning close when buyers retreated. Turnover was light. The morning session
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      • 219 16 Noon (per kilo) Buyers Sellers Inl 1 R.S.S. prompt fob. 247.25 248 25N lnl. 1 R.S.S. April 247 75 248 25 Inl. 1 R.S.S. May 247.75 248 25 Inl .2 R.S.S. 243 50 244.5ON UK Conl. 242.50 243.50N Inl. 3 R.S.S. 240 50 241 50N UK Conl 239
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      • 100 16 l< .mil -\IN ptk tr-1rr>U\ < it .>H .it 1< Ml 'I I. hi |>allni .1 I. .11 |ullrl. April K'urrrat Mlkl .'III" 4'.c<iN _'4»ni II May (Foroara- Mih Ho.rr. s,||,r, J44KI It MM .'4IKI ;4U«iN MIMA Mil I .MM i.l Mil AIH h' All! J>' MK
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    • 341 16 AFTER INITIAL weakness, share prices levelled off on the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday I with losses posted across 1 a wide front. Movements among the i market leaders were also showing signs of flattening out m the absence of fresh commitments among the hi traders.
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    • 261 16 CONDITIONS were largely dull and listless on the Kuala Lumpur stock market yesterday as prices drifted I to a slightly easier close. Incentive-wise, there was hardly anything m the market and traders marked time. As a result, trading tempo slowed considerably. Trading yesterday reflected a market withdrawal of buying
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    • 369 16 THE US dollar opened higher at $2.1750 70 m the Singapore forex i market yesterday compared wilh i 2.1745 55 overnight j The US unit displayed a firm I undertone throughout, fluctuating narrowly at the level of $2 1775 85 before closing at $2.1765 75. Interbank rates
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    • 302 16 ASIAN currency deposit interbank rates as at close on March 13: ceS& SAS A of^po" U certificates of deposit for Prlme names NOTE: These rates m«y differ slightly from those quoted by bents to their customers. IS Doll.f.lSpotl Offer Rid 7 days 10 7/16 10 s 16
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    • 25 16 f THE average rate at which Singapore banks are currently prepared to lend to their best customers is 8 per cent.
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    • 524 17 MMC tin twins seem set for a fat year THE MALAYSIAN Mining Corporation twins Malayan Tin Dredging and Southpi.. "'ilayan Tin Dredging appear at j heading for bumper year wiii. '■alf-tinv? results to Dec 31, 1978. already reflecting the impact of record tin prices and higher output. Earnings have exceeded
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    • 461 17 Magnum buys 88.8 pc of Mimaland for M$1.42m MAGNUM CsrywtUa hi taidnr. aver e*atr*i *f M■we company Mitral.— l BertoMl, which i_i a resort r*mpiex Jut MMdr Knaia Lam par, f«* Mfl.tt minion. A» agreemetjt ww atgsre4 reeeatly for the ao)aisltl.n of 7.114 million ■harw or 88.ft per eeat of
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  • Page 17 Advertisements
    • 581 17 UNITED ENGINEERS GENERAL MANAGER (Trading) MALAYSIA We are looking for on experienced general manager to take port m the development of the company's activities and its product range The ideal candidate will probdbly be over 35 and have extensive sales and marketing experience m senior executive positions m the fields
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    • 367 17 V Take notice that the Trade Mark depicted below is the sole V and exclusive property of Hai Toog Company (Private) 1 |F Limited and is registered under Trade Mark No. B***** in respect of Perfumery, essential oils, hair lotions, hair creams and cosmetics. The abovementioned trademark is currently used
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    • 859 17 IN THK HK.H CO! RT OF THK RKPIBUC OF SINUAPOR}: (•mpaarm Wlattta* Ip Na, a «f int. la Uw Matter e| (•mpaatm Art (Cap. IRS). M la thr Matter «f LEE BUILDING A ENGINEERING (PTE) LTD. NOTICE Notice Is hereby given that a petition for the winding up of the
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  • Page 18 Advertisements
    • 840 18 •64) tt.aw.ri (I*4) Cres*Cer4 iiMl L-»t«a. F.iiwei (1*1) i»iaan| iwenw (141) A» ami Cietw (ISS) OtWoI 4 Glimi an (IM) l i.wii> OS!) Sj»HM»a teecfcei t.^ammk.^amm .cm umi ■'.'<■ ..■'lul.'^L-n umi n~,tSuL~£'^ mK |!Ji| i*ill!'^ neoi s»- o.—, c-<m M^k\ I 1162) teen 1164) F«t (IVt) N^M Ck*. 160) Sim*
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    • 422 18 EXCELLENT VEGETARIAN FOOD. r jsi servue, alrcondltloned. easy j parking 1000 am 8.30 pm Kwan Im Vegetarian Restaurant. 190 Waterloo Street. Tel *****9 HAPPY REALM VEGETARIAN Food Centre specialises m traditional Chinese Vegetarian Food and Tim Sum Unit 216. 2nd Floor Pearls Centre. Eu Tong Sen Street *****41 City Lights
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    • 522 18 MOI KONG HAKKA RESTAURANT Specialise In Hakka Dishes for 40 years, formerly from Nanking Street SWEET SMOOTH STEAMED CHICKEN" 22, Murray Street Spore 2 Business hours 11.00 a.m. 10.00 p.m. Tel: *****58 fully air-conditioned) r~^i TAI SENG GOURMET CORNER specialise In Teochew Cuisine Special Sharks Fin Goose- Meal Crayfish m
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    • 531 18 TIONG HOA HOTEL. 4 Prlnsep Street. Spore 7. Alr-condltloned non Air-conditioned rooms. Moderate charges. Nasl Padang served day and night, tel: *****. 159 Precious metals/ stones liftwl iliieitly from out minos m Sri l-ank;i i Comprehensive range i lihirov Si. -i i Sapphires. f CDs Kyo S. Alexnndi lies. 1
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    • 580 18 155 Art/Crafts/ Souvenirs ALFA HANOKRAFT FOR Quality hand-knotted oriental carpets, silverwares, hand-embroidered garments. 169-A Singapore Handicraft Centre. Tanglin Road. Tel: *****8. C.S. GOLD PLATED ORCHIDS Fresh Orchids plated m 23 SK Gold. SlO S2O per Orchid. Tie Pin SIS. Spray $20 $50 CREATION SINGAPURA Rm 1715, 17 th floor International
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    • 651 18 163 Beauty Salons/ Massage EMPEROR HEALTH CENTRE (Latest most luxurious) York Hotel. Mount Elizabeth. Ring *****8 or *****1 ext 1900. Open dally 1 1 am to 10.30 pm. Get trim healthy at Flair Salon de Beaute •7, Tanglin Road Tel: *****23 We offer The latest slimming the 'hot wrap' Keep
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    • 475 18 157 Photographic Equipment/ Watches I The best buy *m m camera* is T at A&P Photo... a^K K|7 Right choice at the Right price j4rs^ftV ABJ> Photo Store Pte Ltd *> arßak) ARC 87-89. Lower Ground Floor. Lucky Plaza. (Side I \H£RCI Entrance-Facing Mandarin Hotel) Orchard Road. |Hj|// Singapore 9
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    • 400 18 JUNIOR SECRETARY urgently required by local shipping organisation. Must possess School Certificate with a credit m English and typing/shorthand speeds of 40/90 wpm. Please apply m own handwriting furnishing detailed particulars, salary expected and recent photograph (non-returnable) to:16T/U, 9th floor. REALTY CENTRE, ENGGOR STREET, SINGAPORE 2. Jurong based Food Industry
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    • 655 18 II EMPLOYMENT Takasago Thermal Engineering Co. Lid urgently requires FEMALE GENERAL CLERK c Must have basic knowledge of book-keeping c Age: 17-20 Interested applicants, please call personally at: Room 105, 15t floor Centrsl Building Magazine Road Singapore 1 during office hours Union Carbide Asia Ltd Jurong a member of the
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    • 682 18 SwiQßpof s El#ctrootc ft EnQH>##r~ ing (Pte) Ltd requires GENERAL CLERK (PAYROLL) for its expanding aviation division m Seletar Applicants Msst possess GCE O' Level or 111 equivalent and the experience In the preparation of payroll In addition, he may also be required to gather data for costing Those Interested
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  • Page 19 Advertisements
    • 740 19 I AT YOUR SERVICE SECTION INDEX &^fc +%w a ccinrn a t\c? "=s» E—r™ "^P fl J^k V^ m M W> M^m fl I l ur s ni Regular onice hours IV ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES mJM wsJtwC rvPdftdF mMHsMJ £^^Ji& IS&. assa*- s, lEf "HSi;?s LS*^"7l*?li RATES VIII ANNOUNCEMENTS PERSONAL ZB4-44ZZ
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    • 716 19 aarcaarvc personnel for the post Field Representative Experience is not essential as training will be provided Interested please contact Mr Philip Lee. Tel: 91*077 Ext 2», 41 1 42 (9 30 a.m. to 5.00 EXPERIENCED USED CAR SALESMEN REQUIRED By A Leading Company Those without the following may not apply
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    • 718 19 II EMPLOYMENT PROVISION SALES REPRESENTATIVES required Only those with outdoor sales experience need apply Please write to: S.T Box A***** State salary required REQUIRED A SALESGIRL for sports goods store Apply In wrltiriK to Stanley Co.. 8123 Peninsula shopping Centre. Coleman Street. Spore 6. REQUIRED FEMALE BOOKSHOPS' Assistants Please apply
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    • 654 19 d) Technical A CHEMICAL PLANT IN JURONG requires the following personnel (A) STOREKEEPER At least 4-5 years experience m inventory control and maintenance of an engineering and chemical store. Must be capable of Independently handling all work connected with the store. (B) CHEMICAL PLANT OPERATORS Will be responsible for the
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    • 710 19 II EMPLOYMENT CTV PfcOOUCTtON ENGINEER A manufacturer of colour and B/W T.V. and radio products m Jakarta, invites applications for above poet. c Production Planning and Plant Layout. c Supervising the assembly activity. c Supervising quality control, stocks and plant administration. c Time and Method Study c Improved production system.
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    • 580 19 ELECTRICAL TECHNICIAN SHELL Invites suitably qualified Singapore citizens to apply for the above position based at Pulau Bukom Refinery Complex THE JOB Involves maintenance of the Refinery Telephone and Radio Communication Systems THE CANDIDATE we are looking for should: possess a certificate In Telecommunications from the Industrial Training Board or
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    • 363 19 II EMPLOYMENT GENERAL ELECTRIC USA Television Appliance Pte. Ltd. invites suitably qualified applicants for Immediate employment as: ELECTRONIC TECHNICIANS (Ist and 2nd Shifts) Certificate In Electronic or Radio and Television servicing Experience not necessary Interested applicants should call personally together with their certificates and testimonials at: 154-C, Boon Keng Road
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    • 687 19 A WELL-ESTABLISHED ENTERPRISE invites applications for the fc 'lowing positions: PRODUCTION TECHNICIANS (Mate) Requirements:* c Singapore citizens c Diploma or ITC In Mechanical Engineering or Electrical Engineering. c Age below 28 years old. c Completed National Service c Knowledge of English. Chinese and Malay c No experience required The |ob
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    • 773 19 II EMPLOYMENT AMERICAN FOUNDRY has vacancies for A) MECHANICS Applicants should have some experience with repairs of mechanical equipment, hydraulic and pneumatic tools. B) GENERAL WORKERS c All applicants must have completed National Service or not eligible for It. c Ability to work on 2 rotating shifts c Attractive salary
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    • 651 19 DRIVER CUM PACKER rtMejuirsd by puWiih#fi •x^#ncy Secondary education, attractive salary and 5-day working week Please apply m writing ot person to~ EBS PTE. LTD 11 IRVING PLACE, SINGAPORE 13. TEL: *****7 Established Company invites Singapore citizens for positions of (1) Typist/Receptionist Female, age below 20. minimum Secondary 4 education
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  • Page 20 Advertisements
    • 498 20 II EMPLOYMENT 31 Situations Vacant t) General HOTEL OR ANO CENTRAL LTD 1 NCR 42 CASHfCRS 2 RECEPTIONISTS 3 STAFF COOKS 4 DISH WASHERS Interested applicants please apply personally at The Personnel Office Orcherd/Cavenagn Road Singapore* HUME MOUSTRtfcS FAR EAST LTD haaavacaacytM MOTORCAR DRIVER Must possess a valid driving licence
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    • 597 20 UofU ar» invited from experienced and suitably quailfled persons to- the following appointments m Keppel Shipyard ENGINE FITTERS PIPEWORFERS ELECTRICIANS BOILERMAKERS PATTERNMAKERS PAINTERS Candidates for skilled trades should be experienced tradesmen m their respective ttades A trade U-st interview arl'J be condueled prior to entry to determine their suitability Candidates
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    • 753 20 II EMPLOYMENT Applications are invited for the tolluuing posts TECHNICIAN (BUILDING). WATER DEPARTMENT Salary Scale: $290x15-320/450x25-r,25 650X25-875 Groea Salary: S3Z7 965 For entry at t2W/- (5327/- gross) 1 Singapore-Cambridge GCE (minimum 3 O level passes) or equivalent For entry at 5320/- (*35*7- gross) 2 National Trade Certificate Grade 111 (Theory
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    • 530 20 GENERAL ELECTRIC (U.S.A.) MOUSE WARES PTE. LTD. invites applications from suitably qualified candidates for the post of INDUSTRIAL NURSE (2nd Shift) a a State Registered Nurse with 2-3 years' Industrial nursing experience preferably a Preference will be given to Singapore Citizens Please send In full resume together with telephone number
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    • 604 20 II EMPLOYMENT FITZMmiICK'K FOOD SOPPLIIS UfaTTlO requires urgently For its Jurong Warehouse/ Office (1) MALE CLERK (2 vacancies) Candidates should meet the following requirement, a GCE "O" Level with a pass m Mathematics (2) DRIVER (1 Vacancy) Candidates should possess a qualified Class 3 or class 4 Drlv(3) LABOURER (4
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    • 526 20 Tokyo Byokene (S) Pie. Ltd. 10, sth Lokyang Road Jurong Town Spore 22 urgently invites male applicants for: 1) MACHINE OPERATORS 2) GENERAL WORKERS (CLEANERS) c Candidates must have completed Secondary Two. preferably Technical (Metalwork) Stream or equivalent for Post 1, and primary 6 for Post 2 c Basic pay
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    • 575 20 II EMPLOYMENT Manufacturer of Metal Product* related mainly to tha building industry has immediate vacancies tor the following A) AN AGGRESSIVE HARDWORKING MALE/FEMALE SALES REPRESENTATIVE with previous experience and must have good contacts with housing developers, architects, contractors, consulting engineers, etc is B) JUNIOR STORE-KEEPER Age above 21. Preferably with
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    • 763 20 SINGAPORE STEEL PTE LTD A. CASTING INSPECTOR We require a casting inspector to strengthen our existing Inspection team The man we are looking for must have experience m checking castings dlmensionally. reading drawings and fair knowledge of NOT. Qualification The man should study up lo secondary 4. however, preference will
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    • 446 20 II EMPLOYMENT SOC A SUBSIDIARY OF NIPPON OIL SEAL INDUSTRY CO.. LTD. A leading international oilseals manufacturing Company Invites applications for Its factory m Jurong (SOCI for the following posts 1. POLISHER/ ENGRAVER (Female) 2. TRIMMING/ SCREENING OPERATOR (Femato) 3. METAL CASE OPERATOR (Female)) 4. PACKER (Female) 5. RUBBER COMPOUND
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    • 665 20 VACANCIES FOR WAITRESSES. Helping Bojn Countet and Caatoters Age .ib«>ve r, ,i shift duties Interest. call personally to Tlvoli Coffee 2K. Orchard Road I b« tween 9a. m !>p ni I AIBCO (CARBON FILM DIVISION) requires FEMALE PRODUCTION OPERATIVES Requirement*: Primary education but not a— annul c NON-SINOAPORE CMTI/KNS A
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  • Page 21 Advertisements
    • 774 21 111 VEHICLES A BOATS 43 VvhidM For Hirt AIRCONO WCDO— O CARS for hire Mercedes 200 Rra-wnable charges Interested lei *****5 ALL NEW, DATSUN/ Mitsubishi Truck for hire Hourly, dally, weekly basis 621. Chanel Road *****3S BM AMD SMALL Lorries for hire Self-drive or driver supplied ■'al! *****M/*****67 34. Blk
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    • 766 21 FOR FULL RANGE OF RELIABLE AND OUALITY USED CARS COME TO THE SUPER CAR MART NG KEONG CAR TRADERS PTE. LTD. 9. KM KEAT ROAD. SINGAPORE 12. TELS: *****50, ******». 532*43 BaMH C**. KEEP jockey GRIPHOIST HANDY TO FREE CARS IN MUD OR PIT TO PULL/LIFT HEAVY LOADS TO TENSION
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    • 739 21 111 VEHICLES* BOATS ('MONROE New-MaUc* pressurised gas shock absorbers for al Mercedes Benz cars Specially designed for a silent, wellcontrolled and comfortable ride. Also available for Volvos and new Fofd Cortinas. TMOHROtF has a shock to suit every v car and driving style J MUST SELL tm Company reglstrrrd car.
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    • 953 21 19M. VOLKSWAGEN 1300. Good condition PARF eligible Tax $SJOO ono Tel *****8 (after 9 30am 1970 AUG. AUSTM 1300. Tip top condition Road tax/ insurance till July PARF eligible Selling $5,300 ono or for export considered View: Blk 36. 307-C. Dover Road. Tel: *****16 1970 AUG DATSUN 1200 With tape
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    • 970 21 111 VEHICLES BOATS 1973 DECEMBER COLT Lancer sspeed 2nd owner, alrcond. sports rims, beautiful condition *****6 50. Clarence Lane. 81k. 132. Alexandra Road 1973 FIAT 124 special with MXIV alrcond. Mitsubishi cassette/ radio, new tyres/road tax. original colour, accident free. Tel. *****1 1973 FIAT 124 SPORT alrcon. sport rims. New
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    • 885 21 117T lUTUIK bUnUUJI 12UU C C. Alrcond., sports rims, road tax. Insurance new Tip top condition Selling $7,500 Tel *****7 1971 ALFABUO SPRsKT New road lax. aircond. complete with radio/cassette Must sell Asking for $29,000 o no Ring *****4. cxL 35 or *****95. after 12 p.m. It 7« COLT SIGMA
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    • 445 21 IV ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES CECIL STREET I Superb office space excellently fitted I out with carpets and partitions I available at a rental of $16.15 per I sq.m. per month. Area approx. 510.96 I I sq.m. MARKET STREET Newly completed office Building 1 situated close to the Raffles Place and I
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    • 1293 21 IV ACCOMMODATION A PROPERTIES IflllflS I UIC IWlTiTnTiTlllTl valua,* and lllltUl UMMI UUIiAUU ULLULJ Real' Estata Aqants INDUSTRIAL PREMISES We undertake agencies for a wide range of Industrial properties Including the following FLATTED FACTORIES. A. DELTA HOUSE, ALEXANDRA ROAD Exclusive 7 storey flatted factory development. For sale with areas from
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  • Page 22 Advertisements
    • 730 22 IV ACCOMMODATION m PROPERTIES 51 Accommodation Vacant m) Houses ENO KONG GARDEN exclusive 2ilorey detached 4-bedroomed 'udy. servant's amenltie» Furnished, aircond. large garden. $2,200 *****75 (no agents) FABER HILLS. LUXURIOUS double-storey bungalow. 4 bedrooms/study, swimming pool, central alrconditlonlng/heater Viewing *****8 9 JALAN BAHASA. near University of Singapore brand new 3-slorey
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    • 707 22 DIST 11 2-BEDROOMED APARTMENT with swimming pool, close bachelor or married couple only Fully furnished or unfurnished $1 fIOO or $950 Phone 255*941 DtST. IS JOO CHUT Place Furnished Mat two bedrooms one hall $475 pm Tel *****57 DtST IS. OCEAN APARTMENT 1 bedrooms, spacious living/ dining, fully furnished with
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    • 757 22 (V ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES DIST. 9 CLEMENCEAU AVENUE furnished rooms, various types with kitchen: own entrance $200 $550 Tel *****1 DIST. FULLY FURNISHED, aircond. clearing, washing other facilities, car park, preferably foreigners/single Rent $350 *****1 FURNISHED BEOROOM M District 12 for single/ couple/ student Quiet environment ring *****3 after 1100 am.
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    • 741 22 URGENTLY WANTED FURNISHED unfurnished flats 2/3 bedrooms for our J apanese E u ropean clients District 9. Jalan Jlntan. Paterson Road. River Valley Road or Newton area. Rental MOO to 1800 Contact Mr Kho *****4/MUs Wong *****4 WANTED BACHELOR APARTMENT m People's Park Complex/ Pearl Centre Contact: *****. 53 Leave
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    • 522 22 IV ACCOMMODATION* PROPERTIES HILL TOP BUNGALOWS! »UPTOOATE FACILITIES CONVENIENCES FREE HOLD LAND PROMPT HANGING OVER OF HOUSES ON COMPLETION EASY INSTALMENT^ AVAILABLE. Unique architectural masterpiece. Exclusive split-level design Specialaiuminium frame (orwindows and doors with light tinted glass and modern fittings fKfIMOLO UNO I»«CE "<OM CNCUHSXANCES ON COMPLETION AND MANOtNG OVER
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    • 758 22 DIST. *0 MWmOIOUt Lucky Tower One Floor below penthouse 2.600 sq.ft Foreigners welcome $355,000. Pacific *****20 DM. 10 Weft up apartment* at Klmlin Mamlon (Orange Road/ Jalan Antap) with 3 bedroom*. Maater bedroom with ertacned From: $»7.000/ C*M 37*355 DIST. 11, 2 BEDROOMS, servant's room, 2nd floor corner Pleasant surroundings,
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    • 439 22 IV ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES WANTED BACHELOR APARTMENT m People's Park Complex/ Pearl Centre. Contact: ***** WANTED COMMERCIAL, CONDOMINIUM RESIDENTIAL LAND FOR DEVELOPMENT Any offer of local vacant land, either i. large or small, m the busy commercial districts. Any residential area for construction of condominium. flats, terrace semidetached houses. Please contact
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    • 657 22 ICB ENTERPRISES HOUSE. Modern design In Pr?sttgeous Banking Office Building Hurry only few units left for Immediate occupation. Enquiries contact 22 11 09 1/*****41 JALAN BESAR aircon office Including electricity, carpet, telephone Rental $360. Tel: *****50. MODERN. AMCONOmONED OFFICE Space. Central prestlgeous locality Furnished/unfurnished Immediate occupation. Enquiries *****. NEAR HONG
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    • 1142 22 IV ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES Pfmik SnofM foe Sate/Rental LUCKY PLAZA Ground and M'zzamnt floor shop, for f*h>. Good location 43m 7 lo 79m' Reasonable prices OOAMBUILWHC Ground floor ihowroom 263 m! for rent Other prime shopa also available m Bukit Timih Plaza Far East Shopping Ontre Orchard Towers rVnituuU Shopping Onlr*
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  • Page 23 Advertisements
    • 661 23 V SERVICES BUSINESS 76 Business Opportunities ra»—T7T¥ I PROFESSIONAL ANSWERING SERVICE Ihe confide..' caMe addreai 130 monthly Arrangement 2«RMV (Grace) RE(K.'<nCO SULK OUANTITV md regular ibarked Mansu Canes and oiame Cotomrx I I 82 with rullddails STARTMG A Business? F >r Bat [i m *<• provide a prestigeous or phone
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    • 776 23 HOUSEHOLD OFFICE REMOVALS n ilelivery of cargoes Only $2500 Efficient and rell--ure Contact 535C01 HOUSEHOLD/OFFICE REMOVALS s»rure !>SA Clearance dellnwa Transport Company ■MO .ORRIES FOR REMOVALS. Household office furniture delivery local West Malaysia Contact Tan 4M54.52. anytime PACKING/REMOVAL/TRANSPODTATION leave your problems to lent, reliable Ring --TfrMO Malaysia Packing '"iPt*- ltd
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    • 746 23 VI EDUCATION TRAINING COMMERCIAL STUOrES (For School Leavers/ O" I ovets) D»y or Evening Classes c Commercial E.iitlish c Book-keeptr.it c Typewriting c Shorthand Theory CITADEL. OUEENSWAV. *****0 CORRIME PRIVATE SCHOOL Tel: *****4. *****5 10th Floor. Selegie Complei. (Opp. Peace Centre) Pre U 1 a 2 Commerce (Full Time) iirt.-eets:
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    • 631 23 ite GIRLS! Jobs are DecominQ harder 10 get you need bene> quaktications The London Chamber ol Commerce and MOustry Private Secretary s Cerkticate >s recognrsed inter natwnanv as one ol Ihe raghest qualifications obtainable TNs eiammatori is the only Private Secretarial Examination supervised by the Ministry ol Education Enrol now
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    • 1285 23 VI EDUCATION TRAINING REPORT WRITING COMMENCING 20 379 Tuesday and Friday from 7pm 8.30pm For details contact *****46 Metropolitan YMCA SHORTHAND BEGINNERS MONDAY Friday 800 to 900 pm. Commencing 16th March 1979. Queensway Commercial Training Centre. 208. Queensway Shopping Centre. Tel: *****6 *****2 SPORE INSTTTUTE OF Science. 593-A. Serangoon Rd.
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    • 582 23 VII TRAVELS RESTAURANTS diners holidays ethofcto II l>a>\ ruropran apitaK friim NS7fM Rrilain Brl(ium/ Holland/ (,ermsm I u\rmh<iurf rrsner Dep: rim II IS SU II l)a>v iif Kurupe from sv<»»7 Britsin Belgium/ Luxembourg (.rrmam/ Vuvlrin llalt/l iechtenstrin Snit/erland I- ranee Op: E«Sr) II f S WU) 19 l)a\si>f runipr frum
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    • 323 23 ANGEL HAPPY HOLIDAY TOURS I'M iII ip pines Taiwan 11 days Departure 17/4. 18/7 $1539 All Taiwan Huahen 8 days Departure 19/3. 23/4. 24/5. 11/6 $1345 Bangkok/ PatUya/ Chelngmal 5-7 days Departure 2/4. 7/5. 19/6 $630-$695 Philliplnes/ Taiwan/ H.K 14 days Departure 10/4. 7/5. 3/7 $1685 Bannkok/H.K. /Taiwan 14 days
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    • 425 23 VII TRAVEL RESTAURANTS ECONOMICAL AIR TICKETS. NAM HO TRAVEL SiTiirn Snma lan. Tli.iilami Taiwan pore) Pte Ltd S.T.P.B Lk Ko tOtaTC Coach rentals Daily IV- 140 West Malaysia Tour (InClUnang Thailand Express, siv.- OenUnf/Cameroti Ilidh "M 11.19 lajids) by deluxe alrcondltloneci coach sf\.fii days Ssl99'-. sl> EUROTOURS I TRAVEL PTE
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    • 548 23 d.iys ssl79 departure every Sunday. Monday, Tuesday iirntiiiK Cameron Hkihtandi iniir rtayi s*l4<> < Anting Hlßhlandi lour d>/i ssi deluxi aircondiuooed ire every WediieMlav. l 'hursd.iy Haadyal Bannkok ChJenimaJ PatUya bydelux* alreondlUoned coach fourteen i one waj ny air. uhk »i) b] iilrrnnditioned coach eleven days ssMin \9i3n9. 283/ (ieniniK
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  • ACROSS THE CAUSEWAY
    • 6 24 Shutdown warning by plastics assn secretary
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    • 124 24 WIFE WITH HEROIN IN HER BRA TAIPING, Tues. Seven people, including a housewife with a tube of heroin m her brassiere, were picked up m a police operation at Simpang here last night. The housewife, aged 36, was arrested at a house and a policewoman conducting a search on her
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    • 36 24 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. Leaders of different Christian Churches m Malaysia have sent a joint letter to Christian leaders all over the world to urge their national leaders to accept more Vietnamese refugees. AP
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    • 29 24 MALACCA, Tues. Twenty-five Indonesian doctors will arrive m Malaysia this month to serve m government hospitals under the cooperation agreement signed between Indonesia and Malaysia recently. AFP.
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    • 351 24 MTUC, Aussie unions get in touch on aircraft row CONTACTS between the Malaysian Trade Union Congress and Australian trade unions, whose members have refused to service MAS aircraft, have been made to settle the current air dispute, it was learnt here today. According to a wellplaced union source here, the
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    • Article, Illustration
      35 24  -  LAT By MJtA -a -A -W -M v F l m I w K m A i :i iM m "yOM'ti. S/v£*K INTO THt AH PORT IN THIS D»S6UiS£ T««OI/&« TH£ BuiH£i HeB£.*."
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    • 234 24 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The Government is considering appointing some of its agencies to buy land to check the spate of Malay land passing into non-Malay hands. Deputy Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad, who said this today, added that this would be an
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    • 46 24 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. Four members of a visiting Indonesian Supreme Advisory Council delegation caUed on Foreign Minister Tengku Ahmad Rithaudeen here today. The group, part of a ninemember delegation visiting the other four Asean nations, arrived here yesterday for a three-day visit. AFP
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    • 141 24 TAIPING, Tues A suspett who had one kiss too many at a girls' school m Jalan Convent here fell into the arms of the law m a police ambush yesterday. The man, aged 28, unemployed, had gone to the school compound allegedly to
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    • 241 24 Chinese trade minister on 6-day visit KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Chinese Foreign Trade Minister. Mr Li Chiang, arrived here today for a sixday visit for discussions with his counterpart Datuk Dr Mahathir Mohamad on expanding bilateral trade between the two countries. Mr Li, accompanied by his wife and seven officials from
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    • 117 24 Demo school gets a new acting principal KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The Maxwell Secondary School here where students went on the rampage recently to protest the re placement of their headmas ter, has got a new actinj; principal and mathematics teacher. Mr Victor Wong replaces tf c former principal and mathemitics
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    • 60 24 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. Malaysia welcomes Hanoi's proposed plan to regularise the departure of Vietnamese wish.ag to resettle elsewhere as a step towards reducing the refugee problem, the Foreign Ministry said today. A spokesman said today this commitment by Vietnam would help reduce v ie problems faced by
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  • Page 24 Advertisements
    • 578 24 mine dRCdDE is looking for you Our fashion and jewellery floors are fully The fight fOfmuld booked and only a few more shop units on other floors are still available except for an Ming Arcade is developed and managed by the entire floor which we are setting aside for the
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    • 296 24 %-_-T7T Ijj• \M 1 1 fc# H.E.T.C one of Asia s largest Technical College* having on its rolls above 1 000 students from all c its of Africa. Arab and Asian countries, start admissions for new sessions commencing shortly 1. AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE ENGINEERING The Course prepares candidates for a highly
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  • 291 25 CUSTOMS officers found 13-year-old girls working as waitresses when they checked on a bar, and a bar cum restaurant. At a Liquor Licensing Board session yesterday. Rose Garden (Koh Lee) Bar and Restaurant m River Valley Road and Romance World Bar m Hamilton Road
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  • 53 25 THE MP (or Serangoon Gardens. Dr Lav Teik Soon, will attend the first anniversary dinner of the Serangoon Gardens Residents' Association at St Francis Xavier Church at Chartwell Drive on March 30. Tickets for the dinner are available from Mrs C.N Wong, tel *****14 and Mr Chew Chin
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  • 27 25 THE executive committee ot the Upper Serangoon community centre youth group will hold its inaugural ceremony at the centre on March 24 at 7.30 p.m.
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  • 343 25 Husband who had affair in same block A COMPANY supervisor, suing her husband for divorce, yesterday concurred with an observation by the court that her estranged husband and she were living m separate flats m the same block of a Housing Board estate when the husband committed adultery. Mr Justice
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  • 244 25 'Monthly average of 45 crimes in -hotels'— AN average of 45 crimes a month were committed m hotels last year and these were mainly due to the carelessness of hotel guests. The most common of these crimes, reported by the 48-member hotels of the Singapore Hotel and Restaurant Assoication. was
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  • 37 25 THE women's sub-committee of the Serangoon Garden community centre is starting courses on Western cooking and nonya kway next month during weekends at 2 p.m. For details, telephone *****69 between 2 p.m. and 10 p.m.
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  • 140 25 A WEST German businessman, Mr Peter Goldmann, 39, yesterday lost a briefcase containing $3,000, his passport and other "important and valuable" documents. He said that he left the brown Samsonite briefcase at a record shop m Orchard Towers at about 12.30 p.m. and was browsing
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  • 209 25 Temporary shortage of colour TV sets THERE is a temporary shortage of several popular brands of imported colour television sets here, possibly because of the demand from Malaysia where TV recently went colour^ According to the New Nation, several dealers and rental firms said the situation is likely to last
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  • 203 25 A TECHNICIAN was standing on the platform of a mobile scaffold installing an air-conditioning unit at a Jurong work-site when his coworkers negligently moved the scaffold. As a result, Mr Tiau Geok Ming, then employed by Hong Air-Con Engineering, fell to the ground and
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  • 55 25 THE Singapore Association for the Advancement of Science will hold a series of events to mark the Einstein Centenary starting from tomorrow. The events include screening a multi-media show entitled The Universe on Friday and an Einstein Centenary seminar which will be held at the Singapore Science Centre
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  • Page 25 Advertisements
    • 132 25 isrCT gigolo Ajcombned SURPLUS STOCK SALE DEFINITELY FROM 15 th MARCH TO 15 th APRIL PRICES KNOCKED DOWN FROM 20% -30% ON ALL FASHION CLOTHES 10, Orchard Rd, Spore 9. (Opposite Specialist Centre Tel: *****3 Cable: Goldbasket Estb. 1947 Branch I C 22. Bukit Timah Plaza (Between Metro Fitzpatrick) Subsidiary:
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    • 730 25 GOODWOOD PARK HOTEL LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Thirty-First Annual Generol Meeting of Goodwood Park Hotel Limited will be held in the Fu|i Room of Ming Court Hotel, Tonglm Road, Singapore on Thursday, the 29th day of
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    • 692 25 PUUK UTIUTIES BORRO Applications are invited for the post ot SENIOR SECURITY OFFICER, SECURITY DIVISION, GENERAL MANAGER'S OFFICE Salary Seal*: Class 111 ($1,145x50—1,495x80— 1,575x65—2,160) Grata Salary: $1,280 2,416 1 Degree from a recognised University or equivalent with at least 3 years' relevant experience; or 2 Ex-Police Officers who have held
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  • Page 25 Miscellaneous
    • 145 25 Bringing Up Father By BUI Kavanagh Hal Camp VI Y.. __^_3 THERE MUST BE I I T HAVE A *S \J~ OUT OP MY YOUR BROTHER HORRORS A MISTAKE PRETTY QOOOJ CASHBOX/ J 8IMMY WAS CHARGED WHERE WOULD r IDEA- y^ r Blondie By Chic Young jrn I P OPEN
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  • IX OBITUARIES
    • 94 26 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The Family of the late MADAM OAN CHENG CHN*G (called to rest on 9/3/ TO) wish to express their grateful thanks and appreciation to Doctors. Sisters and Nurses of T.T.S.H Ward 30, Zlon Presbyterian Church. Pentecost Methodist Church, Rev James Kao Jlh r:n» relatives and all friends
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    • Obituary, Illustration
      185 26 ESTATE DUTY PROBLEMS? Ow Mr Ltm mey k* aM* to help yo«i IPAT AS TAX SERVICES PTE LTO TEL: *****40. M LOVING MEMORY of our beloved son Wong Heng Joon who left, us 2 years ago Sadly missed by n^rents and brother YEW CHEUNG. Ctopartad en 14
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    • Obituary, Illustration
      144 26 MDM LIM ONG NEO ALMS UM SOKOON Ag*d *7. p«»«»d mi peacefully on 12/3/79 leaving behind 1 ton. 3 daughter*, 1 ton m-law 1 daughier-m-law. 12 grandchildren, 13 great grandchNdran. Cortege leaving Black 25. Lorong 6. Toa Payoh lor Brigf I Hill Crematorium (Khong Beng S»n) on K/3/79
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  • TIMESPORT PAGE ONE
    • 446 26  -  FAIRWAY By WILL Dragon Command prove to be another Jumbo Jet? Singapore lawyer Lee Ah Seong certainly hopes so because he is the lucky owner of both champions. Seven years ago, Jumbo Jet conquered all before him, winning the Tunku Gold Cup, the
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    • 270 26 LONDON, Tues. The hopes of all Ireland, and a fair slice of their national income, depend this week on a bay-coloured horse who cost his owner a mere £800 ($3,540). Monksfield, winner of the 1978 Champion Hurdle, is favourite to provide a repeat success
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    • 53 26 HONGKONG, Tues French jockey Philippe Paquet left for Paris last night after having achieved the distinction of being Hongkong's top rider this season. He rode 27 winners m three months here, having come to replace his injured brother-in-law Gary Moore as No.l jockey for the George
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    • 83 26 Heather retains crown SHEFFIELD, England, Ties. Australia's Heather McKay retained the werld open women's squash championship, beating Sue Cogswell, of Britain, M, M, $-1, M to the final here last night. Heather, 37, was «utsmarted In the opening game, but her superb line and leagth then ware down tne British
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    • 207 26 BOSTON (Massachusetts), Tues. South Africa's Greer Stevens, displaying enormous power and backhand consistency, breezed past Maureen Louie, 6-2, 6-1 last night m the first round of a USJISO.OOO ($426,000) tennis championship here. It was Greer's first appearance m Boston, since she seriously hurt her right knee m a team
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    • 444 26 LAUSANNE, Tues TAIWAN sports officials have not replied formally to the International Olympic Committe headquarters here on the proposed roundtable discussion over the question of China's membership m the world body before the end of the month. The lOC Executive Board concluded their weekend meetings last
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    • 537 26 Israel (or the Asian athletic championship m Tokyo m May. Paulen said that if Israel are not invited, then the Games cannot be called the Asian championship. The Ail-China Sports Federation have invited Taiwanese athletes to take part m the fourth national Games to
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      78 27 and Stallon sees world upside down A STUNT? No, it's a crash. Car No. 27, driven by Gary Stallon, is up m the air and about to descend as Car No. 20, with an unidentified driver hustles to get out of the way of the falling car. The scene
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    • 407 27  - Kelvin wins Head title and a Wticket BERNARD PEREIRA By HONGKONG'S 15-year-old Kelvin Ng made another entry m his ever-growing list of international honours when he won the Head junior invitation tennis individual singles title, beating Indonesia's top-seeded Hawin Sutopo 5-7, 6-3, 6-4 m the final at the Kallang Tennis
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    • 52 27 KOH LIANG POO was elected president of City Rangers Sports Club at their annual meeting at Sports House. Rutlan Road, recently. Other office bearers: Chu Kirn Hua (secretary). Robert Chua (treasurer). Kelly Lim (sports secretary). Lawrence Lee andLim Beng Chong (committee members) and Frankie Foo and Chua Bau
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    • 194 27  - If only there are more Absons around PETER SIOW By BRITISH businessman Barry Abson will rally around the Singapore Yachting Association should they decide to compete m the world Enterprise championship m Sligo Bay, Ireland, m August. Abson. probably promp.ed by the SYA's errptyingcoffers, has volunteered to lend his Enterprise
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    • 298 27 NATIONAL champion Wong Shoon Keat earned the Singapore Badminton Associations highest honour when he emerged unbeaten at the just -concluded national squad ranking exhibition series, imports BKRNAKD PKKICIRA. Wong won all his seven singles matches against his team-mates, thus amassing the full 280 points
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    • 412 27 TOP-SEEDED Robert Han survived an early scare to overwhelm former national trainee Johar Jasman 17-16. 15-7 m the second round of the Singapore junior individual badminton championships at (Juillemard Road last night National player Kelly Wee also had a harrowing time subduing
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    • 76 27 THE Singapore Sports Council have invited applications from post-secondary students for the Esso Sports Scholar awards for this year. The awards, available to all Singapore citizens, are open to students pusuing post-secondary education m pre-university classes, jun- ior colleges, the Singapore Polytechnic, Ngee Ann Technical College and
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    • 297 27 LONDON, Tues. Tottenham Hotspur or Manchester United stand between Liverpool and their ninth Cup final m nine seasons. The Merseyside men, who have made consistency their trade mark, were paired with the winners of tomorrow's replay between the two other First Division glamour clubs,
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    • 322 27 BOYER HEADS SAINTS TOWARDS UNIQUE DOUBLE LONDON, Tues. Phil Boyer kept Southampton on course for a unique Wembley double with an extra-time goal against leg-weary West Bromwich Albion for a 2-1 win m last night's English Football Association Cup fifth-round replay at the Dell.
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    • 63 27 GLASGOW, Tues Glasgow rivals Rangers and Celtic have been kept apart m the semi finals of the Scottish Football Association Cup. In yesterday's draw. Cup-hold-ers Rangers were paired with Partick Thistle, another Glasgow club. Celtic have a quarter-final replay wth Berwick Rangers, last season's beaten finalists,
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    • 803 28 ERNEST FRIDA spotlights the Martens family WHENEVER fans get around to discussing Singapore and the Republic's sportsmen and women you can be lure that, some time, somewhere, they will touch on the Martens family John. 48, has, of course, already guaranteed himself a place m the record
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    • 88 28 MEN bowlers wishing to take part m the preliminary finals of the national selection trials are reminded that entries will close at midnight tonight. Entry forms can be obtained at Jackie's Bowl System 460. Kal lang Bowl and Starbowl the venues for the preliminary finals on Sunday. The
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    • 48 28 BALESTIER HILL West School scored a treble m the national primary schools girls' volleyball tournament when they swept the A. B and C Division titles. In the boys' section, Yook Mm won the A and C Division titles, while Cheng Hwa triumphed m the B Division.
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    • 533 28  -  WILFRED YEO By American 'hypnotist' makes offer to Singapore's Malaysia Cup soccer squad IF Tony Gentile has his way, Singapore's soccer team will not repeat last Sunday's Jekyll and Hyde performance, and will bring back the Malaysia Cup. Gentile, an Australianbased American "hypnotist", is
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    • 36 28 BOON LAY beat Kuo Chuan 34), and Radin Mas beat Buona Vista 3-0 m the inter-constituenry sepak takraw matches last night. Other results: Kirn Keat 3 KmaAyer 0. Katong 2 Mac PhtTson 1
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    • 352 28 JOHANNESBURG, Tom. The fact-Ondlng delegation of the International Cricket Conference left Sooth Africa for Britain yesterday, but gave no indication If the country would br readmitted to the International Test arena. The delegation's chairman, Charles Palmer, said it would be impassible to speculate how the members
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    • 293 28 SIX Malaysian sports associations have been asked to hold their national meets before August after which selection for the 10th Southeast Asia Games m Jakarta from Sept. 21-30 will be made. The six are athletics, archery, cycling, shooting, swimming and weightlifting. This decision was reached
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    • 47 28 WAKAYAMA (Japan). Tues A Malaysian women's hockey team beat an All-Wakayama side 3-0 m a goodill match here today There was no score m the first half It was the Malaysian team's first victory against one defeat m their itxir of Japan. AP.
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    • 247 28 Malaysia want return of four cycle events KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Malaysia will ask Indonesia to reinstate four massed start cycling events m September's South-east Games m Jakarta. The four events that were scrapped are the 800 metres, 1,600 m, 4.800 m and 10,000 m massed starts. The Indonesians have offered
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    • 346 29  -  JOE DORAI By SINGAPORE coaoh Trevor Hartley must reduce his 25-player Malaysia Cup squad by three. The order comes from the Football Association of Singapore who told him at the start of the season that he could have only 22 players m
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    • 170 29 THE inter-port soccer series between Singapore and Hongkong, defunct since 1976. is likely to be revived this year. This follows Hongkong's request for a friendly match at the National Stadium this year. The inter-port series, which was played at alternate venues each year, ended m
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    • 84 29 JAKARTA. Tues The Indonesian 14-memeber team, including five women players, will be leaving here tomorrow m two groups for the All-England tournament from March 21-24. relieved that noi a single South African player will take part m the championships The team include the defending singles
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    • 37 29 TOKYO. Tues Both World Boxing Association junior middleweight champion Japan's Ma sashi Kudo and challenger Manuel Ricardo Gonzalez, of Argentina, declared victory m their separate Press conferences here today, prior to their title bout MMRN AFP.
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    • 131 29 Hoffmann takes slim lea d in world meet VIENNNA, Tues. Jan Hoffmann of East Germany, the world champion of 1974, took a narrow lead over Vladimir Kovalev of the Soviet Union m the compulsory figures as the world figure skating championships opened here today. David Santee, the United States No.
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    • 246 29  -  PATRICK BASTIANS By NATIONAL squash champion. Venkatesan Gopal has written a long letter to the Singapore Squash Rackets Association explaining his absence last Thurday. when he was scheduled to play Zainal Abidin m a roundrobin match among members of Singapore's East Am. i squad.
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    • 32 29 PARIS. Tues The official uniforms and costumes for next year's Moscow Olympics go on show for the first time here and m five other cities throughout the world tomorrow. AFP
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    • 49 29 Today's events BADMINTON Junior individual championships (SBA hall. 7 15pm) SOCCER Singapore Bus. ness Houses Football League senior BN De Paris v Heli OriMK, junior Keppel Shipyard v oberoi Imperial (Both matches al Jalan Besar Stadium 5.15 and 7pm I Premier Milk Hitachi Zosen (Fairer Park AC 5 15).
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    • 350 29  -  PETER SIOW By A rare smile broke across ht't tan after her recordbreaking effort m the 400 metres freestyle for girls' umler-17 years m the Singapore Amateur Swimming Associaton's junior championships at the Toa Payoh pool yesterday. For Junie Sng. the smile meant tht she
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    • 213 29 THE intermediate team will be sacrificial lambs at the Asian Cup tournament if the Football Association of Singapore stand firm on their decision to send them to Bangkok m May, reports I JOE DORAI. This was the consensus among fans after the intermediates' inept performance m their goalless
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    • 142 29 DEFENDING champions Sentosa United will meet Combined Youngsters m the final of this year's Radin Mas intra-soccer tournament at the Bukit Chermin ground on Saturday. Sentosa, with the services of Mahalingam, Sivadass, Khamis, Sharom, Karim, Joe Hendricks and Thanabalan who took part m the Prime Minister's
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    • 339 29 Forces upset 'depleted' Sabahans KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Bottom-of-the-table Armed Forces hauled themselves three places higher with this shock Malaysia Cup soccer victory over Sabah at the Merdeka Stadium tonight. Sabah, though, may claim to be unfairly penalised for being reduced to 10 men from the 43rd minute, following the sending-off
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    • 342 29 DARK and modest, Abdul Rehman, 27, one of Pakistan's top four amateur squash players, arrived m Singapore yesterday to coach the Republic's EastAsia squad, uncharacteristically confident of success, reports PATRICK BASTIANS. Rehman, fresh from the British amateur tournament and the Ireland Open, where he
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    • 115 29 WARSAW, Tues. Former Polish soccer captain Kazimierz Deyna said m an interview published here yesterday, that he wanted to leave England's Manchester City unless he was used more m the First team. Deyna. 31, transferred to City from Legia Warsaw at the end of last
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    • 126 29 THE fabulous Fandi Ahmad, still thrilled at having scored his first Malaysia Cup goal against Trengganu on Sunday, bagged a hattrick yesterday to help Guthrie to a 5-0 win over Hongkong Bank m a Singapore Business Houses Football League senior knockout match at the Jalan Besar Stadium. Razali
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    • 141 29 Singapore Celantan Jelangor •enang Cedah 'ahang 'rengganu 'erak labah Sarawak 4egn Sembilan Mi Malacca irmea Force* ohore ederal Territory Irunei 9 9 9 8 9 8 8 9 8 8 9 8 9 8 8 9 8 7 6 5 5 4 5 4 5 3 3 3
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    • 137 29 SIA lose appeal over players THE Singapore Business Houses' Football League Tournament Committee have overruled a Singapore Airlines protest that Oberoi Imperial fielded ineligible players m their senior knock-out tournament clash. SLA, who were beaten 2-0 by Oberoi, filed a protest, alleging that Singapore fullback Jeffrey Lazaroo and Chia Shih
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    • 42 29 ADELAIDE. Tues. Australian Olympian Sharlene Rendina broke the world's record m winning the women's 600 metres race here with a time of 1 m.n 26 sees Officials said Verna Bernard of Great Britain held the previous of 1:290 -UPI.
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  • 374 30 Members of the Goh team ELEVEN systems engineers and a science graduate are in Dr Goh Ken* Swee's education study team all male, except two, and the oldest of them no more than 33 years old. The two youngest members are only 24. All are in the administrative service and,
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  • 43 30 BANGKOK. Tues. Laotian authorities yesterday released eight Thais they had held on espionage charge*. Informed sources reported today. The eight were arrested In 1976 and 1977 and charged with being operatives of the American CIA, the sources said— AFP.
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  • 42 30 MEW YORK. Tues. Dow Jones averages, based on first hour of trading on the New York Stock Exchange: 30 lndust ***** up 121. 20 transp 214.40 up 0.43, IS Utlls 103.28 Off 0.27. 65 stocks 285 15 up 024 UPI
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    • 5 1 The Straits Times SECTION TWO
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      • 430 1 Bookshelf Standard Chinese names of Places in the World Biff m «e i<t a jt i» tt *m >}< f |i n "ft it (t X— ft" 3R M A\ *M ft* iJj9* iij*»fli Aiii^/LtKiiH jSa+Jfe'fsjtlß* JSW swifi'-iiaifi" -^L-fcA^s^aiJK •&m ttt«-e w«Hflajfe*w»f^j* *^f HI ft<j k i* BI ««-'>£ 6<J
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      • 331 1 Folktales from China Good advice from a stranger ONE DAY, Avanti thought of earning some money. So he took a length of rope, about 20 to 30 feet, and went to the market-place. Just as he got there and stopped among a group of porters, a man came up and
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      • 114 1 5$Efr353g .rn- fff?W± mLAmma halt; Stop ftd^S> f^l I Although this character is a A M" M 45lllJ crude representation of the frfa^VrY A*V I* \mL -Jtrrhra motionless foot, with the lxVa.^)l\\ i J J1(>-JI |KI^^ _KSgT five toes reduced to three, it VJ^UW Vky ii'^nllWw
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      • 68 1 THE illustrated word is pronounced you, meaning postal or mail. It has been reduced to seven strokes from its regular form, m brackets, of 10. Here are some common combinations of the word: youzhengju post office youchai postman yo\iqii postal district youpioo postage stamp youihengxinxiong =post box youzhengchuxuyinhong
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      • 55 1 Chinese Chinese without tears ZHI zlJf tong allay poms zhi ke quench thirst if± tfngzhY halt; stop zhikeyao cough medicine zhongzhi put an end to, cease wang mci zhi ke to gaze at plums to quench one's thirst vain hopes For example, you may say, Suanmei key? zhi ke. meaning,
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      • 57 1 Humour Jimmy: John, can we ji m> what caterpillars eat caterpillar? were you talking about John: Don't talk just now. while you are eating. Jimmy: You have al Talk after you have fin- ready eaten one ished your meal. (Translated from Shin Mm After the meal, John: Daily
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      • 435 2 Traditional games how thrilling to the young DO not think that Saravanan relished being "bullied." He was just gamely submitting himself to the forfeit of being led by the ear m a game called "klerek." And he knew also that the alternative to having his ear pinched was to give
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      • 123 2 THREE-WAY BATTLE IN FIVE-0 HAWAII Plve-0 will be tetocut (Might »t 8.25 p.m. »n Chauel 5. Par this fpisadr "Nunber One with a Ballet" (Part 1), a promising youn* stager ignites three-way battle among Plve-O Chief Steve MeGarrett, the Hawaiian crime syndicate known as the Kumu, and a gang m
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      • 217 2 THE Ministry of Culture has set up an Oral History Unit to record personal, verbal accounts by people whose knowledge and experience will help to piece together the history of Singapore as far back as the early 1900s. Said Mr G.E. Bogaars. chairman
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      • 372 2  -  SINGAPOREANS who have sampled the thrill of the spinning game can now relive it. For those who have not, it is still not too late to make up for lost opportunities. Granted the heyday of the gasing game (top spinning) is over.
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      • 490 2 m mA^ m PUBLIC UTILITIES \^P BORRD \ST WATER IIITERRUPTIOn S NOTICE TO CONSUMERS The Public Utilities Board will be laving a new II ■I water mam along Lim Chu Kong Road This II II extension of the water distribution network is to II cater for c new housing estate
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      • 829 2 TV and Radio SINGAPORE 5 3.00 PM Opening folowed by The Bever- 7.05 The Muppet Show ly Hibiies Jethro Retains (re- 7.30 News and Pariamentary Report peat) (Malay) v 8.05 Classical Masterpieces Oboe 3.30 Dury of Events (Malay) Quartet F Major KV 370 by 3.35 Bonanza Riot Mozart 4.25 Intermission
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    • 14 3 Book Review THE PHILIPPINES; A CONTINLETIZIA CoY STANTINO, FOUNDATION FOR NATIONALIST STUDIES, QUEZON pines'
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    • 525 3  -  FOX BUTTERFIELD: HONGKONG By m aiiuiun Ldac, a nurse at a Peking hospital, with help from a k d loherdatcy, like inflation, unemployment and pollution, pvictpH nnlv m ranital S?2Sedes ist societies. But with the pragmatism preached by the current leaders, China is
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    • 537 3 'Bear in mind flexibility of imperialism' warning Constantino's work, the Philippines A Past Revisited, covered the Spanish era, brief independence after their overhtrow and the coming of the Americans. The United States was new at colonising but proved very adept at it, the author said, judging by the strong pro-American
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    • 621 3  -  RICHARD BORSUK IT IS WELL WORTH READING IF YOU CAN GET A COPY' By m MANILA ONE of Manila's radio stations has the same call-letters, same promotional tune and same disc jockey voices as a major Chicago rock station. The Philippine capita] has
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      • 394 3 What is life really like for a Singapore girl k^SOra^^ unused to housework and used to a urban, f 'rigwfcSfc-t' cosmopolitan city-life who marries a foreigner and goes and lives m a provincial 'T^fl* > V. town m His Homeland? Find out <^2fljS|Fsy"When Miss Tan Weds Mr Smith" k jmw
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      • 883 5  -  Tan Lee Leng Lifer^ By j Spice of Life CHOOSING the major cooking equipment is a matter of serious consideration. For having made the choice, you will probably have to live with it for the years to come. THE SINK will
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      • 697 6 'H^P UNfTED CHASE Corporate Finance Executive We are currently recruiting an Executive for our Corporate Finance Department. The job will offer the candidate, as a member of a small professional team, on the job training and exposure m the business of share underwriting, public flotation, mergers and takeovers, feasibility studies
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      • 470 6 r TOBISHIMA 1 CORPORATION invites applicants for the following posts A) Senior Construction Engineer Requirements: Recognised University Degree m Civil Engineering Professional Engineer Minimum 5 years working experience Duty Overall planning and co-ordination m the construction of major Civil Engineering Work Salary not less than 5548.000 pa plus other benefits
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      • 617 6 FAR EAST ORGANIZATION invites applications for the following posts:(1) Project Engineers Qualification: A degree or professional qualification m Civil, Structure, Building or equivalent. Experience: At least five (5) years experience m the supervision of construction and management of de-luxe commercial complex, and shopping centre. Prospective candidates must possess initiative and
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      • 143 6 THE BANKRUPTCY ACT (CHAPTER 18, If 7* EDITION) APPLICATION TO APPROVE PROPOSAL KOK A COMPOSITION B—kniptey N» 53/74 Wong How Llan of 278, Block 79 Toa Payoh Central Singapore 12 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that application will be made to the Supreme Court, Singapore on Monday the 26th day of
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      • 412 6 THE BANKRUPTCY ACT (CHAPTER 18, 1970 EDITION) NOTICE OF INTENDED DIVIDEND Id Bankruptcy No». 69/78 Tai Kirn Chong trading as Yeng Chong Electrical and Plumbing Contractor or 181 M Jalan Kong Kuan, Singapore 23 600/78 Tan Cheng Ouan formerly trading a* Pan-Pacific Shipping Company cf No. 28-C Marler c Avenue,
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