The Straits Times, 17 April 1979

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    14 1 The Straits Times Kstd. 1845 TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 1979 25 CENTS M.C.(P) No. 142/1/79
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    THE $600m RAFFLES CITY
    446 1 THE $600 m RAFFLES CITY Complex may be ready by 1983 A MODEL of the $600 million Raffles City was unveiled yesterday showing a complex of soaring towers set amid some of Singapore's most historic buildings. Sited on the old Raffles Institution ground and just across Bras Basah Road from
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    Lock icon 70 more Viet refugees
    50 1 HoM.KONG. Mon Seventy Vietnamese refugees arrvni in two small boats iuday. 3tt in one and 32 in the other Since last Friday. 1.115 of them have come, including the estimated 570 on the 100-tonnr Vietnamese coastal freighter Ha Loag which entered Hongkong without permission yesterday AFP
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    Viet couple win suit
    88 1 A VIETNAMESE shipping magnate, Mr Paul Bui Van Tuyen. and his wife, a former Saigon bank chairman, both living now in Paris, were yesterday awared judgment for {249.404 plus interest by the High Court here for their joint claim against Overseas Union Enterprise Ltd., owners of
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    Lock icon PLO attack on Brussels airport
    363 1 PLO attack on Brussels airport BRUSSELS, Monday PALESTINIAN guerillas tossed a grenade and a bomb into an El Al Airline passenger lounge at Brussels airport today and fought a gun battle with police, the national news agency Belga said. It said 10 people were wounded. Airline sources in New York
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    Lock icon Uren is freed
    88 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The Asian representative of the International Transportworkers Federation (ITF), Mr Bonald Uren, was released today after being detained for 60 days in connection with his involvement in the Malaysian Airline System pay dispute. Home Affairs Minister Tan Sri Ghazali Shafie, making the announcement over
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    Lock icon Record trade surplus
    69 1 TOKYO, Mon. Japan ran up a record trade surplus of US$l4 38 billion <5531.64 billion) on the customs clearance basis (or fiscal 1978. which ended on March 31. the Finance Ministry reported today. The ministry said exports rose 17 per cent to USJ* 97 billion and imports
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    Lock icon Phnom Penh hits at Bangkok
    612 1 BANGKOK, Monday THE Phnom Penh Governemnt today accused Thailand of shelling its troops inside Kampuchea in support of 50,000 routed Khmer Rouge soldiers, as the Thai army laid mines along a 32-km strip of the border to keep out fleeing Khmer Rouge. A Thai supreme
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    Lock icon Chinese plane crashes in Vietnam
    144 1 Chinese plane crashes in Vietnam HANOI, Mon A CHINESE tighter plane crashed yesterday In Vietnamese territory near the town of Nam Dinh, about M km south-east of Hanoi, It was announced here to■ight. The plane, the make of which was not given, came down near the village of Tree Pha,
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    Lock icon Yamani out?
    35 1 CAIRO. Mon. The Egyptian weekly magazine El Yousser said today Saudi Arabian Oil Minister Sheikh Ahmed Zaki Yamani will be dropped in an imminent reshuffle of the Saudi cabinet UPI. SKK PACK I
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    Lock icon LATEST Sadat hits out at Khomeiny
    53 1 LATEST Sadat hits out at Khomeiny CAIRO, Man. Egyptian President Anwar Sadat today criticised Iranian religious leader Ayatollah Ruballah Khomeiny far the first time and said that extremist religious movement!) in Egypt wasted a Kbameiny-tttyle state. Mr Sadat was criticising Egypt's extremist religious movements far the third successive day. -AFP.
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  • AROUND THE WORLD
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      Lock icon 'Saudi princes have averted a split'
      486 2 RIYADK, Monday THE Saudi Arabian royal family appears to have averted the threat of an internal power struggle which could have weakened its absolute authority and imperilled the kingdom's close ties to the West. Government officials and Western diplomats here believe the country's conservative
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      Lock icon Bahrain: No peace without strong forces
      204 2 Bahrain: No peace without strong forces BAHRAIN, Mon. Bahrain Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed Mubarak al-Khalifa said today the Jordan and Syrian fronts against Israel should be reactivated. "There can be no peace without an Arab force capable of facing up to Israel's military challenges. A just peace is a peace
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      Lock icon Brigitte takes hospital to court
      118 2 Brigitte takes hospital to court PARIS, Mon. Brigitte Bardot has started legal proceedings for alleged negligence against the hospital in which her mother died last August following a tumour operation. Mrs Anne-Marie Bardot, her actress daughter claims, failed to receive treatment that might have saved her life in the intensive
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      Lock icon Shoot-on-sight order by Sadat
      308 2 CAIRO, Monday PRESIDENT Sadat has ordered police to shoot on the spot anyone who tries to destroy public or private property. The President's warning yesterday came day after he made a scathing speech in which he rebuked militant Islamic groups in Egyptian universities for stirring up
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      Lock icon Doggone it! What a restaurant
      217 2 HAMBURG, Maa. Hambarg's aewest restaaraat Is small, ritiy, caters mostly te titled clieats, aad Is exclusively far dags. Same clieats, like the lady la dark brawn far at Table S, are aa strict diet, sa to avoid temptatiea she takes all her meals at the
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  • AROUND THE WORLD 2
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      Philippines urged: Put off elections
      421 3  -  ABBY TAN By MANILA, Mon> Tht Libyan Ambassador, Mr Mustapha Dreiza, said he had .-aiggested to the Philippine Government to postpone the May 7 elections for autonomous regional assemblies in the Muslim regions in the south until a peaceful accord is reached with the rebels.
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      Lock icon 200 killed by quake in Adriatic resort
      171 3 200 killed by quake in Adriatic resort DUBROVNK (Yugoslavia), Mon. Entire families were among 200 people killed when a devastating earthquake hit Yugoslavia's southern Adriatic resort region just after dawn yesterday, according to casualty lists issued today. Tens of thousands of panicstricken survivors spent last night in the open, away
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      Lock icon Pact talks
      30 3 TOKYO. Mon. Japan and the Philippines opened three days of working-level negotiations here today to revise the current friendship, trade and navigation treaty between the two countries. Reuter.
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      Lock icon HK facing threat of exodus from China
      400 3 HK facing threat of exodus from China HONGKONG, Monday THE biggest exodus of illegal Chinese immigrants to Hongkong in 17 years threatens the economic and social stability of this British colony. Police said 9,661 illegal Chinese immigrants were caught during the first three months of this year, compared with 539
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      Lock icon US institute opens
      70 3 TAIPEH, Mon. The American Institute in Taiwan finally opened today to retain cultural and trade relations with Taiwan in place of the US Embassy which closed on March 1. The institute was set up as a private organisation designed to keep substantial ties between the United States
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      Lock icon China bid to be leading maritime nation
      213 3 China bid to be leading maritime nation HONGKONG, Mon China is to buy and build more ships in an effort to turn itself into a leading maritime nation, the Xinhua (Hsinhua) news agency reported yesterday. The agency quoted a spokesman for the China Ocean Shipping Company as saying it would
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      Lock icon Disco heist
      47 3 NEW YORK, Mon. Eight armed men burst shooting into a discotheque here at the weekend, forced the dancers to strip, stole their watches and jewels, raped two women clients in the toilets. and escaped with US$5OO (SSI. 100) from the cash register, police said. AFP.
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      Lock icon Train kills 18
      34 3 MEXICO CITY, Mon. Eighteen people were killed and 60 injured when two runaway locomotives smashed into a stationary holiday train at Nogates, 300 km from here, it was reported today. -AFP.
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      Lock icon SAP needs only 157 seats to form next govt, says Kukrit
      381 3 SAP needs only 157 seats to form next govt, says Kukrit BANGKOK, Mon. Former Prime Minister Kukrit Pramoj has said that his party will need only 157 seats in the lower House of Representatives to form the next government. The Nation Review newspaper said Mr Kukrit told an election rally
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      Lock icon Markets, factories built in air raid shelters under Shanghai
      175 3 TOKYO, Ms*. Shanghai, China's biggent Industrial city, haa extended Ito underground passages with mwe strictures bnilt to serve as air raid shelters, Xinhua (Hslnhua) news agency said today. Newly built udergrwud structures hause markets, restaurants, halels, factories and storehMses aad are
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  • AROUND THE WORLD 3
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      Lock icon Guerillas start $500,000 fire at fuel depot
      300 4 SALISBURY, Monday BLACK nationalist guerillas defied a massive mobilisation by Rhodesia when they launched a rocket attack last night against fuel depot in the central Rhodesian city of Fort Victoria, setting off an inferno which destroyed a million litres of diesel oil and
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      67 4 BISHOP Abel Muarewa (la striped skirt), the man mast likley to sacceed white minority leader lan Smith, winding up his campaign tar the Khodesian elections with a jag around a soccer stadium in the town of Imtali of Sunday. Same M.IM supporters heard Bishop Muarewa attack the I'nited Stotes and
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      Lock icon Curfew in Zambian towns
      135 4 1.1 s4s 4k A, Mm. President Kenneth Kannda today clamped a lt-hanr carfew on Laaaka and mast other Zambiaa towns. In a statement issued here, the president said the curfew Imposed under preservation of pa bile security regulations would last (ram IBM UMT to MM GMT
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      Lock icon Fighting among Nanjing students
      170 4 Fighting among Nanjing students BEIJING (PEKING). Mon. Several students were injured in fighting between Chinese and foreign students from Asia and Africa in Nanjing (Nanking) this weekend, it was learned here today. The fight apparently broke out following scuffles in front of big character poster written by Chinese students criticising
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      Lock icon Flood havoc
      32 4 JACKSON. (Mississippi). Mon. Floods killed four people, forced some 15,000 to flee their homes and caused several million dollars in damage In the southern United States, officials said today. Reuter.
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      Lock icon Asians may ask Lule to pay back $2.3 billion
      269 4 Asians may ask Lule to pay back $2.3 billion LONDON, Monday SOME of the 28,000 Asians who fled Idi Amin's Uganda under threat may seek compensation running into some £500 million (552.29 billion) from the new government of President Yusufe Lule, according to expelled Asians here. They said many of
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      Liberia row with France over ITF
      324 4 Liberia row with France over ITF LONDON, Monday LIBERIA has protested strongly to the French Government about its failure to intervene in a ship boycott incident reminiscent of the Globtik Venus affair two years ago, the Financial Times reported. According to the Liberians, the French police refused to implement a
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      A whole day just to get a dial tone
      125 4 GABORONE, Mon. Next time you have trouble making a telephone call, thank your stars you're not doing business in Gaborone, capital of Botswana. "Botswana Is still using the world's oldest telephone system," the ronntry's newspaper. Dally News, aiiiMMeed recently. It cm
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        Lock icon A wombless miracle
        96 4 LONDON: A wombless 23-year-old woman has successfully given birth to a boy, hospital authorities at Taunton, Somerset, announced today. The baby was born by Caesarean operation to Mrs Alison Trott 11 months af'er she underwent surgery ior removal of the uterus. Hut she realized she was pregnant
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        Lock icon Working his way to jail
        75 4 KUKI (Japan): A Knifewielding man, who sad he was tired of working and wanted to go to jail, stormed into a bank here today, sipped a cup of grefn hit offered by bank clerk and surrendered peacefully when police arrived at the seen?, police said.
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        Lock icon Stormy success
        81 4 Stormy success TOKYO: Japanese yachtman, Mr Keniclii Horie an 1 his wi'e aboard the fivetonne yacht, Yermaid, yesterday became the first couple in the world to pa;.s through the stormy wate s off Cape Horn, South America. In <. radio message received here today, Mr Horie and h:s wife Eriko,
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      Lock icon CIA: Big trade gains by Third World
      389 5 .but it's unlikely to last WASHINGTON, Monday A CENTRAL Intelligence Agency (CIA) economic analysis says Third World nations sharply improved their trade balances in 1977, but the gains were apt to be short-lived because of the steadily rising costs of oil and manufactured
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    • THE ENERGY SQUEEZE
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        Lock icon Sudomo checks market prices
        129 5 JAKARTA: National Security Chief, Admiral Sudomo today made a surprise visit to several markets and shopping centres in Jakarta to check the price situation following the government decision to raise domestic fuel prices by about 30 to 55 per cent. Most businessmen and buyers told Adm
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        Lock icon Gas find in Thai Gulf
        75 5 BANGKOK: Almost seven trillion cubic metres of natural gas have been found in the Gulf of Thailand in concessions of the American Union Oil and Texas Pacific Companies, the Natural Gas Organisation of Thailand (NGOT) announced today. NGOT director, Dr Charan Acharabutr said Union Oil's
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      Lock icon Indonesia to replant million hectares
      161 5 Indonesia to replant million hectares JAKARTA, Mon. Indonesia has earmarked one million hectares of smallholder rubber plantations for replanting during the next decade in an effort to restore the country's position as the world's biggest natural rubber producer. State plantations rubber expert Herman Subeckti told reporters yesterday the World Bank
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      Lock icon Hungarian suicides
      51 5 BUDAPEST, Mon— A total of 4.292 people killed themselv during 1977 in Hungary, which has one of the highest suicide rates in the world. Budapest newspapers reported yesterday. In contrast, 1,877 people died in motor accidents that year, tbe reports quoted an official annual demographic survey as saying.
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      Lock icon US curb on arms sales may fail
      326 5 US curb on arms sales may fail WASHINGTON, Monday PRESIDENT Carter's efforts to curb the worldwide sale of conventional arms may be on the brink of failure, the Senate foreign relations committee said yesterday, i A committee staff report put the blame on the United States for its "failure to
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      Lock icon Big US drive against white collar crime
      130 5 WASHINGTON, M*a. The Jwtlee Departmeat tiaiMrti plaas yesterday to act ip efßees la Tl cttte* la a BMtor drive ■(■last "ertape la the saltes" white cellar crime* saeb as esrperate cbewltaißat, traai er taert M •eeartUe*. Depaty Attoney-Oeaer-al Bfja«ya CMlettl saM the departmeat
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    SIA, Garuda halt Bali charter trips
    316 6 SIA, Garuda halt Bali charter trips JAKARTA. Mon Singa pore and Garuda airlines have agreed to discontinue charter flights tx-tween Singapore and Bali, a Communications Ministry spokesman said today. This was confirmed in Singapore by the Permanent >-t a ry( Communications). Mr Sim Kee Boon, who said the discontinuation tue
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    Meeting on prices of China goods
    194 6 THE Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commer-* and Industry has met in porter associations behind closed doors to thrash out the problem of the widening price gap of Chinese goods sold here and in Hongkong. The meeting, chaired by Mr. Lam Thian, head of the
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    SEMINAR ON BILINGUALISM Knowing languages not a luxury, says Chai
    393 6 SEMINAR ON BILINGUALISM Knowing languages not a luxury, says Chai UKE those who live la a multi-racial society In South-east Asia, bilingualism Is not a luxury, hat a necessity for Singaporeans. The Senior Minister of State (Education), Mr Chal Chong VII, made the point at the opening of the regional
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    Bilinguals better off, says researcher
    651 6  - Bilinguals better off, says researcher KOH YAN POH and LEONG WENG KAM By BILINGUALS have been found to be more intelligent, more flexible in thought and better off than monolinguals in absorbing knowledge. Bilinguals are also two or three years ahead of monolinguals in separating word meaning from word sound,
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    Challenging some locally held views
    351 6 Challenging some locally held views AN anthropological linguist attending the bilingual seminar at the Regional Language Centre yesterday contradicted some views on bilingualism commonly held here. Dr John J. Gumperz, who studies the relation of spoken language to the socio-cultural background of people who speak it, said it is not
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    Charged with robbery
    48 6 ANG Kirn Swee. 32. was charged in a magistrate's court yesterday with robbing Miss Ue Siok Eng of a $200 gold necklace and causing injury to her neck, at the Bukit Panjang Villagi on April 4 at 9am He will be remanded until April 23.
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    Found dead at flats
    49 6 AN unidentified man. about 75, was found dead at the foot of Block 118. Buki; Merah View, yesterday at 6 30 p m Police believed that the man, an inmate of a nearby home for the aged, fell to his death from the ninth floor.
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    For SPCA
    43 6 A JUMBLE sale in aid of the Society for (he Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) wil] be held at it* Orchard Road premises every Wednesday from 10 am to 12 30 p.m THE STRAITS TIMES, TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 1979 c
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      101 6 TTUXHYTXT!] SINGAPORE SYMPHONY 1 ORCHESTRA in concert I with pianist Fou Ts'ong at the Conference Hall today and tomorrow at 8.15 p.m. Tickets sold out. FILM SHOWS at the Singapore Science Centre at 3 p.m.: The Polyolefins and Paints. Admission: $1 (or adults and 50 cents for children. EXHIBITION of
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      108 6 children at Nanyang Siang Pau Hall from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Organised by Life Art Society in conjunction with the International Year of the Child. On till Saturday. Free admission. HEALTH EDUCATION EXHIBITION held by the Health Ministry in conjunction with International Year of the Child, at Lucky Plaza
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    Was police corporal right to shoot?
    393 8 Dead man had baton, court told IS a police officer justified in opening fire with his revolver on a robbery suspect even if the suspect is armed with a baton? This is the poser u?fore District Judge Richard Magnus, who will decide on Friday
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    NTUC official jailed 18 months for graft
    353 8 NTUC official jailed 18 months for graft FORMER NTUC secretary for information and publicity, Velekkat Raman Balakrishnan, 60, who pocketed $38,110 in commissions for awarding the printing of NTUC publications to a printing firm was yesterday jailed for 18 months for corruption Balakrishnan. who was editor of the several NTUC
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    CC cooking contest
    51 8 GHIM MOH community centre's women's sub-committee will hold a cooking competition-cum-presenution of certificates at its premises on April 2) at 2 p m. Residents of Ulu Pandan constituency and students of ttv centre's cooking classes may get contest forms from the centre between 3 p.m. and 10
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    Contest to find most courteous cabbie
    90 8 THE Registry of Vehicles will hold a competition next month to choose "the most courteous taxi driver" in Singapore. The competition will be based on a points system in which the driver who chalks up the most points will win the prize of $100
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    Mountbatten c-centre courses
    39 8 MOUNTB ATTEN c o m m v n i ty centre will run severa courses soon. They will be on vefjetaria food, magic, children's swirr ming, children's art and adul swimming. For further details, ring *****
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    British group picked for MRT studies
    156 8 British group picked for MRT studies THE Kovernmrnt has selected a British ronsnlUnry group of companies to conduct the third phase of the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) preliminary engineering studies. This was confirmed by a Ministry «f ommunlcations spokesman who said yesterday the British consultants would conduct an engineering feasibility
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    SANA PLAN TO SET UP REFERENCE LIBRARY
    93 8 HE Singapore Anti-Narcot-i-s Association's preventive duration and publicity unit All set up a reference li>rary and resource centre t its Scott Road premises. When fully established, he library will have the latest collection of books on irugs, research papers and >ther books for
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    Raja to address SEA banking meet
    185 9 Raja to address SEA banking meet S Rajaratnam. will give the opening address at the twoday South-east Asian Banking and Finance conference organised by the Financial I Shangri-La Hotel beginning on Thursday at S 30 a m His tnpir i.s Asia. Europe and the United States Among other speakers at
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    MP's date
    22 9 THK Ml' (or .luron K Mr Ho Kah Leone, will open Yamashina IS) Pte Ltd in Jalan Tukang. Jurong today
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    Complexes urged to use air curtains
    439 9 AIR-CONDITIONED offices and shopping complexes were yesterday urged to use air curtains to cut electrici- ty consumption. Making the call, PUB's acting chief electrical engineer, Mr Michael Khor, yesterday said the use of the air curtain, which is a small fan unit, will result
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    5pc drop on Sunday
    82 9 I'l R ronsumrr* used up a total af 13.5 C million units on Sunday, or 1.71 million alts less than last moathS Sunday average. The fall also represents a 5 per cent decrease at> .'iimparrd to the Sunday average which Is I4.CT million units. (See chart).
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    Students told of the virtues of fluorescent light
    274 9 Students told of the virtues of fluorescent light FLUORESCENT lights are five times as efficient as t filament lamps but use only a quarter of its electricity for the same amount of light. These are some of the ■virtues" of the fluorescent light told to students of Bartley Secondary School
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    Man charged with $5 robbery
    80 9 MOHAMMAD Shamsuddin, 20, was charged in a subordinate court yesterday with robbing Mr Mohammed Aris bin Hassan of $5 at Block 2, Eunos Crescent, on Sunday at 2.45 a.m. He was also accused of posing as a police officer to search Mr Aris and lo
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    7 years and 8 lashes for drug pusher
    181 9 ABDUL Razak bin Mohamed Maidin, 27, who bought 15 kg of cannabis for $160 and also an unserviceable revolver in Thailand, was jailed for seven years by the High Court yesterday and ordered to be given eight strokes of the cane on
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    Jailed three months for part in gold chain snatch
    178 9 Jailed three months for part in gold chain snatch A COMMERCIAL school student was cycling along a track in East Coast Parkway when a man cycled past her and snatched a gold chain and pendant which she was wearing, a district court was told yesterday. Ng Lai Teck, 25, was
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    'Give research on energy tax relief'
    428 9 RESEARCH into new types of energy conservation should be given pioneer industry status with all the appropriate advantages. This is a more positive approach than the oft-held view that incentives should be given to energy research by the private sector, says the editorial of
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      250 9 It's fashion show time evsry Wednesday at Ming Court. A special buffet is spread out for your en joyment. Feast on Western and local specialities and watch mannequins show off the latest fashions from top boutiques in town. Models: The Mannequin Studio Sponsored by: Chromachron the new exciting way of
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      267 9 ANYTIME.... ANYWHERE.... IT COUNTS TOSHIBA ELECTRONIC mini PRINTING CALCULATOR GIVES THE RIGHT ANSWER UP TO 1 2 DIGITS. IT FITS NICELY IN YOUR PALM AND LETS YOUR FINGERS DO THE FIGURING. Fast s 2.5 lines per seconds I Small 1 1.4 cm (W) x 5.4 cm (H) x 23cm (D)
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      322 10 n From April, Kuwait Airways jj is one step away from Singapore. It's our 25th Anniversary, our SILVER JUBILEE year, and we're proud to celebrate by introducing our new SILVER SERVICE to and from the Far East and the Gulf. In our 25 years, we and our travel agents have
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    POLICE RESERVISTS TO HAVE IN-CAMP TRAINING
    125 11 POLICE RESERVISTS TO HAVE IN-CAMP TRAINING POLICE national service I ists will now have lo atlprul tn-camp training. The first hatch will undergo training at the Police Reserve I nit base at Jalan Bahar, Jurong, in 18 months Hitherto, they have not been called up (or in-oamp training once they
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    Lorry assn: Charges to go up by 30pc
    245 11  - Lorry assn: Charges to go up by 30pc PAUL WEE By The Singapore Lorry Owners' Association is expected to announce a 30 per cent hike on lorry charges soon, following a meeting of owners at the association premises on Sunday. Sources said yesterday the association is likely to implement the
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    Charity date
    34 11 PRESIDENT and Mrs Sheares will be the guest^-of-honour at a Charity dinner to raise funds for the Singapore Anti-Narcotics Association ai the Island Ballroom. Shanp-i-I^ Hotel on May 19 at 7 p.m.
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    Special report on slow learners
    92 11 GEOMHNA will torn IS next month but she rannat rectr the seven multiplication UMes. Nor can she read or spell like a Kirl her age should. GeorKina is a slow learner. Despite or, more rsrrertly, because of all her X grades and red marks, she
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    AWARDS IN MEMORY OF DEAD SEAMEN
    122 11 UK families of 21 maritime ficers who lost their lives M .m died while in servC will receive s|Kvial i-dalliiins in memory of the ■ad officers from the ngapore Maritime Officers lion (SMOli The SMOC doing this for p first time, will present I
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    SATS SIGNS $33m DEAL FOR TERMINAL COMPLEX
    157 11 SATS SIGNS $33m DEAL FOR TERMINAL COMPLEX SINGAPORE Airport Termii nal Services yesterday signjed a $33 million contract with Ohbayashi-Gumi for the construction of the Air- freight Terminal Complex at Changi Airport. The terminal, with two identical modules, will incorporate a fully-mecha-nised cargo handling system in an area of 40,000
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    Photo display
    35 11 THE Minister of State (Defence) and MP for Radin Mas. Mr Bernartl Chen will open the Seventh j Safra Photographic Exhibition at the Toa Payoh library lecture hall on Thursday at 7 p.m.
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    Playboy Club: Police take away cheques
    299 11 Playboy Club: Police take away cheques OFFICERS of the ClD's Commercial Crimes Division (CCD) visited the office of the Playboy Club of Singapore at International Plaza last Wednesday and took away a number of cheques. iney aiso inierviewed the managing director of the firm, Mr Christopher Wee. The Straits Times
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    Yoga talk
    27 11 A TALK on Yoga and Meditation will be delivered by Swami Sharanananda at the Govindasamy Pillai Kalyana Mandapam at Serangoon Road on Thursday at 9
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    Assn's plans for Vesak celebrations
    126 11 Assn's plans for Vesak celebrations THE Singapore BuddhaYana Organisation has planned a Vesak programme beginning with a Vesak Prelude Spiritual Encounter at the Regional Language Centre on May 6 from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. This will be followed by a religious service at the Buddhist Oasis at 31. Jalan
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    Maestro to set foot in homeland again
    233 11  - Maestro to set foot in homeland again LING POON W AH By KOI TS'ONG, the Chinese pianist who defected to the West in 1»58 and has ~l not retained stace, will mm set fact oa Ckiaeae Mil again after more than two decades. He will be In Shanghai and Peking
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    Arms charge
    45 11 STEPHEN Tan Yong was yesterday charged in a magistrate's court with having an assortment jf offensive weapons four I knives, six iron rods, two curved hooks and a long iron pipe in Commonwealth Drive on Jan 3 at 6 am. He claimed trial.
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    Kapal reaches agreement with SOS
    429 11  -  GEORGE JOSEPH By KAPAL Management i Pte Ltd yesterday reached a collective agreement with the Singapore Organisation of Seamen (SOS) that will give a 20 to 30 per I cent increase in basic I wages to some 200 rat- ings and petty officers Of the
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      263 11 p$k EASY Model: 36S Twin-Door PAN ELECTRIC V REFRIGERATOR S99sa-ss==s!; i=lental $37 monthly |2£2 tfM. Instalment $49 monthly* t.J8 Sllll Model: AH 107 T5C Model: 944 WHITE WESTINGHOUSE ZEROWATT AIRCONDITIONER WASHING MACHINE Rental $35monthi y Rental $25 monthly Instalment $38 monthly Instalment $34 monthly* Hr^^^M rz^Mm^H^^^^a w^ Model: AP 601
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      397 11 EASY CAR CARE HINTS NO. 3 TOPPING-UP BRAKE FLUID Z M?^ To keep your brakes working properly jaRY the brake fluid reservoir must be 1^" I^m^W topped-up with top quality s > brake fluid ICFTS /f\ WARNING < <ikJ-Jjf/ir\ k-J Always replace promptly the n-~__l-jt^ tVM re servoircapandthecapon yffi® \\y
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      1464 12 QYAMASHINA (SINGAPORE) PTE, LTD. MESSAGE FPOM THE PBESIDtNT Mm a vT* 1 JmW wm jk ,^^^^l x at 'W a^M V^r h^&^ mmmm^m^Emlm^ma 1 m **f k Mr i'^Lt 2K&M 1 I MR HO KAH LEONG dfl t.JTA I MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT FOR JURONG ■P SHSSffiZ**""""* OFFICIATE THE OPENING CEREMONY.
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      206 13 CONGRATUjLATIONS BjEST WISHES TO 0 YAMASHINA (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. On their official opening by the Honourable Mr. Ho Kah Leong (Member of Parliament for Jurong) U AN KOON CONSTRUCTION PTE. LTD. Room 1207. 12 th Floor. Golden Mile Tower. Beach Road, Singapore. 7 Tel: *****13. *****60. WE ARE PROUD TO
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      172 13 CONGRATULATIONS BEST WISHES TO 0 YAMASHINA (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. On their official opening by the Honourable Mr. Ho Kah Leong (Member of Parliament for Jurong) ALL-ROUND PLANT ENGINEERING A MITSUBISHI KAKOKI KAISHA, LTD. Room 1407, 14 th Floor, International Plaza, Anson Road, Singapore, 2. Tel: *****02/4. I CONGRATUjLATIONS jHEST WISHES
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      182 13 CONGRATULATIONS BEST WISHES TO 0 YAMASHINA (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. On their official opening by the Honourable Mr. Ho Kah Leong (Member of Parliament for Jurong) SANKYU (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. General Land Sea Transportation Services. Fabrication Installation Maintenance of Industrial Rants Contractor. 3rd Floor, N.E.S. Office Building. Corporation Road. Jurong Town.
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    Japanese work fewer hours, unwind more
    1285 14  -  TOMOHIKO ETHOH Five-day week spreads fast in Japan as firms begin to reconsider their past working style By in Tokyo By arrangement with the Japan Economic Journal THE Japanese work ethic it undergoing change. The trend today is towards a shorter working week and
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  • The Straits Times TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 1979 THAI THEATRE?
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      GROWING-UP WOES
      350 14 ECONOMIC success and modern living, as we know, also bring with them new sets of difficulties. Rising affluence and rapid social change have adversely affected the developmental health prospects of the young, we are now told. Perhaps one consolation is that Singapore is not unique in this. While
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    Moscow playing for high stakes in Kabul
    892 14 AFGHANISTAN has become one of the most serious concerns of Soviet diplomacy. This concern is reflected in the polemical battle which has started between Moscow and Washington and the visible deterioration in SovietPakistani relations connected with developments in Afghanistan. By DEV MURARKA in
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    Lock icon The day a class was jailed
    719 14  -  DENA KLEIMAN By_ in New York THE entire fifth grade at Public School 47 in New York was jailed last week as part of a programme to deter juvenile crime and teach youngstes the harsh reality of imprisonment. MARCY STECKER had her fifth-grade class
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      11 14 FOR THOSE WHO CRAVE POWER... "7TV7 TATiHLW MX) PIE IID IUJ
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      186 14 Heavy workloads, urgent deadlines, constant growth and change and rising personnel costs are all problems of a successful business today. Whatever your business whether a service industry, a legal firm, a bank, a governmental agency, a manufacturing company or a trading house time is money. ibt «^^^P^ S^Lv Justify the
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      Freak weather brings about heroin 'famine'
      886 15  -  BRIAN EADS Traffickers finding it difficult to buy at any pnee By in Chiang Mai, Thailand UNSEASONAL weather has managed what troops, police, agricultural experts and billions of dollars have failed to achieve a dramatic reduction in the opium output of the infamous "Golden
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      How countries get hooked on arms buying
      719 15  - How countries get hooked on arms buying EQBAL ADMAD By i n Washington AN ALARMING number of Third World governments have become addicted to armaments. Their national-security establishments crave modern weapons, become the captives of suppliers, and display paranoid and violent behaviour, especially when threatened by "withdrawal." Understandably, the most
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      Making the bus driver's task more pleasant
      177 15 I REFER to the letter headed "What about fans then?" by "Shareholder (ST, March 29) and would like to thank him for his suggestion that portable fans be installed for b\is drivers. We wish to inform "Shareholder" that several measures which we adopted
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      Ask engineers why they're in other jobs
      330 15 THE reasons given by the University of Singapore for .its decision to increase the intake of engineering students reflects yet another fallacy in our education policies. The main reasons for engineers moving into nonengineering fields is not due to the fact that training
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      He won't be charged
      115 15 WE WOULD like "Be reasonable" (ST, March 23) to contact his HDB area office If he wishes to have his TV 1 antenna removed for him. He will not be charged (or the removal. It is the board's normal practice to request TV owners to remove
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      Provide subtitles
      41 15 ALMOST every night RTS telecasts English language detective stories. To help the Chinese-edu-cated and the older generation to further understand these stories. RTS should consider subtitling some of these films in Chinese, if not all. P. UM, Singapore 3.
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      The Academy Awards
      31 15 I WONDER whether it is possible for RTS to show us the 51st Annual Academy Awards held recently at the Music Centre in Hollywood? PAULA NG, Singapore 7.
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      89 15 London's calling and you need to get there the fastest way Who cares? We care. We've got a London service worth shouting about: I the fastest 747 any day from Singapore. Plus excellent connections from London to all |M major cities in Europe and eleven in North America. £•> Remember,
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      CHIEF PRICE CHANGES
      1652 16 I THE last transacted ready sale at the rUae of business on the Stock Exchanfc of Singapore yesterday compared «IUi '.he previous day's prices together with 1978 high and low Adjusted for v rip njrisi usue) 1»7» I.. i H«t Lm (•>»••> SECTION ONE Closing tone: Fairly
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      KUALA LUMPUR
      1822 16 MU> and offer prices officially listed and business In and reported to the Kuala Lumpur Slock Exchange yesterday with the number of shares traded shown In brackets in lots of 1 .000 unlU unless otherwise specified INDtHTBIALS tljuniti i3 00B)r»U AleaadSB IKS) Mn H«M ilHSI A Char il
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      BUSINESS DONE (SINGAPORE)
      1698 16 rtlE) iiKi 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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      Govt and corporate bonds
      145 16 Consplant Wrts (4MB 4.685) H Gilf Loan (1.05 B) Harimau Loan (0995) (2) 098 Inchcspe Loan (I.04B) Jardine Loan (095.5) V M W Loan (0.928) (10) 0.92X1 V O L Loan (1.018 1.035) BONDS 4 1/2% 1/8/80 (250.000) (99.408 99.478) 4 3/4% 1579/80 (250,000)1 99 S2B
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      Tokyo
      375 16 TOKYO: Share prices closed lower in mixed trading yesterday reflecting investors' concern about the Bank of Japan's decision to raise its official discount rate, dealers said. The Dow Jones average fell 12.17 to close at 6,110.02 points, on a volume of 240 million shares. The New index closed at
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      Tin price slips
      38 16 THE STRAITS tin price edged another $4 lower to $1,936 per picul in Penang yesterday on an official offering up 12 tonnes to 145 tonnes. THE Singapore and Malaysian rubber markets were closed yester**y- I
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        41 16 r i Maian ('taiaer» n t b c Riverview M Banking Dnrnlal Hld«« S T P 197S Carlsber* K Enterprises Bine Darby 215 90S 216 700 665 635 440 348 342 17 15 11 10 10 10 10 10 10
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        54 16 oumpin Fusan Slr.it. Trading B SrmbawinK Tronoh Mine* sthn Kinla O U E Pahanc Com C Securities Magnum orpn V M Flour I' M W Duff Dev IW -14 131 -11 845 -10 3644 -6 890 -5 890 -5 280 -5 lSl -5 86'.- -4 426 -4 218 -4
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        Most active stocks
        33 16 Simr Darby K.lwr Mrriin Cons Plant Haw Par I' O B G Securities Cily Dev G Lumber Sim lim Harimau S94.000 203.000 181.000 136.000 132.000 ins.ooo 96.000 96.000 88.000 72.000
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        34 16 BT Index: Industrials: Finance: Hotels: Properties: Tins: rubbers: O.C.B.C.: S.F.SInd: Apr 12 Apr 16 2113.17 2144 95 387.39 387.66 682.46 ***** 288.60 288.52 250.83 251.06 182.30 182.17 591.21 591.92 368.69 371.40 351.26 *****
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      Sime Darby in limelight
      301 16 SIME DARBY was featured la a generally hesitant market on the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday. It was ramonred that there was an aanoomceineat regarding the restnetaring of SI me leading to a change of domicile. 4s a result, this market leader foand good rapport and
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      Kuala Lumpur
      205 16 RENEWED buying interest took share prices to a steadier close on the Kuala Lumpur stock market yesterday. The New Straits Times industrial index, reflecting the better finish, rose 1.34 points to 423.00 while the volatile Business Times index advanced 14.7 points to 3036.89.' In the industrial sector, Sime
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      Money and exchanges
      94 16 THE US dollar opened higher at C 2025 35 in the Singapore form market yesterday, compared with $2 1990 00 over the Weekend. Trading was quiet with the US unit fluctuating narrowly before closing at C JOB/35. Interbank rates at 3 p.m. One month- 2.1942 '2.1962 Two
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      NOMINAL RATES
      333 16 ASIAN currency deposit interbank rates as at close on April 16: U8 Dollan(Spot) Offer Bid Closing Asian dollar certificates of deposit for prime names: INTERBANK rates at 3.00 pm Curroncto* Nomtn* rat*. SmMhwmiwi Porcontago I~-a. d.lUr, to one «"»"-*«*> c^. unit of foreign rorreacy: US dollar 2.2025 2.2035
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      Money market
      32 16 Closing interbank rates for Singapore dollars on April 16: Offer Bid Overnight 10 S 1 month 6 2 months 6 8'. 3 months 7 6 Overnight mode Imtm: HMtlty kPtvrr.
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      Discount
      43 16 Range of prices offered by discount home* on April 16: Overnight i' ,1 Ml deposits 4Vi Buying S*lli«( month rreuurybllU 4 4 I month 3ank bills 71 7 3 month CD 7 6 month CD T. 7 iource: National Discount Co Ltd.
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      Minimum lending rates
      24 16 THE average rate at which Singapore tasks are emrreatly prepared U lend to Vtfcelr beat easterners la 8 p«r cent. J
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      564 16 UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE are invited for app<>mtment to the^B Hpost of SECURITY/FIRE OFFICER QUALIFICATIONS Candidates should have (i) Cambridge School Certricote or its equivalent or GCE 'O' lev -I passes in three subjects, (h) experience in work invc vmg security, trottic control, fire precaution and supervision of staff, (m) age
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      4429 17 i AT YOUR SERVICE SECTION INDEX k*Maa%A&&M T MmLMJ AMJ& IS: iiii I, !ilsi? ERTIES I C.A.T.S. RATES VIII ANNOUNCEMENTS PERSONAL ll 2 4 44 2 $35.25, 1X OBITUARIES a a s I I FOR SALE SHOPPING GUIDE USED BRITISH PIANO $1,700. nl tone condition KathFlOriStS lern Piano Company *****75
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      1417 17 II EMPLOYMENT SINGAPORE LABOUR SALESGIRLS FOUNDATION REOLNNEO Application, are invited Irom »""■■< and attractive InSmg.por. ciliten. for the appoint. door salesgirls for a well known ment scheduled below Perfume Company, at Singapore Airport. Departmental Stores STENOGRAPMCR and I cading Hotels Sc-e: $450 X» SS7S/ "g.t. .»d .ta« M ,d eann
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      727 18 II EMPLOYMENT II EMPLOYMENT N EMPLOYMENT II EMPLOYMENT II EMPLOYMENT MENARO COSMETICS REOUME AJR-CONOmOHBIO APPRENTICE. EXPERBTNCEO 2MO CLASS Engine m\ P" rue, iwsv avrw a«f f i.fr» Must I OENERAL WORKER REOUMED by Ladles housewives as full/part- MECHANIC Technicians and drivers required working on MJA inPfl -Jr*^^^. Ibe able to
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      839 18 lime Beauty Advisors We protraintng and other attractive incentives Please contact Susan Tan 306 Peninsula Shopping Complex Tel ***** POL A COSMrnCS be a beauty rounsultanl and al the same time beautify yourself and earn more Income This Is an interesting job and training will be provided Tel *****30 RCOUMSEO
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      1252 18 Electricians required by an ex- board wooden harbour tug boi pending company Contact Mr Please apply 11-314 Merl Low or Mr Tay 43(61 1 Plaxa. Beach Road Tel *****44 A Pioneer Manufacturer of C^Jf^\><^J<i^J(^->O Gasoline Engines In S E Asia offers challenging career In the AIWA/ATLAS ELECTROMCS following positions SaMGAPORE
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      1450 18 W£dincPrfjrJucls \^f ruw toco) invites applications for the fol- 0 5 r fOr 1- lowing positions- rouowing posts vi r trrnntrre laboratory technician, 1) FEMALE ACCOUNTS LABORATORIES SERVICES OIVICLERK SON. GENERAL MANAGER'S c Must possess School Cerllfl- OFFICE cate with credits In English Salary Seals. (290 xl 5 320/ and
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      1234 18 Q Ity to drive car advantageous £T Call 326.135 for Interview -J <Q DELIVERY BOY AND slorehanri UJ Ij S needed by Distribution Compat2 3? n> Call personally at 116- D. 4th g fi c floor. JTC Factory Building. Lo- rong 3. Oeylang Square for InterO<o S-" v 5 75
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      543 18 Mufctm Tessreu International TexlHe Plant lookin foe trMn#d/untreMn#d FEMALE OPERATORS Completed Primary Educa lion Age 16 to 30 years Malaysian Citizens On confirmation abou Mn 00 per day Transport allowance Attendance allowance Free uniform Medical benefits Annual leave, compassionat leave, medical leave, mater nlty leave Please apply in writing to
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      443 18 with testimonials to Fabrlca Unit C 3/4. 3rd fir Blk 1 JTC Factory. 155. Kallang Way between 8 30am 11 00 am on Wednesday lath April. GUARDS REOUIRED FOR land/ ship duties Apply 1108. nth floor. High Street Centre Tel *****4/ *****8 HONG OUAN COMPANY PTE LTD INOUSTRIAL GASES DIVISION
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      569 19 II EMPLOYMENT II EMPLOYMENT N EMPLOYMENT II EMPLOYMENT II EMPLOYMENT 31 Situations Vacant t) G*nerml An American compary has vacancMetor FEMALE PRODUCTION OPERATORS rj education Between 17-25 years of age Malaysian citizens may apply c Starling gross salary $220/p in c Adjustment of salary upon "iihrmation c Bi-yearly inrremenl 1
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      489 19 gggT VO/PER PRIVATE LTD invites applications for the post of FEMALE/ MALE CLEANERS c Applicants must be above 18 of age. possess a strong c Preference will b« given lo Singapore citizens permanent residents communicate in English c We olfer a competitive sal.ir> 1 1 I months AWS. free transportation
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      460 19 V.F FOOOSISIPTtLTO REQUIRES 1) MALE ICE -CREAM PRODUCTION HELPER 2) WAITERS i\ ICE-CREAM SERVERS Ptoase ccc Miss Chi. at LGS BUKIT TIMAH PLAZA LOWER GROUNDFLOOR b*twa«n 2 6 p.m. MALAY DRIVER WANTED Bf reputable company .NtawiiK around disl 23 Must be able to ride a motorcycle Phone Mr Yong Koon
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      373 19 HITACHI CABLE (S) PTE LTD 17. Lokyang Way Stnga^JrTa Immediate vacancy for the post CLEANER (Male) Above 20 years old. normal office working hours, lo perform dally cleaning duties Good salary will be offered to the right candidate Interested, please come personally with full personal particulars and IC at the
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      403 19 PUMP ATTENDANTS VACANCIES al Mobil Petrol Kiosk Apply at: 263 Thomson Road. Spore 11 (opposite NoVena Church). Tel *****74 REOUIRED ADDITIONAL PETROL Pump Attendants, car washers $11 $15 per day. 2 Assistant motorcar repair foremen $15 $28 per day. Apply personally lo: Vehlto Mobil Petrol Station. 7 in s Upper
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      467 19 •'•rl-tltt IHIt APPLIANCES (PTE) LTO inviles ipplu jtu.ns [roni Singapore Malaysian citizens to fill the following positions 1) FOREMEN c Technician Diploma holders In Production Engineering from the Singapore Polytechnic or equivalent qualification c Those without the above qualification but with at least 3 years experience In an Met tncal
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      802 19 SUBSIDIARY OF NIPPON sPy/j > OIL SC L INOUSTRY CO LTD I leading international oilseals manufacturing CORONA Company invites applicaIkJa HJIIEAmiBGBB (ions for Its factory in JuMANUFACTUHEHa ron(t |SO( for lh foMowln(t (PTE.)LTD. ,'o-ts 1. POLISHER/ ENGRAVER (Female) 2. TRIMMING/ 1/^DTft lir SCREENING JOin US ustr ft 3 METAL CASE
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      996 19 TAKENAKA KOMUTEN CO. LTO. Urgently Requires (1) SENIOR FINISHING FOREMEN (2) M E FOREMEN: Electrical Plumbing It »'ire Protection Alrconditioning Minimum Requirement* c IK'K'O level c Kive years experience PleaSe apply with full parliculars salary expected, photograph and certificates loP O. BOX 9 Changi Post Office Singapore 17. TRAILER ATTENDANT
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      409 20 I PENTHOUSE I WOH HUP I COMPLEX I Built m area 604 sq.m (6. 5005q ft) i I 6 Bedrooms with attached bathrooms, Upstairs fully I carpetted. Downstairs Lounge, I dining, bar and indoor garden. I Private carpark, swimming pool and 24- hour security. I Fully Furnished. Selling $490,000/- only
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      905 21 54 Properties For Sale a) Hoases ACE OFFERS: dementi Park luxurious double-storey detached house 6.000 sq ft 3 bedrooms split-level living/ dining Tenanted $1,900 Selling $260,000 Smi/le-storey bungalow. 6.250 sq It Tenanted $1,600 Selling $220,000 Call *****22 ACE OFFERS: id Ist 101 luxurious ultra modern 2 -storey detached house 7
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      565 21 I Ml -s tmW^ I LlrlrtJ Situated at Upper East Coast Road outstanding design. two storey terrace f semi-detached. extra large private garden, big master bedroom and 3 bedrooms. a study room, a servant's room, splitlevel living/dining room and an extra family hall upstairs. Ring *****11 Mr. Chong BORROW UP
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      681 21 DIST 10. S-ROOMED HDB apartment Well located. Queens Rd Price $55,000 ono Ivy *****41. office OIST. 14 3-BEDROOMED APART MENT lor vile Master bedroom with bathroom attached Terrazzo parquet flooring. Selling: $90.000 0 no Contact: *****34 OIST 14 4-ROOMED FLAT with storeroom and balcony, freehold. $58,000 Ring *****17 Robert. DIST.
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      596 21 1 55 Properties Wanted A GROUP OF Indonesian and Local businessmen urgently require some good residential properties for investments Flexible budgets Good price payable Property owners call: *****77 ext 3 ANY PROPERTIES FOR Sale Please call PH Ong Company lei *****24 *****9 APARTMENTS URGENTLY WANTED by foreign buyer Prefer dlsls
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      1272 21 58 Office Space 61 Shops To Let/For Vacant Sale/Wanted ACE HOUSING (TEL: 25.MM22) IMU A VERY WO nice and spacious sq ft office in Shenton Way for shophouse. good for any type of rent at $4,375 pm inclusive of business, for sale. (Near Beach service charges Road Camp). Tho» interested.
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      936 21 NAME CAROS Quick Print >*"ODUCTS WANTED MORF Eraklne Head off south Bridge Road (behind Maxwell Re xt-l1 >" llr ["-'«">"- market I Tel *****77 Tel REGISTERED SINCE It 7» Husmess r take-over wnn facility, logo MSIKITDITC custom*™ "> local market HKIN I HI I L roundMBJH ard prices for 3
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      2152 22 VI EDUCATION TRAINING VII TRAVEL RESTAURANTS BILINGUAL GRADUATE TUTOR /7TT>^ ,,[f-rs Ma'ns and Chinese tui- ajt V vTllllAi r _l tion for Primary/ Secondary V f _^^P^^^_ Jl\\l*JL/S\ 9 student* contact: *****3 A^=»=A# EFFECTIVE TUITION FOR All -^^H i^JW7 1 L*' TV I Levels and Subject* at your «a^ \Ul7T]
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      581 22 LEMBAGA TABUNG GETAH SABAH TENDER FOR THE SUPPLY AND INSTALLATION OF DRIER 1. Tenders are invited for the Supply and Installation of Drier to the SMR Crumb Factory at Putatan, Kota Kinabalu. Drier Specifications are as follows a) Capacity:- 1 1/3 tons/hour (Twin or Single) L) Fan preferably be centrifugal
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      36 22 V R FERNANDO (WILLIE) paaaad away on 15/4/7*. Sadly miiidl by oil*, children and ralalivot Cortay* loavi tuiMral parlour i VKioria Slr*«l) at 1230 hn on It/4/79 lor cremation al Ml Varnon (1330 hrt).
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      11 22 TANKHINKWEE Born 12/5/57 O*p*rtad 14/4/7* Sadly mi«Md by frxndt
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      103 22 Mr. Mr. Full MoM than and thank all ratativaa, Inanda and cotItaguH l«,r thwr wr««tht. coodoKkh and attwMtonc* at tha lunar.1 of tha lala SVED MOZAFFAR SMAR The lamtfy d Mm Late Mr. Tng Keon Buan thank all nlilnn, Irwnds r«»i d.nc.t ot Block M, Upper Been K»ng
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      154 22 LEE TSE LUN Aged 77 MtMd away peacefully on 15 April 1979 at 4.45 am leaving behind WIFE: FONG YUEN I SONS MMMV SEBASTIAN. MIEN LIN 'DAUGHTERS MIEN SIEN. MIEN YEW I SON-IN-LAW: WONGBEIKANG I DAUGHTERS-IN-LAW: rANG SIEWLUEN 40 YOOT YING ISU SAI TSENG 12 GRAND CHILDREN GRAND SONS-IN-LAW I
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      123 22 In loving Mflncrvol MDM ANN MAY FOO Ml (MRS HENG SWEE GINI wttotmam* ra 17th April 1"7.( Not iuat today but *v»ry day. IX'>'i>lv missed liy liiisKmrl. sons ila ii(ii!fr\. (l.ui|ilil>Ts-in-l.i» son, in Liv .nut tir.inili'luldrrn (InMTttd by daughter Iran*). TAN HUNG SIAH paiud away on 16/4/78
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      759 23 HfißircOiHjH i COPIER SALESMEN To market a range of the WorW s most preferred plain paper copes WORD PROCESSOR SALESMEN To market the first Japanese Word Processor in the world AUTO PRINTER SALESMEN To market a range of sophisticated, high speed Offset machines and plate makers with copier convenience TYPEWRITER
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      444 23 INDISTtIAL RELATIONS QUALIFICATIONS I An Approved Examination Course leading to the I I much desired qualification of the Institution of I I Works Managers, England The Course, com- I I pressed in just six months of training and I I designed entirely in the Singapore context, I I covers a
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      360 23 IN THE HKiH COI'BT OF THK KEPI BUC OF MNCAPOttE Camauka WMkaj Dp N». 1 in la the Matter M tkr Campaaln Art (Chapter 1M) Aad la thr Matter M U»n Hap Trader Caapaay Pte. LM ADVERTISEMENT OF PETITION NOTICE ts hereby given that a Petition for the winding up
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      492 23 \> TENDER FOR THE SUPPLY AND DELIVERY g? Of ONE PORTABLE TRAILER MOUNTED j AIR COMPRESSOR COMPLETE WITH fe m ACCESSORIES Mf Singapore Airlines Limited (SIA) invites tender M? for the supply and delivery of one portable at? trailer mounted air compressor with 2 5m3/ A m^ mm (88 cfm)
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      370 23 CHARTERED INDUSTRIES OF SINGAPORE PTE LTD invites applications for the following posts: A. ENGINEERS Requirements: Degree in Industrial Engineering/Production Engineering Mechanical Engineering. Some relevant working experience would be an advantage. B.TECHNICAL ASSISTANTS Requirements: Diploma in Mechanical Engineering/Production Engineering/Electrical Engineering from a recognised institution. Preferably with some relevant working experience. C
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    Man gets two years for CBT
    141 24 Man gets two years for CBT A BILL COLLECTOR-cum-salesman made false reports to his company that he had given credit facilities to clients when he had in fact misappropriated clients' payments, a district court heard yesterday. Choo Choon Bee, 38, thus pocketed $24,814 he had collected from his company's clients
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    Philippine orchestra
    39 24 THE Philippine Youth Orchestra will play at the Singapore Conference Hall on Thursday at 8 p.m. Tickets at $1 are available at C. K. Tang's, Cold Storage. Singapore Conference Hall and Yamaha Music School at Plaza Singapura.
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    Viet couple get $249,404 in gems case suit
    763 24  -  T. F. HWANG By A WEALTHY Vietnamese couple, who jointly claimed $616,379 for the loss of jewellery and other valuable items stolen from their suite at Mandarin Hotel here four years ago, were awarded judgment for $249,404 by Mr Justice Choor Singh
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    Course on newspaper reading
    81 24 Course on newspaper reading A CHINESE Chamber of Commerce English course on Newspaper Reading and Comprehension began at its premises last night. The 15-session course, conducted by Nanyang University lecturer, Mr Ng Ham Eng. analyses news reports, the grammar, writing style and so on. A spokesman for the chamber yesterday
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    Handicaps assn
    45 24 Handicaps assn MR Ronnie Chua Cheok Ming has been re-elected president of the Handicaps Welfare Association. Other officials are Miss Nancy Chla (vice-president). Mr Van Kirn Chai (secretary), Miss Judy Tan (assistant secretary), Miss Sect Swee Slang (treasurer) and Miss Ec Bee Eng. (assistant treasurer).
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    SAF show
    35 24 THE Singapore Armed Forces Music and Drama Company will perform at the Singapore Confer ence Hall on April 22 at 5 p.m Tickets at $1 each are available at the usual booking centres.
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    Fishing meet
    21 24 'EE Soon Community centre will hoi,, a fishing competition at the Yio Oiu Kang FiAing Pond on Ma > 6
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    Fatal short cut home
    133 24 Fatal short cut home STATE Caronrr Mr Chang Kok Mlmg recorded a verdict of misadventure on Urn Una Yin, 1«, who died after she was kit by passing train at Jalan Kllaag Barat on Jaa I. Her colleague, Miss Katimah blntl Tlfi, a factory hand, testified that at about i.M
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    Band contest
    27 24 THE inter-secondary school band competition organised by the Singapore Youth Festival committee will be held at the National Stadium on April 28 at 4.30 P
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    Sisir stamps for 25, safety labels for three
    160 24 ANOTHER 25 licences have been awarded to local manufacturers (or the use of the Singapore Institute of Standards and Industrial Research (Sisir) mark and three new licences for the use of the Sisir safety labels. This brings the total number of licences
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    Third year as Sana president
    69 24 Third year as Sana president MR Baey Lian Peck has been re-elected president of the Singapore Anti-Narcot-ics Association for the third successive year. Vice-presidents are Messrs K. S. Rajah, Seah Mul Kok and Mohd Harith bin Mohd Kassim Mr Tan Seng Chuan was re-elect-ed honorary treasurer. The new committee members
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    Concert duo
    41 24 SOPRANO ElisabetU Majeron and guitarist Giuliano Balestra will perform at the PUB auditorium on Saturday ai 8 p.m Tickets at $1 are available at C. K. Tang's. Cold Storage, Singapore Conference Hall and Yamaha Music School at Plaza Singapura.
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    Taikong's death: Misadventure
    148 24 TAKONG Wong Ah Kow, 31, was operating the winch of his shipping vessel at the South China Sea on Dec 16 last year when a pulley block broke and struck a fatal blow to his head, a coroner's court heard yesterday. Wong, alias Huynh A Khau was
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      158 24 WhyWOOD'79 f is important to you. Between July 1 6 and 20 1 979, South East Asia's leading businessmen and developers in the timber industry, and the world's most established manufacturers of timber equipment will meet in Singapore for Wood '79, the first International Forestry, Timber Processing and Woodworking Exhibition
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    Cancer girl's field day with Mickey Mouse
    366 25  -  BENG TAN By A MOMENT of NiUry lor ranorr-striek-en Lang Trek (hum, 12 (stove), m she i hum* up with her hospital visitors in the persons of her favourite Disneyland rharartrr Mirkev Moose and Mickey's Kirlfrtend, Minnie. At the happy meeting at the
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    Stumped for new ideas to raise funds
    591 25 Stumped for new ideas to raise funds A WHIP-ROUND for innovative ideas on fund raising only produced a negative response from several Singapore organisations yesterday And they generally agreed that a lack of such new ideas was making fund raising a difficult task in Sin^'ajiore. Whether pressed by persistent fun-fair
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    Fined for stealing beef
    36 25 ONG Kok Boon, 25, a Malaysian, was yesterday jailed a day and fined $500. for stealing a packet of chilled beef worth $4, from the Fitzpatrick's Supermarket last Saturday at 6.50 p.m.
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    Ghim Moh gathering
    37 25 GHIM Moh community centre will hold a 'Get to Know You 1 youth gathering at its cultural hall on Saturday at 7.30 p.m. For details, please telephone *****0 between 3 p.m. and 9 p.m
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    Housewife, 20, saw her teenage rapist in hospital
    355 25 A 20- YEAR-OLD housewife, who was robbed and raped at knife-point in her Kang Ching Road flat in Jurong, saw her assailant with his wife and child at the same hospital where the police took her for a medical examination just hours
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    cancer assn officials
    78 25 cancer assn officials THE newly-elected office-bearers of the Singapore Cancer Society are: Tan Sri Dr Tay Teek Eng chairman), Mr P.R.Sachdev (vice-chairman), Mr R.Nambiar (vice-chairman), Dr Chew Pin Kee (honorary secretary), Mr Kuek Buck Hiong (honorary treasurer), Mr Sim Hay Lum (assistant honorary treasurer). New council members elected are Mr
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    Easter dance at club
    45 25 THE Singapore Civil Service Sports Club will hold an Easter Dance at its club-house in Portsdown Road on Saturday at 8 p.m. Tickets at S3 per head are available from the organisers who can be contacted at tel. *****3 or *****2.
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    Trishaw man who took girl for a ride
    204 25 Trishaw man who took girl for a ride heard how a 55-year-old trishaw rider, who took an i 11-year-old schoolgirl for a ride in his trishaw and later raped her in his flat, was surprised by the police while he was in the flat with the girl. Mr Justice Kulasekaram
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    First aid for kids
    61 25 A PAEDIATRICIAN will speak on First Aid (or the Baby and Toddler: Coping with a Sick Child and How to Handle Accidents and Emergencies at the monthly get-together of the Singapore Breastfeeding Mothers Group in district 10 on Wednesday at 2.30 p.m. For further details, please
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    Charged with robbing 6 times in a week
    99 25 NG Hok Koon, 21, was charged, in a subordinate court yesterday with committing six armed robberies within a week. He allegedly robbed six people of a total of $890 worth of jewellery and $175 in cash at various places between Feb 7
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      269 25 Bringing Up Father By Bill Kavanagh Hal Camp 1~~1l 1 T DON'T *S I" I DON'T DEAR YOU NEVER SHOWED [I'M &LAD MAGOiE WOULD X BOTHER /Wt REMEMBER ME A COPY OP THE SPEECH SHES FINALLY VDU LltfE Tcf>EAo\ 1 PiDNT WHEN I HAD YOU AAADE AT THE BUSINESS BECOONIZIN&
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      Lock icon Teargas used to break up MIC free-for-all
      369 26 Teargas used to break up MIC free-for-all POLICE fired six teargas shells to break up a I free-for-all among 800 MIC members at the annual meeting of Padang Serai MIC branch near here last night. KULIM. Mon. Police, who were on stand-by outside the meeting place in the town's community
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      184 26 'FLIGHTS BY MAS ON IF JAILED ARE FREED' PENANG, Man. Tke freeing tf trade onion memken and •fllrlals wh« are still under dcWntl»n, could lead to m early resumptJ»« *f MAS service* to AmstnUl*. This Is the view «f tke Smith Australian Labcnr Minister, Mr J.D. Wright, who left here
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      26 26 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. A nationwide recruitment exercise will be undertaken this year to fill about 40,000 vacancies in the federal and state governments NST.
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      170 26 Rulers meet April 24 to elect King KUALA LUMPUR, Monday THE rulers of nine Malaysian states will meet here on April 24 and 25 to elect by secret ballot a new Yang di-Pertuan Agong (paramount ruler) and his deputy from The Sultan of Pahang, Sultan Ahmad Shah, is expected to
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      ESTATE SLAYING: 2 ROBBERS TO BE HANGED
      171 26 ESTATE SLAYING: 2 ROBBERS TO BE HANGED i JOHORE BAHRU, Mon 1 Labourer M. Krishnan, 27, I and printer Kok Chin Sewong, 33, were today sentenced to death by the High Court here. Krishnan was found guilty of discharging a King Cobra pistol while committing a robbery at Tiong Hin
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      Lock icon The 'night hunters'
      53 26 I KOTA TINGCI. Sun. About 1.000 buffaloes belonging to villagers in Lukut near here have been shot and stripped of their meat by "night hunters," the Member of Parliament for Panti. Ustaz Haji Yusof Jani. said yesterday. Ustaz Haji Yusof said two more buffaloes were reported missing
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      Lock icon Bogus cops arrested
      49 26 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. Two plainclothes policemen arrested two bogus "police officers" behind a hotel at Jalan Bukit Bintang here yesterday. They also seized a bearing scraper and a pair of Thai-made handcuffs from one of them. The "officers" were caught demanding ISO from a contractor. NST.
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      Lock icon Uren freed: 'He has admitted his errors'
      467 26 KUALA UMPUR, Monday THE Malaysian government today released Mr Donald Uren, the Asian representative of the London-based International Transport Workers Federation (ITF), after detaining him for 60 days. Home Affairs Minister Tan Sri Ghazali Shafie said in a statement read over the national
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      Lock icon Pamphlet gives dress code for Muslims
      264 26 Pamphlet gives dress code for Muslims Trousers and shirts for males and the baju kurung and scarf for females this was the Islamic dress guideline given in a pamphlet distributed by the Religious Division of the Ministry of Education. The pamphlet entitled, Attire for students according to the Islamic view,
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      Lock icon Newswomen to meet
      67 26 CUALA LUMPUR, Mon. tbout SO woman journalists from he five Asean countries will take >ari in a two-day seminar on Isean Women in Mass Media leginning on April 26 at the mernational Hotel here. The seminar, organised by the Malaysian Women Journalists Association (Pertama) with the ooperation
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      Lock icon Miner buried alive
      57 26 [UALA LUMPUR. Mon A line labourer was buried alive in landslip al a tin mine off 20km alan Puchong near here yesteray. Three other mine workers lanaged to jump to safety when he scaffolding below them gave 'ay. Till late this evening the ody of labourer Tai
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      Silver Arrow sights King's Gold Cup
      506 27 RACING. .with FAIRWAY PENANG, Mon. Georgie's Kongsi, the owners of promising sprinter Silver Arrow have set their sights on the June's $100,000 King's Gold Cup in Kuala Lumpur. To help his owners realise the wishes, the John Splendid four-year-old will have to either win
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      249 27 Brave Jim takes on Alfredo in exciting title bout GLASGOW, Mon. Colombian Alfredo Pitalua will meet Jim Watt, of Glasgow, for the world lightweight title here tomorrow. A capacity crowd will provide support for local boy Watt, who will be led into the ring by a piper playing 'Scotland the
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      73 27 HILTON HEAD ISLAND. (South Carolina), Mon. —Four members of Australia's Federation Cup tennis team have agreed to boycott next month's women's team championship matches in Madrid, if the Lawn Tennis Association, of Australia, insists on keeping 15 per cent of the team's purse. Kerry Ried. a member of
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      460 27 NAIROBI, Mon. The local crew of Shekhar Mehta and Mike Doughty grabbed the lead from Finland's Hannu Mikkola and Ame Hertz of Sweden, as the 22 surviving crews headed towards the end of the 27th Safari motor rally here today. Mehta, who won
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      33 27 BRUSSELS. Mon European Cup winners' Cup semi-finalists Beveren were ousted 2-0 by Bruges in the quarter-finals of the Belgian soccer Cup here yesterday Beveren lost the first leg 2 1 Reuler
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      986 27 WEIGHTS for this weekend's races in Penang SATURDAY ClM* 1 0f» 3 1.400m 13 Dads Boy 57.4 4 Subali n 57.5 5 Igloo 56 5 10 Bay Express 56 5 7 Giralda 56.0 12 The Sting 55 5 1 Pingat Mas 55.0 9 Golden Way 54.5 11 Foresight
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      205 27 BANGKOK, Mon. A committee appointed hy the Asian Games Federation have completed the draft constitution for a Sapreme Council of Sports In Asia, a committee spokesman said yesterday. The coancil will art as a governing hody for all organised Asian sports. The ipohwn said memhemhip
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      Lock icon SUDDEN-DEATH WIN
      1011 28 Big-hitting Zoeller masters the Augusta Course for... FINAL SCORES 2M Fuzzy Zoeller 70. 71. 89. 70; Tom Watson 68. 71. 70. 71; Ed Sneed 68. 67. 69. 76 »1 Jack Nicklaus 69. 71. 72. 69 as Tom Kite 71. 72, 68. 72. tU Bruce LieUke 67. 75. 68.
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      318 28 Vilamoura, Mon. Brian Barnes, of Britain, collected a monster putt on the 17th green to clinch the Portuguese Open golf championship here yesterday. Barnes holed from 11 metres to make sure of the US$lO,OOO ($21,900) first prize in the opening event of the European
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      187 28 HILTON HEAD ISLAND, (South Carolina), Mon. Tracy Austin, 16, almost lost both sets, but fought back yesterday to overcome Australia's veteran Kerry Reid 7-6, 7-6 to win the US$l5O,OOO ($330,000) tennis tournament here. In a two-hour and 20-minute struggle, Tracy, seeded N0.2, recovered after being within two
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      140 28 LONDON, Mon. Danny Blanchflower will continue to manage Chelsea next season even if, as it now seems highly probable, they are relegated to the English Second Division. The former Northern Ireland and Tottenham Hotspur player, took on the Stamford Bridge post early this year when Chelsea were
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      336 28 MADRID, Mon. Real Madrid's moved two points clear at the top of the Spanish First Division soccer table when Santillana scored a 65th-minute goal in a top-of-the-table clash with second-placed Sporting Gijon yesterday. It was Gijon's first home defeat in the League this
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      75 28 KUANTAN COUPLE WIN TOUR BANGKOK, Mon. A Kuantan couple, Mr and Mrs Bharpur Singh, won the nine-day three-nation Volvo holiday tour yesterday. Second were Mr and Mrs Greg Jackson, and third Mr and Mrs Saw Teng Chuan, both Malaysian couples. The first three couples won all-expenses paid round-the-world, European and
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      728 28 Largest field for Boston Marathon BRIEFS BOSTON (Massachusetts), Mon. The largest and best international field in Boston Marathon history 7,800 runners. 10 of whom have marathon times of under 2 hrs. 12 mins compete in the 83rd running of the event here today. Defending champion and the i event's record-holder
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      PATRICK BASTIANS reviews the East Asia squash champions Singapore came, saw, whipped all in sight
      605 29 PATRICK BASTIANS reviews the East Asia squash champions Singapore came, saw, whipped all in sight BANGKOK, Mon. It was fitting that Singapore should have chosen Bangkok, Asia's favourite entertainment city, to display their awesome youthful squash power when they routed hongkong 4-1 in the final round of the East Asia
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      Hua Yi beat Whampoa
      132 29 Hl'A YI'S secondary boys thrashed Whampoa SO. while their secondary girls squeezed past Outram 3-2 in the schools' national table tennis championships at Nanyang Junior College yesterday. Other results: Boys secondary Thomson 3 Catholic High 2; Chung Cheng Branch 5 Parry 0; Jurong 5 Andersor. 0;
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      Mano, Ahmad and Fandi injured
      255 29 STRIKERS SManoharan and Ahmad Sayuti, and midfield player Fandi Ahmad, are on the injured list, following last Sunday's Malaysia Cup-tie against Perak which Singapore won 5-1 at the National Stadium, reports JOE DORAI. The injuries to the three players, who scored four of Singapore's goals,
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      Mount Vernon hit their peak
      114 29 THE pair of Lian Scow Ling and Low Siok Lan grabbed the winning point in Mount Vernon's 3-2 win over Crescent Girls in the schools' national badminton tournament for secondary girls at St. Margaret's School yesterday. They beat Crescent's Tan Meow Cheng and Soh Wee
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      DEVALUE DOLLAH!
      509 29  -  JOE DORAI Comment... By After decade in game, striker's no longer 90-minute player COME in, Dollah Kassim. your time is up! I'm sorry to have to say it, but, after a decade of delightful soccer for the Singapore national team, Dollah is no longer a 90-minute player. It
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      CJC champs
      29 29 CATHOLIC JUNIOR COLLEGE crushed National Junior College 5-0 in their final match to capture the schools' national post secondary girls' tennis league title at Farrer Park yesterday.
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      SMILES ALL ROUND
      273 29  -  KEN JALLEH Jr. By SINGAPORE'S super-seven squash players can display more than sizzling squash they can put on a smile that would match the toothy grins of teenage heart-throb Donny Osmond and President Carter put together! And sprightly smiles it was for the victors of the East
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      Lister inspires
      199 29 By ERNEST FRIDA SINGAPORE Cricket Club, studded with several former internationals, lost 1-0 to Hongkong Football Club in their inter-port hockey match at the Padang yesterday. SCC were outplayed mainly because of the skilful Hongkong centre-half Alan Lister, who inspired his team to their second win of their
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      Today's events
      88 29 Today's events BADMINTON Men's senior inter-club knock-out tourney (SBA hall. 7.30), National schools' boys' secondary semifinals: BHS v SPS. ACS v NTS (New Town, 2). HOCKEY National schools' pos. secondary: NJC v NYJC, CJC v *CJC (SRC. 2.30 and 3.45). RDGCV National schools' tournament: DT v SAF. MHS v SSS
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      Harlem Court Jesters for second show
      190 29  -  BERNARD PEREIRA By THE world-famous Harlem Clowns the Court Jesters of the basketball world will make their second appearance in Singapore this August. Known more for their spontaneous buffoonery with the ball than for their competitive skill in the game, the Clowns have drawn
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      Hongkong grab lion's share
      188 29 Hongkong grab lion's share HONGKONG, Mon. South Korea and the Philippines yesterday won five titles between them in the Hongkong tennis invitational age-group championships, but hosts Hongkong had the lion's share by walking away with the other six trophies. Results- Boys' Under- 18 singles: Kirn Bong Soo (SK) bt Kelvin
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      4 29 Whitley enter semi-finals WttUUtt
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    499 30  - 47 -knot winds wreak havoc K.S. SIDHU and JANIE KHOO By KM RTEKN people were mad< homeless early yesterday morning when a coronal tree crashed on their attap honse in (hangi during a heavy rainstorm which uprooted trees and rut power supply to many areas in Singapore. The ha\oc, caused
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    147 30 HANOI, Mon. Mystery today surrounds the fate of scheduled Sino-Vietnamese talks on their border dispute with no sign so far that the meeting has begun despite the fact that Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Han Nienlong (Han Nian-lung) has been in Hanoi for nearly 48 hours. An
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    418 30 TEHERAN, Mon. IRANIAN Foreign Minister Dr Karim Sanjabi, in a letter made public today, announced he had resigned and said it was at present impossible to make any progress in solving the country's problems. Radio Teheran said Dr Sanjabi had sent the letter
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    454 30 Moscow acts over killing of Russians THE SOVIET UNION has taken urgent steps to protect its citizens in Afghanistan following the murder of scores of Soviet advisers by opponents of the pro-communist government in Kabul, diplomats said yesterday. The measures included sending Soviet women and children home, they said. Russians
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    295 30 Danger of radiation leak so N-plant is shut down TOKYO, Mon. Japan's most powerful atomic reactor in operation was completely shut down today after the Nuclear Safety Commission (NSC) warned of the danger of possible nuclear radiation leakage in the wake of the Three Mile Island accident in the United
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    41 30 NEW YORK. Mon Dow Jones averages, based on first hour of trading on the New York Exchange: 30 indust 862.53 off 7.97; 20 transp 232.03 off 1.32; 15 utils 103 45 off 0.27; 65 stocks 294.41 off 2.10. UPI.
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    47 30 HONGKONG. Mon. China is to train its own interpreters to work at the United Nations, Xinhua news agency said today. The agency said the first batch of 25 students would be trained at the Beijing (Peking) Foreign Languages Institute in September this year. —Reuter.
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      616 30 BUSINESS TIMES Singapore's Financial Daily Cover Price Mt Annuol Subscription tISS For subicnptKjo. call ***** 1 Ext 231 TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS. LAM SOON is a household name among Singaporeans and brings to mind imme- j diately images of cooking oil and soap But the Lam Soon group goes far beyond the
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      Examining one safeguard in streaming: IQ tests
      2411 1 The reforms suggested by the recent Go* report education centre m a system sf streaming, which will include a number of safeguards, perhaps the mast important of which would be the use of IQ tests. This article by ROBERT G. COOPER, lecturer in
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      272 1 PARENTS interested in learning more about IQ tests and the relationship between their child's measured ability and his likely performance may like to look at some of the following: Lee, V., Utt, L. and Webberley, R., intelligence mnd Creativity. Open University Press (local
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        253 1 Inside: LEISURE: Wild Wild West cowboys to invade' Singapore 2 WOMAN PLUS: They go on stag* in th« name of teladrama. 3 I ThA 1 nrnpf fi^Ofi r*Ckt~\ y s* WSk 1 lie v^di i ici ivicui ecu 1. &\s^sm *****1 I He maintains that the mood Bq^^l I IHi
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        372 2 Community centres and their new role THERE are altogether 163 community centres scattered all over Singapore. They have loomed larger than usual in the last two years or so as more new interesting activities are organised to attract residents. But how much can community centres help in promoting the community
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        Wild Wild West cowboys to 'invade' S'pore
        486 2  -  GERALDINE TANG By GUN-SLINGING cowboys in fringed buckskins and sombreros and whooping Red Injuns from the Wild Wild West will invade Singapore in a month's time to set u\, town here. Come May 17 and that peaceful plot of bare ground called Shore
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        Sequel of Roots has a glittering cast
        331 2 ROOTS: The Next Generation, the sequel of the highly successful genealogical saga of the blacks, will be telecast here from May 27. It will go oat on the Sunday 8.3t p.m. slot on <#aaoel 5, displacing the drama series The Paper Chase, which
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        Boost for amateur cultural groups
        151 2 Boost for amateur cultural groups TV SINGAPORE is giving aii-time to expose good local amateur cultural groups in a new series, la Performance, starting on Channel 8 tonight at 7.20. Outstanding groups in classical, folk music and dance will be featured. Each programme is 35minute long and will be telecast
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        735 2 I TV and Radio SINGAPORE 5 3.00 PM Opening and by I Dream of Green Forest Jearmie (Repeat) 6.30 News in Brief 3.25 Diary of Events (Enjish) 6 35 Chadren of World Korea 3.30 Afternoon Mat.nee Once a Jolly J-g (MaIay) grff&rs.'B SSSfcu 4.10 Science Report 9 55 Q^y ME
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        104 3 SUGAR "n" spice sort of looks from a chintzy floral printed fine cotton lawn dress-over-pants suit in delicate cerise pink. An outfit for the young miss and the young-at-heart surely. Or for days when the young sophisticate, sick of being the "vamp",
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        They go on stage in the name of Teledrama
        768 3  -  SHEILA CHEONG By IN A FLOOD-lit studio at Radio-Television Singapore every Friday night, more than 40 men and women drawn by the challenge and excitement of the "stage" lose themselves in a world of make-believe. An ardent lover, an aggressor; passionate
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