The Straits Times, 18 April 1979

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  • 14 1 The Strait Times Estd. 1845 WEDNESDAY. APRIL 18, 1979 25 CENTS M.C.(P) No. 142/1/79
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  • 846 1  -  M. G. G. PILLAI I escalated the dispute, he admits BY in a report for the Straits Times KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday THE Asian representative of the International Transportworkers' Federation Mr Donald Uren, asking for forgiveness, today publicly admitted escalating the dispute between the Airlines
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  • 301 1 ONE of Singapore's popular comedians, Hamid Bond, 37, and his partner Zain Zorro, 32, died when the scooter they were travelling on was involved in an accident with an SBS bus at 2.50 a.m. at the junction of Bendemeer and Boon Keng
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  • 71 1 BEIJING (Peking). Tues China's economic development remains out of balance and agriculture must be given top priority as the readjustment of the national economy proceeds, an article in the People's Daily stated today The detailed article in the communist party organ is the i.iiesi example ot a
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  • 75 1 Kl-WAIT. Tues Kuwait today sei the price of its heavy crude oil at ISJIS HO (504.75) a barrel. a rise of 12 1 per cent on the preAphl 1 price ot ISJU US The increase was in line »ith last month's derision of the Organisation of Petroleum
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  • 140 1 LONDON, Mon. The International Transportworkers Federation said today it was considering taking action against Malaysia for disbanding the country's airline union and detaining 13 of its members. ITF general secretary Harold Lewis said the news from Malaysia was distressing, but did not specify what
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  • 77 1 Deng to start purge? NEW YORK, Tues. Chinese Senior Deputy Premier Deng Xiaoping (Teng Hsiao-ping) is preparing a purge of Chairman Hua Guofeng's (Hua Kou-feng) supporters in the politburo, Newsweek said in its latest issue. Quoting Chinese affairs specialists in the US intelligence services, the magazine said Mr Deng was
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  • 69 1 New high for in Tokyo TOKYO, Tues. The US dollar touched a new 10-month high against the Japanese yen in foreign exchange trading here today amid market reports that the US Federal Reserve Bank is on the verge of boosting interest rates. The dollar jumped to 218.25 yen, the highest
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  • 59 1 CHICAGO. Tues. United Airlines, the biggest airline in the US, has announced that all Its nights would be cancelled (or thr remainder of this month. The company's operations have been crippled by a strike by 18.000 mechanics that started on March 31. No date has been fixed
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  • 81 1 BUSINESS Times will paMlsa Its Maul hamUag aad flaaace sappiemeat with tomorrow's edition of the paper. Featorlag aa extended interview with the --g^G director of the Monetary Aataority of Singapore, Mr Woan PaMtoag, the 24-oage sapplemeat wUI carry article* from more than t» experts, all writing
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  • 58 1 BRUSSELS. Tues. The Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) representative here today denied the PLO had anything to do with a Palestinian guerilla attack at Brussels airport yesterday. Two Palestinian guerillas were raptured after three or four tried to attack an Israeli airliner and its passengers. In Beirut a
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  • 146 1 JAKARTA, Tues. The government today took over the management of eight of the 12 city bus companies here in an effort to improve public transportation. The eight private bus companies jointly operate 960 of the total 2,800 city buses in Jakarta which has a
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  • 419 1 ARANYAPRATHET, Tuesday THAI armoured vehicles were today sent to the border village of Tap Prik to stop an influx of thousands of Khmer Rouge soldiers and civilians fleeing from Phnom Penh forces who were reportedly closing in on their trapped adversaries. Thai intelligence sources
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  • 129 1 HONGKONG, Mon. The government has again relented on its supposedly firm stand on refugee boats when a Vietnamese vessel forced its way into Hongkong harbour after being turned away. The boat, Ha Lung, with about 570 refugees on board, was anchored off West
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  • 51 1 AUCKLAND, Tues. A cache of high grade heroin worth NZ$l million (58. 3 million) on New Zealand's illicit drug market has been found buried in the garden of a suburban house here, police said tonight. The 941 gramme haul was the second largest in this country.
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  • 41 1 TEL AVIV, Tues. Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan will leave next Monday for a two-week visit to the Far East, the national radio said yesterday. Mr Dayan's itinerary will include Nepal. Singapore and Thailand, the radio said. I I'l
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  • 60 1 RAWALPINDI, Tim. Antl-narcotlrs agents seised Utfer tonnes «J opium M»d CMUUtUs worth I S$M million (SSI II milUoa) la the largest narcotica haul ib the country's hi»tor>, •ffielals said. The drags were found in false bottom* below ttar floorboards of a tnck at Kakat, a <
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    • 155 3 Future of Times now in doubt LONDON, Tues. Renewed disaifreements with printing workers have forced the London Times to abandon plans to restart publication on Tuesday after a 4 -month break. Mr Dugal Nisbet-Smith. general manager of Times Newspapers Ltd said: "The whole future is in doubt obviously the future
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    • 438 3 WASHINGTON, Tues. Spurred by fears of a nuclear arms race on the Indian sub-conti-nent, the United States has offered Pakistan fighter planes and nuclear power assistance if it agrees to refrain from developing nuclear weapons, government officials said here yesterday. The discovery that Pakis tan
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    • 114 3 BEIJING (PEKING), Taes M*rr and more young Chinese are rude to their elders, struggle for seats on the bos, fight 1b theatres, and loal when they work, a reader complained today la the Chimeat Youth newspaper. "In the past few yean," reader Tan Pel wrote,
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      • 99 3 WASHINGTON: More than 14,000 screaming partygoers invaded the White House and raced through the grounds without any resistance from security guards. They were all aged between four and eight and j were taking part in the 101 st White House Easter Egg roll and were entertained
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      • 62 3 CHICAGO: The 17-year-old son of Colombian trapeze artist Eli Albarracine rushed forward when his father slipped off a circus high wire here last night and managed to break his fall. Albarracine, 37, who had been performing about 10 metres above the ground without a safety
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      • 64 3 MANILA: Mayor Ramon Bagatsing has stepped up his drive to temper this city's reputation as Asia's sin capital by closing 10 more sauna baths and massage parlours for alleged infringement of city ordinances. Two weeks ago he declared a Morality and Decency Week, which closed with
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      • 64 3 KARACHI. Tue* Police have arrested three people and recovered articles worth 600,000 rupees (about 5J132.000) stolen from the baggage of a Dubai multi-million-aire at Karachi airport, a government statement said yesterday. The articles included ivory idols, dragons and ornaments stolen from Dubai national. Mr Al Jadar
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    • 77 3 JOHNNY Welsmuller, former Olympic swimming champion and best-known star of the "Tarian" Dims, needs special care because his mental condition Is deteriorating, according to the director of a hospital In Us Angeles, who has filed a petition asking a court to appoint him guardian of the 14-year-old actor.
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    • 99 3 Fashioning her public image LONDON, Tues. If Mrs Margaret Thatcher wins in the May 3 general election to pick Britain's new prime minister, probably no one will be more pleased than a 42-year-old Japanese here who has nothing to do with politics. Gunyuki Torimaru. a fashion designer responsible for how
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    • 168 3 Thatcher lashes out at Labour record CARDIFF (Wales), Tues. Conservative Party leader Margaret Thatcher yesterday hit the election campaign trail with a foray into enemy territory and her most savage attack yet on the record of the outgoing Labour Government. Speaking in the South Wales port of Cardiff, which Labour
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    • 184 4 MANILA. Tues Manila police have uncovered a seventh fire bomb part of a series sent to politicians and newspapermen in the past week at the office of former Vice-President Emmanuel Pelaez. They said that bomb disposal experts diffused the crude, homemade device yesterday. It
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    • 68 4 WASHINGTON: At least 57 incidents similar in some ways to the accident at the Three-Mile Island nuclear plant have occurred at seven other plants built by the same company, according to reports made public yesterday by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Unlike the accident at the Three-Mile Island
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    • 50 4 WASHINGTON. Tues A delegation of 11 Chinese social scientists arrived here yesterday for a month-long tour of American think tanks, government agencies and universities in an effort to understand America s view of itself and the world and to study the social sciences in the United States NYT
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    • 22 4 MANILA: The West German Government has granted U*****,775 (Ss2.o6m) to help the Philippine Government in its energy development
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    • 65 4 I used to dine oat three or four nights a week. That would add op to US$l5l <Ss3») Just for dinner. It got to be painful. So I look for women who will cook for me or who will pot up with my cooking. An American bachelor
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    • 143 4 'Russia to go ahead with N-plants' MOSCOW, Tues. A leading Soviet scientist says the Soviet Union, far from fighting shy of the hazards, is embracing nuclear power as the way of the future. Mr Anatoly Alexandrov, president of the Soviet Academy of Sciences told the government newspaper, Izvestia, last week
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    • 49 4 THE ENERGY SQUEEZE programme, the Foreign Ministry said today. The money will be used to cover expenses for coal and uranium exploration and solar energy development. Advisory assistance, vehicles and equipment, and the training of Filipino scientists in West Germany are also covered by the grant, the ministry said.
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    • 80 4 NEW YORK: The Federal Department of Energy announced yesterday a campaign to investigate and prosecute petrol pricegouging, beginning with a stepped-up effort to audit the bonks of suspicious service stations in New York City, where prices are among the highest in the nation. Underscoring the campaign, a
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    • 68 4 PARIS, Tues. The power in waves can be used (or desalting sea water, British and Libyan engineers believe, according to the Libyan news agency Janan monitored here. The engineers are cooperating in a research programme to check on this technology. An experimental plant has been working
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    • 248 4 Portisch keeps lead in chess tourney MONTREAL, Tues. Lajos Portisch of Hungary retained his lead in the US$llO,OOO (*****,000) challenge cup chess tournament here, fighting world champion Anatoly Karpov of the Soviet Union to a draw in 17 moves in the fifth round today. Portisch now has 4 points, based
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    • 39 4 MONROVIA, Tues. The Liberian Congress met in emergency session today to discust. weekend rioting in which at least 29 people died. President William Tolbert said the rioting was part of an attempt to overthrow his government. Reuter.
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    • 161 4 Enemies with a common celebration BANGKOK, Tues. The warring sides in Kampuchea today celebrated the fourth anniversary of the fall of the I American-backed regime in Phnom Penh. The new government of President Heng Samrin said the fall of President Lon Nol i ON April 17, 1975 was the culmination
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    • 461 4 HUNDREDS of thousands are facing the spectre of a famine in a war-ravaged Kampuchea whose social and economic systems are in ruins. The threat of starvation lies in its rice-bowl area of .the northwest bordering Thailand. Refugees fleeing here say famine is likely even if
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    • 234 4 JAKARTA, Tues Indonesia has rejected a call to join the Arab hardliners to oppose Egypt over Cairo's peace accord with Israel, according to Vice President Adam Malik. "We cannot take an attitude which regards President Anwar Sadat as a traitor," Mr Malik told newsmen on
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    • 57 4 WASHINGTON. Tues. Government officials today ordered General Motors to recall 130,000 Pontiac cars made between 1975 and 1978 to correct a fault in the pollution control system. The Environmental Protection Agency said models covered by the order include Catalinas, BonnevUles, Firebirds, In Mans and Grand Prix. Vehicles
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    • 207 4 Taiwan's fears of losing vital sea route WASHINGTON, Tuesday TAIWAN'S President Chiang Ching-kuo has said the Soviet Union and China may seize control of the strategic Formosa Strait at the expiration of America's defence pact with Taiwan. Mr Chiang said Taiwan "has been the main stabilising force for sea and
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    • 77 4 SEATTLE. Tut*. The first miitw flim ship to call at a United State* part in 30 yean will arrive in Seattle tomorrow j with speeches, toasts and tea parties to celebrate the event. The Liv IJn Hal, operated by the China Ocean Shipping Co., will
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    • 89 4 UNITED NATIONS, Tues. Dr Kurt Waldheim will become the first UN Secretary General to visit Vietnam and North and South Korea when he begins a monthlong Far East tour on Sunday, informed sources said today. He will also go to China, Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines and Indonesia,
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    • 37 4 TEL AVIV, Tues. Six Palestinian guerillas and one Israeli soldier were killed last night in a clash near the Lebanese border when the guerilla band tried to infiltrate into Israel, an army today AP.
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    • 101 4 MANILA, Trn. Three "sexy" FUlpUa tee— ge girls mml Mse maa, raite to •BoMtfceaae l««t aigkt, nkbr4 a Maal U Uud fetor «f tli pern <S$M) Md tied wttk Us •at P«Uee \m Mbwtaa Qoe- Ctty Nil tae fov hailed the Uxl aad m *f
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      34 4 A FIRMER leads Us sm» I herd of buffal*es *ver his dry, ended fields, caused by a six-month drought which has reaeh«d crisis level in tke farms of Thailand. Bangkok Past pictare.
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    • 202 4 Adriatic coast hit by new tremor BELGRADE, Tues A STRONG new tremor rocked Yugoslavia's earthquake-devastated Adriatic coastal region today, causing further damage in resort towns and mountain villages. The tremor measured 6.5 on the 12-point Mercalli scale, compared with the nine degree quake which killed more than 200 people on
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    • 59 4 PAISLEY (Scotland), Tues. Two train drivers were killed and 62 psssfiigHH Injured in a headon crash on a viaduct in Scotland last night. The bodies of the drivers were trapped in the wreckage but the lull iigi 1 1 escaped serious injury and only one was
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    • 40 4 NEW YORK. Tues. The death toll from floods in the central and southern United States has risen to 14, mostly by drowning, and 22,000 people were evacuated in Mississippi, Alabama. Arkansas. Missouri and Georgia over the weekend. AFP.
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    • 236 5 US author wins Pulitzer for fiction NEW YORK. Tues Author John Cheever won the 1979 Pulitzer Prize for fiction today for a collection c: short stories. The Stories of John Cheever, a collection of work portraying American lifp which was on last year's bestseller list, was among IS Pulitzer Prize
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    • 56 5 MADRID. Tues Guards dis-<-overed five convicts hiding in a ventilation shaft in Burgos Jail yesterday after the men tunnelled out of their cell, a prison official said The prisoners dug a tunnel under the lavatory bowl in their cell to the ventilation shaft and then came to a
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    • 395 5 Tt HERAN. Tuesday THE entire provisional government of Iran may quit if the resignation of Foreign Minister Karim Sanjabi fails to make religious leader Ayatollah Ruho'lah Khomeiny realise the damage the Islamic committees have inflicted on the country, government sources said today. The sources
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    • 55 5 KUWAIT, Tues. Arab oil exporters today banned the sale of Arab oil to Egypt and also suspended it from their organisation for signing a peace treaty with Israel. The punitive measures were announced following an emergency meeting of the Council of Ministers of the 10-nation organisation of Arab
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    • 233 5 Dayan stirs up storm over Golan TEL AVTV, Tues. Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin today called his Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan I to his office after Mr Dayan created a storm of controversy yesterday by suggesting Israel one day may be faced with giving the Golan Heights back to Syria
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    • 137 5 'Don't hurt peace' warning by Sadat CAIRO, Tues. Charging Arabs with not wanting to make peace with Israel because of complexes resulting from previous defeats. President Anwar Sadat warned them not to attempt to hurt the nascent Egyptian-Israeli peace. "The Arabs fail to understand Egypt's method and actions because they
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    • 57 5 CASABLANCA (Morocco). Tues The latest outbreak of fighting between the Moroccan army anri rebel forces in the western Sana ra has claimed 112 lives, Moroccan officials said yesterday. The Moroccan Ministry of Information said 102 soldiers in the PoJiscxio forces were killed and 49 vehicles destroyed
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    • 33 5 NARA (Japan). Tues A Japanese national railways' passenger train derailed into a rice Held after (uttini a truck at a level crossing in Oji, Bear here, today, injuring 17 people AFP
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    • 372 6 RIVALRY IN INDIAN OCEAN WASHINGTON, Tuesday United States and Soviet naval forces in the Indian Ocean have increased to their greatest strength, at least since 1974, Pentagon officials said yesterday. This increase probably is only temporary as the United States switches ships on station
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    • 165 6 Soviet central body expels Ryabov MOSCOW, Tues. The Soviet Communist Party's policy-making central committee today ousted Mr Yakov P. Ryabov, one of the youngest members of the senior leadership, from the post of Kremlin Secretary for the Defence Industry. A communique on a short plenary session held by the central
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    • 53 6 WATERBURY (Connecticut), Tues. Gunmen killed three guards yesterday and escaped with a haul worth more than USSI.B million (553.96 million) from an armoured van parked in a security firm's garage Police said U551,865,000 in cash, cheques and Jewellery were stolen from the garage of the Purolator
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    • 154 6 Skylab may fall on June 19 WASHINGTON, Tues The latest estimate is that the doomed Skylab space station will fall out of orbit around June 19, the Federal Space Agency said yesterday. According to the tracking of the North American Air Defence (Norad) command, which is keeping tabs on Skylab,
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    • 295 6 FIVE days of voting began today in Rhodesia's first majority rule election, already marred oy guerilla attacks on polling booths, a fuel storage depot and a Salisbury bus station. The Rhodesian armed forces have mounted their biggest operation to prevent Patriotic Front nationalist guerillas disrupting
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    • 137 6 JOHANNESBURG, Tnes. A doien poUonoo* snakes cnrled up with Mr Peter Sny man on Sunday night when a flash storm put out the lights and rot the heat supply In the Hartebeespoort snake den. 'I was abmlately terrified," admitted the 25-year-old Sooth
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    • 139 6 Another squad attack in Zambia LUSAKA, Tues. A commando squad, believed to be Rhodesian, staged a machinegun attack on a nationalist residence in Roma township last night about five km north-east of here. Casualties were not immediately known but the attackers abandoned the blood-stained get-away car in the street near
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    • 287 6 US decision boost to Uganda Govt KAMPALA, Tuesday A UNITED States decision to normalise relations with Uganda gave a vital boost today to the provisional government, struggling to cope with a legacy of chaos and bankruptcy left by former dictator Idi Amin. As the capital returned to work after the
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    • 131 6 C-mart offers to help Kampala BRUSSELS, Tues. The European Common Market Commission today proposed sending a mission to Kampala to help Uganda restore its economy. In a message sent to Uganda's new President Yusufu Lule by EEC development aid commissioner Claude Cheysson, the commission congratulated him for his expressed commitment
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    • 82 6 DACCA, Tues. Visiting Prime Minister Morarji Desai said here today that India did not want to be treated as a big brother by its smaller neighbour. Mr Desai, who returns home tomorrow after talks with Bangladesh President Ziaur Rahman, told a press conference: "We should no
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    • 39 6 SYDNEY, Tues. Mr Frank Stewart, Minister for Tourism and Recreation in Australia's federal Labour Party government of 1972-75, died from a heart attack after playing squash yesterday at Long Jetty, New South Wales. He was 56. Reuter.
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    • 94 7 Storm blackout: All faults repaired POWER has been restored to the remaining areas in Singapore hit by blackouts when falling trees damaged PUB cables in Monday's dawn rainstorm. A PUB spokesman yesterday said the remaining 100 faults out of the 300 discovered after the storm were repaired and electricity supply
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    • 73 7 These included isolated pockets like Upper Serangoon, Punggol, Changi. Tampines, Sembawang. and Woodlands An extra 18 teams of fault crews from PUB were working up to late yesterday to clear up the damage caused by a Sumatra that swept across the island from west to east. The Sumatra,
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    • 47 7 CAIRNHILL community centre will hold a talk on How to Save Electricity by a Public Utilities Board officer. Mr Yen Siw Long, followed by screening of the film The Gauntlet, starring Clint Eastwood, at the centre's Winstedt Drive premiaes on April 27 at 7.30 p.m.
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    • 31 7 MR Ho Soo Foo. a Public Utilities Board senior engineer, will talk in Mandarin on How To Save Electricity at Paya Lebar community centre on April 26 at 8 p.m.
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    • 110 7 MONDAY'S electricity ronsomption was J.J per cent less than last month's Monday average of 18.34 million units. Total CMSwnptia* for the day was 17.X million units, or 1.42 million units leas than the average tar Monday In March. This Is the second day this weeh
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    • 423 7  -  JANIE KHOO By UNKNOWN to many, a 15-storeyed office building in the Orchard Road area has cut down its power consumption by more than 61,000 units over the past two weeks with its energy saving measures. With ai. occupancy rate of 85
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    • 194 7 THK STAGE CLUB presents f with pianist Fou Ts'ong at from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. On Pygmalion by George Ber- Conference Hall at 8.15 p.m. till Friday, nard Shaw at Cultural Tickets sold out. TRADITIONAL CHINESE Centre at 8 p.m. On till CHILDCARE a talk in MEDICINE EXHIBITION at
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  • 84 8 THE Ministry *T the Eavironment yesterday «dvised Jaraag-boaad mourista to avoid Jalaa \hnuwJ Ibrahim m two lum have been ctoaed for repair of M Industrial water mala. Tkey are advtand to ne Jaraag Itead instead «f I pper .\rr Rajah Road and Jalaa Ahmad Ibrahim. Unriax
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  • 542 8 Data for in-depth report THE Singapore Children's Society has begun a two-year pilot development project expected to provide data for a comprehensive study on the characteristics and problems of latchkey children. The data will be compiled into an in-depth report which will be
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  • 39 8 THE three community centres in Serangoon Garden* will Jointly organise a talentime in English and Mandarin from May 21. The closing date for entries is Saturday. For details, ring Tel: *****65 or contact Teck Ghee community centre.
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  • 372 8 Judge surprised at private deal on damages A HIGH COURT judge yesterday expressed surprise that a private settlement had been reached in a damages and costs claim by a clerk in a law firm against a man, cited as co-respond-ent in a divorce petition. Mr Justice Chua was told at
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  • 186 8 Posh flat drug party broken up in raid THE Central Narcotics Bureau recently rounded up nearly 3* people, most of them expatriates, when its officers broke up a party in a luxurious apartment in Cairnhill Road in which cannabis and smoking utensils were seized. Sources said that despite the recovery
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  • 29 8 PROFESSOR Teh Hoon Hens, dean of Nanyang University's Faculty of Science, will talk in Mandarin on Mathematical Designs at Queenstown community centre on April'3o at 8 p.m.
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  • 396 8  - Asean trade officials to assess MTN impact LEE KIM CHEW By SENIOR Asean trade officials will meet in Jakarta next week to assess the impact of the recently concluded Multilateral Trade Negotiations on the five economies in the eighties. Like the other developing countries, Asean members are dissatisfied with the
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 287 8 Bringing Up Father By Bill Kavanagh Hal Camp I ALAI(J>ST HIRED A\ f S. SHE DOESN'T BUT I DID V WELL WHY /I DON'T CLEANING WO/WAN It VVHVZ" I V WASH V HIRE A J DIDN'T HE I ANSWER TODAY, BUT I /^i^r^l WINDOWS- T BUTLER- ANSWER THE j i
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  • 778 9  -  MAUREEN CHUA DEATH OF WEALTHY INDONESIAN HOUSEWIFE By A FORENSIC pathologist told a coroner's inquiry yesterday that the multiple external injuries found on the body of a wealthy Indonesian housewife, who died of carbon monoxide poisoning, were self-inflicted. Dr Wee Keng Poh, of the
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  • 147 9 SINGAPORE ranks 40th in a worldwide cost of living survey among 60 business centres in the world, according to a recently-published conclusion drawn by the Financial Times. The Singapore Tourist Promotion Board's official publication, Singapore Travel, which reported the conclusion said the survey was
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  • 121 9 THE priaripai af the Ngee Aaa TeraalcaJ CaUege, Mr Kaaag Kit S*aa, aaM yesterday that drawiaga aa the walls af eallege prrmlaea ay same scalar stadeats have heea erased. Mr Khaag, who alaa Mained the sealars far damagiag same callege praperty la his arleatottaa caaveatlaa
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  • 504 10 THE Rovprnment is working oat plans for a cluster system of commanity centres, under which each centre will concentrate on one specialised activity or facility, such as photography, complete with dark room and colour processing facilities. Here photography classes ran be held for all, not
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  • 49 10 THE women's sub-committee of the Bedok community centre will hold a talk on Marriage, Divorce and Maintenance by Mrs Lillian Tian-Wong, a legal officer of the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board, at the Bedok Kindergar ten at Block 30, New Upper Changi Road, on Friday at 8 p.m.
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  • 1040 10 COMMUNITY centres which acted as an important second line of defence in the battle against communism can now serve as a footbridge between the people and the government in addition to other roles. They have become an indispensable part of Singapore life as
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  • 138 10 Drive for care in baggage handling THE International Air Transport Association will hold a worldwide baggage awareness week in Singapore from May 14 to 20. Its aim is to encourage passengers and airport workers to be careful when labelling and handling luggages. Mr Ray Brady, chairman of Singapore's committe for
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  • 25 10 DR HO Kok Toog of the Singa pore General Hospital will talk on high blood pressure at the Ghim Moh community centre today.
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  • 505 10 Exporters told Don't wait for problems A SENIOR insuran c executive, Mr Kwah Thiam Hock, yesterday advised exporters not to wait until problems crop up before rushing for insurance cover against political and j commercial risks. Speaking on the first day j of a two-day seminar on ex- port financing
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  • 151 10 Dr Goh and party back from China THE Deputy Prime Minister and Education Minister, Dr Goh Keng Swee, returned to Singapore last night after a 15-day informal visit to China. The visit, the third by a ranking Singapore leader after Foreign Minister. Mr S. Rajaratnam, broke ground in March 1975,
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  • 218 10 I IT was all hands to their instruments when the Philippine Youth Orchestra arrived last night. They had 84 pieces of instruments of all shapes and sizes with them and everyone of the 64-member orchestra had to pitch in to help move the instruments
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  • 104 10 Sats alloted additional counters THE Singapore Airport Terminal Services (Sats) has now more check-in counters to serve the 20 airlines for which it provides check-in services, says Outlook, the Singapore Airlines group publication. It was allotted 42 of the 64 check-in counters available when the extended ticketing wing at Paya
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 367 10 f Rent i Prestigeous Office premises in MHOtt TOWER Anticipated date of completion Ist July 1979. Jm^o 9^BllUkfc ko v l< b>c for "vnxiMte 1^ occupation Nl ht Ch >-<»«*■ Shoppmg Lots Specialist Centre. 1^ Tuition Centre. oXß^Slß^^ Banking Areas. •^■B* aa jj pja^M Air Line and o^asasi B Travel
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  • SEMINAR ON BILINGUALISM
    • 291 11 Problems from native language patterns PEOPLE have varying linguistic styles because of their different cultural backgrounds, but failure to realise this causes problems in communication Such inter-ethnic misunderstandings result even when people use the same Language. Dr John (Jumperz, an anthropological linguist from the University of California, said yesterday. He
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    • 528 11 RESEARCH on language competence among Singaporeans has shown that the learning of English and Chinese need not be achieved at the expense of the dialects, according to a university lecturer. More and more people here are multilingual due to in< leasing inter-ethnic contact,
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    • 488 11 THE office boy who delivered a consignment of books lo Dr Jack Richards' offictat the RELC one day could not have dreamt that what he said that day would be told to some 400 people on Monday For unknown to him, Dr Richards had chalked
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    • 167 11 3 perm sees now in superscale A THRKK permanent secretaries were recently pr«motrd to snprrscale A the highest rank in the civil service. They are Mr Sim Kec Boon (Commnniratisns), Mr Ngiam Ton« D«w (Prime Minister's Office) and Mr 1. M. PUlay (Finance Revenue). All three, promoted on March 1,
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    • 32 11 THE Khe Bong community centre's youth group will screen a Mandarin feature film. When Tae Kwon Do Strikes, at its premises on Friday at 8 p.m. Admission is free.
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    • 191 11 A BUS conductor, Tor Tin Kou, 28, was sentenced to six months jail yesterday when he pleaded guilty to causing serious hurt to his mother-in-law. The prosecutor, Asst Supt T.S. Zain, told a magistrate's court that Tor went home drunk at about 5.30 a.m. on
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  • 191 12 Pay ROY officers dialect allowance: AUPE THE Amalgamated Union of Public Employees (AUPE) has asked the Finance Ministry to give a dialect and language allowance to investigating officers of the Registry of Vehicles (ROY). The union said that these officers are frequently required to use dialects when interviewing members of
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  • 57 12 THE National Police Cadet Corps 10th Annual quiz finals will be held at Chung Cheng School's auditorium on Saturday at 10 am The finalists are Montfort Secondary School, Raffles Institution, Tanking Katong Girls 1 School and Commonwealth Secondary School Mr Ong Kirn Boon, donor of the
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  • 36 12 RAFFLES Institution will hold its eighth sump exhibition in its school grounds tomorrow and on Friday. The exhibition wU be open to the public from 9 a.m. To mark the event, exhibition covers wulbeiaaued
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  • 376 12 MADAM Sim Nyek Cheek, 88, was farced to meve hsase ewly this meath aad feaad herself la this plight her aew home Is ac mare than a ramshackle dae-and-weed hat (left) measartag three metres by fear metres aad she has to
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  • 60 12 AN INTERNATIONAL laun- I dry, drycleaning and fabric i care exhibition, Laundrex '80, will be held at the World Trade Centre here early next year. The exhibition, held by ITF Pte Ltd, an associate of the Times Organisation, will show a wide range of specialised equipment and services
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  • 199 12 Consumer price index drops 0.3pc— THE Consumer Price Index (CPI) for last month fell by 0.3 per cent to 102.7 points compared to February due to lower food prices which delcined by 0.8 per cent. The Department of Statistics said cheaper fish, poultry and eggs more than offset dearer vegetables,
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  • 127 12 I THE Singapore Ex-Political Detainees Association, which runs a thriving shoe factory, is to diversify its business. According to a New Nation report yesterday, it plans to produce belts, handbags and other leather and poly vinyl chloride (PVC) items. It will also engage in any
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  • 377 12 Cable TV for Orchard area by 1981? THETelecommunication Authority of Singapore (Telecoms) is considering the introduction of a cable television network in the Orchard Road area by 1981. Telecoms has already commissioned the Applied Research Corporation (ARC) to conduct a market survey for this project, which will be the first
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  • 45 12 Tim sum course THE Amalgamated Union of Public Employees educational project committee will hold courses on tim sum and Chinese dishes on Sunday and next Tuesday respectively, at Wisma AUPE at Upper Paya Lebar Road. For details, ring Mrs S. Mitra at *****3 ext 8.
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  • 26 12 AN artist, Mr Ho Ho Ying, will give a talk on art appreciation at the Tanjong Pagar community centre on Friday at 8 p.m.
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  • 249 12 Trader cashed in on error made by lawyer' A BUSINESSMAN, Mr Koh Hock Choon, was taking "unfair advantage" of a mistake in calculation by his solicitor, Mr Lee Bon Leong, when he refused to pay $19,807 owed to four people, also represented by Mr Lee. the High Court heard yesterday.
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  • 67 12 NG Cheng Tee. 40. was charged in a subordinate court yesterday with having a total of 75g of diamorphine on Monday at 5.15 p.m. He was also charged with having pipes and utensils for smoking drugs at Block 6, Boon Tiong Road, the same day. No
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    • 172 12 af M safe S (tk am»n^K^^^ n\ BK mt ll JI InV A 4a% I mtkM §tk -J ifc m aU n» Eat *l At.A t. i LSaV B^ afnw W< na^^^^^f 1 as n^nr aav ana vfH a^nv^ J^B V^ o| B -^"1 n^nr aaaßMßßaw 4fl JL «"Pj aY
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  • 214 13 Former mechanic fined $14,000 for graft A FORMER nwhaair with the PihUr Health IMvUian wh« 11 1 »Hy recrtved tiJM aver five-year prrfsd m reward far arrepdaft tappUea tram a matar ■pare parti arm, wai ynrteraay flaed a tatal «i tlijm. Hat Swee Baa, A, aaw a hattrry *h*p praprlrtar,
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  • 154 13 Blood donor sessions THE Singapore General Hospital's Blood Donation Centre will be open from 8.30 am to 12.30 p.m. on Sunday. The public can donate Mood at the Customs Harbour Division in CoUyer (juay today from 9.30 am to 330 pm Jurong Town Ambulance St John Ambulance Brigade at Tainan
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  • 105 13 $100,000 ENGINE GIFT FOR POLY A JAPANESE company, Rinkai Construction Co. Ltd., yesterday donated a {100.000 diesel engine to the Singapore Polytechnic. The company has been involved in the Republic's reclamation work for the past five years. It is now engaged in the East Coast reclamation project. The engine was
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  • 68 13 THE Young Peoples Section of the Marine Parade Branch Library will hold a public talk by a teacher of the Tun Sen Lanang Secondary School, Ustaz Haji Syed Abdullah Aljufri. on Islam and superstitious beliefs at the library's auditorium on Saturday at 3 p.m. He will
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  • 33 13 DR Lam Toon Jin, a senior lecturer in the University of Singapore's Zoology Department, will speak on Courtship and Reproduction In Fishes at Bukit Merah community centre on April 27 at Bpm
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  • 126 13 THE Japan External Trade Organisation (Jetro) has published a directory, Exporting to Japan 19TO. which lists out 3,000 much soughtafter items by Japanese companies. The directory covers 520 enterprises, including small importers, leading department stores and trading firms. In some cases, the importers noted specific countries
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  • 350 13 Radio cabbies helped nab robber A GROUP of taxi drivers rallied to the rescue after receiving a taxi radio call for help and cornered a youth who had robbed one of them at knifepoint, a district court heard yesterday. Bay Yong Piew, 22, surrendered the knife which he had used
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  • 30 13 DR Roy Joseph, a lecturer in the Neonatal Unit of the University ol Singapore, will talk on neonatal jaundice at Kallang community centre on Friday at 8 p.m.
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  • 218 13 Sage village fund now over $31,000 MORE than $31,000 has been raised for the Singapore Action Group of Elders (Sage) Elders' Village Fund. Cheques totalling $31,300 from eight organisations, including $16,000 from the Won Tok Saw Foundation, were received by the fund raising committee yesterday. Another $5,000 was donated by
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  • 79 13 THE National Museum and the Goethe Institute of Singapore will hold an exhibition of Toys md Posters for' Children at the National Museum Young People's Gallery from Saturday to May 6 from 10 30 a.m. to 7 p.m. The exhibition, which will display a wide selection from
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  • 55 13 THE MacPherson Road Post Office, which has been closed for renovation since Jan 8, will reopen for counter business from today The post office now has a bigger public lobby and a new service counter, among other things. Additional post office boxes have been installed for rental
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  • 86 13 A LABOURER, Francis Xavier Lopez, 17, was yesterday jailed a day and fined $1,500 in default four months jail after he admitted stabbing a labour supplier, Mr David Marshall Fernandez, 21, with a broken beer bottle. The court heard that the incident occurred at their company premises
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
    • 233 13 Straits Times Crossword ACROSS exsjn. ahead of the cloi I "wu^ IT monarch <*»•«"» «> r,; 1,""""1 1 13 on^ciSal 'by 11 Sw hu' pinched by un- II 1 1 lfft ;n nude (10) ruh- )*tTm?(l s Umvenlty In which SodtoUlTii. Cn rle "Stance, hai 14 Boxer hiu one having
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  • 721 14 The Straits Times WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 1979 TOGETHERNESS! THE community centres (CCs) have certainly come a long way since the early 60s. Progress is abundantly in evidence not only in terms of their numbers and the scope of their activities, but also in sheer cost and size. An impressive example
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  • 567 14  -  SAM COHEN By in Istanbul AN KLUKRLY Turkish woman walking la a buy street af Istanbul joined a long queue without even knowing what those people were waiting far. A British couple vlsltiag Istanbul was startled to see a line af motor vehicles before
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  • 1516 14  - Marcos gambles on regional polls to win over Muslim rebels COLIN BICKLER Experimental plan for semi-autonomous governments in two troubled regions By in Manila PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos embarks on an experiment next month designed to end a simmering s*»ven-y ear-old Muslim rebellion which I has cost 60,000 lives in the
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  • 694 14 NEW DELHI: When Arumugam was eight years old, his father, a landless labourer, mortgaged him to the local landlord in order to borrow 100 rupees (Ss26). Seventeen years later he was still a bonded worker. His daily wage amounted to 37 paise (S8 cents); in
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    • 217 14 OUR MOOT DIOTINOUIOMED PERHORMERQ garbage in! garbage out! Said about computers, but equally true about Hi-Fi. No matter how expensive or advanced your arm, cartridge, amp or speakers if you feed in a rubbish signal you get a rubbish sound out. Think about it before you spend another penny on
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  • 752 15  -  GAVIN BELL By in Riyadh SAUDI ARABIAN officials here said the conservative rulers of this 'wealthy desert kingdom, mindful of their own security, were anxious to avert the threat of President Anwar Sadat being hounded from power and replaced by a
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  • 810 15  -  JAN CARROLL By in Adam*, Indiana SIXTEEN years ago Robert Russell Garwood dropped out of high school and enlisted in the marines, ready "to step out into the world." Now he is home again, his youth gone and his dreams shattered by allegations that
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  • FORUM
    • 109 15 Where's the fairness? THE recent advertisement in newspapers by the Public Service Commission has left me quite perplexed as to how the PSC is making its choice of candidates in the mass recruitment of graduates. The advertisement states that Asean citizens with relevant working experience are also invited to apply.
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    • 43 15 I REFER to the letter by "BUlngmal" (ST, April 11). There are only three dialect films In RTS's weekly programme. Its programmes mast salt the aider generation too, aad that U why they are shown at late hours. MULTILINGUAL, Singapore S.
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    • 195 15 APPLICANTS calling at he HDB's sales and lpttings section are first met at the reception counter where lie nature of their enquiry is noted. They are then directed to the relevant counters for service and attention. If applicants are unal le to be
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    • 443 15 I SOMEHOW feel that the public is rather underestimating the noble efforts of the PUB in the energy saving campaign. Let us hope that the campaign will slowly pervade our daily habits and we all become "energy conscious" in our homes and our
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  • TIMES CITY DESK
    • 1320 16 THt: lut transaurted ready sale at the doac of business on the Stock Exchange nt Singapore yesterday compared with the previous day > prices together with 1974 high and low < Adjusted for v-np rights issue) Cmmtm I Sal* N» H,.» SECTION ONE INDUmiALS as im* ic IK
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    • 325 16 SIM.APOM I-NTT TBIIBT (Msngirs' prtoca far Aar 18) The Commerce 117 2 41 The SavlnK Fund 1.36 1.44 S pore Prog Fund 100 1.06 Spore Sec Fund 1 1.97 Spore Invest Fund 1.32 1.40 Spore Equity Fund 1.00 1.06 ASIA UNR I*U&T (Maaatirs' artrea far Apr 18) Mai
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    • 1730 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" Rik Board
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    • 1754 16 Bil) and offer prices officially n-.it 'l .mrt business In and reported to the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange yesterday with the number of shares traded shown In brackets in lots of 1 .000 units unless otherwise specified INMHTUAUI Arm* (2KB) (MB) emU UMIIBBinS) .Mm H*M I JB) KCUt
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    • CHIEF PRICE CHANGES
      • 56 16 Srntosa l.o\ tapr Drienlal Hid,. Dunlop Ind ttm SEAL Island Pen Sealion a c b c Strait. Trading r A N K E Lfvincalon Balu Kawan U O I I'OF Maian Ctainrra 13Z 115 655 470 240 250 386 188 900 640 565 280 242 227 217 210 -11
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      • 25 16 lo.hiha Kramat 3 U K Keck Sen« lliRh A Low raiping Textile 464 348 290 235 394 130 44 18 10 7 4 4
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      • 35 16 Sim* Darby I' O B Com Plant Haw Par I'Ol G I umhrr High A Low Kabrr Merlin G Srruriti*. Sporr Land 342.000 314.000 187.000 118.000 113.000 112.000 105.000 95.000 86.000 81.000
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      • 33 16 BT Index Industrials: Finance: Hotels: Properties: Tins: rubbers: O.C.B.C: S.E.S.lnd: Apr 16 Apr 17 2144.95 2127.17 387.66 ***** 685.64 682.64 288.52 288.30 251.06 249.71 182.17 182.40 591.92 591.39 371.40 368.63 ***** 351.11
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    • OVERSEAS MARKETS
      • 311 16 HONGKONG: Stock prices closed firmer yesterday on local speculative interest, in quiet trading, dealers said. The Hang Seng index rose 5.64 points to 535.29 Prices firmed selectively in contrast to the usual stead.ness following a holiday period but turnover was low and no reaction to the continuing decline of
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      • 354 16 TOKYO: Share prices closed lower yesterday under pressure of late liquidations as investors became cautious about ruling high levels, dealers said. The Dow Jones average fell 31.40 to close at 6,078.62 points, with a volume of 380 million shares. The New index closed at 444,09, down 2.21 points. Ajlnomoto
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      • 287 17 SYDNEY. Tues Without an expected statement from the federal government on its attitude towards upward pressure on interest rates, the Sydney share market turned cautious today with falls for most mining and industrial shares, dealers said The Melbourne Stock Exchange is closed for the day and there
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      • 255 17 NEW YORK. Mon Fears of further credit tightening pushed the stock market broadly and sharply lower in moderately active trading today, extending its slide to a third session. Analysts said investors will be watching to see if the Federal Open Market Committee, the central bank's policy
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    • 103 16 Striking prices of the options officially listed on the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday, the period, bids and offered prices; and business done, if any, with the number of options traded shown in brackets. CoM Storage (June $200) (0.408 0.505). C C (June $260) (0.658 0.755). Haw Par
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    • 124 16 THE KILOBAR market for gold deUverable in Singapore yesterday opened at $16,513 and moved up to $16,535 before closing easier at $16 500. In the Far East, gold opened at US $231 60 232 00 and moved up to $***** 40 on short-covering but eaaed slightly to close at
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    • 121 16 CHINERE PRODUCE EXCHANGE. SINGAPORE, NOON CLOSING PRICES PER PICUL YESTTRDAY: Ciiio.il afl: Bulk 5125 atlkn. old drum 1130 atUere. new drum 5135 sellers. Caara: Mixed (looae) UK/Cool 180 00 buyerj Papsaw: Muntok ASTA white fob 1(W. NLW 1325 00 leUera, Sarawak white fob 96. NLW $310 00 sellera. Sarawak
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    • COMMODITIES
      • 67 16 THE STRAITS tin price recovered $9 to $1,945 per picul in Penang yesterday on an unchanged official offering at 145 tonnes. LONDON: The metal market was closed on Monday. NEW YORK: Spot tin prices at mid-day were quoted at 694.00 to 700.00 US cents per lb on Monday.
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      • 228 16 OPENING prices in the Singapore rubber market yesterday were marked up about 1.50 cents on higher Japanese advices, while upcountry and speculative buying also aided sentiment, dealers said. Some profit-taking, however, emerged at the highs to pare gains slightly before steadying again towards the morning's close on withdrawal of
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      • 59 16 NOON SSR ud SMR pnrat youfday tCw^Sl'Mlk) (For-rATMlkl Hi«n SelWra 8«IWr« ssr to (lumpdiM) noa) mooN jtooo J2-£S SSR JO (llooplltoll K700 M»flON M700 IWOON MRELB v !!:SSS! S3! SSC SS JESS smr 10 iiuxiaiiMi m.» r74.o«N rwo ms{N SMR 20 (1 unuallMI 271.00 273.00N 270 50
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      • 28 16 Rubber: April 17 Singapore: May: 281.00 cents (up 3.00 cents) Malaysia: May: 284.50 cents (up 3.00 cents) Tin: $1,945 (up $9) Official offering: 145 tonnes (unchanged)
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      • 215 16 R.A.S. prices In cents per kilo yesterday: Noon (per kilo) Buyers Sellers Int. 1 R.S.S. prompt fob 286.75 287 75N bit 1 R.S S May 282.25 282 75 Int 1 R.S.S. June 277 75 278.25 Int. 2 R.S.S. 273.50 274 SON UK Coat 272.50 273.5ON Int 3 R
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    • 359 16 MOST shartv c\m*4 Icwer •n the Stock Exekaage at SlaK*p*re yesterday. Market leader, SI me Darby, which stole the limelight mi Mtaday, failed to malitali (to ro«nmtwn. The stare last 4 eeato to etoae at $SJB •n fairly g**d valame. The iem< aertHw (eatued speralativr activity
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    • 300 16 PROFIT-TAKERS emerged to depress prices on the Kuala Lumpur stock market yesterday. Losses, though widespread, were generally marginal in extent, thanks to some buying support at the lower levels. The New Straits Times industrial index, affecting the weaker close, slipped 1.74 points to 421.26, while the volatile Business
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    • 90 16 THE US dollar opened higher at (2.2040/50 in the Singapore forex market yesterday, compared with $2 .2030 40 at Monday's close. The US unit maintained a firm undertone throughout, firming to $2.2070/80 before closing slightly easier at $2.2060/70. Interbank rates at 3 p.m. One month- 2.2003 2.2023
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    • 424 16 INTERBANK rates at 3.00 pm: Currancie* Nominal ralaa Smithsonian Parcantaga quoted ywtarday (croaa)parity changa Local dollars to one unit of foreign cur- ASIAN currency deposit Closing Asian dollar Interbank rates as at certificates of deposit close on April 17: for prime names: Source: Merrill Lynch International (Aaia) Co.
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    • 567 17 WILLIAM JACKS and Company Malaya staged a strong recovery during the last calendar year, bringing its pre tax profit for the 18month period ended Dec 31. 1978. to $4 03 million against a loss of $331,000 for the previous 12 months As pre-tax profit
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    • 785 17 AS LOCAL and overseas stock markets have risen since the beginning of the year, the net asset value of General Securities Investments (GSI) shares should be higher than the $1.08 per share reported as at end1978. To get an indicaton of the extent
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    • 272 17 Growth at Pan Malayan Holdings slows PAN MALAYAN Holdings enjoyed further profit growth daring the year ended Ust Dec. SI, although the r»te of growth was less dramatic than the doubting of profit achieved In the preceding year. (iroup operating profit before tax and depreciation charges went up 12.8 per
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    • 87 17 PRIMA Flour Mills said it will cancel its 7.60 million Swiss franc guarantee to Buhler Brothers of Switzerland made in connection with the supply and installation of machinery for its Sri Lankan associate, Prima Ceylon Ltd. Instead, the company will give a 5.78 million franc guarantee,
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    • 60 24 of 20 Siglap Hill left this world on 18.4.77. "Though you ara gon«. your memory will always b« in our minds." Inserted by beloved husband X Salhappan. sons Kandasamy. (ianapalhy. Shanmuganathan and daughter Anjammal. daughter-in-law Llm Kirn Choo nnd grandson Subhas and grand-daughter Shanti. Hindu rthgioui ceremony
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    • 22 24 ROGER CHEN LO pasMd away paacatolly on 114 71 Daarty m«Md. but ateayt rwiwmb*ra« by parents, brotttcf. hslw,
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    • 54 24 WE WOULD LIKE to express our thanks to all relatives, friends and well-wishers for their donations, wreaths, scrolls, condolences and attendance at the services and funeral during our recent bereavement on the death of our beloVed father. Leong Ang Seng. Inserted by: Leong Leng Juat. Leong Lang Chu
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    • 613 24 THE BANKRUPTCY ACT (CHAPTER 18. fg?O EDITION) TAKE NOTICE that (a) Receiving Adjudication Orders were made against the following debtors on 6th April, 1979. In Bankruptcy Nos 554/78 Yeo Tiong Boon t/a Bee Wah Press Company of No 513D Blk 77, Indus Road, Singapore 3. Yeo Tiong Boon, i/c No
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    • 621 24 UNIVERSITI PERTANIAN MALAYSIA (JAWATAN KOSONG) Pemohon dan Warganegara Malaysia dipelawa untuk memenuhi tawatan Tetap dan Berpencen di Universiti Pertanian Malaysia 1 PENGURUS ASRAMA: KELAYAKAN(i) Diploma Hotel and catering Management atau (ii) diploma In Institutional and Catering Management dari Institiut Teknologi MARA atau kelulusan yang diakui setaraf dengannya oleh Kerajaan. TANGGAGAJI:
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    • 1538 25 CONSTRUCTION MANAGER Around $50,000/A well established Engineering Company requires a qualified Civil or Structural Engineer to co-ordmote oH site construction and installation work ond toke charge of a number of Protect Engineers Current contracts include sites m several overseas countries This is o new post created to completed a reorgonisation
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    • 113 25 SHERIFFS SALE In The High Court Of The Republic of Singapore Suit No. 302 of 1979 Writ of Seizure and Sale No 115 of 1979 In The Cause of Kiranpal Company (Suing as a firm) Plaintiffs Versus Wan Seng Industries Pt# Ltd Defendents Auction Sale Of Ready-made garments, vacuum cleaner,
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  • ACROSS THE CAUSEWAY
    • 250 26 KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday THE government is studying the possibility of setting up a MAS subsidiary company in an effort to restructure the airline and "minimise industrial action." The proposed company, according to sources here yesterday, would handle the ground services of MAS like
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    • 136 26 Fishermen held for trespassing on Pulau Bidong KUALA TRENGGANU, Tues. Eleven fishermen have been arrested following recent recurrence of trespassing on the Pulau Bidong refugee island and nearby areas off the Trengganu coast. A police spokesman said today eight fishermen from Kuala Besut were arrested on Sunday and their boats
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    • 101 26 Move to end 'jaga kerusi' racket PENANG, Tues The Turf Club is stepping up security measures to stop the "jaga kerusi" racket during races. Its president, Mr Lim Huck Aik, said yesterday that security guards would be posted near the seating area to ensure that no payments are demanded from
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    • 60 26 IPOH, Tues. Perak Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Haji Wan Mohamed Haji Wan Teh has expressed concern over the poor participation of Chinese medium school pupils in the scout movement. Compared with the national type and English medium schools, there are few pupils from the Chinese schools who
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    • 230 26 3 major labour laws may be amended KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Labour and Manpower Minister Datuk Richard Ho revealed here today that amendments to three major labour laws are expected to be tabled in Parliament during its next sitting in June. The laws are the Employment Ordinance, the Trade Unions Ordinance
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    • 88 26 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Education Minister Datuk Musa Hitam yesterday called on ecologists to convince leaders, politicians and administrators in developing countries on the importance of preserving the bal > ance between nature and devel- opment. He said one of the biggest problems faced in the efforts to
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    • 37 26 PENANG, Tues. Several roads in the city will be converted into one-way streets to ease traffic flow, a Penang Island Municipal Council spokesman said yesterday. Japanese consultants had been engaged for the purpose. NST;
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    • 182 26 Insurer offers $53,000 for each MAS victim KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday THE insurance company for Malaysian Airline System (MAS) has offered $53,000 for each victim killed In the crash in Johore in December 1977. But most of the next-of-kin are not satisfied with the amount and are expected to seek a
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    • 111 26 PENANG, Two. Aa 11-year-aid bay attacked bit matter in their Saagel Nlbaag haise yesterday eveaiag wfcea sac refined U let him ga ant to any, the Eeha aewspaper reparted. The man, la her Mb, later reparted to the pa. lie* and wag
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    • 294 26 Datuk plans to shear 'hairy' ones KUCHING, Tues. State Secretary Datuk Abang Haji Yusuf Puteh is to travel through Sarawak armed with a pair of scissors, looking for long-haired government workers, the Borneo Bulletin reported. He said wherever he goes in the state he will have his scissors in his
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    • 88 26 Accord on fasting dates IPOH, Tues Muslim nations will soon announce the dates for the beginning of Ramadhan and Hari Raya Puasa simultaneously, the Minister without Port-folio in the Prime Minister's Department, Datuk Haji Mohammad Nasir, said. He said agreement on this had been reached at a meeting of Islamic
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    • 286 26  -  BENG TAN By WKST meets East as part of a group at IS American doctors watch a patient suffering from arthritis In his left knee being treated by Chinese acupuncture at the Chang Hwa Free Clinic In Toa Payoh yesterday. The American doctors are
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    • 343 26 'Specialist firms keen on setting up here' MANY companies producing electrical, electronic and other specialised items are planning to set up factories in Singapore, the MP for Jurong, Mr Ho Kak Leong, said yesterday. j This will help strengthen their international competitive position, he said, adding: "We should therefore see
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    • 160 26 Institute of Education looking for more lecturers THE Institute of Education is looking for lecturers in pre-school education and various other departments, i On Saturday, the institute advertised in the Straits Times for appointments in the English Studies Department and pre-school educa- 1 tion. Other areas which require staff not
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    • 54 26 MR Sng Tong Hal has been reelected president of the AMA SIM Toast masters Chapter Other officials are: Mr Eddie Tan, vice-president (education); Mr Boon Suan Lee, asst. vicepresident (education); Mr Koh Bee Chye, vice-president (admin- j istration); Mr Richard Lim, secretary; Mr Shahjihan Mustafa, treasurer; and Mr
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    • 53 26 THE Tanglin community centre'i youth group will conduct classes in hap Id do. a Korean martial art. at its premises nez month Lessons will be led by Mr Tony Tan on Tuesdays and Fridays from 7.30 p.m. to 9.30 p.m. Those interested should contact the centre
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    • 39 26 THE MP lor Buona Vista, Dr Ang Kok Peng, will present the Singapore Bank Employees' Union scholarship awards to primary, secondary and pre-univer sity students at the NTUC auditorium. Singapore Conference Hall, on Saturday at 2 p.m.
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    • 110 26 THIEVES broke into a department store in Woh Hup Complex in Beach Road and escaped with watches, cam- j eras and lighters worth $30,000 over the week-end. Police believe they gained entry into Merlin Department Store by using the company's keys. The managing partner
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    • 609 26 NOTICE OF RATE OF INTEREST Bank of Tokyo (Curasao) Holding N.V U.S. $30,000,000 Guaranteed Floating Rate Notes duo 1993 Poyment of the principal of, ond interest on, the Notes is unconditionally ond irrevocably guaranteed by The Bank of Tokyo, Ltd. (Kabushiki Kanha Tokyo (nnkoi In accordance with the provisions of
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    • 416 26 THE BANKRUPTCY ACT (CHAPTER IS, in* EDITION) IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE REPUBLIC OF BINGAPORE In Baakraptey N«. SW at iro Re: PHUA SENG TOH Kx-partr: TONG BEE COMPANY LIMITED ((•rroerly kMn M TONG BEE COMPANY PRIVATE LIMITED) JadKim-nt Creditor* In tke Matter «f haakraptry petfttea filed the tat
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    • 589 26 In the Matter of the Companies Act. Cap. 185 LUCKY CATERING ENTERPRISE (PRIVATE) LIMITED (Incorporated in Singapore) SPECIAL RESOLUTION At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Members of the above-named Company, duly convened and held at Balestier Hill Shopping Centre, Blk. 1, 348E/350D/350E. Balestier Road, Singapore, on the 12th day
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    • 33 26 RE-LOCATION OF ESSENTIAL BREAKDOWN SERVICES AT 456 River Valiev Road. Telephone Nos *****1-*****3 AND TEMPORARY MEMBERSHIP SERVICES AT 64 Lloyd Road Telephone No *****4 President Automobile Association of Singapore Dated 18th April 1979
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  • TIMESPORT PAGE ONE
    • 369 27 BOSTON, To**. GwfCf rUllrruui ILstrß«l hard U tkr footsteps of Ms ;.HM frllow-rwitesUats In yesterday's Bmlm MaraUion, hot hr npver saw any «4 them. The aoMd of their poandlng feet aad their gaaatag breath guided the Mind r-llene profemor from Columbia, South (aroUaa
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    • 159 27 BOSTON. Tues. Joan Benoit, the women's champion in the Boston Marathon, emerged from the locker room after the race and charged that male prejudice may keep her out of the 1980 Olvmnics. anything they want, at the 21-year-old Bowdoin rnational Olympic Cornallowing women to run "I
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    • 62 27 l/HRISTCHURCH Tues New Zealand Test bowler Lance L'airns has accepted an engagement with English club Whitburn of the Durham League, bringing five the number of top New Zealand cricketers playing for KnglLsh clubs this season He will join Clenn Turner. John Wright. Richard Kadlec and Ceoff Howarth.
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    • 28 27 mxKHOI.M. Tws Malmoe. iKhting id reach the European .'up soever (inal. beat Hammarby •0 in the first round of the Swedsh league First Division yesterI.n Router
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    • 63 27 HRIIXIETOWN. Tues Captain Larry Gomes and new opener Krnm-k Barney scored centuries .i-. Tnnulad worked their way to within XI runs of Barbados on the third day of their four-day Shell Shield cricket championship match here yesterday. Scores: Barbados 405 (C Kin« 156. A Creenidße
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    • 237 27 AMERICAN Bill Rodgers, 31, won his third Boston Marathon in five years yesterday, setting a blistering, second-half pace to record a best time of 2 hr. 9 mm. 27 sec. Running under overcast skies in a 10 degrees celsius temperature, Rodgers pulled away midway through the
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    • 434 27  -  FAIRWAY By PENANG, Tues. Thebetson (The bet's on) should get her winning chance again in the Class 2, Div. 1 1,200 metres here on Sunday. The three-year-old by Divine Decree, who has won her two outings on this circuit impressively, was withdrawn last week
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    • 1201 27 IPOH. Tues. A total of 342 horses has been entered for the Perak Turf Club April-May meeting here on April 28-29 and May if. The horses entered are 142 from Class Three, 130 Class Five and 70 Class Six. including 12 who have been entered for the Totalisator
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    • 200 27 HOUSTON (Texas). Tues Inranked Gene Mayer rallied from I first-set defeat to beat top-seed Harold Solomon 4-6. 6-1. 6-4 in the first round of the U*****,000 i $385,000) World Championship of Tennis tournament yesterday. Mayer. 24. forced the usually steady Solomon into numerous errors and kept alive his hopes
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    • 420 27 son beat Eric van Dillen W, 6-3. In Talaa (OUaaoaa), Jimmy Connors beat Eddie Dibbs 6-7. 75. 6-1 in a gruelling three-hour battle in the final of the 1.5C0.000 i $110,000) Grand Prix tournament yesterday BADMINTON A Japanese Otsu City team yesterday won two of
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    • 511 27 NAIROBI, Tues. Shekhar Mehta, an Ugandan Asian who now lives in Kenya, sped to his second victory in the demanding Safari motor rally here yesterday. M^^^ M^ Mehta, whose co-driver was another Kenyan resident, Mike Doughty, drove a Japanese works Datsun 160 J.
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    • 83 27 I BOSTON. Tues. The largest 1 turnout in the history of the Bos1 ton Marathon both in numbers 'of runners and spectators created massive traffic jams I prior to the 83rd running of the I event here yesterday. Two hours before the scheduled start, cars were tied up
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    • 605 27 f MARKETING EXECUTIVE (Industrial Products) A leading American manufacturer is seeking an aggressive marketing man to assist in accelerating the Company's penetration into the industrial markets in Singapore and Malaysia. The Company's product range includes pumps, valves, instruments, blowers, vacuum systems, electrical switchgear, generators, static inverters, diesel engines, etc. Applicable
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  • TIMESPORT PAGE TWO
    • 572 28 LIVERPOOL had their charge towards the English First Division football League title halted by Aston Villa yesterday, while lowly London club Chelsea were assured of dropping down to the Second Division for next season. Mighty Liverpool seemed set to move closer to the championship in
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    • 760 28 TEAM P W D L F A PI Liverpool 34 24 6 4 70 14 54 West Brom 32 20 g 4 64 29 48 Everton 38 16 16 6 50 36 48 Forest 33 16 IS 2 50 21 47 Arsenal 37 17 11 9 58 39 45
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    • 85 28 Barbarians return to winning ways SWANSEA, Tues. The Barbarians, beaten 40-22 in Ordiff on Saturday, got ba( to winning ways on their traditional Easter rugby tour of Wales when they beat Swansea 33-17 here yesterday. New Zealand centre Bill Osborne scored two of the Barbarians' tries, with the others coming
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    • 118 28 GLASGOW, Tues. A goal by Derek Johnston six minutes from the end enabled Glasgow Rangers to win their Scottish football Cnp semi-final replay against Partick Thistle here yesterday. Rangers will now play Hibernian, of Edinburgh, in the final on May 12. Until captain Johnstone scored,
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    • 215 28 WARSAW, Tues. Poland and East Germany drew 1-1 at Piotrkow Trybunalski in central Poland yesterday in a European under- 21 nations football championship. Mikulski opened the score for Poland in the 20th minute when he slotted home a centre by full-back Motyka who had
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    • 48 28 FAIRYHOUSE (Republic of Ireland), Tues. Tied Cottage, owned and ridden by amateur rider A. Robinson, won the Irish Distillers Grand National steeplechase handicap over 5,600 metres here yesterday. Prince Rock, ridden by Tommy Carmody finished second, with Credit Card, ridden by John Fowler third. Reuter.
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    • 37 28 RIDGEWOOD (New Jersey), Tues. Joe King, for nearly 40 years one of the nations leading sports writers, and a member of the National professional 'Football Hall of Fame.' died at the age of 70 UPI.
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    • 306 28 PERTH, Tues. Australian Hockey Association officials are praying that the rain, currently falling here, will cease before the start of the Esanda world hockey tournament on Friday. AHA executive officer Kirn Harrison said today that inclement weather was the only thing which could stop
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    • 235 28 AUCKLAND, Tues. Rugby officials in New Zealand, the nation who triggered the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games walk -out, are likely to take a good hard look at their country's future ties with South Africa. The sports contacts issue has remained highly emotive
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    • 115 28 MTC TO SPONSOR HOCKEY TOURNEY KUALA LUMPI R, Tues. The Malaysian Tobacco Company have agreed to sponsor an International hockey quadrangular next year featuring the best teams from Kurope, India or Pakistan and a team from the Oceania region. And, depending on the public response next year, the Malaysian international
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    • 123 28 LONDON, Tues. Bolton Wanderers' are striker, Frank Worthlngton still leads the English First Division football league's top-wore rs' list after yesterday's programme. Worthlnirton taps the list having srered 24 goals and U two op on West Bromwirh Albion's Ally Brown, Liverpool's Krnny Dalgllsh, and Frank Staplrton, of
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    • 366 28 Malaysia postpone central training by a week KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The Badminton Association of Malaysia have put off the start of centralised training for the South-east Asian Games by a week as 12 of their trainees will be involved in the Selangor Closed championships later this month. The training, originally
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    • 214 28 UNITED NATIONS (New York), Tues. The planned rugby Union tour of France by South Africa, in OctoberNovember looked even more unlikely yesterday, as Leslie Harriman, of Nigeria, president of the United Nations Committee against apartheid, added his voice to the international criticism of the tour.
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  • TIMESPORT PAGE THREE
    • 206 29 Kato with net 66 takes Club title K. KATO won Sentosa Golf Club's A Division monthly medal with a net 66, and E. Mmshi finished runner-up with net 72 The B Division went to T. Nishikion who won on a rountback from K. Mana Both golfers shot a net 68.
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    • 189 29 A COMPETITION, in which there is no favourite and all competing teams have an equal chance of winning, is the Berita Harian-sponsored Pesta Sepak Takraw Bu latan 1979 to be held in Marine Parade on April 29. The tournament, jointly organised by PERSES and
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    • 38 29 TWO inter constituency sepak takraw matches scheduled at the Gay World stadium on Thursday, have been brought forward to tonight The> are Kampong Chai Cher I Kallang. and Tanglin v Kukii Timah at 7.30 and 8 45
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    • 19 29 VIUILANTK CORPS beat SAFSA Blue 4-1 in the Singapore Badminton AsNoriation Senior inter<lub knockout tournament last night
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    • 145 29  - Boon Lay turn back Changi's challenge P. FRANCIS By DEFENDING champions Boon Lay last night held a strong challenge from unfanried Cluuigl to win their inter-eonstituenrv sepak Ukraw match 2-1 al the Gay V, orld Stadium. After losing the first regn or game 14-17, 815, Boon Lay stormed home in
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    • 195 29  -  GODFREY ROBERT By AUSTRALIA have indicated that they would be sending six boxers for the Pesta Sukan championship in Singapore from Aug. 2-4. The Aussies. in a letter to the Singapore Amateur Boxing Association, have stated that they will enter boxers from the Ught-flyveight to
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    • 453 29 IF Thomson had the chance to play golf with the Singapore players and observe their talent as I have, he would change his tone. I think they will make him eat his words. S —Allan Murray. ALAN MURRAY, the president of the Singapore Professional Golfers' Association, has
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    • 421 29  -  JOE DORAI By CAPTAIN Samad Alapitchay and goalkeeper Lim Chiew Peng are back in the Singapore squad for tomorrow's Malaysia Cup-tie against Perlis at the National Stadium (8). Both of them missed Sunday's Cuptie against Perak at the National Stadium which Singapore won by a convincing 5-1 margin.
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    • 364 29 Sabah hand Penang a big shock SABAH 3 PENANG 1 KOTA KINABALU, Tues. Despite playing with 10 men throughout most of the second half, Sabah put up a gallant display to carve out a 3-1 win over Penang in a highly-charged Malaysia Cup soccer match here today. .Striker-in-chief Hassan Sani,
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    • 90 29 BRUNEI I KEDAH BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Tues Kedah, whose chance of a semi-final berth were shattered with the 4-0 defeat by Sabah last weekend, threw away another valuable point when they were held to a scoreless draw by Brunei in their Malaysia Cup son pr match
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    • 22 29 PORT AUTHORITY beat Hotel Singapura 1-0 in a friendly soccer match at the Bukit Chermin ground yesterday. Abdul Aziz scored.
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    • 327 29 Jitta: Cup draw a lucky sign' SINGAPORE intermediate i coach Jitta Singh yesterday described the draw for the Asian Cup soccer tournament in Bangkok from May 1-15 as "a lucky sign," reports JOE DOR Al. Singapore received a bye in the first round, drawing I this comment from Jitta: I
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    • 249 29 Soh beats team from I poh in economy rally JOHN SOH, with Harold Netto and Kenneth Yeo as co-drivers, drove his Honda Accord to victory in the 206.18-kilometre Titoni economy rally held over the weekend. Second was Kok Nam Poh with his all-Ipoh crew of K. V. Chen and K.
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    • 21 29 NARCOTICS Dog Unit edged out New Zealand Military Police 3-2 in a friendly soccer match at Dieppe Barracks yesterday.
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    • 140 29 I DISAGREE with Henry Lee's views that John Fernandez's "spying" mission to Penang was ridiculous. May I remind Mr. Lee that what was printed in the newspapers regarding the Penang players were onlygeneral remarks, meant merely for public consumption. Detailed reports regardng each player are still a se- We
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    • 68 29 Selangor recall Rajes that we had no choice but to depend on the non-injured player. "I've never liked this sort of situation in which a player knows that, arising from certain circumstances, he will automatically have to be fielded for a match. "There should always be competition among the players
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    • 365 29  - Heather's aim: Beat Marina ERNEST FRIDA By THOUGH Heather Merican failed to set a record for the women's 100 metres hurdles at the Adidas All-Comers track and field championships in Farrer Park on Sunday, she, however, established one for her number of comebacks to competitive athletics. Heather, a mother of
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    • 193 29 Forces crush Negri in second half FORCES 2 NEGRI SEMBILAN KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Armed Forces missed many scoring chances, but they made no mistake with two in the second half to beat Negri Sembilan 2-0 in this Malaysia Cup soccer match played at the Merdeka Stadium tonight. The result was
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    • 37 29 BECAUSE of tomorrow night's Malaysia Cup-tie at the National Stadium between Singapore and Perlis. the Football Referees' Association of Singapore's monthly meeting has been brought forward to this evening at the Sports House (7 30)
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    • 55 29 CEYLON Sports Club beat Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, Australia, 4-2 in a friendly hockey match at Balestier yesterday. Edward Paradise and Andrew Baillie gave the visitors a 2-1 leadat half-time. CSCs first-half goal was scored by Eddy Rajah. Their second-half goals were scored by Eddy Raja. K.
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    • 151 29 TEAMS r W D L F A Pts Singapore Kelantan t> langor Pen. ig Sabah Pahang Kedah Trengganu Perak Armed Force* Johore Sarawak Perlis Malacca Negri Sembilan Fed. Territory Brunei 13 12 11 13 12 12 14 12 13 13 12 12 11 13 13 12 12 10
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  • Page 29 Miscellaneous
    • 91 29 BADMINTON National school.;' secondary girls': JSS v SGS, BVS v MVS. HYC v C<£ (St. Margaret, 2); Primary schools' finals (SBA Hall. 2 and 5). RUGBY National schools' post -secondary 15a side tournamnt: NJC v RI, ACJC v SAJC < Dover Rd, 3.30 and 5) SOCCER Friendly under-19: Balestier United
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  • 107 30 ALL Thais h»d ■plirtil«K Umr d«rU* the traditional S»mr> r*n *r w»Ur-throwlnn festival and even the Thai Prime Minister, Ura KrUaßsak Cawnanan, K*t InU tar spirit. Y.%%r* «a by his aMrs and members «t the press, be Jumped afl the gpriagbaard la bis swimming p*ol InU
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  • 181 30 Four police slain in IRA attack BELFAST, Tues. Irish Republican Army guerillas today murdered four policemen at Newry with a half-tonne of explosives and warned they would continue killing until their demands were met. Leaders of the Protestant majority in the province called for more troops to counter a threat
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  • 57 30 WATEFBURY (Connecticut! Tues. Police today arrested two married couples and recovered what they believed was most of the US$l.B million (553.96 million) haul from an armoured car depot robbery yesterday in which three guards were killed. The loot was taken from a security firm here after the
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  • 36 30 NEW YORK, Tues Dow Jones averages, based on first hour of trading on the New York Stock Exchange: 30 indust 862.87 up 2.42. 15 utils 103.01 off 0.17, 65 stocks 294.14 up 0.52. UPI.
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  • 87 30 JAKARTA, Tues. Municipal authorities in Bandung, 180 km south-east of here, are planning to slap a tax on elaborate Chinese graves and tombstones in the area, the armed forces bulletin PAB reported today. The chairman of the Bandung House of Representatives, Mr Ruslan Adiwijaya, said
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  • 33 30 TOKYO, Tues. Vietnam has declined a Japanese offer to send 150.000 tonnes of rice to help flood victims in that country, the Foreign Ministry said today. No reason was given. Reuter.
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  • 403 30 THE first session of the Sino-Vietnam talks will open in Hanoi tomorrow despite protests over the crash of a Chinese warplane deep in Vietnamese territory, the official Xinhua (Hsinhua) news agency said today. Chinese Deputy Foreign Minister Han Nianlong (Han Nien-lung) arrived in Hanoi
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  • 45 30 LONDON. Tues. The US Federal Aviation Authority has certified a new jetliner powered by three Rolls-Royce engines for passenger service, a Lockheed spokesman said here today. The new long-range Tristar SOO jetliner has a range of over 9,600 km with 250 passengers. Reuter.
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  • 345 30 Iran to take over petro chem industry TEHERAN, Tuesday THE petrochemical industry in Iran will be nationalised, the managing director of the state-run National Petrochemical Company (NPC), Mr Rahim Abedi announced yesterday. Mr Abedi said the state takeover of foreign participation in petrochemical projects including the US$3.3 billion (557.2 billion)
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  • 54 30 ALGIERS. Tues. President Benjedid Chadli of Algeria has pardoned 11 political dissidents in a move that could foreshadow the release of former President Ahmed Ben Bella, official sources said today. Mr Ben Bella was overthrown by the military in June 1965 and has been under house
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  • 27 30 MANILA, Tues. Typhoon Cecil weakened to a tropical storm today, but rescue agencies reported it left at least eight people dead and eight missing. AP.
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  • 306 30 Safety study of nuclear reactors JAPAN and the United States have agreed in principle to conduct joint research on the safety of nuclear power reactors following last month's nuclear plant accident on ThreeMile Island, Pennsylvania, Japanese Foreign Minister Sunao Sonoda said here today. Mr Sonoda reported at a regular cabinet
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  • 162 30 MR LEE SEE FUNN passed away peacefully on 17th April 1979 leaving behind 5 sons, Kum Tatt. Kum Leng. Kum Kit, Kum Sing. Kum Hwa. 1 daughter. Phek Yin. 5 daughters-in-law. Engellne. Moon. Tina. Soonee and Wai Chun. 1 son-in-law. Lee Yew Kuan, and 14 grandchildren to mourn
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  • The Straits Times SECTION TWO
    • 5 1 The Straits Times SECTION TWO
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      • 1539 1  -  XIA MIANZUN By Translated by FONG WENG FATT OF ALL the New Year activities, the first that comes to my mind is eating. I remember during my childhood when winter came, I would daily hope for the coming of the new year.
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      • 46 1 Chinese without tears JT^ GUI guibin Guest of honour fern gutzhong valuable; precious ftJS guizu anstocrot, noble guiguo Your nation gui f u a noblewoman boo'gul precious For example, you may say, Yihgguo y^u xuduo guizu K% re'njia. meaning, "In England there are many aristocratic families."
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      • 150 1 THE Chinese have their own interpreta- tion of the various colours. Red, symbolic of luck, is a favourite colour used lavishly for festivities on banners and gifts. And those who are mourning refrain from using the colour. White is the right colour for such a sad occasion.
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      • 28 1 Have an aim In life, or your energies will all be wasted. Peters 41 r Set the will on virtue and there will be no wickedness. Confucius
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    • LEISURE
      • 510 2 The young-at-heart too put on their dancing shoes THE wall mirror reflected eager-looking youths waiting to burst into action. Soon, body and limbs went into action full swing as the music began. Saturday Night Fever was on. In another scenario at another dancing school, a slower tempo reigned. In the
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      • 160 2 PYGMALION, George Bernard Shaw's very successful comedy on snobbery about the Kngllsh language, will be presented by the Stage Huh at the ultural Centre from today to Saturday. More popularly known as My Fair L%ty to many, Pygmalion Is directed by Sue Stokes, who
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      • 115 2 SERIES ON VARIOUS TOPICS A NEW documentary series, Nova, encompassing a wide variety of subjects, begins tonight at 9.50 on Channel 5. This series, which was received well in countries where it has been shown, covers history, geography, science and space, law and anthropology. Some of the hour-long episodes we
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      • 717 2  -  LING POON WAH By I "...Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet..." (Rudyard Kipling) Kipling's claim will crumble when you begin to understand the cultural consciousness of the virtuoso Chinese pianist Fou Ts'ong his
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      • 56 2 STRINGER In Hawaii Klve-O tonight at B.M on Channel 5 telk the story of a part-time photographer who tries to blaolunaU the head of a Hawaiian crime .syndicate and his accomplice. McGarrett, realising that the photographer's life Ls In danger, sends his men to look for him. Slnger-rempowr
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      • 1074 2 TV and Radio SINGAPORE 5 3.00 PM Opening and I Love Lucy 7.05 The Muppet Show Sentimental Anniversary 7.30 News and Newsreel (Malay) 3.30 Diary of Events (Malay) 7 55 a^ c f r M er PJ ec Pl „c o KJJ works fe y Chopin, Ravel and Liszt 3.35
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      • 620 3  -  Wong Lai Wan Edited by JUST AS canned drinks may not be brought into cinemas, patrons should similarly be prohibited from carrying plastic bags into concert halls and theatres. One of the most annoying noises you can hear in the middle of
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      • 813 3  -  Tan Lee Leng Spice m of b, _r= LAMB comes from young sheep slaughtered when less than a year old. It has a delicately flavoured meat, and is a rich source of iron and other important minerals. It is also rich in
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      • 378 3  -  DANA LAM By TO SAY that a thing of beauty is a joy forever has, since the days of its coinage, been hackneyed. But it remains a fact that beauty's effect on its beholder often surpasses the most eloquent description. What then,
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    • 246 3 BARBECUE LAMB CHOPS UgredJeata: Eight loin chops of lamb or chump chops. M»rl«»de: Two tablespoons of soya sauce; 2 tablespoons of oil; 2 tablespoons of lemon juice; 2 tablespoons of brown sugar; 2 cloves of garlic to be chopped or mashed; 1 tablespoon of grated ginger (fresh); 1 tablespoon
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      • 270 3 m Definitely for the all-woman figure CLASSIC way to brandish feminity. Seductively. With all the carves showing. No covered-op affair, it's a Grecian-Inspired white silk Jersey formal gown that has everything going for the woman who wears it right. Held up by slender spaghetti straps, it has a pretty floral
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    • 309 4 High Court rules removal of lawyer directors illegal THE High Court ruled last Friday that the removal of two lawyers as directors o( a shipping firm in an extraordinary general meeting held in 1976 was illegal. The lawyers, Mr Jaginder Singh and Mr P. Suppiah and two subsequently appointed lawyers,
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    • 361 4 Girl tried blackmail, alleges defendant MAGISTRATE Khoo Oon Soo will decide today whether a taped telephone conversation between a defendant, charged with molesting a girl, and his alleged victim, who later allegedly tried to blackmail him, could be admitted as evidence.
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    • 79 4 Warning on travellers cheques UNITED STATES authorities have reported to Inter pol that U5515,400 worth of unsigned American Express travellers cheques were stolen while on transhipment from Brighton to Niamey on Feb 12. The missing cheques are: US$2O DE 81 346 650 to 869 (220 cheques): US$lOO RB 95 429
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    • 35 4 MACPHERSON community centre will hold a picnic (or youths at Desani Beach In West Malaysia on Sunday, April 29, at 7.30 a.m. Fees, including transport, Is $12 for members and $14 (or nonmembers.
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    • 326 4 Prof on effect of China's modernisation THERE would be more twoway flow pf goods, capital, information and tourism between China and South-east Asian countries beneficial to both parties if China achieves a higher level of technological and economic development. Professor Lim Chong Yah, head of the department of economics and
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    • 30 4 On English grammar ROCHORE community centre will hold a six-month English grammar course (or pre-universi-ty students. Those interested should telephone *****0 between 3 p.m. and 10 p.m. (or further details.
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    • 22 4 THE Kaki Bukit community centre youth group will hold a tour-cum-picnic to Desaru, Johore, on April 29. For details, telephone *****7
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    • 122 4 A WOMAN factory w*rkrr, after betag molested, ■•tod d«wa the ealprlt'i motorcycle regtetratlM number a* be sped away. She reported to tbe polk* who traced tbe motorcycle to a labover, K«4 Cboy Sag alUa Ut Ckeaa Heag. Kok admitted U a district oomrt yesterday to
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