The Straits Times, 25 April 1979

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    15 1 The Stra its Times Estd. 1845 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 1979 25 CENTS M.C.(P) No. U2/1/7S
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    Lock icon Syrian bomb agents exposed in Cairo
    1045 1 CAIRO, Tues EGYPT today produced two Arabs it said *ere Syrian agents sent to Cairo on bombing missions aimed at killing as many civilians as possible. The tpportPd infiltrators. introduced at a news con fprenxv, were identified as Ibrahim Kl-[>aya. a 30old Syrian national.
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    Lock icon Israelis bomb Lebanon
    45 1 ItKIKIT Tut-s 'sraeli jets tonighl hc«mt»-<l i strin; o( villages on the southern I>ebanese coast BMdhH ilonse smoke rising high nM'i ihr raided area, state-run Beirut Radio reported The-e was no immediate word i. titles from the air atReuter •mM PACK IHRKK
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    Lock icon LONG TREK BACK TO KAMPUCHEA
    767 1 Khmer Rouge heading south towards jungle sanctuary BANGKOK, Tuesday UNDER harassment from Vietnamese artillery bombardment, 40,000 Khmer Rouge soldiers and civilians set out today on a long trek back into Kampuchean territory and were last reported moving towards a heavily-jun-gled mountain stronghold in north-west Kampuchea.
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    The new look Carter
    93 1 PRESIDENT Carter (left) sporting a new hairstyle, cat short and parted on the left side, as he addressed a meeting of the National Academy of Sciences In Washington on Monday. Mr Carter (right) ware his hair parted an the right side when he appeared on television
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    Lock icon Uren off to appeal to ITF
    273 1 Uren off to appeal to ITF MR DONALD Uren, the Asian representative of the International Transport-workers Federation (ITF) today flew to London in the wake of the release of the latest batch of detained members of the disbanded Airlines Employees Union (AEU). Mr Uren's trip" is apparently to appeal personally
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    Lock icon Egypt hits at Israel
    77 1 CAIRO, Tues. Egypt today strongly condemned Israeli shelling of Palestinian areas in Lebanon and said this would have a negative effect on the implementation of its peace treaty with the Jewish state. A Foreign Ministry statement also condemned the Israeli Government's decision to establish two new
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    Lock icon 310 allowed ashore at K. Trengganu
    108 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. About 310 Vietnamese refugees were allowed ashore at Kuala Trengganu. 290 km northeast of here, although their boats were seaworthy and they could have continued their journey, refugee officials said today. Coastal guards allowed them to land on humanitarian grounds on
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    Lock icon Bid to kill Iran PM foiled
    280 1 Bid to kill Iran PM foiled TEHERAN, Tuesday AN unsuccessful attempt was made today to kill Prime Minister Mehdi Bazargan and other members of his provisional government as they followed a funeral procession for the former chief of the revolutionary forces who was assassinated yesterday. The attempt was made on
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    Stock broker faces four charges
    178 1 Stock broker faces four charges A STOCK broker was yesterday charged in court with four counts of making use of specific confidential information to buy a total of 296,000 shares for his benefit. Yong Teck Lian, 43, director of Colden Hope Securities, was charged with contravening the Companies Act while
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    Lock icon Malik's call for cohesion
    67 1 BANGKOK, Tues Indonesian Vice-President Adam Malik today called on east Asian countries to develop "greater cohesion" and to refrain from acts which would invite big power intervention in their affairs. Mr Malik made the appeal in a keynote address to a symposium convened by the Asian
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    Lock icon 2 Reds dead
    33 1 MANILA, Tues. Government troops shot dead two communist guerillas and wounded another in a clash on Sunday in the mountain province of Kalinga Apayao, the Defence Ministry said today. Reuter.
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    Lock icon 623 airlifted
    29 1 ROME. Tues. The MajiMl airlift ever of 623 Soviet Jews to the United States got under way here today following a relaxation of US immigration policies. AP.
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    LATEST UAE GOVT TO QUIT
    85 1 LATEST UAE GOVT TO QUIT KUWAIT, TIES Tb* (ravernmeat *f Ui I atted Arab Emirates (UAE) will rrslga ia tke aext few day* and a aew mmr will be appointed by the I AX Supreme (•oDoll, Kawaltt Korelirn Mialster Sabak Al-Ahmed AUSabah aaaaaaeed here today. The MMMeement fallowed reparto that
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      323 1 EX-ADDICTS TELL THEIR STORY ON TV Page 10 KRIANGSAK ready to form next govt t MUTINY by Afghan army unit S MUZOREWA expected to bePM 4 RUSSIANS deploy SS-21 missiles In E. Germany 5 'A LACK of pride In flora and fauna of Singapore' 7 OPEN to all, that save
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      Lock icon Kriangsak ready to form next govt
      313 2 Kriangsak ready to form next govt Political groups pledge support for premier BANGKOK, Tuesday PRIME Minister Kriangsak Chomanan announced today he would be ready to form Thailand's next government with the support of several political groupings elected in Sunday's national elections. General Kriangsak 's announcement was made through a member
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      Lock icon Strikers held
      42 2 BUENOS AIRES, Tues. Twenty labour leaders who called a one-day general strike to protest the military government's economic policies were seized by armed plainclothes men last night at the Labour Ministry and driven away in unmarked cars, witnesses reported. AP.
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      Lock icon The latent threat posed to Indonesia: Murtopo
      194 2 The latent threat posed to Indonesia: Murtopo JAKARTA, Tues. Overseas Chinese in Indonesia have been accused of being a force charged with spreading communist ideology in this country, it was reported today. Information Minister General Ali Murtopo was quoted by the independent. Jakarta newspaper Berita Buana as telling saying here
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      Lock icon '50 held for passing military secrets'
      194 2 '50 held for passing military secrets' NEW DELHI, Tues. About 50 Indian soldiers including nearly 20 officers were arrested in January for passing military secrets to Pakistan and are now facing courts martial, press reports said today. Newspapers said the men were stationed on the Pakistani border in Kashnrr. which
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      37 2 TOKYO. Tues. Japanese Prime Minister Vasayoshi Ohira will meet United States President Carter in Washington next Wednesday with (he forthcoming economic summit of non-communist industrial nations high on his list, the government announced today. Reuter
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      53 2 NEW YORK, Tues. Newspaper advertising revenues rose by 14 per cent last year to almost US$l3 billion (5J28.6 billion), daily newspaper circulation increased for the third year in a row and 200 weekly newspapers have started up since last year, members of the American Newspaper Publishers Association were
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      Masterpiece returned
      71 2 WASHINGTON, Tues. The Federal Bureau of Investigation yesterday returned to French officials a Rembrandt masterpiece that sat wrapped in plastic in a Buffalo basement for three years before undercover agents purchased it from an art thief for US$2O,000 (5J44.000). The art piece, Le Rabbin, a portrait of a
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      Lock icon Mini marts to beat inflation
      298 2 Mini marts to beat inflation MANILA, Tuesday THE Philippines Government, battling an inflation rate climbing above 12 per cent for the first time in four years, is fielding mobile mini-markets selling cheaper meat, fish and other basic commodities. The move, ordered by President Marcos, is designed to get at the
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      Lock icon Wayne ill
      35 2 NEWPORT BEACH (Califor nia), Tues. Actor John Wayne, 71, who had surgery for stomach cancer in January, was hospitalised again yesterday with bronchitis. spokesman for the Hoae memorial hospital here said today. AFP.
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      Ascetic Bhave growing weaker
      113 2 Ascetic Bhave growing weaker NEW DELHI, Tues. Indian acetic Vinoba Bhave was reported exhausted after two days of a fast-unto-death to force Kerala and West Bengal to join other states in banning cow slaughter. A team of doctors watching over the famous 84-year-old ascetic advised him to receive less visitors
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      Lock icon Nixon as president in mystery thriller?
      132 2 MANILA, Toes. An American producer today said there wan a it-it chance former IS President Kichard Nixon will accept the role of a kidnapped president In a mystery thriller to be filmed here late this year. "I have had discussions with friends of the
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      Margaret walks out on TV interview
      137 2 Margaret walks out on TV interview NKW YORK, Tues. Tke estranged wife of Canadian Premier Pierre Trudeau, Mrs Margaret Trudeao (left) walking off thr set of the NBC "Today" show over questions asked by host Jane Panley in New York on Monday. During the interview, -he heatedly denied reports that
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      Lock icon 'Gathering needed on Indochina problem'
      97 2 TOKYO, Tues. New Zealand Deputy Prime Minister Brian Talboys today called for "some political gathering" to work out a solution to the current conflicts in Indochina. Mr Talboys, now on a sixday visit to Japan, told a press conference New Zealand shared the concern with
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      Four million jobless in China
      215 2 Four million jobless in China BEIJING (PEKING), Tues. About four million Chinese are unemployed and the lack of jobs sometimes has resulted in "disturbances," a visiting US Congressional delegation was told. The Congressmen were also told that many university graduates are unem ployed or sent to work on farms. A
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      151 2 TIME LIFE BOOKS MAKE GOOD READING Call *****88 It has previously been assumed that a 3-way speaker system is necessary for optimum sound. This was because of severe limitations of an earlier generation of loudspeakers. With modern materials and techniques, 2-way systems are at least the equal of more complex
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      Lock icon Armed bands heed call for calm
      265 3 TEHERAN, Tues Iranian army units were controlling key positions in the northwestern border town of Naqadeh today as rival armed bands appeared to heed a call for calm after three days of fighting which has left at least ISO people dead Correspondents in the
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      Lock icon Mutiny by Afghan army unit
      331 3 NEW DELHI, Tues. An entire Afghan regiment of over 1,000 troops has mutinied in Jalalabad, 120 km east of Kabul, in an escalating wave of anti-govern-ment uprisings, according to reports from Afghanistan. Soviet advisers and other Afghan officers were believed killed. The reports also said
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      Hongkong hit by sharp rise in fuel prices
      117 3 HONGKONG, Tuesday HONGKONG consumers dug deeper into their pockets today as fuel prices were raised by the colony's biggest oil supplier to as much as 23 per cent, a move which triggered off increases in the cost of everything from ferries to
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      In other Word...
      68 3 In other Word.. I DON'T think m> drinking hays embarrassed him (President Jimmy Carter) any morr than some of his foreign policies have embarrasned me. President Carter's hard-drinking brother. Billy, speaking at a press conference on Monday to announce that he has finally quit drinking after undergoing a I 5f
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      Lock icon Israelis hit at guerilla bases in Tyre
      173 3 Israelis hit at guerilla bases in Tyre TEL AVIV, Tues. Israeli navy units in a day-long operation struck at Palestinian bases in the Lebanese port of Tyre from where recent terror attacks against Israel were launched, a military statement announced today. A statement said navy units "have been operating for
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      Lock icon Leftists get another drubbing in elections
      159 3 TOKYO, Tuesday JAPANESE leftists were again mauled in yesterday's mayoral elections, a repeat of their drubbing by conservatives and centrists in gubernatorial elections two weeks ago. Mayors, supported by the ruling Liberal-Democratic Party of conservative Prime Minister Masayoshi Ohira were returned in 108 of
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      Pianist goes home
      110 3 Pianist goes home HONGKONG, Tues. Pianist Fou Ts'ong, who defected from China 21 years ago, left Hongkong today for Shanghai where he said he would attend a memorial service for his father, Mr Fou Lai, a translator of French who committed suicide with his wife during the Cultural Revolution in
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    • THE ENERGY SQUEEZE
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        Lock icon Curbs on private use
        62 3 NEW DELHI: The Indian Government announced yesterday it was imposing restrictions on consumption of petrol by private users. Petroleum and Chemicals Minister Hemavati Bahuguna told Parliament, the federal government has asked the states "to introduce some system, call it general supervision or informal rationing." He said
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        Lock icon Carter lashes out
        82 3 WASHINGTON: President Carter yesterday accused the oil industry and its supporters in Congress of trying to hoodwink the American people. In a speech to the National Academy of Sciences, he strongly defended his own proposed taxes on windfall profits by the companies and criticised an alternative plan
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        Lock icon Windfall for oil firms
        83 3 NEW YORK: Major oil firms led by Exxon Corporation with US$955 million (SJ2.I billion) have begun reporting sharp profit increases for the first three months of the year. Several other large oil companies plan to release first-quarter earnings this week, and experts expect similarly rosy reports.
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        27 3 CHICAGO, Tues. Twenty-six new murder charges were yesterday brought against John Gary who has already been indicted on seven counts alleging seven homosexual killings Reuter
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      Lock icon Record number of candidates for British polls
      255 4 Record number of candidates for British polls LONDON. Tues BRITAIN'S general election has attracted a I number of randidatps. ranging from TvaMvcs to communists and rranks. Nominations closed yesterday and officials said it appeared more than 3.000 had paid out the ■UMtary 1 150 (Ss6B4) deposit to contest one of
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      WAIST-UP NUDES MAKE WAY FOR POLLS
      82 4 LONDON, Men. Things are getting serious. The London Dally Mirror, which like two other British newspapers print waist-up pictures of nude girls every day, announced yesterday the nudes had to go until after the p*lls. "Now is the time for all good girls to
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      Lock icon One dead, 300 arrested in demos
      171 4 One dead, 300 arrested in demos LONDON. Mon- One man died in violent attempts by thousands of demonstrators, mostly Asians, to break up a meeting in London of the right-wing National Front. Over three hundred people were arrested as police fought off the crowds during several hours of running battles
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      Lock icon Muzorewa expected to be PM
      391 4 Muzorewa expected to be PM SALISBURY, Tues. THE United African National Council (UANC) today won Rhodesia's first oneman, one-vote election, seizing 51 seats in the 100-seat Parliament of Zimbabwe Rhodesia, and its leader, Bishop Abel Muzorewa, is expected to be the country's first black Prime Minister. The result immediately sparked
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      Lock icon Migrant tide: 360 held but more pouring in
      173 4 Migrant tide: 360 held but more pouring in HONGKONG, Tuesday THE rising flood of illegal immigrants from China showed no sign of abating as authorities today announced the arrest of 360 people by border patrols in the past 24 hours. A government spokesman said half of them were intercepted at
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      Lock icon Uganda refugees tell of atrocities
      205 4 KAMPALA, Tues Children were dismembered and bound civilians were hurled to their death in roaring rapids by stragglers from Idi Amin's defeated Ugandan army, according to refugee reports reaching Kampala today. The reports filtered through to the "liberated" capital as the Tanzanian army consolidated its
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      Lock icon A strange disease
      68 4 JAKARTA, Tues Many girls of a junior high school in Samarinda, East Borneo, were today reported to have refused lo go to school because they were ashamed of having a "moustache." Many students girls and boys of the Junior Economic High School, have been suffering from a
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      Lock icon Weighty task for doctors
      212 4 BIRMINGHAM, Tues Doctors plan to perform an autopsy on an Knglish housewife who boasted of < weighing 331.2 kg and "could squeeze your hand off" when angry. Mrs Muriel Hopkins, 48, collapsed at her 85-year-old mother's bungalow in the village of Ttpton, Staffordshire, and died on
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      Lock icon Haig calls for new US role to confront Russsians
      215 5 Haig calls for new US role to confront Russsians JEW YORK. Tues Hitgoing Nato supreme ommander, General Alexnder Haig, fanning specuition that he might run for he presidency, called today or a new style of American ■aiiership to combat growrig Soviet military threats. He said in a major speech a
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      Lock icon Embassy protests 'doping' of newsman
      144 5 Embassy protests 'doping' of newsman MOSCOW, Tues. The US Embassy protested strongly to Soviet authorities yesterday over a bizarre incident involving the possible drugging of a Western journalist and harassment of his wife. Soviet officials rejected the protest. A US embassy spokesman said American officials "orally conveyed a strong protest"
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      30 5 QUITO, Tues An Kcuadorean Airline with 57 people on board disappeared on an internal flight yesterday and civil aviation authorities said they feared it had crashed Reuter. I
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      Ban on pictures of Moro's nude body
      71 5 MILAN, Tues. The wltUw «f assassinated Italian ex-premlcr Aid* Mara won a court ardcr ycKtcrday banning any farther publication of photographs of her husband's node and bloodstained body on the aatop- sy table. A MlUn judge rnjslned the Mews magazine I'Kuropro from making
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      Lock icon Reds deploy SS-21 missiles in E. Germany
      357 5 NEW NUCLEAR ROCKET COULD SPARK ARMS RACE IN EUROPE WASHINGTON, Tues THE SOVIET Union has begun to deploy a new, nuclear-armed missile in East Germany, a step that Carter administration officials described yesterday as increasing the risk of a stepped-up arms race in
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      Lock icon Nato secret talks open
      71 5 HOMESTEAD (Florida), Tues. Defence ministers of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato) open secret talks today on whether the alliance should modernise its short-range nuclear arsenal in response to the Soviet Union's mobile missiles. The ministers are expected to discuss the sensitive subject of developing and
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      Lock icon Kissinger calls for 'alliance' to face Soviets
      220 5 Kissinger calls for 'alliance' to face Soviets TOKYO, Tuesday FORMER US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger has called for unity among the United States, Western Europe and Japan to match themselves against the Soviet Union. Asked at a press conference at a Tokyo hotel last night for comment on the
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      Lock icon Guards (on strike) get arms ban
      126 5 ALBANY (New York), Tues Striking state prison guards were yesterday ordered not to carry weapons and rebellious union leaders faced contempt ot court charges for defying an order to halt the first system- wide strike of the state's prison system. Acting Corrections Commissioner Richard
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      Lock icon China's fleet expanding
      61 5 HONGKONG. TU"S. China has 500 merchant ships totalling some nine million deadweight tonnes, reports Liverpool port authority executive J.B. Fitzpatrirk now here after spending a week in Peking This fleet is being augmented by construction at home and abroad to attain self-suffi-ciency which will md the need
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      31 5 MANILA. Tues Government scientists today speculated that unidentified flying objects reported last week in central and southern Philippines could have been meteors or man-made space debris falling to earth. AP.
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      1880 6 5^9 Imagine Singapore without lights. If we make it a habit to use electricity efficiently and economically now, we can ensure a belter future lor erenow. 30 easy ways to save electricity Switch off. Save watts. Save money. If everybody in Singapore cuts back 6. Keep bulbs and shades clean.
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    Accident victim gets $25,960
    127 7 A FACTORY worker, whose right le? has become 3cm .shorter ifter a road acci<tent four years ago, yester-<-opted a $25,960 damages payment offer in settlement of his High Court claim against lorry driver. Mr Tan Choi Koon. (.'hong Ec Thiam. now 20. .ling along Tampines Road
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    WHAT'S ON TODAY
    142 7 HIM SHOWS for Iht- public at National Museum at 8 p.m. Green Garden Country. J.D. Goes Hunting. Introduced Animals and Legend of Birds. Free admission A TMoISAND CLOWNS a film presei.;'-' by tre Singaiore Film Society at Hie Cultural Centre at 8 p m PICTORIAL PHOTOGRAPHY a
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    '5m calls per day but no phone hogs'
    269 7  - 5m calls per day but no phone hogs' ALICE WONG By ALTHOUGH Singaporeans make five million calls daily, they are no phone hogs, according to a Telecommunications Authority of Singapore's survey made in 1977 and early this year. Most calls last less than three minutes each. The survey recorded details
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    A SMILE THAT SAYS METRIC'S SIMPLE AFTER ALL
    193 7 SHE had never used metric scale before, m now the simplicity of it all amused this housewife at Sooth Bnona Vista Private Market yesterday when she weighed the cucumber from her shopping basket. The acting Minister for Social Affairs, Dr Ahmad Mattar
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    'Lack of pride in flora and fauna of Singapore'
    459 7 SCIENCE PROMOTION SEMINAR rHE average Singapoean today is not inter>sted in biology and has 10 pride in the native lora and fauna of the •ountry, a seminar was old yesterday. He studies some biology n school and the last thing io
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    Re-elected president
    58 7 MR Joe Chellam has been reelected president of the Singapore Indian Film, Arts and Dramatic Society. Other officials are Major Ramjanam Misra (vice-presi-dent); Mr C. S. Bakan (secretary); Miss S. Vairam (asst secretary); Mr Suresh P. Gupta (treasurer); Mr Brij Mohan Singh (asst treasurer); Mr O. P. Rai
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    7th meet
    27 7 THE Tanjong Rhu housing estate flat-owners' association will be holding its seventh annual general meeting at the Katong community centre on Sunday at 8 p.m.
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    'S'pore response most successful'
    213 7 SINGAPORE has been the most successful among developing countries in responding to the needs of science, the director of the Singapore Science Centre, Dr R.S. Bhathal said yesterday. This is because there are enough scientists and engineers in the political and administrative system, he said. Also,
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    PRI plan to invite speakers on latest advances
    244 8 PRI plan to invite speakers on latest advances THE Singapore branch of the Plastics and Rubber Institute (PRI) will invite prominent people from overseas to give talks on the latest development in both materials. This will be its immediate task when it is inaugurated next month, the chairman of the
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    Fashion show
    33 8 THE Kampung Clam community centre management committee and Shin Mm Daily News (S) Ltd will Jointly hold a fashion show at the Kampung Clam community centre auditorium at 8 p.m. tomorrow.
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    Signing of cable link agreement with Jakarta
    226 8 Signing of cable link agreement with Jakarta JAKARTA, Tuesday AN agreement to set up the Singapore-Indonesia submarine cable system will be signed here on Thursday, an Indonesian telecommunications authority (Perumtel) official said yesterday. The system is part of an Asean submarine cable link network which will be operational by April
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    Police may use smaller handcuffs
    55 8 Police may use smaller handcuffs THE Singapore police may soon introduce smaller handcuffs in the force like the ones now being used by the Central Narcotics Bureau. This move follows several cases where prisoners with small wrists managed to slip out of handcuffs. Police said most of them who succeeded
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    Catholic fund officials
    42 8 MR HERBERT SURIN has been elected president of the Katong Catholics Benevolent Fund Association. Other officials include Mr Gilbert Rodriques. vice-president; Mr James Chia Peng Hong, secretary; Mr Wilfred Chew Keng Yong, treasurer; and Mr Joseph Chitty. assistant treasurer.
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    Energy panel open to all, -PUB
    489 8 Energy panel open to all, -PUB SAVE ELECTRICITY DRIVE THE Public Utilities Board which has formed a national body to look into energy conservation said yesterday that it is open to all those interested in contributing to energy saving. The PUB acting general manager and the Singapore National Committee of
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    1.04pc DROP ON MONDAY
    55 8 ELECTRICITY ecaiimpttaa mi Monday fell by I.M per eeat to 18.15 milItoa aalto, etxnparet) to last maath's Maaday average. The drop waa a*t aa tow m Suday's tM per eeat decrease »r the 2.3 per ceat fall reewded tie previous MawUy. The average M«**l«y ronsamptloo last
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    SMA search
    32 8 THE Singapore Medical Association is looking for new premises for its alumni house, as the present one in College Road will be demolished shortly to make way for road building.
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    Computer course
    40 8 Computer course THE National Productivity Board will hold a course on Computer Data Processing Module 4 Systems Analysis, Design and Techniques at its Town Training Centre in Newton Road from May 2 to 28 between 7 p.m. and 9.30 p.m.
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    Chai to attend photo show
    102 8 Chai to attend photo show THE Senior Minister of State for Education, Mr Chai Chong Yii. will attend the opening ceremony of the Photographic Society of Nanyang University's 17th Singapore International Student Salon ol Photography, 1979, at the exhibition hall of Promotion Centre of Sin Chew Jit Poh on Friday
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    Travellers to US can carry more baggage
    365 8 PASSENGERS travelling on Singapore Airlines and Pan American Airways (PanAm) to the United States are allowed to carry up to 70 kg (154 lbs) under the free baggage system introduced here this month. The system, in accordance with the international requirements for flights
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    Stole from his boss
    54 8 SELAMAT bin Sudi. 24, was jailed four months by a district court yesterday for stealing from his employer. He admitted the theft of two boxes of machine "hams worth $22 at Fastener and Industrial Centre in Jalan Buroh on March 17 at sp.m. while being employed
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    Rollei school to move in a year
    145 8 Rollei school to move in a year THE Rollei Government Training School at Punggol Vocational Institute in Upper Serangoon Road will move to its new premises in Kallang Industrial Estate in a year's time. Work on the new twostorey building will start next month, according to a New Nation report
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    Association's triple celebration
    66 8 Association's triple celebration NANYANG University director-general, Mr Tan Chok Kian, will attend the Christian Brothers Old Boys' Association triple celebration dinner and dance at the Shangri-La Hotel on May 26 at 7.30 p.m. The three celebrations are the centenary of St Anthony's School, the 60th anniversary of the CBOBA and
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      251 8 Straits Times Crossword 088 entrance with Scotsman (8). wards is struck gently (6) rounded by uwoar (3 2) 8 Ssh,ng fellow havtng a UtUe fT"* (4 1S) drink cheen! (5.2). l 0 *«*<* Wng prepared 9 Old copper gets teased and [<* publication is no longer bepulled along roughly (7).
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    Surveyors and valuers to form one group
    202 9 Surveyors and valuers to form one group SINGAPORE'S surveyors and valuers will soon belong to one professional group instead of two separate ones. The amalgamation of the Singapore Institute of Surveyors (SIS) and tlv> Singapore Institute of Valuers i srv > is now being discussed by the councils of the
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    On welding
    37 9 THE National Productivity Board will hold a course on Welding Technology at Hotel Royal Kamada from May 2 to 23 betwrvn 7 15 p.m. and 9 15 p m For details, ring *****6. ext 147
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    Driver fined $2,000 for CBT
    180 9 Driver fined $2,000 for CBT V COMPANY driver, asked to renew the road tax for his boss's van, transferred ownership of the vehicle to his own name instead by making use of a wrongly signed transfer form discarded by his boss. >cc Ham Boon, 26, tried to mortgage the van
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    For engineers
    41 9 THE Society of Manufacturing Engineers will hold a talk on the Application of Low Cost Automation to Industry by a National Productivity Board officer. Mr Ling Wong Ung, at the Regional Language Centre conference room tonight at 8 p.m.
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    Doctors warn against stopping lab tests
    382 9  - Doctors warn against stopping lab tests GERALD PEREIRA 'Not unnecessary if health of patient is at risk' By GOVERNMENT and private doctors yesterday agreed that laboratory tests were increasing health care costs but warned against doing away with the tests as it would risk patients' health. They were commenting on
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    FIBREGLASS HELMETS FOR TRAFFIC POLICE
    135 9 FIBREGLASS HELMETS FOR TRAFFIC POLICE CORKER helmets worn by the mobile squad of the Traffic Police far the past t$ yean are being replaced by stranger fihreglasK crash helmets. Mare than naif the 17«strang squad including its 35 waman members nave already been issued with the helmet. Men af the
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    Lagoon View officials
    59 9 MR I.IM LAX CMNG has been elected president of the Lagoon View Owners' Association at the second annual meeting held recently. Other officials are Messrs Otto Fung Wai Chan (vice-president): Yeo Swee Boon (vice-president): I.im Siew Meng (secretary): Leong Kok Hoong (asst secretary); Miss Chua Geok Wah
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    Courtesy drive to be launched in schools
    126 9 Courtesy drive to be launched in schools A COURTESY campaign in schools which will affect all pupils from kindergarten to junior college level will start on May 8. It precedes the national courtesy campaign to be launched on June 1, according to an Education Ministry circular to all kindergartens, primary
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    Session for public to give blood
    73 9 Session for public to give blood THE -Singapore Blood Transfusion Service will hold a blood donation session for the public at Goldhill Plaza in Thomson Road on Friday from 9.30 a.m. to 4 p.m. The total number of blood donations received during the past week was 1,249 units, an average
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    Union not ineffective, says STU
    278 9 Union not ineffective, says STU THE Singapore Teachers' Union is not ineffective, says the STU publication, the Mentor, in a rebuttal on certain findings by Dr Goh Keng Swee's study team. After interviewing 140 teachers, the study team had concluded in the Goh Report: "Eighty per cent of those interviewed
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    Officials of club
    62 9 MX KESTER CHIA has been elected president of the 1979,80 executive committee of the Toastmasters' Club of Singapore. Other officials are: Miss Ling Sing Chee (vice-president, education): Mr Sebastian Chong (vicepresident, administration): Mr Stephen Tan (secretary); Mr Frankie Tan (treasurer): Mrs Grace Chla (sergeant -at -arms), Mr
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    Local bank computerises accounts
    72 9 Local bank computerises accounts THE Industrial and Commercial Bank has gone online when it computerised the savings accounts in all its seven branches on the island on Monday. The branches are in Shenton Way, Textile Centre, Middle Koad, Serangoon Road, Yio Chu Kang Road, Katong Shopping Centre and Queensway Shopping
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    Amended charge
    58 9 SEAH Kian Hee.22, faced an amended charge in a subordinate court yesterday of causing grievi ous hurt to Mr Kwek Chek Chuan by fracturing his skull with a chopper at Jalan Kwok Mini off Mandai Road on March 11 at about Sam. No plea was taken Seah was
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    Iron gate pins girl to death
    90 10 SKVEN yat oM Mfcootgirl. Tm Ch^MR rkrag, died tar sp*l MlnMr her h*mr la Clavrr A»r- «n I pprr TfcMMMi Koad yesterday wtem a twa-mrtrr Urb lr«a .*rtH «atr Ml m her. I'allrr said Ckoaf hrn% was leaalng acaiaoit thr Rate at a haul
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    Siglap C C courses
    57 10 Siglap C C courses gUp (ommunity centre be holding courses In Sir Oman rookiag. padang curry looking. marramr. rakemakinK .iml King, nekton do. pianica Iron swimming tor adulis and children, social national liamv and mo•tplling c lasws and yoga for women Kurther (JetaiLs are obtainable from the centre, lei *****5
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    Ex-addicts: How we kicked habit ..
    554 10  - Ex-addicts: How we kicked habit IRENE NGOO By SEVERAL young people spoke on television last night of perhaps their greatest triumph in life: Caught in the web of drug addiction, they managed to kick the deadly habit. Their story of heroin addiction, the painful experience of undergoing 'cold turkey" treatment
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    14 10 Hard-core drag addicts .faring "cold turkey" treatment in the DRC. Pictures taken off TV
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    Charity Quest will highlight Sana draw
    147 10 THE Singapore Anti-Narcot-ics Association (Sana) will hold its donation draw on Saturday, at the Sana House Auditorium at 11 a.m. The draw was initiated as part of Sana's effort to raise funds for its Counselling and Rehabilitation Programme. Highlight of Saturday's draw will be
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    How subsidiary here helped firm win award
    331 10 AN English group manufacturing military optical instruments has been given the prestigious Queen's award for industry and it has a Singapore-registered subsidiary company to thank in part for this. The local company, Avimo Singapore, part owned by Singapore Government, contributed substantially to the
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    'MAN USED TO ATTACK PEOPLE AFTER PRAYERS'
    155 10 'MAN USED TO ATTACK PEOPLE AFTER PRAYERS' A FACTORY worker told a coroner's court yesterday that her mechanic husband would usually assault people after his prayers. Madam Low Sow Ching said she and her husband, Mr Ho Gim Kiat, 24, frequently quarrelled over his abnormal behavior. She finally left him
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    MP gets pledge on Kolam Ayer c-centre
    162 10 MP gets pledge on Kolam Ayer c-centre THIRTY-NINE re-appointed citizens consL.ative committee members of Kolam Ayer constituency, last night gave a a pledge to their MP, Mr Sidek bin Saniff. that the 50,000 residents in the constituency will have a community centre built by next year. The chairman of the
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    JTC denies demolition rumours
    85 10 JTC denies demolition rumours THE Jurong Town Corporation has quashed rumours that it is intending to demolish the upper floors of three blocks of flats in Jalan Boon Lay. Worried residents have been contacting the Straits Times and JTC to inquire whether such a move was going to be taken.
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    Service for war dead
    83 10 THE annual Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) Day Dawn Service commemorating the dead of the two countries in all wars will be held at the Kranji War Memorial cemetary today at 6 a.m. The High Commissioners of Australia and New Zealand, representatives of the
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      311 10 POSB giwsyou an added advantage Interest plus tax exemption on all interest earned on savings Come, save A 1 with us L 1 J, M ft SINGAPORE M CD NATIONAL I SAVINGS BANK Swissair has more room instead of more seats. 4 Swissair has taken the decision to have more
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    Scouts, guides launch drive to fight irug abuse
    517 11  -  PAUL JANSEN By THE Singapore Scout and Girl Guides associations have launched a programme to ensure that their members will be prepared to fight the spread of drug abuse. Known as the Anti-Drug Abuse Badge Scheme, the programme aims to make scouts
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    Britain may get repair ship for navy
    251 11  - Britain may get repair ship for navy EDMUND TEO By our London reporter THE British Navy may not call at the naval dockyard in Singapore for services as ften as it has in the past if a plan to order a new maintenance ship to support warships overseas materialises. The
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    Insurance seminar
    43 11 THK Skandia Group will conduct a claims seminar under the auspices of the Singapore Insurance Tr.uninK Centre at the Wing On I .iff Building on Thursday from 9 a.m. The seminar is for insurance executives involved in decisionmaking on large claims
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    New mosque
    39 11 THE chairman of the Mohame dan Memorial Bursary Fund. Mr Syed Ali Redha Alsagoff. will perform the ground-breaking ceremony at the site of the AlMuttaqin Mosque in Avenue 6. Ang Mo Kio on Sunday at 9 a.m.
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    'Shipyard had two ships arrested'
    435 11 Unpaid bills Changed hands THE Court of Appeal heard yesterday that a local shipyard had two ships, said to belong to the same owners, ar- I rested in two countries, during the course of a year in connection with unpaid bills, allegedly owed by one
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    SLF's first grant to mishap man's kin
    124 11 SLF's first grant to mishap man's kin THE Singapore Labour Foundation will for the drat time make a grant to the family of a worker killed in an Industrial accident from the SLF's special industrial accident relief fond set up after the Spj ros disaster. This Is the first time
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    Night tour byCC
    39 11 CAIRNHILL community centre's youth group is organising a night tour to various places including the Jurong Fish Port and Mount Faber on May 19 from 8.30 p.m. to 7 a.m. For further details, please telephone *****7.
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    For anglers
    19 11 KALJ-ANG community centre will hold a deep sea fishing competition off the Southern Islands on May 27.
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    Visitors pay visit to FPPB centre
    311 11 Visitors pay visit to FPPB centre THE visiting five-member Arab League Committee for the United Nations Family Planning Agency (UNFPA) yesterday took stock of some aspects of Singapore's family planning programme to ascertain its funding requirements. The committee, led by Mr Ali Ansari, Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, Qatar,
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    CHANGE OF ADDRESS MUST BE REPORTED
    141 11 HOLDERS of Singapore identity cards are reminded that they must report their change of address within 14 days. The report should be made in person or through a proxy who should be a responsible member of the household. A Home Affairs Ministry statement said
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    Little enthusiasm for Hongkong's antique fair
    268 11 Little enthusiasm for Hongkong's antique fair THE First Annual International Antiques Fair to be held in Hongkong's World Trade Centre from May 16 onwards is likely to have little participation from Singapore. At least two of the six antique dealers who signed on to take part have decided to opt
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    MINISTRY CAMPAIGN AGAINST DISEASES
    88 11 THE opening ceremony of the Ministry of Health's campaign against diseases due to harmful lifestyles will be held at the Singapore Conference Hall on Sept 28. The month-long campaign will include an exhibition, talks, film shows, competitions and distribution of pamphlets. The focus of attention in
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      Lock icon US will take in 40,000: Clark
      258 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The United States will accept at least 40,000 Vietnamese refugees in Malaysia over the next 12 months in an effort to dissuade Malaysian authorities from turning away more refus refugee coordinator Mr Dick Clark said today. He said for South-east Asia
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      41 12 WALDHEIM WARMLY WELCOMED DR WALDHEIM (left) bring IP**** ky Malaytin Farrlga Mlnlxtrr Ahmrd Kitaaaddmi m Ma arrival at Kula Lampar Air part yesterday. Malaysia la Dr Waldkrlm'v flnt leg af aa AaUa tear tkat laelades Calaa aad N*rta Kwea. AP atetwe.
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      Lock icon Drugs Two jailed
      53 12 ROME, Tues A Rome court has sentenced two Malaysians to IS years in prison for drug trafficking. Guan Hock Chow and Chuen Fook Lo. both from Penang. were arrested last Oct 9 at the International airport here after 12 kilos of pure heroin was found hidden in
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      35 12 KANCAR. Tues. The new $9 million Alar Star radio and television station to serve Kedah and Perils is expected to he ready next year, Information Minister Datuk Mohamed Rahrrit said here yesterday. NST.
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      Plan to set up duty free shops in Johore
      410 12 JOHORE BARU, Tues. THE Malaysian Government is seriously considering setting up dutyfree shops here to help local businessmen compete with Singaporeans. Finance Minister Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah was quoted in the New Straits Times as saying the prices of goods in these
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      Lock icon Factories in keen tussle for women
      192 12 PENANG, Tuesday ELECTRONIC factories at the Bayan Lepas free trade zone are competing with one another to offer more fringe benefits to attract women as production workers. T About five factories are looking for more workers to cope with their increased production needs and
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      Lock icon Tlying saucer' sighted, say villagers
      163 12 Tlying saucer' sighted, say villagers BUKIT MERTAJAM, Tues. Several residents of Kampung Pertama here claimed today that an unidentified flying object resembling a flying saucer landed in a padi field near the village last week. A nurse said she was talking with her neighbour at about 7 p.m. last Friday
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      34 12 KUWAIT. Tues. Kuwait said yesterday Malaysia will look after its interests in Cairo now that it has severed political and economic ties with Egypt for signing a peace treaty with Israel. neuter
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      Lock icon Kelantan houses dearer by up to 100 pc
      266 12 Kelantan houses dearer by up to 100 pc KOTA BARU. Mon. It is becoming increasingly difficult to own a house in Kelantan a. costs have rij-en by as much as 100 per cent in the past five years. A type C single storey bungalow which in 1974 cost $38,000 now
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      Lock icon Sonic booms: Govt rapped
      72 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues Thi Malaysian Environmental Proter lion Society has criticised ttx government for not heeding com plaints about sonic booms due t( flights of the supersonic Concorde airliner on the London-Singapore route. Society president Gurmil Singh yesterday said the Minisii > of Transport had yet
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      Wage study urged
      127 12 JOHORE BARU, Tues. The Pulai Kali branch of Umno has urged the government to study the wages o.' factory workers in Malaysia !t an effort to prevent the migration of labour to a neighbouring country, according to the Utusan Zaman newspaper. A proposal approved by the party's
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    Petrochem project: Phillips 'yes' likely
    552 13  - Petrochem project: Phillips 'yes' likely LEE KIM CHEW By PHILLIPS Petroleum's participation in the proposed $2 oillion petrochemical project at Pulau Ayer Merbau is almost a certainty as the US-based company draws nearer to its April 30 deadline for a decision on the investment. Sources said yesterday Phillips has completed
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    Top Singapore team in Tokyo for talks
    178 13 A TOP Singapore team is in Tokyo for important talks with Sumitomo Chemical and other Japanese offical on the project. Business Times reports that the importance of the discussions is underlined by the fact that the Permanent Secretary of the Finance Ministry. Mr
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    SISIR PLAN ON TOY STANDARDS NOW APPROVED
    142 13 SISIR PLAN ON TOY STANDARDS NOW APPROVED THE Singapore Institute of Standards and Industrial Research has approved the 30-page draft standards for the safety requirements for toys. A Sisir spokesman confirmed that the safety guidelines, which deal with the design, packaging, and construction of toys, were passed by the its
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    $700 fine
    45 13 KANCGA Singh, 21. was fined a total of $700 by a district judge yesterday on 10 counts of absenting himself from Vigilante Corps training at the River VaUy Government Chinese Middle School between Aug 2 and Oct 17 last year. He pleaded guilty.
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    Dihane whiffs up disco dances in a jiff
    237 13  - Dihane whiffs up disco dances in a jiff JANIE KHOO By LET her Jut Hstra to ••me 41m» mule m 4, within II mfaMtos, ll-yrar-ald Dlkmae Mm-Al-doses will emm ip with bread sew dteea daacr. The >••■■« d»aeer-cMm-lMtraetr«M fram tfce PklUppiM* hM beta toactig stew the wm three mad kegM
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    FLAGSHIPS VISIT
    72 13 THE USS Tarawa, flagship of Commander Amphibious Squadi on 7 of the United States' Seventh Fleet, will be in Singapore from today till Sunday on a five-day visit. The ship which has 54 offi- cers, 759 men and 1,200 marines, has four operating rooms, an intensive care unit,
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      961 14 or\.0 r y rmMimm!mmwTTW7mmtTTrrrmmvxTi\7* Official opening by Mr Teh 0/^k Cheang Wan, the Honourable Jpjiq| fTTB SL^.'' JMC*" Minister for National V^ v M !>^ E N or c -i# m E ssa GE t m, h rn .h |RMI H m«* Secretory General, *~^Lm Ch^ Ch f W**W **W
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      230 15 Congratulations to NTUC on the official opening of the Ang Mo Kio supermarket Union Carbide Singapore Pte Ltd 9 Hill View Road, Singapore 23. Tel *****7. I lth Floor, Unit 1 108/ 9, Orchard Towers, Orchard Road, Singapore 9. Tel: *****11. CONGRA TULA TIONS BEST WISHES to N.T.U.C. WELCOME SUPERMARKETS
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      260 15 CONGRATULATIONS BEST WISHES to N.T.U.C. WELCOME SUPERMARKETS on the official opening of their ANG MO KIO BRANCH from THE BORNEO CO PTE LTD FOOD BEVERAGE Inchape House, 450/452 Alexandra Road Singapore 5. Tel: 6251 1 1 CONGRATULATIONS BEST WISHES to N.T.U.C. WELCOME SUPERMARKETS on the official opening of their ANG
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      284 15 CONGRATULATIONS TO I NTUC I WELCOME SUPERMARKETS ON THE OPENING OF THEIR J NEW ANG MO KIO BRA NCH. J CONGRA TULA TIONS NTUC WELCOME SUPERMARKETS from üm n 4^^^ I WOH HUP NOODLE HOUSE (PTE) LTD %Kg^£ (FOOO INDUSTRIES) TRADE MARK tc, A c D 9^'F 221 NEW mDC
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    The Straits Times WEDNESDAY,APRIL 25,1979 PRESSING NEED
    363 16 THE Education Ministry is to be congratulated for taking the initiative to improve relations with the media. Starting this Saturday, it will release to the press copies of all unclassified circulars and directives sent to schools .md principals. There will also be weekly
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    LONG STONY ROAD
    362 16 RTS' 52-minute documentary on drug rehabilitation is a rare treat. The Long Road Back takes a close look at the programme to rehabilitate the addict from the time he is put in "cold turkey" to his release under two-year supervision. Even more commendable is the frankness of
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    882 16  -  DAVID WILLIS IN THE last eight years, Moscow has signed nine friendship treaties with key Third World countries. And while the West may regard these articles as mere symbols, the Soviets take a different view. Report from DAVID WILLIS in Moscow. Kremlin sees the
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    Why Moscow chose to ditch Amin
    583 16  -  OEV MURARK A by in Moscow THE Russians are walking on egg shells after the collapse of the Idi Amin regime in Uganda. This report explains why. THE Russians are simultaneously relieved and embarrassed by the toppling of their rogue ally Idi Amin in
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    Russian view of affluence
    552 16  -  LESLEY CHAMBERLAIN By in Moscow THE divert* eaae eastedy flcht was typical: At stake were "eae-thlrd af the televhaaa act, sac aad a-aalf pUlaws aad all the Jam battled darlag eaajagal Ulc. Bach sqaabbles, remarked the afwspaper Savlet Baaata, ware evldeace af tke petty materlaoam avertaUag
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    850 17  - Italy is well policed at least on paper PAUL HOFMANN So many different police forces, they operate at times at cross-purposes By in Rom* ON PAPER, the 57 million Italians are well policed. The combined strength of the law-enforcement and security bodies is close to 250,000. not counting tens of
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      How to attract more men to become teachers
      224 17 IT TOOK the Institute of Education far too long to realise that the sex ratio of teachers in secondary schools had become heavily unbalanced. One look around at our schools years ago would have clearly indicated this outcome. Let me list two
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      For benefit of English literature students
      102 17 THIS is in reply to the letter by "Mugger" (ST April 13). RTS has, for many years, broadcast and telecast plays by Shakespeare for the benefit of students sitting the GCE "O" and "A" Level Literature Paper. This year, the English Service of Radio
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      Temasek is a more propitious name
      120 17 Temasek is a more propitious name THE DBS has named its multi-million dollar project at the old Raffles Institution ground Raffles City. We have already many buildings, places and business firms named after Sir Stamford Raffles. One would have thought that DBS should be more imaginative and bold to choose
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      CLOSING PRICES
      1333 18 THK ia.«i transacted ready sale at the clear of business on the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday compared with the previous days prices together with l»7* high and low Adjusted for scrip/rights issue I SECTION ONI INDUmiAU ai an Acaa m i MT 18- Ateoa 1M ■41 II*
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      346 18 Omiiiii' (rim tar Aw HI The Commerce 2 25 2 39 The Saving Fund 1 33 1 41 Spore Prog Fund 0 98 1 03 Spore Sec Fund 1 83 1 94 Spore Invest Fund 1.30 1 36 Spore Equity Fund 0.J7 lift ASIA fNTT TRl ST (MiMltn
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      BUSINESS DONE (SINGAPORE)
      1366 18 BID and offer prices officially listed and business In and reported to the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday vulh (he number of shares traded shown in brackets In lots of 1.000 units unless otherwise specified All Times Settlement Contracts are quoted after the word "sett" Bib Board
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      KUALA LUMPUR
      1531 18 BID and of :er orlces officially listed and business in and reported to tn« Kuala Lumpur Stork Exchange yesterday with the number of shares traded shown In brackets In lots of 1.000 units unless otherwise specified iNDorruiLft Aca»(2 388i Hull CMS) Ml) Alma (1KB) Ala ■•Mil JOB i
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        Falls
        31 18 Euo Sihn Kiala 4hrll Malakoff Si Steamship M B.nkinn Guinnru Mai Iron MllivawRll 440 «T0 316 270 290 ASS S2S 480 252 -20 -12 -10 -9 -5 -5 -4 ■4
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        35 18 Tuanu D«v Tons Plant Simr Darby K.lwr Mrrlin K L KrponK I' O L Sim l.im <; l.umhrr Pakanc on« Y H 8 279.000 230.000 210.000 83.000 77.000 76.000 S8.000 56.0C0 38.000 33.000
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        51 18 Tg.nu D*v Berjaya Kawal O C B C FAN K L KrponK Dunlop lad V H S ■iitni- Darby Bou.ir.d ran ChoDg r c 4porr Bus 181 200 895 US 281 472 402 332 320 318 316 ?4« 10 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4
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        32 18 BT.Index: Industrials: Finance: Hotels: Properties: Tins: rubbers: O.C.B.C: S.E.S.Ind: Apr 23 Apr 24 2078.82 2112.36 ***** 379.76 676.18 676.37 289.57 289.73 246.80 247.47 182.46 181.66 583.45 583.89 362.65 363.54 343.61 *****
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      136 18 4 1/2% 1/8/80 (250.000) (99.378 99 455) 4 3/4% 15/9/80 (250.000) (99 628 99.708) 5 1/4% 1/3/81 (230,000) 100 188 100.255) 6% 16/4/81 (250.000) (99.628 99.708) 5% T F 1/5/83 (250.000) (100 108 100.2 OS) 6 3/4% TF 16/6/81-84 (250.000) (101 70S) 5% 13/11/84 (250.000) (100
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        H'kong
        330 18 HONGKONG: Stock prices closed lower across the board in very quiet trading yesterday, dealers said. The Hang Seng index feU 4.29 points to close at 530.36 points Dealers said operators were on the sidelines amid concern about local inflation and increased oil prices. HwgkMg Buk closed 10 cents lower
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        437 18 TOKYO: Share prices closed higher in moderate trading yesterday, extending Monday's rally, dealers said. The Dow Jones average rose 18.65 to close at 6,139.17 points, with a volume of 320 million shares. The New Index closed at 448.44, up 1.70 points. Steels led the gain on the Ministry of
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        Stock options
        92 18 STRIKING prices of the options officially listed on the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday, the period, bids and offer prices and business done, if any, with the number of options traded shown in brackets. C«M Storage (June $2.00) (0.3280.425) C C (June $2.60) (0.588 0.685). Hune P E
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        PRODUCE PRICES
        120 18 CHINESE PRODUCE EXCHANGE, SINGAPORE, NOON CLOSING PRICKS PER PICII. ON YESTERDAY: (•mil «U: Bulk $126 sellers, old drum Jl3l sellers, new drum $136 sellers Cfn: MUed (lotMe) UK/Coat $81 00 buyers. Pepper: Muntok ASTA white fob IOP. NLW $327 90 sellers. Sarawak white fob 96. NLW $312 50
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        GOLD
        165 18 GOLD Future* closed sharply high er against Monday's closing levels in very active trading in Singapore yesterday, dealers said. Opening quotations were marked up around US $3 80 in most positions following the overnight firmness in New York and later fluctuated marginally throughout the day Turnover rose sharply to
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        Sydney down
        239 19 SYDNEY, Mon The market (ell bark, erasing yesterday's gains, with the All Ordinaries index down 5.25 points to 564 99. dealers said. Little support from London ahead of the British elections and lack of good company news depressed sentiment, dealers added I I s I P M npol
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        New York gains ground
        247 19 NEW YORK. Mon. The stock narket rose modestly in light trading, assisted by strength in oil shares. Analysts said investors remain divided over the outlook for interest rates following the confusion last week. A Commerce Department report on a sharp fall in durable goods orders was
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        Amsterdam prices higher
        257 19 AMSTERDAM, Mon. Share prices closed tinner over a broad Tront though trading remained (airly quiet, with Unilever 1.70 guilders higher in Dutch internationals, dealers said KNSM rose 0.50 guilder on its resumption of dividend payment. Amfas was unchanged despite higher net profit and dividend. Ahold rose two
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        200 19 ZURICH. Mon The Zurich stork market was closed today. The prices below are from Ibe Basle Stock Exchange where trading was generally steady IIIIVIM, PKIC r Aluiuuv Br 1430 »5 Alusulur Kr« M6 unrh Bri>«n Bovrri Br ISM -5 ciba (teif) Br 1300 unrh ClKa liri«> P C
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        London stock market slightly firmer
        559 19 LONDON. Mon Stock prices closed slightly firmer on balance after a quiet session, dealers said. But at 3pm the Financial Tim»-s index was down 3 1 points to 535 6 Equities finished narrowly higher following light support towards the close after drifting for much of
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        TIN
        122 18 THE STRAITS tin price fell $18 to $1,960 per picul in Penang yesterday on an official offering up 59 tonnes to 240 tonnes. The overnight London market was steady with forward buyers easing £10 to £7,110 per tonne. LONDON: Tin was down £50 for Cash and £60 for Three
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        Closing prices
        30 18 Rubber: April 24 Singapore: May: 281.00 cents (down 4.00 centa) Malaysia: May: 283.50 cents (down 4.75 cents) Tin: $1,960 (down $18) Official offering: 240 tonnes (up 59 tonnes)
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        COPPER
        30 18 LONDON: Copper prices on Monday (previous in brackets). Wlrebar Spot £984 (£984) sellers £984.50 (£985): Three Month buyers £991 (£990). sellers £991.50 (£991) Market tsae: Steady. Sales: 13,600 tonnes
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        RUBBER
        500 18 OPENING prices in the Singapore rubber market yesterday were marked down about 1.25 cents on lower London and Japanese advices, dealers said. Later prices eased further in subsequent trading on lack of support, upcountry and local selling, they said. Forwards, however, were maintained except for July/ Sept 1979. The
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        SSR and SMR
        96 18 NOON SSH *A8 SSR20 v-H MKI.l.H R and SMR pnoH ymunUr mm (C.rr..l Mlkl lltonp^lMI ***** mOON II-UM|mUmI 2taOO 770 00N Jim iKor-.rt) MUl B«y«r. g.U«r. ***** m.OBH 2M.0D *****N SMRCV SMRSL SMRGP SMR 5 SMR 10 SMR20 SMR SO llloa(Mlkl) 280 50 tn SON <i-imiimiimi noso
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      Second-liners in demand
      377 18 SHARE prices rained marginally la light trad- I ing at the Stork ExckMge of Singapore yesterday with the spaUlght aa seiertive storks la the j .•wand sertlao. TrrngKano. Drvrltpmeats stole the show as the m«st active stork af 1 the day with Tttjm Halts traded. Buying support
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      237 18 GENERALLY dull conditions prevailed on the Kuala Lumpur stock market yesterday with prices recovering slightly on light buying interest. The bulk of business was again centred on the current market favourites but volume in these issues remained small. Trengganu Development emerged the most active stock with 314,000 units
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      Money and exchanges
      214 18 THE US dollar opened lower at $2 2030 40 in the Singapore forex market yesterday, compared with $2 2050 60. on Monday Trading was s'eady with the US unit fluctuating narrowly before closing easier at $2 010 20. The US trade figures and CPI for March that
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      NOMINAL RATES
      364 18 INTERBANK rates at 3.00 pm: CuVancia* Nominal ratM Smithaonian Parcantasa quotad yaatarday (croi.)p.r,t» chanoa Local dollars to one nalt of foreign currency: US dollar 2.2010 2.2020 2.8196 -21.94 Sterling pound 4.5535 4.5585 7.3469 -38.02 Australian dollar 2 4285 2.4405 3.4286 -29 17 NZ dollar 2.2940 2.3175 3.4286 -32.94
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      Discount
      45 18 tiANOt of pnca offered by di count houses on April 24: Overnight i C*U deposits 4 Clotu« Byyi.g S.ll,n, t>> 3 month Treasury bills 4 4 3 month Bank bills 7 i 3monthCD 8 6 8 month CD 7 6~» Source: National Diacouol Cc
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      Money market
      43 18 (.losing Interbank rates for Singapore dollars on April 24 Offer Bid Overnight 6 6', 1 month 6 8/16 6 7/18 2 months 611/16 69/16 3 months 613/16 611/ 16 Overnight mode 5'. Swwee: Arttoy ft Pcan*. fer Hlgntly from those quul*
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      Minimum lending rates
      23 18 THE average rate at which Singapore banks are currently prepared to lend to their best customers is 8 per cent.
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      Investors' interest in bank shares on the rise again
      563 19 Investors' interest in bank shares on the rise again AFTER a period of relative dullness, bank shares are again receiving attention The revived interes. in this sector feeds on thr fine results turned in by most of the leading banks and finance houses in Singapore and Malaysia and their inherent
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      Selected Indices
      62 19 FINANCIAL TIMES INDUSTRIALS Monday 536.0 Friday 538/7 Week Ago closed DOW JONES AVERAGE INDUSTRIALS Monday MOIO Friday 856 98 Week ago 860 45 LONDON DOLLAR PREMIUM Monday 55 to 56 Friday MlpM'. H.K.HANG SENG Tuesday 530.36 Monday 534 85 Week ago 535.29 SYDNEY INDUSTRIALS Tuesday 468.19 Monday 78
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      Sime's home coming within five months
      281 19 Sime's home coming within five months SIVK DARBY Holdings expects to change Its domicile to Malaysia In five months' time. The new MklkysUa-inoorpo-r*ted Si me Darby Holding* BerfcMl (SDHB) will then he listed on the stock exchanges of Malaysia, Singapore, Hongkoug and London In December. la an after-hoars mnonaccient on
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      Delay of annual reports, accounts
      153 19 Delay of annual reports, accounts PERAK Carbide and Loytape have applied to the Registrar of Companies for an extension of time for presentation of their 1978 annual reports and accounts, as well as the holding of their annual general meetings. Both companies' last financial year ended on Sept 30, 1978.
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      506 19 SGSATES. an established manufacturer of wide range of semi-conductor products for the electronic industry seeks the services of suitably qualified persons for the following appointments in its Singapore plant PROCESS ENGINEER To take charge of components manufac turmg duties including that of troubleshooting, quality and yield improvement, cost reduction programmes,
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      470 19 KERETAP! TANAH MELAYU TENDER NOTICE Tenders are invited from experienced manufacturers/ supplies for the following Tender for the supply of 132 Units "Bogie Flat and Container Wagons". Tender documents can be obtained at MS3OO/ per set. during normal working hours from The Stores Superintendent, Malayan Railway Administration, P.O. Box No.
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      565 19 SAUDI SABAH PALM OIL CORPORATION SDN. BHD. FACTORY MANAGER Application are Invited from Malaysian citizens for the above post to be stationed in Sandakan. Sabah. Qualification A Experience: Must possess a recognised Degree or Diploma in Chemical or Mechanical Engineering. A minimum of five (5) years' working experience in a
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      4637 20 (I*4) tne^ssmn (IM) Oesw Cere (IS*) L^ki^ F,»«. (1*1) Hn M i| n»n.a I 11 CUDI fIVUCUT (jSS) A...,.5i CntH (IU) Crywel 4 Clan (I*4) L-ye. |W> (IU) ifn,.,,, ceecses II CMrLUTMtN I J^ km MW\ I Heal _M I VHsaV 2) 4l Fan <IMI ►*»>• CWs, |i«0) Sie^TcaaertM with
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      506 20 The Personnel Manager Hewlett Packard Singapore (Pte) Ltd Alexandra Poet Office Box »7 Singapore 3 IMMEDIATE VACANCIES FOR Female Clerk/ Typist Minimum OCE O' Level, credits In English and Mathematics. Knowledge of general office procedures an advantage. Typing minimum speed 30 wpm Please call *****73 for appointment INTERNATIONAL TRADING FIRM
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      565 20 II you meet our requirements lor the various poetttons we cordially invite you to our premises lor a personal mnA confidential discussion leading to possible employment, on Monday to Friday from 9am to 4pm and Saturday from Sent to Ipm If you piefer, you may write in giving a detail
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      1364 21 AT YOUR SERVICE SECTION INDEX &^fe at** a ccinrn mc IE:"!*-- i» s™" 001 0 I A>4i bIJ fJ Mr M MULM A^MLMCw tz n. 'i ISoSf£r PiIHMA 9^B^^B>>>>>^ B^^B^^Bb.* 9«MB W^ •flaafctfl 1^ A-safoe* Service After off** hour, ytt TRAVEL RESTAURANTS CA.T.S. -^ammw^ -«b>w- .v RATES VIII ANNOUNCEMENTS PERSONAL
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      1314 21 II EMPLOYMENT LAD«..CA.YOUOUAL,Y 7 -^^--^-JWa need some matured ladies who REPRESENTATIVES are intereatad m baauty cersar la to work in newly established assist us in out faal growing bust- Company Good remuneration ness glVen to selected applicants. Write in to: c 2 hours per day c $500 per month THE
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      1113 21 II EMPLOYMENT d) Technical INCOM SINGAPORE ABACUS CORPORATION PTE LTD -__-_^i^_ t. Kirn Chuen Terrace l "P*"*"* I mcora *«"9»Pere is an AmeriTet: 3I"ITT can manufacturing plant in Juinvites applications for the fol- rong invohree m high volume lowing posts: production of quality roller 1. FIELD SUPERVISOR chains and control
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      1210 21 II EMPLOYMENT f m^L Ba^ UNITED ENGINEERS ■IpamAA (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD itsClwU urgently requires (a) FABRICATORS/ REPCO MANUFACTURING PTE BOILERMAKERS LTO (b) MARKERS Manuf U .clu?.ng a Company e m W RKJGERS/SL^GERS Jurong requires: (d) GENERAL WORKERS/ GRINDERS DESIGN DRAFTSMAN II Salary range kW (a) 4 (b) Requirements From $1500
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      1149 21 II EMPLOYMENT An American Compan, urgentty CHINESE WAITRESSES WANTED required <"' Coffeehoua. Restaurant. WAREHOUSE STAFF APPiy n Pr S Tf Uy vrr 'am 5 pm at Prince Room RestauCandldales must be physically rant. 2nd Floor, Sc lfuie Complex. fit Selegle Koart Singapore 7 Be able to work overtime ¥£*Z"Z7o»TZZ CK
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      1076 22 N EMPLOYMENT 31 Situations Vacant GODREJ I) C*n*rml rM-r-SPRAY PAINTER CONTRACTOR'S FIRM INVITES sulUMy qualified candidates for f xperlenced In Spray the post of Maintenance and I painting of office equip■union Supervisor Appli- I menl nd ""Har Procanu should <ive full partlcu- JV'"* lan. .-alary expected and con- J" mmijm
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      950 22 II EMPLOYMENT GENERAL CLERK CUM Sales, feI Jwrong Manutac tunng Company male above 20. knowledge of Chlhu vacancies for n(>se English. Book-keeping and working experience, preferably PRODUCTION WORKERS "> building mat*rlal Contact 82A. Jalan Eunos. Tel: *****64 a Transportation pick-up GENERAL HELPERS REOUMED for point, allowance, safety canteen in Woodlands/
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      965 22 II EMPLOYMENT K^^Mc^nci^, H*«H-,i Jt^f^Zg 1) TECHNICIANS a Trade Certificate and/or ITC a At least I 2 years' experlence. preferably In a motor a Knowledge in welding and Pfl Jigs and tools fabrications [H would be an advantage rczfrnifivViTraHl 2) QC INSPECTOR KtwP^Tltiß a Trade Certificate In motor vehicle mechanic
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      898 22 II EMPLOYMENT METALS ORES PTE LTD COMPUTER (A momber ol the Union Car- PROCESSING bfcto Group of CompKiiM) SERVICES PTE LTD 10 Pioneer Road Jurong I rwmbex ol tha Straits Steamship Group Invites applications for the post of requires two STORES TRAINEE CLERK/ COMPUTER ASSISTANT OPERATORS Naqwiramant*-- tc operate the
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      852 22 II EMPLOYMENT I SYaoh.iii VAOHAN SINGAPORE PRIVATE LIMITED I I Ha* |Ob opportunities for those I w, thing lo |OMI us in its Orchard I store. Ketong branch or Thjmson I branch. HOUSE OFFICERS Hr^^jna^^M^H Must be between 25 years llul 4S years of age I Have a Secondary education
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      508 23 II EMPLOYMENT Rl QUIRED ONE OFFICE 1 <\ with II at 31 Situations Vacant "rv.ll H...,d spore It mmm REOUIRED PUMP ATTENDANTS I pIUS I) Generml -tit* Hukit PEST CONTROL TRAINEES wanted immediately REOUtREO (1) LORRY/ IfataH MNlaaf HMtflthly MBtMfy Witti dfi vtnq _t I»•r k v (Chilicence $250. without
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      1138 23 II EMPLOYMENT BBaaV WACOAL INTERNATIONAL Bam CORPORATION BBafa, (Singapore Branch) «oe. 4tfi Floor. _*_V_*/ Tan Boon Lwt BWtg ■TaTaWaaaaWaaaaßßW Oufram Road a^7a^Baf a^^T *i»Han»ri 3 aaa/aBBfaBBV requires the positions of COUNTER SALES GIRL »#s^v«Tl iaW. Singapore CBBBM aWV^ll^P^^k Age 2010 30 Language spoken English. Chinese. Malay I V J I
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      1463 23 J 111 VEHICLES ft BOATS AUGUST '7$ JAOUAR 4 2 XJ6 Automallc. with Factory air41 B<Mlt IOT ClMnar cond radio/cassette. Avon rims etc Low mileage chauffeur a -SB^ aB1 B 1 driven $22,000 0.n.0 Tel *****88 AVAILABLE FOR CHARTER/ Sale piaMlMr William Ho 1 Shallow Draft Cargo Ships *U HONOA
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      1854 23 IN VEHICLES A BOATS I MIAP MOAT CO.. 245 Middle Rd. YOU CAN AFFORO a car on hire*****1 *****1 1978 Honda Ac- purchase terms from Hong 1977 F/Cortlna 16 (Air-con). rest rale Repayment up lo 2 Datsun pick-up. 1976 Toyota years Immediate approval. TeleCorolla 1200. 1975 Flat 124 (Air- phone
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      1822 23 HI VEHICLES ft BOATS I«7J HONOA CIVIC 1200. shoo- I*7* ALFA SPRINT I owtli-r. Urnroom condition, alrcond 1 mileage Bin— d r.1.110 rasaette owner, original paint $10,850 Tax till Aug 1979 Price $30,500 ono *****K3/ *****46 residence on o Tel *****94/5 Albert H73 MAZDA SM Coupe Alrcond ttTS DATSUN IMV.
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      1006 24 IV ACCOMMODATION A PROPERTIES The finest in One-Stop shopping in Bukit Timah 5 minutes of smooth driving from Orchard and Thomson Road Ample car parking facilities Attractive loans available Ready for business soon! Limited prime shops for mhi or lease! Don't wait. Act immediately Ring: *****5/*****51 The 50 Storey INTERN
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      1448 24 IV ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES OIST 11. WATTEN ESTATE fur- THOMSON GREEN 2 1/2-STO"EY nished double-Store) vmidr Semi deU. hed 3SOO sqft with uirhed with 3 bedrooms »pht j Harden 6 rooms, sirronditioned. level hvinK dining I' mted fur n ished Interested ring Humes ***** *****3 *****0 WE HAVE FURNIgMCO Unlur- T
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      1601 24 IV ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES MERLIN PLAZA. NEW hachelur JAPANESE /GERMAN FIRMS reflat, furnished on high floor quire apartments/ houses Panoramic view $1,800 Kor sale Disis y 10 11 21 IS 12 19 $160,000 ono Contact *****01/ company lease *****1 KAMEST ENTERPRISES Licence PANDAN VALLEY. SPLIT-LEVEL Nu ***** are in urgent need
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      1280 24 IV ACCOMMODATION A PROPERTIES DIST HI JALAN MNTANG rift LUCKY HEIGHT J 1/J sturey semicosy double-storey cor ner ter- detached. 4 I bedrooms, new l> race 3 bedrooms servant's renovated, partially furnished, amenities. 2.600 sq ft $105,000 3.800 sq ft Selling $210,000 Tel ono Wess *****4 *****6. Strictly no brokers
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      1407 24 IV ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES MCRLIN PLAZA. MV h lUh.i i bedr.M.med apartmenl lacing cit> tm t_m complete with air -on built-in uplMiards King MM47DK 111 rSI I'l L afei PANOAN VALLEY. Tower Block. 4 ,U l I T 1 W bedrooms, 4 bathriM>ms huill-in ll^L^Q^ ißlAiifl 111 'Vasl cupboards Type I'
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  • IX OBITUARIES
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      140 Acknowledgements
      111 26 The husband. R.chard Lim Bee Mai Sons Hanry Lawrence and Joseph and Daughters Mary Margaret Veronica and Dolly ol the late MOM LOH KIM CHIT aaprass their appreciation and thanks to the pnesls doctors and nurses relatives, friends and colleagues lor their attendance as sislance. condolences donations and
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      141 Condolences
      46 26 CONDOLENCE wish to express our deepest sympathy to the family of the l.ili- MM. SUNNY WONG KINK WOON who passed away peacefully on Monday. April 23 1978 From: The Directors Management 1 Staff I ol JUNONG ENGINEERING WORKS (PTE) LTD. OVERSEA CONTAINERS (PTE) LTD.
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      56 26 m EVER LOVING mrmury <>1 Mrs Sarada Subrahmaniam who departed on ***** A beautiful I life came to an end. She died as i she UveO everyone's friend: Always so true, unselfish and kind, few In this world her equal > to find So loved, so mourned
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      In Ever Loving Memory of our Dear
      44 26 •Mm. Vis»lstch. Srunmugtm Though vsry painful y«ar has passed happy memories of you always remain daap in our hearts Sadly missed by husband, daughlers brothers, sisters brolhers-in law. lister -in-law naphews niacas. uncle, aunties and alt loved
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    IN EVER LOVING MEMORY OF
    51 26 MOM. MARIA SOOSAYAMMAL Kuala Lumpur Departed: 25.3.1979 A wonderful mother called to rest For each of us. she gave her best Her love was great, her heart was kind A better mother none could find Forever treasured by your Beloved children, m-laws. grandchildren. relative* and
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    IN MEMORIAM
    37 26 THE LATE Y.B. WALTER LOH POH KHAN (FORMER MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT FOR SELAYANG) DEPARTED 23-4-75 In loving memory of Walter whom we still missed. From your beloved wife, children staff M S Walter Loh Associates.
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    DEATH
    23 26 V. VISWANATHAN of 71, Block 85. Commonwealth Close passed away whilst in India on 23rd April 1979. Sadly mourned by bereaved family.
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    ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
    80 26 The family of the late Mr. Allan Tay Chin Lock wishes to thank all relatives, frier ds and Christians, especially those of St. Francis' Church, Melaka, Bethel and Segamat AOd. Latter Rain Churches, Presbyterian Churches of Melaka and Kuala Trengganu and Jurong Christian Church, Singapore, for their prayers, donations,
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    In Precious Memory of a Most Beloved Husband & dad.
    103 26 In Precious Memory of a Most Beloved Husband dad. Duluk Soon Chrnc Lronx D.P.M.K.. S.M.K.. K.M.N.. P.J.K.. J.P.. A.M.N., 16.9.1911 M.4.191*. 3 Full mournful years today. my dear Lcong. Your loving memories are forever IrM sured. my love dear. Your bountiful love devotion for us. so rare the sweet lovely
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      673 26 GOVERNMENT OF MALAYSIA PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT PREQUALIFICATION FOR CONTRACT PACKAGE FOR THE DESIGN, SUPPLY, ERECTION AND COMPLETION OF ONE SECOND LINE HANGAR AT R.M.A.F. LABUAN. SABAH PREQUALIFICATION NOTICE 1. The Government of Malaysia invites suitably experienced contractors/suppliers to be prequallfied for a contract package for the Design. Supply. Erection and
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      565 26 I UNITED OVERSEAS BANK GROUP invites applications for suitably qualified candidates for the post of (1) SENIOR MANAGER PROPERTY DIVISION The Job The successful candidate will head the Property Division of the UOB Group He will be responsible for all property matters of the Group including project planning, project management,
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      173 26 REDEVELOPMENT OF KI'ALA 1. 1 MITK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT M BAMi, MALAYSIA REGISTRATION OF CONTRACTORS FOR THE DESIGN, SI'PPLY AND INSTALLATION OF AIRCRAFT JET BLAST FENCES The Government of Malaysia invites experienced contractors who wish to tender lor the above contract to apply lo be registered with the Public Works Department.
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      591 26 MALAYAN RAILWAY TENDER NOTICE The Malayan Railway Administration invites interested firms to submit Tenders for the setting uo and commissioning of a concrete sleeper manufacturing depot at Kluang, Selangor. Full details are available in the tender documents which are obtainable from the Office of the Director of Civil Engineering, Malayan
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      307 26 H-L-H CATERERS SI PPLIERS SDN BERHAD I Members' Voluntary Windlng-upi At the extraordinary general meeting of the members of the abovenamrd company duly convened and held at the office of Messrs X C Teh Co. 1, Jalan Fulasan. Kelang. Selangor on Monday, the 16th day o.' April 1979, the Special
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      133 27 m TENDER NOTICE Tenders are Invited for the supply and delivery of a headllner machine to the Singapore Institute of Standards and Industrial Research (SISIR). Tender documents are available from: SISIR 2nd Floor SISIR Building 179 River Valley Road Singapore 6 from 25th April 1979 upon payment of $50.00 per
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      146 27 Cyde&CarriageLmited (Incorporated In Singapore) Notice is hereby given that shore certificate Nos 1 *****/2 covering 1,000 shores eoch in nome ot Modom Maria Chia Sook Lan ond share certificate No *****9 covering 500 shores in nome of Madam Ton Siok Wan hove been reported lost Notice is also given that
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    Night patrols by VC: 99 pc success against crime
    279 28 Night patrols by VC: 99 pc success against crime THE Vigilante Corps Community Security Force (CSF) scored a record 99 per cent success in its night patrols against crime last year, according to the latest issue of the Vigilante, an organ of the corp. This was the CSF's best achievement
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    CC trip
    33 28 KIM SENG community centre will hold an excursion on Sunday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. to encourage community awareness ana better understanding among residents of Block 33, Taman Ho Swee.
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    Publishers plan to step up local book exports
    309 28  - Publishers plan to step up local book exports ALICE WONG By THE Singapore Book Pub- Ushers' Association will set up a Book Exporters' Council next month to step up local book exports. The council will be open to small indigenous publishers, foreign publishers who set up bases or publishing houses
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    On servicing
    27 28 THE Kreta Ayer Technical Study Centre will hold courses on monochrome TV servicing, sorting on May 15 and colour TV servicing, starting on May 17.
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    Banker: S'pore has edge over MNCs
    301 28  - Banker: S'pore has edge over MNCs SOH TIANG KENG By SINGAPORE industrialists will have the advantage over some Western multinational giants in seizing the opportunties offered by Indonesia's new investment policy. Leading Indonesian banker and financier, Dr J. Panglaykim, who holds this view, has explained that Singapore entrepreneurs, being near
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    $2.4 m land contract was illegal, says QC
    629 28 $2.4 m land contract was illegal, says QC Interpretation A $2.4 MILLION property sale contract which was signed just after the government's change in policy in 1973 limiting the unrestricted purchase of residential land to Singapore citizens only was illegal or not binding, a Queen's Counsel argued in the High
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    Charged with theft at park
    72 28 Charged with theft at park N. RAMAMCHANDRAN, 25, was charged in a subordinate court yesterday with robbing Mr Ng Chwee Kin of his $100 watch and $20 cash at Merlion Park in Collyer Quay last Friday at about 3.45 a.m. The charge also accused him of punching Mr Ng while
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    Charity film premiere
    46 28 A CHARITY film premiere. Ice Castles, will be shown at the Cathay cinema at 9 15 p.m. today in aid of the Singapore Anglican Welfare Council The premiere will be under the patronage of the Bishop of Singapore. Rev Joshua Chiu Ban It.
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    Spot art
    30 28 A CHILDREN'S spot art competition organised by the Bukit Merah community centre's women sub-committee, will be held at the Botanic Gardens on Sunday from 9 am to noon
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      823 28 THE FIRST ALL-U.S./SOUTHEAST ASIA FOR EQUIPMENT, TABLE TOR SUPPLIES DECOR hotel-restaurant management conference april 26-27-28. 1979 W WSL Singapore hyatt hotel Singapore For senior management and purchasing 33k?*$1 m> executives from the hotel, restaurant and '1 'mt institutional market throughout Southeast Asia, -j %r £&L this all -U.S.A. products exhibit
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      138 28 Bringing Up Father By Bill Kavanagh Hal Camp I iLci^y /COURSE- WHl^>| ON HEP I^/ I'D LIKE A '^TuNDER-1 ww l fE r f?^. j\ I'Li- CALL I I /WAktUPy BEXTER STOCK MARKET J STAND, Blondie By Chic Young "C BOSS. I HAVE >| I HAVE A.U.TME DECISIONS Jl I
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      529 29 MAINTENANCE I ENGINEER I (SHIP) I The "DARI LAUT" is a 140 x 40 ft floating private club designed to accommodate members in a relaxed marine environment and to enjoy facilities hitherto unique to South East Asia. To facilitate operations such equipment carried aboard include all the normal ships systems,
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      532 29 POLICE STATION INSPECTOR SHELL invites suitably qualified Singapore citizens to apply for the above position based at Pulau Bukom Refinery Complex. THE JOB involves the general administration of the station, the supervision and training of NCOs, and the provision of assistance to the Officer- In Charge in routine security inspections
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      459 29 Swensen's Ice Cream Restaurant of San Francisco is soon to open in Singapore It will offer the finest selection of ice-cream in Singapore; prepared right in the store, in view of customers Swensen's will also serve complete meals and snacks It will be reminiscent of an old fashioned period that
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      343 29 mm TOBISHIMA CORPORATION One of the leading general contractors in Japan invites applications for the following appointments: A. Site Engineers (Civil). Requirements: Recognised University Degree in Civil Engineering. Minimum 2 years working experience. Holders of Polytechnic Diploma with 5 years working experience may be considered. B. Land Surveyors Requirements: Suitable
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      201 29 BY ORDKR OP THK DIRKCTOR OK LOGISTICS HKCIIWM. DKPARTMKNT MINISTRY OK DEFENCE 1 tM.I IV SINUAPORK AUCTION SAIE Of Brass cartridge-.. Tyres, Batteries, VehlH.-s, Scrap metal. Stores Etc. To be Held ON FRIDAY. 4TH MAY 1979 at 10.30 a.m. at No 58 Market Street VIEWING: 26th, 27th 30th April and
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      Lock icon Israeli team will be given protection
      333 30 Israeli team will be given protection MADRID, Tues SECURITY guards with machine guns will protect the Israeli team at next week's Federation Cup women's team tennis championship here. Israel are among the 32nations who will contest the clay court tournament, with US$llO,OOO ($242,000) in prize money, starting on Monday. Police,
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      Lock icon Aussie football
      214 30 SYDNEY, Tues. Australian football results: Victorias toftftar Footscray 16.13 (109) bt St. Kilii.-i 15.14 (104). Richmond 20.12 (132) bt Fitzroy 16.16 (112). North Melbourne 18.19 (127) bt Collingwood 14.15 (99). South Melbourne 18.10 (118) bt Melbourne 16 15 (111). Hawthorne 18.15 (123) bt Geelong 11.17 (83). Statfe Autrmll*
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      Lock icon No approval on apartheid draft
      77 30 BRUSSELS (Belgium), Tues. The tripartite commission of the International Olympic Committee have failed to approve the draft convention of the United Nations Commission on apartheid after two days of talks here. Discussion of the proposal will reconvene when the Commission next meets in New York,
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      Lock icon Uphill task for Forest in E-Cup semi-final
      405 30 PARIS, Tuesday THE finalists for this year's three major European club competitions will be decided tomorrow when the semi-final, second-leg matches will be played. The ties are certain to be hotly disputed none of the 12 teams still involved took a decisive lead
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      Lock icon Wolves boss injured
      82 30 DKRBY (Kngland), Tues. John Barnwell, manager of Wolverhampton Wanderers football team was seriously injured when his car crashed into a barrier at Allestree, in Derbyshire at dawn yesterday. Later, the former Arsenal, Nottingham Forest, and Sheffield I nited forward underwent an operation for head injuries at the
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      Lock icon Best 'shot' down in flare-up
      214 30 Best 'shot' down in flare-up NEW YORK, Tues. Solid evidence that the soccer boom still grips the New York City area came on Sunday when a record regular season crowd of 72,342 turned out to see the New York Cosmos open at home with a 3-2 victory over the Fort
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      Lock icon England look good to reach last four
      261 30 PARIS, Tues ENGLAND, winners on seven occasions and finalists three times since 1948, face West Germany, Czechoslovakia and Malta in their qualifying group of the European youth football championships in Austria from May 24 to June 2. Though the West Germans and Czechoslovaks
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      Wu Lin, Fu Mei sparkle in workout
      457 30  -  FAIRWAY By IPOH, Tues. WU LIN (Benson Tan) and Fu Mei (Abdul Razak) were the star performers on the track here yesterday. The Keith Danie's-trained pair broke from the 800 metres and matched strides over the last 600m in 36.8 sec. in good
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      BRIEFS
      290 30 LAS VEGAS. Tues. Johan Kriek. of South Africa, upset seventh-seeded Arthur Ashe 6-1. b-3 in the U*****,000 Alan King tennis Classic at Caesar's Palace yesterday In other matches yesterday. No. 2 seed Jimmy Connors had no trouble in defeating Pat Dupre 6-4, 6-3. defending champion Harold Solomon, seeded fifth,
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      Lock icon Kriek upsets No. 7 seed Ashe
      229 30 Kriek upsets No. 7 seed Ashe terday with three goals as Czechoslovakia beat Team Canada liih (4-3, 3-1. 3-2) in the world championships in Moscow. In a later game, Boris Mikhailov, the rugged Soviet captain, scored his 100 th goal in world and Olympic competition as the Russians routed Sweden
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      Lock icon Pele to hold soccer camp
      62 30 NEW YORK. Tues. Retired Brazilian star Pele will help conduct a 10-day soccer camp in Japan this summer, it was announced yesterday. The camp will be the first international venture for Soccer Camps of America, Inc., a subsidiary of the New York Cosmos, the North
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      SUPER-SOMIC SKI-ER
      42 31 HARRY SOMIC, a 29-year-old Australian in water ski-ing action near Ponggol at the weekend. This picture was taken by his future brnther-in-iaw, Richard Gibson, and the reason for publishing it is the best one possible it makes a nice picture...
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      National meet will be a test for the SSRA
      277 31  -  PATRICK BASTIANS By THE national squash championships, in five categories men's, women's, boys under-19, under-16, under 1 1 and veterans will commence on Saturday, and run right up to May 13 in what must be a test in organisation for the
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      Lock icon Kennedy to discuss S. Korean exclusion
      308 31 ink Hi, Tuev (ieorge Kennedy. tee-pr erident •I the I sited Steles Table Tennis Federation, said In I'yangyang yesterday that he would immediately meet Roy Kvans, president of the International I thie tennis Federation, to discass the problem of the exclusion of the South
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      Lock icon Australians join Pakistan, Holland
      361 31 i'hKTH, Tues Australia qualified for the semi-finals when they beat France 3-2 in a (Jroup A match of the world hockey touranment here today. But they had to fight back from a goal down early in the game to score the hard iMrmni win. oven though
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      Lock icon ITTF to meet on visa issue
      225 31 PYONGYANG. Tues. The International Table Tennis Federation will meet here today to decide what to do about South Korea's and Israel's participation in the 35th world table tennis championships. Wuh two days to go before the championships get under >-ay. North Korea, the hosts,
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      Lock icon Selangor BA's two-tier assessment plan flops
      598 31 Method of selecting state trainees hit by poor response and lax attitude KUALA LUMPUR, Tims. THE two-tier assessment system, introduced by the Selangor Badminton Association to provide the fairest possible method of selecting state trainees, has met with poor response. Absenteeism and the lax
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      Lock icon Taiwan's Lu first rookie to win three golf titles
      585 32 Taiwan's Lu first rookie to win three golf titles TOKYO, Tues THE emergence of new stars and bigger prize money were the outstanding features of the 1979 Asian golf circuit which concluded in Japan last weekend. Lv Hsi-Chuen, of Taiwan, was the undoubted hero. becoming the first rookie to win
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      They're amateurs with a professional outlook
      511 32  -  PATRICK BASTIANS By TALK not about the house that Jack built, but the gymnasium that Fok Keng Choy and Sankaran Gawade built at the Queenstown Athletic Centre from an unused storeroom. It took a long time, hours of ingenuity, concocting an entrance fee that
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      Lock icon No place like home
      54 32 BIRMINGHAM 'England). Tues. Alberto Tar.intini is going back to Argentina after just six months in English football. The Argentine World Cup fullback failed to help Birmingham City avoid relegation from the English first division and the financial realities of second division football meant Birmingham could no
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      Lock icon Referee is human and can err...
      344 32  -  S. C. SEKARAN By THAT the referre's decision is always binding has been embodied in the rules of nearly every sport. But the inevitable factor of human error has often prompted wishful thoughts for an alternative system which will provide for a final judgment
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        Let us have more humour
        312 32 IT is heartening to see that there are now more humorous articles on your sports pages particularly your weekly column, From the Sidelines. I thoroughly enjoy Ken Jalleh Jr.'s articles because he brightens your usually dreary pages. I refer to the constant "bickering," as Jalleh
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        It's the reporter's duty
        179 32 SPEAK No Evil. Hear No Evil. See No Evil (Fridays Sportsletter) seems to think he knows everything about sport. He stated that Joe uwdi seemed to be doing the job of a Football Association of Singapore advisor by giving his opinion of some of the national
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      Tan quits and Changi are in a dilemma
      198 32  -  ERNEST FRIDA By STEVEN TAN, 23, has given np as captain of hangl Golf dub and it has thrown the club Into a dilemma. When nominations for office-bearers closed on April 12, there were no nominees for the captaincy because members thought
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      260 32 Chiew Ha beats the 12-m barrier KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Sarawak schoolgirl Lee j Chiew Ha became the first Malaysian woman to take the shot put national mark in over 12 metres yesterday j and all she's got to thank is a year of growing up. As a large, giggly youngster
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      110 32 H INTERNATIONAL B P. PUBLIC AUCTION SALE M M OF IRANIAN PERSIAN, m ROYAL TURKISH AND 1 BOKHARA CARPETS 2 H AND RUGS. 5 J*M An Exceptional Collection of Iranian-Persian, |m Bokhara and Turkish Carpets. Full Range j! •iP/ Assembled for the City of Singapore. All lots are guaranteed. If
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      Lock icon Pahang are still nervous despite win
      234 33  - Pahang are still nervous despite win R. V. VEERA By KUANTAN, Tues. Despite comfortable home wins over Sarawak and Malacca, Pahang Football Association officials are still anxious about their chances of booking a berth in the Malaysia Cup semi-finals. Pahang, after their highpowered display against Singapore when they shattered the
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      Changi 2-1
      28 33 CHANGI beat Pasir Panjang 2-1. and Boon Lay edged ojl Bukil I'anjang 2-1 in the inter-constitu-ency sepak takraw semi-finals at the Gay World Stadium last night
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      More high scores from I-C League?
      277 33  -  PETER SIOW By MORE high scores can be expected from bowlers in the Inter-Centre League, which enters its seventh week at the Jurong Bowl on Sunday. Since the new management took over at Jurong Bowl two months ago. extensive renovations have been made to
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      Japan's KFC are team to beat
      192 33 Japan's KFC are team to beat THE Kawaguchiya Firearms Company, of Japan, will be the team ti beat in Singapore's Pesta Sukan shooting competition in August, reports PETER SIOW. KFC, who will shoot in both the skeet and trap events, have been selected to represent their country by the Japan
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      Occasional support upfront is necessary
      443 33  - Occasional support upf ront is necessary P. FRANCIS Comment. ..By AFTER playing 14 Malaysia Cup soccer matches this season, Singapore have remained on top of the table with a seemingly unassailable 24 points and two games in hand. Their record was achieved with an experimental and relatively young side, under
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      17 33 INTERMEDIATES' skipper Kasmalnl Salva heads the ball away as goalkeeper David Lee (in white) misjudges his dive.
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      54 33 Today's events CANOEING SCF trials. HOCKEY Friendly: Sri Lanka women's team v Spore (Padang5.15). RUGBY National schooUtournament Post-secondary 15-a-side: NJC v SAJC, RI v ACJC 'Dover Road, 3.30 and 5). SOCCER National schools' secondary and lower secondary competitions: St. Patrick's v Mei Chin, Pasir Panjang v St. Patrick's (Jalan Besar
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      104 33 TOP GOAL GETTERS THE leading scorers in the Malaysia Cup soccer competition: IS Hassan Sani (Sabah) It James Wong (Sabah). I Isa Bakar (Penang), Rosmaini Shah (Pahang). 8 Mokhtar Dahari (Selangor). 1 R. Viswanathan (Perak). Dollah Kassim (Singapore), James Yakub (Sarawak). K. Rajagopal (Selangor), Rosli Hussein (Kelentan), Mohamed Nor Botok
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      Hua Yi crash
      62 33 DEFENDING champions Hua Yi crashed to their first defeat in the national schools' girls' secondary badminton championships at Margaret Drive yesterday They were beaten 3-2 by Mount Vernon. Other results: Girls' secondary: Crescent bt Jurong Secondary 4-1; Serangoon Gardens bt Bedok View 4-1. Boys' secondary semi-finals Bukit
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      Lankans held
      44 33 THE Sri Lankan women's hockey team were held to a 1-1 draw by Singapore Recreation Club in a friendly match on the Padang yesterday. Gloria Locke put SRC ahead in the first half and centre-forward Daya Chandani equalised in the second half.
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      Barker will present awards
      290 33 MR. E W. BARKER. Minister for Law and Science and Technology, and president of the Singapore National Olympic Council, will present Certificates of Commendation to sports officials from national sports associations at a ceremony and dinner at the National Stadium Restaurant on Friday week (7.30). The
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      89 33 NEW YORK. Tues The battle for next year's America's Cup. the blue riband of off-shore racing, is already underway Australia. France. Britain and Sweden will be contending for the privilege to challenge the American 12-metre yacht, and the competition to represent the United States will be just
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      Intermediates beaten, but still impress
      336 33 KYUNG HEE 1 INTERMEDIATES SINGAPORE'S intermediate team are capable of pulling oft a few surprises in the Asian Cup soccer tournament in Bangkok next week, reports JOE DORAI. At least this was what they showed in their performance last night against the Kyung Hee University
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      UMW draw
      23 33 PORT Authority of Singapore drew 2-2 with United Motor Works in a friendly soccer match at the Bukit Chermin ground yesterday.
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      The FAS should also guide the youngsters
      336 33 A SAPLING needs support to grow straight and strong. Similarly, a youngster just taking up soccer must also be helped. He must be taught not only the tricks of the game, but must also be disciplined. Soccer is a sport in which a
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    75 34 JAPANESE firing such as this downtown Tokyo baak are making it easy for their workers to sleep on the Job when a crippling transit strike start* tatey. The nationwide stoppage will involve trains, sob ways and many other forms of commuter transport. Some workers will stay
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    205 34 MANILA. Tues About eight million foreigners, currently living and working illegally in the United States, remit about US$4 billion (SSB.7 billion to relatives in their home countries every year, the US ambassador here. Mr Richard Murphy, said today. Speaking at the Rotary
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    80 34 TOKYO, Tues. Middle-aged men wearing new uniforms and caps saw to the needs of (ktssengers in place of stewardesses on Japan Air Lines' flights departing the New i Tokyo International Airport at Narita today. This was because the 2,750member cabin crew union of the national flag
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    40 34 NKW YORK.Tues Dow Jones averages, based on first hour of trading on the New York Stock Exchange: 30 indust 863.74 up 3.64. 20 transp 231.30 up 0.19, 15 ulils 102.60 up 0.27. 65 stocks 293.96 up 0.89. UPI.
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    Late CLASSIFIEDS DEATHS
    75 34 Late CLASSIFIEDS DEATHS MARIA VEO LIA» NEO Mrs Loh Khye Juay) aged 86. passed iw.i> peacefully on 24th April 1979 Cortafi will leave 9 I.orong N. Trlok Kurau I 30 pm on 28/4/79 (or Holy Family Church and thence to Chua Chu Kang Cemetery MRS. JOSEPHINE KLVNE pMMtf IWIJ p.Mi
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    289 34 Viet envoy returns to Beijing BEIJING (PEKING), Tuesday THE Vietnamese Ambassador to China, Mr Nguyen Trong Vinh, returned here today after being absent from the Chinese capital since last November. A Vietnamese source said that Mr Vinh had returned to his post for an undetermined duration and was not expected
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    79 34 SECOND ROUND OF TALKS HANOI, Tues. China and Vietnam are expected to hold their second round of talks here on Thursday, informed sources said today. The first round of negotiations began in Hanoi on April 18 and was characterised by a non-stop war of words between the two sides. The
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    256 34 Air fares talks: Asean will remain firm KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Asean will remain firm in its stand that participation of its airlines in the Australia-Britain route will not affect Australia's low fare scheme, a Malaysian Transport Ministry spokesman said here today. The spokesman said Asean would reaffirm this stand at
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    75 34 WASHINGTON. Tues. Negotiations in Beijing (Peking) between the US and China on a textile agreement have been suspended and will be resumed on May 21, the office of special trade representative Robert Strauss confirmed yesterday. Textile Industry and labour advisers to the US negotiating team said
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    48 34 HONGKONG. Tues. Beijing (Peking) has strongly criticised the privileges accepted by people in high positions as a "disgrace to communists and government officials The criticism came through a commentary published in Beijing's Guangming daily and broadcast by th«- official Xinhua (Hsinhua) news agency today. AFP
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    41 34 WASHINGTON. Tues. US nuclear power stations with reactors of the type that caused the Pennsylvania Three Mile Island radiation scare last month could be temporarily shut down in the next few days, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) said yesterday. AFP.
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    37 34 LONDON. Tues The main British journalists' union last night instructed its members to honour a printers' union picket line at the Times and not to work on the paper's planned new weekly overseas edition. Reuter.
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    137 34 LONDON, Tues. Maximum compensation for oil pollution caused by sea accidents has been increased to C 28.5 million (*****,250,000), a United Nations group said today. The UN inter-governmen-tal maritime consultative organisation (Imco) said a French proposal to increase the amount from 1.19 million was adopted
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        Democratic thoughts in ancient China
        996 1  -  CHENG YING By Quotations ¥Atf Aft^ißtl The old believe everything; the middle-aged suspect everything; the young know everything. Oscar Wilde ['HE passage "Zichan >v hui xiangxiao" (Zi 'nan permits the exist•nce of the district ichool) recorded in the \nnals of Zuo Zuc y Jiunn) clearly
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        Fun With Chinese Characters
        104 1 i 1 Jl Water (?K), a natural source of power, is represented I Mi "%fc by a Piot °Br»Ph of surging waters with a central ■^ss»^ l\ l <6&Bh mainstreams and whirls: A variant form, using /f\ /mm 4 only three dr °Ps <V operates as
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        66 1 7J< shui shuYguo fruit heshuT drink water shufshSu sailor, seaman *"«"9 Mercury 7^m v v shuizoi flood snuito water tower W shufcoi water colour shutym mercury _j^ shuTni cement shuiku reservoir shuiiongtou water tap shuizhengqi steam shufthenhuore (fig)an abyss of suffering shuYxiebutong (fig) very crowded For example,
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        412 1 m i VTIOSII Another home project by PdRK BUKIT 14 Km (9th mile) YioChuKangFtoad. Singapore 2B> sP J\\Al£K lYlts^^ m 4f^m^o^ ssssstW^^m W W^» I f jj Welcome to Mimosa Park. A prime residential aiwol 4 hectares (10.5 acres) among lh« cool. j 13 n»h, green hills of Sdetar where
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      A play that's simple — and hard to produce
      385 2  - A play that's simple and hard to produce LING POON WAH By HELLO and Goodbye, a play that will be staged by the Experimental Theatre Club soon, promises to be both simple and difficult to produce. Technically this will be an easy production. But the unusual nature of the play
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      11 2 Derek Nlmmo and Helen GUI In a scene from the comedy
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      Fun and laughter at breakfast
      196 2 DINNER-theatrm are blooming everywhere. And In the flowering month of May, Shangri-La HoW-l will present Its first playnoose, a London West End comedy, Why Not Stay For Breakfast, tor five performances. Kr»m May M IS, the British Shaw Basteeaa PersMsJlty «f the Year I*7l. Derek
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      Language specialists for two discussions on bilingualism
      362 2  - Language specialists for two discussions on bilingualism BAILYNE SUNG By TEN language specialists, who were delegates at the recent Regional Language Centre seminar on bilingualism, will take part in two television forums on bilingualism. The first, titled What Does Bilingualism Mean? to be telecast tonight at 9.50 over Channel 5,
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      THE RAT RACE WRITER
      193 2 THE Singapore Film Society will present A Thousand Clowns tonight at 8 at the Cultural Centre. This is touching, crazy comedy based on the Broadway hit play, starring Jason Robards and Barbara Harris. Robards plays the role of Murray Burns, an eccentric writer who decides to
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        89 2 [PINE COURT J S*J At the Pine Court, the serving of Peking duck is an art. Done with taste and finesse. f Savour the crispy, golden skin of the duck, coated with sweet sauce and wrapped in y Mandarin pancake. Or other unique Peking delicacies such as baked tench, beggar's
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        1031 2 TV and Radio SINGAPORE 5 3.00 PM Opening and I Love Lucy Oil 7.00 The Muppet Show Wells 7.30 News and Newsreel (Malay) 3.30 ta* Ofek,) iH *J j*<? e o bKMM 3.35 Bonanza Bucket Dog Pie 4.20 Intermission 9.30 News (English) 6.00 Opening and Please Don't Eat the jj.45
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        Lock icon Of frills and feminity
        76 3 FORTIES' look with a difference. It's not a super sophisticated version with dramatic cat and colour. Rather a very chic drew In subdued dove-grey floral printed silk crepe. It has a demur* sort of appeal. Very feminine, too, with its delicate frilled Peter Pan collar and
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        Factors that spell divorce for starry marriages
        646 3  -  S.L.TAN (Conversation?) By SO YOU wish you were married to someone like Robert Redford, Paul Newman or maybe Chin Han or Chin Hsiang Lin. Frankly, I don't know what the latter two look like but my friends, fans of Chinese movies, assure me
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      Tender veal needs careful cooking
      447 3 VEAL, THE meat from young calves, is not well-known in Singapore, but it is very popular in France, Italy, Austria and Hungary. Most people tend to overcook veal and don't know how to treat its delicate texture and flavour. As it is a very dry
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      recipes
      188 3 ossißucm lagredienU: Five Ossi Buchi together weighing about 1 kilo; 2 to 3 tablespoons of olive oil; 1 large onion to be sliced; 1 carrot to be sliced; 2 cloves of garlic to be chopped; 1 level tablespoon of flour: 1 small tin of tomatoes; 1 dessertspoon of tomatoe
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      Spice of Life
      126 3  - Spice of Life Tan Lee Leng fi y 1 LEG: This cut is an expensive joint, but it has plenty of meat. As it is a large joint, the topside is sometimes known as "cushion of veal" and it is cut off for escalopes. LOIN: This prime cut is taken
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