The Straits Times, 14 July 1979

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    14 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 SATURDAY, JULY 14, 1979 25 CENTS M.C.(P) No. 142/1/79
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    Lock icon 18 MONTHS in 'COFFIN' HOLE
    683 1 18 MONTHS in 'COFFIN' HOLE The ordeal of Thich Tri Quang TANJUNG PINANG, Friday VIETNAM'S most famous Buddhist monk, Thich Tri Quang, was turned into a skeleton-like cripple during a year and a half of solitary confinement in a Ho Chi Minh City prison, according to a subordinate who escaped
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  • YOUR WEEKEND READING The Sunday Times
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      THE BOAT PEOPLE OF PLASTIC TOWN
      143 1 REPORTER Paul Wee spent two days and a night among the Vietnam refugees now living on the Malaysian island of Bidong. He brings you an exclusive report, plus dramatic pictures, of what life is like on the island now known as Plastic Town. His
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      THE TOP 10 COURTESY SLOGANS
      126 1 SLOGANS make a campaign so the SINDAY TIMES railed on readers to send In their efforts to add that extra zip to the National Courtesy Campaign. The response was overwhelming more than t,9H entries were received. After sorting through the lot, we came op with
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  • Sunday Nation
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      A LIBRARY FOR THE FICTION READER
      186 1 HOLOCAUST, Roots, Jaws, Airport, Papillon, Bloodliffe, The Odessa File have you ever seen these books in the National Library? TERRY TAN says he hasn't, anyway, whatever the myriad services the library provides. In 15 years of being a library member, rarely has he been
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      DIAL A BABYSITTER
      66 1 THERE are women who'd love to spend time with children but Mho are forced to pass lonely hours at home because they don't know whom to babysit for. And there are couples who desperately need babysitters but who don't know where to get them. In Tpoh, the
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      OTHER HIGHLIGHTS
      32 1 The kissing way to tooth decay Barbecue parties that would make some eat their hearts out The Roots column resumes with Hsiao-shuang taking a look at the birth of China
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      IN SPORTS NATION
      45 1 ALFRED TONG assesses Bjorn Burg's achievement and compares him with Rod Layer The Saints Met their sights on the Asian School* rugby title. BRIAN MILLER talks to golfer David Milne who will be off to play In the Australian circuit in September
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    Lock icon Crash cause
    36 1 JAKARTA, Fri. Bad weather and low clouds probably were responsible for the crash of a Garuda domestic airliner into a mountain, killing all 61 people on board. Communirations Minister Rusmin Nuryadian said today UPI.
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    Lock icon 20 pc cut
    38 1 TOKYO. Fri. Tokyo's water supply will be cut by 20 per xent next week because a lack of rain has reduced the city's reserves to half their normal level, a city official said today UPI
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    Lock icon Biggest chunk of Skylab
    64 1 THIS cylindrical chunk •>f wreckage is claimed to be the largest piece of Skylab recovered so far. Its Under* Peter Keiphs (left) and friends pose proudly with the space Junk In Kalgoorlle, frM km east of Perth. The town council rolled oat the red carpet to
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    Civil servants to get $32 plus 2.5 pc
    556 1 CIVIL servants, except those in the superscale and equivalent grades, will get $32 plus 2.5 per cent salary increases, subject to a minimum of 7 per cent, under the National Wages Council I guidelines. A Finance Ministry spokesman said the increases will
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    Lock icon DESAI FACES YET ANOTHER CRISIS
    96 1 NEW DELHI, Fri. The embattled government of Prime Minister Morarii Desai faced another crisis yesterday as the capital city went without water for the second consecutive day. More than 10,000 workers of the Delhi water system walked out of their jobs on Wednesday night demanding
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    Lock icon Guerillas seize Egyptian embassy
    463 1 Guerillas seize Egyptian embassy 14 PEOPLE KILLED, SAYS HOSTAGE ANKARA, Friday PALESTINIAN guerillas seized the Egyptian Embassy today and Turkish Radio said there were many people dead inside the building. Egypt said immediately that it had agreed to a Turkish request to storm the embassy, but cautioned that the move
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    SIA to fly to China by end of year
    300 1 SINGAPORE Airlines will start twice weekly passenger services to Guangchou and Beijing before the end of the year. This follows an agreement signed yesterday betweeen SIA and the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC), the Chinese flag carrier. SIA will use
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    Lock icon BAN OFF
    29 1 WASHINGTON, Krl The IS Federal Aviation Administration announced today the immediate lifting of its June order grounding all 138 IX 11b registered in the United States. Reuter.
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    Lock icon The hungry burglar
    36 1 LCNGMEADOW (Massachusetts), Fri. Police in this affluent Springfield suburb are looking for a hungry burglar who enters homes while residents are sleeping. He lakes money or silver and then raids the refrigerator. AP.
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      139 1 LAWYER CHARGED WITH $18,000 CBT Page 9 REFI OEKS must ork to earn their keep 3 PRO-SOVIET WKhan army crumbling 4 STRIKING government workers •■an now be sacked 5 INTERVIEW with Irish rebel: BBC attacked REFT GEE crisis needs political solution, says Bonn MP 7 KIOSKS to stay open this
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  • AROUND THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Burning issue
      86 3 HOCSKWIFK Fay Funnel standing bark in London '> Oxford Street on Thursday as she matched a mink coat she had just bought go up in flames. Mrs Funnel, 36, had been queuing for hours for hours to buy the coat, one of the top bargains in a store's
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      Lock icon Beauty pulls out after threats
      129 3 PERTH. Fri. Miss i Nicaragua. Patricia Pine- j da Chamorro, pulled out of the 1979 Miss Universe pageant today following iloath threats to her parents in Managua. A pageant spokesman said the 20-year-old beauty had received phone calls from her parents in Managua saying rebel
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      31 3 EAST BERLIN. Fri. Zambian Defence Minister Grey Zulu, at present on an official visit to East Germany, yesterday watched military demonstrations by East German missile and artillery regiments. Reuter
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      Lock icon Holbrooke: Hanoi's policies must be shown up
      247 3 Holbrooke: Hanoi's policies must be shown up WASHINGTON, Fri. It should be made unmistakably clear to the world th»t the policies and conditions in Vietnam were the cause of the refugee problem, US assistant ccretary of State Richard Holbrooke said yesterday. Testifying to a Senate foreign relations sabcommittee, Mr Holbrooke
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      Lock icon Refugees must work to earn their keep
      405 3 Refugees must work to earn their keep Able ones to start work in UNHCR plan to cut costs HONGKONG, Friday ALL ABLE Vietnamese refugees will be required to work next month for their own keep in Hongkong, a United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) spokesman said today. The spokesman
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      Lock icon Ties may be marred, warns Denmark
      293 3 Ties may be marred, warns Denmark COPENHAGEN. Fri. In a personal telegram to Vietnamese Premier Pham Van Dong, Danish Prime Minister Anker Joergensen yesterday expressed concern over the growing outflow of refugees from Vietnam and said this traffic could hamper relations between the two nations. In a message released by
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      Lock icon Missile tests
      28 3 WASHINGTON, Fri. The State Department announced yesterday it would begin next week a series of 20 test flights of air-ground cruise missiles over US territory. AFP
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      Lock icon Wheels of science
      105 3 LONDON.Fri. How do scientists work? It was explained this way by Derrick Ovington, an Australian scientist attending the International Whaling Commission's annual session: He was replying to a question by delegates on whether a South African suggestion for a three-year ban on whaling would be practicable. "No,"
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      Lock icon 309 Viets killed, say Khmers
      107 3 309 Viets killed, say Khmers BANGKOK. Fri. A total of 309 Vietnamese soldiers were killed between June 15 and July 8 in a series of clashes in Kampuchea, the Khmer Rouge radio reported today. The radio, believed to be broadcasting from southern China, said the fighting occurred in the provinces
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      464 3 I CARPETS INDUSTRY GENERAL MANAGER Around $60,000 per annum plus car Isfl The Singapore subsidiary of a progressive international group involved in the manufacture and marketing of a well-known range of carpets, is seeking the services of a high calibre exe■an cutive to fill this important position The successful candidate
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      860 3 CAREER POSITIONS I IN ELECTRONIC INDUSTRY Our client, the Singapore subsidiary of a large and well-established international conglomerate engaged in the electro-mechanical technology and export industry has, two openings for suitably qualified executives These positions have resulted from the company's expansion programme to manufacture a wide range of sophisticated consumer
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      Lock icon Pro-Soviet Afghan army crumbling
      471 4 Pro-Soviet Afghan army crumbling WASHINGTON, Fri AFGHANISTAN'S proSoviet army of 100,000 is gradually crumbling under pressure from anti-communist rebels in all the country's 28 provinces. United States officials who specialise in Afghan affairs said privately this week that they see the spreading combat as "a war of I mutual exhaustion"
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      Lock icon Shootout with kidnappers
      79 4 PARIS. Fri. French police fought a street gunbattle with suspected kidnappers today as they tried to collect a six million .'ranc (553.05 million) ransom. The shoot-out came after police tailed Michel Lelievre. son of a wealthy businessman abducted three weeks ago, to a rendezvous point in a
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      Lock icon Poor record of Janata blamed
      271 4 NEW DELHI, Friday FAILURE to solve the nation's economic problems and a growing inability to keep law and order are among the main reasons for the serious political crisis that is threatening Prime Minister Morarji Desai's Janata Government Economic analysts today noted that the 27month
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      In Other words...
      24 4 In Other words... The joke which made the rounds in New Delhi the past few days was which would disintegrate first Skylab or Janata?
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      Lock icon A royal friend
      55 4 Britain's Prince Charles strolling in Codwray Park with divorcee Jane Ward before a polo match on Wednesday. According to British newspaper reports, the couple has been meeting regularly. Jane, 23, has been acting as assistant manager of the Guards Polo Clnb, which is located a few kilometres
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      Lock icon 160 vehicles destroyed in fierce tunnel blaze
      197 4 160 vehicles destroyed in fierce tunnel blaze SHIZUOKA, Fri— About 150 abandoned trucks and cars continued to burn ini side a tunnel near here today on the Tokyo-Na- goya Highway, after a multiple car collision last j night sparked off a fire, killing six people and seriI ously injuring three
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      Lock icon Russian seized
      62 4 Russian seized MOSCOW, Fri. Soviet militia men seized a 50-year-old Russian as he tried to enter the US Embassy yesterday. An embassy spokesman confirmed the incident had taken place in front of the 10storey embassy on Tchaikovsky Street, but said US officials did not know who the Russian was or
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      417 4 I U. S. MULTINATIONAL COMPANY GENERAL MANAGER MALAYSIA Around M 565,000 per annum (basic) plus excellent benefit package A major U.S.multi- national company, specialising in fast-moving consumer products, is looking for a General Manager to be Chief Executive of its Malaysian operations and to spearhead an exciting growth plan aimed
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  • AROUND THE WORLD 3
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      Lock icon PanrAfrican defence force plan shelved
      130 5 PanrAfrican defence force plan shelved MONROVIA, Fri. African states toe"ay shelved for the time being a plan to set up a pan-African defence forcr to police trouble spots en the con inent. African leacers, alarmed by the wars raging there, called last year for a standby force which could be
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      Lock icon Meet the champ
      64 5 NO, not the boxing type. In a way, one ean sav he's a paper tiger, having collected a record 314 tickets for traffic violations in Chicago, which totalled ISM2,8M. He was fined «,28« 10 per cent of the sum of the penalties. And Lawrence Dawson (above), 35,
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      Lock icon Striking govt workers can now be sacked
      351 5 CANBERRA, Friday PRIME MINISTER Malcolm Fraser proclaimed legislation here today empowering the government to sack striking civil servants. Mr Fraser took the action to try to end a onemonth maintenance ban by 26,000 telecommunications technicians which has cut the country's telephone and telex
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      Lock icon Too durable, that's why Skylab hit Australia
      237 5 WASHINGTON, Friday THE reason Skylab fell on Australia was that the six-year-old space laboratory proved more durable than expected, space engineers said today. Hours before it fell, space engineers sent a final command to the craft to set it tumbling. This was to
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      Lock icon Journey of hope
      92 5 PERTH. Fri. A 17i YEAR-OLD Western Aus- tralian lad left for San Francisco today with a toothbrush, a change of i clothes and several pieces of what he hopes are pieces of Skylab. If Mr Stan Thornton's charcoal-like fragments prove to be from the US space station
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      Lock icon Overnight: A black and red mermaid
      103 5 Overnight: A black and red mermaid COPENHAGEN, Fri. Copenhagen's famous mermaid, whose shapely figure rising out of the waters of the harbour here is known all over the world, was sprayed with black and red paint overnight. It is not the first time that the mermaid a major tourist attraction
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      Lock icon Reds ready for talks
      95 5 VIENNA, Fri. The Warsaw Pact is ready to discuss with tho North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato) control measures to verify the dis- bandment of Soviet army units from the "reduction zone," a Warsaw Pact spokesman said here yesterday. He made the offer during the 210 th
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      Lock icon NIXON CALLS ON OLD FRIEND IN MEXICO
      108 5 NIXON CALLS ON OLD FRIEND IN MEXICO MEXICO CITY, Fri. Former IS President Richard Nixon arrived today on a visit to his friend of 25 years, the Shah of Iran, and attacked the Carter ad ministration 'shandlinn of the Iran crisis. "You don't remove a friend's skids," he said, "If
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      Lock icon Accord to boost Asean news flow signed
      125 5 Accord to boost Asean news flow signed MANILA, Fri. Four na- tional news agencies of Asean today signed an agreement to improve the flow of news. The signing by representatives of the official Philippines News Agency, Indonesia's Antara, Malaysia's Bernama and j the Thai News Agency I ended a week
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      346 5 FINE ART TT COMMENCING IN <4P AUGUST 79 DIRECTOR: MR. TAN CHOO KUAN (Artist, senior professional art Instructor*: (ifJß^f AN PING CHIANG (Artist, professional designer) MR. GOG SING HOOI (Artist professional art teacher) MR. TAN KEE SEX (Artist, Gallery proprietor) MR. TAN KIAN POR (Artist, Gallery proprietor) MR. ONG KIM
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      Lock icon Interview with Irish rebel: BBC attacked
      264 6 Govt threatens legal action LONDON, Friday THE British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has come under severe government attack and threat of legal action for televising an interview with a member of a small leftwing Irish guerilla group which claims responsibility for assassinating a prominent Conservative
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      Lock icon Shell tops earnings tally with US$2.2 b
      164 6 NEW YORK, Fri. The Royal Dutch-Shell group of companies, the international oil concern, earned US$2.2 billion (about 554.75 billion) last year, making it the top money earner outside the United States, according to Business Week magazine. Sales of the Dutch-Brit-ish oil group totalled
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      Lock icon Murder of Mafia boss sets off power struggle
      226 6 Murder of Mafia boss sets off power struggle NEW YORK, Fri. Mafia bass Carmine "IJIIo" GaUnte was killed In a five-second barrage of gnnflre which has almost certainly triggered a fresh power struggle In New York's underworld. I 'o lice say at least three top mobsters could already be plotting
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      Lock icon New chief
      43 6 GEORGETOWN i Guyana) Fri. Guyana yesterday replaced its army chief of staff. Brig. Carcula Price following a raid by armed and masked saboteurs who burned down the three-storey National Development Ministry and a building owned by the staterun sugar corporation AFP.
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      'Give short, sharp and shock penalties'
      280 6  - 'Give short, sharp and shock penalties' EDMUND TEO By Our London reporter A BRITISH minister of state has suggested that youngsters who break the law should receive short, sharp, shock sentences for their offences. Mr Leon Brittan, Minister of State (Home Office), said the government believed there is a veryreal
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      US strike force plan irks Gulf states
      189 6 US strike force plan irks Gulf states WASHINGTON, Fri. —I Saudi Arabia and some i other Persian Gulf nations j have complained privately to the Carter Administration about reported US contingency plans to seize their oil fields, officials said here yesterday. Though the State Department has repeatedly said that US
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      Lock icon Price of prosperity
      68 6 TOKYO, Fri. Juvenile delinquency in Japan reached its highest level on record last year, due mainly to the nation's postwar prosperiiy and an erosion of social values, a National Police Agency White Paper said today. Last year, nearly 14 out of every 1,000 people aged under 19
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        72 6 SAPPORO: More than om out of every five Japanesi postmen on motor-cycle are suffefing from key naud's disease, a vascula disorder caused by vibra tion that may result ii paralysis of the fingers. This was reported to thi annual convention of thi Japan Postal Worker Union
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        Lock icon Wife-beating debate
        51 6 NAIROBI: Kenyan Parliamentarians have attacked a draft bill which would toibid men beating their wives and give women the right to decide if their hjs bands may take a second wife. One MP. Mr Kimunai Soi, said it was very African to teach women manners by heating them.
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        70 6 COPENHAGEN: Danes are buying considerably •ess pornography today thd.r. »en years .igo when sales wore Crrt liberalised, but Danish porn p. Jducttoo 95 per cent of vhich is exported remains high. This is the essence of report issued by Mr Berl Kutchinsky of the Danish
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        Lock icon 'Home sweat home' fever
        58 6 HONGKONG: Certain counties in China have developed home-building fever, neglecting other important jobs, a reader of Beijing's official newspaper complains. In his county alone, more than 30 cars and tractors are mobilised every day for private home building for officials, machine factory worker' Xu Pusheng said
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      43 6 NOW at Singapore's No. 1 photographic specialty store UlnimW Sales Service m > jMf 87-89 Lower Couno Floor Lucky Piazi iSide 'I J Entrance Facing Mandarin Molen Orchard Hoad LL-W Singapore 9 Tel *****5 *****8 *****1 pi'a!!* The largest photograohic store m Sinoaoore *WWBw
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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      164 6 Straits Times Crossword ACROSS race out without one (9) 1 om .who searches a gambler 7 Z 4 To render a column (7.8). 8 l ge treal e a CT 13 Compound a heavenly body (7. (n mUe§ Qver 22 k' Jemulous gleam near to th w »> Ivor ot
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    Bank's petition against director put off by week
    283 7 A PETITION by United Malayan Banking Corporation Bhd seeking bankruptcy orders against Mr Lim Cher Kneng, a company director, over an unpaid judgment sum stated in the petition to be $310,910 came up for hearing before the High Court yesterday. But his
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    Martial arts for kids
    46 7 THE YMCA will hold a martial arts (Aikidoi course for children between six and 12 years old. The course will be held every Sunday from 11 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. The fee is $5 a month. For registration and enquiries. ins *****8
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    $lm debts surprise judge
    158 7 MR Justice Sinnathuray yesterday expressed surprise that a local company, subject of a windingup petition, has in its comparative short history become insolvent with debts of more than $1 million. The company is Singapore Pc Pte Ltd, of Kallang Bahru. which was in the plastic products
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    Refugee crisis needs political solution, says Bonn MP
    375 7 A POLITICAL solution must be found to the Vietnamese refugee crisis apart from the humanitarian aspects of the problem, a West German Christian Democrat MP, Dr Princ Wittgenstein, said yesterday. A member of the West German inter-parliamentarian delegation, which is on the
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      444 7 SINUAPORKSYMPHO- TF.SY EXHIBITION at NY ORCHESTRA in con- Outram Park community cert at Conference Hall centre from 3 p.m. to 10 today and tomorrow at p.m. On till Monday. 8.15 p.m. Tickets: $3, $5 THE WORK OF FRKI and $8. OTTO AND HIS TEAMS BALI AND THE PEAS- an exhibition
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    Inner Wheel officials
    66 8 MRS Nisha J.M. Jumabhoy has been elected president of the Inner Wheel Club of Singapore. Other officials are Mrs Meera Datta and Mrs Kanak Mehta (vice-presidents), Mrs Rama Dcvi Prasad (secretary) and Mrs Anne Wee (treasurer). Committee members: Mrs Cecilia Nayar. Dr Chan Tuck Kin. Mrs Miranda
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    Meeting next week on Sunday-closing Kiosks to stay open this weekend
    296 8  - Meeting next week on Sunday-closing Kiosks to stay open this weekend NGIAM TONG HAI By PETROL kiosks will remain open tomorrow. Whether dealers will close their stations on Sundays will be decided after a meeting next week. The president of the Federation of Singapore Petroleum Dealers Associations, Mr Lim Kay
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    School to mark 25th year
    71 8 School to mark 25th year THE senior Minister of State (Education), Mr Chai Chong Vii, will be guest-of-honour at the 25th anniversary celebrations of Princess Elizabeth Estate School next Saturday at 7.30 p.m. Also present at the celebrations will be past teachers and former pupils of the school, parents and
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    Photo society to hold sessions
    87 8 THE Royal Photographic Society (RPS) will hold its distinction sessions at the World Photographic Congress and Exhibition at Mandarin Hotel from March 15 to 21 next year. Organised by ITF Pte Ltd., a subsidiary of the Industrial and Trade Fairs International Limited (UK), the sessions
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    MODEL OF $1.5b CHANGI AIRPORT
    147 8 MODEL OF $1.5 b CHANGI AIRPORT A MODEL of the 1,K3 hectare Changl International Airport complex when It will be completed In two years' time at an estimated cost of $1.3 billion. Equipped with two runways of 4,Mt metres and 3,355 metres long and modem passenger and alrcargo services, the
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    Picking the most courteous worker
    164 8 MEMBERS of the public and community leaders who are in touch with community centre workers will be asked to nominate staff for the most courteous staff competition. Candidates for the contest, organised by the People's Association Staff Cub, will be assessed on these criteria: contact
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    Aged home
    26 8 THE MP for Whampoa. Dr Augustine Tan. will open the Methodist Home for the Aged at Block 75. Whampoa Drive, today at 4.30 p.m.
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    WORK ON BRIDGE
    44 8 THE section of Upper Ayer Rajah from Jurong Town Hall Road to Clementi Road will be closed to traffic from midnight tonight to 5 a.m. tomorrow. This is to enable the Public Works Department to set up a pedestrian overhead bridge.
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    MS VISITS: NOW ITS AFTER TWO WEEKS
    142 8 MS VISITS: NOW ITS AFTER TWO WEEKS PARENTS and friends of National Servicemen who are staying in-camp on their first enlistment can visit them from the second weekend of their training. Unlike previously when NS men had to stay incamp for four weeks, the period of compulsory confinement has been
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    Prevention of road accidents better than punishment
    159 8 PREVENTION of road accidents is better than punishment of traffic offenders, the Minister of Trade and Industry, Mr Goh Chok Tong, said last night. "We must teach the people the meaning of road safety and what they must do or must not do
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    Bailor: I didn't tell police I had contact with suspect
    618 8 Bailor: I didn't tell police I had contact with suspect A BAILOR for a missing millionaire wanted by police in connection with a $2.8 million criminal breach of trust case, denied yesterday that he or his family told police they were in touch with the suspect, who was a "frightened
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    Spot art
    43 8 THE MP for Changi. Mr Teo Chong Tee, will give away prizs at the prize presentation Ceremony of the "Make Courtesy Our Way Of Life" children spot colouring competition organised by the Changi community centre's women sub-committee tomorrow at 9 a.m.
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    Lawyer claims trial to CBT charges
    166 9 A LAW'VKK, Robert Yoong Weriß Ho, 32, claimed trial in a district court yesterday to three charges of criminal breach of trust of a total of $18,534.10 belonging to his clients. Yoong, of If/l Robert W H Yoong, was alleged to have committed the
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    S'pore-JB bus fares to go up?
    81 9 THE Singapore- Johore Express Service is applying to raise its fares following the rise in diesel prices and the new NWC wage increases. The company is applying to the Registry of Vehicles for approval to increase the fares from 80 cents to $1 for
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    Surgery exam in November
    63 9 THE Royal Australasian College of" Surgeons Part II examination in general surgery in South-east Asia will be held here tentatively on Nov 15 (written) and Nov 16 (orals and clinicals). Applications for admission to these examinations should be sent to the Secretary, Royal Australasian College of
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    Amok brings traffic to standstill
    161 9 HEADS turned and traffic came to a standstill along busy Killiney Road yesterday as a man ran amok and smashed three traffic lights. The proprietor of St-ng Wah Coffee Shop, at the corner of Eber Road, said the man. his former employee, first created trouble
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    Style of wage talks: Call for review
    448 9 THE secretary-general of the National Trades Union Congress, Mr Lim Chee Onn, said last night Singapore will need to review its present style of wage negotiations as it makes the transition to a high-technology economy. He disclosed that the MTUC industrial affairs council
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    Chief guest
    31 9 THE Senior Minister of State (Prime Minister's Office), Mr Lee Khoon Choy. will be the euest-of-honour at the Traditional Japanese Festivals at the Japanese Garden tomorrow at 9 a.m.
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    Market tour
    31 9 THE Communications Minister and MP for Kirn Keat. Mr Ong Teng Cheong. will tour markets in his constituency in conjunction with the National Courtesy Campaign tomorrow at 8.30 a.m.
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    Upgrade now or lose the edge: Dr Toh
    639 10 Need for long range strategy HEALTH MINISTER' Dr Toh Chin Chye warned yesterday that unless Singapore promotes the technological level of its own industries through research and development, the country will be like the proverbial hare overtaken by the tortoise. The strategy
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    'Tap talent in the public sector'
    299 10 IN the next decade, Singapore will have U hulld an environment for research cooperation between government and university, government and industry, and industry and university, said Dr R. S. Bhathal, secretary of the Singapore National Academy of Science, yesterday. "All these areas will have
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    SUPPLY OF TRAINED MEN VITAL
    134 10 SUPPLY OF TRAINED MEN VITAL PROFESSOR Ang Kok Peng, president of the Singapore National Academy of Science, said in his opening address, it is essential that Singapore universities continue to provide a sufficient supply of well-trained personnel to increase the momentum of industrial development. He said a system could be
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    Charged on 2 counts of CBT
    80 10 Charged on 2 counts of CBT MOHD Abdul Kader bin Mohd Yunoos, 38, was charged in a district court yesterday on two counts of criminal breach of trust of a total of $338 belonging to Gellatly Han key Marine Service International Pte Ltd in Fullerton Building. Mohd Abdul Kader. a
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    'Full benefit of research studies not reaped yet'
    568 10 THE full benefit of a lot of applied research work by engineers in the public sector has not been realised because the studies often go undocumented and unpublished, the director of Public Works, Mr Yap Neng Chew, said yesterday. He also proposed
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      265 10 The watch that lasts a lifetime takes a year to make It takes Rolex craftsmen a year to make each Rolex. They start with a solid block of 18ct gold or surgical stainless steel and by 162 separate operations, they turn it into a seamless Oyster case. Into this impervious
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    Soldier felt he was victim of fate
    281 11  - Soldier felt he was victim of fate LEONG SIEW HON By A PROVOST nvestigator railed himself "a victim of fate" in a note to hi> Kir If fiend beforr his fatal fall into the >ea off II ford Pier. Police Iiiunl the boily nl SAK Sergeant Hwang Shin Keong. 28,
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    Group to stage play
    53 11 ONE or the oldest local theatre groups. Theatre World Association, will stage a play. The Circle of Chalk which dramatises the life of a wealthy, ancient Chinese family. Those interested can contact the club at No 9. Balmoral Road, on Sundays between 4 p.m and 7
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    Danger in this bilingual tack for children so very young
    526 11 Danger in this bilingual tack for children so very young DUAL language instruction at day care centres run by the People's Association for children of working parents on the basis of alternate days for English and Mandarin has inherent dangers, especially for the very young. This warning comes from two
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    Lee back from trip
    63 11 THE Prime Minister Mr Lee Kuan Yew, Mrs Lee and the Senior Minister of State (Foreign Affairs), Mr S. Dhanabalan, returned yesterday after attending the wedding of the fifth sister of Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei. The marriage of Princess Amal Nasibah and Pengiran Kamarulzaman, a
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    FISHERMAN FOUND DEAD MAN ON KELONG
    147 11 FISHERMAN FOUND DEAD MAN ON KELONG A FISHERMAN told a coroner's inquiry yesterday that he found kelong owner's son dead on a kelong off Serangoon River when he went there to deliver ice. Mr Tan Kwang Hua of Toa Payoh testified that on the morning of May 2 this year,
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    15 pc margin
    42 11 THE president of the Singapore Contractors Association, Mr Lim Kong Eng, said Filipino contractors were given 15 per cent preferential margin under the "flag clause", not 50 per cent as reported in yesterday's Straits Times. The error is regretted.
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    On English
    29 11 THE Orchard Road YMCA will hold a three-month English for beginners course at its premises from Aug 6. Fee is S4O tor members and $45 for others.
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    Warning on misuse of textbooks
    306 11 TWO lecturers from the Institute of Education J have pointed out some dangers of misusing and over-using textbooks in the classroom. Mr Christopher Fry and" Miss Marianne Mercer give the warning in an article on The Role and the Use of Textbooks as a Vehicle
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      250 11 Bringing Up Father By Bill Kavanagh Hal Camp I WIVES ARE REBELLING I I Y OH YOU'RE. I DASLINO, YOU'RE ITS SO DULL HERE WITH AGAINST HUSBANDS/ I WATCHMG A A DEAR WE'LL M,4©<3lE OUT V'SlTlN©/ l| THEY WANT THEM TD £Slaß > WO/MfcN'S LIB PIPE THE MAID/ suess ill
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    PSA sets up unit to advise users
    125 12 PSA sets up unit to advise users THE Port of Singapore Authority has set up a trade promotions unit to publicise Singapore as a regional distribution centre. The unit, which is part of the Warehousing Services Department, will advise port users of its facilities and charges. A PSA spokesman said
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    Keep fit
    30 12 THE Metropolitan YMCA health and fitness centre will hold keep-fit badminton jogRing sessions for men every Monday. Wednesday and Friday evenings from July 23. For details, ring *****66.
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    Man was robbed while asleep in his car
    263 12 Man was robbed while asleep in his car A MAN fell asleep in his car one early morning and woke up three hours later to find that he had not only been relieved of cash and cheques he was carrying, but even the watch and ring he had on. This
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    Passport altered
    74 12 A WOMAN was fined $450 in default one month's jail by a district court yesterday for altering the endorsement in her passport after being fined $500 a few weeks ago for shoplifting. Jantana Jiramahasuwan. 35. a Thai, pleaded guilty to changing the date from July 9 to July
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    Lock icon OECD SEMINAR PRAISES STORE'S ALS
    160 12 OECD SEMINAR PRAISES STORE'S ALS PARIS.Fri. The answer to transport congestion in the world's cities could be extra charges for cars during rush hours as practised in Singapore, experts of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development said yesterday. Mr David Bayliss. chairman of a two-day seminar on Urban Transport
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    Private sector housing: Occupancy rate tops 91 pc
    516 12 THE occupancy rate for private residential units over the last five years is a high 91.5 per cent, according to a government survey. Within the survey period, a total of 15,520 dwellings comprising 896 detached houses, 2,610 semidetached houses, 3,242 terrace houses
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    Seminar on computer technology
    79 12 Seminar on computer technology A THREE-DAY seminar on computer technology will be held at the United States International Marketing Centre, Malayan Credit House from July 31 to Aug 2. The seminar, organised by the centre, is held in conjunction with Computer America '79, a regional exhibition of computers and peripheral
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    $365 m projects approved in first three months
    361 12 THE Ministry of National Development granted planning approval to 299 projects, totalling $365.4 m, in the first quarter of this year. Public sector developments made up 55.1 per cent of the total 974,430 square metres of floor space approved. The total cost
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    Roads to close £or Radin Mas rehearsal
    518 12 Roads to close £or Radin Mas rehearsal THE Radin Mas constituency will hold a mini-pa-rade on Aug 12 to celebrate National and a rehearsal will be held in the Telok Blangah and Lower Delta Road area tomorrow. All access roads leading to the march route and roads to be passed
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      135 12 HOT CAKES We've never known a car sell so fast as the new Toyota Tercel. More and more people in Singapore seem to like having their ideas about cars turned inside out. Tercel is so advanced, all similarly priced cars have become old-fashioned. So before the sold out sign goes
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      Lock icon Sultan's $1.5 m luxury yacht
      114 13 THK Sultan of Selangor behind the wheel of a speed-boat on board his new $1.5 million ywht anchored at the Harbour Master's jetty In Port Klang on Wednesday. The Sultan said he had saved for five years to buy the 33-metre luxury vessel replete with
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      Lock icon Man killed
      41 13 XL ALA LUMPUR. Fri. A partner of a bar was stabbed to death and dumped into a drain in a lane in Kepong Baru here shortly after midnight yesterday Police identified the victim as Gao Hak Chan. 36. NST
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      Lock icon Op Weigh-in called off because of heavy losses
      360 13 JOHORE BARU. Fri THE Johore road safety committee has called off weighing all Singapore-bound lorries apparently due to losses of over $300,000 incurred through delays and suspensions. South Johore Lorry Owners' Association treasurer Nah Yaw Piak disclosed the losses at a press
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      Lock icon Customs seizure
      53 13 JOHORE BARL'. Fri. Customs officers seized a large amount of undeclared goods, including ball pens, cutlery, photographic films and electronic items from a lorry carrying a consignment of chemical hardener yesterday. Senior Customs Supt. G. Harcharan Singh said: "We are still calculating the value and the duty on
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      Lock icon 550 Khmer Muslims arrive for resettling
      168 13 550 Khmer Muslims arrive for resettling KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. About 550 Kampuchean Muslim refugees have arrived in Malaysia from Thailand for resettlement, the Malaysian Muslim missionary organisation Perkim said today. A Perkim official said the group, which arrived in north-eastern Kelantan last week, was from among some 5,000 Muslims who
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      Lock icon Retrial on two charges for Botak Chin
      229 13 Retrial on two charges for Botak Chin KUALA LUMPUR, Fri A magistrate's court yesterday committed Wong Swee Chin alias Botak Chin (above) for trial in the High Court on two counts under the Internal Security Act. Pending the trial, Wong is to be remanded in Pudu Prison. Wong was charged
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      Lock icon When noise is nuisance
      63 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The Department of Environment (DOE) is carrying out a noise measurement project to determine when noise becomes a nuisance. A spokesman said today the project, carried out by university technology students and officers from the department, began in early March with the hope
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      Lock icon Threats to fish
      64 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Over fishing and pollution are threatening the harvest of fish in the seas of Malaysia, the Minister of Science, Technology and Environment, Tan Sri One Kee Hui. said yesterday. He said about 70 per cent of the protein needs of the people are derived
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    Take jobs seriously, uniformed units told
    139 14 THE Minister of State (Defence), Mr Bernard Chen, has called for a greater sense of professionalism among those assigned the task of building up the Singapore Armed Forces, police. Vigilante Corps and other uniformed units. He said each of these organisations should consider its
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    Mosque gets pledge on noise
    201 14 THE organisers of an exposition now on near the Aminah Mosque in Sims Avenue have assured the MP for Geylang Serai, Haji Rahmat Kenap, and the management committee of the mosque that they will do whatever they can to minimise the noise at the exposition.
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    Day man went searching for wife's lover
    415 14 Day man went searching for wife's lover AN irate husband was searching a flat for a man, who had just committed adultery with his wife, when the man rushed into the bedroom of a beautician, who occupied one of the rooms, to hide himself. Mr Justice Choor Singh heard this
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    Scheme to defer students' NS for one year
    454 14  -  JUNE TAN By A PILOT scheme to defer national service (NS) for only one year instead of a student's total period of study at the University of Singapore began this month, the start of the 1979 80 aca- demic year. Under this
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    Oratorical contest
    57 14 THE Hong Lim Green community centre will hold its seventh annual English Chinese oratorical contest for primary and secondary school students as pnrt of the National Day celebration of the Telok Ayer constituency Those interested in takinj part can call at the centre or ring *****0 for details
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    Divorcee to get $10,000 a year for three years
    301 14 FOR the next three years, Madam Lee Sit Moey can look forward to receiving $10,000 each year from her husband whom she divorced yesterday in the High Court on grounds of desertion. Manager Sew Wen Kee also agreed to pay Madam
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    T.F.Hwang takes you down memory lane
    477 15 T.F.Hwang takes you down memory lane Via Vietnam VIETNAM is the post1945 name of what were once Annam, Tonkin and CoehinChina in old French Indo-China (FIC). In 1941, Japan used FIC in its intensified secret war prepar'ions against the ABCD powers America, Britain, China and Dutch (Nederland). In Europe, France
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    Across the couseway
    630 15 EXCERPTS of editorial comment from Malaysian newspapers this week. THE majority vote taken at the I mini general assembly on the proposal that any future electoral candidate must have been party members for at least five years without any exception is one of the interesting decisions taken
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  • More pie in the sky
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      Britain begs to differ
      539 15 Britain begs to differ THE focus of interest on the refugee problem has now shifted, temporarily, to London. This is because Mrs Thatcher, the British Prime Minister who put forward the proposal for a conference in the first place, has very different ideas about its scope and purpose from those
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      Opening salvos
      211 15 THE issue cannot be entirely divorced from the opening salvos in the newly revived Sino-Soviet talks. A comment made last week by Chairman Hua at the National People's Congress puts China's position into prospective, albeit obliquely. He noted that the Soviet Union was prepared to sign an anti-hegemony
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      Russia's grain
      110 15 THE importance to the USSR of developing exports in ctll directions has been compounded by the fact that this year's harvest in the Soviet Union looks thoroughly bad. Officially, the target is 227 million tonnes of grain compared with the record 237 million last year. But, following a
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      That China card again
      425 15 BEFORE China and the Soviet Union begin their talks, it would suit Washington to prove to China that it has a lot going for it by doing business with the West. The US-China trade agreement formally concluded this week should do just that. Under the agreement,
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      China's edge
      327 15 WESTERNERS who have had some close experience recently with Chinese production methods conclude that, in time, and with training and emphasis on management, China will be able to raise its productivity levels in its factories not too far below, for instance, that of Hongkong. But just how far
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      Celestial fireworks
      183 15 NOW that Skylab has actually landed in an enormous firework display, it might be appropriate to take stock of how much celestine rubbish there is in the sky. During this week alone, there have been 4,512 separate objects orbiting the earth. About one-quar-ter of these were active satellites,
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      The French connection
      59 15 APPROPRIATELY, this week the very week that France celebrates her national day (today) a French rocket, launched on April 5, 1971, re-entered the earth's atmosphere and splashed down harmlessly in the Indian Ocean. One must hope that this juxtaposition of happy celestial and secular events portends good
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    Different types of refugees — but they're all in same boat
    1864 16  - Different types of refugees but they're all in same boat LESLIE FONG By STRAITS Times news editor Leslie Fong, accompanied by chief photographer Mak Kian Seng, went on a tour of the region recently to get a better appreciation of the many and complicated facets of the refugee problem. Today,
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  • The Straits Times SATURDAY,JULY,14,1979.
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      YAWNING GULF
      369 16 "THE Oriental Connection" conjures up in some minds all the excitement of a thriller movie set in the East. But in fact it describes a phenomenon in the Middle East in which over a million Asian workers are expected to flock to oil-rich Arab nations by 1985. They
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      WHAT GOES UP...
      365 16 HOLY MEN in India tried to meditate Skylab further into space. A director of an American "institute for psychic energetics" went on radio to urge 40 million listeners to give the spacecraft a psychic push further into orbit. Despite these and other efforts, Skylab continued its inexorable
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    How a Malaysian got swept up by the tide of war
    527 16 How a Malaysian got swept up by the tide of war AN UNTIMELY visit to Phnom Penh changed Johore housewife Liew Hui Eng's life dramatically and perhaps irreversibly she becme a refugee. I stumbled upon her when visiting camp Ban Lam in Thailand's Chantaburi province and was immediately struck by
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    Vietnam pays a high economic price for its political ambitions
    1717 17  - Vietnam pays a high economic price for its political ambitions LIAK TENC KIAT By FORUM has been held over because of pressure on space. the Vietnamese, so successful in warfare, have proved to be wholly inept in managing peace. And today, instead of a better life, people are a worse
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      223 17 VITB way to the top Do you know- that al training structure in there are 10 roads lead- Singapore that leads to ing to employment' employment giving speThey range from the cial emphasis on the VfTB most esteemed road via wa^- primary and secondary pp rt Tw telu now a
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  • TIMES CITY DESK
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      CLOSING PRICES
      1629 18 THE but transacted ready sale at thr close ot budnm on the Stork Kxchangr of Singapore yesterday compared with the pervious days prim together with 1979 high and low Adjusted for scrip rights issue) 1979 Uit ll.uk I.ow <o«pa»y S.k *orSK( TION (INK IMH'STRIAI. 4 COMMERCIAL 1 Unit
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      BUSINESS DONE (SINGAPORE)
      1163 18 BID and offer prices officially listed and business in an reported to the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesurday with the number of shares :iaded shown in brackets in lots of 1.000 units unless otherwise specified All Times Settlement Contracts are quoted after the word "sett" Big Board
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      Govt and corporate bonds
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      KUALA LUMPUR
      1460 18 BID and offer prices offi< -ally listed and business In and reported to the Kuala Lumpur Stock Kxi harjje yesterday with the number of shares traded shown in brackets in lots of 1.000 units unless otherwise specified indi muu WmaiJ 1.; Xlinum.u llr.m U Tllli Hi 172 Ik*
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        Rises
        49 18 Ipore Glaai ir.mat I E A L K Tang H 8 Banking'raclors iuianeai C M Ipore Bua Lemayaa > B 8 'an Chong 290 370 210 186 430 815 586 520 510 2S1 200 462 332 20 16 10 B 8 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4
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        Falls
        32 18 L Enterprise* ihangri-I.. ■eili Mm. > C B C A N lin Chew ■uhlir Bank turn 350 820 120 870 535 312 212 312 -16 -10 -6 -5 -5 -4 -4 -2
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        Most active stocks
        35 18 Ion. Plant 1(3.000 Sime Darby 1M.O0O Haw Par 73.000 C C 80.000 Spore Bui 40,300 City Dcv 48,000 Faber Merlin 31,000 K L Keponf 27.000 Spore Gla» 28.000 I O L 25.000
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        26 18 BT Index: Industrials: Finance: Hotels: Properties: Minings: Plantations: O.C.B.C: 2213.50 2221.3374.24 374.5' 673.70 673.5! 280.35 279.51 240.82 241 1 199.01 198? 642.16 661.1! 361.35 361.41
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        422 18 HONGKONG: Stock prices closed lower in active, selective trading on local selling yesterday, with properties easing towards the close on disappointment at the result of yesterday's government land auction, dealers said. The Hang Seng index fell 2.32 to 551.60 points, with HraxluMg Laad down 10 cents at HKJ12.90. Su
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        475 18 TOKYO: Share prices closed sharply lower on massive liquidations yesterday, following an uncertain economic outlook and a possible rise in the Bank erf Japan's official discount T* 1* D"* JOMS feU «-M t0 close at 6.109.30 points, with a volume of 450 million shares. The New index cl<*ed at
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        86 18 Striking prices of :he options officially listed on the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday, the period, bids and offered prices and business done, if any. with the number of options traded shown in brackets. C«M Storage (Sept $1.85) (0.2580.335). Haw Par (Sept $1.20 > (0.2580.325). Hume P E
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        121 18 CHINKSE PRODI < E EXCHANGE, SINGAPORE, NOON CLOSING PRICES PER PIC I 1. YKKTKKDAV: (VNll all: Bulk $130 sellers, old dium $135 sellers, new drum $140 sellers. (•pra: Mixed I loose) UK Cont $82 00 buyers. Pepper: Muntok ASTA while fob 10C. NLW $327.50 sellers. Sarawak white fob
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        184 18 THE KILOBAR market for cold deliverable in Singapore yesterdayopened at $20,274 and closed at $20. 263. In the Par East, gold opened at USS29O 10 50 After easing initially to $289 60 90 buying lifted it to a high of $291 40 70. Some selling developed and gold eased
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        242 19 NEW YORK, Thurs. A weak stock market was dealt a further setback by disappointing earnings news from International Business Machines Corp and prices fell in active trading. But analysts said even before the IBM news, investors were discouraged by expectations there will be no bold
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        287 19 SYDNEY. Fri. Trading was unsettled with investors uncertain about the outcome of the telecommunications dispute, dealers said. Market leader BHP IOSt 18 mm c«7 t_j cents to AJ9.32. EZ Industries five cents at $3.55, Pancontinental 60 cents at $13.40, Kathleen Investments five cents at $3.90 and MIM
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        224 19 AMSTERDAM, Thurs Share prices closed mostly lower led by Royal Dutch which lost 2.80 guilders, in Dutch internationals, dealers said. Wessanen lost three guilders, while Robeco. Rolinco. Van Ommeren, Bijenkorf and Van Gelder all lost one guildr. Among higher issues KLM and Deli rose one guilders each
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        241 19 ZURICH. Thurs. Prices eased slightly over a broad front in thin trading, dealers said. Insurances and banks, with the exception of Bank LEU registered, were slightly easier to barely steady, while financial eased. In barely steady industrials Georg Fischer bearer, Sulzer participation certificate and Atel
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        612 19 LONDON, Thurs. -i Share prices closed quietly firmer but off the day's highs, dealers said. At 3pm, the Financial Times index was up 1.5 points at 470.1. Industrial leaders were mainly a penny or two firmer but BP lost 30p on renewed fears that the British
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        127 18 THE STRAITS tin price recovered $10 to $1,975 per picul in Penang yesterday on an official offering down 20 tonnes to 173 tonnes. The overnight London market was barely steady after quiet with forward buyers falling E7O to £6.775 uer tonne. LONDON: Tin on the daywas up £135 for
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        30 18 Rubber: July 13 Singapore: August: 288.00 cents (up 2.00 cents) Malaysia: August: 288.25 cents (up 2.25 cents) Tin: $1,975 (up $10) Official offering: 173 tonnes (down 20 tonnes)
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        33 18 LONDON: Copper prices on Thursday 'previous in bracket! > I Wtrebmr Spot CBl4 (KB) t»UI ers CBU<£»6). Three Month buyers £832.00 (1*23 501. sellers £832 50 (£824) Market taae: Steady Salea: 10.700 tonnes.
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      493 18 OPENING prices in the Singapore rubber market yesterday were marked up slightly on higher London advices but later turned easier on stale bull and upcountry selling before recovering at mid-day on buying interest, dealers said.. Values turned easier again towards the morning's close when sellers predominated. The morning session
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      100 18 Uncertain SSR and SMR NOON SSR and SMR prim ynltrday AS Au(iul H*pl,ab«r ICarrnl Mlkl (Forward Mlkl Byyvrs S«IUr« Buy«rs SalUra SSR JO lluxiiallcij .'TKOON 28O.0ON 279.00 all (ION SSR SO Illoopallttl 276.00 277 OON 276 OU 27R.O0N MKELB SMHCV II lonpalkl) ***** *****N ***** 32O.0ON SMR L il u»
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      325 18 PRICKS moved irregular ly la quiet and selective trading at the Stock change of Singapore yesterday. Generally, Investars and speculators were still wary of fresh commitments because of the rather uncertain news background. One factor that was still holding dabblers in restraint is the impending •il
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      283 18 PRICES edged marginally higher across a fairly bnnd front on the Kuala Lumpur stock market yesterday. Dealers attributed the steadier close to bargain hunting in the more popular issues which formed the bulk of trading. Plantation stocks in particular performed fairly well, as reflected by the 1.01-point rise
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      249 18 THE US dollar opened unchanged al S2 1615 25 in the Singapore forex market yesterday It fluctuated narrowly before closing little changed at S2 1620 30 with considerable commercial selling detected Operators remained cautious with President Carter making his energy speech over the weekend Intei kart rates
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      358 18 ASIAN currency deposit interbank rates as at close on July 13: Closing Asian dollar certificates of deposit for prime names: Sour..-: Merrill l.jni-h li.l.i national (Alia) Co. INTERBANK rates at 3.00 pm CunenCM* Nwninil ratal Smith»onnn quoted yeeterday (cro«i)panty Percentage change Loral dollars to one unit of foreign
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      43 18 RANGE of prices i>lf.M.tl by ,lis count, houses on July 13 Overnight 4 Call deposits -II', CM* RuMnii SflliDK Sourer: Nulion.l l)i>n.unl Cm lid. i month Treasury bills 3 month U.iuk bills i month CD 6 month CD 411 7 7 7
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      30 18 Closing interbank rale* I dollars on July 13 Offer Bid er Overnight 7 7 1 month 7 I'. 2 months 7 7 3 months 7 7 Overnight m.rfle
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      Relocation move by S'pore Glass
      617 19 SINGAPORE Glass (1974) has sold its Henderson property for $18 million cash. The transaction is believed to have been completed a month ago. Three separate parties, including Hong Leong, Goldhill Developments and another unnamed group approached the company when it became known that the 4hectare
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      NSOP proposes bonus issue after valuation
      273 19 NSOP proposes bonus issue after valuation NEGRI Semallaa Oil Palms (NSOP) In prapaaed a three-for-tw* haaas Issue fallawlag the revaluation of its tkree estates at Ms3S.7i mllUon In May. Tae Issue, vfclea in saajeet to the approval o( Ike Malaysian Capital lanes Committee, capitalist $11. i million from It* haods*me
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      61 19 FINANCIAL TIMKS INDUSTRIALS Thursday 4«9.8 Wednesday 4«8 Week Ago 4«7.T DOW JONES AVERAGE INDUSTRIALS Thursday 836.86 Wednesday 843.86 Week ago 835.75 LONDON DOLLAR PREMIUM Thursday 30 to SOW Wednesday 27* to 28. H.K.HANG SENG Friday 551.00 Thursday 553.82 Week ago 536.83 SYDNEY INDUSTRIALS Friday 485.67 Thursday 487.33 Week
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      681 19 Wai L 7 invites applications for the posts of:A) TECHNICIAN (ELECTRICAL) B) TECHNICIAN (AIR-CONDITIONING/ REFRIGERATION) Requirement*- For potts A A B A GCE with THREE Ordinary Level posses, and a An Industrial Technician Certificate in the relevant fields; or A Technician Diploma from the Singapore Polytechnic or its equivalent Salary:
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      729 19 1 CHEMICALS SALES MANAGER (Around $40,000 per annum) IF YOU ARE A DYNAMIC AND ENTERPRISING EXECUTIVE SEEKING A JOB WHERE YOUR OWN ABILITY IS THE ONLY LIMITATION TO YOUR EARNINGS, PLEASE READ ON OUR COMPANY is a well established trading organisation involved in the marketing of a wide range of
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      2603 20 CA.TJ. |aM-44Mj CLASSIFIEDS FOR TOURISTS Am\ f\ t\ si fT M MX m IW l k in v 159 PrecioUi m tali/ m Salon>/ V ..ul, I .j 1K PENINSULA HEALTH CENTRE. w m moiinci warra. ,r* a. *.t ▼faWUBCI •J^"lll"» W Peninsula Hotel sth Floor, MasSPECIAL LOCAL DISHES When
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      362 20 STOCK TO CLEAR' ftjll Out Bad $95 t' l« II Bl MATTCESSES M 0 ENG LEE FURNITURE CO BLK SS NO 113. TEL *****3 KIM SENG RD BESIDL CANAL OPPOSITE GREAT WORLD M -ndat SMjrda* 900 am u S 30 pm Vh TEL *****3 mmW SWAN-LAKE MUSIC Agency stock clearance
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      841 20 ENTERTAINMENT ffSIA V> A dynamic 4-piece band for e»>F jIK your entertainment pleasure. JaY x^—U Dance to the sound of mL country westerns and V^^^B the latest "BoneyM" VI Sunday thru' Friday Saturday Eve of Public V^9 I Holidays 7pm 1 45 am A+^^*M*J% \m I II I rhrjhi l*J
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      871 20 g COOCTAM. UXJNGE THE SUNBIRO with Country 1 Wi.l.rn and Old M»lodi« from 5.30 11 ptn (•xc.pl Sunday) Happy hour 4-7 p m 30% leu. SOUTHRON THEATRE No. 101-104, 1st Floor RESTAURANT NKJHT CLUB Pl»i« Smgapura Orchard Road Root Oardan, UIC Building. Shanton Way, (1). Tar: 221S133-5 •••••»•••< Din* Dance
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      3966 21 tAT YOUR SERVICE SECTION INDEX v*I t A^y^y l f 1 1 AMJ& siiie iiiiiir RTIES RATES VIII ANNOUNCEMENt"& A PERSONAL Per word: 80 cts (Mm »9 00) IX OBITUARIES Per column cm: $10 75 (Mln $32.25) vnnux. II EMPLOYMENT II EMPLOYMENT II EMPLOYMENT II EMPLOYMENT II EMPLOYMENT Piograssiva Food
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      397 21 A CHALLENGING OPPORTUNITY FOR FEMALE SALES EXECUTIVES One of Germany's largest exporter ol quality wine Is looking for 2 Singaporean Sales Consultants of goodbackground and education lo control and promote the sales of high quality wine. Picas* apply it you meet th* m*nts: 1 Singapore citizens not under 22 2.
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      465 21 EXPERIENCED MALAY OUTDOOR Salesmen wanted Good commission and must be able to drive and hardworking Interested please call tel *****8 or call personally at: 70.11). Pandan Valley. Spore 21 FEMALE SALES ASSISTANTS experienced and pleasant looking. Very good salary Personal interview today from 10a. m at Nan's Boutique. 292 Blk
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      459 22 II EMPLOYMENT II EMPLOYMENT II EMPLOYMENT II EMPLOYMENT J II EMPLOYMENT 31 Situations Vacant c) Sales JAPANESE SPEAKING SALEGIRLS SUPERVISORS A large international department store chain specializing in luxury and fashion goods will shortly be opening in the Orchard Road Area. We require a large number of salesgirls and sales
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      675 22 PROGRESSIVE EUROPEAN MARKETING ORGANISATION i FEMALE SALES PROMOTER FOR PRESCHOOL TOYS Requirements: 18 25 years of age Educated up to secondary level Ability to speak good English and several local dlalepts Ability to get along well with people She will work at major department stores on a rotational basis Normal
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      463 22 I l'l:llVl''/lil' l lj.si/i./! A MARINE SUB-CONTRACTIi FIRM Invites applications f Welders. Pipe Fitters. Plate Please write giving personal r sume. experience and educ tlonal background to: The Pc sonnel Manager. Weng Leoi Ship Builders Pte Ltd 204A Ml die Road. S'pore o7lB Applications are invited for a Structural Engineering
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      641 22 IMMEDIATE VACANCIES FOR 1) Turners Experienced In metal machining and positioning. 2) Apprentice Machinist Wilting to learn. Vocational Institute or Technical School leavers const dered. Salary negotiable. Those Interested please call personally: Chen Wee Trading (1 EngineerIng Works. 24D Lorong 5. Oeylang. Spore 1438 LIFT TECHNICIANS SSOO MOO plus transport
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      468 22 1 l^e^g, requires MECHANICAL ENGINEERING FOREMAN a Technician Diploma In Mechanical Engineering. a 2 years Industrial experience as Maintenance Foreman. Benefits:- a) night allowance b) free meal and tea c transport allowance d free medical attention c annuai wage supplement Applications stating full particulars, telephone number (If any) together with
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      1288 22 VACANCY EXISTS FOR a Junior EXPATRIATE SCHOOL REQUIRES Draughtsman on Architectural English speaking amah. Salary Drawings from Vocational Insti- S3OO pm Interested parties tute Training Board (male or fe- please ring *****2 for Interview male). Apply to: ST. Box A*****. on Monday 16th July. LIVE-IN AMAH TO complete staff. MAINTENANCE
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      641 22 An expanding American Bank requires urgently Hie services ol a TRAINEE DEALER Salary negotiable This position offers good career prospects with opportunity for overseas training In the future. The successful candidate would possess the following qualifications: a Minimum HSC a Preferably Ito 2 years' banklng experience but not necessarily ln
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      940 22 ESTABLISHED COMPANY UR- FEMALE WORKERS URGENTLY reGENTLY requires Delivery/ quired Starting salary *7 per day General Workers. Minimum Prl- plus mer-time Please call per mary 6 education Contact tel. sonally at No. 12 Jalan Ayer .Off *****1 for Interview Lorong I Geylang. Spore H3B AN ELECTRONIC FIRM requites Established Company
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      521 23 II EMPLOYMENT II EMPLOYMENT II EMPLOYMENT II II EMPLOYMENT IV ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES 31 Situations Vacant t) General LARGE FOOD MANUFACTURER requires MALE SECURITY GUARDS REOUMEMENTS a Spore Citizen or Permi nent Resident a Above 25 years of age c 6 mlhs to 1 year's exper ence c Preferably residing In
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      601 23 *sa»™J WmwWmVU MATSUSHITA PRECISION MOTOR require* FEMALE OPERATORS Working hours: 8 30am to 5.15pm. a Age between 16 and 35 Starting salary above $200 We provide: 3ri and 6th month Increment Transport subsidy No microscopic work No shift duties 13th month pay Free uniforms provided a Paid annual/marriage/ sick /maternity/compassionate
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      1163 23 MACHINE OPERATORS j^ Preferably graduates from voca- OtHHtU KCgIVIMI llonal or technical school LanglMge Cenfre DRIVERS Class 3 and 4 licence holders TT^ o^,^ preferred following posts Attractive salary and fringe ArriTC ITTnattIHTC benefits to the successful candl- 1) WHVI lI I I UWUPJ I A dat (MALE) Ptaaae call
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      952 23 Urgenuyrequlred: CA^rTaT^^NT. 1 «O J ECTSUPERV,.OR Applicants must possess a dlplo- p^r^r.i^l..'J^ lfcm e ma from a recognised college J soin pan-time/tun-time. with several years of working ex- k Annk™nnn=ii« perlence In co-ordination and Apply personally fanning shipbuilding and ship Suite M 2, Mh floor. Lian Huat BuMd- repair projects.
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      621 23 WANTED MALE/FEMALE Pump Mtendants. Pay $8 $10 a day Vpply personally: 28, Dunearn load, near Newton Circus. WANTED 2 LABOURERS. Kindly •all at: SI4A Macpherson Road i'pore 1336 Wa have immediate vacanciea lor MALE FEMALE FACTORY OPERATIVES !o work peiinaiieiil 2nd shift and otatkxial shift duties. Salary $170 per month
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      1429 23 I I CORNER TERRACE HOUSE at We are looking for '."i'S SSSS *> part-time tutors for $400. Tel. *****50 classes in a DMTWCT 10 Single-storey CAIRNHILL COURT fW.tr.ct t Q A. deuched bungalow sited on Luxurious maisonette with 4 <T» ,«A large matured garden. In- bedrooms, centrally alrcon4>a V* terlor
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      867 24 IV ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES Shop houses ideal lor all kinds of business. Ready for immediate business functions •Apartments with modern amenities for immediate occupation. •Convenient transportation. LUCKY REALTY CO. LTD. 15th Floor. Far East Shopping Centre. Orchard Road. Singapore 9. Tel *****11. *****5. *****58 Tenure tabehoid 1 3 19/7 Lot No
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      1324 24 I IV ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES S^^ m m THOMSON GREEN 2 1/2-STOREY gf Seml-deUched. 3.400 sq.ft. with V garden. 6 rooms, alrcondltioned. LUXURY GARDEN FLAT furnished No Brokers *****0 Tanglln Road Area. watten hill dist. 11 new 3-bed-roomed type A townhouse. Close to Shops. Fully Fur- Swimming pool. 2.068 sq.ft. nished
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      1479 24 IV ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES OUR CLIENTS WISH to purchase ESTABLISHED FIRM INTERESTED I) Semt-detached/ detached m purchasing office space (vabungalows In dlsts 9. 10. 11.21 i 5 cant possession around Oror 2) Luxurious apartments In chard Road/ Tanglln district or the budget range of $100,000 any prestlgeous building In or $800,000
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      1617 24 V SERVICES BUSINESS HOUSEHOLD/ OFFICE REMOVALS, FLEMMOO MASSAGE STUDIO. collection/ delivery of cargoes. 248C-5, Orchard Road, (opposite For efficient, reliable and Mandarin Hotel) Tel: *****01 moderate price Contact *****01 Open 10 am to 9 pm. HOUSEHOLD REMOVALS AND QUEEN'S HEALTH CENTRE transportation including labour. Queen's Hotel (next to Summit Enquiries,
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      1300 24 VI EDUCATION TRAINING SUNDAY JAPANESE BEGINNERS UM) Ioop m Friday 8.00 I 930 p.m Commencing lSlh/ 20th July 1979 Queensway Commer■BfßßßfJßßßßi clal Training Centre 208 QueenM\ sway Shopping Tel: *****6/ TMREE *»ONTHS DRESSMAKING/ GIRLS Oesignlng/Cutling Every Satur- I'VtMSSprStr?,^Tr.'SrrSrrci'SSSrce and induslry Pnvale Sec-eiaiy s TYPEWHrnNG (V WEEKS Rapid Cefiif*ale s recogn.sed
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      123 25 1 MRS. A. RAJARATNAM, wife Of late AT Rajaratnam. formerly of Tapah. passed away peacefulI ly 13 7 79 leaving sons Neelakandan (Ipoh). Rajeswaran. YogesI waran. Gnaneswaran. Ratneswaran. Arasaratnam (All of Kuala Lumpur) and daughters Mrs. Mahesan (Seremban). Mrs. Thiyarajah (Singapore). Mrs. Rasasingam (Penang), Mrs. Gunaratnam (XL), Mrs.
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      198 25 In Loving Mwnory 01 CIom lo our toarta you always *tay Lov*d A rtiwmbwd •v»ryd«y Dearly m»«»»d by Mum. Dad, Broirwra t Swlar. TAM HONG YOW who toft in S y»»rt today ing behind a vacant piaca in our horn* which can n«v*r b« mat Sweet mcmoriet
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      84 25 Five long, sad and empty years have gone by since you left us so suddenly without a word No one knows the grief we share with aching hearts and tears unseen; wishing the parting was only a dream We are now left with only fond memories of you.
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      746 25 VII TRAVEL 4 RESTAURANTS S§kz manses cAsiaat from 1 to 36 days on the luxurious passenger line KOTA BALI. Romantic, friendly, much as the places she visits. Board her and relax, meet new friends, enjoy the deck sports, the dancing with LIVE BAND, dine with attentive service: European/ Chinese meals.
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      1138 25 VII TRAVEL RESTAURANTS Tour Europe, Aust or USA. by motorcaravan m m The most economical, MawmGL fun-filled and adventurous i ii _>i»s«*a t > «jg family holiday concept! «S L** J\~I neu* tend us mon drunk tot Co* vs A u« I NN *MC Td I ><*iiii STtStao NAM NO
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      414 25 times Saturday car mart RENT A MUNO new Dauun pickup/ van from Kim Cho Trading 43 Vehicle* For Hire <Pte> Ltd 25 upper Dickson Road Tel *****41 *****38 i RCMT A DATSUN Pick-up from Al CAR RENTAL offers air-condl- Hiap Hoe Trdg Co Pte Ltd tlo.-> cars radio/ cassette dally
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      2703 25 times Saturday car mart HOME OF QUALITY USED CARS "NG KEONG'S' SUPER CAR MART 9 KIM KEAT ROAD. SINGAPORE 12. TELS: *****50, *****7*. *****3. *****54 197* Maid. 826 A/C I*7*: Toyota Corolla Coup* Toyota Sterlet Toyota HHux Steel Lorry Datsun 120Y A/C Dataun 120 V 8/W Ford Cortina I*QL A/C
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      1040 25 Sl*** ALFA ROMEO 1779 Sport. Sport rims, airron. beautiful condition Price (5.550/-. Can loan $3.500/ -Td *****1 I*** FORO ESCORT 2-door. Eligible for PARF Engine mechanically sound Too good for scrap 55.900 ono Please ring: *****01 after lpm I*6* MERCEDES 200. Air-con New tax. paint, tyres Eligible PARF. J11.200 View
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      1649 26 times Saturday car mart W77 TOVOTA COROLLA 1200 cc. Ont owner, road tax. Insurance 45 Vehicles For Sale new sports nms, tip top condi- tion $16,800 0.n.0. lei: *****5. 1971 COLT StOMA OS. 1 owner, 1973WUOEOTS04. Tlptoprondl- very good condition, selling tion. Alrcond. radio/cassette $20,800 View: Blk 50. 128-J Dorset
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      525 26 HEWLETT ihp] PACKARD HEWLETT PACKARD SINGAPORE GROW WITH HP We are looking for matured, dynamic and growth oriented persons with proven ability to interact effectively with all levels of people to join HP as:ASSOCIATE BUYER/SCHEDULER The successful candidate should possess a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration or related discipline. Experience
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      638 26 LEMBAGA TABUNG GETAH SABAH VACANCY Post: Accountant Salary Scale: A 22: $745x60 865/ 985x60 1 ,225/ 1 ,345x60 1.705x100-2,005. Entry point will commensurate with qualification and experience. Duties: Successful candidate will be directly responsible for the Accounts Division of the Board. He/she will report direct to the General Manager. Age:
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      988 26 DO YOU WANT A CAREER IN THE PHARMACEUTICAL FIELD? We are 5 years young and GROWING fast, due to our acquiring of new agency lines. we need additional personnel. 1. Medical Representatives Four for Malaysia: 3 to be based in Petahng Jaya covering Seianqor South. East Coast and lower Perak.
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      524 27 Philips Malaysia Sdn. Berhad invite suitably qualified Malaysian citizens to apply for the following positions: INTERNAL AUDITOR Qualifications A University Degree in Accountancy (A.C.C.A., A.S.A.) or other recognised Accounting qualifications. Experience The candidate should have at least 2 years auditing experience. Other Requirements: Should be capable of working independently. A
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      647 27 Sarawak Shell Berhad Sabah Shell Petroleum Company Limited welcome applications from Malaysian citizens, under 30 years of age, who are either recent graduates in one of the following fields of study: Mechanical Engineering, Civil and Structural Engineering, Electrical or Electronic Engineering, Petroleum Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Geology, Mining, Mathematics, Physics. or
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      622 27 jtf^ SYARIKAT (CJI) JENGKA Vjij/ SENDIRIAN SJSB' BERHAD an integrated timber complex in Pahang, invites applications from suitably qualified Malaysians as MANAGEMENT TRAINEES QUALIFICATIONS (a) Must possess a good degree in Economics, Commerce, Accounting. Business Administration, Forestry, Agribusiness, Engineeirng or Sociology. (b) Must possess qualities of tact, initiative and drive,
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      730 27 A rapid expanding multi-national textile Company based in the North Region of Peninsula Malaysia Invites applications from suitable qualified Malaysians for the positions of 1. SUPERVISOR/CADET SUPERVISOR AT THE SPINNING DEPARTMENT Applicant must complete at least secondary school education with about eight years proven supervisory experience in Mechanical General or
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      148 28 RACE FAIRWAY Smok**cr«*n Music City Progress Indra Safcti Spring Water Elite Special A. Soldi.r Clearaway Smokescreen Laiuna Tiny Bubbles Western Pearl Tiny Bubble* Zeppadun Lajuna Zappadun Lajuna Steel Heart S. Trav»M»r Bon Amie Tai Tong Tn# Harr i«r Tai Tong H. O. Fame H. O. Farna Tai Tong Sibu
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      Extra distance will be right for Air Marshal
      2456 28  -  FAIRWAY By AIR MARSHAL II should lead his 10 rivals home in Race Six (4.30) at Bukit Timah today. The Falcon five-year-old was a winner over the Bukit Timah 2,200 metres in July last year and, last week, he came from a
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      1602 28 RATF 1 2.0 CLASS 5, DIV 5— 1.200 M rv^v^ A ($9,500 $8,650 to winner) 1 9077 Ctearawaya i Clear) Allan 557 (d 2 *0 5) tarn 8 2 5760 CIA. a > HT Wee i Daniels 9 55 5 i d 2 ftS) *Sam* 10 3 4363
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      Lock icon Pecci clinches semi-final berth
      283 29 NEW YORK, Fri. Paraguay's Victor Pecci clinched a semi-final berth along jvith American Harold Solomon at the US$3OO,OOO Forest Hills invitational tennis tournament. Pecci, wh> beat Unitad States favourite John McEnroe irar a marathon match on W yesterday beat Australian John Alexander 7-6, 1-6, 76 in
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      Lock icon Wilkison upsets No. 4 seed Lutz
      191 29 NEWPORT, Fri. Eightseeded Tim Wilkison upset fourth-seeded fellowAmerican Bob Lutz 6-3, 64 yesterday in the quarter-finals of the fourth annual US$lOO,OOO (*****,000) Hall of Fame tennis tournament here. Wilkison, 19, who is ranked 49th internationally, played a brilliant net game in eliminating Lutz, the
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      1716 29 RATF 2.0 CLASS 2, DIV 3 1.400 M ivrtv.ii ($15,000 $10,500 to winner) 1 3723 KamponglaauryuMs(KL Chong) Manser 5 5? (stme)F Msswmi 13 2 0222 South Sun i (South Sum R Breukelen 6 Ks(ud ■>!> SCMICHED 1 3 0026 Patating Ja/a g (Fortune) Samsuri 4 56.5 (dd same)
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      Trainer Teh hopes for better luck in Cup race
      471 29  - Trainer Teh hopes for better luck in Cup race FAIRWAY By PENANG trainer Teh Choon Beng will be hoping that his luck will change for the better in this year's Queen Elizabeth n Cup (Race 5) at Bukit Timah tomorrow. Teh won four staying Cups last year with Regal Tan
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      Darden's late burst beats Juantorena
      444 29 SAN JUAN, Fri. Tony Darden continued the United States' domination of Cuba in the Pan American Games track and field competition last night by beating Alberto Juantorena in the 400 metres, leaving the Olympic champion red-faced at the finish line for the second time in
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      Lock icon Canadian's record
      175 29 face with Dabney"s falling on top of her, then rolling off on her side. Canada's Scott Neilson won the hammer throw with a Pan American Games record heave of 69.65 m. Guillermo Orosco, of Cuba, was second with 68.48 m and Genevivo Morejon, also of Cuba, third with
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      Lock icon Ong leads team of 10 for Pesta
      142 30 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Encouraged by a spate of record-breaking recently, 10 Malaysians have entered next month's Pesta Sukan shooting championships in Singapore. Six will take part in the skeet event and four in the trap, National Shooting Association of Malaysia secretary Choong Tuck
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      Lock icon 'Taylor-made' victory
      323 30 LONDON, Fri. English county cricket champions Kent were thrashed by Leicestershire at Maidstone yesterday. Medium pace-bowler Les Taylor took three for six in a seven overs burst as Kent slumped to 111 all out in their first innings. He then took another three wickets as the home county
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      Absons' sailing plan hits a snag
      246 30  - Absons' sailing plan hits a snag PETER SIOW By I THE preparations of the Abson brothers Mark and Andrew for the world Enterprise yachting championship, in Sligo Bay, Ireland, from Aug. 18-24, have hit a temporary snag. For elder brother Mark, 17, injured a leg last week when a bottle
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      Lone entry
      24 30 1 COMPANY executive Manfred Du'Jdek will be the only Singapore competitor taking part in the Hawaiian international billfish tournament from Aug. 17-26.
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      Walkover
      20 30 SHAKTHI A conceded a walkover to Marine Parade A in their Div Two match o( the National Hockey League.
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      Lock icon Cruyff scores winner for Aztecs
      495 30 Cruyff scores winner for Aztecs VANCOUVER, Fri. Dutch superstar Johan Cruyff scored the only goal to give the Los Angrles Aztecs a 1-0 win over the Vancouver Whitecaps last night in the North American soccer League. The victory moved the the Aztecs into a first-place tie witii Vancouver in the
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      Lock icon Muruthi shines before the rain
      445 30 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. A short and sudden burst of heavy rain forced Federal Territory and Singapore to lose three hours of play on the first day of the MCA inter-state league cricket final at the Padang today. When play was halted, two hours after lunch,
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      SCOREBOARD
      100 30 Feoeral TerrlUry Alwl fc c Dass b da Silva 13 Mur»lee c Sathival b da Silva 19 Y.C. Cfcaa b Deering 15 Baaerjl b Muruthi 41 Duralntaam c and b Muruthi 5 BaUkrhkaaa c Kilbee b Deering 17 Selvarmtwun c Kilbee b Rajalingam 16 Harris st Nithianathan b Muruthi
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      Lock icon Star Tan is out
      80 30 Xl ALA LUMPUR, Fri. Malaysia will definitely be without top iMokey eeatre-fcaif Tarn Kam Seu the Junior World Cap naals in Paris next month. Kam Bc*g, himself, asked to be left out. "He's not prepared physically or mentally for this tournament. said Abdul Manai, the Malaysian
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      Lock icon North shares lead with three rivals
      274 30 MILWAUKEE (Wisconsin), Fri. Former United States Open champion Andy North and three other golfers fired six-under-par-JB6s yesterday to share the firstround lead in the US$2OO,000 ($432,000) Greater Milwaukee Open tournament. Tied with North were Mexico's Victor Regaldo, Mike Reid and David Eger, who is
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      Lock icon Desperate Malacca call up their coach
      485 30 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Desperate Malacca, without eight of their first choice players, have in- eluded their assistant coach in their squad of 16 for the Rank Cup hockey tournament starting in Malacca on Sunday. Kalimuthu, who last played for the state in 1973, is
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      SINGAPORE WOMEN'S FINAL
      76 31 SINGAPORE WOMEN'S FINAL Xl ALA LIMPI R, Frl. The Perak versos Singapore final In the Pass Rodzlah Cap women's soccer competition wUI be played at the Yak (hoy Secondary School ground In Ipoh on July 22. Permk wanted the final to be played at Stadium Herat, bat It Is not
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      Veterans 4-2
      31 31 MALAY VETERANS, many of whom are former Malaya Cup soccer stars, beat Jockeys' Invitational team, including Malaya Cup players. 4-2 in a friendly soccer match at Bukit Timah yesterday
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      Whipped
      16 31 SUPREME COURT whipped Sansurina 7-1 in a friendly soccer match at Patterson Road (trend yesterday.
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      Schools beat Indonesians
      41 31 SINGAPORE Schools beat Surabaya 40-32 in a friendly women s basketball match at the Gay World last night. In men's matches in the National League. Kong Siong beat Telok Ayer CSC 79-75 and Lam Teck beat Asia Electric
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      Pasir Panjang face ban from NFL
      439 31  -  JOE DORAI By THE Pasir Panjang Constituency soccer team, one of the two sides already relegated to Division Three next season, are now threatened with being banned from the National Football League altogether. Strife-torn Pasir Panjang first landed in trouble last month when Farrer
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      Lock icon TEST: Gower plunders Indian attack
      244 31 TEST: Gower plunders Indian attack BIRMINGHAM, Fri. India, despite managing to prise out Geoff Boycott for 155, suffered further harsh treatment at the hands of England's batsmen on the second day of the first cricket Test at Edgbaston here today. By tea. England had advanced their overnight score of 318
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      Vacation postponed, so Ligia stays on
      302 31  -  WILFREO YEO By LIGIA KIAMCO, the Venezuelan housewife who has been more than just a pretty face in Singapore's bowling alleys, will be lighting up a few more tournaments yet. Ligia was to have gone back to Caracas after the Indonesian Open championships last
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      Five qualify for semi-finals
      263 31 FIVE national boxers, including featherweight champion V. Mahalingam, yesterday easily qualified for the semi-finals of the Armed Forces boxing tournament at Selarang Barracks, reports JOE DORAI. The best of the five was former national lightweight champion K. Selvaraioo, who is making a comeback. He stopped Chua
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      Eleven for Johore time trial
      302 31  -  BERNARD PEREIRA By THK Singapore amateur Cycling Association have selected 11 riders for tomorrow's 185 kilometre individual time trial from Johore Bahru »o Ayer Hitam (6 am). They are Pang Chye Kwann. Ho Wai Soon. Tan Kheok Hung, Goh Kok Soon, Julius Lim, Jamal Mohammed,
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      Top judoists out of Games trials
      334 31  -  PATRICK BASTIANS By CHNG WEE HUA, the Singapore Open judo champion, will be the only national representative in action when trials for thej Republic's team for the' South-east Asia Games in I Jakarta begin at the Singapore Judo Club, in Jalan Besar, today. Chow
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      TODAY'S EVENTS
      75 31 TODAY'S EVENTS ATHLETICS Police track and field championships (Toa Payoh AC, 2.30). BASKETBALL National league championships (Gay World stadium 7.30). HOCKEY SHA Div. 1: Prisons B v University, Polytechnic v Jansenites B; Div. 3: Kaki Bukit v Shakti B, Marine Parade B v SAFSA D. SOCCER NFL Div 1: T.
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      SHAM'S SATURDAY SMILE
      17 31 SHAM'S SATURDAY SMILE 'BAYOHIAK/ I'VE NEVER AWNPONEP A WATCH YET; *0 IM NOT 60IN& IP flftßT N0W...
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      Lock icon Japan beat gallant S'pore to finish in third place
      315 31 Japan 3 Singapore 1, Burma 4 Indonesia 0 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. Japan were made to work hard but found the vital scoring touch at the crucial moments to defeat Singapore 3-1 and take third place in the Merdeka soccer tournament tonight.
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      TABLE
      64 31 5. K.ir im Malaysia A Japan Burma Indonesia Singapore Malaysia B 7 6 1 0 20 6 I! 7 4 2 1 17 10 II 7 3 3 17 3 1 7 4 0 3 16 10 I 7 1 4 2 4 13 I 7 1 3 3
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      Lock icon MOVE TO GET TEAMS FROM EUROPE, S. AMERICA
      173 31 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The Football Association of Malaysia will send a delegation to Europe and South America soon to invite teams to participate in next year's Meraeka tournament, FAM vicepresident Datuk Bakar baud announced yesterday. Five teams from out- side Asia would
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    Lock icon Indonesia to send envoy to Hanoi
    342 32 Indonesia to send envoy to Hanoi BANGKOK, Fri Indonesia will send an envoy to Hanoi for talks on the Vietnamese refugee problem after the international conference in Geneva next week, Foreign Minister Dr Mochtar Kusumaatmadja said today. Speaking to reporters after a meeting with Thai Foreign Minister Upadit Pancnariyangkun, Dr
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    Two die, 10 hurt in two accidents
    237 32 TWO MEN died and II •them were injured In two separate accidents, barely one kilometre from each other, during a heavy downpour yesterday. Two fire-engines from the Central Fire Station were on their way to rescue Malaysian army officials trapped In an overturned
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    Lock icon US trip ends on sour note
    83 32 US trip ends on sour note WASHINGTON. Fri. The three-day visit of Zimbabwe Rhodesian Prime Minister Abel Muzorewa ended on a sour note yesterday when the US State Department publicly contradicted his optimistic aci count of his meeting with President Jimmy Carter. Hours after the Premier had departed for New
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    Lock icon US forecast of slide: Another million jobless
    578 32 WASHINGTON, Fri. The US economy will slide into a recession this year which will increase by one million the number of Americans without jobs, the Carter Administration predicted today. The recession, halting a growth phase which has persisted since early 1975, will be
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    40 32 MEXICO CITY, Fri. Massive oil slicks caused by crude oil gushing from a runaway well in the Gulf of Mexico have reached almost half way to the US border. Mexican officials acknowledged for the first time yesterday. UPI.
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    Lock icon 'Foreign power using Kompong Som'
    206 32 'Foreign power using Kompong Som' BANGKOK, Fri. A foreign power has been using a port in southern Kampuchea to discharge military supplies, the Thai supreme commander. Gen Serm i Na Nakhon, told the < Bangkok Post yester- day. He said the deep-sea port of Kompong Som had been used for
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    168 32 TUSSLE AMONG THAI REDS? BEIJING, Fri. Asian diplomatic sources in Beijing were puzzled today over a Bangkok report that the Thai Communist Party had closed its clandestine radio temporarily, and they suggested this could indicate a struggle between the pro-Chinese and pro-Vietnamese factions in theparty. The sources said the radio
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    40 32 COLOMBO, Fri. The Sri Lanka Government is planning to hold a referendum on demands by the Tamil United Liberation Front (TULF) for a separate state for the country's Tamil minority, sources close to the government said yesterday. Reuter.
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      212 32 Chprt University Tutors Full time courses in the U.K. for LL.B. the Bachelor of Laws Degree (external) and B. Sc. (Econ). the Bachelor of Science (Economics) Degree (external) of the University of London Registration now taking place for courses commencing October 1979 Prospectus obtainable from the Chart University Tutors South
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      535 32 BUSINESS TIMES Singapore's Financial Daily Cover Price SOt Annual Subscription 5155. For subscription, call ***** 1 Ext 231 TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS. Dr Toh Chin Chye is known for his forthrightness. In today's Business Times he speaks on the need for government to shoulder the burden for research and development. He also
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      Mad rush when the library van conies
      913 1  - Mad rush when the library van conies LEE GEOK BOI By HORDES of children start gathering as the time approaches and there is a mad rush to be at the head of the queue when the van arrives. This is the scene at the more popular of the mobile library
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      Entertaining and good books from collection
      968 1  -  ZHANG MEI-JI TIME HERITAGE COLLECTION Compiled and Edited b/ The Times Heritage Collection Editorial Board. Federal Publications. Reviewed by THE tales of the Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Anderson and Aesop have enthralled countless numbers of the young and the young at heart among the
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        158 1 INSIDE: a Keeping track of where the oil goes ....7 a Japan attempts to woo the oil-rich Arab state* 8 a Quitting the land of milk and honey 9 m mmM \fmT m (TJjiffl GRAND New printed E jS^na o gZft°/OFF\ ready-made shirts up to Ww/o Lbbbb^V^ g 'A, J
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        Recital to feature Belgian pianist
        193 2 THE Ministry of Culture and the Royal Embassy of Belgium will present, as part of the Music for Everyone series, Belgium pianist, Bernard Godeaux, in a recital at the DBS auditorium on July 28 at 8 p.m. Mr Godeaux, who has a Master of Music
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        Still waiting for entries from poets
        613 2  -  JOHN DE SOUZA By WITH two days to go before entries close, at least three Singapore poets have promised to submit their works for consideration by the selection committee for the Singapore nominee to the South-east Asia Writers Award competition, according to the committee's
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        Photographs of Australia exhibition
        189 2 Photographs of Australia exhibition HERE'S a chance to catch a glimpse of the Australian landscape, people and culture. Let the masterly photography of Mr Allen Gray, whose 100 works will be on display at the Sin Chew Jit Poh Exhibition Hall today ana tomorrow, take you on a telescoped tour
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        Malay drama dates
        79 2 THE Mlmistry of Culture will present Ramli Ahmad 's Extremist at the Cultural Centre next Monday and Tuesday at 8 p.m. Sriwaaa will premier this original Malay drama. the play, directed by J. A. Halin. and Osman Zallanl, revolves around an actor who comes to love an
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        860 2 TV and Radio SINGAPORE 5 1.00 PM Opening and Sesame Street i 6.30 News in Brief 2.00 Saturday Matinee Jud(e Hardy's 6.35 Debate 79 (4th Qtr-final) ChMren starring Mkkey Roomy, 7.30 News (Malay) Lews Stone, Cetib Parker, Fay 7.45 Fantastko HokJen 8.25 Poke Story 3.15 ABC Wide World of Sports
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        286 4 OOOOCXX)OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOQ ODEON: LAST DAY!| DINCI H L MJKENTI6 |mm A iKH ■Sll F Production X I nuiriLM (j* 7 IJ^SHOOTISr I I "MtU" M RON HOWARD (AMIS STCWART fj I M H T ["^SrTvT' SOONt |OHN CARRADINt (j( HUGHONtiAN SCATMAN CROTHtRS RICHARD UNZ (il CATHAY: Tonight Midnight!;!! i [f— ODEON—
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        1348 4 ANNOUNCING SINGAPORE'S FIRST EVER IJbSSsESSwS^L: *VS( I 4C DAILY 11, 130. 4. 8 45. 9 30pm ilflUf IC tho tIITIP bBbI HW W 1111 Bk RADIO CONTROLLED MODEL CAR J\Z a,«, M,dn,.. tooh. 11.30pm HOW IS inß *****6^^^ W§& m^ mm I jOl Plut Tomorrow 11.30 am al m f
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        645 4 m i?*uJ -11 1 ir^TTTT ,OBC>N IS A TIP ft NOW SHOWING No free List W lorn I 4b 400 6 45. 9 15 HE NEVER GIVES UP MANDARIN in Scope-Color ■ULLiajLJfcg .I'hT.tl LAST DAY' I lorn. I 4b. 4 00. 6 45. 9 I1)I 1 "SHAOLIN RESCUERS" g MANDARIN
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        194 5 *T^^ W^M vHaal ad aiiiiii^a|t|i^^^^^^^**«^^| aHHi^. JatttialllK^BA M \^to\ W^fl aIW I rloSiK^ U RH Up a^^IP^CQME.TAKE^^ 5 '*tBF an afternoon \m goulrmet^-^ik EXECUTIVE LUNCH •j FOR ONLY $4.50 FOLLOW THROUGH r i AND RELAX AT THE QUARTER-DECK BAR WITH FRIENDS. WINE OR DINE, THE SHIP IS AN IDEAL J
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        326 5 Funday p.^de, .^j Buffet lunch at $12 ---^j>^!3C( stresses of office, Come on over. The jfflpS^ house and school- food's delicious, and (tfgSy^^—^x; work. Relax at our the water's fine. 1 poolside. Take a dip. What's more, we even f*jbtt^y J\ bouyant again for the 1 HOTEL MERLIN I week
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        729 6  -  IVY GOH-NAIR By Figureit- -I-. out f\ MOST women react with horror to the idea of lifting weights. "I don't want to be Mr UniVerse" they potest, conjuring up images of huge biceps which make them look like the female counterpart of Joe
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        Preventing pests and fungal diseases from infecting orchid plants
        857 6  -  TENG JU AT LENG By ALTHOUGH orchid-grow-ing is a rewarding pasttime for many green-fin-gered enthusiasts, there is nothing more earth-shat-teringfor the gardener than to "suddenly" find his favourite spray or the plant damaged by pests or disease. It is not enough
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        Branching out
        172 6 THE most common fungal diseases of orchids here are the crown rot, basal rot, leaf spot and anthracnose. If a particular disease Is discovered the appropriate fungicide mast be applied until the symptoms disappear or the spread of the disease halted. Plaits that are suspected of being or
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      Lock icon Keeping track of where the oil goes
      1778 7  -  RAY DAFTER A new purposefulness among importers after Tokyo By I in London LEADERS at the recent economic summit in Tokyo have returned home reasonably satisfied that the agreement to limit their countries' oil imports will ease the world's energy problem. The compromise
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      1092 8  -  HENRY STOKES By in Tokyo WHEN the heads of the seven leading industrial democracies met here to discuss economic dangers recently. Prime Minister Masayoshi Ohira, their host, offered a proposal for a joint declaration on the Middle East calling for recognition and
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      China after the honeymoon: Almost the way it used to be
      718 8  -  FREDERIC MORITZ A more relaxed mood, but many doors are shut again By m Beijing (Peking) A CAN of Coca-Cola, the hotel snack-bar sign said, sold for US$l. But the waitress firmly refused to be photographed next to the
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        110 9 NOW OPEN! INDONESIAN RESTAURANT t at 7th Floor, Chiat Hong Building, j& 110 Middle Road. Tel: *****2 j| J Yet another place for the finest East Java food S h BUSINESS HOURS: 11.00 A.M. 9.00 P.M. -*§jj r CAR PARK available at behind Chiat Hong Building G Waterloo Centei_^_— -I
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      Tree 'zoo' — place away from city strain
      1097 10  - Tree 'zoo' place away from city strain RANDY SHIPP One o£ its strengths is that it has many specimens from the Far East By m BOSTON IN BOSTON there are no cages or bars protecting the inhabitants of Peter Ashton's "zoo", as he calls it, no signs saying "Please do
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        408 10 I FABER/ELBA GREAT HOME APPLIANCE COMPETITION RESULTS Ist Prize 4th Prize Philippines Trip plus Elba Gas Cooker plus Faber Washing Machine Faber Cooker Hood Miss Rosalind Li Miss Tan Eng Chuan Block 472. 852-G. Ang Mo Kio 46-B, Medway Drive i/c no. *****91 Guarantee card no. ***** i/c no. *****35
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        596 11 The SGVGroup Management Consulting Sen/ices Our client, a major Japanese bank with an offshore branch in Singapore is expanding its loans business. It invites applications from young and ambitious candidates for the position of: BANKING TRAlNEEcredit Up to $20,000 p.a. The successful candidate will be assigned to the Loans Department
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        611 11 ®,SffiISgiaiBBBfi«BMWMBBMBWBMBMMra^ INTERNAL AUDITORS I Overseas Union Bank invites applications from qualified accountants for appointments in its Audit Inspection Department. Successful candidates will be involved in branch inspection and other audit assignments for the Bank as well as affiliated companies within the Group. Applicants should possess qualifications recognised by the Singapore
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        1095 11 I PROPERTY OFFICERS i As a result of continuing growth and expansion, the Overseas Union Bank Group has new career openings in its Properties Division and its subsidiary property companies. Applications C are invited from suitably qualified candidates for the following appointments: Appointments Responsibilities Qualification/Experience Property Officer Responsible for proper
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        609 13 UNION CARBIDE SIN6APORE GROUP OF COMPANIES A vacancy exists in our Group Treasury located in Orchard Towers for an INTERNAL AUDIT MANAGER reporting to thr Group Treasurer. This position is suitable for someone who Is a Singapore citizen or a Permanent Resident of between the ages 30 and 40; Has
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        515 13 INVITES APPLICATIONS FOR THE FOLLOWING 11. LIFT MECHANICS Applicants should preferably have I some experience in Testing, Ser- 1 vicing and Maintenance of Lifts H and Escalators. I 2. LIFT APPRENTICES Applicants should preferably have I H some basic electrical knowledge I and servicing of electrical equip- 1 ment. I
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        791 13 Reporting to the Managing Director, the post carries responsibility for generating business for the Company's trading sectors and their overall efficient administration and profitability. It also involves close liaison with the assembly plant. The successful candidate is likely to be a Bumiputra aged above 35 years with technical tertiary qualifications
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        796 13 A well established organisation Invites application! for the position oft Soles I Representatives! The successful candidates must be able to promote consumers' goods such as Cigarettes, Tobacco and Confectionery and to establish new outlets Qualifications ft expeoence II A good educational background. 2) Must have initiative and be able to
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        645 13 THE BANKRUPTCY ACT (CHAPTER 18 1970 EDITION) TAKE NOTICE thai (a) Receiving and Adjudlcatlon Orders were made against the following debtors on 6th July 1979. In Bankrutpcy Nos. 689/79 Guoh Koh Boey (deceased) lately of No. 5 Holland Hill Singapore 1025 774/78 Roland Chong KlrrJ Seng of No. 4B Wlnstedt
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        733 14 OBEROI HOTELS ANNOUNCE THE SIXTH HOTEL MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME COMMENCING AUGUST 1979 Applications are invited from Singapore nationals (men and women) for a two year advanced hotel management programme This programme is recognised by the International Hotel Association, Paris Acactemic Qualification* Graduate from a recognised university with outstanding academic achievements and
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        445 14 SARAWAK SHELL BERHAD SABAH SHELL PETROLEUM COMPANY LIMITED require a number of Malaysian Citizens to fill various positions in the following functions:PETROLEUM ENGINEERING., ENGINEERING., OPERATIONS. We would welcome applications from those who are under 30 years of age and either have obtained recognised University Degrees recently in one of the
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        609 14 A High Quality Hose Manufacturer in Kallang Place with about 50 employees has the following vacancies. WALE ADKHN/PERSONMtL CLERK Completed GCE 'A' Level or GCE 'O' Level 1 or 2 years experience in a manufacturing Company. Salary in the region of $400 $450 00 per month WALE SHIPPING/SALES CLERK Completed
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        498 14 (^j(Hiiik) RHEEM HUME PTE. LIMITED o well known international Compuny in the metal fabrication industry invites applications for the following vacancies:1. SALES REPRESENTATIVE Requirement: Mm GCE. "A" level education with preferobly 2-3 years sales/marketing experience Qualities of drive, initiative and maturity are desirable 2. PLATING TECHNICIAN Requirement: Technician Diploma in
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        1039 15 PHILIPS We have immediate vacancies for the following positions DEVELOPMENT PROCESS ENGINEER ENuINEEnO A diploma/degree in Electronics/Tele- An honours degree in Electronics/Com- communication. munications F.ngineering So™ experience in fault analysis, process Some expei ience in FM/Stereo Multi- control and solving problems relating to plexing, cassette recorder and electronic assembly of
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        614 15 ff) RSAF PILOT TRAINING The Republic of Singapore Air Force invites application from young Men and Women for Pilot Training. Requirements: 1. Singapore Citizens between 16Vi and 27 years old 2. Minimum 3 GCE 'O' Level preferably with English, Mathematics, and one Science subject. 3. Minimum height 1.58 metres. Have
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        312 15 TECHNICIAN (COMMUNICATIONS SHELL irvites suitably qualified Singapore citizens to apply for the above position in the Electrical Engineering Department based at Pulau Bukom Refinery Complex. THE JOB involves the maintenance of the Refinery Telephone System. THE CANDIDATE we require should: possess EITHER a Certificate in Electronic Engineering from the Singapore
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        1405 16 I SharikatFiatDistributors(M)Sdn.Bhd. Singapore invites applications from Singapore Citizens for the following positions:1 Motor Apprentices Qualifications GCE '0' level with or without National Trade Certificate. Preference given to those from Vocational Institutes and with previous working experience. 2 Motor Mechanics Grade II h III Qualifications GCE '0' level with NTC II
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