The Straits Times, 7 August 1979

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  • 14 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 TUESDAY, AUGUST 7, W7f 25 CENTS M.C.(P) No. 142/1/79
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  • 870 1  -  SEAH CHIANG NEE Sweeping reforms for Zimbabwe B/ Straits Times Foreign Editor LUSAKA, Monday COMMONWEALTH leaders today unanimously approved a British peace package for Zimbabwe Rhodesia which includes such sweeping reforms as a new democratic constitution, the lifting of trade sanctions against the embattled country
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  • 136 1 N-Day speech by DrGoh THE acting Prime Minister and Education j Minister, Dr Goh Keng Swee, will tomorrow deliver this year's National Day speech in Mr Lee Kuan Yew's absence. Mr Lee will be paying a three-day official visit to Mauritius at the end of the Commonwealth summit at Lusaka
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  • 475 1 Sober response brings ray of hope SALISBURY. Mon ZIMBABWE Rhodesia Premier Bishop Abel Muzorewa and the Patriotic Front guerilla movement key parties in the country's civil war criticised the Commonwealth plan to hold fresh elections but significantly did not reject the peace blueprint outright. The sober response by the two
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  • 52 1 MORE than 90 per cent of petrol stations here, all members of the Federation of Petroleum Dealers Associations, will be closed for business on Na- tional Day on Thursday. The federation said yesterday this is to enable all pump attendants to take a day off to celebrate
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  • 54 1 JAKARTA, lion. The Krakatoa volcano in the Sunda Strait, about 100 km west of here, may explode by the year 2325 with the same force it did in 1883, an Indonesian volcanologist Mr J.Matehelumal said here today. The 1883 eruption cieated huge tidal waves that killed
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  • 47 1 TWO-year-old Joey Schmidt playing with a sign at an anti-nn-clear rally in Lower Alloways Creek in New Jersey on Sunday. About 2,5*8 people attended the rally held in a dusty bean Held not far from the Salem and Creek nuclear stations. AP picture.
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  • 150 1 TALKS ON KAMPUCHEA: NEVER, SAYS VIETNAM BANGKOK, Monday VIETNAM today flatly denied it was considering any type of negotiations on a political solution to the Kampuchean problem. Vietnam News Agency said it was authorised to deny a statement made last week by Indonesian Ambassador to Hanoi Mr Hardi that a
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  • 94 1 Stonehouse to be freed on parole LONDON, Mon.— Former British cabinet minister John Stonehouse will be freed on parole next Tuesday after serving less than half of a seven-year term for theft, fraud and deception, his family said today. Stonehouse, 53, was jailed in 1976 after police uncovered an international
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  • 61 1 LONDON. Mon. Travellers through British airports were delayed up to four hours yesterday by what air controllers said was "severe congestion" over Europe and the Middle East. Customs officers staging a go-slow by meticulous baggage inspections made hauls of heroin in the suitcases of two Iranians, and marijuana
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  • 36 1 SEADRUT, Mon. The city council has imposed a 9 p.m. curfew on this gulf coast community, described as a "pow-der-keg" because of violent confrontations between Vietnamese refugees and Texans over choice crab-fishing locations. UPI.
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  • 36 1 HAMBURG. Mon. A SByear -old man who jumped to his death from the 12th floor of his apartment building landed on two 10-year-old boys playing below, killing one of them, police said today. UPI
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  • 91 1 HONGKONG, Mon. Vietnam has refused to receive an American Congressional delegation because of "slanders" made by one of its members. Radio Hanoi announced tonight. It said the Vietnamese Foreign Ministry had rejected allegations made by Mr Robert Drinan (Democrat-Massa-chusetts), who accused Hanoi of engaging in "one
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  • 56 1 JAKARTA, Mon. President Suharto today called on the wives of government officials not to encourage their husbands to carry out "irregularlues." "Wives should be able to avoid actions that can encourage husbands to do things beyond their ability or carry out matters illegally," Mr Suharto told the
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  • 124 1 BANGKOK, Mon. LAOTIAN soldiers have attacked hill tribe refugees stranded on an island in the Mekong River, killing an unknown number of people, diplomatic sources said today. The attack last Tuesday came after Thai officials refused to let the refugees cross the Mekong to Tnailand in Lpei
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  • 586 1  -  N.G. KUTTY By and J.D. INDRAN A SWIRLING Sumatra with 85 km/h winds tore through Singapore early yesterday, uprooting trees and spreading havoc in various parts of the island. And most Singaporeans, who slept through it all, can expect more such early morning Sumatras
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  • 82 1 LATEST ALLEGATIONS OF POLLS FRAUD TEHERAN, Mob. The Iranian press today implicated supporters of Avatollah Ruhoilah Khomelny for numerous cases of electoral fraud In Friday's polls for the constituent assembly to draft a constitution. The newspapers quoted the Influential president of the Iranian Oil Company, Mr Hassan Naxin, as saying
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  • 265 1 Tarling case witness: I was given immunity MR J.H.T. Scothorne, the first prosecution witness at the trial of R.C. Tarling, former chairman of Haw Par Brothers International Ltd, which opened in the High Court yesterday, said he had been given immunity against prosecution by Mr S. Rajendran, then DPP, on
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    • 212 1 SAFETY 'FIRSTS' BY TWO TOP YARDS Page 12 SOVIETS see red over queues at oil stations 2 POUR hundred loyalists and rebels killed in Kabul coup bid 3 CHINA youth aent back to countryside 5 ONE-STOP Telecoms services centre coming up S MINISTRY looks into book publication, band schemes 7
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    • 26 1 The weather UP TO 1 P.M. TODAY: Isolated showers in late morning TEMPERATURES UP TO (a.m. tomorrow: Maximum SIC; minimam 25 C. 8UNSET TODAY: 8.45 p.m.
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  • AROUND THE WORLD
    • 224 2 MOSCOW, Mon §*****51 SOVIET motorists are fuming over long lines at petrol stations, weekend closings, rude service and arrogant, corrupt station attendants who often refuse to sell fuel even when they have it on hand. Government officials stress there is no overall
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    • 362 2 Inflation hits Eastern bloc members PARIS, Mon THE tourist crisis triggered by Rumania's decision to make holidaymakers pay for petrol with Western currency has highlightled inflation problems throughout Eastern Europe. RUMANIA last month agreed on new petrol price rises and rationing measures. Head of State Nicolae Ceausescu said the country
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    • 67 2 TEL AVIV, Mon. An attempt by policemen to establish a trade union, banned by a special law passed by the Knesset last week, fizzled out yesterday. Eyewitnesses said only about 20 policemen in plainclothes gathered at what its organisers hoped would be a mass demonstration here
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    • 53 2 GEORGETOWN (Guyana). Mon. A clandestine group calling itself the Popular Front (or the Liberation of Guyana has introduced itself in this South American country by issuing a "death list" of prominent leaders warning "these people are living on borrowed time," and threatening "a series of assassinations and a
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    • 94 2 PHILADELPHIA: The United Auto Workers Union said yesterday that 1.5 million UAW members will stop work briefly on Aug 22 to write letters demanding government action "to assure adequate energy supplies at affordable costs." The unusual job action is the first of two days of
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    • 70 2 I WASHINGTON: Outgoing US Energy Secretary James Schlesinger predicted yesterday that oil prices set by the international oil cartel will reach US$4O (SJB6) a barrel within the next 10 years almost double the current price. In a gloomy forecast of the US energy future, Dr
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    • 73 2 I SEOUL: All cinemas in Seoul have been told not to open for morning shows under new energy conservation measures, Seoul city officials said yesterday. In an effort to reduce electricity consumption during the day, city officials also ordered public places in the city such as
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    • 367 2 MOSCOW, Mon CRITICISED for not being comradely, Soviet business executives are now getting advice from a famous capitalist source Dale Carnegie's book "How to win friends and influence people." Translated and censored to remove what editors said was the American's "immodest selfadvertisement," the book
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    • 111 2 LONDON, Mon. It looks as If the tradition- I al milk can will be relegated to the status of a museum piece with the shoulder yoke and wooden hay rake. A hard-hearted gov- j em men t department has ruled the milk can
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    • 239 3 WORLD BRIEFS SOVIET Deputy Foreign Minister Leonid Dyichev will head the Soviet team next month when talks open in Moscow for normalisation of long-strain-ed Sino-Soviet ties. Diplomatic sources say Mr Ilyichev, veteran of the long fruitless SovietChina border dispute talks, will face Chinese Ambassador Wang Yu I Pin, who also
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    • 296 3 'Rescue a cover for US return' BANGKOK, Mon. VIETNAM said today the US Seventh Fleet refugee rescue operation in the South China Sea is a cover for a Defence Department scheme to return to South-east Asia. In a commentary quoted by the Vietnam News Agency, the official Hanoi newspaper Nhan
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    • 51 3 LUCERNE, Mon Australian film actor Frederick Stafford was one of three persons who died last weekend when two tourist aircraft collided over the Sarner See Lake in Central Switzerland, police revealed here yesterday. Mr Stafford, a c£echoslovakianuorn naturalised Australian, starred in Alfred Hitchcock's "Topaz." He was 51.
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    • 423 3  -  Soviets be flown by Helicopter gunships may NEW DELHI, Monday ABOUT 400 Afghan army loyalists and mutineers were killed i yesterday in fighting in the heart of Kabul, an informed source said j after his arrival from Afghanistan today. The source,
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    • 257 3 Mauritania gives up claim to Western Sahara ALGIERS, Monday MAURITANIA has signed a peace accord with the Polisario guerillas and formally renounced all claims to that part of Western Sahara which it has administered since Spain withdrew in 1976. The agreement was signed last night, after three days of negotiations
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    • 162 3 Indonesia will urge Opec-style tin body' JAKARTA, Mon. Indonesia will urge its fellow tin-producing countries to withdraw from the International Tin Agreement (ITA) and establish their own Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec)-style productionprice control organisation if the United States refuses to drop its demands to eliminate export controls and
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    • 150 3 Plumber kills 4 because of leak VERONA (Italy), Mm. A plumber enraged by a water leak shot and killed f*or people and wounded another last night, pdlee said. Reaato Aldegheri, 41, reportedly believed that water leaking from a nearby farmhouse was damaging his cellar, police said today. Police said Aldegherl
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    • 37 3 MADRID, Mon. President Francisco Macias Nguema of equatorial Guinea has been overthrown in a bloodless coup and replaced by a supreme military council headed by LtCol Teodoro OMang Nguema Mbasogo, Spanish officials said here yesterday. Reuter.
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    • 95 3 FINAL INTAKE FOR HIGHER EDUCATION IN U.S.A. The admissions representative from 1 6 Colleges and Universities in the U.S.A. will be conducting final interviews for September 1979 intake. Date: Bth August 1979 Time: 9 a.m. 5 p.m. Place: Innovational Secretarial Centre Re Ltd 434 Peace Centre (Rear Block) 1 Sophia
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    • 342 3 The Singapore International Business Show '80 March 1 8 22, 1 980 World Trade Centre, Singapore 100 companies from 9 countries participated in SIBUS '79. More than 20,000 buyers and end users visited the exhibition. SIBUS '80 will be three times larger than SIBUS '79. •uelneae MacMnee/Materials Paper Shredders Date
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 218 3 Straits Times Crossword ACROSS West Indies. ..(6.4) 8 To make assurance double 4 ...is brick we manufacture on sure? (8). the Tweed (7) 9 Friend admits very large 5 Has a little doze over bridge model came my mall (6). (4). 10 Fear guerrillas captured wran- g gee 7. gler(6).
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    • 69 4 In other words... WHAT wu that mum ag»lnf H»r»W Thatcher? Sunny Jim Thatcherf Or to Mn Margaret Thatcher really a Laboar Prime Minister la flic Rhodesia Herald on Britain's latest peace blueprint for Zimbabawe Rhodesia. The paper argued that the British plan sounded "like an old record being replayed" and
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    • 69 4 LA PAZ, Mon. A weary Bolivian Congress has agreed to name Senate President Walter Guevara as interim President until new elections can be held in 1980 or 1961. sources close to the Parliamentary leadership said yesterday. The agreement came after more than three hours' of Informal caucusing
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    • 532 4 Daring offer by Britain to oversee elections Mrs T's gambit on Zimbabwe LUSAKA, Mon PRIME Minister 'Margaret Thatcher has embarked on the riskiest and most audacious British foreign policy initiative in years by offering to supervise elections in Zimbabwe Rhodesia and thus assume direct responsibility there for the first time
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    • 262 4 Destruction of royal tombs in Iran TEHERAN, Monday PEOPLE began destroying tombs of former Iranian kings and ministers after an Iranian clergyman called for the destruction of the tomb of the deposed Shah's father in Teheran, the newspaper Etelaat said today. Ayatollah Sadegh Khalkhali, who ordered the assassination of the
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    • 72 4 OLDENBURG (West Germany), Mon. Police said yesterday they shot dead a supermarket manager and seriously wounded his policeman son when they mistook them for burglars. The manager had alerted police when the supermarket's burglar alarm sounded in his house. He drove to the scene with his son,
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    • 123 4 'Amin plans to attack with 30,000 men' LUSAKA, Mon. Ousted Ugandan leader Idi Amin, who is reported to be in Sudan, has recruited a 30,000-man army to regain power, Ugandan President Godfrey Binaisa claims in an interview published here today. Mr Binaisa, in Zambia to attend the Commonwealth summit said
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    • 47 4 Gentleman bandit WILMINGTON (Delaware), Mon. The Rev Bernard Pagaa*, accused of being the "gentleman bandit" who staged robberies with a chrome-plated gun. went on trial here today with a USfI2,«M lUjm) defence fund collected by his loyal parishioners. AP. fiiiiflim < £xperience [sm| DEFENCE Experience tf jjjL A
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  • 235 5 Janata urges public to join f ast NEW DELHI, Mon OPPOSITION Janata Party leaders have called for the public to join 3 an eight-hour fast on s Sunday in protest against party defectors c who joined Premier t Charan Singh's break- s away group. c The fast will be held
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  • 31 5 THE only difference between Charan Singh and Indira Ghandl is that she was a successful dictator and he Is not. Comment by a prominent Janata Member of Parliament.
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  • 329 5 China youths sent back to countryside BEIJING, Mon. IN THE face of rising urban unemployment, China has again decided to send educated youth to the countryside. This is a reversal of its earlier intention to discontinue the Maoist policy of sending graduates to the countryside to do agricultural work. Liaoning
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  • 68 5 MANILA, Mon. Recovery teams found the body of an Australian businessman today, two days after he disappeared while rowing on the Pasig River, his office said. A spokesman for Shell Chemical Co (Philippines) Inc said it was unclear whether Mr David Webster, 45, of Sydney, drowned or
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  • 34 5 CALAIS, Mon. A 12-year-old English hoy hoping to become the youngest person ever to swim the English Channel, ahandoned his attempt yesterday within 4.8 km of the French coast, coastguards said. Reuter.
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  • 171 5 Equal treatment in China for Taiwan goods HONGKONG, Mon. Taiwan-made goods and publications will get equal treatment as merchandise made in China. They will be given import permits, Chinese customs officials said today. But these items may not bear "Made in the Republic of China" notations. The officials pointed out
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  • 244 5 Tokyo hunters fail to recapture tiger TOKYO, Mon. An intensive hunt for a 118-kg tiger failed to lure the animal back into its cage early today as residents huddled behind locked doors and windows in the sweltering summer heat. I Police said during the overnight hunt that start-: ed yesterday,
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  • 99 5 BEIJING, Man. China's perfume Industry, condemned as bourgeois during the Cultural Revolution, is making a strong comeback, the Xinhua news agency reported today. It said the oatpat of j perfume products reached 14,5*4 tonnes last year, a II per cent Increase over 1117, while profits to the
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  • 170 6 FIVE bursaries of $5M each were presented to trainees of the Vocational and Industrial Training Board (VITB) yesterday morning by the secretary of the Singapore Buddhist Lodge, Mr Linn In Hua, at Pasir Panjang Vocational Institute. The Lodge has awarded 147 bursaries this
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  • 93 6 THREE hundred former British prisoners of war and their families, as well as widows of PoWs killed during World War Two, will visit Singapore next month. They will arrive in two groups on Sept 17 and 18 for a four-day visit. They will visit the
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  • 244 6  -  ALICE WONG By THE public will soon enjoy a one-stop shopping centre offering a complete range of telecommunication services at the Telecommunication Authority of Singapore's Customer Services Centre in Exeter Road. The new centre, costing $10.5 million, will not only provide services already available
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  • 50 6 THE People's Association will hold the first of its series of keep-fit courses for women at its headquarters in Kallang from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. every Tuesday, beginning on Aug 28. The fee for the three-month course is $30. For details, telephone *****22 ext 123 or 159.
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  • 276 6 66 pc OF CARGO, MAIL AT AIRPORT MOVED BY SATS THE Singapore Airport Terminal Services (Sats) moved 93,000 tonnes or 66 per cent of the total cargo and mail at Paya Lebar Airport from April 1978 to March this year. The managing director of Sats, Mr M. w. Anthonisz, said
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  • 45 6 DEFENCE Minister Mr Howe Yoon Chong will be guest of hohour at the National Day celebrations of the Singapore Tamilian Association tomorrow at 7 p.m. A buffet party marking the celebrations will be held at the association's hall in Woodsville Close.
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  • 41 6 MR Ang Nam Piau, MP for Thomson, will attend a Mandarin variety show on Sunday near Block 24, Sin Ming Road. The show, at 7.30 p.m., will be staged by the Thomson Constituency to celebrate National Day.
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  • 149 6 THE Container Terminal handled 4.2 million tonnes of container cargo during the first half of this year, up 27.3 per cent over the same period last year. A PSA statement said from January to June, a record 305,760 containers were handled at the terminal
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  • 111 6 THE Public Utilities Board is to spend $4 million to upgrade the capacity of the Changi substation and other projects to meet the electricity requirements of Changi Airport. The board will also ensure a constant electricity supply by installing another circuit to the
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  • 114 6 NO change was detected in the overall total acidity and suspended particle levels in Singapore in the second quarter of this year when compared to the first quarter. According to the air monitoring results of the Anti-Pollution Unit, there was a slight increase in the level
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    • 124 6 MATHEMATICAL BOOKS from 7 p.m. to 11 D.m. On from France exhibition at till I Aug 19 < Alliance Francaise, 4 ALEXANDRA EXPO Draycott Park, from 9 at the vacant site next a.m to 8 p.m. On till Aug to Queensway Circus, be25 tween Queensway and CHINESE ART and Commonwealth
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  • 453 7  -  GERALDINE TANG By THE development of a book publication scheme to encourage aspiring writers here and formation of a band association to group all local bands are two proposals, among several, that the Culture Ministry is looking into. Senior ministry officials have scrutinised
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  • 380 7  -  NGIAM TONG HAI By I THE president of the Singapore Real Estate Developers Association, Mr Sia Yong, said yesterday that allowing HDB dwellers to sell their flats at market prices will inject an element of speculation into future transactions of these flats. He was
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  • 97 7 THE Singapore Bus Service will sell its concession bus pass stamps for September from Aug 15 instead of on Friday. The stamps will be sold at the SBS headquarters in Braddell Road and other area offices until Aug 19. They will be
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  • 45 7 Films at the museum THE National Museum will screen three colour films for the public at its premises on Wednesday at 8 p.m. They are Karate (Introduction to, Self-defence), Natural Domain (Birds and Animals in Japan), and A Day for All People. Admission is free.
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  • 26 7 ZEHNDER Road community centre will hold a children's art competition on Aug 19 at 9 a.m. at Dover Road Estate. Telephone *****2 for details
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  • 147 7 MIDNIGHT FIRE DESTROYS SHOP A FIRE, which broke out shortly after midnight yesterday, destroyed the Lim Kheng Nam coffeeshop in Serangoon Road. No one was injured in the hour-long blaze. Two fire engines, which arrived at the scene minutes after the blaze broke out, prevented the fire from spreading to
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  • 32 7 BUKTT Ho Suwft community centre will hold courses in guitar-playing, advanced cooking, restaurant cooking, cakemaking, social dancing, art for children, yoga, Urn sum and beauty culture. For details, telephone *****62.
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  • 78 7 A TOTAL of 988 blood donations, averaging 141 units a day, for the weekending Saturday was received by the Singapore Blood Transfusion Service. Blood transfusions given numbered 913, an average of 130 a day. The Blood Donation Centre at Singapore General Hospital will close on Thursday, National
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  • 234 9 THESE are tw« M the attractive grasp «f ringen* frwn ImgMag and Taiwan who will be eatertalalmg crowds at tke National Theatre tonight and Umtrrtw light. Chelsea Chaa fr»m Talwaa, and Patricia Chai fr»m Hongkong will be Hinging a medley of songs with
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  • 335 9  - Bosses' 'yes to higher wages for apprentices TAN CHEE TEIK By EMPLOYERS interviewed yesterday generally agreed with the view that apprenticeship wages need to be revised higher. Last Saturday, the Director of Vocational and Industrial Training, Mr Lim Jit Poh, said at the graduation ceremony at Mitsubishi Heavy'lndustries Pte Ltd
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  • 154 9 Bulk carrier rescues crew of Prosperity THE Filipino captain and 25 crew of the freighter Gulf Prosperity which sank in a cyclone in the Indian Ocean last Friday were picked up by an Indian bulk carrier, the Chai Sardi, now on its way to India's Kakinada port, shipping sources in
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  • 81 9 KOK Tak Meng, 28, yesterday faced 12 fresh charges of housebreaking and theft committed with other people, and involving a total of $58,286.56. Previously, he had a|>peared in the same court thrice, during which he was separately and jointly charged with two people, Tan Kian Hock
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  • 44 9 THE opening round of the Or Ang Kok Peng chess championship will be played at the community hall of Block 14, Holland Drive on Saturday. The MP (or Buona Vista. Or Ang Kok Peng, will open the tournament at 3 p.m.
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  • 24 9 A KETUPAT-WEAVTNG competition will be held by the Kampung Kembangan community centre women's subcommittee at the centre on Saturday at 3 p.m.
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  • 351 9 Act of crew sets a poser for court WHETHER the act of a rebellious crew in diverti ing a tanker, originally destined for Penang, to Kampuchea constitutes an act of barratry (any wrongful action by a crew against the interests of the ship owners) or piracy is a poser for
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  • 3744 10  - HK $36.5 m profit salted away behind secret reserve, court told T. F. HWANG By and CHIA POTEIK AN allegation that Haw Par Brothers International Ltd (HPBIL) executives employed by Slater Walker Securities (SWS), did not want to show a profit of HK536.5 million made through share dealings in Hongkong,
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  • 499 10 Defence objects to charges being amended WHEN hearing began, Mr Tan asked for two expert witnesses to be allowed to remain in the courtroom during the proceedings and for another expert, but not witness, to sit in. They are Mr Dennis Garrett, a chartered accountant, ASP Roger Lim, the two
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  • 1397 10 The five charges THE first two charges against Tarling, for which no amendments were proposed, are: CHARGE 1 THAT you, together with Donald Edgar Ogtivy Watson and Ian Keith Tamblyn, on or about April 19", 1973, being directors of Haw Par Brothers International Ltd., wilfully failed to comply with the
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  • 1034 10 leading in that they did not adequately disclose the results of the group for those years. In respect of the 1972 accounts, where no disclosure was made of the realised profits underlying MUT (the Melbourne Unit Trust), I have reached this conclusion without difficulty 'Objection'
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  • 253 12 Man who stabbed mistress jailed 7 years A FURNITURE shop assistant stabbed his mistress and then jumped out of the window of her sixth floor flat, the High Court heard yesterday. Kong Foo, 58, survived the fall while his mistress, Madam Leong Foong Peng, 45, died later the same day
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  • 309 12  - Safety 'firsts' at two top yards J.D. INDRAN By TWO major shipyards in Singapore, Sembawang Shipyard and Far East-Levingston Shipyard have achieved new safety records following strict safety measures taken by them. Sembawang Shipyard had eight accidents in July, compared with an average of about 200 a month in the
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  • 71 12 LAU Kien Hing, 23, was yesterday fined $350 in a district court for outraging the modesty of Corporal Chan Yoke Chee, 26, in Eu Tong Sen Street on Saturday afternoon. Asst Supt T.S. Zain, prosecuting, said Lav was walking along the street when he used his
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  • 179 12 SEEK NEW AVENUES CALL TO CAMERA BUFFS LOCAL photographers should explore new avenues of photographic techniques ana expression contents and steer away from stereotyped pictures, the Parliamentary Secretary (Culture), Dr Ow Chin Hock, urged yesterday. Judging from the good response of entries for the increasing number of photographic exhibitions and
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  • 279 12  -  PAUL JANSEN By Our Jurong reporter PIONEER Industries Employees' Union (PIEU)'s new eight-storey headquarters is rapidly taking shape on a plot of land between the Singapore Science Centre and the Jurong Town Hall. Construction of the $6.5 million building is almost
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  • 30 12 THE Onraet community centre will hold a bird singing competition at Tanglin community centre on Sunday at 8 a.m. Further details are available from the two centres.
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 186 12 Bringing Up Father By Bill Kavanagh U Hal Camp I m sons to jos apound "j L^^g,^^/ I I /OOF/) —^^lil H you D •me house a few times -yf -\5^ E ooop ro V. 4A~_J$T i cSV S /^oor^ THE DOCTOR SAID xTTN 1A \C— fliCI Vj- S OAoi^'?
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  • 197 13  -  LEONG WENG KAM By A TELEVISION magazine. TV WEEKLY, has ceased publication, after being in print for more than 15 years. A bilingual publication, in English and Chinese, of the Educational Publications Bureau (EPB), the magazine was formerly a Ministry of Culture
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  • 32 13 THE Senior Minister of Slate (Education), Mr Chai Chong Yii. will be the guest of honour at the scout rally at Toa Payoh Athletic Centre on Saturday at 4 p.m.
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  • 88 13 N-Day traffic details out tomorrow STRAITS Times will publish tomorrow details of traffic arrangements and re-routed bus services during the National Day parades ani celebrations at six centres on Aug 9. The report will be accompanied by sketch maps showing roads that are closed to traffic. Service numbers; of Singapore
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  • 391 13  - Scream brought death before dinner GLORIA CHAN By THE table was all set and bank officer Miss Valeric Annette Binny was taking a rest before dinner when the "tranquil and domestic scenario" was shattered by a piercing scream. Miss Binny rushed out to the hall and saw her boyfriend Mr
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  • 143 13 Beggar stabs man when shooed away A BEGGAR, who approached a man for aims, stabbed him on the client and ran off when he was ah— ed away. The victim, Mr P. Perlammy, 25, a labourer, has however been discharged from the Singapore General Hospital after a day's stay. Mr
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  • 35 13 THERE will be a dinner and variety show at Tanjong Pagar community centre on Aug 17 at 7.30 p.m. The function is organised by the Tanjong Pagar constituency National Day committee.
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  • 27 13 THE Minister (or Law, Science and Technology, Mr E. W. Barker, will celebrate National Day with the students of Tanglin Kindergarten today at 11 a.m.
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  • 199 14 Labour firm owner acquitted of graft charges AIYACHAMI s/o Veeraputhiran, 36, proprietor of a labour contract company was yesterday acquitted of five charges of corruption. He was acquitted at the end of the prosecution's case without his defence being called. In acquitting him, district judge, Mr Dalip Singh, said he
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  • 356 14 Envoy to Japanese: S'pore wages are still lower SINGAPORE'S Ambassador to Japan, Mr Wee Mon Cheng, yesterday advised Japanese investors here not to be worried about this year's National Wages Council guidelines which pave the way for the "second industrial revolution" of Singapore. For even after the 20 per cent
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  • 81 14 False info charge withdrawn PHILIP MATHEWS, 23, who was charged with giving false information to a senior narcotics officer on June 19 last year, was given a discharge amounting to an acquittal by a magistrate yesterday. Insp Poh Soon Hiap, prosecuting, applied for the charge to be withdrawn. Mathews was
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  • 58 14 LEE MUN HUNG. 70, was yesterday charged in a district court with committing mischief by damaging a telephone and a table glass, together valued at $65, at the charge office of Central Police Station on May 31. His case will be mentioned on Aug 27. He was remanded
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  • 217 14 Woman dies, 2 hurt in two road accidents A 71-YEAR-OLD woman pedestrian died and two men were critically injured in separate road accidents within three hours on Sunday. The dead woman was identified by police as Madam Lim Mua Eng, of block 45, Stirling Road. She was crossing Alexandra Road
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  • 88 14 MOBILE Squad constable Soon Say Boon, 22, who died in a road accident along Kampung Bahrn Road hut Satur day night while on doty, was given a ceremonial burial with tall police honours at the Chna Chn Kang Chinese Cemetery yesterday. The Police Commls- sioner, Mr (ion
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  • 112 14 Don't be too satisfied, urges UF SINGAPOREANS should "concentrate" more on political activities in South-east Asia and not be too satisfied with their lives, the secretary-gener-al of the United Front, Mr Scow Knee Leng, said yesterday. In a National Day message, he said that the livelihood and future of Singaporeans
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  • 24 14 KAMPONG ÜBI community centre will hold its National Day dinner and cultural snow at the Eunos Crescent car park on Saturday. i
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  • 377 15 OPTIMISM DESPITEHIGHER WAGES SINGAPORE industrialists have forecast improved business in the second half of this year. This optimism is revealed in a government survey of business expectations of major industrial establishments for the third quarter of this year. Thirty-eight per cent of the respondents
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  • 36 15 THE MP for Buona Vista, Dr Ang Kok Peng, will attend the National Day dinner at the Queenstown community centre on Saturday at 7.30 p.m. The dinner will be followed by a variety show.
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  • 30 15 THE Joo Chiat community centre will hold a film show in Mandarin on Thursday evening at 8 p.m. The show is in conjunction with the National Day celebrations.
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  • 175 15 Crewman's death plunge: It's a mishap A CORONER yesterday recorded a misadventure verdict on the death of a crew member who slipped and fell about 20 metres to the ground when descending on a steel wire from the tanker where a fire had broken out. The court was inquiring into
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  • 51 15 MR Urn Chee Onn, secretaryeeneral of the National Trades Union Congress will officiate at the National Day Carnival at Bukit Merah on Sunday at 9 a.m. The carnival will be held at the Bukit Merah market at Kodhill Lane. Mr Urn is also MP for Bukit
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  • 113 15 TONG Fat Cheung, M, chief officer of the Liber lan-registered tanker Losina, was charged In a district court yesterday with causing the deaths of three Otters by a negligent act not amounting to culpable homicide. Tong, a Hongkong citixen, allegedly caused the deaths of Messrs
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    • 255 15 TAKE YOUR PICK. i I P«3I rS-Ta. As you may well know, the Far Eastern I Economic Review is generally considered the I most authoritative and informative publication I in Asia. In fact, many top businessmen regard I it as an essential "business tool". Now. by taking advantage of this
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  • The Straits Times TUESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1979
    • 402 16 THE Housing Board has made good its promise to be more flexible and to make it easier for more people to buy HDB flats by way of the announcement on changes to its rules by the National Development Minister on Sunday. No one is perhaps more aware of
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    • 375 16 FOR SOME time now there have been reports of a leadership shake-up within the Vietnamese hierarchy. It seems reasonably clear that apart from the "old guard" versus "young turks" syndrome, a major preoccupation among the leaders is to weed out those in their midst having links with
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  • 293 16 OUR postal services have come a long way since it started in 1823 from a single mall room in Fullerton Square under the charge of a Master Attendant. Today, 15 6 years later, the Postal Services Department employs a staff of 1,C74
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  • 1305 16  -  NANCY CHNG BJ^^afifWi^i^lrJiiaiJ^fTaa^B^ By 6 Oar much-lauded Postal Department is envied by Its counterparts in the major developed countries, many of which are beset with industrial ac- tion and formidable losses. 7 LAST month a new postal code system was implemented
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  • 542 16 BEHIND the scene of each letter you mail lies a bustling network of mail processing that operates 24 hours a day, every day of the year. The postal service in Singapore is classified as essential services, and even though you may
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    • 195 16 Experience 11 f^flßHHsl BY .^^S* B¥k 8 I ll <ft's 0«r Experience The Straits Times The Sunday Times ore ovoiloble daily in Djakarta from: SITTA AGENCY D|l Ir. H. Djuonda 34 Pay. Djakarta Tel: *****7 FIRMA WIRA SAKTI RAMAYANA GARDEN ARCADE HOTEL INDONESIA SHERATON JAKARTA THE LATEST NEWTS. AIRFREIGHTED TO
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  • 1356 17  -  BRIAN WILLIAMS By in Sydney 6 Government statistics showed that In the first three months of 1979, working days lost through industrial disputes were almost three times the number lost in the same period last year and the unrest has continued
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    • 87 17 sets new standards in interior A totally new furniture look. Q QT\ See the new look, and talk to Exotic inlays in contemporary O our professional designers at settings. Vibrant or subdued tones of the new Jens Munk showroom on amber, sea shells, caribou horn, red the ground floor of
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    • 295 17 Swop your HDB flat Housing Board flat-owners who have lived in their flats for five years can now exchange fiats on mutual agreement. Those who do not satisfy the five-year condition will be allowed to mutually exchange their flats if they have justifiable and acceptable grounds for such transfers. New
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  • TIMES CITY DESK
    • 1700 18 HK last transacted ready sale al the close IxiMiwvi on the Stock Kxrhangi* of Singa otp \csicrday compared with the previous ly'a piK-rs together with 1979 high and low AiljuMi-d (or scrip rights issue) nosing tone: Steady. Turnover: Official figures supplied by the Stock Exchange of Singapore including
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    • 1323 18 BID and offer prices officially listed and business in an reported to the Slock Exchange of Singapore yesterday with the number of shares traded shown in brackets in lots of 1.000 units unless otherwise specified All Times Settlement Contracts arc quoted after the word "sett". Big Board
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    • 177 18 4 1/2% 1/8/80 (250.000) (99.108 *****) 4 3/4% 15/9/80 (250,000) (99.238 99.338) 5 3/4% 1/6/78-80 (250.000) (100.358 100.458) 6 1/2% 1/5/79-81 (250.000) (99.908 100.008) 5 3/4% 1/9/79-81 (250,000) (100.306) 5 1/4% 1/3/81 (250,000) (99.608 99.705) 5% 15/4/81 (250,000) (99.158 99.256) 5% T F 1/5/83 (250.000) 100.05
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    • 1408 18 HID .Itvl oil, prkOJ .>((li-l.ill> liM.il .mil Nisini'.v> in and irpnrlpd to the Kuala Lumpur Slock Kxihann*' yeslarda) »nh thr numbfi oj shaii-. IraeM sh<mn in biarkels in lot.s uf I.UOO umis ■ajani uthenuM- Basel MM Muni.v AJtosa»sUi2.6sß) \lr»m ll Ml) 1.825) Alrx HaM ■11 130 cd A
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    • CHIEF PRICE CHANGES
      • 44 18 lunfei Be«i N (at Iroa M W I T P 1975 C M > B 8 'old Storage V Jack* B I Royal 1120 90S 535 118 810 530 530 231 187 18S ISO 11 II 1< ■••7 5 5 5 +5 S 5
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      • 33 18 oniplant Wrta Spore Glass Paper Product! OCBC M Hanking I C B Slme Darby U I C 530 229 12S 685 865 328 318 306 -IS -8 -S -5 -4 -4 -4
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      • 33 18 Haw Par K L Kepoac lac heap* C C G«ntinfi Slme Darby Tan Chon« 8ia Chew Coai Plaal V E 283.000 134X100 110X100 84.000 82,000 78.000 77.000 68X100 83,000 58.000
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      • 33 18 BT. Index Industrials: Finance: Hotels: Properties: Minings: Plantations: O.C.B.C: S.E.S.Ind: Aug 3 Aug 6 *****0 2288.85 385.88 ***** 699.41 698.17 289.39 290.40 245.00 244.85 203.54 203.70 668.33 «6785 373.33 373.21 339.93 340.15
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    • OVERSEAS MARKETS
      • 446 18 TOKYO: Share prices closed slightly higher yesterday, pushing up the market average to a new record for the third consecutive session. The Dow Jones average rose 3.31 to close at 6,392.18 points. with a volume of 200 million shares. The New index dosed at 447.86, down 0.54 point, dealers
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      • 17 18 THE HONGKONG and Sydsey stock market* were closed yesterday— first Monday la August, Bank holiday.
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      • 86 18 Striking prices of the options officially listed on the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday, the period, bids and offered prices and business done, if any, with the number of options traded shown In brackets. C C (Sept $2.35) (0.448). Haw Par (Sept $120) (0.268 0.325). Hime F E
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      • 109 18 THE KILOBAR market lor gold deliverable in Singapore yesterday opened at (20,026 per kilo, moved up to (20.075 before closing at $20,012. Cold for London delivery opened yesterday morning in Singapore at U*****.50 288.00 and moved higher to (288.00/40 but eaaed to cloae at (287 20 60 in the
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      • 175 18 Synthetic Resin's land purchase SYNTHETIC Resins said its acquisition of a piece of freehold land and building in Tampoi, Johore Bahru, from associate Synthetic Fabrics (M) Sdn Bhd for Msl million need not be approved by the Malaysian Ministry of Trade and Industry. The company said it has been informed
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      • 113 18 KUALA LUMPUR: Federal Cables. Wires and Metal Manufacturing Bhd announced an unaudited group operating profit of MJ2.89 million ($0.74 million), for the six months ended June 30, on sales of $34.70 miUion ($27.66 million) The parent company's operating profit was $1.33 million ($0.30 million), on
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      • 58 18 LONDON: Bradwall (FMS), Chersonese (FMS). Muar River and Sungei Krain said the scheme of arrangement (or their merger with a new holding company. Barlow Holdings, became effective last Friday. The London Storks Exchange has admitted all ordinary shares of Barlow Holdings issued and to be issued to
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      • 106 18 KUALA LUMPUR: Peninsular Malaysian tin concentrates output in May rose to 7,336 long tons from 6,873 tons In April and 6,960 tons in May 1978, statistics department figure show. Production for the first five months amounted to 34,855 tons against 33,332 tons in the same
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      • 121 18 CHINESE PBODI re EXCHANGE, SINOAPOBK, NOON CLOSING PRICES PER PICUL YBBTBRDAY: CtMMI all: Bulk (123 seller., old drum $128 sellers, new drum J133 sellers Oaara: Mixed (loose) UK, Cont 175 00 buyers. Papaar: Muatok ASTA white fob 10V NLW 1345.00 sellers, Sarawak white rob 96. NLW 1327 36
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    • COMMODITIES
      • 25 18 THE STRAITS tin price was unchanged at $1,900 per picul in Penang yesterday on an official offering up 25 tonnes to 175 tonnes.
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      • 355 18 PRICES in the Singapore rubber market yesterday were initially marked down some 3.25 cents in line with last Friday's after hours' softness here and following easier London advices, dealers said. The market later recovered slightly on some buying interest, but this evaporated later and prices fell back again. Trading
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      • 29 18 Rubber: Aug 6 Singapore: August: 287.25 cents (down 4.75 cents) Malaysia: August: 286.25 cents (down 5.25 cents) Tin: M$l,900 (unchanged) Official offering: 175 tonnes (up 25 tonnes)
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      • 79 18 RAB HSR 211 SSRSO MRELB SMRCV SMRL SMRGP SMK S SMR 10 -MR Hi -MR il üm palkll 11-uai ptlktl il u«i pallrti llloapdlMl 11'Mip^lMI II loaiMllMl II uaptllx) lluniMUM) (Carnal Mlk) Bnr«n S.IWr. 274.00N Z7«.(»N moo moos ***** M 2 OON ***** *****N UN<l» UNQ *****
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    • 348 18 SPECULATORS appeared to be sprawling oat their interest among the rrl»Uvely low-priced skare* at tke Stock Exekaage of Singapore yesterday. Altkoagk tkeae Issues enjoyed Intermittent boats of baying at higher levels, most of them tended to level off In the later session for want of strong
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    • 306 18 PRICES closed on a mixed to slightly steadier note amidst generally dull conditions on the Kuala Lumpur stork market yesterday. There were, however, a few firm spots noted here and there, thanks mainly to bargain-hunting support. Motor stocks, which attraded some buying interest last Friday, were again j
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    • 115 18 THE US dollar opened Uttie chang- ed at »2 1540 60 in the Singapore forex market yesterday. The US unit fluctuated narrowly j in ihin and quiet trading against major currencies before closing i slightly lower at C .1530 40. One month 2.1480 2.1500 Two months 2.1435
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    • 47 18 RANUE of prices offered by dis i-ouni house* on Aug 6 f)venu([til y-i CaUdepostu- V. Buyiu Selliac t month rreasury bills 5 I/It 4 15/18 month Sank bills 7 7', 3 month CD 7 7*» 6 month CD 7 15/18 7 13/16 Sourer: National Discount Vt
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    • 37 18 Closing Interbank rates tor Singapore dollars on Aug 6: Overnight II 7 1 month T 13/16 7 11/ 16 2 months 713/16 711/ 16 3 months 7 7 t Overnight mode lightly from those <iuotc<l
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    • 23 18 THE average rate at which Singapore banks are currently prepared to lend to their best customer* is 8.25 per cent.
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    • 347 18 INTERBANK rates at 3.00 pm: Curranciaa Nominal rataa Smithsonian Parcantaoa quotad iraatarday (croas)parity changa Locai dollars to one unit of foreign currency: ASIAN currency deposit Interbank rates as at close on Aug 6: Closing Asian dollar certificates of deposit for prime names: JS dollar 2.1530 2.1540 Sterling pound
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    • 1208 19 DURING THE last nine months or so, the shares of the two largest motor groups, Cycle and Carriage (C and C) and Wearnes, have been badly under-per-forming as viewed against the general market. C and C's share price, for instance, has plummeted from its
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    • 349 19 Fancy Tiles expands output PRODUCTION started m aMMtowU mm sqi*re feet at tllea per month at Fancy Tile's newly-expanded factory la Klang to bring total productUn to 1J million sq feet a month. This Increased production capacity, coupled with stringent cast control, Is expected to kelp •ffset the ereslon of
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    • 649 19 Lower tin output hits Selangor Dredging profit DESPITE higher tin prices prevailing, Selangor Dredging suffered a 25 per cent fall in pre-tax profit to MJ14.81 million for the year ended March 31, 1979 as a result of lower tin output mined. Output figures are not included in the preliminary statement.
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    • 348 19 CENTRAL Securities said that its recent disposal of 1.157 million shares in former associate Perak Carbide Corporation has reduced its stake in the company to 15.1 per cent of the issued capital from 31.6 per cent previously. The net cost of its present
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  • Page 19 Advertisements
    • 824 19 SENIOR PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER An International Company engaged in manufacturing activities in the metal fabrication industry, and having operations in S.E. Asia and Far East, has an opening for the above senior position. Candidates, who must be graduates preferably in Mechanical Engineering, with about 5 years' experience in either product
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    • 658 19 JABATAN TELEKOM KENYATAAN TAWARAN Tawaran adalah dipelawa untuk membekalkan:— No. Pwkara Rujukan Tarlkh tutup Harga 1. Photographic Bromide SWP.T.79/79(C) STY. 7979 $20/Paper Bayaran bagi tender tender mi hendaklah dibuat di Ibu Pejabat Telekom Bahagian Akaun di Tingkat I. Bukit Mahkamah, Kuala Lumpur Resit resmi yang dikeluarkan olih Pengarah Telekom (Akaun)
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    • 183 19 TOWN BOARDS ENACTMENT, (NO. 118) NOTICE UNDER SECTION 137 Notice is hereby given thai applications have been received lor the following amendments to be made to the apporved Plan NO.J4/3202/3 which is permanently exhibited (or public inspection at the office of Majlis Daerah Batu Pahat Barat. Batu Pahat. on any
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    • 377 19 IN THE HIGH COURT IN MALAYA AT KUALA LUMPUR CIVIL SUIT NO. 2309 OF 1978 BETWEEN Malaysia Government Officers' Co-oper atrve Housing Society Ltd. Plaintiff AND Shaan tun Abdul Wahab Defendant BEFORE THE SEMOfi ASSISTANT REGISTRAR PUAN ZAITIJH ZAWIYAH TWS 16TH DAY OF FEBRUARY. 1979 M CHAMBERS ORDER UPON HEARING
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  • Page 20 Advertisements
    • 4994 20 AT YOUR SERVICE SECTION INDEX i*M*A&&m M?& MLMJ AmJ& iiiE I, iiiSil£: ERTrES l^m^'llt'tl VI ANNOUNCEMENTS J A PERSONAL ZB4-44ZZ Perword Wets (Mm. $9 00) tv ORITIJ ARIFS I 1 Per column cm: $10 75 (Mm ,$32.25) I A UOllUrtHlta II EMPLOYMENT II EMPLOYMENT I FOR SALE SHOPPING GUIDE I
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    • 1462 20 II EMPLOYMENT 11 NEW DEPARTMENT OF an estab- llshed organisation looking for 5 I young and energetic salesmen lo I promote the sales of fast moving i new products and office appllj ances. Monthly Income around $700 Previous sales experience not essential a.s irunlng will or I provided Good prospects
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  • Page 21 Advertisements
    • 1250 21 II EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANT FACTORY MANAGER Leading Switchboard Factory requires immediately experienced Assistant Factory Manager. Applicants must have experience In estimating, planning and designing of switchboards, motor control centres, distribution boards, supervision and control of production. Applicants will be treated in strict confidence and should submit details of personal particulara, work
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    • 481 21 II EMPLOYMENT Ia's^xESHQEeEIX vasal are required for LEO Clock Radio Line TV. Band Radio Line Stereo Tape Recorder/ Radio Line Hi Fi Amplifier/Receiver Line Transceiver Line Many promotion opportunities are available due to our expansion programmes. Those who are experienced in ■he above assembles, we will pay a salary commensurating
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    • 814 21 MAID WANTED ONLY to look after 2 children (l new born) between 6pm and 10a.m. Experience necessary Phone *****05 SECOND AMAH WANTED to work on Saturdays and Sundays only. Some housework, cooking and to look after 2 little girls. Apply: 15 Fifth Avenue, Spore 1026, or tel: *****34. STAY-IN AMAH
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    • 736 21 II EMPLOYMENT COOLING SYSTEMS S FLEXIBLES PTE LTD requires SECURITY GUANOS with prevldus experience In military /securtty group. Age below 50 years. Able to read, write and speak English. DRIVER Preferably below 40 years of age and possess valid class 3 and 4 driving licence with clean record of driving.
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    • 677 21 EXCLUSIVE DISTRIBUTOR OF A SOPHWTICATEO RANGE OR SWEDISH INOOSTRI A L PRODUCTS REOUMES: A) FEMALE ACCOUNTS CUM GENERAL CLERK B) VAN DRIVER CUM DEUVERY C) SALES REPRESENTATIVES c O.C.E. 'A' or "O' Level. c LCC Intermediate preferred with at least 2 years relevant experience. c Duties Include Oeneral Accounting up
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    • 978 21 II EMPLOYMENT >- —j LIFT AND L ESCALATOR FOREMEN WE WORK PLUMBING AND FIRE PROTECWITH A TION fill n A FOREMEN SMILE AIRCONDITION- ING FOREMEN ©required by Appointed Contractor th« Changi International Airport Passenger Terminal Building. I Applicants are Invited to I write In with full personal I particulars, qualifications.
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    • 484 21 II EMPLOYMENT Apo*o Serrtosa requires (1) NIGHT AUDITOR Musi have full knowledge of NCR No. 42 and 52 machines, auditing and balancing of front office accounts Permanent night duties (2) CLERK/TYPIST GCE O' level, typing speed between 35 to 40 wpm (3) WAITERS/ WAITRESSES (Banquet/ Restaurant). Secondary 2 English TrainIng
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    • 400 22 II EMPLOYMENT 31 Situations Vacant t) General MANUFACTUMNO COMPANY IN DISTRICT ?1 requires for Immediate employment a FOREMAN m Mm Cnarmcal Plant. RCOUMCMENTS:1 Completed National Service 2) QCE O' Level with 2 yrs working experience In Chemlcal/proceu plant 3) Must tx> able lo work Independently 4) Successful candidate can be
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    • 501 22 KaaVW^fn'a^gte Mirala Electronics is one of the largest rlr-clronic mi iponrnl manufacturers in .'span and its activities panding. Thi- Singapore factory prrs.tiiK manufactures wide range of sophisticated electronic components such ss capacitors, filters and variable resistors, seeks the appoint menls nt the lowingSCHEDULERS I Production OK Material I The srhedular
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    • 1179 22 II EMPLOYMENT oe 1) FEMALE STOCK CLERK OCE O level credit In Maths S'porean. aged 18 —22 years Conversant In Mandarin Oood knowledge of written Chinese Probationary salary $236/INTERVIEW TIME 4pm to 5 pm 2) SECURITY GUARD I Total monthly gross Income $320/- S'porean. aged 25-40 years English speaking MALAY
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    • 504 22 II EMPLOYMENT I sMimnno H A HMdlng manufacturer ol lop quality bicycle component* is last expending snd have Immediate vacancies tor PRODUCTION OPERATORS (Male and Female) W» otter- Revised starting salary and generous fringe benefits Cash bonus on confirmation Pay increase on confirmation I Job Allowance Special Allowance Production Incentive
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    • 523 22 SsNOAPORE CARKT MANUFACTURERS PTE LTD needs Immediately (A) STORE HELPERS (B) PRODUCTION WORKERS (MALI/FEMALE) (C) PRODUCTION CLERK (FEMALE) Besides »n attractfve aaaary plus incentives, we offer Mie loMoiviny:- 5-day week. day shift. transport. r.iedlcal/dental benefits 13th month bonus. housing for Malaysians (Chinese) meal/transport allowance during over-time recreational activities. Please call
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    • 991 22 II EMPLOYMENT WANTED YOUNO MEN with or m without experience to Join as m Tmtmrlml Pest Control Operators with a *V *epee*a-»eM class 3 driving licence Write In with full details and a recent APPROVED COMMERCIAL photograph to: Suite 429. People's SCHOOL requires Full/ Parttlme Park Centre. Spore 0105. tutors
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    • 939 22 111 VEHICLES BOATS KAirnFUL 1874 ESCORT 1300 XL Cassette, stainless steel silencer, power Brakes Low mileage Asking $8,750 ono Contact *****8/ 7 Choy MAUTsFUL 1873 DATSUN IBOJ SSS. Radio cassette. Tax. Insurance View: 38 Hoot Klam Road *****89 BEAUTIFUL 1874 PUT 1325. 1758 cc. with alrjond. radio, cassette. sports rims
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    • 875 22 LATI 1573 CORTMA 1900 OT. 2 owners Metallic paint, alrcond. cassette, sports tyres, tax- 11/79 Tip top condition Eligible PARF tt.400 ono ***** 1 LATE 1*74 TOYOTA Corolla, excellent condition. Alrcond. new paint etc Road tax till Jan 1980 $12,800 on.o Office hours: *****2 Res *****9. LATE wn HONOA TN
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  • Page 23 Advertisements
    • 970 23 111 VEHICLES BOATS 45 Vehicle* For Sale YOU CAN AFFORD a car on hirepurchase terms from Hong Leong Finance. Moderate Interest rate Repayment up to 2 years. Immediate approval Telephone *****33. Permit No 2188 I 1 OWNER. 1*77. DaLsun 100A FII Sport rims Beautiful condition. Sl.'i.MOono Tel *****49 1 YEAR
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    • 1015 23 1*73 BEAUTIFUL DATSUN 160J sss with sports rims, factory alrcond., new road Ux. Selling at $10,0000 no. Tel: *****6 1*73 CHRYSLER 1(0 Automatic. PARF eligible Price: $9,200 0.n.0. Tel *****27 1*73 CITROEN 2000 PARF eligible Denso alrcond. $10,500 ono. Details *****16 Exchange 1969 onwards Mercedes considered 1*73. COLT GALANT 1600
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    • 1304 23 11l VEHICLES BOATS I*7* TOYOTA CROWN Super Saloon. Ist company regd. Chauffeur driven. In original condition 5536.000 negotiable. (HP arrangeable Tel: *****8 1*77 COLT SIGMA 1600 GS. Concealed aircond., $20,600 Tel *****35. 1*77 COLT SIGMA 2000 GXL alrcond. Radio cassette sports rim' sports tyres and new road tax. Showroom condition.
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    • 1168 23 IV ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES V>h- M HBafl bVbbßP'^^bll Hilltop 2 storey split-level semidetached bungalows luxurious fittings easy loan instalments freehold land prompt delivery Only two units left Book now to avoid disappointment. Enquiries Bookings: THOMSON HILL LTD. 15th Fir Far East Shopping Cenlre. Orchard RoaO Singapore 9 Tel *****11 (12 linesj
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    • 1515 23 IV ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES Fab Miaul apartments, furnished/ unformatted, with/ without swlmmtnfl pool In Diets. 10. and IS. c Calrnhlll Plaza $4.000 a Grange Heights $ZMO S2JOO a Ridgewood $3,000 i a Hlghpolnt $3,000 c Jaya Towers $o*oo $3,000 a Peach Garden S2JOO c Hilltop $2,500 c Pandan Valley S2.MO S2JOO
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    • 1408 23 IV ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES I 52 Accommodation Wanted a) Houses I A BROAD RANGE of expatriates hunting for Houses/ Apart1 menls. Owners ring Oeneral Properties *****3/ *****5. A DUTCH COUPLE urgently needs an exclusive bungalow/ apartment. Bank lease. Flexible budg- et. Particulars: Mr Johnson I ***** Ext. 10 A LOCAL COMPANY
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  • Page 24 Advertisements
    • 738 24 IV ACCOMMODATION A PROPERTIES 54 Properties For Sale a) Houses SERANGOON GARDEN single storey terrace. 3 bedrooms, spa clous Hung/dining, newly reno vated $85,000 Call *****44. *****16 TERRACE AT EMERALD Hill Roue for sale $140,000. Contact Lei *****70 no agents UPPER EAST COAST Hoad 2 nev. split-level lownhouses Kenovatrd $210,000
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    • 820 24 GRACE MOUSING *****5* Wat ten Hill Condominium Type B. Price $230,000/- 0.n.0. GRACE HOUSING 223*281 Cairnhlll Plaza. 4th Floor. Type B. Area 2850 sq ft Price $325,000/- on.o I GREEN MEADOWS. Upper Thomson Road/ Tagore Avenue new condominium low rise mmo- nettes. Freehold Owners relln- qulshlng. $130,000 Property Ag- ency
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    • 1610 24 I IV ACCOMMODATION A PROPERTIES I OEYLANO OROUNOFLOOR 7.000 soft. 81 JO pjif Ist floor 3,800 4.000. 5.000 sq ft $090 pjif. Convenient for loading and unloadIngwitn 2 cargo wings Contact: *****06/*****4 56 Factory Site*/ Space DISTRICT IS KAPO BUsLOwSQ New factory space for sale 1,745 sq.ft. $168,000 Principals only.
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    • 1310 24 V SERVICES A BUSINESS II Car Pooling is Sensible! Economy A courtesy on wheels Give ot get a lift through CATS We will pool you right away rWEHJOM I <^ your otfrt known ytKt* I I TEL. *****5, HOB Licence C ***** specialises In renovation. Marble/ Terrazso/ Ceramic/ Office partition
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    • 1344 24 V SERVICES BUSINESS CONTACT OAN ELECTROOEX for WINCON ENTERPRISE. Sale! Instant repair of colour and b/w service, repair colour. B/W TV t.v. Reasonable charges *****88/ <«"»> Installation Reasonabl *****57 rental Easy hp. terms *****1 NEW STAR COLOUR B/W TV. re- pair. Hl-fl system, aerial Instal- ration For efficiency, ring REPAJRMO
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    • 1515 24 VI EDUCATION TRAINING GIRLS! Jobs ate becoming harder to get 5 you need better qusMcakons The London Chamber ot Commerce 1 and Industry Private Secretary s CerMcsss a recograaea nernseonseyssoneoftie n^jhest guertcssons oeu>nstM Tms exemnston is tie only Pnvsse Secretarial Exsmnenon supervised ty the Minawy of Educator Enrol nowal me
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  • IX OBITUARIES
    • Obituary, Illustration
      78 25 The family of the lite Mr M loseph P.P.N. «ish to thank the YiPs relatives and friends for their pres ence wreaths (lowers, condolence contribution and help rendered d Ur their bereavement on 9 7 1979 There mill be a Requiem High Mass to be held at the Church
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      37 25 TODAY MAKES TEN YEARS SINCE YOUR ABSENCE BECAME A HEART-RENDING (ACT OEARLY MISSED BUT FOREVER REMEMBERED BY LOVED ONES PRAYERS WILL BE HELD AT NO 5 MAIN ROAD TROLAK PERAK MR. P. KOHU D.p.rt»o 7.8.1969
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      46 25 'T»ne passes W pi^ifxis mernones oi your noble nature and the yakjK Q, mluM n reman deep «i our hearts. You are With US every day". Mrs. Sabaratnam and Ch4dr«i. I IN MEMORY Of AKM FATIO t HUSBAN) Lite MR. V SABARATNAM
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    • 95 25 FamHy of Mm late MR. PETER WONG ENG KIAT thank the Management and vt.il of D.B.S. and IBM. staff of DBS. Computer services Department, the Principal, staff and tuck-shop vendors of Parry Avenue Boys' School. Foochow Ngeesu Wong Clan Xssoclatlon. Singapore Self-Reallzatlon Group. Friends and Relatives for their
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    • Obituary, Illustration
      211 25 MtMd •<••> peacefully on 5J.79. •aving behind MM children to nourn his doatti. ion* ran Kirn Wah ran Kirn Neo ran Kirn Lam ran Kirn Bock i ran Kirn Kheng Daughters ran Slew Chip ran Slew Ens 3»ughters-inlanr 3an Peck Oek :hua Pin Tin 'nan Kirn Choo, Susie
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    • Obituary, Illustration
      98 25 MY DEAREST GRANDPA Lav Tok I Boon, gone forever but always I remembered by grandson I Michael Son I A memorial service (or the II late George Gray Thompson II will be held at St. Andrew II Cathedral on Saturday 11th I August at 5 00pm Friends
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  • Page 25 Advertisements
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    • 531 25 ITAURANTS NAM HO TRAVEL Service (SingaI pore) Pte Ltd STPB Lie No: 140 West Malaysia Tour (Inclusive Oentlng' Cameron High- lands) by deluxe alrconditloned I i coach seven days ssi99 six days SJI79/-. departure every Sunday. Monday. Tuesday, i Oentlng/ Cameron Highlands four days Ssl4o Genting Hlgh- lands four days
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    • 540 25 IJK3HH SALES EXECUTIVE We are a leading international company in our field. In line with our expansion programme, we have a career opportunity for an experienced MALE/FEMALE SALES EXECUTIVE who will be based in Kuala Lumpur. Suitable candidates will have:— 1. self motivation, drive and dedication. 2. the ability to
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    • 527 25 nil HARRIS g^J SEMICONDUCTOR IMI MALAYSIA SDN. BHD. invites applications from suitably qualified Malaysians for the position of TEST TECHNICIAN THE JOB To repair and maintain Test Equipment, and undertake Test Fixture Modification/ Fabrication THE PERSON MCE with relevant Electronic Technical certificates from recognised polytechnic institutions. Preference will be given
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  • Page 26 Advertisements
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  • ACROSS THE CAUSEWAY
    • 600 27 KUALA LUMPUR, Monday THE Federal Court today allowed an application by Democratic Action Party (DAP) secretary-general Lim Kit Siang who is appealing a conviction under the Official Secrets Act to be given copies of exhibits that the government claimed were secret in
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    • 146 27 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Airline employees not employed by Malaysia's national flag carrier Malaysian Airline System (MAS) have set up a new union in place of the deregistered Airlines Employees Union (AEU). The new union, called the National Union of Airlines Employees, is headed by an
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    • 77 27 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. Journalists on the Kin Kwok Daily News are to get 180 litres of petrol plus $80 a month as transport allowance under a new collective agreement signed with the Malaysian National Union of Journalists here yesterday. The agreement ensures that the interests of workers
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    • 227 27 Societies to get $36m aid from Red Cross for Viet refugees KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The International Red Cross movement has agreed to make available US$l7 (SSM.S) million •ver the next live months to national Red Cross and Red Crescent societies involved in assistance programmes for Vietnamese "boat peoThe financial aid
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    • 42 27 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Two doctors from the Health Ministry will be sent to China this year to study acupuncture treatment and determine whether it can be introduced in government hospitals. Health Minister Tan Sri Chong Hon Nyan said yesterday. NST.
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    • 260 27 Award for doctor who made cliff rescue LABUAN, Mon. A doctor who rescued a two-year-old girl dangling from a rope over a cliff, has been rewarded for his heroism. The Guinness Company has presented him with one of its Stout Effort Awards, which are given in recognition of outstanding achievements.
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    • 87 27 ALOR STAR, Mon. The Muda Agricultural Development Authority (Mada) yesterday launched an all-out campaign to get 60,000 farming families in the Muda region in Kedah and Perlis to begin preparations for the planting of the coming main season padi crop. Early planting of the crop will enable
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    • 82 27 Relatives and mends for their kind condolences, prayers, wreaths, donations, presence and help during our recent bereavement; and The nurses, staff and doctors of Ward S3. Tan Tock Seng Hospital who did all they could and whose care was much appreciated by our beloved departed
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  • Page 27 Advertisements
    • 136 27 M M3 l wr TAW-67CX5J/78OOJ/7700J SPIN washing detergent J taw-27Oaj/28OAJ Lf^TCTTTm TATUNG^ELECTROINICS (S) PTE. LTD. Office: Tatung Electronics (S) Re Ltd 1 0C-27C. Blk 1 Depot Road. Telok Blangah Ind Estate S pore 041 0 Tel 2751 31 1 *****75. *****79 Tatung Stores: 768. Upper Serangoon Road S pore 1
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    • 638 27 This announcement appears a- a mailer of record only August W79 OVERSEA-CHINESE BANKING I CORPORATION LIMITED (Incorporated m me Republic ol Singapore) Rights Issue of 2,728,379 Shares of S$10 each at S$30 per Share MANAGER AND UNDERWRITER Singapore International Merchant Bankers Limited Tht? following also participated in the underwriting: Singapore-Japan
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  • TIMESPORT PAGE ONE
    • 253 28 DAKAR, Mon. Ethiopia's distance runners Miruts Yifter and Belete Yetnebern took the honours in the gruelling 5,000 metres and marathon races as the final curtain fell on the African athletics championships here yesterday. Despite the heat, which kept performances modest, Yifter repeated his recent 'double feat
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    • 74 28 HAVANA. Moa. Alberta Jaaatereaa, Cuba's doabie Olympic champl—, Is ■adercolag treatment far a muscular lahvy which will keep him aat sf track competition far aa Indefinite period. Dr. Radrlfe Alvarei, head of the Department of Traamatology at the Cuban Sports Institute, announced tkat Juantorena would
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    • 126 28 BRITAIN'S taMe world recordholder SebasUM Cmt, rmtae* his luuids In toy, alter producing a devastating spruit finish to take lint place la the rfuropa Cap Ml metres final, bat la a relatively slew time of 1 mia. 41.J sec. five aeeeaa* outside his world record a»t last
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    • 563 28 Devastating Coe spurts to easy 800 m victory TURIN (Italy), Mon. East Germany repeated their achievement, of two years ago in Helsinki, when they won both the men's and the women's Europa Cup finals in torrid heat here yesterday. But if their victory in the men's
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    • 331 28 Moa Mat: 1 Alan Wells (GB) 20.29; 2 Pietro Mennea (Ita) 20.31; 3 Marian Woronin (Pol) 20.43. Mftni: 1 Sebastian Coe (GB) 1:47.3; 2 Dragan ZJvotic (Vug) 148.1; 3 Willy Wulbec (W Ger) 1:48.2. IJHtm steeplechase: 1 Mariano Scartezzini (Ita) 8:22.8; 2 Michael Karst (W Ger) 8:23.8;
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    • 434 28 SAN DIEGO, Mon. Tracy Austin, who had lost to Martina Navratilova in their last six matches, routed the Wimbledon champion yesterday in the finals of a USfTS.OOO ($161,250) women's tennis tournament, 64, 6-2. yesterday. Tracy, 16, the tournament's No. 3 seed, dominated the match from the start, playing her
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    • 31 28 RADIN MAS beat Port Authority 2-0 to win the Radin Mas National Day soccer tournament at Buklt Chermin yesterday. Anson defeated Buklt Merah 3-1 to take third place.
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    • 318 28 Tracy routs Martina in final British Prime Minister, took on some of the top British saloon car drivers, when he competed in the BMW county championship, to finish a creditable eleventh. In TaUaaega, Alabama, Darrell Waltrip won the Talladega 500-mile Nascar stock car race ■yesterday. SOCCER Austrian striker Kurt Wetzel
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  • Page 28 Advertisements
    • 667 28 J^ \<V At CRANCEFORD the beautiful J^ s^^- a\* /4r landscaped garden and its pervading theme ■»Jx* /> O^* s^f s*^" °f fl oww watc are symbolised by the <^^* vsS y^r 4f' ia«N Kingfisher and the Rose. It holds the k.^^" <b y^r JV<^lßr flk\ promise of a lifestyle
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  • TIMESPORT PAGE TWO
    • 190 29 Nancy keeps title after nearly giving it to Joyce SUNNINGDALE (England), Mon. Nancy Lopez, of the United States, almost gave away her European women's golf championship before retaining her title with a final round of 75 here yesterday. Nancy finished with a 14-under-par total of 282 and her winning margin
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    • 59 29 TURIN, Mon. East German protests over the outcome of Saturday's men's high jump competition at the Europa Cup final were rejected yesterday by an Appeals Commission. The event was won by 17-year-old West German Dietmar Mogenburg, when he •-leared 2 32 metres at his second attempt. Ralph Beilschmidt,
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    • 52 29 DONETSK, Mon. The Soviet Union women's high Jump record was broken for the second time inside a week when 29-year-old Nina Serbina cleared 1.94 metres at a meeting here yesterday. The previous record of 1.91 m was set by Elena Goloborodko last week during the Soviet
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    • 29 29 IPOH. Mon. Selangor entered the Malaysian Chinese Football Association Cup final, when they beat Penang 4-1 in the North Zone final at Stadium Perak last night. NST.
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    • 92 29 Campero all the way to victory DEAUVILLE (France), Mon. Campero, ridden by Freddy Head, led from start to finish to win the 3,000 metres Prix Kergorlay here yesterday. Trie six-year-old just held on to snatch victory from Son Of Love by half a length, with Shafaraz four lengths away, third
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    • 331 29 Soviet help for Filipino athletes soon FILIPINO athletes can look forward to Soviet aid and assistance soon, following the recent visit to the Soviet Spartakiad by the Filippino president of the International Basketball Federation, Gonzaio "Lito" Puyat Before leaving here for MOSCOW, Mon. London yesterday, Mr. Puyat said that while
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    • 208 29 COWES, (England), Mon. Regardless, owned by Ken Rohan, won the 354kilometre Channel race last night and helped Ireland from fifth to first place in the Admiral's Cup yachting series. Regardless also won Thursday's inshore race in the five-event competition which is regarded as the unofficial world
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    • 545 29 BIRMINGHAM (Michigan), Mon. Australia's David Graham, after almost throwing away the tournament, beat Ben Crenshaw with a birdie at the third hole of a suddendeath play-off yesterday to win the 61st Professional Golfers' Association championship. Graham wasted his first chance to win the
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    • 237 29  -  BERNARD PEREIRA By A GROUP of eight tennis Grand Masters, including the immortal "Pancho Gonzalez, are planning to stage exhibition matches at the Singapore Tennis Centre next year. The group, comprising all former world-class players over the age of 45, are Neale Fraser, Frank
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    • 308 29  -  WILFRED YEO By FEW people in Singapore, it seems, want to represent the Republic at the bowling World Cup in Bangkok in October. Even fewer, it also appears, are keen on an extra income as scorers at the Singapore international, which starts on Friday at Jackie's Bowl
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    • 210 29  -  ERNEST FRIDA By THE clash between the Singapore Island Country Club and the Warren Club at the Bukit Course on Sunday, may well decide the Singapore Golf Association's handicap league championship. SICC. the defending champions, are heading the league table with 14 points from
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    • 137 29 Smyth's biggest pay packet YORK (England), Mon. Dm Smyth, almost an unknown outside Ireland, became the European match-play golf champion at Falford here yesterday when he beat South African Nick Price with a mitgnlflrent eagle on the last hole. The £MM first prize (nearly five times as much aa he
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    • 33 29 FAR EAST LEVrNGyj-ON whipped Promet 23-5 in the Jurong Town Companies nptball tournament at Ju>ong Stadium yesterday. Other results Philips T.D.S. bt G.E. Hoseware '4-U; Ordnance Devlopmeni bt iYa.--tors Singapore 22-17.
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    • 214 29 LONDON, Mon. Kent beat Sussex by 33 runs yesterday, their ninth win in 12 Sunday matches, and strenthened their hold on the 40-over League. Somerset, their closest pursuers, flopped against Lancashire to leave Kent six points clear. Brief m»k*: At OM Traflari: Lancashire bt Somerset by
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  • Page 29 Advertisements
    • 316 29 ■V^hA^^aMM^l^feM The reputable and widely recognised PV4' Magazine MJkM HfX I \/m. IfS (Pickup. Van 4 Whee Drive' U.S. Motor Magazine) ■w^B ■ro^V ■^rVMi w^pTß^^n^ selected the Mitsubishi u2OO Pickup of the year. 1 Mi M*m I M^BB^^M^^ It was no mere paper test. This gruelling selection WyJ^MtfJ^li B f%vMV^nC
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  • TIMESPORT PAGE THREE
    • 381 30  -  ERNEST FRIDA ONG AND LIM MAY BE FIRST TO GO By SINGAPORE'S ace sprinter Ong Yoke Phee and long Tump champion Lim Hong Kang, may be left out the Republic's team to next month's South-east Asia Games in Jakarta, if they do not take
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    • 255 30  -  BERNARD PEREIRA By THE Singapore Lawn Tennis Association, who are rarely known for bold innovations, made a surprise decision at their meeting by nominating a team of four boys to next month's South-east Asia Games in Jakarta. The four: Albert Teo, Hashim Sidek,
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    • 22 30 RACE Course United beat Cambridge United 2-0 in the Dr. Lee Chiaw Meng Cup soccer match at Farrer Park yesterday.
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    • 536 30  - At least one day's racing this week FAIRWAY By THERE will be at least one day's racing in Kuala Lumpur this weekend, probably on Sunday. If no agreement is reached between the Malaysian trainers and their syces over their present dispute, the Selangor Turf Club will go ahead with plans
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    • 208 30  -  GODFREY ROBERT By THE Singapore Amateur Boxing Association have recommended seven boxers for the South-east Asia Games in Jakarta from Sept. 21-30. They are Lawrence Cubina (light-flyweight), K. Krishnan (fly), Tan Leong Kok (bantam), V. Mahalingam (light), G. Mahadevan (light-welter), M. Selveekam (light-mid-dle) and Mohammed Ismail (light-heavy).
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    • 692 30 WEIGHTS for this .J^™"-.. H5 weekend', ~ce« ta ISSgR. SS Kuala Lumpur: 6 High Yield 52.0 SATURDAY 5 Harper Arrow 51 0 CtaMSWv.2-1.200m 12 Gallant Sullion 57.0 SKr" 1 S3 y S3 DlSnMuda 31 J "ftS&f 2 tjyjj Shun S3 5 wnreis 3d.u 4 Sinai Address 53 5
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    • 112 30 THE recently-formed Singapore Windsurfing Class Association (SWCA) will be seeking affiliation to the Singapore Yachting Association and the International Windsurfer Class Association (IWCA). The following have been elected office-bearers: Lock Hong Kit (President), Albert Woon (Honorary Treasurer), K.C. Tsang (Honorary Secretary), and Luc Korteweg and Graham Butt (Committee
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    • 546 30 'FROM 3M>nths copy paper supply free when you 3M 732 COpier (Based on 100 copies per month) BY POPULAR DEMAND EXTENDED UNTIL 31 AUG 1979. Call us at Tel *****1 1 or mail this coupon to us. The reasons why you should own a 3M 732 copier we would be
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    • 155 30 WATCH AND RECORD THE NATIONAL DAY PARADE IN COLOUR WITH TOSHIBA COLOUR TV AND VIDEO CASSETTE RECORDER. LOWEST RENTAL IN TOWN r^^"^ 1- B— PJ| Bfc Weekly Rental pi 111 #5? J Toshiba Video m^ jB^B Cassette PH Recorder CD ¥T JB B> rrlCCOne PV Video Cassette For one month
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  • TIMESPORT PAGE FOUR
    • 412 31  -  JOE OORAI By SINGAPORE coach Jitta Singh is likely to leave out Malaysia Cup strikers Ho Kwang Hock, Abdul Ma lim and Don Ang of the list of 22 trainees for next month's South-East Asian Games in Jakarta. The other three members of
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    • 479 31  - It's the same old story at SASA meet KEN JALLEH Jr. By THE same faces, the same outstanding performances that was the story on the second day of the Singapore Amateur Swimming Association's Open championships (Pesta Sukan) at Toa Payoh vesterda\ Asian Games star Junie Sng and Kwek Leng, who
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    • 254 31  -  BERNARD PEREIRA By UNDERDOGS that's t Ah Ngo insists his team be labelled when they 1 tonight's inter-constituenc at the Singapore Badmint "This is the first tinlast four, whereas Geyl last year," Lee reasons. But like the crafty tactician that he proved to be when he
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    • 277 31 SYDNEY, Mon. Results of yesterday's Australian association football matches: NsUomkl Leane Newcastle 3 Fitzroy U. 3. VleUrU SUtr Leagae Albion 1 George C. 3 Essendon 1 Croydon 1 Slavia 0 Altona 3. VirtorU Dlv. I Box Hill 0 Maribymong I: Collingwood 4 Doveton 0, Dandenong 1 Sprintgvale 2:
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    • 444 31  -  PETER SIOW By Thailand strike gold, thanks to the man who shows no nerves IF SOMEONE thinks that Thailand's Pachonyut Dunrong had no nerves at all, he will be absolutely forgiven. For Dunrong, who had to score more than 21 points out of a possible 25 for
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    • 184 31 WELL-KNOWN British stock car driver Ron Brown, driving a highly modified Mini S, once again returned the fastest time of the day for the 1979 Pesta Sukan autocross at Senoko. Results Class Oae: 1 Amir Mokhtar (Mini) 3:49.11; Class Tw»: 1 Ron Brown (Mini S) 3:12.61,
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    • 179 31  - Lyn's the name on eveybody's lips now WILFRED YEO By THEY'RE starting to talk about Lyn Hodgins at the Kallang Squash Complex. Last night, Lyn, a British housewife who has spent only five weeks in Singapore's sunshine, took the much-admired scalp of favourite Diana Yow with a 3-9, 9-3, 9-3,
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    • 170 31 LONDON, Mon. India, needing 323 runs to avoid an innings defeat, were 52 for no wicket at lunch on the fourth day of the Second cricket Test against England at Lord's here today. Scores: India and 520; England 419-9 declared. There had been only one real
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    • 92 31 INDIA Ut Inn M ENGLAND Ut bun. (•vendght Sn-T) Brrarley c Reddy b Kapil Dcv 12 Baycatt Gavaskar b Ghavri 32 UMch b Kapil Dcv 10 Gawer b Ghavri 82 Randal) run nut 57 Botham b Venkat 36 Miller st Reddy b Bedi 62 Edmonds c Reddy b Kapil
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    • 71 31 BADMINTON Inler-oon-stituency semi-finals: Nee Soon v Kampong Ubi, Telok Blangah v Geylang West (SB Hall. 7.30). BILLIARDS National junior four-ball championship (Katong saloon. 7), Singapore v Selangor (Katong saloon). HOCKEY Premier League: CSC v SAFSA (BalestierRoad. 5.15). SHOOTING Pesta Sukan trap championship (Rifle Range Road). SQUASH Wander individual graded tournament
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  • 75 32 BEIJING, Mon. The first agreement on the supply by China of a workforce for civil engineering work abroad involving the export of 400,000 Chinese workers was signed here today with the Italian Industrial Reconstruction Institue (Iri). The unprecedented fiveyear accord was signed by Mr Barnabei,
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  • 109 32 LUSAKA, Mon. Mr Sridath Ramphal has agreed to serve a second five-year term as Commonwealth secreta-ry-general, a Commonwealth Secretariat spokesman said today. The spokesman said Mr Ramphal was asked to stay on In the post he has held since 1975 following a restricted session of Commonwealth heads
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  • 65 32 AUCKLAND, Mon. New Zealand police will now combat street violence with helmets, shields and long batons following rioting by a gang of Maori youths on Friday. The government approved this move today amid nationwide anger over the clashes between the Stormtroopers gang and police at small
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  • 68 32 BANGKOK, Mon. A Thai team led by Interior Minister Lek Naewmalee will visit Laos next week at the invitation of Laotian Premier Kaysone Phomvihane. The delegation would include Deputy Foreign Minister Arun Panupongse; Deputy Secretary -General of the National Security Council, Prasong Soonsin and governors of
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  • 61 32 NEW YORK, Mon. New York Governor Hugh Carey announced today that he has Invited top-level British and Irish representatives here to discuss the future of Northern Ireland. At a news conference, the governor said he received Initial acceptance from Mr Humphrey Atkins, British Secrfr tary
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  • 67 32 TOKYO, Mon. With a renewed call for a ban on nuclear weapons, Hiroshima today observed the 34th anniversary of the world's first atomic bomb attack. About 30,000 people who fathered at the city s Peace 'ark bowed their heads for a minute of silent prayer at 8:15
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  • 41 32 NEW YORK, Mon. Dow Jones averages, based on first hour of trading on the New York Stock Exchange: 30 indus 842.24 off 3.92, 20 trans 254.87 off 0.10, IS UtilS 107.54 off 0.48, 65 stocks 300.29 off 1.02. UPI.
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  • 80 32 SEOUL, Mon. Heavy rainstorms battering the central portion of Korea over the weekend have claimed more than 100 casualties and caused heavy property damage. Fifty-four people were reported killed, 58 missing and 27 injured, in provincial areas and in Seoul in heavy rain
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  • 310 32 Real hijack and false alarm all on same day WHILE three Spanish Foreign Legion deserters hijacked an Iberian Airlines DC-9 and played out a day-long drama before surrendering in Switzerland today, in another part of the world, the pilot of a Pakistani plane argued with Japanese officials over the accidental
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  • 324 32 HONOLULU, Monday A RUSSIAN missile-carrying nuclear submarine, accompanied by a supply vessel, has entered Aden, the South Yemen port dominating Middle East tanker routes to Asia and the Pacific, navy intelligence sources said yesterday. A spokesman for the Commander-in-Chief (Pacific), Adm Maurice Weisner, confirmed
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  • 183 32 BEIRUT, Mon Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) leader Mr Yasser Arafat yesterday renewed his warning that Palestinian resistance would be the fuse that would eventually set Middle East oil wells on fire. Mr Arafat was speaking at a ceremony marking the "martyrdom" of
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  • 23 32 MOSCOW, Mon. The Soviet Union and China today signed a trade and payments agreement for 1979 after three months of negotiations.
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  • The Straits Times SECTION TWO
    • 5 1 The Straits Times SECTION TWO
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      • 181 1 Nil* Yj£ This essay will be broadcast today at U.3t a.m 4 and on Friday at 9.45 p.m. over the Chinese network of Radio Singapore. WAiji^w w9k w n bn am fts it o W£*m&®t mm rfn£&l§4* #Pfc o iS.'i ifiJM'Jfcf «±fX fXtiH#B-Wi§gftt A .&&*&£s?# ®mt%m ii0ttjJfcWS««1i f&fl67«W
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      • 313 1 Proverbial anecdotes Dreaming of success A MAN named Shen Jiji of the Tang dynasty wrote a legendary story entitled A dream. The story ran this way: An unsuccessful scholar surnamed Lv was sighing over his state of abject poverty in an inn on the way to the province of Handan.
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      • 207 1 Historical profiles GUO ZIYI was a famous general of the Tang dynasty (618 906 8.C.). At first, he was only a petty officer after passing the military examination. Once, a rebel leader, Pugu Huaien joined forces with the native tribes to attack the Tang territories with
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      • 169 1 A Chinese forum to dlsoiws the promotion of Mandarin among the Chinese In Singapore will be held at the DBS auditorium at 11 a.m. on Ang 12. In conjunction with this, Bilingual Page invites you to write to us giving your views on the following points: 1. D*
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    • LEISURE
      • 582 2  -  Lloyd Timberlake RTS will be telecasting a 50-minute programme, the Abba Special, on National Day at 10 p.m. over Channel 5. The group's international popularity earned them profits to the tune of Ss3o million last year, making them the second biggest foreign exchange
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      • 629 2  -  ABBY TAN By uur corresponoeni in manna LADYFINGERS the movie may just go bust. The cast from Hollywood was supposed to find a pot of gold underneath the murky waters of Manila Bay. But instead they found a pile of unpaid
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      • 216 2 TAKING The Saint's usual slot tonight is a documentary entitled Immersion: A Mid-term Report on progress within the scheme. Not to be missed by anyone with a genuine interest in our children and their educational welfare. Ch 5 at 8.35. And, if you're a Saint afficianado,
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      • 941 2 TV and Radio SINGAPORE 5 3.00 PM Opening followed by Laverne His Man and Shirley 7.30 News (Malay) 3.30 Diary of Events 7.45 Pusparama (Malay) 3.35 Pre-Examination Programme A 8.30 Cultural Diary (English) Mkhummer's Night Dream (Last 8.35 Immersion: A Mid-term Report e P isode 9.30 News and Newsreel (Engfsh)
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    • 537 3  - Orienteering the 'thinking sport' G.S. KHALSA By It exercises body and mind in Seattle, Washington TWO young women stood, puzzled, in a wooded area. "It must be over that way," said one, checking her compass. "What's the clue?' "It's supposed to be near a twisted tree," replied the other, "and
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    • Article, Illustration
      34 3 Map ol an orienteering run at the Botanic Gardens held by the Singapore Orienteering Federation There are 10 control points circled on the map representing a lence. tree. thicket, path junction, etc
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    • 564 3 NEWS OF an advance in the development of a contraceptive Pill for men comes from China with a report in the Chinese Medical Journal on the contraceptive effect of gossypol, a phenolic extract from the cotton plant. First investigated in the 1950s when it was noticed
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    • 346 3  -  TENG JUAT LENG By THE SINGAPORE Orienteering Federation (SOF) which was formed in June last year is aimed at arranging and organising orienteering meets and competitions for its members. The 100-odd members of the society comprise people from organist ions, students and
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      • 374 6 nAfi_ PUBLIC UTILITIES p BORRO AELECTRICITV IRTERRUPTIOn J NOTICE TO CONSUMERS X INTERRUPTION OF ELECTRICITY SUPPLY The Electricity Department will be carrying out work to divert a high tension 6.6 k V cable affected by a drainage project at Kuala Loyang Road. To facilitate this work it will be necessary
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    • The Arts Page
      • 496 7 Plans in the making for an Arts Centre more for activities than performances THE old Singapore Command and Staff College building tucked in the lush green surroundings of the Central Park at Fort Canning and left sleeping for the last few years, soon will be stirred from its slumber. At
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      • 478 7  -  GERALDINE TANG By THE reputable NHK Symphony Orchestra, Japan's oldest orchestra will be coming to Singapore for two performances this month as part of their concert-tour of China, Asean and Australia. This 116-member orchestra which will be 53-years-old in October will perform at the National
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      • 629 7  -  RACHEL BARNES By I THE ART of portrait painting has been developing ever since men first thought of decorating their homes by drawing pictures on the walls. Some of the earliest known art-works, for example, the Caves at Lascaux in France or the friezes from
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    • 1191 8 The King of Tonga's land may be small but he is a great king. He goes 168 kilos on the scales. He also has great plans for his 200 islands and atolls in the South Pacific. He wants to build a large airport
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    • 570 8  -  FELICIANO MAGNO By in Manila AVERAGE per hectare rice production in the Philippines continues to be way below that of the other members of Asean. The Philippine performance reflects that of other developing Asian nations which nave yet to develop efficient
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