The Straits Times, 10 August 1979

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    17 1 The Straits Times I Estd. 1845 FRIDAY, AUGUST 11, 1979 25 CENTS M.C.(P) No. 142 1/79 I
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    632 1 SO RELAXED AND INFORMAL Thejaeople's day and the people's show By STRAITS TIMES REPORTERS SINGAPOREANS celebrated National Day yesterday in the way they prefer best informally and relaxed. And this easy, casual mood was reflected in the parades at six centres to which thousands thronged. As a result, the presentations
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    Laos sends greetings
    70 1 IoNGKONt;. Thurs Lao1.1 n President Souphanouvong ■lav sent a greeting message 0 President Sheares on the •<■< asion of Singapore's Nauv\al Day The message, quoted by the Khaosane Pathet I.ao news igency (KPL) moaitored here, ■aid the Laotian leader conveyed his "best wishes of •i.ippiness and prosperity"
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    Lock icon Pullout by Morocco
    59 1 RABAT, Thurs. Morocco announced today that it has decided to withdraw its 6,000 troops stationed in Mauritania. The Moroccan troops went to Mauritania to help right off attacks by Algerian-backed Polisario guerillas struggling to end Moroccan and Maurita nian rule in the Western Sahara. Mauritania signed a
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    Lock icon Carter steps in to defuse Israel row
    397 1 Carter steps in to defuse Israel row WASHINGTON, Thurs. US President Jimmy Carter has made a personal effort to defuse a row with Israel over an apparent softening in American policy towards the Palestinians, but has achieved no apparent result. Mr Carter met Israeli Ambassador to the US Mr Ephraim
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    Lock icon Viet-US secret talks on: Thach
    250 1 HANOI, Thurs. Vietnamese Secretary of State Nguyen Co Thach said today that secret normalisation talks between Vietnam and the United States are under way. He said in Hanoi: "Talks on normalisation are going on now between my government and the United States towards normalisation." Mr
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    Petrol hike by Esso, Mobil, Caltex
    264 1 THREE oil companies in Singapore Esso, Mobil and Caltex have announced increases in their petrol and dlesel prices effective today. The new prices are 85.9 cento for preminmKrade petrol (op 4.1 cento); M cents for regular (up 4.3 cento); and 49.7 cento for dlesel
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    Lock icon Viet plight over skills drain
    892 1 Viet plight over skills drain HANOI, Thurs SOVIET stevedores are now hard at work in Vietnam's biggest harbour at Haiphong to unravel a huge tie-up caused by a lack of skilled workers. There .tre few factories in Vietnam, but some of them have had to dOM because of a lack
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    Lock icon 'VIETS USING POISON GAS'
    72 1 WASHINGTON, ThQra. Kvidenee is mounting that the Vietnamese army is usin« Sovietsupplied poison gas to kill Meo tribesmen who are resisting remmunist rontrol in northern Um A number of recent reports from refugees who have described ga.s attacks, plus other intelligence, are leading West rn officials
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      418 2 Show' 79 SEE the comet trail of Sony inventions among them the new AAAAAA AAAAAA EE the Betamax of tomorrow, the SL J7 with its impressive Betamax, the home videorecorder that has revolutionised the J J range of brand new features. Most inventive of these is the TV industry and
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  • AROUND THE WORLD
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      55 3 In other words JL am interested W la only one higher •tflcf. I took a task lit It when I was in' London, frltfee Philip* ted It. 7 ]Nspw York Governor Hugh Carey replying to criticism that his current ■move to convene a peace conference on Nothem Ireland was to
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      Lock icon To be freed
      33 3 BXifbKOK Thurs More that 500 people held on rtmrgp* of "endangering society" will be released from pnam all over the country lnitW*lii|. today, a spokesman for:t*e Corrections DepartiM« said AP
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      Lock icon Soft-spot probe on plane metal
      354 3 WASHINGTON, Thursday ALUMINIUM supplied to more than 15 US aircraft companies is being checked for possible defects, a spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said yesterday. The aluminium is used to make many of the country's civilian and military planes. The investigation, by the
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      Lock icon $55b plan to deploy 200 MX missiles
      105 3 $55b plan to deploy 200 MX missiles WASHINGTON, Thur. Senior US administrator! officials have reached a basic agreement for a US$26 billion (5J55.9 billion) proposal to deploy 200 big new MX mobile missiles, in widespread patterns that would minimise environmental effects. This was disclosed yesterday by administration sources who said
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      Lock icon Calm weather keeps giant slick off Texas at bay
      306 3 Calm weather keeps giant slick off Texas at bay CORPUS CHRISTI (Texas), Thursday POLLUTION of Texas holiday beaches from the world's biggest oil spill is getting worse but US officials said that calm weather had stalled a giant slick which was heading for American resorts along the Gulf of Mexico.
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      Lock icon Escapee hitch-hikes his way back to prison
      92 3 STRASBOURG, Thnrs. Rene Chene, broke oat of prison on Tuesday, and hitch-hiked his way back in yesterday. Chene, 2«, escaped from a prison construction gang working in the city and made his getaway to a point some M km distant. There he hitched
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      17 3 Redevelopment Work commences Monday 13/8/79. Entrance by Cuppage Road. Business as usual. Quality service will be maintained.
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      Lock icon WORLD BRIEFS
      349 4 WORLD BRIEFS {MORE than SO houses were completely crush- ed and power lines snapped when a six-mil- lion tonne mudslide crashed into the southern New Zealand town of Dunedin. The slide, moving at about five metres Der minute, also smothered a soccer field, cars and trees in its plunge down
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      Lock icon Taiwan plotted to kill Zhou'
      123 4 Taiwan plotted to kill Zhou' WASHINGTON, Thurs. Taiwan intelligence agents plotted to assassinate the late Chinese Premier, Mr Zhou Enlai, with a speciallytrained dog equipped with a remote-control-led bomb In 1971 in Paris. The plot was called off when Mr Zhou cancelled the trip. It was part of their campaign
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      $2,450 a week for skilled worker
      259 4  - $2,450 a week for skilled worker EDMUND TEO By Our London reporter A BIG recruiting campaign is being planned by the -British building industry here because of problems of obtaining skilled workers even with offers of up to £500 (552,450) a week. Some employers are advertising for labourers at up
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      Lock icon Labrador laps it all up at the opera
      142 4 LONDON, Thars. Carrie, a lt-year-old "seeing-eye" dog, likes nothing better than a night at the opera. Fonr nights this week, the golden Labrador Is threading her way through London's West End theatre district to take her blind mistress to the English National
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      Lock icon Iraq head looks on as 21 are shot dead
      213 4 BAGHDAD, Thurs. Twentyone Iraqi politicians were executed by firing squad yesterday for treason and conspiracy while Iraq's new President Saddam Hussein looked on. Mr Hussein later charged that several unnamed foreign powers were behind an abor- tive coup by renegade members
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      Lock icon 'Diplomat was murdered by overdose of LSD'
      358 4 'Diplomat was murdered by overdose of LSD' MOSCOW, Thursday THE official government newspaper of the Soviet Union printed what it presented as a gripping murder mystery yesterday an account claiming a Western intelligence service had murdered a Russian diplomat in Switzerland with an overdose of the hallucinatory drug LSD. A
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      Lock icon Opposition leader Ram: I'm being tailed
      121 4 Opposition leader Ram: I'm being tailed NEW DELHI, Thurs. Indian opposition leader Jagjivan Ram said yesterday that he is shadowed by security men and his telephone is tapped. Ram, who was Defence Minister until the fall of former Prime Minister Morarii Desai's government last month, told reporters about the surveillance
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      Lock icon Author Monsarrat dies of cancer
      198 4 Author Monsarrat dies of cancer LONDON. Thui Nicholas Monsarrat, 69. (above) author of The Cruel Sea and other popular books, diet! of cancer early today in a London hospital, his agent said. Born in Liverpool on March 22, 1910. Mr Monsarrat served In the British navy before taking up writing,
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      517 4 r^^brchard Road S& %^<^° J^^ most bustlln 9 shopping tourist J commercial/off ice centre I 1 Shop and office spaces for Sale or Lease |^F Situated at Orchard Road/Koek Road -^"V (next to the Cold Storage), ir^)V 111 the core of most promising I ***^op\ tourist, entertainment >«V xt l^J§
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      54 4 Country Club injakarta Two tennis courts. You'd expect it in a country club. It's nice to get it in a hotel. HOIH I Borobudur J^fiv^ INTER'CONTINIMAI JAKARTA- INDONESIA For reservations contact a v Inter Continental Hotel. Pan Am or Tele> ***** There are 20 other great Inter Continental Hotels in
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      SURVEY ON HOW SOME GOT AHEAD
      123 6 WASHINGTON, Thurs. The tx-si way for a girl working for the US IVpartmenl of Housing and I i ban Development to k<"l promotion is to have sex with hor boss. An internal journal put out In ihr cl«'|>ailmt'nl recently published I hi 1 [('Mills
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      Lock icon Choosy Viets go into hiding
      354 6 HONGKONG, Thursday FIFTY choosy Vietnamese refugees, who preferred to go to the United States or Australia, today went into hiding to prevent being resettled to Ireland. US relief officials said that they will not accept any refugees who refuse offers of resettlement from other countries.
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      Lock icon Jobless Chinese protest
      29 6 INEMPLOYED Chinese, many holding posters saying "Redress an Injustice," demonstrating in front of Chungnahai, home of government leaders in central Beijing (Peking) on Wednesday. AP picture.
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      39 6 NO OTHER medium can be so complete, so varied and so portable (as newspapers). Besides, your can't wrap fish in a Sony. Newsweek magazine on the impact of modern communication technology, particularly cable television, on newspapers.
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      Lock icon Factories use their own exhaust heat to save energy
      121 6 Factories use their own exhaust heat to save energy HONGKONG, Thursday ABOUT 100 factories in Beijing have made use of their own exhaust heat, and the amount of heat energy recovered each year is estimated to be equivalent to 283,000 tonnes of coal. The use of exhaust heat has not
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      Lock icon The ENERGY SQUEEZE
      39 6 The ENERGY SQUEEZE i director, Mr Ulf I-int/c. writing in the monthly magazine OECD Observer, said the figure could reach 10 million barrels a day by 1990 and 28 million barrels a day by end of the century. Reuter
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      Lock icon Saudis raise LPG price
      71 6 hi WAIT: Saudi Arabia has I raised the price of its liquiefied i |x>troleum gas (LPCI) by ,in average 17.6 per rent backdat ed to August 1. the official Kuwaiti News Agency reported today. It quoted oil sources in the gulf as saying the average price
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      Lock icon Vintage bombers used to fight forest fires
      355 6 Vintage bombers used to fight forest fires THIS week will be remembered as the week of raging forest fires. All, coincidentally, believed to have been sparked off by pyromaniacs or careless picnickers. BOISE (Idaho): World War Two bombers have been pressed into service to help fight the worst forest fires
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      Sideliners
      213 6 Anniversary bank holdup A FRENCH bank marked the first anniversary of an KO.OTJO-franc (about 5543.000) holdup and was duly robbed again. Two masked gunmen entered and made off v-ith 121,000 francs. The robbery camp one year almost to tho minute after the Auj; 8, 197 X. holdup which was.
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      4m barrels a day shorter
      41 6 PARIS: World oil supplies could fall short of demand by as much as four million barrels a day by 1985 if present trends continued, a top International Energy Agency (lEA) official reported yesterday. The agencv"s executive
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      46 6 \j Ymr I Country Club injakarta Pitch and putt golf. You'd expect it in a country club It's nice to get t in a hotel. HOTfcL (ii)Borobudur i "on^ 1 INTEH'CONTINtNTAI JAKARTA- INDONESIA There are 20 other great Inter Continental Hotels in the Pacific and Asia
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      252 7 DO YOU KNOW VHS OUTSELLS BETA FORM AT 2 TO 1 In the near future the world may be switching to the VHS format. This is the trend in USA, Europe, Japan and naturally Southeast Asia. Sony claims that "VHS has slowed the speed of its video tape to lengthen
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    Long queues as kiosks refuse to sell diesel
    214 8 Long queues as kiosks refuse to sell diesel MOST petrol stations which were open for busi- ness yesterday refused to sell diesel. One kiosk, Glory and Company Ltd Shell station in Tanglin Road was crowded with taxis as queues as long as three kilometres tried to fill their tanks. Taxi
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    $8,000 more for fund
    57 8 THE Parliamentary Secretary (Culture), Dr Ow Chin Hock, yesterday received donations totalling $8,000 to the Singapore Cultural Foundation from the representatives of three organisations at the Culture Ministry. The donations, from Phoenix Arts and Crafts Pte. Ltd., Sek Kho Club and Persatuan Kemuning Singapura, brought the
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    Bread to cost more from today
    256 8  - Bread to cost more from today NGIAM TONG HAI By BREAD will cost five to 20 cents more from today, an increase of up to 20 per cent. The 200g loaf will now cost 35 cents, up five cents, the 400g loaf 60 cents (up 10 cents) and the 800g
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    TEENAGER DIES, 14 HURT IN CRASH
    95 8 TEENAGER DIES, 14 HURT IN CRASH A TKENAOKR, Kan Leung Teng (abovp), uas killed and 14 others Injured when the D.i.sun pickup they were in went off the road and overturned at the junction of Karikal Lane and Kast Coast Koad early yesterday. I'olire said five were treated a.\ outpatients.
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    Talk on need to understand the child
    78 8 Talk on need to understand the child AN inspector of the Education Ministry's Social Work t'nil. Mr Rahman bin Dinyati, will give a talk on understanding Your Child in School at the National Library on Sept at 3 p.m. Mi' will discuss the profile of the schooling population in Singapore
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    Man faces two more charges of robbery
    115 8 Man faces two more charges of robbery TJIOE HENG HWA, 26, who was charged in a district court last week on four counts of housebreaking and armed robbery, faced another two charges of armed robbery involv ing $2,670 on Wednesday. On the first charge he was alleged to have robbed
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      215 8 DRAMA Fallen Angels centre From 3 p.m in 10 presented by the Cres- P m. F.nds today cents of the National U- 1*» NATIONAL DAY brary Youth Drama PHOTO EXHIBITION at Group at the PUB Audi- Singapore Conference torium at 8 p.m. Hall, from 10 a.m. to 7 TALK-CIM-DEMON- p.m.
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    327 9 Jurong Port and Base earnings go up JURONG Marine Base and Jurong Port, which had record revenue earnings last year, have both reported increased earnings for the first quarter of this year. The Marine Base provides dockage, warehousing and workshop facilities to support the oil exploration and production industry in
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    Thrills galore as models 'storm' the skies
    233 9  -  LEONG WENG K AM By AKKO-MODELS with acrobatic and stunt flying "stormed" the skies at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday afternoon in an aeromodel II n* display by members of the Junior Mvine Club. Klvuig at more than M km h, the controlline aero-models
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    On marketing
    39 9 A PART-TIME lecturer of the Singapore University, Mr Tan Teck Huat, will conduct a 14lecture course on Fundamentals of Marketing at New Lecture Theatre 4 on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7.30 p.m. to 9.30 p.m. from Tuesday.
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    Engineer's talk
    47 9 THE president of the American Institute of Industrial Engineers (AIIE), Dr Marvin E Mundel, wIU give a dinner talk on productivity through systems engineering at the Singapore Hilton next Thursday at 1 p.m. for members of the National Productivity Association and the Singapore Chapter AIIE.
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    Assn officials
    32 9 MR K. L. Tan has been elected president of the Singapore Optometric Association Other officials are: Mr Stanley Issac (vice-president), Mrs Mary Kan (secretary) and Miss Lee Pink Kit (treasurer).
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    HDB to revive prefab method for flats
    260 9  -  IRENE NGOO By THE Housing Board will revive the industrialised method of construction in a move to reduce labour costs, upgrade skills of its workers and raise productivity. This building method, which was introduced in Bedok New Town several years ago, produces better
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    Public relations tips for civil servants
    176 9 PUBLIC servants, tuck away your knitting needles, newspapers, flasks of coffee or tea and radios, if you do not want to give a bad impression to the public. Spectrum, house magazine of the Public Works Department, in its latest issue, advises civil servants to
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    Slower second half growth forecast
    649 10  - Slower second half growth forecast c nH Tiiur KFur »on iiahu ntwtt ™I^"™"^— Rv oy THE "splendid 9.7 per cent" growth of the Singapore economy during the first half of this year took economists and businessmen by surprise. But they expect a slower growth momentum for the rest of the
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    TOUCH OF SATIN GRACE TO A FLOWING DANCE
    130 10 TOUCH OF SATIN GRACE TO A FLOWING DANCE THESE damsels In satin samfoos, with fans flattering, were all grace and charm In this lively dance to mark National Day. This item from Kreta Ayer community centre was one of 2* in a daylong programme at the National Day food and
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    Shell carvings from China on display
    122 10 MORE than 4,000 pieces of framed shell carvings from China will be on display at the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry from tomorrow to Aug 26. The Chinese arts and handicrafts exhibition, organised by a local trading company, is believed to be
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    'More Asean unity needed for the future'
    531 10 'More Asean unity needed for the future' ASEAN countries must try to increase intraAsean cooperation in economic development to overcome the growing difficulties caused by the developments in the international economic scene. This is what the Senior Minister of State (Foreign Affairs), Mr A. Rahim Lshak, feels the five-nation grouping
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    SSO member to give lectures on percussion
    137 10 SSO member to give lectures on percussion A PERCUSSIONIST with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra (SSO). Mrs Susan Cribbs, will conduct six lectures on Percussion Clinic, at the Centre for Musical Activities, University of Singapore, beginning on Monday. The lectures will be held on Mondays from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.,
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    Drainage work
    48 10 THE section of oleiham Un< between Handy Road and Or chard Road will be Ylosed v traffic for three months foi drainage work fr m tomorrow Motorists are advised U obey traffic signs and us* Handy Road when travelling into and out of Plaza Singa pura.
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    CNB gets first habeas corpus writ
    164 10  - CNB gets first habeas corpus writ K. S. SIDHU By A WRIT of habeas corpus has been served on the director of the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB), Mr Tee Tua Ba, relating to the detention of a 29-year-old contractor at the Telok Paku Drag Rehabilitation Centre. The writ, taken out
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    Blood session
    37 10 THE MP for Serangoon Gardens, Dr Lav Teik Soon, will donate blood at a blood donation session on Aug 19 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m at the Serangoon Gardens Recreation Club in Walmer Drive.
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    CC courses
    22 10 BOON Teck community centre will hold courses in dress-mak ing, tailoring, bridal make-up, cake-making, tim sum and rooking next month.
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    SRI LANKA INCENTIVE
    81 10 SINGAPORE and Sri Lanka are expected to sign an agreement next month which guarantees against the expropriation of foreign plants, according to a Business Times report. The accord is another incentive offered by the Colombo government to woo Singapore investors reflecting Sri Lanka's desire to encourage investments
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      Lock icon Jakarta and KL end impasse on refugees
      273 11 JAKARTA, Thurs. MALAYSIAN Home Atfairs Minister Tan Sri Ghazali Shafie left for home today after extensive talks with Indonesian officials which appeared to have removed the differences in handling the Indochinese refugees by the two countries. Tan Sri Ghazali, known to be Malaysia's
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      Lock icon Nine navy ships off to thwart influx
      159 11 ON BOARD THE KD RAJA JAROM in the South China Soa, Thurs. Nino Royal Malaysian Navy (HMNI ships sailed into the South China Sea off the coasts of Kelantan and Trengganu yesterday to prevent Illegal Vietnamese refugee boats from entering Malaysian waters. The
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      Lock icon Judgment reserved in Kit Siang appeal
      209 11 Judgment reserved in Kit Siang appeal KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The Federal Court today reserved Judgement on the appeal by Mr Urn Kit Slang against conviction on five charges under the Official Secrets Act. Lord President Tun Mohamed Saffian said the court needed time to consider the case which was an
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      Lock icon Firm to pay farmers $13m
      82 11 KOTA KINABALU, Thurs. Overseas Mining Resources Development (OMRD), a Japanese company which operates a copper mine at Mamul. 95km from here, has agreed to pay about $13 million compensation to farmers affected by pollution caused by mining activities in the area. The company has so
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      Lock icon Sarawak to dissolve state govt tomorrow
      262 11 Sarawak to dissolve state govt tomorrow KUCHING, Thursday THE Sarawak state government will be dissolved on Saturday to enable the state elections to be held within 90 days, Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Haji Abdul Rahman Yakub announced yesterday. He also said that the state National Front had jiven
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      Lock icon $16m hotel for Desaru
      65 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. The Johore Tenggara Development Authority and the Nippon View Hotel, a Japanese concern, will build a $16 million hotel at the Desaru Tourist Complex in Tanjung Penawar, about 80 km from Johore Baru, in 1981 The hotel will initially have 140 rooms and
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      Lock icon Bank Rakyat recovers $6m overdue loans
      102 11 Bank Rakyat recovers $6m overdue loans KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Bank Rakyat had, by June 30 this year, recovered nearly $6 million from outstanding loans through legal proceedings. However, debtors still owe the bank more than $22 million in arrears. Of the amount owed in arrears, $19.2 million is 12 months
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      Lock icon Air exercises
      39 11 JAKARTA, Thurs. Malaysia and Indonesia's air forces will hold joint exercises in Sarawak and Indonesia's Natuna Islands in October, it was announced here yesterday. The exercises, code named Elang Malindo. will include search and rescue operations. Bernama.
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      Lock icon Still tentative
      36 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. MAS' service to Seoul, scheduled to be resumed on Aug 27, is still tentative because of the fuel shortage, MAS secretary Abdul Aziz Abdul Rahman said here today, Bernama reported. AFP.
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      Lock icon Singer blinded in acid attack
      207 11 SF.REMBAN, Thurs. Police are looking for a man in connection with what they described as a "brutal acid attack" on a 25-year-old nightclub singer at the Seremban-Kuala Lumpur highway near here Jast week. OCPD Supt Jamil Hassan said on Tuesday that the victim, Madam Koy
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      208 11 Straits Times Crossword ACROSS argument (7). 1 Increase in value of sytnpa- 6 (air formal 8 min^Zle'nt' with work SjtarJW* citair to .port9 SSSTp'i hospital onthe «> TweTgear' discriminating U -^ftaL in to hide Jdje^ c^ to eartH from 12 Dor pig-food il strong View ot round toothed wheel (7)
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  • NATIONAL DAY PHOTO SPECIAL
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      Burst of smiles and cheers makes the day for all
      677 12 PICTURES that show the highlights at yesterday's national day celebrations at the six centres. The celebration of the 14th anniversary of Singapore's independence was the most informal so far. With thousands of school children taking part with music, songs and
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      Every face betrays a tell-tale sign—pride!
      1180 13 Every face betrays a tell-tale sign— pride! From Page 12 neer, Mr Frank I^ames, 43, here on a visit. He said: "The National Day parade in Holland is not as much fun as this. There is not so much joy" From the Lower Delta (entre, JANIE KHOO reports: Residents along
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    Caddie fined $900 for stealing watch
    163 14 Caddie fined $900 for stealing watch A PART-TIME caddie, Ismail bin Latun, 29, was fined $900 in default three months' jail by a district judge on Wednesday when he admitted stealing a watch from a golf bag another caddie was carrying. The other caddie, Mr Rosli bin Ali, 15, was
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    Two films at museum
    32 14 THE National Museum will screen two colour films for students A Sense of Involvement and The Little Shepherdesses at its premises tomorrow at 10.45 a.m. Admission is free.
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    Youth concert
    26 14 THE University of Singapore will present a symphony concert by the Singapore Youth Orchestra at the Conference Hall at 8.30 p.m. on Aug. 13.
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    Bus pass stamps at HDB offices
    82 14 Bus pass stamps at HDB offices BUS concession pass stamps will be sold at the Housing and Development Board head office in Maxwell Road and area offices from Aug 15 to 19 and not at its headquarters in Braddell Road, SBS said yesterday. This is an arrangement to suit commuters,
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    Killed by train
    49 14 SHAIK Omar bin Shaik Mohammed, 27, died instantly yesterday when he was run over by a Kuala Lumpur-bound train off Queen's Crescent at about 10.30 p.m. Shaik Omar's father, Mr Shaik Mohammed, 52, said his son was an exdrug addict and had been mentally ill before.
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    Chai's date
    31 14 THE Senior Minister of State (Education) and MP for Bukit Batok, Mr Chai Chong Vii, will attend a National Day celebration dinner at his constituency tomorrow at 7.30 p.m.
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    WHO'S THE FASTEST OF THEM ALL?
    79 14 THE Singapore Association of Personal and Executive Secretaries (Sapes) has received nearly 50 applications for their Fastest Typist of the Year contest. The contest, which is open to professionals and students, will be followed by an Asean Typing Championship and a World Typing Championship.
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    Dearer books from Britain in Sept
    223 14  -  IRENE NGOO By BOOKS imported from Britain will cost 80 cents more to the pound from Aug 31 while those from America and Australia will be cheaper. Announcing the new recommended retail conversion rates yesterday, the president of the Singapore Book Publishers Association, Mr
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    On cooking
    28 14 THE Rochore community centre will hold a restaurant cooking course from Aug 16. Those interested tel *****0 daily between 3 p.m. and 10 p.m. for details.
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    School heads' leave clarified
    158 14 School heads' leave clarified THE Education Minis! iy has standardised leave eligibility for principals and vice-principals of schools to 39 leave days a year if they have more than 10 years' service or 33 days if service is less than 10 years. In the past, the position of principals regarding
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    Computer firm to set up plant here
    229 14 Computer firm to set up plant here INDIA'S largest computer manufacturer, Hindustan Computers, plans to set up a plant in Singapore to serve the local and Asean market. A Indian High Commission spokesman said on Wednesday: "A high-level team representing this company is here to finalise arrangements for the setting
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    Onam Queen contest
    58 14 THE heats for the Singapore Kerala Association's annual Onam Queen contest will be held at the Stamford College auditorium at 6 p.m. tomorrow. Unmarried Malayalee girls, between 16 and 28. interested in taking part should either call personally at the heats centre or at the association, 44
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    Punggol MP asks for bigger grant
    192 14 THE MP for Punggol. Mr Ng Kah Ting, yesterday appealed to the government to increase its outright grant for the new Punggol community centre for his constituency. Mr Ng, who was speaking at a foundation stonelaying ceremony for the centre, cited rising costs of
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    Six seamen cheated
    99 14 SIX Indonesian seamen yesterday reported to the police that a man, wearing a police inspector's uniform, cheated them of $862 and 5,000 rupiahs ($143). Police said the bogus inspector approached the six, Amran Bassil, 34, Tan Tiong Gam, 21, Mannap Haffap, 40, Chalie Ali. 27, Marteh Sembiring,
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    381 16 The Straits Times FRIDAY, AUGUST 10, 1979 SMALL PRICE SINGAPORE'S record on inflation is good we have been able to avoid the spiralling prices seen in some other countries, thanks to the prudence and foresight of the government. Until now, much of our inflation has been imported and we can
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    NOTABLE SUMMIT
    375 16 A GATHERING of longstanding club members has ended after a week of talks. It was by all accounts the biggest meeting in the club's history. The occasion was the 22nd meeting of the Commonwealth heads of government in Lusaka. The fact that the venue was in Africa is
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    Clue to learning English language
    756 16  -  WILLIAM GUTTMANN By in London WHEN BRITAIN'S Times newspaper suspended publication last November in an industrial dispute, it published in its last issue not only the usual crossword puzzle but also a case without precedent its solution, and thus paid a tribute to its most
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    Focus on world shipbuilding The struggle to stay afloat
    2385 16 WORLD SHIPBUILDING LEAGUE Ships Order at completed March 31 in 1978 (mgrt)* World 14.9 17.5 japan 6.2 6.2 Brazil 2.7 0.4 U.S. 2.2 1.1 Poland 1.6 0.7 France 1.4 0.4 Spain 1.3 0.8 UK 1.1 1.1 Sweden 1.1 1.4 South Korea
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    How the Lusaka talks made Margaret Thatcher see the light
    1957 17 QUOTE 4 But the hard questions remain. While Mrs Thatcher has endorsed the aims of a joint Commonwealth set of principles on Rhodesia, how is she going to implement this policy? Now that the Muzorewa government and its white Rhodesian
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      192 17 English for all The problem of writing plain English is not confined to Singapore's civil servants. An English baby died of starvation because his mother could not understand the feeding instructions on the baby food. Our London correspondent Bharathi Mohan reports on Britain's move towards the plain words. Why Pele
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  • TIMES CITY DESK
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      BUSINESS DONE (K L)
      1564 18 BID and offer prices officially listed and husinev. in and reported to the Kuala Lumpur Stork Exchange yesterday with the number of shares traded shown in brackets in lots of 1.000 uniis unless otherwise specified INDISTRIALK trasa 2208 2 36S I Ur»m (1 878 1.925) (1)
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    • OVERSEAS MARKETS
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        LONDON STOCKS
        572 18 LONDON, Wed.- Government bonds closed as much as 3 4 point higher on the day with dealers noting considerable buying interest. The F T index was up 7.1 at 473.7 points at the close. INDUSTRIALS Allied Brew 93. +1 Babcocks 152 +2 Barclays 435' j +1 Beechams 140'<>
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        New York
        208 18 NEW YORK. Wed.- Profit-tak- cons Kuau 42* ing and nervousness ahead of coSf'o" NY S* !£ch expected bad news on inflation cpc inurnau »•<• trimmed a strong early gain I STpSni"*?)* 1 but the stock market still I iE™*^* 0 1 5» -V ilosed higher in heavy trading.
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        Amsterdam
        188 18 AMSTERDAM. Wed.- Share prices closed mixed with Dutch internationals little changed, dealers said. CLOSING PRICES Fll ABN M4jM 4--Ahold MJO 1 Akio MM -O.I AMEV MJO +0.4 Amfa* 1130O unch Amrol B»..k 7100 14 Brrgou SUO unch Hrrk U30 unch BoU MJO *0i Borsumu ***** +0.6 Burhnuuin 6170 +07
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        H'kong
        266 18 HONGKONG: The market closed generally higher yesterday after a day of active trading and the Hang Seng index added 5.56 points to a 620.10 close, dealers said. The day's combined total turnover volume was valued at $137.15 million. HKI Aroal Rubber 4 75 Associated Hotels 3.40 +0 15 Bowaters
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        Tokyo
        402 18 TOKYO: Share prices fell in light trading on late profit-tak-ing after the market average hit a new record in the morning, dealers said. The Dow Jones average fell 10.51 to 6,392.16 points, with a volume of 270 million. The New index was 446.74, down 0.85 point. Y«l AJlnomoto S3S
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        Sydney
        278 18 SYDNEY: A big increase in London buying pushed share prices higher yesterday, with minings and leading industrial stocks making solid gains, dealers said. The All-Ordinaries rose 6.09 to 605.11 points, on a total turnover volume of 7.80 million shares. INDUSTRIALS A. C. 1. 100 +4 A N I I'M
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    • COMMODITIES
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        TIN
        121 18 THE STRAITS tin price feU 15 to $1,925 per picul in Penang yesterday on an official offering up 10 tonnes to 180 tonnes. The overnight London market was firmer with forward buyers gaining £125 to £6,705 per tonne. LONDON: Tin on the day was up £92 for Cash and
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        Closing prices
        26 18 Rubber: Aug 9 Singapore: Closed: Malaysia: September: 290.25 cents (up 1.75 cents) Tin: M 51.925 (down $5) Official offering: 180 tonnes (up 10 tonnes)
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        COPPER
        28 18 LONDON: Copper prices on Wednesday (previous in brackets). Wirebar Spot £884 (£856.50); sellers £896 (£857.50); Three Month buyer. £882 (£864), sellers £883 (£8.4.50). Market tee*: Irregularly firmer.
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      Bullish trading in KL
      232 18 Bullish trading in KL SUSTAINED buying interest in moderately active trading gave the Kuala Lumpur stock market a firm finish (or the second consecutive session yesterday. Conditions were bullish right from the opening bell as eager buyers chased a number of the overnight favourites upwards. The New Straits Times Industrial
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      RUBBER
      293 18 KUALA M MPI R: Opening prices in the Malaysian rubber market yesterday were unchanged but later values gained slightly on covering activity to close 1.75 cents up, at 290.25 cents per kUo for September RSSOne. LONDON: Terminal rubber fluctuated within a narrow trading range for most of Wednesday day,
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      SMR PRICES
      79 18 NOON SMR them ywUf-ay: MKIIB hHMI« Iklolxr (Carnal Mtk) iforw.rd Mta) Bajrcra B-lUr. Bajr.ra 5.11.r. SMRCV Illooptlko 319 50 3-I.ION ***** 321.00N SMR L (lUxib-Um) 31»M 321 SON 31(00 ***** N SMRGP <l-l_apall«) UNO UNO I'NQ UNO SMR 5 II loop-UK) 290 00 2SI OON ***** 291 SON
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      404 18 J I For a new lease on life ask the new life in lease. From today there is a new leasing company in Singapore. New to Singapore, but ndt new to leasing. For over 15 years this company has helped some of the giants in industry and NOW they are
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      4155 19 tAT YOUR SERVICE SECTION INDEX RATES VIII ANNOUNCEM^NT^SISsONAL Per word 60cU(Mln $900) IX OBITUARIES Per column cm $10 75 (Mln. $32^5) l udiiuahiw I FOR SALE S SHOPPING GUIDE i r s si \n nx i iwr J_B Imported Starlite Caribean all-aluminium Awnings come in an extensive range of decorator
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      1233 19 li EMPLOYMENT I I TEMPORARY TYPIST (elertrli) y and telex operator required for m m ft J\s-\ Monday Experlenre fvsential i "Mmr^lnr^ 22 a ,43.r onlracl M^^ meni /C\ pubbJunq bm TIMBCR tally clerk r qulr d \\2ri-y J by established Trading comV pany Apply with lull detklU, m eluding
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      1131 20 II EMPLOYMENT WANTED A JUNIOR Sales Assisl31 Situations Vacant i mul^'he"^^^^^^^ j motorbike Salary. m 'iinir.ission and '.ravelling sjlowanct negotiable Apply Tel: c Sales ■•iiwhn <iio2S6 WANTED SALESGIRLS. OFFERING li.imc salary. altracllVr: commls- .11 Working hours HOa m ■W"^^^^^^^^^^^^i 2 30p m. 10 30a m 4.3Ct .m. Call *****81 Helen
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      1017 20 II EMPLOYMENT ESTABLISHED FIRM mvites applications lor the toNow- I .ng position tor its Jurong Office: PLANT K.lW^u^-B-i MECHANICS trM c Have minimum 2 years' ex- I perlence ln servicing and I maintenance of refrlgera- I tlon plant, c Attractive salary commen- I surates with qualifications St I I F.
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      945 20 II EMPLOYMENT KANA KANA JAPANESE RESTAURANT jtM I requires I (1) TEPPANYAKICOOK f A<_Ml \e_a_J <*> FULI 'PART-TMBE ™r*Ma«nij« WAnRESSES V]^^^^A^| I Only morning shift Is required for part- ime I Attractive salary and benefits to Ij"j T F *1 *^W I succewshjl applicants L^i^4|AnNsssPl I Please ci II personally
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      956 20 II EMPLOYMENT I A I 'I EUROPEAN IhH^Mbl STANDARD K_^^^^ ELECTRONICS PTE. ■PHH^iPWII LTD. Invites applications for the following positions ■^■■HINMHBHBW^I CLERKS/TYPISTS Candidates should possess at b_i__ibi_ai_i^_e_i least a O.C.E. O' Level Cermore years experience In a HMI^MMWsMIMHMf^^H slmllar capacity Applicants should be able to type 40 wpm BMBpp^fIipPBWBBHBBIBjJ MAINTENANCE
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      785 21 II EMPLOYMENT II EMPLOYMENT II EMPLOYMENT I II EMPLOYMENT j II EMPLOYMENT 31 Situations Vacant General i^»»»Be( puhurfunq Bhd I H^j^JmH BILL COLLECTOR BT^a^^^^^^^^aal C andidaies should possess BBBBBVlVidT^fT^j^^l^i^Bßi P>W7#f?T*Wr4*r^BBBBBBBBBBI workinKexptt B m^ fci jH Valid class ii of in (irivniß I BBatai^TßTTj^i^TTßr^^M i i'liiik reie- QHeMA*J&]**e*J*«**MiZ^H |3aUMS^^aIaBeBBBBBBB!3 a UMS^^alaBeBBBBBBB!
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      956 21 requires .^A^. the following Engineering 4^%AsaP^ Personnel for its new M r^l Extension Wing:I 111 ASSISTANT SECTION Al.: 24 years and above. mitachi chemical (S> PTE LTD Qu.hf,c.t.on,: M Must have GCE 0 Tei 4i«tn Level cert. trade cert. from technical institute. requires Experience: r MECHANIC At least 3 years'
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      990 21 invites ipptications for I R^v^«% BB^Br l^^^^ v*^^TnPsßßev *^^TnPsBBeB l ATTCbbbAAbbITC r^BBT^ "^^'W^^'f^ Jsll I Bvt^MAl^ I B^Hyv^s^s^nkarnsVeapMtesßfl Requirement* Singapore Citizens A«e 21-25 |bi Able to speak some And it least 1 year re- IBbbH levant experience. JB2*J*^22 SeUr>: $180.00 $250.00 mE|bbb£Q per month. MAU/FEMAU JK^jftJl PRODUCTION bbbbw^ljCbC Requirements MtUmSXZ
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      903 21 easW Urgently required UNITED ELECTRONIC fimishcd artist ENGINEERING CORPORATION WIM92 PTELTO JU ,o« 9 D«ionC«,.r. Room 4. 4 th floor A subsidiary of Mitsubishi nes Building Electric Corporation In Its jurong new established car audio Singapore M«1 manufacturing department. (1) MALE j mmmmmmmmmmmm TECHNICAL SUPERVISOR (2) MALE w s>l>bl h#d
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      725 21 vA\\ a i,\\\ si A\ \V :it c A\\\i issit0 el V\\\ la! 11 Pi lllilli W islW S s a V, i, a V> 55 &> < m Cr> i- <■ to I S S 1| 8. J I ili ifj j 111 OOCT> o co ty I Si
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      1519 22 111 VEHICLES BOATS LIAN HENG MOTOR 43 VshiCHW For Hire T £S£S d^J #d B Singapore 0713 Tal: *****0/ *****/ *****0 1877 ToyoU Trueno 1600 Coupe SUNRISE Daihatsu lorry 10' 2 ton pe- _^CARRENTALjT| 1878 Honda 36o pickup ■s *^B»^^ Daihatsu lorry 10' 2 ton S ch e_Hs_ jr --moo
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      1505 22 111 VEHICLES BOATS 2SOS MERCEDES BENZ Oct. 1972. BEST OFFER AND Immediate Concealed alrcond. road tax end payment for good used car. No Oct Excellent condition PARF. PARF acceptable. Preferably new tyres Contact: *****46 10am 1200 to 1600 cc. Year- 1971 to 1974 to spm). model. Tel Mr Llm *****11
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      1496 22 V SERVICES BUSINESS AGENTS AM) SALES Representa- lives wanted for 1980 calendars with American design Call Ist 83 Packing/ floor. Wisma Yaklr.. K.L. 31-A. Q»i»««u*l«/f» Jalan Talplng Kelang. Selangor. n— n~ twb/ l»"go vi: *****3 or 1508. Ooiden Mile Forwarders Tower. Qeach Road. Spore 0719. Tel *****67 a———— ATTENTtOW BBPORTERS/eXPORT-
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      465 22 VI EDUCATION ft TRAINING _B^ o: ATT language centre SCHOOL OF LINGUISTIC SKILLS Language courses and privote tuition for school examinations ond for business, travel and pleasure EVENING CLASSES English, ail levels Mon. Wed. 7.30 p.m. Tue. Thu. 7.30 p.m. English for school-age children, all levels Tue. Thu. 5.45 p.m.
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  • IX OBITUARIES
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      140 Acknowledgements
      169 23 BERNARD MUNIANOY. SON OF THE LATE MR. R. VELLASAMY NEELAMIGAM EXPRESS HIS HEARTFELT THANKS TO THE JMD. MANAGERS. SENIOR OFFICERS. SECURITY CAPTAINS. SECURITY GUARDS. OFFICIALS AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS OF P.I.E.U. JBL BRANCH, COOPERATIVE STAFF, GENERAL AFFAIR STAFF, FINANCE STAFF, PURCHASING STAFF. PERSONNEL STAFF, WORKERS OF VARIOUS SECTION ULR,
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      The Family Of The Late
      77 23 MR. TAN CHEK MENG with to •■prat* th«ir h««rtf*lt thank* to relatives coHaagum end friand* lor thatr kind luntinca, don«liont wrtalht and (wwrtl tlttndtoct durmQ thoir roc#nt D#~ rotvtmtiil. THE FAMILY OF late Mdm Tan Bee Neo express their deepest appreciation and hearfelt thanks to
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      144 In Memoriam
      31 23 144 In Memor iam In Loving Memory Of G. Kankathavy Dapartad: 22-7-Tt Daapty miiinj but mm forgottan by loving fnotHar. Rrtyar* will b* h«M at Si*an Twnpf .1 7 jgpm today,
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      IN LOVING MEMORY OF
      45 23 MR. LUM POW LENG DEPARTED ON 10TH AUGUST 19*3 YEARS MAY PASS BUT MEMORIES OF YOU WILL ALWAYS REMAIN IN OUR HEARTS DEEPLY MISSED AND ALWAYS REMEMBERED BY CHILDREN. GRANDCHILDREN AND GREAT GRANDCHILDREN in Memonam" la lor the k»«lOMI whom you
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    2185 27 N-DAY A WARDS... cont'd CISC. AT BAKTI SKTIA (TV Lmr Srrvtar Mrd»l): Miss I'hi.i (.'hong Kee. Senior Machine Operator. (Data Processing) Computer Services Department, Mrs Mary Chia c'heong Kook nee Mary Yeoh Pal Lin. Higher Nursing Offi C«r, Tan Tock Seng Hospital. Madam Chia Chung Hui, Education Officer, Group 111.
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    Solar-powered phone
    125 27 A SOLAR-POWERED public telephone Singapore's second has been installed in Pulau Seking, making it the 19th pay telephone on offshore islands. It was installed in midJune, about six months after the first solar-power-ed telephone was installed on Kusu Island. The telephone on Pulau Seking is served by battery-operated
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      91 27 Bringing Up Father By Bill Kavanagh Hal Camp Blondie By Chic Young I '^WHATS WRONG WMV OO TVIEV W WHAT HAVE I OOJE )I »=O« OPENERS MXJ MIGMtI V WiTM OUR 7 RESEMT ME? (TD OFPENO THEM' 7 STOP CAi_l_IMG THEM (EMPI.OVEES'? V j^J-^ V -7 PEASANTS IAlley Oop ByDaveCraue
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      Lock icon Liverpool look good for treble
      436 28 LEAGUE CHAMPS, ARSENAL TO LAUNCH SEASON LONDON, Thurs. First Division champions Liverpool and Football Association Cup winners Arsenal, who between them have won more trophies than any other clubs in the 92-strong League, will launch the English soccer season on Saturday, in the traditional Charity
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      183 28 Celtic trounce Chinese GLASGOW, Thurs. Ally McLeod hit a hat-trick as Glasgow Celtic coasted to an easy 6-1 victory over the visiting Chinese soccer team here last night. Odave Provan put Celtic ahead in the 16th minute and George McCluskey headed the second minutes later from a Provan free-kick. The
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      118 28 LONDON, Thira. London football club Chelsea are believed to be considering a late offer fr*m Everton (or ace midfielder Ray Wllklns after retecttnf yet another bid from Manchester United yesterday. Chelsea, relegated (ram Division One to IMvLslon Two far this coming seasen, turned dawn an offer at a
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      Chinaglia nets four for Cosmos
      185 28 EAST RUTHERFORD, (New Jersey), Thurs. Italian Giorgio Chinaglia triggered a four-goal firsthalf barrage to earn the Cosmos a £3 victory over the Tampa Bay Rowdies last night. Chinaglia, playing with a pulled muscle that forced him to leave the game after his goal beat Tampa
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      Smokescreen shows form
      226 28  -  FAIRWAY By SMOKESCREEN, an easy all-the-way winner over 1,200 metres last week, should complete a double when he goes over 1,900 m in Race 4 at Kuala Lumpur tomorrow. The Dignitas six-year-old scored an easy victory over I,Boom at Kuala Lumpur in January. Smokescreen is keeping his
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      605 28 OATF 1 2.15 Class 5, Div 3 1,200 m JVMV^r, A ($9 f soo $8,650 to winner) 1 9908 WMtamPMrig (Eastern Uong 557 (ud +2.5) 8F....0MM 2 8095 Tyranny a (Royal) Bougoure 457 (dd +2.5) *Grii 2 3 3004 Ota«n«ia(Pha»Two)Bougoures 56.5(ii2 +3.5) F. .Phw«i 1 4 3008 Distant
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      610 28 Expansion into Singapore creates key openings in MANUFACTURING MANAGEMENT Asa result of continuing growth. Lambda Electronics, the world's largest manufacturer of standard switching and linear power supplies seeks several manufacturing executives for its new Singapore facility. These positions offer significant management responsi bilities, a framework for personal development and excellent
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      333 28 IN THK HUH tmi OK THK REPIBLK OF SINGAPORE •m panic* Winding Up N«. 88 WIST* In ike Matter *f The ompanlrs Art, Chapter 18S Aaa* la the Matter Teeb-4 Marine Pte. Ltd. ADVERTISEMENT OF PETITION Notice is hereby given that a Petition for the winding up of the abovenamed
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      Statistics show soccer's trouble spots
      225 29 Statistics show soccer's trouble spots BERNE, Thurs PLAYERS from Greece, Turkey and Southern Europe have the worst record for violence on the soccer Held within the continent, while teams from the Soviet bloc and Scandinavia are seldom cautioned. Travelling British fans with an "acute" drinking problem are the most troublesome,
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      202 29 COWES (Isle of Wight), Thurs. The United States retained second place in the team standings of the Admiral's Cup yacht race series, following decisions by the international jury yesterday. After Tuesday's race, Australia unofficially moved past the United States into second place. But the jury penalised
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      Lock icon Garner helps wreck Kent
      253 29 LONDON, Thurs. West Indies pace bowler Joel Garner helped Somerset into the semi-finals of the Gillette Cup knockout cricket competition with a five for 11 burst, which wrecked Kent yesterday. Twice winners Kent never recovered from Ma n- of- 1 he-Match Garner's ferocious opening spell in
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      Lock icon Steele hits century off Indians
      193 29 DKRBY, England, Ulan. Farmer Kntfaad Teat batsman David Steele completed his second unbeaten century In 24 hour* to help Derbyshire Into a strong position on the lint day of the three-day match against the Indian cricketers here yesterday. Steele followed op Tuesday's English county championship
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      Emu score clear win as spinners fail
      309 29  -  ERNEST FRIDA By THE touring Emu club, of New South Wales, ended their three-month world tour with a resounding two-wicket victory over the Ceylon Sports Club in a limited 50-overs cricket match at Balestier Road yesterday. The final scores: Emu 263 for two;
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      BRIEFS
      116 29 HIROSAKI (Japan), Thurs. South Korean Yang Kwang Soo regained the Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation flyweight title, when he beat Riki Igarashi, of Japan, on points in a 12-bout title fight here last night Y&ng, the No. 7 OPBF contender, punished Igarashi with one-two blows to the body in
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      COUREBOARD
      152 29 Kniu Unit G. Gefcrlg c Rajalingam b Deering 18 R. Taylor c Ravindran b Rajalingam 101 I P. Copeman b Sooceleraj 106 K. HiKßias no. 21 Kxtrat 17 Total(for2wkts) 263 Wkts fell at 50 and 215 Bowuag: Harnam Singh 10-1-55-0. M. Rajalingam 10-1-35-1. Roger Deering lOjB-75-1. S. Sooceleraj 9.5-1-67-1,
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      Tough game
      26 29 DUBLIN. Ohio. Thurs. Vijay Amritraj, of India, defeated .Rick fagel 5-7, 6-2, 7-6 in a rain-delayed U5575,000 ($159,000) men's singles tennis tournament here yesterday.
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      271 29 tent on winning back the World Boxing Council title from American Matt Franklin. Franklin, who has now taken the Muslim name of Mathew Saad Muhammad, defends his title against Conteh in Atlantic City on Saturday, Aug. 18. CYCLING Rene Savary, of Switzerland, won the Stuttgart to Heilbronn
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      Lock icon Chris struggles into last eight
      193 29 INDIANAPOLIS, (Indiana), Thurs. Top seeds Chris Evert Lloyd and Jimmy Connors led a parade of favourites who advanced yesterday in the United States Clay court tennis championships here. F Connors, No. 1 in the men's division, moved another step towards his fourth clay court title,
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      Selectors get list of 232 athletes
      649 30  -  JOE DORAI By Athletics, cycling given until Sunday to submit their lists SIXTEEN of the 18 sports associations eligible for next month's Southeast Asian Games in Jakarta have recommended a total of 232 athletes and 46 officials for inclusion in the Singapore contingent. Two
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      Lock icon Indonesia persuade Brunei to compete
      82 30 Indonesia persuade Brunei to compete JAKARTA, Thurs. The Indonesian government are trying to persuade Brunei to compete in the Jakarta SEA Games, which start on Sept. 21. The Games organising committee executive chairman, Maj. Gen. Gatot Suwagio, said they were still waiting for an official reply from Brunei. Maj. Gen.
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      Annual VC cycling race
      66 30 THE Vigilante Corps will hold their sixth annual cycling meet on Sunday at East Coast Expressway at 8.30 a.m. The race will be classified into three categories racing, domestic and chooper class. Eight districts will vie for the championship. The domestic class has attracted 127 National
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      Triangular swim meet
      71 30 SINGAPORE Swimming Club and Chinese Swimming Club will jointly host a friendly triangular against Western Swimming Coaches Association in a two-day competition. The opening day meet will be held at the CSC on Aug. 31 at 7 p.m. and the second at SSC on Sept. 1 from
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      Lock icon It's Gullikson
      33 30 DUBLIN (Ohio), Thurs. Eighth seeded Tom Gullikson advanced to the quarterfinals of the U5*75,000 ($161,250) Grand Prix tennis tournament yesterday with an easy M, 62 win over Australian Colin Dibley UPI.
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      Oik Cum is Malaysia's multi-medal prospect
      423 30 Oik Cum is Malaysia's multi-medal prospect KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. SAIK OIK CUM may be one of Asia's best 400metre runners, but her coach and the national selectors have not overlooked her potential in the 200 m. Both she and Marina Chin better known as a hurdler have been, tentatively, entered
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      Dynamos in final
      66 30 FARRER Park Dynamos trounced Gloucester Park Rangers 5-1 in the semi-finals of the Dr. Lee Chiaw Meng soccer challenge trophy at Farrer Park yesterday. In another semi-final match. Race Course United won 4-3 on penalty kicks after a scoreless draw at full-time with Hopeless PC Hopeless and
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      Coke makes it to Games
      136 30 THE South-east Asia Games organising committee have appointed Coca-Cola the official supplier of soft drinks to the Games, which begin on Sept. 21 in Jakarta. Ben C. L. Oeii, marketing manager for CocaCola in Malaysia and Singapore, said that his company, in Indonesia, would assist
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      Poon is Singapore's fastest 13-year-old
      371 30 POON KAH LEONG made himself the fastest 13-ye»r-«ld swimmer in Singapore when he qualified far the Southeast AsUa Games with a time sf n J see sa the last day sf the Slagapsre Amateur Swimming Asssdattsa trials at the Tm Payoh pool. The time heat
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      181 30 JAKARTA, Thurs Indonesia will enter 334 athletes for the South-east Asian Games to be held here in September, the chairman of the Games Organising Committee, Sultan Hamenpkubuwono, said today. Members of the Indone- sian contingent will be announced on Aug 21. So far Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand,
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      Focus on Tang in Singapore only meet
      641 31  -  ERNEST FRIDA By THE Singapore Amateur Athletic Association will break away from tradition when they hold their 41st Open track and field championships at the National Stadium tomorrow and on Sunday. For the first time in more than a decade, the SAAA have
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      Morale-boosting win for Delia
      392 31  -  WILFRED YEO By DELIA MILNE, the younger sister on the verge of becoming more famous than her professional golfing brother, David, scored a moraleboosting triumph in the Bowling World Cup centre finals at Jackie s Bowl System 460 yesterday. Delia, Master's runnerup in last month's Philippines
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      Mavana shoots a hole-in-one
      90 31 Mavana shoots a hole-in-one TONY MAVANA had good reasons to celebrate the National Day with champagne yesterday, reports KKNKST FRIDA. Mavana, who made a comeback to golf last week after a four-year layoff, registered an ace at the 194-metre ninth hole at Sembawang Country Club yesterday. He was playing in
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      Lock icon Pele says 'sorry'
      76 31 TOKYO, Thurs. Brazilian footballer Pele yesterday apologised to Japanese children for cancelling a soccer training camp. ■Tm sorry. I love them like I love my own children, but I had to cancel because of my divorce proceedings," Pele told a news conference. The sponsors said about 1,000
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      Lock icon Narrow win for Valencia
      54 31 HIROSHIMA, (Japan), Thurs. The Valencia soccer team, Spain's national champion, defeated an All-Japan Eleven 2-1 in the opening game of a threenation international soccer meet last night. The two teams played to a scoreless first half. Valencia will play their second game against Argentina's Huracan team
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      Lock icon Yoges can't shake off rival's shadow
      180 31 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. As middle-distance runner K. Yogeswaran steps up training for next month's South-east Asia Games in Jakarta, one image he just cannot shrug off is that of his arch-rival, Jimmy Crampton. He is reminded of his defeats by Burma's middle distance ace
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      Lock icon Suhendran struggles in 'battle of sexes'
      150 31 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. There they were S. Suhendran and Naoko Sato teeing off in what was perhaps the first "battle of the sexes" golf match in Malaysia. Both are Royal Selangor junior champions Suhendran the boys' and Naoko, the girls'. Suhendran (handicap 5) is
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      FAS invite Swedish club to tune up the pre-Olympics squad
      205 31  -  JOE DORAI By MALMOE Football Club, the Swedish semi-ama-teur club who made a shock appearance in this year's European Cup final, may play against Singapore at the National Stadium in November or December. The Football Association of Singapore are negotiating
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      Lock icon Tampa Bay's Grnja runs smack into hefty right
      148 31 RUNNING SMACK INTO A RIGHT...Tampa Bay Rowdies' John Grnja (No. 23) runs straight into the hoLoted right foot of New York Cosmos' Carlos Alberto (5) as both attempt to get to the ball in their North American Soccer League match at the
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      Malmoe may play in November
      174 31 The club started pa> ing four players in 1975 ana planned to have 20 pros ->y the end of next year. Fheir bid to turn professional has accelerated 'aster than expected. Malmoe have eight Drofessionals in Sweden's lational side. Most of hem played in the
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      Malaysia select two more road cyclists
      218 31 Malaysia select two more road cyclists KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Road riders Azizan Ramli and Azmi Jas have been recommended to the Olympic Council of Malaysia for inclusion in Malaysia's cycling team for the South-east Asian Games. With their nominations, if accepted by the OCM, the Malaysian team will comprise nine
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      Thais will be among winners, if...
      399 31  - Thais will be among winners, if... PETER SIOW By IF Chantavanji Somchai and Burapawong Pichit live up to their fearsome reputations, then Thai- land can expect to be among the medal winners again when the skeet events in the Pesta Sukan I shooting competition start today. bagged a gold and
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      81 31 BILLIARDS National junior four-ball championship (Kalong .Saloon, 7). BOWLING Singapore Open (Jackie's 460, 7). NKTBALL JTK( l^agur Mv. II: 3KF v Franco. Dlv. Ill: United Motor Works Printed Circuit International (Jurong Stadium Car Park. 5.30). SHOOTING Pesta Sukan skeet competition (Rifle Range Road). MHTKR NOT. IMv. I: Toa Payoh v
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    52 32 TKHKRAN. Thurs Repi-es sive measures against the Iranian press sent thousands of people into the streets of the capitaf today and ended in clashes at the nearby state university between religious zealots and demonstrators opposed to the new press law. Several people were injured in the
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    31 32 Late CLASSIFIED DEATH S. RUKKUMANI aged 72 passed %way peacefully 9-8-79 leaving son. V 8. Mamum. Cortege leaves Blk IS, 177-K. Balam Road to Mount Vernon Crematorium. 4 p iti today
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    59 32 ROME, Thurs. Italy's new premier. Mr Francesco Cossiga, today promised to provide a pro-Western government which would hold a constructive dialogue with the opposition communist party. He also vowed, in speeches to the Chamber of Deputies and Senate, that there would be "no truce with terrorism" in Italy,
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    Lock icon 10th round on Tuesday
    57 32 BEIJING. Thurs. China and Vietnam will meet here on Tuesday for the 10th session of peace talks, a Chinese Government spokesman said today. This means there will have been five meetings each in Hanoi and Beijing, leading to speculation among diplomats today that the negotiations might
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    Lock icon Aid airlift
    40 32 GENEVA, Thurs. A plane chartered by the International Committee of the Red Cross and United Nations Children's Fund left Ho Chi Minh City for Phnom Penh today with the first official aid shipment to Kampuchea since 1975. Reuter
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    Lock icon Four BA Concordes grounded
    100 32 LONDON, Thurs. Four of the five Concordes in the British Airways fleet were grounded today by an unprecedented series of mechanical problems, which one official said almost seemed the work of "gremlins." Mr Bill Stevens, a spokesman for BA, said three of the sleek, needlenosed jets
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    58 32 WASHINGTON. Thurs. Americans received another inflation shock today as the government announced an increase of 1.1 per cent in its wholesale price index in July after a gain of only 0.5 per cent in June. The jump in the index last month left it 10.1 per cent
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    25 32 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The Asean standing committee will meet here on Wednesday to discuss economic cooperation between the five countries and India. Reuter
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    Lock icon Opec meet on US$?
    87 32 Opec meet on US$? TKHERAN, Thurs. Opec president Mana Al-Oteiba has proposed a special meeting of the world's major oil exporters to discuss problems arising from the decline in the value of the US dollar, according to Iranian oil chief Hassan Nazih. But Dr Nazih said today no official invitation
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    39 32 OETROIT. Thurs. Chrysler Corp, which is seeking massive government aid to help it out of a deep financial hole, has laid off 4.600 production workers, raising to 23.800 the number of employees on indefinite leave Reuter
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    Lock icon THOSE WHO REMAIN IN VIETNAM 'STARVING'
    551 32 BEIJING, Thurs VIETNAM'S ethnic Chinese who failed to flee the country are being herded into undeveloped parts of the country to die of starvation, a high-rank-ing Vietnamese political defector said today. "The dumping of people into the sea is only one aspect of the
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  • The Straits Times SECTION TWO
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      Masthead
      5 1 The Straits Times SECTION TWO
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        Bamboo Green
        728 1  -  LI LIEN-FUNG By %jf I RESPECT CULTURE. But culture covers such a large area, from cooking and handicrafts to ethics and religion, that I am usually intimidated by it, especially the kind of culture that deals with book learning. After having stared timidly at formidable books for fifty
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        Fun with Chinese Characters
        7 1 "lT JTITj \m/\ >^
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        Chinese without tears
        44 1 Yf ZHU zhulin a bamboo grove fir« zhusun bamboo shoots zhuzi bamboo ftf zhugan bamboo poles Lutr shonzhu mangosteen For example, you may say, jkftj-mftw Zhe yizi shi zhu zub I o de. meaning, "This chair is I made of bamboo.
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        Fables Notice to thieves
        119 1 Fables Notice to thieves ON HEARING a robber entering his house, an idiot immediately scribbled the words "'No through road" on a piece of paper and pasted it on the hall. Later, when the robber had entered the hall, the idiot scribbled "No entry to unauthorised persons" on a piece
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        Simplified characters
        97 1 r THE illustrated word is }X. y pronounced yl, meaning to H 1 explain, interpret or trans- m Q translat(On It has been reduced to 4,.. x seven strokes from its regu- S*J f;j> lar form, in brackets, or2o. rT fonyi to translate Zl*^^S yiyi a free translation
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    • LEISURE
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        Spinning a yarn or two about the jeans genesis...
        414 2 Spinning a yarn or two about the jeans genesis... JEANS, It seems, will always be "in" as rough, casual or easy wear, for both young and old. But do you know how Jeans originated and evolved into the fashion scene? The poster exhibition of jeans now on at the Lucky
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        Great expectations when RTS goes statutory
        772 2  - Great expectations when RTS goes statutory GERALDINE TANG By MUCH is expected of RTS when it becomes a statutory board, probably in six months' time. The recent shift of emphasis towards entertainment, one of RTS's objectives (the others are to inform and educate) is only an indication of what is
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        PICK OF THE DRY
        255 2 AFTER all the hectic celebrating, put your feet up and watch yourselves in Parades 19 on Ch 5 at 8.15. And don't miss' the ballet Aureole just before that at 7.55. For fans of The Paper Chase, it's on after the news at 9.45, followed by
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        135 2 Sa\ ■H^— *rV^a« I ■V 9^ 4rr9Sk 9 r^r"^w M|r\*l w l^yT' Jk J^l»llielriJil»«it«fOTO "?*>-£_- I Orchid office furniture are ;:roated to rillCCtf VI IPHItIIVA t>osh up execut ve>s °"ice. VWljjl% IUrHIIUIV ml office, the reception area and A nleieme room AM in designs TO lIQIIII UM IHC > -'bining
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        972 2 TV and Radio SINGAPORE 5 3.00 PM Opening and Housewives Mati 6.35 Sports Parade nee The Red Rose (Mandarin 7.00 The Human Body Pain (Malay) Film repeat) 7 30 News and Newsreel (Malay) 7.55 Aureole (Ballet) 4.30 Intermission 8.15 Parades 79 (English) 6.00 Opening and Wilf Gray Wildlife jj 30
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        591 3 1v S^ H^V ■^H* ~"T^ i^ipY 22t**w'" J' w 4r4 r I A novel and exciting audio visual presentation of the proud story of Singapore The Singapore Experience 9te3jtd Introduction Different Languages Born of the meeting of three companies Through the wonders of technology, you will not only see and
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    • The Singapore Experience Private Limited
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        Message from Mr Tan I Tong,
        227 4 Chairman, Singapore Tourist Promotion Board and the Singapore Experience Pte Ltd. IT HAS been said that international tourism is a means of bringing countries closer together, and we in the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board take pride in the fact that in 1978, over two
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        Message from Mr Dee Tao,
        161 4 General Manager, The Singapore Experience Pte Ltd. THE Singapore Experience aims to foster cultural interaction between countries and make visits to our Garden City a hapl>ening to be remembered at all times. The only one of its kind in the republic, The Singapore Experience is
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        Board of Directors
        57 4 Chairman Mr Tan I Tong, Singapore Tourist Promotion Board Vice-chairman Mr Jack Snowden, Rediffusion Services Managing Director Mr Mike Nettelfield, Boustead Shipping Agencies Directors Mr Hubert Pereira, Boustead Shipping Agencies Mr Lynn Holloway, Times Periodicals Mr Koh Hock Seng, Times Periodicals Mr Joe O'Connor, Rediffusion Services Mr
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        The place and the times
        107 4 The place and the times THE Singapore Experience will be screened at the new Singapore Cultural Theatre in Grange Road. There will be seven performances daily, starting on the hour at 12 noon and ending at 6.00 pm. Admission, by ticket, will be $5 per person, and tickets are available
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        Everything tourists and others may want to know about us
        555 4 Everything tourists and others may want to know about us THE script opens up with the island's names, both in the past and present, and their significance. Tumasek, or Sea-Town, is symbolic as the secret of the land is the sea and the sea provides the means of its life.
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        The story of the birth, growth and culture of S'pore
        431 4 THE Singapore Experience Private Limited is incorporated by several well-established companies, namely Times Periodicals, Boustead Shipping Agencies, Rediffusion Services and the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board. Each of the four partners contributes to a certain aspect of the production Rediffusion is
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        With thanks
        64 4 OUR appreciation and thanks U the late Professor G.G. Thomson, whose vital contribution as consul tan t, has ensured quality of content for the Singapore Experience and made this preview possible. Stage play BY courtesy of the Singapore Vigilante Corps Lion Dance Troupe, a creative stage play, based
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        Knowing more about show's equipment
        378 4 Knowing more about show's equipment ON the equipment side, the system consists of 56 modified Kodak carousel projectors fitted with Berthiot 360 mm lenses. It is well known for its even illumination and for consistent reliability. The projectors cover a screen area of about 58 sq m in the form
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        148 4 Kodak Carousel S-AV2OOO slide projector. I The Kodak Carousel S-AV 2000 slide change, variable dissolve and program projector is designed to meet the needs of control, the right combination can be the conference organisers, exhibitors, suited to a wide variety of projections, promotional or academic establishments. From single slide projection
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        129 4 9^^ i m wjtH LA wKSwJ'A The usherettes, ticketing and public relations staff of the Singapore Experience Pte Ltd in their brand new beige and green uniforms if lQ] fISSOCIfIttS Pte Ltd. Congratulate "1 The Singapore Experience Pte Ltd on the occasion of their inauguration of "The Singapore Experience" at
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      Workshop to enhance Asean's cultural identity
      383 5  - Workshop to enhance Asean's cultural identity LEONG WENG K AM Uy AN Aw nil choreography workshop, Singapore's fust project to be funded by th<> Asean Cultural Fund, will be held in the Hi-public in March next year. (>:»• choreographer from i h li <if the four other Asean countries will
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      Promise of happy music from this school's orchestra
      285 5  -  TAN SUAT LIAN By^ THIS Sunday holds the promise of bouncing, happy music lilting semi-classics, popular tunes and some serious music at the Singapore Conference Hall at 5 p.m. Some 40 students of the Catholic High School, ranging from Primary 5 to
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      'Something nobody has done before'
      391 5  -  JOHN DE SOUZA By COUPLE in the midst of a heated quarrel? No, there's no washing of dirty linen in public here, just two members of a drama group having their first technical rehearsal at the PUB auditorium. The group The Crescents began as the
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        225 5 This is NOT a FICTION, but a military projection founded on today's FACTS. In this book, a balanced analysis of the international military line-up on land, sea and in the air is constructed. The World will not slip into war as it did in 1914 and 1939, but only as
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        307 6 Jl 5 SHOWS DAILY: 11am, 1.30, 4.00, 6.30 9.15pm. X AH EXPERIENCE IN TERROR! ODEON: Now Showing.! J i 5 Shows Daily: 11am, 1.30, 4.00, 6.30, 9.15pm j I 1 1 "Not only aa good aa the first 'Butch and ]i I, Sundance', but batter."— Richard Gemer, jl i _ad
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        275 7 wJ SPECIAL OFFER flllA GOOD NEWS! JM Another shipment of iS^f STAMMSCHROER bedroom it^3r sets has arrived from £s£y W. GERMANY, display at g>^y World Trade Centre Showroom I i ■B^awaTS.^o^Vi ml t) I "^f X I flr** a alßHH>" iaa 1 ll < VM HI Px S^. I MrrWp'MtliiM
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        Does it matter if hubby earns less?
        634 8  -  LEE GEOK BOI By ONCE upon a time, there was an engineer named Ah Fook who met and fell in love with his secretary, Mci Lin. Now Mci Lin was not a graduate but Ah Fook's patents didn't mind. She was a nice
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        Like a cosy snow castle
        758 8  - Like a cosy snow castle W.C.NELSON A 'FOAM HOUSE'! By FROM a distance the hilltop home looks like a fairy-tale creation: A white cloud snuggled into a wooded bluff. From high in an airplane during winter one barely can make out the complex far below, so well does it blend
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        Living with murder
        1084 9 Living with mu rder Patricia Craig talks to detective novelist Gladys Mitchell, 78, about her life and latest book IT IS FIFTY years since Gladys Mitchell created an entirely new kind of detective, a distinguished |>. tea sional woman of startling appearance, eccentric tendencies and liberal views. The remarkable authoress
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        There is often an element of satire in her works
        269 9 There is an element of spoof or satire in many of the novels, particularly the early ones, and always something unexpected in the style or the outcome, even subversive in a good-hu-moured way. Quite often Mrs Bradley exonerates from blame
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        Miniature landscape
        378 9  -  TENG JU AT LENG By WALL POSTERS, especially those "lifesize" celling-to-floor landscapes, usually seem to be the first thing most flat dwellers now have in mind when they wish to add a touch of nature to their home. But blown up photographs, no matter how picturesque, can never
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        344 8 The turn of the century goes golden with fashions Malaysian Airline System and Century Park Sheraton Singapore proudly present \^H V 1979 Miss Asia Golden Holiday Fashions Sec Miss Asia 1979 and her runnersup parade a magnificent collection of fashion designs by top Philippines fashion designer Aureo Atonzo. At the
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        152 9 BCavi^S IT c-riuinil adi isif ninW. J^k at*"" Ssl «B J F .JHI mLi Qrlane'sß2lljne has captured 21 elements essential far your skin Your skin is exposed constantly to dust parti Orlane's 821 Line of skin care cosmetics cles and varying temperatures, from air condition contains these 21 elements, which
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        450 9 sets new standards in interior A totally new furniture look. QPSISn See the new look- and talk to Exotic inlays in contemporary O our professional designers at settings. Vibrant or subdued tones d the new Jens Munk showroom on amber, sea shells, caribou horn, red the ground floor of the
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      Britain in EEC a help to Commonwealth trade ties
      1841 10 NEW PACT WILL OPEN AVENUES FOR MORE EXPORTS AND AID When Britain first applied to join the EEC, most other Commonwealth countries feared that they would be badly hit. But by the time of Britain's entry in 1973 some of these
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    • SCIENCE OF OUR TIMES
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        Rare underground orchid unearthed in W. Australia
        219 12 BOTANIST Alex George, of the Western Australian State Government Herbarium, was delighted when he tound 10 specimens of Rhizanthella gardneri, a rare underground orchid in June. The plant is creamy coloured and fleshy, with a daisy-like appearance. In fact, what seem to be
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        Lock icon Of quarks, gluons, leptons and bosons
        655 12  -  WALTER SULLIVAN The Aspen Centre for Physics where theorists think and talk By in Aspen (Colorado) AT RESEARCH centres around the world, giant machines are bombarding atomic particles in efforts to explore physical phenomena at the most fundamental level. Some physicists here, however, hope
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        Reverse osmosis can turn the tide in tapping cheap water from the sea
        751 12 Reverse osmosis can turn the tide in tapping cheap water from the sea WATER desalination technology has reached the point of economic take-off. Large plants, producing millions of litres a day, are being installed in i several countries. I Much of the running is I being made by a relativeIly
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      Lock icon Soviet arts: Straining after the truth
      1345 14  -  ANTHONY AUSTIN FRESH OUTLOOK ON WHAT SHOULD BE SHOWN, HEARD AND PUBLISHED By in MOSCOW Greater tolerance in Russia for the inventive and the bold is opening doors in ballets, but those in literature are still slammed tight. For the other art forms, the
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      Lock icon Italians team up to find homes for refugees
      337 14  - Italians team up to find homes for refugees PATRICK MENEY By in ROME DESPITE unemployment crisis, Italians have put aside their domestic quarrels and welded together as never before in a common cause to find homes for Indochinese refugees. Across the country, welcome mats have been put ont by political
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      Lock icon On wings of sunshine
      358 15 First solar flight stays in the air for 90 sees THIS maiden flight of aviation pioneer Larry Mauro's biplane lasted only 90 seconds. Yet he is convinced it will revolutionise travel in petrol-starved America. For the engine of the homemade aircraft is powered by sunshine. And
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